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  1. RootBeerBert

    Do you write genius characters?

    It’s less that I think it’s impossible more so that doing that, even short term, is exhausting and would lead to me burning myself out in some way. Having to think about geniuses and the smart things they would do over the smart things normal people would do as well as how to account for them...
  2. RootBeerBert

    Do you write genius characters?

    I specifically mean intelligent geniuses with over 200 IQ, I honestly really can’t bring myself to write them. Characters can only be as smart as the author, so unless I write all other characters as varying degrees of idiotic, it’s impossible for me. Though I guess it can be done, doing...
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    World domination with low-tier powers

    I’m wondering, whether it be world domination or defeating the bbeg, if you guys could take over your verse with the shittiest powers in it. And I don’t mean JP LN “shitty” where they’re only trash on the surface level, I mean they’re actually bad and you need to be creative with them to do...
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    Weapon personalities

    I’m playing with the concept of Ego weapons, basically just weapons with living consciousnesses, though I’m wondering how far I should go with it. Like, should weapons be able to speak and possess complex thoughts? Or should they just have basic feelings which they communicate to their user? Or...
  5. RootBeerBert

    Power Ranking

    Making two separate rankings does sound more reasonable than trying to mix two fundamentally different power systems together, now that you mention it. Though its not necessarily mages>fighters, more so mages having cooler powers with more variety while fighters are more practical in combat. I...
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    Power Ranking

    I'm trying to decide whether I want to leave the power ranking of my story clearly defined with ranks, or more vague and loosely defined with things like novice, average, elite, and the pinnacle with characters being stated to be somewhere within those classifications. And if I do land on...
  7. RootBeerBert

    Do you think me and my readers will hate me if I insult my main character?

    As long as you're not repetitive with it, you'll be fine.
  8. RootBeerBert

    Where to draw the line on the complex powers?

    I'm having a conundrum. I'm not sure where to draw the limits on how strong and how complex I want to be with powers in my story. I feel if I make the powers too simple that aspect of my story will stay generic and forgettable while if I make things too complex things will get too complicated...
  9. RootBeerBert

    You got isekaid into your own novel

    Depending on how I’m Isekai’d I could either end up as vessel for half of the universe to incarnate itself in (A bad thing), a pawn for immature celestial beings, or get body dysmorphia. I don’t even wanna think about if any knew I’m the author.
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    Should I mention shoddy citations?

    I’ve finally finished up my ridiculously long summer work in the last two weeks of summer (procrastinating is my enemy), and now it’s time to submit it. The problem comes with citations. Since I was rushing like crazy, aside from writing page numbers on the side, I didn’t take citations into...
  11. RootBeerBert

    Limiting phone usage

    I have an issue with phone usage I want to fix, I'm on it way too much, to the point that I'm distracted from my summer work. I left it at a cousin's house to focus and it worked, but not having a way to contact me is problem for my family so I can't do it again and I'm getting distracted like I...
  12. RootBeerBert

    Miscellaneous facts about your characters

    My MC has sleepy, sort of creepy, looking eyes, so regardless of how much sleep she gets she perpetually looks tired.
  13. RootBeerBert

    How do you guys study?

    In the next few weeks I'll be heading into 11th grade and I'll be taking AP US History, my problem is that I don't know how to study, or rather how to study well. I've made it into AP partially because my teacher was on maternity leave so I was doing easier work, and partially because I'm decent...
  14. RootBeerBert

    What are your characters' flaws?

    Erica: Inferiority complex due to being the the only ordinary person in a family of geniuses and a lack of ambition because she only ever tried, and failed, to emulate her family’s talents. Neras: Due to the unique circumstances of his birth, formerly serving as he vessel for a reincarnator, he...
  15. RootBeerBert

    Eye Trade vs Eye Gift

    Anything is possible in fiction if you imagine hard enough, though seriously another main character’s ability, focused on forming links and connections with objects will help with it.
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    Eye Trade vs Eye Gift

    He, by this point in the story is the weakest member of the main cast with the least potential due to his unique heritage and the eye would open opportunities for him to progress. The donor’s heritage is more helpful as she’s given enhanced senses, to the point where she can see energy, but...
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    Eye Trade vs Eye Gift

    I’m thinking that one of my main characters loses his eye in a very traumatic battle and he’s given the Eye of his best friend/sister-figure, I’m pondering whether this should just be her giving her eye to him or them exchanging eyes. Originally I wanted them to trade eyes so that they’d be able...
  18. RootBeerBert

    How to properly describe a beautiful character?

    Say she has legs so long despite her height that she might as while be 2/3 legs, green rock like skin, and a face that puts Tinker Bell to shame, and constantly regurgitate how beautiful she is.
  19. RootBeerBert

    Do you intentionally skip chapters?

    If I ever get to the point of constantly wanting to skip chapters I usually just drop the story soon after. But if it’s just once in while I push through it.
  20. RootBeerBert

    [Poll] Regression or Transmigration

    Regression. While becoming the strongest and starting over is cool, I’m still mostly attached to my family and wouldn’t want to leave yet. Plus depending on the world I might never get to read web novels and manga again.
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