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  1. GlassRose

    What’s your take on kill systems in web novels? (i.e., any mechanism where the MC gains power directly from killing, like leveling up, etc.)

    I don't hate them, they certainly are convenient, but I hate when killing is the ONLY way to get xp. Or if you get xp for killing even if your class is unrelated. Crafters should get xp from crafting, not combat (well, maybe acceptable if they're using what they crafted to fight). You should get...
  2. GlassRose

    Dwarves as the Antagonists?

    Tolkein.
  3. GlassRose

    Tf going on with everybody adding 'representating'

    Deadly Sins post, then people started changing their name to be like Envy, and from there it cascaded.
  4. GlassRose

    Which comes first, the theme or the story?

    It depends on WHY you're writing. Some stories, dystopia stories like Fahrenheit 451 especially, often start with the message they're trying to get across first, and work backwards. But not all stories are made to send a message, I'd think MOST stories start from a place where the writer is...
  5. GlassRose

    Why I blink and everyone is suddenly representing smth

    You were invited, you just didn't show up! There was a post asking what Deadly Sin/Remedial Virtue everyone was, along with a poll
  6. GlassRose

    The sin/virtue that describes you the best is...

    I am primarily of Pride, used to also have a decent amount of Wrath but I'm better at managing that now, not insignificant amounts of Sloth, a hint of Lust but it's repressed so who knows exactly how much, and a lack of impulse control for sugary items meaning slight Gluttony. My Envy is within...
  7. GlassRose

    How would you confuse an all knowing being?

    Not necessarily. Just because they know it will happen doesn't mean they will choose to prepare for it, they could let it happen. Why? Well perhaps because it knows that if it doesn't let it happen, then something worse will happen. It is only one being, with a limited scope in what it can do...
  8. GlassRose

    How would you confuse an all knowing being?

    The problem is, they are not obligated to answer. No, the solution is simple. Punch them in the face. Or hit them in the head with a baseball bat. They know everything, but they are not immune to being concussed, a symptom of which is confusion.
  9. GlassRose

    How much would this influence you?

    Hmm, might interact with my plurality weirdly, form a new sense of self, so my personality might literally change, just, temporarily. It's unlikely to change my fundamental morals or beliefs, but the perspective might be helpful for me to learn about how other people work and adjust my behavior...
  10. GlassRose

    Would you send a bad person to solitary confinement?

    Personally, I believe the opposite, evil isn't in the deed, but the reasons behind it. Stealing because you're starving, vs stealing because you want some extra funds to buy a fancy phone are very different. The only evil deeds are the ones that, by their very nature, have no possible...
  11. GlassRose

    Would you send a bad person to solitary confinement?

    I don't like those odds, and 'bad' is too light, even if the chance was 100%. I would only be willing to condemn someone who was evil, and that is a very solid and important distinction to me. There are some things that are bad but understandable, perhaps justifiable, something done by a person...
  12. GlassRose

    Just saw my friends kids schoolwork it is something else

    please burn out my eyes
  13. GlassRose

    What are the things you hate the most?

    Irrationality, Deception, Subservience, Blind-Followers. Fairy-Dark. Or if you mean in a romantic partner, then primarily dominant, fit-but-not-bulky women with wit, a kind, gentle soul, and a hard, serious, protective exterior. Destiny Bond. Or, overanalysis into thought processes and...
  14. GlassRose

    Are your beliefs/ideals original or are they a product of your environment?

    Idk about geographically, but socially, I'm fairly similar to my family and the people I choose to interact with, but different in key ways. I was raised religious, Lutheran (my Grandma's a pastor. Well, retired now, but), and a lot of my views on morality are rooted in that, but I've also...
  15. GlassRose

    Are your beliefs/ideals original or are they a product of your environment?

    The origins of beliefs are *complicated*. They are a synthesis of the beliefs you have interacted with and internalized, processed by the circumstances in which you interacted with them, the emotional situation, along with your own personal experiences, in a manner determined by your prior...
  16. GlassRose

    Does this bother you?

    Yes, but not for the reasons you describe. That kind of title is just the most meaningless, generic, boring-ass title that I can think of. Not a speck of soul that could make me interested in reading it.
  17. GlassRose

    Writing What are your thoughts on redemption arcs? Do they always need to happen, or should some characters stay villains?

    Why would you even think redemption arcs need to happen? Most people are the hero of their own story, so what is there to redeem? What's a redemption arc to one character may look like a fall from grace to another, and neither of those are really an expectation to begin with? Some people aren't...
  18. GlassRose

    What does your playlist look like?

    I am on playlist #11, each having some hundreds of songs ranging from like, 200 to 900. Currently on 300. I listen to my music constantly. I pick stuff up that stimulates my brain in a satisfying way, that sticks in the forefront, but after I get used to it it becomes white noise just in the...
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