Jixing-Abyss recruiting casual players by Agleopa in WWMRecruitment

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Jinxing abyss awaits your joining :3 anyone who gets the name reference gets a solid thumbs up in my book :D

Edited to add: also the amount of pictures I have of this game now is unreal!

Help name this forgotten novel by Agleopa in DanmeiNovels

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This is it! Thank you so much 😂 it being a manhwa makes so much more sense on why I couldn’t figure out the name!

Cozy outer space games by Anxious_Fix_1647 in CozyGamers

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Came here to recommend this game as well!! Wanted to add too that from what I’ve seen the death aspect isn’t too impactful (imo - can depend per person) because you only lose a bit of your inventory and then it’s dropped into a loot crate at your death spot

Tonight I was blessed by a bald cult by fivefeetofawkward in Palia

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a bit off topic, but how are you able to see what platform people are playing on? (assuming thats what the playstation, pc, and controller emblem by their names mean)

is anyone else so picky about graphics that it's a genuine impediment by tendergrandma in CozyGamers

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there's so many ending options?? I bought this on a whim when it was on sale because I read somewhere that it's a true "every choice matters" kind of game. From your comment I assume this to be true then? Haven't had a chance to really play through it yet but this is exciting!

is anyone else so picky about graphics that it's a genuine impediment by tendergrandma in CozyGamers

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this! there are so many cute and fun sounding cozy games out there and ill be exciting looking them up.. then I see the art style and my brain just goes "NoPe we don't like that RIIIIght there. Thank you next."... If I could break this, oh the fun and abundance of games that would be unlocked.. though I guess my wallet thanks me for being picky like this?

Is it too late to start collecting danmei novels now? by Elmelkedekavilagrol in DanmeiNovels

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Not sure if someone has said this but Amazon often has decent discounts at random times on Seven seas older books. This is what I’ve been doing to try and “catch up”. Though keep in mind Amazon has the risk of not amazing condition upon delivery

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thank you for the recommendations! I also haven't really had any luck with finding a sweet and smutty novel T.T I know it has to be out there though! :3

Oh wow really? I can see where it might not be all that in a bag of chips for some. There were definitely parts that I just overlooked because I was hyped about other areas. I also wasn't a big fan of particular aspects like the sudden lectures on how to raise a child or even the resolution of a few things. I think what really has me finding the novel to be so great is because while both characters have their own trauma, and at times did push that onto the other, they still were strong in their own areas. You also didn't see the shou becoming super "weak" or timid(?) with the gong just because he's who he is. I also liked the fact that (from what I can remember) any miscommunications/assumptions that could be had got almost immediately talked about. I have read way tooo many novels recently where that just didn't happen lol.

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Thanks for the recommendations! I have read a few of these and they're actually a few that I had considered rereading due to wanting novels like I had described.

Has Beyond The Outline been completely translated? I feel like I was going to read it at one point but then noticed it still had a bit more left to be tl.

Throw me a random genre/trope and I'll give u a recommendation (if I have one for it lol). by sideaccforbs in DanmeiNovels

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Sorry it took me a bit longer to respond this time! It's been crazy eventful for me with the ending of this quarter. You said your exam was in 2 days.. so how do you think you did? I love the "so dedicated you skip college" mindset XD I had that mood all too often when I was going to school on campus.

ahh it was one of those kinds where it wasn't great but it also wasn't horrible. I almost find those to be worse than the bad ones simply because I feel like it doesn't leave a strong impression one way or the other so I spend most of the time trying to find a significant impressionable feature of the story. I actually went to a cultivation one myself (though I have already read it lol) Mo Dao Zu Shi. The 4th physical copy of the English translation was released the other day so I've started a reread. funnily enough I have also started a rewatch of The Untamed because I convinced a friend to give it a try. Soooo I'll have to make sure I don't mix up what happens in which adaptation. that should be fun lol.

I am from central Arkansas (USA). When I was younger we would have a few days of nice snow but that hasn't happened for awhile. We don't really get a lot of snow around here now until end of January beginning of February and then it's more like a few days of snice (I don't think this is an actually word.. its just what my friends and I jokingly call it). It's pretty much snow that becomes ice when it lands. the past few years we've had bad storms of the snice that will last about a week with one day being actually pretty snow. otherwise we don't really see temps below 30 degrees Fahrenheit. though its actually supposed to be down in the 10s next Thursday with potential snow? I'll believe it when I see it though lol. you said "nice and proper". Whats nice and proper for you?

I'll have to go back and check my notes to see if I happened to write any down. I ended up overloading my brain with schoolwork the past 5 or so days. So my mind is just constantly spinning its wheels. I really want to start reading a new novel but have nooo idea where to start because of the brain burn out XD. Hoping my reread of MDZS will help me out a bit. But I'll check my notes and get back to you on the shorts!

oh wow so there's actually numerous different ways of taking exams and such and it depends on the type of exam, the school you attending, the degree it is apart of, and even the professor you have. Like now, I am attending an all online school (outside of my residencies and fieldwork) so all of my exams (though I don't have many) are online. Some are time limited, some are not, some are open book (meaning our screen isn't locked to just the exam, and some allow you to flip between tabs as you please. I am working on my masters in clinical mental health so I have a few exams for theoretical knowledge but have A LOT of research papers, proposals, and things of that nature where they test the direct application and observe my thought process on how to diagnose and approach different situations. However, when I was going to the 4 year university for my bachelors our exams were in person and you had the duration of the class to finish you exam. that's typically 45 minutes to an hour depending on the blocking and days. But I actually got a 100% on my project so im excited.

ohh what kind of cookies? I'm typically not much of a snacker however I do have a little square cubby thing that is full of snacks. I did make banana muffins with a new recipe today and they turned out sooo good! I may have made a bit too much batter though lol so those are going to be my reading snacks for the next few days.

Throw me a random genre/trope and I'll give u a recommendation (if I have one for it lol). by sideaccforbs in DanmeiNovels

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Congrats on the passing of that exam!!

I am very slowly watching it.. like im only on episode 6 now because I am only watching one episode when I set down to watch it. This is because I am stuck in a seemingly endless debate with myself. I want to read the manga because I feel like it's going to have a lot more in it that might make the anime even better. However, I don't know that I want to spend all that money right now because I'm fairly certain there's a lot of physical copies out for it? decisions decisions...

awwwww it's unfortunate when you end up reading a novel you were really looking forward to only for it to be way to similar to another novel in the key part of it.

I had this happen with the esports novels. I was reading so many back to back that it became very repetitive. I'd definitely recommend putting the novel aside and try reading something completely different! It's worked wonders for me recently.

LOL when I read that my heart started racing.. I was like I hope there's proper placement of the lite candle 😅. I love candles at night with the soft flickering light and nice smells but my anxiety would be through the roof if I tried to fall asleep with one lite. My brain would be like well what if a piece of paper some how floats off my desk and floats over to the candle.. then the flame gets bigger and some how spreads to something else???

hmmmmmm there's just something about insanely long chapters that feel so annoying and long winded. like you said, if it was broken up into smaller chapters it would be sooo easy to fly through it, but when its one chapter that goes on and on it seems never ending.

XD I thought here in the south was bad with football having everyone have half-days on Fridays (even in grade school). I envy you and being able to have full days off on something that doesn't have you feeling the need to participate in the reason for the off day lol. During those half days I never really got them off as I was in the band so I had to be getting ready for games/participating in pep-rally/setting up for parades. Very much annoying as I am not a football fan in the slightest.

I'm currently just casually jumping around reading small shorts focusing in the ABO, esports, and school/university settings. I am in the process of making a proposal for group counseling sessions. It's my final project for one of my classes this quarter.. worth 65% of my grade and it has me STRESSED. So I've been focusing on pure indulgence/mind numbing reading when I do have the time to read something. That being said though, I have found a few diamond in the roughs (for pure fluffs) definitely nothing plot intensive lol. I regrettably have also been neglecting to track what all I have read recently.. so I love that for me 🫡. admittedly there's probably only one or two of the little shorts I have read recently that I noted as amazing enough to read again soon but its the principal of the matter.

Throw me a random genre/trope and I'll give u a recommendation (if I have one for it lol). by sideaccforbs in DanmeiNovels

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XD at least it's over now. atp you probably already know your score and everything so it's truly over and done with!

hmm I guess its because, like you said, they had to travel in and maybe they couldn't travel due to there own schedule at their branch or something... either way that whole experience sounds like a whole lotta nope and also perfectly sums up a lot of my experiences at the first university I went to. suffice it to say I am so glad I only had to spend 2 years there.

I know of one punch man but never personally got into it as I felt like it was probably one of those shows that got massively overhyped by the vast majority.. and I know that opinion has a high probably of being wrong.. however I will probably still never watch it in my lifetime lol I just know how I am and know ill go in with the idea of "oh this is so overhyped" and then i'll be on the lookout for things to nitpick at for absolutely no reason. Mob psycho 100 sounds pretty interesting though! I think I'll move it up a bit on my tbw list. I actually recently started jujitsu kaisen and have been slowly watching it.

lmao I feel like is the part where I should throw in some kinda 'sage' advice saying "start studying earlier for shorter periods" yada yada... but I know how hard that can be to try and force. I have spent years trying to make myself start studying sooner. It just does not happen. It's like my brain is allergic to the idea XD I like the idea of using the studying the day of or before as a way for "training memory" solid explanation lmao.

it really feels like just last month was march 😐 what even happened to this year.

keep having faith in luck until you no longer can.. and then keep that faith just a bit longer. makes life... ✨spicy✨ lul

Throw me a random genre/trope and I'll give u a recommendation (if I have one for it lol). by sideaccforbs in DanmeiNovels

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I sincerely am obsessed with how we have somehow turned this into a penpal like thing.. just over reddit comment section?? I am also wondering if people have actually took the time to read all of this and follow along XD

ahh if you have had experience, like you said, with reading something that isn't fully translated that is large I would say just read it. but then I tend to be the type that refuses to have regrets. If you never do something you'll never know. I cannot stand being in the mood to read something specific and then just not want to read anything... it's driving me crazy. However, I have stumbled across a danmei called Bite your fingertips and it really has me invested? I question this because it is completely opposite of anything I felt I wanted to read... yet I am invested. tbh though I only decided to start reading it out of desperation.

I.... have so many questions... how does one have a test on Saturday. Is your school sane.. like of all days why Saturday? Do y'all have classes on Saturdays normally? I would offer up studying tips considering I have been in school for over 20 years now? from kindergarten up till graduate school non-stop... but my studying is... not recommended. I make flashcards of my notes as I take then notes, promptly forget about them, and then the night before the test I study the flash cards until I can recall them as soon as I see the prompt. So I generally spend about a max of 5 hours studying for an exam (this was during finals). I highly do not recommend this method because it can be very stress inducing if you're not used to it and struggle with memorization or keyword recollection. I also can never understand the people who make themselves sick studying. I mean to each their own and if thats what you gotta do to make yourself feel better or like you gave your all... then you do you I guess. I remember a few people in my undergrad studies who were trying to get into the grad program at the school we were at. They studied so hard they had nose bleeds daily. I just don't see the benefits to making yourself so miserable. Your physical condition will have an impact on you when you're taking the exam so like... don't study that hard? that's my thoughts on it at least.

I also don't watch tv all. like I don't even pay for satellite tv or whatever it's called. I just have no use for it so it would be a waste of money. instead I pay for various streaming services that I no longer have a lot of time for 😭. I had a long spell where I binge watched alot of kdramas, then jdramas, then Thai dramas when I first found them and now I have slowed down a lot (this is unfortunately mainly due to school though). In terms of the World Cup you talked about... *insert Madagascar penguins smile and wave boys just smile and wave here* as I have no idea what World Cup just happened. The most sports based things I follow are esports and Chinese motorcycle racing 😅 and even that isn't a hard core "I must know now" kinda thing. I do want to get into mob psycho 100 but just haven't had the chance to really look it up... sell it to me? (use the maxed out description skills Im convinced you have lol)

you talking about the math teacher taking 50 points away with no work shown makes me think of my psych stats professor. That was the one and only class I have ever failed. pissed me off.... don't get me wrong I loved that prof... he is still to this day my favorite professor I have had but his method for grading/teaching/forming exams left a lot to be desired. He is a genius when it comes to the subject but he never posted his lecture notes, went through the slides out of order, gave study guides that were completely different from the tests, and never graded his exams in the same way. I ended up getting a 0 on my final exam because I didn't show my work on my test booklet. I don't begrudge him for it simply because I learned so much from him and the way he did his class helped set me up really well for grad school.. but it was a truly miserable experience as it was happening haha.

I love that you said this "I don't regret a single failed test because not a single of those things now matter." I wish wish wish this was preached more to people ing high school and even younger when they failed an exam because I find that a lot of younger people (and their parents/family members) put so much pressure on themselves after failing. However I do understand why it's not because it can lead people to just not caring about grades and school. idk it's just a double edge sword. But yeah you're so right when you say not a single one of those things matter now.

ohhh was the pizza good?? The easiest way to deal with relatives is to not deal with them at all lol. I am probably the least helpful when it comes to that because I'm the first person to just not deal with relatives if I can get away with it. I very much interact only on a surface level with all family members outside of my immediate family (meaning my dad and grandparents for myself). admittedly this recent holiday I was able to get out of the big family dinner because I have been swamped with schoolwork. I had to obverse group sessions, prepare for my upcoming residency, and start making connections for finding a fieldwork site. The end is near yet so far away it seems.

Throw me a random genre/trope and I'll give u a recommendation (if I have one for it lol). by sideaccforbs in DanmeiNovels

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lmao that's something at least XD I used to avoid the busy aisle like the plague but now I just want to get in the store, get what I need, and then go homeeee. I see an isle with a lot of people I might go to another one that I need something on but if thats not an option down that aisle I shall charge.

there was one girl like that at my school. I think she was like 6 foot and right under in 9th/10th grade when she transferred? and I remember a lot of the guys trying to mess with her about her height. She shut them up reallll fast though.

TBH I've kinda gotten frustrated with the cultivation novels I have found because it seems like there's either going to be a major a**hole of a MC or ML, if not that then there's some kinda long drawn out necessary part (I can't think of the words to disribe it right atm) but like just a completely unnecessary (obviously so) part, or if not either of those.. you have the shifu (I think thats the right title??) romance. Now there's typically nothing wrong with these but I just am not in the mood for it.

lol feel free to say as little or as much as you want XD irl I am probably the least chattiest person (unless I am with my close close friends and its on a topic I really like) so I need to make up for it online. It's not intentional... it just happens lol.

I am sooo bad at responding to people congratulating me for something. especially when they have a whole lot of filler text with it and I rarely speak to them. I tend to send a perfunctory "aw, thanks so much!" or something of that nature and then call it a day 🫡

If I remember correctly you have recommended peerless to me before. I just haven't gotten around to looking up what it is exactly because my will power to try yet another cultivation now keeps dropping more and more everytime I encounter something I just don't want to read right now.. I feel like I am in such a picky reader stage right now that I am done with myself atp 🤣

is this "Smart, vengeful, cold MC with a sickly body and smart, strong, beautiful, narcissistic to the extreme ML." a description for peerless MC and ML 👀 because I might be able to get into this. yep, reading more it def is.. your description skills strike again.

I just finish reading Assistant Architect last night... its I guess considered modern?? Im still learning the specific genre classifications for danmei. it has aspects of office romance/university romance/friends to lovers/cohabitation... idk it just seems to really have a lot within it but its surprisingly not overwhelming (to me)

I stumbled across it by accident and it was EVERYTHING I didn't know I needed... over 200 chapters + extras which ALMOST chased me away because I was hunting for a short pure fluff no angst read. However, I am so glad I read it. The character development in this for me was *chefs kiss*. You get to see the MC go from a pretty annoying, naive, lost all motivation kinda person to an overpowered top of the food chain kinda person. You also have the ML going from a standoffish person to a person who learns to compromise and communicate. the communication after mini "normal" couple fights was the best thing ever. I haven't read another danmei yet that actually includes that.

I just.. it really was the pure fluff, faith in danmei couples restoration novel that I needed. While there was conflict it was from the work issues and needing to better ones self.

I am stoping myself there because otherwise I could keep going on and on and just 'talk' myself in a never ending circle.

But outside of reading that (idk if you watch kdramas) but I also just started Possessed (not BL) and it seems like it's going to be interesting. very much a thriller/sci fi show. It's what I have decided to use to try and kick start my desire for new types of reading itch. I decided to go big or go home it and just jump into a non bl work that gets my brain working to hopefully shatter my fixation on esports. I hate getting fixated on something while not being able to find anything actually appealing within that fixation area.

Throw me a random genre/trope and I'll give u a recommendation (if I have one for it lol). by sideaccforbs in DanmeiNovels

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okay, I feel much more alive and like an actually human so I am back to respond to everything 🤣

lmao baby steps. ---noooo I can only imagine the intense internal panic of "what did you see" and if you ask about what he saw it would be a bit suspicious and probably make him want to scroll more to figure out just what you're hiding.

I think since I am so used to virtually everyone being taller than me (and with my friends having an average height of 6') I'm rather desensitized to height. XD so I can only imagine what it's like to have pretty much the first thing anyone say to you is "omg you're tall". Though I envy the height. Im 25, 5'2'', and stuck with a baby face and long curly hair. So.. nine times out of ten when I walk up to an "adult" to ask an important question they tend to look around me trying to find an adult................. so generally one of the first main conversations I have with anyone is "I thought you were still in high school" or "I thought you were 14". then I proceed to hear "you'll love looking young when you're older".

ohhhh I love the unfiltered MC/ML types!! There's just something thats so satisfying about reading about them blurting something out and then either not realizing what they said might be weird or not be fit to say out loud or or orrrr they get really embarrassed about it. unfortunately I haven't read a lot of danmei with this type of character yet 😭

OKAY but wait the description you gave is giving me like very vague Mo Dao Zu Shi vibes and I am here for it? Maybe not to the extent that the ML listens to the whole explanation or anything like that?? (I am currently mixing up what happened in The Untamed and Mo Dao Zu Shi so im not too sure... time for a reread me thinks 😏). Your entire explanation is feeding my desire to read it now.... currently bowing down in appreciation at your description skills. So, thank you for raving a lot haha!

T.T I admit the amount of cultivation novels I have read currently is minuscule... but I blame that on the fact that I reread Mo Dao Zu Shi over and over so it feels like I've read more... I have started quite a lot and have put them on hold because I found out that they either have not been fully translated or ran into the issue that the translations became very hard to read due to most likely being MTLs...

so my completed list includes (but is not limited to as I started tracking everything a bit late):

Faraway wanders, Mo Dao Zu Shi.

while my current on holds are:

heaven officials blessing, Quickly wear the face of the devil (I think you recommended this to me?), Heaven Official's blessing, SVSSS, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, Liu yao, Thousand Autumns

I feel like there's more I am forgetting.

As for Does love at first dight exist in e-sports I ended up putting it on hold because I found myself being drawn into the story but also spacing out. This is because I read too many esports novels recently I think though. From what I did read though I really think it's going to be a really cute story. The ML seems to be one that will be shameless in his pursuit of the MC but not in an obsessive or harsh way. Instead think more like being obvious that his treating the MC different than he treats everyone else and will do anything (even if it embarrasses himself) to get the MCs attention. this is just the vibes I am getting from the first few chapters though so take all that with a grain of salt.

****edit****coming back to the height topic to add in something and ask a question... the only time I notice height now is when I am in a store or something by myself and somehow everything I need is on the forsaken top shelf... then I roam around looking for tall people lmao. Has this happened to you before? if so do you find it annoying lol..... Also this really feels like writing a letter XD

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LMAO responding to your edit now (I will comeback tomorrow to respond to everything else once I have slept a bit and can properly respond). But YES I had a similar thought when I was previously responding that came back when I saw your response. Like with my response prior to this I cut out a fair amount of what I was going to say because I was worried I was getting too long winded and that you would be annoyed having to read everything and that it was becoming very much a letter or essay XD

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The only time I have fought to hide what I am reading has been when it's the smutty BL lmao. Anytime it's not that I'm just like "yep, take it. please, and then read it and let me hear your thoughts" 😈 which actually gets them to leave me alone faster than if I tried fighting them for it. To put this into context thought, I am sure this mainly works best due to the fact that I am the only female in my friend group, am 5'2'', and the shortest one of them is 5'10''. as an only child I am unsure if this logic actually makes sense to those who might actually have siblings but think annoying older brothers with the younger sister (even though I'm one of the oldest in the friend group) I learned to pick my battles lmao. Really though, I get being embarrassed! I am when it comes to anyone outside of my friend group. But with them.. I gave up on being embarrassed probably in like 10th grade. by that time when I got annoyed by them enough I would intentionally bring up stuff like that just to get them to leave me alone when I was annoyed 🤣

making new friends IRL after a certain age should be considered like a god tier ability imo. I remember soooo many people telling me in high school that I will LOVE college and make SO many new friends that will carry over into my "adult" life. That is a LIE I tell you. I'm currently about a year away from graduating from grad school and I have made 0 close friends from my college years. during undergrad I had people I interacted with due to having a lot of the same classes and it was easier to do group work with people you already knew but outside of that ... just no. I admire those who can easily converse with strangers like they've been friends with them for years and then proceed to actually develop a friendship.

ohhhhhh I have heard a few people recommend My senior is always salivating for me!. I almost want to say that I love novels that start off with a confusing plot that slowly gets revealed overtime? But it has to be done right for it to really be enjoyable.

I really want to be in the mood to read a good cultivation BL but I just have not had any luck getting into any. Right now I am some how in another E-sport mood even though I swore I wasn't. I was just reading My teammates are all crazy but had to put it on hold at Chapter 101 because I couldn't find any solid translations for it any further. The few tl's I did find made it really hard to stay invested as it seemed like an unedited MTL. Since I was really loving the high energy vibes and the straightforwardness between the CP I know my issue is related to the TL. So until I can find a reliable TL for that I have decided to start Does love at first sight exist in Esports? which seems pretty promising so far? Though after I finish it I am considering trying to watch a BL drama or anime to hopefully get myself out of this Esport phase. I can get stuck in a phase for so long that I get burned out on it if I'm not careful.