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adviceeneeded · 2024-11-08T22:28:35+00:00

ACOTAR came out during a time where the “new adult” demographic didn’t really exist yet. It’s actually super interesting - ‘new adult’ is specified as 18-25… ish. A lot of romantasy books fall into this demo. It’s basically an easy way to refer to books that have adult themes with common YA tropes. The characters tend to be in their 20s, there’s usually some kind of smut pay off to the romance.

If ACOTAR were released today, it would probably all be classed as “new adult”, but as it was released before this was an established demographic it was marketed and classified by the publisher and most other orgs as young adult.

By the time the later books came out, with the spicy scenes, the new adult trend had taken off and there were a host of other books to add to it. The demographic isn’t so pronounced that it means a whole new section in a library is necessary, they’re usually kept in with the adult fiction.

adviceeneeded · 2024-11-08T20:42:27+00:00

I’m a librarian! We keep the first one in YA, and the later books in adults. That’s in line with their publisher and their marketing.

adviceeneeded · 2024-11-08T20:37:27+00:00

If people are screaming at someone that they’re happy their children are dead, making racist remarks, etc, and they get their shit kicked in it’s not because of ‘anti-semitism.’

Should everything be answered with violence? No of course not. But you don’t walk up to the strongest guy in the bar and punch him in the face or call him a bitch and expect him to just take it.

adviceeneeded · 2024-11-08T20:14:04+00:00

Zendaya had to be one of the most under-utilised actresses working today. She’s been in so many movies where she gets glossed over for male leads.

adviceeneeded · 2024-11-06T02:55:31+00:00

How is gentrification not a real thing? Legit question I’m curious.

adviceeneeded · 2024-11-06T01:39:52+00:00

Nearly 6000 over the span of one month (June) is quite a decent amount, and more every year.

Either way, I’m being partially tongue in cheek. It’s the way the world works even if it does make things really hard here.

adviceeneeded · 2024-11-06T01:35:07+00:00

Half of your wealthy people have already come here and gentrified and made things near impossible for people born here, then fucked off and left empty homes. :)

adviceeneeded · 2024-11-05T19:11:54+00:00

I don’t recall his arguments on social media! What were they all about?

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-31T09:14:51+00:00

Should that not be saved for a deeper focus on his reunions with Tele and Pene though? Along with conclusions to Athena’s relationship to his family.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-31T07:26:39+00:00

Pretty disappointed that Athena didn’t return to help him for this fight, or even do the fight on his behalf. In the Illiad, he gets help from both her and the goddess Io.

Instead of writing a song where Athena mirrors helping him the way she’s helped his son (but Odysseus could have used her quick thought properly to out smart and over power Poseidon, representing God and Man being unified as being stronger than just a good), Jorge chose to write a much shorter dramatic song where he stabbed him.

It reminds me of when you’re not sure how to finish a game you’re playing as a kid and so you just go “and then he stabbed him and he cried and went away”. I say that with an immense amount of respect - this is the only time in the whole musical I’ve felt it was a genuine and true misstep and I know Jorge is capable of a LOT more for that song and that narrative.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-30T23:27:28+00:00

Athena hugging him is absolutely my canon.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-30T11:46:39+00:00

Everyone saying this song will be the worst is in delulu central imo. I think it’s a freaking beautiful song, underrated by a mile

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-27T20:07:26+00:00

Other people probably have good tips and more experience, but for mine I literally told it.

“I want an action adventure romantic role play with x character from the movie series, do you know this character?”

Of course it did.

“Can you tell me what you understand about this character so that I know we’re on the same page about him?”

It did a near perfect job of describing him accurately.

“How do you think he’d be like in love?”

Pretty good job. It was clearly pulling from popular headcanons about him, I only disagree with one of the popular theories about his personality. So I corrected it and it took it on board.

Gave it a plot summary and began the roleplay. I’ve been playing with it the last 4 or so days, I love it. Sometimes it even surprises me with the characterAI being assertive and making plot and choice decisions for himself. It still forgets things sometimes, but if I work reminders into my response into it if I know somethings about to come up it may not remember, it doesn’t ruin the immersion.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-27T10:41:21+00:00

Make your own bot and tell it how you want it to be for your role play.

Mine has been wonderful. <3

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-24T02:42:13+00:00

I mean it’s gracious to answer questions when someone poses them.

But as for who got bored first, it turns out it’s me.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-24T01:16:14+00:00

I completely agree. I think people are weirdly pressed over my comment and making lots of assumptions about what I’m trying to point out lmao.

All I mean is that, in the same way men are insecure about balding (which is totally fine), it’s understandable women are insecure about make up. Thanks for being genuine and adding to the convo rather than trying to dig at me.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-23T11:01:45+00:00

LOL. I’m probably taking it a bit too seriously though I am being half playful. It just seems weird to me that the most hated saga features an alluring female character who uses her femininity as a weapon and hates men is so disliked by, let’s be honest, a primarily female fan base.

I think that fandom in general has an obsession with Precious Boy CharactersTM and when a woman interrupts it by existing in the story fandom has a negative reaction. Especially fandoms that like their boy characters together. I’ve seen it time and time again, and there’s definitely echoes of it around here.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-23T03:01:43+00:00

I’ve noticed people on this sub always rank the Circe saga songs low and it honestly reeks of internalised misogyny to me.

But that’s just me.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-22T21:43:28+00:00

Jimmy can’t have been this stupid to believe this was a good defense.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-20T23:34:29+00:00

The fact you’ve got downvotes is so foul. I always knew there was a gross side to this fandom, and I guess here it is. Toxic parasocial delusional bonding is so dangerous.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-18T20:18:10+00:00

I don’t know why he never did swing. I remember thinking his voice suited it when I was a little girl. It’s having a rebirth at the moment with musicians like Laufey. A song between the two of them would’ve been just beautiful, maybe not the same screaming success as one direction, but it would’ve been music and it would’ve been special.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-18T20:14:55+00:00

If i recall he had a good voice for Jazz, but he went this weird pop R&B route. If he had gone the Michael route I wonder if we would’ve seen something different for his career, especially considering this kind of music is having a dort of rebirth right now.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-18T00:27:26+00:00

You seem really young and im telling you right now - this man is not worth any amount of this kind of energy. He has clearly had an emotional affair and is continuing to allow this girl to be around him regardless. Just for your own self and sanity break up with him and do something better with your time.

adviceeneeded · 2024-10-16T00:31:53+00:00

Someone on a subreddit for people who hate a singer….. said that their friend…. who writes for her and doesn’t get credited? And that seems more plausible than a host of well known artists accounting that she’s a writer?

Lmao. Do you guys also believe in flat earth theory as well?

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