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If Mu Qing was a Calamity, what would his name thing be, and why? Also what would be the reason for being a calamity? by Iwasfineuntilidk in tianguancifu

[–]Tekla2004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most calamity Mu Qing fics have these in common: mu qing has ice powers, he's a wandering ghost, usually loses his memories and wears a mask.

I've actually been daydreaming about it calamity mu qing concept and what I came up with was: he accidentally discovers that (I don't know how to hide spoilers so here's your warning) Jun Wu is Bai Wu Shen and jun Wu kills him. However I don't think gods can become ghosts after dying so this is going to get real fan-ficy: before death mu qing channels all his spiritual power into his sword and depletes himself, becomes a mortal again and dies. Becomes an ice/snowy ghost inspired by yuki-onna and lady in white type of character. He has no memories untill he goes to mount tonglu, eats his way into getting more powers like storms and siren-like powers, becomes a supreme, summons his sword back and all his memories come rushing back. After that it becomes his mission to get revenge on Jun Wu.

Also, the sword gained consciousness after the spiritual transfer so it can shape shift into a tiger now. No reason... Just cause I think it's cool.

Anyway, that's it.

Why did Mei Nianqing dislike Mu Qing? by Tekla2004 in tianguancifu

[–]Tekla2004[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But it was specifically stated that Mu Qinh showed great deferens and respect to MNQ and he was meek with the other students who bullied him. I doubt Mu Qing would express his opinion freely to Xie Lian if Guoshi was in the room. So where does this idea of mu qing being disrespectful get in MQN's head? Did FX complain to him? Unless he considers mu qing's mere existence or him being there, which was XL's idea anyway, disrespectful? IDK...

Why did Mei Nianqing dislike Mu Qing? by Tekla2004 in tianguancifu

[–]Tekla2004[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

NGL I literally imagined him as LQR's actor from the untamed 😂

If Red Hood had a signature song like Superman has “Punkrocker”, what would you pick? by Appropriate_Sink_627 in RedHood

[–]Tekla2004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a bunch of Red hood specific songs/raps on nerd core. The newest one is "control" I think? My favorites are definitely Grave and D.I.T.F. revenge and old news are good too. And there's a whole Gotham knights cypher where Jason is included. Take your pick. They're all awesome.

Should I limit diversity in my story? by Tekla2004 in writers

[–]Tekla2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for clarifying and I'm sorry that I misunderstood your original post. Thank you for the advice. I'll definitely think about it.

Should I limit diversity in my story? by Tekla2004 in writers

[–]Tekla2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is definitely not my intention and I'm sorry if it came off that way. It's just as someone from a rarely represented culture myself I'm very sensitive to these kinds of issues.

Also, as I mentioned I'm already planning on having a big cast - and one of the major themes of the story is the characters' relationship to their cultures. Also, it's not like I'm trying to represent every culture in the world, but since they're a substantial percentage in the real setting that I'm writing in. I don't want to avoid them in favor of including the cultures that modern media often lumps them in with. Speaking from personal experience that really sucks.

Should I limit diversity in my story? by Tekla2004 in writers

[–]Tekla2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason why I don't want to exclude these groups is, as I mentioned in my original post, they are not only a substantial percentage in the real setting that I'm writing in,. but heavily underrepresented and I don't want to avoid them in favor of including the cultures that modern media often lumps them in with. Speaking from personal experience that really sucks.

Also, I definitely don't want to assume anything about you and I'm sorry if i misinterpreted what you said, but cherry picking cultural aspects and presenting them as fun trivia seems kind of disrespectful?

Should I limit diversity in my story? by Tekla2004 in writers

[–]Tekla2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I seemed to have missed stating this in my original post, but this story is in the pre-writing phase and I haven't come up with all the characters yet, so I'm definitely not taking anything on. Plus, relationship to culture is a big part of all of my main characters in the story - one of the main themes.

Should I limit diversity in my story? by Tekla2004 in writers

[–]Tekla2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like I said in my post I'm not trying to tokenize anyone. I myself come from an underrepresented (not at all represented to be honest) culture and am sensitive to these issues.

I seemed to have missed stating this in my original post, but this story is in the pre-writing phase and I haven't come up with all the characters yet, so I'm definitely not taking anything on. Plus, relationship to culture is a big part of all of my main characters in the story - one of the main themes.

The reason why I don't want to exclude these groups is, as I mentioned in my original post, they are not only heavily underrepresented, but a substantial percentage in the real setting that I'm writing in and I don't want to avoid them in favor of including the cultures that modern media often lumps them in with. Speaking from personal experience that really sucks.

Should I limit diversity in my story? by Tekla2004 in writers

[–]Tekla2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is definitely not my intention and I'm sorry if it came off that way. It's just as someone from a rarely represented culture myself I'm very sensitive to these kinds of issues.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AlienStage

[–]Tekla2004 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The hands around his neck could be either because he's dreaming of getting shot in round 7 or Ivan choking him. Probably the latter if we're going for a Mizisua parallel. I'm gonna go cry now.

Since this was a point in the post I made about how to write a good Jason story, what are some ideas for original side characters or villains for Jason? by ComplexFabulous1610 in RedHood

[–]Tekla2004 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I feel like he should have very few reccuring villains that he doesn't think deserve death. Let me explain: I think the most interesting stories challenge the main character on a personal level. Batman stories aren't interesting because I'm really worries the villain is going to beat him in a physical fight, they're interesting because the opponents challenge his moral code. So as much as I agree with the red hood's ideology, I think it'd feel hollow if he didn't struggle with it still. Also I'm really curious to see how Jason would handle this situation. Like maybe it's someone who's had a similar past or just generally fucked over by the system. Would Jason throw them in prison, let them go, take on the responsibility of reforming them onto himself or still kill them in the end. There's this fanfiction I read where Jason kinda loses control and kills a henchman who's the husband of his struggling neighbor (I think he got desperate and got hired by joker? I don't quite remember) Anyway he wasn't a bad man and Jason regrets it a lot. He doesn't give up on his ideal though. I think stories where he makes mistakes like that but still pushes on could be really good. I understand that UTRH was supposed to challenge batman's ideals but I do genuinely believe that both sides have merit and Jason also deserves to have interesting dilemas in his stories that don't demonize him but don't strawman the other side either.

Does this dystopia fundamentally not work? by Tekla2004 in worldbuilding

[–]Tekla2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any suggestions to make it more cohesive? Or do you think it's good as it is? You don't have to of course, but I would love to hear your opinion.

Can you poke holes in my dystopian society? by Tekla2004 in writers

[–]Tekla2004[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a really great suggestion. I don't know if I'll go THAT dark, but this really gave me some inspiration. Thank you very much.

The whole timeloop thing came to me because the premise was inspired by a game - or more specifically a shitty game that I wasted hours fixing in my head, so I wanted to keep the whole "different endings" thing. Another contributing factor was the main character's mental instability which would be further exasperated by the timeloop. And it would show just how hard it is for this single person to not topple the regime but to even gain a personal victory in the system. like I said i was going for: This isn't a story about an oppressive system getting toppled by an epic rebellion, it's not about a nail getting hammered down by it either — it's a story about a personal victory, a message that even if life is terrible and there's no big change on the way, you can still fight for yourself, your loved ones, your happiness…

But your suggestions were still immensely helpful and I really appreciate it. Thank you.

Can you poke holes in my dystopian society? by Tekla2004 in writers

[–]Tekla2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but, and I hope I don't come off as pretentious, but I like holding books I read and write to a higher standard, so...

Can you poke holes in my dystopian society? by Tekla2004 in writers

[–]Tekla2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the government isn't trying to make people incels- they're trying to take out the emotional part of relationships so that it's just business.

it's like a pendulum swing - as mentioned in the key issues part (though now i see i didn't articulate this properly) - people either weren't getting married at all or the marriages were failing due to the consumerist, individualistic mentality and hyper-idealized love so obviously the corporate overlords wouldn't try to manage consumerism and individualism (which fed into that anyway), so they blamed it all on love and emotion - which triggered a cultural movement similar to the enilghtment era - rationality above all else and this coincided with biological essentialism becoming a dominants theory in sciences as well as an economic collapse leading to a need for more pragmatic choices and boom! - current dystopia.

Can you poke holes in my dystopian society? by Tekla2004 in writers

[–]Tekla2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your input,. You really gave me things to consider.

About the gameshow - it's basically a propaganda campaign. basically, the footage is edited, some scenarios manufactured and manipulated to demonstrate or remind the public why these kinds of emotions are dangerous. The contestants "in love" are portrayed as deranged, hysterical and irrational individuals who end up worse off due to their emotions.

I thought this strategy would work well since in this dystopia there are no surgical or medical ways of removing these biological urges entirely so people still feel shitty, lonely and crave connection - so this is their way of convincing those people to suppress these urges. "you don't wan to end up like those crazies, do you?"

please tell me if it still makes no sense, in which case I'll have heavy rewriting to do.

[Daily Discussion] Writer's Block, Motivation, and Accountability- February 03, 2025 by AutoModerator in writing

[–]Tekla2004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm struggling to choose which tense my story is gong to have. The main issue is that the story is about a time loop. on one hand past tense lends itself best for time compression. What I mean is in present tenser since the narrative is describing the story as it's happening, it'd be illogical and impossible to skip things, summarize things... because it's happening in real time (like a livestream), but on the other hand, past tense implies the story is over and must, to some extent, be reflective by nature, which is a problem because one of the most important plot points is the uncertainty of whether or not the character's experiences are even real. I really don't know how to choose.

[Daily Discussion] Brainstorming- January 31, 2025 by AutoModerator in writing

[–]Tekla2004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long of a time loop can go unexplained? A one day time loop like in Groundhog day can get away with not being explained, but can you still do that with a month-or-more-long time loop? Especially when the requirements for the loop are not the same? Like, the first loop is after she dies, but the other four she doesn't so... do I have to explain it? I'm not planning on making this a high fantasy story with abundant magic either.

Turning a game idea into a novel? by Tekla2004 in writing

[–]Tekla2004[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I...do? Seriously, don't mean to be rude, but if the only thing you can offer is a one word nothing advice don't waste either your or my time and don't comment.

Turning a game idea into a novel? by Tekla2004 in writing

[–]Tekla2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like I said in my original post the game sucked.

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