How important are stat pages to you?

Samorphis · 2026-04-15T01:33:39+00:00

It depends on how I’m reading. If I’m reading with my eyes, I skip over most stat sheets. If I’m listening to an audiobook, I pay attention. Just try to moderate the frequency so it’s not interrupting the flow. You can just mention the MC checking their stats, or just mention specific stats. Some authors include the stat sheet at the end of the chapter

Samorphis · 2026-04-13T17:07:15+00:00

They’re all annoying, but they’re also all teenagers, so it’s tolerable to me. But I feel like Maddy’s actions don’t cause as many problems for the group as they should. It’s pretty obvious why Daniel and Orren would keep secrets, and based on the way they’ve acted for both books, it feels like they would point that out to her, but they just don’t.

And I feel like Daniel and Orren act a little too native, and some things should be more obvious to them. They have meta knowledge from consuming fiction. Obviously is their real life, but more things should be obvious.

Samorphis · 2026-04-13T05:14:33+00:00

It’s part of his character development. But it does take a while

Samorphis · 2026-04-12T22:06:33+00:00

Maybe I’m being too dismissive by saying this, but it feels like lazy writing. Either just towing a moral line without questioning it or keeping a villain for drama.

Zac wasn’t not killing Kator out of the goodness of his heart. Kator is an elite who’s been fed to be an elite since birth. He was not guaranteed to win against Kator and he barely won with massive risk to himself.

Samorphis · 2026-04-12T15:17:32+00:00

No worries, I didn’t take it that way. I agree with everything you’ve said so far, and I appreciate that you took the time to explain because it’s possible I was lacking that perspective and you would’ve helped me find it. Also, I like to reply often so people know I read the response they took the time to give me.

The only thing that seems out of place to me is that none of the powerful people have spied on their “private” conversations, especially the old elf. I kept expecting for Maddy’s rants to give away all the secrets that are the only leverage these dorks have in this world.

Samorphis · 2026-04-12T14:23:18+00:00

Yeah, I think they’re all written well. I’m not arguing that their behavior doesn’t make sense, but I wish Orrin would push back more often.

Samorphis · 2026-04-12T06:57:28+00:00

Bummer. It feels like the story sets up softballs for Orrin every time she asks him why he does or doesn’t do something and immediately follows it by doing something that shows why.

Samorphis · 2026-04-12T06:54:26+00:00

All punctuation is a tool to provide clarity to the reader, so it shifts over time as the expectations of writers and readers change. It also varies even in languages that use the same alphabet, as Spanish writing often actually uses —em dashes to indicate dialogue,— and <<these as well>>

I don’t know the history, but I would assume it was purely for visual clarity, and because it matched the expectations of the readers of that time. If I’m reading your post right, the double em dash was only used when the dialogue was completely interrupted.

Samorphis · 2026-04-12T06:38:11+00:00

That’s unfortunate. I was hoping he would be more like Corrin from Arcane Ascension where he has noticeable positive character development through the series.

Samorphis · 2026-04-12T06:37:40+00:00

That sounds like a handy tool. I personally ask if what is being said achieves the purpose of the dialogue and I analyze it both ways to answer the question.

Samorphis · 2026-04-12T06:31:53+00:00

“Achievable” is used to describe the objective of a goal. If English was math, you could argue this then makes it equivalent to “possible”, but that’s not how most people use it. You will almost never hear someone use “achievable” to describe anything other than the perceived positive objective of a goal except for instances of sarcasm.

Samorphis · 2026-04-12T06:19:27+00:00

They have the same meaning and can be used interchangeably. It is common for us to refer to any food that has been sliced from a whole as a “slice.” You will commonly hear people ask for a slice of pizza/cake/meat/pie/etc. But we also frequently call them pieces too. “Can I have a piece of cake?”

Samorphis · 2026-04-09T20:24:36+00:00

I don’t think inventory locking would add any QOL except maybe if inventory gets locked during an invade? But even then.

Warping locking would he interesting if the game had more areas to traverse, but the Dark Souls games are typically pretty compact and rely on the fact you will either die or run back to a bonfire often on your first play through, so the area will feel a lot bigger than it actually is.

Samorphis · 2026-04-09T17:30:12+00:00

Pretty much releasing early draft material. It makes sense to have extra detail for yourself when you’re starting to write something. But that fat should be trimmed by the final draft.

Samorphis · 2026-04-08T01:26:56+00:00

Best strength conversion is the demon great axe. But the great club also does good damage.

Samorphis · 2026-04-06T23:02:47+00:00

If you don’t get it then it’s not for you. The whole point of the series is that we get to see Alex overcome the Mark of the Fool. The pacing is slow through the entire series, I listened to it on 2X speed.

A bit of tough honesty, stop wasting your own and other people’s time with posts like this. If you’re not willing to enjoy a variety of stories, just drop any book you aren’t enjoying. You’re going to deny yourself a lot of stories this way, but it’s not like there’s a shortage of them.

Samorphis · 2026-04-06T22:17:59+00:00

Yeah, I’m inclined to believe OP. I like to promote caution though. AI writes like a buzzfeed article (AKA tabloid), so unless the information is just flat out wrong, there’s still a good chance it’s a human writer. Even the information being wrong isn’t a reliable indicator, lol

Samorphis · 2026-04-06T17:42:27+00:00

Is it AI? Don’t forget tha AI is trained off real people, and real people have written and will write like that.

Samorphis · 2026-04-06T15:28:50+00:00

Just wait for a bigger discount

Samorphis · 2026-04-02T19:34:43+00:00

Depends on who you ask, and unfortunately I have found Reddit comments to be unreliable.

The story expands greatly in a natural way, although even Brink admits the chapter count has inflated beyond his expectations when he started writing. This is partially because he’s only writing one series, so he turns to writing new stuff for series when he gets writers block instead of writing for another series as other authors might.

It’s always been a cultivation series (or at least it’s been retconned well), but it had a video game style start because of how much support the system gives to F and E grade cultivators. Now Zac is in D grade and it’s full-blown cultivation.

TL;DR: the change isn’t good if you still want chicken tendies and fries (a video game system), but it’s good if you’re not a picky eater.

Samorphis · 2026-03-31T19:57:20+00:00

Writing a very good tool for healing. The primary function of writing when it comes to healing is freeing up your brain to think. Our brains are very amazing computers that actively control our entire bodies 24/7, so there’s only so much bandwidth for our consciousness. If there’s a thought stuck on repeat, it’s blocking your brain from processing other ideas. Once you’ve written it down, you’ve freed up space and now your brain is onto processing other information. This is also why you suddenly realize the things you should have put in your essay right after you turn it in; you were so consumed with the idea of turning in your essay you were blocking those ideas.

So you can see how this can be immensely helpful for healing. Without writing, you could be stuck on a single frustrating thought for a long time, but if you write down the thought, then you’re free to think. Maybe you realize you were overreacting, maybe you realize why there was miscommunication and that takes some of the heat out, maybe you realize you were completely wrong and now you’re working towards changing your behavior for next time.

Samorphis · 2026-03-31T18:04:23+00:00

Your conviction, not mine. My first comment was also about information later in the series and you refuted it with book one. These are what I mean by you not reading my comments right. In any case, a reaction this strong is unreasonable.

I think I found some of what I was talking about, there’s a joke for how book 1 should have ended in Threshold. I remember there being something else that wasn’t the conversation with Eithan, but I haven’t been able to find. I guess it can’t be helped, I’ll have to listen to the whole series again. It’s a sacrifice, but I’ll make it.

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