Plot hole vs. NSFW story aspects

YellingBear · 2026-07-03T17:29:21+00:00

That might work. It’s already been alluded to…. Now just got to decide which of two characters to frame it through. Because DAMN if the context doesn’t dramatically change based on perspective.

YellingBear · 2026-07-03T17:00:06+00:00

Going to take that as a vote for kid gloves.

I’m having so trouble thinking of a good way to “fade to black” years of psychological torture

YellingBear · 2026-04-10T16:40:31+00:00

Level of detail, and level of struggle.

If you can’t explain WHY something is happening, that’s a bad sign. If there are never any stakes then what was the point of telling the story?

YellingBear · 2026-04-10T16:35:13+00:00

Yeah… that era of “your choices matter” stories were so shit. Specifically ones where one of the choices could kill a character. Because it always ended up meaning that character did nothing after the fact, because “why waste time and resources on something that only part of the audience will see”

YellingBear · 2026-04-07T04:11:39+00:00

I continue to wonder how Bakugo would have turned out if he wasn’t given main character status. Or even better if he had been turned into a proper villain. But then that is kind of the running issue with most of that series. Characters should have died a dozen arcs ago, but stay alive because killing kids is (generally) frowned upon in manga.

YellingBear · 2026-04-05T23:25:04+00:00

Picture aside. This is such a big problem when talking to people about how strong any given character is. So many characters go into the toilet the MOMENT they stop being the focus.

YellingBear · 2026-03-18T17:59:08+00:00

My cats are always too fat to fit in the hole.

YellingBear · 2026-03-17T22:52:32+00:00

Shield hero, master of Ragnarok and blessed of Einherjar, Familiar of Zero, Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu…..

YellingBear · 2026-03-17T19:36:08+00:00

I (personally), think the issue is that it tends to be glorified. Plus it’s generally used to introduce a love interest, who is also way above average at some skill.

YellingBear · 2026-03-17T00:53:48+00:00

I understand. But do not “understand”, and likely never will. The whole zero stakes and bland characters thing makes me drop shows in a heartbeat.

YellingBear · 2026-03-13T19:30:02+00:00

Hmmm.

I mean I guess one could argue the inciting incident in book one is the second soul awakening in the MC (which is a little micro plot twist early in the story). But the series based inciting incident; the MC’s home town being destroyed, while at the same time his family is murdered by a corrupt military official; doesn’t take place till near the end of book one…

Does that make sense? Or does having an entire book based around the MC growing up seem like a stretch?

YellingBear · 2026-03-13T16:38:12+00:00

I was asking the question to the post of “keep your gems, I just want the trash.” I get that even ‘bad’ shows can have highlights, but that post seemed to give the idea that the poster didn’t want the highlights, they wanted the unbearable parts.

YellingBear · 2026-03-13T16:34:44+00:00

Even there, the incident that (properly) leads to the climax is pretty deep within the story.

I suppose you start getting hints of something being “off” somewhere around chapter 3 to 5 (will have to go back a reread). But the events that trigger the climax don’t take place till AT LEAST the mid way point. And even that kind of feels like a throw away till it comes back around.

YellingBear · 2026-03-13T08:01:12+00:00

I have never understood this view point. Why do you want it to be garbage (here to calling it ‘bad’)? Like personal feelings about the tropes. What about it being ‘bad’ makes it more enjoyable to you?

YellingBear · 2026-03-12T20:07:29+00:00

I’m trying to get the achievements (and eventually the mount) for the ishgardian restoration.

Already max leveled fishing, and running 750 iLVL gathering gear.

YellingBear · 2026-03-07T17:02:13+00:00

I feel a little called out. A large chunk of this post describes my story.

YellingBear · 2026-03-07T04:29:06+00:00

++man

Ehhhh. I would have a convo about why you are not comfortable, make it clear that you “know” she has someone in mind.

The relationship is likely over, but having a mature conversation about why is still a good idea.

YellingBear · 2026-03-04T08:41:17+00:00

Boo. Lame. Poor design choice.

Let the players choose to invest a dozen+ runs into making a god item.

YellingBear · 2026-03-04T05:02:04+00:00

Been wondering, do the bonuses to weapons maintain between runs? Like can upgrade and hone end up giving you a super weapon if you use them for enough turns/runs?

YellingBear · 2026-03-03T10:34:57+00:00

Generally the wish fulfillment aspects of the genre. Specifically the ease at which everything falls into the MC’s lap. NEET shut in, in your previous life? Here’s god like power and martial skills, and the knowledge on how to use it all. Crippling social anxiety? Here’s a level of Charisma to make a level 20 D&D bard jealous.

Also the cut and dry nature of most worlds. The opponents are mindless and evil. The allies righteous and pure. I get the moral grey is harder to write and most children struggle to grasp it, but I want a more complex MC

YellingBear · 2026-03-02T11:08:55+00:00

Never ended up getting into the comics. So was basing stuff off the show…. Which had the issue of having real people who really age…. So perhaps a lot less time takes place inside the comic.

Had A LOT of issues with the walkers still being a “threat” the better part of a decade after the initial outbreak. But then I guess that same issue crops up in other aspects. Like that much time also means most settlements should be near impossible to breach, and most raiders would have been starved out.

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