Scout_Fox

PREACH! *prepares stake and kindling* Dang, why's everyone always gotta be hating on Christmas music . For me its always nice not really because its the best music or because it celebrates Christmas (because there are lots of other wonderful cultural holidays) but because of the time it represents. You play Christmas music at at time when everyone is (supposed to be) happy and people are (attempting to be) more kind and friendly. It represents just like giving of yourself to help others and curling up inside your house with some hot cocoa. It's the one time when you just get to chill with your family (and some Sanderson ofc) while it rains (or snows!!) outside and you just get to be appreciative of all the things you have. Idk I think the music gets too much hate when it represents such a time of happiness and good vibes

This is a good question. It might have something to do with Fish tagging half the active members of the Shard, if I had to guess... Fish be like...

THIS is a prime example of what happens when they don't get their fried marshmallows and fruit snacks! So sad too see them neglected like this...

We could go with that, yeah... (Nah, it was actually the magical unicorn-monkeys. They can be quite demanding if they don't get their daily supply of fried marshmallows and fruit snacks )

Welcome to the Shard! So awesome it got you hooked, you are in good company with that here (just as long as you're not a fish... then hooked would have a slightly different end ). And my that sounds like a wonderful 6 months That is SO awesome it had such an impact on you! It is always amazing to hear of that. THAT is literally what stories are all about, connecting us through the magic of a tale and getting us to realize things both about ourselves and those around us that go typically unnoticed. Happy to have you here!

Welcome, welcome! *waves back* Those are some good people you have surrounding you if they were recommending Sanderson! Make sure to keep them around! And my you are quite the prompt quiz taker, I'm sure there will be some other lightweavers stopping by to chat (or you may have to take the 400 mile Amazon jungle expedition first to find some... can't quite remember the requirements ) Look forward to seeing you around. Onward!! *runs into pole and has to get back up* ... oNwaRD!

So glad you are enjoying it here this is most definitely a wonderful group of people! And... yeah... that bust... totally... *nervously shuffles to the side and flees*

*scanning... scanning* [Robot Voice] NOT an evil Cosmere being, detected Lol that would be perfect then!! Yes Rock would make an excellent friend I agree . His cooking most definitely and also his attitude / view on the world. He seems like he would be a really down-to-earth, wholesome, helpful, and awesome guy to know!

Welcome, welcome! Turnin the turkey-lurkey into the turkey-worky I'm liking this attitude! So glad you decided to join us! Just so we can be sure you're not an evil Cosmere being set on destroying our universe in retribtuion for our love of Sanderson, who you would choose to be your best friend if you could choose anyone in the Cosmere?

That's game, set, and match to Honorless right there wow what high praise! Happy to have you here with us and look forward to engaging discussions with you as well! That reread sounds perfectly timed, man, any chance you could telepathically beam that to me as you read??? Would love to get another round in . I know it can be a semi-advanced skill but I believe in you Oh and @Njvodin and @Koloss17 lmao

Welcome to the Shard! No more perusing shnoozing and bumbleoozing glad you decided to join us! It is never not the perfect time to join the Shard happy to have you A Stoneward huh? Do you happen to be rock solid?? (this... is going downhill... many apologies) He's onto us!!! Anddd wow. You weren't flying there I hope? Airport security would looove that I'm sure

Anddddd part two.... (tis a yoke)

Wow that is awesome!! Man you making me feel unfanworthy over here might have to go sculpt a Kaladin monument out of WoK novels or make a Dalinar bust out of jello or something That is the most amazing detail! Itt always makes it seem like everything is going right when you hear of something like that. THAT is what stories are for. They connect us and they heal us and give us a framework for being a better version of ourselves. So glad the stories have helped you in such a fashion! And equally glad you came to join us! If you ever need someone to chat with don't hesitate to reach out everyone here is super friendly and amazing! Welcome to the Shard!

Ok ngl when I read your name the very first thought that came to mind was an Endermen... with Dalinar's head on it. Sooooo anywayyyy.... Welcome, welcome! I would say any friend that recommends Sanderson is a good friend right there! Thats a keeper! So glad are enjoying the Cosmere so much, you are in good company here so excellent that you found us. We look forward to getting to know you better as well!

Welcome back! What inspired the return?? Coaxed by magical unicorn-monkeys? Coerced by dancing below bellied frogs? Or... just for normal reasons?

*blinks in (regrettably) never having played Halo and just having appropriated the meme and as a result realizing I am severely underprepared to answer the demands of the question* Uhhhh... yes???

When you see someone asking the questions instead of getting asked questions in their intro thread Apologies for no full meme format y'all, tryana be quick but thought it'd be close enough lol. Welcome, welcome! Hope your day is excellent! You seem to have gotten a wide variety of question answers but no questions in return so I must remedy as fast as possible... - What was the first book in the Cosmere that you read and do you wish you had started elsewhere? Huzzah, you have now been questionified! Just wanted to make sure you didn't feel like you were missing out on the quintessential welcome experience

Glad you decided to come join us! Happy to have you here! Welcome to the dark (or just fantastically amazing ) side! Thread linked here in case some of the discussion on it was of interest!

Oooh yes those ones did give me tinglies when I was reading those would be sick to animate! Yeah most definitely do update us this'll be super cool. And blades first makes total sense yeee cool, cool! Could the 3d printed character even hold their own blades??? And wow that's actually awesome. It's super cool that it allowed you to sort of fulfill that artistic direction in a way that was easier for you to work with. Honestly, digital media classes in school are soooo helpful for just building like basic skills for like photo editing, graphic design, filmmaking, and animation. Just being able to come up with an idea and have some sort of a means to accomplish it is really amazing and it takes away a lot of the mystique or "Oh I'll never be able to do that" about a lot of these things. And once you have just like the basic skills you find a use appears for it more often than you think and as you do more complex things you learn more and more to be able to do even more complex things and so on lol. Yesss YouTube tutorials and random tech software are like peanut butter and jelly it's just the perfect combo . And that's cool about Blender I've heard great things about it but never have actually started using it (yet...). And dang then 3d printing at Uni man you're getting the full tour here. That's really cool they give you access to it so you can learn on your own and yes, hope they get reopened soon (but only if its safe!!). Uhhh heck yeah!! And they said Endgame was the most ambitious crossover in history....

Lol advice is there to be given but doesn't always have to be taken, no worries at all. I mean another way to say all of that without having to say any of it is to talk about a different guy when you're with him or ask him for advice on how to approach someone else and then end it with a "Thanks you're a great FRIEND" (as hard as that is on my soul it is effective for a reason). Basically just act like you're interested (or actually be interested lol) in someone else and by talking about them with him around (pretending like you completely don't think he likes you ofc) he'll take the hint and be like oh she likes someone else. Idk if that's better but might work more in the situation??

Ah well if all that's the case then I would tell him literally what you just put up there in that first part. Make sure to extra emphasize that he's your best (or one of the best) guy friends you have and you don't want to lose that. Basically while you're giving him bad news you emphasize the part that is good so it gives him something to not be sad about. And put it after too. Guy Brian be all sequential. Focus meter look like dis: (start bad < END GOOD). Emphasizing that A he is one of your best guy friends makes him feel special and B that you wouldn't want to lose that makes him feel appreciated even if you might be sorta kinda rejecting him. So other people might have a different take on it but I think if you want to have him as a friend it's probably best to just say it (and then actively show that you said what you mean by being friends afterwards) cuz if you just make an excuse he might ask again and it keeps being awkward. Also don't set it up as high stakes. Just like talk with him normally be like "Hey I'm looking forward to going (praising his suggestion too ) but I just wanted to clear something up first. I know last year I said.... but I realized that I was confused because you were my only good guy friend.... and it just wasn't quite working out (lets him pin it to not working out rather than himself)... and I really just want to make sure I let you know cuz I really value you, you're so x,y,z and I really wouldn't want to lose you as my friend... that make sense (makes him focus on logic of what you said rather than emotion)??" something like that and then let him chat about it a bit afterwards too cuz he might be feeling the same. If you are sincere but chill about it and act like it's not an awkward situation it will be less awkward. And then like right after divert the conversation to something else fun to talk about to make it normal. It's really not that big of a deal people like who they like and feel how they feel everyone just makes it worse than it is. If you just be chill about it and then afterward just like continue as good friends (don't take a long awkward break... makes it seem worse) then it'll help him be like ah un poco sucks but whatevskies this'll work. Besides since it already kinda didn't work it all seems quite valid to say This is all of course if you actually want to go if you don't then just make up an excuse and yeeet outta there

Scout_Fox already shared that with me. Great minds think alike what can we say Hmmers interesting, interesting. So do you like him at all or do you not like him and are trying to figure out a way to get out of it without being rude? Edit: @Shard of Reading lmao this threads been diverted to so many different things by now at this point I'm just like ight talking about this rn ok then

WAIITTTTT hold da phone did he break up with the other girl? Cuz I mean you should totally tell him but like kinda not if he's with someone that makes it awkward...

Wow, you're totally welcome!! So glad it could be of use and wasn't completely boring! Was trying to keep it as spicy as possible since it got so dang long lol Yay!! Hope it helps even if just in the slightest bit. You got it! Oh and this was supposed to post for @Scarletfox's earlier quote about being the relationship advisor but also never having been in a relationship lol:

All the advice here is really solid wow. I'm mainly going to offer ideas for this part of it (below) but in the roundabout I'll-never-give-up-my-secrets acknowledgement that avoids a straight up (potentially highly awkward) chat for the time being Ok to answer this you have to organize the first 3 types here ladies and gents Classic annoyance flirting, brilliantly executed I might add, what a legend. Basically he's annoying you to get you to pay attention to him and then judging your feelings based off your reaction. It's a highly versatile method because if you react badly he just plays it off as being an annoying boy doing dumb stuff (like a pretty normal boy day ). If you react positively tho... NOW he has a way to make situations where you have to interact (by annoying you) but also not having to admit anything serious yet allowing you both time to figure stoofs out Ok for this one, SIIIIM- jkjk, this is just the Chivalrous Charley act right here he's just being a kind little lad. Basically he's just doing nice things in the hopes that you will pay more attention to him. Not the most effective because kinda creates awkward situations if you aren't interested. Easier for you to drop tho because you just have to kinda ignore him when he does this (rip my dude... I'm sorry for your loss) and he'll eventually lose interest (if he doesn't tho... welllll that starts to get REAL awkward) This one actually takes the most effort and risk out of all of them, in my opinion. He is purposefully seeking you out, potentially landing him in an awkward situation (unlike our legend in the first who can just play it off as stoopid boi stoof if it's getting weird). He has also taken the time to learn your interests and then taken time out of his day to become invested and knowledgeable in your interests (by reading Sanderson). Then he goes and and thinks of things to talk about so you will have something in common. Valiant example of interest flirting. Basically, he's trying to become invested in the things you are invested in, in the hopes of creating a connection. Ok now that we got all the tactitacos laid out here and you understand what each of dem is doing better we can now get to how to roundabout respond so y'all can keep going in circles until you can figure it out. NUMERO UNO thing I would say is just make sure you are set with who you like the most before going after one. Just think about who makes you the most happy to be around and go with that. And remember a date is just a trial you don't gotta get married it's just like DramaQueen said to figure out what you like about someone. If it doesn't go good the first date even just dump his a kindly inform him that it's not working out and move on. But it sounds like you liking our first round Legend here so let's go over how to roundabout respond there. Ok the first thing you have to understand about annoyance flirting is that it's entirely based on reaction. He is making situations for you to interact by being annoying and making you pay attention and then judging your reaction. If you aren't interested just looked pissed and annoyed each time, take your stuff, move away (maybe throw in some shady whispers to friends to get the point across ) and he will understand that this is a NO based on your reaction. Now that that part is clarified. If you WANT to let him know you sorta-maybe-kinda-rutabega like him then you gotta make a deposit into the bank. Remember, he's just trying to see how you react to him. Soooo, you gotta show interest in your attitude. Generally some sort of "UGHHH, you're so annoying" with like a laughingish tone with a smile is a good sign. He wants your attention and interest so give it to him. As Matrim pointed out earlier playing along is also good. If he's blocking your path pushing against him without any real intention to move him will help validate his feelings of ULTIMATE MANLINESS (said with like an echo effect ) and show that you are interested in having the interactions he keeps creating. Some more "UGH you're so annoyings" with some smiles and laughter thrown in there also helps Generally he's just doing this because he isn't sure either and by generating these situations you get to see how you respond to one another. If you want to show that you are sorta interested you play along with it and make him feel like you are paying attention to him. As a side note if you really need your stuff back or need him to move quickly cycle through the three A's: appeasement, amusement, annoyance. Remember you are still the one he is interested in so your reaction does a lot to drive the situation. Start with a "Stoppppp, omg you're so annoying" then go to a "C'mon give me my stuff I have to go" (still happy face but direct and to the point) then if it hasn't worked go to a "INSERT_NAME_HERE, give me my stuff I have to go, this isn't funny" (reach for it looking annoyed and pissed off). If he doesn't give it then just walk away. His number one goal is to annoy you but not make you seriously angry. The annoying is just to get you to think about him more. If you show in that last statement that you're really annoyed through your facial expression, he will realize that he's gone a little too far and will give it up. Remember each time he does this he's just trying to get closer to you so he'll do more and more invested things just to see you're reaction. If you look annoyed he'll realize you weren't a fan of that and try something else. If you smile and go along with it and are laughing he will get more comfortable and keep going. The whole thing is based off of your reactions. I would definitely say that as everyone has been pointing out here once you are sure with who you want to test drive it IS best to be clear about it. I'm just offering this as a way to show some interest but also give yourself time to think, it's like an airport plane circling-to-stall-time method that you can either drop out of at 30,000 mph or land smoothly depending on how it goes. TLDR: OK well that was tremendously long wow. Basically this is just how he's going to read you and how you can show that you are interested in getting to know him more without either of you having to say anything serious yet. Hope it's maybe kinda useful idk but either way you got it, go get em! Oh and: thisss is super important. If you don't have a strong basis for why you want to do it and what you are trying to get out if it you won't be able to make a relationship that feels fulfilling. Absolutely gotta have this first. And yes, very yes: