When a Character is a Weapon (Featuring Chrome Lin Vu)

I recently watched a thoughtful, interesting YouTube on ‘Writing Characters Who Are Weapons,’ by Tim Hickson. He’s a New Zealander who runs the channel HelloFutureMe, which deals with both writing as a craft and analysing pop culture. He’s got some great content, so I recommend you go and check it out. I’ve embedded the video in this article because he includes as one of his examples Lin Thi Vu from 36 Streets (2022), and The Escher Man (2024), which in turn compels my ego to share it with you.[image error]

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