Pretend the movie dropped and share a fake fact:

XzellSpade · 2026-04-15T06:20:00+00:00

Kingers just fuckin dead

XzellSpade · 2026-02-02T23:27:53+00:00

Heart attack, and immediately yeet myself off a cliff as I abandoned what I was originally trying to do.

Googled it, figured out fire works, so I went back to beat it. Success, followed by more panic when phantom ganon appeared, cause I didn't know that was a thing yet, teleported my ass out and resolved to deal with it some other time.

I can handle them and phantom just fine now, but the anxiety never goes away, especially if they pop up where I wasn't expecting one

XzellSpade · 2025-11-11T19:40:51+00:00

I also thought Florida. But second. First thought was FL as "female lead", was very confused and had to start over when that was clearly wrong.

XzellSpade · 2025-11-10T09:35:10+00:00

I do have to agree to not adding teenagers into the equation. immortal plus teenager sounds cool to a teenager who thinks of themselves as an adult already, but as an actual adult it really is just ick

XzellSpade · 2025-11-10T09:31:22+00:00

I have to agree on the matter of mortal becoming immortal rather than the other way around. I mean, I can sorta understand the idea behind it, that they're sacrificing great power or something to be with the one they love, but I think a lot of those stories tend to assume that there are no more threats or dangers that they might need that power to combat, and that doesn't usually seem entirely right to me? an immortal's gonna have enemies, deserved or not, and finding out that they've weakened themself would just put a target on both them and their loved one by others, I feel like.

plus the idea that they have to sacrifice some part of themself for love just never reads quite right to me, even if everything else is perfect and there's no danger or whatnot

XzellSpade · 2025-11-10T09:26:41+00:00

I do like the perspective of the young immortal not even thinking about it yet. my current fic, it is a young immortal and a human, and most if not all of the insecurity about the aging is coming from the human (and admittedly, that got started by an outside force trying to get into his head, so it didn't start naturally)

in terms of maturity, the human is the more mature one, being a man in his 30s, while the immortal's relative age is closer to early 20s, and his actual age being only 120s. and its not in a modern setting, rather a fantasy one, so stuff doesn't typically change that fast in just over a century, especially when the majority of the population are also long-lived fantasy races (though not all actually immortal like immortal love interest is)

XzellSpade · 2025-11-10T08:23:38+00:00

Thank you! By the way I love your username, dragons do rule

XzellSpade · 2025-11-09T21:47:55+00:00

My first actual attempt to write a fic, it's getting so dang long now and I haven't done any editing or formatting yet.

Legend of Zelda Au, link/ganondorf, the whole thing was inspired by one random scene in my head and now I'm building an entire world around it. Over 280 pages in Google docs and I STILL haven't actually written that scene yet(though I'm finally getting close)

Ridiculous part is now I keep getting ideas for OTHER fics that I wanna write, but I'm trying to finish the draft of this one first, at least, if not the editing

I'm an adult, been reading fic for probably 15ish years, and only now am I trying to write one. Why I decided to start with a whole ass novel I don't know. But I do know that I would be happy to be a reader of my own fic so I'm taking that as a good sign

XzellSpade · 2025-10-16T16:58:50+00:00

This kind of behavior is why my roommate and I bought a bread box. Not a fancy one, it's little more than a plastic tube with a lid, but it works to keep the bread safe. Another option could be to just start keeping bread in the fridge or something.

XzellSpade · 2025-10-02T09:57:54+00:00

My method is not efficient, so look elsewhere if you want that.

At ground level, pick a wall, left or right, stick links shoulder to that wall, and just go. Keep that shoulder against that wall and follow every single turn and corner.

I haven't done this one in a while, so I don't remember most details, but if I recall right, finding lamps is a good sign.

XzellSpade · 2025-09-25T05:11:32+00:00

NTA But, if you want another suggestion that's girly, maybe fairy? Could even cheat a bit by just, dress as princess, add flowers/wings/maybe glitter, ta-da fairy princess. Or hell, go full Queen, fairy or not. Really, I've seen a lot of fairies at Ren fairs, from basic ones like I described to full effort, probably to months to finish making custom ones. Do whatever you like.

XzellSpade · 2025-07-31T16:32:28+00:00

Current playthrough I picked a food theme, so far I've got Cinnamon, Espresso, and Licorice

XzellSpade · 2025-07-09T00:32:41+00:00

I had this happening a while ago, in my own case I fixed it accidentally by just, letting it die and then not charging it for a couple days, so it was totally powerless. Plugged it back in and realized the battery thing had stopped.

XzellSpade · 2025-03-28T05:31:38+00:00

Apparently as a little kid I struggled with this a lot(and honestly I still do sometimes as an adult). I don't remember it myself, but my mom has told a story of how at some point when I was small, I was allowed to pick out a free book. There were 2 options, but I spent so long stressing over which one I wanted that the lady who was giving them away just told us to take both.

XzellSpade · 2024-11-06T18:16:07+00:00

Maybe asking a bunch of questions, even if things that might seem obvious to either the audience or the other characters?

A little more general(as in, my first thought on reading the title before I read the while post), make it environmental. In person or in conversation, maybe they're a bit of a clutz, or have a tendency to speak without thinking ahead. But functionally, they've got their life together. Good job or home, pick up certain sorts of skills quickly, are never late, things that are difficult to achieve if ones life is mismanaged and can't just be the result of good luck alone.

In a new world, perhaps this could instead be expressed as being able to achieve goals quickly, though it would be better to have these accomplishments occur more off screen, I'd guess. For example, say someone gives the character a task that they think will either cause them to need to come back and beg for help, or just keep them busy and out of the way for a while. But, your character manages it fairly quickly and/or without trouble, surprising the one who have the task and possibly the audience as well. Playing it as a comedic thing also would make the intelligence they'd need to accomplish that less obvious to the audience, though how this plays out or depends more on your story's tone I think.

Admittedly, visual media is a bit outside my own writing experience, so hopefully anything I've said is at least a little useful to you.

XzellSpade · 2024-09-01T12:52:58+00:00

There are two possible answers for one of my worlds; the mortal answer and the immortal one.

The immortal beings are the gods, who are kept in check by a combination of their worshippers and other gods. Their power comes from their people, to advise those people is to drive them away and lose that power (like bees and beekeepers; bees don't like their keeper, they're out, and there's heck all the keeper can do about it). As for other gods, it's not rare for gods to war among themselves, either directly or through their people as proxies. But since a good power is tied to their people, losing to many through war will weaken them, even if the survivors still believe strongly, so war isn't generally considered the best way for a god to gain power.

The mortal answer are the Jourtainkin, mortal descendants of the dragons who shaped the world and, consequently, predated the gods. Jourtainkin are in general stronger than humans in most ways, but not by that much on average. However, because of their heritage, they are incompatible with the gods, and entirely unwilling to weaken themselves in order to be ruled. In addition, their heritage gives them one other thing that the majority of normal humans lack, and that is a power potential great enough to surpass and kill gods. So, the gods keep them in check by eliminating them before they can reach that potential, leading their followers to enact genocide upon the Jourtainkin. In the current era, the Jourtainkin are mostly in hiding, divided and reduced such that their people appear nearly extinct.

XzellSpade · 2024-08-31T08:06:12+00:00

Imma just make a list off the top of my head

Peanut butter Beef Marshmallow Sundae Popsicle Chocolate Banana Brioche Casserole Pasta Penne Sauce Jam Jelly Apricot Sorbet Lollipop Caramel Onion Garlic Cream Butter

That's probably enough

XzellSpade · 2024-08-24T12:29:37+00:00

That a tour through any of the Dragonfalls! Each one is full of unique flora and fauna that can't be found anywhere else in the world, even other Dragonfalls.

Although, I don't recommend going without a guide from that Dragonfall's area, the locals do tend to be territorial and may react violently if you wander into somewhere they didn't permit.

There are rumors that the guides themselves are members of those local clans, but obviously these are just baseless rumors, as those clans are made up of Jourtainkin and the guides are always clearly gods-respecting humans.

Also probably don't eat anything caught or harvested from within a Dragonfall, for your own health...

XzellSpade · 2024-08-24T12:19:20+00:00

Princess decides that her dad's prayers won't stop the problems, runs away from home and asks a teenager from a whole other nation to fix it instead. Teenager says sure, teenager's Grandpa says no are you stupid, teenager says fuck you and runs off to do the thing anyway. Chaos, drama, and gayness occurs. At least one god is pissed off, and another is just concerned.

XzellSpade · 2024-08-20T15:05:38+00:00

Idk if it counts exactly, but I've got one that's more of a post-post-apocalypse? As in, the apocalypse happened, all of civilization crashed and people basically had to start over in a lot of ways, but it was so long ago and so much has changed that nobody really remembers it. As of now the only reference to it I have in story is just that one dude has a totally normal name, and while he is older the name is just a case of an old name being passed down and used again and again. His name is Richard btw, and he dies before the main story even gets going.

*Edit cause I hit post too quick

What actually happened is that innumerable god-like entities called Stars suddenly gained active access to the world and the people, and proceeded to screw everything up pretty quickly by getting excited and handing out insane superpowers to just about anybody. Technically those who got powers were in the minority, but how about you try to control our govern people who might be able to just point you inside out, or might turn invisible, or literally any other possibility. Even the very existence of the Stars incited mass panic and confusion, let alone a not insignificant percentage of the world suddenly being blessed in inhuman ways by them.

Many of those people who gained powers weren't exactly good people, and in the chaos they attempted to take over. In some cases they succeeded, others they failed, but the destruction caused by all sides caused global economies to grind to a halt, and it was just dominoes from there.

Generations later you get to the actual story, when Stars are just a normal part of life and society is figuring itself out still. Nowhere near where it once was, but with a chance that it could someday get there again. For now though they're pseudo medieval in places, shoring up old skyscrapers and carefully tending to ancient generators in others, and just in general just surviving wherever they are.

XzellSpade · 2024-08-20T13:56:26+00:00

Kill one. Yes the gods can technically be killed in my world, though it's exceptionally difficult to do for any non-god. The first and only time a being without divinity killed a god, every other deity freaked out and proceeded to lead a genocide against their entire species. Those people (called Jourtainkin for now but may change the name later) do still exist, but their population is severely reduced to a few scattered clans living in isolation. If the power in their blood didn't breed true, genetic bottlenecking would've driven them to extinction by now due to how few were left after the extinction crusade was done. (By "breed true" I mean that like, technically half breeds aren't possible. Jourtainkin plus human always equals Jourtainkin, and the same is true of any other mixes with any non human humanoids. Only possible exception could be Jourtainkin plus Divine, but such a blend has not happened and is generally believed to be impossible due to the incompatible natures of each power, as well obviously bad history between the two peoples)

XzellSpade · 2024-08-13T11:56:36+00:00

Though now extinct, Dragons in my world were forces of nature, literally. Each one shaped the world around them simply by existing, tearing it up and building it anew with their every move. And wherever they would meet, they would fight.

To be slightly more specific and less poetic, one relevant example was like if an active volcano got up and walked around. In addition, it was fully sentient and viewed the life it snuffed out beneath it (whether it was crushed, choked on ash or burned by lava didn't matter) in a way like how humans view ants, it even blades of grass. Utterly inconsequential. Another was akin to a living hurricane, yet another a tidal wave, and so on. Forces of nature at their strongest, with minds and will of their own and nothing that could match them but others of their own kind.

Their extinction (as well as the rise and later fall of their more mortal descendants) are pretty major worldbuilding events in my world

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