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u do kno Numie is'nt gay right!!? ugh. He supposed to be wtih someone like a girl!

((*looks around and secretly bookmarks*))

Thank you all for the warm welcome and the gifts! I have read the Constitution and the original series, although I may re-read the latter since it's been a while.

Even before I actually properly tried figuring this stuff out, I sort of vaguely heard that they were good. And then the websites said it was good. And then pretty much everyone here concluded that it was good.
This is all, needless to say, probably very good evidence that they are good.

Also, I would have definitely made some mistake, regarding those opinion pieces, so cheers for the warning!

Outrage clearly has its place, no doubt, but I was more talking about when it's exploited, y'know? Pardon, for not making that more clear. Ahem. The sort of stuff like straw men, misrepresenting sides of arguments, all that sort of stuff. I suppose there's a dichotomy between presenting something that's genuinely outraging, and carefully trying to manufacture it. I mean, I can't stand that kind of thing. Straw men give my jimmies a good rustling, they do.

I'm sorry I can't think of my own good, maybe less obvious example, but my homeroom teacher fellow is constantly shoving videos by Ray Comfort down our throats. These videos are full of that stuff, and the only person who could ever possibly find any enjoyment or reason out of it would be people who already agree with everything within them, because it panders to them, gets them all mad at the people who are 'incorrect'. Said 'incorrect' people, of course, having arguments misrepresented, straw men getting tossed about, all sorts of other dishonest tactics, et al. What are reasonable beliefs with reasonable backings are portrayed as absurd, immoral, and those unethical fools are then torn apart and imprisoned in the Comfort Zone, on camera, by Ray Comfort's Comfort-Ray of Justice!
Now, if the 'incorrect' group was honestly shown and people were still outraged, that would be correct! That is true outrage, right there! It's being presented with something genuinely deserving of outrage, which then has people getting outraged.
But it's not outraging, is the problem. It's just sneakily put together in order to make it seem outraging. Or, er, such.
If you know about Ray Comfort, you probably know that he's a little goofy. But I can still respect his opinions, and I can still see where they logically come from. But that sort of dishonesty drives me up the wall.

But, yes! There certainly is genuine stuff to be outraged about, and it would probably a bit insulting, with some of those things, to try and redirect things away from them. Because they do deserve outrage, they do.

Also, I think I might vaguely know what your example might be, and I do apologise for bringing that sort of thing up or seemingly supporting it or such, with rubbish phrasing and general rubbishness.

Hi there.

Have a pile of multi-coloured pens.

Title: "The Cabin" (( NSFW, seriously. ))
Summary: The most uptight agent of them all finally learns to relax with a little help from a friend. Supernumerary/J. Robinson, genderbending, M/M, D/s, casual drug use.
Rating: M
Genre: Friendship/Romance
Status: Complete

You wanted it, lovelies, and you got it. Enjoy! But not too much.

Ah, who am I kidding? Go nuts! :D

--Lemony

(( A couple people encouraged me to finish this during a CAHQ game, and then Phobos practically sat on me until I did and has pronounced it good to go, so here it is!

(( As I said of the original release: This story is intended as one of the rare stealth goodfics that crop up every now and then in the fic archives. 100% non-canon, but not actually bad. YMMV on the subject material, but I did my best.

(( ~Neshomeh wrote an entire lemon ohgodohgodohgod... ))

Have some popcorn to eat while you read the Original Series, or throw at Sues if you've read it already :)

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When it comes to pitching fictional characters, I've really been a fan of what I've called the "Mini Story" method, and not using adjectives or subjective qualities that leave things open for guessing. Instead, I prefer to use means of describing characters that is much more concrete. Although I advise this to other people who pitch their characters to me, I also think it could be one way to expand on characters that aren't fully finished yet and figuring out the hows and why's of who this character is.

It's one thing for someone to say, for example: "My character is really proud of herself but can be modest too." This really doesn't tell me much about your character, and I think that's the best way to give people the wrong idea about your character because everyone will interpret being proud of yourself in different ways. I think a better way I could put this would be to tell what I call a "Mini Story" about your character.

"My character likes to brag about her accomplishments in sports but if she meets someone who shows more expertise than her, she'll always shut up and listen."
"My character loves to show off her acting skills in front of other people, but keeps her acting life separate from her stage life and doesn't talk about it."
"My character flaunts her swordsmanship in front of other people, but when she sees magic, immediately shuts up."

Not only does telling a "Mini Story" shed more light about your character and give some concrete examples of what they do, it also can shed a bit of light on your setting, possibly their job, and also is able to separate, reconcile, and add more depth to two contradictory terms.

When it comes to making characters and not just pitching them, I find that if I start with one "Mini Story" I can start branching off from there, and build more onto that Mini Story by asking myself questions about the character. From there I can build more onto it.

"My character loves to brag about her accomplishments in sports." -

Maybe she was in a varsity?
Did she build any friends in there?
How could some of those friendships affected her?
Friends don't last forever, why would some of them have not made it?
How could this have had an impact on her as a character? How did this affect her worldview?

Or we could take a different road and take the first.

Why would she choose to so readily shut up and listen?
It sounds like she has a competitive streak, which is tempered by respect for people that are more experienced than her. Why such reverence?
Was she humbled in the past in a way that could've left a lasting impact on her?
Why?
How does this apply to the rest of who she is as a character?

- From there things just grow, and I find that having these sorts of things written down also helps, especially if you're trying to explain the character to another person. These notes come in incredibly valuable when trying to explain who the character is to someone else without having to give them the whole infodump, and can let you explain a character in just a few bites of information, without making your audience go glass-eyed.
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Great to see you, Grundleplith, I'm new to the forum as well.

Hearing about Redwall makes me feel nostalgic, I think Redwall was one of my first forays into the fantasy genre, glad to meet more people that also like it.
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Great to see you, Grundleplith, I'm new to the forum as well.

Hearing about Redwall makes me feel nostalgic, I think Redwall was one of my first forays into the fantasy genre, glad to meet more people that also like it.
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Hi! Welcome to the board! For your newbie gift, I'll give you an over the top weapon from RWBY. What configurations it has is entirely up to you.

I usually don't post on the board, but today I decided to remind people that I still exist.

It's very nice to have new blood around here. It is traditional to shower newbies in gifts, so you can have this belt of awkward conversation avoidance. It has saved me many times.

Enjoy your stay, and try not to lose your mind all at once.

Have a plate of welcome SPaGhetti!

If you haven't yet read them, may I point you towards the Original Series and the Constitution? They're pretty much the only required reading around these parts. Another useful resource you might use is

*clears throat*

Hi. RL friend of Thoth here. Hoping to pop into the Discord but he recommended I post here first. So...yeah. Hi.



Preferred Fandoms:
BattleTech/Mechwarrior
Warhammer of all flavors
Redwall
Ender's Game (Sometimes.)

Outrage is the appropriate response to things like, e.g., murder and destruction. There is LOTS of room for subjectivity in the world, but at some point, isn't the media failing in their duty if they pretend there's a debate where there isn't, or shouldn't be? Fact-checking is extremely important, and sometimes not all sides of an issue are factually valid. I have a particular example in mind, but I don't want to make the conversation about that, so I'm not going to say what it is. {= /

Anyway, I figure you can get information from just about anywhere, just as long as you keep certain things in mind. First, that there is a bias of one kind or another. Second, that somebody is trying to manipulate you for their own agenda, whether you agree with it or not. Third, somebody is profiting from it somehow. Fourth, not all data is created equal, and seventy-two percent of statistics are made up on the spot. I think my dad put it something like this: What do we know, how do we know it, and where's the money?

~Neshomeh

Author's Note:

Okay, so nobody seems to be reading any of the ffW fics in general, so I guess I'll finish this somewhere else... I guess?

(Probably going to start putting all this into a Google doc, since the fic is going to be a lot more chapters long than the Board can pay attention to, and I seriously want to finish this.

-Twistey)

G'bye for now and have a Foxytastic day!

-Nightmare Twistey The Demon Fox Animatronic

(Foxytastic. Wow. Great.

-Twistey)

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Mostly-wild guessing here, plus a lot of time playing KSP: Cassini broke apart early in atmospheric entry, probably not long after loss of signal. At that time, everything was still moving unbelievably quickly, and anything that was not destroyed by atmospheric forces would have been melted by the heat of reentry. (For example, the iridium-graphite fuel pellet containers.)

This analysis comes from a few things: First, as a deep-space probe, Cassini was not designed to deal with significant force on her frame. The worst she experienced was launch, which was while everything was bolted down and aligned in a single direction to survive it better. Secondly, entries into gas giants happen unbelievably quickly - multiple times faster than escape velocity here on Earth. So, forces would rapidly have piled up to unsurvivable amounts. And finally, as a vehicle not designed for reentry, Cassini would not have had anything resembling stable airflow around her hull- she would have tumbled in an ever-worsening tumble until failure occurred.

((It might help with knowing how to proceed, and there's no law that says we have to switch every chapter instead of every other chapter.))

I suppose I'm in no position to argue with that. Stupid sexy Nume. Carry on!

--Lemony

Just about every news source except for Fox has shown a great deal of frustration at Trump.

But yeah, Op pieces pretty much throw all the rules out the window.

The Beeb is generally decent. I usually get my news from NPR. And AP is also quite good at its job.

So yeah, AP, BBC, and NPR are my go-tos. The New York Times, Washington Post, and The Guardian are also good (well, I mostly know The Guardian from their tech reporting, particularly in regards to the Snowden leaks, so take that suggestion with a grain of salt).

In addition, I'd suggest staying as far away from cable news and other TV news as humanly possible. Sure, FOX News is the one you hear about, but the others are also pretty bad.

Oh, and remember: The Daily Show is not news. It is entertainment. Yes, I know that's obvious, but in the whirling madness of cable it gets confusing, as evidenced by the fact that Jon Stewart was once voted most trusted newscaster. See why I told you to avoid the place?

CNN has a fairly strong bias, and a variety of other problems (like poor reporting standards, and wave after wave of trivial nonsense news stories to fill a 24-hour news cycle - although that complaint can be levied at just about any network).

The thing is, "by comparison," it IS much better than other TV News Networks. But that's really not saying much, now is it?

The final - and trivial - danger sign is this: 8f Jon Stewart featured you and your repoting as a topic of discussion regularly over his decade, that's generally a bad sign. :-)