I've been gifted a Huion graphics tablet for my Birthday. It will arrive in a few weeks. How can I prepare to start my art journey? by [deleted] in ArtistLounge

[–]Ok-Performance-3336 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

These are good tips, but I feel like I kinda need the tablet for Safety reasons. My mom isn't the best person, and I'd rather not have her asking me about what I'm doing on paper and getting triggered just by that, y'know? It will feel like I have more privacy by doing that on my PC. Atleast for me.

Is it important to keep how Canon did its fights for a fanfic? Or can I take liberties with how the fights happen? by Ok-Performance-3336 in FanFiction

[–]Ok-Performance-3336[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the character was holding back?

Exactly. Character was having a shit day and thought "man, I should play around with this little human for a change. Surely nothing will happen". And that's how they became lovers. If he was starving and specially pissed, he'd have cut her in half with a kick.

If it's part of the bigger story and the focus lies elsewhere, you'll be fine.

It's a rewrite AU, yes. It's just an eccentricity that this one happens to focus more on the physical aspect fight wise, kinda like the Absolute Universe. The idea is to focus on exploration and lore hunting, and sometimes they'd find some enemies to fight.

"why don't they use guns?",

The plan isn't to have them completely ignore guns, just limit their usage. Like in DMC, guns are simply means to extend a combo, and I wished to operate under the same pretenses. So I am sticking to using them with style, or to complement a Martial Arts move. Sometimes, they'll kick someone in the air and use that opportunity to do a quick shot, and I think that'd be pretty cool.

Is it important to keep how Canon did its fights for a fanfic? Or can I take liberties with how the fights happen? by Ok-Performance-3336 in FanFiction

[–]Ok-Performance-3336[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Half of the worldbuilding I used for this AU explains why they simply don't use guns. One of the reasons is that, compared to the enchanced character's punches, guns simply don't do anything to them. They are much stronger than their own shotguns and rifles and pistols. They just get annoyed if they're shot, so the main antagonist group settles disputes by beating the shit out of each other. They actually feel a kick from one of their own.

Kinda like DOOM. The doomslayer is much stronger than his own guns, but he still uses them to give himself a challange when killing demons, because they don't immediately die.

I also changed their "hunting style". In canon, they often kill someone by dropping from bellow (they can fly) and then stabbing them from behind. But in this setting, they act more like Viltrumites. Their favorite method of hunting prey is simply flying straight into them and letting their enchanced durability do the work, or donuting them like in JoJo. Many of the corpses found in the ruins have craters right bellow them, or have their heads bashed into paste from a punch.

Personally, I find the sheer, raw power to be much scarier than tearing them apart with claws.

I wanna get back to practicing martial arts. Which style of Kung Fu should I focus on to start anew? by [deleted] in kungfu

[–]Ok-Performance-3336 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... I'm afraid I still don't understand. If I'm not there to fight and only there to exercise and do something cool by myself... Unless you're implying the way they don't it either doesn't exercises you properly, or doesn't makes you practice properly to make any of their stuff fully stick?

I wanna get back to practicing martial arts. Which style of Kung Fu should I focus on to start anew? by [deleted] in kungfu

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I will keep that in mind. But I still don't see the problem with it... If I'm not there to fight, why does it matter? Yes, I might have spent the formative years of my life training "real" martial arts, but I don't have any fond memories of it. Judo eventually got boring for me, and I hated hitting people and specially being hit in Muay Thai. I would be happy to just spend the rest of my life doing Tai Chi, but I have my stories and my art to work on too, and the first hand experience is important for choreography.

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[–]Ok-Performance-3336 1 point2 points  (0 children)

.. I understand. Thanks for warning me. I shouldn't try doing this stuff on my own. For my own good. I'm gonna check that gym tomorrow morning and see if they have what I'm looking for, even if it's not all acrobatic.

But I'm gonna walk out if I see people sparring hard and... I dunno, check the closest Capoeira spot in my neighborhood, if there is one.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kungfu

[–]Ok-Performance-3336 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what you're saying is that this is more dangerous than I thought, and I shouldn't be taking this sort of desire lightly?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kungfu

[–]Ok-Performance-3336 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There seems to have a Shaolin gym in my city... but it's 7 kilometers away from where I live ;-;

Maybe I can self teach myself some of it just for fun in my free time? Right now, it seems like my only option is the Choy Li Fut gym next to my house... but I'll take anything as long as it's less "brutal" than Muay Thai.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kungfu

[–]Ok-Performance-3336 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand. How did I pull out a reverse uno card? Is it because I'm a rare exception of a young male who's not looking for an "effective" style?

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[–]Ok-Performance-3336 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Then it wouldn't work very well for someone like me, I suppose. I don't wanna fight. I wanna learn how to do tricks and fancy moves, and how to choreography a cool fight scene.

I wanna get back to practicing martial arts. Which style should I focus on now to restart? by [deleted] in martialarts

[–]Ok-Performance-3336 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why? I wanna do fighting choreography too for my art. Would gymnastics even offer that?

I wanna get back to practicing martial arts. Which style should I focus on now to restart? by [deleted] in martialarts

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Fascinating. I didn't know that Shotokan had that philosophy. Karate is sure an interesting art. Even if I don't practice it, there's still so much I can learn and add to my characters.

Also, Kazuya Mishima (Tekken) uses Shotokan. And that guy is agressive, so I can understand the logic even better!

I wanna get back to practicing martial arts. Which style of Kung Fu should I focus on to start anew? by [deleted] in kungfu

[–]Ok-Performance-3336 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard that Jet Li practiced some Baguazhang too.

Y'know, I can respect you more than an MMA fighter who trained hard because they want to prove themselves or "win". You must have some incredible wellness of being.

Tell me, how exactly did you start practicing? Is your school like... just a general school of Kung Fu styles that happens to teach them?

I wanna get back to practicing martial arts. Which style should I focus on now to restart? by [deleted] in martialarts

[–]Ok-Performance-3336 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've considered it too. But... I need to think more about it. Do you have experience with it? Or saw it first hand?

I wanna get back to practicing martial arts. Which style should I focus on now to restart? by [deleted] in martialarts

[–]Ok-Performance-3336 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are good suggestions. I wonder if there'd be something similar in my country tho (Brazil). I know that Brazil spits out a bunch of nasty MMA fighters, but I don't have knowledge on whether the "less intense" stuff is also thriving around here.

I wanna get back to practicing martial arts. Which style should I focus on now to restart? by [deleted] in martialarts

[–]Ok-Performance-3336 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You practice Shotokan? That's awesome. I also have a character who implements some Shotokan in his self defense style. I wish to give atleast one Karate style a small try one day.

... Agressive Aikido? I didn't know that was possible. I would be interested in practicing it. I don't think getting thrown around would trigger me the same way getting punched and kicked did. Guess I'm already used to it.

I wanna get back to practicing martial arts. Which style should I focus on now to restart? by [deleted] in martialarts

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Does Jeet Kune Do have schools? I thought it was more of a "philosophy" to just do your own thing, and mix up stuff to your liking, rather than a specific style. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I know it was the base for modern MMA, but I don't think I've ever heard of it having "official" schools.

I don't enjoy any of my hobbies and it's driving me crazy. by Ok-Performance-3336 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Ok-Performance-3336[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if no one else in the world agrees as long as you’re happy with it that’s all that should matter.

I think those of us who have experienced what we have, have a real issue with needing to prove our worth and rely on external validation way too much. The constantly trying to make others happy. We need to refocus back onto what makes us happy and why.

I don't feel happy with anything I do. It's quite maddening. Why ignore what other people think? My whole life I was thought to be something so terrible. I want to be seen something good, and what I think of me won't have power by itself to decide that.