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Google “Naked Man Orchid”. Just do it. Now you know that’s a thing that exists. You’re welcome.

so in a story im working on, i have a small number of small farms kind of together in a LOTR type setting. would that be called a village or something else?

Well, the season of reviews continues (please don't be a dream, please don't be a dream!) with @InBrightestDayon Last Full Measure. From InBrightestDay on March 20, 2019 Well, the atmosphere we got from the last chapter continues to build, and then some! Adara continues to be a rather enigmatic character. It's impressive how she can be sympathetic sometimes and then do something that makes me flinch at other times. In particular, her insistance on torturing the Rebel prisoner (okay, no one uses the T-word but that was the vibe I was picking up) is a much darker take on the character than I'd seen before. Granted, I understand why she wants to do it (the massacre she just witnessed), but still, I'm with Celeste in terms of being unnerved. Speaking of being unnerved, that keeps up. It starts with the Rebel prisoner. In previous chapters, we've read about howbrutal Rebel tactics can be, so seeing this woman completely traumatized by what happened here really ramps up the tension. I also like how, when Celeste and Tirsa go to check out the armoury, there are hints of Things Not Seen moving about in the shadows, starting out lighthearted with the tarp joke, but then escalating with...whatever is or is not inside the armoury with Celeste and that Rebel. Finally, while there's no goodtime to have a PTSD flashback, I'm pretty sure this was the worst possible time to have one. It's both a serious danger for Celeste in the here and now and gives us a nasty explanation of just where those scars of hers came from. *** Well, the atmosphere we got from the last chapter continues to build, and then some! Well, I definitely try. I'm of the belief that a well defined and created atmosphere adds whatever one wishes to the story (ie warm, terrific, terrifying, et cetera). And in the case of LFM, the two most important elements are the people (with emphasis on Laurier, Dennis, Finnegan, and Olafsdottir (the resident unit incests). Adara continues to be a rather enigmatic character. It's impressive how she can be sympathetic sometimes and then do something that makes me flinch at other times. In particular, her insistance on torturing the Rebel prisoner (okay, no one uses the T-word but that was the vibe I was picking up) is a much darker take on the character than I'd seen before. Granted, I understand why she wants to do it (the massacre she just witnessed), but still, I'm with Celeste in terms of being unnerved. Well, not sure if it came through completely, but it definitely did a little for sure. Adara, I started off as a complete bitch, but someone pointed out it would be a difficult task to redeem her (should it ever come up). So I lightened her hard ass bitch self... And she was supposed to still be in love with Celeste, even after everything. But, Adara is a consummate professional when it comes to mission ops. Lol. I wander in verbal circles. Speaking of being unnerved, that keeps up. It starts with the Rebel prisoner. In previous chapters, we've read about howbrutal Rebel tactics can be, so seeing this woman completely traumatized by what happened here really ramps up the tension. I also like how, when Celeste and Tirsa go to check out the armoury, there are hints of Things Not Seen moving about in the shadows, starting out lighthearted with the tarp joke, but then escalating with...whatever is or is not inside the armoury with Celeste and that Rebel. Lol. I'm glad the setting is unnerving still. Not to mention that, I'm the last person to write subtlety. Lol. But writing these things, making people wonder, alongside Celeste, if there is, if there isn't, or if something is stalking them was fun. Finally, while there's no goodtime to have a PTSD flashback, I'm pretty sure this was the worst possible time to have one. It's both a serious danger for Celeste in the here and now and gives us a nasty explanation of just where those scars of hers came from. Never a good time for PTSD, no. And this certainly was the worst time she could have one, definitely. It's definitely a sign of how truly shattered Celeste is and how much of a danger she is to the 77th and herself. In many ways, this goes to show that she is still cocky, still all but confident, arrogant, in herself. As for the scars... This is partially how they happened. I know that I have said you dont need to have read "Christmas, Bloody Christmas" to understand or enjoy the story, but it does offer a look into Celeste (her arrogance and how she was scarred) prior to LFM.

Friendship's Gift is one of very few things I’ve written I am really happy with. I’m sure ultimately it’s flawed as fuck, but I love how it turned out. I mean, it’s also one of the few stories I loaded to fanfiction.net. Anyway I kinda mentioned it in the hopes of getting another review, and got another review. Which was nice. Thank you for taking the time to review this! I know it can be a bit of a pain reviewing something in an unfamiliar fandom. It’s really great to hear that you still enjoyed it – and yep, Ahnassi was a real questgiver character. Must...resist..."Khajiit has wares" joke. Ahnassi isn’t even asking for coin. Not that there aren't any jokes in the story, of course. Still, I did feel sorry for the characters, and I appreciated the maturity shown in Ahnassi's acceptance at the end. It’s really hard for me to write something even kinda angsty and emotional without putting in some jokes. S’like I said, more self control than I possess to leave ‘em out. And thank you! It’s really nice to hear it comes across genuinely, sometimes it can be hard to fit everything into the 1000 word limit and not have it come across as under-explained or forced. And the last thing the Orc wants to do is use force. I’m glad you appreciate the ending too – I really appriciate the review! Thank you gain for it.

Review for Worship @InBrightestDay LOL I’m glad you got a laugh out of it. This story was an indulgent thing for me. A little bit of PWP char development for a char I loved but never really got to use in the context he was created for. Blackbird is from a fic with 16 completed chapters that I have pulled from the site, just because I had dropped it and don’t like having dead projects up. Anyway, thank you for another awesome review. <3

Fingers crossed you go for the special then! And more specials afterwards! I was worried about re-writing my old thing to be an original story but not having enough original elements so besides bringing back Declan and the Flynn family I threw in a buncha other stuff as a subplot at the start/in the middle, but that just distracted folks from the sibling sex, so took it all out, and decided it still tied in well enough with the Mike story. It’s pretty awesome the way it turned out. Got some emotion there for sure. As I said before, you feeling that way means we got a great story in the sequel so it worked out in the end! I thought it worked really, really well. Serving Eparlegna when Luzurial is around has incredibly become an even more high risk occupation.

Oh, it went quite well, alright. I am very interested and yet legitimately have no idea what happened here. Don’t worry about it. Like I said, her perspective on the rebels might have gone out of whack for a moment due to the HOLY MOTHER OF GOD WHAT HAPPENED that they just saw outside. Absolutely. This really drew me in, and I’ve added your story to my “currently reading” list on my archive profile, so hopefully anyone who goes through said profile will be encouraged to check it out. Even if they don’t, I’ll keep coming back.