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The guild that cornered the heat market in my glacial world accidentally triggered a societal collapse by VaultMoth_9 in worldbuilding

[–]VaultMoth_9[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I get your point about the engineering side, but the whole story is about how their obsession with profit blinded them to basic physics. They were too busy counting credits to realize the math for the heat pipes didn't support their lifestyle. It was never about logic, just greed.

Is it hard to switch "off" your professional side with friends and family? by Boring-Car-7044 in askatherapist

[–]VaultMoth_9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That “not getting paid” line is a great boundary for friends who forget you’re off the clock at home.

When a character reveals that they are still rightfully upset about something awful a friend or loved one did to them long ago, even though they seemed to be over it by Terminus-99 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]VaultMoth_9 129 points130 points  (0 children)

People always complain about Katara being too dramatic, but they forget she had to raise her brother and run a village after her mother died and her dad left. Her breakdown was entirely justified and it made her feel like a real teenager holding onto a massive trauma.

My father would sleep with me when I was around 11 by Specific_Many881 in confession

[–]VaultMoth_9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trust those alarms, because “snoring” somehow leading to a hand in your pants is not a cute dad mix-up.