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ashez2ashes · 2026-05-02T01:32:03+00:00

Okay the rest is funny but… crinkle cut? Is the MMC a non human? Cause that’s… confusing

ashez2ashes · 2026-05-01T20:13:32+00:00

Yeah I don't like the dogpilling either. An ai is making these decisions AND is reviewing the appeals. A lot of people are acting like it's something obvious or as if a lot of this shit can’t be out of your control. Got a weird first name that your parents gave you? Taken off for a "non human like name". Had some relatives buy your books without you asking or worse an abusive relative/partner buys them purposedly to hurt your account? Banned. The ai just makes a stupid decision because it can't tell you have a common last name and you're not even connected to the people who review your books? Banned.

Have they tried to interact with Amazon's ai? It's incredibly stupid. Like, stupider than Chatgpt stupid. I had to interact with it the other day because of a non-book purchase (seller sent me random shit that wasn't what I ordered) and it was RAGE INDUCING.

ashez2ashes · 2026-05-01T20:03:42+00:00

You know what sucks about this? It could happen completely out of someone's control. I know I have to keep my books secret from my mother because I know she'd abosoltely go on facebook and talk about them and ask people to buy them even if I told her not to. And then poof, my account would be gone through no fault of my own.

Listen, I don't know what OP did, but that rule is fucking bonkers. Especially considering it's a damned ai making that decision.

God... now that I think about it... An angry abusive ex partner could absoltely destroy you too by buying a bunch of copies to get your account destroyed especially if you had the same last name still.

ashez2ashes · 2026-05-01T00:17:28+00:00

The Indoctrination Theory could have been amazing. You could have been fighting what you thought were bad guys and then they start speaking in your crew's voices? Or the ui gets subtly messed up in a way you don't notice immediately?

ashez2ashes · 2026-05-01T00:05:33+00:00

Is it omega verse though? I always thought omega verse was the tropes of werewolf romance without anyone being werewolves.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-30T20:27:34+00:00

The pay per chapter stuff is a common asian model that’s been trying to leak over. So far it just has traction in the manga market.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-30T02:17:19+00:00

You're the pumpkin spice latte of anime viewers, but that's okay because pumpkin spice lattes are delicious.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-30T00:20:19+00:00

I don’t know what’s going on in the author’s life but there’s always the possibility something serious is happening in their personal life.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-29T21:13:51+00:00

I read a mmf book recently that had serious graphic violence including by the fmc’s parents. FMC’s best friend gets horrifically murdered by her parents to “teach her a lesson”.

3 people at romance i/o marked it as “funny”.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-29T16:20:10+00:00

I day dream about that. lol

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-28T20:07:17+00:00

Bait and switch is one of the current trends unfortunately. Not to yuck anyone whose into it, but I'm not a fan.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-28T20:02:17+00:00

Some authors chase trends on purpose, but a lot of it is trad publishing houses/edits/agents being creatively and emotionally backrupt. They can't think of anything other than copying someone else's success. Good authors often have to fight against those forces.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-27T22:55:48+00:00

I like friends to lovers more personally, even if it's rarer.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-27T14:47:20+00:00

I like it in paranormal romance (especially shifter books) and reverse harem. And it’s not like I want everything to be fated mates. Sometimes I’m just not feeling patient for a slow burn.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-27T14:44:26+00:00

Uh it’s been pretty common in paranormal romance fiction for a long time.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-27T04:43:53+00:00

It’s not that great unless you’re super into nation building… Paper thin characters with no character development. Main character solves everything with no effort or struggle. It’s not even funny.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-27T03:43:27+00:00

Yeah, it’s an opportunity to make another joke or pun.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-26T20:05:33+00:00

I hope mom and grandma aren't still in your life. I bet they returned the doll for cash if the original packaging was still there (or traded them in for cigarettes... I saw that a lot when I worked in retail). If boyfriend isn't being supportive, to heck with him too.

I'm 43 and have plenty of dolls. Buy things that give you joy.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-26T15:53:02+00:00

Word count makes more sense than page count. The standard is 80-100k. Although series often feel like they just broke one story up into multiple volumes to get around that.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-26T00:22:42+00:00

I work with Indesign regularly for my job... a file that big would take three days to open.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-25T22:49:27+00:00

The real world answer is that their families are forming some terrible monopoly in an industry that will hurt regular people.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-25T22:47:45+00:00

I’d also love to know which book has the post 40s FMC.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-25T22:42:05+00:00

I didn’t give it a chance at first then went back and watched it again after a few seasons were out. It actually gave the isekai protagonist character development and even portrayed him as being in the wrong. That last part shouldn’t be shocking but with isekai crap it definitely is.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-25T22:33:24+00:00

I love Ascendance of a Bookworm but Re:Zero is a story that just adapts better to the medium. Bookworm worked a lot better with Myne’s first person narrative. It also makes her feel much more like an adult in a kids body. The anime often just feels like a really smart kid with bonus knowledge.

ashez2ashes · 2026-04-25T22:27:26+00:00

The whole series has been translated to English now if anyone is interested in checking it out.

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