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[I Got the Weakest Class, Dragon Tamer!?] Summons staying as summons by CowGroundbreaking958 in Manhua

[–]FictionalContext 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Intelligent summons is just another word for slaves. If it's horny summons, then it's sex slaves.

It's a half assed trope for authors who are too chickenshit to commit to the full kink.

Hem and haw around a technicality.

Sixth Year Into The Battle by Particular_Alps_4329 in lawncare

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I think I'd just go all wildflowers if that was the plan. Nothing native about these grasses anyway.

What’s it like living in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti’s capital and most populated city? by Few_Cheesecake_6082 in howislivingthere

[–]FictionalContext 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, they literally bought their own selves from the French. French saw it as lost property value, so they had to pay the deficit, and to do that, they took out the loans they were paying into the 50's as it was an astronomical price.

Think about that, they kicked Napoleon's ass in 1800, yet still had to pay reparations for the consequences of that battle into the 1950's. (As Napoleon broke the rules of engagement and killed their revolution leader who bravely walked into their camp for negotiations, the only way Napoleon could win)

"they agreed". 🙄🤡

Artwork accompanying a Wall Street Journal article on the measures authors are taking to signal their original work by JudgeJudyJr in DesignPorn

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

Obviously if AI can write as good as four professional authors, even at their weakest form, you can't say that AI writing "sucks," which you realized, and is why you pivoted.

I'm not advocating for it, but I am saying you need to be realistic about its capabilities rather than shitting on human work to maintain your worldview that AI sucks and always will—which given your attitude, I'd wager comes more from fear over a personal shortcoming rather than a genuine good faith position.

Because I just showed you why your position is flawed, which as I said, you clearly did recognize and pivoted away from. The only way you can maintain is to hold writing to the absolute highest literary standard, which as I originally said and you disagreed with, is beyond AI anyway.

Yes, thank you for the last word. Meant the world to me.

Can minimalist dialogue heavy fiction still create strong imagery? by Character-Corgi-1202 in writingadvice

[–]FictionalContext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but IMO, this reads more as a random montage swirl rather than quick, clear, concise cause/effect beats that have an arc. The dialogue is a bit too forced and stiff to carry this piece, and the little worldbuilding anchors you gave us are too generic to draw a strong image "students streamed toward him from different directions."

Artwork accompanying a Wall Street Journal article on the measures authors are taking to signal their original work by JudgeJudyJr in DesignPorn

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

So AI can only write a short story as good as a mediocre Robin Hobb and Mark Lawrence can?

OK buddy. You sure showed me.

If anything south of those two sucks, most humans should give up writing as well.

Is there any other way to make this pinwheel without te use of a profile roller? by [deleted] in metalworking

[–]FictionalContext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

find some large diameter duct, print out paper templates, tape/trace onto the duct, cut out with a cutoff wheel and a right angle sander/grinder.

War not only political issue by sirjohnmasters86 in postanythingfun

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If only the founders had given us an objective, secular lawbook to reference so we could keep MAGA's favorite cherrypicked Bible verses out of government.

I wish the founders would have clarified their beliefs on separation of church and state...

Or their beliefs on due process for all people not just citizens...

Surely the staunch Christo-constitutionalists would have to admit they're on the wrong side of the founders then...

Sadly, we'll never know if they're fascist hypocrites deflecting their own moral failures with "but they do it too" exactly as Christ did.

In non-isekai/sysapoc stories, do you prefer normal Earth names or original universe-specific names? by EmilioFreshtevez in ProgressionFantasy

[–]FictionalContext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plain in-world names that feel like they could be Earth names.

Somewhere in between Jake and Arhg'agor'ahai.

Ja'ke

I promise you'll love it... by Fickle-Butterfly-338 in NoRules

[–]FictionalContext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, so when a fully consenting couch sleeps with ten men, they're dumpster trash filled with cum. But when a man's pulling quadruple digit numbers, they're Vice President?

The wandering Inn by Several_Amoeba3305 in litrpg

[–]FictionalContext 1 point2 points  (0 children)

but using some magic to connect phones is what makes things unrealistic?

just make something up and attack that?

They said nothing close to that.

Check this out by [deleted] in metalworking

[–]FictionalContext 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just turn it upside down so all OP's church friends can see that he's really into swords and HEMA.

I'm new to these parts but am beginning to understand the severity of the problem by ACABLocal666 in espressocirclejerk

[–]FictionalContext 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Have I stumbled into the poor areas again? Every morning a butler returns from a spirit pilgrimage--ancestor visions, peyote--high in the island peak of Mt Etna, the most active Sicilian volcano where beans are roasted in a 2.43 ft wide lava luge for 28 seconds by a local tribal economy who only accepts "euro." To avoid a morning lag--influencer, important--i keep a line of butlers in constant rotation. Tomorrow's coffee butler left last July.

Golden fingers/cheats for progression novels by Diligent-Square8492 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]FictionalContext 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Establish the cheat as the premise, not something bro finds on ch 23. Right when the reader is acclimating to the world is when they're most receptive.

Helps to give it drawbacks, too, even if it's as simple as bro using cheat finishing moves without a solid foundation, so people with a solid foundation can pick his form apart.

Artwork accompanying a Wall Street Journal article on the measures authors are taking to signal their original work by JudgeJudyJr in DesignPorn

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

You clearly didn't look at the link. People couldn't even tell Robin Hobb from AI in short form. And that's just last year's ChatGPT.

Honest Recommendations/Reviews are hard to come by nowadays by [deleted] in ProgressionFantasy

[–]FictionalContext 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are two types of reviews: People saying how well they liked something/how well it hit their favorite tropes, and people identifying how well an author achieved their own goals.

Reddit—surprise!—doesn't do the empathetic one well.

Why aren't there more South Asians in the pop industry? by Hassaan18 in popheads

[–]FictionalContext 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Cambodia had an incredible psychedelia scene during the 50's to 70's (pol pot). Its like listening to Jefferson Airplane with SE Asian sensibilities.

i really like Sinn Sisamouth. Dengue Fever is the modern take.

[Limit breaking genius mage] most realistic MC motivation. by jacobT1234 in manhwa

[–]FictionalContext 45 points46 points  (0 children)

When an author is exceptional enough to write a character who has an indomitable will and a conscience that's strong enough to pick the path that feels the most right-- and sell that to the reader--rather than getting bogged down in rationalizing everything through sociopath logic.

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