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  • I used mods without realizing I was online.

  • Ain't nobody gonna break my stride

    Ain't nobody gonna slooooow me down

    Oh yeah

    I got to keep on movin'

  • Well, nothing wrong with doing nothing and just existing, but honestly, I think nobles and the wealthy could also be said to do that at times.

  • I think it's difficult for us to write such things because it's barely been attempted before.

    I mean, it's been done before, don't get me wrong, but we don't have much reference; a King Arthur-like protagonist, for example, just comes more naturally to us.

  • Also how do u feel about a character starting out in a low socioeconomic position and then becoming a noble or the like.


    Weeeelllll, to be frank, I don't think people live boring lives in general, and I think the same goes for a lot medieval commoners that have been through strife and fought in their own wars and discovered lands or places in Europe that were new to them.

    I'll say this: it's fantasy and it's supposed to be a bit unrealistic and so I don't mind characters rising up and becoming people of renown, respect, and stature, though in all honesty, I like at Rand al-Thor, realize his heritage, and see that he's still very much a noble or has that privilege that serves him well later on.

  • It is worth mentioning and thanks for bringing this up.

    Definitely gives me pause, though I still think I've gotten the overall jive correct: for every Zora Neale Hurston, there's ten GRRMs out there (and I don't mean that in a good way).

  • Oh fair, but there might be a Firefox addon that you can use for Zen.

  • I agree, but Great Man Theory is not vanguardism.

  • I feel like we need to prize the proletariat and the common person more often than "another Lenin."

  • Fuck that.

    I'd spare some, but last time I promised, I fucked up, unfortunately, and now I still don't have the money,.

  • Me, I'm still re-learning Spanish.

  • I have nasal pads and they... fucking work so far?

    I feel a difference in the way I breathe through my nose.

    I'm going to use this with my CPAP machine.

    (Also, if anyone has a CPAP machine, let me know, because I need to get that damn thing to work; I can't sleep with it so far.)

  • Oh snap, what's that one called?

    (I believe they don't have names, judging by the book I'm reading, but if it does, please tell me.)