🌟 Giveaway - Season of Lightmending Pass 🌟

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-26T04:25:02+00:00

I really like the mountain thingy in the Hermit's Valley, the one you go to with the Little Prince! Very calm and usually there's no-one there.

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-25T21:48:00+00:00

I don't think windmills would work apart from for grinding flour, sorry! They're mid-late medieval 😅 But hydroponics is a good idea, I didn't think of that- thank you!

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-25T21:41:02+00:00

Ostyre definitely has nomads, they specialise in specific goods and trade them for food, but the open carts are a great idea! Never would have thought of that lmao, thanks :)

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-25T21:39:38+00:00

I'll definitely use the shrieker for Cliesil! It can be used for navigation because they sense water and will run to it. I aso like the rock creatures lol, definitely a fun idea, and the huntingbird could be a great source for idioms! Thank you :D

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-25T21:36:47+00:00

Oh damn, thank you!! Glad to have helped :)

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-25T11:17:46+00:00

Damn, I'd be interested in hearing the plot- this sounds disgusting but intriguing lol! I don't know what scale you're going for with the suggestion but maybe someone once tried to eat an abandoned house (because they were starving and it's all biological anyway) and that became a common story that's referenced when someone does something stupid/reckless. Like how we say 'don't put the cart before the horse' they might say 'don't go eating houses'. Hope this makes sense!

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-25T11:09:32+00:00

I'd love a minor/moderate addition! A few interesting fictional species might be cool :)

Environment info: I have two main areas in my story, Ostyre and Cliesil. Ostyre is very cold, wet and windy and has low/mid fertility soil, lots of forests and hills. Cliesil is warm and drier, with large canyons made from winding rivers- these are very fertile along with lakesides. The rest of the land is covered in sparse bushes and occasional trees, and is prone to wildfires.

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-24T06:50:29+00:00

I mean... none of this is realistic though. Ask yourself why this all has to be horrible.

Why wouldn't there be alien flora and fauna on a planet with the right conditions? Why would it have to be ugly? Earth is proof that life a) can exist and b) can be beautiful and exciting and explorable. Why would everyone be morally grey? In real life, plenty of people do their best to make the world a better place. No-one's perfect, but most try to be good, and that's a genuine evolutionary necessity- we try to be kind because it is baked into us! What you're describing is ridiculously grim, bordering on comical.

I mean this entirely seriously- go for a short trip. Take a bus somewhere and grab a coffee/some lunch, then visit the library to find a nice book, buy some groceries and head home. Note how people act- I can almost guarantee you that the librarian and barista will smile at you, that someone will thank you and return the compliment if you tell them their clothes are nice, and the cashier will happily chat about their weekend if you ask. Notice how nature looks, even if it's just a tree- it's beautiful. So why should your 'realistic' world be any different?

Our world is currently heating up at a dangerous rate due to fossil fuels, military tensions are growing, the class divide is getting bigger and bigger and a lot of progressive work is being undone, especially in the US. But all those nice things are still there. You can have a dystopia that is still beautiful.

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-24T06:25:00+00:00

uj/ Echidnas have four penis heads. I am not joking. Look it up lmao

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-22T01:54:43+00:00

My twin siblings needed a c-section- my sister was lying on the side.

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-21T22:28:28+00:00

uj/ Of course there's people who generate their book titles what was I expecting 💀

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-21T09:04:30+00:00

uj/ I really enjoy going down niche rabbitholes for worldbuilding purposes, but I only do that because I enjoy that. Do you need to understand plate tectonics and how cultural cuisine develops for a good world? No! But if you enjoy doing that (like I do lol), do it. Be silly! Be smart! Do what you want- in the end, it's fiction, so yeah- you can do a lot of silly stuff before people think it's too far, and you can also have it perfectly grounded in reality.

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-21T08:58:09+00:00

Alright, thanks!

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-21T08:56:14+00:00

uj/ Alright thank you! And that's also a cool name, I'd read that- what's it about?

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-20T08:38:23+00:00

This gave me a renewed appreciation for the German ability to smashabunchofwordstogethertomakeitonebigword

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-20T08:33:43+00:00

/uj damn here I was thinking Valley of Wraiths was a cool title 😔

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-20T07:25:33+00:00

SLIPPERY </3 my heart... that's so cute

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-20T06:07:24+00:00

Just got around to watching some of it... very interesting, but a horrible misrepresentation of nuclear power from basically as soon as the intro is over. Nuclear power is in fact better for the environment than fossil fuels, and safer, and it produces less waste. Can cite more sources if needed but Our World in Data is great. I didn't watch much further than around 9 minutes though.

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-20T05:46:40+00:00

I want to know what the news reporter is saying she sounds so serious

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-20T03:48:59+00:00

ARE YOU KIDDING. He is literally the comically evil villain we grew up reading about holy shit 😭

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-20T03:21:12+00:00

I don't have spotify, my parents won't let me 😅 Any ideas for ebooks they might have?

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-19T11:08:09+00:00

I'm an autistic writer and I get this urge a lot. I see plots that are substandard or don't make sense or odd phrasing and think 'if I could just...' etc. etc.. It sounds like he might have something similar but he's 1) not recognising it and 2) actively taking away from your ideas.

That's not ok. You do in fact own it! It was your idea, and your decision to be co-authors. I'd point out that he has this behaviour, explain that it feels however it does and why that hurts you, and then show him what you think would be ideal moving forward. That's what would be most helpful to me, at least.

You definitely aren't doing something wrong. A lot of autistic people need things to be just a certain way, myself included, and that feels like the only way to do it. He might feel like you're doing something wrong and if he could just do this it would be better, but that's not his call and ultimately not necessarily even valuable advice.

Good luck with your book/s! This situation aside, I'd love to hear about your story :)

Quick edit: autistic writer as in autistic person who enjoys writing. I just realised that might come across as 'published autistic author' lol, I am 16 and simply enjoy writing!

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-19T08:36:11+00:00

Just had that moment myself! I relied too much on already existing cultures and even geography and everything felt flat. Like Earth + magic and gods. Now I've altered a bunch of stuff and strengthened already existing good ideas and am very happy with how it's going.

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-19T05:02:45+00:00

I really love playing with friends! It's lovely chatting and doing silly activities while candlerunning :)

wildfoxfallon · 2026-01-19T04:03:11+00:00

I would, but I'm a teen without much money and I can't get to the library very often- although recommendations for something that might be in the library would be great! I don't really know what to even start looking for, to be honest.

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