Ooh, are you planning to become a regular now? Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Extra appreciation from me for replying to my replied in previous chapter's comments as people tend to leave them... hanging, haha...
It's pretty simple actually! Just something called Zalgo text. Nothing much, TBH, but appreciate it!
Tried not to overdo it since it might make the dream's dark themes too forced (for lack of a better term). And if so... it would simply be a pitiful attempt at conveying helplessness.
But DW—we'll hopefully be seeing it again in... moments I decide suitable for it.
i wish i could, and i probably will- buttttt i fixate on things alot and juggle comics and fanfiction so i dont eat up too much words lol
hopefully my intrest in pmd wont just be another hyperfixation(cries in lack of dopamine control), i need this love for pokemon dungeons to last longer than a hyperfixation so i can draw my ocs hehehe ᡕᠵデ气亠 gun
oh yeah you can use more spam of zalgo text when the storys at a climax, or to convey how dizzying or disorienting things are! :D pretty great use of texts ye
You have PMD OCs? Ooh
Well I don't think it matters if you're hyperfixated on it or not... you just need motivation! Like me! Who was quite glued to PMD at a time I'd keep watching people narrate ROM hacks of it for hours on end... (though IG that's what led me to this)
IDT your hyperfix in PMD will matter that much though (hopefully not being dismissive) since—while yes we have Temporal Tower, the little throwing items—there's no dungeons or guilds here. :( (Though I mean... there wasn't guilds too during the Planet's Paralysis.)
Hmmm... you're right! We did have a scene where Cael was pretty disoriented due to his slight acrophobia (this should be obvious enough in that chapter, if you haven't read that chapter I'm sorry) but I suppose since that was only "slight", he still had clarity. And..
getting stabbed in your chest after doing everything right (as Cael says) doesn't sound very hopeful or clear I guess my. Cael's composure kinda broke there
Will probably be seeing it during the climax but I'm not that sure heheh
:3
that honestly made me snort, i have adhd so my brain is very tied to dopamine due to the lack of it. I've always been sad to the fact i can spend hours on a fic just to not be intrested in it anymore, and aboned it even if i love it my body phsycially cannot find enjoyment in continuing it enough, and i try to not to burn myself out because of it.
when you have to treat writing fanfic like homework: :(
Since hyperfixation usually last a few months or weeks :P
Ooh, diagnosed? Lucky you; my parents... are quite difficult. And also my brain too... I've been feeling so sleepy lately I can't write chapter 21 efficiently mann. IDK if it's because:
I'm eating too much and my digestive system is still catching up, (I'm adding a few calories since I'm so skinny :[)
I'm sick with this weird upper respiratory infection where the symptoms change day-by-day (e.g previously I had pharyngitis, then a fever, now I have odynophagia. I'M KINDA WORRIED-)
My medicine!! Just taking paracetamol/acetaminophen (analgesic/antipyretic), phenylephrine HCl (decongestant) and dextromethorphan HBr (antitussive). I doubt they cause drowsiness as a side effect but the packet does list them
And just me being burnt out with writing my fic recently, not finding it as engaging or anything which I desperately hope against- OR AT LEAST MAKE IT TEMPORARY I CAN'T LEAVE MY BOIS CAEL AND ASHEN HANGING NOO
...Maybe I am treating it like writing homework. Oh gosh. Not really sure. IDT I am but... it might border on it. Uhhh
Also why are you happy Cael gets stabbed? He's just a poor, traumatized human-turned-Darkrai :(
Aw that sucks hard, i really hope the best for gettingwhat you need.
Its not like i don't have fun doing homework, my own method is using a timer and to do boring work, than writing. Finnishing something always makes me feel kinda awsome. I end up getting really anxouis when doing homework, and having to complete something with words kinda makes me anxouis, wich is why i pair writing and essays toghter in my head.
I have written things, and try putting minimal time with it. while doing something i enjoy on the side, to get me pumped and continue doing work. and get really high on dopamine when i finnish it.
I usually get dopamine from attention, wich is my bad for my part.
Don't feel to bad on yourself for treating fanfiction like homework. the orign of homework was made to torture students, writing stories in the self torture, so its usually better compared to eachother.
:)
Thank you!
It does! Especially when I get comments and stuff. That reminds me of the Pomodoro Method thingy... Sometimes I use it, sometimes I don't. Works rather well for me from the one time I used it. If I don't I think I accidentally do it by scrolling through YT shorts or just playing games in-between but that's much more inefficient due to the lack of timing...
Why is it bad? If you have ADHD (meaning you lack attention) and attention gives you dopamine which in return motivates you to be more attentive wouldn't that be good?
The problem with treating fanfic like homework is that it will put more pressure on you to finish it ASAP when it's just a... hobby. I'm just really afraid of getting burnt out due to that... but anyways I'll try to.
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