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Time · June 25, 2023 03:29:23

The idea of chosen ones in stories appear to be really common, but oddly, I don't think the trope is overused, which is weird because as I said, it's super common. Maybe it's just one of those mainstay traits that people recognize as normal.

To add on. I think that while the idea of a chosen one is literally to turn the tides and whatnot and to be y'know, the chosen one, I think another bad way of handling it is using the "turning the tides" trait too often. As if the world was stagnant before they entered the scene. Yes, a character can be the chosen one, but that doesn't mean the world revolves around them.

Like an example being that the chosen one graces every character they pass, and miraculously solves their problems, and the character they helped was stuck on their problems for who knows how long.

That example may be kinda weird, but what I'm trying to get at is that people should be able to do things without the help or influence of the chosen one. Of course there are things only the chosen one can do, that's what makes them chosen, but that doesn't mean people can still solve problems.

But what makes a chosen one? I am thinking about that right now too.

Time · June 25, 2023 03:30:02

Time wrote:
I mean like, how are some people so lucky bro 😭😭😭

I haven't gotten anything since the first day or something

ALSO NEVERMIND I JUST ROLLED AND GOT EXACTLY WHO I NEEDED BABY

Time · June 25, 2023 03:30:15

Ugh I don't like typing in caps

Time · June 29, 2023 21:44:37

I don't like typing in caps because on some occasions, it conveys too much emotion, and it usually is between just:

Typing like this, expressing the exclamation with an exclamation mark!!!

OR JUST GOING CRAZY LIKE THATS CRAZY

Maybe just exclamation marks actually work fine. One! two!! three!!! and so forth!!!!

Time · June 29, 2023 21:59:03

What does it mean for a person to be "intense"? and other similar questions.

Like, I hear descriptors and adjectives for people and such. But I do wonder sometimes what that actually translates to, and how these definitions of descriptors differ from people to people

Time · July 2, 2023 11:23:13

Well, there's a silver lining around the nastiness of gatcha that I don't like. That is resource management. Unlike other games, I feel like this management is more real, since it does have a connection to real life money. Since I'm f2p, I can't just buy my way to things I want, I have to see what places I can grind at, and how much I can resources get in a specific time frame.

Time · July 2, 2023 12:46:20

As per usual again, I'm thinking about things like rendering. I feel like I'm almost there, I just need to know how to render

I also think I need to practice some basics.

Time · July 2, 2023 15:12:59

Time wrote:
As per usual again, I'm thinking about things like rendering. I feel like I'm almost there, I just need to know how to render

I also think I need to practice some basics.

Also adding onto this, I think people would say that I worry or plan too much for a hobby or whatever too

Time · July 3, 2023 09:13:39

You do not know how many things I regret doing both on internet and in real life

Time · July 3, 2023 09:14:06

Dang that kinda sounds not the best

I mean, I kinda think it's a good thing, but still

SpecterTheGreat · July 3, 2023 19:35:32

I think regrets are a normal part of life. Like sometimes you just look back and cringe at what you did, but there's no way to fix it now. So don't worry about it (unless there IS something you can fix now) and just learn from the experiences!

Replying to a post above, I think it's normal to dedicate time and effort to hobbies tbh

Time · July 3, 2023 20:22:10

Yeah I view it that way too. It's a learning experience.

If you have no regrets, then you have made no mistakes. If you have made no mistakes, you have not lived (Time 2023)

SpecterTheGreat · July 3, 2023 20:39:32

Time becoming a philosopher

Time · July 3, 2023 22:27:24

I was actually thinking about minoring in philosophy

irl I like talking with like, a singular friend about what we call "amateur philosophy" cause we haven't read much actual philosophy books, but it's usually the stuff we feel falls under philosophy. But we often talk a lot of philosophy between each other.

idk how often that actually shows up in my homethread posts

GalaxianExplosion · July 3, 2023 22:28:46

Time lore! Time lore! Someone write this down! :0

-Galaxian-

Time · July 3, 2023 23:40:04

Sure:

I'm currently reading: Mistborn Well of Ascension since I finished the first one. I can talk on that if people wanna hear about it. I'm also trying to read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. It's my first philosophy book.

SpecterTheGreat · July 4, 2023 10:10:30

Will read anything that is posted here 👁👁

Time · July 4, 2023 19:42:41

Mistborn The Final Empire

I think it was nice. Here are my thoughts on the book

Magic system

Mistborn uses a hard magic system that still can grow. It's pretty interesting. And wacky, imo as of finishing it. Characters have specific powers that are set in stone to exactly what they can do, but at the same time, I definitely see the author builds upon it. Things like how masters of their specific power use it. But more interestingly, the author builds the magic system by introducing new concepts through a slow and mysterious way. Though things like the main character not knowing much about the common knowledge of the magic system, and later on, more experienced characters admitting the mysteries of the system. He doesn't have all the questions answered immediately. Even by the conclusion of this book, he adds mysterious sources of power, which is cool, and gives room for the sequels to develop them.

But what I found to be wacky is the strange obsession of metal in this magic system. I hope it's later on explained how it is done, since I did notice that the author noted it in the well of ascension, but the act of using real life metals as fuel or for storage of magic power is an odd choice. Why didn't he use made up materials, or potions, or anything similar of the sort? Why do characters require metal as fuel for their magic? I hope these questions are answered soon.

While reading the story and conclusion

I would say that the conclusion ties everything up nicely in a quick bow, yet leaves more for the future books to tell a story. If you wanted to stop, you could very well, but if you wanted to have more questions answered, and to continue on, you could do so as well.

I noticed a lot of moments in time where it was just kinda worldbuilding instead of plot telling (or just a little bit of plot telling). Which is fine, because the construction of a world is very important, especially in a fantasy one.

I will also say that during middle points in the story, I kinda lost traction and interest. Sometimes it had me wondering as to why the characters were doing such things? While primary objectives were clear as day, I sometimes struggled to see smaller objectives within.

Ex. Character is to infiltrate noble balls to gain information on objectives to further the team's plan. Alright. But delving further than that, there isn't really much of a solid objective, and it moreso goes to the infiltrator talking and establishing relationships with the aristocracy/worldbuilding.

Actually... that may be a good thing. Thinking about it, I'm not too sure if defining an exact objective correlating to the main plot every step of the way will make a good story. The lack of objectives can give characters more wiggle room and develop relationships...

Well, by now, I'm just theorizing as to why I lost some of my interest during the middle.

Maybe it was because the development of plot wasn't exactly defined or measured as hard? Yes I heard of things going on in the background, but I didn't see explicit development in my face...

Ex. yes we did hear of assassinations and royal house wars going on quietly in the background. We even see one of the main characters dump a body to try to raise tensions, but I don't remember an explicit moment of the feeling that tensions were rising until the very end. Maybe observing interactions between nobles at balls could have helped.

Maybe I lost interest in the middle because emotionally, I was simply not reacting as much? There were ups and downs, for sure, but I think for the most part, I was simply just "eh." the setbacks didn't really hit me. Maybe because I didn't really feel that it it the characters as much either? Yeah, some of them started to doubt their mission, but by like, the next chapter, they were back on track. Could it be that the emotions of doubt were not conveyed as well?

Don't take this the wrong way. I did enjoy the book, but I just wonder why I didn't really hit for me until the end

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Time · July 4, 2023 20:49:17

Writing style

I just noticed this, but I realize that the author does not use flashbacks. That's interesting. He also does a lot of BAM statements of realization or power activation. Dunno what it's called, but Ex.

Time looks back and forth. Surrounded. Four in the front, four in the back. With a deep breath, he prepares for the oncoming conflict.
He burns iron.
His vision lights up with blue lines, all directed towards pieces of metal. Time focuses on the breastplate of one of the soldiers in front of him, and digs his heels into the ground, pulling the breastplate forward.

That was me emulating his style. Or trying to, at least. The thing I wanted to focus on is the "He burns iron" part. The author does it a lot in this story, which is certainly something I don't see much in the other books I've read so far. I kinda like it. Howver, I think it would be nicer if that statement thing was more perfected. Because sometimes it just doesn't bring that oomph. Maybe in these statements, the author could describe on more details/feeling with less of the obvious. That's what I would do.

I also like it because it seems like something I would do if i was writing a book.

Emotions + display of sadness and love

Idk, I thought it was ok. It communicated the point, but I didn't feel as much passion as I would like. Not as much much oomph. Maybe it's because once again, not going too deep into the emotion, and the author kinda states the more obvious things. Instead of going into a metaphor (I realize that I don't think the author used many metaphors either, actually), he just states things how it is. Instead of describing the passions of love, he just writes "she loves him."

And don't take that the wrong way either. That's simply a style choice nothing wrong with that. It helps people understand things more. That's for sure.

When the author was writing about sadness, I noticed once again, he didn't go too much into the emotions of things via metaphors. He just had the characters be all sad "why did you have to abandon me" "you broke your promise" and whatnot. but what did get me was passing mentions of the character remembering sources of sadness. The lack of a presence of a character. Alluding objects to the source of sadness. Holding onto or looking at an object important to a character. I'm pretty sure you guys are getting that feeling that I'm talking about character death. Sorry about that, but yes, characters die in this book.

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Time · July 4, 2023 20:57:15

I should have added this at the beginning but

1. I am trying to avoid spoilers, but I have to give some subtle hints here and there for references and examples. I don't think much will affect you should you end up reading the book though.
2. This is all me just spouting out thoughts. No planning or double reading involved. So apologies if my points do not makes sense, just pure nonsense, or generally not well thought through.

GalaxianExplosion · July 5, 2023 01:03:04

Sorry if this is super obvious, but I'm guessing that's a recommended from you? Would you say there are other specific criteria for enjoying this book (like genre or other preferences)?

Idk if you want this (lol), but I personally will recommend the book All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. It has its problems as well but I loved the style and flow of it. Every chapter is rather short and so it's rather digestable. It's historical fiction, set during the second World War.

-Galaxian-

Time · July 5, 2023 01:35:33

No worries, I only talked about problems that I had with the book/things that could be misinterpreted as something I had a problem with, so I can see someone seeing this as a not recommend for me.

But as of the moment. It is a recommend from me. Of course my entire opinion may change as I go through the whole series, as the overarching plot and magic system will be developed upon.

At some point. I may write what I do like about the book.

As to the recommendation. Thank you. I'll add it to the list. As of the moment, I am not in the market for historical fiction, but I'll take the note of an enjoyable style vouched by Galaxian

GalaxianExplosion · July 5, 2023 01:39:51

Oops, sorry 'bout that. I'll be looking for your future evaluations then. :D

-Galaxian-

Time · July 5, 2023 11:50:03

No worries, I'm still adding it to the list.

Time · July 6, 2023 21:15:07

chocolate

Time · July 6, 2023 23:34:46

Why chocolate though? I like chocolate but why?

Time · July 7, 2023 00:44:02

I am to write thoughts rq to think a little

What is my opinion on super dark gothic game styles? Or whatever? idk...

GalaxianExplosion · July 7, 2023 01:26:38

Time wrote:
Why chocolate though? I like chocolate but why?

I can't answer all the questions, Time, or else that wouldn't be very interesting at all.

-Galaxian-

Time · July 7, 2023 09:28:04

That's understandable

Time · July 7, 2023 22:23:04

I was actually supposed to write about things I liked about Mistborn the Final Empire but for now I'm just gonna write out my thoughts on turn based rpgs.

So I don't keep track of release dates of video games too often. But I do look forward to Baldur's Gate 3 because it's one of those big turn based top down rpgs out there.

The reason why I am talking about this is cause I got an update from a recommended video that summarized the most recent updates and showcase. I look forwards to playing it in August.

But the video mentioned there was some wacky stuff that probably couldn't be shown on Youtube. Naturally curious, I had to look. A few clicks later and clicking around to just survey the new gameplay, I found it.

That is the first time in my recent memory that my jaw has dropped. Like, I'm not joking. If I was in a cartoon my jaw would have dropped to the floor. That shi just stunned me. (I lowkey think I was inflicted psychic damage.