The Orientation
Christian BassettThe Orientation is about the hidden mechanics of stories: narrative structure, symbolism, worldbuilding, and the systems beneath fictional universes. Long-form investigations into how stories work, why they work, and what happens when they break.
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| Issues | 21 | Founded | 9 months ago | Last Issue | 13 days ago |
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Star Wars: Broken Inheritance
I left The Last Jedi with a knot in my gut.
Luke Skywalker was old, bitter and defeated, but none of those things really explained it. Heroes are allowed to fail. Age can hollow a person out. Even wisdom may decay. A man may lose faith...
Warcraft: The Structure Beneath the Lore, Act II
This is the second part of Warcraft — The Structure Beneath the Lore.
Act I establishes the method behind everything that follows: how Warcraft’s powers shape judgment, how pressure enters character and history, and how the elements...
A Promise
During this AI revolution, nobody quite knows who or what to trust anymore. So I want to make a few promises about this publication.
The primary purpose of this Substack is not literary prose. I care about writing well, but the thing I am...
Warcraft: The Structure Beneath the Lore, Act I
Introduction: The Office Left Behind
At the summit of Icecrown Citadel, the heroes of Azeroth find the ending they came for. Arthas Menethil lies dead beside the Frozen Throne. Frostmourne has shattered. The souls held inside the blade h...
Warcraft: Symbolic Function Bible
I’ve always liked the rule: don’t talk about the work, show the work.
But when I began writing about where I think Warcraft’s storytelling drifted, I realized I first needed to demonstrate the actual lens I use to read it. Without that, an...
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I study fictional worlds as symbolic systems: myth, metaphysics, narrative structure, and why modern stories lose their power. British-Austrian.
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