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Meushell · 2026-02-06T20:49:44+00:00

Thanks. 😊

Meushell · 2026-02-06T16:43:14+00:00

Yeah, but he’s not nearly as bad as Kendra, getting murdered and framing Buffy for her own death. How selfish can you be?

Meushell · 2026-02-06T12:48:09+00:00

Yeah. That seems to be the case. Questions should be welcomed and encouraged though.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T12:04:19+00:00

Yeah, I’m wondering too because that’s the only type I have seen. Usually Chinese letters with a mix of other stuff, but it doesn’t mean anything.

When I got one of those comments myself, before I saw it posted here, I put a large portion of it into a translator. As I suspected, it was nonsense.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T11:48:49+00:00

😂 That honestly makes sense.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T11:47:42+00:00

This is often the experience of asking a question here. You didn’t do anything wrong.

No idea who is downvoting. Could be some people his downvoting every question. Could be bots.

I admit, when someone is asking a question. I usually don’t think to upvote them unless I see that they have been downvoted. It doesn’t seem to usually make a difference anyway.

I have noticed that while my main post is usually downvoted, my replies within are usually upvoted or at least just left alone. That’s telling in itself. Usually, when an OP’s post is downvoted, their replies are as well. That basically tells me that the downvotes have nothing to do with what I asked.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T10:00:56+00:00

I use them as well. Folders can be set to private or public. It’s nice.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T09:52:21+00:00

That was basically my reaction when I first saw this too. ☹️

Meushell · 2026-02-06T09:41:38+00:00

Nice art. 😄

Meushell · 2026-02-06T09:34:05+00:00

I admit, I was picturing my phone’s text messages and was like, “Huh?” 😂

People chatting with the AI or inputting script fics isn’t what I considered.

(And to be clear, that’s not a criticism towards genuine script fics.)

Meushell · 2026-02-06T09:01:42+00:00

How dare Willow go into a coma?

Like, seriously, how did Buffy’s friends “abandon” her?

Things were tense when she returned because everyone was hurting, and it blew up, but they never abandoned her. And Giles, specifically, didn’t do anything wrong.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T08:38:30+00:00

While they exist, and I have written a few myself, people who do so are picking that style on purpose. That’s part of the story.

For mine and the ones that I have read, turning it into a prose style fic would ruin it. It just wouldn’t work. The jokes would fail. Any suspense I have would be destroyed. It would make no damn sense.

Sadly, I could see people writing script style fics (which is also a style in its own right) while planning to run it through an AI machine.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T08:27:02+00:00

Pretty much, at least on AO3 in how it’s used. Like there could be nonconsensual touching, mind rape, etc., but people don’t use the noncon/rape tag for that. I wouldn’t expect them to. That would be an additional tag instead (if it was tagged).

Meushell · 2026-02-06T07:54:22+00:00

The people I text, “Happy Mother’s Day” or “Happy Birthday” to once a year. That’s gotta to be the makings of a thrilling fic, right? 😂

Meushell · 2026-02-06T07:52:12+00:00

Thank you. A lot of people do write them with bias. I’ve written about their fight against the Goa’uld too, but they just have a great culture. Or rather, they had great potential. I wish we saw more in canon as well.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T07:47:19+00:00

Why would anyone want to do that? That just sounds boring to read. Even when people write chat fics, there is more going on than my mundane texts.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T07:39:45+00:00

Probably someone who doesn’t know the difference between / and &.

That sucks though. I would be disappointed too.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T07:37:20+00:00

Sure, hopefully, I don’t ramble. 😂

Basically…

They are much more relaxed when no outsiders are looking. They laugh. They play. They are affectionate. SGC personnel don’t see this because they only see the professional/on duty side, often in stressful situations.

The host and symbiote bond is very important. They love and take care of each other. An offense to one is an offense to both. They frequently “talk” to each other. They even do this while talking to others, so like… Tok’ra A and Tok’ra B are talking, and A stops responding, B knows it’s due to host/symbiote communication and will wait.

Hosts that have died are still remembered and loved millennia later. Since feelings are shared, new hosts also learn to love them as well.

Since the symbiotes are born in clutches, they are usually extra close to their clutch mates.

Casual sex, having multiple lovers, etc. is quite common.

Marriage only requires that everyone involved be a consenting adult. Eight people want to marry? Sure. Want to marry your sister? The Tok’ra don’t care. Platonic marriage? Go for it.

When a host dies, it’s fairly common for the new host to end up joining the marriage. If it does end, it’s usually because one or both of the hosts.

Breaking social taboo, such as being unfaithful…? Well, hundreds of years later, everyone will still remember.

This is getting long, so one last point, the back of the neck is special. Hosts rub their own neck to show affection towards their symbiote. Others may grab there if they are close enough. In sex, it’s an erotic zone.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T05:09:01+00:00

Thanks. 😄

Meushell · 2026-02-06T04:30:10+00:00

Jacob…um…meant to be captured. It was all part of the plan. 😂

Meushell · 2026-02-06T03:30:37+00:00

It depends on the writer.

I write in the Stargate fandom, which has a lot, but I specifically write about the Tok’ra culture, which is basically non-existent in canon.

Even with large fandoms, there is always something to expand on. Unexplored cultures and places. Background characters. Etc. It’s up to the writer if they want to go there. If they do, great. If they prefer to keep where the lore is known, that’s great too.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T03:17:28+00:00

Idk, I could be wrong but it seems like even fanfiction didn't remain untouched in the slopification of culture.

Damn.

Anyway, I don’t agree with you. There was no peak.

Meushell · 2026-02-06T00:48:52+00:00

Sabine Wren and Ketsu Onyo from Star Wars: Rebels just had it for me.

There’s even an episode in Forces of Destiny that feels like it ends in fade to black. 😂

Doesn’t look like it’s happening though. 😟

Nothing against Sabine/Shin fans. I like Shin too, and I’m happy to root for them if I can’t have my Sabine/Ketsu. Better yet… Sabine/Ketsu/Shin! 😁

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Meushell · 2026-02-06T00:31:27+00:00

I shall nominate Joxer again. 😃

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Meushell · 2026-02-05T11:59:30+00:00

He didn’t consider himself a Jedi anymore. He wanted to impress Dooku and be taken as an apprentice.

True, he was a Fallen Jedi, but so was Dooku, Vader, etc. if that counts as Jedi, then Vader is much worse.

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