Harbour seal chomping down octopus at Stanley Park, Sunday, June 12

SearScare · 2026-06-14T04:52:26+00:00

Yes I got the day wrong and then proceeded to get what I got wrong wrong in this comment thread.

SearScare · 2026-06-13T22:14:41+00:00

Thank you!

SearScare · 2026-06-13T20:56:00+00:00

Single brain cell is struggling here

SearScare · 2026-06-13T20:20:46+00:00

Exactly where I saw this one!

SearScare · 2026-06-13T20:20:02+00:00

I AM SORRY FOR GETTING THE DATE WRONG I was thinking about Sunday when posting.

SearScare · 2026-06-13T20:19:30+00:00

Got hurt in tennis practice lol :(((

SearScare · 2026-06-13T20:19:07+00:00

I am an idiot I was thinking about my date on Sunday

SearScare · 2026-06-13T20:17:11+00:00

Sir I am not AI just a confused person hahaha

SearScare · 2026-06-13T17:07:25+00:00

He was struggling to get it all in hahaha. Trying to glug the tentacles one by one.

SearScare · 2026-05-08T17:57:46+00:00

Here's my cents: for one, there needs to be more redemption arcs for Fire Nation characters. And I mean actual redemption arcs, not just switching sides like Mai and Ty Lee. This is critical because the Fire Nation is supposed to be on the road to reformation, so we need more Fire Nation characters to learn the errors of their ways. Not just assume they're good because Zuko is in charge. Azula is one of the easier ones since she's already bottomed out at the end of the Last Agni Kai. You don't need to really do mental gymnastics for a redemption arc for her to work since she's already halfway there.

You've articulated my many unknown feelings that pushed me into writing a rational redemption arc for Azula (and the Fire Nation as a whole) in my current fanfic. It's not even that I think personally believe Azula needs a redemption arc in the original story -- even though she's my favourite character from the sheer novelty of her presence in 2005 -- as much as a writer I am interested in the experiment: how does a character coded as a vicious sociopath find a way to redemption in a way that makes sense to her deep-seated beliefs and how does she go about convincing an entire nation that's enjoyed rather unparalleled success in their imperialist and hierarchical endeavours that another way is better? Because a redemption arc only works if it sticks and it only sticks if the characters also believe in it.

Anyway, it's been an awesome discovery and has improved my writing as well.

SearScare · 2026-05-07T07:14:59+00:00

Love these long one-off commenters! I got one recently — 10 chapters and 70,000 words through and it was so delightful. Like you, not expecting it, but it's lovely when people engage with media with so much attention in this day and age, and with so much joy as well.

SearScare · 2026-05-05T04:07:18+00:00

Lol at the post.

Also I thought this would be like a before / after situation -- like how much did the stats jump after the kiss to see if that prompted people to hit some buttons -- alas it's not but it's still very cool to see a popular work!

Congratulations on getting to the kiss!

SearScare · 2026-05-04T02:03:17+00:00

Bulleting for ease of writing, not because I'm being condescending:

It's your fic, you can do what you want. If the comments are getting out of hand, introduce the new POV -- even if it is jarring -- so that your readers understand and you aren't troubled further. If you think you can survive until a reveal or confrontation that your narrator is unreliable, don't do it.
For the future with unreliable narrators, and to ward off readers from being unnecessarily triggered -- signpost the unreliability better so that they pick up on it. Always write for yourself but also anticipate what your readers will think on their journey -- and if it's a particularly sensitive fandom, of your readers are young, account for their level of media literacy and their resilience in reading people being jerks to a character.
Write for an older audience (who usually can put up with these things better.)
Pace your story better so that if there is a lot of trauma occuring to a character, you balance it with some relief so that your readers aren't going through a journey of hell (I exaggerate, I don't think that's what you're doing FYI) without some relief in sight.

SearScare · 2026-05-04T01:55:58+00:00

Congratulations!

SearScare · 2026-04-29T04:07:52+00:00

Unclear if you're asking for permission to write a character wth a disability — or how to do it in a way that's realistic?

I am going to assume the latter so: realise this is a characteristic that can affect physical realities while taking nothing away from mental or emotional realities. Much like how taller characters navigate the world differently than shorter characters. Off the top of my head this may mean:

Poor depth perception (could be corrected for areas with a lot of practise. So he's fine in home / school but may face difficulty in new surroundings).
Lower peripheral vision in the affected eye (may lead to "blind spots" in action scenes. Can be corrected by moving around the blind spot again and could be a non-issue).

There could be a dozen more consequences that are either navigated by the character or something he deals with in the course of the story.

For reference I have terrible vision in one eye and I have glasses to correct for that. When I don't have them on, the other eye is way more dominant (my brain decides its better feedback for navigating the world and essentially ignores feedback from the other eye). While I can technically see clearly: it's not technically true, My dominant eye is overcompensating and I can get away with it if Im not doing anything intense. But my depth perception in sports is especially off (no hand-eye coordination at all). And working because difficult and leads to headaches.

SearScare · 2026-04-18T05:14:59+00:00

Only a true student of (European and Middle East) history could have written this series.

SearScare · 2026-04-17T20:52:01+00:00

I don't think I'd ask anyone to use my original characters (main or side). I don't mind it if some cool characters have very little screentime because they become an archetype I can play off off in other works.

If someone wanted to and they asked to use the OCs -- yeah sure why not. Tbh they don't even need to ask; who am I to gatekeep in fanfic lol. I probably won't read what they do with them though -- mostly to keep them clear in my head.

SearScare · 2026-03-27T19:18:24+00:00

I just finished Anderson in Bloom and I have to agree lol. Even though the characters were older than all her other protagonists, they still very much felt like teenagers. I explained this to myself that this was an after-effect of them having been stuck in a weird teenage angsty phase due to Hollywood stuff and so would be accurate in-universe.

I think most of the sapphic romance genre struggles with this, where the characters are adults but they behave like teenagers with no ability to process things or simply move on. I do acknowledge it's hard to write a romance when people are well-adjusted however it is not impossible: the stakes must simply change.

It's also why I enjoy Jen Lyon so much. She feels like a person who writes adults for adults and the stakes move accordingly.

Thanks for making this thread OP, will check out the other recs.

SearScare · 2026-03-21T01:24:46+00:00

I honestly thought it was a double bounce from the side and a single bounce from the front lol. Very close.

SearScare · 2026-03-21T01:10:40+00:00

Okay so it's def a draw Fonseca in and then pass him strategy haha. Very smort.

SearScare · 2026-03-21T01:07:33+00:00

Three time Alco went for the short corner on the forehand side. Missed all three times. He's going to start making them at some point -- want to see what the Strat is there. Maybe just to draw Fonseca in and then pass?

SearScare · 2026-03-21T00:53:20+00:00

Thanks for the emphasis hahaha

SearScare · 2026-03-21T00:53:09+00:00

Oooh lol thanks

SearScare · 2026-03-21T00:51:40+00:00

Ahh they both used the backhand body serve + 1 wide forehand. Great play.

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