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2023.05.31 01:35 Curly_Melly [QCrit] WEAPONS OF POWER - YA Fantasy - 97k (7th Attempt) + First 300 Words
I'm back! Two and half months and a complete revision later and I'm back with my 7th (wow, seven) attempt at this. I took a lot of your suggestions to heart and had some help from a fellow lurker on this subreddit with the blurb and first 300 words. Also, I would love your opinion on how to make my bio section betteless boring. As always, thanks in advance for your help!
Here are my past attempts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Query:
Hello, [Agent Name]
I am so excited to share my 97,000-word YA Fantasy novel WEAPONS OF POWER with you! Combining the atmospheric, Arabian-inspired setting from Hafsah Faizal’s We Hunt the Flame and Maiya Ibrahim’s The Spice Road with the strange and mystical monsters from the famed multimedia series The Witcher, WEAPONS OF POWER is a standalone with series potential.
When a Champion dies, another must be selected.
Tales of the desert’s danger have been told for as long as the seven clans have existed. In an effort to quench her inexplicable longing for the open horizon, seventeen-year-old Leona ventures beyond her clan’s borders despite the legends that warn against it.
Out there, beyond the sand-dusted and wind-worn structures, she encounters her clan’s Champion—a cruel, arrogant man that wields one of the clans’ most sacred weapons—bloodied, broken, and dead at the hands of monsters that were supposed to be nothing more than myths. Now, the Trials to select a new Champion must be held and Leona cannot get the monster she saw out of her head. Her obsession drives her to join the sacred competition in search of the truth, forced to disguise herself as a man and hide her participation from her family.
As the Trials continue, instead of Leona’s investigation leading her further into the desert as she expected, it leads her into the heart of her clan. There, she finds a bizarre creature that looks to be more man than monster and realizes that there is more to the Champions' secrets than she thought. Caught between two worlds, Leona is forced to make a choice—uncover the truth and return to her simple life once the Trials are over or give up everything she’s ever known to join the fight against the desert’s monsters.
I have a BA in Creative Writing from [University] and am currently pursuing an MLS at [University]. My work has been published within SUNY Geneseo’s Gandy Dancer and awarded the Mary Louise White Award. This will be my debut novel.
The first [#] pages are pasted below, as per your submission guidelines.
First 300:
The hounds are antsy. They prance around the small garden, snapping at each other on the verge of violence. The dogs slam into their gate and it rattles on its flimsy hinges. The latch is rust-covered and on its last legs—one good hit would be enough to break its hold on the wooden post.
“What are you doing, Leona?”
Blinking, she turns. Bez stands to her side, his face twisted into a scowl and his arms crossed over his chest. Though his expression may appear hostile, she can see through his angry façade with little effort. She can almost visualize that exact expression on his much younger self. All that’s missing are worried tears.
The sun blazes down on them, casting his face in dark shadows that draw his features down. Sweat prickles at her hairline and an arid breeze drifts down the sand-dusted street. Her skirts flow with it, whipping around her legs and becoming tangled.
She straightens her skirts and looks back to the horizon. “I’m not doing anything.”
His eyes narrow. “Clearly, you’re doing something. You’ve been standing here since dawn.”
She huffs a sigh. Something is constricting around her chest, a band that grows tighter the longer she ignores it. Her very being thrums with want. Just the thought of an open horizon and the desert’s flat expanse makes her heart ache.
Leona looks back to Bez. “And what’s so wrong with that? Will my mother be wroth that I’m simply standing outside, now? How absolutely wicked of me!”
A flush rises up his neck and to his cheeks, reddening the bronze skin into a deep russet. His shoulders stiffen and his jaw clenches. She stifles a smile and turns away. It’s always so easy to rile him up.
“Be serious,” Bez demands. “Tell me what you’re doing.”
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Here are my past attempts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Query:
Hello, [Agent Name]
I am so excited to share my 97,000-word YA Fantasy novel WEAPONS OF POWER with you! Combining the atmospheric, Arabian-inspired setting from Hafsah Faizal’s We Hunt the Flame and Maiya Ibrahim’s The Spice Road with the strange and mystical monsters from the famed multimedia series The Witcher, WEAPONS OF POWER is a standalone with series potential.
When a Champion dies, another must be selected.
Tales of the desert’s danger have been told for as long as the seven clans have existed. In an effort to quench her inexplicable longing for the open horizon, seventeen-year-old Leona ventures beyond her clan’s borders despite the legends that warn against it.
Out there, beyond the sand-dusted and wind-worn structures, she encounters her clan’s Champion—a cruel, arrogant man that wields one of the clans’ most sacred weapons—bloodied, broken, and dead at the hands of monsters that were supposed to be nothing more than myths. Now, the Trials to select a new Champion must be held and Leona cannot get the monster she saw out of her head. Her obsession drives her to join the sacred competition in search of the truth, forced to disguise herself as a man and hide her participation from her family.
As the Trials continue, instead of Leona’s investigation leading her further into the desert as she expected, it leads her into the heart of her clan. There, she finds a bizarre creature that looks to be more man than monster and realizes that there is more to the Champions' secrets than she thought. Caught between two worlds, Leona is forced to make a choice—uncover the truth and return to her simple life once the Trials are over or give up everything she’s ever known to join the fight against the desert’s monsters.
I have a BA in Creative Writing from [University] and am currently pursuing an MLS at [University]. My work has been published within SUNY Geneseo’s Gandy Dancer and awarded the Mary Louise White Award. This will be my debut novel.
The first [#] pages are pasted below, as per your submission guidelines.
First 300:
The hounds are antsy. They prance around the small garden, snapping at each other on the verge of violence. The dogs slam into their gate and it rattles on its flimsy hinges. The latch is rust-covered and on its last legs—one good hit would be enough to break its hold on the wooden post.
“What are you doing, Leona?”
Blinking, she turns. Bez stands to her side, his face twisted into a scowl and his arms crossed over his chest. Though his expression may appear hostile, she can see through his angry façade with little effort. She can almost visualize that exact expression on his much younger self. All that’s missing are worried tears.
The sun blazes down on them, casting his face in dark shadows that draw his features down. Sweat prickles at her hairline and an arid breeze drifts down the sand-dusted street. Her skirts flow with it, whipping around her legs and becoming tangled.
She straightens her skirts and looks back to the horizon. “I’m not doing anything.”
His eyes narrow. “Clearly, you’re doing something. You’ve been standing here since dawn.”
She huffs a sigh. Something is constricting around her chest, a band that grows tighter the longer she ignores it. Her very being thrums with want. Just the thought of an open horizon and the desert’s flat expanse makes her heart ache.
Leona looks back to Bez. “And what’s so wrong with that? Will my mother be wroth that I’m simply standing outside, now? How absolutely wicked of me!”
A flush rises up his neck and to his cheeks, reddening the bronze skin into a deep russet. His shoulders stiffen and his jaw clenches. She stifles a smile and turns away. It’s always so easy to rile him up.
“Be serious,” Bez demands. “Tell me what you’re doing.”
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2023.05.31 01:35 OppositeDependent959 How to go about getting a motorcycle license?
I'm an international student, 28 years old, and have been riding motorcycles for the past 14 years. I'm thinking about getting a UK motorcycle license. Can anyone help me with how to get started? Do I need to go through the the lower classes of licenses before I could get a full A license? I just want to get a 300 or something similar for my commute and stuff. Thanks in advance
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2023.05.31 01:34 harry669066 I (23M) am not a priority for any of my friends and it hurts.
My formative teenage years were so bad that it made me turn into a isolated loner who can't really trust and make emotional connections with people and sometimes it was even hard for me to hold a conversation. It took me from this happy go lucky child to this brooding teenager that couldn't have fun with extremely woody facial expressions and an uptighted-ness that would make you think I woke up every morning and put a stick up my butt.
I do know that some of this is my fault as well and that I turned myself this way and I've trying to reconnect to my younger self and get back my self esteem and the ability to connect to people. After sitting alone and not talking and not making a lot of friends in the first years of uni, I reached out and really tried in the last year. For the most part this was a success, I made friends and hung out with them and opened myself to a degree that I haven't done in years. I think I made some close friends in uni as well and we all hung out in class and I was invited to some events and I made myself vulnerable and asked if I could tag along to a few (I always thought this was stupid because they're not the kind of people who would say no if I did ask but asking was the hard part for me)
But now that uni has ended, I'm not a priority for most of them and it hurts. Like I thought we had some good times and even though I'm the weird loner that has to make most social interactions awkward and isn't a concrete part of any friend group, I just thought the one-on-one interactions and good times I had with these people actually meant something.
I guess the main issue is that nobody actually ever comes to visit my house, which mostly is the only social interaction that I can do once uni ended because that's how living with my parents works ( I also have zero friends in my hometown). I live extremely close to an extremely close friend and people will visit her and not me. This definitely isn't jealously because I love her like a sister but then I also realize she's never been over as well, when I have been there a couple of times.
I guess the last straw was yesterday, when a couple of people (I think I should stop calling them friends) from another state had a road trip through mine. One of the members told me that they would try to come by here as well, and I was happy and I made arrangements for food and told my parents too. But then I didn't want to seem overenthusiastic so I didn't talk to them much and didn't discuss times and stuff. They should have come here yesterday but they didn't. They did visit my friend who lives close to me, despite the fact that I live on the way to her. After I didn't get any messages if they were coming yesterday, I decided to message them and ask if they were coming by this way, the dude I talked to, said that they went to my close friends place directly and already left. I guess I should be proud of this, because whereas normally I would've just said something like "oh okay" and pretended that I wasn't hurt at all, I told him that I was literally on the way and that it would've been nice if they visited and apologized if I didn't seem enthusiastic about them visiting. He immediately apologized and said they didn't come because I am leaving my country tomorrow and they thought I'd be busy and that they were coming to drop my close friend off and that they could visit my place too and this seemed like such a bullshit apology, not because they hurt me but because maybe for the few times in my life, I actually said something against being hurt like this. I told him that he doesn't need to visit now and that I have no hard feelings. I have no interest in being salty and holding grudges so I really did mean that, these are people I had good times with, I don't want to ruin all that because of incidents like these. He just apologized again and wished me a happy journey and I wished him a safe trip back to his state. I guess there are a few other incidents like these with my other friends too but I don't want to write about all of them.
It's moments like these that my resolve to be a kinder and loving person and not completely switch off from the world is really tested and I don't know how much longer I can keep convincing myself that this is all worth it.
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I do know that some of this is my fault as well and that I turned myself this way and I've trying to reconnect to my younger self and get back my self esteem and the ability to connect to people. After sitting alone and not talking and not making a lot of friends in the first years of uni, I reached out and really tried in the last year. For the most part this was a success, I made friends and hung out with them and opened myself to a degree that I haven't done in years. I think I made some close friends in uni as well and we all hung out in class and I was invited to some events and I made myself vulnerable and asked if I could tag along to a few (I always thought this was stupid because they're not the kind of people who would say no if I did ask but asking was the hard part for me)
But now that uni has ended, I'm not a priority for most of them and it hurts. Like I thought we had some good times and even though I'm the weird loner that has to make most social interactions awkward and isn't a concrete part of any friend group, I just thought the one-on-one interactions and good times I had with these people actually meant something.
I guess the main issue is that nobody actually ever comes to visit my house, which mostly is the only social interaction that I can do once uni ended because that's how living with my parents works ( I also have zero friends in my hometown). I live extremely close to an extremely close friend and people will visit her and not me. This definitely isn't jealously because I love her like a sister but then I also realize she's never been over as well, when I have been there a couple of times.
I guess the last straw was yesterday, when a couple of people (I think I should stop calling them friends) from another state had a road trip through mine. One of the members told me that they would try to come by here as well, and I was happy and I made arrangements for food and told my parents too. But then I didn't want to seem overenthusiastic so I didn't talk to them much and didn't discuss times and stuff. They should have come here yesterday but they didn't. They did visit my friend who lives close to me, despite the fact that I live on the way to her. After I didn't get any messages if they were coming yesterday, I decided to message them and ask if they were coming by this way, the dude I talked to, said that they went to my close friends place directly and already left. I guess I should be proud of this, because whereas normally I would've just said something like "oh okay" and pretended that I wasn't hurt at all, I told him that I was literally on the way and that it would've been nice if they visited and apologized if I didn't seem enthusiastic about them visiting. He immediately apologized and said they didn't come because I am leaving my country tomorrow and they thought I'd be busy and that they were coming to drop my close friend off and that they could visit my place too and this seemed like such a bullshit apology, not because they hurt me but because maybe for the few times in my life, I actually said something against being hurt like this. I told him that he doesn't need to visit now and that I have no hard feelings. I have no interest in being salty and holding grudges so I really did mean that, these are people I had good times with, I don't want to ruin all that because of incidents like these. He just apologized again and wished me a happy journey and I wished him a safe trip back to his state. I guess there are a few other incidents like these with my other friends too but I don't want to write about all of them.
It's moments like these that my resolve to be a kinder and loving person and not completely switch off from the world is really tested and I don't know how much longer I can keep convincing myself that this is all worth it.
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2023.05.31 01:33 claudiaflaudia Pregnancy symptoms by week
Hi everyone! I just found out we are pregnant (3 positive tests). Today my period is 12 days late, I didn't anticipate getting pregnant, I just got off birth control and thought it would take a little longer especially since my partners parents really struggled. This is all new to me.. I am so confused. I called my dr's office to get an appointment, she asked me when the first day of my last period was (April 15) and now she is saying I'm 6 weeks pregnant and need to be seen ASAP. .
I am pretty confident we conceived May 11 or May 12th as we used a new contraceptive method neither of us had used before (I guess prob not the best method huh lol) so.. as I was sitting all day with this info trying to process this huge change to my day to day life, I had to google my coffee consumption and I have a headache and only have ibuprofen at home! On the phone I'm told I am 6 weeks along!! Seems crazy..
Can anyone clarify? What did your pregnancy symptoms look like early on? I have only been super tired, sleeping at least 10hrs + naps in the day. My morning staff meeting via Teams was SO HARD to sit through. My nipples have felt a little tingly but other than that I have no other symptom. When googling the symptoms I just don't see myself at the 6 week mark.
How do you count how far along you are? I am really at a loss here I wish I knew more about pregnancy but I'm scared and really haven't told anyone other than my partner and my sister (who has not been pregnant herself).
Thanks for reading and any insight you can provide! ❤️
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I am pretty confident we conceived May 11 or May 12th as we used a new contraceptive method neither of us had used before (I guess prob not the best method huh lol) so.. as I was sitting all day with this info trying to process this huge change to my day to day life, I had to google my coffee consumption and I have a headache and only have ibuprofen at home! On the phone I'm told I am 6 weeks along!! Seems crazy..
Can anyone clarify? What did your pregnancy symptoms look like early on? I have only been super tired, sleeping at least 10hrs + naps in the day. My morning staff meeting via Teams was SO HARD to sit through. My nipples have felt a little tingly but other than that I have no other symptom. When googling the symptoms I just don't see myself at the 6 week mark.
How do you count how far along you are? I am really at a loss here I wish I knew more about pregnancy but I'm scared and really haven't told anyone other than my partner and my sister (who has not been pregnant herself).
Thanks for reading and any insight you can provide! ❤️
2023.05.31 01:33 tigermcr For those who got laid off and were informed they could find other jobs in the firm: did you have any luck getting another role with the firm, and if yes, how did you do it? When I got laid off I was told I was welcome to look for another role, just trying to strategize on my end. Thx!
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2023.05.31 01:33 Stuckin13 Word Play: Playing around with your language!
At least for me, trying to figure out ways to test my conlang to see how much it can bend before it breaks can be hard, since you can kind of get stuck in your own head. As such, I thought it'd be fun to make an activity for it! Anyone who wants to can comment a challenge of some kind below, whether its as simple as a sentence or phrase or something as difficult as challenging others to do tongue twisters or recite poetry in their language, or even crazier ideas!
Then, if you like the challenge, comment on that comment with a quick blurb about your language if you want, as well as your translation or writing for that specific challenge. If you want, you can even counter-challenge the person you comment on, maybe get into a word battle!
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Then, if you like the challenge, comment on that comment with a quick blurb about your language if you want, as well as your translation or writing for that specific challenge. If you want, you can even counter-challenge the person you comment on, maybe get into a word battle!
2023.05.31 01:33 JengaKing12 How do you rank Scoot, Miller and Amen in terms of which ones you would like to end up with Houston at #4?
How would you rank Scoot, Miller and Amen in terms of how much you want each to wear a Rockets uniform next year after hypothetically getting drafted by Houston at pick #4?
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2023.05.31 01:33 moosepooo What did you do to move into the next tax bracket?
What advice do you have to move your salary into the next tax bracket and how did you end up doing it. Move around? Change fields? Work harder? Get a degree? Certs? Let's hear it.
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2023.05.31 01:32 thatwentverywrong Index finger painful and stiff?
I ( 20M, no other issues, only thing I take is Ibuprofen) have been catching for baseball recently and my index finger on my catching hand has a slightly swollen knuckle and it is slightly stiff and painful to move. It gets hit if I don't get it into the pocket right which has happened a fair amount as I only started catching recently. I've got much better recently but the pain hasn't gone. It has got noticeably worse in the last few days for seemingly no reason, I play bass and it is making it a bit painful to use the finger. I've been catching around 60-70 mph pitches. If I press down on my finger with my other hand and try to lift my finger up it causes pain, as does pressing it down to the limit of it's motion, which is about 90 degrees to my palm. What could this be and how do I fix it?
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2023.05.31 01:31 Slayerblade9908 Malingsia,malingsia,malingsia and malingsia
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2023.05.31 01:31 ShabbaMcGee RC Trevor Lawrence Prizm Checkerboard
 | Believe it or not, I pulled this out of a solo pack from five below. Anyways…I’ve been meaning to get this graded. In almost perfect centering and condition with the exception of a small indent in the bottom right corner. I don’t expect to get a 10 if submitted for grading, but realistically how many points will that small indent dock? submitted by ShabbaMcGee to footballcards [link] [comments] |
2023.05.31 01:31 StoneOvenMan How can I get over the fact I wasted my years?
When I encounter stoicism it's always about how it's your actions not the environment that you should worry but there is a problem my problem is already my own actions due to depression and laziness I couldn't enter university now I don't believe I will be doing a decent score this year too and because erdo won the elections(I'm turkish) I don't think I will be able prepare for the exam next year when economy is going to make life miserable depression isn't something you choose but my attitude blocked me from gaining strength to overcome it my laziness prevented me from going to a doctor and I got diagnosed 2 years later then I should have been. You probably understood I didn't properly prepared for the exam so there is the guilt of that but like I'm so extremely lazy I want to kill myself
I became just like my brother we both entered very good highschools in fact he entered one of the best highschools in the country and we both flopped on this stage of life my brother is 25 and still in education and I'm gonna be 20 in July so I'll say I'm 20 we are so extraordinarly lazy I just can't find any reason why.
My problem is I killed what I could have become with my bare hands and I just can't say that the past is irrelevant and I should move on. I never did anything with my hands in my entire life I can't talk to people and I don't like talking to people I don't have any talents or anything or something I'm good at the only thing I could have done for myself was to just sit and study and I can't do it for the last 5 years in fact I can't do anything I don't read or go out I'm just inside my house
I live with this apathy that sometimes turns into fire just like now I'm from a poor family and while my mother works to pay for the bills I'm not doing anything how can this happen I thought we poor people work hard to save ourselves that's definitely not my case. So how do Stoics get over their mistakes? What would they tell me?
TLDR:I wasted years due to being extraordinarly and can't stop feeling guilty despite trying to convince myself with every possible argument so I want to hear the stoic perspective
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I became just like my brother we both entered very good highschools in fact he entered one of the best highschools in the country and we both flopped on this stage of life my brother is 25 and still in education and I'm gonna be 20 in July so I'll say I'm 20 we are so extraordinarly lazy I just can't find any reason why.
My problem is I killed what I could have become with my bare hands and I just can't say that the past is irrelevant and I should move on. I never did anything with my hands in my entire life I can't talk to people and I don't like talking to people I don't have any talents or anything or something I'm good at the only thing I could have done for myself was to just sit and study and I can't do it for the last 5 years in fact I can't do anything I don't read or go out I'm just inside my house
I live with this apathy that sometimes turns into fire just like now I'm from a poor family and while my mother works to pay for the bills I'm not doing anything how can this happen I thought we poor people work hard to save ourselves that's definitely not my case. So how do Stoics get over their mistakes? What would they tell me?
TLDR:I wasted years due to being extraordinarly and can't stop feeling guilty despite trying to convince myself with every possible argument so I want to hear the stoic perspective
2023.05.31 01:30 Osteomoorosis My (23M) girlfriend (23F) is having financial imbalance between work/school & is feeling down.
So my girlfriend of 1 year (I've known her going on 2 years) is having trouble regarding school. She was accepted into a local law school and thinks she won't be able to cover costs even with grants and such & I have no idea how to convince her that I'm in full support of her furthering her education as I did. The reason being is that the school would prefer she only work 10-15 hours a week while enrolled. I had mentioned maybe moving in together but she did not seem comfortable with the idea 6ish months ago when I casually brought it up...I just want the best for her but I feel like since she's so independent she'll get offended one way or another bringing it up again! I've been trying to navigate this in the sweetest way possible with her but I just don't know how to portray it without her thinking I want something in return or that it's some handout to her... I love her and I'm really trying my best but I feel stuck like this along with her, how do I go about this?
TLDR; Girlfriend is upset because she thinks she'll have to give up going to school, but I'd like to help her by giving her a place to stay.
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TLDR; Girlfriend is upset because she thinks she'll have to give up going to school, but I'd like to help her by giving her a place to stay.
2023.05.31 01:30 thetrapper1 The ultimate guide to watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Do you wanna rewatch Star Wars: The Clone Wars (and perhaps introduce a friend to this awesome series)? Or do you want to watch it for the first time, and are not sure where to start?
First, a couple of infos: - The show has a total runtime of ~56h, plus a movie of 1.5h. Each episode is roughly 22-25 minutes. Seasons 1-4 have 22 episodes, Season 5 has 20 Episodes and Season 6&7 only have 13/12 Episodes. - The first season released in 2008, the last season in 2020. Because of this (and other factors), the quality in animation increases drastically over time.
Why do you even need a watching guide?\* The show was originally produced for television, with the target audience being children and teenagers. This leads to a lot of filler episodes, especially in earlier seasons. If you're like me, you don't need 22 Minutes of Jar Jars/R2D2s/C3POs attempts at comedy, or Padme doing boring space politics. Also, the release order is not the chronological order, which makes earlier seasons a bit confusing.
How does this guide work?I have crossed out these terrible episodes (and other filler episodes, especially in earlier seasons). Some of these Episodes are still worth watching in my opinion, but that depends on your personal preferences.
Some episodes of the Clone Wars are absolute must-watch-episodes for any Star Wars fan. I have indicated these episodes in bold. If you just watch these, you will catch most of the major plot-points in the series, but you will lose out on some great Episodes that are not super relevant to the overall plot.
Other episodes depend on the time you have available, your personal taste, and your aversion to the rougher animation-quality of earlier seasons.
-> This Arc Introduces Ahsoka, Rex and Ventress. Not very high quality, but I would still recommend watching it, because these are the first episodes chronologically, and because they lay some groundwork for later character-development.
Domino Squad Arc: Episodes 301, 105 and 302
-> This story is a must watch not just because they are some of the better episodes of the first seasons, but also because it sets up Rex, Cody, and a group of clones, who will be important later on. Arranged in chronological Order here (which is weirdly split across 2 seasons). Also a decent starting point if you skipped the Christophsis Arc.
Season 1:
101 (Yoda+Clones) -> If you really love Yoda, maybe.
102-104 (Malevolence Arc) -> Okay-ish Arc. If you don't want to watch too much of the earlier seasons, rather watch the Ryloth Arc.
106/107 (Battle of the Droids) -> If you really wanna see Anakin, Rex and Ahsoka in the early seasons, go for it. I guess it also makes you more invested in these 3 characters, which is nice for later.
108 (Terrible Jar Jar Episode) -> Worst rated CW Episode on IMDB lol.
109 (Ahsoka vs Ventress) -> If you like Ahsoka/Ventress, or as an introduction to Ventress if you skipped the Christophsis Arc.
110 (Lair of Grievous) -> I personally love this episode. Kit Fisto is great, and Grievous is not just incompetent, but scary in this one.
111/112 (Anakin, Obi-Wan & Dooku) -> These Episodes have some great Banter, but... Jar Jar.
113/114 (Jedi Crash) -> If you already really like early Clone Wars, go for these filler episodes. Otherwise, meh.
115 (Misunderstandings in a Winter World) -> Anakin/Obi-Wan/Rex Episode. It's a decent filler episode, nothing special.
117/118 (Padme+Jar Jar Virus)
119-121 (Ryloth Arc) -> Not a must watch, but probably the best Arc from season 1.
Season 2:
122, 201-203 (Cad Bane Introduction)
204 (Intro to Geonosis) -> Has some Lore around the seperatists, sets up the next arc and has some Padme/Anakin Romance. I don't like this one, but if you like this Episode, you might also like 605-607.
205-208 (Geonosis)
209 (Grievous/Eeth Koth) -> If you like Grievous and Episodes with loads of fighting, this is a good one for you.
210 (Deserter, Rex) -> Rex Character Development, great Episode if you like Rex/Clones.
211 (Ahsoka, Lightsaber lost) -> Ahsoka Character Development. I like this one, because... AHSOKA
212-214 (Mandalore I)
215 (Padme Senate Investigation)
217 (Bounty Hunters) -> Watch if you want to see Obi-Wan/Anakin/Ahsoka interact with Bounty Hunters
218/219 (Zillo Beast Arc) -> Watch if you like big Monsters.
220-222 (Young Boba Arc)
Season 3:
303/304 (Politics)
305/306 (Mandalore Politics/Conspiracies)
307 (Ahsoka+Padme) -> If you like Bounty Hunters, Padme and/or Ahsoka.
308 (Droids)
309 (Ziro) -> If you can't get enough of Cad Bane, mayybe.
310 (Amidala/Ahsoka) -> One of the better "Politics" Episodes, and Ahsoka character development.
311 (Padme Politics) -> If you liked 310, go for it I guess.
312-314 (Betrayal of Ventress)
315-317 (Mortis Force Ghosts) -> Not vital to the overall story, but a great dive into some the main 3 Jedi characters and cool lore around the force. Didn't make it into the bold category because it's a bit more disconnected from the rest of the story.
318-320 (Citadel Arc)
321/322 (Ahsoka Youngling Arc) -> Ahsoka Character Development
Season 4:
401-403 (Mon Cala Arc) -> Our main cast in a water-world. Okay-ish filler Arc, watch if you have the time.
404 (Jar Jar)
405/406 (Droids) (terrible)
407-410 (Umbarra Arc) -> One of the best Clone Wars Arcs IMO
411-413 (Slavery Arc) -> A better filler-Arc with our main cast.
414 (Ahsoka on Mandalore) -> Watch for Ahsoka character development and some Mandalorians.
415-418 (Obi Wan Undercover Arc) -> Obi Wan in a bounty-Hunter-environment. Good Arc, not a must-watch.
419-422 (Dathomir Arc)
Season 5:
501 (Revival) Continuation of 419-422
502-505 (Onderon/Saw Guerrera Arc) -> Introduces some Rebels/Bad Batch/Rogue One Characters. You can watch this Arc if you're interested in that, or if you need more Clone Wars content.
506-509 (Ahsoka Youngling Arc) -> Watch this if you liked 321/322. Maybe watch just 506 if you want Jedi Lore on Lighsabers/Padawans.
510-513 (Droid Arc) I hate it, also has terrible Ratings on IMDB
514-516 (Mandalore II)
517-520 (Ahsoka Sabotage Arc)
Season 6:
601-604 (Inhibitor Chip Arc)
605-607 (Clovis, Padme, Anakin) -> Watch this if you liked 204
608/609 (Mace Windu & JarJar)
610 (Sifo-Dias Distress Signal)
611-613 (Yoda Arc) -> Watch this if you wanna see more of Yoda & Jedi/Force-Lore. I really like this Arc.
Season 7:
701-704 (Bad Batch Introduction) -> If you like this, watch Bad Batch.
705-708 (Ahsoka Arc) -> Some people dislike this Arc, but it's probably a must watch because it sets up:
709-712 (Finale) -> Some of the best Star Wars ever
This Post isn't meant to discourage anyone from watching the entire series. If you notice that you like early filler episodes, just watch everything (except maybe some of the terrible Jar JaDroid Episodes, but maybe you even like those, I'm not judging... at least not a lot).
Happy to hear some feedback, and change my list accordingly! (Also, feel free to correct spelling mistakes...)
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First, a couple of infos: - The show has a total runtime of ~56h, plus a movie of 1.5h. Each episode is roughly 22-25 minutes. Seasons 1-4 have 22 episodes, Season 5 has 20 Episodes and Season 6&7 only have 13/12 Episodes. - The first season released in 2008, the last season in 2020. Because of this (and other factors), the quality in animation increases drastically over time.
Why do you even need a watching guide?\* The show was originally produced for television, with the target audience being children and teenagers. This leads to a lot of filler episodes, especially in earlier seasons. If you're like me, you don't need 22 Minutes of Jar Jars/R2D2s/C3POs attempts at comedy, or Padme doing boring space politics. Also, the release order is not the chronological order, which makes earlier seasons a bit confusing.
How does this guide work?
Some episodes of the Clone Wars are absolute must-watch-episodes for any Star Wars fan. I have indicated these episodes in bold. If you just watch these, you will catch most of the major plot-points in the series, but you will lose out on some great Episodes that are not super relevant to the overall plot.
Other episodes depend on the time you have available, your personal taste, and your aversion to the rougher animation-quality of earlier seasons.
The List:
Christophsis Arc: Episodes 216, 116 and The Clone Wars movie.-> This Arc Introduces Ahsoka, Rex and Ventress. Not very high quality, but I would still recommend watching it, because these are the first episodes chronologically, and because they lay some groundwork for later character-development.
Domino Squad Arc: Episodes 301, 105 and 302
-> This story is a must watch not just because they are some of the better episodes of the first seasons, but also because it sets up Rex, Cody, and a group of clones, who will be important later on. Arranged in chronological Order here (which is weirdly split across 2 seasons). Also a decent starting point if you skipped the Christophsis Arc.
Season 1:
102-104 (Malevolence Arc) -> Okay-ish Arc. If you don't want to watch too much of the earlier seasons, rather watch the Ryloth Arc.
109 (Ahsoka vs Ventress) -> If you like Ahsoka/Ventress, or as an introduction to Ventress if you skipped the Christophsis Arc.
110 (Lair of Grievous) -> I personally love this episode. Kit Fisto is great, and Grievous is not just incompetent, but scary in this one.
119-121 (Ryloth Arc) -> Not a must watch, but probably the best Arc from season 1.
Season 2:
122, 201-203 (Cad Bane Introduction)
204 (Intro to Geonosis) -> Has some Lore around the seperatists, sets up the next arc and has some Padme/Anakin Romance. I don't like this one, but if you like this Episode, you might also like 605-607.
205-208 (Geonosis)
209 (Grievous/Eeth Koth) -> If you like Grievous and Episodes with loads of fighting, this is a good one for you.
210 (Deserter, Rex) -> Rex Character Development, great Episode if you like Rex/Clones.
212-214 (Mandalore I)
218/219 (Zillo Beast Arc) -> Watch if you like big Monsters.
220-222 (Young Boba Arc)
Season 3:
310 (Amidala/Ahsoka) -> One of the better "Politics" Episodes, and Ahsoka character development.
312-314 (Betrayal of Ventress)
315-317 (Mortis Force Ghosts) -> Not vital to the overall story, but a great dive into some the main 3 Jedi characters and cool lore around the force. Didn't make it into the bold category because it's a bit more disconnected from the rest of the story.
318-320 (Citadel Arc)
321/322 (Ahsoka Youngling Arc) -> Ahsoka Character Development
Season 4:
407-410 (Umbarra Arc) -> One of the best Clone Wars Arcs IMO
411-413 (Slavery Arc) -> A better filler-Arc with our main cast.
415-418 (Obi Wan Undercover Arc) -> Obi Wan in a bounty-Hunter-environment. Good Arc, not a must-watch.
419-422 (Dathomir Arc)
Season 5:
501 (Revival) Continuation of 419-422
502-505 (Onderon/Saw Guerrera Arc) -> Introduces some Rebels/Bad Batch/Rogue One Characters. You can watch this Arc if you're interested in that, or if you need more Clone Wars content.
514-516 (Mandalore II)
517-520 (Ahsoka Sabotage Arc)
Season 6:
601-604 (Inhibitor Chip Arc)
610 (Sifo-Dias Distress Signal)
611-613 (Yoda Arc) -> Watch this if you wanna see more of Yoda & Jedi/Force-Lore. I really like this Arc.
Season 7:
701-704 (Bad Batch Introduction) -> If you like this, watch Bad Batch.
705-708 (Ahsoka Arc) -> Some people dislike this Arc, but it's probably a must watch because it sets up:
709-712 (Finale) -> Some of the best Star Wars ever
This Post isn't meant to discourage anyone from watching the entire series. If you notice that you like early filler episodes, just watch everything (except maybe some of the terrible Jar JaDroid Episodes, but maybe you even like those, I'm not judging... at least not a lot).
Happy to hear some feedback, and change my list accordingly! (Also, feel free to correct spelling mistakes...)
2023.05.31 01:30 SUPA-Foundation Join the SUPA Fun Game Night Event with SUPA Foundation - Tomorrow at 9 am UTC!
 | Hey fellow Fantom lovers! submitted by SUPA-Foundation to FantomFoundation [link] [comments] I've got some exciting news to share. Tomorrow at 9 am UTC, we at the SUPA Foundation are hosting a super fun Game Nights event. We're inviting all of you to come join us for a thrilling gaming experience, and yes, there are prizes involved! Our Game Nights event will feature interactive sessions where you can watch the SUPA Foundation team and our community members (whom we affectionately call 'Recruits') play Internal Conflict, our beta test game currently running on the Fantom Testnet. Here's what's going down:
See you there! The Foundation https://preview.redd.it/60l8agibh33b1.jpg?width=2224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=945e88db0735c5962efaf5eaaac44343521125ec |
2023.05.31 01:30 PokingDogSnouts 32 [M4F] New Jersey/New York — Where have all the flowers gone?
I'd like to find somebody thoughtful, someone who isn't superficial. Somebody who appreciates the rich vastness of our shared multicultural past, and freely follows her curiosity in exploring it. Somebody who is trying her best to adhere to the guidance of her inner moral compass, and isn't so easily fooled by the distractions and illusions of the world.
One such illusion, that must immediately be mentioned (this is important, because it's led to a break for me, in the past): religion. Religion is man-made, and not of any higher authority. The Bible and the Quran all permit slavery—in addition to countless other horrid and divisive ideas—while claiming to be eternal wisdom, and that is indefensible. I still like to believe in the idea of some permeating higher morality, that imbues us with our general sense for justice, fairness, and empathy...but, I know that without outright proof, even my holding of such a notion can be deemed a flight of fancy, a residual remnant of a system so entrenched. However, it seems to me that life is often more than just what's on the surface. Um, but now, then—back to the person I wish to know...
I'd also love it if she were artistic. Singing, sketching, painting, writing, composing, creating. Someone who is trying to nurture their talents and passions. I know it can be difficult...
As for me, well... I adore music. Mostly voices from the past (the 1960s would have to be my favorite), because I find them to be humbler and more from the heart, at least in popular music. I’ll just give an example of something I’ve looked into, and this is nowhere near representative of my wider taste, but if you go back to early 1920s country music... (Here's an aside: a lot of what people think of as "country" today is a long cry from what the genre is actually like, historically. If you are into folk music—Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan—it is indelibly linked to "country", and if you'd like a popular example of a song that originated within the genre, look no further than the universally recognized "You Are My Sunshine", from 1939!)
Anyway. If you go back to that early period, where undiscovered niches of music were still sought out and first put to tape... a lot of those artists had no idea about anything to do with recording—no ego, no attempt to sound "cool". What came through instead was a bare expression of the life that had been lived—the inner beauty of their own personhood, and I love hearing that. It's so honest. A vulnerable and piercing expression.
So if you're into history or the beautiful music of decades (and centuries) past, if you have any aspirations for creating as a method of changing the world for the better, if you'd like to play games and watch movies together, if you'd like an accountability partner—or all of the above...please message me. I don't mind the chat function, either—in fact, it's probably easier. Also, to get this out of the way: this is what I look like.
I love beautiful things. Nature, music that tugs at your heartstrings or is so honest you're enraptured, experiences that heal. More specifically, here are some of my current interests:
I'd really like to know an intelligent person with a unique identity...who puts forth effort—though at the same time, no pressure on reaching out. If you are this type of person, but can currently only muster up a few words because, hey! Life is tough, and grueling, and we don't always have a ready-made letter in us to flip out of our pockets—don't be scared away by my tower of words. I absolutely know, firsthand, what it's like to want to communicate, yet not currently have the energy or the mindpower for it. Life can really sink you... I promise I will not judge. Please send me a chat message, if you're at all interested in chatting.
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One such illusion, that must immediately be mentioned (this is important, because it's led to a break for me, in the past): religion. Religion is man-made, and not of any higher authority. The Bible and the Quran all permit slavery—in addition to countless other horrid and divisive ideas—while claiming to be eternal wisdom, and that is indefensible. I still like to believe in the idea of some permeating higher morality, that imbues us with our general sense for justice, fairness, and empathy...but, I know that without outright proof, even my holding of such a notion can be deemed a flight of fancy, a residual remnant of a system so entrenched. However, it seems to me that life is often more than just what's on the surface. Um, but now, then—back to the person I wish to know...
I'd also love it if she were artistic. Singing, sketching, painting, writing, composing, creating. Someone who is trying to nurture their talents and passions. I know it can be difficult...
As for me, well... I adore music. Mostly voices from the past (the 1960s would have to be my favorite), because I find them to be humbler and more from the heart, at least in popular music. I’ll just give an example of something I’ve looked into, and this is nowhere near representative of my wider taste, but if you go back to early 1920s country music... (Here's an aside: a lot of what people think of as "country" today is a long cry from what the genre is actually like, historically. If you are into folk music—Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan—it is indelibly linked to "country", and if you'd like a popular example of a song that originated within the genre, look no further than the universally recognized "You Are My Sunshine", from 1939!)
Anyway. If you go back to that early period, where undiscovered niches of music were still sought out and first put to tape... a lot of those artists had no idea about anything to do with recording—no ego, no attempt to sound "cool". What came through instead was a bare expression of the life that had been lived—the inner beauty of their own personhood, and I love hearing that. It's so honest. A vulnerable and piercing expression.
So if you're into history or the beautiful music of decades (and centuries) past, if you have any aspirations for creating as a method of changing the world for the better, if you'd like to play games and watch movies together, if you'd like an accountability partner—or all of the above...please message me. I don't mind the chat function, either—in fact, it's probably easier. Also, to get this out of the way: this is what I look like.
I love beautiful things. Nature, music that tugs at your heartstrings or is so honest you're enraptured, experiences that heal. More specifically, here are some of my current interests:
- music (singing/playing an instrument/the Beach Boys are my favorite group—I also love Maybelle Carter, Cass Elliot, Pink Floyd, Lana Del Rey, The Cranberries, Sixpence None The Richer, loads of video game music, The Smiths, The Beatles, The Who, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Harry Nilsson, Joni Mitchell, The Righteous Brothers, Judy Garland, Sam Cooke, Frank Churchill, Marty O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori... Here’s a brief go at the Beatles’ “Julia”.) And, if you liked that—a more recent one…
- drawing—here are a few I've done.
- video games (any era from Atari—I like exploring the history and evolution—to the Switch and PS4) [Currently playing, or starting: The Binding of Isaac, Catherine]
- Disney, especially the Golden Age and Renaissance—Pinocchio (my favorite movie ever), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Aladdin, The Lion King, Tarzan. I love how handmade the early films look. And yet, how no expense was spared in creating these most precious and moving works of art.
- films/series/books I've enjoyed lately: The Sound of Magic, The Little Prince, Matilda, Love Hard, The Fundamentals of Caring, This Beautiful Fantastic, Donnie Darko, Alamut by Vladimir Bartol (this book was a key inspiration for the first Assassin's Creed), The Trial of the Chicago 7, Medici: The Magnificent, Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter, Judy
I'd really like to know an intelligent person with a unique identity...who puts forth effort—though at the same time, no pressure on reaching out. If you are this type of person, but can currently only muster up a few words because, hey! Life is tough, and grueling, and we don't always have a ready-made letter in us to flip out of our pockets—don't be scared away by my tower of words. I absolutely know, firsthand, what it's like to want to communicate, yet not currently have the energy or the mindpower for it. Life can really sink you... I promise I will not judge. Please send me a chat message, if you're at all interested in chatting.
2023.05.31 01:30 heybuddythatsa10-4 How do you limit your collection?
I'm interested in how you all set your limits! Do you only collect certain kinds of dolls, or only buy at certain times? Do you have a number limit?
With the series 3 repros coming out, my wishlist keeps getting longer and im trying not to let bratz take over my room 🤣🤣
I started this year with 2 bratz dolls and now i have 10, theyre kinda addictive
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With the series 3 repros coming out, my wishlist keeps getting longer and im trying not to let bratz take over my room 🤣🤣
I started this year with 2 bratz dolls and now i have 10, theyre kinda addictive
2023.05.31 01:29 PokingDogSnouts 32 [M4F] New Jersey/New York — Where have all the flowers gone?
I'd like to find somebody thoughtful, someone who isn't superficial. Somebody who appreciates the rich vastness of our shared multicultural past, and freely follows her curiosity in exploring it. Somebody who is trying her best to adhere to the guidance of her inner moral compass, and isn't so easily fooled by the distractions and illusions of the world.
One such illusion, that must immediately be mentioned (this is important, because it's led to a break for me, in the past): religion. Religion is man-made, and not of any higher authority. The Bible and the Quran all permit slavery—in addition to countless other horrid and divisive ideas—while claiming to be eternal wisdom, and that is indefensible. I still like to believe in the idea of some permeating higher morality, that imbues us with our general sense for justice, fairness, and empathy...but, I know that without outright proof, even my holding of such a notion can be deemed a flight of fancy, a residual remnant of a system so entrenched. However, it seems to me that life is often more than just what's on the surface. Um, but now, then—back to the person I wish to know...
I'd also love it if she were artistic. Singing, sketching, painting, writing, composing, creating. Someone who is trying to nurture their talents and passions. I know it can be difficult...
As for me, well... I adore music. Mostly voices from the past (the 1960s would have to be my favorite), because I find them to be humbler and more from the heart, at least in popular music. I’ll just give an example of something I’ve looked into, and this is nowhere near representative of my wider taste, but if you go back to early 1920s country music... (Here's an aside: a lot of what people think of as "country" today is a long cry from what the genre is actually like, historically. If you are into folk music—Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan—it is indelibly linked to "country", and if you'd like a popular example of a song that originated within the genre, look no further than the universally recognized "You Are My Sunshine", from 1939!)
Anyway. If you go back to that early period, where undiscovered niches of music were still sought out and first put to tape... a lot of those artists had no idea about anything to do with recording—no ego, no attempt to sound "cool". What came through instead was a bare expression of the life that had been lived—the inner beauty of their own personhood, and I love hearing that. It's so honest. A vulnerable and piercing expression.
So if you're into history or the beautiful music of decades (and centuries) past, if you have any aspirations for creating as a method of changing the world for the better, if you'd like to play games and watch movies together, if you'd like an accountability partner—or all of the above...please message me. I don't mind the chat function, either—in fact, it's probably easier. Also, to get this out of the way: this is what I look like.
I love beautiful things. Nature, music that tugs at your heartstrings or is so honest you're enraptured, experiences that heal. More specifically, here are some of my current interests:
I'd really like to know an intelligent person with a unique identity...who puts forth effort—though at the same time, no pressure on reaching out. If you are this type of person, but can currently only muster up a few words because, hey! Life is tough, and grueling, and we don't always have a ready-made letter in us to flip out of our pockets—don't be scared away by my tower of words. I absolutely know, firsthand, what it's like to want to communicate, yet not currently have the energy or the mindpower for it. Life can really sink you... I promise I will not judge. Please send me a chat message, if you're at all interested in chatting.
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One such illusion, that must immediately be mentioned (this is important, because it's led to a break for me, in the past): religion. Religion is man-made, and not of any higher authority. The Bible and the Quran all permit slavery—in addition to countless other horrid and divisive ideas—while claiming to be eternal wisdom, and that is indefensible. I still like to believe in the idea of some permeating higher morality, that imbues us with our general sense for justice, fairness, and empathy...but, I know that without outright proof, even my holding of such a notion can be deemed a flight of fancy, a residual remnant of a system so entrenched. However, it seems to me that life is often more than just what's on the surface. Um, but now, then—back to the person I wish to know...
I'd also love it if she were artistic. Singing, sketching, painting, writing, composing, creating. Someone who is trying to nurture their talents and passions. I know it can be difficult...
As for me, well... I adore music. Mostly voices from the past (the 1960s would have to be my favorite), because I find them to be humbler and more from the heart, at least in popular music. I’ll just give an example of something I’ve looked into, and this is nowhere near representative of my wider taste, but if you go back to early 1920s country music... (Here's an aside: a lot of what people think of as "country" today is a long cry from what the genre is actually like, historically. If you are into folk music—Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan—it is indelibly linked to "country", and if you'd like a popular example of a song that originated within the genre, look no further than the universally recognized "You Are My Sunshine", from 1939!)
Anyway. If you go back to that early period, where undiscovered niches of music were still sought out and first put to tape... a lot of those artists had no idea about anything to do with recording—no ego, no attempt to sound "cool". What came through instead was a bare expression of the life that had been lived—the inner beauty of their own personhood, and I love hearing that. It's so honest. A vulnerable and piercing expression.
So if you're into history or the beautiful music of decades (and centuries) past, if you have any aspirations for creating as a method of changing the world for the better, if you'd like to play games and watch movies together, if you'd like an accountability partner—or all of the above...please message me. I don't mind the chat function, either—in fact, it's probably easier. Also, to get this out of the way: this is what I look like.
I love beautiful things. Nature, music that tugs at your heartstrings or is so honest you're enraptured, experiences that heal. More specifically, here are some of my current interests:
- music (singing/playing an instrument/the Beach Boys are my favorite group—I also love Maybelle Carter, Cass Elliot, Pink Floyd, Lana Del Rey, The Cranberries, Sixpence None The Richer, loads of video game music, The Smiths, The Beatles, The Who, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Harry Nilsson, Joni Mitchell, The Righteous Brothers, Judy Garland, Sam Cooke, Frank Churchill, Marty O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori... Here’s a brief go at the Beatles’ “Julia”.) And, if you liked that—a more recent one…
- drawing—here are a few I've done.
- video games (any era from Atari—I like exploring the history and evolution—to the Switch and PS4) [Currently playing, or starting: The Binding of Isaac, Catherine]
- Disney, especially the Golden Age and Renaissance—Pinocchio (my favorite movie ever), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Aladdin, The Lion King, Tarzan. I love how handmade the early films look. And yet, how no expense was spared in creating these most precious and moving works of art.
- films/series/books I've enjoyed lately: The Sound of Magic, The Little Prince, Matilda, Love Hard, The Fundamentals of Caring, This Beautiful Fantastic, Donnie Darko, Alamut by Vladimir Bartol (this book was a key inspiration for the first Assassin's Creed), The Trial of the Chicago 7, Medici: The Magnificent, Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter, Judy
I'd really like to know an intelligent person with a unique identity...who puts forth effort—though at the same time, no pressure on reaching out. If you are this type of person, but can currently only muster up a few words because, hey! Life is tough, and grueling, and we don't always have a ready-made letter in us to flip out of our pockets—don't be scared away by my tower of words. I absolutely know, firsthand, what it's like to want to communicate, yet not currently have the energy or the mindpower for it. Life can really sink you... I promise I will not judge. Please send me a chat message, if you're at all interested in chatting.
2023.05.31 01:29 afarina1 Lost in Confusion. Am I the a-hole really?
Been married for 10 years now and thru out the marriage my wife and I get into arguments and fights occasionally.
Lately my wife has been taking things that I say that seem harmless to me and are in no way being delivered in a mean way and turns them around to let me know that it hurt her feelings somehow.
This has started happening so frequently lately that I have chosen to just detach from these complaints whenever they come up since it never fails that it is always my fault in the end regardless of how she was treating me in the lead up to the argument.
Here is an example. I will be as objective as I can manage.
I was spraying the garage floor with water and then using a squeegee to push the water out and into the driveway. I was about half way done when my wife came out into the garage and started looking around. I told her this wasn't working as well as I had hoped since the floor isn't perfectly flat so the squeegee wasn't getting all of the water and as I stepped on the damp floor I was just tracking more dirty water spots around. She proceeded to let me know that she would have used the blower or broom to clean out the debris on the floor before spraying it with water. I responded to her by saying "Oh, Ok" and continued doing my best to push the water out.
Fast Forward to the evening. I ask her if she needs anything (she was acting off all day and I could tell something was up but she wasn't telling me even tho I had asked her if she was ok periodically thru out the day.) to which she responds no to all of my efforts to help her out. She then asks me if I am ok due to my clearly visible frustration with her, I responded "Yes" and then asked her if she was ok to which she said "Yes".
So she goes to take a bath and proceeds to send me a text asking me if her asking me if I am ok makes me defensive.
I told her that no it doesn't but I was frustrated because all day she has been acting distant and no matter what I did she would not talk to me. She admits that she has been sensitive all day but just hasn't said anything. She then turns this all around and goes back to the garage incident where I acknowledged her suggestion for cleaning the floor. She starts saying that I don't listen to her and I don't care what she has to say, she tells me that it's like she annoys me (to be fair, it does annoy me when suggestions are made that are no longer feasible at that moment, it also annoys me to be criticized for work that I am doing while there is no thank you in sight.).
I do love her very much but it seems like no matter how I speak or what I do she always has something negative to say about the work I am doing or about something I said.
She launches into these rage fits usually as soon as I start defending my self and tell me that I don't care about her feelings....
I don't know what to do anymore, If I argue, she doesn't listen. She acts as if her actions are always fine and that I am being too sensitive.
Any thoughts or advice? Sorry about my horrible story writing skills.
TL;DR : Wife gets mad at me for super small things and refuses to accept any responsibility for her actions. Leaving me always at fault.
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Lately my wife has been taking things that I say that seem harmless to me and are in no way being delivered in a mean way and turns them around to let me know that it hurt her feelings somehow.
This has started happening so frequently lately that I have chosen to just detach from these complaints whenever they come up since it never fails that it is always my fault in the end regardless of how she was treating me in the lead up to the argument.
Here is an example. I will be as objective as I can manage.
I was spraying the garage floor with water and then using a squeegee to push the water out and into the driveway. I was about half way done when my wife came out into the garage and started looking around. I told her this wasn't working as well as I had hoped since the floor isn't perfectly flat so the squeegee wasn't getting all of the water and as I stepped on the damp floor I was just tracking more dirty water spots around. She proceeded to let me know that she would have used the blower or broom to clean out the debris on the floor before spraying it with water. I responded to her by saying "Oh, Ok" and continued doing my best to push the water out.
Fast Forward to the evening. I ask her if she needs anything (she was acting off all day and I could tell something was up but she wasn't telling me even tho I had asked her if she was ok periodically thru out the day.) to which she responds no to all of my efforts to help her out. She then asks me if I am ok due to my clearly visible frustration with her, I responded "Yes" and then asked her if she was ok to which she said "Yes".
So she goes to take a bath and proceeds to send me a text asking me if her asking me if I am ok makes me defensive.
I told her that no it doesn't but I was frustrated because all day she has been acting distant and no matter what I did she would not talk to me. She admits that she has been sensitive all day but just hasn't said anything. She then turns this all around and goes back to the garage incident where I acknowledged her suggestion for cleaning the floor. She starts saying that I don't listen to her and I don't care what she has to say, she tells me that it's like she annoys me (to be fair, it does annoy me when suggestions are made that are no longer feasible at that moment, it also annoys me to be criticized for work that I am doing while there is no thank you in sight.).
I do love her very much but it seems like no matter how I speak or what I do she always has something negative to say about the work I am doing or about something I said.
She launches into these rage fits usually as soon as I start defending my self and tell me that I don't care about her feelings....
I don't know what to do anymore, If I argue, she doesn't listen. She acts as if her actions are always fine and that I am being too sensitive.
Any thoughts or advice? Sorry about my horrible story writing skills.
TL;DR : Wife gets mad at me for super small things and refuses to accept any responsibility for her actions. Leaving me always at fault.