Buckle up for a boatful of admiration!
First of all; I read the demo, and I adored it. The difference in tone based on whether you touch the statue or not is really good—Though I definitely have to go right back and see what this "attack" is all about, very excited for that.
Second of all; I went through your entire archive and I can't put into words how excited I am that we're on the same page about various things IF wise. Especially the gendered difference, I adore that the Male ROs act different with Male MC, and likewise that Female MCs will get to have a closeness with Female ROs that they will not show Male MCs. Likewise with the romance variable, which I will first of all remind to not put too much on your plate; the moment it gets too complicated toss it. Enjoying your writing should always be prioritised. You're trying a new thing, it may or may not work, and there's joy in learning it.
And last, but certainly not least; remember to take breaks and don't put too much pressure on yourself. I look forward to following you on this journey, and eager to see where this project goes. And, while I'm certain you might have found it already, another good naming source is; nordicnames(.)de
It has categories, relevant to your project being (tacked onto the end of the "de");
/wiki/Category:Old_Danish_Names
/wiki/Category:Old_Norse_Names
Ahh! Thank you so much!! I have been taking a break from this IF so I can focus on other pressing matters. Ugh, life and all that. Even though I feel a little guilty about it, thank you for reassuring me. I really needed that. :,)
On the take about the tone, I love when the readers notice small changes in the writing depending on the choices picked. It makes me feel so giddy seeing my hard work noticed!
And in all honesty, this whole IF is everything I ever wanted in a game. I started this for myself, but I feel like all IF writers do as well.
With all that said, I will definitely check out that naming source because I'm literally running out of good names for side characters...
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someone needs to take one for the team and write a Jackie and Hyde regency AU
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what the hell am i losing on mole interest, when did it become a thing?? i think i lost a whole ass chapter 😭😭
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I love love loveeeee fics where Bakugo falls in love with reader/ OC while they're beating him up, and he's like, "damn, they're the one for me 😍"
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i think (beg) that someone should make an aslfua ao3 fic.
I will donate you my plasma :(
update: there has been an ao3 tag now (for some time actually) but yet the offer still exists. we can never have too many fics <3
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at this point i ship vietnam with everyone in asean, those are her men
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tbh i think the funniest phenomena that's been happening in the last couple years is "youtuber, having gone too deep into the research hole, has been made an investigative journalist against their will"
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One of my biggest nitpicks in fiction concerns the feeding of babies. Mothers dying during/shortly after childbirth or the baby being separated form the mother shortly after birth is pretty common in fiction. It is/was also common enough in real life, which is why I think a lot of writers/readers don't think too hard about this. however. Historically, the only reason the vast majority of babies survived being separated from their mother was because there was at least one other woman around to breastfeed them. Before modern formula, yes, people did use other substitutes, but they were rarely, if ever, nutritionally sufficient.
Newborns can't eat adult food. They can't really survive on animal milk. If your story takes place in a world before/without formula, a baby separated from its mother is going to either be nursed by someone else, or starve.
It doesn't have to be a huge plot point, but idk at least don't explicitly describe the situation as excluding the possibility of a wetnurse. "The father or the great grandmother or the neighbor man or the older sibling took and raised the baby completely alone in a cave for a year." Nope. That baby is dead I'm sorry. "The baby was kidnapped shortly after birth by a wizard and hidden away in a secret tower" um quick question was the wizard lactating? "The mother refused to see or touch her child after birth so the baby was left to the care of the ailing grandfather" the grandfather who made the necessary arrangements with women in the neighborhood, right? right? OR THAT GREAT OFFENDER "A newborn baby was left on the doorstep and they brought it in and took care of it no issues" What Are You Going to Feed That Baby. Hello?
Like. It's not impossible, but arrangements are going to have to be made. There are some logistics.
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I like to think that Vulcans who come to understand that Humans just can’t try to process emotions the same way as them, it’s just healthiest to let it out in harmless ways, decide that venting and stuff should be taken just as seriously as Vulcan’s meditation time, and will encourage the Humans around them to complain about what’s upsetting them
People who are used to aloof Vulcans who avoid Humans at all cost running into one comforting a Human
“-and then they said my cheesecake was subpar, and they didn’t even bring a dish!!!”
“The purpose of this event was that every participant brings a food item of sorts, correct?”
“Yeah!!”
“And they did not follow this rule while insulting dishes that were brought?”
“Mostly just my dish but yeah >:(“
“How illogical”
“That’s what I’m saying!!!”
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probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.
we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."
at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.
the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.
the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.
what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.
here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.
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