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Happy birthday! (nm) by
on 2024-04-16 01:04:36 UTC
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Congrats!! Have a celebratory lemming repellent :D by
on 2024-04-16 00:00:08 UTC
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And congrats on the promotion!!
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Happy birthday, and congrats on your achievements! (nm) by
on 2024-04-15 22:52:26 UTC
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Sure. I don't want to put you on the spot though, it's not really urgent. (nm) by
on 2024-04-15 22:05:17 UTC
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Also, Bookworm, are you done with the coriff? (nm) by
on 2024-04-15 20:10:36 UTC
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Happy birthday, and many more happy seasons to you! (nm) by
on 2024-04-15 19:57:56 UTC
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Congratuations! *beams over pie* (nm) by
on 2024-04-15 18:27:34 UTC
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It's my birthday! by
on 2024-04-15 18:15:41 UTC
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I've successfully managed to get around the Sun 28 times now! So go me!
The past year was rather hectic, but positively so. I got promoted at work (which has been good overall but hasn't been the best for swinging by here extensively), got a short story into an anthology, and moved back to Seattle, among many other exciting adventures (including an eye surgery that seems to have gone well).
So here's to many more years hanging out around y'all!
- Tomash
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Chapter Fourteen! by
on 2024-04-15 03:02:05 UTC
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Harry deals with the fallout of his actions after the Debate Association meeting, and discovers a plot against his mum. Warning for dissociation related to a near-death experience, so please take care!
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Harry Potter and "there's no need to call me 'my lord', Professor." by
on 2024-04-15 02:47:27 UTC
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You did comment about the overemphasis on romantic pairing having a detrimental effect on kids' development! Nesh wrote an entire thing in conjunction wrt ace identity, and I totally agree--the overemphasis on True Love in Purityworld messes with ace/aro folks too. The OG worldbuilder has tried to write "platonic bonding" for supposedly ace-friendly narratives but it's still within the rigid confines of "pair off, ask Mother Magic to give you babies" which is honestly disturbing.
Yeah at the time of writing that chapter the FIDE decision about banning trans women from women's chess competitions had recently come out, and my sensitivity reader and I were staring at it like ????? what????? and we had to put in a snide comment or two about it.
Luna's chess moves are brought to you by r/AnarchyChess! (en passant honhonhon)
That was Qiu's dad paraphrasing Zhuangzi Dasheng. It seems to be the crux of Ron's issues with Quidditch nerves, so I thought he needed to hear it! And I'm glad you like where I'm going with Qiu. OG Pureblood Culture worldbuilder kept bashing her, so every time that happened I made Qiu cooler :P
Yes! Proof of the magic hair indeed :D
re: Lady Polixenes: ;)
Thanks for reading!
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Was good (nm) by
on 2024-04-13 19:16:46 UTC
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Personally, I would've made the woman temporarily multiply. by
on 2024-04-13 14:07:02 UTC
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That way, the typo is a little more clearly represented in the text of the mission.
--Ls
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re: mission part 1 by
on 2024-04-13 13:28:22 UTC
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Ha! I love that the three men’s troubles have all caught up with them at once. And it was perfect timing to drop Momoka on a solo mission right after the embarrassment bomb that got dropped on her at the end of the pervious one! But she’s putting too much blame on herself; “it takes two to tango,” so Kaguya is equally at fault. But as usual, she’s only thinking about Kaguya and not herself, and has put herself in danger on a solo mission as a result. I know Kaguya is sick, but I don’t blame him for being worried, and wanting to help her!
I also really liked Inasuke’s little speech about Momoka. I had assumed he had a crush on her, like Urato did here, but I see it’s more an expression of gratitude for his rescue, and his recognition that Momoka makes for a much healthier friendship than he had had with Bakara. It’s very sweet! Although I was also amused by the speech putting Urato to sleep halfway through . . .
—doctorlit throws vitamin C at the boys
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It's supposed to be "a woman" by
on 2024-04-13 02:09:05 UTC
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so I wrote "a" for grammatical accuracy, but keep the fic's "women" misspelling. Thanks for the comment 😁
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I... might be able to help? by
on 2024-04-12 22:57:36 UTC
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Got a lot of stuff on my plate right now, though.
--Ls
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Beta request for original fic (inspired by Tolkien, European folklore, and D&D) by
on 2024-04-12 21:59:21 UTC
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The backstory I was writing for my D&D character is turning into a much bigger story. It takes place in a world I'm inventing with some friends instead of any of the official D&D worlds. So far I have one chapter, parts of two other chapters, and summaries of other chapters which will hopefully get written someday.
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Fair enough! by
on 2024-04-12 20:56:24 UTC
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I'm not much of a horror guy, so chances are I'd never write for this department anyway. I figure that when and if someone writes for this department, they get to choose the Flower.
"Society Failed the Axe-Murderer" would be a great band name or album title.
--Ls
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Oh dear, poor Momoka, a solo mission would not be fun. by
on 2024-04-12 20:53:33 UTC
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I really appreciated the boys' dialogue, seeing how much Momoka holds the group together was amusing. I wonder if they'll end up being pursued by Medical staff....
Just one small typo (I think):
"Then a scream comes from a house, followed by a horrific sight where a women comes out with blood in her hands, carrying her small child, knocking Momoka flat on her behind."
I'm not sure if you meant to point out the fic's "women" instead of "woman" or not, but I don't think you need that "a".
--Ls
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See, that's how they get you! by
on 2024-04-12 20:51:14 UTC
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I guess I'm more partial to the brand of horror that takes something mundane or innocent-looking and pulls the rug out from under you (e.g. Weeping Angels); less so to taking something that looks scary and playing it as scary. Generic monsters, jump-scares, and gore generally bore me or come off narmy. ^_^;
~Neshomeh is pretty sure society failed the axe-murderer and doesn't blame the giant snake for acting on its nature.
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Not sure I would personally go with a Callery pear. by
on 2024-04-12 20:07:00 UTC
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I just really like the idea of a giant, rot-smelling parasitic flower of a Flower to head a horror department. That one seems a bit... mundane, maybe? I'm pretty sure I've seen the species before in the wild, as it were.
--Ls
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Wonderful! I'll make a group DM with you and Fox once we've finished writing the mission. (nm) by
on 2024-04-12 20:02:00 UTC
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Her details are indeed spotty. by
on 2024-04-12 19:56:19 UTC
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Yeeah, that one mission she was in was... not great. It kept having SPaG flaws in the mission itself, and it was hard to tell when those ended and the badfic's began. The author's spelling of Mary Sue as "Mary sue" really annoyed me for some reason.
And yeah, Madame Orchid doesn't get much description in there. IMO, it would still be fun to use her for the proposed Department of Cultural Inaccuracies, as it's pretty similar to what she did previously. Fashion might work, too, though I do understand your reservations about having that as a department per se.
I don't know what Flower you would be confusing her for, but that might just be me and my limited knowledge of Flowers. I need to read more PPC spinoffs.
--Ls
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Gah! by
on 2024-04-12 19:46:36 UTC
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Thank you for reminding me how the comma--period thing works, I don't think I remember finding that rule in whichever writing advice I found when I googled it. grumbles about the English language
I very much remember the smart quotes thing from my permission request; this is why I don't like smart quotes. (And thankfully, the device I'm using right now doesn't do them!)
Oops! All Apostrophes sounds like a fun cereal. I wonder what it would taste like...
I would like to think that he will one day be able to point out small SPaG flaws without being slightly wrong. Alas, today is not that day.
--Ls is most certainly grateful to Nesh for the beta offer on the cowrite.
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Corrections by
on 2024-04-12 16:13:19 UTC
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Quotations end in commas when they're followed by a dialogue tag, a.k.a. speech tag, which identifies the speaker and includes a verb such as "said," "shouted," or "queried" that applies to the action of speaking.
Both the examples you pointed out have action tags: an action done by the same character that accompanies the speaking action, but is not part of it. They are punctuated correctly as separate sentences.
You're right that nested quotations should alternate between double and single quotes, but single quotations marks are not the same as apostrophes and I will get on you if you're using smart quotes and the opening mark faces the wrong way. {; P
Correct: “I don’t do ‘nice’,” Meg returned. (Apostrophe in "don't," nested single quotes around "nice.")
Incorrect: “I don’t do ’nice’,” Meg returned. (Oops, all apostrophes.)
See the difference?
~Neshomeh