Social Conditioning Is A Bitch!

This meme is inescapable on French insta so I'm posting it here for all to enjoy

Story time (that one time I try to solve as many problems in majora's mask)

Back in 2012 I set up a goal for myself, that goal was to finish majora's mask just before the so-called end of the world, you know that Mayan calendar stuff. Of course I didn't believe the world would end, but I wanted to finish the game that day. however beating the game would've been too easy, especially with an almost complete file. So with that almost complete file, I decided to try to solve as many problems in the game. This required a lot of looking into the journal for timestamps for all of the side quests in or related to clock town. Fighting all of the bosses. Saving all the eggs. And bunch of other stuff.  For the most part I was successful. I mean I didn't solve every problem in the game in that file. I didn't help the old lady from the bomb shop who gets robbed, that's because it's related to the Kafei side quest. The thief wouldn't show up at the second night in the shady shop if they didn't steal something. I also didn't save the great fairies, most because they would be time-consuming for what I wanted to do. It's hard to describe all of this vivid detail due to how long ago when I did this little challenge.

This nebula was supposed to look more like a bird, instead it looks more like a pterosaur. Which is still neat, though the nebula doesn't come clear in this picture. The side nebula in the lower right comes out way more clear, than the main nebula. Either way still a neat picture, least I think.

my favorite free tools for writers

hello, hello! hope you're doing well.

today i am bringing you another list with my top 3 favorite (free!) tools that I find helpful for each phase of writing a novel.

brainstorming phase

Fantasy Names Generator - not only for fantasy (you can also generate real names). this website is just... amazing! it helps you come up with names for characters, places and locations, descriptions, generate traits, outfits (yes, outfits!!), and probably something else you could ever think of.

The Story's Hack - this one is so cool! you can generate names for everything, create your own generator, and practice writing through writing exercises! plus, you can save your generated names to see later, and you earn coins for each idea generated (you can later buy themes - dark, snow, forest, etc)

RanGen - my last favorite generator on this list is RanGen! you can generate plots, appearances, archetypes, love interests, cities, worlds, items, and more.

developing the idea phase

Bryn Donovan - in this blog you can find master lists under the tag "master lists for writers". it is so helpful when you first start developing the characters and need to find the right words to describe them and to find some quirks and flaws!

Writers Write (350 character traits) - again, this is so helpful!

Story Planner - ah, the number of times I've talked about this website... please, PLEASE take a look at it, you won't regret it. this website has literally everything you need to fully develop your idea with outlines for you to fill in step by step.

writing phase

Colleen Houck (80+ barriers to love) - need more romace conflict? there you go!

Cheat Sheets for Writing Body Language - so, you know how your character's feeling, but don't know how he'd physically act? check out this list!

Describing Words - honestly, this is a lifesaver. don't you struggle to find the right word to describe something? well, with this website all you have to do is to type the object you're trying to describe and see which description fits better to you!

revising phase

Language Tool for Google Docs - i know we all have heard about google docs before, but the truth is, it's almost impossible to find free softwares to check grammar and spelling. so, google docs is useful, because it automatically revises it for us, and it's completely free. plus, you can add adds-on, such as "language tool".

Unfortunately, there's only one (free) tool that I actually enjoy for the revising phase. if you know some others, please let me know so that I can try them out and feature in this list.

exporting phase

Google Docs - i find google docs very easy to format and export to .epub, so i'd recommend using it as a free tool.

Reedsy - this is also a free tool available online. all you have to do is to write down each chapter (copy and paste) or import your word document. it will format the document to your liking and export it to pdf, epub and mobi.

that's everything for now! i hope this post was somehow helpful or inspiring!

if you want to see more master lists full of resources, check these:

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

BEST accounts to follow as a writer

BEST SITES & SOFTWARES TO WRITE FICTION

DIALOGUE IDEAS TO GET RID OF THAT WRITING BLOCK (masterpost)

Useful Resources & Tips for Writers

also, if you are a notion lover just like me, check the free template I just released with everything you need to develop and write your novel!

thank you so much for reading! hope to see you around, and have a nice day <3

Story time(bad experiences with RNG in Pokémon)

I have played quite a few RPG, paper Mario xenoblade fire emblem and of course Pokémon, while some RPG have some bad RNG in them, in Pokémon the RNG can get particularly bad, almost to the point that it seems the AI is cheating or feel it's impossible to get five perfect individual values on one Pokémon, I have tried to get perfect IVs back in X and Omega Ruby, it didn't really work out for me and I did everything, I got a destiny knot and everstone on Pokémon with three or so IVs, I put them in the daycare, then i got on the bike and went in a square around the battle resort, until I got five eggs on repeat and I gotten rotten luck most of the time, I know you don't need five perfect IVs to jump into the battle mansion or free battles, but I didn't felt ready because of the IVs, because it felt like everyone had the IVs even in free battles and the battle mansion didn't help at points, the AI doesn't really cheat but it feels like it because the RNG can get wonky at points, that and the AI's Pokémon have weird or unfair setups like double team one shot moves like fissure and poorly timed critical hit on my Pokémon, I know some things have been fixed in the later games. I have not tried again to attempted to get five perfect IVs, because the experiences of the grind really put me off that side of post gam, I have tried the battle tree in my moon and ultramoon versions, but it's not very fun. (Side note I did manage to make a team for triples in recent time, in Omega Ruby five years later from my last attempt, but the game along with X and Y are kinda dead online, I did got two battles, one in the wrong format then had to deal with trickroom team and lost, the other battle was promptly in triples against some legendary Pokémon and two starters, I manage to win that fight, or at lease I counted it because the user I was fighting against rage quit on their last Pokémon.)

Random fact 2

Did you know that, the Megaton hammer can hurt Ganon's tail in final boss fight of the legend of zelda ocarina of time

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I watched a random video on my timeline and now I'm destroying Karen's reputation

"Strong Pokémon. Week Pokémon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with the Pokémon they love best." ... Yeah I'm going to destroy this quote now! I know controversial. I was inspired by a video in my timeline that showed a team of legendary Pokémon being destroyed by a Raichu and a Emolga. I unfortunately don't know how to make a link to the video, but there are some things I want to address. 1, the trainer with the legendary Pokémon was clearly a kid. You can tell, they had weird moves, picked Pokémon that look cool, and clearly didn't seem to know what they were actually doing. 2, the trainer with the Raichu and Emolga knew what they were doing. They perhaps were one of those casual troll players, you know those types of players who go into matches to steamroll new players. Not accusing of them being bad, the video is very old anyways so it doesn't really matter. 3, the battle is a isolated scenario in casual unranked battles, and does not prove that week Pokémon are subtly better than the strong Pokémon. All the battle proves is that a player who knows what they're doing can beat a component who doesn't. Even though the video is funny because is a bunch of legendary Pokémon losing to low tier Pokémon. Doesn't change the fact that the Pokémon used by the incompetent trainer were still better anyways. Because if the competent trainer was using them instead they would've steamrolled the poor Raichu and Emolga instead. Simply put Pokémon is a game of math and numbers, good Pokémon have bigger numbers meaning they can resist damage, move first or do heavy damage. While other Pokémon have good move pools instead, allowing them to be more supportive. Raichu was used as a support Pokémon in the winning team of 2016 championship, so it's even bad in the first place. Of course there is the Pachirisu of 2014 championship, But that was clearly a one trick pony that worked during that championship, that was only used for super fang and nuzzle, its role was to cripple and help Pokémon with significantly better stats in its team. So as cool as it may be to think that a week Pokémon can be good regardless of their stats, reality is a week Pokémon is always going to just be that week, And that's okay. The game isn't exactly design with competitive in mine, but people out of love boiled down the game's mechanics. So much to the point that certain mechanics are frowned upon and banned, like you know double-team, one hit ko moves, though the one shot moves might be banned because they're not exactly practical we use, too low of accuracy to be useful without skill swapping shenanigans. But of course some people don't like that their favorite Pokémon has crummy stats, I mean fair few of my favorite Pokémon don't have good stats. But I don't play competitive because I don't find it fun. Other people do and that's fine. And it's okay to have your favorite Pokémon to have really good stats too. It's just sometimes people get on their high horse over Karen's quote. You know a boss fight uses Umbreon with double-team and confuse ray, you know abuse RNG against the player. Yeah I couldn't help but point that out that Karen in the games she does show up in, uses double-team. You know frowned upon tactic among players throughout the community. So yeah if you want to jump into competitive Pokémon battles then you're going to be using some of the strongest Pokémon, and spending so much time IV breeding, and then EV training, looking at guides, researching strategies, you know put in the time and effort into a team. Perhaps a little too much effort and time to see results in my opinion. But if you're playing single player Pokémon it really doesn't matter, you could be having a team that comprise of Luvdisc, Unown, Delibird, Combee(male), Farfetch'd(Kanto), and Ultra Necrozma, and I don't think anyone will actually judge you, and if they do judge you for having a legendary Pokémon in your team or even a full team of legendarys, Just remember that this is a children's game where you can put Gods into balls and then call them your friends... Pokémon's really weird.

behold the raw sexual power of ai generated toriel undertale

my mom got me this little thing and im obsessed with him.... little creature..