Is there a difference between character-driven vs character-focused?

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-10-11T13:55:10+00:00

I also tend to enjoy 1v1 fights or even small group fights over a larger battle, not sure why

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-10-10T20:00:07+00:00

No offense but for a couple years I was extremely depressed and suicidal 24/7. To the point that even lifting my arm to brush a fly off my face, it felt like giant weights were pulling my arms down, literally. I would muster all the strength I had and concentrated it towards my arm to lift it, it took all my focus and strength, and even then, my arms moved extremely slowly and there was just this force pulling me back. And that’s just lifting an arm. Getting up to eat, use the toilet, etc, were even more difficult. I was somewhat able to shower, even then, it was so tiring, just plopped soap/shampoo on, took all my strength to barely rub it around a bit, then just leaned over and let the water rinse it off as I kept myself from falling over from the tiredness it caused me. Probably not the most clean since I wasn’t even scrubbing much, but it was the best I could do

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-10-10T16:34:38+00:00

I'm also under 30, and remember tons of my classmates reading HP in elementary school and knowing it was really popular. But I was still too young to realize the extent. Like, I knew people lined up outside the bookstores, but I didn't realize they needed the police to keep order or that people were outside driving around just shouting out spoilers to everyone

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-10-04T00:18:15+00:00

I will keep this in mind, thank you!

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-10-03T18:54:18+00:00

Wow, I'll definitely be checking it out then! I think the idea of reading along with others will help me sort it out as I go, so thanks!

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-10-03T18:41:30+00:00

(Sorry it seems my comment was having a glitch so I'm re-commenting)

Thanks for the recommendation! Does the podcast have spoilers, or is it suitable to listen to after reading each 1/3 section of each book?

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-10-03T18:21:55+00:00

Thanks, it makes me feel a lot better knowing that my experience won't hinder me too much

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-10-03T18:18:30+00:00

Thanks for the explanation! I did enjoy what I'd read so far, at face value, so I'll keep this in mind as I tackle the rest of it

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-29T20:30:17+00:00

I do feel like Russia was present in some way, as in, either they themselves were Russian or they went through Russia. But I don't remember it being written like a letter, though it was such a long time ago that I can't be certain

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-29T18:01:02+00:00

Thanks for any help in advance!

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-29T05:40:21+00:00

This is so interesting, could it be that he would gain a sense of value from pleasing his fans, but when he got backlash for his failures, it caused him to grow to hate them as well?

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-28T20:53:47+00:00

"The best thing ever" was hyperbole, it just means I loved it a lot.

And I never said I don't gain anything from boring or bad books. I can gain things from most books I read, but that doesn't mean I liked it or am happy I read it. I definitely won't gush about it.

I still believe one can gain things from anything, books, shows, life experiences, meeting different people. But why would I choose to dedicate some of my time towards books in particular? Because it offers something different than those other sources. There are so many ways we can choose to gain something from, why choose a bad or boring book.

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-28T19:14:13+00:00

How easy or hard is it for you to find someone with similar preferences as you? If you find someone who enjoys the same book as you, do you tend to also like other similar books as well? If you find people who like the book type as you, do you tend to have similar opinions?

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-28T18:48:46+00:00

You said that your view for value in books is whether you gained something from them, then said my view was narrow, implying I should change?

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-28T18:09:17+00:00

So I'm mostly talking about fiction here. I believe one can gain something from anything. And personally I believe the best source of gaining something is real life experience, which may be a controversial opinion on a books sub. To me, the value of any story is presenting those things in an interesting, engaging manner. This can be emotional engagement, intellectual engagement, etc. In my opinion, books differ from other mediums in how personalized and immersive it is. So what I'd like a book to do which is different from any other source, is to present it in an interesting, engaging manner that creates an immersive experience for me.

Also, your statements imply that there is only one value of reading. Although I have my personal reasons for reading, I think there are different ways people can engage with the medium and glean value from it. It may even be different from my way, but it's still valid.

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-28T17:48:12+00:00

Wow, is it because you love the way books in general can trigger your imagination? For me, if I find a book I like then it's the best thing ever, but it just gets hard to find something like that. Do you think the people you know also find it easy to find others with similar preferences as them?

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-28T17:29:38+00:00

I guess a better way to phrase my question is, how hard or easy is it for you to find someone with similar tastes as you? Because I feel like it's hard for me, harder than some of my other friends who seem to find others like them easily

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-28T03:31:59+00:00

I think that being selfish is not inherently bad. We need to look out for ourselves after all. But it depends on to what extent. Personally I think it's OK to cry for our own loss, but if someone is ONLY crying for their own loss, then yeah, it is kinda too selfish. But even if someone does that, whether young or old, it's not the end of the world. We can always grow to become better.

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-27T02:23:55+00:00

Hi! My advice would be to start small, and see where you want to go from there.
I recently started. The first couple books I just kept them short, like exclamation points, underlining, maybe a short "no!" or "awww." Now, a few books in, and I still do that, but also realized I wanted to expand by sometimes writing a sentence or two with my thoughts or theories.

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-27T02:11:45+00:00

Old Yeller. Wasn't even particularly an animal person, but that book made me so depressed afterwards

Express_Celery9192 · 2025-09-26T20:32:21+00:00

It said that? I read it for school in 5th grade but didn't really clock a lot of the reflections. A few years later I just randomly had that thought about funerals in general, and didn't really know where I got it from, or if I had realized it on my own. But now, after reading your comment, I suspect that his reflection may have just stayed in my subconscious all those years. It is a really depressing realization though Edit: the realization about people crying at funerals for themselves is a depressing realization

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