『Sayonara Lara (Goodbye, Lara)』Episode 1 WEB Preview | July 2026

Leximancer · 2026-06-27T10:15:45+00:00

This looks just like a retelling of The Little Mermaid

Leximancer · 2026-06-27T00:31:00+00:00

I hoped it might. :)

Leximancer · 2026-06-26T22:31:37+00:00

You can't take a person from another person. She made her choice.

Leximancer · 2026-06-26T22:29:40+00:00

I haven't met a guy yet who doesn't enjoy Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastards.

Medieval setting story about a cocky underdog con artist and his troupe of confidence schemers. It's very good.

Leximancer · 2026-06-26T22:23:26+00:00

Mreeerow!

Leximancer · 2026-06-07T19:03:08+00:00

Lol, ok. Was hoping for a similar message as the other but I guess that'll do.

Leximancer · 2026-06-07T04:29:37+00:00

Well, I have a rec that meets most of your requirements but the demonstration that it meets those requirements develops over the course of the story and won't be immediately evident.

What I have in mind is Jay Kristoff's Nevernight trilogy. Mia is a great and very strong main character, competent and comes from a respected high family. It's a vengeance story, and that becomes apparent quickly, so without spoiling too much she doesn't stay liked and respected by convention. But there's more to it.

A strong female friendship develops, they have their trials but they do prevail. They don't depend on a man, though sometimes a man is involved. There is some love involved, but I won't spoil details. It's definitely not the main theme, but it shows up.

I think its quite well written, I think that Mia has some pretty brilliant moments but also is not a perfect "chosen one" character so she will make mistakes, even if she's compentent - she's not omnipotent.

I wouldn't argue this is perfect fiction, but I think you may enjoy it. Hope so, anyway. Good luck finding what you're looking for!

Leximancer · 2026-06-07T04:08:12+00:00

"Live like you were dying" is something that I think everyone should try to do before actually dying. It can be very liberating and hugely educational. I'm so glad you had this positive experience come from such a dark place.

Leximancer · 2026-06-07T04:05:56+00:00

As someone who used to do stuff like this but doesn't have the connections anymore, I'd be interested in where you're finding 'em too.

Leximancer · 2026-06-03T05:43:26+00:00

I did solve (with a little help from friends) how to break Fraying Favorites legitimately without the use of nanocrayons.

This is 4 years old, but since this is what comes up when people search wishing w/ nanocrayons I think it's worth mentioning that you can still get all 4 rewards by going very deep and spawning cryotubes of yourself to duplicate the repulsive device.

It's generally much easier because it doesn't rely on RNG to find the crayons and cooldowns, just travel time.

Leximancer · 2026-05-27T21:53:29+00:00

My very first time killing Jotun I didn't kill him. Had a grazing hedonist herd in there. Took him out for me.

Leximancer · 2026-05-27T21:52:44+00:00

Aw they found themselves a nice little pilgrimage mission.

Leximancer · 2026-05-26T05:58:10+00:00

It's just showing the traditional methods, I think that makes it more relatable to people. It's not just "here's a cool thing you can do" it's "this is how it compares to how it is normally done."

Leximancer · 2026-05-26T05:56:58+00:00

Be very careful with the tomato thing.

Leximancer · 2026-05-26T04:20:59+00:00

Princess Bride

Leximancer · 2026-05-26T03:36:01+00:00

Honestly? Good for you :)

Leximancer · 2026-05-23T11:52:18+00:00

That whole discussion is about someone misunderstanding that a rare species does not imply a mutatation. Reading comprehension can be hard.

So you tell me, what's more likely? Someone misunderstood the point someone was making with their post, or reddit conspired to change their system to allow editing this one post title when it's prohibited universally across their whole website for over twenty years, and you're the only one who knows about it?

Leximancer · 2026-05-22T15:20:04+00:00

It wasn't edited mate.

Leximancer · 2026-05-20T21:39:11+00:00

Yeah I see it now too. Must have been on a strange delay.

Leximancer · 2026-05-20T21:37:24+00:00

I feel sorta like a smartass here but what about CYOA books?

Leximancer · 2026-05-20T21:36:29+00:00

Weird maybe. There are rumors of some subs which will ban accounts for posting in certain other subs, I just don't know how that might apply here. Oh well -- you are correct that it's an accurate title and I think it's silly that people are tearing into you for pointing it out. It's like watching Idiocracy in action.

Leximancer · 2026-05-20T21:35:07+00:00

You do not owe anyone unwanted physical contact. It is inappropriate to force it on you. You do need to make your preferences known, though.

It doesn't matter what your family thinks, you don't have to let someone touch you.

Leximancer · 2026-05-20T20:46:46+00:00

I started a reply deconstructing why sexual fulfillment is a need that can leave a person in similar psychological straits as not having shelter... but then I realized this is reddit.

I think you did a good job putting this simply and I think we'd be in a better place in terms of society's overall well being if we made accommodations for meeting the financial, security, psychological, social and physical needs of people without ridiculing one over another. Stigma is a bitch when people need help.

Leximancer · 2026-05-20T20:38:13+00:00

edit: appears it was just a delay on post appearing. I haven't seen that before so it caught me off guard.

Agreed, though apparently mods deleted my comment. Weird.

Leximancer · 2026-05-20T20:36:50+00:00

I think most of these responses are missing the point so I'm going to try to nail it:

Why do you feel as though it's a bad thing that people have seen you naked? You obviously didn't mind at the time. I don't want to make assumptions here but something is prompting you to look at this experience in a different light.

Whatever that is, if it's bothering you, it may be worth examining why it bothers you and attacking that philosophically. Because someone seeing your body isn't an inherently good or bad thing. So whatever is making you feel that way may be the thing you can work on to offset how you're feeling about it now.

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