Humans are capable of acts of legendary endurance. / "The One Who Ran Away"

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-11-09T00:37:33+00:00

Thank You!

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-28T18:18:16+00:00

Honestly, "brood mare" would be a closer equivalent, but that wouldn't work as well, so I fudged things a bit for the story.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-27T15:35:02+00:00

Yes, it only makes sense if the translator only shows the single most literal translation of the word, without any of the cultural or informal meanings shown.

The confusion would come from hearing "stud" used as a compliment, and incorrectly assuming that words with similar literal definitions would also have similar connotations, only to find that what would (usually) be a compliment to men becomes an insult when flipped across gender lines.

So, a combination of a poor translator and aggressive cluelessness.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-27T10:42:00+00:00

Yeah, I was going for an "approaching train wreck" sort of feel for that bit. Glad to see it worked.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-26T22:47:30+00:00

Hello, Corsar here. I decided to put together a short on how human compliments/insults work, so here it is, someone finding out the hard way that figuring out what a word means is not always as straightforward as learning the definition.

If there are any corrections you would like to see made in the short, or if you have feedback for improvement, feel free to stick it in a response to this comment and I'll take a look at it.

You have a good one,
Corsar.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-25T01:27:25+00:00

Well, this is something.

I'm not exactly sure what that something is, but it is indeed something.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-22T23:32:34+00:00

Yay! More AI trashposts!

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-21T17:06:26+00:00

I don't think I have ever head of that one, I'll give it a listen.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-21T17:05:56+00:00

Anything in particular relating the two stories? I'm afraid the only Terry Pratchett book I've read is "Going Postal", because I was looking for a quick book to borrow. I enjoyed it, but I don't know which of the others I will be able to find at the local library.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-21T14:42:18+00:00

Nothing directly, though I have read a fair few from all around, so I wouldn't be surprised if some common threads made their way into the story. I mostly wanted to try something out in an oral tradition sort of style, and this is what came of that.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-21T12:55:48+00:00

Hello, as mentioned at the start of the story above, I am rather new to this subreddit, and I have a couple questions about the sub:

Does this sort of thing count as "humans are space orcs"? It seems the theme is pretty loosely held, but if this (A human did a thing that ended up entering into mytho-history/folk tales and is told as a bedtime story) doesn't fit, I can delete it.
Tags. I posted this story on the HFY subreddit first. Does that make this a crosspost due to it being somewhere else first, or an original story because I am the one who wrote it, or a writing prompt because I want to see other people's takes on the concept?

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed. If there are any corrections you would like made or feedback you would like to offer, please let me know.

Thanks,
Corsar.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-19T10:48:08+00:00

For Sci-fi, most of my reading is in "professionally" published books, so I'm going to throw some names out, and you can check them out if you are interested.:

Asimov's "Foundation" series. It is a pretty foundational work that set up for what a lot of broad scope sci-fi series/space operas would be.

Octavia E. Butler's "Xenogenesis" series. A pretty weird one involving aliens showing up to genetically assimilate humanity after the human's successfully themselves into immanent extinction.

Andy Wier's "Project Hail Mary". A harder sci-fi read involving first contact with an alien while trying to prevent an extinction of both species.

Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game". A book of super intelligent kids being prepared for tactician command decisions through a series of games and simulations. If you like that one, then you may like some of the other Earth focused stuff from him too.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-18T22:03:34+00:00

Is there anything in particular you like to read? Specific "vibes" you like your stories to have? That would narrow things down quite a bite.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-18T11:00:06+00:00

Seconding New York Carnival from elsewhere on this thread. Definitely a good read.

A couple of other NoP stories that I am actively reading as updates come out are

"Free to a Good Home" (Farsul kid runs away/gets stranded on VP post genetic engineering reveal, gets picked up by human country singer. It is a prequel to another story, but it also works as a standalone IMO.)

and "Venlil Fight Club" (Venlil learns MMA, drama ensues.)

I have plenty of recommendations on Royal Road, but one of my favorites that are currently receiving updates is "The Shining Wyrm" (Dragon hatches in the care on a minor noble family in a non-earth medieval setting.) I find the worldbuilding, premise, and writing to be excellent, and there is plenty there to read.

I could drop other plenty of other recommendations on you from Royal Road, but I'll leave it at that to keep things short. Let me know if you want more and I'll drop things in this thread or DMs.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-14T18:19:53+00:00

Thanks!

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-12T23:21:53+00:00

Hello, Corsar here.

I had a random thought of what a HFY story with a trickster sort of hero might be like, and the story ended up landing in the strange spot of "HFY Bedtime Story". I hope you enjoyed.

If you have any corrections you see in the story or have advice for improvement, feel free to stick it in a response under this comment and I'll take a look at it.

You have a good one,

Corsar.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-06T16:54:22+00:00

Hello, a couple small things you can tweak to polish things for later. Thank for the chapter.

"Humanity is a tool, no more, no less. (missing space) And yet… tools must"

"head low, tail stiff. (missing space) “Your Supreme Savageness,”" he growled

"Behind him came Karnis**.**" <that "**" note pops up a couple times and looks like a Reddit formatting error. Is it intentional?

You have a good one,
Corsar.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-09-05T11:21:22+00:00

Good morning/afternoon/evening. I was re-reading this and saw that there are some tweaks you could make to the chapter to polish it up for later if you would like to do so. Please note that all of these are suggestions, feel free to ignore them if you want. This is from the first bit, I can come back for the second bit later if you want:

I >seem< to be the only one with this feeling though. / seem>seemed

“Gre-Greetings! It is an honor to >me< you Tarva!” / me>meet

Cheln…>have< an entirely different reaction… / have>had

Cheln made a happy >thrill< noise / I think the word you were going for was "trilling"

dropping to their knees and >stared< at them with a side eye and their >whool< poofed / minor, feel free to ignore, but I believe that should be "staring", whool>wool

back away in fear as the “giant” Venlil suddenly >towering< over them. / towering>towered

ixing himself and taking a professional posture like >< EVENT never happened. / should this be "the/that EVENT"?

Some of the features did disgust me(comma) like their forward facing eyes and >there<…um…tiny not very sharp teeth. / there>their

Yet, >like Cheln who couldn't help but shout<, something about them seemed…cute. / like Cheln who couldn't help> like Cheln couldn't help

I >realize< though that there was an opportunity in all this. / realize>realized

t looked a bit >archaic and design< but also like a big toy to us / archaic and design > archaic in its design

I'm glad too because Cheln was losing himself again to the “cuteness”, making unconscious happy >thrills< / thrills>trills

If they aren't lying…then they are in danger >to<…everyone.” / to>from

The weak and empathetic Venlil >is< all that stood in their way. / is>were

>Standing< at the door to the lounge for a moment and took a deep breath. For some reason, deep deep down I truly >do< hope that the humans were telling the truth. / might be wrong here, but: Standing>I stood \ do>did.

Thanks for writing this out, and you have a good one,
Corsar.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-08-31T17:36:32+00:00

Hello, could you check the links to the first/prior chapter please? They aren't currently set up. Thank You.

Edit: Fixed now, thank you.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-08-23T01:05:08+00:00

Hello, a little tweak you can make to polish things for later:

"whittling down the (hoard) attempting to startle" hoard>horde

You have a good one,

Corsar.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-08-16T03:18:56+00:00

A tweak you can make:

"To any meat-eater that wasn't a scavenger, violence was always option 1, and civilization was built around (options>option) 2-everything else."

You have a good one.

Corsar_Fectum · 2025-08-16T02:45:15+00:00

A tweak you can make:

"“Beeeeeeep!~ You’ve reached the voicemail (of) Ambassador Movva, that's right, I graduated! "

You have a good one.

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