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Random questions and advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

Ask random questions or for advice

What should I cook

[(Anonymous)]

Green chili chicken or chicken cacciatore? Or something else?

Re: What should I cook

[(Anonymous)]

Green chili chicken sounds awesome tonight. Thanks for the idea!

Re: What should I cook

[(Anonymous)]

Seconded on the green chili chicken. Sounds interesting.

What are some movies or books that have a 'Month of May' vibe?

[(Anonymous)]

Kinda interested what others might consider 'May-ish' as far as aesthetic, ambiance, or theme goes.

Re: What are some movies or books that have a 'Month of May' vibe?

[(Anonymous)]

Late-period Patricia McKillip novels like Od Magic

Re: What are some movies or books that have a 'Month of May' vibe?

[(Anonymous)]

Think The Wicker Man took place during a May Day festival if I remember correctly.

Re: What are some movies or books that have a 'Month of May' vibe?

[(Anonymous)]

I reread Astolat's Merlin fic. To me it's the perfect vibe for May-June. Not the actual show mind you lol.

Also very old school, but Robin of Sherwood and Cadfael too.

May to me is fresh green leaves and this kind of anticipatory stillness in deep woodland that feels as old as the hills.

Things to keep in mind while writing a slow burn

[(Anonymous)]

So I've taken it upon myself to write a slow burn romance. I'm finding it tricky due to my natural impatient impulses. I'm wondering, slow burn writers how do you keep going at such a slow pace without having problems with contrivance and stupid misunderstandings? I want things to feel natural.

Thoughts?

Re: Things to keep in mind while writing a slow burn

[(Anonymous)]

Well, it sort of depends where the slow burn is starting out. A lot of the multi-chaptered slow burn stuff I've written starts where the characters don't know each other very well, and definitely they aren't looking to start a relationship. And gradually they get to know each other better - find out things they have in common, learn about their likes and dislikes, gradually start going "oh that thing they do, that's cute" and finding more ways to spend time with each other.

Obviously something like that wouldn't work if the characters involved have already been best friends since childhood and already know each other very well. But some of this stuff would still work, finding out secrets the other has kept hidden for some reason...

It helps to have some kind of overarching goal other than the romance, like "X wants to find out why Y has come home to their hometown after leaving ten years ago without explanation", or "X has a problem with [insert issue] and needs help, Y thinks they may be able to offer it". That way there's something going on to give them a reason to get to know each other better, and excuses for them to keep interacting even if they do have some kind of misunderstanding or if you reach a point where you don't know what to do next. Advance that plot, see what the characters do.

What works for me might not work for you, of course. But this is how I've kept stories going.

Re: Things to keep in mind while writing a slow burn

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe think about what logical reasons two people might have to take things slowly, and keep those things in mind? Something in their background makes them cautious? Or they're just having fun flirting and enjoying each moment as it comes? Or if there must be a conflict or misunderstanding, write one that's a rational misunderstanding where shit just happens and nobody is an idiot and it can't be resolved with five minutes of conversation.

Sometimes you can be with the right person, but at the wrong time in both your lives. Would that work?

Re: Things to keep in mind while writing a slow burn

[(Anonymous)]

Even in a slow burn you still get the slow change of chemistry between them. Their body language and attitude towards each other will slowly change.

If you're making it last, include those details but be sparing with them.

Also have incidents and experiences drive the change between them. Even if it's subtle details or mundane incidents.

Veggie recipes

[(Anonymous)]

How do you guys cook your veggies or what are your go-to recipes that incorporate lots of vegetables? I'm trying to eat healthier and I know I need to eat more vegetables, but I can't stand most of them. I like celery, carrots, potatoes, broccoli, and peas, but that's it. I've tried roasting other types of vegetables since roasting seems to be a great method for making vegetables taste good, but I could hardly eat them because they still tasted gross to me.

Re: Veggie recipes

[(Anonymous)]

Most all the veggies you listed are good in soups. Minus the potatoes they're good in stir fries. Celery, carrots, and broccoli can all be eaten raw with hummus or other dips. Broccoli is awesome roasted in a really hot oven until lightly charred in places. Idk, a lot of recipes I really love seem like they'd be lackluster without alliums (onions, garlic, leeks, etc.)

What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?

[(Anonymous)]

And alternatively, what used to be cool and still is?

Re: What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?

[(Anonymous)]

Light up sneakers are no longer in vogue but are still the coolest things ever IMHO.

Re: What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?

[(Anonymous)]

I just want to know why the fuck fanny packs are back

Re: What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?

[(Anonymous)]

Seventies rock is still cool.

Re: What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?

[philstar22]

90s pop was cool for a short time when I was growing up, at least where I was. It isn't now, but TBH I still like it, along with many other styles.

Re: What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?

[(Anonymous)]

Skinny jeans if the clothing stores around me are any indication. I went shopping for new jeans the other day and couldn't find any skinny ones. They're all boot cut or wide-legged, which I don't like because I'm short and always have to get those types of jeans hemmed. I know those cuts exist in petite sizes, but I can never find them in store.

All the music I listened to in high school is apparently still cool since my high school-aged niece and all her friends still listen to the same bands.

Re: What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm a pro at liking things that were once cool for the following 20 years so

- Glow in the dark things are cute
- Liquid bags, pouches etc (SO GLAD they're back in vogue!)
- Bell-bottoms (actually I have a good reason for this one, I have big calves so)
- please bring back pixel games (they still cool in some circles but I wish they were in ALL)
- back pinned bangs. I saw someone trashtalk it these days and was ravaged
- pop-punk/pop-emo music please make a comeback? I was expecting it but damn this pandemic...
- CUTE MOBILE PHONES... decoden, cellphone straps, pink bunny ear covers with fluffy pompom tails, downloadable "custom theme" apps like Cocoppa and the such. As a teen I had a few cellphone straps I treasured a lot and would put a few stickers in my phone. While I never... had the courage to do any of it as an adult I enjoyed browsing pictures still. (My theme was really cute, though, because nobody got to see it behind a password.)
- can I say Tumblr? I wasn't young when Tumblr became a thing but it hasn't been a thing for nearly 10 years now and sometimes I miss it. I know it was trashy in many ways but for self-expression I never found anything quite like it, and honestly I liked the transition from LJ to Tumblr unlike many so. Cute mobiles were very much a trend popularized by Tumblr and so was pastel decora/fairy kei and the such, and I still love it, sigh...
- speaking of Tumblr I want to say "good shoujo/josei" because honestly... :/
- PC MMOs like Ragnarok Online or Maple Story! Nowadays people seem to play online on their videogame consoles most often, but I'm not willing to pay PSPlus to play once a month, so... I haven't liked any PC MMO trend since LoL lmao
- I don't miss LJ at all but I have to say I miss those days when personal .com/etc domains for fandom stuff were still cool and people would make custom fandom-inspired layouts and fanlisting shrines and could talk about it for ages. It was probably... a lot of work not really worth it but to this day sometimes I browse fanlistings.org just to see remnants of this past. I'm glad it's making a comeback albeit silent and small and I kind of want to have one too.

(Or, in other words, take me back to 200x.)

Re: What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?

[(Anonymous)]

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were HUGE when I was in middle school, and they have never ever stopped being cool for a second, so there.

Semi-related, I heard some kids talking in the street outside my house the other day while they were riding scooters along.

Kid 1: You know all the bad guys used to ride skateboards in 80s movies?
Kid 2: Really? ...Why?
Kid 1: I dunno. Skateboards were just a tough guy thing I guess.
Kid 2: Oh. Weird.

...These kids were like 10 at most, I have no idea what 80s movies Kid 1 had been watching...

Oooh I just remembered something that was cool when I was a kid and now looks silly. Really huge teased out hair and bangs. I let people do that to me a couple times and even then I thought I looked bizarre.

Re: What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?

[(Anonymous)]

"Groovy" as a term of approval. I think it's still cool, but the young 'uns probably don't.

Re: What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?

[(Anonymous)]

The Simpsons

Movies that were supposed to be about teen male sexuality, but were mostly a stream of voyeurism and stalking jokes. (Also all the music videos featuring absurdly sexy schoolgirls.)