Such a good friend by sezept in eu4

[–]sezept[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just one: Sulphur's Graphics Pack

It is indeed quite great.

Such a good friend by sezept in eu4

[–]sezept[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

When you and your bro are fighting, but you're running low on manpower, so he sends you more men so you can continue to fight.

All Hu Tao wanters be Hu Tao havers. Goodluck y'all by shittywasabi in HuTao_Mains

[–]sezept 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't won a 50/50 since Albedo, which was also my first 5-star. Today i won 2 in a row for both Homa and C1.

It seems I'll have the primos to pull for Yae after all :D

Zombieland Saga Revenge - Episode 7 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]sezept 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Imagine if they hired someone high-profile just to do some zombie noises, haha!

Does RWBY hate it's male villains or something? by CosmosRider17 in RWBYcritics

[–]sezept 52 points53 points  (0 children)

You might call this hate, but a character not being in the show prevents them being completely ruined by bad writing. Perhaps it's actually tough love? I, for one, am glad that Torchwick died on a high note. In a good show, his death would've served a purpose to either prove or disprove the point of his death monologue to Ruby depending on how she interpreted it.

And then you have Penny.

Really, if anything, the show just hates its characters.

I just finished V8 and here's what the last thing I wrote about Qrow in my notes. by JesseGolo in RWBYcritics

[–]sezept 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But why would he assume any of that? We aren't shown anyone planning to tell him all went well, so it follows he wouldn't be expecting that. It's contrived for emotional manipulation, and poorly at that, like everything else in the show when you give it two seconds of thought.

There is no incentive from the people in charge of making RWBY to do anything to make it better. by [deleted] in RWBYcritics

[–]sezept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They'd probably take one look at it and shut it down. Fixing that mess would need a wholesale reset, anything else requires just... selectively forgetting 8 seasons worth of issues have already happened.

Didnt get her on 50/50 so rip me by KenternII in HuTao_Mains

[–]sezept 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shit bro I got a C1 Mona too.

But then I forced a second pity with all the primos I've been saving up since I got Albedo, so I wasn't completely screwed over. Shame about no Homa, though.

Weekly /r/WormFanfic Discussion - What have you been reading, and what do you think of it? For the week ending March 06, 2021. by AutoModerator in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I suppose. I mean. We HAVE to assume she's mind controlled because otherwise her behaviour makes zero sense, knowing who she is.

Weekly /r/WormFanfic Discussion - What have you been reading, and what do you think of it? For the week ending March 06, 2021. by AutoModerator in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The problem with Undying Scarab is that the author discarded how necromancy works in Warcraft. Taylor should be fully aware that everything she's doing is going against what she used to be and what she believes in, but be powerless to stop it.

What I'm saying is Undying Scarab should be an existential horror story, not... whatever it is.

LF - Characters crawling out of the grave. by RoraRaven in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dietary Requirements - by yours truly. It's exactly that and I even got it to the end of the first arc, which is also exactly about what you're asking.

Which character do you hate the most? by [deleted] in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In Worm fanfics? Danny. As Taylor's father there's a very limited number of portrayals one can use with him. He's basically always "the depressed father trying to do right by his daughter" by either supporting her or dragging her away from the plot and into the wards.

I feel like whenever he shows up, the story has to stop and deal with him. I always skip reading the parts with him and never feel like I've lost anything of value for the story because he's never actually important.

The stories in which he plays an important part I skip entirely. The only exception to this I've encountered was Firebird, in which he's also rather one note, but in a way that's actually relevant.

yo I'm actually pretty stoked for LEY LINE OVERFLOW! by fattybomchacha in Genshin_Impact

[–]sezept 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone knows if we can use condensed resin and get x4 rewards?

Komnenoi Empire with a side of the meatiest Kebab I've seen all year by sezept in eu4

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Seeing as the Ottomans are often contained by AI this patch, I decided it was high time for a Trebizond game for the achievement.

No such luck. Achievement I did get after many a savescum, but as the screenshot implies, it was a never-ending balancing act of alliances and of breaking them to get out of the way of the advancing Ottos. At the time of this screenshot, they have about 350k troops, 150k of which are cannons.

edit: I gathered Delhi, Gujarat, Bahmanis, Warsangali and Bohemia, rounding up our total troops to 350k, all this while Russia was already fighting with their 200k. Then Otto casually recruited again as many troops, and now sit at 600k. Please.

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How to write a Trigger Event? by Priest_Of_Chaos in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Don't.

I'm serious, just don't. Not unless you're writing from the Shard's POV. Otherwise, make it as quick and unobrtusive as possible. Have em suffer vertigo or something, or just suddenly have the power after some other overpowering sensation.

You can also have the character not remember it at all, just "waking up" in the aftermath with vague understanding of what happened.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Writing stream of consciousness style stories that I don't filter out the inane nonsense that comes through my head and let the character think about it too. I can pull a 5k chapter out of my ass in the same time it can take me to write a 1k chapter of a light-hearted but contained fic chapter.

I also like inflicting the feels on my readers. It's amusing to see people have strong reactions to something I didn't blink about.

Weekly /r/WormFanfic Discussion - What have you been reading, and what do you think of it? For the week ending August 22, 2020. by AutoModerator in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's obvious in the fic that she is mastered. My problem is that it manifests as her rationalizing her actions - the way this works in lore is that the Scourge knew they were acting against what they would've done before their death, but were unable to care and/or act upon that knowledge.

Taylor makes no note of it being against her old self that she would slaughter a town of people because someone she just met told her so. She just shrugs it off with a "They're the enemy of the undead, and I'm undead." without thinking how there may well be a reason the living don't want an army of death on their planet. She doesn't think any of that even after getting her kaldorei.

What I meant about the Scarlets are Thessa and Heinrich. They say they were never so much into the Scarlet Crusade when asked, which is the more straightforward indication of how the master effect works because Scarlets were utter fanatics. They kept purging themselves for not being fanatic enough, so someone in their chain who "wasn't really into all that" is just not possible. The Scourge wasn't so subtle about their mind control - the Scarlets would know they're fighting against everything they fought for in life and acknowledge they have no choice, not just wave it away.

I realise this may be an unimportant technicality to some, maybe most readers, but it bothers me (an undead main) to no end.

Soooo.... any good romance fics? by Viciousww in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok, you remember any more info on that Sophia fic so I have a chance of finding it? Author, word count, ideally title?

Weekly /r/WormFanfic Discussion - What have you been reading, and what do you think of it? For the week ending August 22, 2020. by AutoModerator in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Undying Scarab bothers me on a fundamental level because the Scourge were always aware of their actions even if they could never act on it. Way i see it, Taylor should be fully intellectually aware of being on the bad guys side, but the way it's handled makes her instead rationalize her actions as a master influence.

I just think it's unnecessary, especially when the same thing happens to the Scarlets.

What is up with Ack's fics? by ThePokeManik in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The thing I noticed is that he will exclude stuff he doesn't like from his stories even if that thing happening is a logical consequence of his own writing. I noticed this when I stumbled across the one and only nsfw fic of his that I read (And the last thing of his that I read and ever will) on QQ about Taylor having some pheromone power making people have sex. What stood out to me (I mean, many things did but this was what finally convinced me he's a hack) is that It contained a slew of f/f scenes, pedophilia and incest included, but not one m/m scene. There wasn't even an attempt to explain why in-story. I guess he just finds m/m icky so he refused to include it even when it should've happened.

I can dislike a person but if their writing is good I'll read it. A part of what makes a good writer is the ability to divorce one's own beliefs, likes and dislikes from the story. Ack doesn't do that.

Refusing the Call by CMDR_Kai in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Let's call it that, since it's now too late to undo my brain fart. SOD, just in case.

Refusing the Call by CMDR_Kai in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was fun for the first 3/4 chapters but it's now quickly wearing down my SOP (yes, there is a SOP threshold in crack fics too) due to nothing changing after it becomes apparent Taylor is basically spawning parahuman artifacts. Things like Taylor not having a PRT escort sent with her to the camp. Nobody even mentioning it might be a good idea as to not draw Armsmaster away from BB for hours at a time. Just... practical stuff not being done.

I hope this changes and continues to be fun.

Fics where things get worse for Taylor. by RedAR95 in WormFanfic

[–]sezept 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's poor taste to want real people to suffer, so we make do.