#pen asks

It depends, for classic action movies id suggest: crouching tiger hidden dragon, seven samurai, and any jackie chan movie

For animated movies id suggest: Persepolis (read the comic if you can its very good), Flow, Astrix and the mansion of the gods (warning for some racial caricatures but they subvert your expectations well), and Help Im a fish

Anyway, I'm hooked, do you have any recommendations for pens that feel really nice but are under $100?? Do they exist?

To make matters worse: I'm a lefty, so I don't know if I even could write with one. But I'm also an artist, so I could try drawing.

Thanks for all your advice!!

I regret nothing, let your wallet suffer as mine has!

please god no don't be like me

Not only do the pens you ask about exist, I have several recommendations for fountain pens under $100, fret not! There's a fountain pen for every budget, but I especially have some great recs if you want something that feels luxurious without paying top dollar.

My top recommendation in your case would be the Lamy Safari or the AL-Star (and you can go for one of the special limited editions that are on sale pretty much everywhere right now; you can find the regular editions under $20 at Amazon and some other online retailers; the AL-Star is a little more expensive).

Here's my reasoning:

1. They're not expensive.

2. Interchangeable nibs. Find that the fine is too thick? Why buy a whole ass other pen? Buy an extra-fine nib! And yes, technically many fountain pens have interchangeable nibs, but the Lamy's are by far the simplest I've encountered.

3. Lamy makes a left-handed nib (designated by LH). Now, this might make a big difference or not, but I have some lefty friends who swear by them, and they're not hard to find, nor are they more expensive than the regular nibs.

4. They're light. This can be a good thing or a bad one depending solely on your own preference, but since you seem to be interested in trying to draw with it, lighter is usually better (according to my fountain-pen peeps who actually draw with them!)

OK, so, it's no secret I love the Lamy Safari/AL-Stars -- they're my daily drivers, and have been for several years. However, not everyone is a fan, and that's OK! Here are some things people don't like so much about it:

1. The triangular grip -- while the grip is there to make sure you keep the pen at the correct position when you write, some people don't like it, because they grip the pen a little differently. This may be especially true for lefties -- if you've adapted your grip to write overhand, for example, the angle may be a little bit uncomfortable.

2. It doesn't come with a converter. Yeah, this one bothers me as well. There are plenty of cheap pens around that give us a converter to use bottled ink. The Safari doesn't -- if you want a converter to come with your pen, you have to shell out for the AL-Star. Lamy, why??

3. The line may be thicker than you expect. This is especially true for people who want very, very fine lines (usually for sketching, or if they have handwriting like my wife's, whose writing resembles morse code to the naked eye). This is true for most European-style nibs. If you want like, hairline-fine nibs, you gotta go for the Japanese extra fines!

If you'd like to delve much, much deeper into the countless other recommendations I have, see below the cut! You've been warned!

THANK YOU! hehe well because it’s a crayon... lets do the OC who is most likely to pretty much only have that to write with in his house... SEAN...

🖍️ - Sean’s favorite show is The Trailer Park Boys and the last time Sean dressed up for Halloween... he was Ricky. 

🖍️ - As a rule, Sean drives most places if he goes any place with MJ or John. This is mostly because the two of them are HORRIBLE drivers and Sean values his life. 

I see five pens, so here’s a quick fact for five characters;

My Watcher Seluna (Pillars of Eternity) loves floral flavours in sweets and teas - so whatever Eora’s version of things like rose, violet and cherry blossom is.

My Inquisitor Lorel (Dragon Age) was born to a clan that already had too many mages, so she was given over to Clan Lavellan at a young age.

My Draenei priest Lumariae (World of Warcraft) lost an arm during the war against the demons. It still flares up with a nerve-based pain every so often.

My Twi’lek Jedi Knight Tann’rah (The Old Republic) is on a personal mission to save as many of her people from exploitation as possible. You might describe her as extremely passionate about this mission. Attached to it, even.