Then there are the comments so full of flattery and praise when they ask for an update you just don't have the heart to say you've completely lost interest in the story, so you just pretend you didn't see them.
You're all writers here - anyone have any tips for trying to get back into a story you just don't feel connected to anymore?
@SinCerely On AO3, or somewhere else? I write the most shameless shit on AO3 because no one I know outside of AO3 knows about it, lol.
I too write a lot of smutty fanfiction. A03 is a great site for thirsty readers to provide the best feedback and encouragement for you to keep updating your stories. Not that any number of comments and requests can stop me from being lazy when I really put my mind to it.
@kanye-qwest said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
is that about being old?! my fingers are always cold when I'm keyboarding it up. I got giraffe arms, my heart gives up on putting blood in them
It is! (I don't actually know how old you are) It seems like it is. This wasn't happening when I was cold last year!
Am I the only one that can't RP when their fingers are cold?
At what point did this become a thing? Where I'm inside and my hands are so cold that they're stiff and even writing this run on sentence which has now turned into a test of my dexterity which I'm failing because of how many times I've had to pause and backspace i
When did I get OLD?
At this point, you're all about as off-topic as criticisms in an ad thread.
Garden Paws is the most fucking adorable thing I've played this year, and there's so much to do from gathering to crafting, quests and farming, etc. All while being ridiculously cute little animals with oversized heads. It's multiplayer with fun Twitch streaming integration as well.
These people, in games and in real life, annoy the hell out of me. Ever had trouble separating the genuinely nice people from the suspiciously creepy posers? Read on.
Yes vote here.
Is a MUSH a game? Yes.
Is a monitor required to play a MUSH? Yes.
Is game, requires monitor = is video game.
The World in the Walls
It's the name of the first Fillory book, for anyone that's forgotten.
Cry me a river... then build yourself a bridge and get over it.
Make like Elsa and let it go.
@rdc said in Requiem 2e Bloodlines:
I'm super into custom local flavor. That said, unfortunately, most of the local stuff I wrote for NOLA 1 didn't get read by...basically anyone. We had precisely one person not on staff significantly interact with one Mystery Cult, and that was about it. Benefit vs. cost doesn't seem to work out when you try to alter what people expect too radically.
Who do you find at-fault for this, is my question. If a game design element is not being interacted with by your player base, couldn't that mean it wasn't presented in an engaging way? Oftentimes, people shy away from something new not because it isn't interesting, but because they aren't sure of how to go about getting involved, and fear misstepping or making themselves look stupid by going about something the wrong way.
@lithium Yeah, Firan's dice didn't gaf about anyone. But no, it was the guy Deltha offed that I'm trying to find the name of. It's less pressing now as days have passed and the conversation is over, but if the player is around, hmu.
Yes, he was a Hydran, thank you @Darinelle ! We'd been debating if he was a Hydran or a Gold Dragon, his personality fit both iirc. If anyone remembers his name (think it started with a B or a D?) or knows who played him, let me know, lol. I'm looking for a specific log he's in from Remembrance Day and can't find anything to search for it by.
Terrible name for a thread, I know.
There was this one time some noble kid got his ass kicked by some chick in the military and due to an unfortunate roll of the dice, he dropped dead. Anyone remember who that guy was or who played him? Lemme know.
RL anger: When I thank someone and their response is "NP." and my brain, after years of conditioning, reflexively thinks 'No thanks,' hearkening back to the days when NP stood for Noble Privilege and we all thought this was hilarious. It's 2018, I'm allowed to be angry this is still happening in my head, right?
@insomnia Downplay their effectiveness to your doctor if you want them again anytime soon, lol. You definitely sound like a candidate for addiction. I'm glad they worked and you're feeling a bit better even if it's a brief respite. Enjoy the glorious weather a bit before that crash hits.
Falling asleep after drinking with a faceful of makeup. I'm awake now and my face is so dry I feel like I could peel it off. #TheMorningAfter
WIthout condemns, when someone does something wildly unpopular, what is the method by which The People can make that known? Angry mobs have always had an air of anonymity about them, same with protests and marches - they tend to be identified by their cause/crusade, and not the individuals in the teeming mass. It's more in-line with human thinking, ie: 'I want to voice my displeasure but I don't want to be singled out for retribution' to offer up a condemn (verbal angry mob) than to publish a scathing editorial. So I'm just curious as to how this is managed, or if it's gotten to a point where if you don't have something nice to say, you just don't have a voice to say it with.
@admiral said in RL Anger:
If Morgan Freeman is guilty, he should be called out on it. However, given the microscope black leaders have been under throughout the history of the US and the glee the white supremacists (alt right) show when one is caught red-handed if I was sexually harassed by Morgan Freeman I probably wouldn't report it.
I don't know if that makes me a bad person or not. LIke I said. The truth can be multiple things.
The thing with sexual harassment is that - and we can call it conditioning or loose morals or low standards or cultural acceptance or a million other things - sometimes what we see as sexual harassment from someone we have no interest in, we see as flirting from someone we like or admire. I hope no one jumps on that with the 'But we shouldn't!' angle, since I've already acknowledged that it's not good while accepting that it's common practice, as of today's writing.
I'm happy to say that as time has passed, we've thickened the thin line between harmless flirting and sexual harassment, defining it more clearly as women have fought for and earned a voice in society. But no one can make the case that the line was so visible/intuitive back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and Morgan Freeman was a young man learning how to treat women (roughly the same time period, I'm pretty sure).
Sure, if it's true (a bit of ogling, some inappropriate comments and/or touches, it's not hard to believe honestly) he deserves to be called out and given some social justice medicine to cure his bad social behaviors, but chastising an old man for bad behavior is one thing, putting him in the lineup with actual rapists is another entirely.
It's too early for me to get deep into the race thing, but I've admitted in the past that I (quite unfairly perhaps) see most things in a racist light because my glasses aren't rose-tinted, they're the-color-of-your-skin-is-a-basis-for-murderous-hatred-so-be-on-guard-forever-tinted. So, yeah.