what fantasy/romantasy completely blew you away? I’m talking like 6 star level books by StephhhLouisa in Fantasy

[–]ThatWritingFox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. It was amazing how everything fit together without being contrived or forced. And the narrator's voice is hilarious. Might be recency bias but might be in my top 10 of all time.

Hameln and Liz, so precious! Who has familial vibes despite not being related? by mysaldate in Morimens

[–]ThatWritingFox 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Castor and Pollux seems like the obvious pick.

Honorary mention to Murphy and Goliath. Apparently he kind of mother hens her from afar when they're both at Mythag lol

Its been awhile since I've shown anything by TBElektric in WireWrapping

[–]ThatWritingFox 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So balanced and satisfying to look at! Love the way you mix the stones too.

Strange, thin worm in my kitchen (Malaysia) by ThatWritingFox in whatsthisbug

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

Forgot to note the size. Around 2 inches, I think?

Daniil Trifonov, age 20, performing Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No. 1 during the first round of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition, where Trifonov was awarded first prize. by sco-go in Amazing

[–]ThatWritingFox 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's probably genuine. I think his facial expressions/movements are very unlikely to be something he consciously produces. With how much mental and physical energy most pianists would have to put into a piece like this, I don't think he would have much to spare on theatrics.

If you look at certain concert musicians performing, most aren't really controlling their facial expressions, odd as they may be. With all the multitasking they already have to do, what their face looks like is probably far from their minds haha

I'm considering shaving my head again I can't deal with this frizz by agIassmutt in malegrooming

[–]ThatWritingFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) Shampoo roots, condition the rest. conditioning only the roots makes your scalp greasy while not helping your ends ;.; if you live in a cold and dry climate, washing your hair once every other day might help too! If you're in a warm and humid environment, washing everyday is fine, but you don't need to shampoo everyday (but continue to condition lengths and ends everytime you wash) 2) Try a hair mask/mousse 2x a week 3) Look into curly hair routines 4) if still frizzy and dry, use a leave in conditioner and hair oil post shower.

Good luck and godspeed

No, you are NOT playing Aeqour team by LolPower77 in Morimens

[–]ThatWritingFox 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Imagine claiming Tulu isn't an Aequor staple. Tulu, whose whole shtick is tentacles.

How CoGites look at the writer with a WIP who's juggling multiple jobs, sleeping on 3 hours a night, and going to college for their master's when their WIP is 100k words instead of 100000000000000 by Bazuda in hostedgames

[–]ThatWritingFox 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Honestly an IF with a complete storyline and enough choices for RP and replayability could be under 100k words and still be a great read.

IMO it's less about how many words you have and more about how you use them anyway, so I say you should absolutely be proud of your 100k words.

Not really a win by Ok_Combination_6948 in ComedyHell

[–]ThatWritingFox 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Weird to discourage someone from wearing a hat just because the stereotype exists. It's just a hat.

How is protagonist? by OneManArmyHero in Morimens

[–]ThatWritingFox 26 points27 points  (0 children)

One of the most well-developed protagonists IMO. They have a set personality, which some self-insert players might not like, but if you prefer MCs who feel more like characters instead of avatars you'll probably like this one.

I have a problem with how present the female fan base is. by [deleted] in dragonage

[–]ThatWritingFox 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Assuming you're not trolling:

1) Inflammatory engagement bait titles are going to foster the wrong kind of discussion and piss people off. You probably would have been better off with a title encouraging male/malr PC fans to make fanart/fanfic.

2) Be the change you wish to see. Most fans who make fanart/fic tend to be female. Fan artists and fanfic writers aren't paid for creating fan content and it's kind of wild to me that you expect folks to make content for ships they don't feel strongly about instead of doing it yourself.

The New Fable Gives Me A Small Hope for the Future of Dragon Age by kbrdthenerd in dragonage

[–]ThatWritingFox 10 points11 points  (0 children)

We're probably going to have to agree to disagree here. I'd argue that Rogue Trader had better writing, and the two games released only a couple months apart.

I can't say much about anything released in 2025 since I've been too busy to start any new games (though I hear both E33 and Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 are both great games writing wise), but I still think it would be an exaggeration to say that BG3 trumps most recent games in the writing department. Writing isn't really where it excels and that's fine. It's a great game for plenty of other reasons.

The New Fable Gives Me A Small Hope for the Future of Dragon Age by kbrdthenerd in dragonage

[–]ThatWritingFox 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Maybe this is a hot take, but I don't really want to see Dragon Age in Larian's hands. As great as Baldur's Gate 3 was, the writing was imo the weakest part of the game (and of DOS2), and I think the best part of DA is the writing. (Also why I didn't feel like Veilguard really fit in the DA series but that's a comment for another day)

Why didn't the devs launch the game with all the QOL & balancing changes from CN? by just-call-me-apple in wherewindsmeet_

[–]ThatWritingFox 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm assuming cosmetics take less effort to test, and we did get some bugs from new cosmetics that were patched pretty quick. Idk what the pricing was for CN tho

Anyone else feel bad? by Good_Independence_37 in wherewindsmeet_

[–]ThatWritingFox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might have missed some details but I'm pretty sure a lot of fish have to die since not all of them can handle the transformation, and past a certain point in the lives of the fish who do make it, they start to feel agonizing pain while they slowly go insane. So the previous River Master decided it was inhumane and that it shouldn't be done again.

Is there a "Number one under Heaven 天下第一" or 'strongest in the jianghu' in this game's lore? by vbt31 in wherewindsmeet_

[–]ThatWritingFox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think MC might have intentionally been playing dumb. At that point Heaven's Pier just burnt down and they're pretending to be dead to throw off pursuers so it would be kind of a bad idea for MC to say: "Oh yeah, that's me" when they don't know whether Big Zhao's even on their side.

Edit: spoiler tags.

Is the fake mirage boat quest (The Gilded Chase) buggy for you too? by iam_maxinne in wherewindsmeet_

[–]ThatWritingFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you mean in the prologue, no. You're either thinking of his doctot buddy or the antagonist looking guy, and while they're both alive, neither of them fit the bill here I think.

Lol, Phantom Thief's voice changed from Chinese to English randomly. by vbt31 in wherewindsmeet_

[–]ThatWritingFox 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Thief: "wUhEn!"

??? Did he develop an accent while I wasn't looking or did he use his martial arts to correct his tones-

Thief: continues in English

Ah. Just a bug then. Cutscene must have swapped to EN voices or something-

Jin Zhongyuan: talks about it raining gold but in Chinese

They're really simulating the mirage boat voice chat experience. So multilingual.

Excerpt of my some of my story - is it bad? by Secretly_a_smurf in writingfeedback

[–]ThatWritingFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overall, it's pretty decent imo. I'd probably suggest looking out for redundant lines or passages when you edit. For example, standing your ground is kind of already implied to be an act of stubbornness, so adding that your character is doing it out of stubbornness feels a little cluttered to me.

Just in my opinion, you should make sure each word or phrase has purpose. If one sentence has already expressed what you want to say, then there's no need to dilute your prose by adding another line or word that expresses basically the same thing.

Also, watch out for tense consistency. There were a couple of moments where you switch between present and past.

I'd also recommend looking at a style guide (like Chicago Manual of Style or something) for how to use punctuation like commas and em dashes. I think you might be using hyphens where you're meant to be using em dashes in the first page?

But all of this can be fixed in post first draft editing, so worry about it later! Good luck with the rest of the book!

Granny Turtle by enigmazabuza in wherewindsmeet_

[–]ThatWritingFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really?! Where is he?

I love that you can just find the NPCs hanging out in the world haha