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  1. BearlyAlive

    SHF users meet

    So, should I bring a few MtG decks or, even better, has anyone Digimon cards? I always wanted to try to play that one.
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    What horror experiences have you ever had?

    Bees. Bees playing Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" as they raid my breakfast table.
  3. BearlyAlive

    SHF users meet

    Sounds fun. I'd be up for lurking in the middle of the room since the corners seem to be overcrowded already.
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    How do you grow an audience?

    Have you tried German suplexing them into a pot and watering them every now and then? What works with nature should work with viewers, right? Social media engagement, supplement materials like art or a community. Or a mix of all of it.
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    What Genre Do You Enjoy Writing The Most?

    Fantasy, Slice of life, comedy (basically the kind where it's just people shitting each other or brutal friendly banter, or some absurdist comic-style humor), and a bit of mystery, mainly because telling others more than they need to know goes against my own sadistic amusement. I really want to...
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    "True names" in Fantasy

    Giving something a name takes away a bit of the "power" it could have over you, as it is clearly defined and thus not "able" to influence imagination and/or fear. So knowing the true nature of something would mean not only not having to fear the "power" something could have over you, but having...
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    The grand showdown of sapient mammals!

    Now that's something you should avoid in a discussion about boobs...
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    The grand showdown of sapient mammals!

    Elegant, so my vote goes to flat, since voluptuous women tend to go into "sensual" territory rather than "elegant". But I'll be the greatest pervert here and say personality instead.
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    What is the best advice for beginner authors?

    Don't think too much about stuff. Everyone starts small, and trying to be perfect from day one is a perfect recipe for disaster.
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    Writing What do you think about a protagonist acting as an anti-villain against an antagonist acting as a hero?

    If I understand you right, you want an anti-anti as your anti so you can antaprotagonize the protagantagonist?
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    Psychopath in fantasy.

    Every edgy MC ever.
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    Post to share opinions on the future of Western video games, movies, and VA.

    Strange that most problems seem to stem from the same root, they're replacing expertise with a checklist because "the numbers support our ideas", yet the numbers they pull are either biased or entirely fake. And they lack passion. VA was always a cesspool, so maybe AI acting can finally break...
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    Could you write a book you didn't care about?

    Does caring about the money instead count as caring about it? I mean, everyone is buyable, you only need the right price...
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    Is LitRPG really necessary?

    I never understood the hype anyway. LitRPG is (in my opinion!) a lazy device used by hack authors to somehow streamline their power systems or justify the random bullshit power-ups they give out like free candy. Prove me wrong, please. I dare you. There were only a few litRPG stories where the...
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    What do you look for in a "relatable" main character?

    Believable emotions. Be it self-doubt, being too sure of themselves, anger, fear, hatred, joy... Just telling me a character is "X emotion" but not showing the process behind it kinda breaks immersion. Drive. Or the lack thereof. But what moves a character or not should be explained. Suddenly...
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    What do you feel should be in a reverse world story?

    This reminds me of a WIP porn game a friend got me into trying. Twisted World, I think. The whole premise was pretty much an over-the-top reverse world where women are either dommy mommies, muscle amazones, or futas, and all males are femboys. They just replaced male and female character tropes...
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    Do You Have Plot Armor

    I'm a pro-crastinator. Otherwise, I've been told I have the talent to cast "Awkward Silence" on command. I can read while walking, cook food, be terribly sarcastic, and I mean British humor sarcastic, my mental problems can stop each other as well. So my depression can be overcome by my ADHD...
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    Isekai: Summoned Groups

    Isn't "everyone but MC is (secretly) an asshole" a trope that's done way too much? If it were my story, I'd put at least one other sympathetic character in that group as a contrast to the MC, to have a "Side: Others" PoV so you can show the wrongness of the others instead of outright telling...
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