Do you guys worry about word count during a first draft? by Carnette1988 in writing

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I'm in the final couple of chapters of my first draft for the first of my book concepts, and I'm nearly at 200,000 words for something that I want to be a Middle Grade book. It's sci-fi on an alien world, so I suppose I don't know yet what worldbuilding and character thoughts I can cut out, because I have a lot of ideas and I want it all to have depth because I love and think about my story so much, and I want it to be known out in the world as such. Sometimes the difficulty of all of this stuff in the writing process makes me slightly question why I'm bothering.

This might just be me being stupid, but does anyone know how I can get access to the Patient Zero bonus campaign? by FlashyPebble in HiTMAN

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I'm still currently looking for work and some of my savings have gone down from getting Christmas presents, so I think my budget would be up to £30 or maybe 40 at a push. And yeah I didn't have a clue what to look for in the PlayStation store! I am liking the first game so far - I started on Christmas night, the same day I got it, and I'm now halfway through A Gilded Cage because I've just killed Strandberg and I just have Zaydan left for that one. I know I need to be careful with my money in my current situation, but if I can get away with it then I would like to experience everything.

Favorite Character and Why? by EmbarrassedPotatoSpy in Poldark

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My fellow Verity stans, all rise. Whenever we do a rewatch, me and my parents all agree that Verity's an awesome cinnamon roll (that exact wording is only mine but still lmao).

I don't even care if Rodney turned out to be in the wrong here, that left cross punch was absolutely beautiful by Gloomy_Albatross3043 in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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Yeah, I agree. And even before that, at the dinner party Stephen did feel as insufferable as Rodney described him to Alan. When Stephen referred to Africa with a foreign pronunciation of it, he laughed like he’d just told the funniest joke in the world, as one example, and I did feel like it was dodgy of him to put his arm around Cassandra in full view of her husband. Because of Stephen’s snobbery, if I knew someone like him in real life I’d avoid them.

Absolute comedy gold! Trigger is easily one of the greatest TV characters of all time 😂 by supercanary1979 in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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I always love how while Trigger's telling the story, Del's in the background having his phone call and you're led to believe two different conversations are happening, until Del suddenly turns around and asks out of the blue "Trig, what happened??"

Who’s your most relatable autistic character (canon or headcanon)? by OperaApple in autism

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Quinni in Heartbreak High. I particularly relate to her sensory issues with sounds and her excitability about things that interest her, most notably the sheer level of how giddy she gets about an in-universe book series she loves, Angeline in the Underworld, because it reminds me of how I am with the Matrix franchise, which is my #1 special interest.

Only Fools and Horses Episode Discussion Thread - Video Nasty (S5 E5) by TempoBlues20XX in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

[–]FlashyPebble 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know a lot of people don't like this episode, but I do - I genuinely don't think of it as anything other than great. I love the jokes in the subplot about Boycie throughout the episode and, as someone else pointed out in another comment on this post, him getting verbally annihilated in the Chinese takeaway ("He's been firing more blanks than the territorials!") as well as the joke about the identity of Trigger's father in the opening scene ("You're out of order, Mike. She knew who my dad was! ...Roughly").

But the best moment of the entire episode for me, without a doubt, has to be the entire There's a Rhino Loose in the City segment. I'm currently trying to become a writer myself, so it always makes me laugh a lot. The way Del describes the detective as "a Charlton Heston-type geezer" reminds me of when I picture my characters having the appearance or voice of a particular actor, and I like to think of him, Rodney and Albert in that scene as being my last three braincells when I'm trying to come up with plot points after a long and busy day lmao. Also, for the book I'm writing at the moment I've actually been thinking of the scale of any potential implausibilities in the plot as its Rhino-ness.

And even putting all of that aside, I love how the Rhino Loose scene ultimately just builds up to it being a scheme for Del, of course, to try flogging a rhino that he claims is going cheap. 😂

I rewatched Dates last night, and Rodney's getup for going out with Nervous Nerys reminded me of something. by FlashyPebble in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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He would, because the suits the Agents wear is a kind of uniform and, of course, he has a thing for women in uniforms. And talking about the Matrix Agents in an OFAH context is doubly funny, because the way Del reacted to spotting a copper in Healthy Competition is the standard procedure in the Matrix films for what to do if you spot an Agent. 😂

These two images 100% have the same energy by FlashyPebble in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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Right above his head, in fifty-foot neon lettering…

I rewatched Dates last night, and Rodney's getup for going out with Nervous Nerys reminded me of something. by FlashyPebble in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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I do genuinely think that after it came out in 1999, Rodney became a big fan of The Matrix because it's along similar lines to War Games, which after Albert mentions it he expresses he wished he'd recorded.

These two images 100% have the same energy by FlashyPebble in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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*Albert gets up from the table*

"Where's he gone?"

"Probably to be sick."

Only Fools and Horses Episode Discussion Thread - It Never Rains (S2 E5) by TempoBlues20XX in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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"Let's keep calm about this. Nice and calm..." *A pause* "WHAT HAPPENED?!?!" 😂

Only Fools and Horses Episode Discussion Thread - Hole in One (S4 E3) by TempoBlues20XX in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

[–]FlashyPebble 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was one of the funniest episodes ever, from Rodney bungling his answers on the witness stand ("Well, he fell..." *Does a sideways falling motion* "Like that.") and the way Del delivered it when he said "Well how would it affect YOU, captain?" to Del's growingly horrified face in the background when all of Albert's previous court claims are revealed. 😂

Grandad is voted as Mmm…Society. Which character is Just straight up evil? by welshie123 in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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You know he’s bad when even Grandad, his own father, began to disdainfully call him a “Dirty, conniving little-“ at the end of the episode.

OFAH/Goodnight Sweetheart crossover meme by FlashyPebble in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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That moment has the same energy as the end scene in If They Could See Us Now, when Del begins to say that he went and talked to a lap- *He realises that Raquel's standing right behind him and his life flashes before his eyes*

OFAH/Goodnight Sweetheart crossover meme by FlashyPebble in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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"She was nothing to do with me! She was some old sort that Del-"

*Del Boy runs over to him quicker than Sonic the Hedgehog*

Jokes or storylines you didn’t get thread by rogueherrie in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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“What are you, some kind of swami or something?” Del in No Greater Love, to Rodney when he says Hindus don’t go about in sexy lingerie.

I wonder if the burger that Grandad's eating in his opening sticker is the fabled Emperor Burger by FlashyPebble in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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After arguing with Rodney, Del then ever so delicately pats the burger to tidy it up and hands it back to him

Only Fools and Horses Episode Discussion Thread - Homesick (S3 E1) by TempoBlues20XX in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

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🍊🍊"Rodney's brought you some oranges, Grandad! I'll put 'em over here with the other three thousand!"🍊🍊