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Please, Stop Writing Happy Endings
author=Sooz
Having spent 2 decades with untreated depression, I gotta say, happy stories often helped me to survive, and often taught me not to assume that everything would be relentlessly awful and/or that humanity was on a downward spiral into despair.
So, y'know, I feel like maybe happy endings might have some import to humanity.
Ditto, especially since a lot of representation of people like myself in popular culture involves glorifying our deaths? I have an illness that I won't go into, and yeah a lot of the popular depictions of it involve Death and Suffering for the sake of the not-sick audience's enjoyment. This is why the talk of "observing" pain irked me so much when it came up earlier.
Happy endings help me get through the day and remind me that there actually is a life beyond the two-ish decades I've lived. It's not a certainity that I'm going to end up dying by suicide before I'm thirty.
That nudge towards survival for real, living, breathing people makes positive endings worth it, I think.
Please, Stop Writing Happy Endings
Please, Stop Writing Happy Endings
@volke_locke: it's nice you wrote up a big post about that, but like... that's not the point here. The reason the things you're describing are so awful is because real harm has come to real people. The way you're then bringing this up to make a point is extremely disrespectful, imo, especially since you then went on to compare actual tragedies to something like FF7.
I say again: these were real events that effected and continue to affect real people. They're not neat ideas or some sort of interesting narrative to pull apart and look at "objectively."
So the point is: make your point in some way that doesn't involve stepping on people, or don't make it at all.
I say again: these were real events that effected and continue to affect real people. They're not neat ideas or some sort of interesting narrative to pull apart and look at "objectively."
So the point is: make your point in some way that doesn't involve stepping on people, or don't make it at all.
Please, Stop Writing Happy Endings
@volke_locke: Alright, first of all, it is incredibly tasteless to bring up a real life tragedy and reduce it to some sort of "narrative." That was a real thing that actually happened and caused real people pain.
Secondly, from what I gather from your posts: really it sounds like you just want to deny the responsibility an author has when writing a story. Go back and read Penta's bonus part of their post about lesbian pulp novels. This is a p great example of, yes, real life consequences coming from made up stories. Writing does not exist in a vacuum: it influences the way people think and how we interact with each other.
If I, too, have "misinterpreted" your posts, would you mind outlining what you actually think in clearer terms?
Secondly, from what I gather from your posts: really it sounds like you just want to deny the responsibility an author has when writing a story. Go back and read Penta's bonus part of their post about lesbian pulp novels. This is a p great example of, yes, real life consequences coming from made up stories. Writing does not exist in a vacuum: it influences the way people think and how we interact with each other.
If I, too, have "misinterpreted" your posts, would you mind outlining what you actually think in clearer terms?
Sorry Shulk, I'm not really feeling it...[serious talk]
Someone else said it in the thread, but tbh it does sound like some sort of clinical depression is the issue, rather than a lack of discipline. I'm not a doctor so obvs I can't diagnose you, but your experiences sound similar enough to my own that I feel confident suggesting "yeah maybe this is a mental health thing vs simply poor discipline."
Here's a list of symptoms of clinical depression:
Your OP describes at least three of these things, imo. It might not be the issue in the end, but I'm tellin' ya, as a person who's experienced depression myself, it's worth looking into. If a doctor and/or some therapy is an option for you, it doesn't hurt to give it a try.
Best of luck, and I hope you start to feel better soon.
Here's a list of symptoms of clinical depression:
Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness.A bleak outlook—nothing will ever get better and there’s nothing you can do to improve your situation.
Loss of interest in daily activities. No interest in former hobbies, pastimes, social activities, or sex. You’ve lost your ability to feel joy and pleasure.
Appetite or weight changes. Significant weight loss or weight gain—a change of more than 5% of body weight in a month.
Sleep changes. Either insomnia, especially waking in the early hours of the morning, or oversleeping (also known as hypersomnia).
Anger or irritability. Feeling agitated, restless, or even violent. Your tolerance level is low, your temper short, and everything and everyone gets on your nerves.
Loss of energy. Feeling fatigued, sluggish, and physically drained. Your whole body may feel heavy, and even small tasks are exhausting or take longer to complete.
Self-loathing. Strong feelings of worthlessness or guilt. You harshly criticize yourself for perceived faults and mistakes.
Reckless behavior. You engage in escapist behavior such as substance abuse, compulsive gambling, reckless driving, or dangerous sports.
Concentration problems. Trouble focusing, making decisions, or remembering things.
Unexplained aches and pains. An increase in physical complaints such as headaches, back pain, aching muscles, and stomach pain.
Your OP describes at least three of these things, imo. It might not be the issue in the end, but I'm tellin' ya, as a person who's experienced depression myself, it's worth looking into. If a doctor and/or some therapy is an option for you, it doesn't hurt to give it a try.
Best of luck, and I hope you start to feel better soon.
Please, Stop Writing Happy Endings
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Cries I know whatcha mean on affection systems being a bunch of work. I have one sorta lined up for a game of my own...? No idea if it'll actually make it in or not. Really I just need to make a matchmaking/friend shipping sim to sate my horrible desires.
But ugh yes this put this game even MORE on my "i'm interested in this" list, so aw man u ride that motivation and do cool things. ;w;
But ugh yes this put this game even MORE on my "i'm interested in this" list, so aw man u ride that motivation and do cool things. ;w;
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author=Melkinoauthor=emmychHow about both? <3 The pairing was pretty much intended from the beginning; even when the affection system still existed, M/L was the primary option and one of the few with any chemistry. I had fun writing this scene because I finally found a way to include some of Leiko's backstory without it being too awkwardly shoehorned in, aaaand there's also some other stuff implied in the narration at the end. :)
...i-is this a confession of love or a confession of lesbians
i don't know what to do if it's lesbians other than faint probably since wow was i ever into this pairing OTL
;A;
TH-THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEEEEE <3
I was SUPER into M/L in a romantic sense from the start, and omg I'm just like... so happy to hear that it wasn't just wishful thinking on my part. Oh gosh what a lovely thing <333
Plus an affection system? This is truly a game after my own heart, good lord. *smooshes characters together and hisses "NOW HUG...."*
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...i-is this a confession of love or a confession of lesbians
i don't know what to do if it's lesbians other than faint probably since wow was i ever into this pairing OTL
i don't know what to do if it's lesbians other than faint probably since wow was i ever into this pairing OTL
Which Castlevania Game is Your Favorite?
author=mawkHURRAH FOR MARIA MODE boo for new voices
(like new voice acting and Maria Mode, finally)
seriously what did they do to u, script
what did they do to u, alucard's voice
/me weeps purist tears
author=Soozauthor=MirakFixed.
Symphony of the night also had beautifulmonster designseverything but voice acting.
no way man, that voice acting was beautiful
then again, i am a connoisseur for real bad voice acting, and the original SOTN dub is equal parts ham and cheese so like... it makes me real happy <33333
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