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Okay. So this is basically a conversation for EVERYONE who would like to join in on the convo.

Basically, anyone.

Anyways...welcome!!!

Please refrain from excess venting in this thread. Talking about negative emotions is fine but it's best not to dwell on them for too long. TV Tropes is not suited to deal with mental health situations.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:11 AM

alateli " oh , uh .. 'blanket'." from Living Room (Apprentice) Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
" oh , uh .. 'blanket'."
#136601: Sep 3rd 2025 at 2:32:19 PM

Coldstone Creamery ice cream sounds good rn..

Well if it isn't my favorite human ..!
punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#136602: Sep 3rd 2025 at 4:48:35 PM

It's been a while since I've had Coldstone, but I remember it being good.

Culver's frozen custard is definitely a winner, though.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#136603: Sep 3rd 2025 at 5:14:18 PM

The House on the Rock stopped selling that delicious fudge they were known for since COVID happened. :(

Fortunately, the ice cream they started selling at the restaurant in the middle of the tour more than makes up for it. grin

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
marcen12 Sigh from Under The Floorboards (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#136606: Sep 4th 2025 at 5:11:47 AM

G'afternoon.

Cibryll had ice cream for breakfast and a hotdog for lunch.

Also had furalysis again. ^^"

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
marcen12 Sigh from Under The Floorboards (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Sigh
#136607: Sep 4th 2025 at 5:42:27 AM

Listening to The Black Parade album for the 100th time. Gahd, this album is beautiful.

https://youtu.be/_1F5HhUvFbM?si=csgwerqELcG6615q
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#136608: Sep 4th 2025 at 6:13:07 AM

My noirette love is torturing me with carrying heavy things again ;-;

But seeing as I'm not really doing much of anything really, may as well, I guess—

As long as she pays me in ice cream or sweets. :3

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Myskywarm Always open to sharing avatars and chatting. Can message me for either. (He/Him) Currently watching: BTAS from Ee-arth (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Wishing you were here
Always open to sharing avatars and chatting. Can message me for either. (He/Him) Currently watching: BTAS
#136610: Sep 4th 2025 at 6:50:32 AM
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#136612: Sep 4th 2025 at 7:08:30 AM

* drops to the floor and flops about like a lifeless fish *

Exhausted.
But okay otherwise.

* randomly listens to random songs *

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#136614: Sep 4th 2025 at 9:27:42 AM

important announcement

it my birthday!

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#136616: Sep 4th 2025 at 9:32:08 AM

Happy birthday, Ultimatum~

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
alateli " oh , uh .. 'blanket'." from Living Room (Apprentice) Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
" oh , uh .. 'blanket'."
#136617: Sep 4th 2025 at 10:09:33 AM

Happy birthday! Candles and cake! Have a good one! ^^

Well if it isn't my favorite human ..!
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#136618: Sep 4th 2025 at 11:10:37 AM

In the spice section, I saw sage, rosemary, and thyme right next to each other. I said aloud “Hey wait a minute, where’s the parsley? That’s the perfect setup!

I read that song has actually been around for centuries. I like the King’s Singers version of it the best. cool[tup]

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#136619: Sep 4th 2025 at 12:12:11 PM

I see parsley and immediately think of that one Jack Sparrow scene.

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
marcen12 Sigh from Under The Floorboards (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#136621: Sep 4th 2025 at 12:36:50 PM

Fine ;-;

G'night.

* leaves by ghost elevator *

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
marcen12 Sigh from Under The Floorboards (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Sigh
#136623: Sep 4th 2025 at 1:21:04 PM

I was pretending to be Jack Sparrow in the third movie where he sees a small pebble and he goes "...shoo."

https://youtu.be/_1F5HhUvFbM?si=csgwerqELcG6615q
BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#136624: Sep 4th 2025 at 7:21:04 PM

A random thought I just had:

Survival Kids, which is a video game from 2000, got me into the idea of survival in the wilderness. Just the main character(s) and nature, with danger coming from running out of food or water, and being attacked by wild animals (or the occasional evil human, though the game didn't contain that).

Wolf Girl: Into the Wild, the first book in the Wolf Girl series and only one to have wilderness survival as its central theme, disappointed me for how quickly it downplayed the main character's need to survive after a big time skip. But looking back, I realize that wilderness survival is a very limited thing to write a story about (or create a game about for that matter).

There just isn't much that you can do with it. How long and varied can a story about finding food and water and avoiding dangerous animals be? I know Stephen King wrote his own survival story, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, which I also read (thank Survival Kids for getting me into that theme), and it definitely did everything it could with the premise, including having the protagonist drink water that makes her sick and start hallucinating.

But beyond establishing the basics of survival, the story risks getting repetitive.

I guess Wolf Girl shows that if you're going to write a survival story, you need:

  • some kind of unique hook - like how the protagonist ends up as the leader of a pack of dogs, a wolf and an eagle
  • something beyond survival alone - like the capture at the hands of invading soldiers in book 2, and other random adventures afterwards

Otherwise, there isn't much to work with.

Edited by BonsaiForest on Sep 4th 2025 at 10:22:12 AM

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3

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