Domino is a game in which pieces are arranged to form long lines. When one domino is tipped over it causes the rest of the line to fall. They can be arranged in very complex designs that have beautiful and mesmerizing effects when completed. Dominoes are also a metaphor for the impact of one small action on an entire sequence or project. Many learning challenges can be compared to falling dominoes. Compensating for a learning difference may work well for a while, but eventually it will start to cause problems with other skills that are necessary for success. Trying to do too much at once can be similar to a domino effect as well.
The term domino refers to a series of events, not just in the physical world but also in the realm of human emotions and actions. Whether the event is good or bad, it will influence what comes next, affecting not only the person involved but other people as well. Dominoes are often used to represent a chain reaction, where one small thing triggers more and more actions that lead to an event with catastrophic consequences.
This is a common theme in superhero stories where heroes are often forced to make choices that can have far-reaching, sometimes catastrophic, results. In some cases, these characters must decide what is most important to them, a goal that will affect everything else they do.
In the comics, Domino is a mutant who has superhuman powers of luck and probability manipulation. Able to influence the laws of probability and shift odds in her favor, she is a weapons expert and an expert in several martial arts disciplines. She has been a member of the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and Wolverine’s black ops team, X-Force.
She is a founding member of the Six Pack, a mercenary group that includes G. W. Bridge, Hammer, Anaconda, Solo, and Deadpool. She helped them track down Vanisher, the clone of a former terrorist known as the Right, and she was also part of the team that captured the savage mutant Blackbird.
After her stint with the Six Pack, Domino joined X-Force again after Pete Wisdom offered to turn it into a proactive black ops team. She had a volatile encounter with Cable, who feared her return to messianic behavior and was later targeted by the assassin Blockade, whose mind she vengefully wiped. She later aided Jesse Aaronson in finding his brother, Gryaznova, and had her alien technology-disrupting power grafts disabled.
As a writer, we can use the idea of dominoes to help us plot our story. This is particularly useful for writers who are pantsers and don’t create detailed outlines to guide their writing. If we want our scenes to flow logically, we must check them. If we write a scene that doesn’t logically connect to the previous scenes, it will fail to build tension and the reader will lose interest. Dominos are a great visual symbol for this process because they can be broken down into small parts to see how they fit together.