simply existing

Me and a friend both suffered from this as we tried to reason with an actual psychopath we were cowriting a story with. Bbg had 0 life experience and was adamant she was correct about everything even when we tried to (very nicely) help her out. It was like talking to a pretentious brick wall. She wouldn’t even listen to us when she asked for advice. Moral of the story, don’t try to cowrite with someone who has the maturity of a 13 year old, and definitely don’t cowrite with someone who only seems to be able to write self pitying pick me FMCs.

in 2026 i am wishing for all of us the energy of bilbo baggins, who was headhunted for an extremely well paid role he had no qualifications or experience for, blagged the interview, and within his first week found a magic ring that does the job for him