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I’ve always found “futuristic” books unreasonable. A lot of the time, it simply doesn’t feel well thought out. Sometimes it is, and I can give credit where it’s due, but that’s for a different text post another day.

I just don’t understand how so many books I read have the same exact government as every other book in that genre. All of it is based on Communism, or a lack of government at all. Occasionally, there will be a dictatorship, but that falls more often in the Fantasy genre.

I haven’t found a book about advanced technology that can explain in smooth pacing how the technology works. Even in dystopia, everything is so advanced and, more often than no, there’s passing comments on how advanced the technology is. And these comments fail at their one job to be subtle. Think about how today, in 2016, we have smartphones. We see that as normal. Sometimes we look at these small computers and say, wow this is impressive stuff, cool that technology has come this far. But only rarely do we see “advanced” technology, meaning, in comparison with what everyone around us has, some organization somewhere has something way more rare and way more impressive. Say, a 3D printer that can print flesh and organs. When a character in these YA novels remarks on their own society as anything but normal, it takes you out of the atmosphere and mind of the main character. When they stop at every paragraph to explain that their watches project holograms and how everyone carries a swiss army knife but they don’t call it a swiss army knife because Switzerland isn’t a country anymore because of “The Great War of Switzerland” that happened in 2024 which then triggered the third world war because Switzerland was a world power back then, it’s dull and confusing.

Why does every protagonist and narrator in these books have a mindset from the present times? Why do they all have an extensive knowledge of the history of everything and how all technology works when the fucking governments is supposed to be oppressive and withhold relevant education?

No character is like that. If you make a character that is not congruent with its setting, you failed at making a good character, and a realistic setting.

These comments only note the book medium of this genre, because I know there are movies and tv shows and video games that don’t follow this formula. But for some reason, this industry is facing another epidemic that happened when Twilight came out -- all of a sudden, every book was about a shy protag who fell in love with a mysterious, jaded vampire. But now, its about a shy protag in the future who fell in love with a mysterious, jaded person.

Not to mention how every one of these futuristic books are heteronormative as hell...

Trust me, I liked the first dystopian YA novel I read, and the second one, too, but then the third, fourth, fifth, twelfth book from this genre only left me disappointed that there was no new content to consume. That these books every day become more and more heartless and written simply for a paycheck. That’s not what books mean to me.

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[The scenario definitely matters. I'll outline a few, so this might be a bit wishy-washy.

In training, or drills, she enforces a strict regimen of self-care. Primarily, muscle care. She thinks injuries like pulled or torn muscles are irresponsible. Sprains or broken bones, when not attained in battle, are also sloppy. She schedules the soldiers' training so that they grow to their maximum potential, but are not OVERtrained and so weakened over time. (Even if her soldiers may disagree on the definition of overtrained, haha.) 

Self care in my mind also constitutes thinks like a steady diet and sleep regimen, etc. She's very regimented and almost obsessive about remaining in peak condition. She and her soldiers eat specific foods and specific amounts of foods, drink plenty of water, and have a rather early bedtime. (She does not, she as Sheikah physically can't sleep as long--at one stretch--as a Hylian.) She believes the army is as strong as it's "weakest link" and promotes the same routine in her soldiers.

As far as first aid, that depends. I think she wants to instill in her soldiers (and she herself knows) the knowledge of what IS a dire injury, what is NOT a dire injury, but also how to work through either in severe emergencies. Some injuries are obviously emergencies, like deep wounds. The others are more subject to scenario. For example, a cut--even shallow--in a desert would require a cover as soon as possible, due to the sand grains that could cause infection. I think she and her men have medics that are trained with routines for battle.

She on a personal level puts the fight before her first-aid, unless first aid would dramatically improve her fighting ability. That's her mental differentiation. 

wow okay this is becoming advice hour and I am cool with that

my first time was with my girlfriend at the time, and we were both virgins beforehand. it kinda developed gradually over a few weeks, and then we went to a Beirut concert (yes for real) and afterwards, it just kinda ended up happening. we were both nervous, but we just kinda let it happen and trusted each other and took our time and enjoyed ourselves, and it was good. was it awkward at times? sure. but you laugh it off and you keep going and you just embrace the fact that you're two people who care about each other and want to make each other feel good, and it's lovely. 

my only other tip (from a formerly v religious boy) is definitely take your time and make sure it's what you want, and work through any guilt or trepidation you have, and know that 1. consent is always always always necessary 2. having sex/not having sex does not change your worth at all and 3. you are the only one who defines your sexuality

The best part about being a Christian is by far The Lord's Grace and forgiveness. Blatantly put, this human body is nothing. Often compared to rags and "made of dust" we are weak on our own. ("We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God") That being said, The Bible doesn't have definite answers on many of today's problems so it can be difficult to live a Godly life when we don't know what exactly constitutes this type of living.  There are certain things that I know I should not be doing and others that Im not too sure of. After a lot of conviction I've learned to differentiate the things that are good and those that are bad for me. Everyone has a different path towards The Lord and it is best not to judge someone else's walk by my own experience.

The main principles I hope to actively incorporate into my life are cutting things out that 1) Deter my spiritual growth and 2) Deter others growth by the negative repercussions of my actions. With those two rules I can immediately cut out obvious faults (with God's help, of course).

The next set of guidelines is the emotional feeling during/after certain activities that I'm not even sure I should be doing in the first place. The Bible commands that we should obey the laws of the land but those can change when you move and how you interpret which land (of birth, currently residing, majority of time resided, etc). Up until now I've chosen to follow the laws, in the aspect of alcohol from where I was from and grew up but with recent conviction, I hope to simply cut it out/drastically reduce until I am 21. This brings me back to "feelings". Where do they come from and how should you respond? Before, I felt no guilt towards drinking at all because I read the Scripture and interpreted it in a way that made sense to me. But recently I've been feeling more and more conviction (and responsibility) for my actions.

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