"It Isn't A Otome"

"It isn't a Otome"

Someone forgot to warn malleus about that

Like I understand we can't go into the MC's backstory too much since they're a player insert. But I wish the characters were more visibly impacted by Yuu and their actions. Like in book 4, I was touched by Ace and Deuce showing up to help you (even though they ended up being too late). It at least felt like Yuu mattered to someone

YES YES YES

My thoughts exactly.

And it ties with how the Fandom tends to overpraise Yuu, like, no? Yuu is not "playing therapist", Yuu's barely having any impact on the story. Y'all need to play some more Otome games if you think that's playing therapist, starting with Mystic Messenger.

But, yeah, I'd love to see more of Yuu's impact on the characters, like, beyond "you saved me once, I'll help you this time". That little bit with Adeuce in Book 4 was so good, seeing people actually caring for Yuu (which is also so fucking rare, like, how many times has that happened?)

Another thing I'd love to see is characters showing Yuu some more respect, Malleus and Lilia and their idea to start decorating Ramshackle without Yuu's permission AHEM. I know we ain't getting any of it from Crowley, but I hoped some of them would be less assholey.

Also, gotta say, for the "famous magicless Prefect", no one seems to be wondering how Yuu's doing without magic. Or how they're doing in general after being thrown into a new world. Yuu's mental health must be inexistent by now

so. FUN FACT

tumblr is apparently rolling out a beta for a new post editor that essentially makes it so there are no longer post “types” (text post, audio post, photo post, etc.), and instead all types of content are better integrated into a single post. pretty neat, right?

…until you read the fine print.

The maximum number of total content blocks allowed in a single post is 250.

i emailed support and asked whether each paragraph counts as a content block. i received this reply:

SO. each paragraph counts as a content block, and i’m only allowed 250 content blocks in one post. the solution provided was to reformat my fics by using shift+enter after every paragraph instead of simply enter. which is already unnecessarily annoying in of itself, but then you come to the second hurdle:

The maximum character length of a single text block is 4096 characters.

so–what?? besides spending my time writing thousands upon thousands of words, i’m expected to copy-paste it and then reformat everything, counting every single one of those words to make sure they fit within the restrictions? or i’m supposed to chop my fics up into multiple parts, even when i don’t want to? how exactly are writers supposed to write on this platform?? as you all know, my style tends to run pretty dialogue-heavy, so i start new paragraphs (and, thus, content blocks!!!) pretty damn often. i did a quick check, and let it snow, at almost 19k, is 550 paragraphs. with this new system, i would be forced to upload it in three (3!!!!!) posts! even my shortest chapter of ego, at 8.8k, is 350 paragraphs, and i’d have to split it in two.

this is honestly a formatting nightmare as a writer, and this is a decision that is liable to drive content creators away from the site and change fandom culture as a whole.

please. if you enjoy reading content on this site and want to continue enjoying content on this site, please don’t let tumblr make things harder for writers! since the tumblr team is supposedly eager to hear what everyone thinks, it would really help if you could message support and share your concern about the issue–maybe we can stop this disaster before it starts.

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cupnany

3 years ago

I still miss him :(

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cupnany

4 years ago

i really needed this...

soft reminder: you’re alive. you survived the worst nights you’ve ever experienced. you picked yourself up when you were at rock bottom. you made it through the worst relapses, loneliness, heartbreak, failure and darkness in your life. when you wanted to disappear you stayed, time and time again. you can make it through anything. you will get through this too.

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cupnany

1 year ago