#boring?

[tazabel]

Epic

I know Nnobody cares, but it's been two long weeks and my life is not the same anymore, so I need to summarise what happened. I liked Greece and Greek culture since childhood, but my life went in different ways. Now this interest is comming back in unimaginable speed and force. 2004 - the movie Troy came out (I was fourteen then and I will never forgive Legolas getting Hector killed. Also Patroclus T_T) 2009 - I finally read the Illiad 2023, spring-ish - during some late late night unhealthy Facebook Shorts scrollings (it was a difficult time) I've first discovered Epic: The Musical songs and made a note to myslef to find out what they're from (I did not) 2023, summer - my sister played the songs on Spotify, making me finally aware how I can find them (I still did not) 2023, autumn - I remebered it on several occasions, but was too busy to inquire more 2024, two weeks ago - my friend discoverd Epic and told me of her discovery; I have not listened to any different song since 2024, now - I'm reding the Odyssey; it's been fifteen years since the Illiad, and while it would be hilarious to wait five more, I can't wait... I don't make the rules

[joey-the-boy]

I'm mid-rewatch of The Hollow and I forgot how much I hated these motherfuckers in season one

[sepulchretide]

how my rewatch of amazons s2 is going

[inthegardensofourminds]

Lately I’ve been haunted by a conversation I had when I was in grade 9 with a classmate who was also watching the Hakuoki anime (only season 1 was out at that point). She asked me who my favourite character was.

Me: I like Saito and Okita, and I also like Sannan.

Her response: You like boring characters.

And the kicker is I don’t remember if I asked her who her favourite characters were, and if I did I don’t remember what her answer was.

[onwriting-hrarby]

Since I woke up to the agitated news of Hybe acquiring the majority of the stock of SM, I am feeling feisty today. I went in to my inbox, and oh, look what I found! Some jobless guest commenter bashing on my erejeankasa fic.

A literary analysis of a hateful anon comment

1) THE QUESTION. Clearly the anon knows how to write a gripping first sentence. To grasp my attention they begin with an inocuous question: "Aren't you tired of..." which I find sweet while reading, albeit a little sus, and then they turn it upside down with a great plottwist: "of writing bad and boring fics?"

- Now, I can see that maybe someone would find them boring, because they are LONG. Not this one, though, which is only 10 pages long, but okay alright that's very subjective. I'll give you 6/10 not powerful reason enough

- Bad: Aha I see what are you referring with bad? A little vague, right? I would just use an adjective with a little more precision. Maybe badly written? Maybe outrageous? Maybe dumb? 5/10 the choice of adjective doesn't convince me.

2) ANSWER + CONCLUSION: "Literally all your fics are boring" well maybe they are this is very subjective, non offense taken, yet there's a repetition with "boring", you've said that before. 2/10 repetition hinders potential

"I don't understand how people read them" - Fair concern raised on your part. I do not know either, but it seems that people love them quite a lot, so who knows. This conclusion of yours doesn't really work with the analysis of my work, though. You should've put a connector in there. The consecuential sentence seems flawed from consequence, although it's implicit:you find them boring, so you wonder why people doesn't act like you and keep reading my fics. I see. I would have continued speaking about your opinion but I guess you thought that by invoking a larger readership you were striking my nerve there. 6/10 the intention is good.

- IMPERATIVE: "You should stop writing, your writing sucks". It's nice to pair the initial question with the imperative to end, I'll give you that. That's what truly shows your intention, while the sentence in the middle you could totally delete it and it would make the comment shorter and much more powerful, but let's see:

- You should: should is not powerful enough for an imperative! Maybe you want to use MUST? Should is a suggestion, but you're not suggesting, aren't you? 1/10 bad choice of verbing

- Your writing sucks: -100000/10 i know for a fact it doesn't, since my most badly written sentence is far better than this comment you left, to begin with.

Now just TWO MINUTES LATER they leave another comment "the worst thing i've ever read, what the fuck *skeleton*". Okay well this phrasing is better and truly even though it's zero constructive criticism the opinion is well conveyed, the skeleton emoticon adds depth. Only the comment 7/10 love the formulation and the emoji.

BUT!!!!!! You've read 10 pages in 2 minutes? What are you, Flash?????? MATILDA?????? Aren't you a fucking genius??????? What are you doing reading my boring story with this brain of yours?????????

So, whole punctuation for the second comment: -3/10 very humbled you've read my story being the genius you are but you should be working on your honest plans to take over the world with your big brain and don't waste time on me 🤧

[self-made-cages]

I walked the entire mall and bought 2 disney pins at hot topic and now I’m bored, how was this an entire hobby in our youth?

[newtness532]

some songs just become very bland after you listen to the live version

[inkskinned]

please i love you i'm begging you bring back suspension of disbelief bring back trusting the audience like. i cannot handle any more dialogue that sounds like a legal document. "hello, i am here to talk to you about the incident from a few minutes ago, because i feel you might be unwell, and i am invested in your personal wellbeing." "thank you, i am unwell because the incident was hurtful to me due to my childhood, which was bad." I CANT!!!!

do you know how many people are mad that authors use "growled" as a word for "said"? it's just poetics! they do not literally mean "growled," it's just a common replacement for "said with force but in a low tone." it's normal! do you hear me!! help me i love you please let me out of here!!!

[evidently-endless]

i think we should remind musicians they can absolutely make up little stories for their songs btw. it doesn’t have to be about them at all. you can invent a guy and put him in situations to music. time honoured tradition in fact.

[magpie-to-the-morning]

I don’t WANT a career. I want to cuddle and sleep and eat and read and create and love and be loved.

[batboyblog]

it's true and you should say it.

[roseworth]

i think theres this idea in the general public that the "best" fanfic gets turned into real books like 50 shades of grey. but the truth is that the best fanfic can never be published as an actual book because its intricately woven into the canon material so its inseparable even if you change the names

[infectiouspiss]

[ered]

Here’s my take on the whole audio books vs. reading:

Oral tradition of storytelling predates written ones by millennias, and honestly, which one you like is just a personal preference.

The actual difference is

when listening, you have no idea how to write characters’ names

when reading, you have no idea how to pronounce characters’ names

hope this helps!

[miwachan2]

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