What Are You Thinking?

[Shadow]

NaNo may be finished, but that's about the only thing around here that is. -stares at partially completed docs--hides in mug-

 

[Foxtrot94]

I think I've come to the point where I won't take any zombie movie seriously if I see a guy easily overpowered by a single zombie. They're corpses, for God's sake! How much strength do you need to fend one off?

 

[Viper]

I think I've come to the point where I won't take any zombie movie seriously if I see a guy easily overpowered by a single zombie. They're corpses, for God's sake! How much strength do you need to fend one off?

Considering corpses usually can't get up and walk, one must take into account that whatever is making them move can also enhance their strength, or at least make them react as a desperate living being, nothing gives one a power boost as having food at hands reach while nearly starved.
That said, zombies are terribly overused and I can't believe I'm defending them.

 

[Foxtrot94]

one must take into account that whatever is making them move can also enhance their strength

That could be an explanation... if only I didn't also see the same zombies struggle to break a wooden bar.

nothing gives one a power boost as having food at hands reach while nearly starved.

Can't speak for experience (thank God) but I find it hard to believe. If you're starving, it means you have very little strength to use to begin with. But, that reminds of how zombies are often depicted while they're eating a fresh corpse, only to stop and go chase the character that passes by them. You have your food already, just eat that! Although at least this can be explained by predatory impulse. You know, when a predator is driven by instinct to chase a prey when it sees it running.

 

[Shadow]

Someone: "Writers are only good if they write smut and coming to the end of a long, well-written story and finding there's no smut ruins the story."
Me, a writer who rarely enjoys writing smut: "FIGHT ME, YOU UNGRATEFUL BRAT."

+ Getting a mint-flavoured dental hygiene item is like playing a game of "what's this mint going to be like?" Is it going to be the gently tingly mint that is soothing and cleansing? Is it going to be the painful murder mint that sets your mouth on fire and slowly kills you from within? 9 times out of 10, it's the second one.

 

[Lain]

Through the darkness of the night, I notice what appears to be a parent and child fox emerge from the fields and scavenge around the front of my house for food. Wonder what it's like to be a fox...

 

[Rebel Dynasty]

The more I think about it, the more sense it makes to have it as a series of vignettes, instead of worrying about ridiculous amounts of time period detail. Hell, instead of doing it linear, I could make each of the intended five parts cover a specific theme/life lesson/period of growth in his life.

It'll stay linear while outlining, mind you; I'll just pick and cross out the outlines and label where they're used.

When I think of it like that, it seems a bit less daunting. ^^

+Welp, TMT micro-edits are done. I've made myself sad all over again. :frown:

 

[DDutchguy]

Someone: "Writers are only good if they write smut

Wot. Apparently this someone likes taking their Johnny for a spin each time they read a story.
I really don't get this thought process. If smut doesn't fit in the story it doesn't fit in the story. You shouldn't put smut in just for the sake of having it.

 

[Lain]

Man, the fog sure is strong today. Can't see more than a couple feet in front of yourself.

Glad I have the day off. :thumbsup:

 

[Rebel Dynasty]

Looks like I'm getting a reprieve today. Well, more like delaying the inevitable since we're doing it tomorrow instead, but meh. *Shrugs* It'll serve. Got a bitch of a headache today, anyway. x_x

 

[DreadnoughtDT]

Wot. Apparently this someone likes taking their Johnny for a spin each time they read a story.
I really don't get this thought process. If smut doesn't fit in the story it doesn't fit in the story. You shouldn't put smut in just for the sake of having it.

I write it, but only in a believable sense... I don't think a story has to have it in order to be good.

 

[ArabPikachu]

Accounting my community college graduation in early November, my mom rewarded me a Playstation 4 Slim yesterday!

 

[DDutchguy]

I write it, but only in a believable sense... I don't think a story has to have it in order to be good.

Exactly. There's nothing wrong with writing smut in itself; if you like doing it go for it. But there's no such thing as needing to write in a certain way to become a good writer.

 

[DreadnoughtDT]

Exactly. There's nothing wrong with writing smut in itself; if you like doing it go for it. But there's no such thing as needing to write in a certain way to become a good writer.

Heh, yeah. It probably helps that a lot of my characters are fairly sexually confident and tend to be slightly -exaggerated- in their features. But yeah, I agree that being a good writer has nothing to do with writing what is essentially porn, even if you're good at writing said porn.

 

[Shadow]

@DDutchguy @DreadnoughtDT I agree completely. If smut fits the story and the characters and you enjoy writing it, then more power to you. =) I don't mind reading smut, I just don't care much for writing it (if elements of writing were compared to chores, smut would be like the dishes for me--repetitive, ridiculously difficult, and kinda boring when I'm not in the mood). If you're one of those people who writes it well and enjoys it, then great. That's just not me. And I'm really sick of people bashing writers who either can't or won't write it. We know we're not going to get as many likes or favorites or follows or comments or whatever as a smut writer, but we still work hard. There's nothing wrong with focusing on different relationship dynamics.

Thinking:
Just got back from the dentist! Apparently my problem is that I brush my teeth too well--I scraped a layer of tissue off my gums. D: So glad everything else is fine, though.

 

[DreadnoughtDT]

@Shadow THANK YOU!

Oh, and I wanted to thank you for being accepting of Akiba despite his... Figure, heh. I appreciate it.

 

[Angel]

So I am buying some food online, because I hate people, and the supermarket likes to suggest ideal items to pair with what you've just added to your basket.

Will someone please explain to me the relation between shampoo and sprouts?

I dun geddit.

 

[Foxtrot94]

I just saw Creed and... YES. Finally I see again a western movie where fights are shot like they should. No unnecessary cuts, no fast editing, steady ****ing camera. THANK YOU.

 

[Lain]

I don't know why, but I really like characters with monochromatic hairstyles. Probably because it looks really cool. I was kinda disappointed that DmC Dante didn't have more white in his hair after meeting Phineas and that it went straight white at the end. It could have looked great like these guys...

Spoiler: Some cool dudes with Black/White hair

Ludger Will Kresnik from "Tales of Xillia 2". Unlike most examples, his black hair parts were actually dyed because he thought it would look cool... I agree.

Hazama "BlackJack" Kuroo from "BlackJack". His patchwork face and hair colour are very iconic in Japan.

 

[Rebel Dynasty]

So, we've literally had Kinect for the X-Box 1 for a couple of weeks, now. In that time, only once has the hubby been able to get it to start up by voice command--something that baffled us both, as when we turn the system on manually, it listens to our voice commands no problem (well, provided the TV volume isn't too loud).

After barking orders at it for about five minutes tonight, "X-box, turn on" "X-box, start up" and "Xbox, start listening" he finally gets the crazy idea to go simple: "X-box, on".

I mean, who the hell would ever think it would be something so simple? Needless to say, that little issue has been resolved. :laugh: