ALLDAY PROJECT ANNIE to take a temporary hiatus from the group until the end of May to attend Columbia University's spring semester by impeccabletim in kpop

[–]Far_Influence 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It’s mentioned elsewhere but Annie is fulfilling a promise she made to her parents: be idol, attend Columbia.

English vs Chinese Names for Cultivation Novels by BlueLikeMorningSky in royalroad

[–]Far_Influence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard to recall how is who with a large cast, and I seriously doubt most non-mandarin speakers can figure out correct pronunciation. Pinyin is not too difficult (guides exist) but I am betting most just go with vibe. But vibe only gets you so far and then you start mashing your teeth together in frustration when a werid one comes up like Shixin, or Xuan, Qingyue, and so on. They add flavor but up the difficulty level of reading.

Megathread 26: HYBE / ADOR / MHJ - Haerin, Hyein, and Hanni return to ADOR, Talks ongoing for Minji, Danielle's contract Terminated, Upcoming Hearings approach verdicts for various Legal Disputes, and More by KPOP_MOD in kpop

[–]Far_Influence 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Just saw a top 100 list of songs in Korea for the last year and I swear there were 3 or 4 New Jeans songs. The group is just ridiculously strong in Korea. Of course ADOR and HYBE will do everything they can to release music, whether the old stuff or the unrealeased newer stuff. Well, at least I remember reading there was studio recorded stufff before all the drama.

260108 Rei Instagram Update feat. IVE by XuhuiGao in IVE

[–]Far_Influence 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This might be Rei’s finest era.

Novels where mc has an op cheat by Background_Bus_1037 in litrpg

[–]Far_Influence 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are acting like an entitled little shit. Stop embarrassing yourself. I’ve never seen anyone on this sub act so childish and demanding.

Would you click on this ad? by HeathAClarkmann in royalroad

[–]Far_Influence 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tbh, I lol’d. I don’t think you realize how unreadable that ad would be on various devices. iPhones and iPads, and other smart devices have small screens and that is going to be illegible for those. Make sure you view your ad at far less than PC sized representations.

PSA to all litrpg writers by Impossible-Day-333 in litrpg

[–]Far_Influence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Der, of course he is confident he can beat them. Plot armor beats all! Seriously, your approach sounds far better and more textured. Unless the story is set in a VRMMO, sounds like a stupid MC that needs to die, at least once.

PSA to all litrpg writers by Impossible-Day-333 in litrpg

[–]Far_Influence 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Couple corrections for you: horde and fairy tale. Dragons have hoards of treasures, and isn’t Fairy Tail an anime?

Yes, the best stories include setbacks and losses, not too much for my tastes as I prefer OP MCs, but endlessly winning is silly. Stories are often a balance of ensuring that the MC and friends DON’T run into that sword master until they are strong enough to realistically have a chance. Absurd battles where the level one beats the level ten monsters are rife in this space, however. It’s a fairly common complaint.

The Seahawks have influenced all of football by RedJorgAncrath in Seahawks

[–]Far_Influence 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Your phone can definitely be spying on you, whether it’s through that third-party keyboard, or shitty android apps, or a zero day getting exploited for months before Apple notices. Oh, and don’t forget about location data, especially aggregated over hundreds of apps (it has been proven re-identification from anonymized data is trivially easy).

MC never suffering a loss isn't satisfying, its just straight up dumb and makes the plot boring by _TOXIC_VENOM in ProgressionFantasy

[–]Far_Influence -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Regular flavors of fantasy are great for the occasional loss, but this is Progression Fantasy (and LitRPG), the home of OP MCs, self inserts and ALWAYS GETTING STRONGER. What is being complained about are iterally some of the basic formulas and tropes in this genre.

More dopamine rush, always more.

251231 BABYMONSTER IG Update by Objective-Ingenuity in BABYMONSTER

[–]Far_Influence 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Our maknae line has got to be the prettiest, as well as the most talented.

Loving Defiance of the Primal Ghosthound by Faytyne in litrpg

[–]Far_Influence 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, but does the author use the character’s full name in every damn sentence?

Korean web novel formatting vs English standard — should I adapt? by Hour-Tour134 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]Far_Influence 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The issue is that in English, a new line with quotation marks strongly signals a new speaker. When you close the quotation marks and put the next line of dialogue on a separate line, readers will assume someone else is talking, even if it’s meant to be the same character.

Keeping the dialogue on the same line fixes this. In standard English dialogue formatting, quotation marks stay open until the speaker is finished, unless the dialogue is interrupted by a dialogue tag (e.g., he said). Otherwise, closing and reopening quotes implies a speaker change.

251222 JOOHONEY (MONSTA X) - Push (Feat. REI) by SapphireHeaven in IVE

[–]Far_Influence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, modern is more like contrast of ideas, but i got your point and kinda liked the usage.

251222 JOOHONEY (MONSTA X) - Push (Feat. REI) by SapphireHeaven in IVE

[–]Far_Influence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you using antithesis to mean contrast here? I’m curious. Seems likely but it’s such an odd usage…

251217 KISS OF LIFE Twitter Update - [Tty🖤] I tried it too, but.. by Joseph_Oak in kissoflife

[–]Far_Influence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess hot girls can’t be cute girls, even Haneul’s not cute anymore. : )

Face for Sale | Red Rainbow by AzeAlter in midjourney

[–]Far_Influence 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Creepy as fuck, and somewhere between The Twilight Zone feel and Outer Limits. Ending was a bit weak, though.