I like when they're vague. I like to think. I like to explore and go on a journey on my keyboard. So many challenges on here are so specific that there's no way to twist it and make it mine. I can't go anywhere without my share of gore and sex. I don't want politics, I want to kill the world and rebuild it with aliens and shit, but how will I fit that in 80 words? I want to do every challenge, but there are just some that I can't make my own and that drives me nuts. I find that the hardest to make my own are LGBTQ+ challenges.

I have nothing against the community. I have to specify that. It's just weird to make a whole sub-category for who your main character (or hell, a character) likes or how the identify themselves. I know I hate in sitcoms when the whole point of a show is a person exploring their sexuality and trying to find themselves. It's what's always pushed. But, at some point, they find themselves and the show instantly dies like the creators didn't know that people eventually figure shit out. I understand that there is a lack of representation and a "straight washing" (I guess) of characters over the years but geez. When will LGBTQ+ just be integrated with everyone else and not separated out?

That aside, I really enjoy Prose. I'm always getting new ideas based on the challenges, though I did fear that when I don't do challenges, no one will read what I post because there's no point. No is attached to it so it's just there in space. Though I do think favoritism could play in with certain people. This isn't a personal attack. Over the years, writers often used nepotism to decide who was good or not. I take one Modernism class and suddenly I know all about this. But I truly love the community this site fosters, and I really enjoy making a challenge and seeing everything posted. That's my favorite part of this experience.

P.S. Don't stop making LGBTQ+ challenges! I'm just a little ball of cynicism!