I need to quick rid myself of my Audible credits, because my dumb ass forgot I was still subscribed to Audible and the credits disappear if you cancel your subscription (Thanks, Amazon!)
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I still find it funny how quickly SSL certificates went from being prohibitively expensive for a small site like HH to literally being free
'Merril became a Canadian citizen in 1976 and became active in its Writers' Union. When the Union debated at its annual meeting whether people could write about other genders and ethnic groups, she exclaimed "Who will speak for the aliens?", which closed the debate.'
I need to quick rid myself of my Audible credits, because my dumb ass forgot I was still subscribed to Audible and the credits disappear if you cancel your subscription (Thanks, Amazon!)
Also, doesn't defining a protagonist inherently necessitate them sticking out from the rest of the characters?
What's the solution this person recommends to both these things?
Maybe I'm missing context because I didn't read the original article, but:
I think writing is as solitary or as collaborative as you want to make it. You can make it communal by sharing ideas and characters freely among other authors. Even if you're solely writing your own ideas, editors can shape the writing, for good or for ill.
And I think there are different degrees of protagonists sticking out from the crowd. They can stand apart by DOING interesting, distinct things over the course of the plot. Or they can stand apart even before they do anything, just by virtue of being Special in some way: superpowers from birth, heirs of a secret legacy, The Chosen One, etc. It’s the difference between Link in Wind Waker vs. Link in most other Zelda games.
And it's possible to write a protagonist who doesn't stand out or do much of anything at all, but gets bounced around by fantastic events much bigger than them. Rice Boy and Frodo Baggins would be examples (though they do get a few crucial moments of heroism). But it's harder to make a satisfying narrative that way.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I saw a Value City Furniture delivery truck with the slogan Value City Furniture: You just can't do any better!
I'm sure they meant it in the sense of "nobody beats our prices!"
But it sounds vaguely insulting
Like they're sneering at their customers, knowing VCF is the best furniture they can afford
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I am seriously going to be peeved if America actually goes through with this election
Obama just needs to come out already and cancel it, declaring himself President For Life
idea: its dnd but instead of good/evil law/chaos you have the entire myer briggs personality type thing and people in universe treat it with the exact same level of seriousness
DnD morality makes fun archetypes and can work decently well as a very loose framework for character writing but the limitations are pretty immediately apparent and any good character written with it in mind will find a way to challenge/subvert the morality system
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
So it's like this, okay. You have two spectrums.
Law and Chaos in Moorcock was a natural force, and the clash between both created worlds and so on. A police officer and a genocidal robot are both strong forces of Law. There are no moral aspects to Law and Chaos at all, and all are weighed according to how well you serve those cosmic forces.
Because normal society is so complicated and people are complex, you could have someone that serves the cosmic force of Law but is a bad person at their core, or someone who serves Chaos but is a good person. That's not a bad idea: approach and morality informing your character.
The problem here is the Great Wheel, which is the "default" Dnd multiverse, and the setting of the Forgotten Realms thing. There are entire sub-dimensions and neighboring universes where everything is just "Lawful Good" or "Neutral Evil." Places like the Seven Heavens, Arcadia, Elysium, Nirvana, and so on.
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'Merril became a Canadian citizen in 1976 and became active in its Writers' Union. When the Union debated at its annual meeting whether people could write about other genders and ethnic groups, she exclaimed "Who will speak for the aliens?", which closed the debate.'
I think writing is as solitary or as collaborative as you want to make it. You can make it communal by sharing ideas and characters freely among other authors. Even if you're solely writing your own ideas, editors can shape the writing, for good or for ill.
And I think there are different degrees of protagonists sticking out from the crowd. They can stand apart by DOING interesting, distinct things over the course of the plot. Or they can stand apart even before they do anything, just by virtue of being Special in some way: superpowers from birth, heirs of a secret legacy, The Chosen One, etc. It’s the difference between Link in Wind Waker vs. Link in most other Zelda games.
And it's possible to write a protagonist who doesn't stand out or do much of anything at all, but gets bounced around by fantastic events much bigger than them. Rice Boy and Frodo Baggins would be examples (though they do get a few crucial moments of heroism). But it's harder to make a satisfying narrative that way.
I'm very wet.
I found a friend.
sadface
Might be a southern hawker, i think?
That's really cool.
Me: why do I do this to myself