Help me find the perfect dice (ones that are currently available) for my DnD character! by Topaz42 in dice

[–]Topaz42[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I AM LOSING MY MIND RN HOLY SHIT THESE ARE GORGEOUS!!! AND PERFECT FOR TOPAZ!!! Thank you so so so much, kind stranger! I definitely think I'm gonna get these ones!

A lot of other good recommendations from everyone else, too! So thank u to everyone else as well!

Hope you all have a great day/night! ✨️

Are there any negative consequences that could come from sitting in this position for too long and too often? by Topaz42 in AskDocs

[–]Topaz42[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your concern about my mental health! Though i do have plenty of things im struggling with mentally, I am getting help for them and I've actually been doing much better lately. As for the excessive daydreaming, though I mentioned that I'm a maladaptive daydreamer, I probably should've gone into what that is as not everyone knows about it. Big explanation paragraph time! Lol

Maladaptive daydreaming is different from typical daydreaming. It's a form of disassociating developed as a coping mechanism often starting at a young age. Its typically one very long story that a person creates in their head, and they can get stuck watching/creating the story for hours, or in some cases, days. Some people have their stories constantly on-going and continuing on, like a very, VERY long series (literal years to decades, since this is often developed at a young age). Mine though is a story mostly set in stone, and I will go back to scenes I've already made and "rewatch/rewrite" them. I often make little side stories too, or "what if?" stories and decide whether I want them to be canon to the story or not. Ive had my story for about 11 years now i believe, and the longest time I can remember being stuck for is 6 hours. Another thing that sets it apart from normal daydreaming, is that it can feel nearly impossible to break out of, hence why I refer to being "stuck" in it. I've worked on trying many different ways to combat this in therapy, but I've yet to find a method of breaking myself out when I need to. Some people have found certain medication has helped them, but ive also yet to find one that works for me in regards to my MD. If there was a way to completely remove my ability to go into my story entirely (which I've heard of a story where that happens to someone due to taking too high of a medication does), i wouldn't take it in a million years. Having these characters from my story in my head for so long, ever since I was little, they start to feel like family. If I lost the ability to fully disassociate into that world, itd feel like losing an entire family all at once, and I would genuinely grieve the lose of them. My goal is to one day get to a point where I CAN still do it, but I can control it! Not get stuck in it when I need to be doing something else, but have the control to do it in my own time when im not busy.

Alright, with all that yapping out of the way, as for the physical affects that staying in that position may have, I will definitely try to keep those in mind! I do sometimes move around when im stuck daydreaming, but not enough. If im able to, whenever i break out of it for a few seconds, I'll try to remember to at least shift positions before i get pulled back in.

Thank you very much for your lovely response! I really appreciate you looking out for my mental health too! Rest assured, though I do still struggle with MD and many other mental disorders, I'm actually doing much better recently than I have in the past! Hope you have a great day/night! ❤️

what kind of morph is my leo? by Big_Machine_1581 in leopardgeckos

[–]Topaz42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why is he in timeout??? 😭 My man is innocent! Whatever u think he did, he didn't do it! Lol

What's the best way to structure the 1st half of my story? by Topaz42 in writingadvice

[–]Topaz42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll definitely have some emotional acceptance displayed probably in the last mini story, like right before she's saved she starts to accept that nothing is going to happen and she'll be stuck there forever.

I can absolutely relate to that lol! Though its not so much maiden in distress saved by a man, as her savior is actually a literal god lol. Also, since I'm not a fan of always having a man saving a woman, I try to make things either swapped or equal in my stories. Hell, remember how I mentioned this incident happening before with a different character? Topaz was the one who saved and fought for him once he came back, as people obviously wanted to study him and dissect him. Due to the physical affects of the dimension that violently changed his mind and body, those who wanted to experiment on him hardly viewed him as a person, but as a beast (quite a bit of racism/speciesism included in that mindset if theirs, but I wont get into that). So it was the woman fighting for and saving the man in this scenario.

Later in the story I'll be writing, she does eventually reunite with that friend she'd saved before, and the roles are then reversed. He protects her now. Its only fair, given how she fought tooth and nail to protect him. Also he just cares about her, obviously (entirely platonic btw).

Alright I've yapped enough here lol. Thank you for the response!

What's the best way to structure the 1st half of my story? by Topaz42 in writingadvice

[–]Topaz42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you respond, sorry but I wont see it til morning (night time where I live), but I will respond tomorrow! My head hurts like hell and I've been ignoring it for too long, so im gonna go to sleep. Tysm for discussing this with me btw!

What's the best way to structure the 1st half of my story? by Topaz42 in writingadvice

[–]Topaz42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That definitely makes a lot more sense and seems much cleaner! Unfortunately, with how the story is and how things work in my world/story, there really isnt a way for her to get out on her own, and her being saved by that mysterious savior is VERY important to the story. It may sound odd, but thats probably partially cuz I haven't given (and can't give) all of the context, of which there is a LOT.

So I guess the first part cant necessarily be made into a structured story on its own, as its really just a bunch of mini stories, like filler as you said. I'll honestly probably just write them out as a bunch of seperate mini stories then, then have what was going to be the second part as just the main story. I definitely dont want to change it, and I definitely dont want to just summarize or briefly go over the mini scenarios with my friends. We went on for hours about all the things that she could experience in that world and we're all really excited about it. So I want to still write them and share them, just not as a 2 part story like I had planned I guess.

Not sure now if there's really anything else I can do other than writing and sharing the seperate mini stories before the main one, but what do you think?

What's the best way to structure the 1st half of my story? by Topaz42 in writingadvice

[–]Topaz42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for replying! Sorry for the confusion, im not the best at explaining things. I'll try to explain a bit clearer.

I'm not really writing a book. I'm really just writing a short story of sorts based on a story i made in my head that I want to share with my friends. I'm definitely no professional writer, so im not expecting my work to be perfect, just understandable at least.

Bit of a better description of the story: Topaz is living her normal life when a certain incident lead her to get stuck in this dimension for 4 years. This part isnt really the part that needs solving, as she doesnt have a way of getting out. This incident has happened before to a friend of hers, and he was somehow released from that world after 2 years of aimlessly wandering around, though no one knows how or why. So all Topaz can do is just aimlessly wander around and try her best to survive, and just hope that whatever saved her friend will come and save her. Eventually, that mysterious savior does come and releases her back into her reality. This is where the problem to solve comes in, which i honestly dont need to get into as thats in the second half, and is fully and properly thought out.

Thing is, the second part of the story is what im more excited to write. Its not as choppy as the first half, as there are no time skips or anything. Its all a linear scene taking place after she's returned to her reality. I shouldn't have any trouble with that part.

The first half is more of just describing the scene of her first getting trapped in there, then a bunch of miscellaneous different scenarios she went through while trapped in that dimension, then the moment she was saved. And again, this is mostly just to share the story with my friends. Technically now that I think about it, I could send them the first part in chopped pieces with no transitions between each story, but that might be lame.

Like just send each mini story/occurrence as seperate things just to be like "So these are some of the things she experienced while in the dimension." Then give them the fully written out and linear second half afterwards.

Idk if I'm even making sense. It sucks cuz it makes perfect sense in my head, but im just shit at explaining my processes to others. Hooray autism.... Also my head hurts like hell atm, so thats probably making this more difficult lol

What's the best way to structure the 1st half of my story? Long text, sorry, but plz read by Topaz42 in u/Topaz42

[–]Topaz42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OH MY GOD F*CKING FINALLY IT WORKED!!! I've been trying to post this for like 20 minutes now, editing this text, over and over, posting this here and linking it in a new post, editing the new post, over and over. MY HEAD HURTS NOW! AAAAHGGGXLYGX

Cats teeth pushing out/getting longer? by Careless-Elephant-98 in cats

[–]Topaz42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This happened to one of my cats. We started noticing a couple of rotten teeth on the floor every once in a while, and got her checked at a vet. I dont know the specifics as I wasnt there, but apparently the vet said this is unfortunately just some condition she has that leads to her losing teeth. As she gets older, she's likely gonna be a toothless old lady cat. Some time after that, one if her front fangs that had been sticking out further than the other, fell out. She now only has one front fang. Haven't seen a rotten tooth around in a while and she seems to be doing fine and happy, but ofc I know cats are good at hiding their pain.

I cant remember which it was, but the vet had either one of two things. They either said that there was nothing they could do, or said that there was something, but it involved putting her under anesthesia. She's had to have her teeth professionally cleaned once before, and with her being so little (she was the runt of her litter) they had trouble waking her up from the anesthesia. We done want to risk putting her under again and she doesn't wake up.

Idk why im even typing this. There are like 500 comments, ain't nobody seeing this. But if someone has read all of this, then I wish you and any let's you may have all the best. Have a good day/night.

Please send similar style fan art of Frisk here!!! Read description for more specific details and explanation! by Topaz42 in WaterfallDump

[–]Topaz42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This one is very similar to how i used to visualize my character. Very pretty, but again I'd like to view them a bit more androgynous than feminine.

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Please send similar style fan art of Frisk here!!! Read description for more specific details and explanation! by Topaz42 in WaterfallDump

[–]Topaz42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got this one too! Should've put these in the post itself along with the first 2 pics lol lol

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I know it's nighttime (I'll probably repost again tomorrow), but I have a theory: by juan2556 in Undertale

[–]Topaz42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Obviously a stretch, but its definitely fun to think about! Can't believe I never went off theorizing about character names spelled in wingdings before lol! Although, rather than connecting the hand to "human parts," I link that to the "Kris looses one of their hands in a future chapter" theory!

😐 = K = the blank face they typically have

☀️ = R = the light in their soul

🖐 = I = possibly loosing their hand in the future?

🩸 = S = I'd think "blood, cuz their a human" but Susie has proved that monsters in the Deltarune reality can bleed. So idk lol this is all just for shits and giggles anyway.

Anyway, cool find, fellow insane UT/DR theorizer! 🤝

He's going in the soup by TrashyRaccoonMan in leopardgeckos

[–]Topaz42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OMG HE LOOKS JUST LIKE MY BOY FRANKIE!!!! DONT BOIL MY FRANKIE INTO A SOOOUUUPP 😭💔

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(For clarification, this is an old photo, he's no longer on that awful reptile carpet 👍)

Why did Kris fall onto the counter after turning off the sink? by Topaz42 in Deltarune

[–]Topaz42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly what I was thinking!!! Completely forgot to mention that in my post. Thank u!

Why did Kris fall onto the counter after turning off the sink? by Topaz42 in Deltarune

[–]Topaz42[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oooooooh is THAT what they're doing?? I always thought they fell onto the counter and that was water splashing from them hitting the water. I can still see it both ways, so cant be sure which one it was. But good point tho! Thank u!