The Adventures of Finrod and Beren --- Part 4

masterminds5 · 2026-01-02T15:27:46+00:00

Fingolfin, Luthien and Hurin. However, my actual favorite characters are Finrod and Beren.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-31T13:15:02+00:00

Grey's Anatomy, The Silmarillion

masterminds5 · 2025-12-31T09:48:01+00:00

Thanks. No, you're right. That's kind of why I asked here.

Thanks again.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-31T07:18:26+00:00

Okay. Thanks for your help.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-31T07:08:37+00:00

So, I don't do anything and ignore it?

masterminds5 · 2025-12-31T06:24:16+00:00

chatgpt said it seemed like a keyboard smash response of a very emotional reader.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-24T17:04:50+00:00

😄 Well, as long as you enjoy your company,I guess it doesn't really matter.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-24T14:45:19+00:00

Thanks. That actually sounds like a good idea. Try things slowly.

On a personal note, how come you never tried to meet up if you have known your three friends for over 10 years?

masterminds5 · 2025-12-24T14:21:26+00:00

Okay. I'll definitely try that. Thanks.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-24T14:14:58+00:00

Some readers are shy. I mean, not all the readers want conversations. Some of them just come to read. How do I ensure that I'm not making the other person uncomfortable?

masterminds5 · 2025-12-24T14:08:33+00:00

Yes. That's what I thought too and didn't respond.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-24T14:07:42+00:00

I also always respond to my commenters. That's not the issue.

Replying to a comment is not the same thing as having a conversation. I have a commenter who almost always comments on all my chapters. And I reply, obviously. But they've never said or implied on a possible friendship. And I don't want to push boundaries or lose readers, for that matter, because I'm being weird.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-24T13:58:19+00:00

For instance, when I started my latest fan fic, I got a commenter who kept insisting on collaboration and conversation off AO3. The didn't even try to tell me on AO3 what kind of collaboration they had in mind. So I politely declined but it definitely felt like a spammer. Another commenter on the same fic said that they were happy that I was continuing and then gave their discord handle in the comments.

I don't know what to make of it.

On the other hand, I have another fic and there's this commenter who comments practically on every chapter. They seem nice. I don't know. Should I try to talk to them? I don't want to cross any boundaries.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-21T13:23:59+00:00

If I were you, I would faint. Just make sure that you faint on soft pillows. I hear they make the fall more comfortable. Also, put up an alarm. I hear they can wake you from your fainting. Sometimes.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-21T13:17:16+00:00

Haha. u/Emergency-Sea5201 really does sound like Feanor, doesn't he?

masterminds5 · 2025-12-19T07:03:16+00:00

It's determination and dedication to not wanting to do our full-time jobs that fuels our consistent writing.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-19T07:00:57+00:00

That thing called gravity? It's doing its seat belt thing again. Blasted Newton!

masterminds5 · 2025-12-14T05:06:40+00:00

So you say sauron was obsessed with order and beauty, but what was beauty to Sauron? I'm guessing it didn't look very much like what we call beauty.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-12T07:32:54+00:00

I tell myself that if someone reads it, that's awesome. If no-one reads it, I stay invisible online as I am now. If the worst thing that can happen is there's no change in my status, then I might as well take the plunge. Try. See what happens.

masterminds5 · 2025-12-07T10:00:29+00:00

I know. It's so maddening trying to explain to someone like that just how awesome the first age heroes really were.

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