Just talk

[Rhaps]

Somehow, this thread became a battle of 'your mom'

 

[ThrillingHuman]

I think they meant that your mom has more gravity.

If soneone needs to correct their own insults for them to make sense they automatically fail

Somehow, this thread became a battle of 'your mom'

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Somehow, this thread became a battle of 'your mom'

@WelcomeToSH

If soneone needs to correct their own insults for them to make sense they automatically fail

Fair. I don't think they understood the gravity of their insult.

 

[ThrillingHuman]

@WelcomeToSH

Fair. I don't think they understood the gravity of their insult.

*exasperated eyeroll*

 

[Corty]

Fair. I don't think they understood the gravity of their insult.

Neither did their mom.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

*exasperated eyeroll*

No need to thank me, and hold your applause.

Neither did their mom.

 

[ACertainPassingUser]

The only talking battle in Real life is Negotiations and Interrogation.

If your story involve a Young Master of whatever powerful group that must do hundreds of political intimidations, negotiations, and interrogations, it would be realistic that the battles would be fought with talking instead of sword and fist.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

They do a lot of talking with drinks in my story.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

They do a lot of talking with drinks in my story.

"Talking"

 

[melchi]

As a person who relies on dice to decide on my character's actions in fights. I prefer the realistic and sensible move of just talk with drinks.

What are your thoughts about just talking and coming to a conclusion in your novel? How much would the storyline change?

That's like the premise of cinnamon bun. Raven's dagger has broccoli do the opposite of what every isekai protagonist would normally do.

I think they meant that your mom has more gravity.

Yes, but does her shadow weigh 42 lbs?

 

[LunaSoltaer]

Since it's a shadow, it would probably weigh -42 pounds, which....

I'll let some physicist somewhere panick over that

 

[TheEldritchGod]

No, it is only eldritch horrors beyond human comprehension can dissolve stuff with talking. "talking".

Okay. Look.

I've explained this in the past, but I'll explain it again. It's not that we have a problem with humanity. Its the whole... Bone thing.

Now don't get me wrong. It's not like I'm Bonephobic. Some of my best friends have bones. But why do you have to identify as endoskeletal? Seriously. It's creepy as fuck. Either be jiggly, or be rigid. DON'T BE BOTH. Why must you have a rigid form AND have jiggly bits at the SAME TIME? I mean look at BUGS! They have skeletons, ON THE OUTSIDE, so you can't see the jiggly bits. OR just be all jiggly! Why must you have bones at ALL?

I'm all for expressing yourself, but must you have skeletons on the INSIDE? Really? It's just WEIRD. Have you all thought about... I dunno... NOT HAVING BONES? Hmmm? C'mon. Just... try it for a week or something. See how it grabs you. What's the worst that could happen? I mean, just between you an me, the other eldritch horrors are really getting creeped out. I mean, I'm the tolerant sort. If you wanna be freaky internal bone people... hey. To each their own.

But you're scaring the straights.

I'm just saying.

 

[Deleted member 113259]

Okay. Look.

I've explained this in the past, but I'll explain it again. It's not that we have a problem with humanity. Its the whole... Bone thing.

Now don't get me wrong. It's not like I'm Bonephobic. Some of my best friends have bones. But why do you have to identify as endoskeletal? Seriously. It's creepy as fuck. Either be jiggly, or be rigid. DON'T BE BOTH. Why must you have a rigid form AND have jiggly bits at the SAME TIME? I mean look at BUGS! They have skeletons, ON THE OUTSIDE, so you can't see the jiggly bits. OR just be all jiggly! Why must you have bones at ALL?

I'm all for expressing yourself, but must you have skeletons on the INSIDE? Really? It's just WEIRD. Have you all thought about... I dunno... NOT HAVING BONES? Hmmm? C'mon. Just... try it for a week or something. See how it grabs you. What's the worst that could happen? I mean, just between you an me, the other eldritch horrors are really getting creeped out. I mean, I'm the tolerant sort. If you wanna be freaky internal bone people... hey. To each their own.

But you're scaring the straights.

I'm just saying.

At this point I just have bones to creep @TheEldritchGod out.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Okay. Look.

I've explained this in the past, but I'll explain it again. It's not that we have a problem with humanity. Its the whole... Bone thing.

Now don't get me wrong. It's not like I'm Bonephobic. Some of my best friends have bones. But why do you have to identify as endoskeletal? Seriously. It's creepy as fuck. Either be jiggly, or be rigid. DON'T BE BOTH. Why must you have a rigid form AND have jiggly bits at the SAME TIME? I mean look at BUGS! They have skeletons, ON THE OUTSIDE, so you can't see the jiggly bits. OR just be all jiggly! Why must you have bones at ALL?

I'm all for expressing yourself, but must you have skeletons on the INSIDE? Really? It's just WEIRD. Have you all thought about... I dunno... NOT HAVING BONES? Hmmm? C'mon. Just... try it for a week or something. See how it grabs you. What's the worst that could happen? I mean, just between you an me, the other eldritch horrors are really getting creeped out. I mean, I'm the tolerant sort. If you wanna be freaky internal bone people... hey. To each their own.

But you're scaring the straights.

I'm just saying.

Hey I like bones and jigglys! This is racism against momma vampys!

 

[TheMonotonePuppet]

Okay. Look.

I've explained this in the past, but I'll explain it again. It's not that we have a problem with humanity. Its the whole... Bone thing.

Now don't get me wrong. It's not like I'm Bonephobic. Some of my best friends have bones. But why do you have to identify as endoskeletal? Seriously. It's creepy as fuck. Either be jiggly, or be rigid. DON'T BE BOTH. Why must you have a rigid form AND have jiggly bits at the SAME TIME? I mean look at BUGS! They have skeletons, ON THE OUTSIDE, so you can't see the jiggly bits. OR just be all jiggly! Why must you have bones at ALL?

I'm all for expressing yourself, but must you have skeletons on the INSIDE? Really? It's just WEIRD. Have you all thought about... I dunno... NOT HAVING BONES? Hmmm? C'mon. Just... try it for a week or something. See how it grabs you. What's the worst that could happen? I mean, just between you an me, the other eldritch horrors are really getting creeped out. I mean, I'm the tolerant sort. If you wanna be freaky internal bone people... hey. To each their own.

But you're scaring the straights.

I'm just saying.

Yes, well this puppet finds it unfortunate that all of you beings have rigid and/or jiggly bits. Why can you not simply be taut with thread and extra-floofy? It is dearly upsetting to know that you all contain fluids. Sure, I understand being adorned with the occasional eye or ten, or maybe a nose and a few ornaments for the stomach, but to have any rigid structure at all? Or to be jiggly in general? I mean, just YUCK!
And don't even get me started on plushies and wooden and/or hard plastic puppets. Haarumph!

 

[Deleted member 113259]

Yes, well this puppet finds it unfortunate that all of you beings have rigid and/or jiggly bits. Why can you not simply be taut with thread and extra-floofy? It is dearly upsetting to know that you all contain fluids. Sure, I understand being adorned with the occasional eye or ten, or maybe a nose and a few ornaments for the stomach, but to have any rigid structure at all? Or to be jiggly in general? I mean, just YUCK!
And don't even get me started on plushies and wooden and/or hard plastic puppets. Haarumph!

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[Deleted member 84247]

Yes, well this puppet finds it unfortunate that all of you beings have rigid and/or jiggly bits. Why can you not simply be taut with thread and extra-floofy? It is dearly upsetting to know that you all contain fluids. Sure, I understand being adorned with the occasional eye or ten, or maybe a nose and a few ornaments for the stomach, but to have any rigid structure at all? Or to be jiggly in general? I mean, just YUCK!
And don't even get me started on plushies and wooden and/or hard plastic puppets. Haarumph!

() You could never understand the taste of life essence...you poor, poor monotone soul.

 

[TheMonotonePuppet]

?

...
*eye twitches*
*screams into fluffy (i.e. not wooden and therefore much better in general) pillow*

() You could never understand the taste of life essence...you poor, poor monotone soul.

Hmmm... it seems as if you find much color in releasing blood from one's body. Perhaps I should go on a rampage! Figure out my path! See if I can obtain some color for myself!

 

[ThrillingHuman]

Okay. Look.

I've explained this in the past, but I'll explain it again. It's not that we have a problem with humanity. Its the whole... Bone thing.

Now don't get me wrong. It's not like I'm Bonephobic. Some of my best friends have bones. But why do you have to identify as endoskeletal? Seriously. It's creepy as fuck. Either be jiggly, or be rigid. DON'T BE BOTH. Why must you have a rigid form AND have jiggly bits at the SAME TIME? I mean look at BUGS! They have skeletons, ON THE OUTSIDE, so you can't see the jiggly bits. OR just be all jiggly! Why must you have bones at ALL?

I'm all for expressing yourself, but must you have skeletons on the INSIDE? Really? It's just WEIRD. Have you all thought about... I dunno... NOT HAVING BONES? Hmmm? C'mon. Just... try it for a week or something. See how it grabs you. What's the worst that could happen? I mean, just between you an me, the other eldritch horrors are really getting creeped out. I mean, I'm the tolerant sort. If you wanna be freaky internal bone people... hey. To each their own.

But you're scaring the straights.

I'm just saying.

Actually, it's my bad. Before [redacted], humans were supposed to be mollusks, as God intended. I had a really rough week (and those weeks were longer becaise the Sun back then did not yet... ooops I wasn't meant to say it. Forget it). I had a really rough week, so I needed a pick me up. As a witch I often deal with devils and other unclean things, and people think it's more of a transactional business partners thing, a one-time and done deal - it is not! It's more of you opening a door and then you get to constantly have to deal with them. Anyway. I had a rough week and the blasphemous things saw that and offered me a pick me up. I woulf normally read all the terms very carefully, but I was not in the mood and it seemed kind of funny to leave a loophole like this... Long story short, that was how humans became primates.
I know, my bad. I really didn't mean to. It was funny, but not worth it.

 

[Gryphon]

I'm a big fan of engaging scenes where its just characters talking about their ideologies, motivations, or something like that. I find it fascinating how a character can throw a fist by using their words, and how a character can dodge the incoming attack by preparing an improvised counter-argument or by brushing past the topic and skillfully changing the direction of the conversation. I struggle when writing fight scenes, not because of complex movements, or struggling how the MC can beat the antagonist, but because I generally find fight scenes more boring than engaging debates.

However, some of my favorite moments is when you can combine the two artfully where a person's fist becomes their words and their words become their power.