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Poutine. Probably explains why I dedicate an entire chapter on eating the stuff in book2 of my story.

Sure is! You're not alone. Whether it's because you simply don't feel much, or that you struggle to identify your feelings and put words to them, you have peers, out there (like me) who managed to live fulfilling lives with good career despite it all.

Alexythimia, or anhedonia? I suffer from both, although the second I have figured out the reason behind it. I am doing better now that I addressed that part of myself.

Trauma? I spent 40 years thinking I was mentally broken. Getting a diagnostic helps a little bit, but decades of hating yourself is hard to undo. I also have been raised thinking 99% meant I should have tried harder. That's also very hard to break after decades of acting like everything I do...

I have done all of the unconventional things! Tanking on Bard/Ninja in Final Fantasy 11, Combat Rogue untouchable builds, Marauder tanking in FFXIV... (even Black Mage main healing there, too). Heck, my DarkMelee/SuperReflex scrapper with no self-heals and 95% evasion on City of Heroes was such...

I don't know! Maybe? I assume not! Gunslinger in my setting is, against most expectations, a tank class. They do akimbo-style gun-kata, draw a lot of aggro with all that noise, and specialise in dodge rolls and evasion tanking. (They’re highly inspired on one of my favourite weapon combo on...

Looks at the class list in my fictional VRMMO. Ah, there it is. Gunslinger. But wait, I love elves too :(

@Seaspecter is a gem and his comments on my novel are a balm to my wrinkled little heart. I totally encourage you to reconsider!

Beastkin, for sure!

The gender of objects in French changes based on the word you chose to describe it. A car is male, an automobile is female. A fork is female, but a utensil is male. For boats, I can't actually think of any word we use for them that makes them female: Vessel (vaisseau) is male, Boat (bateau) is...

How about my latest? https://www.scribblehub.com/series/1360568/state-of-the-art/

Generally, if it has Gender Bender, I'll check it out. If it has foxgirls or catgirls, there's a good chance I'll check it out, too! I think I tend to prefer fantasy to Sci-Fi in general, but I'm not that picky between the two.

I lean heavily Discovery writer, for sure. But for my latest work, I have actually put my game designer skills to use, and did an entire month of planning. So Plantser, like many others here!

I'm 238,605 words in my story now (most of it not published yet), and one thing I can say is that the tension in your story doesn't have to come from combat. One of the character in my story, the martial artist tank, is basically never challenged so far by what she encounters. But that's fine...

Sexual, I would actually say that it involves (and here's the tricky part) or suggests actual or imminent fucking (or fucking-adjacent activities) A passionate make-out session isn't inherently sexual, but if someone's belt is undone and there's a hand in their pants, I think it's starting to...

Thank you so much Seaspecter! It was fun following along your journey and reading/responding to your comments!

I feel like at some point, someone thought "this is a sexy character" (which, to be fair, can be entirely true. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all) The problem comes when someone does the logical leap that "sexy character" = "sexual picture". It's just a cool character in a space...

Nappy Yew Hear, as I always say. I am in the pacific northwest, so it's not New Year for.. gosh, 12 and a half more hours. But hey, it's close enough!

Hey, do not fear. I have aphantasia too, and I don't think it prevents us from writing things well and describing objects. It just means you can't summon an image of the thing in your head and simply describe what you see. But you can still list all of the things you know of the object. If I...

And that is the secret behind Quentin Tarantino's dialogue, too! It’s similar to Satoshi Kon's explanation of how dialogue works. The burger conversation (which sadly, is absolutely lies!) about European names of McDonald's quarterpounder cheese is probably one of the most famous example of the...