Zillabean

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

Zillabean

Putting this update here:
          
          
          I've taken my old art books. Really because the art books in question were old and outdated. With the stories and such I have in mind, I essentially wanted to reboot everything and keep it all up to date.
          
          I do intend to have an art book that's more up to date to go with the up-to-date character book in the making, as well as the stories I'm working on. 
          
          I figured I make this update to let you all know that I have a lot in mind and that I wanted to have a clean slate for all my stuff.
          
          So uh... there's that. I hope you guys are having a good day and/or night. :>

ShiningVictory6000

@Zillabean I agree on that no worries
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ShiningVictory6000

@Zillabean I haven't heard you for awhile so yeah
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Zillabean

@ShiningVictory6000 Yeah, with all the art and story things I'm working on along with other things, I just haven't had the time to be on Wattpad as consistently as before.
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Zillabean

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY RAAAAGH!! 
          
          
          
          Man, it's surreal the fact that I'm now 19. It's like a gift you is coming and yet it still is so magical the experience. 
          
          
          With that in mind... yeah I don't have any new updates other than that- lol
          
          
          But still, it was quite the ride from being 18 to 19 now.
          
          So yeah there's that... uhm...
          
          
          Bye :3

leeman224

@Zillabean happy birthday my friend 
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Zillabean

Just a little update for everyone:
          
          
          Its been a while since I've had post anything. Really, I've been trying to develop on stories like Zillian Imperium and Stardust Dreams. I've been trying to brainstorm on how my stories will go, since I want to make sure I give my heart and soul into delivering these stories to you guys. There are some fan stories I'm thinking of too, like reviving RWBY: A New Remnant, but I want to focus more on my original works.
          
          One thing I have struggled with is balancing writing what I want and knowing the potential expectations of the audience, and I still do, but I have learned to grow out of that and focus more on what I want to be passionate about, so that I can give it my all and deliver what I hope will be enjoyable stories for you guys to enjoy. 
          
          With that being said, I hope you guys are having an enjoyable day/night...
          
          
          
          
          Also I had to rewrite this cuz I accidentally deleted this by exiting out so uh...
          
          
          
          *metal_pipe_sfx.mp3*

ShiningVictory6000

@Zillabean hey zilla it's been awhile since then i was retired due to no story ideas to come up so yeah hope you had a great day
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Zillabean

Just leaving out an update here for anyone that's... still here
          
          In my recent art book chapter, I've thought maybe moving off the platform entirely, due to reasons like everyone else migrating off the platform and me not really being as consistent as I used to be with updates and stuff (due to me focusing on art, story writing and such).
          
          I have decided that I will stay on here, though it will be a slow rise for me with everything I'm working on, especially since there are a lot of different stories and such I want to share with everyone. I want to polish and be concrete about everything so that everyone can enjoy my content, not rush it out and feel miserable doing so, thinking I could do more. I want to share all of my ideas with passion and love.
          
          That being said, I will be updating all of my stuff like own character book for references and the stories I'm currently writing, original or fan takes. I hope I can deliver something great for all you to enjoy. Until then, my friends...
          
          Cheers!
          

GachaLifeGalaxy5

@Zillabean 
            
            If this is your choice & what you truly feel, then I respect your decision.
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Zillabean

Alright, let me see what I have here. I have z lot of stories in mind for my lore stuff let's se-
          
          **remembers all the older, cringey and unfinished stories.**
          
          Oh...
          
          Yeah I've been gone away longer than Gandalf's search for the ring, so yeah, I have a lot of things that I haven't shown or talked about.
          
          Some of my older stuff like the SMG4 Imperial Arc story and RWBY: A New Remnant might be discontinued. Really because I've been striving towards my more original works and I haven't been giving much attention to those kinds of works (with some exceptions of course, like my EXE character Xore and my DB character Eclipse.) Not to say they will, but with all of my ideas for my original stuff, I've simply haven't the time to give light to most my other fanmade stuff.
          
          Some older stuff like my older gacha stuff have been completely booted off because they're just... bad (seriously idk what young me was thinking back then but it clearly wasn't straight). Not that it matters I feel because Wattpad for me at least feels more dead than a Resident Evil enemy.
          
          I will still continue to update stuff, but I figured to give this miniature update after being on a hiatus longer than... yeah I'm sure you get it by now

Zillabean

I know this feels like odd placement, considering the power scale rant is right below, but my brain just doesn't like to function with me sometimes.
            
            Also ignore that typo in the first sentence with z-
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Zillabean

To justify me being here (cuz I feel like my presence here is nonexistent), I guess I'll go on a mini tangent/rant about power scaling.
          
          
          I don't understand the prep time argument when it comes to character debates. Like the argument basically boils down to "if you gave time for a character to prepare, they can be prepared for the situation ahead." There's a lot of problems with this statement, like, how long is "prep time?" Is it 5 minutes? 10? An hour? An eon? What exactly are they preparing for? Are the odds are in their favor?
          
          People like to cite different characters (ex. Batman and Rick) as powerful characters for having prep time. Now, characters can have impressive feats, but this arguement is very flawed. I can understand where people who this arguement are coming from, given that preparation can be utilized greatly in a fight. The problem here is the fact that the argument again boils down to "being prepared for anything." Now, not only will that make a character basically a mary sue, but... how exactly can one prepare for anything? 
          
          By this logic, characters should always win because of their ability to prepare in fights, even though there are many factors suggesting the contrary. Power scaling itself - to me anyway - is already a tough ground to work with, but with debaters who pull cards like this and the inevitable OC Fallacy of "My ChArAcTeR cAn SoLo YoUr FaVoRiTe VeRsE," I kinda tend to stay away from debating heavily about character scaling because of it (that and, admittedly, I used to be one of these people who would use said OC Fallacy.)
          
          Not to say power scalers are bad; I'm sure there are great people who love talking about how their favorite characters and fandoms and pinning them up Death Battle style to see how it'll go in a fight. But it's with fallacies like these that kind of make it a problem for me.

Zillabean

(Leaving this here: OC Fallacy isn't a real fallacy. It's basically the "my character is the strongest/most powerful because I said so" card and nothing else. Really the argument for the fallacy itself is stupid, because theres nothing of it to be a fallacy of, since it's a subjective topic, not an objective one. There is not official rule book to determine how a character should be scaled, so therefore there is no fallacy to behold if its opinion based. Power scaling is a subjective topic and is interpreted by many; it's not a fact.)
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