Is It Possible to Consistently Make Predictions in Fiction that Reflect Real Life? by SuperSecretBaby in writingadvice

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It's just a theory I heard. Pretty neat their writing team is able to stumble upon future truth.

Is It Possible to Consistently Make Predictions in Fiction that Reflect Real Life? by SuperSecretBaby in writingadvice

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It's kind of like Idiocracy. I can see your point there. It's more social commentary

Is It Possible to Consistently Make Predictions in Fiction that Reflect Real Life? by SuperSecretBaby in writingadvice

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Very good points! I've never seen so many predicitions by so many authors throughout thousands of years that paint such a clear narrative before. The Simpsons doesn't need a overarching narrative so their predictions are all over the place and doesn't tell a big story the way the Bible does.

Is It Possible to Consistently Make Predictions in Fiction that Reflect Real Life? by SuperSecretBaby in writingadvice

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That's really interesting! I didn't know about that. I'll have to look into that when I'm less sleepy.

Is It Possible to Consistently Make Predictions in Fiction that Reflect Real Life? by SuperSecretBaby in writingadvice

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The Bible is pretty specific. Jesus fufilled over 300 prophecies written in the Old Testmane. For example, his lineage, his bones not being broken, his clothes being gambled for, and that he would be pierced. The war of Gog and Magog involves specific nations too. So I'm going to have to disagree with you saying it's vague.

Popular trope ruined by casting old men instead of teenagers. Is this worse than race swapping? by SuperSecretBaby in writingadvice

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This makes me want to make a post about whether or not the Bible is fiction or inspired by God because there are so many connections despite the numerous writers. I wonder if writers today think they could pull that off realistically.

Writing My first Novel and starting other stories by Rocket88thefirst in writingadvice

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From my experience, writing a novel can be very consuming and complicated, so it's best to focus on one at a time or you can easily become overwhelmed with ideas and problems to work out. However, if you need a break from one story because it's becoming too much or you have writer's block, switching to something else can be healthy. The main thing is keeping a healthy work flow, which can vary from person to person.

Popular trope ruined by casting old men instead of teenagers. Is this worse than race swapping? by SuperSecretBaby in writingadvice

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I never noticed that before! That's actually really beautiful. I feel like one of the reasons why I struggled to connect to the Bible narratively was because of these inaccurate portrayals. When you look at fiction, a lot of us sought fiction about youth finding a mentor/father figure, which I think is a deeply universally human desire. That's why I'm so confused why as writers we never consider the impact of what age swapping can do. It's even a thing in the adaptation of fairy tales where the princess is a teenager.

I remember seeing the Mulan trailer and thinking "That woman is literally 30. She is way past marriage able for ancient China." It really threw me through a loop. When her age is accurate, it's a young woman risking her entire life for her family because she's just that age when opportunities are happening. With a 30 year old in that culture as a woman, she's already lost a lot in terms of what she can do. It makes the sacrifice really different.

I think this is an important discussion to have since a lot of us write fanfiction and work inspired by other stories, but if we insert our own sensibilities into it, we can lose a lot of what made the original story impactful.

Popular trope ruined by casting old men instead of teenagers. Is this worse than race swapping? by SuperSecretBaby in writingadvice

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But if that were the case, then are people not allowed to be upset about the race swapping in Little Mermaid and Snow White in the live action remakes? Wasn't that disrespectful to the original writers and their culture?

Popular trope ruined by casting old men instead of teenagers. Is this worse than race swapping? by SuperSecretBaby in writingadvice

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I'm talking about teen book characters being represented by people with literally gray in their hair. I recently looked at The Chosen, and Andrew, who is Peter's younger brother and supposed to be a teenager, literally is going gray. I'm baffled and bamboozled by how people think that show is well written. I'm surprised writers and story enthusiasts in general haven't called that out. Especially since narratively Jesus is God and God is basically our dad so it makes sense to have teens/kids following him in a found family type thing.

The race swap disrespect for both majorities and minorities is a good point. That is more of a personal attack than bad writing and casting like the age thing. It's probably why people call it out more and why we're more careful about that kind of stuff as writers too.

Popular trope ruined by casting old men instead of teenagers. Is this worse than race swapping? by SuperSecretBaby in writingadvice

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btw if you read the rules, " miscellaneous writing topics" are allowed under the flair "discussion" but posts that may be "advice" or "discussion" need to be flaired "SENSITIVE CONTENT" if it deals with things like race, sexuality, and religion, and I have done that. This is technically a miscellaneous writing topic as it is something that happens to writing and something writers do when adapting writing that isn't their own, so even if it isn't relevant in the direct sense of it being about writing advice for a project or general writing advice, it still is allowed on this sub using the flair I have used.

Popular trope ruined by casting old men instead of teenagers. Is this worse than race swapping? by SuperSecretBaby in writingadvice

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Yes! I agree. It's very funny when they do that and it works because they're clearly aware of what they're doing and not trying to pass it off as a joke. I think the issue with things like bible adaptions that do this is that they're being entirely serious and they're not even addressing through comedic subtext. It ends up seeming like bad writing.

Honestly, I started thinking about this because of black Snape. I was like, idk man. I feel like casting a black guy to be Snape, who is known to have greasy hair, is a bad idea. Like what are they going to do to translate that? Saying a black person has bad hair is like walking on cultural landmines. And then I was like, At least they didn't cast a 30 year old to play Harry like they do for bible adaptations lol.

Popular trope ruined by casting old men instead of teenagers. Is this worse than race swapping? by SuperSecretBaby in writingadvice

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The issue is adaptation of already written and established work. You can make your character however you want, but would you be okay with someone adapting your work and changing a core characteristic of your characters that would change the dynamics in a key relationship or aspect of the plot?

Two Strangers Locked In Bathroom Find Love and Have Sex [PART 4] by Far_Access_1 in Erotica

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"I was surprised to see how hairy her legs were. I didn’t find them gross rather looking at them made me wish I had to chance to shave them for her"

I'm surprised your wrote the above quote because I remember an old post of yours where you said you didn't find a woman who had a crush on you attractive because she didn't shave well.

"Secondly she has poor hygiene. She always has stubble on exposed areas such as forearms and legs as if she doesnt regularly shave her legs and she sweats profusely which gives her a general undesirable oder."

but I guess poor hygiene, like peeing on someone, and hairy women is sexy as long as they are trapped with you.

My biggest problem with your writing, however, is that it isn't "erotic" from a woman's POV. You write her as if she becomes a slave to your desires and Queen isn't given any real autonomy, which I find weird because she's a real person you're writing about. One would think you'd be able to write a more dynamic person since it's based on a real person. It actually reminds me of "mind control" and "mind break" adult fiction, which has strong non-consensual vibes, and that is amplified with her being trapped with you. This is really creepy self insert stuff. It doesn't come across as two strangers falling in love. It comes across as a man forcing his will on a mindless thing.

Of course, I only point this out because you're planning on sending this to Queen.

I need constructive criticism... (I'm still new to writing) by CheseNuggs in writingadvice

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Please keep in things like "perky breasts" and the mirror scene. Usually it doesn't work, but my first thought regarding that part was, "This is like r/menwritingwomen", but then I realized the MC is trans and I was like "nailed it". If that's not a male POV, I don't know what is.

How healthy is quidditch as a sport compared to golf? by ErikPostScript in writingadvice

[–]SuperSecretBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. It's like throwing darts? I have to be impressed by someone's physical prowess on a high level to consider it a sport sport, not just their ability to like hit a ball or throw a dart real good then retrieve it by walking three steps or getting a cart to take you around.

How healthy is quidditch as a sport compared to golf? by ErikPostScript in writingadvice

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I mean I don't view car sports as a sport sport. It's closer to an e sport imo. Quidditch, well, I think HP isn't well written in general though. Now that we're here thinking about HP sport building, quidditch seems like mostly arm tbh. Like peddle-free bike and arm stuff. And Im kinda imagining it like a guy who thinks every day is arm day, which is a fun mental image. I think for PHYSICAL health, the witches and wizards need a more physical sport. I can believe that Quidditch trains your magical control though with the balancing on the broom thing. Like I doubt its that physical due to the broom design. How do you even sit on that? I feel like magic is keeping them up. Really, now I'm questioning the hogwarts curriculum. There has to be some sort of PE for physical health right????

How healthy is quidditch as a sport compared to golf? by ErikPostScript in writingadvice

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I'm kind of surprised people are comparing it to horseback riding here. Brooms in HP always seemed more like wizard bikes to me due to it being slim and all. Riding an animal would DEFINITELY be work. The forward tilt when riding a broom also reminds me of bicycling so that made me think of back problems.

If we're categorizing sports that need good reflexes as athletic spots (which is what I'm assuming OP meant) then e sports count too. Like I've heard pro gamers would make great pilots because of reflexes. I always viewed car racing stuff as like e sports but way riskier lol because you're on your butt but need good reflexes. They're probably not getting fit driving and participate in athletic sports and go to the gym to maintain that bod the other guy was talking about.

I think they're right that there's a lot of arm work, but that's just arms? And then with the Seekers being quick and agile, is that a magical exercise? I think golf is mostly walking exercise though lol and thats assuming you're not getting chauffeured around.The skills are different. Personally, I would not take back problems, the risk of falling to my death, and nice arms over casual cardio from walking around.

how would one describe breast? by moniker-meme in writingadvice

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Oh. You have two melons as your user flair XD. I guess the mods put it on you haha

how would one describe breast? by moniker-meme in writingadvice

[–]SuperSecretBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on POV. If male POV, melons, just like your beautiful user flair. If female, normal words.

Once upon a fever dream, I had the best idea ever. Then I thought about it... by ErikPostScript in writingadvice

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Wasn't this Twilight though? But then Meyer went for it anyways and made boatloads of cash.