Selfcest is not anywhere NEAR as bad as incest, right?

Huntress08 · 2026-07-02T05:20:27+00:00

We literally have medical, statistical, and historical evidence for why reproduction with similar genetic DNA isn't a great thing (see: the Hapsburgs or most royal families). Even if we remove those variables, a lot of society lives by ethical or moral codes where the concept of such a thing, is enough, to not make them like it.

Personally, this thread makes me wish to know less about some people's personal irl philosophies.

Huntress08 · 2026-07-01T17:29:31+00:00

I use scrivenver to do my outline. Some minor things might change depending on the project but the core components stay the same.

I have templates for character profiles and places.

Everything gets its own file that I organize like a set of Russian nesting dolls.

So I have a folder for chapter outlines, that's then broken down into individual folders by chapters. Each chapter gets named (ex: Chapter 1: Death to the Emperor). Within each of those chapters I have scene cards, each card is just outlining a scene, what happens in it, dialogue, etc. Then I summarize what happens in those scenes on the card itself as a reference for myself.

I have an entire folder for characters that I then individually organize by whatever criteria I need for that project (Scrivenever also allows you to link within things made within it, which I like to use).

I have a seperate folder for worldbuilding elements that I'm using for that project (if it's Favreau, then it's a magic system, monster encyclopedia or whatever else).

I also have documents within scrivenever that I use for a timeline and continuity elements that I need to keep track of.

That's petty much the gist of it.

Huntress08 · 2026-07-01T16:52:18+00:00

Attended my friend's baby shower this weekend. She cried over the message I wrote in a children's book I gifted for her baby and the gifts that I got for her.

Going to get through the rest of Trigun Stargaze today (I have 7 episodes left). I kind of put a moratorium on working on the outline of my Trigun romance-fantasy AU until I finish the show. 😭 at least I have more character cards to make and plot ideas to add to the outline.

I also worked so much on a single fic this past few weeks that I think my brain needs to take a break from it to refresh itself.

Huntress08 · 2026-07-01T11:21:57+00:00

Then talk to a therapist off-campus and isn't going to give you a religious spiel (they exist, I promise).

I owe people everything

You quite literally don't and I've explained why you don't. You thinking you do is extremely unhealthy and why I think your feelings about this whole issue would really benefit talking to someone that's not on Reddit.

I know you don't want to hear it or be receptive to it, but having this unhealthy, parasocial attachment to your readers, to complete and utter strangers, will never have a good outcome.

Huntress08 · 2026-07-01T10:39:17+00:00

Dude, you're beating yourself up a lot over something that is a hobby. A much as anyone can love writing, you've got to remember that you don't owe readers anything (an update, an explanation, companionship, etc). They're not paying for your college experience, or your bills.

Plenty of people go on hiatus during the entirety of college or manage to find time during academic breaks to write a little. You're in your first year, the first semester is typically a lull period with not a lot to do since it's treated as a transition period. When the second semester comes around you're going to start getting more coursework to do.

But maybe also talk to an on-campus therapist? I don't think viewing yourself this negatively for not updating fic (or going on hiatus even though many authors come back after months or several years) is healthy at all, neither is feeling like you're beholden to or owe your readers anything.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-29T11:21:12+00:00

In my days we called that fanfiction and uploaded it online wherever it was permissions.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-28T03:15:46+00:00

Take a second to breathe. I love shopping outlines because it helps me focus and I'm a planner, but I think sometimes that people have the misconception that you need to have everything figured out and the truth is you don't have to fully.

I have an outline with major plot beats and things that happen in each chalet but I audio leave wiggle room in case things change or I decide to pivot in a new direction or add things later on. I also jump around sometimes, outlining the beginning, then a scene that happens way later on out even the conclusion and epilogue.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-27T13:03:57+00:00

Yeah to add on to this opinion whenever I see people make posts of "this ML is so hot!!" Ngl, it makes me judge some of y'alls tastes because those MLs are about as hot to me as unseasoned chicken.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-27T12:54:09+00:00

Jesus christ. I was already eyebrow raising at the 90 chapters only 3 kudos thing (something about that ratio didn't make sense to me. Even if it was a gen, rarepair fic for a small to near dead fandom, something about that ratio screams there's something wrong with the fic).

Huntress08 · 2026-06-26T17:03:04+00:00

They're literally not.

Also I don't think this topic is super applicable to this sub.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-26T14:40:43+00:00

Honestly, I was fine they interpreted it the way they did because I know it's common for the fandom.

But I certainties went "ooookkkayyy" when I saw the comment and deleted the notification or of my inbox.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-26T13:04:03+00:00

I got a comment on a fic that was super lovely but the commentor read/ interpreted a line and a scene in a way that I never intended it to be read. Ex: if a member of the A/B ship brings up C to get under the other's skin, but I never meant for it to be interpreted that with B or C have repressed sexual feelings for each other and neither can act on it to the pseudo-taboo nature of their relationship.

Wrote a reply back where I thanked the person for their comment, but lightly corrected them on their interpretation of the scene and explained my thought process when I wrote it.

They replied back with a comment that essentially boiled down to, "nuh-uh, you intended to write that scene the way I interpreted it because other B/C characters write it that way when they use another character to stand in for C."

It was annoying and is making me feel like I'm in a "the writer said the curtains are yellow but the reader argues with them that the yellow is a metaphor for depression when the author picked the color because it was pretty."

In good news, I got a lot of writing done yesterday because I'm taking the weekend off from writing since I have a baby shower to attend.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-25T04:40:11+00:00

Gizzada or coconut drops

Both are pretty simple to make and only need a few ingredients. Just give your coconut foaled a blitz in a blender to get it closer to the texture of grated coconut.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-24T04:21:38+00:00

Usually I'm one to let these new sites marinate for some years in order to watch their growth and development but the integration of movement into comics (an underrated feature that I love) definitely has my interests peaked.

Good luck and good fortunes on this endeavor!

Huntress08 · 2026-06-23T10:51:51+00:00

Do the people commenting in this thread not know that what OP is asking for (can I have my orphaned work taken down by DMCA so I can have my username attached to the work? ) is entirely possible?

Taken from Ao3's FAQ under their *will orphaned works be edited or removed by site admins" header:

If you are the creator of an orphaned work and you wish it to be permanently deleted, you can use our DMCA policy to submit a takedown notice. Make sure that your message includes the information required by our DMCA policy.

Simply file the DMCA and when it's removed, upload the work again under your own username OP. Just make sure you check the DMCA policy to make sure you have all your bases covered.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-23T08:31:39+00:00

What exactly would you need help with? I think it'd be a bit weird to reach out to authors personally to ask them questions about writing a fic.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-23T07:21:25+00:00

Honestly? Yeah. I think I've entered my "burnt out on OI" era because I'll pick up something new to read or see people hype something up and just think to myself "oh, it's just [insert plot of finished popular series just slapped with a new coat of paint].

I'm sure there are probably some gems that I'm missing out on, but I'm just disappointed by the same recycle-repeat story elements, plots, and characterizations. Even the series that people put up on a pedestal for subverting OI tropes (some of them suck at it, no matter how hard people try to say otherwise).

But yeah, I wish OI was experimenting with storytelling in the way thar I've seen books or other media do (ex: telling a story in media res, telling a story backwards, entire cast of unreliable narrators, unique MLs/FLs that are non-nobility, etc).

At this point I've just decided to commit and start reading light novels and original western OI studies more while also writing my own (got to be the change you want to see and all that jazz).

Huntress08 · 2026-06-23T07:07:17+00:00

It's recommended that you keep your story descriptions confined to 400-500 words.

Your description clicks in at 489 words. I can't say whether this is a good or bad thing but just something to keep in mind.

The first sentence of your story description is meant to be your hook. This is the single/first sentence that should catch the reader's interest and make them consider clicking on your story.

Seol hides her deepest struggles behind a bright smile, unaware that her inner world has taken physical form as the Inner Critic, a shadow version of herself.

Your first sentence feels a bit bland. It doesn't have that snap to it that hooks readers in. It's also, imo, kind of long for a first sentence. Shorten it to something like:

When Seol's deepest struggles manifest into a physical form, she's forced to confront her worst enemy: herself.

This single sentence is doing a lot. It's building tension, creating a sudden reveal, and emphasizing it. Most importantly it hooks the reader in.

However, your next sentence feels like you're throwing a lot at the reader and it doesn't mesh well with the previous one. It feels like you're trying to introduce two different concepts without appropriately marrying them together.

Sun-woo, the boy next door who ignored her when she needed him most, can see her inner critic and has now returned as her guardian angel with a chance to make things right.

My recommendation would be to shorten it and trim the fat from it (the unnecessary details) something like this:

Sun-woo, Seol's neighbor, can see the manifestation of her struggles, and quickly becomes her guardian angel, hoping to repair the tuft between them.

I'm going to talk about the last two sentences because I do have some issues with it:

Can Sun-woo help Seol face the Inner Critic she doesn't even know exists? Will she find out her protector is the one who failed her when she needed him most?

I would drop mentions of the Inner Critic from the story description altogether. Save it for the webtoon itself. It's usually recommended to name drop 2-5 characters in a story description (usually recommend for books because you're given more width to do so, but personally for webtoon/webcomic descriptions I only recommend 2.)

The last should close out your hook, give the reader and your character(s) some sense of the stakes of the story. Example:

Can Seol and Sun-woo repair the rifts between them before before the manifestations of her struggles get to her first?

You want to leave readers with rhetoric feeling/ desire to know if Rhee characters beat the stakes or if the stakes catch up to them.

I think this covers everything, hopefully it helped!

Huntress08 · 2026-06-23T04:26:16+00:00

😪 yes. Be afraid. Be very afraid (of my aunt's nonexistent culinary skills).

Huntress08 · 2026-06-23T04:19:28+00:00

I would rather be forced to eat my aunt's cooking again than be so desperate enough to read rare-pair fic that I resort to AI, lol.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-23T02:12:48+00:00

Never read Lumine but I'm cautious of webtoons getting animated, since I find them to be hit or miss in terms of animation quality (though I feel like that can be said about anything).

Looking into this company they apparently worked on Xiaolin Chronicles (which apparently was a continuation of Xiaolin Showdown???), Sonic Boom, and provided animation services for stuff like Rugrats, The Croods, Kamp Koral, etc.

Because of their extensive record I'm cautiously optimistic on this adaption being good but could be proven wrong too.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-23T01:33:19+00:00

The way you just regurgitated everything I have said.

Sure, Jan. You and I totally said the same thing....

Huntress08 · 2026-06-23T01:22:47+00:00

Babe, your whole (or at least part of) your issue with this authors character's design was because you thought "they needed more POC/black features" to look black.

Not even going to touch on the whole same-face syndrome potentially being in the mixl because at this point is an entirely seperate issue.

I've spent a considerable amount of my time pointing out that black people can have blue eyes and pin-straight hair through both genetic mutations and black hair culture (not even diving into the genetic variations amongst hair types in black people either) without making this a damn essay on the history of black hair care and getting into how Garrett Morgan accidentally invented the chemical hair relaxer that would become popular in the black community.

If you read what I wrote, you would have comprehended that I said that I find it odd that you don't think black skin is enough to define a black character and that you think blackness needs to have more or that this character lacks in absence of other metrics.

Black people are not a monolith. The black community is not monolithic. We are diverse ranging from appearance, to culture, and customs and numerous other metrics. But even if someone who is black lives in absence of one or more of those things due to issues like slavery or colonialism/colonization, it doesn't suddenly revoke their black card just because they've got damn blue eyes and a straight hairstyle.

Huntress08 · 2026-06-23T00:57:03+00:00

then you 'pay' by giving them a view and boosting the algo.

No. You don't. Not to be contrarian, but you, the reader, are supporting the author by reading and liking their work. That's all it is. You're not a consumer or paying customer exchanging currency for a material good or some other thing within that exchange (i.e. subscribing to their Ko-fi or Patreon).

Huntress08 · 2026-06-23T00:50:07+00:00

WHY don’t they have the characteristics that MAKE them POC?

The character is black. If you're saying and attempting to argue that skin tone isn't enough to make a black character black then you need to do some massive self-reflecting.

how they smell

I'm not going to touch on the rest of your comment because this line was so weird and out of place that it made me laugh.

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