To be clear, this is the type of monologue I'm talking about:
"Mad?" He sounds faintly annoyed. A long pause follows. "I guess," he concedes. "Many people have been labeled as mentally ill for looking in unorthodox places. Like Alan Turing, father of computer science. They used him for his ability to see things others couldn't, then had him castrated for the same. They said that seeing secret messages in jumbled signals was different from seeing love and beauty in another man, but I believe they are the same." He places another trap into the water. "To see something no one else does, to experience the world in an unorthodox way, to feel the way no one else feels... it is madness, yes, but it is a madness we all contain. To share that madness is the purpose of art. I keep my eyes open. Do you?"
He's putting crab pots in a sewer and waxing poetic in response to someone's questioning.
That's a pretty good monologue. I like it, personally, but you could just cut down on the adding more and more. Cutting it off at 'but I believe they are the same" is a perfectly mid-length post.
Like, it's very in-character, but you could just not let yourself write any more after "no one else feels" or somewhere. Save the rest for a later post. Also -- this from the Leonidas Line?
My problem is it feels like I'm hogging the spotlight.
Yes, it is. Barbeau is a more steampunk character, but I brought him over anyway.
So give the other characters reason to claim a bit of the light for themselves --- ask them something that'll get them talking. Then, it might balance out the conversation a bit more.
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To be clear, this is the type of monologue I'm talking about:
"Mad?" He sounds faintly annoyed. A long pause follows. "I guess," he concedes. "Many people have been labeled as mentally ill for looking in unorthodox places. Like Alan Turing, father of computer science. They used him for his ability to see things others couldn't, then had him castrated for the same. They said that seeing secret messages in jumbled signals was different from seeing love and beauty in another man, but I believe they are the same." He places another trap into the water. "To see something no one else does, to experience the world in an unorthodox way, to feel the way no one else feels... it is madness, yes, but it is a madness we all contain. To share that madness is the purpose of art. I keep my eyes open. Do you?"
He's putting crab pots in a sewer and waxing poetic in response to someone's questioning.
That's a pretty good monologue. I like it, personally, but you could just cut down on the adding more and more. Cutting it off at 'but I believe they are the same" is a perfectly mid-length post.
Like, it's very in-character, but you could just not let yourself write any more after "no one else feels" or somewhere. Save the rest for a later post. Also -- this from the Leonidas Line?
My problem is it feels like I'm hogging the spotlight.
Yes, it is. Barbeau is a more steampunk character, but I brought him over anyway.
So give the other characters reason to claim a bit of the light for themselves --- ask them something that'll get them talking. Then, it might balance out the conversation a bit more.
And heck. All this conversation without me realizing. How are you, Baalze?
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wes (he/him, bi) — DM, romantic, a little bit eldritch The Soft in the Storm, your Friendly Neighborhood Storysmith, The Fae Conspirator do antarcticans live upside down? you all are the best people I know — thank you coming forth to rebehold the stars extended sig here, check it out!
So give the other characters reason to claim a bit of the light for themselves --- ask them something that'll get them talking. Then, it might balance out the conversation a bit more.
And heck. All this conversation without me realizing. How are you, Baalze?
I'm doing good. Happy to be playing Barbeau again.
So give the other characters reason to claim a bit of the light for themselves --- ask them something that'll get them talking. Then, it might balance out the conversation a bit more.
And heck. All this conversation without me realizing. How are you, Baalze?
I'm doing good. Happy to be playing Barbeau again.
Nice! Speaking of which, what was the inspiration for Barbeau's name, if any? William Barbeau (the baseball player from long ago who was, in a kind of messed-up way, named "*** Barbeau" because a reporter decided he looked Japanese [it was around WWII, I believe])'s the only one I know.
wes (he/him, bi) — DM, romantic, a little bit eldritch The Soft in the Storm, your Friendly Neighborhood Storysmith, The Fae Conspirator do antarcticans live upside down? you all are the best people I know — thank you coming forth to rebehold the stars extended sig here, check it out!
So give the other characters reason to claim a bit of the light for themselves --- ask them something that'll get them talking. Then, it might balance out the conversation a bit more.
And heck. All this conversation without me realizing. How are you, Baalze?
I'm doing good. Happy to be playing Barbeau again.
Nice! Speaking of which, what was the inspiration for Barbeau's name, if any? William Barbeau (the baseball player from long ago who was, in a kind of messed-up way, named "*** Barbeau" because a reporter decided he looked Japanese [it was around WWII, I believe])'s the only one I know.
It's a French surename for a smith who makes fish hooks.
So give the other characters reason to claim a bit of the light for themselves --- ask them something that'll get them talking. Then, it might balance out the conversation a bit more.
And heck. All this conversation without me realizing. How are you, Baalze?
I'm doing good. Happy to be playing Barbeau again.
Nice! Speaking of which, what was the inspiration for Barbeau's name, if any? William Barbeau (the baseball player from long ago who was, in a kind of messed-up way, named "*** Barbeau" because a reporter decided he looked Japanese [it was around WWII, I believe])'s the only one I know.
It's a French surename for a smith who makes fish hooks.
It was his father's name.
His mother was a sea demon that lived in a cage.
You can probably connect the dots.
Oh. Um. That's a pretty interesting backstory.
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So give the other characters reason to claim a bit of the light for themselves --- ask them something that'll get them talking. Then, it might balance out the conversation a bit more.
And heck. All this conversation without me realizing. How are you, Baalze?
I'm doing good. Happy to be playing Barbeau again.
Nice! Speaking of which, what was the inspiration for Barbeau's name, if any? William Barbeau (the baseball player from long ago who was, in a kind of messed-up way, named "*** Barbeau" because a reporter decided he looked Japanese [it was around WWII, I believe])'s the only one I know.
It's a French surename for a smith who makes fish hooks.
I did state that this was my opinion. In response to the guy that said I am looking in the wrong places, I am looking at a wide spectrum of stuff. I never said there wasn’t good output, but that overall, industries like Hollywood and Disney aren’t putting out a lot of great movies or films like they used to.
Thats not saying that nothing they put out is good, but that most of it is pretty mid, in my opinion.
To the fourteen-year-old, I actually agree with you and think you might have misunderstood me. I, too, love Star Wars as a setting and universe. But I also think the prequels suck. Doesn’t mean we can’t have good stories anymore, which is why I mentioned Andor, as it is pretty sweet!
CGI/GFX budgets have been kinda lame recently, in certain spots. Transformers 1 is used a lot in comparison with The Flash movie or whatever. I think it is fair though. HOWEVER, I think it has more to do with the movie direction than actual CGI. DUNE is wonderful. But the people in charge of DUNE were more willing to create a better CGI budget and it shows very blatantly.
Personally, I thought this place was just where you can gripe about things, but I seem to have touched a nerve or two. My apologies. I am also pretty sure I mentioned at the end of my first post that these were my opinions. But if I missed that, then again I apologize.
Hello! Call me GAYto or Gato (Cat in Spanish) My pronouns are They/She (Prefers She/her) I am a teenager. I have ADHD, Depression, and anxiety. I'm also Genderfluid, Pansexual, Aromantic, Trans Androgynous, and Asexual, but this community means the world to me; you can't change that about me ALL HAIL O_MERLIN_O. 4D8 ATTEMPT:[roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] = [roll][roll:-4]+[roll:-3]+[roll:-2]+[roll:-1][/roll] I have adopted Golden, Salem, and Aspen
Or, I could have been more specific and said the mainstream media outputs like Hollywood and Disney or whatever aren’t as good a storytellers as they used to be.
I think most people don’t understand and underestimate the effects of mob mentality and basing serious decisions purely off of emotion rather than from a more logical and rational perspective.
Just to clarify for my brand new critics, temperance is always to be utilized. For example, it would be a sad world if we didn’t seek out partners because we liked them or not. But chasing after someone purely off of our more animalistic urges doesn’t always lead to positive places.
Taking into account things like compatibility is very rational. “I like you enough the think about how well we could do together,” is very mature and respectable in my opinion.
I think most people don’t understand and underestimate the effects of mob mentality and basing serious decisions purely off of emotion rather than from a more logical and rational perspective.
Just to clarify for my brand new critics, temperance is always to be utilized. For example, it would be a sad world if we didn’t seek out partners because we liked them or not. But chasing after someone purely off of our more animalistic urges doesn’t always lead to positive places.
Taking into account things like compatibility is very rational. “I like you enough the think about how well we could do together,” is very mature and respectable in my opinion.
So your going deny my right's to be aromantic? beacuse thats what im seeing
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Hello! Call me GAYto or Gato (Cat in Spanish) My pronouns are They/She (Prefers She/her) I am a teenager. I have ADHD, Depression, and anxiety. I'm also Genderfluid, Pansexual, Aromantic, Trans Androgynous, and Asexual, but this community means the world to me; you can't change that about me ALL HAIL O_MERLIN_O. 4D8 ATTEMPT:[roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] = [roll][roll:-4]+[roll:-3]+[roll:-2]+[roll:-1][/roll] I have adopted Golden, Salem, and Aspen
I did state that this was my opinion. In response to the guy that said I am looking in the wrong places, I am looking at a wide spectrum of stuff. I never said there wasn’t good output, but that overall, industries like Hollywood and Disney aren’t putting out a lot of great movies or films like they used to.
Thats not saying that nothing they put out is good, but that most of it is pretty mid, in my opinion.
To the fourteen-year-old, I actually agree with you and think you might have misunderstood me. I, too, love Star Wars as a setting and universe. But I also think the prequels suck. Doesn’t mean we can’t have good stories anymore, which is why I mentioned Andor, as it is pretty sweet!
CGI/GFX budgets have been kinda lame recently, in certain spots. Transformers 1 is used a lot in comparison with The Flash movie or whatever. I think it is fair though. HOWEVER, I think it has more to do with the movie direction than actual CGI. DUNE is wonderful. But the people in charge of DUNE were more willing to create a better CGI budget and it shows very blatantly.
Personally, I thought this place was just where you can gripe about things, but I seem to have touched a nerve or two. My apologies. I am also pretty sure I mentioned at the end of my first post that these were my opinions. But if I missed that, then again I apologize.
Just trying to get a feel for the forums here.
You're all good. We're a bunch of (GP)ed-up critics here.
Actually, a question/opinion of the day thread wouldn't be a bad idea, now that I'm thinking about it...
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I think most people don’t understand and underestimate the effects of mob mentality and basing serious decisions purely off of emotion rather than from a more logical and rational perspective.
Just to clarify for my brand new critics, temperance is always to be utilized. For example, it would be a sad world if we didn’t seek out partners because we liked them or not. But chasing after someone purely off of our more animalistic urges doesn’t always lead to positive places.
Taking into account things like compatibility is very rational. “I like you enough the think about how well we could do together,” is very mature and respectable in my opinion.
So your going deny my right's to be aromantic? beacuse thats what im seeing
I think most people don’t understand and underestimate the effects of mob mentality and basing serious decisions purely off of emotion rather than from a more logical and rational perspective.
Just to clarify for my brand new critics, temperance is always to be utilized. For example, it would be a sad world if we didn’t seek out partners because we liked them or not. But chasing after someone purely off of our more animalistic urges doesn’t always lead to positive places.
Taking into account things like compatibility is very rational. “I like you enough the think about how well we could do together,” is very mature and respectable in my opinion.
So your going deny my right's to be aromantic? beacuse thats what im seeing
??? Not what I’m seeing
" it would be a sad world if we didn’t seek out partners because we liked them or not" that's what im talkigng about
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Hello! Call me GAYto or Gato (Cat in Spanish) My pronouns are They/She (Prefers She/her) I am a teenager. I have ADHD, Depression, and anxiety. I'm also Genderfluid, Pansexual, Aromantic, Trans Androgynous, and Asexual, but this community means the world to me; you can't change that about me ALL HAIL O_MERLIN_O. 4D8 ATTEMPT:[roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] = [roll][roll:-4]+[roll:-3]+[roll:-2]+[roll:-1][/roll] I have adopted Golden, Salem, and Aspen
I think most people don’t understand and underestimate the effects of mob mentality and basing serious decisions purely off of emotion rather than from a more logical and rational perspective.
Just to clarify for my brand new critics, temperance is always to be utilized. For example, it would be a sad world if we didn’t seek out partners because we liked them or not. But chasing after someone purely off of our more animalistic urges doesn’t always lead to positive places.
Taking into account things like compatibility is very rational. “I like you enough the think about how well we could do together,” is very mature and respectable in my opinion.
So your going deny my right's to be aromantic? beacuse thats what im seeing
??? Not what I’m seeing
" it would be a sad world if we didn’t seek out partners because we liked them or not" that's what im talkigng about
I… guess? I dunno. Personally I’m a duck who thinks everyone in the world should stop reproducing, but I see nothing wrong with that statement, as I assume it does not include aromantic people.
You're all good. We're a bunch of (GP)ed-up critics here.
Actually, a question/opinion of the day thread wouldn't be a bad idea, now that I'm thinking about it...
Hey hey hey, slow down! When have I ever criticized someone on here?!?!
*Genuinely concerned. Did I? I've tried not to.*
Golden, you never have, don't worry, your fine, you will never leave you
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Hello! Call me GAYto or Gato (Cat in Spanish) My pronouns are They/She (Prefers She/her) I am a teenager. I have ADHD, Depression, and anxiety. I'm also Genderfluid, Pansexual, Aromantic, Trans Androgynous, and Asexual, but this community means the world to me; you can't change that about me ALL HAIL O_MERLIN_O. 4D8 ATTEMPT:[roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] = [roll][roll:-4]+[roll:-3]+[roll:-2]+[roll:-1][/roll] I have adopted Golden, Salem, and Aspen
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So give the other characters reason to claim a bit of the light for themselves --- ask them something that'll get them talking. Then, it might balance out the conversation a bit more.
wes (he/him, bi) — DM, romantic, a little bit eldritch
The Soft in the Storm, your Friendly Neighborhood Storysmith, The Fae Conspirator
do antarcticans live upside down?
you all are the best people I know — thank you
coming forth to rebehold the stars
extended sig here, check it out!
And heck. All this conversation without me realizing. How are you, Baalze?
wes (he/him, bi) — DM, romantic, a little bit eldritch
The Soft in the Storm, your Friendly Neighborhood Storysmith, The Fae Conspirator
do antarcticans live upside down?
you all are the best people I know — thank you
coming forth to rebehold the stars
extended sig here, check it out!
I'm doing good. Happy to be playing Barbeau again.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
Nice! Speaking of which, what was the inspiration for Barbeau's name, if any? William Barbeau (the baseball player from long ago who was, in a kind of messed-up way, named "*** Barbeau" because a reporter decided he looked Japanese [it was around WWII, I believe])'s the only one I know.
wes (he/him, bi) — DM, romantic, a little bit eldritch
The Soft in the Storm, your Friendly Neighborhood Storysmith, The Fae Conspirator
do antarcticans live upside down?
you all are the best people I know — thank you
coming forth to rebehold the stars
extended sig here, check it out!
It's a French surename for a smith who makes fish hooks.
It was his father's name.
His mother was a sea demon that lived in a cage.
You can probably connect the dots.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
Oh. Um. That's a pretty interesting backstory.
wes (he/him, bi) — DM, romantic, a little bit eldritch
The Soft in the Storm, your Friendly Neighborhood Storysmith, The Fae Conspirator
do antarcticans live upside down?
you all are the best people I know — thank you
coming forth to rebehold the stars
extended sig here, check it out!
Also Gato can I get adopted?
wes (he/him, bi) — DM, romantic, a little bit eldritch
The Soft in the Storm, your Friendly Neighborhood Storysmith, The Fae Conspirator
do antarcticans live upside down?
you all are the best people I know — thank you
coming forth to rebehold the stars
extended sig here, check it out!
Barbeau killed his dad when he was just a teen.
Although I may change his backstory. Maybe.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
Alright, thought this was a hot take forum.
I did state that this was my opinion. In response to the guy that said I am looking in the wrong places, I am looking at a wide spectrum of stuff. I never said there wasn’t good output, but that overall, industries like Hollywood and Disney aren’t putting out a lot of great movies or films like they used to.
Thats not saying that nothing they put out is good, but that most of it is pretty mid, in my opinion.
To the fourteen-year-old, I actually agree with you and think you might have misunderstood me. I, too, love Star Wars as a setting and universe. But I also think the prequels suck. Doesn’t mean we can’t have good stories anymore, which is why I mentioned Andor, as it is pretty sweet!
CGI/GFX budgets have been kinda lame recently, in certain spots. Transformers 1 is used a lot in comparison with The Flash movie or whatever. I think it is fair though. HOWEVER, I think it has more to do with the movie direction than actual CGI. DUNE is wonderful. But the people in charge of DUNE were more willing to create a better CGI budget and it shows very blatantly.
Personally, I thought this place was just where you can gripe about things, but I seem to have touched a nerve or two. My apologies. I am also pretty sure I mentioned at the end of my first post that these were my opinions. But if I missed that, then again I apologize.
Just trying to get a feel for the forums here.
Totally!
Hello! Call me GAYto or Gato (Cat in Spanish)
My pronouns are They/She (Prefers She/her)
I am a teenager. I have ADHD, Depression, and anxiety. I'm also Genderfluid, Pansexual, Aromantic, Trans Androgynous, and Asexual,
but this community means the world to me; you can't change that about me
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I have adopted Golden, Salem, and Aspen
Or, I could have been more specific and said the mainstream media outputs like Hollywood and Disney or whatever aren’t as good a storytellers as they used to be.
But that is still just an opinion, in the end.
Another hot take!
I think most people don’t understand and underestimate the effects of mob mentality and basing serious decisions purely off of emotion rather than from a more logical and rational perspective.
Just to clarify for my brand new critics, temperance is always to be utilized. For example, it would be a sad world if we didn’t seek out partners because we liked them or not. But chasing after someone purely off of our more animalistic urges doesn’t always lead to positive places.
Taking into account things like compatibility is very rational. “I like you enough the think about how well we could do together,” is very mature and respectable in my opinion.
So your going deny my right's to be aromantic? beacuse thats what im seeing
Hello! Call me GAYto or Gato (Cat in Spanish)
My pronouns are They/She (Prefers She/her)
I am a teenager. I have ADHD, Depression, and anxiety. I'm also Genderfluid, Pansexual, Aromantic, Trans Androgynous, and Asexual,
but this community means the world to me; you can't change that about me
ALL HAIL O_MERLIN_O. 4D8 ATTEMPT:[roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] = [roll][roll:-4]+[roll:-3]+[roll:-2]+[roll:-1][/roll]
I have adopted Golden, Salem, and Aspen
You're all good. We're a bunch of (GP)ed-up critics here.
Actually, a question/opinion of the day thread wouldn't be a bad idea, now that I'm thinking about it...
wes (he/him, bi) — DM, romantic, a little bit eldritch
The Soft in the Storm, your Friendly Neighborhood Storysmith, The Fae Conspirator
do antarcticans live upside down?
you all are the best people I know — thank you
coming forth to rebehold the stars
extended sig here, check it out!
??? Not what I’m seeing
Alt of Bananer
I don’t have 50 alts
More like 4 or 5
" it would be a sad world if we didn’t seek out partners because we liked them or not" that's what im talkigng about
Hello! Call me GAYto or Gato (Cat in Spanish)
My pronouns are They/She (Prefers She/her)
I am a teenager. I have ADHD, Depression, and anxiety. I'm also Genderfluid, Pansexual, Aromantic, Trans Androgynous, and Asexual,
but this community means the world to me; you can't change that about me
ALL HAIL O_MERLIN_O. 4D8 ATTEMPT:[roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] = [roll][roll:-4]+[roll:-3]+[roll:-2]+[roll:-1][/roll]
I have adopted Golden, Salem, and Aspen
I… guess? I dunno. Personally I’m a duck who thinks everyone in the world should stop reproducing, but I see nothing wrong with that statement, as I assume it does not include aromantic people.
Alt of Bananer
I don’t have 50 alts
More like 4 or 5
Hey hey hey, slow down! When have I ever criticized someone on here?!?!
*Genuinely concerned. Did I? I've tried not to.*
My head's underwater
but I'm breathing fine
You're crazy
And I'm out of my mind
Extended Signature: (^v^)
Matey it’s not bad to criticize…
Alt of Bananer
I don’t have 50 alts
More like 4 or 5
Golden, you never have, don't worry, your fine, you will never leave you
Hello! Call me GAYto or Gato (Cat in Spanish)
My pronouns are They/She (Prefers She/her)
I am a teenager. I have ADHD, Depression, and anxiety. I'm also Genderfluid, Pansexual, Aromantic, Trans Androgynous, and Asexual,
but this community means the world to me; you can't change that about me
ALL HAIL O_MERLIN_O. 4D8 ATTEMPT:[roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] + [roll]1d8[/roll] = [roll][roll:-4]+[roll:-3]+[roll:-2]+[roll:-1][/roll]
I have adopted Golden, Salem, and Aspen