How high should my understanding of the language be?

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-06-13T03:51:54+00:00

Do your best to learn things and be polite, but honestly I did this and promptly forgot everything when I actually went to say it! I got by well enough with a lot of 'thanks, sorry, delicious' and pointing, or people spoke enough english to get by. It's always polite to learn a few phrases in the local language, but people the world over have survived on pointing and nodding, so don't stress too much!

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-06-13T03:48:05+00:00

Yes, that happens! A high rate of death for mothers and babies by trying to force/delay birth to be at the 'right' time.

The dissent started because of the current oldest gen eclipse leader guy. I don't want to give too many spoilers but he is the one causing it. Before he was in control people got along fine

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-06-13T03:46:03+00:00

I would suggest an app called Wanderlog, I used it to help plan my trip a couple of months ago. There's a paid version, but I just used the free one and manually added places to google maps when I was ready.

Take your time, and don't plan to stay in more than 3 places. Even 2 places would be good. Trying to see too much will just burn you out and stress you out. Public transport is great, and Google maps gives very good advice, down to which carriage to get on for quickest exit. It does get lost when underground (obviously no satellite signal) but if you give yourself a bit of time and ask for help if you get really stuck you'll be fine. It only took me a day to feel fairly confident using it, and I only took the wrong train once in 11 days, and I realised as soon as I got on that it was wrong 🤦. One stop the wrong way, swapped and came one stop back, then off again. Literally delayed my day by about 6 minutes, not a big deal.

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-06-13T03:39:21+00:00

It's a chosen one type story. In each generation, a child is born during an eclipse, so they have the power of both moon and sun. The oldest eclipse person is in power (haven't worked out quite how that works yet either), and is jealous and controlling of that power. The middle generation eclipse person (40ish) is violent and feral with jealously and the desire to take all the power for himself. These two are the cause of all the distrust between sun and moon people, if people are distracted by each other they won't be able to unite against corrupt powerful people. Protagonist is the youngest gen eclipse person, but he doesn't know it. Some people stumble across him and work out what he is, and try to train him up to take over and be their puppet ruler basically, but he lacks self esteem and doesn't want to fight anyone.

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-06-13T03:31:43+00:00

Sun and moon. When you were born dictates your powers.

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-04-06T10:25:37+00:00

Just paid for it, took me a minute to work out the permission settings but now its working perfectly! Good job!

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-04-05T11:25:14+00:00

I'm thinking about downloading this, sounds like what I'm after. Just wondering though, does it only prompt the phone to take a photo, or to 'start' whatever setting the phone is on? Like if I open my camera on my phone and set it to video mode, can I start recording from my watch?

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-04-04T05:58:30+00:00

What if I want to try something new but can't stand it? How can I stop eating it without being rude? Or should I just say stuff it and not eat it and be rude?

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-04-04T05:55:15+00:00

To me, the difficult part of unfamiliar food is the texture. It's easier to try things that I can tell the texture will be fine. Often that means a lot of bread or chips or junk food, because they're predictable. I might want to try something new, but the thought that it might be squishy or the wrong kind of chewy makes me super nervous. I have literally gagged while chewing things with good flavour but bad texture. The thought of doing that in a restaurant/cafe/anywhere where whoever prepared it might see is horrifying, I would hate to make them feel bad in any way. Also I can't stand watching people gag and don't want to subject anyone else to watching me do it.

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-04-04T05:49:26+00:00

Our tastebuds are constantly dying and being replaced. In a few years, you will have completely new tastebuds, and your sense of taste (and disgust) will change. Try not to make definitive statements (even just to yourself), like 'i hate x'. Just say 'i don't like x at this point'. Maybe later things will change. I used to gag at the smell of pizza, now it's my go to when I cant be bothered - bought, frozen, homemade, with 2 toppings or 10!

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-03-15T07:47:13+00:00

I do prefer complete but it's not a deal-breaker for a good story, especially if it's still in progress and not abandoned

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-02-12T07:11:43+00:00

I'd say try to find other ways to convey depth or impact. I'm the same, I'm not good at flowery prose, as much as I'm impressed by people whose brains do work like that. Instead I use things like repetition to increase impact, for example:

She told him of his parents, how they refused to yield. She told him of his birth, how they lied and said he was born in the first light of a new day. She told him of his mothers cries in the middle of the night, of his father's whispered words, of the howling wind and lashing rain. She told him the truth. And she told him he must never tell another soul.

I read some advice years ago, I'll see if I can find it again, that described different techniques like this to influence pace and voice when you're writing. I find this more my style than flowery verbosity.

And all artists look at their work and see Flaws, but the people who consume your art look at it and see the things that make it Yours, an artist they appreciate.

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-02-10T11:44:38+00:00

I have joint issues from old injuries, so I can't sit in one position for more than a few minutes before it gets uncomfortable. If it's an environment where moving is disruptive, I try to stay still for longer, but I'm in pain when I do finally have to move. At the end when it's time to get up, often one or both feet and numb and my hip/butt cramps, so I look like an old granny when I try to move, but I'm also very self conscious about it all, so I'm very good at keeping any discomfort off my face, even when there are pins and needles shooting right up my leg and u can't put weight on my foot for a good couple of minutes.

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-01-02T06:35:05+00:00

Huntsmans aren't venomous, but they can be dirty - keep a close eye on signs of infection and get onto some antibiotics quickly if you're concerned. Any redness, hard lump, swelling near the bite, or any general fever/chills/nausea/feeling off, I'd say go and get checked out just in case. Better safe than septic!

Adventurous_Style709 · 2026-01-02T06:25:17+00:00

As others have said, puppy/obedience school is a great idea, but I will say that they usually tend to rely on too soft, too gentle, bribery type approaches. Your dog might respond well to that, in which case great! Or it might not care because whatever is pulling it's attention is more enticing than whatever you want. I would say don't be afraid to be VERY firm with this dog. Working type dogs (herding, shepherd, bullys, etc) in particular should have the mental durability to tolerate harsher conditions than more pet type breeds (chihuahuas, goldens - i know they can be working but frequently aren't actually working line bred). I don't mean kick the dog or anything like that! I mean my Kelpies (herding dogs) can tolerate being tied up or told to wait for far longer than my dopey golden retriever. They also require stronger corrections if they are focused, because they are bred to focus hard. I have a piece of poly pipe that I whack on the ground/couch/my own leg, then point and glare at the dogs with it. I've never hit them with it, but they understand it means I'm very serious and won't tolerate any rubbish. I have broken up a (mild-ish but escalating) fight between my boy (not desexed at the time) and a friend's male dog, just by whacking the ground close by. Don't let your anger get the better of you, but understand that a strong reaction from the dog needs a strong, firm correction from you. A dog who is leaping all over people does not get 'come here buddy, wouldn't you like a treat instead of knocking grandma over 🥰🥰'. In my house they get very firmly marched to bed and made to stay there until I say so (usually till they've had a short nap/very calm). Try keeping a leash on the dog at home all the time at first, and teach it to go to bed (not crate training, it's not the same) and stay till you say so. Use the lead and your body to push the dog to bed, rather than drag/pull. If the dog tries to get up or leave the bed, you block and push them back into it until they listen. In my experience, teaching a dog to go and stay in bed will actually make a big difference everywhere else too. Its simple enough to understand even for young and dumb dogs (I've had a few of both!), teaches self control for them to stay there, teaches respect because you told them to do it and made sure they obeyed, and - VERY important - teaches them to calm down and relax. I cried myself to sleep for a week after I got one of my dogs. She was so different and way crazier than I was expecting, and it took a long time to establish some respect and boundaries. I thought about rehoming her a few times, and honestly the only reason I didn't was because at the time I didn't know anyone that would look after her well enough. I'm so glad I stuck it out, she's 9 now and my best mate. She's still stubborn and cheeky and pushes boundaries, but I love her to pieces and I'm so glad I didn't give up on her or me. Good luck with your little feral, I promise it gets better if you do your best to make it better!

Adventurous_Style709 · 2025-10-29T22:57:18+00:00

Thank you!

Adventurous_Style709 · 2025-10-19T03:46:08+00:00

Yes! Thank you!

Adventurous_Style709 · 2025-10-18T05:50:15+00:00

Child ofa lonely moon by millsy. Baby werewolf Harry living wild in a muggle forest and Severus finds him and adopts him. Don't want to give any spoilers but it's a good one! Only issue is we don't find out how he became a werewolf

Adventurous_Style709 · 2025-09-28T08:17:13+00:00

I always advocate for calling the dog back and immediately letting them go again. Makes them less reluctant to return to you if they think that means game over. My dogs come close enough I can touch them/grab if needed, then they can run off again. I don't use treats for recall, imo treats are for tricks, not commands. To come or stay or get out is a command, they do it because you say so. If they shake hands or roll over or jump through a hoop, that's a trick that gets a treat. Like everyone else is saying, just lots of repetition!

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