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Phantom Kat

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Guys, I don't think you read the whole question. 'Assuming you could choose one of either' does not leave room for "I want both". They're pretty much asking if you'd rather have lots of honest, but potentially hostile, reviews or lots of short glorifying ones if you could only choose one.
I got the question; the "I'll take whatever I can get" was just an out-of-topic tidbit. xD But for reasons explained in the post, yeah, I'll take the hostile, honest review over the one-liner ones anytime.

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Do you prefer snarky, accurate, borderline-insulting, quality reviews, or do you prefer short(not one-liner or Spam), praising, exxagerative reviews? Assuming you could only choose one of either.

I like to get what I give, so snarky, accurate and borderline insulting it is. ^_^
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Do you prefer snarky, accurate, borderline-insulting, quality reviews, or do you prefer short(not one-liner or Spam), praising, exxagerative reviews? Assuming you could only choose one of either.

irdc

But snarky reviews means that I can (and will if I feel like being an ass [and watch me get reported for ~*~swearing~*~]) give snarky replies back. (Take that capitalization rule and shove it!) Short reviews mean I might actually have to do mod work, or possibly chase down people to go "Hello, what did you like about my fic? Hello? Hello, taste?"

I think my answer is "I'm not going to get either. :("

But really, idc. It's like, quality reviews will tell me what's good and bad about my fic in specifics so I could improve my writing if I so choose. Shorter reviews that just praise and don't mention specifics, and I'm also going to assume are "full of wrong wrong WRONG information" since the quality fics were described as accurate, don't really tell me what worked in my fic so I could use more of it. But they stroke my already large ego, so...

I'd think if I had to choose, I'll take choice C, and flee to never post my fics anywhere.

Give me some examples and I'll decide from there. I'm bitter and cynical (Sorry, Coco) and am probably making this worse than it needs to be.

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*gives Navi to Astinus*

XD

Now that would be funny... hmmm

If you character(s) was in the Winter Olympics, what sport would the participate in and why?

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If you character(s) was in the Winter Olympics, what sport would the participate in and why?
Running a Ponzi scheme to scam all of the participants and spectators out of millions of dollars

Figure skating would be the one sport that's likely to cause the least serious injury which is an important consideration to my character. Not that Lisa would be any good at it, but if she were forced at gunpoint to participate in the Olympics...

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Figure skating would be the one sport that's likely to cause the least serious injury which is an important consideration to my character. Not that Lisa would be any good at it, but if she were forced at gunpoint to participate in the Olympics...
Least serious injury? Have you never seen Blades of Glory? Do the words 'Iron Lotus' mean anything to you? XDDD


If you character(s) was in the Winter Olympics, what sport would the participate in and why?
I can see Anti doing . . . well, pretty much anything. She's good like that. And that's because she's a robot, not because she's a Mary Sue.

Which she may well be. I don't know.
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How the hell did I get here?

Well seeing as I am here, I want your opinion!
I decided to write a (possibly) short story title Harris while The Upside of Love is on hold.

Spoiler:

I've often questioned my own sanity.
After all, my life seems like a dream mostly. A dream turned nightmare.

Sure, I may seem like the typical seventeen year old, but do normal seventeen year olds watch their mother do drugs? Or have witnessed their sister get hit be a car? I didn't think so. And I know my life does sound somewhat weird, I’ll explain it in detail for you.

My name is Harris Mitchell, I was born August 23, 1992. I had two sisters, Jess who is twenty and Ruby, who was fourteen. My parents are Liz and Rob, a nurse and mailman, respectively. My family was never rich; we were often on the ‘poor’ side of things. I attended Goldman High, average school, well for what my parents could afford. I work part time at a butcher. Horrid place, I only do it to bring in some extra money. My sister Jess is studying to become a primary school teacher. We always knew she’d work with children, growing up she loved to take care of Ruby.

Ruby, the baby of the family. Adored by the entire family, everybody always saw her magnificence. She had the most beautify black hair. One day when she was running home, some pervert tried to force her in his car. She was petrified and sprinted, she just ran forward. She ran straight into the path of an on-coming 4WD.

Her funeral was two days after the accident. The whole family was there, all wearing black with a tissue in their hands. I stood by the door, afraid to get any closer in case Ruby got up and stared a hole in me. That’s when Liz resorted to drugs; it was her release, her way of dealing with the pain.
Jess moved out and in with her boyfriend Corey, Rob started drinking, I turned to my friends Jubes and Sofia and Liz found drugs. My friends are always there for me, Jubes’ real name is Xian, but we call her Jubilee, making fun of the fact that she dresses like the comic book character.

Sofia enjoys reading, she probably only enjoys boys more. She has had thee boyfriends, Greg, Tony and Alex. All complete brains. Sofia has that effect, she’ll draw the intelligent people to her and they will get along perfectly. She is essentially the smartest person I have ever met.

Oh, I should have mentioned, I’m gay. Openly too, there are a few openly gay students at my school and surprisingly none of us get harassed. I’ve never dated anyone before, never felt attracted to someone so much that I wanted to.



Am I even allowed to do such a thing?

Honest comments please?

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(If you wanted to, you could have made this a separate post, in this particular forum ;) )

Perhaps a bit short if was supposed to be a one shot (as in one post, or one chapter).

Otherwise, it's a good and consistent recount or retelling of your character.

Small mistakes only, one being:

I turned to my friends Jubes and Sofia and Liz found drugs

You already mentioned Liz was on drugs ;)

However, you can also get away with it (and even informal speech), if your character were writing in a diary.

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If you character(s) was in the Winter Olympics, what sport would they participate in and why?
I'm guessing I know the rules to answering questions, please don't hate me!!

Well, Cassandra would probably go for figure skating--pretty, graceful, expressive. Alyssa would go for something fun and challenging, like snowboarding. Belle would probably do something reckless with lots of speed--speed skating, or possibly snowboarding with Alyssa.
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If you character(s) was in the Winter Olympics, what sport would the participate in and why?
Phaiel: Nothing, since he hates snow and water...
Kana: Snowboarding most likely. Also, she can't give a damn about figure-skating. :P

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If you character(s) was in the Winter Olympics, what sport would the participate in and why?
Phaiel: Nothing, since he hates snow and water...
Kana: Snowboarding most likely. Also, she can't give a damn about figure-skating. :P

We need something new besides bold-topics...
New image:




Well now that that is done:

How easily are you distracted from your writing?

Very, last night I browsed the internet for 5 hours before I realized I forgot about my writing. >.>

I stopped writing to go look for something up, when suddenly it was 9p.m. TT_TT
I really need a new signature.

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How easily are you distracted from your writing?

*points to own fic's last post date* :/

Well if we want to do something new... Hmmm

How about that overly dramatic, disturbing fic idea I suggested a while back?

Where we try to be as obscene as possible (within the rules, however that is possible). XD

Worst case, we can put the adult tags around it and call it art. XD

Or if worst case scenario, just do it away from PC. XD

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If you character(s) was in the Winter Olympics, what sport would the participate in and why?

Casey would spout up a mess of excuses and try to run away. He's no good about sports, no matter what body he's in... |3

How easily are you distracted from your writing?

Unless I'm in a really fun or fast-moving scene, rather easily.

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Well if we want to do something new... Hmmm

Fic review trading between Lounge regulars?
*whispers incoherently to self*

How easily are you distracted from your writing?
Very. Basically the same problem as you Buoysel.
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How easily are you distracted from your writing?
Extremely easily. YouTube and QualityInn.com say hi. And when they do, I simply HAVE to answer :P

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If you character(s) was in the Winter Olympics, what sport would the participate in and why?
Jenny definitely speed skating as she likes the danger and thrill of it. Jacob maybe cross country skiing because he gets to enjoy the outdoors and maybe would like to get his stamina back. XD Bunny maybe figure skating because of its beauty and grace, but if she's unable to leap then she'll just go cross country skiing with Jacob. :P Damus doesn't like winter because you can't get too much fish during that time, so he'll wait for the Summer Olympics. XD

How easily are you distracted from your writing?
Yes. I tend to check out all kinds of Bulbapedia articles when I'm supposed to just look at one or two of them for research. xD However, the huge problem for me is setting aside time for it. *shakes fist at school and work*
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(If you wanted to, you could have made this a separate post, in this particular forum ;) )

Perhaps a bit short if was supposed to be a one shot (as in one post, or one chapter).

Otherwise, it's a good and consistent recount or retelling of your character.

Small mistakes only, one being:

I turned to my friends Jubes and Sofia and Liz found drugs

You already mentioned Liz was on drugs ;)

However, you can also get away with it (and even informal speech), if your character were writing in a diary.
I should of mentioned, that I haven't finished, I still have lots more to write.

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ah, okay then you're on the right track. Just one thing though, don't make him look like a victim 100% of the time, as there would have to be development into his problems somehow or other. That is of course if that is what you are planning to do, in some form or another.

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I was actually trying to make his life seem completely negative, then as the story progresses, he finds the beauty in life.

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Haha, sorry yeah (I was being too vague on your potential options).

This very much can work out as to be a good fic, if developed correctly then. :)

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But when I mentioned it to my friends, they already knew the main character was gay, making me feel like I write about LGBT characters abit too much.

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There's nothing wrong with writing about LGBT characters. Like any other kind of character, they can suck if done to death (like a certain Mercedes Lackey book which had about half a dozen gay wizards for a main cast, and I think there was one girl who was into girls, not sure. Got old really fast, though.) They do make interesting characters when done right, however.
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A writer sometimes puts their own traits on to a character, and because said traits are realistic, they can be written well. Plus it is also a way to express yourself.

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A writer sometimes puts their own traits on to a character, and because said traits are realistic, they can be written well. Plus it is also a way to express yourself.
Haha, yes, I do that fairly often. Gotta be careful not to end up with a Sue, though. That's the main problem with that technique.

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That technique also has the nasty habit of making said writer's ego inflate in some cases. XD

Other than that, if you delve into literature and study every single aspect you'll find that it's as complicated as Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, applied to Schrodinger's cat and Quantum physics...
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