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When it comes to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, there are two things that define the heroes: Pizza and New York City. Since the franchise’s creation in 1984, NYC has been a core part of the turtles’ ethos. It’s not just an empty backdrop for superhero antics, but a city that reflects their entire being. Its streets and sewers become an urban playground for the four brothers. Like any good New Yorker, the turtles feel a deep sense of pride for their home, swearing to protect even its ugliest corners. For Teenage…

Image: TorDotComIf you are in the global north and want to migrate to a fictional dystopia, then you have lost your grip on reality but also, more worryingly, may have expat colonial/oligarch aspirations: your only possible reason for wanting to move could be to reinforce that dystopia’s ruling elite. This advisory is not for you.If you’re in the global south and being forced to migrate by your regional totalitarian/oligarch combination, war, invasion, climate catastrophe, or by economic/social devastation caused by that…

The Chocolat author Joanne Harris has said that she thought of her cancer as a fictional “monster” while she was having treatment, so that she “could destroy him”.The writer, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020, shared her experiences with her followers on social media, dubbing her illness “Mr C”.“I turned him into a character so that I could destroy him,” she said in an event at the Hay festival. “Because that’s what I do.”After three rounds of chemotherapy, “slightly numb toes” is now the only symptom she is…

When you are invested in a comic or a game, the characters often take on a life of their own. In Fictional Skin, that seems to be the case for real.  Created by Kris Nguyen, the drama series centers on a pair of cousins whose summer has gotten a lot more interesting after the arrival of a new student. For Finn, he just wants to draw his comics and stay out of the heat. For Vivi, seeing a dead ringer of a video game character that she both loves and hates in her classroom is jarring to say the least. She’s fascinated by…

Editor's note: Here is an excerpt from Ravi Subramanian’s latest book, Don’t Tell The Governor. Subramanian, who mostly pens stories about the financial world, has already written nine books. In this book he tells the fictional story of a character named Aditya Kesavan, who becomes the newest chief of RBI and deals with dangerous challenges as he copes with his new job and the finance ministry of India. Subramanian has previously won the Economist Crossword Book Award for three years in a row as well as the Golden Quill…

NASA shared a special surprise for Star Wars' fans on May 4, revealing how the fictional series is inspired from the real world. The franchise has presented a fictional world to its viewers, making it difficult to imagine that the planets shown in the series would have any relation to the our universe. It turns out, they do. The space agency has shared details of several planets shown in the series that surprisingly look similar to real-world planets. If you're a fan of the Star Wars, it will not be a task to identify…

NASA shared a special surprise for Star Wars' fans on May 4, revealing how the fictional series is inspired from the real world. The franchise has presented a fictional world to its viewers, making it difficult to imagine that the planets shown in the series would have any relation to the our universe. It turns out, they do. The space agency has shared details of several planets shown in the series that surprisingly look similar to real-world planets. If you're a fan of the Star Wars, it will not be a task to identify…