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  1. John_Owl

    You become a famous author

    it's a sad fact. even smut authors that earn a living or "make it big" aren't actually famous. they're the lowest wrung of writer.
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    Im bored, what’s up with ya’ll

    My current MC likely would just goof around. I mean, he's 17. meanwhile, the villain i haven't really shown too much, so i don't want to go too into much. however, I can say they'd like just relax. they are a nation of dragon hunters, after all.
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    You become a famous author

    as a smut author, I've come to accept that I'll never reach the levels of fame where people dig up crap from my past.
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    Favorite quotes from your own works

    context: MC passed out after killing a mini-boss. his sword (magical, self-aware sword) pulled his soul into a shared meta-space that exists in their connection. MC sees nothing but white. he misunderstands and thinks it's his mind, then complains that there's nothing there. sword says...
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    What media inspired your work?

    my current work was inspired by my other works. but they all trail back to one: Lay the Dragon, which was inspired by the meme. edit: forgot to mention, A succubus' Love was inspired by the VN "A House In the Rift". and my one shots were all inspired by various things, most commonly various anime.
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    Bear Grylls

    i might if my world was a little more realistic. but being a fantasy world with completely different physical laws from ours, it makes much more sense to simply know my plants and animals, so i can incorporate that into my works. figure out what signs usually mean danger, and use those to make...
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    how do you think different characters would react to rule 34?

    given that I write smut, my MC has already had a scene reacting to rule 34 (his best friend, the side character, is an in-universe smut novelist, and MC is his editor/proofreader). Basically, MC is just burned out on the prospect of porn. so he'd be like "yeah, cool. I'm porn. whatever."
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    Ugly Characters in Gaming and Fiction

    and that's all well and good. it's fine to depict people however the creator chooses, which is my point. Aloy is 'ugly' because she doesn't have the advantages that we have in modern times. sure, if she'd grown up with a tooth brush, a razor, skincare products, etc, she'd look better. if she had...
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    Ugly Characters in Gaming and Fiction

    I don't know if i'd call Aloy ugly. I mean, all things considered, she was actually quite beautiful. considering she grew up in a place/time where they didn't have the advanced personal hygiene we have. She had basics, like soap made from ash and pig fat. chewing on bark/wood was a means of...
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    Hello SH! I have published my story: Abyss of Penitence here!

    hey, nice to have another new face here! enjoy your stay, cookies are long since gone. there might still be some soda left in the corner, but i sincerely doubt it. that said, have some fun.
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    The heroes shouldn't be invited

    Diablo 1&2, right? additionally, to OP's question, the hero's accidentally killed the great evil, and they are actually chaotic evil and wreaked hell on the town leading up to the "fight". or they were greedy, and used the "we're great heroes, you gotta give us free stuff" excuse, so, while...
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    Daily Wins Mega Thread

    its not so much that i don't want to. i go through periods where i just can't sleep. i feel fully rested after about 3-4 hours. they usually last about a week, then i go back to a semi-regular sleep schedule. :blobthumbsup:
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    Daily Wins Mega Thread

    i managed to get more than 3 hours of sleep last night for the first time in nearly 2 weeks, i had a healthy-ish breakfast, i've made a new cover for my current run story, AND i'm now working on a cover for my next story. oh, and i managed to get ahead of my upload schedule, instead of flying by...
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    What POV do you use in your stories?

    i do 1st or 3rd most commonly, though i've done a one shot in 2nd, which was interesting.
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    Names of characters.

    quite honestly, my naming is either wildly random or deliberately focused on a specific theme. for instance, in my stories, foxgirls are always named after alcohol (real world alcohol), and their personalities reflect the presumed traits of the alcohol. Bailey? shy at first, but once you get ehr...
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    Help, how to balance a slime character?

    i didn't read all the responses, so forgive me if this has already been said, but yall are really overthinking this. the real world equivalent to magic is electricity. and it's quite literally everywhere. OP said it's a modern military setting, so it wouldn't be a hassle to set up a shock trap...
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    Describing eyebrows for confused/disbelieving expressions

    something like "She raised an eyebrow in mild confusion, the lifted brow rising like the slender tail of a cat before it pounces"? Not really sure what you mean, specifically. or if you want really confused - "She furrowed her brow in confusion." metaphors aren't always needed to convey...
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    Strength or Dex or Both?

    having been born with Asthma, i've always wanted to be able to run. imma go Dex. slice them MFers up nice and fast like. let the barbarians that choose Str struggle to get a hit while i aim for weak points cause i'm so fast i got time to aim.
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    Do your characters need therapy?

    Does Aise need therapy? Without question. Dude was captured, tortured, and eventually escaped. on the journey to rescue his mom, he's joined by his futa-father who was nearly killed for her earlier antics as a privateer (disavowed by the kingdom and labeled pirate). along the way, he finds that...
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    How to push growth? Or how to hit trending?

    i wanted to add to this, there is one AI i've found that is actually quite useful: AI Readers. Readers will read as you've written word for word, including spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. If you read along with it, it can help you catch issues that you might not have seen otherwise...
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