{"id":512,"date":"2018-01-07T14:11:42","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T14:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2018-01-07T14:11:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T14:11:42","slug":"dd-2016-episodes-1-47","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jaironside.com\/?page_id=512","title":{"rendered":"DD 2016 Episodes 1 – 47"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dissecting Dragons<\/strong> began in February 2016. Here is a list of episodes published in that year;<\/p>\n

Episode 1 –\u00a0Rags to Rebel leaders – the re-emergence of the Fairy Tale<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 2 – Tainted Love – of Triangles, Love Potions and the Happily Ever After<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 3 – Deus Ex Machina – it was all a Dream: when Writers let you down.<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 4 – Witches, Brooms and Spells: Enchanting and Entrapping Children in Fiction.<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 5: Sci-Fi Westerns, Fantasy and Space Opera – Humankind’s conquest of Space.<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 6: Merlin, Mordred and Morgana – Magic in Arthurian Legend<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 7: Tatooine to Tudor England – The trappings of Historical and Speculative World Building<\/a><\/p>\n

Dissecting Dragons: Episode 8: Bugbears of Battle – Inciting Violence in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 9: From West to East – Translating Speculative Fiction into Anime and Manga<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 10: Fight like a Girl – ‘Strong’ Female Characters in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 11: Teams, Trios and Fellowships – the importance of Friendship in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 12: The Gender Bend – Does the Gender make the Story?<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 13: Man-Eating Monster to Flower-Toting Belle – the transition of Fairies in the Victorian Era<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 14: Main Mission – Gaming Narrative, the Future of Storytelling<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 15: Moustache Twirling 101 – the Mechanics of Writing a Villain<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 16: Rattling Bones and Poltergeists – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Ghost stories<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 17: Magnus Bane to Jack Harkness – LGBTQA+ Representation and Diversity in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 18: Oh not\u00a0another<\/em>\u00a0Zombie Movie – the Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Living Dead<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 19: Was\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0REALLY\u00a0<\/u>necessary? – the overuse of Sexual Violence in Speculative Media<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 20: Clash of the Titans – Superheroes vs Superheroes<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 21: Down with the Empire – exploring political themes in YA Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 22:Once More Around the Sun – Celebrating Terrible Birthdays in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 23: Genius Loci – Writing Real World Places in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 24: Cognoggins and Clockwork – What makes good Steampunk?<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 25: Death and All His Friends – Themes of Death, Dying and Grief in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 26: A Touch of Faust – Changing Goals on your Protagonist and when this works\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 27: Harnessing Demons – How Writers use their own faults and insecurities in Writing.<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 28: Gobblefunk and Glyphs – creating words in Children’s Fantasy<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 29: The Frankenstein Complex – why is ‘Fan Fiction’ such a dirty word?<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 30: Bucky Barnes to the Winter Soldier – the Evolution of the Side-kick<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 31: The Devil in the Details – Lucifer in Modern Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 32: Escape to the Country – of Editing and Writing Weekends<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 33: Not so Charming – Male Stereotypes in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 34: The Unveiled Series Reborn – Books, Judgement, Heaven & Hell, and PTSD<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 35: Three Goblins Walk into a Bar – Writing Humour in Speculative Fiction and How to Avoid the Accidental Funny.<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 36: Horcruxs and Heartbreak – of Books, Souls and Killing your Darlings<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 37: Breaking Out the F-jars – Our Favourite Swears in Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 38: Monsters and Men – Gothic Classics and the Origin of Horror – A Hallowe’en Special<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 39: Saints, Souls and Samhain – the Celtic Day of the Dead<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 40: Strange, Horrible and Who – the Egotism of Genius<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 41: Balancing the Real and the Fantastical – Writing Relatable Epic Fantasy<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 42: Let us make Men – From Golems to Androids<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 43: Standalones to Series – the pros and cons of One-offs and the neverending Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 44: Writing Sex Scenes – it’s not as Hard as You Think<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 45: Time and Tide and the Rose-tinted Glasses – Our Fascination with the Past<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 46: Winter Festivals – Traditions and Stories in the Dark<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 47; 2016 – The Best Bits<\/a><\/p>\n

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