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The Arachne System (SPIDERLIV 3)

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I've done it! I've read the entire quest in less than one day! The power of ADHD hyperfocus, lol.

Now, the vote. I think the best option here is

[X] Healing. It says it can't 'fix' you (fucking ableist tbh) but you won't say no to less pain.

While I see the appeal of having an alien bioweapon aid us in the process of transing our gender, I just can't say no to healing.
 
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GriffonCrimson said:
Though I am not gonna lie the transformation into what is presumably as close to a bio woman we can get is really fucking tempting I just doubt it's worth the cost.
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I feel like "bio woman" is kind of a weird term, since there's already a term for women who were born looking like women, which is cisgender or cis, and "bio woman" implies a certain artificiality or fakeness to Liv that I don't think is really fair.
 
UARTman said:
I've done it! I've read the entire quest in less than one day! The power of ADHD hyperfocus, lol.

Now, the vote. I think the best option here is

[X] Healing. It says it can't 'fix' you (fucking ableist tbh) but you won't say no to less pain.

While I see the appeal of having an alien bioweapon aid us in the process of transing our gender, I just can't say no to healing.
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This quest or all three?
 
[X] Healing. It says it can't 'fix' you (fucking ableist tbh) but you won't say no to less pain.
Less pain is good.
 
[X] Healing. It says it can't 'fix' you (fucking ableist tbh) but you won't say no to less pain.

Yeah, +1 to not trusting the Change option. And if the pain is to the point where it's impacting Liv's day to day life, she probably does need this
 
[X] Changes. HRT has done most of its work, and while you aren't unsatisfied with the results, things could be... pushed. A little.
 
[X] Nope, into the freezer with you, jerk.

This isn't going to win, but c'mon! Don't trust an evil alien parasite thing to mess with your body, even if we know it _can_ make Liv 'better'. Just get rid of it asap.
 
open_sketch said:
Dang!

I'm curious if you have any feedback, favourite parts, thoughts, etc? I love the interactivity of quests, but the lack of the kind of commentary on my writing can get kinda demoralizating and I'm really curious what made you stick with it?
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I've read a couple of your quests (the Inquisitor one, and the Naval Officer one), and loved them all. There's a lot to admire about your writing (extremely good worldbuilding, gripping emotional drama, interesting storylines that make me curious what happens next, characters having distinct voices most of the time), but what made me stay is, above else, how you set up the emotional arc of the whole quest and deliver pay-off. I know for sure that at the end of the arc I'm going to walk away satisfied with how you resolved everything.

Your writing can feel emotionally heavy at times, especially when the hero is at the low poing, but it makes the resolution all the more satisfying. In this aspect, you're a bit like Brandon Sanderson, only without all the weird monarchism and Mormon iconography, and more queer.

Another thing to comment on is how you manage consequences of (sometimes small, sometimes big) player choices. Seeing, in hindsight, an effect on the world you made is very interesting, and you very organically weave this into the story. Also, love how you create the feeling of there being always another crisis on the horizon and then actually deliver on it.
 
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Hmm. I'd prefer our party's body to not end up sterile, and if the symbiote can't regrow an arm, I doubt it can grow a uterus.
Beyond that, health is the obvious bodymod priority. Less damage, more durability, more output, in that order. (Have we been fighting anything which more strength would actually have helped with?)
[X] Healing. It says it can't 'fix' you (fucking ableist tbh) but you won't say no to less pain.
open_sketch said:
[ ] Write In: Subject to veto, but hey who knows what this alien goo is capable of?
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Would a 'healing factor' be viable as a next-phase from Healing?
open_sketch said:
Dang!

I'm curious if you have any feedback, favourite parts, thoughts, etc? I love the interactivity of quests, but the lack of the kind of commentary on my writing can get kinda demoralizating and I'm really curious what made you stick with it?
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Oh wow, I wish I'd known you would like me to do one of my Huge Detailed Reviews back when I started.
UARTman said:
In this aspect, you're a bit like Brandon Sanderson, only without all the weird monarchism and Mormon iconography, and more queer.
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Read Rhythm of War yet? I really liked how it handled almost everything, including the monarchism.
I still think that if he'd had the courage of his convictions, he'd've had Navani acknowledge a crush on Raboniel and be conflicted about it - before ultimately choosing to stay loyal to Dalinar. It'd be so good, okay? I want to read several thousand words of captive queen/occupying warlord conflicted pining in a fantasy setting with scientist/mad scientist theming because science is the other thing they have in common. Oh, and the promise that I won't have to worry about actual sex scenes. That would be so good.
In related news, does anyone have good recs in that extremely specific vein?
Dark as Silver said:
You read fast. But did you read the april fools spin off quest!!! Welcome to the thread.
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There's an April Fools spinoff?!
 
RiverDelta said:
I feel like "bio woman" is kind of a weird term, since there's already a term for women who were born looking like women, which is cisgender or cis, and "bio woman" implies a certain artificiality or fakeness to Liv that I don't think is really fair.
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Yeah sorry that one was on me I accidentally used an incredibly dated and inaccurate term, I did mean as like a Cis Woman as can be possible if not being made into a Cis Woman.
 
[X] Healing. It says it can't 'fix' you (fucking ableist tbh) but you won't say no to less pain.
HoratioVonBecker said:
Hmm. I'd prefer our party's body to not end up sterile, and if the symbiote can't regrow an arm, I doubt it can grow a uterus.
Beyond that, health is the obvious bodymod priority. Less damage, more durability, more output, in that order. (Have we been fighting anything which more strength would actually have helped with?)
[X] Healing. It says it can't 'fix' you (fucking ableist tbh) but you won't say no to less pain.

Would a 'healing factor' be viable as a next-phase from Healing?

Oh wow, I wish I'd known you would like me to do one of my Huge Detailed Reviews back when I started.

Read Rhythm of War yet? I really liked how it handled almost everything, including the monarchism.
I still think that if he'd had the courage of his convictions, he'd've had Navani acknowledge a crush on Raboniel and be conflicted about it - before ultimately choosing to stay loyal to Dalinar. It'd be so good, okay? I want to read several thousand words of captive queen/occupying warlord conflicted pining in a fantasy setting with scientist/mad scientist theming because science is the other thing they have in common. Oh, and the promise that I won't have to worry about actual sex scenes. That would be so good.
In related news, does anyone have good recs in that extremely specific vein?

There's an April Fools spinoff?!
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Almost certain that Sanderson wasn't actually trying to write the massive amount of subtext in RoW. He's just really bad at not adding UST to women admiring/respecting/looking up to other women. Shallan was not originally planned to be bi then some fans grabbed him and pointed out that he wrote her with a massive thing for Jasnah.
 
10ebbor10 said:
Are we sure it'll want to stay with Liv?

Kind of got of a bad start there.
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By the measure of being a new system member, this is not as bad as it can get.
Find yourself in a situation and body not quite familiar, not quite your own, do things and get yelled at for it (remember that Liv and Athena did also yell at the symbiote here).
Deal with people who'd rather not have you around, maybe don't want to see you gone or dead but certainly don't want you here and doing things even if that is the only way for you to exist.
Have what control over your life you have get taken away, via forceful struggles you can't really win no matter how much you try because it's just too unbearable.
Try to desperately argue and get desperate and maybe cruel because it's so important - literary your life - to you, only succeed because those you argue with show some understanding and kindness and willingness to share.

All of that is something that can happen in plural systems, and yeah it's utterly awful and unsurprisingly messes people in them up pretty badly quite often.
But it doesn't have to be irreparable either.
The bit at the end of communication actually starting? Listening to each other, recognising that you all are people, that maybe you can do things for each other and else let each other be? That's a first step and you can build on that. It's not how it ideally goes, but if it goes badly as here at first, getting there is good for reparing things.

Or at least that's what we'd say about this bein a bad start. It certainly is, but not necessarily one that's unsalvagable.
 
Also re: this chapter:
of course Athena would be prepared for the system getting an Introject, because of course.
We blame May
 
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