How Stories Go Wrong and 20th Episode Retrospective

For this special episode, Devonte’ and Bradston take the gloves off and call out specific flaws in storytelling each of them have observed in fiction. Movies, video games, books, TV shows, everything is on the table! To commemorate their first 20 (!) episodes of podcasting, they reflect on how they’ve made it to this point and their vision for the next 20 episodes and beyond. Onward and upward!  To everyone who has listened and supported, a big THANK YOU! As always, we are eager to hear your feedback and ideas.   Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Welcome to ThemeAntics (00:00:48) - Introducing the Theme (00:04:15) - Books written to be movie scripts (00:15:20) - Why does every reveal have to be Aliens or Ancient Civilizations (00:22:00) - Not everything has to be an expansive universe  (00:31:15) - Not everything has to be a trilogy  (00:38:50 -  Stop taking advantage of our Nostalgia (00:46:30) - Not every main character has to be an Orphan (00:52:45) - The goofy pure-hearted Sidekick always gets killed (01:01:50) - Reflecting on 20 Episodes   Website: https://themeanticspodcast.podbean.com/ Email: [email protected] Blog: https://medium.com/@themeanticspodcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ThemeAnticsPodcast