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keniona talked about jealousy received for being able to do more than others. You too mentioned the suspicion that readers felt shown up by someone struggling less with something than they would have. This only tangentially relates to the "jack of all trades" part for me, i.e. the pursuit of...

Isn't that, subjectively, exactly the lack of realistic struggle? Another part I'd consider essential is whether the lack of specialization has relevant drawbacks. Even if an approach is provably superior to others in real life, a narrative built around confirming that belief tends not to be...

Protagonists that like to point out others' personal or moral shortcomings in their inner monologue. Now technically this only applies if they're supposed to have moral highground themselves, but I've yet to see that behavior in works without the latter. So many authors don't seem to...

Poor Akil :blob_pat_sad: No use talking to a physics denier. They'll just float away if they don't like you.

This is going to end with a Matcha blood bag in the basement and Megumi in his place isn't it?

"I don't care about your opinion and let me make really sure you understand that."

The better future for our children here is even less of them. You tell me with a straight face that toddler language is a meaningful addition to textual communication between adults.

The maybe clearer exec version: New stories don't always pop up on the first spot of the latest series tab, even if their chapters are newer than entries to their left. I've noticed this a few times myself, suddenly finding a new cover in between stories sometimes a day older. With how many...

No, you got it right, that was what I was getting at. Do any of the cultivation technique scenes involve the protagonist in the "early" mental state? (I skimmed a bit of the start to see whether there would be any glaring issues, the MC came across as befitting the then infantile body in terms...

It seems like a good starting point, though. There's the mention of aphrodisiacs, and the part about inner monologue from other characters about fantasies with the protagonist. Do you have an idea what they might be referring to, @Ezy? Even if you don't think they deserve the report it would...

"I shall return to the Wild!" the emaciated girl form the chest of a toppled guard, facing her step mother surrounded by entourage with ferocious confidence. "and none of you can stop me!" And with that, she dashed through the estate's gate and into the roadside thicket. The older woman stood...

I think there's a large part lockdown rebound. People who suddenly had a lot of time on their hands to spend online 4 years ago. Now that things have largely become as before I imagine a decent part of those will simply drift out of the scene again.

Can we please talk about the biggest crime in that post:

Story Marc on how the Three Act structure is actually the Five Act Structure. (Not quite, I know, but this got too close not to point it out)

My peeve are the "forgot the title", "can't find" etc. textual titles in addition to the tag. If you can't remember more there's little you can do besides hope you get lucky with little information, but is it really too much to ask for the central point(s) upfront?