Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@ShieldHero
Nice, now I really want to read it. Seriously go wild!

@Jhena, I certainly will, and already have! On a good day, I can write 1,500-2,500 words, even more on very rare occasions! 😁 I already finished one of my series (not the airship isekai one, but a different one) back at the end of May of this year. It had 8 volumes with 6 chapters each, and each volume had about 15,000 words among the chapters. I started writing that series in early November of last year, so it took me about 7 months. If you multiply 15,000 words times 8 volumes, that's about 120,000 words in seven months, not counting other series that I haven't made as much progress in. I started the first sequel series, which has even longer volumes, the next day... 😂🤣 Most of the volumes in my series are longer then the one I'm talking about right now, since the one I'm talking about right now (the original, not the sequel) is for ages 10 and up while pretty much all my other ones are teen and up, so they're bigger books, like the size of Japanese light novels. If my books end up being popular enough, I want them to be animated cartoons with anime-style graphics, because of the anime inspiration! For that, though, my books would have to sell pretty well, I'd imagine. And I don't know how well they'll sell to begin with. For example, the 8 volume series and it's sequels that I mentioned are explicitly Christian, but also have a lot of anime inspiration (like the Dragon Ball Z scale combat in the sequels), even though most Christians don't like anime. The only reason I did that for this series is because it's based off of stories I played by myself and with my siblings in my younger years (and, every once in a while, I still play the Dragon Ball Z-esque fighting parts with my younger brother who likes basketball, he also likes Dragon Ball), where a lot of the characters are Christians. I kept the Christian themes in it because otherwise, it just wouldn't feel the same. I understand that the mix of Christian themes and anime inspiration may upset some people, but I can't please everyone (nor am I trying to, that would be way too difficult). I've written quite the wall of text now. It's nice talking on internet forums, since I can actually take my time to write out what I want to say. You can't do that quite as easily in a "real" conversation. 🤣 If you made it through thus entire wall of text, congratulations. I just really like talking about my books.

Edit: I see that your profile has your friend code, so I'm going to send you a Switch friend request in a little bit, after I do a few things. My username on Switch is King Shao. Shao is my real life nickname, which is a shortened version of my real life name. You'll be the first Nintendo Life person I send a friend request to, since I've talked to you more than anyone else on the site so far.

@ShieldHero
Oh, btw.
Dragon Quest franchise are very Catholic if you take a look the church building design, the Nun character, the pray they chant.
And if you look at Galenth Dysley, the main villain on Final Fantasy XIII who have Pope looking and can transform into giant monster Barthandelus, I saw something interesting with plot twist of using someone who looks like a saint because of Pope looking but actually he was a villain in disguise.

@ShieldHero my jaw literally dropped reading this thats amazing. i hope u get your work out there soon, i love fantasy fiction too!!!

@OctolingKing13, if you want to, you can share your friend code and I can send you a friend request later tonight 😃, or you can send a request to me and I'll probably be able to accept it tonight.

@ShieldHero
Please excuse the late reply, I was sleeping.

Woah, I did not expect that you are already so serious about writing, amazing! It feels like pretty much everyone likes Dragon Ball Z. And I think if you try enough, you can put Christian themes in most series. I accepted your friend request, glad to be friends with you!

@ShieldHero I think it is a really nice thing, and many anime, or media in general, have a lot to do with Christian faith, like the biggest themes of good and evil, and empathy being a general.

I lost it somewhere along the way and couldn't bring it back no matter how hard I tried, but I think it is a marvelous thing.

@ShieldHero Oh that's cool, I still remember when I got my Switch... it was a couple months after it came out and it was still selling out like mad, lol. Before I had my N64, my dad had his SNES, and that was how I got interested in Nintendo's games. I was huge into Mario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and even F-Zero when I was young, though I didn't quite get into Zelda until quite a lot later. I have a younger brother who's huge into Pokemon, as well. Best of luck on getting your books published, by the way.

@ShieldHero ahhh sorry i haven’t replied ive been very busy, ill send you one tmrw 😸

Did anyone happen to catch BBC Breakfast's segment on retro gaming?

They had a discussion around a table of 3 game consoles consisting of the ZX Spectrum and Wii.
The worst offender though was a SNES with an NES Super Mario Bros. cartridge somehow shoved into it 😭

@Nintoz, 😝

Hi chat, hope you're doing well.

I've been quite busy these last dozen months, and I've missed being on here with y'all, and used to have lots of fun here. Lots of memories.

Well, I hope you're doing well, just wanted to check in.

Peace out

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@Kermit1
Hello, Kermie
~Miss Piggie💖

(Seriously tho, we've missed ya! Hope you're doing well!)

@Kermit1
Hiya!
Long time no see you.

@Pastellioli Yeah. Some games are a bit big. I try not to have too much on my phone tbh.

Fair. Though I feel like Twitter was generally for the worse in many regards. These days though? Most of the politics has moved over to Bsky, and I feel far more at ease on Twitter amusingly enough.

Yeah. Pretty much anything can be abused, down to the conceptual level, AI obviously included.

Yup.. Since leaving my initial comment, I actually got the original artist's blessing to use what I have been using for my pfp elsewhere. I hate that ppl disrespect like that. Also, on opinions prior to having experienced what it is in question, can't be sure if I've done it or not.

Fearmongering is kinda everywhere now. One prominent example is politics. I have weird views, but ultimately want to think of it in terms of merits and demerits, on multiple levels, as well as consequences, and how others would do it.

Yeah. I genuinely believe that any concept or system will naturally be abused, and taken to a corrupt extreme naturally. This is why there is chaos everywhere now imo. Every good concept has collapsed into corruption. And I do genuinely hate the block button, for all the reasons you listed. But I can also see it as a tool to avoid stalkers, and ppl who are genuinely toxic. (Which some ppl would naturally think I am, cause of my reactions from how my brain works..) But at the same time, such ppl who truly are extreme would find ways around it...like a certain relative of mine...

Eh. Referring to the "Listen you parasite" rant? Yeah. Can't think of much else it'd be.

I've been feeling burdened lately, and kept putting off replying. I'm hoping this is even the right one to reply to!

@ShieldHero You write series?
I've been interested myself, and even started writing stuff. But uh. My chapter length is lacking, as is my motivation and freedom from stress.

Maybe show me to some of your series sometime?

@Mariotag, if you are interested, I have a few story writing tips:
1. Just write. I'm one of the people that is really obsessed with having the entire storyline planned out from beginning to end a lot of the time, but I am considering starting a series without any real plans for it and just ad-libbing the whole thing from beginning to end with a few small ideas for the direction of it.
2. Find a time and time frame that fits your schedule. I prefer binging a writing session for hours on end instead of spacing it out in twenty minute sessions throughout a day. However, I do realize that not everyone has the same schedule or time spacing preferences as I do.
3. Don't worry about chapter length, at least at the beginning. Most of the time, books have chapters of varying lengths, and a chapter usually ends at either the end of a scene/battle, or with a major revelation/cliffhanger. You can always edit chapters and move sentences around later. This is where the 1st draft - 2nd draft - any more drafts if needed concept is helpful.
4. Take a break if necessary. This one does not need to be explained.

As for sharing about my series, I've given a few details about some of my series and their inspirations on this thread already, but I certainly will give more real details if they actually get published.

@ShieldHero
If there were DMs, I'd send what I have so far tbh.

Unfortunately, I more or less have no concrete schedule.
Also have my doubts on if what I make will be any good or not.

Sorta an isekai shounen if I'm not mistaken?
I get way too many ideas, and I forget some long before I can get them put down. Plus I'm in a phase where I need to escape anxiety. :/ Usually through gaming and anime.

@Mariotag, in case you didn't read my above comments in this thread, most of my stories are actually inspired by anime! For example, a decent amount of my stories are isekai ones. It's nice that you'd share what you have so far if you could, since I like reading in progress stores! I'm just not willing to share actual copies of my own stories online until they're published and copyrighted, just in case.

@ShieldHero Yeah.
In the case of what I have, I've got sooooo much planned, that I don't know how someone would be able to rip me off that easily.

Problem rn is, idk how I'd share.

I've def been inspired by different writing styles from different ppl.
A canned Mario fangame being one such influence.