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meow I'm a cat [rambles]
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a problem w trying to get your fiction published is that it's probably a bad move to sell it as "X, But Good"
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at least, I think it probably is
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authors are not supposed to ever have negative opinions about other authors' works
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even if they suck
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so I'm not allowed to talk about urban fantasy as "Dresden Files, hold the misogyny and Christian-centrism"
HIKIKOMORTIS
It’s like this... humble respect thing, don’t rip on other people’s work even if you hate/find fault in it, because you don’t want to leave yourself open to someone doing the same to you.
L'fuckingChaim
yeah
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unfortunately I like I am sure many writers often get ideas by going "oh no you're treating that concept wrong give it here"
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(Seanan McGuire is open, at least on Tumblr, about her InCryptid series being inspired by rage at SPN's treatment of its female characters, esp Jo)
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it's probably good cats have no concept of gender, or the thing where we remove their reproductive organs because cat puberty is inconvenient for us would be. weird.
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for the record I am VERY IN FAVOR of fixing your cats and indeed any cats you can get your vet's hands on
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I do not want an unfixed male cat
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I already do enough cleaning up after the cat (mostly when he eats something that is not food) (TODAY) (PURRCIVAL) without dealing with a cat who has the urge to scent-mark the house
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let alone yelling for a mate or trying to get out of the house to go FIND a mate
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cat eunuchs are definitely preferable
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it just kind of feels weird sometimes
Un(t)sundered
yeah, I'm sure a lot of writers get inspiration that way? but it's like... you can't pitch that as the concept, even if you're semi-opinion about "yeah, this was inspired by [x]"
Un(t)sundered
*semi-open
L'fuckingChaim
yeah
Un(t)sundered
like the "no, mine now" urge is... real strong
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"I think this will appeal to people who like X, and also to people who WOULD like X but have too high standards"
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today we are upset about the girl characters in fantasy being given archery because they're weaker
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that is not how bows work at all
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the draw weight on even a medium bow makes that greatsword look like a fucking toothpick
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anyway I choose to believe that Rosa Joanna FFIV has arm muscles for days
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she can bench-press Golbez
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...who is, after all, just a mage wearing heavy armor because it looks edgier
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and I guess he's using it to compensate for his lower physical defense and letting his natural alien magic defense do all the work on that side
Un(t)sundered
oh yeah, Rosa is probably absolutely ripped
Un(t)sundered
at least in the arm muscle department
L'fuckingChaim
Rosa has huge arms & shoulders
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Kain, on the other hand, has huge leg muscles and basically no body fat
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you don't need arms when gravity does your stabbing for you
Un(t)sundered
yup
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Cecil is the only person in that relationship who looks like a normal human
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and he's an alien