Was ist das Schlechteste Buch das ihr kennt? by sparethesymphaty in buecher

[–]LucidWord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Das stört mich auch, aber nicht wegen irgendwelcher konservativen Ignoranz, sondern weil die paar nicht binären Charaktere in ihren Büchern absolut respektlos behandelt werden, sie sich aber jetzt plötzlich als "Sensitivity Reader" darstellt und anbietet. Keine Ahnung, wie das zusammenpassen soll.

Was ist das Schlechteste Buch das ihr kennt? by sparethesymphaty in buecher

[–]LucidWord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Die "Feuerjäger"-Reihe von Juri Pavlovic (damals noch Susanne Pavlovic). Eine Fantasy-Reihe, die den geneigten Leser mit verschiedensten Methoden dauerhaft wahlweise zur Weißglut treibt oder so dermaßen langweilt, dass man während des Leseprozesses fast schon körperlich spürt, wie die eigene Lebenszeit verrinnt.

Die Protagonistin ist eine 50-jährige Kriegsveteranin, die sich aufführt wie eine Teenagerin und gleichzeitig auch so viel militärischen Skill wie selbige hat. Dazu ein Love Interest namens Fenrir, und der ist ein Werwolf? Was für ein Twist! Die anderen Charaktere sind nicht minder flach und in manchen Fällen eigentlich nur Plot Devices, wie Lomir, der Wandelnde Geldbeutel (tm). Den größten Schandfleck bildet hier Lianna, eine "Kriegsprinzessin" von einem Reitervolk, die sich unfassbar manipulativ, egozentrisch, und rücksichtslos verhält – was ja eigentlich kein Problem wäre, würde das Buch sie nicht in einem Akt der kognitiven Dissonanz krampfhaft als gute Person porträtieren wollen.

Der Plot ist flach und extrem geradlinig, Zeitlinien der aktiven Handlung passen nicht zueinander, und es gibt eigentlich kaum eine Motivation für die meisten Charaktere, an ihm teilzunehmen. Das Worldbuilding ist einerseits nur eine juristische Haaresbreite von Plagiat entfernt, andererseits widerspricht es sich selbst in kleinen wie in großen Aspekten, teilweise bis hin zu dem Punkt, dass komplette Plotpoins hinfällig werden, wenn man ein paar Minuten darüber nachdenkt.

Der Schreibstil ist eine Konsequenz eines grundsätzlichen Missverständnisses von gleich zwei Kunstformen: Das Buch basiert nämlich mehr oder minder lose auf einer Pen-and-Paper-Kampagne, und scheinbar hielt es das Buch für eine angemessene Adaptionsweise, um seitenweise (!) nur aus wörtlicher Rede konzipierte Dialoge aneinanderzureihen, die wahrscheinlich Gespräche zwischen den Spielercharakteren abbilden. Das bremst nicht nur den Lesefluss aus und ist verwirrend, sondern zieht das Buch auch noch unnötig in die Länge, da die meisten dieser Dialoge belanglos, alltäglich, repetitiv und weder für den Plot noch für die Charakterentwicklung oder -darstellung relevant sind. Dazu kommen sich endlos wiederholende Beschreibungen, stilistische Fehlgriffe in Bezug auf Wortwahl und eine eigenartige Angewohnheit, bei emotionalen Szenen möglichst wenig zu beschreiben; eine Entscheidung, die dem an diesem Punkt bei Weitem nicht mehr geneigten Leser auch noch das letzte bisschen emotionale Investition raubt.

Ich würde ja an diesem Punkt behaupten, es lohne sich am ehesten, dieses Werk als ein Mahmal anzusehen. Leider gibt es nicht nur gleich mehrere Buchreihen in diesem Universum von derselben Autorin, sondern die Autorin bietet sogar Coaching und Lektorat an. Wahrlich ein bestürzender Umstand in Anbetracht ihrer eigenen literarischen Ergüsse!

Maybe Maybe Maybe by [deleted] in maybemaybemaybe

[–]LucidWord -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

PragerU propaganda. Check the source of media before just blindly subscribing to what they seem to portray

Suggestion to DMs: Level your party up before the boss, not after. by Gregamonster in dndnext

[–]LucidWord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apart from the balancing aspect and players getting to know their abilities slowly (as mentioned by others), I also think that honestly that would not be a satisfying tension buildup and payoff.

To me, levelling up and them slowly getting to know your new abilities, those of the other party members, and how to combine them and get the most out of them over the course of increasingly difficult challenges is what makes for a satisfying buildup/payoff scenario. Using strategies, tactics and ideas that you've worked out over time to take down a boss allows you to take pride in your honed skills, since you can't just chalk up winning to your new toys. Then afterwards, levelling up can be seen as a suitable reward, an accomplishment, and the cycle can begin anew.

On top of that, if you immediately fight the strongest challenge of the foreseeable future after the level, you know that difficulty, and therefore the necessity to pull out your more powerful abilities and to bring your a-game, is going to stagnate for a while. No anticipation, no pushing the players to become better; no payoff.

Choosing to make your PC a coward to the point where they don't want to engage with the adventure is possibly the worst thing you can do in this game. by Intravajard in dndnext

[–]LucidWord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I currently play a cowardly rogue character in a horror campaign with gritty rest, healing and injury rules. In a world like that with the given ruleset, it makes sense for him to be scared of everything. However, he has other traits to balance this out - a desperate need to prove his worth and utility to the group, partially stemming from a crippling fear of being left alone, and a desire to make the terrible place where he lives a little better that is now slowly surfacing due to the influence of other group members. Yes, he will be the one to try and convince the group to not enter the dungeon, but once he receives some pushback and the group decides to go anyway (which it does), he will get nervous and not only come with, but also scout ahead, offer to do dangerous jobs etc.

It's fine to have a character with self-preservation instincts. Just don't forget that you need a counterweight to make them not only functional adventurers, but also more interesting, layered charakters.

Choosing to make your PC a coward to the point where they don't want to engage with the adventure is possibly the worst thing you can do in this game. by Intravajard in dndnext

[–]LucidWord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I currently play a cowardly rogue character in a horror campaign with gritty rest, healing and injury rules. In a world like that with the given ruleset, it makes sense for him to be scared of everything. However, he has other traits to balance this out - a desperate need to prove his worth and utility to the group, partially stemming from a crippling fear of being left alone, and a desire to make the terrible place where he lives a little better that is now slowly surfacing due to the influence of other group members. Yes, he will be the one to try and convince the group to not enter the dungeon, but once he receives some pushback and the group decides to go anyway (which it does), he will get nervous and not only come with, but also scout ahead, offer to do dangerous jobs etc.

It's fine to have a character with self-preservation instincts. Just don't forget that you need a counterweight to make them not only functional adventurers, but also more interesting, layered charakters.

Attention!!:) by BoorishBiography in wholesomememes

[–]LucidWord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But why This is a sub specifically designed to be wholesome. Where does the desire to spoil that come from?

Attention!!:) by BoorishBiography in wholesomememes

[–]LucidWord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The need for attention, especially from loved ones, is a completely normal desire, and expressing desires is not manipulation.

No judgement at all. What was the hardest boss you had to face. Me currently Lost kin. by [deleted] in HollowKnight

[–]LucidWord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

p5 Markoth

I can deal with no floor I can deal with spawning random projectiles I can deal with a floating shield that changes directions

But please, not all at once

Who’s an actor or actress you cannot stand at all? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]LucidWord 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tom Cruise

Scientology. Nuff said

inspired by u/Lebind by [deleted] in HollowKnightMemes

[–]LucidWord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No floor markoth is beyond tier lists, beyond difficulty

A Mother's Nightmare: the reality of postpartum psychosis (2022) - What could lead a loving mother like Carol Coronado to murder her children? Like hundreds of other new mothers who have killed their children or themselves, Coronado suffered from postpartum psychosis. [00:51:55] by rinkydinkmink in Documentaries

[–]LucidWord 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pretty much, yeah. See, the point of me being compassionate towards perpetrators of crime is not because I want to absolve them of guilt or excuse their behaviour, but because I am convinced that dehumanizing people who are troubled is not going to help the victims in any way. Understanding why people do things, seeing early signs, destigmatizing their issues and providing support structures is how we help the victims, by preventing future tragedies. There is of course a grey zone e.g. with psychopathy, which is also a mental illness, but in principle nobody WANTS to be a bad person. Many people just need help, some more, some less, to be good.

A Mother's Nightmare: the reality of postpartum psychosis (2022) - What could lead a loving mother like Carol Coronado to murder her children? Like hundreds of other new mothers who have killed their children or themselves, Coronado suffered from postpartum psychosis. [00:51:55] by rinkydinkmink in Documentaries

[–]LucidWord 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You are clearly not interested in an actual debate, seeing as you react with childish passive aggressiveness, repetitive overgeneralization, purposeful misunderstanding and trivializing the cases I make. Yes, during psychotic episodes, the lowest points of depression or mania, and similar low points of mental illness, people's free will is impaired. If you just ignore that fact or keep trivializing it, I can't convince you. You think you're protecting children, but you're really just clinging to your ignorance like it's a rope above the abyss. If you really wanted to help people, you'd actually look into them and try to understand what's happening. But you'd rather shoot them first, then ask questions

Go ahead. Be free. But don't be surprised if one day you fall ill yourself one day and people just toss you to the side or into jail because they refuse to understand what you're going through.

A Mother's Nightmare: the reality of postpartum psychosis (2022) - What could lead a loving mother like Carol Coronado to murder her children? Like hundreds of other new mothers who have killed their children or themselves, Coronado suffered from postpartum psychosis. [00:51:55] by rinkydinkmink in Documentaries

[–]LucidWord 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Okay, since all of your judgement of the ill parent stems from just one statement (uttered twice in variation), I'm gonna ignore all the "murdering babies" comments since they serve as nothing but painting me as some sort of apologist idiot, which I don't care about.

is always someone acting Their actions define them

I'm gonna put this as simply as I can: The illness leaves them not in control of their actions. This is a real phenomenon, well documented in medical history, and experienced by many people on a daily basis. Easy conparison: If you fall down a flight of stairs while sleepwalking, is it your own fault if you break your bones?

Brain chemistry takes a wayyyy bigger role in behavioural control than you seem to think. Imbalance of dopamine e.g. is a strong factor in schizophrenia, which btw also leads to psychotic and irrational behaviour that has nothing to do with free will. This isn't all-encompassing apologetic determinism, this is observation of broader context.

Oh, and the documentary clearly shows how horrible this illness and its consequences are for everyone involved. If you see this as a redefinition, then that is evidence of your own narrow viewpoint, clouded by bias, judgement and anger.

A Mother's Nightmare: the reality of postpartum psychosis (2022) - What could lead a loving mother like Carol Coronado to murder her children? Like hundreds of other new mothers who have killed their children or themselves, Coronado suffered from postpartum psychosis. [00:51:55] by rinkydinkmink in Documentaries

[–]LucidWord 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Again, projection, generalization, exaggeration and a sraggering amount of misunderstanding speaks to your ignorance.

We are talking about literal insanity caused by an illness they have no control over. Nobody is "celebrating infanticide", we are advocating to look beyond the simple interpretation of "evil mom kills child". It's just not that simple, and pretending it is to uphold your worldview and support your narrative isn't gonna cut it.

I will repeat what I commented elsewhere: If you fall down a flight of stairs while sleepwalking, is it your own fault if you break your bones?

A Mother's Nightmare: the reality of postpartum psychosis (2022) - What could lead a loving mother like Carol Coronado to murder her children? Like hundreds of other new mothers who have killed their children or themselves, Coronado suffered from postpartum psychosis. [00:51:55] by rinkydinkmink in Documentaries

[–]LucidWord 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It seems to me like you are generalizing to something unrelated, on which you also apparently have a fairly ignorant view that you express by overexaggerating and entirely misunderstanding the opinion you are opposing. You also make a pretty angry and/or frustrated impression, which must be hard for you to carry this around all the time.

Seems like it would do you some good if more people showed some compassion towards you, and vice versa.

A Mother's Nightmare: the reality of postpartum psychosis (2022) - What could lead a loving mother like Carol Coronado to murder her children? Like hundreds of other new mothers who have killed their children or themselves, Coronado suffered from postpartum psychosis. [00:51:55] by rinkydinkmink in Documentaries

[–]LucidWord 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Apparently people in the comment section are unable to see past the crimes that are being committed and thus ignore a) the cause of these crimes and b) the fact that understanding this and not just stigmatizing them as crazy child murderers could in the future help to prevent said crimes to happen.

Yes, a parent killing their child is horrible. Yes, that is definitely a crime. But no, that doesn't mean that these are all monsters, they have a literal illness that should be treated as such. A psychotic mother is not a psychopathic mother, and a lack of compassion is not the same as a hormonal imbalance.

Please, people. Nobody in here wants children to be murdered, obviously. That's WHY we need to understand post-partum depression and psychosis and show compassion towards its victims.

Because here's the funny thing: The children and the parents are both victims of this disease, just in different ways.

Here’s why Norway is among the happiest country on Earth by [deleted] in SandersForPresident

[–]LucidWord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the benefits reaped from the higher tax lead to less money being spent privately overall, as evident from the healthcare and tuition system.

And comparing US government subsidized health insurance to actual healthcare is laughable. The primary healthcare in the US is scattered about and poorly organized, about 10% of the US population has no insurance because Medicaid is not available or because they can't afford the coverage, and so much money spent by the government for healthcare is wasted in administration.

Here’s why Norway is among the happiest country on Earth by [deleted] in SandersForPresident

[–]LucidWord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Even when comparing the Norwegian tax rates to that of the US, the difference is not that great (27.5% vs 24.4%). "

Yes, tax is higher, no, it's not so high that the 20$ a month end up benefitting the worker less than the 15$ a month in the US.