u/Avery_Bea_847

The power went out in my house since Tuesday night and we've been out of the internet ever since. We got a new box but it's ot lighting up despite the following all the instructions. We think the box we got at the psychical store was a dead box and we can't wait for an appointment because the closest one a available is weeks away.

What should we do?

Weird fiction is one of the newer genres I learned about in adulthood and I was wondering if whether the narrative I'm writing fits that description?

I'm going through an epiphany and I really questioning what does being an artist mean for me? Ever since middle school when I dreamed of being an animator, I always been creating cartoon ideas I wanted to make one day. And as I got older, I felt passionate from all the art I seen online and wanted to be a part of those communities. But it feels like no matter what do or think, it's not correct and it's never good enough. And to make things more complicated, I do enjoy the creation process like with character building my OC. I get to go through all these hypotheticals of who she could be and learn along the process. But this like with virtually every other art project I made with the intentional purpose of solidifying myself as a true artist, I do things that sabotage me. I don't learn from others like I could, I don't try new things because I'm struggle with dealing and accepting mistakes and failure. I do all this mostly alone with rarely anyone to bounce off of. And to make things existentially confusing, with my current OC, it feels like projecting my problems onto them so I constantly seeing myself in a cracked mirror. All this leads me to always questioning if I'm enjoying being an artist? I constantly question whether I'm doing this right and if I'm okay with where it's taking me. I said earlier about how I was constantly criticizing myself for wanting my OC to be chubby and some people questioned why don't I let myself do it. And that's a problem I know I have. I feel by trying to maintain a work-mindset, I lost sight about doing art because of sheer love and not having to justify everything. From this point on, I want to get back to my inner child so the speak. I want to break out of the gilded cage I made for myself

I really wish I could go deeper into my issues here but it's too much too say in one go. So for the time being, I'm going to mention how I've been struggling with my sense of motivation.

About a week ago, I talked about how I was criticizing myself for wanting to design my magical girl OC to be chubby. Some people questioned why I was like this and I felt where they were coming from. I'm doing art for the love of it and nothing is stopping for making whatever I want with my OC. For me, I have tendency where the more I love and want to do something, the more self-conscious I am of doing it as I want to be prefect. It leads me self-sabotage where I get tunnel vision and stress myself to the point where it becomes too frustrating to do. Recently, I've been feeling the more I push forward, the more I lose sight about creating for the enjoyment of it. It's like I always need to justify why I do everything I do and I can't help but fixate on analyzing and preparing for creating art over actually just doing it. I don't want to give up because it's one of the few things I genuinely look forward to in life while knowing I'm digging a deeper hole for myself the more avoid all the other unpleasant things that's been hurting my well-being.

The last two episodes really had me annoyed with Jon for being so angsty and vindictive to Clark. Like when I thought a preview I thought to myself if I was Clark Kent in this scenario, I would be so over this attitude because it's like "I'm sorry why are you so mad at me?" Like if I lost my powers, got shot protecting kids and had to deal two reality-warping imps who were using me and my group as tools, I would have a lot less patience with it being blamed for apparently dying. His arrogance really takes me out of the story and grates on me. I know he's dealing with alot but MAWS doesn't really show enough of Jon to make me feel sympathetic towards him.

Side note: when he went back in time, I thought Jon was really dumb for not explaining to Clark and Lois about why he was there sooner with how bad the first bad future was

For me, I want to say 2000's mainly because of nostalgia bias. I love the aesthetic and I wish went to more of the houses back in the day. Same goes for some the houses in 10's and 20's too. I do admit the houses for the 2020's have been very good in my opinion but I wouldn't say I'm an expert

View Poll

Hi, when I was world-building for a monster world, I came up with an origin for invisible humans and I ended up loving the concept so much that I almost want to write it as it's own separate story.

The working titles I'm considering "The Invisible Weathermen" & "Raining Invisible Men" were based on fun puns I like but I admit they also sound really wordy so it would want something more convenient. I did think of "Invisible Weather" but I'm not sure about that either.

The core idea is "What is Earth was struck with weather that brought invisible people?" or conversely "What if invisible people randomly appeared whenever there significant weather?"

It takes the concept of H. G. Wells *"The Invisible Man"* but instead of the classic horror of a single evil scientist, it shifts to centering invisible people as a paranormal force of nature.

When they first appeared, they were like still objects, not reacting to anything, letting nature take it's core. As humans become more acquainted with them, the more invisible people start mimicking them like automatons. It's gradually implied they can develop sentience which only makes them more ostracized. Until then, they are at best, treated as tools for humans to use however they want, even as a means to discover how they themselves can become invisible. No one really knows where they come from and people start speculating.

* "Are they were aliens, undead beings, evolved humans, etc?"

* "Is the weather is attracting invisible people or do invisible people conveniently show up during the weather?"

* "Are they are a gift or a curse brought onto humanity?"

I would present this story as an anthological mockumentary as people try to scientifically understand and socially adapt to their absent presence.

Some key character traits I would incorporate for invisible people:

* Psychologically, they are defined by their lack of personhood, symbolic of their invisibility. Without human interaction or intervention, they act as if they solid spaces of nothing.

* Despite having fully functional organs, they don't need to eat, drink, sleep or waste. They simply exist.

* When humans do interact/intervene long enough, they do start mimicking humans albeit disorderly and random. It could be possibly for invisible people to be fully human with enough time and consistency but that's up to the person.

* Invisible people can visually appear as but they are hard to describe with strange patterns and varying see-through body parts. The see-through parts are glossy as if they were made of glass or resin. Some parts

are like a mosaic of various abstract paintings taped togethers or the white static snow you see in unresponsive TVs.

* One trait they all share is having the ability to make their eyes glow, typically light blue.

* Invisible humans can create various skins to cocoon themselves and rip apart with ease.

* Invisible humans can make objects invisible but to varying degrees of success.

I already came up with some ideas with how scary they can be:

* People accidentally crashing into invisible people when driving on the road or flying in the sky

* One particular scene where a huge rainstorm starting pouring and when you look, lightning strikes as invisible people just randomly appear as a crowd

* Vultures eating their corpses up in the air while blood is dripping down on unsuspecting passersby.

* People start fearing broad daylight and open skies because that's when they best blend in.

* When its snowy, invisible people start falling out of the sky frozen as is they were giant bricks of hail.

* Firefighters having to locate and remove charred remains from invisible corpses from the aftermath of forest fires so that visitors don't attract diseases.

* Tornados picking and flinging invisible humans like the sharks in Sharknado

* People walking through fog paranoid when they hear footsteps or random heavy-breathing.

* As people grow more physically violet to invisible people, invisible people mimic said violence onto themselves and unsuspecting humans.

* People having the be careful to not leave valuables out in the open in case an invisible person steals them.

* People trying to weaponize invisible people, either be scapegoating them or training invisible people to be weapons.

On a lighter side, I can also imagine people personifying them, & whether intentional or not, giving them humanity. One popular trend could be people creating their own "invisible weathermen" that people project themselves onto. People tethering them to balloons and dressing them up as props. Maybe people even adopting them to better integrate with society, if not have them gradually lose their powers. I was even thinking this could be an alternate Earth where stuff like the Invisible Woman from the Fantastic Four became the Radiant Women because publishers thought since invisible people are a real danger, making one a hero would be "too risky" so they altered it where she has something like radiant energy that things visible, almost like anti-invisibility.

The possibilities feel nearly endless. I don't know if I want to write a story with this premise as I'm working on something else that I love more but it does get me excited as I put this into my own world building.

Hi so last night when I was world-building for a monster world, I came up with an origin for invisible humans and I ended up loving the concept so much that I almost want to write it as it's own separate story.

The working titles I'm considering "The Invisible Weathermen" & "Raining Invisible Men" were based on fun puns I like but I admit they also sound really wordy so it would want something more convenient. I did think of "Invisible Weather" but I'm not sure about that either.

The core idea if "What if there was weather phenomenon that brought invisible people?" It takes the concept of H. G. Wells the Invisible Man but instead of depicting him as a a single super-villain, invisible people aren't characters themselves but as part of a paranormal force of nature. When they first appeared, they were like still objects, not reacting to anything, letting nature take it's core. As humans become more acquainted with them, the more invisible people start mimicking them like automatons. It's gradually implied they can develop sentience which only makes them more ostracized. Until then, they are at best, treated as tools for humans to use however they want, even as a means to discover how they themselves can become invisible. No one really knows where they come from and people start speculating with whether they were aliens, undead beings, evolved humans, etc. There's people who argue whether the weather is attracting invisible people or invisible people conveniently show up during the weather and whether they are a gift or a curse brought onto humanity. I would frame this story as an anthological mockumentary as people try to scientifically understand and socially adapt to their absent presence.

Some key character traits I would incorporate for invisible people:

* Psychologically, they are defined by their lack of personhood, symbolic of their invisibility. Without human interaction or intervention, they act as if they solid spaces of nothing.
* Despite having fully functional organs, they don't need to eat, drink, sleep or waste. They simply exist.
* When humans do interact/intervene long enough, they do start mimicking humans albeit disorderly and random. It could be possibly for invisible people to be fully human with enough time and consistency but that's up to the person.
* Invisible people can visually appear as but they are hard to describe with strange patterns and varying see-through body parts. The see-through parts are glossy as if they were made of glass or resin. The parts they can see look like abstract paintings or the white static snow you see in unreponsive TVs.
* One trait they all share is having the ability to make their eyes glow, typically light blue. It's like a mosaic of various abstract paintings taped togethers.
* Invisible humans can create various skins to cocoon themselves and rip apart with ease.
* Invisible humans can make objects invisible but to varying degrees of success.

I already came up with some ideas with how scary they can be:

* People accidentally crashing into invisible people when driving on the road or flying in the sky
* One particular scene where a huge rainstorm starting pouring and when you look, lightning strikes as invisible people just randomly appear as a crowd
* Vultures eating their corpses up in the air while blood is dripping down on unsuspecting passersby.
* People start fearing broad daylight and open skies because that's when they best blend in.
* When its snowy, invisible people start falling out of the sky frozen as is they were giant bricks of hail.
* Firefighters having to locate and remove charred remains from invisible corpses from the aftermath of forest fires so that visitors don't attract diseases.
* Tornados picking and flinging invisible humans like the sharks in Sharknado
* People walking through fog paranoid when they hear footsteps or random heavy-breathing.
* As people grow more physically violet to invisible people, invisible people mimic said violence onto themselves and unsuspecting humans.
* People having the be careful to not leave valuables out in the open in case an invisible person steals them.
* People trying to weaponize invisible people, either be scapegoating them or training invisible people to be weapons.

On a lighter side, I can also imagine people personifying them, & whether intentional or not, giving them humanity. One popular trend could be people creating their own "invisible weathermen" that people project themselves onto. People tethering them to balloons and dressing them up as props. Maybe people even adopting them to better integrate with society, if not have them gradually lose their powers. I was even thinking this could be an alternate Earth where stuff like the Invisible Woman from the Fantastic Four became the Radiant Women because publishers thought since invisible people are a real danger, making one a hero would be "too risky" so they altered it where she has something like radiant energy that things visible, almost like anti-invisibility.

The possibilities feel nearly endless. I don't know if I want to write a story with this premise as I'm working on something else that I love more but it does get me excited as I put this into my own world building.

Hi so last night when I was world-building for a monster world, I came up with an origin for invisible humans and I ended up loving the concept so much that I almost want to write it as it's own separate story.

The working titles I'm considering "The Invisible Weathermen" & "Raining Invisible Men" were based on fun puns I like but I admit they also sound really wordy so it would want something more convenient. I did think of "Invisible Weather" but I'm not sure about that either.

The core idea if "What if there was weather phenomenon that brought invisible people?" It takes the concept of H. G. Wells the Invisible Man but instead of depicting him as a a single super-villain, invisible people aren't characters themselves but as part of a paranormal force of nature. When they first appeared, they were like still objects, not reacting to anything, letting nature take it's core. As humans become more acquainted with them, the more invisible people start mimicking them like automatons. It's gradually implied they can develop sentience which only makes them more ostracized. Until then, they are at best, treated as tools for humans to use however they want, even as a means to discover how they themselves can become invisible. No one really knows where they come from and people start speculating with whether they were aliens, undead beings, evolved humans, etc. There's people who argue whether the weather is attracting invisible people or invisible people conveniently show up during the weather and whether they are a gift or a curse brought onto humanity. I would frame this story as an anthological mockumentary as people try to scientifically understand and socially adapt to their absent presence.

Some key character traits I would incorporate for invisible people:
* Psychologically, they are defined by their lack of personhood, symbolic of their invisibility. Without human interaction or intervention, they act as if they solid spaces of nothing.
* Despite having fully functional organs, they don't need to eat, drink, sleep or waste. They simply exist.
* When humans do interact/intervene long enough, they do start mimicking humans albeit disorderly and random. It could be possibly for invisible people to be fully human with enough time and consistency but that's up to the person.
* Invisible people can visually appear as but they are hard to describe with strange patterns and varying see-through body parts. The see-through parts are glossy as if they were made of glass or resin. The parts they can see look like abstract paintings or the white static snow you see in unreponsive TVs.
* One trait they all share is having the ability to make their eyes glow, typically light blue. It's like a mosaic of various abstract paintings taped togethers.
* Invisible humans can create various skins to cocoon themselves and rip apart with ease.
* Invisible humans can make objects invisible but to varying degrees of success.

I already came up with some ideas with how scary they can be:
* People accidentally crashing into invisible people when driving on the road or flying in the sky
* One particular scene where a huge rainstorm starting pouring and when you look, lightning strikes as invisible people just randomly appear as a crowd
* Vultures eating their corpses up in the air while blood is dripping down on unsuspecting passersby.
* People start fearing broad daylight and open skies because that's when they best blend in.
* When its snowy, invisible people start falling out of the sky frozen as is they were giant bricks of hail.
* Firefighters having to locate and remove charred remains from invisible corpses from the aftermath of forest fires so that visitors don't attract diseases.
* Tornados picking and flinging invisible humans like the sharks in Sharknado
* People walking through fog paranoid when they hear footsteps or random heavy-breathing.
* As people grow more physically violet to invisible people, invisible people mimic said violence onto themselves and unsuspecting humans.
* People having the be careful to not leave valuables out in the open in case an invisible person steals them.
* People trying to weaponize invisible people, either be scapegoating them or training invisible people to be weapons.

On a lighter side, I can also imagine people personifying them, & whether intentional or not, giving them humanity. One popular trend could be people creating their own "invisible weathermen" that people project themselves onto. People tethering them to balloons and dressing them up as props. Maybe people even adopting them to better integrate with society, if not have them gradually lose their powers. I was even thinking this could be an alternate Earth where stuff like the Invisible Woman from the Fantastic Four became the Radiant Women because publishers thought since invisible people are a real danger, making one a hero would be "too risky" so they altered it where she has something like radiant energy that things visible, almost like anti-invisibility.

The possibilities feel nearly endless. I don't know if I want to write a story with this premise as I'm working on something else that I love more but it does get me excited as I put this into my own world building.

Hi so I've been creating this OC for the past 2 years and I've recently been contemplating about how to depict her weight as I feel it's an important part of her character. Her name is Emmie and she's a mummy magical girl with the power to haunt houses. I'm planning on designing Emmie to be chubby, plus-size woman. Emmie by conception, is a very fantastical character and her body type is probably the least concerning things when it comes to realism. But because I'm such a perfectionist, I constantly look for anything to criticize. I want to represent her the best I can but that also leads to me making a mountain out of molehill about aspects that aren't really important in the grand scheme of things and not doing enough that could actually lead to significant improvement like learning anatomy and Clip Studio Paint.

I even had this conversation with myself about how dumb I was being. This is basically how it went. I want to stay before going forward that I know this is a pretty messed up way of thinking and I'm calling myself out on how ridiculous it is:

A: I want to make Emmie a canonically chubby character

B: We can't make Emmie fat, chubby or plus sized

A: Why not?

B: Emmie can't be fat because all these other popular mainstream characters aren't fat and she won't be marketable.

A: So? I knew going in this character could very likely go nowhere and I'm making her for me. It's not that important.

B: Emmie being fat is unrealistic because her fighting would be unrealistic.

A: She maybe a magical girl but we're not making her specifically a warrior. We're making her a hostess. Magical girls a broad as a concept so we don't have to be Sailor Moon.

B: But it would still be unrealistic

A: So let me get this straight, you can suspend your disbelief that a human can still eat and drink the same before and after being mummified, and how said mummy has magical powers tied to a lore with other paranormal entities but her being non-thin is where you draw the line?

B: ....

A: Also we have seen plus size girls do acrobatic things like ballet so it's not as impossible as you're making it out to be.

B ....

I did came up with "logical" reasons to justify Emmie's weight. I say "logical" because I know I don't need extra reasons as at the end of the day, she's a fictional character and I could do whatever I want with her. These reasons include:

* She does enjoy eating candy and treats and doesn't mind gaining weight because of it.

* Her fear-transformation powers are represented as if she's eating them.

* She's an eldritch mummy with various mouth around her body so by design, she's going to look weird.

* I came up with the visual motif of toasted marshmallows for her design which alludes to her "trick-or-treat" nature.

* I can work with the eldritch pact to have body be a product of self-love so the speak.

While these have been helpful, I also feel bad because I'm worried that this makes me fat phobic which I'm not. I believe in body positivity and would never shame someone for being a certain way in real life. I even originally wanted me to be fat/chubby because I thoguht it would be cute. I admit this is also part of a larger problem where I feel like I can't let myself enjoy the process and I have to justify everything and by an outside criteria of some sort. This has been eating me alive and I feel good that I found this subreddit to vent about it.

TLDR: In discussing with myself about designing a character, I'm worried that I'm self-sabotaging something I know that I want to do and coming off as pretty fat phobic because of it

I've been thinking alot about how I'm depicting my OC, Emmie and her weight as I want her to be plus size. Like Emmie is noticeably chubby/fat but still athletic enough to where she can still reasonably fight. It started out as a cute detail to ground what I want Emmie to look like. But there's a nagging part of me that feels that's not a good enough reason in of itself and for being unrealistic, which is driving me crazy. I'm worried about what this says about me as I believe in the importance of body positivity and good representation and now a part of me wants to make her body the way it is to spite that nagging voice in my head.