Hmmm, The More You Know. I Don't See A Lot Of The Fics In The Worm Tag On Ao3, Tbh A Lot Of The Stuff

nine slaughter houses? in this economy? preposterous.

(Poll submitted by @hpetrr)

Make sure to tell me what you think and why you think it!

Just had some thoughts on soulsborne games and specifically the fanbase:

I think its fine to do things like "no hit/summon/magic/whatever" runs. They're pretty impressive things and it does take skill and effort to do so.

But.

There is not a "pure" or "superior" way to play these games. If it is a feature or mechanic within the game, it is a fair play as long as the boss dies. And its fine to not want to use those things in pursuit of being challenged and feeling fulfilled. What *isn't* fine is policing how other people play the game because it ruins a mythical image of souls games as exceptionally difficult or brutal.

It's really *really* easy to say a souls game is the hardest game ever when you're doing everything in your power to make it harder for yourself.

There is a lot I like about the other players in souls games, the messages I read as I travel through these worlds are usually witty or fun, and it goes a long way to making it feel like I'm having a shared experience with the broader playerbase. What I don't like is the imposition of specific playstyles as a purity test for worthiness. I can kinda get it for PvP because at that point its meta-gaming, but for PvE content? Stuff people are doing against the enemies of the game? Literally no one's problem but the player doing the fighting.

A win is a win is a win.

Ain't nothing like being tired feels like being tired. Will I fall asleep at the wheel and crash my car on the way to class? Mayhaps.

Fight scenes are such a joy to write, especially when working from a single perspective. The complex series of actions and reactions is hard to get *just* right, but when it's all said and done I feel like there's a movie in my mind. Feels fantastic.

Why am I haunted by ideas and plots and concepts for fics but feel no motivation to open my computer and do something about it, what is wrong with me, I can't even read other fanfic at this point without outlining and theorizing all in my head for stuff, why do I tell myself every night "you'll write tomorrow" and then never do.

String Theory tried to blow up the moon for fun and Bakuda triggered from a bad grade and a bruised ego, and then tried to blow up a school. I... don't know what else there is to say.

I need to do another dumb poll.

I had fun with those.

Um...

How about...

It's 420am I should probably just sleep...

Now I would like to note:

This isn't which ship you like the most. This is which would have the messiest divorce. The sort the whole cape community is talking about.

Everyone's going "did you hear what happened down in ___"

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diaphos fans come out of hiding PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Out here just living life like a cartoony G-rated villain sometimes. I was playing a little puzzle mobile game and when, yet again, I could not solve the puzzle I snapped my fingers and thought to myself "thwarted again!".

What have I become.