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Idk if you recieved the lastask so.. I have done your marysue test and read your recommendations about oc but as the story im doing is a crossover, many things that would count as points in that test dont really aply, yet i have to answer yes(like a unverse hopper). Somaybeyoucanaddacrossovoversecti

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That's kind of tricky. The type of thing you're writing is one of those things that just tends not to pull together well. But if you've got your own reasons for doing this and thinking that it'll work out, go forth and do your thing!

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I find the phrase "Before it's too late" a bit of a cliche. Do you agree?

I haven't heard it used that often. Are amateur writers really fond of it or something?

Your mention of socially awkward best friends got me thinking-- why are fictional best friends often socially awkward?

As I've never asked the authors, I can't really say for sure. I have a few hypotheses, though:
1. It's a convention that a lot of people follow without really thinking about it.
2. They want comic relief, but they're insecure about making their protagonists funny.
3. They don't want their protagonists to be over shadowed by someone who seems cooler.

Is it too implausible to write about aliens who are half a mouse's size but live as long as humans?

They're aliens; nobody's going to think about it that hard.
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Oh. I asked because on one of your articles you said not to exaggerate *or* use a hyperbole.

It's mainly to cut off the nonsense of people who claim that their exaggerations are fine because "I was just being hyperbolic!"
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"The window for that has long passed". Why can't they teach an adult that?

It's a neurology/development thing; IIRC if a child doesn't learn languages early, they'll basically never be able to learn to speak to any substantial degree later. (This might tie into the socialization thing; learning language requires a certain degree of sociability, after all.)
EDIT: My information might be outdated/incomplete; it seems some children who suffered severe neglect did begin to learn language once placed into proper care. You might look into the cases of these children: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_child#Raised_in_confinement

Someone pointed out that main character in my story liking classic rock (Zeppelin,Guns&Roses,Black Sabbath etc) is very cliche. I chose this genre because it's my favourite & I know it very well (bands,lyrics etc) so it's easier for me to make references (making references is part of MC's characteri

sation), and not because it's 'glamorous' or cool to like it. I actually used a lot of my tastes in fiction (books, movies, games) as MC's exactly for reference-making, but since that's pretty much all I share with the character I don't think that's a problem.
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My thought is, what are you using these tastes to say about your character? They're very popular bands, so using them implies that your character has pretty mainstream tastes in music. If that's what you want to communicate about your character, then it's fine. But if your character is supposed to be weird or eccentric, you'd probably want to tilt more toward lesser-known bands, which will probably require you to start looking into them yourself.
Basically, it all comes down to what kind of person your character is intended to be, and what you're trying to communicate with these interests. If they fit the kind of person your character is supposed to be, it's fine.

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In early chapter I have half-page segment of dialogue that doesn't really add anything to the plot (just making music references). Thing is, the main character very often makes references when talking, so I think that scene shows this part of characterisation (and her music taste), so it should stay

If it feels like a natural conversation and doesn't take more than a couple of minutes to read, I think it should be fine. Things like this can be very humanizing and help people connect to your characters more.

Do you have any advice for admins of an online community on dealing with the aftermath of banning a toxic, emotionally abusive member?

If they've let this person run amok and do a lot of damage before actually banning this person, they should apologize to the members and extend sympathy to them. And very importantly, the admins need to learn from this experience and take more effort in making sure someone like this doesn't get a foothold in the community again.
If people need to talk about what happened and how they feel to process their feelings and make sense of it all, let them; it can help the healing process. This is different from simply trashing a former member who left, since the banned member was abusive and these people probably need to talk about things to begin healing.
People might need to do some emotional self-care, as well, and it might be a good idea to talk to therapists, counselors, etc. if they are available. They can also look into self-help resources on the Internet; I've got a few related things and there's more stuff out there as well.
I hope that helps; dealing with this kind of thing is always tricky and painful. Good luck to everyone.

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Whether you say cinnamon or mocha, the reader understands "medium brown" so just say "medium brown" and then you can jazz it up by mentioning cool or warm undertones, yknow? Using food creates weird fetishy indications you might not want your work associated with, dude

That's a very good point; thanks for bringing this up!
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