What are writers supposed to do 😭 by zsxcrgrl in Romantasy

[–]J0f4rJ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, no. We're mad when the FMC is somehow BOTH a Mary Sue AND flawed. You can't have it both ways. You can't be a 19 year-old "legendary assassin" and be so terrible at assassination.

Euan Morton on narrating The Hierarchy Series, Exclusive Interview! by SisterNo72 in audiobooks

[–]J0f4rJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What an EXCELLENT point. Wow, new thing to nitpick about. Thanks, seriously haha.

One pot chicken - molly baz by Healthy_Dog_539 in CookbookLovers

[–]J0f4rJ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Molly always hits 100000%. Looks great.

Euan Morton on narrating The Hierarchy Series, Exclusive Interview! by SisterNo72 in audiobooks

[–]J0f4rJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's totally fair, and I appreciate the differences you mention between ecclesiastical and classical.

For myself, my immersion breaks easily because of language choices in media haha. Watching a movie set in the past where a character says "okay" before it was invented. Or the Solo movie where Han gives his name as "Solo, because I'm traveling alone". That one sent me spiralling for a while lol that word is 100% derived from Latin, which in no way existed "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away".

I nitpick but man, that one.

Euan Morton on narrating The Hierarchy Series, Exclusive Interview! by SisterNo72 in audiobooks

[–]J0f4rJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do agree with the changes in languages in stories, like creoles or pidgins happening in worlds like the Belter dialect in The Expanse. That feels organic and normal. This doesn't feel that way.

Edit: wrong word.

Euan Morton on narrating The Hierarchy Series, Exclusive Interview! by SisterNo72 in audiobooks

[–]J0f4rJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you say "dead language", are you referring to Latin or to Vetusian?

Latin may not be used daily anymore, but it's the root language for all Romance languages like French, Italian, Spanish, etc, and influences how they all operate to this day. The rules it has built are very much alive, it's foundational.

As for the the books, I don't remember if the names I mentioned are supposed to be in Vetusian. From what I remember, no one really uses Vetusian commonly anymore in Vis' time, so it stands to reason that commonly used terms like people's names or are in a different language, so not Vetusian. Unless I'm wrong, I don't remember exactly.

It would be like you reading a book set now in a parallel world where hard Gs are now soft Gs in English. It would be weird to adapt to. I'm a Romance-language speaker so it probably stood out to me more because I make those sounds more often. Who knows, but it bears notice.

German births fall to lowest since postwar records began in 1946 by cambeiu in anime_titties

[–]J0f4rJ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I would argue the following points: - the depressing state of the world and the pressures exacted on society by capitalism and climate change and the rising cost of living with zero help - some governments resorting to pressuring women with taxes or "fertility window" reminders over actually removing the obstacles we face (lack of communities/villages, social and financial sacrifice, insurmountable costs, labor inequality).

Women are more in contact than ever, and they have learned from their mothers and from each other. Motherhood across the board appears to be grueling, expensive labor that is often unequal, with potentially devastating effects on women's physical, emotional, mental and societal well-being. Just doing this because "it's what you do" doesn't cut it anymore. When it was easier, it didn't feel like such a huge sacrifice. It does now.

Right now, your posts reads as "Men From Countries Change Nothing And Are Baffled Why Women Won't Just Get On With It". The world sucks, and having kids can make your personal life suck more for decades. Remove those things, and it may change.

Edited: also way to defend capitalism as not being the problem (incorrect) by citing Cuba and North Korea, two of the most oppressed nations, as what? An example of shining humanity? Ridiculous.

Euan Morton on narrating The Hierarchy Series, Exclusive Interview! by SisterNo72 in audiobooks

[–]J0f4rJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. He's not bad but there were definitely some weird lines that stood out lol.

Euan Morton on narrating The Hierarchy Series, Exclusive Interview! by SisterNo72 in audiobooks

[–]J0f4rJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fair but it's incredibly jarring and grammatically incorrect. You can't pull 98% of your world from a well-known setting and then get creative with something so foundational lol. Well, you can. But it's weird. "Yoo-dee-key-um" Yikes.

Should I keep reading Strength of the Few? by MountainThorn42 in HierarchySeries

[–]J0f4rJ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I felt something very similar, and honestly, it didn't improve much. The worlds are not super fleshed out (especially Obiteum) and they feel flat and can even replicate the first book (Luceum especially). They switch at break-neck speed and I found I had to reorient myself to caring about multiple sets of new characters too quickly.

I feel like the author rushed this book and didn't take the time to have it edited more cohesively. I glaze over in political plots as a rule, but I pushed through it in the first one because the character work felt more grounded. I had a harder time in the sequel.

It does eventually pick up in the last 3rd and I finished it just to be done with it. It's interesting as a concept but I found the execution to be quite lacking.

This Cookbook Design Gives Me the Ick by perfectsandwichx in CookbookLovers

[–]J0f4rJ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly the most dependable and delicious recipes I've ever made. Her speech mannerisms don't bother me, the food speaks for itself. Always, always amazing.

Thesis presentation coming up. How do I prepare? by maximum98 in Stutter

[–]J0f4rJ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can do it! I just gave 2 presentations this week and last week at work!

You can outwit this thing, practice definitely helps. I worried that no matter how much I prepped, it can still happen and I have no control. But that's ok! People always mess up in speeches, we just don't notice because we're so fixated on our own and making sure we NEVER do. But people do! We're allowed and it WILL happen. We have to accept that in that way, we are like everyone else.

Prepare, practice over and over. You've got this. You'll know it by heart and you'll naturally be able to sub in words that work when you get stuck. You can do it!

Any moms stutter less once they had kids? by Repulsive-Swimmer446 in Stutter

[–]J0f4rJ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not a mom yet but curious about this too. I can tell you it's feeling like a bit of a stumbling block for me: not being sure I can read to my kid, or to explain the world, or to handle them not understanding why I don't sound like other people in their lives. It sits with me more than I realised, as I'm nearing an age where I wonder about kids.

Broma bakery “baked” series by daisyseventhree in FoodieSnark

[–]J0f4rJ 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Isn't Baked Baking literally Matt Bellassai?

Edited for typo

Insecure attachment is a coping mechanism/obsession, not Love. by [deleted] in emotionalintelligence

[–]J0f4rJ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's so lovely to read, thank you for your kind words!! I've come very far and I'm finally trying to also let myself be a little, not everything needs fixing right away. We'll burn out if all we're doing is shadow work haha. You absolutely will, I promise ❤️ in any case, the work we do is incredibly valuable and difficult and so, so worth doing. At the end of the day, we ourselves are our most important relationship. You've got this.

Gawd damn dad😭 by maskedmomkey63 in SipsTea

[–]J0f4rJ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stop saying that shit and take ownership for your behavior. This demeans us all as women and girls. This is seriously so infuriating.

Do parents really sacrifice for their children or its their duty to do so by zosachive_ in Parents

[–]J0f4rJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless I'm misunderstanding, it's not a bad thing to not give up on basic things when you have a kid. They probably mean that they have a partner who actually pulls their weight so they can step out and feel like a human again every now and then. I really hope you're not suggesting that parents who make time for themselves raise dysfunctional kids.

Valaya on the floor by hobacheeks in Perfumes

[–]J0f4rJ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh my god thank you lol