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Thanks for tagging me, @winterandwords! :D

Here's a line from Totentanz:

"If the next words out of your mouth have anything to do with love I will throw this chair at you," she warned him.

2. What themes would you like to write about that you feel don’t get explored very often?

The uncertain nature of the future and how sometimes you feel rushed to make decisions about your future and life. That's part of Human Not Gold!

3. What are some common elements of stories you are tired of seeing? What would you avoid writing about?

I'm...honestly not sure, to be honest. Everyone has their own way of writing certain tropes and elements and it can be interesting to see how people write them differently.

For me, off the top of my head...kid or pet death. I know it sounds strange but those things make me uneasy or too sad, which is what they're supposed to do.

Addition from later: "Not like other girls". I just got reminded of that.

21. How do you come up with titles? Do you use placeholders or tend to change your titles while writing the first draft?

Discovered last year I couldn’t look at my 2015 MacBook Air without it triggering nausea and migraines, and figured the screen died. Have been getting by on my phone, but concluded I really need a laptop again.

Saved up, realised I could afford a brand new MacBook Neo, and got one.

-And I couldn’t spend more than five minutes looking at the screen without massive eye strain, nausea, vertigo, and if I pushed it, I-need-to-lie-down-in-a-dark-room-for-hours migraines.

Looking up MacBook and Eyestrain explained what is going on. The liquid retina displays that Apple currently has uses Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. In order to give the screens a deeper depth of colour and contrast, PWM flickers between several hundred to thousand times a second.

And there is currently no way to turn it off. There are settings and apps to reduce it, but there is no way to stop the screen from flickering. Checked Apple forums, called Apple Support, and the time I could look at the screen kept shrinking. Got the laptop Tuesday, returned it Friday, today is Sunday and I’m still dealing with a vertigo migraine.

For MacBooks, it seems to vary on the computer model and the software it uses. In retrospect, the issue with my MacBook Air started after a major software update.

And it’s not just an Apple thing. Current Windows and Android screens do the same thing. There’s even a Reddit for people who are sensitive to PWM flickers to help find computers and screens that won’t trigger eyestrain and headaches.

So, yeah. This week has been a learning experience. But for those who are prone to headaches and migraines, this may be something to be aware of, cause I was not.

A continuation of this post.

Images of all the forests I've put together so far. Some will be changed to their specific wood types when I place them on Dridon, but for now, they look as they are. The densities however, I'm happy with.

The Dark Forest (Dark Oak Biome)

The Taiga

The Ancient Taiga (part of the Taiga Biome)

The Jungle

The Pure Woods (Birch Forest)

The Savannah

The Oak Forest (of the southern Plains Biome)

The Swamp

@no-relief-next-to-me tagged my alter ego over here- thanks so much :) Passing the tag onto @beeonaspiderweb @queen-tashie (revenge tag!) @surroundedbypearls @sarahlizziewrites @oh-no-another-idea @willtheweaver and leaving an open tag!

Iere is fine. Totally fine. Totally the protagonist.

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SO you know how Animai has the Animal Nobles, Krea has their ice-weavers/walkers/people and their Royals can control people, and Etria has vampires? There's another kingdom in the area and I think they should have sleep related abilities because I love Ayumu (Sleepless MHA Fanficition main character) too much. None will have the whole copy powers part (aside from the Queen because I want a Matriarchal kingdom) but just... various strengths of touch someone they dream or have nightmares.

I have not thought a ton about this. I just want it. I want a kingdom where sleep quality is revered and insomniacs are given treatment and the Royal Family just can't sleep but that's fine because they can get energy from putting the servants to bed and so the servants aren't overworked and have proper bed times.

Time to look up a bunch of sleep/dream related names. :>