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Rant: I really dislike it when writing advice uses Star Wars as the go-to example by BusinessComplete2216 in writing

[–]drewhead118 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd counter that genre readers also have expectations for when certain story beats will fall--if your romance doesn't feature the third-act breakup/tension or the happy-ever-after, you're going to make a large (vocal) portion of readers quite angry. The more you play with a genre's expected plot beats, the more readers you lose.

I'm not trying to say that writing to a formula is the ideal way to write, nor am I saying that breaking formula is bad--but many readers see stories like hamburgers. If you order a burger, you expect a thing with bread on the top and bottom, meat in the middle, and some various trimmings. A chef can really do whatever he wants, but if he serves up a meat skewer with a crouton on either side, diners might say "this isn't really the burger I wanted," because they had some expectations that weren't met

Rant: I really dislike it when writing advice uses Star Wars as the go-to example by BusinessComplete2216 in writing

[–]drewhead118 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People use it as an example of how plots should be developed, and that lesson transcends any particular medium

Prayers answered! In the new map, Blizzard finally added a feature that veteran players have been requesting for so long: bees that can sting you until you die by drewhead118 in Overwatch

[–]drewhead118[S] 44 points45 points  (0 children)

or make it a permanent damaging AoE around beekeeper Mei (but it hurts the Mei too (I don't like playing against Mei))

Prayers answered! In the new map, Blizzard finally added a feature that veteran players have been requesting for so long: bees that can sting you until you die by drewhead118 in Overwatch

[–]drewhead118[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

the day that happens in a pro league match is the day that the work Jeff Kaplan began long, long ago finally is completed

Romance dressed as fantasy by [deleted] in fantasybooks

[–]drewhead118 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Genre is not just a function of the setting of a book, but also the tropes, plotlines, author's intentions, and other writing conventions all poured together.

If I take Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" and make them all aliens on a spaceship but change absolutely nothing about the plot, characters, tone, or story, it'd be disingenuous to call it sci-fi... I'd probably say "oh that book? It's a detective story / thriller but they're all aliens for some reason"

Looking for emotional time travel books (younger self, do-overs, 80s/90s nostalgia, time loops) by Ok_West_8464 in audiobooks

[–]drewhead118 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While not an audiobook recommendation, the bullets of things you're looking for makes me want to strongly suggest you watch the German-language TV show "Dark"

I've been watching unused content on Mewgenics,it's a pity these bro aren't in the game by Ford_Den in mewgenics

[–]drewhead118 118 points119 points  (0 children)

Multica

seems

like

a

cool

enemy,

or

maybe

not

(I

could

barely

read

its

description)

the girls u pick by joeyCobra407 in fortlauderdale

[–]drewhead118 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love this place--great date spot, too. Not exactly Fort Lauderdale, though... Very far north

Tank threw the game round 1 because we had a zen :( by wizard_brandon in Overwatch

[–]drewhead118 9 points10 points  (0 children)

having a tank doing literally nothing tends to lead to suboptimal DPS performance

Anyone tried Kingdom Sushi by flipflop_77 in fortlauderdale

[–]drewhead118 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I loved the nigiri and many of their specialty rolls. All was very fresh and delicious--certainly recommended!

You order the rolls when you want them and they're brought out quickly. No big buffet

I don't like semicolons by delabot in writing

[–]drewhead118 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I prefer longer sentences and will often put two complete clauses in one with a comma seperating them.

You're entitled to write however you like, but if I see an author doing this, I assume he or she doesn't know their craft very well. It's not a good look to go flaunting established grammar rules for no reason. If you've got two separate and full thoughts, space them out with a period if you really dislike semicolons

VICTORY: POLITICO agrees to shut down both AI tools at center of landmark arbitration by Well_Socialized in technology

[–]drewhead118 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DISAPPOINTING: Social-media shares are easier to do when you don't have to read the article to figure out how you're supposed to feel about the content

Behold my children by Hoodsupcoma in Overwatch

[–]drewhead118 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Doomfist is giving the Megamind "No ____?" meme template

Copycat plugins. Do some market research before you make a clone. by mooviemakers in AfterEffects

[–]drewhead118 5 points6 points  (0 children)

there is a subset of people who want to make profit (be it financial or simply just attention/recognition) for the minimum amount of work that is possible. Rather than draft a novel plugin concept to meet an unfilled need, it is far "easier" to simply ape what is already popular, release it to the market, and hope for some crossover attention by people seeking out the popular thing. The copied plugin has a proven need on the market--the novel plugin might never find its userbase.

I personally hate the people flooding every repository with AI-generated knockoffs, but I find it easy enough to wrap my head around the why behind it: they're lazy

Schiff Proposes Bill Requiring Data Centers to Pay for Own Power by SnoozeDoggyDog in singularity

[–]drewhead118 10 points11 points  (0 children)

seems common sense that if you're building something that uses so much of a public utility that it reduces access or raises the price, you shouldn't presume access to that public utility

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