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The Time Machine is H.G. Wells barely disguised fetish fiction.

Allow me to explain. You know how sometimes a fetish is so oddball that the person writing the fiction piece (for their own sanity) writes it in a way that makes sense? A way that may be very far into the future with all the necessary twists in history to make it happen (whether that's for some humans acting like pets or one race being sexually superior, gross etc, gross etc).

I think Wells' fetish was little people (or even worse, children) and he wrote the novella The Time Machine maybe without even thinking of it as fetish fiction.

Allow me to explain further. The Time Traveler (as he's called in the book, nameless as nearly all the rest of the characters in that story) travels into the future and finds himself in an idealic utopia where there's these smaller, less intelligent versions of humans. While real life little people are just as intelligent as the "default" size, the going thought of the time was the opposite. But in this case I actually do concede that the evolutionary track that humans took in the story does explain the lack of intelligence and ability.

Yet what's more is that the little people are described as childlike (the lack of intelligence and ability) *but* also beautiful. Beautiful? Cute may be an apt, sane description but beautiful seems to me to be an odd, but still rather non-problematic description. Odd but fine. Beautiful things don't need to be sexual. A butterfly is beautiful. A well made bidet can be beautiful if one hasn't had a good butthole washing in a while.

But here you have a full size man in a world of little innocent people (described as being childlike but beautiful). Not a *big* deal right? Well it isn't, until he starts to describe that they bathe a lot and play around. Interesting. A little odd but whatever. Not pervy to have *noticed* that the innocent little people bathe in the lakes and rivers when they probably have no qualms being seen doing so. But then the kicker comes in: he says that they "love-make in a half hearted fashion". Hmm? What now? How would time traveler man know this?? Has he been spying on them doing so? Yes, apparently.

That's a pervy thing to do but there's more. The next escalation is that he openly admits to watching them bathe. And he also gains a *female* companion of the little people named Weena after saving her life from drowning while she bathed.

I rest my case. H.G. Wells was a pervy little people/child fetishist.

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Not my vid

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"Spectacular, give me 14 of em right now." I need a suit like this immediately.

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If the chocolate guy is wasting chocolate (aka food) with his egregious center pieces for what I can only assume to be pretentious parties, I need him to be sat down and all the wasted chocolate conga lined into him until he's like the blueberry girl from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

This is the way.

Sorry for the vitriol if he's actually a lowkey chill dude

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Person who believes the best of society: Surely no one would ever hide their Zombie bites!

The humble Patrick McHenry:

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a sitting platypus

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"Gackass"

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I ain't a wimp when I get writers block I STRESS ABOUT IT FOR A WEEK STRAIGHT, and not to ChatGPT like a coward. I face writers block like a man, laying in bed hours crying.

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You will know the tree by the fruit.

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Unfortunately there are no more pixels for this post. Fortunately it can still be read. Unfortunately no one who needs to read it will ever actually see it.

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If you need a reason to dislike PragerU even more here you go.

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Geralt of Rivia, my favorite political neutralist.

between contracts

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So you remind me of all the ways my day could be better?!

How inconsiderate.

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100 Dialogue Tags You Can Use Instead of “Said”

For the writers struggling to rid themselves of the classic ‘said’. Some are repeated in different categories since they fit multiple ones (but those are counted once so it adds up to 100 new words). 

1. Neutral Tags 

Straightforward and unobtrusive dialogue tags: 

Added, Replied, Stated, Remarked, Responded, Observed, Acknowledged, Commented, Noted, Voiced, Expressed, Shared, Answered, Mentioned, Declared.

2. Questioning Tags 

Curious, interrogative dialogue tags:

Asked, Queried, Wondered, Probed, Inquired, Requested, Pondered, Demanded, Challenged, Interjected, Investigated, Countered, Snapped, Pleaded, Insisted.

3. Emotive Tags 

Emotional dialogue tags:

Exclaimed, Shouted, Sobbed, Whispered, Cried, Hissed, Gasped, Laughed, Screamed, Stammered, Wailed, Murmured, Snarled, Choked, Barked.

4. Descriptive Tags 

Insightful, tonal dialogue tags: 

Muttered, Mumbled, Yelled, Uttered, Roared, Bellowed, Drawled, Spoke, Shrieked, Boomed, Snapped, Groaned, Rasped, Purred, Croaked.

5. Action-Oriented Tags 

Movement-based dialogue tags: 

Announced, Admitted, Interrupted, Joked, Suggested, Offered, Explained, Repeated, Advised, Warned, Agreed, Confirmed, Ordered, Reassured, Stated.

6. Conflict Tags 

Argumentative, defiant dialogue tags:

Argued, Snapped, Retorted, Rebuked, Disputed, Objected, Contested, Barked, Protested, Countered, Growled, Scoffed, Sneered, Challenged, Huffed.

7. Agreement Tags 

Understanding, compliant dialogue tags: 

Agreed, Assented, Nodded, Confirmed, Replied, Conceded, Acknowledged, Accepted, Affirmed, Yielded, Supported, Echoed, Consented, Promised, Concurred.

8. Disagreement Tags 

Resistant, defiant dialogue tags: 

Denied, Disagreed, Refused, Argued, Contradicted, Insisted, Protested, Objected, Rejected, Declined, Countered, Challenged, Snubbed, Dismissed, Rebuked.

9. Confused Tags 

Hesitant, uncertain dialogue tags:

Stammered, Hesitated, Fumbled, Babbled, Mumbled, Faltered, Stumbled, Wondered, Pondered, Stuttered, Blurted, Doubted, Confessed, Vacillated.

10. Surprise Tags

Shock-inducing dialogue tags:

Gasped, Stunned, Exclaimed, Blurted, Wondered, Staggered, Marvelled, Breathed, Recoiled, Jumped, Yelped, Shrieked, Stammered.

Note: everyone is entitled to their own opinion. No I am NOT telling people to abandon said and use these. Yes I understand that said is often good enough, but sometimes you WANT to draw attention to how the character is speaking. If you think adding an action/movement to your dialogue is 'good enough' hate to break it to you but that ruins immersion much more than a casual 'mumbled'. And for the last time: this is just a resource list, CALM DOWN. Hope that covers all the annoyingly redundant replies :)

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