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Posts: 57

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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/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/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/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/3l3jnlmk3i32u

Published: September 7, 2024 00:48

Me first reading My Next Life as a Villainess: ā€œI really hope the otome game protagonist is as nice as sheā€™s supposed to be. I wonā€™t like it if sheā€™s turned into a jerk as the twist.ā€œ Me now: ā€œKatarina x Maria OTPā€ā€¦

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 ā€œfavoriteā€ things for me is difficult unless Iā€™m fixated on something, and even then thatā€™ll likely change given adequate time. Iā€™ll basically fluctuate between feeling neutral, ā€œthis is goodā€, and ā€œTHIS IS MY EVERYTHINGā€, and all about the sameā€¦

https://bsky.app/profile/danshive.bsky.social/post/3l3iq7zw5td2e

Published: September 6, 2024 16:03

"Youā€˜ve 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. [contains quote post or otherā€¦

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/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/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/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/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/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/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. Itā€™s not completely without skill. You do need to know how to drive, and you will get to the destination at the end. But you wonā€™t haveā€¦

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 Iā€™m 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/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€¦