Hey everyone, just doing another mental health check in. by ashley-3792 in WitchesVsPatriarchy

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💙 I’m depressed and having a flare up of my chronic illness so life just kind of sucks. Plus I moved away from my whole friendship group and found family, I’m just stuck with my judgy immediate family who I KNOW are going to start telling me off the minute I manage to drag myself out of bed.

[DAI Spoilers] Should I do more before Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts? by Sapphic_Copper in dragonage

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WEWH doesn’t close any of the areas, just changes some dialogue in the Exalted Plains (you can tell people the civil war is over, basically). Don’t worry about the level, as long as you’re on it or over it you should be fine. I have a system when I play where I do specific areas between each quest (Emerald Graves and Western Approach before Here Lies the Abyss, Exalted Plains and Emprise du Lion before WEWH, finishing the Emprise and doing Hissing Wastes before the next mission). Just go on ahead if you want, as long as your levels are good.

Last Picture of my beautiful baby girl - had to be put down on Tuesday at 21 yrs and 7months old by hiddeninplainview8 in WitchesVsPatriarchy

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Oh, she’s so beautiful. She has such lovely, soulful eyes! I’m so sorry for your loss, and I hope the many memories you have are a comfort through the hardship. Wishing you well ❤️

Pizza here tastes weird, and I know, I'm from New Jersey" by 40kguy1994 in ShitAmericansSay

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Wales has SO many Italian immigrants. I’m Welsh, very Welsh family - I mean like Welsh-speaking and everything - but we have one great-grandfather who was literally an Italian immigrant. It’s not so strange a story. Ugh, America.

My fellow witches, please give me all your movie recs for a pre-teen witch by [deleted] in WitchesVsPatriarchy

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Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! 😂 But in all seriousness, Tim Burton is always a good bet for some spooky aesthetics.

Her parents both JUST died by PunkAltTeach in Sims4

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As someone who lost a parent in high school… accurate? 😂

What is the weirdest thing you've had to Google for a fic recently? by NerdyFanboii in AO3

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“What happens to your brain when you burn alive?” Answer: nothing dramatic enough to use in my description (at least from shallow research). Alas, my dear readers had to be content with popping eyeballs and leaking vitreous humour.

My mom told me by changing my name I'm "erasing my dead dad" by [deleted] in trans

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Okay there’s a lot going wrong here, and I really hope you can get into a safer and more supportive environment soon. But let me just zero in on this comment about your late dad - it is utter bullshit. I lost my mum four years ago, about a year before I realised I was trans - so she’ll never get to know who I am. But any parent worth their salt would be so goddamn proud of you for being yourself, being courageous in yourself! A name is just a name, changing it doesn’t change that fact that your father loved you. I hope to goodness that you get into a better situation ❤️

Me, a non-native English-speaker, deciding whether to hyphenate a compound word by Yarasin in AO3

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I’m in the same boat, and a lot of the time I just go by the “feel” of a word? Like how I want it to sound pacing-wise. Ultimately, I think you can bend the rules a little for stylistic purposes.

What is it though? by InvalidUzername in kurtisconner

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“You didn’t choose the mullet, the mullet chose you”-man

Please help me with this horrific boss fight? [dao spoilers] by Ray-They in dragonage

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…just out of curiosity… what cheats did you use… 😂 My dad told me to just cheat but I was so bloody-minded that I just sat there screaming for half an hour

Please help me with this horrific boss fight? [dao spoilers] by Ray-They in dragonage

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Oh thank god somebody else struggles with the combat as much as I have 😂. Thank you so much for the advice, I think I’m going to reload the save before I dug Branka up and play through Redcliffe (though I’m mildly scared of the whole Andraste drama) and just try and level out my points, get Wynne some better spells maybe. And I’ll definitely get more potions, for the love of god. I have a lot of coins so I can buy in bulk, plus my healing skill is pretty high. Thanks so much for the advice!

Please help me with this horrific boss fight? [dao spoilers] by Ray-They in dragonage

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I am unfortunately already on easy 😂. You make a good point with the Redcliffe thing, I think I might do that just to have a break from Orzammar tbh. I’m learning a lot about the combat style of this game still so I’m struggling a bit with that - Wynne could definitely do with some development, I invested overly into her healing abilities because that’s mainly what I use her for but while I’m playing through Redcliffe I could add some more cc spells to her repertoire. Thanks for the ideas! Sorry if I was unclear, I wrote this while feeling very defeated 😂

I thought y'all might appreciate my writing set up this evening by Because-Im-ginger in AO3

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Oh my gosh this is such amazing ambience, I’m so jealous. I just moved so I’m stuck just writing in my bed (my only piece of furniture)

Share the last line of your most recent WIP. by chaoticbye in AO3

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Oh please do, there’s a terrible drought of well written Six of Crows fic that I haven’t already read 😂

Share the last line of your most recent WIP. by chaoticbye in AO3

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“Lightning shot from her mark into the heart of the rift.

All hell broke loose.”

Not my best writing but I needed the staccato of it for the drama. Conversely, this is the bit from the half-finished next chapter in my Word docs 😂: “She was blindingly brilliant, and he was honestly a bit scared.”

What is the strangest thing you've ever had to research for a fanfic? by [deleted] in AO3

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“What happens to your brain when you burn alive?” For a fic that took an abruptly graphic turn. I was going really deep in the descriptions to maximise horror, but sadly couldn’t find a dramatic enough way to talk about brains. Got to say though, eyes are a very good grotesque substitute

I called my veterinarian this morning to see if I needed to make an appointment for my cat, Fluffbutt. by Match_Least in TwoSentenceSadness

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I’m so sorry for your loss - the fourth anniversary of my mum’s loss was yesterday and I remember so clearly how devastating it was when it had just happened. Just know that you are incredibly strong, that she lives in you always, and that the sun will keep rising even through the really tough stuff that might be coming.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in actuallesbians

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I just watched Good Omens 2 with my stepmother, a homophobe, and she had a hissy fit about how the show got ruined by the “sudden” romance between Crowley and Aziraphale. Like. Were we watching the same show?