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Hey could you do writing advice on science fiction/fantasy action stories with substance and subtext? One of my inspirations for writing is Budjette Tan's Trese and Larry Correia's Monster Hunter International. I'm a huge fan of monster B-movies. But I don't want a "dumb" cheesy action story but I'm also not a hugely philosophical person either. I want to balance stylish action with substance. I don't want my story to be a Micheal Bay story, so I may try having monsters try to represent something like what happens when someone throws away thier humanity, narcissim, greed,and etc.
This video brought to mind The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, which is a neat exploration of the concepts of home and family through a fusion of transcendental romance and gothic horror
@@thisrandomdude_ plenty. Kill Creek by Scott Thomas; Hell House by Richard Matheson; The Shining by Stephen King; The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson; and The Pure World Comes by yours truly.
Him being a soldier explains a lot about him desiring that hobbit life, he's seen chaos, been in the throes of it, he's been in the trenches, what more could someone want after the war than a home to return to, in a sense, his time in the first world war could be seen as a Journey there... and back again
This reminds me of "Curses" by The Crane Wives. There is a line that goes "When this house don’t feel like home". Now this line sounds much deeper. Thanks for the video.
Here’s what I got from this: A house is full of stuff. A home is full of memories. A simple item might not be important to you now. A trinket you got from a fair, or a small gift from a loved one, but one day you’ll look back on it fondly, not because you have an item, but because you have a memory.
When I was 4 years old, my great grandma gave me a Mickey Mouse plushie. I already had dozens of plushies, and I'm not a Mickey Mouse enthusiast or anything like that (I actually preferred to collect Sanrio items iirc), so I didn't think much of it at the time. That changed when she died a few months later. Since I was so young when she died, I don't remember her much, and that plushie is the only physical thing I have left to remember her by, so I keep it in my room at all times. Despite being an adult now, I still have many plushies, which I've progressively been donating to various charities, but this is one of the few that I couldn't stand to give away if the opportunity arose.
Ghibli movies is closest thing that comes to my mind, when I think about this scenario. Even when characters are having big adventures, it always feels so close, so home-ish (???)
you'd love how Heartbound uses Lore's bedroom. whenever you save, Lore takes a nap and wakes up in his room- where you started. anything you collected since the last save can now be found in the room, from socks to notes to an axe, it's all there. as you go through the game you can watch this once barren room where a horrible incident happened (Lore's dog Barron seemingly being attacked at taken away by a monster, which is what causes Lore to even set out in the first place) slowly transform into an amazing adventure gallery AS you go through the story.
Man, I haven’t thought about Heartbound in a long time. (Other than the song “Office Dad” popping into my head every now and then.) Might have to see how much the game’s changed since the office level.
Oh hell yeah. I was literally gonna mention the borrowers if I expected this was about another thing. I love the borrowers, though I totally admit I like the Ghibli version most.
I watched the live action version, read the book, but didn’t read the ghibli version. But I LOVE the borrowers, since third grade, when our teacher read it to us.
Arietty, the ghibli film based on the borrowers, is my favorite of all ghibli films. I have yet to read the book, this video reminded me that I should.
I read the book when I was in elementary school, I don’t remember much about it but it’s a really fun short story and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good bedtime story.
@@BVK. no. You correct other people. There isn’t some kind of thing where people think that by making other people become smarter (which in this case is actually just knowledge, not smartness) the person correcting the other person will become smarter.
@@BVK. There are people, actual English native speakers, who switch "your" and "you're" or "woman" and "women" on documents and essays. Helping someone to write properly isn't "nerdy", it's helping people evolve. You trying to stop that and making fun of people who do that is extremely stupid, and I'm not surprised you haven't noticed that.
I'm so happy you're doing an episode on the borrowers. They are so unique and awe Inspiring (at least they were for me as a kid), and it's great to see them get attention.
i got two copies of the borrowers for the same christmas once. i loved them so much, i kept them both so i could lend out the spare but nobody i knew was interested lol
@@toothfairy10133 I've had similar experiences. I'd often try getting my friends to read so I could share my passions and Interests with them. Truly wish they accepted the offer, reading was one of the best things to happen to me.
This video legitimately made me tear up. I always spend as much as my day outside my apartment. Even when I have a 10-hour workday, I still try to find something else to do before going home, almost anxiously I must find something to fill time before I feel the necessity to go there and sleep. I know why now. It's because I don't feel comfortable there, because I, personally have never put in the effort to make my apartment a home. Things are pretty much exactly how it was when my family helped me move in. Sparse furnishing, just enough food for quick breakfasts before rushing off, a computer that I hardly use, even unopened boxes I've had for over a year from stuff I haven't laid eyes on since I left my parents. Thank you for making me realize I need to try to make myself comfortable there by purposely arranging things (and cleaning up) so I don't feel the need to spend as much time as possible outside of it.
Growing up my family's house was not a home. Theres only one photo of me, decorations in my small cold room routinely disappeared. Room was barely big enough for a twin bed. Not to mention it was on the opposite side of the house. My sisters swarmed any friends i happened to occasionally bring over even if the door was locked (they d find a way to unlock it) Now that i moved out my new place doesnt feel like home either. Is that because i never had a feeling of home? Or the fact im working alot? Honestly i think it could be either
You always manage to make me look around and reflect on how to live in a more passionate way. Thanks for your videos, I am someone who gets scared in the face of conflict and therefore risks less, but you always remind me that there is a lot to do.
“The little people that live inside you.” - when you’re the heavy warforged member in DND and everyone else are kobolds or dwarfs so you end up being a APC pretty much.
A tortle in one of the campaigns I'm playing in has befriended our goblin rogue, who now travels in the space behind their shell to hide and will suddenly pounce our when the tortle engages an enemy.
I always thought The Hobbit was analagous to reaching adulthood (hairy toes), leaving the nest to explore the world, then returning to a comfortable retirement.
@@mattb.7079Vis a vis 'vis a vis', "common American use vis a vis British English" is common American use but "vis a vis 'vis a vis' " meaning "relating to or regarding 'vis a vis' " is permissible vis a vis both. I hope that clears everything up.
So many stories set in homes bring the adventure by upsetting the sanctuary of that home. Homes are supposed to be safe, which I guess is why horror and suspense stories in these settings are so effective, and why 'The Scouring of the Shire' has such impact.
"they do embiggen parts of your domestic life. I would even go so far as to say that their whole culture is almost just that: an exaggeration of the routines and rituals of the home." BRILLIANT!!!! It all makes sense now!!! I love this!
Hello! ovo/ Carpet cat here. I suddenly feel very inspired to write something cozy. Alas, I find myself afflicted with too-many-worldsitis. One example of 'home' which popped to mind as I was watching, is the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. From what I can remember, as this was a childhood favourite, the food was always described with such detail, surrounded by warm atmosphere and colourful characters - animals, yes, but as real as you or me. Children are always playing and making mischief, adults are bantering and having heart to hearts. Overall, the sense of family loyalty created makes it so you can't help but root for them whenever they're threatened by malicious invading forces. I think the best stories for me are ones that are fantastical, yet still grounded in very real human problems needing human solutions or compromise. Thank you for this lovely journey you've taken us all on.
I think this is a big reason why I love horror. The dragons come to you. You can imagine it coming right into your living room. As opposed to requiring travel to some exotic place or career. Growing up, I was a kid in a suburb. I couldn't go many places on my own. But I really liked Goosebumps and celebrating Halloween because they both sewed adventure, danger and the otherworldly into what was immediately around me.
Mouse World has always been one of my favorite settings, right up there with Giant Land. Interactions of the very large and very small, outsized versions of things we expect to have a certain size (whichever direction). I think my favorite animals are mustelids because of this - the same ferret can stretch out to a very long as he presses his spine against the roof of a tube or tunnel, and I never quite grasp the proper scale of various mustelid species to myself or to each other no matter how much I study them. I always _thought_ a mink was close to the size of a red fox, but actually a female is the size of two rats and a male not much bigger. I always _thought_ a stoat was the same size as a domestic ferret, but it is actually smaller. I always _thought_ that something as fearsome as a wolverine or honey badger must be at least close to the size of a wolf if not a black bear, but no it's the size of a small dog. Having spent much of my life imagining things from the perspective of a mouse-sized creature and then flipping to kaiju, giant monsters like Godzilla and Power Rangers' villains of the week, is either a causal explanation of my difficulty with sense of scale _or_ my being drawn to these extremes is a result of something fundamentally wrong with my ability to comprehend it. Borrowers have all the traits you get out of anthropomorphic mice aside from the cuteness. For some people, their clearly human appearance would be more endearing and relatable but for others, the mice are innately more relatable. Audiences are also less likely to expect mice who happen to have opposable thumbs and higher reasoning skills to have magical powers the way we've been taught to expect tiny humans to be pixies, leprechauns, gnomes, or spirits of some stripe.
Most of the stories I write take place in a home, because I write horror stories and having something scary take place in a spot that is familiar and comfortable elevates the horror in my opinion.
Your videos not having millions of views is honestly criminal. I feel like every one of them reaches into some part of the soul to bring out intrigue and emotions foreign even to myself.
I know a fantastic book that definitely doesn’t ignore the home, in fact it is the focal point. It also turns the idea of the home be safe and stable. It is called House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.
Really pleased to see you mentioned the hobbits and how their life is basically the domestic ideal. Home-core if you will. But I wish you'd talked about the Scouring of the Shire as well - how the whole point of the Lord of the Rings is that war comes home to you. That you set out to save the world, and find that its purpose was to prepare you for the final trail - saving your home. That after all you've experienced, your home changes, too, and there's no going back.
To be honest, this was an oddly interesting story and analysis! I love it! And it perfectly explains why I despise clinically clean apartments/houses. Great video!
That connection of ones home being a sort of analog for ones self was so cool and new to me I was kinda stunned. And it made me consider MY home. What the space I live in actually is, what it’s actually like. I live in a borrowed house, on a borrowed bed, using borrowed things, living a mostly borrowed life. My beds unmade and my clothes are on the floor, and it’s strange how actively I feel the messes presence. It’s unkept, unmanaged, and neglected. I felt stunned at how perfectly descriptive it is of me personally. Discarded, here on loan from someone else. Then I reflected on my father, who suffered through a long and taxing marriage ending in a pretty rough divorce, but he’s finding now in his old age how much he depended on her, on having a partner to justify his efforts for. And likewise, he has a new house built. It’s strong, sturdy, safe, and quite beautiful, but it’s also empty. One or two little paintings, one simple couch which can’t even begin to try to fill the empty empty rooms. It’s livable, but the color that makes home has left. And likewise the body is strong, but the soul is damaged deeply. It’s so strange how if you live in a place long enough, you spill out into the place till it starts seeming a lot like you. This is such an interesting observation you’ve made, and It warrants a lot of thinking. Very cool.
I enjoyed this episode, especially when we Catholics recognize as perhaps one of the greatest, if not the greatest of all, forms of art the Architecture of a house. How much things should serve the house and how they should behave in harmony in it. I think it gave me some idea.
It's night time... in a kitchen, just like yours. All is quiet... Or is it? The North American House Borrower is found throughout Cananda and the Eastern United States. House Borrowers are very timid creatures and are rarely seen, but they will defend their territory if provoked. They come out at night to search for food, water, and materials for their nests. The favourite foods of the House Borrower are chips, raisins, and crumbs from peanut butter on toast. They build their nests in bedroom closets, using lost mittens, dryer lint, and bits of string. The nests have to be very soft and warm, House Borrower sleep for about 16 hours a day.
I read welcome to the nhk a few years back. Its an incredibly sad story about a man who drop outs from college and has been living in the same appartment bearly going out for four years, i dont want to spoil it but his life changes when he finds out that he lives next door from an old friend and by the end of he book his friend has to move away and his home suddenly becomes a reminder of how alone he is and is gut wrenching. I think its an interesting view of a home, is also a story in which so little happens but so much is told. Its no wonder it cuts so deeply
Watching this makes me realize how I've been doing this subconsciously all this time in my own writing. I was inspired by Naruto, believe it or not. He is always shouting about Konoha and The Leaf Village and how he has to protect everyone and save the village and how much it's his home. Naruto is as much about his home as it is about his friends and family. That's something I try to emulate in my own writing.
Also if used right the lack of home can be super nerve racking as the characters have no home base to return to at the end of the day and you lose the sense of safety and security that a home can give you, and it can also make the stakes much higher for things like getting injured
The game Night in the woods plays around with the idea of 'home' in really interesting ways, leaning on how unnerving it is to see changes in a place that isn't supposed to change. It's interesting how powerful a concept homes are in general, how easily things being 'wrong' in them make them become a place of fear, but also how places we've never been can feel just as safe and welcoming as the places we played as children, like 'The Last Homely House' in Rivendell, which not only had a natural feeling of playfulness and safety when first visited, but actually became Bilbo's home in the later books
Bro, I've heard of The Borrowers! I haven't read it, but I read a million Sanders Sides AU fanfictions involving the concept. Usually, they're stories about a human finding a borrower and scaring the heck out of them accidentally. I love those fics. I always love reading about/seeing characters get scared (it's sort of a weird special interest of mine), but there's something particularly nice about stories about being terrified of someone, only for that someone to turn out to be really sweet and put genuine effort into calming them down.
Same here! The idea of someone who is intimidating, perhaps powerful in a very real and dangerous way, proving themselves a kinder, gentler being to someone who is not at that same capacity- be it temporarily or permanently- to someone who was afraid for their life or at the very least, spooked... there’s something to it, really. Maybe it’s a little bit of the feeling of helping a wild animal who naturally fears humans, crossed with the sapience of someone who can appreciate it fully (even with potential communication barriers, which means relying on other means that make it more creative and expressive I think). But that’s just the first kinda idea for why that popped into my lil brain. Do you have any good fics you’d recommend for this subject? Because I want them aaallllll! If it’s original characters or canon, I’d love to know them all the same!
@@SecretlyS-1337 I'm trying to reply to you, have been for a while now. Why isn't it going through? I just want to help another reader, but RUclips won't let me. :(
Thank you so much for covering The Secret World of Arrietty. Not a lot of people actually know this movie, or the stories tied to it. It's a wonderful experience which is eerie and also freeing despite how seemingly uninspired it is because it's just taking what we already know and sizing it up! But it does manage to capture how small changes can have big effects. If this doesn't really make sense it's not supposed to, it's just a rambling person trying to get their thoughts out.
It's hard to find the balance of novelty and stability to make life feel both safe and inspiring. Maybe I'm just connecting unrelated things, but i feel like the world's in video games/movies/comics/books almost become a kind of house we made a home when we spend time with them. It's partially why i think nostalgia of old things is so strong. We want these worlds to be safe cozy and predictable but also continue to wow us with new tales and takes on the various beloved scenes and places.
question what if there was a story of a person who went too far, like shrinking themselves to always make the limited resources around them less limited to stay home for longer them at first being giants like 7-10 feet tall and then slowly shrinking in their homes too afraid to face the outside world, their friends visiting them every day trying to convince them them feeling sad that their friends are forcing themselves to irreversibly change their height making their life in their own home more and more difficult, trying to isolate themselves and them being powerless to change that, powerless to convince them and one day them seeing their friends dead in their homes the size of sugar cubes because their volume of their body was so small they couldn't make enough heat leading to their death in cold in a room that was boiling such irony
Actually surface tension of their own blood and water would kill them earlier Because I don’t think blood would pass through their veins if they bubbled up to one big drop
In my Ravenstone series, the Ravenstone house is as much a character as the proper characters. Parts of it are actually alive, and it's filled with all kinds of magical creatures -- pixies, gnomes, bogeymen, monsters under beds, ghosts, fairy bees, all sorts of weird and wonderful magical plants, and The Thing With A Thousand Eyes That Lives In The Ceiling (AKA the family babysitter). With parts of the book I'm working on (book 4) taking place during 2020, I've been focusing more on the Ravenstone house as a place where plot-relevant things happen. I had a chapter planned for a previous book that didn't make the cut, which detailed how the gnomes moved in after their old home was bulldozed to build a new apartment building in the formerly empty lot. I would love to bring it back.
@@georgemayhew8742 Thanks! Not yet. I started out wanting to write the first few books yet because I have ADHD and that affects my memory, so having the first few books written would reduce plot holes and mistakes by giving me more time to find such mistakes. But as I'm almost done with book 4 and am beginning to work on book 5, I'm realizing I'm kind of dragging my feet because I'm intimidated by the thought of trying to get published. Even though I've decided to go with Amazon just because I don't have the energy to go hunting for a regular publisher. I mean, I don't know anything about self-publishing with Amazon so like, I don't know if I could even figure out the interface. Anyway, if I ever get around to getting over that intimidation, I have a Facebook page for the series. Just search "Ravenstone series" on Facebook. It has an icon of a raven painted on a stone.
This reminds me of the longest book I wrote, where the protagonist comes back home after every chapter. Three things change at home: - new people entered or left home, you don't know about yet - protagonist brings new friends to their home, which they got to know on their adventure; they might even stay there for longer - protagonist takes some old friends with him to their next adventure
Millions and millions of gut bacteria, really. It's fascinating, a million little symbiotic relationships that allow us to function on the most basic level. If a human body was ONLY full of "person" wouldn't be able to function correctly. Oh...did you mean like a metaphor?
when u said “mimicking human society” its like the post apocalyptic setting of stray the game where robots had to evolve by mimicking human society after they went extinct, which is something i want you to cover, i want you to cover the setting of having to mimic human society as i find it highly interesting.
I love your recent videos the subjects are so interesting, the animations are so good and match the feel of the Chanel and the new appload scedual is perfect
Great video, really made me rethink a bit. Everyone has a home, or had a home, or wants a home. I'm already thinking about how I can use the home for character establishment, as it does show what life they have lead and what wants they might have or what motivates them.
We recently moved houses and for the first time ever in my life, I left the house I've always known. When I was young, the corners of that house is all I know but I lament how much it doesn't feel like home anymore. It was a necessary goodbye. Surely, we'll make this new house feel like home again.
also DNA, blood, humanity, souls, your mom, ketchup, blueberry pie, ice cream, donuts, God, hopes and dreams, and last but not least brain eating aneba
This was a interesting video, I love the concept of the home, and thus video did give me some ideas to work whith. As always this video was great and fantastic like all the videos you have done so far
I love The Borrowers. Such a fun concept. I guess I'm one of those that tend to also enjoy niche stories and settings, like the book and various adaptations of it, like the 1995 film, The Secret World of Arrietta, as well as the anime series Haibane Renmei, which isn't like The Borrowers but I still don't know who shares my enjoyment of it. I really like the ingenuity of The Borrowers and it's in some ways inspired me to seek more creativity in my own works. Arrietty's one of my favorite film, with the great music and gorgeous artwork not being a lesser part of the experience.
Hey that's me, I loved Haibane Renmei too! There are a lot of slice of life stories out there, but still there's an understated value in the concept of home that Haibane Renmei captures very well for the development of its setting and themes. I should check out Arietty too...
@@celestee2264 *GASP!* A kindred spirit! And yes, The Secret World of Arrietty is my personal goldmine as a movie, just how Haibane Renmei is as a serialized version.
@@celestee2264 I started a fanfic of HR because there are no more seasons, and have a thing planned out with how the show ended, but it's going slow, so I probably should rewatch the eps to freshen up. Or even just for fun.
This was a very interesting look into the idea of life and adventure, and I really enjoyed what was explored. I don't know how I can take this into my own personal story, but I will say, it was absolutely fascinating.
I knew what he was going to talk about when he showed The Hobbit. It's interesting not just how Bilbo's home changes, but also how everyone treats him when he comes back from an adventure. They still respect Bilbo, but they know that he's different now. He's the weird adventurer guy.
Watching this video I couldn't stop thinking of "Life: A User's Manual" by Georges Perec. A novel based on exploring houses, just houses and the infinite series of trinkets and memorabilia people collect. I don't want to spoil much, there's of course a story behind that slowly unravels, I really recommend it.
What you said about Bilbo having to leave home to have a story to tell, and having to return home to tell the story. After his return he wrote his story in a book titled "There and Back Again".
I read a book that had these little guys in there house. In the book they’d make the most delicious meals out of the most random ingredients… pretty interesting I think
this video made open my eyes a little more thank you, I really need to start living life more, looking around, some of the stuff in my room isn't even min.
something I love about small humans that aren't like spirits is how everyday objects can be so different from what they are to humans like how zipper pocket could become a prison or a small puddle becomes a lake. I also love the exploration of relationships between humans and small people in there homes. I can't explain exactly what about it makes me feel warm inside and fizzle with joy I just love the ideas and possibilities presented by it.
When I write and why I usually have the issue with writing or finishing a story I base them off part of my personality put to an extra extreme or base it off a friend but I can’t ever figure out how to advance the story past an initial conflict but this video will certainly help with that hopefully I can actually finish a story now.
I was aaaaalmost gonna click off this video, but then I heard the word... "Borrowers" They are definitely a sincere interest in mine and I'm very glad to see someone on RUclips discussing them :D And I am even happier I stayed! Amazing video.
It's funny watching this video after just writing a passage in my WIP about my character's homes. It's not a fantasy/adventure story, more of a small town scifi thing, but I have three main characters from very different parts of town so I wanted to sort of describe how one character sees her home versus the other characters. Now I'm thinking about the way the homes can change once everything is said and done though 🤔 I definitely have "domestic spaces as living things" on the mind at all times though.
One of my favorite YA fiction series is the Please Don't Tell My Parents series, starting with Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm A Supervillain. Each of them features the protagonist's home life (the first 5 are all focused on one girl, then there are 2 more following different girls in the same world). Penny's parents are retired superheroes (her supervillainy starts by misadventure and then the rest of her arc is mostly her struggles with trying to fess up) and her father is one of the foremost mad scientists (that is, can build things normal science doesn't understand). Magenta's parents are constantly working multiple jobs and (almost) always either away or sleeping when she gets home, not to mention that she has an anti-recognition superpower that makes it difficult at best to interact with anyone, even family. Avery's parents moved to LA in October because her necromancy was causing problems back in Kentucky and they were hoping she'd get support from people who'd accept her for what she was born with and training to better control her abilities (which she does) and they're still unpacking all through the book. My home life... disappointing, really...
I find it funny hearing how the home is so undervalued by new writers, when in my book I spend about half of it explicitly writing _about_ the home because I feel like its importsnt to know what a person's baseline is in order to see how they grow across the story. Especially in mine, where a big part of the story is about how people respond to their home being invaded by strangers.
The whole "you are made for your home" quote really made me think. I don't call my apartment my home, it's my place, I go "home" to see my parents. This could definitely be because I'm still in college, so I don't see my living space as my home. Maybe I should make my apartment my home.
Anne of Green Gables, the Tell Tale Heart, Little Women, Howl's Moving Castle/House of Many Ways, The Night Before Christmas.... There's a LOT of at-home-setting stories. I feel like there are a lot more that are horror based because home can be terrifying when we return to the safety that never existed.
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Hey could you do writing advice on science fiction/fantasy action stories with substance and subtext? One of my inspirations for writing is Budjette Tan's Trese and Larry Correia's Monster Hunter International. I'm a huge fan of monster B-movies. But I don't want a "dumb" cheesy action story but I'm also not a hugely philosophical person either. I want to balance stylish action with substance. I don't want my story to be a Micheal Bay story, so I may try having monsters try to represent something like what happens when someone throws away thier humanity, narcissim, greed,and etc.
Reminds me of Zathura and Jumanji.
can anyone tell me what the image at 0:07 is with the two people and the bird on a vine/ tree branch is from, thanks if you can
This video brought to mind The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, which is a neat exploration of the concepts of home and family through a fusion of transcendental romance and gothic horror
Naive writer: "Writing about home is boring. "
Gothic horror writers: "Hold my beer. "
ooooooo, that sounds interesting. Any recommendations for outsiders looking in?
@@thisrandomdude_ plenty. Kill Creek by Scott Thomas; Hell House by Richard Matheson; The Shining by Stephen King; The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson; and The Pure World Comes by yours truly.
@@rami_ungar_writer woah, woah, woah! That's a lot of recommendations! Thank you so much! :D
@@thisrandomdude_ you're welcome. I hope you enjoy them.
Also domestic crime too
Tolkien himself once described himself as being like a Hobbit. And from what he’s said about himself and what he values, I believe him.
If tolkien is a hobbit, then so am i.
@@new-lviv Tolkien was a front-line veteran of WW1 and took part in the Battle of the Somme, he definitely experienced hardship and did hard work.
Him being a soldier explains a lot about him desiring that hobbit life, he's seen chaos, been in the throes of it, he's been in the trenches, what more could someone want after the war than a home to return to, in a sense, his time in the first world war could be seen as a Journey there... and back again
@@new-lviv you know he was IN the trenches when he started writing the damn thing, right?
Well yeah, the Hobbits represent the common folk of Great Britain, right?
This reminds me of "Curses" by The Crane Wives. There is a line that goes "When this house don’t feel like home". Now this line sounds much deeper. Thanks for the video.
Such an amazing song.
@@pleasegoawaydude Yeah it's such an exceptionary song among all.
I love that song, and that line always hit me hard.
Love that song! It's nice to see someone mention it
You have a great taste in music! The Crane Wives are so underrated.
Here’s what I got from this:
A house is full of stuff.
A home is full of memories.
A simple item might not be important to you now. A trinket you got from a fair, or a small gift from a loved one, but one day you’ll look back on it fondly, not because you have an item, but because you have a memory.
When I was 4 years old, my great grandma gave me a Mickey Mouse plushie. I already had dozens of plushies, and I'm not a Mickey Mouse enthusiast or anything like that (I actually preferred to collect Sanrio items iirc), so I didn't think much of it at the time. That changed when she died a few months later. Since I was so young when she died, I don't remember her much, and that plushie is the only physical thing I have left to remember her by, so I keep it in my room at all times. Despite being an adult now, I still have many plushies, which I've progressively been donating to various charities, but this is one of the few that I couldn't stand to give away if the opportunity arose.
facts...
And this is why we have hoarders. Unable to let go of the memories.
Ghibli movies is closest thing that comes to my mind, when I think about this scenario. Even when characters are having big adventures, it always feels so close, so home-ish (???)
Ararietty is actually based on the book discussed here
The Secret World of Arriety.
It's my favorite Ghibli movie of all.
that's why they're fucking boring
you'd love how Heartbound uses Lore's bedroom. whenever you save, Lore takes a nap and wakes up in his room- where you started. anything you collected since the last save can now be found in the room, from socks to notes to an axe, it's all there. as you go through the game you can watch this once barren room where a horrible incident happened (Lore's dog Barron seemingly being attacked at taken away by a monster, which is what causes Lore to even set out in the first place) slowly transform into an amazing adventure gallery AS you go through the story.
Man, I haven’t thought about Heartbound in a long time. (Other than the song “Office Dad” popping into my head every now and then.)
Might have to see how much the game’s changed since the office level.
Oh hell yeah. I was literally gonna mention the borrowers if I expected this was about another thing. I love the borrowers, though I totally admit I like the Ghibli version most.
I LOOOOOVE The Borrowers! I own all the books; they're phenomal, and I ADOREEEE the Ghibli movie!!!!
I watched the live action version, read the book, but didn’t read the ghibli version.
But I LOVE the borrowers, since third grade, when our teacher read it to us.
I remember being read this in elementary school. it was cool
Mary Norton was actually a really good writer. You could build that gas balloon with the key ballast.
The art and the house was pretty but the Ghibli ending left me feeling a bit empty.
Arietty, the ghibli film based on the borrowers, is my favorite of all ghibli films. I have yet to read the book, this video reminded me that I should.
I swore I remember watching a film about what the video described.
You just reminded me, thank you
It is such a good movie!
Omg Arrietty is one of my faves too! I think it's a tie between that, and Ponyo. (Princess Monoke is cool but I always end up distracted by the mc 💀)
I read the book when I was in elementary school, I don’t remember much about it but it’s a really fun short story and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good bedtime story.
I WATCHED THAT WITH MY DAD WHEN I WAS YOUNGER (I don’t remember that much tho cuz i’m almost a teen now but i’ll def rewatch it)
"Home is where the heart is, even if you can't remember which box you put it in"
You’re thumbnail art is becoming more and more beautiful and intriguing keep it up, great video as always
“You are thumbnail art is”
uhm... I think the correct address word is "Your thumbnail art"
Look at those nerds above me 🤓.
These lame jokes aside, Do y'all become smart by correcting someone?
@@BVK. no. You correct other people. There isn’t some kind of thing where people think that by making other people become smarter (which in this case is actually just knowledge, not smartness) the person correcting the other person will become smarter.
@@BVK. There are people, actual English native speakers, who switch "your" and "you're" or "woman" and "women" on documents and essays. Helping someone to write properly isn't "nerdy", it's helping people evolve. You trying to stop that and making fun of people who do that is extremely stupid, and I'm not surprised you haven't noticed that.
I'm so happy you're doing an episode on the borrowers. They are so unique and awe Inspiring (at least they were for me as a kid), and it's great to see them get attention.
i got two copies of the borrowers for the same christmas once. i loved them so much, i kept them both so i could lend out the spare but nobody i knew was interested lol
@@toothfairy10133 I've had similar experiences. I'd often try getting my friends to read so I could share my passions and Interests with them. Truly wish they accepted the offer, reading was one of the best things to happen to me.
That’s not how plurals work. Also, you have no reason to not correct it.
@@Periwinkleaccount (genuine question) wheres the spelling error so I can correct it.
@@kaideane6973 the "borrower's".
This video legitimately made me tear up. I always spend as much as my day outside my apartment. Even when I have a 10-hour workday, I still try to find something else to do before going home, almost anxiously I must find something to fill time before I feel the necessity to go there and sleep. I know why now. It's because I don't feel comfortable there, because I, personally have never put in the effort to make my apartment a home. Things are pretty much exactly how it was when my family helped me move in. Sparse furnishing, just enough food for quick breakfasts before rushing off, a computer that I hardly use, even unopened boxes I've had for over a year from stuff I haven't laid eyes on since I left my parents.
Thank you for making me realize I need to try to make myself comfortable there by purposely arranging things (and cleaning up) so I don't feel the need to spend as much time as possible outside of it.
I work from home, and have done for almost three years, now. Only just beginning the process of making it a proper home.
Growing up my family's house was not a home. Theres only one photo of me, decorations in my small cold room routinely disappeared. Room was barely big enough for a twin bed. Not to mention it was on the opposite side of the house. My sisters swarmed any friends i happened to occasionally bring over even if the door was locked (they d find a way to unlock it)
Now that i moved out my new place doesnt feel like home either. Is that because i never had a feeling of home? Or the fact im working alot? Honestly i think it could be either
When you move away from your childhood home you dont miss the house, you miss the memories and comfort you made there.
You always manage to make me look around and reflect on how to live in a more passionate way. Thanks for your videos, I am someone who gets scared in the face of conflict and therefore risks less, but you always remind me that there is a lot to do.
“The little people that live inside you.”
- when you’re the heavy warforged member in DND and everyone else are kobolds or dwarfs so you end up being a APC pretty much.
A tortle in one of the campaigns I'm playing in has befriended our goblin rogue, who now travels in the space behind their shell to hide and will suddenly pounce our when the tortle engages an enemy.
What does APC mean? I can't find anything explaining that
@@NerdyCatCoffeeee armored personnel carrier
@@silent_stalker3687 that's a character trope i did not expect to get hit with
@@NerdyCatCoffeeee neither did the NPCs, bandits, necromancer, or anything else we met.
I always thought The Hobbit was analagous to reaching adulthood (hairy toes), leaving the nest to explore the world, then returning to a comfortable retirement.
I love the idea of adulthood being reached vis-à-vis having hair on your feet
@@matthewgallaway3675 My dad pointed that out to me when I was reading this as a 12 year old young boy.
@@matthewgallaway3675 wrong use of vis-à-vis
@@mattb.7079Vis a vis 'vis a vis', "common American use vis a vis British English" is common American use but "vis a vis 'vis a vis' " meaning "relating to or regarding 'vis a vis' " is permissible vis a vis both. I hope that clears everything up.
@@DaveHooke1973 vis-à-vis
So many stories set in homes bring the adventure by upsetting the sanctuary of that home. Homes are supposed to be safe, which I guess is why horror and suspense stories in these settings are so effective, and why 'The Scouring of the Shire' has such impact.
"they do embiggen parts of your domestic life. I would even go so far as to say that their whole culture is almost just that: an exaggeration of the routines and rituals of the home." BRILLIANT!!!! It all makes sense now!!! I love this!
Hello! ovo/ Carpet cat here. I suddenly feel very inspired to write something cozy. Alas, I find myself afflicted with too-many-worldsitis.
One example of 'home' which popped to mind as I was watching, is the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. From what I can remember, as this was a childhood favourite, the food was always described with such detail, surrounded by warm atmosphere and colourful characters - animals, yes, but as real as you or me. Children are always playing and making mischief, adults are bantering and having heart to hearts. Overall, the sense of family loyalty created makes it so you can't help but root for them whenever they're threatened by malicious invading forces.
I think the best stories for me are ones that are fantastical, yet still grounded in very real human problems needing human solutions or compromise. Thank you for this lovely journey you've taken us all on.
Damn this is so well written. I usually click on vids, loose track and close them but this one kept me until the ad and then afterwards again.
These videos are getting better and better over time. Thank you for all your great work, you turned me into an author and ignited my creativity.
I think this is a big reason why I love horror. The dragons come to you. You can imagine it coming right into your living room. As opposed to requiring travel to some exotic place or career. Growing up, I was a kid in a suburb. I couldn't go many places on my own. But I really liked Goosebumps and celebrating Halloween because they both sewed adventure, danger and the otherworldly into what was immediately around me.
Mouse World has always been one of my favorite settings, right up there with Giant Land. Interactions of the very large and very small, outsized versions of things we expect to have a certain size (whichever direction). I think my favorite animals are mustelids because of this - the same ferret can stretch out to a very long as he presses his spine against the roof of a tube or tunnel, and I never quite grasp the proper scale of various mustelid species to myself or to each other no matter how much I study them. I always _thought_ a mink was close to the size of a red fox, but actually a female is the size of two rats and a male not much bigger. I always _thought_ a stoat was the same size as a domestic ferret, but it is actually smaller. I always _thought_ that something as fearsome as a wolverine or honey badger must be at least close to the size of a wolf if not a black bear, but no it's the size of a small dog. Having spent much of my life imagining things from the perspective of a mouse-sized creature and then flipping to kaiju, giant monsters like Godzilla and Power Rangers' villains of the week, is either a causal explanation of my difficulty with sense of scale _or_ my being drawn to these extremes is a result of something fundamentally wrong with my ability to comprehend it.
Borrowers have all the traits you get out of anthropomorphic mice aside from the cuteness. For some people, their clearly human appearance would be more endearing and relatable but for others, the mice are innately more relatable. Audiences are also less likely to expect mice who happen to have opposable thumbs and higher reasoning skills to have magical powers the way we've been taught to expect tiny humans to be pixies, leprechauns, gnomes, or spirits of some stripe.
There are LOTS of stories set inside homes. Most of them are horror stories, though, where something invades, or someone is trying to escape.
Most of the stories I write take place in a home, because I write horror stories and having something scary take place in a spot that is familiar and comfortable elevates the horror in my opinion.
Though I myself haven't read The Borrowers, I have watched the Ghibli adaptation The Secret World of Arriety, and I'd highly recommend it.
Your videos not having millions of views is honestly criminal. I feel like every one of them reaches into some part of the soul to bring out intrigue and emotions foreign even to myself.
I know a fantastic book that definitely doesn’t ignore the home, in fact it is the focal point. It also turns the idea of the home be safe and stable. It is called House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.
Really pleased to see you mentioned the hobbits and how their life is basically the domestic ideal. Home-core if you will.
But I wish you'd talked about the Scouring of the Shire as well - how the whole point of the Lord of the Rings is that war comes home to you. That you set out to save the world, and find that its purpose was to prepare you for the final trail - saving your home. That after all you've experienced, your home changes, too, and there's no going back.
To be honest, this was an oddly interesting story and analysis! I love it! And it perfectly explains why I despise clinically clean apartments/houses.
Great video!
Many Thanks to You and your Team - Amazing Work!
That connection of ones home being a sort of analog for ones self was so cool and new to me I was kinda stunned.
And it made me consider MY home. What the space I live in actually is, what it’s actually like.
I live in a borrowed house, on a borrowed bed, using borrowed things, living a mostly borrowed life. My beds unmade and my clothes are on the floor, and it’s strange how actively I feel the messes presence. It’s unkept, unmanaged, and neglected. I felt stunned at how perfectly descriptive it is of me personally. Discarded, here on loan from someone else.
Then I reflected on my father, who suffered through a long and taxing marriage ending in a pretty rough divorce, but he’s finding now in his old age how much he depended on her, on having a partner to justify his efforts for. And likewise, he has a new house built. It’s strong, sturdy, safe, and quite beautiful, but it’s also empty. One or two little paintings, one simple couch which can’t even begin to try to fill the empty empty rooms. It’s livable, but the color that makes home has left. And likewise the body is strong, but the soul is damaged deeply.
It’s so strange how if you live in a place long enough, you spill out into the place till it starts seeming a lot like you. This is such an interesting observation you’ve made, and It warrants a lot of thinking. Very cool.
I enjoyed this episode, especially when we Catholics recognize as perhaps one of the greatest, if not the greatest of all, forms of art the Architecture of a house. How much things should serve the house and how they should behave in harmony in it. I think it gave me some idea.
This may just be the most wholesome video about people that I've ever seen
Home is here and now eternal. Home is a state of mind.
I love your voice😍
You kinda are part of home for me. Even though I know you for so little time
I quite like your style, your voice, and especially the clips you chose for your editing!
It's night time... in a kitchen, just like yours. All is quiet... Or is it? The North American House Borrower is found throughout Cananda and the Eastern United States. House Borrowers are very timid creatures and are rarely seen, but they will defend their territory if provoked. They come out at night to search for food, water, and materials for their nests. The favourite foods of the House Borrower are chips, raisins, and crumbs from peanut butter on toast. They build their nests in bedroom closets, using lost mittens, dryer lint, and bits of string. The nests have to be very soft and warm, House Borrower sleep for about 16 hours a day.
*_[Canadian senses a reference to the House Hippo PSA tingling...]_*
I read the borrowers in school and forgot about it. Thank you for this I absolutely loved this story
Thank you for reminding us of these adrorable little adventurers. The entire concept was so dang wonderful as a kid.
I read welcome to the nhk a few years back. Its an incredibly sad story about a man who drop outs from college and has been living in the same appartment bearly going out for four years, i dont want to spoil it but his life changes when he finds out that he lives next door from an old friend and by the end of he book his friend has to move away and his home suddenly becomes a reminder of how alone he is and is gut wrenching.
I think its an interesting view of a home, is also a story in which so little happens but so much is told. Its no wonder it cuts so deeply
Watching this makes me realize how I've been doing this subconsciously all this time in my own writing. I was inspired by Naruto, believe it or not. He is always shouting about Konoha and The Leaf Village and how he has to protect everyone and save the village and how much it's his home. Naruto is as much about his home as it is about his friends and family. That's something I try to emulate in my own writing.
Also if used right the lack of home can be super nerve racking as the characters have no home base to return to at the end of the day and you lose the sense of safety and security that a home can give you, and it can also make the stakes much higher for things like getting injured
The game Night in the woods plays around with the idea of 'home' in really interesting ways, leaning on how unnerving it is to see changes in a place that isn't supposed to change.
It's interesting how powerful a concept homes are in general, how easily things being 'wrong' in them make them become a place of fear, but also how places we've never been can feel just as safe and welcoming as the places we played as children, like 'The Last Homely House' in Rivendell, which not only had a natural feeling of playfulness and safety when first visited, but actually became Bilbo's home in the later books
Bro, I've heard of The Borrowers! I haven't read it, but I read a million Sanders Sides AU fanfictions involving the concept. Usually, they're stories about a human finding a borrower and scaring the heck out of them accidentally. I love those fics. I always love reading about/seeing characters get scared (it's sort of a weird special interest of mine), but there's something particularly nice about stories about being terrified of someone, only for that someone to turn out to be really sweet and put genuine effort into calming them down.
Same here! The idea of someone who is intimidating, perhaps powerful in a very real and dangerous way, proving themselves a kinder, gentler being to someone who is not at that same capacity- be it temporarily or permanently- to someone who was afraid for their life or at the very least, spooked... there’s something to it, really. Maybe it’s a little bit of the feeling of helping a wild animal who naturally fears humans, crossed with the sapience of someone who can appreciate it fully (even with potential communication barriers, which means relying on other means that make it more creative and expressive I think). But that’s just the first kinda idea for why that popped into my lil brain. Do you have any good fics you’d recommend for this subject? Because I want them aaallllll! If it’s original characters or canon, I’d love to know them all the same!
@@SecretlyS-1337 I'm trying to reply to you, have been for a while now. Why isn't it going through? I just want to help another reader, but RUclips won't let me. :(
Thank you so much for covering The Secret World of Arrietty. Not a lot of people actually know this movie, or the stories tied to it. It's a wonderful experience which is eerie and also freeing despite how seemingly uninspired it is because it's just taking what we already know and sizing it up! But it does manage to capture how small changes can have big effects. If this doesn't really make sense it's not supposed to, it's just a rambling person trying to get their thoughts out.
It's hard to find the balance of novelty and stability to make life feel both safe and inspiring.
Maybe I'm just connecting unrelated things, but i feel like the world's in video games/movies/comics/books almost become a kind of house we made a home when we spend time with them.
It's partially why i think nostalgia of old things is so strong. We want these worlds to be safe cozy and predictable but also continue to wow us with new tales and takes on the various beloved scenes and places.
Why am I tearing up at the very concept of House vs Home?
question
what if there was a story of a person who went too far, like shrinking themselves to always make the limited resources around them less limited to stay home for longer
them at first being giants like 7-10 feet tall and then slowly shrinking in their homes too afraid to face the outside world, their friends visiting them every day trying to convince them
them feeling sad that their friends are forcing themselves to irreversibly change their height making their life in their own home more and more difficult, trying to isolate themselves and them being powerless to change that, powerless to convince them
and one day them seeing their friends dead in their homes the size of sugar cubes because their volume of their body was so small they couldn't make enough heat leading to their death in cold in a room that was boiling
such irony
Actually surface tension of their own blood and water would kill them earlier
Because I don’t think blood would pass through their veins if they bubbled up to one big drop
Never watched any of your videos before, but the aesthetics and visuals are just *chef's kiss*
In my Ravenstone series, the Ravenstone house is as much a character as the proper characters. Parts of it are actually alive, and it's filled with all kinds of magical creatures -- pixies, gnomes, bogeymen, monsters under beds, ghosts, fairy bees, all sorts of weird and wonderful magical plants, and The Thing With A Thousand Eyes That Lives In The Ceiling (AKA the family babysitter).
With parts of the book I'm working on (book 4) taking place during 2020, I've been focusing more on the Ravenstone house as a place where plot-relevant things happen. I had a chapter planned for a previous book that didn't make the cut, which detailed how the gnomes moved in after their old home was bulldozed to build a new apartment building in the formerly empty lot. I would love to bring it back.
Have you published any of these anywhere by any chance? Because I absolutely adore the idea of the setting you got there! 🙂
@@georgemayhew8742 Thanks! Not yet. I started out wanting to write the first few books yet because I have ADHD and that affects my memory, so having the first few books written would reduce plot holes and mistakes by giving me more time to find such mistakes. But as I'm almost done with book 4 and am beginning to work on book 5, I'm realizing I'm kind of dragging my feet because I'm intimidated by the thought of trying to get published. Even though I've decided to go with Amazon just because I don't have the energy to go hunting for a regular publisher. I mean, I don't know anything about self-publishing with Amazon so like, I don't know if I could even figure out the interface.
Anyway, if I ever get around to getting over that intimidation, I have a Facebook page for the series. Just search "Ravenstone series" on Facebook. It has an icon of a raven painted on a stone.
The editing quality has really gone up. I'm glad to see it.
The beginning part reminds me of the phase "you can never truly return home"
This reminds me of the longest book I wrote, where the protagonist comes back home after every chapter.
Three things change at home:
- new people entered or left home, you don't know about yet
- protagonist brings new friends to their home, which they got to know on their adventure; they might even stay there for longer
- protagonist takes some old friends with him to their next adventure
Millions and millions of gut bacteria, really. It's fascinating, a million little symbiotic relationships that allow us to function on the most basic level. If a human body was ONLY full of "person" wouldn't be able to function correctly.
Oh...did you mean like a metaphor?
I'm autistic, so this is a mood. XD
when u said “mimicking human society” its like the post apocalyptic setting of stray the game where robots had to evolve by mimicking human society after they went extinct, which is something i want you to cover, i want you to cover the setting of having to mimic human society as i find it highly interesting.
I love your recent videos the subjects are so interesting, the animations are so good and match the feel of the Chanel and the new appload scedual is perfect
I’m starting a storytelling RUclips channel and you can’t imagine how much TaleFoundry is helping me learn how to write again.
Great video, really made me rethink a bit. Everyone has a home, or had a home, or wants a home. I'm already thinking about how I can use the home for character establishment, as it does show what life they have lead and what wants they might have or what motivates them.
We recently moved houses and for the first time ever in my life, I left the house I've always known. When I was young, the corners of that house is all I know but I lament how much it doesn't feel like home anymore. It was a necessary goodbye. Surely, we'll make this new house feel like home again.
Bacteria mostly
and cells, lots and lots of cells
also DNA, blood, humanity, souls, your mom, ketchup, blueberry pie, ice cream, donuts, God, hopes and dreams, and last but not least brain eating aneba
@@hypermaeonyx4969 oh no... the amoeba got to them already...
I do have some kinda worm. His name is Karl, he’s a swell guy.
@@hypermaeonyx4969 Your brain-eating amoeba must be getting awfully hungry...
The borrowers: I am living in your walls
A home is not a home without somebody living there.
This was a interesting video, I love the concept of the home, and thus video did give me some ideas to work whith.
As always this video was great and fantastic like all the videos you have done so far
I love The Borrowers, it's such a good book. I need to reread it.
I love The Borrowers. Such a fun concept. I guess I'm one of those that tend to also enjoy niche stories and settings, like the book and various adaptations of it, like the 1995 film, The Secret World of Arrietta, as well as the anime series Haibane Renmei, which isn't like The Borrowers but I still don't know who shares my enjoyment of it. I really like the ingenuity of The Borrowers and it's in some ways inspired me to seek more creativity in my own works. Arrietty's one of my favorite film, with the great music and gorgeous artwork not being a lesser part of the experience.
Hey that's me, I loved Haibane Renmei too! There are a lot of slice of life stories out there, but still there's an understated value in the concept of home that Haibane Renmei captures very well for the development of its setting and themes. I should check out Arietty too...
@@celestee2264 *GASP!* A kindred spirit! And yes, The Secret World of Arrietty is my personal goldmine as a movie, just how Haibane Renmei is as a serialized version.
@@celestee2264 I started a fanfic of HR because there are no more seasons, and have a thing planned out with how the show ended, but it's going slow, so I probably should rewatch the eps to freshen up. Or even just for fun.
This is good inspiration for an achievement system, having things from your journey decorate your home.
I grew up reading the borrowers. It was so fun to read and interesting to learn what they used for their ways of living
This was a very interesting look into the idea of life and adventure, and I really enjoyed what was explored. I don't know how I can take this into my own personal story, but I will say, it was absolutely fascinating.
I knew what he was going to talk about when he showed The Hobbit. It's interesting not just how Bilbo's home changes, but also how everyone treats him when he comes back from an adventure. They still respect Bilbo, but they know that he's different now. He's the weird adventurer guy.
Some ideas and thoughts really are a gift, just like this one!
having your own aesthetic described and defined at you is such an experience🤔
Your voice helps me sleep and think about world building, I love it
Watching this video I couldn't stop thinking of "Life: A User's Manual" by Georges Perec. A novel based on exploring houses, just houses and the infinite series of trinkets and memorabilia people collect. I don't want to spoil much, there's of course a story behind that slowly unravels, I really recommend it.
you tricked me into signing up for skillshare. now i have a crack dealer for learning for a month.
What you said about Bilbo having to leave home to have a story to tell, and having to return home to tell the story. After his return he wrote his story in a book titled "There and Back Again".
i'm not good with commenting, but i know how important it is. i guess i'll say: great video you guys, it's good to see another upload from ya'll!
Popped up in my recommended. Phenomenal video. Instantly subscribed.
I read a book that had these little guys in there house. In the book they’d make the most delicious meals out of the most random ingredients… pretty interesting I think
this video made open my eyes a little more thank you, I really need to start living life more, looking around, some of the stuff in my room isn't even min.
I needed this right now. Thank you for your beautiful words and works.
I have always wanted to write a Borrows like story. I always loved them growing up, they are just so interesting to think about. Maybe someday I will.
something I love about small humans that aren't like spirits is how everyday objects can be so different from what they are to humans like how zipper pocket could become a prison or a small puddle becomes a lake. I also love the exploration of relationships between humans and small people in there homes. I can't explain exactly what about it makes me feel warm inside and fizzle with joy I just love the ideas and possibilities presented by it.
Your thumbnail immediately made me thought "You are the house in the ocean"
Exactly. XD
When I write and why I usually have the issue with writing or finishing a story I base them off part of my personality put to an extra extreme or base it off a friend but I can’t ever figure out how to advance the story past an initial conflict but this video will certainly help with that hopefully I can actually finish a story now.
I was aaaaalmost gonna click off this video, but then I heard the word... "Borrowers"
They are definitely a sincere interest in mine and I'm very glad to see someone on RUclips discussing them :D
And I am even happier I stayed! Amazing video.
Looking at the thumbnail, I honestly thought you were going to do a book version of Inside Out. I’m not disappointed either way :)
It's funny watching this video after just writing a passage in my WIP about my character's homes. It's not a fantasy/adventure story, more of a small town scifi thing, but I have three main characters from very different parts of town so I wanted to sort of describe how one character sees her home versus the other characters. Now I'm thinking about the way the homes can change once everything is said and done though 🤔 I definitely have "domestic spaces as living things" on the mind at all times though.
Thank you Tale Foundry for entertaining and teaching me while I wash dishes
One of my favorite YA fiction series is the Please Don't Tell My Parents series, starting with Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm A Supervillain. Each of them features the protagonist's home life (the first 5 are all focused on one girl, then there are 2 more following different girls in the same world). Penny's parents are retired superheroes (her supervillainy starts by misadventure and then the rest of her arc is mostly her struggles with trying to fess up) and her father is one of the foremost mad scientists (that is, can build things normal science doesn't understand). Magenta's parents are constantly working multiple jobs and (almost) always either away or sleeping when she gets home, not to mention that she has an anti-recognition superpower that makes it difficult at best to interact with anyone, even family. Avery's parents moved to LA in October because her necromancy was causing problems back in Kentucky and they were hoping she'd get support from people who'd accept her for what she was born with and training to better control her abilities (which she does) and they're still unpacking all through the book.
My home life... disappointing, really...
I find it funny hearing how the home is so undervalued by new writers, when in my book I spend about half of it explicitly writing _about_ the home because I feel like its importsnt to know what a person's baseline is in order to see how they grow across the story. Especially in mine, where a big part of the story is about how people respond to their home being invaded by strangers.
The whole "you are made for your home" quote really made me think. I don't call my apartment my home, it's my place, I go "home" to see my parents. This could definitely be because I'm still in college, so I don't see my living space as my home. Maybe I should make my apartment my home.
I'm loving this visual style!
OK ok ok just found this youtube channel and I am in LOVE, it's all so beautiful and sweet and wonderful! Thank you.
Anne of Green Gables, the Tell Tale Heart, Little Women, Howl's Moving Castle/House of Many Ways, The Night Before Christmas.... There's a LOT of at-home-setting stories. I feel like there are a lot more that are horror based because home can be terrifying when we return to the safety that never existed.
This channel is a whole vibe.
Brilliant as always Tale Foundry!
I just moved into my first apartment so this is hitting hard.
I think I upset my Borrowers by remodeling my room.
They stole my dang prescription sunglasses only a couple days after getting them.