Rain World Book Club

[rotund gorge]

It’s fine!

Don’t let me stop you.

But yes, Saturday CDT would be better for me, if that doesn’t inconvenience anyone.

[dense pecan]

I forgot to schedule a reading earlier, usually I'd prefer Saturday too

[swift bobcat]

5pm cdt is like 6am over here, so I'd prefer it be a little later if that's ok?

[maiden tulip]

i wont be able to join Saturday so i wont be available. Hopefully it goes well though!

[balmy flame]

2-3 hours would be very helpful for me though

Wait, it’s Sunday

Nvm I’m good either way

[hazy rivet]

have we decided a time?

[dense pecan]

At the moment it's sort of between 7pm tonight or 7pm tomorrow

CDT

I'd prefer 7pm tonight, just because it gives people time to mull it over before we really start talking about it on Sunday

But I can also work with whatever, I'd like to maximize the number of people who can come

And, if it would make timezones easier, I really dont mind doing it twice

That's not a precedent that other readers should feel pressured to follow, though, I have an unusual amount of free time at the moment

[hazy rivet]

I'm totally fine with either

[balmy flame]

I put my vote in for Sunday

[maiden tulip]

Sunday

[dense pecan]

Alrighty, looks like it's Sunday 7pm CDT!

[slow lance]

Cool

[dense pecan]

Tabula Rasa reading in 4 1/2 hours

[balmy flame]

[exotic stirrup]

Hm. A shame. I have to be in bed in 2-3 hours >.>

[earnest cradle]

Europe struggles

[balmy flame]

Europe struggles

[paper steeple]

im going, still gonna struggle tho

[balmy flame]

Europe suffers

[dense pecan]

if I did another reading in about 30 minutes would y'all europeans be able to be there

[balmy flame]

Double reading

[dense pecan]

@exotic stirrup @paper steeple @earnest cradle

[earnest cradle]

I'm not sure if i would be available

Though i appreciate the proposal

[paper steeple]

it is a really nice idea!!!

[dense pecan]

I just don't want to exclude people

[paper steeple]

tho i would prefer the bigger group, its fine for me to stay up a bit

thanks tho

[exotic stirrup]

I appreciate the offer :3

although given I have already read Tabula Rasa and went crazy in the murder mystery (just look in the comments) I don’t want to put additional strain on your voice

[dense pecan]

np! I'm always able to bend schedules, I'm sorry it's outside your time zone

[earnest cradle]

Yeah i don't think i'd be up for this cause a reading 1-on-1 would be maybe awkward /lh

Thanks, though

[radiant forge]

Rain World reading comprehension tutoring session

[earnest cradle]

Competitive reading

[dense pecan]

30 minutes!

[paper steeple]

reserved https://discord.com/channels/291184728944410624/757409584448274504 for book club

[rotund gorge]

Wish I could join.

Alas, life.

[dense pecan]

we'll miss you cele

[dense pecan]

I can't believe mr beef himself attended the book club this time

if he's even real

wasn't there like, a mr beast worshipping club that got shut down like two years ago

further evidence that he's not real

[hazy rivet]

wha?

[dense pecan]

I just, every so vaugely remember there being a forum or something that kept joking about him being the patron saint of vc until someone shut it down for being a little weird to make a fanclub for someone who you'd never spoken to

it was when I was only lurking though, so it might've been a once-off general conversation

[balmy flame]

[balmy flame]

Book club bump

First ever

Anyway, do we know who’s gonna read the second half of TR?

[queen bluff]

Me waiting for Yui_Cheshire's fic:

[hazy rivet]

which?

[queen bluff]

That 5p time travel fix-it fic

[hazy rivet]

there are a lot of those

idk that author, did you nominate the fic?

[queen bluff]

There's more?

[hazy rivet]

it's a pretty popular thing yeah

[queen bluff]

?

I am unaware of the customs sry

[hazy rivet]

ah! sorry!

we nominate fics and then vote on which we want to read c:

you're welcome to nominate one

most of the fics nominated so far are things people here have written, but we have a few from other authors

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nwJrbn5Y69EaystGRnLIULz3xbSlg1tEusCpeiuYYBs/edit?gid=0#gid=0

here's the current list

We're currently reading Tabula Rasa

[queen bluff]

Alright then

[dense pecan]

I'd planned on reading the second half, if that's alright

[dense pecan]

Unless someone else maybe wanted to give it a shot?

[balmy flame]

No that’s what I thought too

We have no new volunteers

[dense pecan]

[hazy rivet]

More beads reading 👀

Are we doing the same time?

[dense pecan]

I think atm it's Saturday at 4pm cdt, If I'm remembering last week's feedback correctly ?

[paper steeple]

works for me!

[topaz perch]

readsing boog glub?

wharg chapter are we at I need to catch up

[queen bluff]

Ch 4 iirc

[topaz perch]

oki dokie

[hazy rivet]

we're reading the last 3 chapters live on saturday c:

[topaz perch]

I have marked my calendar

[swift bobcat]

Oh, 4pm

Probably gonna join late( if at all) that's very early in the morning for me

[balmy flame]

If only the earth was flat

[maiden tulip]

im tell you

the earth is flat

yall are ignorant

smh

[topaz perch]

the earth is actually slugcat shaped

obviously

[balmy flame]

[queen bluff]

Antarctica is at the scug's tail

[topaz perch]

yea

I live under the left ear

that's why it's so hot here

[queen bluff]

I live at the right leg

[topaz perch]

whats going on by the kneecap rn?

[queen bluff]

Nothing much

[topaz perch]

cool

[queen bluff]

The pacific ocean is the underbelly

[burnt drum]

No. The Earth is an hollow donut.

[maiden tulip]

the earth is a figment of your imagination

[willow sparrow]

nonono, the earth is a rock floating in space in a white void with bananas floating around

[topaz perch]

NO NO NO, it was all a dream the entire time

You have to wake up

What do the numbers MEAN, Mason?!?!?

[serene saffron]

HOLLOW KNI– oh hollow donut

[topaz perch]

What do they MEAN!??!

[willow sparrow]

the Earth is just a simplification of ‘where the heck am I’ actually I think

[topaz perch]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1286371414085079170/1286375824181825567/togif-5.gif

[burnt drum]

So are you.

[burnt drum]

[maiden tulip]

no

[burnt drum]

Damn.

[topaz perch]

yarg

I am caught up to chap 4 now

[paper steeple]

nice

[paper steeple]

any thoughts so far?

[topaz perch]

Peak fiction. The characters feel complex and like they have a detailed history. The mystery is really intriguing so far. As a chronic mystery addict, I am hooked. Brass' musings are also pretty entertaining. The portrayal of the RW universe is really well done; it feels like the author really knew their shit.

[paper steeple]

he sure does

[rotund gorge]

Cy does know his shit.

[topaz perch]

I'm honestly stumped as to why an iterator would want to kill their neighbor (er, memory wipe). I wasn't really sure how a protagonist resigned to a metal box was going to work in the beginning but obviously I overlooked the possibilities.

[paper steeple]

get excited for bookclub today

its gonna be great

(or tomorrow, not sure)

[topaz perch]

it's tomorrow for me

You know a story's good when it makes you want to write

[hazy rivet]

reallll

[hazy rivet]

cy is one of the best writers here for sure since you're liking TR, I highly recommend browsing his oneshots once we're done

[worldly sentinel]

you're all too nice

[swift bobcat]

So, is <t:1739052000> correct?

[burnt drum]

I might be able to jump in.

A bit late though, my shift ends at that time.

[swift bobcat]

It's extremely early in the morning for me so

[balmy flame]

the world will explode when we get European reader

[topaz perch]

One time I was in a DnD group where the DM kept adding more and more people

And we eventually had one person for almost every time zone

It was a nightmare

[queen bluff]

Damn

[swift bobcat]

MMOTRPG /silly

[dense pecan]

@balmy flame can you do the magic time zone thing

[balmy flame]

<t:1739052000>

[maiden tulip]

?

[balmy flame]

Epochs already did it

[dense pecan]

Ooh okay, I missed it

Thank you though!

Magic time zone powers

[maiden tulip]

yall are lying fr

the earth is flat

[balmy flame]

Magic

[maiden tulip]

theres no such thing as timezones

[balmy flame]

That's because your flat earth theory doesn't include the time wizards

[maiden tulip]

time zone wizards

do you think im stupid? wizards dont exsist

SMH

[balmy flame]

The government's clearly just hiding them

[topaz perch]

I freaking hate those guys

[balmy flame]

I mean, how do you stop a time wizard?

[serene saffron]

[maiden tulip]

what

[serene saffron]

[maiden tulip]

you know what the government is REALLY hiding????

leeches

[topaz perch]

A time wizard turned my cat to dust

[maiden tulip]

leeches than gain the power of human consiouness

[balmy flame]

The time wizards obviously use their temporal manipulation to run the government

[maiden tulip]

and theyre hiding em

[maiden tulip]

[serene saffron]

sorry thats me

i have those

[maiden tulip]

you're a leech?????

[balmy flame]

So the leeches are the time wizards?

[maiden tulip]

no

[serene saffron]

no im the one hiding them

[balmy flame]

[maiden tulip]

time wizards arent real

[maiden tulip]

no

wait

[balmy flame]

damm time wizards

[maiden tulip]

you are?

[serene saffron]

i mean

[maiden tulip]

GOVERNMENT SPY

[serene saffron]

thats classified

you saw nothing

[maiden tulip]

GOVERNMENT SPYYYYY

GET HER

[serene saffron]

[maiden tulip]

GET HERRRR

[balmy flame]

Bought by the time wizard lobby

[serene saffron]

too young to be working for the government

[balmy flame]

[maiden tulip]

no

your lying

youre 27 years old

[topaz perch]

Oh yeah?? How do you explain this then? 🕛🕘🕟🕞🕓🕒🕝🕢🕐🕑🕕🕖

[serene saffron]

[maiden tulip]

TRIGGER WARNING PLZ /j

[balmy flame]

[maiden tulip]

AUGHAGUAGHAGH

[serene saffron]

trigger warning?

you guys be making everythingn a tw nowadays smh

[hazy rivet]

misc please

[maiden tulip]

The idea of multiple timezones is very offensive to me

oh yeah

sorry

[hazy rivet]

fun police is here

[maiden tulip]

[serene saffron]

first squares then houses now timezones

oop

[rotund gorge]

Thanks, Banan.

[balmy flame]

Tree will be running late to book club

Speaking of which, 15 minutes until book club

[paper steeple]

https://discord.com/channels/291184728944410624/297219247992733696 reserved

[radiant forge]

Gonna be late, devastating

[paper steeple]

seems to be slow right now anyway? i think you still have time

[hazy rivet]

@dense pecan are you still reading today?

👀

[dense pecan]

!!! Yes!

One second hang on

[earnest cradle]

My internal battle of "this sounds cool" and "I have already read this/not sure if i'll be able to listen to all of it"

[radiant forge]

They're doing the last two or three (?) chapters today, should be relatively short

[hazy rivet]

[earnest cradle]

Yeah but it starts from the middle and i'd have to catch up

[hazy rivet]

last three

welll you've already read it

[earnest cradle]

Also it's a classic instance of "you are your worst enemy"

[radiant forge]

But you already- yeah

[hazy rivet]

[balmy flame]

Thanks @dense pecan for reading

[paper steeple]

Tabula Rasa my beloved. Still my favourite rw fic so far. Beads did it more then justice, the reading was great!!!

[balmy flame]

Shame I wasn’t there for it

[paper steeple]

The last three chapters are by far my favourite section in the entire story. The way it all just escalates more and more only for it to end so bitter sweat is just heart wrenching.

after the last chapter, chapter 5 is probably also just my favourite. the way the entire group is just arguing with each other while favours begs them to stop even tho it is just making them suffer more is painful.

and i think it has been stated enough already, but the first chapter is just such a great set up. it pulls you in right away and wants you to see more of it. its such a cool concept, i just cant describe it.

forgiveness is just the best. i love her so much. i wish things coudl have ended differently but there is just no way for anything to ever be good between all of them. the reset was probably the only option and it hurts

[sterile quarry]

aw shit i missed it...
...again...

[paper steeple]

brass is an ass, forgivness is an ass, truth is an ass, and favours is just there, and i love them all. they are so perfectly flawed, none of the main three are good by any means and its just depressing to see how far they have fallen when you compare it to what they once were. i suppose in the end you can only wish that the reset will give them all a fresh start, a blank slate if you will

great writing cy, i will never not tell you to be proud on yourself for that story, and thanks to beads for reading! great book club meeting really, and it was also lovely to see a few new faces

[hazy rivet]

TR is absolutely my favorite RW fic still

[rotund gorge]

While you were preaching, I watched a compilation of every time Frieza has said monkey.

[hazy rivet]

it just all comes together (or unravels, depending on how you look at it) so perfectly

[paper steeple]

also i will never stop gushing abotu the parallels of the fake brass apologising while the real one in the end doesnt

its sooooo good

[rotund gorge]

I, uh, comedy?

Also, it is good.

[paper steeple]

also brass and forgivness didnt kiss in the end, so actually its the worst. 0/10, would not recommend

[sterile quarry]

pfft

[paper steeple]

wait huh?

my friends are outside my house

its almost 1am

gimmi a sec

wth

[rotund gorge]

Hold on.

Why?

[paper steeple]

alright

i got a bit of track there

but yes, tabula is a masterpiece and i can only recommend it to anyone that has not read it. i will even recommend it to people who have read it. i will probably read it again just because i can.

also i still wanna know what happend to best boy scav in the end. like, he surely will return. will he ever get his full payment? will he and brass befriend each other? those are the real questions here

[topaz perch]

Yeah what will brass do to him post memory wipe?

[swift bobcat]

Ah, I couldn't get here in time after all

[rotund gorge]

Should’ve woken up earlier. /j /lh

[dense pecan]

Okay, my thoughts on Tabula Rasa:

I'd only skimed it, the first time I went through it. It'd been recommended to me so many times, for now what I can see was good reason, and I'd gone into it initially with a sense of necessity. I was pleasantly pulled into it, unable to keep myself from falling in love with the characters which Cy had created for the setting, but my readthrough was regretfully rushed. This second readthrough, however, I was able to experience it far slower as I read through word by word, and by god what an experience it was. Many credits have been laid out for this work, undoubtedly in part by others within this group chat, and one credit in particular that I'd like to applaud is the realness of the antagonists. It's so difficult to write a truly believable antagonist (or antagonizing forces; it's not quite as clear cut as to say there is an antagonist), but I believe very strongly that 'evil' is a writing tool that should be used so lightly as to only be rarely seen. Ignorant, well-meaning or cornered characters, whose actions are so driven by who they are that the end result is almost inevitable is the driving force behind quality conflict, and even more so when considering the mystery genre that Cy flawlessly utilizes here.

The mystery genre usually requires that we understand the outcome, and by way of understanding character and situation, reverse engineer what has happened. With such a scalpel-sharp grasp on his character's personalities, needs and desires, it's no wonder that each moment was exactly where it needed to be, and no bitter word wasted.

The names no doubt took time to consider: Hollow Brass Sphere, Life Sprung From Forgiveness, Truth Undenied...

[topaz perch]

Well-said

[dense pecan]

Each name tells us exactly what's going to happen, before we even know the context of the setting. Brass is a machine of metal, repeatedly hollowed out by the factory reset protocol. We know the name before we ever know the reset.

Life Sprung From Forgiveness, which this may be stretch and Cy will have to confirm or deny the theory, may refer to aspect of the story which revolves around 'after' their reset. The epilogue, which was never written, but we can hope that there was life after the forgiveness of the reset, or after Brass' own forgiveness which was a chance at new life after the factory reset's utilization

Truth Undenied, I believe, is a reference to Truth's immediate ownership of his actions when directly confronted with them. In the moment that we know the name, there's a string tying us already to the fact that there is something they hide, or at least an unyielding bluntness of their personality; a value of nobleness, however twisted, and in the precious importance of protection, preservation, fault, ownership, and truth.

It was lovingly heavy with symbolism, my favorite in particular being the color of the pearls

The orange of the initial pearl which led Brass to begin his investigation, the color of fading coals after a fire. The original pearl an obsidian black, like the coals or ashes of a fire that's gone out, relit by the red pearl of the final reset

An overarching theme is that of helplessness in the face of a doomed eternity, one that's shared by the original media and many other works inspired by it, but I think Tabula Rasa is among the best in its succinct utilization of the inevitable catastrophe of eternity. The love that is there between the three of them is subject to change, and will be subject to change, and it's not outside the realm of possibility that there will be more factory resets as they face down their eternity together, well after the events of Tabula. To me, there's a gentle sense of imminence, an inescapable forgiveness, in the fact that they will be near one another until the very end, and that each one of them truly wants nothing but comfort and safety, and a connection with their friends.

In the words of another game whose mastery lies also in change, inevitability and the wretched gentleness of unyielding, passing time: proximity counts for a lot

The elegance of Tabula Rasa lies in its style of telling, and the fact that from the very beginning we're given the threads to follow, so that by the end we can see the way it was woven so clearly that upon returning to the beginning, the end of the story is already present

thank you very much for writing it Cy, I'm happy that we got to read it for the book club. It's become a new favorite, not just within the pickings of Rain World but also when placed next to the many other works, original and otherwise, that I've experienced. I look forward to reading whatever else you might write in the future

[rotund gorge]

This is incredibly well-put.

I am not a person of many words, but I agree wholeheartedly.

[hazy rivet]

Beads this analysis is incredible

[slow lance]

Hello

How did the meeting go?

[dense pecan]

I like literary analysis a lot, I do it for fun sometimes. I haven't done it enough for the other readings we've done here

[dense pecan]

really good, the turnout was great and people seemed to really like the story

[slow lance]

That's good

I'm not the biggest on literary analysis and symbolism, but I liked the fic

It's very yummy and has good suspense

[hazy rivet]

I’m ngl I think I’d be afraid to have mine analysed that hard maybe that’s just coming from a lack of confidence though

TR really is just that good

[dense pecan]

book club reviews are always very positive, I don't think you'd ever see a lot of criticism in it, and besides there's a ton to praise hfish for

I will save it for the official reading though

[slow lance]

Mhm

This

[dense pecan]

which is inevitable

[slow lance]

HFish was my first rw fanfic and I really enjoyed it

[hazy rivet]

Unless I never add it back

[slow lance]

Good start

[slow lance]

Up to you

[hazy rivet]

I also just don’t think it’s really suited to just reading like the first six chapters or whatever, all the stuff that’s good is later

But anyway, I don’t wanna derail the convo from TR

there’s so much you could dig into in it

I wish I was better at analysis

Especially retrospective

[slow lance]

Best character is the scav

Loved the fella

[hazy rivet]

Hmmm…. I’m torn on who my fave character might be

I do think cy has done a really masterful job at making very flawed characters likeable and sympathetic

No one is fully in the right in this story

[topaz perch]

I like it too but I usually can't put it into words without sounding dumb

[hazy rivet]

Except maybe the scav mercenary, he’s a real one

I feel for everyone they’ve all been dealt a horrible hand

[slow lance]

Just go ahead and do it

You won't sound dumb, I am certain

Also without practice how can you get better?

[hazy rivet]

I really do hope, with everyone wiped, they can come together again… that things might be better, this time

And I think cy made the perfect choice to have brass join them in the memory wipe again. Equal footing, no pretenses…

[topaz perch]

I do wonder. Like what would you do if you woke up next to two other people, all of you with anmnesia and chat logs of screaming at each other?

[topaz perch]

I would not be brave enough-

[hazy rivet]

Those chat logs would be gone.

[topaz perch]

they still had the logs about favors right?

I'm pretty sure they did

[hazy rivet]

It’s a blank slate, full wipe. Brass got those logs from forgiveness

At least, I’m pretty sure he did?

[topaz perch]

nuh uh

"For a brief moment, he considered leaving the mark off of their logs, wiping away all the history and bitterness between them entirely. But Favors did not deserve to be forgotten, and, perhaps, they could learn something from their past mistakes."

the old old logs are there

or at least some of them

[dense pecan]

And it also says that they'll figure some stuff out on their own

plus, we don't see forgiveness' side of it. She might've had the foresight to save some things

[hazy rivet]

Oh!!!

How did I miss that

[topaz perch]

I don't think she would have

She was like, obsessed

So I think she would have locked the libraries like she said she would

[hazy rivet]

Hmm, but didn’t she use the original pearl?

The one that full wiped brass?

[rotund gorge]

Probably the best start you could ask for.

[topaz perch]

ye?

so?

[hazy rivet]

He sent it back to her, but I guess he could give her the logs after

I suppose she could just alter the program before she uses it

Maybe I just need to reread the end

[rotund gorge]

I do think they all understood the assignment.

Except Truth. Poor old Truth didn't know anything was even going on between the other two.

Probably for the best.

[dense pecan]

I found a song that reminds me of TR

Specifically from 2:09 on

https://youtu.be/zkXC5BF-nGo?feature=shared

If I were capable of animating I'd make something for it, but so far it's a slow thing to learn

[queen bluff]

In this essay, I will-

[dense pecan]

Don't temp me

[slow lance]

Writing essays is still writing 🔥

[rotund gorge]

Gave it a listen.

Huh, this reminds me a bit of split personalities.

Also TR, but that too.

[dense pecan]

it's not exact but it is if you squint

[hazy rivet]

I see what you mean

[swift bobcat]

I think it's interesting that the ending is a little in defiant of the title, not a true blank slate, but maybe that's for the better. Starting over from zero doesn't necessarily mean things will go better. At least having some remnants to learn from means past mistakes can be avoid

[slow lance]

Honestly remembering the past is necessary to avoid making the same mistakes

[worldly sentinel]

I haven't listened to that song (or Amanda Palmer in general) in a hot minute! That's a bit of a blast from the past.
Also, beads, your analysis left me speechless, thank you

[rotund gorge]

People are making Cy's days left right and centre.

[topaz perch]

uhh I was gonna reply to this but forgor sorry.

I would but I do this thing where I try to explain what I'm feeling in words and then the feeling stops making sense

[balmy flame]

Cy has many days

[rotund gorge]

Some things do not have words to describe them.

[dense pecan]

Me neither! It's been such a long time, it came back to me after reading like a slap to the back of the bad lol

[worldly sentinel]

They really are. This community, all of you, mean so much to me. I definitely wouldn't have written or continue to write nearly as much as I have if it weren't for all of you guys

[balmy flame]

Anyway, I need to get to making the next vote

wait should I also add the WPW vote in here?

democracy two for one

probably a bad idea

[worldly sentinel]

I mean, you should probably put that in it's own thing in it's own forum, yeah

I don't think everyone interested in one is interested in both

[balmy flame]

true

ahem

https://forms.gle/DnDHHByVNrSoxrAaA

pin shuffle time

[slow lance]

Hell yeah

Done

[balmy flame]

[worldly sentinel]

I'll vote sometime tomorrow. I'm too sleepy for now

[topaz perch]

I voted

I have no idea what the fics are about

I judged a book(s) by its title

[balmy flame]

[topaz perch]

I hate to say it, but as a reader of several years, I always judge books by their covers

If the cover looks ugly, I ain't gon' read it

[balmy flame]

[dense pecan]

it's hard to avoid

[topaz perch]

The only time I read badly covered books is if I have a good recommendation or I already know I want to read it

[dense pecan]

I judge books by page even-ness

[topaz perch]

Like Closing Time by Joseph Heller.

Absolutely atrocious cover

But an amazing book

Let me send a pic

Oh wait

I lent it to a friend

I'll find it online hold on

[balmy flame]

Honestly, I only read books if they're recommended to me at this point

[balmy flame]

(or I find them for free)

[topaz perch]

Do you see this font?

absolutely horrendous

[balmy flame]

Joseph Heller classic

[hazy rivet]

That is absolutely horrendous

[topaz perch]

It's like they specifically wanted to avoid selling this book

[topaz perch]

you've read his work?

[hazy rivet]

I saw your absolutely horrendous message as was starting to type mine lmfao

[balmy flame]

yeah lmao

[topaz perch]

The book itself is phenomenal beyond words

[balmy flame]

all the covers are ugly af

[topaz perch]

Not Catch-22

[balmy flame]

idk, Catch-22 is pretty mid as far as covers go

[topaz perch]

All of the catch 22 covers are really pretty

[balmy flame]

it's just the same figure

[topaz perch]

The little dancing man is a classic

I don't know what you're talking about

And look at the alternative covers!

[balmy flame]

All these covers are nothing special

[topaz perch]

I like them

[hazy rivet]

Idk if an ugly cover will deter me, but I have bought books purely because the cover was gorgeous

[balmy flame]

I would not read Catch 22 if I saw just the cover

[topaz perch]

[balmy flame]

it gets the job done

but it's nothing I'd consider above average as far as covers go

[balmy flame]

same

[topaz perch]

Yeah well it's not house of leaves but its charming! Okay?

[hazy rivet]

Priory of the orange tree, your cover is so gorgeous I want to believe you are a better book than you are

[balmy flame]

[topaz perch]

I'm sorry I'm a massive catch 22 shill

[balmy flame]

I like Catch 22 as well but like

[swift bobcat]

I judge a book by its back cover
(Honestly I don't care much for the cover art since a lot of time the art doesn't necessarily correlate that well with the content )

[topaz perch]

One book I bought solely on its cover was Player Piano

It was the first Kurt Vonnegut book I read

[swift bobcat]

Oh the house
I have yet to/can't finish that book for some reason only a chapter makes me feel exhausted

[topaz perch]

Aint she a beaut?

[hazy rivet]

I dislike house of leaves

[balmy flame]

Dammit, that's why all the books I keep getting are so weird

[hazy rivet]

This is getting too misc though I think

[topaz perch]

It is rough. Tbh I didn't really enjoy the (I forgot his name) the stoner tattoo artist guy POV except for a few select points

[topaz perch]

It is definitely not for everyone

[topaz perch]

I think this is perfectly acceptable book club conversation tbh

It may not be rainworld fanfic related but we are discussing books

[hazy rivet]

But this book club is for RW fanfics 🤔

[topaz perch]

Yeah and we're inbetween fics

[balmy flame]

Book club reads actual books

Book club field trip real

[topaz perch]

fun police real /lh

[hazy rivet]

It’s not for general book discussion, but ehhh if you don’t wanna take it to misc it’s not like I have any authority

We are inbetween fics 🤔

[queen bluff]

Voted

Only knew a metaphor for something small and insignificant

[hazy rivet]

Same. I wonder what we’ll read

[hazy rivet]

RCWAK’s an excellent author

[queen bluff]

Agreed

[hazy rivet]

I think I’d be happy with any of these fics being picked

There are a few I haven’t read yet

[topaz perch]

Ok offtopic for a second: I think limiting channels to their specific purposes and nothing else is kind of annoying. Having to move channels is inconvenient, and I've noticed that it often kills conversations. While I don't think it's a problem to expect on topic discussion for each channel, (i would not fault asking someone to move after coming to the stories channel and immediately talking about oh, I don't know, stock prices, I also believe that it is the nature of conversations to drift from topic to topic, and in fact, they are most engaging when this is the case. I think it is kind of unreasonable to expect conversation to stay limited to one specific topic as according to the channel, even if the topic is somewhat broad.

I don't mean to complain - it's not a big deal, just felt the need to yap

[queen bluff]

Honestly I would like to agree

[hazy rivet]

Trueee but if people come here looking for the discussion on TR and there’s a bunch off off-ish topic in here, it’s a bit inconvenient

[topaz perch]

yeah

[hazy rivet]

sorry to mess up your conversation though

[topaz perch]

no it's fine

I think I came off more disconcerted than I actually am

[balmy flame]

Being off topic is a stories chat tradition

[topaz perch]

🗣️ 🔥

[exotic stirrup]

Darn...

I literally passed out half an hour prior to reading announcement

[balmy flame]

[exotic stirrup]

Woke up somewhere 6 hours later to properly make myself bed ready

[earnest cradle]

Okay go read Project Hail Mary right fucking NOW /j /silly /lh

[hazy rivet]

Would I like it if I disliked ‘the Martian’

Same author right?

[earnest cradle]

Yeah

[earnest cradle]

Well, been a while since i read both, what did you dislike exactly?

[hazy rivet]

The main character’s never ending quippy snarky nerdy cool smart-guy internal dialogue

[earnest cradle]

Ah

Uhh, i don't think it's that bad in PHM

[hazy rivet]

It’s a Gary Stu problem for me

[earnest cradle]

Again, been a while, but completely different protagonist

[earnest cradle]

[hazy rivet]

Mary sue but male

[earnest cradle]

I still have no clue what that means

[earnest cradle]

Ah

[hazy rivet]

Is often a pretty unfair accusation that’s thrown around, but man if I didn’t feel this way about Martian

Anyway getting off topic again

[earnest cradle]

[exotic stirrup]

For comparison. Shifting Gales is the antithesis to Mary Sue while she thinks of Lives as a Mary Sue

[earnest cradle]

Ah

[hazy rivet]

What would you say gales’ flaws are? 🤔

[earnest cradle]

• built on top of a pool of acid /silly

[exotic stirrup]

"Boy I would be faster to count what is not a flaw in my existence."

[earnest cradle]

Whoa why you purple all of a sudden?

[exotic stirrup]

Her weak self-esteem most predominantly

[hazy rivet]

A flaw in her construction isn’t a flaw in her character

For example, an injury/past trauma isn’t really a flaw. Impatience, anger issues, stubbornness etc etc are flaws

[hazy rivet]

Poor self-esteem relatable

But that doesn’t feel much like a flaw, it’s one of those likeable issues, you know?

She thinks she’s less good than she is doesn’t feel much like a flaw 🤔

That’s like saying she’s too humble or too kindhearted

[exotic stirrup]

Very apologetic as well. And very stubborn in terms of defending everybody but herself

[paper steeple]

still an issue tho i would say that the character can overcome

[hazy rivet]

Yes, but having issues that actually do have an element of slight unlikeability to them adds depth

That’s what a flawed character is

[exotic stirrup]

Also there are other cases of her being a flawed character, but that would be a spoiler for you and Amany

[paper steeple]

trueee

[hazy rivet]

tabula is an excellent example of very flawed character writing

[earnest cradle]

Clearly brass is perfect /j

[hazy rivet]

flawless

[exotic stirrup]

brass is the perfect main character. Question is only ||which brass||

[queen bluff]

turn to page 374

[earnest cradle]

Somewhere between the 2nd and the one we focused on, following orders without a 2nd doubt /j

[balmy flame]

Here we see the classic example of “making every character an asshole”

Honestly though, I think “flaws” are overrated — the character just needs something to learn/gain over the course of the story to make a satisfying arc

If they’re so competent that it defuses the tension of the story, then it becomes a problem

(Although, sometimes you see characters that don’t change at all, in which case the arc is often the reader coming to understand their “true nature” by the end of the story)

[slow lance]

Nothing wrong with competent characters either as long as it is cool, like you said

[hazy rivet]

you're right in that not every story needs a super flawed character driving it

[earnest cradle]

To you, who have inherited my-
"Clearly, this makes no sense. Even though i have no memories, i would have to have been a moron to do this to myself. This must be the fault of my local group, i cannot trust them and should put up a facade."

[hazy rivet]

But I do feel like if a character is feeling flat, a lot of the time looking at their flaws (or lack thereof) is a solid way to give them some depth/make their behavior more interesting 🤔

I would not say flaws are overrated, personally

It does depend what the author is going for, though

[slow lance]

Clearly I should base my characters on me who, as you all know, is perfect /silly

[balmy flame]

I feel like far too much emphasis is placed on them in amateur writing circles like ours

[worldly sentinel]

My stance on that is that there are almost no "positive" traits in a person that could not also become, through neglect or overindulgence, "negative" ones. Putting flaws into a character simply because it's "what you're supposed to do" is no good. But interesting people are "unbalanced" and it is that lack of balance that makes for "flaws".

[hazy rivet]

a lot of self-insert narratives feel intentionally smoothed over in regards to flaws, and that's for a reason

[hazy rivet]

lack of balance is an excellent way to put this

[balmy flame]

I like that view

[hazy rivet]

people are flawed, so your character having some elements of unlikability, even minor ones, helps them feel like actual people

[slow lance]

That's fair. What people like/find annoying is highly subjective, though

Make them kick puppies, easiest way to make someone a villain. /hj

[hazy rivet]

of course

[topaz perch]

I was basically gonna say this exactly 😭

Flaws always stem from existing traits that a character possesses

[queen bluff]

Lmao that’s at ||chapter 1||

[balmy flame]

Reminder to vote before it closes tomorrow

[maiden tulip]

wait

RAH

[sterile quarry]

should have mentioned that i
uh
deleted the whole ocas thing off ao3
im kinda remaking the entire canon of it so yeah, against the world is only readable through docs if you even wanna read it in the first place
that includes into the storm by the way, but i'll add cobble into a frigid world later
sorry abt that, idk what i was thinking

[earnest cradle]

So when does the vote end, exactly?

[balmy flame]

When I get home and tally the votes

[earnest cradle]

Ah okay

[balmy flame]

Vote is tallied chat

@earnest cradle
Aeolian Waves won 7-4

[exotic stirrup]

Who is the 4?

[worldly sentinel]

AW

[earnest cradle]

[paper steeple]

[maiden tulip]

[balmy flame]

[slow lance]

SPACE!!!

[balmy flame]

Anyway, I do believe it’s time for another Tree reading

Which is to say, my turn for Spoken Story Saturday

[bronze vortex]

GASP

[dense pecan]

YEEAAHHH!!!!

[balmy flame]

<t:1739638800:F>
does this time work for everyone?

[muted musk]

Yeah

It's at noon for me so I should be good

[queen bluff]

morning for me lmao

[balmy flame]

I’m trying to see if we can accommodate the European and Asian storiers for once

[bronze vortex]

YEAH

[rotund gorge]

That’s literally one in the morning for Anton.

[little talon]

Might join in :D (I don't have work that day)

Also hi :3

[balmy flame]

Well I guess this one’s for the Euros then

[maiden tulip]

cant do saturdays

have fun though!

[exotic stirrup]

Afraid I will be still at work at that time.

[earnest cradle]

On a saturday?

[exotic stirrup]

The past 5.5 years already. Gotta fund my studies

[paper steeple]

wish working on Saturday wasnt a thing

[earnest cradle]

Damn

[topaz perch]

[balmy flame]

Ahem, after receiving some feedback, I have concluded it may be better to do the reading at the traditional 5PM est

<t:1739656800:F>

[earnest cradle]

Time to cash in my "sleep police will ignore me" coupon

[balmy flame]

I suppose it’s justified

Although you probably just wake up stupidly early

[paper steeple]

those exist?

where can i get some?

[slow lance]

Corruption is not a thing in the sleep police

[earnest cradle]

Tbh depending on how much will be read i'll probably go eep at like 1 am, maybe a bit later, and wake up at like 10/11 am

[slow lance]

Right, Anton? @ebon acorn

[earnest cradle]

You have already used up 4 years' worth

[paper steeple]

surely not

[topaz perch]

There is no corruption in the sleep police

https://tenor.com/view/no-war-in-ba-sing-se-avatar-earth-village-gif-25923233

[earnest cradle]

Oh yeah, do i pin?

[balmy flame]

Please do

[exotic stirrup]

Ohh, that is a good time! Even after dinner

[dense pecan]

!!!!

I had a thought!!

||In Tabula Rasa, there's a bit where he says that 'water from a tainted source is better than no water at all'||

right at the beginning

||then, at the end, when he finally finds the other slugcat, its fur color is described as "... a splotchy light green, like fouled water."||

||the slugcat provided the altered pearl, the tained source||

[maiden tulip]

woah spoilers

averting eyes

[dense pecan]

!! you were meant to have read it by now!

I'll spoiler it

[maiden tulip]

Im not keeping up with book club activities

[balmy flame]

[slow lance]

I sadly won't be able to attend

I should be eeping at that time

[balmy flame]

[dense pecan]

Is okay, it's a lot of reading

[maiden tulip]

I need to catch up with engineer, tabula, waves rah

[dense pecan]

Don't stress about it. If it's overwhelming you to think about the old ones, drop them no guilt

If you want I can send you summaries of the ones we read, so you can participate with the club without being overwhelmed with the readings

[maiden tulip]

well i dont just wanna give up on em...i need to read more stories chat fiction anyways

[maiden tulip]

Oh thatll be alright but thamk you

[hazy rivet]

no pressure, you do seem like you've got a lot going on. It's understandable if you can't keep up

[maiden tulip]

thanks banan

I do hope to get reading again soon though

[balmy flame]

Book club in five hours

[worldly sentinel]

[paper steeple]

[slow lance]

Cool

[hazy rivet]

[maiden tulip]

[dense pecan]

[serene saffron]

[earnest cradle]

[topaz perch]

I forjor

[queen bluff]

Dammit I missed it

I was sleeping

[topaz perch]

I hasn't happened yet

[earnest cradle]

Not yet

[queen bluff]

Oh

[balmy flame]

I’m studying up

[earnest cradle]

You're meant to start from chapter 1 you dumb dumb /lh /silly

[balmy flame]

I’m the reader and you can’t force me not to read backwards

I’m going to pronounce every word backwards from chapter 11 to chapter 1

[earnest cradle]

You leave me no choice, time to pull all chapters apart from 1 off of ao3 /j

[balmy flame]

Downloaded

[earnest cradle]

I am rapidly approaching your location. /j

[balmy flame]

[radiant forge]

That desk mat is so neat

[balmy flame]

Tree-Piotr boxing match for book club

[radiant forge]

The dust on the screen look like stars, thematically fitting

[earnest cradle]

Who said anything about boxing? Your computer is going into the past tense, tho

[balmy flame]

[earnest cradle]

Also, that reminds me of some story i heard where somebody got the 1st part of some series mixed up with the last, so they read the last, then somehow the 1st, and then they were like "damn this series is weird"

[balmy flame]

Leave me alone, I don’t use this PC very often anymore

/j

[earnest cradle]

Okay gimmie the hard drive tho /j

[balmy flame]

You must win it in single combat with Tree

[earnest cradle]

Alright, i can agree to those terms

I am carrying a pretty heavy magnet with me tho, can I put it somewhere? Close to your PC, maybe?

[balmy flame]

Oh wait, maybe I can do the recording thing we’ve said we’re gonna do forever now

[radiant forge]

Aeolian Waves audiobook arc

[earnest cradle]

Can't apply corrections no more /silly /lh

[slow lance]

Yeah, fight

[balmy flame]

I forgot how crunchy my mic is

[balmy flame]

[earnest cradle]

Almost 20 megabytes

[balmy flame]

[earnest cradle]

Wait so how will that work, recording and reading will be separate?

[balmy flame]

it is 13 minutes long

[balmy flame]

yeah

I might record chapter 2 when I'm reading live

this is practice

[earnest cradle]

Oh my

Oh also how many chapters are there in plans today? All of 'em?

[balmy flame]

I was going to do the first six

[earnest cradle]

Ah okay

[balmy flame]

Maybe I could start going back through all the things we've already read and make an audiobook library?

that would be fun

and take a while

[balmy flame]

then the next five next Saturday

[earnest cradle]

Yeah that's reasonable

[balmy flame]

[earnest cradle]

Got a bit of a backlog, i think

tree carrying stories, as usual

[balmy flame]

@hazy rivet RW fic recording real

[paper steeple]

recording already?

[balmy flame]

no, just warmup

getting ready to make the AW audiobook

[topaz perch]

someone spam me when It's time to start I'm gonna forjor-

[balmy flame]

20 minutes

[worldly sentinel]

less than five minutes to start

[balmy flame]

Dear Book Club, I apologize for forgetting to record everything after chapter one

Tree was too lost in the sauce

[willow sparrow]

what does the sauce taste like

[paper steeple]

you all just gotta catch up yourself, we went all the way up to chapter 6.
everyone better finishes there reading homework for the week

[balmy flame]

air, a little bit of nervousness, and a little bit of excitement

which is to say, live reading is fun and everyone should try it sometime

[rotund gorge]

I missed it.

[balmy flame]

You can listen to me read chapter one only

[balmy flame]

behold

[dense pecan]

I'm sorry I had to miss it, but I'm so glad I get to listen to the recording!

[balmy flame]

Of chapter one only

[swift bobcat]

Too early in the morning for me to attend

Tho
Aeolian Waves imo is special among the rw fics I've read, there's this vibe of it being lighthearted (as in, there was barely any truly bleak moment. Somehow the vibe is that everything is going to be ok) yet serious throughout the story.

Idk, it has a very distinctive feel

[dense pecan]

It definitely gives a feeling of being alone that a lot of the others don't, whereas it's just Waves and her cat (scug) in a space station, which is such a unique setting, I'd never read anything like it

It was one of the first rw fics I read that helped me realize there was so much more you could do with the universe, as opposed from staying within the confines of the story told by the game

It was also the first fanart I ever did for anything, the end is one of my favorites

[earnest cradle]

I think that might be because of the fact that i just wanted to write a hard sci-fi space fic and everything else was an afterthought

[slow lance]

Based 🔥

I wanna write horror

[swift bobcat]

There's little to no angst/bleak undertone, which sure was very fresh and distinct

[slow lance]

Sometimes it's nice with some fluff. i saw some really chill oneshots on ao3 the other day, should read those

[earnest cradle]

Again, me want space fic

There is just a dash of angst sprinkled on top, surely that did not make anyone cry? /silly /lh

[earnest cradle]

Aww, thank you, i'm glad i had such impact!

[paper steeple]

@balmy flame should we shuffle the date/time pin? maybe we could also add the amounts of chapters that we read up to as well?

[balmy flame]

Good idea

Next one is literally the same time on Saturday

[earnest cradle]

Aaaand i've fallen ill

<t:1740261600:F>

Here's the timestamp tho

[topaz perch]

I keep forgetting this exists-

thank you for the reminder

[hazy rivet]

AW finale

[earnest cradle]

Soon

[balmy flame]

[swift bobcat]

Missed it too early morning

[balmy flame]

Uh oh

Guys we forgot about the vote

Uhh uh

[sterile quarry]

um

uhh

[queen bluff]

uuuuuuuuuu

[balmy flame]

Uhhhmmmm

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ggItVwQRqOqdJdoTlV3AIINmT2U3qOlPOsjhb4GpCY8/edit

behold

everyone go vote por favor

[earnest cradle]

I think you may have forgotten about something else as well /lh

[balmy flame]

did I?

I'm having a senior moment uhhhhj

[earnest cradle]

The recording?

[balmy flame]

oh yeah that

We'll get it next time guys

[balmy flame]

Should I count the vote today or tomorrow?

[earnest cradle]

[dense pecan]

It's been about two days hasn't it?

Maybe this afternoon

[craggy talon]

So

Is joing at this point allowed?

Joining*

[earnest cradle]

At any time

[craggy talon]

Oh

Okay then

And we just read stuff here?

[earnest cradle]

Yeah

Vote, read, discuss

[hazy rivet]

we vote on what to read and then read it together c:

we do live readings of whatever we've chosen on saturdays/sundays

feel free to nominate a fic to be read too

[craggy talon]

Explain?

You guys hop on a call?

[hazy rivet]

hang out in vc while someone from here reads yeah

[craggy talon]

M'kay

I guess I'll join, but I'm gonna sit out this choice cycle. Is that okay?

[slow lance]

Yeah

Up to you

Wonder what the next fic will be

Wish I could do reading but no mic + not a native speaker

[craggy talon]

Oof

[hazy rivet]

I'd like to do a reading, too, but I just don't have much privacy here

[paper steeple]

if i wouldnt fall over my words every 2 seconds i would love to as well, not happening tho

[earnest cradle]

Anxiety says no

(Not like i'd be that anxious with y'all but 1. It's reading and 2. I'd still need to warm up to vc )

[craggy talon]

Same

Also, what does (reply @ me) mean?

[earnest cradle]

Basically saying that people should activate pings if they are replying to me

Though it's probably redundant now that there are roles for that

[craggy talon]

Oh

Okay thank you

[balmy flame]

Actually, speaking of the live reading, who’s gonna do it this weekend?

I might be able to rent the recording studio again

[earnest cradle]

What shall we be reading tho?

[dense pecan]

Oooh tree fancy reading??

[balmy flame]

Let Tree do some math rq

[worldly sentinel]

I wouldn't mind doing a reading myself

but if tree's gonna have the whole studio again, that would definitely make for a good reading

[craggy talon]

Studio?

That wasn't hyperbole?

[balmy flame]

No

My college has a recording studio you can book for free

[craggy talon]

Oh damn

Fancy

[balmy flame]

I’ve gotten my hands on it a few times for book club readings already

Anyway, the vote has been tallied:

[earnest cradle]

What if how time passes for an iterator

[balmy flame]

This week’s winner is Hope Luck, and The Tip of A Spear in a very narrow 6-4 win

[earnest cradle]

What took 2nd place?

[balmy flame]

I don’t know

[earnest cradle]

What

[balmy flame]

Calculations are done blind

I could check but I’m not supposed to

[earnest cradle]

Fym not supposed to???

[craggy talon]

How does the voting system work of you don't know!

[balmy flame]

So when I move the data onto the spreadsheet, each candidate has a spot on the table

When I’m doing the math, I can’t see the names of the fics

When the vote is tallied, I compare the winner’s spreadsheet position to the raw data to figure out who actually won

You’re supposed to “blind” yourself this way to eliminate bias in the calculation

[earnest cradle]

Yeah idk

[craggy talon]

I'm lost too

If it works it works I guess

[balmy flame]

So I could go back and compare to learn who actually did come in second, but
A. I’d have to go back into the data
And B. People might get salty so I’m not allowed to disclose any more

[earnest cradle]

But you did befo- ah whatever

[craggy talon]

Deep lore?

[balmy flame]

That’s why I said anymore

[queen bluff]

yep?

[balmy flame]

I used to let everyone see the data, but we determined that was a bad idea

[craggy talon]

Oh

Oh dear

[balmy flame]

There was no drama dw

Just the potential for feathers to get ruffled and such

So now the information is hidden, even to me

[craggy talon]

Oh, good

I was expecting digital fist fights

[balmy flame]

Banan was wise enough to foresee it

[craggy talon]

Banan the wise

[balmy flame]

I was too blinded by my obsession with data

[craggy talon]

Iterator type thinking

[balmy flame]

I am the resident spreadsheet enjoyer

Anyone can vouch for me on that

Anyway, lemme check if the recording studio is open for this weekend

[craggy talon]

Also, I was reading though the earlier messagez

Did you guys decide if recommending your own fic is allowed?

[balmy flame]

Yeah it is

[craggy talon]

Oh

Cool

How many times has anyone manage to work up the courage?

[balmy flame]

You can just drop it and the link into the pinned spreadsheet

[craggy talon]

Okay then

Might do that when I write something I don't cringe at

Also, are there any rules of the rating I should be aware of?

[topaz perch]

Ha! I don't have a fic to recommend so I don't have to

[balmy flame]

All of this server’s rules apply

Cause we’re gonna read it in the vc

[slow lance]

Generally, anything with rating gen or teen is fine. If rating is mature, send to staff to check

If unsure, send to staff

[queen bluff]

wait
why is your name in light cyan?

[slow lance]

#challenge-info

You can do some fun rain world server challenges for role colours :p

[craggy talon]

Thank you Raven

I assume explicit is completely banned for obvious reasons?

[queen bluff]

aah i see

[slow lance]

Yuh

[craggy talon]

Makes sense

[slow lance]

No rating heavily depends (Imo, never makes sense to put no rating on your stuff)

[craggy talon]

Agreed

[balmy flame]

Well I did check chat

And the recording studio is completely unbooked all weekend

So I can get it quite easily I think

@worldly sentinel we’re gonna be reading your fic, so it’s up to you if you’d like to read

[craggy talon]

Wait you guys don't bring the author wen reading?

[balmy flame]

I’ve read the last two weekends so I think it would be fair if I gave someone else a turn

[balmy flame]

We do

It’s just usually the author isn’t the one reading it to assuage the anxiety

[craggy talon]

Ah

I misinterpreted, sorry

[balmy flame]

Sometimes we (will) read fics by people who aren’t in the server, so I guess in that case, but otherwise we do

[earnest cradle]

Yeah ain't nobody reading their own fic

[balmy flame]

Cy does though

He’s just built different

[craggy talon]

Hero

[balmy flame]

It’s usually me or Beads doing the readings though

[craggy talon]

Beads?

Eight Beads?

[balmy flame]

Yeah

Eight Hundred Beads

Very talented reader

[craggy talon]

Do they write?

[balmy flame]

Yes they do

Very talented writer

[craggy talon]

Okay, thank you

[craggy talon]

What have they written?

[balmy flame]

The Engineer

Lemme pull it up

[craggy talon]

They're rote the engineer??

Will I ever escape meeting authors I recognize???

[balmy flame]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55945132/chapters/159561601

[balmy flame]

No

Simply develop amnesia and forget everything

[craggy talon]

Done the first part, the second not so much

[balmy flame]

Develop more severe amnesia

[craggy talon]

Lmao

[balmy flame]

Anyway, TE is great

I read it aloud

It was great fun

Second fic we read here

[craggy talon]

Really?

Interesting

[balmy flame]

Yeah

[craggy talon]

Do you guys keep a list to make sure there aren't any repeats?

[balmy flame]

We do

It’s in the spreadsheet

[maiden tulip]

Wait tr isnt the 2nd fic

We read engineer and sits first

[craggy talon]

Of course it's spreadsheet

[balmy flame]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nwJrbn5Y69EaystGRnLIULz3xbSlg1tEusCpeiuYYBs/edit

[earnest cradle]

TE, not TR

[maiden tulip]

Why

Wait

I mixed it up

I mixed up te w tr

Mb

[craggy talon]

TR?

[balmy flame]

I didnt make this spreadsheet

[maiden tulip]

Tabila resd

[balmy flame]

I merely use it frequently

[maiden tulip]

Tabula rasa

[balmy flame]

Tabula Rasa

[maiden tulip]

God i butchered that

[craggy talon]

Oh tabula rasa

[balmy flame]

Very good fic by Cy

[craggy talon]

I liked that one

[craggy talon]

Indeed

[balmy flame]

Cy read that aloud himself because he is again, built differently

[craggy talon]

Quite the show of courage

I'm cringing at the mere thought of my fics being here, letting alone me reading them

[balmy flame]

For real

[maiden tulip]

[balmy flame]

The pacing while your fic is being read is a very common experience

Piotr can attest

[earnest cradle]

Actually i was sitting in place the 1st time around and laying in bed the 2nd time around

I was gaming in the background the 1st time tho

[slow lance]

I think I was playing ultrakill
The other times I fully listened, though

[balmy flame]

It’s nerve wracking but it’s fun

[earnest cradle]

Though the way it was read was different from what i imagined at a few points

[craggy talon]

How do you guys manage that?

[balmy flame]

I tried my best

[craggy talon]

Playing while still listening

I've done that a few times but get fully engrossed in my game

[slow lance]

Ultrakill is a very chill and relaxing game + I had read tabula rasa before

[craggy talon]

[earnest cradle]

Tbh i'm not gonna blame you for it, i just thought it would go differently in a few spots

[balmy flame]

I thought it read perfectly well minus the computer alert parts

But I shortened most of those while I was reading them

[earnest cradle]

Not to say you did a bad job, more like i imagined a few moments differently

Not completely different but just read with a slightly different pace or way

[earnest cradle]

Bet you enjoyed those

But yeah, you did a great job

[balmy flame]

That’s my favorite part about this
I get to see how other people read the same passages

[craggy talon]

What

You don't just read the words out loud?

[slow lance]

Gotta add some voice acting :3

[maiden tulip]

Gotta have emotion

zeal

[earnest cradle]

It was just the little things, i imagined one part in ch6 to be read with a slower pace for example

[maiden tulip]

passion

[craggy talon]

Ah

So you guys mean how a sentance or word is spoken

[balmy flame]

Exactly

Love adding some emotion in my readings

[craggy talon]

How dramatic does it get?

[slow lance]

Depends on the reader

[maiden tulip]

Shakespearean /j

[craggy talon]

What's the most dramatic time?

[balmy flame]

Cy and Beads are far more neutral than me

[earnest cradle]

Deadpan /j

[earnest cradle]

I think beads reading had quite some emotion in tr

[balmy flame]

True

[earnest cradle]

Though cy was more neutral, ye

[craggy talon]

Honestly I might try to listen in this time around

If I can get the chance