Master Samwise: Best of 2025

...But it Does

Write Stories, Not Sermons

When the Villain is the Hero's Fault

When the Story Betrays You, but You Love It

Why Avatar?

Killing Demons is Awesome, Actually

I Apologize, John Marston, I Wasn't Familiar With Your Game

How to Write a Character WITHOUT an Arc: The Anti-Hero

For Those Who Come After - Why We Need Gustave's Example of Masculinity

Are Modern Stories Too Bleak?

Video Game Character Analyses: Supercut to Fall Asleep To

Audiences (Still) Hate Bad Writing, Not Strong Women

How to (Not) Write Moral Complexity

Original Stories Aren't Dead, Your Movie Just Stinks

When Three Words Gave One Man an Existential Crisis

I'm A Jedivacantist, and So Can You with @TheCounselofTrent

How Hiccup Became a Man

Andor: This IS The Star Wars You Were Looking For

Honor Died on the Beach - The Beautiful Masculinity of Jin Sakai in Ghost of Tsushima

Andor and the Art of the Slow Burn (Plus Something Spicy)

When the Villain is Just a Normal Person

Daredevil and Finding the Courage to Hope - A Character Analysis

How to (Not) Write Self-Actualization

Take a Gamble That Love Exists - The Masculinity of Arthur Morgan

Stop Treating Your Audience Like Idiots

Denethor and the Folly of Knowledge

When Marvel Meant Something

The True Hero of God of War: Ragnarök

War of the Rohirrim - Wasted Potential