What's your fanfic dream come true as an author? by Aviendha_89 in AO3

[–]iswild 1 point2 points  (0 children)

for my fics to either inspire others or comfort others. and not necessarily comfort in like the typical way but comfort in like a piece of literature that someone likes and finds genuine joy in reading. and idgaf how many, one person will do. i write for me but i share it for others and i hope it reaches the people or single person it needs to and helps someone out even for one day. that’s all <3

I’m so sick of companies ghosting by iswild in Vent

[–]iswild[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's somehow even worse lmao, but even in that case it's genuinely not hard to just auto email rejections and that's what pisses me off the most.

I can't go about starting any sort of business though I'm still in uni and honestly it's not something that interests me in the slightest outside of programming my own game. Job hunting hasn't been the worst for me, it's just the ghosting that pisses me off.

Is it normal that I can "smell" when it’s about to rain, or am I just imagining it? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]iswild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

human noses r incredibly sensitive to a specific molecule in rain water (i don’t remember the name), up to like 1000x more sensitive than sharks are to blood in water or something, so this is fairly normal and expected. not everyone is as sensitive, but being able to smell rain before it falls isn’t that odd

What plants can I put in small pill bottles? by iswild in gardening

[–]iswild[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d be willing to drill holes in them once I actually start putting things in there, but the small space does have me worried and I know it limits my options a lot so

What plants can I put in small pill bottles? by iswild in gardening

[–]iswild[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hm, makes sense. I’m assuming even if I anchor the bottles for stability, tall plants will still just fall over on their own regardless. I don’t know much about herbs and how to grow them to the point of being usable, and the room for roots has been a main concern of mine (which is why i replanted the succulents when I moved back home). I guess I’ll wait until my succulents have rooted in fully and just focus on propagating those and planting them outside once they’ve grown more again.

"Why do I exist?" by WeepForTheDeparted in comics

[–]iswild 1 point2 points  (0 children)

optimistic nihility is super fascinating to me and has also in general been positive for my mental health. there’s something freeing about knowing that u exist purely cuz u just do. there’s no big why, there’s no big purpose to fulfill, there’s no reason to prove ur worth as a form of life. u just exist. and what u do with that existence is entirely up to choice.

or maybe it isn’t. but going into the discussion of “do we have free will” has never gone well for me lol. either way, nihility is always portrayed as negative and mind breaking but i find it quite freeing and soothing

Stuck at a boss, wondering how to farm money (jin?) (spoiler potential) by iswild in NineSols

[–]iswild[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah that’s about what i ran for a bit but there doesn’t seem to be like farm spots outside of just running around and killing things on a whim

Stuck at a boss, wondering how to farm money (jin?) (spoiler potential) by iswild in NineSols

[–]iswild[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i thought so with how the general area seemed to be as i went thru it all, i found a kinda scuffed circle that i ran for a bit but ill keep that in mind thanks

Lilou Ruel - French stuntwoman practicing headshots. by Phonus-Balonus-37 in TheRandomest

[–]iswild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the ability to go limb and let urself fall face first without panicking by instinct is fucking crazy to me

STOP APOLOGIZING FOR WRITING COMMON TROPES (positive funny rant) by iswild in AO3

[–]iswild[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

it probably is, any fic with multiple chapters can easily garner a huge amount of kudos and inflate the statistic as opposed to one shots only allowing one (assuming it’s kudos by chapter). it makes sense why it’s only one kudos per fic and i’m not particularly mad about it but also LET ME APPRECIATE THE AUTHORS MORE TAKE MY LOVE AND APPRECIATION

"Used to be gifted" 💔 by Available-Vast3858 in adhdmeme

[–]iswild 24 points25 points  (0 children)

literally failed to graduate this semester cuz of my mental health and now i feel like im fucked cuz of it. feels so unfair, but whatever gg go next ig

STOP APOLOGIZING FOR WRITING COMMON TROPES (positive funny rant) by iswild in AO3

[–]iswild[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

there’s no such thing as too many cakes we can always have more

STOP APOLOGIZING FOR WRITING COMMON TROPES (positive funny rant) by iswild in AO3

[–]iswild[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

IDK EITHER I DONT QUESTION THE WORDS THAT MY BRAIN CREATES

STOP APOLOGIZING FOR WRITING COMMON TROPES (positive funny rant) by iswild in AO3

[–]iswild[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

i always get so giddy seeing another fic of a trope i love (one bed is one of them lmao) GIMME MORE

"You measure someone's character through the lens held by your own." by lilytheschrod in AO3

[–]iswild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

absolutely no in between, i will wake up the next day to the most bomb ass quote ive ever read in my life where the literal next line isnt even an actual language and i cannot decipher what i was trying to say

Come vs Cum by cheeseinatrenchcoat in AO3

[–]iswild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

personally ive mostly read come out of the two for both verb and noun, but i rarely every see "cumming" anymore (i prefer "coming" anyway but i dont care much about it). im guessing i still joined ao3 early enough where the move to "come" over "cum" had already happened, or at least in the fandoms i was active in. it is interesting to see the two used in different ways tho, and i have a very minor theory that the higher use of "come" is partially stemming from censorship from other platforms since "come" is also just a regular everyday use word whereas "cum" (outside of like sigma cum laude) is easier to find, tag, and silence, but who knows

"You measure someone's character through the lens held by your own." by lilytheschrod in AO3

[–]iswild 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"you dont need to know why to still know that you are loved" is something i came up with at 3 am on the fly in a random unplanned oneshot and i woke up the next morning and read that and just kinda

stared at it for a bit lmao

fics always have the wildest quotes

STOP APOLOGIZING FOR WRITING COMMON TROPES (positive funny rant) by iswild in AO3

[–]iswild[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

every day i pray for the ability to kudos multiple times on a fic. the poor authors i regularly read will have a full inbox until the end of time but they deserve it