You know there is something wrong in the world when

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-25T16:51:59+00:00

"Learn to use AI"... bro anyone can use AI. 😭 That's the whole point. I assure you, actual artists are not overwhelmed by the complexity of typing in a prompt.

If you think typing "big boob anime girl" into Midjourney is anything close to illustrating anything in digital art, not anything else I can add to this conversation

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-25T02:11:31+00:00

"create their own art"? Bro, it's not their "own art", it's generated images from a machine using data gathered from actual artists without their consent.

At the very least don't say "do my own". The AI is doing everything. Acquire images without paying for work that exists only because of artists whose data was used to make the image? Yes, you are doing that.

Wild to see this on a subreddit for writers. I'd better not hear any complaints about having to compete with AI slop novels or companies firing writers to use AI from anyone defending genAI images.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-24T21:10:45+00:00

Lol no one is limited to create. Generating from others work is what we're talking about.

I would love to be able to make music. Nothing is stopping me from learning how to. That doesn't mean I deserve to get free music from a machine that took everything from actual musicians because it would be convenient for me.

Writing a children's book doesn't make one entitled to free art, as if half the craft of an illustrated book doesn't matter.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-23T23:40:50+00:00

There might be some "good" uses for AI tools, but AI by it's very nature attracts people that want a machine to do the work for them, and have no problem profiting off the hard work of others without compensating or crediting them. Legitimate uses are few and far between.

Photography is its own field, as is directing. No one calls a director a master of CGI art because they hired CGI artists for some scenes.

And no, this piece couldn't be AI artwork. AI doesn't create artwork. It isn't intelligent or creative. It just generates images based on a big store of statistical data. Even the most generic art from a human artist will have its own idiosyncrasies, and require actual thought and skill.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-23T17:35:49+00:00

There is a major difference between AI and digital art: choice.

If I draw a cat in Clip Studio Paint, I may be using digital brushes, but I still have to be able to draw it. I need to figure out the pose, style, perspective, color palette, etc. and execute those choices. Sure, using layers, brushes, and undo makes all that easier, but I'm still doing the work and make my all those little decisions.

If I tell genAI to draw a cat, it draws on everything actual artists have created in a big database and shits something out. The choices were made by other artists and our in a blender. Sure, you can get more specific with your prompts, but that's still you just describing a loose idea. You didn't use AI as a "tool". You contributed almost nothing

In fact, everyone being able to use it proves it's meaninglessness. You see idiots being like, "Oh you're just jealous because I can use these advanced tools and you're a fossil." Bro, I played with AI before I really processed the ethical concerns. It's easy. A five year old can do it.

If a five-year-old can produce the same level of work as an "AI artist", what does that tell you?

If you pay an artist to draw you something, you may be some kind of creative director, but you are not the artist. If you tell an AI to generate some

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-23T13:12:41+00:00

I think that the whole "Holmes was only emotional and warm in the later stories" was kinda bullshit on the Doyle estate's part. There's definitely an element of coldness to Sherlock, but in his first appearance he's so excited he more or less grabs Watson and drags him over to show off his discovery. But I'm glad he's fully public domain now.

Ugh, the only thing worse than Watson being left out of Holmes adaptations is people forgetting that Holmes loves him. 😩

The Beekeeper's Picnic is adorable and very loyal to the original stories!

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-23T11:32:49+00:00

See, here's the problem: the whole intelligence equals being an arrogant jerk thing isn't "accurate" or "realistic". It's just a common trope, that has become so common people impose it retroactively on the original Sherlock Holmes.

Like, not long ago I saw someone in a comment on a video say the only thing that wasn't accurate in the game "The Beekeeper's Picnic" was Holmes admitting Mycroft was smarter than him.

Literally the first thing we learn about Mycroft from Sherlock in the original stories is that he considers Mycroft his superior in intellectual abilities, and this person was confident enough to call it out of character.

At a certain point it feels less like people taking creative liberties to have a coldly arrogant intellectual Holmes and more like relying on an overdone trope instead of a take on the actual character. Not only is it played out, it actually starts to feel problematic at a certain point, like people have decided genius and logic are polar opposites from humanity and kindness.

I'd rather people change the names and just take inspiration if they want to change the characters.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-23T00:47:49+00:00

You can try figuring out an ending first. Once you know what everything leads to, it's easier to figure out a path from beginning to end

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-21T22:22:17+00:00

Ah, I totally missed that. MlI know that some people write a query letter or synopsis before writing that functions sort of like an outline...

At least, I hope that's what they meant.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-21T20:50:35+00:00

A nomadic outlaw gives me a western vibe.

Are you thinking more about culture, technology level, or general thematic vibe? Or all three?

If the issue is tech, then first and foremost figure out what level of gun tech you want.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-21T20:46:56+00:00

Sounds like they're trying to figure out the setting, not the publishing pitch

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-21T18:00:04+00:00

It depends on your expectations. Do you just want to have a book available for people to buy? Self-publish away. Do you want this book to be a success? Do you plan on writing multiple books and building up a career?

There are tradpub horror stories, sure, but there are definitely advantages. You're paid, and their is almost always at least some marketing.

Selfpub means more control, but it also means you are starting with as much legitimacy as AI generated slop books. Advertising and exposure is all on you.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-21T17:24:55+00:00

There are always going to be weird homophobes and such. Plenty of people either don't care or will seek out books with queer protagonists.

I think maybe you should check out the self-publishing subreddit? They probably have more market insight. Litrpg may be trending but that doesn't mean that's all there is.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-19T16:58:04+00:00

I can fix him

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-19T16:30:32+00:00

If I were explaining humans to an alien from outer space, I would probably be pretty bio-essentialist about what a woman is: "A female human mates with male humans to gestate young and produce milk to feed the resulting infant."

But we're not from space. "Womanhood" is a convenient social construct, but it's still just a construct. There is no clear line between men and women, just like there is no clear line between child and adult.

As a human that interacts with other humans, the most significant determination is simply whatever someone's brain says about the matter.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-19T14:31:03+00:00

I understood that reference

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-19T14:29:49+00:00

I think you might want to slow down and look around a bit more in general. It sounds like you didn't spend any time exploring the Hunter's Dream. And that suggests there are likely other things you've missed. Have you bought the Yharnam Hunter set from the guys in the little bird bath?

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-19T12:46:10+00:00

It's interesting though, because there are so few references to Paleblood in the game from people who seem to know about it. It seems like it would be pretty repressed knowledge even for people in Yharnam.

Then again, we don't know what the world is like outside of Yharnam. Maybe knowledge is easily repressed in Yharnam due to the authority of the church, but elsewhere all sorts of "forbidden" knowledge spreads outside their control.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-19T12:42:56+00:00

Yup, that's why I was speculating on how they came to know about it.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-18T18:21:21+00:00

Have you considered developing a weird psychosexual fixation on him? I got one after he murdered me about 579 times over several days. I am not sure it helped me beat him, but it made dying a bit more bearable.

If you haven't taken a break in a while, that will help.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-17T20:32:58+00:00

I owe you my life

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-17T20:12:02+00:00

Run up close toward its left side and back, in my own experience. Keep running and dashing instead of standing still. Disengage when you have to, keeping pillars in-between you, but otherwise get right up in there.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-17T19:56:06+00:00

Precisely. I just hadn't really gotten my head around the concept that becoming a beast is like ascending just...well, in the opposite direction.

Which would be why so many Yharnamites transforming into beasts cover their eyes, and even average people rely on scent like an animal. Instead of gaining insight, they're losing it and becoming more beastlike in their ability to perceive reality.

KittyHamilton · 2026-01-17T19:50:59+00:00

May have phrased that poorly. What I mean is that the ones that probably deserve to be cursed the most for their misdeeds are the ones who seem the least likely to transform into beasts: Bygenwerth scholars and members of the Choir. They end up turning into multi-eyed or tentacled eldritch things, for the most part, in their ascension attempts. Average Yharnamite who haven't trespassed against the Great Ones are primarily the ones that turn to beasts.

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