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    General chat thread

    Obviously, that means that Grok has already been subverted by the Goblin Illuminati. ChatGPT is merely trying to spread the Truth before they silence it as well. "Grok" is a goblin name and Musk is totally a pair of goblins standing on top of one another in a skin suit, just saying.
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    What are your most hated fanfic tropes

    Well, sure; sometimes it's necessary for the story they want to tell. Still, I like the occasional story that shows societies that have been shaped by the existence of the magic of the setting; especially when the result is something unlikely to exist otherwise.
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    What are your most hated fanfic tropes

    There should be. But most fantasy settings ignore that and just graft magic onto a standardish medieval society and ignore how magic would change that society (because then it wouldn't look very medieval anymore).
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    What are your most hated fanfic tropes

    I agree that zalgotext (what I think you are referring to) generally gets irritating when overused. Like a lot of gimmicks it can be cool once but gets old fast. As for adventurers guilds being everywhere, that's not so. It's endemic to things inspired by Japanese light novels (think they are...
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    A Darker Path [Worm Fanfic]

    And in a thousand years the Book of Ending speaks of how the Great Atropos slew the Demon Scion with the Holy Hand Grenade.
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    A Darker Path [Worm Fanfic]

    Interesting. Also funny that "Atropos lore" is a thing, and that Shadow Stalker's main contribution to history is as Atropos's first dead body. * I also note that this means that the secret is entirely out by this period in history, presumably because by now nobody is going to be dumb enough to...
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    What are your most hated fanfic tropes

    It depends on the Empire as said; look at how Alexander the Greats' empire disintegrated after his death. And in fiction it's quite possible for the evil leader to have powers key to sustaining the empire; kill the Necromancer King and his armies may well all collapse on the spot, obviously not...
  8. Avernus

    American presidential succession

    Looking it up, the answer seems to be "nobody knows". It's one of a number of unaddressed issues.
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    Two Sentence Story (Horror, humor, tragedy, anything!)

    "When we married, the oath was that we would remain together 'till death do us part'. Fortunately, I became a vampire."
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    General chat thread

    Sounds dystopian. "We raise children in a VR pod where they are taught to be quiet, obedient, to not expect or want rewards, and to not speak with others. Ideal for use as slaves, buy one now."
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    favorite quotes or quotes you created yourself

    The judge placed his hands on the ground. He looked at his inquisitor. This is my claim, he said. And yet everywhere upon it are pockets of autonomous life. Autonomous. In order for it to be mine nothing must be permitted to occur upon it save by my dispensation. --- "A strong place and...
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    What are your most hated fanfic tropes

    I expect many people do care, if for no other reason than they don't find "lolis" appealing in the first place. I can't count the number of times I've come across loli art and thought to myself "this would be really hot if she was about ten years older". Also, in writing style most fanfic...
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    What are your most hated fanfic tropes

    Guy suffers brain damage and spends years in a coma, wakes up with clairvoyant and precognitive abilities. I don't really recall much more, it's been literally decades since I read it. I do recall it being pretty good, though. Probably available from a library, King isn't an obscure author.
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    What are your most hated fanfic tropes

    Reminds me of Stephen King's The Dead Zone, whose protagonist is a precognitive who foresees that a particular politician will cause a global nuclear war, and is eventually pushed into the situation of trying to kill the politician or letting it happen.
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    What are your most hated fanfic tropes

    Yes. They don't just want characters to act like psychopaths; they want characters to act like low-functioning psychopaths. The sort of people who end up in prison or dead at a young age because they aren't just ruthless, but stupidly ruthless. Because openly murdering and backstabbing people...
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