luciusbraun

And is cold cereal soup?

In seriousness, I’ll just throw this out there real quick. The greatest commandments as described by the Big Man Himself are “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.” I think the way to weigh…[Read more]

Are pop-tarts ravioli?

Nithel smiled inside at Alessio’s laughter. Then when the laughter didn’t stop, Nithel’s eyes got a hesitant twinkle. He had made the youth laugh. (Albeit unintentionally.) *thoughts/sweet memories of home*

Nithel gave Alessio a small bow with his head. I’m glad you laughed.

Alessio coughed a few times, then after a moment, he answered.…[Read more]

Ugh. Just dragged myself over from the debate room. I probably should not enter that forum for a while so that nobody develops a lifelong hate for the name Crazywriter.

@denali-Christianson @joelle-stone

How is life for you all? Anybody have special stuff coming up for Christmas?

@noah-Cochran @emily-Waldorf

My friends, I believe the rating you are confusing with R is M. M is explicit sexual content. R can be war violence, scary movies, and the like.
I agree that the Bible does not go into explicit detail. However with a little understanding you can see that the Bible isn’t soft. It’s not cuddly. The argument you make [Read more]

I agree with you @noah-cochran

The Bible has content which, if put in media would warrant an R rating, but it is above all very discreet, so that children may read it without problem. That isn’t the case with anything R-rated in media these days; parents are warned to keep children away. As a matter of fact, I don’t believe that R-rated media…[Read more]

@noah-cochran Hey Noah! I’m doing well, and hope you are also.

R rated does not mean scary or wicked, it means that one is imbuing themselves with explicit violence, sexual language, or sexual content.

Everyone’s going to mean slightly different things regarding their definition of this, especially when talking about books rather than films, since…[Read more]

@taylorclogston and @crazywriter

How’s it going Taylor? 🙂

Yes, I have read the whole old testament, and some of it twice or thrice.

So when I say R rating explicitness, I mean stuff like sexual intercourse scenes that are either shown on screen or very much described in writing, nakedness in movies (which in a book would be someone…[Read more]

@denali-christianson

I noticed a really interesting contrast between the way Aydin told his history and how Niarok told his. Aydin almost exclusively spoke in third person, leaving himself out of the story completely, while Niarok owned up to his backstory.

I think it’s also because Aydin won’t accept it, he’s trying so hard to reject his…[Read more]

“It does not explicitly describe strong language, sexual assault, fornication, nakedness, or even murder.”

It actually does describe R-rated things in some detail, including several of these. I’m not going to reference them for obvious reasons, but have you actually read all the Old Testament?

“Thank you.” Nithel sighed softly, looking at him. “So, do you have a strategy while here? Have you attempted to escape windows? Is there an attic? Or…”

Nithel’s baffled look when Alessio mentioned “strategies” the first time they met…

For two seconds, Alessio was stunned. Had he…had his friend just…? A breathy laugh escaped Alessio and…[Read more]

@mamaauthoress

Ahhghh oops — how on earth did I forget to add that in the description?? *facefist*
Yes, he does. I’m terrible sorry.

LOL, don’t worry about it! Ngl, I had a good laugh over it XD

@denali-christianson

Also a completely unrelated side note, but it’s gloomy and dark and cold around here right now, it looks like a cross between Middl…

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Ha! I’ve got a good one:

Is Hamlet a good man, or a prince with a God-complex?

Would King Claudius have repented if Hamlet only gave him more time?

Quin

“I …” Ruan paused and tried again. “I’m sorry if I startled you. I was … thinking.”

Quin nodded.

“You … you’re not an assassin, are you?” Rúan asked doubtfully.

Quin smirked. “I sure hope not.” One death was enough. His smile faded. What about you? He pushed the thought aside. “How’s…how’s your leg?”

It was harder to get the word…[Read more]

@noah-Cochran

Of course we shouldn’t go into detail, but I disagree with you. The Bible is rated R in the sense that it is not to be taken lightly, and the things in it are real things that happened, and they’re not pretty. No, it’s not literally R in the sense of describing every nook and cranny, but yes it is a tough book. Yet these do not d…[Read more]

@crazywriter

 I think something you need to remember is the Bible is rated R. It’s not a children’s story. It contains murder, sexual assault, a father who murders his daughter, and a lowly carpenter hanging naked on a tree. Yet the Bible does not use it wantonly. It uses for a purpose.

I’ll try to respond to the rest of what you and Archer said s…[Read more]

*nods* I can certainly appreciate that. And it may be worth mentioning that I’ve never personally included a (real-world) swear word in any of my books. That one example I used of the “baloney” alternative was the only time it’s even crossed my mind for my own work, and it’s literally been sitting there with “baloney” marked as a placeholder for…[Read more]

@r-m-archer

Also, looking back, and correct me if I’m wrong, I said never in regard to wantonly using swear words, not saying never just in general

@r-m-archer

Im glad we see eye to eye on some things, but I do say it is a fine line to walk. That’s why I would say never because we are sinners, and err everyday. To walk such a fine line is a dangerous, so while I wish you the best, I wish you caution as well. However you have displayed your appreciation for caution as well, so I trust yo…[Read more]