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@AakritiPathak Thank you for the shout out! All the best! 

@Queen_of_life_Heba All the best for wattys project, I'm sure you will do great with whichever book you decide to pick ✨
            
            Thans for the recommendation, I've added the story to my list, will surely read it! 

@AakritiPathak I want to dive headfirst into one of my horror projects and see if I can finish it by the Wattys deadline. But we will see about that. Just want to get back into writing after going through a major slump. 
            
            I think Chimera by @empiresofwater is a great recommendation. It's a sci-fi thriller novella and has a very engaging plot + writing style. 

@Anamwrites Ofc! Pleasure is my treasure was one of the first books that I read on here, and it has always took a special spot. Take all the time, and come back with the book with a bang. We're here to support you. 
            
            Ps: Good luck for your thesis, you are going to do awesome with it ❤️
            I'm in search for my own PhD topic lol. My mind is leaning towards Comparative Literature, let's see though.

@AakritiPathak It's good to know that you share the same views as I do in this regard. I hope that through our writings and perspectives, we can offer people a fresh and clean outlook on writing, which is highly needed in this modern era. Choosing a literary fiction novel for my thesis that isn't older than five years is another complexity I'm currently facing, especially because many contemporary literary fiction romance novels focus on unnecessary and distasteful aspects of human nature that I highly detest. It's really hard to find something pure and natural to research.
            
            I'm doing wonderful. How about you? I would have messaged you if direct chat was working. You can connect with me on Instagram anytime you like. Whoa, you remember Mercy? It's great to know that I still have a few people around who remember my characters and novel. There's good news coming soon this year about my comeback. I am determined to finish writing and editing my work before publishing regularly so people can easily read it. I faced several writing blocks as well as academic pressure, but thank God, I didn't lose interest. Every single day, I was reminded of what I hadn't completed. This regret has been enough to push myself to make progress, both small and big, until now. I have good hope. Fingers crossed, love. <3

@Sarae-Seong exactly! You've put it in right words. Underage writers writing adult erotica is something very disturbing. Hope they find something to stop or at least lessen this ever growing trend.

@AakritiPathak Oh! I feel bad to hear that. I hope you publish it soon.

@sianathan76 Hi! I'm sorry, but the book was hit majorly by Wattpad's ongoing shadowban, and it got flagged as violating Wattpad guidelines (tho I really can't see how so). I'll get it back by next week max, just waiting a bit for Wattpad to settle its shit :)

@Island12spice oh hiiii! How have you been? It's so good to see an old friend around

Yea I remember the story quite well…siblings rivalry at its worst.  I was way into the story when you pulled it down…glad that you have decided to put it back up.

@laurmilangie first part: We derive this whole knowledge about Gods and their incarnation from the written scriptures, and the oldest temples whose walls were/are engraved with stories of these incarnations. Some of these temples' dating goes beyond thousands of years. The oldest scriptures include the Vedas which were orally transmitted since 2nd Millenium BC. We've four Vedas, and one of the first, The Rig Veda was written down around 1500-1200 BC. From here we get to know that Lord Vishnu has 10 avatars (incarnations).
            
            As for good or bad, in Hinduism we believe in the continuous cycle of life and death, and we focus on ethics, values, morals, good deeds, bad deeds. For instance the world, according to Hinduism, is in a stage where gradually the vices will overpower the virtues of the people, and this will result in degradation of soul and morals, ultimately leading to the world's destruction.
            
            As for Shiva, he's the destructive force, yes. But the destructor of evil qualities and the cycle of cosmic creations. Shiva in sanskrit means the auspicious one. He's destroyer in sense that when the evils are rampant, he'd lead us to a path of channeling the virtues and create a new era, by 'destroying' the darkness. There's no creation without destruction :) 

@AakritiPathak So, hindus count the reincarnation of the gods? And how do guys count and know that this is the 7th? I’ve always thought Shiva as a woman (maybe eastern people’s name with their endings designating gender (stupid me)), and I never thought that Shiva was this destructive force. So is Shiva what easterners consider as bad? Or there are no bad and good for hindus only the balance between them?

@laurmilangie Happy to know you're curious! Yes, Raghuvar (popularly known as Ram) is a symbol of Divinity.
            
            In our hinduism, we worship nature and the three supreme forms - The Creator (who's called Brahma), The Preserver (called Narayan or Vishnu), and The Destroyer (called Shiva). Ram is the 7th incarnation of Lord Vishnu ✨