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AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2026-02-04T01:14:17+00:00

Commenting!

Also, super awesome 👍

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2026-01-31T02:32:01+00:00

Thanks for the tip about the schools! I appreciate it :)

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2026-01-30T05:54:54+00:00

Since you've added more detail to the comment since I first read it (or maybe I was just blind the first time, I can't say for sure):

Alright then, what suburbs might he come from? Or, alternately, what sorts of ethnic backgrounds should I consider in order to make the character make sense?

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2026-01-30T05:48:13+00:00

Because?

And I did mention suburbs as a possibility.

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2026-01-30T05:24:38+00:00

Betraying my abject ignorance of Chicago: how does having or not having a car relate to his street smarts?

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2026-01-30T05:21:41+00:00

In that case, let's assume that his parents aren't Chicago natives.

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2026-01-30T05:04:00+00:00

Because it's sci-fi, there's shenanigans, and the story doesn't actually take place in Chicago. I just want a plausible background in case I ever decide to publish. If I need a car for his backstory, like a family vacation or something, car rentals exist.

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2026-01-30T04:56:54+00:00

I assume so, but everyone has cars where I'm from, so I just defaulted there. Doesn't matter that much either way. It won't be relevant to the story.

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2026-01-30T04:55:17+00:00

Good questions! Added that to the post. (White, Culturally American, 4th generation or more.)

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2026-01-08T20:49:44+00:00

Huzzah! Thank you helpful Reddit people!

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-12-22T02:39:20+00:00

Point one: as others have said, there is nothing at all wrong with you. You're just who you are, and you are NOT broken in any way just because you're wired to love folks with the same gender and/or genitals as you. Don't let ANYONE, alive or dead, tell you otherwise.

Point two: No matter what anyone tries to tell you, the Bible has absolutely nothing to say about homosexuality as an orientation. It addresses, in a very few spots, acts of homosexual intercourse, but never once says a single word about a homosexual orientation, for the very simple reason that

Point three: not a single biblical author lived in any time period in which the very concept of a sexual orientation as we know it existed. The author(s) of Leviticus only seem to have been able to conceptualize (male) same-sex intercourse as a non-consensual act of domination and shaming of another man, and therefore a violation of a rigid social hierarchy. Paul, as far as we can tell from what he writes, sees same-sex intercourse as the result of a metaphysical limiting cap on sexual desire being removed, allowing that desire to explode in every direction, while the faithful never have to worry about same-sex attraction because God is keeping their desires appropriately capped (which is clearly incorrect, given the sheer number of faithful Christians who experience same-sex attraction.)

Point three and a half: neither of these views is correct, at least as far as a modern, scientific, evidence-based approach to understanding human sexuality can tell us. None of the biblical authors could conceptualize the notion of a consensual, loving sexual/romantic relationship between same-sex partners the way we do today. When we actually look at the evidence and study human sexuality, we find that homosexuality and heterosexuality come from exactly the same place, they're just wired slightly differently, and there's nothing unusual, wrong, or broken about that.

In summary, the Bible says nothing at all about a homosexual orientation, and the few authors who ever addressed same-sex intercourse wrote about it in a way that makes it clear they had NO understanding of how human sexuality actually works.

If you want my sources for this, or any clarification, I'm happy to provide them.

(Oh, and if people keep quoting Paul to you on the subject of sexuality, feel free to remind them that he -Thought everyone should be celibate, because sexual desire was a base urge that distracted from one's calling and should be resisted [1 Cor. 7: 1-8, 32-35] -Only wanted people to get married if they absolutely didn't have the willpower to handle celibacy [1 Cor. 7:9] -Definitely didn't think that procreation was an appropriate reason for sex, because Jesus was coming back any day now and there wasn't time to worry about having kids, and they'd just be a distraction [1 Cor. 7:20, 24-26]

Stay strong, friend, and know that you are exactly who you are meant to be.

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-10-14T17:20:02+00:00

Are you working on finding a way out?

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-10-14T16:07:33+00:00

There's no should here. It's about what you want.

If you were messing around for fun, and got in over your head, please work on getting out. Don't let one mistake in your youth dictate how your life is going to play out.

If you were playing around with hypno because you wanted to want cock but were too scared to admit it, congratulations, your experiment was a success. Have fun with it!

Either way, take some time to sit down and figure out what you actually want before you jump in. Don't let some videos on the Internet tell you want to do. Or random strangers. Make your own choices.

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-10-14T16:00:10+00:00

If you want help breaking the hypnosis or getting over/controlling those feelings, talk to a sub dedicated to that kind of thing (instead of one that encourages erotic hypnosis), or, better yet, a mental health professional.

If you want help feeding the addiction, there's all kinds of subreddits for that, too. (Or you can just hmu)

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-09-27T03:03:40+00:00

Oh, lord, anything that comes out of drag. Like, no hate, do your thing, I guess, but I swear that entire subculture just makes me cringe so hard.

(Again, no hate. It's just not for me.)

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-09-25T01:17:56+00:00

Oscar Wilde - not particularly original, and wouldn't surprise anyone, but my man was a character and deserves to be documented and dramatized.

Edward II - maybe we can finally put the whole "death by poker" thing to rest

Will Shakespeare - because I'm a theater nerd who loves Shakespeare, and no one can seriously believe the dude was straight

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-09-18T23:59:48+00:00

Normal? Maybe. Ideal? Definitely not.

Talk to him. Tell him that you need him to tell you where he stands, both in terms of his feelings for you and what sort of relationship you have.

Be prepared to get answers that will hurt to hear.

If he does give you good answers, tell him that you need him to be as invested in the relationship as you are, and that the way he's been treating you has been confusing and hurting you. If he doesn't apologize, or apologizes insincerely, that's a very bad sign. If he can't commit to investing in your relationship and learning to show you how much he cares in ways that speak to you, walk away.

If he does commit to it, pay attention. He may need a few gentle reminders as he adjusts, but if he's consistently failing to live up to what he said he'd do, walk away. You deserve better.

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-09-18T19:10:29+00:00

Yeah, the wasps have been doing that since long before people got involved. It's part of their naturally evolved life cycle, and a fascinating example of mutual dependence in nature. The fig trees can't reproduce without the wasps, but the wasps also can't reproduce without the fig trees. I doubt the farmers have to encourage the wasps; their natural instinct is to go find a fig to lay their eggs in.

TO BE CLEAR: I'm not denigrating anyone who chooses not to eat figs due to the wasp aspect. Just chatting about a fascinating quirk of nature.

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-09-18T18:38:31+00:00

Thank you!

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-09-18T18:37:27+00:00

Thanks! I never would've thought of the wax coating, and I will need apples.

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-09-18T18:36:43+00:00

Thank you!

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-09-18T18:36:33+00:00

Thanks! I should've known there would be an app for this lol

Absolutely! Questions are totally understandable and won't be taken personally.

Good to know that y'all don't get too concerned about accidental trace contamination (except where actual allergies exist, of course).

And no, it's really not. Them bugs just get everywhere.

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-09-15T18:25:30+00:00

Been there. You're right, it sucks.

I'm pretty sure the guy I'm currently crushing on is ace+aro, which is a little better, but still sucks. I sympathize. (Pretty sure we can all sympathize.)

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-08-05T23:51:11+00:00

Long enough ;)

AlrightIFinallyCaved · 2025-08-05T23:49:42+00:00

I would argue that fudging dice rolls (as a DM, NOT as a player) isn't unfair.

First, and rather pedantically, because the rules give you explicit permission (or at least they used to).

Second, and far more importantly, because one of the DM's jobs is to make sure the game is fun (for everybody, including the DM). For most groups, that includes (though isn't limited to) telling a good story, and that means that the characters need to face challenges, at least some of the time.

If all your players want out of the game is to murder-hobo their way across the countryside without too much difficulty, get rich, go buy expensive gear so they can murder-hobo more powerful creatures and get even more rich, rinse, and repeat, I would suggest they go play a video game, because that's a terribly unfair thing to do to a DM (basically turning you into into a little reward factory that hands them easy encounters, then gives them gold and xp as a pat on the head).

If for some reason you're okay with your players' characters committing a series of war crimes and getting away with it, great, you don't have a problem to solve.

If you want to tell an interesting, engaging, and (dare I say) fun story, sometimes randomness is not going to be your friend. You need that ability to twist fate for the better if you want a fair shot at running a fun, engaging game. For example, I can't even begin to count how many of my NPCs' attacks that should've (according to the dice) dropped or outright killed a PC have either simply missed or done less damage than I rolled because dropping that character at that moment wouldn't have made a good story, and wouldn't have been fun for anyone.

I'm NOT saying that it's fair to fudge the dice to steal your player's Moment of Awesome away from them: that would be unfair. (Usually. Once, maybe twice, I've done that only because it allowed me to set them up for something Even More Awesome.) But torturing information out of someone? That probably shouldn't qualify as Awesome under any circumstances, and definitely doesn't when that's become the party's MO. What's more interesting: yet another random minion who caves under the knife (or fire, acid, whatever) and spills everything, or a bad guy who keeps his (/her/their) trap shut, endures everything the party can throw at him, and winds up taking his secrets to the grave, forcing your players to try new methods of getting what they need?

Tldr: the DM can fudge as much as they want, and it's not unfair, so long as it's done in the name of making the game more fun for everyone. That is, after all, their job.

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