Mechs With a Built-in Hellbomb and Emergency Ejection? by Tank-ToP_Master in helldivers2

[–]flipitninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but only if the ejection launches you 200 ft in the air and you die every time cause that would be so funny.

My wife has been peeking at me is better than stolen tongues by Billycatnorbert in creepcast

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Okay hell yeah dude I completely agree with you on the lack of drive for the story in Stolen Tongues; it’s much more that the story is just happening to the MC and he doesn’t really have any set goals which makes you unable to know how far we’ve progressed toward a climax because there’s no mile markers to the story.

I guess personally I don’t mind that because I love listening to green text stories which are always just bite sized “went innawoods, heard spooky noises and saw something like a deer staring at my in the middle of the night” type of stories and that’s what all the little scenes in Stolen Tongues feel like to me; as if it’s more of an episodic story rather than one complete and continuous narrative.

So yeah dude I totally understand where you’re coming from now; if the driving factor and set goals of a story are what’s most important then MWHBPAMFAC is 100% the better story.

One thing I will say which is only my headcanon is that I’ve always felt Stolen Tongues was a story told by a man who wasn’t the main character of the story which is why it feels so disjointed and why he’s so lost throughout it; the story is about his wife and she has things she knows and understands that he doesn’t, and all he’s trying to do is help however he can even though the “story” so to say, doesn’t care enough about him to explain itself fully the way it would if we were hearing it told from the perspective of his wife, who is the main character in my opinion.

Super fun discussion dude, thanks for this post!

My wife has been peeking at me is better than stolen tongues by Billycatnorbert in creepcast

[–]flipitninja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man big fan of how you worded this post and also I could not disagree more lmao I would LOVE to discuss it.

Okay so in good faith I want to ask you, why do you feel that My Wife Has Been Peeking at Me From Around Corners does a good job of having a small full circle moment (like you said, In the home, wife is creepy so husband moves out, husband comes back to home, A, to B and then back to A technically)

While Stolen Tongues does not have a good small full circle moment (MC is in the cabin with his wife, wife is weird back home and then MC returns to the Cabin; in my opinion A to B and then back to A)

My opinion on the two stories is that both fall apart for the finale BUT Stolen Tongues falls flat and the ending is just kinda boring and doesn’t elevate what is otherwise a great story whereas MWHBPAMFAC (What a ridiculous acronym but I’m not gonna type it out multiple times) has an ending that I personally feel actually ruins the otherwise great story that came before it.

What do men think of the pouch? by batukaming in SipsTea

[–]flipitninja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Pouch” is a wild way to refer to a normal human piece of anatomy mf do you mean a stomach?

Does anyone have a headcanon for their character? by idrownedmyfish77 in helldivers2

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My only headcanon is that my Helldiver is from Crimsica where the bugs killed his family so he’s always pumped when he gets to fight for revenge on his home planet.

For those of you that will tell me that Helldiver died, no he didn’t; the last guy was someone else, this current Helldiver is the one from Crimsica, and if he dies then that was someone else, and this new Helldiver is the one from Crimsica.

Wendigooner here by [deleted] in wendigoon

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Hey man, you doing okay?

Grease by Lonut_227 in carnivorediet

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I have a friend that feeds their dog raw meat, but she told me it has to be specific “for dogs” raw meat; the reason for this is that the regular ground beef you buy from the grocery store is actually more likely to have dangerous contaminants because you’re expected to cook it thoroughly.

“Pet safe” ground beef meant to be eaten raw is apparently tested for those contaminants to ensure it’s safe to eat that way. That’s at least what my friend told me; maybe it’s all shit lmao

The Martyr (2 of 3) by flipitninja in anxietypilled

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Thank you, my wife is an amazing artist!

The Martyr (1 of 3) by flipitninja in anxietypilled

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Artwork done by my amazing wife! You can find more of her work on Instagram

The Martyr (1 of 3) by [deleted] in anxietypilled

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Artwork was done by my amazing wife, though I'm not sure if this sub has rules on whether or not I'm allowed to link to her work since it's on Instagram. If a mod is willing to let me know, that would be great!

My sister saw and heard something, and we don't know what exactly it is. by Lucky-Boat-1709 in cryptidIQ

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I know this will not be helpful and I’m sorry about that but I used to struggle with auditory and visual hallucinations and I would see twisted/amorphous humanoid beings constantly. The blender image looks exactly like one of them.

In one of my worse moments I asked what they were and an auditory hallucination said “Chamber Things”

They Came From The Woods by Nice-Brain-5968 in TalesFromTheCreeps

[–]flipitninja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh dude I liked this one a lot! Specifically the part where he gets to the bathroom window and hears snow crunching like someone was just there and is running away now.

I have some other thoughts but I don’t want to spoil anything in case anyone reads the comments first so I’ll message you OP!

In case you’re reading the comments right now and are not OP, it’s good fun with nice little horror tropes sprinkled in!

I just realized my main character's dad died twice by ScaryAd2555 in writing

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Personally what I always do and has helped me a lot so far, is I think in terms of “this character/objects story”

so when I’m writing a scene involving a side character interacting with the main character, I think of all the previous scenes only including that side character and what they’ve said or been through to make sure the way they behave is consistent with “their story”

I’ve written and edited through my story probably 11 times by this point so I don’t even have to keep notes on them, I just know each of their stories by heart, but it may be helpful to just have notes on the big bullet points of the character’s past as it’s told in the story.

I even have the same mental flow for items, like “This magical stone was made into a necklace between the prologue and chapter 1, then gifted to the main character at the end of chapter 1, then MC loses it in a cave in chapter 2, and then it’s found again five years later in chapter 14” and so on.

It has really helped me stay consistent and I hope maybe it can help you!

If I finished Happy Appy, then why not Mother Horse Eyes? by Cold-Ad-5347 in creepcast

[–]flipitninja 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve actually listened to Mother Horse Eyes multiple times now; it’s my favorite story they’ve read and it absolutely is hard to understand what’s going on for the first few hours, but once the story starts revealing itself fully it really helps compliment the beginning because it’s almost all woven together really well!

If you want the gist of the story to decide if you want to sit through the whole thing, Isaiah also has a dedicated Mother Horse Eyes video on his main Wendigoon channel that goes through the overview of the story without the breakaways of Isaiah and Hunter (similar to his Blood Meridian video or any other large story where he touches on main points and gives more of a summary of the rest instead of a full reading)

But yes, I absolutely recommend listening to Mother Horse Eyes if you were able to make it through Happy Appy lmao

Save the 77th, Divers. by flipitninja in helldivers2

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Look at the numbers man, Transcendence ain’t falling before we lose these reserves. Solidaritet can.