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Are we talking about heroic stoicism or stoic pacifism? They are both 'stoic' in the sense of accepting life as suffering, but one is about the futility of fighting back while the other embraces fighting tooth and nail to the dirty bitter end. Personally I find both to be unrealistic ideals.

One year we put red food coloring in the cutout dough and baked communist cookies. Then we covered them in green frosting and called them infiltrator cookies. Then we covered the frosting in red sprinkles and called them double agents.

Sometimes I want to hide in the corners of ceilings, so fae.

I don't read in public. I read in unpopular stairwells and odd hours. Music building stairwell C at 6pm is especially relaxing.

"And how was your morning? I had to escape from a stranger's house who abducted me out of nowhere!" -"Eldritch" ch18, by expentio

For the most part, the differences between dudes and ladies are very subtle. Thought processes especially are really not different at all. If you are questioning "how do ladies think?" then you are overthinking things. If you are neurotypical, then if you put your own words and thoughts in a...

"Torture", "Stockholm Syndrome", "Evil Protagonist", "Mind Break". Y'all have vanilla triggers.

"That steak is so rare its eating the salad" is a favorite of mine, although its cooking specific.

Just two right now. Scribblehub and Scribblehub Forums.

-From Gamer to Eldritch Horror. What could go wrong?- Ch7

I read Light mode, at, 11:44pm, with 100w of led lamps illuminating my bedroom. And the night is as day, while the day with its horrible UV rays is blocked away.

"Of course, she does, she’s a maid, they’re supposed to be near omnipotent." -Kitsune of the Blue Sun, Ch103

Thank you @owotrucked, you've explained the difference beautifully.

"I look at the incredibly wide variety of puddings, cakes, and sweets of every kind and only have one thought. They can never know the truth." -Formicea, Ch 134

"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" -Mark Twain, 1889. This one takes "modern" civil engineering to the feudal system, bringing democracy and toilets to a medieval world.

"from the pheromone pots of the chamber of knowledge" -Formicea, Ch "Kyskas diary". Not every species reads with their vision it seems.

So I noticed that some fellows are talking as if the "isekai" genre was a fad, some shiny new gimmick that is near the end of its ability to keep attention. But I would like to take a moment so we can remember that "I find myself suddenly in a new and strange and magical world!" is not a new...

I don't even understand what this argument is about...

I have always liked small-steps hero type MCs. It seems lately that they have fallen out of fashion, being largely replaced by more relatable and often more selfish characters.

I expect it is mostly that the readers are getting older. Once you pass about 25 years old or so, you stop appreciating new things as much. Often this means nothing seems able to stand up to your old favorites. Personally I find that when my impression is so I'm not actually making a fair...