Alright, confess odd things.
Excessive complaining isn't allowed anywhere on the site. Keep it out of this thread.
For example, I'm jealous to my big brother becuase he discovered The Smiths first. Dammit, now I can't have a crush for Morrisey without feeling weird about it.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 5th 2023 at 5:46:13 AM
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I've never lost anyone close to me, so any story involving that is automatically out.
I've never been seriously injured, or in any other kind of physical peril, so any story involving that is automatically out.
I've never had a hero's journey, so that is automatically out.
How many times have you had this conversation now?
The Hope, The Hero
....No, it's not really a case of comparing them to you.
We empathise with these characters because they feel human to us, and sometimes the situations they're in are meant to generate empathy on the audience's part.
edited 22nd May '17 7:19:41 PM by G2BattleConvoy
Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...
So how does them something totally ludicrous or impossible in real life make them feel "human"?
The Hope, The Hero
...Uhh... their characterization, mostly.
At least I assume that's the case.
...God, I'm terrible at explaining this.
Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...
Yeah, a guy with superpowers saving the world. Anyone can totally identify with how "human" he is.
see you, space cowboy.
The fact that you're not supposed to completely identify with them still holds true.
Long live the New Bev.
Then what can I grab onto if they're doing something that is literally impossible in real life?
see you, space cowboy.
You just like them as a character. Like in real life, how you like other people for what they're like even if they're not like you.
... likety like like.
edited 23rd May '17 4:09:36 AM by BaconZorp
Long live the New Bev.
Formerly G.G.
Me Too. I feel that I need to be somewhat knowledgeable about a subject before I talk about it. I don't really feel like I have to talk anyway but I am not anti social.
"Analay, an original fan character from a 2006 non canon comic. Do not steal!"
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I prefer how female Gyarados looks compared to the male ones Difference . I also prefer/pride myself on having non-stereotypical or rare genders on my pokemon, e.g. a female Kabuto, Wartortle or Machoke, (but not male Gardevoir due to Squicky implications) for some odd reason.
...
"Okay, that was a pretty neat character. Now what?"
see you, space cowboy.
They only exist in the confines of the movie, as something created by a writer to entertain me for the length of the movie. Never as inspiration, entertainment, or motivation.
Seems cold.
see you, space cowboy.
This is less the fault of the writer and more the fault of you looking too deep, not just into the work, but fiction as a whole.
Literally no amount of good writing will ever change the fact that they're fictional.
Long live the New Bev.
The Hope, The Hero
...You seem to be the only one that I've seen express that opinion.
Are you genuinely apathetic or is this something else we're not aware of?
edited 24th May '17 5:25:58 PM by G2BattleConvoy
Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...
I just haven't found the right thing yet, I guess.
As I said, action bores me because it's just a whole bunch of filler for an outcome that I already know is going to happen the second the antagonist is established.
Comedy only works if the jokes land for me — and if they do I find myself tuning out literally everything else just to get to the next joke. And most good comedies aren't really known for their plot anyway.
Horror doesn't work because I know it's fictional and will literally never scare me.
Fantasy doesn't work because I had such a negative experience with the Harry Potter franchise that it's kind of soured magical fantasy as a whole for me.
Even a movie I like, I just go "Well, that was good" and stop thinking about it the second the credits roll. No movie has ever "moved" me in any way other than "This is doing a good job of not sucking".
It's not like I'm apathetic either, because I find that I get emotional when I work on my own fictional setting.
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
I like cats to various degrees.
But I don't like kittens. They look too fragile.
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
Formerly G.G.
I am kind of a sponge when it domes to trivial or essay long form posts, I wish I could do the same as I cannot response to such posts.
"Analay, an original fan character from a 2006 non canon comic. Do not steal!"
I pronounce NieR not as "near" like in the adjective or the Death Note character, but more like "ne-air" (with a silent "i").
The Superstar of the Supernatural World! (debatable)
You know how when a cashier hands back your change, they count up to the amount you gave them?
I never understood that.
It's meant to help ensure to the customer that they have been given the correct amount of change without them having to think about the math.
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
Whenever I see a subpage for any work, I get incredibly irritated when that subpage is barely a page-length.
Come on, at least force me to scroll once.
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
I still find it distracting because I know how much I freaking gave you. You don't need to count up to it, and throw more numbers in to throw me off.
....I would argue that empathy has a part in it as well.
Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...