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    MSadiq replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.
    I think it's more accurate to say that he was fond of anything that's traditional of England, not in any xenophobic way. As a matter of...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Tired of using the same word.
    It's a Lovecraft invention. Supposedly the mad "Arab," Abdul Alhazared, which means nothing. It's literally Servant of the (abdul) the...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Tired of using the same word.
    I know you said you were deployed to the Middle East, but it's surprising that you can read such literarily perverted titles, which I...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Tired of using the same word.
    Lexicon is the closet thing, in Modern English, but if you want to adapt an Old English term, wordhoard is the closet thing to thesaurus.
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Elf and Asia Culture.
    If you widen the scope of Asia to mean all of Asia, then you'll come to find that the Dwemers of the Elder Scrolls, at least...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Calendars in Worldbuilding..
    It feels so weird reading this because I have two worlds, too, and one of them is also very dim, though that's due to the sun being...
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    MSadiq reacted to ThinkerX's post in the thread Calendars in Worldbuilding. with Like Like.
    The calendar is pretty much planet-wide. The secondary world has a 360-day orbit with two smallish moons, one on a 15-day cycle, the...
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    MSadiq reacted to Queshire's post in the thread Elf and Asia Culture with Like Like.
    Well, I'm not sure about the history, but I can understand why. A lot of traditional Asian cultural aspects are stereotyped as being...
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    MSadiq reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread Calendars in Worldbuilding. with Like Like.
    I write alternate historical fantasy, firmly set in an alternate Europe. You'd think that'd make things simpler, but it really doesn't...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Calendars in Worldbuilding..
    I've decided on two calendars for my world. One solar, which is kept for agricultural purposes, while the other is lunar, which is the...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Asking on system?.
    If you're seeking novelty, add your spin on the power system. Take it and interpret it through something you really love. In my power...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Is it odd that my characters are far more 'animated' than I am?.
    I don't think you can even separate who you are from whatever you do, and with something as personal as writing, it's bound to show...
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    MSadiq reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Is it odd that my characters are far more 'animated' than I am? with Like Like.
    Well, since writing is kind of sedentary, I would not find this surprising at all. I am quite introverted, and many of my characters are...
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    MSadiq replied to the thread How much is too much worldbuilding?.
    AI isn't even that great at present you accurate info. It straight up makes up information, gives wrong sources, and misidentifies...
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    MSadiq reacted to Ban's post in the thread How much is too much worldbuilding? with Like Like.
    I don't believe there is such a thing as too much worldbuilding, but too much worldshowing certainly does exist. Your world may well be...
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