Everyone should be given a chance, more chances, every chance. Questions should always come first. I don't believe even serial killers should be shot to kill. Shoot them in the arm, the leg, anywhere most likely non-fatal that will still incapacitate them.

I don't like guns in general; it's too much power, we're obviously not responsible enough. I don't believe they have to be completely banned, they certainly have their uses or they wouldn't still be in use. Hunting is probably the most justified use. Responsible hunting, not crazy shoot-everything-for-the-fun-of-it hunting. I do believe at the very least you should have to go through thorough screenings before getting a license to get a gun. And no one should be given an automatic gun, or any gun that's unnecessarily powerful without good training and justification. I feel like guns should be at least like driving where you must be sixteen to get a license and then you go through mandatory training for a couple of years. I've never touched a gun, or a bullet, I don't know much about guns, really.

Violence is a tough topic. In some cases it can be good, in some bad, you'd need thousands of words to even touch upon the topic. I was a bit of a violent kid, well, younger child. I wasn't anything too serious, but violence and shouting would be my first line of defense after lying and probably crying. Violence shouldn't ever be the answer. Some people are naturally violent people. You can argue some rough and tumble play as a child can really help development. As long as it's handled responsibly.

Morals. We all have them, even subconsciously. If you're a neuro-divergent human maybe something is different up in the noggin, but you still have some sort of moral set. I saw a show where there was a scientist who was studying criminals' brains and he needed a control brain to be scanned. He used his own. Turned out the one brain that was showing signs of psychopathy was his. He was a psychopath. Somewhere on the lower scale, "closer to normal" maybe. He asked his friends, the people around him and they said they thought he was a bit empathy-less at times, and that it didn't surprise them that much. He still functioned in society pretty well. Not every one with a mental differentiation or illness is a "loony" that cannot perform in society.

The brain is a mustardious thing. Humans are pretty incredible too. Really, everything on this earth is quite amazing. Like quantum mechanics and quantum theory. The power of the observer. Particles on a quantum level are just possibilities, nothing is definite till someone says it is. The marital status of five is not up for debate. It seems like the simplest of things- we don't know what we don't know. You cannot say China exists if you do not have a live feed of China. You cannot say you are not the only human in existence and you've made everyone else up. But who says your made up humans are any less than so-called real humans? If you believe in something what makes it any less real than anything else? If someone else can't see it then who says it isn't you who made them not see it? Who says they aren't just an unimaginative person? Quantum mechanics is a bit of an existential crisis, and I could talk about it forever. How electrons travel in waves and as solid matter. How they exist and don't exist and co-exist at the same time. How it doesn't make sense to even ask where the electron went. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, did it fall at all? If a kid breaks in a school
and no one around chooses to hear do they make a sound? Are they just the background noise
of a soundtrack stuck on repeat when people say things like kids can be cruel? That last bit is a spon for a poem called To This Day and it's very good, I'd recommend it.

I love poetry. I love words, the way they change and stay the same. The way you can invent new ones and bring back old ones. How some work together like cheese and tomato and some compete for dominance like a bear and a moose. I don't think bears and moose fight each other that often. Really I'd imagine them having tea together. Sidetracking, nice. Tangents are my thing, [un]fortunately. This is chapter 99, one left, nice. This is probably the best grammar of any chapter in this book, and it probably has the most words. Is there a word limit? Must be more than ten thousand because some chapters on here are 10/10 long. I read scroll, where are my scroll buddies? Pages just isn't my thing. I also read night-mode with black background and white writing. I did that because I thought it would save battery, also because it's easier on the eyes at night, and more stealthy. A bit of a win-win-win.

I do love a good oneshot. But like, those oneshots that are pretentious and artistic and have some moral meaning tied in beautifully. I believe it's an art- writing. There are all different kinds of writing though. I don't really have an opinion on people on Wattpad and their writing quality expectations. I think it's wonderful people are writing, finding a creative outlet, and I know how therapeutic is can be. I do think there isn't enough constructive criticism here, and there isn't really a writer's community here. This isn't really a place to learn how to write, just practice. Chapter length doesn't really bother me. Neither do steady updates, I understand this isn't most people's priority, and really, I'm just covering my ass here. Me and my updates. Updates? What updates? I do think people should aim for readable. A few spelling/grammar/punctuation mistakes I can let go, whatever. If there are no capitals ever I might get annoyed. If there are no paragraphs I will get annoyed. Constant pov changes get me. I think just leave it. Go third person or let the audience guess. Don't label it, it just mixes up the story. Too many pov changes will ruin the flow anyways. Dialogue should be treated with care. Titles are nice. I don't mind author's notes either, they're quite nice to see who's actually writing the story. One sentence per chapter books can work. Updates should be pretty frequent though, since there's less to write. Stealing is something I cannot tolerate. Of course many ideas are free-for-all, like group chats and texting aus, high school aus, tour aus, etc. Of course cliches should be avoided or at least made individual. But stealing someone elses entire idea is not cool. Very not cool. What's also not cool is romanticising things that are not to be romanticised. Things like mental illness are not always smooth-running, and they're not always rough roads all the time. Mental illness is not pretty, but it doesn't make you any less beautiful. I'm getting into trigger warning territory so tw for self-harm and brief suicide mentions and pills here, please proceed with caution. Stay safe, please, and if you ever need to talk I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible, otherwise seeing anyone you know cares, which will be a surprising amount of people, is something you should do.

Anyways, cutting isn't the only way of self-harm, and it isn't always with a blade in a bathroom or even always a serious attempt at killings oneself. Self-harm doesn't always mean extremes. It could be as insignificant as not cleaning a paper-cut or as serious as crossing major roads without looking. Self-harm can become a mindset, it can be harm of the mind. It can be turning the water too hot or not wearing a jacket in the snow. Walking on sharp rocks, cracking glass and smashing mirrors. Self-harm doesn't always mean depression either. It can be side-effects of a lot of mental illnesses, and in other contexts it could just be a one off thing. You could be a perfectly happy human being but you do bad on a test so you bang your head on the desk. Bam, self-harm. This doesn't demean self-harm as a serious condition if it comes to point where it is continuous and deliberate. It becomes an addiction, a necessity, a ritual of sorts. It's all in the mind, but sometimes the mind leaks out into the real world and it's scary. But scary can be good, scary can keep you alive. Sometimes. Fear keeps you from endangering yourself. When you feel the pain, or general life is so bad that the fear of jumping off a cliff or cutting open your skin no longer has any effect, well then you should go hug a puppy or something cute. Hugs and cute things are proven to raise serotonin levels in the brain.

I'm not sure how I feel about medicine, all the pills. I read a biography of a woman who has psychosis and she was always on pills and sometimes they helped, sometimes they didn't, sometimes the side-effects where very bad. She said something I believe more people need to remember, and that is every individual is different. Everyone's experiences in anything, including mental [and any] illness is different. Therefore, not every pill will work the same on everyone. She said they should listen to the patient more, and that treatments should be more personalised. Which is completely true. She's a trained medical professional, she knows. I'm talking about Kate Richards by the way, you should check her out, her book is called Madness: A Memoir.

This chapter is over [9000] 1.6k words, that's quite a few. I've covered a lot of topics and I've still more to say, like how expensive international shipping from Hot Topic is and how nothing on Amazon seems to ship to Australia. But otherwise, I might have to end soon. I'm aiming fro 2000 but we'll have to see. I've still got like 400 words to make up. Maybe I'll talk about being nice to people again. See, this is why I'd pick the pacifist route in Undertale. Sorry, I mentioned it. Don't be salty, it's a bit useless. I love the puns, and the morals!! Go watch Captain America: Civil War to question things. Go watch every Marvel superhero movie please. Go watch Deadpool because it's awesome but like there's a bit of sex, lots of dirty jokes, wait you'll probably love that. But yeah, be nice to people. Go follow your dreams, as long as they're reasonable, like no mass-murder please. Genocide is bad. I bookmarked a page on all the -cide words. It was interesting. Aye, I've still got 200 words to go. Slowly but surely I will get there and I'll probably have too many words by then. Let's hope not. hoping is good, never lose hope. Find happiness, hug people, make friends, listen to music, create and destroy as you see fit. Sorry, I had to go there. It was bound to happen sooner or later. I've said the word really too many times I'm crying. No, don't tun the wifi off, I'm not finished. Okay, okay, I have to be quick. I'm literally over-heating in this jacket. Rude, it was so snazzy. Update: I took the jacket off. Okay, that's a lie. I unzipped it. It's off. I'm running out of words. I should say bye before then. So bye. I feel like that's very final. I will be back. Like backstreet and the Never Gonna Give You Up meme. Shrek's gone a bit out of fashion though. He was a romantic ogre. Proving a point here. Well, someone else's point. Always believe in things. Goodbye. Almost. Only like twelve words, right now. Look at my maths. This paragraph is long. And choppy. Bye bye.