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    Cat Supremacy Thread

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    Who's that Archer? (Anime edition)

    It did get the idea across. MyAnimeList saves the day - it's Tigrevurmud Vorn from Madan no Ou to Vanadis.
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    Who's that Archer? (Anime edition)

    It's been too long since I saw the anime and don't remember if bow = coward's weapon was a thing there. I do remember the MC was a minor noble (not a duke, which is right under the royalty) of low repute with the other nobility and a highly skilled archer, who was captured by the enemy in a war...
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    Why must it be a sword, especially in eastern cultivation, namely the jian sword?

    While the usefulness of different weapons in different situations is one thing, you can't forget the matter of skill. A protagonist could carry multiple weapons with them for any situation, but unless they are a martial genius or have been training for decades, they could master maybe two or...
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    Is it worth reposting your story?

    If you drop your current version to start posting the edited version as a new story, you are likely to lose a chunk of your readers. If you only have a few chapters posted, or don't have many readers to start with, you don't have much to lose, but if you have a lot of chapter and/or readers it...
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    Are Strong MCs Really Boring… or Are We Just Reading Them Wrong?

    So that's what SP means! Steak Power, not some crap like stamina points!
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    Writing Prompt Damned if you do...

    Logically, assuming you would not have been able to avoid the collision even sober, roadkill alone is at fault. From a legal standpoint, you were under influence, which is obviously illegal, so you share at least some of roadkill's blame, although intoxication might count as a mitigating...
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    What is a standard/acceptable amount of chapters to have backlogged?

    A backlog is basically a safety cushion for you, so you can keep posting consistently even if you're not writing new chapters for any reason. If you post once a day and have ten chapters in a backlog, you basically have ten days you can get away with without writing, before it impacts your...
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    Is it even Possible for AI assistants like ChatGPT to generate entire long Novels?

    Chat GPT can output a novel's worth of words that will even resemble a story at a glance, but it will not be consistent in any way. And it's not just about memory, AI struggles with simple logic too. Something like having your character scratching his nose while he's carrying a heavy crate in...
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    Reader Poll — Chapter Format

    Personally, I prefer around 4k, and seeing anything under 1k average just makes me skip the story entirely. Around 2k is a solid middle ground.
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    AI assisted, a vague term on purpose.

    I disagree. What you describe, I would classify as AI-generated. It's not really assistance if AI does the bulk of the work for you. AI-assisted would be if you write the story, but have the AI edit or translate it for you.
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    Why is no one reading my novel??

    Claiming your novel is the best, is a dead giveaway it's going to be mediocre at best. Your concept is not new and innovative either, and neither is it fresh and unique. You still have only five chapters. Common breakpoints are 10/20/50/100. That said, disappearing for months after posting just...
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    The Insomnia Experiment

    @ElijahRyne Did we manage to kill the subject, or has the apprentice ran off?
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    Writing Tips on how to write Mecha battles a little more interesting!

    I remember having an argument with a fan of Gundam about those points, more or less. If I paraphrase: "The mechas use this supertechnology, that's why they are better." "Why can't they build tanks with the same supertechnology?" "...mechas are better because they use this supertechnology, tanks...
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    Writing Tips on how to write Mecha battles a little more interesting!

    I'm going to present my pet peeve with mecha stories. As you said, it's expensive - both to build and maintain, and more prone to damage and mechanical failures. It is often large, has more moving parts and potential points of failure than conventional machines, and offers worse volume for...
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    Uggggh. Cringe.

    Did not even have to finish the first paragraph to know it's a scam. Everything after was just more confirmation. To be fair, it looks like at least some effort went into picking presentable pictures (well, except the third one, that's just weird), but the wildly different styles are still a...
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    Bizarre Memes Thread

    You mean a log splitting axe is not an axe?:blob_cookie:
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    Post to share opinions on the future of Western video games, movies, and VA.

    Yes, I've seen it in original. A good voice acting can certainly smooth that over. And I agree, I love the older Disney musicals, but here there was maybe one good song. The were... at best they fell flat, for which I blame at least partially the lack of (or very quiet) musical accompaniment...
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    Trash Panda Appreciation Thread

    Recently I have read the anatomy of trash pandas is starting to show signs of domestication.
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    Post to share opinions on the future of Western video games, movies, and VA.

    Recently I have seen the 2025 Snow White. It... was not terrible, but the checklist was obvious, and the most memorable part of the movie for me is, how poorly most of the songs were done. In one in particular, the actress outright sounded like she just wanted the scene to be over.
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