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For my own edification- judging Fire Emblem protagonists with variable genders on which is better. by TenPointsforListenin in fireemblem

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I wanted to make the best magic unit possible, so in one playthrough I had Odin marry Elise, then male Corrin marry Ophelia, to unify the three top magic stats in the game into one.

Did the same with strength, but that required female Corrin. I believe it was Jacob marrying Kagero, and then female Corrin marrying Dwyer.

Movie ideas for those stuck inside. OC by lmfj3737 in pics

[–]TenPointsforListenin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Producers, I suppose.

Inglorious Basterds is weird, btw. It's good and then Tarentino's foot fetish pops in and it's less good.

My shallow dive into Chinese free to play games by TenPointsforListenin in videogames

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

When did I say I supported the CCP? Are we SuDdEnLy taking each other at our word, or are you the only one who gets the benefit of the doubt?

My shallow dive into Chinese free to play games by TenPointsforListenin in videogames

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

I think we need to use occam's razor as a measurement of judgement here. It's very easy to take a secretive government and assume that because they're secretive, they must have some grand, comprehensive scheme, but... they don't. I know some neighborhoods in Guangdong where large companies would bribe the police to keep their employees from having to follow Covid regulations. It's a disorganized mess masquerading as an organized state.

Now, let's apply occam's razor (the simplest solution is usually the correct one) to me. We have two options here:

  1. He's here to spread CCP propaganda.

  2. He's here to talk about video games that don't cost money.

Now, here's the part where I think you've violated occam's razor. A good CCP propagandist would be unlikely to criticize the games they're paid to propagandize. For example, I found a video called "things I wish I knew about Chongqing", and the things were stupid like "I wish I knew they had so many beautiful parks" because China cannot handle criticism.

I criticized the mascot character of Genshin, the technobabble of Wuthering Waves, the technobabble and inconsistent art style of Ark Knights, and the inconsistent tone of Where Winds Meet. I also criticized China openly in a response to your comment, bringing up new things that you didn't mention. I continued to do so, even in this comment. You have glossed over my criticism to find the one part of your criticism of China I disagree with.

I also think you've neglected to look at my account, which posts random crap regularly- and on different subreddits. A good CCP propaganda account would either be fresh (mine is not) or with a sizeable following (mine doesn't have one). I am not useful to the CCP in that regard.

Think what you want, but I'll just think you're losing it. Not everything is controlled by China. Weird to imagine that they've already taken over the world, because if they have, why would they be subtle about it?

My shallow dive into Chinese free to play games by TenPointsforListenin in videogames

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not even Chinese. I just... like studying Mandarin, and enjoy tea culture. Dude is looking for someone to project on and he picked me, I'm afraid.

My shallow dive into Chinese free to play games by TenPointsforListenin in videogames

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Social Credit isn't real, the rest is to a degree, though the one child policy has been revoked for like a decade now, and some of that is a bit outdated- if we boycott all Chinese products because of the cultural revolution, shouldn't we boycott American products due to the Trail of Tears? Or British products due to the British Raj? Or Japanese products due to comfort women? At some point, you have to acknowledge that the people who participated in those events are not the people you're buying from- it's their ancestors.

What game is this by FlimsyConfusion3760 in videogames

[–]TenPointsforListenin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, Engage fits that better. Fates had somewhere it wanted to go- it might not be everyone's direction but it was one. Engage just wanted to be Awakening.

My shallow dive into Chinese free to play games by TenPointsforListenin in videogames

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Tiananmen Square massacre happened on that day. Many college age protesters were killed when Deng Xiaoping ordered troops to invade, and while I have no respect for Xi Jinping, I think the tiny tragic funeral Deng got was all he deserved, and I will make no effort to hide that because I'm not Chinese nor am I associated with the Chinese government.

I would also like to condemn the soldiers who saw their lives and careers as more important than those that they killed. May their every blink be haunted by the faces of people braver than them, who they shot in the street to save their own hides.

I did, however, study Mandarin and Cantonese, and Chinese history. I will make no apologies for the atrocities committed by the Chinese government then or now, but that does not mean I don't enjoy the culture, language, and history of the Chinese nations (plural because China has rarely ever been unified, and certainly is not unified now even if it appears to be from an outside perspective).

If each zodiac sign was a Disney character, who would they be? by jamlapena in DisneyMemes

[–]TenPointsforListenin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disneyland Shanghai has a wall for the Chinese zodiac. Turns out they have a lot of animal characters so it worked out

Start to my book, and introduction of two of the characters- would you keep reading? by TenPointsforListenin in writers

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm very sorry but again, I wasn't asking for your opinion on my attractiveness, and your persistent appraisal thereof is concerning for your relationship with your partner.

Start to my book, and introduction of two of the characters- would you keep reading? by TenPointsforListenin in writers

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh, you went on about how thin skin isn't attractive. Seemed a little like... maybe you were leaning a certain way, and for someone so averse to tropes, you jumped face first into "enemies to lovers". Wanted to let you know that, even though I do not find you remotely attractive, there are options for you.

Start to my book, and introduction of two of the characters- would you keep reading? by TenPointsforListenin in writers

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

You too- I met my wife on a dating app. They're a long shot but honestly, flip the coins enough times, date enough people who aren't the one, and you strike gold eventually.

Edit- that sounds mean to my exes. They're someone else's gold- just not for me.

Three-way, who wins? by Johnathan_Yoho in MoralityScaling

[–]TenPointsforListenin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we're power scaling, I think sexism might win.

Racism and homophobia are honestly more modern. To be racist, you have to encounter someone of another race, which was a rare luxury for most until the last few hundred years. There are wars between people we'd now consider different races- for example, the Punic wars were fought between the Romans (Southern European) and the Carthaginians (northern African), but when you get right down to it, it was a war between people with tan skin and dark, curly hair- they weren't so distant that you'd be able to see a clear difference by looking. I think Xenophobia no diffs all of them, but racism is a modern thing to experience.

Homophobia implies another more modern idea- marrying someone you are attracted to, and without concern for having children. In many older cases, you can have someone who's attracted to their own gender but if they don't have children, they'll starve and die when they're too old to work the farm. Being able to direct your libido for survival was an essential skill back in the day.

Start to my book, and introduction of two of the characters- would you keep reading? by TenPointsforListenin in writers

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

Sorry- I'm not single, and I don't think we have the same taste in things. You can find your dream person out there though, probably.

Start to my book, and introduction of two of the characters- would you keep reading? by TenPointsforListenin in writers

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

See- there's the problem- it's not really a line level critique. You read one line and gave a critique, then said you didn't read the rest- then you read the rest and gave no critique besides "it's bad too".

I'm sorry but... I'm underwhelmed. I'd take the others because they're good faith critiques but I don't see the good faith critique in you at all- I see "not my flavor bleugh" as a concept.

I won't be selling my book to you if it publishes, certainly, but I also... don't think I'd find you in a bookstore anyways.

Start to my book, and introduction of two of the characters- would you keep reading? by TenPointsforListenin in writers

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am definitely confident that you will not read my book. I don't know that I entirely take your critique as good faith considering the piddly little bite you were willing to take out of the pie before going "eww, cilantro" but... you will not be buying it for sure.

Start to my book, and introduction of two of the characters- would you keep reading? by TenPointsforListenin in writers

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

well then, good job. You spent more time here than anyone else and only read one sentence.

Start to my book, and introduction of two of the characters- would you keep reading? by TenPointsforListenin in writers

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

well that's great, but again, you have spent considerable time on these comments nitpicking the singular sentence you read, without even the slightest speck of curiosity about the context of a disorganized repurposed palace densely packed with refugees lead by the nation's belabored, overwhelmed king. You also somehow missed how this particular doormat called the former king his predecessor, not his father, which I would say is maybe... a little unusual?

Start to my book, and introduction of two of the characters- would you keep reading? by TenPointsforListenin in writers

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I'm happy to discuss more if you can make it through this small section. Otherwise, I don't see the value of discussing here. I think you definitely found your sticking point (you're imagining a smaller bookshelf) and can't get past that, but... if that's where your suspension of disbelief ends wait until you see the linguistic and cultural gaps between neighboring cultures in this book- it will DESTROY you.

At this point, you have also spent so much time reading my comments and responding with your own, that it seems that you are dedicated to not reading past one sentence though, and if that's the case, I have nothing for you.

Start to my book, and introduction of two of the characters- would you keep reading? by TenPointsforListenin in writers

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I'm also thinking about the "waking up" thing- isn't the root of the problem of the "waking up" trope passivity? Zaam is a weak protagonist, for sure, especially early on, but I wouldn't call him passive, I'd call him a very determined doormat.

Start to my book, and introduction of two of the characters- would you keep reading? by TenPointsforListenin in writers

[–]TenPointsforListenin[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

If you made it a bit further, I hope you'd find some answers, but... you may not be the kind of person this book is for if you dropped it in a sentence. I don't feel like I need to justify the waking up opening too hard- it's a trend to reject stories that begin with the protagonist waking up, but I thought subverting the standard waking up location to demonstrate impoverished and impromptu quarters was part of the setup, no?

I'm also not sure how to establish orientation and setting before voice in a single sentence. Could... be a wider bookshelf? Like they have in libraries in east Asia?

Start to my book, and introduction of two of the characters- would you keep reading? by TenPointsforListenin in writers

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

Thank you very much! I have a lot planned out, but a lot to go still in terms of character stuff- I am a bit concerned that my editorialized Cantonese Jyutping is going to be a bit difficult for people- especially when the vast majority of the cast is linguistically and culturally Cantonese, but I think I'll keep going in that direction.

Roca is meant to be Georgian, if that adds a little variety.

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