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    Your Most Hated Tropes

    I'm not quite awake enough to explain why I don't like them, but I'll attempt to explain a couple sometime later.
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    Your Most Hated Tropes

    I've got a whole bunch. 😅 Not Like Other Girls Damsel in Distress Yanderes Anything that Romanticizes Toxic Relationships Love Redeems Hurt To Protect I Will Wait For You Miscommunications Love Triangles Love at First Sight Last Minute Romantic Pair-Ups [Strangled By The Red String] Love Is...
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    Greetings, fellow travelers of the speculative.

    Cool, cool! That's a lot of different things to mix together! Welcome, again, and I hope you have a good time here.
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    Want to track your weekly progress with me?

    1) Title: "Invented Universe Lore" 2) Genre: Fantasy with planets, spaceships, and alien-ish species 3) Synopsis: An attempt to get all of my lore and ideas in one place 4) Status: Just started the document today; currently the lore is in a notebook and a bunch of papers 5) Sharing: nope
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    How would I write a pokemon story aimed at adults?

    Maybe an important thing to think about is: gym battles aren't the only thing your protagonist can do. There's pretty much unlimited job or role opportunities. They could be a researcher, a scientist, a contest affectionado, a fossil excavator, a Pokemon Ranger, maybe even a former evil team...
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    Side Effects of Living A Thousand Different Lives

    Everyone in my invented universe can decide how long they want to live for in their current lives. The trio of characters who were around at the beginning of the universe itself, and therefore have lived the longest, are the most compassionate and understanding of those they meet even despite...
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    What's your Clutch-iest gaming moment?

    Besides, it's kind of nice to get to brag a little for once. 😆
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    What's your Clutch-iest gaming moment?

    It's fine. No need to apologize.
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    What's your Clutch-iest gaming moment?

    By far my proudest gaming victory is when I defeated Hades on Extreme Measures 4 plus 16 Heat, using my best weapon, the Hera Bow. I genuinely felt like a god in that moment. Second proudest is defeating the bonus boss in Persona 3 Portable, which took hours upon hours of getting the right...
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    Is there a way to 'fix' the Isekai Genre?

    I'd like to see more stories deconstructing or examining the structure. Maybe a story that takes place after the hero has returned home. What effects would that have on their mental state, how they interact with people? Or, alternately, what if they choose to stay, and the main story is from the...
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    Would you be put off by a novel that was only 40-60k?

    When I was younger, I used to be rather proud of reading long books, 700-1,000 pages, but these days the books I usually read are in-between 300-450 pages, or shorter. I'm appreciating more and more, the skill it takes to write shorter books. There's no space for filler, and every word counts.
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    The Three-For-Three LotR Game

    I came up with this idea earlier this evening, and I wanted to try it out. So, how you play is, you take all three LotR movies, and then: 1) you remove a scene from the Extended Editions, 2) add a scene from the books that you wish they'd put in the movies, 3) and a scene from the movies into...
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    How comfortable are you writing ahem, 'romance' ?

    Sex-repulsed ace here! Plenty of romance in my stories. All of my characters who are romantic start the story as a couple, or trio, or whatever, except for one couple who do get a 'meet cute' scenario. I find it's a lot more interesting to explore relationships that are already relatively sable...
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    Nimona Movie Petition

    Well, I've got some great news to share. The Nimona movie is coming out next year, released on Netflix. ND Stevenson seems super excited and happy, so that relieves most of my nervousness about the story/plot being messed around with. Celebration time! I might even make some fan-art. Anyone have...
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