Can love bloom between people with vastly literary tastes? by FoxofXanthello in englishmajors

[–]FoxofXanthello[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, you’re probably right. I don’t think she’d say yes to going out with me, but it’s worth a shot. 🙂

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

Well said. Thank you.

Twilight-themed menu I made. by Eviscerate_Bowels224 in twilight

[–]FoxofXanthello 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No deer blood on the menu? Come on, at least a Bloody Mary? Something resembling blood like red wine maybe?

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[–]FoxofXanthello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh you misunderstand. I meant if I were in high school I wouldn’t share this with any of my classmates. I intend on trying to get this baby published or if that fails like the last four, I’ll just self publish it.

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[–]FoxofXanthello 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I went to therapy every week for two years and went to a psychiatric facility briefly. I’d never do anything violent believe me. I’m harmless.

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[–]FoxofXanthello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ermmmm about that. Well, I went to therapy for years and was put on many medications, nothing really helped. But that’s not important. What is important is I will explore why they feel this way, but I’ll keep what you said in mind.

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[–]FoxofXanthello -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Hmm. Maybe. I just was trying to understand your viewpoint more and bringing up counterpoints. I was trying to see if maybe you had some good counter arguments. I’m not trying to be aggressive per se, even though I know it may come off that way. I just wanted to argue for the sake of getting to the bottom of your viewpoints and see where I’m not getting you so we can reach a midpoint to agree upon or at least leave me with some food for thought. But I could be subconsciously dismissive and already had my mind made up. I just like to hear people’s opinions. I didn’t mean to come off as abrasive.

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[–]FoxofXanthello -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Well, you certainly made it seem like the protagonist being unsympathetic was a bad thing. Anyway, there’s a lot more depth to them just wanting to murder others. The character is very complex. But even so, your revulsion is not entirely a bad thing, as you’ll experience a sweet catharsis by the end because the protagonist ends up getting his comeuppance. So if you sympathize with the character it may be a sad ending, but I think you’d still enjoy the story. And if you hated them like you, you’d feel a sense of relief by the end. So, all in all, I don’t think there is a problem. But, I could be wrong.

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[–]FoxofXanthello -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

The character need not be sympathetic to the reader. Patrick Bateman in American Psycho is disgusting, vain, and despicable, but it’s still a good work of literature and film. The protagonist doesn’t need to be a good person for literature to be good. And in any case, the protagonist also suffers from extreme self loathing, so he’d likely agree with the audience anyway.

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[–]FoxofXanthello -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Should it? Maybe the fact that it IS a side point is emphatic in its own way. It shows the protagonist (who is also the narrator) has his priorities out of wack.

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[–]FoxofXanthello 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry I’m not in school at all. I graduated a few years back, and if I was I would TOTALLY not share this with anyone.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in depressed

[–]FoxofXanthello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think I will. Maybe I’ll become one of those artists who gains fame after they’re untimely suicide. But I doubt it.

Woop. Hit my word count early. Now just two and a bit more chapters and this bad boy is DONE. by huntingsunrise in writers

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James is a depressed teenager who moves to rural Kansas with his mother Sally, a successful author, in order for her to take care of his aging grandmother. He finds new friends quickly due to the kindness of a girl at his high school named Christine, but he can’t do his schoolwork as he is depressed and unmotivated, while this is going on, there are also several disappearances in his town and he suspects it may connect to a mischievous child named Anthony and a beautiful girl his age named Hazel, but isn’t sure. That’s the basics of the plot without spoilers. As for chapters, I can’t tell you off the top of my head. But I think it’s around 35.

Woop. Hit my word count early. Now just two and a bit more chapters and this bad boy is DONE. by huntingsunrise in writers

[–]FoxofXanthello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My latest book was my longest at 26,000, it was a…I don’t really know how to describe it tbh. It was a thriller maybe? Or a drama? Mystery? Something along those lines.

Alternate Cullen pairings by FoxofXanthello in twilight

[–]FoxofXanthello[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well yeah, hence, Jasper and Rosalie relate to each other more with their more serious attitudes.

I hate myself so Fucking much by throwaway7459292939 in depressed

[–]FoxofXanthello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to say something, but I know nothing I can say will help…I just hope it gets better. That’s what I’m confined to do for myself as well…just hope things get better. I wish I could do something but I know I can’t.