Recent content by CSDestroyer

I don't think it's strictly necessary to have an explanation for the reincarnation aspect. Better to leave it ambiguous than try to explain it, and fail in doing so. I'm wondering if the best kind of protagonist to have that fulfills the third point would be someone who's elderly who is...

E-books or audiobooks are actually a pretty interesting way to workaround gathering information. Listening in on confidential conversations would be easy, but actively seeking it out without blowing cover would be hard. You'd probably have more than a few questions if you were to walk in on your...

The difficult part with making dream sequences is that your prefrontal cortex has minimal activity when you're dreaming. That's the part of your brain that does the reasoning and logical decision-making. For me, anyway, that is why I can never lucid dream; when you're asleep, your brain usually...

TL;DR reincarnation premise, except the protagonist wakes up in the body of a GMO'd human that is not meant to be intelligent. They have to conceal their intelligence while working as what's basically a servant to a rich family. I don't want to write it, because then I will need to commit to...

ONE-OFF STORY SEGMENT THE CONTEXT What you've just read is my attempt at writing a segment of this idea, in an attempt to flesh it out enough for it to be understood as a standalone piece. I'll be putting this idea out here because I'll likely never actually write it out fully myself...

Capital equity and interests rates are directly tied. When interest rates for low-risk securities, like bonds and loans, are low, that means that it's worth the extra risk for private equity to invest in ventures that have a higher rate of return, such as the video game industry. Within the...

This might be due to my Ameri-centric way of growing up, but if someone does not like me, I'd rather know upfront that they do not like me. This usually won't fly in a professional business environment, but it typically saves time rather than them holding up a facade of politeness. There's also...

The first paperclip maximizer.

As they say, specialize with what you're good at. A burger chain like In N Out is popular because they focus on what they're very good at, and never expend resources or manpower trying to branch out to cover more markets. On the contrary, with weapons, I'm pretty sure there's quite a large...

On the contrary, I do find it characterizes someone very well based on how they reason away their hypocrisy, whether it be cognitive dissonance or otherwise. The problem usually arises when the author is not really self-aware that their protagonist is a hypocrite.

The rumble of scientific triumph. Man is evil, without a doubt, but he's motivated by the pursuit of knowledge. I find outright evil villains fun, especially for tongue-in-cheek and satirical media. As for the typical villains with a tragic backstory, I've seen it done quite a lot, usually...

You can probably, unironically, ask ChatGPT to give you definitions and use cases for odd words or catchphrases that you might not fully understand. It's surprisingly good at that, as long as the term you're asking about isn't too new (2022 or sooner).

I find names one of three ways: 1. I have a really nice name that I don't have a use for, or a name from an old story I never released publically. I've got a list of them, and will use them depending on if they fit or not. 2. Whenever I am bored, I simply mash together words until I get...

I began on Wattpad, too. Irritating to see a platform do this to itself. Small platform grows due to being "in touch" with regular people -> Grows really big -> Sells out -> Everyone flees to other smaller platforms -> Repeat ad nauseum

Blank slate protagonists. Primarily isekai ones that simply do not have a personality when they're sent over. No strong morals or convictions, no background history to guide what they do, little to no opinions other than basic human decency (and sometimes even that is absent). They go with the...