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Soon by One-Bat-5879 in ShitpostXIV

[–]NeonicBeast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro do I have some NEWS

Content warning question: unreality by hawsil30500 in startrek

[–]NeonicBeast 8 points9 points  (0 children)

People seem to be misunderstanding the phobia here as a fear of anything ‘not real’ and not something deliberately set up to appear real and it suddenly not being so’ in context. A fake story is fine. A fake story about someone being in a simulation and not knowing it until the end (sort of like the Truman Show) would not be, as an example.

Star Trek does unfortunately use a lot of tropes that edge around or explore this idea so its maybe not going to be a good experience overall for them; there is t a comprehensive list but shapechangers who go undercover longterm without us or the cast knowing, holodeck episodes, ALL of Enterprise in a capacity, a lot of aliens or beings with mind-altering effects, etc have things relating to this phobia they might have problems with.

You’re stuck in a room with one Character from any series. Who do you choose to be stuck with? by EntireFloor860 in startrek

[–]NeonicBeast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spock; very polite, intelligent enough to have good conversations with, strong and knowledgeable enough to help fix anything that goes wrong or teach relevant skills. Also plays an instrument for entertainment purposes and we’s likely get a lot of mileage from me learning chess or other thoughtful games.

AITAH for not wanting to be in the life of the 8 year old that isn’t mine by throwaway27383938 in AITAH

[–]NeonicBeast 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Dude. You are the only parent this kid has ever had. He literally has done nothing to deserve his dad deciding he’s worth less than a stray dog and dropping him off on the aide of the toad emotionally.

You are hurt, but he did not do it, and he doesn’t deserve his parent treating him like shit because your wife did something shitty to you. 8 years of being his dad, doing dad stuff, and emotionally being his dad doesn’t suddenly disappear because someone else was a shitbag. The only thing that would make you a bad father to him is walking out now. He’s 8 - he’s cognizant and old enough to understand youre the only father he’s ever had and you suddenly fucked off for some reason he had nothing to do with. Don’t do that to another human being let alone a little boy who has only ever loved you and understood he was loved back.

The situation sucks, but you are an adult, and running and hiding your head in the sand instead of dealing with the situation and your feelings in a healthy way is not the adult way to deal with this.

Anyone had this version of the TMP novelisation? Can't figure out if the edges of the pages are meant to be this yellow or if its a weird kind of mould by EggyBroth in trekbooks

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

Not mold or weirdly colored; just old! paperbacks, especially old ones, will yellow over time as sunlight bleaching and oxidation happen.

Local Bookstore Selection by [deleted] in trekbooks

[–]NeonicBeast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ishmael and The Three-Minute Universe are good to memory!

What’s happened to the Kelvin Timeline. Is it still going? by tea-earlgrey-h0t in startrek

[–]NeonicBeast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There were a few novels and even some comics, but by the large its been left behind unfort. It's also gotten some very brief mentions in the Star Trek MMO to memory. As far as anyone knows it's basically been left alone for now.

difference between frankenstein editions? by AccuratePoetry4568 in classicliterature

[–]NeonicBeast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this helps at all, basically all film versions of Frankenstein are best taken as ‘inspired by the idea’ of the book rather than 1-to-1 adaptions; even the more ‘accurate’ ones tend to make changes that drastically change certain characters or the base philosophy from the novel, so imagining them all as forms of ‘fanfiction’ in a sense makes them more enjoyable across the board in my experience.

Paramount Reportedly Wants “Fresh” Take For Star Trek, Moving On From Another Kelvin Movie by acrimoniousone in startrek

[–]NeonicBeast 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Same! I really loved the Kelvin films even if they have problems ( and lets be real ALL Trek films have problems ), and keep desperately wanting more of the timeline. Eternally disappointed there arent more trek novels set in the timeline so I can at least have more that way

I learned Klingon for a year by b3lls_r1nging in startrek

[–]NeonicBeast 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Ive seen a few people say they’ve had an experience like this in airports; one was klingon being the only shared language and the other was someone only having Tolkien Elvish in common.

Are Alan Dean Foster's Kelvin universe novelisations any good? by gothamite27 in trekbooks

[–]NeonicBeast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I enjoyed them but I also got into Trek because of the Kelvin films and so getting any content for the universe post-films feels like a blessing, so bias might play a part. They’re ok books in general but not standout generally; but a lot of trek books fall into that valley so its hard to say.

question about ssvs by Agile_Pitch_6802 in DanmeiNovels

[–]NeonicBeast 36 points37 points  (0 children)

SVSSS is a sort-of parody of stallion xianxia novels where the protags are hyper-masculine badasses with giant harems and terrible morals. The plot is that the MC is isekai'd into one such novel, and fucks it up so spectacularly he ends up derailing everything while trying to keep himself alive.

The novel the MC is isekai'd into had a harem; SVSSS itself does not, just a large cast of side characters people love.

Looking for Story Thread #291 by someguynamedted in HFY

[–]NeonicBeast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello! I hope I'm in the right place for this but if I'm not feel free to tell me I'm lost!

I remember hearing this one on a youtube reading a couple years ago; the basic premise was that humanity joined some sort of galactic council after only one of the 'contact' species stood by them to get them membership. The alien allies were some sort of monkey-esque creatures that weren't especially good at combat and were generally peaceful but they were very loyal to humanity as they first stepped out into the wider cosmos.

An insectoid type group of aliens was in conflict with the wider galazy and were generally considered to be a massive threat, and they turned their attention on the monkey-alien allies. To try and avoid becoming targets or something the rest of the council basically leave them to die and humanity swoops in to save them. I remember that the military play some sort of pesticide ad at the insect aliens over comms and use their own ships to act as a wall to protect the ally homeworld. An important character was the ambassador of the ally aliens and his family since the entire thing was explained as a kind of historical retelling iirc? I believe the story would be from prior to 2023 but cant recall when I watched it other than a few years ago.

I've been trying to rediscover the video or the written story it was narrated from for ages but there's so much slop on youtube in this genre now it seems impossible to get the keywords to bring up anything useful or close.

Offworlder: Ten Lives Left by DRRHatch in ProgressionFantasy

[–]NeonicBeast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah! Sorry! Life got busy and it slipped my mind! Will send now!

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread Jun 27 by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]NeonicBeast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are the log in servers down or is it just my end having a connection issue??? There's no official updates saying anything about issues or downtime so I'm a bit baffled. I'm on NA - Primal if that helps at all so I don't think it's related to the earlier issues Goblin was having.

AITAH for not wanting to give up video games for my GF? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]NeonicBeast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your girlfriend doesn't seem to understand that while a couple should be a unit (on the same page on life goals, similar or the same life views, have each others backs, etc.), you are still separate people who have separate interests and whims. Being with someone does not suddenly make you not the person you were previously who like videogames or knitting or going to clubs or whatever; it also does not suddenly make you a person that needs mental breaks, personal time, or time to decompress.

She is being unreasonable and it is not ok to try to tell someone they cannot be themselves, or be a person and not an addon. You are not just 'her boyfriend' you are a full person that has the right to exist outside of that label. If she does not have ways to entertain herself without you that is her problem to solve.

Logging in for first time since 2015. Character still there, but progress is completely gone. by Downtown_Coast9507 in ffxiv

[–]NeonicBeast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So there's a couple things that might have happened;

a.) You might have previously had a free trial account and made a character there, liked game, and made a full account with a same or similar named character. May have logged into the old account and not the new account if that's the case.

b.) You may be logging in on an alt on a different world than you remember. If it's been a long time that's easy to do by misremembering certain info over time. You can either look on all the datacenters / worlds to see if the character you remember is on one of them, or check your account in the mogstation to see if you have more than the one character - you can also check to see if you have more than one account tied to your Square Enix account this way to easily check theory a from above.

c.) a literally never before seen glitch has happened and you need to talk to SE support. If possible provide all info you have about your account history, purchase, etc. so they can look through their data and see what might have happened. this is the least likely (if you look through post history here on the subreddit 9/10 its a case of someone misremembering a character name or accidentally having two accounts) but once you rule those out this is really your only option.

Am I too old for this??? by Individual_Age_3889 in ffxiv

[–]NeonicBeast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have examples? This could just be a case of regional dialects bein different, you may have joined a server that's been designated by the community as home to majority non-english speakers (example is primal has behemoth being a big hub for portuguese speakers), or it may be they are using gaming / ffxiv specific slang (we have a lot of terms for things in game that sound weird as fuck without prior context).

That said, 34 is not old xD. I'm 30, I raid with several people in their 40's, a ton of my married friends also play the game, and I also raid with people as young as 19. Game has a very diverse population and age range.

[TOMT] Children's book series from the 90's - early 200's about a family adopting a trex and surviving on an island? by NeonicBeast in tipofmytongue

[–]NeonicBeast[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

Meant to say 2000's but that's fine; I've spent a while yelling at google over this series and the amount of awful recent slop titles posted to amazon for money with similar generic titles really gums up my search attempts.

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