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A Cast Of Corbies - Chapter Ten
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i_read_whatOut of misplaced optimism, I checked how long I have left in this book. There are twenty-two chapters, which means I'm not quite halfway.
I swear I do not remember twelve chapters more of plot, so that could be an ominous sign. I suppose there's always a chance that one or more of those chapters will involve Magpie realizing that a tragic backstory is not really an excuse to be horrible and attempt to be anything other than a dark cloud on an otherwise serviceable story.
But I'm not holding out a lot of hope.
( I feel a little guilty grouping her in with characters like Jaxom, since she hasn't really done anything other than be dislikeable, but man do I dislike her... )
I swear I do not remember twelve chapters more of plot, so that could be an ominous sign. I suppose there's always a chance that one or more of those chapters will involve Magpie realizing that a tragic backstory is not really an excuse to be horrible and attempt to be anything other than a dark cloud on an otherwise serviceable story.
But I'm not holding out a lot of hope.
( I feel a little guilty grouping her in with characters like Jaxom, since she hasn't really done anything other than be dislikeable, but man do I dislike her... )
The Scrolls of the Ancients: Chapter Fifty-One
Monday, 4 August 2025 07:19masterghandalf posting in antishurtugal_rebornWarning: This chapter contains a battle scene, including violence and deaths.
( In which a prince is, at long last, rescued. )
( In which a prince is, at long last, rescued. )Epistler's Solo Brisingr Spork - Chapter Seven: The Trial Of The Long Knives
Saturday, 2 August 2025 18:24
Bot Problems
Saturday, 2 August 2025 00:22soc_puppetI briefly saw (and participated in, for exactly one reblog) a thread on Tumblr about whether AO3 should allow works produced by Generative AI. OP was in favor, as was the first reblogger, where as at least one reblogger was firmly against all AI generated works on AO3, and several (myself included) shared the reasons why AI generated works currently are allowed on AO3. One of the rebloggers who is firmly against any AI generated works being allowed on AO3 said, "Like anything else in a shared social space, an enforced social norm requires actual social consequences for breaking it. This? Is just capitulation."
Anyway, that person also said that they're done talking about it, and I wanted to respect that, so I'm taking my thoughts over here. If you recognize the quote in question, or know who the person is, I will politely ask you to respect their boundaries and not go looking for the post and/or reblogging it from them with your own commentary; we can talk in the comments of this post, which they can safely ignore. I'm personally struggling with the point they raised, and will probably not be able to get to sleep without working some of it out, so I'm doing so over here where, again, they should be able to safely ignore it.
( So. AI generated works on AO3. )
Anyway, those are my current thoughts. So now probably the thing that will keep me up is trying to decide whether to create a Tumblr poll about that last point ("Do you post AI generated works to AO3, and if so, do you admit that they're AI generated?")
Anyway, that person also said that they're done talking about it, and I wanted to respect that, so I'm taking my thoughts over here. If you recognize the quote in question, or know who the person is, I will politely ask you to respect their boundaries and not go looking for the post and/or reblogging it from them with your own commentary; we can talk in the comments of this post, which they can safely ignore. I'm personally struggling with the point they raised, and will probably not be able to get to sleep without working some of it out, so I'm doing so over here where, again, they should be able to safely ignore it.
( So. AI generated works on AO3. )Anyway, those are my current thoughts. So now probably the thing that will keep me up is trying to decide whether to create a Tumblr poll about that last point ("Do you post AI generated works to AO3, and if so, do you admit that they're AI generated?")
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In Sylvan Shadows - Chapter Eight
Friday, 1 August 2025 19:43kalinara posting in i_read_whatSo last time, we caught up with the other elves and the villains, enjoying a welcome break from Elbereth.
Sadly, I'm pretty sure he'll be back this chapter.
( Ugh )
Sadly, I'm pretty sure he'll be back this chapter.
( Ugh )
Shadow of the Avatar Final Thoughts and Greenwood Retrospective
Friday, 1 August 2025 07:21masterghandalf posting in antishurtugal_rebornWarning: This post contains discussion of a lot of the squicky recurring elements common in Greenwood's works.
( Shadow of the Avatar: Final Thoughts )
( Ed Greenwood Retrospective )
( Forgotten Realms Fiction Recs )
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New To Sleep Fan Film
Friday, 1 August 2025 17:22epistler posting in antishurtugal_reborn I haven't been able to bring myself to watch it but if you feel braver than me... here ya go.
Murtagh Spork Part 3 Chapter 2: Bachel
Thursday, 31 July 2025 00:54ultimate_cheetah posting in antishurtugal_rebornSo, time to finally meet the cult.
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Tales of Arlgebargle Vol 2 Announced
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 19:34epistler posting in antishurtugal_rebornI just subjected myself to a short and typically insufferable video Paolini has published on Twit, complete with #sneakyauthorissneaky and a big smug smile.
Guess what, he hasn't done anything sneaky. Instead, the short version is that as usual in writing the stuff to go in The Book Of Remembrance he couldn't restrain himself and ended up with a bunch of extra material including elf, dwarf, Urgal and werecat POVs (oh goodie). So instead of writing new material for the next book of "Tales" he's going to repackage all that and publish it as Volume 2 with some "framing material" via his usual publisher.
So yeah. Gonna be a lot easier to get our hands on it, but he's also keeping to his new pattern of republishing the same crap in a different wrapper, complete with an hilarious aside about how the commercially published version will take about a year to come out because oh, publishing moves slowly. Even though the last volume was put out the same year he submitted the damn thing, in "a highly accelerated schedule". But now that's suddenly no longer the case. Right, whatever.
He also said it's going to answer a few questions, which I don't believe, and raise some more, which I do believe. Unfortunately. Us autistic people are very good at pattern recognition, you know.
Guess what, he hasn't done anything sneaky. Instead, the short version is that as usual in writing the stuff to go in The Book Of Remembrance he couldn't restrain himself and ended up with a bunch of extra material including elf, dwarf, Urgal and werecat POVs (oh goodie). So instead of writing new material for the next book of "Tales" he's going to repackage all that and publish it as Volume 2 with some "framing material" via his usual publisher.
So yeah. Gonna be a lot easier to get our hands on it, but he's also keeping to his new pattern of republishing the same crap in a different wrapper, complete with an hilarious aside about how the commercially published version will take about a year to come out because oh, publishing moves slowly. Even though the last volume was put out the same year he submitted the damn thing, in "a highly accelerated schedule". But now that's suddenly no longer the case. Right, whatever.
He also said it's going to answer a few questions, which I don't believe, and raise some more, which I do believe. Unfortunately. Us autistic people are very good at pattern recognition, you know.
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Yendi - Chapter Three
Tuesday, 29 July 2025 22:26kalinara posting in i_read_whatWait, is this review actually going up three days after my last one instead of being delayed god knows how long?
...it's probably a fluke but I'm going to enjoy it.
Anyway, last time, Vlad was setting up a meet with the guy who appears to be threatening his territory. Let's see where this goes!
( I predict violence, to be honest )
...it's probably a fluke but I'm going to enjoy it.
Anyway, last time, Vlad was setting up a meet with the guy who appears to be threatening his territory. Let's see where this goes!
( I predict violence, to be honest )
Fan Project - Get Your Own Dragon!
Monday, 28 July 2025 22:22epistler posting in antishurtugal_rebornSaw this on Paolini's Twit feed.
What colour is YOUR dragon? I got pink and male which is blatantly wrong. Chinook is not pink and she's a girl dragon!
What colour is YOUR dragon? I got pink and male which is blatantly wrong. Chinook is not pink and she's a girl dragon!
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Feedback time
Sunday, 27 July 2025 23:41soc_puppetJust got my feedback for my Persuasive Speech!
Technically, I only had to hand in the outline, but since I wrote the speech to the outline template, it was effectively the same thing.
Anyway, here's the professor's feedback:
Yeah. Just kinda laugh-crying over "Excellent job following the template" 😂 Boy I sure hope it was, after how long I spent agonizing on it!
Anyway, I got 100% on the speech, and an additional 16/20 points of extra credit for presenting it. I could probably blow off the final quiz and assignment and still get at least a B in this class. I'm not going to, on account of being certain that it would tempt me into blowing off more and more assignments over the next semester, but it's good to be secure in my final grade.
Technically, I only had to hand in the outline, but since I wrote the speech to the outline template, it was effectively the same thing.
Anyway, here's the professor's feedback:
[Socchan], excellent job following the template. Well written and organized. Transitional statements were strong.
Yeah. Just kinda laugh-crying over "Excellent job following the template" 😂 Boy I sure hope it was, after how long I spent agonizing on it!
Anyway, I got 100% on the speech, and an additional 16/20 points of extra credit for presenting it. I could probably blow off the final quiz and assignment and still get at least a B in this class. I'm not going to, on account of being certain that it would tempt me into blowing off more and more assignments over the next semester, but it's good to be secure in my final grade.
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A Cast of Corbies - Chapter Nine
Saturday, 26 July 2025 11:27kalinara posting in i_read_whatAnd we're back! Sorry for the break. I had family visiting and work was a bit hectic. :-)
So anyway, when we left off, the theater was having some minor, though understandably nerve-wracking issues, while street preachers are getting more aggressive. In this setting, that's rarely a good sign. Also Magpie continues to irk, but when does she not?
( I'm still not sure the story wouldn't work just as well without that particular character... )
So anyway, when we left off, the theater was having some minor, though understandably nerve-wracking issues, while street preachers are getting more aggressive. In this setting, that's rarely a good sign. Also Magpie continues to irk, but when does she not?
( I'm still not sure the story wouldn't work just as well without that particular character... )
All Shadows Fled Chapter Nineteen: We, The Rangers Three
Friday, 25 July 2025 07:18masterghandalf posting in antishurtugal_rebornWarning: This chapter contains violence and deaths.
( In which the saga comes to a sudden and rather confusing end. )
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Pet Peeve
Thursday, 24 July 2025 23:20soc_puppetI just wish that Minesweeper would count it as a win if you correctly identify and flag all of the mines, even if you don't click on every other non-mine square. The same way it auto-flags all of the mines if you do click every non-mine square, but don't use any flags.
Esperanto: The Language of Hope
Thursday, 24 July 2025 13:39soc_puppetGot to give this in class after all! Sharing it here as well, because why not.
( Persuasive Speech goes here )
( Works Cited )
( Persuasive Speech goes here )( Works Cited )
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