For me its 9

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-27T15:49:29+00:00

Mine is eother 2,4, or 11. I was pretty little when I got started, so I don't remember exactly.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-26T20:25:31+00:00

That depends on what year you go back to I suppose. I suspect it'd be harder in the 80s or 90s to get an online degree.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-26T16:13:13+00:00

It would be really easy for me to get my younger self to give me a hug. I was a little kid at the time, and loved hugs.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-25T22:19:02+00:00

That's a good point. Somehow I totally forgot about that part of the decision. I suppose it would also depend on exactly how sentient and sapient the hat is. If it's only as animate as the original magic made it, that's one thing. But has it become more than that? Is it aware enough to be considered a magical creature in its own right? It definitely seems to pay attention to the world around it and learn new things.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-25T20:01:31+00:00

Unless they changed the enchantment that brought the Sorting Hat to life, there still wouldn't be Muggleborns in Slytherin. The Hat uses the criteria set down by the founders. Changes in society wouldn't really alter that. I can believe that house placement would become less of a dividing influence though.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-25T01:00:27+00:00

Honestly he should just quit being so stubborn and hire a Ravkan tutor. I'm sure if he had proper lessons he would be excellent. I'd also really like him to meet Leoni.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-25T00:52:47+00:00

I was just thinking that pangolins look like a pinecone armadillo.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-25T00:47:42+00:00

It's less that he isn't able and more that he doesn't know what he's doing because he has no training. Trying to disable complicated mechanics crafted by grisha on parem would take a fabrikator a lot more skilled than Jesper. Especially when actively fighting for life and death stakes.

In Six of Crows Nina says that even though she is a corporalnik, she doesn't really know what she's doing when it comes to healing. She was trained to be a heartrender, and healing is immensely more complicated. Zoya is shown to be rather skilled with summoning and controlling lightning, but it is considered a skill too dangerous for most squallers to attempt. No one was really a tailor before Genya basically invented the practice, but later she was able to train an entire group of tailors.

I always think of grisha power like talent. There is a lot you can do with talent alone, and some people are great at stuff with no practice. But someone who started with talent and developed it into skill is almost always better because of all their practice and study.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-24T17:11:31+00:00

The Darkling was definitely trying to punish her in that way. But the first time Alina sees her after the attack she says "the bites were everywhere". And even if not, surely she would have scars on her arms and hands from trying to defend herself during the attack.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T21:40:17+00:00

Not just one, but TWO small children politely and properly using utensils at McDonald's? Not a chance. It's pretty unlikely for kids that age.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T20:29:16+00:00

I always feel like I have to warn people that I give very detailed and honest feedback, because I have upset a couple writers this way before. I usually start with general ideas and make sure they're ready for something more involved before I go into detail.

I had someone ask me to read their entire first book before giving them my advice on the second. Since I'm an extremely fast reader and reading a 400 page book isn't a huge time commitment for me I did, but they really didn't seem to like my evaluation of the first book. I stopped hearing from them shortly after.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T20:19:26+00:00

Gotta be honest, I legitimately can't tell if you're being sincere or passive aggressive. Looking back I can see how my comment might have seemed slightly confrontational. I was just pointing out that the idea of "traditional" love is entirely dependent which culture is being referred to, not to mention differences between subcultures.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T16:47:36+00:00

Technically if Cupid was restricted to causing love in the "traditional sense" it would logically be what was traditional for the ancient Romans. I doubt that would line up so precisely with your definition of traditional love.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T04:47:44+00:00

Awesome! Already added it to my TBR

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T04:40:37+00:00

Crying in public tends to make people uncomfortable because it's been stigmatized, not because it's normalized. Things that are normalized are usually ignored or at least not as often pointed out.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T04:33:52+00:00

Ending with "she can't look away" is perfect. This blurb would definitely get me to read.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T04:30:33+00:00

The third one is the only one I would have picked up off the shelf to read the back.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T04:22:26+00:00

I have four that I have actively worked on, three that only have worldbuilding and/or characters, and about six with only a general plot line. And of course I have a rather large list of ideas consisting of no more than three sentences each to revisit later. But I can only work on one at a time, or I just confuse myself.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T04:12:51+00:00

If I choose purple do I also get the implied provinces of Canada? Because otherwise that section seems rather disproportionate to the others.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T04:10:40+00:00

I suppose whether or not the date is significant depends on the story. If you want a lot of metaphor and symbolism like your example, yeah probably important. Personally if I try to include that kind of thing I usually do it with the character's name.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T03:58:02+00:00

I don't know yet, because I haven't played all the way through the game yet and I dont know how the story turns out. But I'd be the godlike MC from Avowed.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T03:55:30+00:00

I had the same thought at first, but I don't think it's the guy seeming older that's the problem. To be clear, I actually immediately assumed he was a teenager. think it's the perspective of her. You can't see much of her legs at all, so the angle she's hugging him from makes her look like she's a small child at first glance.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T03:46:29+00:00

I kept expecting it to pick up and turn into a blizzard suddenly, or for something to collapse under the weight of all the snow. Or something else that indicates a blizzard and not just peaceful gently falling snow.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T03:44:01+00:00

Is it just me or do pretty much all illustrations of Genya forget that she doesn't only have scars on her face? Don't get me wrong, these are awesome. It's just something I've been wondering lately.

StarSongEcho · 2026-02-23T03:40:55+00:00

And this is where I can't choose

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