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https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3m2dbtexz2z
Published: September 7, 2024 23:42
My biggest non-comic writing struggles are formatting dialogue (in part because common conventions are counter-intuitive to me, like saying who was talking AFTER the dialogue), and describing things.
Like, you don't NEED to describe every last detail, andā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3m232uasb2z
Published: September 7, 2024 23:37
A thing about canon EGSNP is there are so many characters who just won't get to do that much if I don't let them do stuff in NP, and if important-to-canon stuff can't happen, that SEVERELY limits what they can do.
And if it winds up being "you need toā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3lmq4mvek2s
Published: September 7, 2024 19:38
(Listening to the first Mob Psycho OP intensifies)
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3lliihlcy26
Published: September 7, 2024 19:16
It's possible I've decided plot stuff can happen in EGSNP and be recapped in a fancy abridged style as needed to keep the story section a smooth first time read.
Possibly. Who can say.
#egscomics
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3lkspaqwy24
Published: September 7, 2024 19:04
One of those "walk around a city" videos on YouTube that's perfectly normal except for the last few minutes when they start and stop a lot, looking around like something's wrong, and it ends with a cryptid running at them before abruptly going black.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3lfza6evr2d
Published: September 7, 2024 17:38
Repostery - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/doubledate-069
In part to slap #egscomics hashtag onto it.
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https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3kzm2743f2t
Published: September 7, 2024 13:56
"Bill?"
"Yeah, it's me."
"How do I recognize you? You look completely different."
"I dunno, man. Everyone just does. Anyway, I need to go bra shopping. Can you drive me? I'm used to being a foot taller."
"At the mall with the good pretzels?"
"Yeah."
"Hellā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3kzjthpjm2z
Published: September 7, 2024 13:55
(Presses the off button on a microwave with less than a second to go before the timer goes off.)
ā« And they say that a hero can save usā¦ ā«
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3jv57xuwq2u
Published: September 7, 2024 03:03
Kitty rescue! - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/doubledate-069
"After much deliberation, we've decided to congratulate the person who actually did something while we were ineffectually discussing what to do. Good work, team!"
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3jsd3xzdu2z
Published: September 7, 2024 02:13
I'm pretty sure the amount I post random thoughts on social media is inversely proportional to how much sleep I got.
If I ever go a full night without sleeping, expect a post every five minutes.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3jnlmk3i32u
Published: September 7, 2024 00:48
Me first reading My Next Life as a Villainess: āI really hope the otome game protagonist is as nice as sheās supposed to be. I wonāt like it if sheās turned into a jerk as the twist.ā
Me now: āKatarina x Maria OTPāā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3jkffhgmo2n
Published: September 6, 2024 23:51
"I Pray at Everything", the (not real) fantasy anime in which a man exclusively prays at his opponents.
He's entirely ineffectual, which is actually weird, because his party has a cleric, and they totally do stuff with holy magic. Like, this is a settingā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3jensq53w2o
Published: September 6, 2024 22:09
This could sound paradoxical, but in an effort to remain humble and assertive, I recommend taking pride in a willingness to be wrong and learn from mistakes.
A flaw in self-awareness can be a lack of confidence, as one is too aware they could be wrong.ā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3jaulkzdm2d
Published: September 6, 2024 21:01
A thing about references is that so many people aren't going to know they're references, and I'm not even addressing the "people don't get it because they miss the reference" thing, I'm addressing the "people think the thing referencing it is the originalā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3iyp4t56k2y
Published: September 6, 2024 18:35
I've decided I support a genre of transformation fiction in which people inexplicably take transformation in casual stride as just a thing that's happening during their day.
Maybe there's an explanation for it all, maybe it's just stuff that's happening.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3iwetf3ie2p
Published: September 6, 2024 17:53
Choosing āfavoriteā things for me is difficult unless Iām fixated on something, and even then thatāll likely change given adequate time.
Iāll basically fluctuate between feeling neutral, āthis is goodā, and āTHIS IS MY EVERYTHINGā, and all about the sameā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3iu57hsju2y
Published: September 6, 2024 17:13
The series finale of a show of your choosing that is NOT normally an action show now includes one final battle set to the showās theme song.
What show do you choose?
(Iāma choosing Friends)ā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3iq7zw5td2e
Published: September 6, 2024 16:03
"Youāve been kidnapped. The characters from the last tv show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?ā
Yeah, so, not only am I 100% getting rescued, but any injuries I have are getting healed.
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https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3hurdatlj26
Published: September 6, 2024 07:51
Got me a lockpick - www.egscomics.com/comic/hope-107
Hope's lockpicking skill is only 15, but she's playing on the Switch with HD rumble, and that rumble's feedback is a little TOO precise. Like, she could pick a master lock first try, no problem.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3h6ipmuqn2p
Published: September 6, 2024 01:13
I will be posting late because, sometimes, drawing is hard.
The inking shouldn't actually be that bad, though, so I've got NO idea what the ETA is on this one š
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3gwaezw5m24
Published: September 5, 2024 22:45
I'm gonna draw this complicated thing with difficult perspective!
(An hour later)
I'm drawing a super simplified version of it good lord
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3ghsll5gg2u
Published: September 5, 2024 18:27
(A talking dragon appears in an anime)
So... Transform into a human woman with horns and a tail when?
"Uh, no, my dude, I'm just a dragon."
Aw.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3ghllunnd2t
Published: September 5, 2024 18:23
I can't hear "berry" anymore without thinking of Mumei.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3g7rkflm52s
Published: September 5, 2024 16:03
Gosh dang it, YouTube, you've made my brain categorize "bro" as just a gender neutral thing you say to people.
It's "dude" and "guys" all over again, but worse.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3fxybhjgf2g
Published: September 5, 2024 13:44
Alphagorn threw for content, and his sacrifice allowed him to put Jaiden ascending Mount Doom in the thumbnail.
https://media.tenor.com/YmWy-M_qXsUAAAAC/jaiden-animations-jaiden-animations-memes.gif?hh=275&ww=498
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3fvq7yiyk24
Published: September 5, 2024 13:03
I just had an amazing idea:
Don't take information read on social media as fact, and also don't bother reading long takes on objective things that might not even be right when you can look it up yourself.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3f46yj2px2p
Published: September 5, 2024 05:26
OH THANK GOD THE CAT STOPPED USING ME AS A PILLOW
I CAN FINALLY GO TO BED
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3eu4yxsdi2u
Published: September 5, 2024 03:02
Turkey time - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/doubledate-068
At least, I THINK getting three strikes in a row is a turkey? I figure even if I'm wrong, it's a good choice for the preview.
#egscomics
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3er3q3kht2g
Published: September 5, 2024 02:08
Rotate view in Illustrator would be soooo much more useful with the option to have the straight lines via shift be relative to the view, and not the document when not rotated.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3ec5wclf326
Published: September 4, 2024 21:41
I think it's understandable that I Parry Everything isn't a faster anime, what with it being based off of source material, production matters, etc.
I just genuinely think it would work a lot better with faster pacing that gets through most everythingā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3e7uueo6p2d
Published: September 4, 2024 21:00
My salad lunch with chicken was inadequate. I already hunger.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3e6sbylfd2o
Published: September 4, 2024 20:40
Minecraft movie? I am curious!
(Opens trailer. Sees live action humans.)
Nope.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3dzleeeiz2z
Published: September 4, 2024 19:07
An important thing to keep in mind is that the means to achieve a desired outcome is usually not a binary affair in which that's all that happens, and things can be accomplished by means designed with the intent of being used that way, further adding toā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3dmqkbfii26
Published: September 4, 2024 15:17
(One Piece concludes. Soon after...)
"Read the new adventures of Luffy's son, Boffy!"
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3dkj2f7rj2n
Published: September 4, 2024 14:37
I do find it interesting that most discussions I see about what kids like / are like don't bring up personal experiences, as though most adults either forget what being a kid was like, or refuse to acknowledge that they did not, in fact, begin life asā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3djwgguqa2y
Published: September 4, 2024 14:27
I think one thing about TV shows and movies for kids is that kids won't be bothered by occasional jokes that are there for the parents / an older audience, particularly given a good pace.
And if they DO get those jokes, they already had the necessaryā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3cjrbzwb22r
Published: September 4, 2024 04:51
Pandora's Box - www.egscomics.com/comic/hope-106
New comic for Wednesday, September 3rd, 2024.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3cdhbwfzd2o
Published: September 4, 2024 02:58
Not sure how long I have left on the comic. I'm going to guess two hours.
(I cannot emphasize enough how much this is a guess š°)
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3bhjh22sc2x
Published: September 3, 2024 18:38
The "being mean" I have trouble with is being totally dismissive of someone, or writing them off as "just a jerk".
Which doesn't sound like a bad thing to have a problem with, except effectively kicking someone out of your own brain space can genuinely beā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3axodc7ea2z
Published: September 3, 2024 13:55
(Listens to Dark Souls music for no raisin)
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3a6byhlnt2r
Published: September 3, 2024 06:21
Lucy Kitty - https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2024-004
It is unclear whether this was Lucy's idea, but she seems cool with it.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3a3cnzkqr27
Published: September 3, 2024 05:27
Frame Two - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/doubledate-067
Frame two is specifically sized to house non-standard poster sizes that are off one inch from the industry standard, thus making them mostly useless unless you have EXACTLY the right poorly madeā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l37ssunmp52r
Published: September 3, 2024 02:55
I'm finishing up a sketchbook and an EGSNP, and plot to post them close together (alternating between them Behind The Scenes).
EGSNP will be first, though, because who knows how long it'll take me to choose colors for the sketchbook background (no joke,ā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l37rwjtrbx2r
Published: September 3, 2024 02:39
Don't wanna be mean, but sometimes? You've just got to accept that a random person on the internet doesn't get something.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3756toxes2f
Published: September 2, 2024 20:28
I'ma hide here for a bit
I responded to an AI discussion in former-bird land and now it's a thing
Honestly, it's gone well for me and is surprisingly not toxic, but it's *distracting*
https://media.tenor.com/prt0-Dl51XcAAAAC/hamefura.gif?hh=280&ww=498
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l36sybnvjh27
Published: September 2, 2024 17:26
I will say that making something coherent with 50k words using AI would be a challenge
There's a DougDoug video with an AI Pajama Sam who had to be "reset" several times as it increasingly became unhinged
It would be a battle against the flaws of AI, andā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l36ihdfyhw2e
Published: September 2, 2024 14:17
Doing a 50k word writing challenge with an AI writing it is like doing a marathon running challenge by driving a car.
Itās not completely without skill. You do need to know how to drive, and you will get to the destination at the end.
But you wonāt haveā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l35ilp23ln2k
Published: September 2, 2024 04:47
That woman is pretty.
WAIT. They're a cis man?! OH NO!
That MAN is pretty!
There we go! Sorry about that.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l35cpihfmi2o
Published: September 2, 2024 03:02
Prerequisite for last place rivalry - www.egscomics.com/comic/hope-105
The lofty demands of competing for last place.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l34smv36et27
Published: September 1, 2024 22:14
I sometimes stop mid-writing a reply to someone, and open up a new post.
Why? Because I realize Iām not so much replying to them as I am starting a new, only partly relevant discussion.
(Assuming it even IS relevant. My mind makes weird leaps inā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l34bcluyv52h
Published: September 1, 2024 17:04
Say what you will about cryptic wise people, but there are times when there's a reason you want people to realize certain things for themselves.
Being told sometimes has little impact compared to being guided to self-realization.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l34adjxx5w2h
Published: September 1, 2024 16:47
"The misfortune of those innocent people is justified on principle," - Person entirely unaffected by said misfortune.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l346ip23gd2u
Published: September 1, 2024 16:14
"Actually, Dan, your GREATEST weakness is a weakness TO MY BIPEDAL SNAKE WARRIOR ARMY! MWUH-HAHAHAHAAAA!"
Pretty sure everyone's weak to them, Snakeomancer Steve.
"Oh, you're too kind."
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l344bok4sc2n
Published: September 1, 2024 15:34
I think my greatest weakness is a combination of "just one more thing" and underestimating how long something will take.
Like, those nights when I stay up way too late? It's one or both of those things. "One more thing, one more thing, oh there's soā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l32wapy3kx2k
Published: September 1, 2024 04:13
That moment when you get distracted from working on a comic by the next comic.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l32gsjlgka2r
Published: August 31, 2024 23:37
David Cage games are a weird series of mini games in which the ending might be complete nonsense in which you seem to lose at random.
What I'm saying is they're like edgy Mario Party.
https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l2zia3gkxb2h
Published: August 31, 2024 14:30
(Plays boss music)
"Wait, why are you playing boss music?
(Boss music intensifies)
"DAN"