J. Y. Song
@Critical_Scribe
Aspiring author and narrator, eternal amateur
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This dynamic has existed in fiction for ages. People just need to accept the fact that the thing they like isn’t fully original, and that’s fine. Original doesn’t equal good, it’s all about the execution.
Shounen girls fall for heroic, muscular and traditionally masculine guys. Shoujo girls pursue handsome popular guys that are either just perfect goody-two shoes or straight up assholes. Momo yearns for the company of a cute nerd with a lack of self confidence but a heart of gold.
Parents, I implore you. RAISE AND TALK TO YOUR KIDS. You can’t be doing this Bystander Effect “well someone else will take care of it” with your own flesh and blood.
A study found 33% of teenagers use AI chatbots for companionship, conversation practice, and romance They found talking to AI easier than talking to real people and use it for emotional support
Absolute self defeatist behavior. “I don’t want to put in the effort to teach my children the proper ways of ignore the influence of vices, so I’ll just ban it.” This kind of mentality forgets two things. 1. Humans are immensely flawed creatures and adding a “forbidden fruit”…
Tropes and cliches are fine to use so long as they’re properly utilized and built up. TV tropes is handy in identifying what exactly makes the trope feel so good, but it’s the double edge sword of people shallowly interpreting that to mean, “If I have this happen, my story is…
I’ve been curious. What do you all think about TV Tropes?
This is purely self defeating behavior. Life isn’t sunshine and rainbows but resigning yourself to tragedy because it’s expected the only thing you will get is said tragedy. You will be chewed up, spit out, and stomped down by life at times, but you must always press on and keep…
there’s no happy ending, not here and not now. this tale is full of sorrows and woes.
Sometimes I see a statement on here that reminds me to go outside and talk to people to remind myself the world is still sane. This is one of them.
Can you forgive a partner who accidentally cheats on you?
The scars of every conquest in existence are felt all over the world to this day in countless, incalculable ways. What a way to say nothing and be narrow-minded at the same time. I’m not shy about expressing empathy, but clearly “empathy” is being shown in one direction here,…
Already seeing people angry about this and spreading misinformation. “But the sAcRIFices!! The Aztecs were a death cult!!” Shut the fuck up and educate yourself. The scars of the conquest are still felt to this day but y’all aren’t ready for that conversation.
I’m not here to cast judgement on people using AI art vs a real artist, but consider this post a further reinforcement of Hedge Knight being committed to being a fully human experience, and that means using no AI in its writing or the art commissioned for it. That being said, I…
You know, when I first stepped into the Satorl Marsh in Xenoblade it was during the day and I had the distinct impression of “this is neat I guess, standard swamp for a JRPG”. The music was alright, but not super memorable to me. Then night hit… and I was sucked into a…
I, for one, am mainly tired of modern dialogue showing up in fantasy because the writers couldn’t bother trying to change the way they speak for just a second. For those of you looking for something in the vein of DnD but also trying to go out of its way to write some that feels…
I'm starting to get tired of these archetypes showing up in Western fantasy.
…just call them Handsome? That’d make 99% of men’s’ day.
How do you compliment men? What do you even call them?? Hot? sexy? Adorkable? Stud muffin? Scrum·did·dly·ump·tious? HELP!! 😭😭
I guess I’m the odd one out here. When I have the time, I love cooking even if it takes me ages to make literally anything.
Happiest male cooks
Then why make it an Aliens property? Make a new IP if your idea is so grand it can break from canon like it’s no big deal. Yes I know known IPs are safer financially, but here’s my answer to that: I don’t care. If you’re gonna use an IP respect the canon of those who made things…
'Alien: Earth' abandons plot elements from Ridley Scott's prequels and exists in parallel to 'Romulus' FX’s entertainment boss says: “Everything doesn’t have to fit together the way you expect from Marvel ... Fans don’t expect that in this universe" (via @Variety)
I urge people to actually try and learn different ways to do things instead of giving up at them at the first pass. If you can’t budget, then learn to do it and have the humility to ask if you can’t figure it out. I dunno how the concept of self improvement has become so alien…
eating at home costing $60 with time and labor and eating outside costing $56.78. alright.
New free chapter on Royal Road! This one is also heavy, so at least there's parity for right now >.> royalroad.com/fiction/59557/…
New chapter on Patreon! Its... well its a heavy one. patreon.com/posts/hedge-kn…
If we’re doing this I want an unsparing depictions of Japanese atrocities in Nanking and the horrific deeds of their Unit 731. Oh and their oppression and exploitation of many Chinese and Korean women during their occupations. If we’re going to show the “truth” of history then…
James Cameron says his film ‘GHOSTS OF HIROSHIMA’ will be “unsparing” in depicting the atrocities of what happened during the atomic blasts. He compares it to doing what Steven Spielberg did with ‘SAVING PRIVATE RYAN’ & ‘SCHINDLER’S LIST’ Find out more: bit.ly/GhostsDF
So, having played the first 5 chapter of Xenoblade Chronicles, some thoughts. 1. The writing so far is good. It is very JRPG so far but in a good, comfy way and knowing how Xenosaga went, I expect things to get insane eventually, but right now it’s hitting all the right notes…
Are these guys just contractually obligated to hire the same writers and not look for fresh talent? Like why would you bring in the guy who wrote the mess that was Multiverse of Madness in to work on your script for the movie that will make or break your franchise? You KNOW it’s…
Michael Waldron is now working on the script for ‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’ (via hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…)
Man doesn’t know the pure potential that there is to rice. Sad.
I've had three bowls of rice today, and now I fully understand why so many people give up on "getting fit" when they go full chicken-and-rice mode. Eating rice is just absolutely dismal. Bland, dreadful texture, dries out the mouth. Billions of people eat rice as a staple. Grim.