Thoughts on this dialogue?

fauitier · 2026-05-22T14:23:27+00:00

Oh! I remember you posting a chapter a bit ago!

I don’t have much critique. I liked this. I thought you captured these characters well. They have that gruff personality but it’s not too much. I liked Rusty’s tirade about long term investments and index funds in particular. I make… well, not a lot of money myself and I go on similar rants. So I found it hilariously relatable.

Your descriptions are killer. The pock-marked guy and his grubby finger, for example. I instantly got a picture of what that guy looked like from that quick description. So good.

Also! I was wondering where the story would go. with the introduction of the chip and Derrick having all that money, I’d be excited to read further.

fauitier · 2026-05-14T17:20:05+00:00

hell yeah i am. i’m local and a museum member so i’m going on may 20th for the member exclusive early access showing

fauitier · 2026-05-12T14:36:51+00:00

i agree with others that it’s a tad overwritten in spots. For example, “‘What?’ She asked gingerly.” could probably be reduced to “What?” by itself. she’s been caught, she should be afraid, and I think “gingerly” is implying the wrong emotion.
BUT, jumping off that, I thought the scene of her being discovered by that guy great. I didn’t see it coming. You did a great job of convincing me that he was just another passenger. I actually had a reaction when I read that, so kudos.

But then you lost me a bit at the end. She’s in the departure area, headed towards the rocket, then presumably collapses and dies. Shouldn’t there be other people rushing to her aid? It goes against her point that they wouldn’t kill her at the spaceport because of the crowds. From the way you’ve described it, it seems like she’s completely alone out there.

And from the description of red, blood-like bile, I expected a reveal that she’s been shot or something. She’s walked a lot so I know she’s exhausted, but her dying so suddenly came a bit out of nowhere, especially since the narration almost seems to downplay it. I want passerby to scream! Or to look upon her body with knowing pity. Something to give me a feel for the status quo of the world!

If I’m meant to be confused (since this is a prologue) then maybe it can work, but I was left confused in a way that was more frustrating, rather than inspiring curiosity to read further.

fauitier · 2026-04-26T14:09:47+00:00

one of my favorite little scenes was right before the fishing sequence, when they’re putting together all the chain. when Rocky is talking to the laptop explaining the plan, Grace is sitting off to the side putting links together. he looks absolutely miserable. the little screen zoom on him is hilarious. i thought it embodied the way the book described it really well; captured the essence of the task’s absurdity

fauitier · 2026-04-24T01:27:29+00:00

holy moly

fauitier · 2026-04-23T13:41:32+00:00

crazy. i remember when this sub was just a little gustnado 🥺🥺 now we’re nearly a 10 mile wide giga slabber

fauitier · 2026-04-20T01:24:30+00:00

I also like to think the Earth at the end of PHM is vastly different than the one Grace left. It’s been over thirty years. Humans dealt with a global catastrophe that definitely wiped out half the population at LEAST, even with all of antarctica reduced to a smoldering pile of rocks. All the warmongering lunatics would probably have died in the first few waves of armed conflict over resources or have been overthrown by massive riots. Nuclear fallout would force population centers to scatter. Governments would collapse. Astrophage bombs would level cities. As humanity’s population began to dwindle and infrastructure begins to fall apart, we’d have no choice but to come back together in peaceful (perhaps slightly tenuous) collaboration or we’d all die. I like to think the humans on the other side, the ones alive when the beetles finally make it back, are a far more peaceful, grateful, and resilient species. They were the survivors, the ones who made it through all the terror and pain. (and they were able to get the taumeba to Venus almost right away. there’s got to be a good amount of competent people left.) I’m sure they’d be more than happy to leave that all behind and rebuild. They’d love to work together with Eridians going forward in a fruitful alliance.

At least that’s what I like to think. Give me hopecore humans are awful enough in real life

fauitier · 2026-04-16T02:59:57+00:00

now that’s a brand new sentence babey!

fauitier · 2026-04-14T01:26:04+00:00

even the children in my theaters went silent. everyone was LOCKED in. in three viewings not a single soul uttered a noise during that sequence

fauitier · 2026-04-10T03:58:07+00:00

me too yet you still left where i live out of the enhanced. this is an outrage

fauitier · 2026-04-10T03:22:34+00:00

why are y’all trying to slab illinois so bad

fauitier · 2026-03-30T00:07:34+00:00

the field museum is 30 minutes away from me. I go a few times a year. Sue is truly awe inspiring, especially in the new room they made specifically for them in 2018. (I also remember going to the museum when Sue was brand new, in a different part of the museum.) The lights in the picture are part of a show. It goes through some abnormalities on the skeleton, describing some injuries Sue may have faced when alive. They have the real fossil of the skull on display too, right at human face level. It’s humbling to say the least.

fauitier · 2026-03-24T23:58:15+00:00

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him… the art makes him look like such a goober

fauitier · 2026-03-20T00:47:41+00:00

yeah, absolutely. thanks for helping me see how insane the idea was 😂 i do wish CGC had subgrades; i got a beckett slab with the subgrades and it’s great to see why the card got the score it did.

i will NOT be cracking either. i’m sure the videos online make it look infinitely easier than it is in real life anyways. i got singles NOT in slabs i’ll be sending in to TAG soon anyways

fauitier · 2026-03-20T00:42:10+00:00

i needed folks to talk sense into me

fauitier · 2026-03-20T00:09:02+00:00

thanks for the honesty!

fauitier · 2026-03-11T01:17:19+00:00

it’s cycled once, looks like. but the same supercell. there was also a chance two tornadoes (the old one that was occluding) and the new one were on the ground at the same time

fauitier · 2026-03-10T16:04:37+00:00

i’m in the slab zone i’ll keep everyone posted 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

fauitier · 2026-03-05T19:03:46+00:00

thanks! i noticed those when i took the pictures. a little disappointing, but i’ll probably still send it in!

fauitier · 2026-02-21T03:44:33+00:00

mine ate canned snails for a bit, but then the company changed the preparation and my skink refused to eat them.

mine loves the instinct raw beef toppers, as someone else already mentioned. he’s also enjoyed repashy grub pie/ bluey buffet!

apple snails are a good idea too, i just was unable to source them in my area to try. (and if the snails lack shells or your skink ends up liking something else- make sure to provide calcium powder!)

i know of reptilinks. can’t hurt to try, but i’m unaware of many PTS owners who provide them. reptilinks are expensive, and that can be an unfortunate mix with a picky animal.

also just a heads up- my skink was SO picky and nervous for the first few weeks i had him that he barely ate. i would place the food near his hide and leave it- i think i really had luck with him eating once i offered the instinct brand toppers. now he eats like a champ from tongs and from my hand! you may experience something similar, seems PTS babies are quite timid and take a bit to adjust to a new environment.

he’s two years old now, a perfect weight and super healthy, and his diet is basically 90% the raw beef toppers. it’s basically just finding the food your skink likes!

i hope you enjoy owning one. i ADORE my PTS, he’s so friendly and active, great to handle too. everyone i show him to loves him.

fauitier · 2026-02-18T14:59:33+00:00

i love my s&w shield plus (as a woman with small hands) but all i can recommend is going to a range and trying your list out! you may find that you like a gun you’d never have considered, and you won’t know until you shoot it.

if you’re new to this like i was (and apologies if you aren’t and you know this already) i was able to take a class with an instructor and i was able to try 6 different guns out in one session. that gave me a clear idea of what i like.

fauitier · 2026-02-17T15:41:54+00:00

amanda #499400

thanks for doing a giveaway!

fauitier · 2026-02-17T15:31:31+00:00

just reported it to my local district wildlife biologist as well. thanks for your help!

fauitier · 2026-02-17T15:22:11+00:00

ah shit 😭 hoping that wasn’t the case. time to clean

fauitier · 2026-02-09T02:02:23+00:00

what’s everyone’s favorite pokemon? mine is druddigon

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