ShrimpShady

ShrimpShady

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    The unwritten pitfall of writing a supernatural sidekick character who's always with the protagonist but invisible to most of the cast is that sometimes you just forget they exist. You'll write chapter after chapter before realizing they haven't spoken a word.
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    I have a super natural sidekick character that none of the cast can see.
    It's name is Borgoraforty. It likes to drink rancid milk and eat stale crackers.
    We have long conversations in the public park while I feed it.
    ShrimpShady
    The correct way to think about your country is to absolutely fucking despise it almost to an irrational degree

    but also to love it just a teeny bit more
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    Daily music recommendation #328

    Mr. Morale is such a fascinating album, which is why I've recommended so many songs off it. Just an excuse to talk more about the record. Definitely Kendrick's most personal, conflicted work, but it's also his least immediate. Not all the songs bang, which is why I don't return to it as much, but the ones that do stand out a lot.
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    ShrimpShady
    United in Grief is one such song.

    So many interesting changes. So striking. So evocative. So other adjectives. I must also point out the irony of the song being called "United in Grief" while the hook goes "I grieve different."

    A perfect introduction to a deeply conflicted record.
    Alski
    Alski
    He just confused, not conflicted.
    ShrimpShady
    I feel like there's a profile picture renaissance going on. Everybody's getting new and even personalized profile pictures, highlighting their individuality.

    It makes me want to finally change my profile picture too

    But sadly part of my branding is me being a shrimp in name only. I can't afford to have any media actually related to shrimp
    ShrimpShady
    That thread about sensitive subject matter reminded me of a debate I've been having with myself lately, regarding how much bad you can make your protagonist do before you lose your readers.

    We all love flawed protagonists, and in some works, these protagonists can be straight up evil. But where's the line? :blob_hmm:
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    Of course it depends on the kind of story. If you're writing a dark fantasy, having your protagonist rip people's guts out might not be a turn-off for most readers. Meanwhile, if you're writing a cozy slice of life, readers might turn on you if your protagonist so much as pulls the chair on someone.
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    ShrimpShady
    One thing's for sure, if you make your protagonist a rapist or a pedophile, you'll likely lose most of your readers (unless you are nisioisin and you're writing the Monogatari Series).
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    This could've been a thread, but that requires commitment, and I like the loose non-committal nature of the profile post :blob_hmm:
    ShrimpShady
    People will look at you in the eye and tell you that Queen are a bad band

    Likewise people will look at you in the eye and tell you that The Rolling Stones are a good band
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    @JayMark I'm a pacifist. That means my fists are only for people who live in the Asia-Pacific area. We love Queen around these parts

    @georgelee5786

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    I know a guy that doesn't like anything.
    As in if you say you like something, he will say he hates it and finds way to hate it.
    for no real personal reason or exp of it. just hate.
    the only reason we can tell is that he just hate it when he see people enjoys things.
    you can almost say the only thing he likes is for people to have nothing they enjoy.
    ShrimpShady
    ShrimpShady
    Not to alarm you, but you might be acquainted with the Grinch
    ShrimpShady
    If a sexy character looks better with more clothes on, you have failed in designing a sexy character
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    Daily music recommendation #327

    You know, I've never actually given these guys a listen. This is kinda wacky and fun :blob_hmm:

    Ireland's such an interesting place, and Irish identity equally so. I for one enjoy muh politics in media, as it's a good reminder of how interconnected everything and everyone is.
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    ShrimpShady
    So shoutout to Kneecap for being bold, inspiring the youth, and helping the revitalization of the Irish language.
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    ShrimpShady
    Balaclavas are so in
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    Daily music recommendation #326

    I first discovered this piece (look at me calling it a piece instead of a song/track) from an obscure PC game called Magic Builder. It was a pretty weird and clunky game, but because of it, Arabesque #1 will always have a special place in my heart. I'm not so sure what's Arabesque about it, but it's cool.
    unlaumy
    What do you think of that Peterson guy who puts lobsters' agenda above the shrimps' in human society?
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    ShrimpShady


    Stay woke
    unlaumy
    unlaumy
    you always keep it real, shrimp of the radiation
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    ShrimpShady
    But my actual thoughts on him and on a lot of sort of internet-era public intellectuals:

    He seems like a pretty smart guy, who, either out of delusion or an opportunity to make mad m$ney, thinks that that intelligence could extend into topics he's less qualified to talk about.

    Kind of like Michael Jordan's stint in the MLB.

    Maybe there's just something in the water in the Jordan River.
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    I done seen a guy with a neckbeard who looked even worse clean-shaven. Where do you even go from there?
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