Thirdly

"Joseph, I think I'm in love with you." "Are you shitting me right now? I just want to fuck you. Nothing's really useful about you other than as a means to blow my load." I tossed and turned in bed as I woke, shaken by a vivid nightmare I didn't want to revisit. As I gradually became more alert, the dream clung to me; it was rooted in an old memory, and I was surprised by how real it felt. It was almost as if I'd been transported back to my younger, more naive self. After a few mo

Oh, this was a real treat! I remember reading some of @Headstall's work on the fly, but I've been waiting for a good break to give them all of my attention (and babbling thoughts), the same goes for others as well. As a reader, I think I'm even more meticulous because I want to express everything I felt or liked about a chapter or a story overall. I also find it very relatable that taking a break from finishing a difficult story sometimes allows for more fun ones to come to mind and distract you from trying to wrap-up. Happens to me all the time and I never stop feeling guilty about it. 😂 Anyway, I loved this interview! Thanks @astone2292 and @Headstall!

Pokemon: Into the Woods…I mean, Pokemon Legends: Arceus I am a moderate gamer. Not a closeted one, I’ve nothing to hide…but a moderate one. Why? Because after the age of 25, my time has been sucked up by either full-time work, college, or both. So, you are forced to be picky and to choose where you want to spend those gaming hours on. I am quite grateful to youtube gamers for providing their own fun clips and enjoyment of just about every game you can think of, because on the days that you really don’t have the time or skills to get past rough game patches, you can at least see them play it out. Or, if you’re tired of the game altogether, spoil yourself by skipping about to see what happens with someone else’s gameplay videos. I am also lucky to have friends and family with different tastes in games. Some who prefer the laid back Animal Crossing type games, others that are all about action and adventure…rarely do all five of us agree on truly enjoying the same game on the same level…until now. Yes, 15 year old girl, ride like the wind on that wyrdeer! Now, I am an old-as-dirt pokemon gamer. I played the original red/blue games on a Nintendo gameboy after my cousins were through with them. I then went into a long lull of not playing any pokemon games until my nephew forced me to play Pokemon X/Y…the gameplay and graphics had changed to the point of being able to customize your character to your liking. My girl had a fedora and suit…as if she had come off the set from Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal music video. (I actually own a blue fedora because of that outfit) Having once again found the joy of pokemon games, I went back and played them all…Platinum, Black/White, the revamped Sapphire and Ruby…all of the remakes…and I learned the region I loved the most (Sinnoh, ironically the one we’re in right now in Arceus, only it’s 3D and glorious now instead of pixelated and overpopulated with modern day buildings and structures). My ultimate favorites, even up to the Sword/Shield age, were the Hawaiian themed Pokemon Sun/Moon…mostly because we could do this: However, despite how they changed things up from game to game, the gameplay was still mostly the same: You, a 10 year old child, obtain an uncommon pokemon and leave the comfort of your home and your mother to become the Pokemon Champion, having defeated other pokemon trainers, professionals, and the extreme elite for the title. Gamefreak and the team behind Pokemon Arceus have finally raised the stakes…and the AGE. Thus far (I refuse to watch gameplays to not be spoiled on this one), this game seems more like: You, a 15 year old teenager glued to your cellphone, encounter GOD (I am so not joking…and, ok, it’s the God Pokemon not the human God…), who FORCES you into another world where you are completely cut off from your home and loved ones and have to FIGHT EVERYTHING THAT COMES AT YOU TO SURVIVE. Good luck trying to get back home, you little loser, cause Arceus isn’t letting you go back until you have fulfilled the mission it has for you. I love this game, and I’ve only played it for some 8 hours. I’ve never been scared of Pokemon before. But, in Pokemon Legends: Arceus… The speed of that enraged Snorlax can never be unseen. MichiTheThird January 31st, 2022 Edit: I had written this around this time last year and figured that before I write one on Scarlet and Violet Shennanigans, I'd share my thoughts on Arceus fist.

Oh, we're not offended, but you have to be careful what you post on public comments to not offend other readers.

Also, I advise you keep any personal kink-shaming to yourself. It's rude to judge others when you wouldn't want to be judged yourself.

You're entitled to your own opinion. But, seeing as how the story is set in a country where the legal age of consent is 16, no lines have really been crossed. Age gaps are a lot more common than you believe. My siblings been married to a partner with a 20 year gap for more than 30 years. But, just because the age of consent is 18 in the US. It is certainly not the case in many European countries.

You can always be honest in GA. This is an amazing community.

Love’s never easy. But we’re sending some love your way!

Not that he will ever verbally admit to that.

You'll find out his age in a bit and yeah they have some rocky family relationships, alright.

Love it!

Go for it! And let Luna know what your overall thoughts were by the end! She's currently working on a new complex tale that might take her another year or two to finish, but it's also good.

Prompt 108: What happened? That's what I would like to know!

A. So did Ash and Cove. B. Absolutely. C. Harder as teens for sure. We hold no higher interest in comparison with the internet at the palm of their hands.

Glad you enjoyed this one.

Oh, she's definitely starting soon. 😂

Yes. Faced with something he can no longer deny and old feelings breaking through ( as opposed to just leaking through), he's a bit overwhelmed. 😅 His thoughts on taking on the event was two-thirds professional, one-third "surely those kids won't give him as difficult a time as Ashley."

Hopefully.

Yes, I think I heard that wall crumbling, too. 😂

"Drop a heart, and break a name…We're always sleeping in and sleeping for the wrong team~" "Ugh, can someone change that station already?" I grumbled, irritation simmering beneath my words. That song used to be my favorite—I'd belt it out shamelessly, lungs full, no matter who was listening. Now, all I could see was a younger Cove bouncing onto our battered couch, water bottle in hand like a microphone, harmonizing with me. The ache of missing those simpler days tightened in my throat. I sh

That works, too.

My tricks of the trade for editing: 1. Random friend to read the chapter. 2. Grammarly or another grammar-checking website to remind me just how many times I misuse commas and write sentences in backwards Spanish format. 3. A text-to-speech program to hear my own cringey writing being spoken to me in a robotic voice and catch things like the same word written twice in the same sentence (some people just use their iphones for this, others that work online use a combination of google docs and a text-to-speech web browser extension). Even then there are still things you might not catch, but I'd say that's decent enough to post. Worry about the "perfectly edited" copy whenever you want to actually publish something.

On some sites or apps it actually allows you to checkmark a "do not notify users" option. But, on GA, it's always best to make sure your chapters are as pristine as can be before posting.

I've always gone back to re-edit things I thought were edited well. Then, I realized it notified everyone with every edit I did. So, I've since stopped.

Oh it's happening, yes.