𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 — 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐜 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫

[Churro]

Zander or Alexander Soto?

[J.L.O]

Zander unless he’s in trouble, then break out the Alexander.

[Churro]

Okay that works.

[deathinreverie]

you are welcomee happy to help!

[Fondness_Fantasies]

Hello there! How’s it going?

[deathinreverie]

Hello! Everything’s going well over here. How’re things going for you?

[FourcedowErsert]

@stella_vigo

The actual equation is simple, but it’s deceiving. It’s easy to make it complicated. I doubt you’d know unless you’re taking aeromechanics at my university.

Ohh hmm. Argh now I’m more curious. xD Don’t make me take it for myself to find out I’m prone to doing silly things like that >.>

@stella_vigo

Ooh, now you’re making me feel like reading it

Wait, by religious references, would you consider them blasphemous or not? Because if they are, I won’t be keen on reading them; they’re a touchy subject for me that’s actually why I refuse to read Dan Brown’s books.

Read it!! Well, I mean, some parts are a bit of a tough read but it all adds to the experience so much. It’s really quite a journey. There’s a… plot twist-ish kind of thing at the end but I was kind of suspecting it. But it did not lessen the shock whatsoever. You know, I think the main character had as tough of a life as E in your story. It’s heartbreaking and can get depressing at some parts but so beautiful how it shapes him, and there’s such a comeback and it’s all worth it in the end

Okay, well, I’m not Catholic myself, so I might not be the best judge, but from what I can tell, I really don’t think so. Plus, I doubt the friend would have recommended it if he thought it blasphemous He’s a Catholic too. Yeahhh okay no, Dan Brown’s books are just on another level entirely I never read them but I read a book about them and I was a bit repelled. Haha.

@stella_vigo

Well, my university’s in a pretty small town, not a big city :’) and even then, I tried looking at the university libraries online. No fiction. My parents also don’t want me to stray too far from campus because, you know, it’s my first year here and I’m a foreigner. I’ll try to get my hands on it.

Ohhh I see. Ah, that’s too bad. Maybe you’ll have a chance later. Or you could try finding an ebook online

@stella_vigo

another edit: just checked the libraries that are near my campus. None of them have it. The ones in a nearby city also don’t have it. My only option is to buy :’)

Oh that’s unfortunate. Do they allow suggestions? Because that’s what I did when my library didn’t have it. And they approved it and got it. (They were probably getting sick of me since I was giving suggestions so often xD)

@stella_vigo

Thanks! I never knew I was that good. My writing feels lackluster compared to what I’ve read like, your poetry is strong. I don’t think mine can ever hold a candle to it.

No, everyone has their own strengths. We’re just strong in different areas, I guess, and tend to see what the other is better at. xD And don’t bash yourself, your poetry is actually really good. Believe me. Sometimes I even think they’re better than mine. You just have a lot of power in your voice when you write it.

@stella_vigo

Okay, let’s hope I live up to your expectations gotta do more research then. But then again, I already have a ton of writing research to do, like sword techniques for example.

Hmm, well perhaps you could try without doing research? Like as an experiment. That’s fun too, sometimes. Take what you generally know about it and go with the flow… I don’t know. (When I started out, I hardly did any research. Have I ever written prose poetry? I have no idea. Honestly, I was just in a state and writing what was pouring out of me at the moment. But I’m assuming some of it comes close because people have put it in their prose poetry reading lists…)

@stella_vigo

The problem is connecting those with other words in a way that the stresses also match up it’s a pain with words that have an odd number of syllables (usually the three-syllable ones). I’ve decided to not completely follow the rules with regards to stresses because I saw in one article, it said that even Shakespeare violated his own rules on occasion I’ll follow it as closely as possible, though

Ah, true. Well, it does take a while to get the hang of. I always violated the rules when I started. But after while my mind was literally beating to the drum of iambic, and it became slightly easier. xD It got so that it made it terribly hard for me to write in any other metre. Don’t worry, we all have to start somewhere. It just takes exposure and practice.

@stella_vigo

Aww, thanks! The sequel will probably be out next year, but the sonnet one might be out soon don’t expect me to update them regularly or frequently though

I will be waiting eagerly. I don’t mind about updates, I’m a very irregular updater myself. xD

@stella_vigo

However, I don’t like it that much to even consider it one of my favorites. I’m not sure if I even like it so far. I frankly think it’s much better in past tense. Occasionally I would read a paragraph, mentally change it to past tense, and vastly prefer the past tense version.

Haha that’s okay, it does take time to get used to. I don’t remember the last time I had that reaction, but I definitely did what you did. I have no idea how I got used to it, honestly. xD

@stella_vigo

I just don’t enjoy reading third person present, partially because my brain is screaming “MAKE IT PAST TENSE” whenever I do and automatically doing it for me to “fix” it if I can’t enjoy reading it, I know I won’t enjoy writing it. That’s why I don’t think I ever will, sorry unless we’re talking about story notes and blurbs.

Okay yeah, that makes sense. I suppose it is hard to get past that. Hmm, maybe this book isn’t the best example to start with. It’s hard to explain what I mean since it took a while for me too. I used to think exactly how you did. Oh, yes, iiingriiid_'s story used this POV. One of them did. And she did it so well, too. I think that’s what drew me haha.

@stella_vigo

Maybe if I read the whole book my view would change. I mean, I only read the prologue and first two chapters. What do you think? Do you think I’ll eventually warm up to it if I read the whole book?

You know, that’s quite possible. Because I think the barrier most people have is just unfamiliarity. It’s very different from the past tense. Now, I read it with almost no effort, but it wasn’t always the case. If you read the whole book, it might help a bit. Especially because in some areas, the effect is really brought out. The beginning is kind of slow. Well, the book is really long, actually, but at a certain point I just couldn’t stop reading. xD But it’s up to you. Especially if you don’t have enough time, then don’t feel pressured to read it.

@stella_vigo

How did you discover her? I remember I was using the search function to find the newest completed short stories on Wattpad when I first came across one of her stories. After reading it, I checked out her profile. That’s how I discovered her.

Oh yes. I actually just happened to look back at your profile one day and saw that you had followed someone new. Since you don’t follow people that often, I was curious, so I checked out a couple of her works. And wow, they were amazing.

@J.L.O

Never say never—don’t let people pressure you into them, mind you. But I had my 1st at 34. My father JUST remarried and when he settles down, first thing they are doing is adopting a child. He’s in his early 60s. (She’s about 2 years younger than my nearly 40?) But then, she’s in a culture where men may not have kids until they are 50ish, so nothing abnormal there, for her.

Oh, well I wasn’t concerned with the timing or anything. It’s just that I don’t even want to get married, haha. Also a lot of other factors but that gets too personal.

[J.L.O]

@FourcedowErsert

Oh, well I wasn’t concerned with the timing or anything. It’s just that I don’t even want to get married, haha. Also a lot of other factors but that gets too personal.

No need to go further, but then I’ve known people who have changed their minds on that aspect as well. Part of that by going outside the culture that caused them to not want to marry in the first place.

[FourcedowErsert]

Well, everyone’s been telling me I’ll change my mind but I haven’t, since I was a kid. Plus, I’ve also experienced a bunch of cultures, all right. xD I’m pretty sure it’s not culture that pushed me to do anything.

[stella_vigo]

@FourcedowErsert

You know, I think the main character had as tough of a life as E in your story. It’s heartbreaking and can get depressing at some parts but so beautiful how it shapes him, and there’s such a comeback and it’s all worth it in the end

A character who suffers but gets a comeback? Ooooh, interesting

@FourcedowErsert

Okay, well, I’m not Catholic myself, so I might not be the best judge, but from what I can tell, I really don’t think so. Plus, I doubt the friend would have recommended it if he thought it blasphemous He’s a Catholic too. Yeahhh okay no, Dan Brown’s books are just on another level entirely I never read them but I read a book about them and I was a bit repelled. Haha.

Oh, that’s good from the first couple of chapters I could tell it might not be as sacrilegious as I feared.

@FourcedowErsert

Do they allow suggestions? Because that’s what I did when my library didn’t have it. And they approved it and got it. (They were probably getting sick of me since I was giving suggestions so often xD)

Well, I’m a foreigner and a newbie and I don’t even know where the library is, so I don’t think they’ll take suggestions from me it’s okay. I’ll just shell out some money and compensate it by eating cheaper food

@FourcedowErsert

And don’t bash yourself, your poetry is actually really good. Believe me. Sometimes I even think they’re better than mine. You just have a lot of power in your voice when you write it.

Aww, really? Thanks!

@FourcedowErsert

Hmm, well perhaps you could try without doing research? Like as an experiment. That’s fun too, sometimes. Take what you generally know about it and go with the flow… I don’t know. (When I started out, I hardly did any research. Have I ever written prose poetry? I have no idea. Honestly, I was just in a state and writing what was pouring out of me at the moment. But I’m assuming some of it comes close because people have put it in their prose poetry reading lists…)

Oh I’m never going to do it without research. I’ve butchered way too many things and I’ve forbidden myself from writing without research

@FourcedowErsert

I suppose it is hard to get past that. Hmm, maybe this book isn’t the best example to start with. It’s hard to explain what I mean since it took a while for me too. I used to think exactly how you did. Oh, yes, iiingriiid_'s story used this POV. One of them did. And she did it so well, too. I think that’s what drew me haha.

Maybe I’ll get used to it. Let’s see

@FourcedowErsert

Especially if you don’t have enough time, then don’t feel pressured to read it.

I am going to read it, because once I start something I don’t want to put it down. I’m a “completionist” unless it’s Twilight bad, then yeah, I’d quit

@FourcedowErsert

Oh yes. I actually just happened to look back at your profile one day and saw that you had followed someone new. Since you don’t follow people that often, I was curious, so I checked out a couple of her works. And wow, they were amazing.

I had a feeling you discovered her thanks to me

[J.L.O]

The biggest one that surprised me was in his late 40s when I was 19. He met someone a couple years into us talking (distant cousin, like 8th gen, and we were in college at the same time). I could hear the gentle relaxing of his “Oh HELL no!”, where he couldn’t.

My father remarried in his late 50s/early 60s. But then, he doesn’t like being single because it makes for a lack of focus–we long expected remarriage as soon as mom was buried.

[FourcedowErsert]

@stella_vigo

Oh, that’s good from the first couple of chapters I could tell it might not be as sacrilegious as I feared.

What made you think it could have been?

@stella_vigo

Well, I’m a foreigner and a newbie and I don’t even know where the library is, so I don’t think they’ll take suggestions from me it’s okay. I’ll just shell out some money and compensate it by eating cheaper food

I mean, there was a designated place on the site where anyone with a card and account (unless they don’t use cards there) could submit requests. If you ever got an account, and if they have that section, maybe it would work? But I don’t know if all libraries have that request feature.

@stella_vigo

Oh I’m never going to do it without research. I’ve butchered way too many things and I’ve forbidden myself from writing without research

Hahaha okay then, if that works for you!

@stella_vigo

I am going to read it, because once I start something I don’t want to put it down. I’m a “completionist” unless it’s Twilight bad, then yeah, I’d quit

Oh, so I have met another of my kind.

@stella_vigo

I had a feeling you discovered her thanks to me

Of course, the coincidence was too large to be an actual coincidence. xD

@J.L.O

The biggest one that surprised me was in his late 40s when I was 19. He met someone a couple years into us talking (distant cousin, like 8th gen, and we were in college at the same time). I could hear the gentle relaxing of his “Oh HELL no!”, where he couldn’t.

My father remarried in his late 50s/early 60s. But then, he doesn’t like being single because it makes for a lack of focus–we long expected remarriage as soon as mom was buried.

Ooh, well that’s great for them.

[J.L.O]

@FourcedowErsert

Ooh, well that’s great for them.

Like, what else am I supposed to say to that?!

lmao, just pointing out that I’m not thinking about youngins whatsoever. Marrying at 40 is having a whole lifetime before marriage. As is, 60, as is 80. That’s all.

[FourcedowErsert]

@J.L.O

Like, what else am I supposed to say to that?!

I mean, I don’t know what else to say either.

@J.L.O

lmao, just pointing out that I’m not thinking about youngins whatsoever. Marrying at 40 is having a whole lifetime before marriage. As is, 60, as is 80. That’s all.

Yes, that’s true.

[J.L.O]

@FourcedowErsert

@J.L.O

Like, what else am I supposed to say to that?!

I mean, I don’t know what else to say either.

it was meant to be a tease. lol

[stella_vigo]

@FourcedowErsert

What made you think it could have been?

Let’s just say that recent media has not exactly portrayed my faith in a positive light I guess I was a bit paranoid

@FourcedowErsert

I mean, there was a designated place on the site where anyone with a card and account (unless they don’t use cards there) could submit requests. If you ever got an account, and if they have that section, maybe it would work? But I don’t know if all libraries have that request feature.

I know my university libraries don’t even have a fiction section, so that’s out of the question. I guess maybe the library in the college town I’m in might be an option. Wait, I remember visiting a public library in Toronto when visiting my cousins. I’m definitely going to go to Canada within the next three years, so maybe that’s an option.

@FourcedowErsert

Oh, so I have met another of my kind.

@/zeroinfinyx is like that too (that’s how she was able to finish the first book of Twilight) completionists unite!

Speaking of completionists, the next book I want to buy is the final book of the Harry Potter series. It’s the only book in the series that I haven’t read and I really want to read the ending

and that’s also why I’m extra careful when buying a book series. I don’t want to get all excited only to be let down in the end but end up buying the book to complete the set

[FourcedowErsert]

@stella_vigo

Let’s just say that recent media has not exactly portrayed my faith in a positive light I guess I was a bit paranoid

Oh yikes, that’s a shame. I don’t think I’ve heard much about that, but I guess it’s good to be cautious.

@stella_vigo

I know my university libraries don’t even have a fiction section, so that’s out of the question. I guess maybe the library in the college town I’m in might be an option. Wait, I remember visiting a public library in Toronto when visiting my cousins. I’m definitely going to go to Canada within the next three years, so maybe that’s an option.

Yeah, I suspected as much out of university libraries. xD oh yes. You do need an address in the city in order to obtain a card, though. Unless you borrow your cousins’ card if they have one. But that’s so weird that you’re coming, we’d probably be around the same vicinity.

@stella_vigo

@/zeroinfinyx is like that too (that’s how she was able to finish the first book of Twilight) completionists unite!

Yeah. I’ve recently read a couple of awful series when I tried dabbling in the more popular works, and I was tempted to quit. I even put the book down for a while, but then I was like, I can’t not finish it! xD

@stella_vigo

Speaking of completionists, the next book I want to buy is the final book of the Harry Potter series. It’s the only book in the series that I haven’t read and I really want to read the ending

and that’s also why I’m extra careful when buying a book series. I don’t want to get all excited only to be let down in the end but end up buying the book to complete the set

Ahh yess, Harry Potter. It’s pretty good. I mean, I personally like the first few books better but it’s still way better than some. Oh yes, that’s why I’m hesitant to begin series too. Especially if they’re too long, because then I’ll be forced to put up with it. When I was young, I followed way too may kids’ series that are apparently still releasing more books, so I’m stuck here still reading. xD

[deathinreverie]

allow me to busybody into this conversation

@stella_vigo

@/zeroinfinyx is like that too (that’s how she was able to finish the first book of Twilight) completionists unite!

yes, let’s unite!

@stella_vigo

Speaking of completionists, the next book I want to buy is the final book of the Harry Potter series. It’s the only book in the series that I haven’t read and I really want to read the ending

speaking of Harry Potter, I have the whole set lmao initially I didn’t even want to read it but to date I’ve read it — and by it I mean the Chamber of Secrets — a couple of times since I really like Tom Riddle

@stella_vigo

and that’s also why I’m extra careful when buying a book series. I don’t want to get all excited only to be let down in the end but end up buying the book to complete the set

I just buy it anyways lmaoo I’m actually looking to by the Throne of Glass and the Red Queen series even though I kinda dislike absolutely despise the MCs

@FourcedowErsert

Yeah. I’ve recently read a couple of awful series when I tried dabbling in the more popular works, and I was tempted to quit. I even put the book down for a while, but then I was like, I can’t not finish it! xD

Sameee It’s like mental torture, no matter how bad the book is my brain will be going “FINISH ITT OR YOU CAN’T SLEEP EVEN MORE”

@FourcedowErsert

Ahh yess, Harry Potter. It’s pretty good. I mean, I personally like the first few books better but it’s still way better than some. Oh yes, that’s why I’m hesitant to begin series too. Especially if they’re too long, because then I’ll be forced to put up with it. When I was young, I followed way too may kids’ series that are apparently still releasing more books, so I’m stuck here still reading. xD

OMG yess. One of these happened to be the 39 clues series think it was called — and to date I’ve only been able to read book 1 since I couldn’t find the others not to mention the Boxcar Children Mysteries

[FourcedowErsert]

@deathinreverie

speaking of Harry Potter, I have the whole set lmao [s]initially I didn’t even want to read it but to date I’ve read it

Same, actually. I was like, I’m not reading something everyone else is reading! xD But my friend kept pressuring me into it so I did.

@deathinreverie

Sameee It’s like mental torture, no matter how bad the book is my brain will be going “FINISH ITT OR YOU CAN’T SLEEP EVEN MORE”

Yesss. And then right after I finished it I immediately went and ranted a bunch of paragraphs about it.

@deathinreverie

OMG yess. One of these happened to be the seven clues series or something like that — and to date I’ve only been able to read book 1 since I couldn’t find the others

Oof. xD For me, it’s books like Warriors Can I just say, the characters get me annoyed so often because they are ridiculously stupid, but I’m still keeping up with the new releases for some reason. Oh my goodness, those ones.

[deathinreverie]

@FourcedowErsert

Same, actually. I was like, I’m not reading something everyone else is reading! xD But my friend kept pressuring me into it so I did.

lmaoo for me it was the opposite — I didn’t want to read it since my friends said it was terrible

@FourcedowErsert

Yesss. And then right after I finished it I immediately went and ranted a bunch of paragraphs about it.

i return it to the shelf and never even look at it again

@FourcedowErsert

Oof. xD For me, it’s books like Warriors Can I just say, the characters get me annoyed so often because they are ridiculously stupid, but I’m still keeping up with the new releases for some reason. Oh my goodness, those ones.

i personally enjoyed Warriors lmaoo I think it was because I read it when I was really young and just getting into books at this point I only remember names and certain parts of the storyline. Oracles of Delphi Keep drove me mad since the series wasn’t, and still isn’t complete