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  1. Varstark

    Do Americans feel like they’re main characters?

    Shit answer: Literally every identity and group ever, but moreover literally every superpower ever. Real answer: Can confirm as a US satellite country citizen, burgerlanders on that MC starterpack.
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    Is it ok to write a story where the main character is suicidal?

    ...Have you seen the kind of works we put out on this site? Suicidal protagonist won't even warrant a blink. Not in a bad way, but in a "not the weirdest shit I've seen" way.
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    Anime Girls(fictional girls: manga, LN's, VN, anime and stuff) Or Real girls?

    Both 2D and 3D for me. I swing between the two depending on the mood. It's like the difference between soft and hard sci-fi. I believe that's what people call a shit-test. Just like men like to know that their girls are loyal (impossible), women like to know that their men are invincible...
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    Are char names that Important?

    If they're not important to you and you just need any old name, there are name generators on the internet.
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    Why! Why no armor!

    This distresses me far more than the post's lack of coherency. Boob plates are a fictional invention on par with the printing press and the compass.
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    Whats the fastest red flag you've seen when reading

    When the main (or notable) female character is "strong!", "rebellious!" and "fiesty!". It just tells me the author is ear-deep in modern political trappings and ironically, despite what they're writing about said female character, can't think freely for themselves. As a general trend, Western...
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    Writing Prompt Monsters that require other races in order to reproduce

    Amazonesses are implied to be this in a couple of works. Go around picking fights with anybody and everybody, find a man who can whoop their ass and have his babies so the stronk genes carry on.
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    The “school beauty/goddess” trope is kind of dumb

    "Trope X is unrealistic, junk and tiresome." "Yeah, but trope X is a reflection of simple human desire." "But what about great, artful literature with true exploration, spiritual revelation and emotional danger that gives us a genuine human experience? Why put up with masturbatory power...
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    Poll : which writing software(s) are you using ?

    LibreOffice. Started to get sick of Word demanding a product key after a format, and my current laptop is old and pre-built. Had to get used to some inconveniences, but I've completely adapted to the clunkier software.
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    Tomboy ABS

    I'm not seeing any reason why those two should be mutually exclusive. Who says a six foot tall muscular girl can't be a gentle and supportive housewife?
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    Your Most Waited Upcoming Anime?

    I imagine that they'll go on to win the Solomon Islands campaign and Leyte Gulf.:ROFLMAO: Coming from a game like Pacific Theatre of Operations allowing you to forcefully conscript slave labourers and sexually enslave comfort women to something as sweetened and sanitised like KanColle, I feel...
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    What is Wuxia/Xiania and Cultivatio?

    Warning, extremely data heavy link: https://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=31707 This thread might be of interest to OP. Some Japanophile weebs do hair-split in the thread later on, but it's a great breakdown of what constitutes wuxia and its ethos.
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    What is Wuxia/Xiania and Cultivatio?

    Dunno about cultivation, but you can essentially just think of wuxia as the Chinese version of Arthurian/Tolkien high fantasy, but old as dirt (although the term "wuxia" is thought to have been coined in the 19th century). You've got martial warriors, magic, drama, politics, princesses, dragons...
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    The concept of kings using faith from their citizens

    Modern culture, values of freedom, equality, free will and rights. Abolition of class structure. Intellectual bias. Distrust of higher authority, lust for subversion and rebellion even at the cost of integrity or values. Not inherently good or bad things, but how values have changed so radically...
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    What do you think about life?

    Confusing, cruel, fun and exasperatingly transitory.
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    So, what's got you depressed lately?

    I'd say continue playing some kind of physical sport while you're still growing by all means possible. Or just working out in general, even if you have to MacGyver some weights and equipment. It's not some kind of panacea for mental health or lack of confidence, although it does help in those...
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    So, what's got you depressed lately?

    Do you work out or play any sport?
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    So, what's got you depressed lately?

    Sinus infection giving me headaches and stuffiness. Being ill is a grade A bitch. Giving me a little brainfog and impedes my imagination and thought processes a bit. It's recovering though, and I know how to keep depressed thoughts away by now.
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    It's a rant

    What I read: The Gamer x [Insert random genre] What I wanted: With great power comes great [X]. What I got: [Bigthicc] levelled up! He learnt [Greater Twerk]! He gained the title [Soulless Grind-Log With No Story]!
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    It's a rant

    Parallels like Spider-man and Doc Ock illuminate this better. Villains with sympathetic or pitiful backgrounds are, at root, people who lost against life, whether through bad luck and/or their own personality or flaws. I think, eventually, their personality must shine through with how they dealt...
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