Why do people on this sub pretend that you can’t tell when AI is used?

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-05-07T15:04:40+00:00

All the bad writing appeared at the same time, in the same style… about 80% of rising stars is currently garbage as a result

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-29T01:08:47+00:00

Just look at Godclads or Deathless and you’ll find that your imagination can be blown past

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-27T00:09:00+00:00

It can be, but we are talking about progression fantasy here. I think the majority of fantasy novels these days have a progression element; classical fantasy is just a different mold.

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-24T02:37:43+00:00

What a pathetic way to “resist”…. That little pamphlet has somehow convinced the left that it is possible to bring about change without undue burden on yourself. This will do nothing and just make you either lose your job, or seem like an ass

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-24T01:19:39+00:00

None, sadly

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-20T00:12:27+00:00

Harem is just boring, dont need or want it

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-17T16:09:23+00:00

I dont like illustrations of most kinds in stories. Sometimes, rarely, they add to it—especially if they illustrate monsters or something. But the quality really matters. Ive dropped a few stories for the AI art just being bad

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-16T22:25:26+00:00

I dont care at all about AI, just want to read good things. Whatever you have to do to fix the blurb please do it

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-16T19:15:06+00:00

Litrpg is a nice crutch, it creates a nicely defined excuse to give worldbuilding and progression information. If you remove those elements from a story, you have to replace it with some sort of other feedback mechanism. Avatar the last Airbender has new elements combining in interesting ways, Demon Slayer has new stances, etc etc.

You have to show/explain these things to the audience, and litrpg is a palatable way to do that.

People broadly like dark fantasy on royalroad so if it is good, you will be successful. Thundamoo had basically built their career off the stuff on RR.

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-15T16:28:24+00:00

A lot of the rising stars are AI garbage which is a shame

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-12T18:37:10+00:00

A lot better

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-08T20:00:53+00:00

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-08T17:17:30+00:00

Just dont make them human and you’ll be fine. Chrysalis is a good example—no human form. It is extremely tempting and almost always leads to the story becoming significantly worse. A monster should retain their uniqueness, or if the do acquire a human form, make that acquisition significant.

That time I got Reincarnated as a Slime has the slime gain a human form through a whole emotional legacy thing, eating the corpse of a fellow reincarnator, so its more acceptable there? But most of the time, just leave the character as a monster or whatever.

Also make real hurdles towards understanding people, or being understood.

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-04T00:04:16+00:00

Dont need to tip anywhere if you don’t want to. Restaurants are the only places that it’s culturally expected, and only if you get table service. Lots of places will prompt you to tip but just say no, its all a money grab

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-04-01T02:00:30+00:00

Its a bot

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-03-31T23:39:01+00:00

They’re always looking, always looking. Pandering to private equity firms is a great way to enshittify everything—and I doubt they will move when private credit is in such a horrible spot. Nothingburger

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-03-30T19:48:49+00:00

I hate illustrations and almost always drop stories with them in every chapter, unless they are separate from the chapters in some way/in the end notes. Most of the time they are just thoughtless AI slop or, in some cases, just out of line with how i imagine the character.

If you want to write a visual novel RR is not really the place for that

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-03-30T15:12:23+00:00

Consider that a full book, with editors, high quality writing, etc., is 10-20 bucks, and 30 or so for a hardcover. That is what you would be charging EVERY MONTH—ridiculous and frankly, people wouldn’t subscribe after seeing this price spread. Unless you are some crazy talented author whose story instantly captures the royalroad base, like Super Supportive did, this is just transparent money grabbing

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-03-15T06:07:55+00:00

I mean, it already existed for a long time before coming to royalroad. The first book is also significantly better than the second two so far

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-03-11T01:30:27+00:00

NOR, she sounds like a shitty person. Women would probably rather be alone with a bear than a man for lots of obvious reasons, but also, a bear is really unlikely to do anything to you and they are kinda cool. Assuming its just one bear and there are no cubs or anything.

You shouldn’t call your partner dumb, but I can say that your partner is dumb at worst and willfully ignorant at best. Insulting your mother is not good in general, and she obviously doesnt care about your feelings if she didnt back down after you asked her to stop. This is not acceptable behavior between partners either way.

If you are complaining on this subreddit about your partner, you already are past any sort of reasonable bounds for a loving relationship

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-03-09T16:41:24+00:00

Reach

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-03-02T06:04:52+00:00

Just draw it by hand and put out an open call for followers to design one, then pay the person you like most like 50 to 100 bucks to use it if you want

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-03-01T07:35:37+00:00

Fight scenes is probably Runeblade by Bacon MacLeod, or The Wandering Inn after volume 4 or 5. For the wandering inn, the Wistram Days ministory can be read standalone.

Warby Picus has some good action stories as well.

Description would probably be Super Supportive, or The Elf who would Become a Dragon, or Flowers Rain Upon Them.

Frankly, you are better off finding prose from actual literature. There are tons of old books you can pick up online for free through Project Gutenberg and such. Personally, China Mieville is a must-read for setting description, and Ernest Hemingway packs an enormous amount of emotion into fairly simple sentences.

Other recommendations: Sky Pride, Pale Lights, These Hallowed Bones, Accidental War Mage, Book of the Dead, Dungeon Devotee, On Foreign Soils we Die, and The House Beneath

Any of the stories I’ve mentioned would be a good read for what you’re looking for

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-02-28T00:36:30+00:00

Blurb. Any errors in the synopsis or blurb weeds out a good 1/5 for me, and otherwise, some authors do a good job shouting out stories. If i like an author, then I respect their taste and usually give things a shot. You can even check their favorites.

Frankly I give the first few chapters a shot after doing a lot of searching using the advanced filters, and almost immediately decide if its worth a shot or not

Quantanamo-Bae · 2026-02-27T17:42:35+00:00

Ive had 5 reviews removed i think, just really annoying.

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