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Old 10-08-2024, 10:30 AM   #3091
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You're a cozy mystery protagonist. A few days ago, another car deliberately tried to run yours off the road. While going to talk to another character about an unrelated matter, you find their car outside, which has damage consistent with an attempt to run someone off the road.

Would you:

a) Decide not to mention it to them and instead call the police officer who is investigating the accident?

or

b) Go inside their house, confront them about it, and get stabbed in the process?
If people behaved sensibly in stories they (the stories) would be an awful lot shorter and less interesting. You're in a creepy old house and hear noises from the cellar. Of course you're going to split up and get picked off one by one.

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Old 10-08-2024, 01:00 PM   #3092
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While not a sane choice for most people, I swear that if they're an 'influencer' or post a lot on social media, this would probably be their first choice.
I remember the story of the girls who got lost in storm drains and went to Facebook pleading for help, forgetting that their phones were, you know, phones.

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I swear some people don't think beyond "I feel like doing this NOW, so I will ..."
My thirteen year old: immature? Or a citizen of the future?
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Old 10-08-2024, 09:19 PM   #3093
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My thirteen year old: immature? Or a citizen of the future?
I remember those years. Ugh. I'm so glad my two are full grown now. Any of idiocy they get up to is on them, not me.

My daughter has two, one first and one third grade. It's going to be Karma if they put her through what she put us through. Lol.
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Old 10-08-2024, 09:39 PM   #3094
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My daughter has two, one first and one third grade. It's going to be Karma if they put her through what she put us through. Lol.
As my mother used to put it "Grandchildren: a grandparent's revenge".
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Old 10-09-2024, 12:31 PM   #3095
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Would you:

a) Decide not to mention it to them and instead call the police officer who is investigating the accident?

or

b) Go inside their house, confront them about it, and get stabbed in the process?
Neither. My protagonist wouldn't last long in a "cozy" series, as I'd turn it into Jack Reacher or the Gray Man.
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Old 10-09-2024, 02:40 PM   #3096
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You're a cozy mystery protagonist. A few days ago, another car deliberately tried to run yours off the road. While going to talk to another character about an unrelated matter, you find their car outside, which has damage consistent with an attempt to run someone off the road.

Would you:

a) Decide not to mention it to them and instead call the police officer who is investigating the accident?

or

b) Go inside their house, confront them about it, and get stabbed in the process?
My protagonist would probably seek them out to see if there was something wrong and could he help. He would probably not get stabbed because the person would be so confused by the genuine concern that they would only punch him in the face. My protagonist's wife would make them regret that.
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Old 10-09-2024, 04:41 PM   #3097
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My protagonist would just ignore the whole matter and go home to eat, sleep and read a good book. Wait... what about the story? Forget it. The story would end there.
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Old 10-12-2024, 01:13 PM   #3098
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Publishing imprints are confusing. The store page says one thing, the embedded metadata says another, the copyright page says something entirely different. Also imprints of imprints of imprints. Enough to give someone a bloody migraine.
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Publishing imprints are confusing. The store page says one thing, the embedded metadata says another, the copyright page says something entirely different. Also imprints of imprints of imprints. Enough to give someone a bloody migraine.
I just don't pay any attention to them and don't edit them in Calibre. Don't care enough to be bothered.
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When others are calling books that are time travel not time travel.
How do others' opinions affect your own reading experience? Why do you care and at the vent and rant level to boot?
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When a fanfic finally updates after 4-5 years and you can't remember any of the context of the plot. Time for a re-read, I guess.
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When a fanfic finally updates after 4-5 years and you can't remember any of the context of the plot. Time for a re-read, I guess.
The last time that happened to me, I didn’t manage to finish the re-read.
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Because if some are looking for a time travel book, they may bypass books that are time travel books.
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