# Turns out authors and game devs on Reddit actually read the comments

Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit

We read through 84,706 posts and comments from 68 creators' Reddit accounts. Some came for one AMA. A lot of them hang around their own fan subreddits, answering lore questions, owning up to bugs and typos, and telling people about the stuff that got cut.

208 real Reddit replies from 68 authors, game developers, YouTubers and artists: lore answers, cut ideas and their own mistakes.

The companion game, "Can you tell which creator wrote this?": https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/guess

## Five things we noticed

### Answering the lore questions

Fans ask what's canon. Every so often the person who made it shows up and just tells them.

- Eric Barone (u/ConcernedApe) in r/AndroidGaming: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidGaming/comments/b289du/comment/eiraao7/
- Ari Gibson (u/Ari_TeamCherry) in r/gaming: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/6rvds8/comment/dl83dzk/

### The ideas that didn't make it

Procedural mines, a dream level in every bug's head, an ending where everyone on the roof dies. Most cuts happen quietly; these got told.

- Eric Barone (u/ConcernedApe) in r/AndroidGaming: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidGaming/comments/b289du/comment/eiqyxu7/
- V. E. Schwab (u/veschwab) in r/Fantasy: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/60hbms/comment/df6njsi/

### Owning the mistake

A reader finds the bug, the typo or the bad chemistry, and the person who made it just says yep, that's on me.

- Eric Barone (u/ConcernedApe) in r/StardewValley: https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/1rbjzqj/comment/o6sw2ip/
- Joe Abercrombie (u/Joe_Abercrombie) in r/Fantasy: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/f7yulo/comment/fiji4nd/

### When fans send stuff

Tree stumps, troll dolls and a full Emma Frost costume. They remember.

- Don Hertzfeldt (u/donhertzfeldt) in r/movies: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1tndjrg/comment/oo1ilb8/
- Seanan McGuire (u/SeananMcGuire) in r/Fantasy: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/7o4uq8/comment/ds74oll/

### Off duty, regular redditors

The rest of the time they're in r/gardening and r/AmItheAsshole like everybody else. 34 of these 68 accounts posted something in 2026.

- Mary Robinette Kowal (u/MaryRobinette) in r/AmItheAsshole: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/w4z647/comment/ihd4n69/
- C. Robert Cargill (u/Massawyrm) in r/Warhammer: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer/comments/rxmxt0/comment/hrjus5s/

## Best moments

### **Joe Abercrombie** (u/Joe_Abercrombie) in r/books, Dec 5, 2022 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi, Mr. Abercrombie. To go with one of the classic questions; would you rather fight 100 three inch tall Bloody-Nines, or 1 nine feet tall George R R Martin?

> The real GRRM actually is slightly over nine feet tall, and I did fight him during the author wars of 1981. I was unhorsed in the lists but he was gracious in victory and allowed me to keep my writing hand.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/zdar5u/comment/iz0rtg4/ · 2,932 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Joe Abercrombie** (u/Joe_Abercrombie) in r/Fantasy, Feb 23, 2020 · Own mistake

Replying to the post "The Definitive Scientific Guide to Eyebrow-Raising in Fantasy Fiction".

> Ha. Crazy. I'm very conscious of using eyebrows a LOT when I'm doing a first draft, and much of my revision time is spent replacing eyebrow moves with other, more character-specific expressions. When I saw my name at the top of the list I worried that all that effort had been for naught. Then I realised it was in alphabetical order.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/f7yulo/comment/fiji4nd/ · 36 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Mark Lawrence** (u/MarkLawrence) in r/Fantasy, Nov 25, 2023 · Funny

Replying to the post "Most overused line in fantasy".

> He moved quickly for such a big man, while drawing in the breath he'd forgotten to take, and smiling a smile that didn't reach his eyes.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/183tx6h/comment/kar1gmu/ · 1,034 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Mark Lawrence** (u/MarkLawrence) in r/Fantasy, Apr 8, 2025 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Ohai Mark. How do you decide on character names? Is there anyone at all in any of your books who's name was originally something else? Who is your least favourite character to write? Are there any "Marvel What If" style alternate universes that you can see working out extremely…

> Jorg was originally Jorge, but then I discovered that Americans would pronounce that Hoor-hey, and that felt so at odds with what I'd been 'saying' in my head for years that I just lopped off the 'e', little suspecting that people would take this as license to replace the J with a Y :D

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1judmog/comment/mm20rd4/ · 15 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **V. E. Schwab** (u/veschwab) in r/Fantasy, Mar 20, 2017 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi! I just wanted to say that I adore your books, especially Lila as a character. My question is, have you ever seen the anime Hellsing?

> YES I'VE SEEN IT AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE NAME ALUCARD AND NO AT THE TIME I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS DRACULA BACKWARDS PUT IT ON MY TOMBSTONE.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/60hbms/comment/df6oows/ · 28 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **V. E. Schwab** (u/veschwab) in r/Fantasy, Mar 20, 2017 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> You once said that there was a different ending to A Gathering of Shadows could you tell us what that ending was?

> The original ending was set about 2 chapters later and involved everyone on the rooftop dying :p That's what happens when writers don't get enough sleep.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/60hbms/comment/df6njsi/ · 11 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **V. E. Schwab** (u/veschwab) in r/Fantasy, Mar 20, 2017 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi V, A couple months ago when I met you at a signing in Toronto, I asked you about the alliteration behind Eli's 'superhero' name (Eli Ever). I thought it was quite neat and liked that it mirrored Victor's name (Victor 'Vicious'). I recall your explaining that Victor had a…

> So originally (as in the very, very early days of drafting), VICIOUS was about a different character entirely, an EO--ExtraOrdinary--who moves to a city and has two different gangs try to recruit him, the Heroes and the Villains (one led by Eli and the other by Victor). In this version, the characters on both sides had more comic book superhero/villain names, and Victor's--before he even had a real name--was VICIOUS. From there, I backed up and got Vic. And from there, Victor. The original story went away, but his name stuck.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/60hbms/comment/df6oeqd/ · 5 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Naomi Novik** (u/naominovik) in r/books, Jul 10, 2018 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hey Naomi, huge fan of your stuff. Started with Temeraire and absolutely fell in love with Uprooted. What was your inspiration for moving to fairytale esque stories from a historical fiction setting?

> Procrastination!
>
> I was working on Blood of Tyrants, and I was a bit stuck, and instead of buckling down and getting through it, I wrote the sentence *Our Dragon doesn't eat the girls he takes,* and I knew it wasn't a Temeraire-universe dragon, it was some kind of fantastical or magical dragon, and the first twelve thousand words of *Uprooted* pretty much rolled out from there, accumulating influence from a lot of different fairy tales and family stories and experiences in my head.
>
> And then I was a good author and went and finished the book I was on deadline for first. But I'd already sent it to my editor (Anne Groell at PRH), and we'd agreed it was up next.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/8xppqk/comment/e24yolp/ · 39 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Naomi Novik** (u/naominovik) in r/TheScholomance, Nov 11, 2022 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> How early in the writing process did you know Orion was a mawmouth?

> I figured it out after I wrote the scene with Gwen's note (which happened when I was about 70% of the way through Deadly Education). Once I saw her warning I realized that was what she was warning El about (without fully herself knowing what she was seeing).

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheScholomance/comments/ysin2b/comment/ivzflkw/ · 110 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Brent Weeks** (u/BrentWeeks) in r/Fantasy, Oct 15, 2019 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Why do you think Joe Abercrombie's books are so much better than yours, Brent? Is it the British sense of humour or just far superior intellect on his part?

> I hate to admit it, but I think it's the grasp of regional dialect that sets you apart. I mean, I'm a Montana native, and when I read Red Country, I just had to set it down, flabbergasted. This man, I thought, writes a fantasy Western like a man with deep, deep roots. In the South. Of England.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/di8ox8/comment/f3vqbx4/ · 373 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Brent Weeks** (u/BrentWeeks) in r/Fantasy, Apr 20, 2023 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> So many questions, but it is an AMA, so let's go with this one. The Black kakari can speak, Ezra "uses" it as a template for 6 more lesser kakari. Ezra calls himself the good guy, Durzo is trying to foul Ezra's plans. Durzo refused his part, and actively hinders bringing Jorsin…

> Before I wrote the Night Angel trilogy, I wrote another book set in Midcyru, 20 years later. The book was ... a good first effort. I liked the worldbuilding and some of the characters who showed up. I decided to trunk it, though. But I decided to save my effort by having what I'd written be the actual future of the world. I knew where things were headed twenty years after the NAT, so I could foreshadow it.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/12t6dar/comment/jh1lvo3/ · 134 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Hugh Howey** (u/hughhowey) in r/SiloSeries, Sep 11, 2026 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> What was the original spark for Juliette as a character? Before she became the Juliette we know, who did you first imagine her to be, and what made you realize she was going to become the person at the center of this story?

> I think I was inspired by Ripley from Alien, Sarah Connor from Terminator, and Lindsey from The Abyss.
>
> Holy shit. It's James Cameron. He's the one.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/SiloSeries/comments/1wa258b/comment/p92b7bt/ · 56 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Christopher Paolini** (u/ChristopherPaolini) in r/Eragon, Apr 29, 2018 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> If a new movie ever happens, would you prefer to go the route of JK Rowling on Harry Potter, being protective but letting others write, or JK route on Fantastic Beasts, writing the script yourself? Also, is there any specific director you'd love to direct it?

> If a new movie ever happens, I'd like to be involved as possible. At this point, I understand the story way better than anyone else will who comes in from the outside.
>
> Funny thing is, when Fox was starting production, they asked me if I had any recommendations for directors. I gave them a list of four/five directors, which included Alfonso Cuaron (before he had done Harry Potter), Del Toro, and an up-and-coming director who had only done a few indie movies at that point. Movies like . . . Insomnia and Memento. At which point the executives told me, "Oh no, we can do better than that." Lol.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eragon/comments/8fpwfo/comment/dy6hcuk/ · 3,628 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Christopher Paolini** (u/ChristopherPaolini) in r/books, Apr 25, 2023 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi, Chris! Was it ever on the table that Shruikan would turn on Galbatorix? We spent a long time learning that he wasn't really to blame for all the bad stuff that happened, and that he himself was a victim, being controlled and all. This led me to believe that >!he'd end up…

> As for alternate endings, yes. There were a few things I considered but didn't execute. Such as killing Murtagh and Thorn. Having Arya leave with Eragon at the end. Not killing Islanzadí. Having Roran become king. You know, small things like that.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/12yqxp2/comment/jhou7yj/ · 548 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Christopher Paolini** (u/ChristopherPaolini) in r/Eragon, May 31, 2026 · Own mistake

Replying to the post "This scene in book 2 doesn’t work (chemistry-wise), I’ll prove it to you".

> So, I got too clever here. I'd been listening to a history of science course from the Great Courses company (thus Orrin's interest in natural philosophy), and that inspired this bit. Originally I wrote the scene with sodium, but then I got worried that some kid might try imitating Orrin, so I changed it to phosphorus.
>
> In retrospect, I was being overly concerned. Would use sodium if I were doing it again. (Might have even fixed it in reprints. Can't remember.)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eragon/comments/1trfi3u/comment/ooure8w/ · 105 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **James S. A. Corey** (u/JamesSACorey) in r/TheExpanse, Feb 17, 2025 · Funny

Replying to the post "The crew of the Roci has started a game of D&D. Here's what I think everyone's playing.".

> This is incorrect.
>
> Holden plays a Cleric, and selects the domains with the widest variety of support and healing spells.  He probably carries a weapon, whichever his god favors, but rarely uses it.  He's all about the support class.
>
> Naomi plays a gnome artificer, and spends the entire game asking the DM which things can be turned into other things, to the annoyance of the other players, but occasionally she will have made the exact thing that solves the current problem so people eventually stop grumbling.
>
> Amos plays a halfing bard because he saw a picture of one in the handbook and thought it looked adorable.  He has all the usual bard social skills but never uses them, instead charging into battle wielding a tiny rapier.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/1irnsky/comment/mdavukl/ · 116 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **James S. A. Corey** (u/JamesSACorey) in r/IAmA, Sep 13, 2023 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi! Thanks for creating such an amazing universe to experience! How long did you know the ending of the series? Was it from the start or did things change as you wrote? Thanks again, y’all gave me countless hours of enjoyment!

> [ty] We knew the last scene when we were plotting book 2.  In fact, Ty told Daniel what the last line was, and nearly ten years later that's the last line of dialog we used.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/16htpbi/comment/k0g0pf0/ · 270 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Tad Williams** (u/Tad_Williams) in r/TadWilliams, Dec 8, 2024 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> On one of your livestreams I think you mentioned cutting an undead dragon from Last King due to the then still running Game of Thrones, was that the original form the Ogre would take? IMHO I think the Ogre as it exists is a pretty cool creature, very alien and unique for the…

> No, the ogre was always meant to be what it turns out to be.  The dragon was going to be the beast sacrificed (SPOILER HERE) to resurrect Hakatri.  It was going to be raised by one of Akhenabi's spells.  But I hadn't reached that part of George's work in my own reading, and when I realized he had already done something like that, I decided not to use it for fear of people thinking I'd deliberately copied it.
>
> It would have been very dead and very smelly.  That might have been interesting, I suppose, but it was not to be.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TadWilliams/comments/1h9s40m/comment/m143c22/ · 4 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Tad Williams** (u/Tad_Williams) in r/TadWilliams, Dec 8, 2024 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Just pretty curious about the very helpful cat! We see him/her with Simon down below the castle and then in Amarasu’s tree home and later with Guthwulf back under the castle. Where does this very helpful cat come from and for that matter go? Thank you so much!!

> Amusingly, that cat and its magical impact in various situations is a direct response to how Tailchaser's Song (selling it and getting it published) -- which, for those who don't know, was my first novel, a fantasy about cats -- affected my life.  I often thought (and still think) in amazement of how that imaginary cat who was born from an old typewriter on my kitchen table when I had no idea of ever being a working writer, went on to cross the world.  It's still in print, forty years on!  That's truly a magical cat.
>
> I realize that doesn't answer the in-universe question about the cat, but I'm okay with some things remaining mysteries.  Maybe it was a friend of Geloë's?

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TadWilliams/comments/1h9s40m/comment/m138raz/ · 14 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Steven Erikson** (u/StevenErikson) in r/Fantasy, Feb 28, 2012 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> I know that your series was loosely based on an RPG that you ran, and I find that fascinating. I've read your essay on the subject [(for the lazy)](http://www.stevenerikson.com/index.php/the-world-of-the-malazan-empire-and-role-playing-games/), but I had a few questions on the…

> There's a fair mix of game characters and novel characters.  I think I've given brief lists in other interviews, but for the main ones: I was Dancer and Cam was Kellanved (though in the game he called himself Dr Wu): I was Anomander and Caladan and Cam was Whiskeyjack, K'azz, Greymane.  I was Kruppe and Rallick; Cam was Baruk and Coll.  A bunch of guys got in on things later, making up Fiddler's squad in the Bonehunters (barring Corabb and Cuttle).  A good friend was Karsa Orlong and went through the hell that was Book One in House of Chains.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/q8zyv/comment/c3vxo7x/ · 10 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Mary Robinette Kowal** (u/MaryRobinette) in r/AmItheAsshole, Jul 23, 2022 · Normal redditor

Replying to the post "AITA for making our guests participate in our puppet themed wedding?".

> YTA I'm a professional puppeteer and I think it's lovely that you want puppets incorporated into your wedding.
>
> But it's a physically demanding gig and asking people to use muscles that they've never engaged before FOR HOURS will be exhausting, painful, and no fun. It'll also lead to a room filled with dead puppets as people abandon them out of pain or just forget about them.
>
> You know how bad bad puppetry is. Do you really want to look at a room of terribly manipulated puppets. It'll make your teeth hurt.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/w4z647/comment/ihd4n69/ · 54 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Mary Robinette Kowal** (u/MaryRobinette) in r/Fantasy, Apr 5, 2013 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> You've worked with a lot of "big name" authors. Have any humorous stories about working with them that you can share without them putting a price on your head?

> I was hanging out at Penguicon with Scalzi, Tobias Buckell, Cherie Priest, and Pat Rothfuss. Scalzi was given Pat grief about *Name of the Wind* and how he started the novel in a tavern and they were eating stew and crusty bread.
>
> Pat protested that they were *not* eating crusty bread and stew.
>
> So I picked up a copy of the book, which I hadn't read yet, and flipped to the first chapter and read, "He broke a piece of crusty bread into his stew."
>
> Pat clapped his hands to his face like he'd been left home alone. "Nooooo!!! I didn't. Oh noooo."
>
> "No." I closed the book. "I just made that up."

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1bo12x/comment/c98r3zy/ · 35 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Andy Weir** (u/sephalon) in r/IAmA, May 25, 2021 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Of all of the ideas for writing you've ever had, is there one you can say, undoubtedly, is the single worst idea that you decided to backpedal on? If so, can you share it?

> I had an idea for a guy who appears to be really lucky, but in the end it turns out his cat is really lucky and good stuff happens to the guy because the cat likes him.
>
> I decided not to develop that idea.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/nkva3o/comment/gzf1x8o/ · 1,483 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Andy Weir** (u/sephalon) in r/themartian, Jun 14, 2015 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Andy, thank you for a fantastic book. I don't believe it was ever confirmed in the book that the Ares 3 crew arrived back to Earth safely. Although I assume they do, was there ever any doubt or was it intentionally left to the readers assumption? How did the events of Ares 3…

> The only thing I had set in stone was that he would survive. Pretty much everything else was just made up as I went along. Including the Rich Purnell Maneuver. Originally my plan was for him to just survive until Ares 4 landed, and he'd just be there at their landing site.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/themartian/comments/39rzyx/comment/cs5zkhp/ · 36 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Andy Weir** (u/sephalon) in r/books, Dec 4, 2017 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Is there an In-N-Out Burger in Artemis?

> Hmm. Well there could be, but it would be expensive. They could ship in flour and salt to make the bread for the buns. But they'd have to import the meat. So it would come frozen. (Definitely no Wendy's in Artemis, then).
>
> A Double-Double has a quarter pound (pre-cook mass) of meat. That's 113g of meat. Plus another 50g or so of other imported material for the bun, sauce, etc. Plus the cost of the business itself. So that's about 160 slugs. There are 6 slugs to the (2015) dollar. So that means it's about $26.60 in shipping costs. That, plus the $3.50 it costs in the real world means getting an in-n-out burger in Artemis would cost you about $30 in today's money.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/7hjh84/comment/dqrh46j/ · 646 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Sam Sykes** (u/SamSykes) in r/Fantasy, May 4, 2015 · Funny

Replying to the post "Subvert your own Trope!".

> Farm boy receives quest to go to save the world.
>
> Farm boy arrives at Dark Lord's evil realm, realizes he doesn't know shit about swordplay or magic or anything except irrigation and wheat germ seeding.
>
> Farm boy solves food crisis by introducing advanced agricultural practice to the orcish hordes.  With their immediate needs for food and safety met, the orcs advance up Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and begin questing for self-realization.  Immediately, governmental reform is established and the Dark Lord is outed in a democratic vote after a lengthy campaign.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/34t6a5/comment/cqxuih5/ · 59 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Seanan McGuire** (u/SeananMcGuire) in r/Fantasy, Dec 17, 2024 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> I've wanted the chance to ask you this for SO long! 😃 Is Karen Brown named after Karen from Mean Girls? My reasoning for asking is: all the Brown kids' have the gift of prophecy, and the eldest is named "Cassandra". The name "Jessica" was probably derived (by Shakespeare!) from…

> ...I can't believe someone finally identified the origins of Karen's name.  Congratulations!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1hgfxfk/comment/m2jcl0k/ · 157 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Seanan McGuire** (u/SeananMcGuire) in r/StarKid, Jul 31, 2026 · Hobby

**Kandi for Tomb Quest, a Mathematical Adventure.**

> Last year for The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals Reprise, I got started on my bracelet making a little later than I would have preferred, and went in with 272 bracelets. I had been aiming for 360--one for every seat in the El Portal Theater.
>
> When this year started with rumors of a two-show year, I doubled down on my planning, aiming to have one bracelet for every seat at the El Portal and one for every seat at the Chicago Apollo, which seemed like the most likely second theater, so a total of 810.
>
> And then the second (first) show was in London. And Tomb Quest is in a smaller theater. And, well. I got kinda focused, and I overshot my goal by...
>
> A bit.
>
> I am going into Tomb Quest with approximately 2,200-3,000 finished bracelets, divided into twelve categories:
>
> Starship
>
> Twisted
>
> Firebringer
>
> Holy Musical B@man
>
> Trail to Oregon
>
> Cinderella's Castle
>
> TGWDLM
>
> Black Friday
>
> NPMD
>
> Nightmare Time
>
> Unassigned/general Starkid
>
> Tomb Quest
>
> They weigh thirty pounds.
>
> I'll be at the evening show on the 21st, both shows on the 22nd, and the evening show on the 23rd. Please come save me from my own craft project.
>
> (You can get some visuals here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbd-Au-gVI6/?img_index=1 )

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarKid/comments/1vc7gdg/kandi_for_tomb_quest_a_mathematical_adventure/ · 21 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Scott Lynch** (u/ScottLynch78) in r/gentlemanbastards, Jan 7, 2025 · Behind the scenes

Replying to the post "Is Gentleman Bastards heavily based off of Robin Hobb's Elderling series or am I losing my mind?".

> Regal wasn't named after Prince Regal; he was based on a kitten I had at the time named Thor, as the joke was that Thor was a random goof who was anything but regal.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/gentlemanbastards/comments/1hvnxto/comment/m5vemwy/ · 264 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Scott Lynch** (u/ScottLynch78) in r/gentlemanbastards, Oct 28, 2024 · Own mistake

Replying to the post "[Red Seas] Is this a mistake?".

> It's an author mistake, the guy has a certain glib recklessness to his earlier work that sometimes stretched the abilities of even the most nimble-witted copy editors. You should try to spot the bit where he puts a month in two different parts of the year, he's still trying to come up with some sort of plausible diegetic way to explain that one.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/gentlemanbastards/comments/1gd5l30/comment/lu9isj7/ · 24 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Max Brooks** (u/IamMaxBrooks) in r/IAmA, Mar 25, 2014 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> After reading your books like World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, I only have one question; how did you transition from writing on jokes on Saturday Night Live to horror?

> Well let me see. I think my transition away from writing jokes for Saturday Night Live would have be the moment when they fired me.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/21cwll/comment/cgbvg5g/ · 1,663 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **R. A. Salvatore** (u/RASalvatore) in r/IAmA, Feb 7, 2012 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> my current skyrim character is named drizzt, thank you for everything you've done!

> I can't tell you how many variations of my characters I've run into over the years in Warcraft and Everquest. It's way cool, believe me.
>
> I was in a PUG with my character "Bruenorr" and "Innovindil" was the group leader. She pm'd me: "Salvatore for the win!" I was tickled, so after a while of back and forth, I told her who I was. She started quizzing me, and when I told her that no, I hadn't been on this particular MUD she was naming (I've never played a MUD since ZORK), she accused me of being a fraud and had me booted from the group!
>
> Go figure.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/pey0c/comment/c3ot9ip/ · 466 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **R. A. Salvatore** (u/RASalvatore) in r/IAmA, Aug 1, 2012 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Do you keep a "series bible"? Any advice for keeping things consistent and avoiding mistakes with character/setting details over so many novels?

> WotC keeps one, and it's a good thing! Too many books! Too many years!
>
> I remember I was thrilled when I started writing "Servant of the Shard" because Jarlaxle could finally be front and center. Then I was terrified because I was on a tight deadline and realized that I had no idea of what this guy had for equipment, given all of his cameos in the previous books. So I went to a message board anonymously and started a thread "Let's inventory Jarlaxle's cool items!" A few days later, I downloaded and printed the 10-page thread - these folks had put in page numbers from the books and everything in their discussion of Jarlaxle...hehehe.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/xi3zr/comment/c5mjxih/ · 1,172 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **R. A. Salvatore** (u/RASalvatore) in r/IAmA, Feb 7, 2012 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> STAR WARS SPOILERS I'm going to ignore your fantasy for a moment and focus on another issue, the death of chewbacca. I'm curious how it felt to write that story, really that capstone on such a loved character in Star Wars. Did you know going into the project that you were going…

> I was in a conference call with DelRey and Lucasfilm when the editors expressed that they loved the outline. (paraphrasing here) "This is exactly what we want, but didn't anyone tell you? You have to kill Chewey."
>
> I won't type the next two words that came out of my mouth. After a couple of days of arguments and, well, terror, they had convinced me that they were doing it for the right reasons, and well, George was down with it, and it's his galaxy far, far away, so I did it.
>
> The responses have been mixed, with some people loving the new direction, other people devastated. I think it might be the only thing I've ever regretted; I don't think I'd go back and do that one again.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/pey0c/comment/c3ot1ja/ · 586 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **C. Robert Cargill** (u/Massawyrm) in r/Warhammer, Jan 6, 2022 · Hobby

Replying to the post "GW Stiffed me on Srgt Castus".

> Hey brother, GW accidentally sent me two. It's an amazing model, but so distinct there would be no need to ever field two. DM me your addy and I'll pop my spare into the mail and get you straight.
>
> **EDIT:** Coordinates received. Sgt. Castus has been successfully deployed to a new warzone. Godspeed through the warp, Battle Brother.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer/comments/rxmxt0/comment/hrjus5s/ · 494 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Robert Jackson Bennett** (u/Robertjbennett) in r/Fantasy, May 23, 2019 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> Hey! Thanks for doing an AMA. What do you think the trick is for making imaginary cities feel tangible and solid?

> For example, the reason the Brooklyn Dodgers are called that is because back at the turn of the century, the city started using electrified trolleys, which moved far, far faster than the horse drawn trolleys. Citizens simply could not conceive of a vehicle moving at 20 miles an hour. They didn't have the societal programming built in to make them aware. So pedestrians died by the dozens, crushed by electrified trolleys hurtling through the streets. So when Brooklyn got a baseball team, they called them the Trolley Dodgers, and eventually lost the trolley part.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/bs7hlp/comment/eojtarb/ · 106 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Peter Watts** (u/The-Squidnapper) in r/IAmA, Aug 26, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Dr. Watts -- big fan! I was the one who put together [this in-depth guide to your work](http://www.metafilter.com/142209/If-were-not-in-pain-were-not-alive) the other day for anybody unfamiliar -- thanks for dropping by in the comments! I was curious about the names you chose…

> And Jukka was the name of a friend of my first known overseas fan, in Finland; I was looking for a name with overtones of icy albino psychopathy, so who better than the Finns? (Actually, the Norwegians-- but I didn't have any Norwegian connections back then.) Little did I know that every third male in that blasted country is named "Jukka". When I did my book signings, I ran into so many Jukkas in the first five minutes that I thought either a) the whole damn con was yanking my chain, or b) Blindsight had been so influential that half the male population had had their names legally changed.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2enwks/comment/ck1ca5w/ · 40 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Peter Watts** (u/The-Squidnapper) in r/scifiwriting, Sep 12, 2023 · Advice

Replying to the post "How do I stop from having Peter Watts living rent free in my head?".

> Please, please do not be discouraged. At least, not by me.  I am actually quite cuddly in person. Listen to everyone else here. I officially approve their content.
>
> That said, if you don't like me living rent-free in your head, you could always pay me to leave...

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/scifiwriting/comments/16cime5/comment/k092lhb/ · 5 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Chuck Palahniuk** (u/ChuckPalahniuk62) in r/IAmA, Apr 18, 2013 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi, Mr. Palahniuk, I'm doing my senior year research paper on *Invisible Monsters,* and I was wondering if there was any perspective you could give me on any part of the book that most people don't think about or realize? It would be incredibly helpful. Thank you for doing this.

> My original goal, back when I had integrity, was to write all my books with two-word oxymoron titles -- Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, etc.  'Survivor' was first called 'Unnatural Disasters.'  But I loved how monsters are usually defined by their appearance, so how could one be invisible and still be regarded as a monster?  Think on THAT.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ckp9q/comment/c9hhb45/ · 1,726 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Pierce Brown** (u/Dracones) in r/books, Jul 26, 2019 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> You had said that Pax Au Telemanus' name was pulled from a hat when deciding who had to go. Has there been anyone else pulled from a hat? Is there anyone immune from the draw?

> No one else has been pulled from a hat, because I haven't faced a dilemma like that in a bit. But I still have the hat, sooooo

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/ci3x72/comment/ev1u3on/ · 25 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Django Wexler** (u/DjangoWexler) in r/Fantasy, Dec 3, 2025 · Funny

Replying to the post "What’s the most creative military tactic you’ve read about?".

> Hmm.
>
> Driving a bunch of elephants through snowy passes to descend on an unsuspecting enemy who's barely seen elephants before?  Tying torches to the horns of oxen and stampeding them into the enemy camp at night, so they think a full attack is incoming?  Cavalry waiting until the harbor freezes so they can charge across the ice and capture the enemy fleet?
>
> All seems pretty implausible to me.  =)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1pdaeat/comment/ns3m2wc/ · 308 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Eric Barone** (u/ConcernedApe) in r/StardewValley, Feb 22, 2026 · Own mistake

Replying to the post "Finally decided to marry Elliot and he immediately gives me the ick 😭".

> This is a mistake. He was supposed to say this if  you marry Leah
>
> When I'm doing dialogues like this I will often copy and paste an entry from another data sheet first, just to get the formatting right. Then I'll edit the actual data. In this case I must've copied the entry from Leah (she comments if you marry elliott), and then forgotten to change the part that was targeting Elliott

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/1rbjzqj/comment/o6sw2ip/ · 14,654 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Eric Barone** (u/ConcernedApe) in r/AndroidGaming, Mar 17, 2019 · Cut idea

In the thread "I'm ConcernedApe, creator of Stardew Valley. Ask me anything!".

> Yeah, the mines used to be procedurally generated, and had things like boss fights, treasure rooms, and goblin cities in them. I was also planning on allowing you to build buildings down there, and even do cave farming. It was an extremely ambitious idea, and I actually implemented most of it... unfortunately, it ended up not feeling right and it just wasn't fun... so I scrapped the whole thing and started over, on the mine system that's in the game today. That was a really depressing moment in development, though

Context: a redditor asked about features he built and then cut (https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidGaming/comments/b289du/)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidGaming/comments/b289du/comment/eiqyxu7/ · 447 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Eric Barone** (u/ConcernedApe) in r/AndroidGaming, Mar 17, 2019 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Was Abigail eating gems an intentional thing?

> haha actually, no... it was an oversight on my part. But once something like that is in the game and becomes part of the lore, you can't really change it. Nor would I want to!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidGaming/comments/b289du/comment/eiraao7/ · 47 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Michal Kovařík** (u/kovarex) in r/factorio, May 30, 2017 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> What gave the idea of "two lanes" on conveyor belts?

> It was a coincidence. With the first version of belts that had no curves, things tended to stay on one part of the belt after corner. After some time, we started to use it, but to make it really useful, we had to make proper curved corners for that.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/6e6tkw/comment/di85gnk/ · 236 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Jens Bergensten** (u/jeb_) in r/Minecraft, Jul 14, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to the post "10 Things You Might Not Know In Minecraft (Different from the usual ones)".

> I can give you a 10th one, as this hasn't been identified on the wiki for over 2 years now...
>
> Splash 299, "I see your vocabulary has improved!" is not a reference to the translations, but a reference to "Lands of Lore 2", a game by Westwood Studios in 1997.
>
> I don't remember the details exactly, but during the game you encounter the same boss several times (called Belial), and every time it has become bigger, stronger, and smarter. At the third encounter or so, Belial says "Come... closer... I am your friend" (if I remember correctly), to which the player character Luthor responds "Congratulations, Belial! I see your vocabulary has improved!". The then teenager me found this hilarious.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/2ao3dp/comment/cixd8pk/ · 53 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Jens Bergensten** (u/jeb_) in r/Minecraft, May 28, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to the post "Twitter / jeb_: With the help of reddit and ...".

> Some more info:
>
> I liked **Shale** / **Seashale**, but this isn't shale and maybe we want to add actual shale in the future.
>
> I liked **Neptone** / **Nepton**, but I want to avoid referencing Roman mythology (Neptune) if possible. Same with names playing on Atlantis ("Atlantite") and Poseidon.
>
> I picked **Prismarine** because 1) it sounds good, 2) it references water with "marine", 3) it references its "shimmering effect" I hinted at with "prism", and 4) it doesn't really mean anything in the real world.
>
> Thanks again for all the suggestions, it was super helpful!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/26op99/comment/cht13ys/ · 1,000 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Nathan Adams** (u/Dinnerbone) in r/Minecraft, Sep 2, 2020 · Own mistake

Replying to a redditor:

> Yeah I swear cliffdiving is almost an intentional feature it's so common and so difficult

> When I added this as a feature, I wanted them to take the fall time into consideration for their fuse - so big drops would explode quicker. I forgot to add a cap onto it though, and so for a short while it would rain instant-exploding creepers onto you. Fun but scary!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ikvfid/comment/g3pe55s/ · 92 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Nathan Adams** (u/Dinnerbone) in r/Minecraft, Jul 18, 2020 · Behind the scenes

Replying to the post "BIG NEWS! We have found the SEED of Minecraft's title-screen background PANORAMA!".

> Interesting stuff, nice work!
>
> The first title screen panorama was actually originally in-game render of a live world, with custom worldgen and the seed "splash" 100. I would have figured this was a screenshot from that, but consider me surprised and impressed! :D
>
> Edit: It turns out that was an even earlier panorama, and the one in this post came later. The first one was never released, though. Here's a screenshot of what it would have looked like: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/721776112014721096/734129117058039808/unknown.png

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/hthrmk/comment/fyherp0/ · 3,622 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Tim Schafer** (u/TimOfLegend) in r/IAmA, Jun 1, 2012 · Behind the scenes

In the thread "We're Humble Indie Bundle V: creators of Psychonauts, LIMBO, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Bastion, and Humble Bundle. Ask us anything!".

> I remember trying to think of a name for the company that summed up everything that we were about, but that didn't work because that's impossible. Then I thought of how Rare didn't really mean anything (except it sounded vaguely positive) and so I reset my standards to "something that doesn't really mean anything but sounded vaguely positive." And there was a sign on the Golden Gate bridge that said, "Slow to 45 mph - Double Fine Zone."

Context: a redditor asked how the studios chose their names (https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ufxcg/)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ufxcg/comment/c4v1yyy/ · 338 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Tim Schafer** (u/TimOfLegend) in r/IAmA, Mar 4, 2012 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> Can you expand on what the "three-headed-monkey rule" is?

> I put that line in as a joke and was about to cut it but Ron Gilbert said no, leave it in, and he was right. And that's when I learned that the normal human tendency is to over-censor yourself. Sometimes you think, no, that joke is TOO silly, to weird, but in fact it's not.
>
> (Except when it is.)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/qhk98/comment/c3xoqa9/ · 228 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Tim Schafer** (u/TimOfLegend) in r/IAmA, Jan 11, 2016 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> What gave you the idea to make Meat Circus? All of the levels in Psychonauts are so inspired and interesting, so I could ask the same thing about any of them, but Meat Circus seems so different from the rest in terms of its concept.

> Originally, the game had two final levels. One in Raz's mind that was his memories of the circus. One was in Oleander's mind, in his father's butcher shop. Our publisher was pushing us to cut one level, so we combined the last two! :)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/40i8ej/comment/cyue5pr/ · 192 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Josh Sawyer** (u/jesawyer) in r/projecteternity, Jul 25, 2017 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Yes. Even in BG/IE games not everything was Latin - some of it was also gibberish.

> The spellcasting incantations in Pillars of Eternity are all in Eld Aedyran and Engwithan.
>
> "A ulu thenn." = To ashes.
> "Moeith ixi anath." = Power of my soul.
> "Lavaru bion sik." = Speech cuts flesh.
> "Brith u lichna." = Bond of magic.
> "Athek werthan roth." = Return (to the) Wheel.
> "Craeft afyllath thyr lim." = Skill/strength fills their limb
> "Cwethe sealmes mihtum." = I speak songs of power."
> "Werde bylfan an sawel." Words embolden the soul.
> "Cro ak ten!" = Blood and fire!
> "Sakrithu!" = Damned!
> "Ix maru!" = Of death!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/projecteternity/comments/6perfh/comment/dkpfof2/ · 63 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Tim Cain** (u/TimCain) in r/AskReddit, Apr 5, 2022 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> War never changes

> Hehe, I wrote that line during a commercial break while watching The Simpsons, and the rest of the introduction after the show was over. I’ve never written anything again as good, so The Simpsons must be my muse.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/twwd52/comment/i3ieb7w/ · 25 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Tim Cain** (u/TimCain) in r/Fallout, Jun 18, 2015 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> [This is the stuff of nightmares.](http://i.imgur.com/UYabc5H.jpg)

> To be fair, I had no idea that icon was in the game. Another programmer added it secretly as the "large" size icon, and I never used large icons in Windows 95 so I just saw the regular Fallout icon. Unfortunately, after Windows NT, all Windows versions started using the large size icons by default, so that's what most people see now.
>
> TLDR: I am sorry my head frightens you.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/3aaa9z/comment/csaug16/ · 274 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Tim Cain** (u/TimCain) in r/Fallout, Dec 9, 2022 · Behind the scenes

Replying to the post "Possible Seussian connection to Fallout".

> I would love to tell you that there was a connection. But the truth is that the colors blue and yellow were used for the vault suit in Fallout because they were under-utilized colors from the limited palette of colors we had to use, and I told the art director “use them or lose them”. That’s it. Nothing deeper.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/zde4u2/comment/izhej0k/ · 5 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Noel Berry** (u/NoelFB) in r/gamedev, Aug 24, 2018 · Behind the scenes

Replying to the post "How is the hair in celeste made?".

> Hey, I coded Madeline's hair in Celeste. The character sprite is [drawn without her hair](https://imgur.com/wpXpWb6), and then we add it in afterwards in real time. The hair is a list of about 5 or 6 points that follow each other with an offset and maximum distance, with the first point being anchored to her head. Each point just draws a simple circle, reducing in size the further away it is.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/9a0cfr/comment/e4rvrg2/ · 1,227 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Noel Berry** (u/NoelFB) in r/celestegame, Oct 3, 2018 · Behind the scenes

Replying to the post "Were Noel Berry and Matt Thorson born in Vancouver, Canada?".

> We've lived in Vancouver for 5+ years, but we're both from elsewhere in Canada. Our original prototype (the PICO-8 game) was called "Everest" but we chose Celeste after searching for mountain names in British Columbia, and that one stuck.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/celestegame/comments/9kvmh4/comment/e738xm9/ · 8 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Henrik Fåhraeus** (u/pdx_wiz) in r/paradoxplaza, Dec 22, 2015 · Behind the scenes

Replying to the post "Can someone explain the whole "Jan Mayen" thing.".

> When I was new at Paradox, one of my first assignments was to help with Heart of Darkness, which was in crunch/panic mode. One late night during that crunch, I noticed that the province of Jan Mayen not only existed but had 40k pop (it was set to temperate back then). After googling Jan Mayen I asked podcat why on earth it was even a province, and he trollingly replied 'you're right, it should be a country'.
>
> Ten minutes later, I sent him a screenshot of the new country of Jan Mayen, complete with polar bear flag.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/paradoxplaza/comments/3xuu35/comment/cy802il/ · 336 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Ari Gibson** (u/Ari_TeamCherry) in r/gaming, Aug 6, 2017 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Hey TC, thanks for making an amazing game! *Lore questions* - How does Leg Eater convince the Lumaflies in his fireplace not to fly away? - Can you wink-nudge us in the direction of understanding the hidden Grub diagram in the Tower of Love, or is that going to be a "hmm…

> Vespa to Hornet was intentional. There was an old concept here that may still apply: Hornet was the 'Child of Three Queens,' one birthed, one raised, one trained. It is from the third queen that Hornet took her name.
> Whether that notion still applies however, I can't confirm, though it was definitely the basis for the names.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/6rvds8/comment/dl83dzk/ · 20 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Ari Gibson** (u/Ari_TeamCherry) in r/gaming, Aug 6, 2017 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Why was it decided to cut certain content from the game? (Eg. The forest of bones, or dream diving) And is there a possibility of them still appearing?

> We did experiment with a full dream diving system (Dream levels in every NPC's head!), but it ended up feeling really disjointed and distracted from exploring the world. The time we saved making dream levels went into more fully fleshing out Hallownest.
>
> Boneforest made the world map too big! Some players get overwhelmed, even at the current size. It was a huge area. Also we would have died making it. We're a tiny team!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/6rvds8/comment/dl80y6u/ · 52 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **William Pellen** (u/William_TeamCherry) in r/NintendoSwitch, Jun 22, 2018 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Can you tell us about a few ideas you had for the Forest of Bones, back when it was in development? I totally understand and support cutting the region -- hell, I can't understand how you've managed to fund the amount of content you've put in the game already, never mind Gods &…

> Off the top of my head:
>
> * It was at the very bottom of the world, accessed via the bottom-right of Deepnest
> * You earned the MOnarch Wings there by fighting a huge bony creature that would chase you across several screens
> * The lava was gonna kill you instantly (but maybe there'd be a charm to prevent that?)
> * There was a locked temple gate at the far-right end. To open it, you'd have to find and light two huge torches guarded by lava worm minibosses. One of the Dreamers would be in the temple... I think maybe the original version of Herrah was gonna be there?
> * It easily would have been the best area of the game, with fifty unique enemies, incredible spine-chilling music, bizarre surprises around every turn etc etc. Imagine your favourite area of Hollow Knight, but 100 times better.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/8swt8n/comment/e12xtfu/ · 220 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Rami Ismail** (u/tha_rami) in r/NuclearThrone, Nov 6, 2017 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Is the game still made in game maker? And if so, how does the screenshake work since sleep is deprecated.

> /// Sleep
> var m = argument0;
> var t = m * UberCont.opt_freeze * 50 / (50 + global.sleepAcc);
> global.sleepAcc += m;
> if (t < 1 || instance_exists(GenCont)) return 0;
> t += current_time;
> while (current_time < t) { };
> /*time = get_timer() / 1000;
> while (get_timer() / 1000 - time < max(1, argument0 * UberCont.opt_freeze)) { }*/
>
> I still cry every time I see this code, and I wrote it for JW.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/NuclearThrone/comments/7az41b/comment/dpfr8d8/ · 17 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Daniel Rosenfeld (C418)** (u/C418) in r/electronicmusic, Mar 25, 2019 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Hey there! I absolutely love Minecraft Volume Alpha, it’s been a huge inspiration to me in my own compositions. Are you familiar with the french composer Erik Satie? His works bear a striking resemblance to yours, and I can’t help but feel that you must have been influenced by…

> Originally, I wasn’t inspired by him, but as soon as I released alpha and everyone told me I was inspired by Satie, I got inspired by Satie.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicmusic/comments/b5brjr/comment/ejdlmml/ · 4 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Austin Wintory** (u/AWintory) in r/IAmA, Apr 11, 2012 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Austin. The Journey OST is incredibly fluid and seamless in its construction, which is all the more amazing when the back-and-forth process took so long. I'm curious as to which track was the "easiest" to compose and which was the most "difficult," and why? Thanks for being…

> The easiest was probably the main theme ("Nascence"). I wrote it the day I first spoke with Jenova, days after Flower came out. We met at the Sony Santa Monica office and he told me what he was looking for and by the time I had walked to my car in the lot, I heard it in mind completely. Very rarely is it so clear.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/s2xaw/comment/c4as8zt/ · 8 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Bear McCreary** (u/bearmccreary) in r/IAmA, Nov 30, 2012 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Another question: Did you know how important the notes in All Along The Watchtower were going to be when you initially composed it, and were the coordinates developed with the music, or done afterwards?

> Then, over a year later, Ron called me and told me (SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!) that he needed the final coordinates for the ship's last jump to be channeled through Kara, remembering the song she was taught as a little girl.  So, I called up Kevin Grazier, the science advisor and asked him how the coordinates work.  He told me we needed 12 numbers to describe a location in three-dimensional space.
>
> It was crazy, like it was pre-ordained.  I knew in an INSTANT how to do it, because that melody happened to be 12 notes.  It was one of those moments when you feel like things must happen for a reason.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/142qwd/comment/c79cnxk/ · 308 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Bear McCreary** (u/bearmccreary) in r/IAmA, Dec 1, 2012 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Can you talk a little about the rare but strategic usage of the "classic" BSG theme music?

> So, in Season 2, there was a chance to introduce the 'National Anthem' of the Colonies.  It was written in the script that it should be the old 'BSG' Theme.  However, I wanted to re-arrange the theme and make it our own.
>
> So, I reached out to Stu and went over to his place.  We sat down and looked at scores, parts, listened to cues.  He gave me all these materials so I could get the theme right.  Make it perfect and really reflect his intentions with my new version.
>
> When I sent him the mp3 of my finished 'Colonial Anthem'... I've never been more nervous.  But, he loved it.  And he and I became very close friends.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/142qwd/comment/c79dj37/ · 74 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Jonathan Coulton** (u/jonathancoulton) in r/IAmA, Jan 31, 2017 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> You've written songs about a corporate zombie and a moody vampire. When are you going to complete the trifecta and write a song about a lovesick werewolf? (Pay no attention to the username of the person asking this question.)

> You know, it is a little strange that I have never found my way to werewolves. I think there might be something about them that I don't find all that compelling. Once a month you turn into a wolf, who cares. Lock yourself in the basement, done. Sure it hurts, your bones elongate and you grow hair very quickly and painfully and stuff, but it just doesn't feel like that big a deal to me. I have a bad day AT LEAST once a month, and I'm not complaining.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5ra0lf/comment/dd5mjer/ · 16 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Matt Parker** (u/standupmaths) in r/badmathematics, Feb 1, 2018 · Funny

Replying to the post "Do you have any mathematical beliefs that border on being crank-y?".

> My crank belief would be that 2 and 3 are not prime. They’re too small to really have factors and so only meet the criteria for prime-ness by default. 5 is the smallest prime which is bigger than a composite number, so it has earned being prime.
>
> This would solve all the prime proofs that need to exclude p=2 and/or p=3.
>
> Crank version of me would reclassify 2 and 3 as being sub-prime numbers.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/badmathematics/comments/7ukjzy/comment/dtl3b7c/ · 109 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Matt Parker** (u/standupmaths) in r/math, Dec 5, 2023 · Funny

Replying to the post "Anyone else can’t seem to get rid of the “math voice”?".

> Without loss of generality, we would like to apologise.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/18b2yyc/comment/kc22o3l/ · 788 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **James Rallison (TheOdd1sOut)** (u/theodd1sout) in r/James, Sep 10, 2021 · Normal redditor

Replying to the post "What is your favourite thing about being a James".

> Whenever the teacher was teaching about using s' or 's, they would always use my name an an example. I still don't know which one to use though.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/James/comments/pl8lun/comment/hc9hiio/ · 5 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **James Rallison (TheOdd1sOut)** (u/theodd1sout) in r/AskReddit, Jun 23, 2019 · Advice

Replying to the post "Full-time YouTubers, what's one piece of advice you'd give to an aspiring content creator?".

> Make the content that you would watch. Don’t follow trends. Growing an audience takes A LOT of hard work, it took me 100 comics to get 100 followers. Don’t worry about the content being bad, everything you make when you first start out will be bad, you have to make the bad content to learn how to make the good content. And most importantly, have fun :)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/c3vehc/comment/eru4swc/ · 183 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal)** (u/GiantBatFart) in r/IAmA, Feb 20, 2015 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Wasn't really a conversation, but Shane came up with the original game, and we both worked on developing it for a few weeks until we had a great game mechanic. Then Matt came on board and it was one of those chocolate/peanut butter moments.

> When we were playing the original version of the game, instead of a kitten there was a bomb card, so the whole time we played everyone was stressing and worrying about "the bomb."  I thought it'd be funnier to make the bomb a kitten instead, that way you wind up with a room full of people all living in fear of a kitten.
>
> Plus it's right in the nexus of funny and horrible, which is my favorite place to be.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2whrau/comment/coqzdl6/ · 497 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal)** (u/GiantBatFart) in r/AskReddit, Aug 1, 2012 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Make the Oatmeal aware. He can make things happen and he loves Tesla

> Hi reddit, The Oatmeal here. [proof](http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/aws4z/i_am_the_oatmeal_ama/).
>
> Should I make a KickStarter for this?  What would need to be done?  Buy the land? Build a museum on it?  What's feasible and what is not?
>
> Also, I know a guy in Colorado Springs who has a ton of Tesla stuff, and does a kind of [traveling Tesla show](http://teslamuseum.us/). He might be able to contribute some of his coils, artifacts, documents, and expertise.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xh2pw/comment/c5mdlvn/ · 1,093 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Rob DenBleyker** (u/robdenbleyker) in r/IAmA, Feb 3, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> How did you four all settle on that specific style of character?

> Basically we all copied Kris.
>
> Before it was called Cyanide & Happiness, Kris posted his comics under the name "Comicazi" to the forums of a stick figure death website I ran with Matt and Dave. I really, really liked them, made a few fan comics of my own, and asked him if he wanted to take a crack at doing them daily together. Matt and Dave joined the effort shortly thereafter. So our styles all kind of blended.
>
> A few key differences though: My characters are taller than Kris' and have longer arms, which lets them do crazy things like take hats on and off which Kris' characters cannot without looking mega stupid.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1wx8u1/comment/cf67e3i/ · 2,457 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Ryan North** (u/qwantz) in r/IAmA, Dec 6, 2012 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> what does "qwantz" mean?

> If you follow the letters on a QWERTY keyboard it draws a T-Rex, constellation-style.
>
> But beyond that it has the same secret semantics as "xkcd"!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/14dqo4/comment/c7c6gep/ · 61 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Ryan North** (u/qwantz) in r/IAmA, Aug 8, 2018 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> When I started reading Dinosaur Comics one of the first ones I saw had everyone talking about radio formats or something with T-Rex stating in the last panel "this comic will only appear once" or something along those lines. I was then unable to return to the page after leaving…

> THIS IS A REAL THING I DID AND ONCE YOU SEE THE COMIC ONCE I STORE THE IP AND NEVER SHOW IT AGAIN, INSTEAD SILENTLY REPLACING IT WITH A DIFFERENT COMIC
>
> YOU ARE NOT INSANE
>
> BUT YOU HAVE BEEN... *SELECTED*

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/95lskt/comment/e3tujf4/ · 594 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Ryan North** (u/qwantz) in r/IAmA, Nov 24, 2009 · Cut idea

In the thread "I'm the guy who does Dinosaur 
Comics.  AMA".

> My original idea was that every month, I'd switch up the template.  At the end of the first month I was going to switch to Astronaut Comics, but the astronaut clip art I had totally sucked and I believe I had to travel that weekend anyway, so I said "OH WELL" and continued on with the images I already had.

Context: a redditor asked if he'd ever thought about a new template (https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/a7nc5/)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/a7nc5/comment/c0g81t6/ · 46 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **David Malki !** (u/wondermark) in r/aviation, Dec 24, 2024 · Normal redditor

Replying to the post "This day in history (Dec. 23 1986)- after nine days and four minutes in the sky Voyager returns to Edwards AFB after flying 25,012 miles around the world. It had just five gallons of fuel left in its remaining operational fuel tank on landing. Here’s the takeoff using 14,200 feet of runway.".

> As a kid, I wrote a letter to Jeana Yeager after this. She very kindly wrote back, we were like pen pals for a minute there. I probably have ~6 letters from her still stashed somewhere.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1hkrmnf/comment/m3j600l/ · 10 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Don Hertzfeldt** (u/donhertzfeldt) in r/IAmA, Jan 9, 2011 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> • Hi Don! Love your work. • Have you done any of the voices in your cartoons? • Also, what language were the people in Wisdom Teeth supposed to be speaking? I tried figuring it out but it sounded like a Swedish Chef-ish kind of thing.

> not a real language.   it was originally drawn many years ago as a comic strip, and when i came around to animating it i realized there are certain lines that are just way funnier when read than heard.  therefore, subtitles.  i thought it was obvious, funny gibberish until i read some reviews out of sundance referring to it as "german."  maybe i failed and made it sound too authentic?  i can't imagine how strange and less funny the cartoon must be if someone just assumes it's from europe...

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/eykz5/comment/c1bz2pz/ · 6 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Don Hertzfeldt** (u/donhertzfeldt) in r/movies, May 26, 2026 · Fan art

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Don!!! Thank you for being a part of my life since I first found your work in 2003 with Billy’s Balloon. I was hooked, and despite their confusion hooked my friends as well. If I remember correctly on bitterfilms there was some note about “send me anything!” And later added…

> oh yeah i forgot about that. somebody put a tree stump in a box, sheared off on one end and sent it to us with a note that said "please enjoy this bookend i fashioned for you out of a maple stump." it was very heavy and must have cost a fortune in postage. i did not hang onto the tree stump very long because i was afraid it would start spinning around at night shooting ants

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1tndjrg/comment/oo1ilb8/ · 31 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Don Hertzfeldt** (u/donhertzfeldt) in r/IAmA, Jan 8, 2011 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> I always assumed you were a fake person. great job >> your films are amazin I am a banana

> when i was on tour a couple years ago i realized i'd squandered a fantastic opportunity:  to hire an actor,  male or female,  of any age or demographic,  to go out on stage every night and answer questions as me.  always a different actor in every different city.
>
> eventually it would become known and accepted that i never actually showed my face in pubilc, and, in on the joke, audiences would enjoy interacting with the actor(s) anyway after each screening,  who would genuinely know enough about my stuff to answer questions intelligently.
>
> eventually i would go out and do the q+a myself in a city,  and nobody would believe that i was me.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/eykz5/comment/c1byr43/ · 89 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Don Hertzfeldt** (u/donhertzfeldt) in r/IAmA, Jan 4, 2018 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> What was the process with making the final scene in "It's such a beautiful day"? How did you feel making it?

> the final sequence of "beautiful day" was originally an idea for an entirely different movie. what if someone just can't die? through no fault of their own, for unknown reasons, he just can't die? it was just an interesting half-baked thing in my head for a while and i don't think i realized it made sense to be the ending for the 3rd movie until i was already many months in production on it.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/7o5raz/comment/ds76rkf/ · 12 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Rebecca Sugar** (u/RebeccaSugar) in r/IAmA, Aug 21, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> I have one question: who thought up and OK'ed that Circle of Life episode? It as an amazing episode, but man oh man, it was strange.

> That was a long exciting story, how that came to be!
>
> One of the AT designers, Michelle Xin, was in a chat room with the incredible animator legend Masaaki Yuasa, while he was answering questions about Kick Heart! She mentioned Adventure Time, and he mentioned liking it! It was a total coincidence, but so many members of the Adventure Time crew are such huge fans of his, and so he ended up storyboarding and animating the Adventure Time episode "Food Chain!" He was even here at the studio with us for a bit, which was truly amazing!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/comment/cjw4n4q/ · 27 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Dana Terrace** (u/AntagonistDana) in r/TheOwlHouse, Sep 3, 2020 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi dana omg omg ok my question is what prompted you to do the owl house series ? And my second question is will see another luz familiar in the program?

> I pitched the general idea of an older witch with a young mentee in hell to an old writing partner who told me that no one wants to watch a show about an old lady. So I made a pitch bible out of spite. Here I am 4 years later!

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/ill21i/comment/g3t9psp/ · 1,034 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Owen Dennis** (u/oweeeeendennis) in r/InfinityTrain, Apr 16, 2021 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> who came up with the idea of a talking ceramic cream bowl shaped like a cow taking care of a gigantic pig baby voiced by jk simmons and exactly how many hallucinogens were they on at the time

> The pig baby was thought up by me. Because we were like "What's gonna be in this car" and then I said these words: "I dunno, I mean it could be anything, like uh... like uh... like a pig baby." and then everyone stared at me and was like "What's a pig baby?" and then we went from there!

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/InfinityTrain/comments/mrrwrm/comment/guoeooy/ · 451 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Owen Dennis** (u/oweeeeendennis) in r/InfinityTrain, Apr 16, 2021 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Dear Owen I want ti ask reject things from i infinity train, like scrapped cars, characters, plotlines, etc. And, if you can, the ideas you had for book 5-8. Kisses from Brazil.

> We don't really have "rejected" ideas (unless you count the entirety of the rest of the show).
>
> However, this season at one point was going to be about two bank robbers in the old west who got on a train and then, somehow, slowly turned into two rocker dudes from Canada.
>
> We also talked about two people talking across dimensions, like living out of phase with each other. We also had an idea about someone falling in love with someone based on their tape and never having met them.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/InfinityTrain/comments/mrrwrm/comment/guo67zk/ · 1,031 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Ian Jones-Quartey** (u/ianjq) in r/NintendoSwitch, Nov 2, 2018 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> From Super Lakewood Plaza Turbo to Knockout Heroes to OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, could you please list all the scrapped working titles that you guys came up with during development?

> I have a sketchbook with a page full of them that my fellow Exec Producer Toby Jones helped come up with. There are SO MANY. Here's just a few:
>
> ​
>
> Lakewood Rumble
>
> Super Lakewood Action Plaza (SLAP for short)
>
> Knockout Friends
>
> Radical Knockouts
>
> PlayFighters
>
> Turbo Friends Punch
>
> Friend Fighters
>
> Punch Buddies
>
> Super Chuckle Sandwich
>
> Action Sandwich
>
> Knockout Club
>
> Punch Buffet
>
> Mighty Mall
>
> Punchtown Heroes
>
> Mini Maulers
>
> Streets of Friendship
>
> Rumble Pack
>
> Dynamite Shop
>
> Knockout Pals
>
> ​
>
> A lot of them never got pitched, some got canned for legal reasons.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/9tmgdz/comment/e8xlp5a/ · 14 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Joe Murray** (u/BigJoeWorry) in r/IAmA, Sep 19, 2013 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> What was the inspiration to Wacky Delly episode? Like where does the randomness like that come from? Classic episode, loved the show, I still refer to Laundry Day as a very dangerous day because of Rocko. (Edit: I forgot the alternate spelling of Delly)

> Well it's basically "the producers' in animation, make the worst show possible so Ralph would get fired. I was at the end of my contract and wanted out. We laughed that I should do a show about Deli meats that really sucked. At the time someone brought in an old promotional film from Dole pineapple in the 50's on how to spruce up your meatloaf. We tried to get permission to use it but was denied. So we did one ourselves. I made the meatloaf that is in that live sequence.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1moos7/comment/ccb7h78/ · 556 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Joe Murray** (u/BigJoeWorry) in r/IAmA, Sep 19, 2013 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> I've heard many things about the scrapped episode "Wake Up, Maggie" and Magdalene, which was supposed to be Rocko's sister and even managed to find what I think is a picture of her in your book. Could you tell anything about how the episode was supposed to go down? I hear it was…

> I had her in mind from the start, but after developing the show, she didn't seem to fit. The network wanted some more female characters and I wrote "Wake up Maggie ( she was narcoleptic) but I didn't like it. We later created Dr. Hutchinson to have a female with a "hook"

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1moos7/comment/ccb6xu2/ · 184 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Craig Bartlett** (u/CraigBartlett) in r/90s, Nov 23, 2024 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> What was the inspiration for Arnold’s bedroom?

> When I was Arnold's age, I sometimes visited my cousin up in Concrete, WA. He lived in an attic bedroom that you accessed by pulling down a little staircase like Arnold's. I loved it, it was like a fort where you could really get away from everyone else.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/90s/comments/1gxmlfx/comment/lyi9ze4/ · 246 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Craig Bartlett** (u/CraigBartlett) in r/90s, Nov 23, 2024 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Craig: When it came time for you to write the ending for The Jungle Movie, was there any hesitation about having Arnold's parents live? Lane: 👋

> Yeah when we first started developing it, Steve Viksten, who was writing it with me, felt strongly that the only way it could go is if they were dead. So we tried some drafts like that. Cut to 2015 when I got the chance to finally make it, and by then I could tell from fans that they really wanted the parents to live. So I decided to figure out how to make that happen. I'm actually glad I had 15 years to think about it before finishing it.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/90s/comments/1gxmlfx/comment/lyiikfr/ · 13 points as of Nov 7, 2026

## More moments

### **Joe Abercrombie** (u/Joe_Abercrombie) in r/Fantasy, Sep 17, 2020 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Just coming here to say you are an amazing writer: a recent reread of A Little Hatred made me notice how you stepped your game up once again. You really had to sneak in the overall theme of each character straight from their introductions, am I right? It's subtle, I hadn't…

> Savine was written with an italicised internal monologue a la her father, but I cut it out after the first part, or maybe the second. While Glokta says to himself all the things he can't or won't say to others, the joy of Savine was always that she says to people's faces exactly what she thinks, on the whole. I found myself searching for things to do with it, which is a good indication it's not necessary. She was much more effective without it.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/itr7ph/comment/g5kdzv9/ · 21 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Mark Lawrence** (u/MarkLawrence) in r/Fantasy, Apr 19, 2022 · Normal redditor

Replying to the post "Why are they called the Stabbys?".

> As the winner of the Stabby for naming the award, I can confirm that they're called the Stabbies because members of r/fantasy liked my suggestion best.
>
> I've checked, and it was named in December 2013.
>
> I note that my blog post on the subject says that the membership at the time was 45,000 which was up from 25,000 the previous year.
>
> It now stands at 1,777,881...

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/u7a1lg/comment/i5da2rf/ · 194 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Naomi Novik** (u/naominovik) in r/YAwriters, Feb 23, 2016 · Normal redditor

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Naomi! Thanks for joining us today. :) What's your favorite coding language? And in the writing world, do you have any advice for keeping a series feeling fresh from book to book?

> I'm really fond of ruby myself--I've been using it the most lately because the AO3 is a Ruby On Rails based site, but even aside from that I just like the language so much, I find it super readable and adore the lack of punctuation. I want to love node.js so much but Javascript makes me sad. :(

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/YAwriters/comments/476y90/comment/d0aok09/ · 7 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Brent Weeks** (u/BrentWeeks) in r/Fantasy, Apr 21, 2023 · Own mistake

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Brent! I'm a huge fan of (amongst other things) the wordplay in your books. Just now for instance I realized I had never even wondered before at the possibility of an intentional connection in Lightbringer between "The White" in relation to balancing the power usage of the…

> Oh man, the White and wights are probably the worst thing I ever did to my audiobook listeners. I was thinking of the medieval "wight" which just means a person, a guy, but obviously has archaic-feeling connotations to us, and even, through Tolkien's barrow-wights, a feeling of bad guys. Originally, like the word "knight", you would have pronounced every letter. But I have it just rhyme with white. Knowing how much it messed up audiobook listeners, if I could do it today, I would change it. (But... audiobooks exploded only AFTER I was a couple years into Lightbringer, so it wasn't something I thought about.) As for deep connections.... um, YEAH! TOTALLY!
>
> No. I'm lying there. I think it might have occurred to me at some point, but I never really made anything of it. Darn. ;)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/12t6dar/comment/jh300c0/ · 11 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Brent Weeks** (u/BrentWeeks) in r/books, Oct 21, 2015 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> What is the biggest moment of inspiration you recall while writing? That moment when an idea comes through so strong you know it's killer and has to be built upon?

> Two, when I finished The Way of Shadows, re-read it for surely the 40th time, and thought, "Why do Durzo and Momma K hang out? Why do they not just kill each other? This MAKES NO GODDAM SENSE!"
> And then I realized they'd been in love with each other for years. I thought I'd have to go back and change so, so much. I changed two lines, and it fell into place.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/3pjao2/comment/cw74nwr/ · 7 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Brian McClellan** (u/BrianMcClellan) in r/gardening, Sep 18, 2019 · Hobby

**Last night I made 21 cups of raspberry jam from the berries I picked from my little patch over the last few days!**

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/comments/d5poet/last_night_i_made_21_cups_of_raspberry_jam_from/ · 4,425 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Brian McClellan** (u/BrianMcClellan) in r/Fantasy, May 8, 2014 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> how did you develop the idea for the powder mage concept? is it based on things you read? ideas you always fancied seeing played out? also how strict is your writing? do you go from a well developed skeleton to write story around? or do you kinda let it unfold as you write it…

> It developed over a few months, if I remember right. I originally wanted to do something with Tommy Guns and sorcerers robbing banks, John Dillinger style. Then I saw Sharpe's Rifles and thought it would make a fantastic setting for an epic fantasy novel. My wife and I brainstormed the types of magic one would find in that kind of world and that's what we came up with!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/251o9a/comment/chcv6zs/ · 10 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Hugh Howey** (u/hughhowey) in r/SiloSeries, Jun 20, 2023 · Cut idea

Replying to the post "Question about something Marnes mentioned in the book and connection to the show".

> In the pilot, there was a rabbit loose in a garden that Holston and Marnes rounded up. Holston tells Allison about it, and you see it all on-screen. There was a very elaborate hydroponic garden full of carrots built for the shoot. Lots of days spent on this, and it didn't make the final cut.
>
> So the story from the book was originally going to be told, but there wasn't enough space in the pilot. "Kill your darlings," as they say.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/SiloSeries/comments/14dvlqt/comment/jov05bi/ · 8 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Hugh Howey** (u/hughhowey) in r/SiloSeries, Jun 30, 2023 · Behind the scenes

In the thread "Hugh Howey Cameo Meme Contest - Template Inside".

> True story: I didn't have sleeves on the first take. After one shot, the director yells "cut," and they sent a shirt out, said it was "too much" with me and Shane both sleeveless out there. Shane turned to me while I was getting redressed and said, "Hey, it's in my contract. Only one set of guns out." :D

Context: under a fan meme about his cameo in the Silo show (https://www.reddit.com/r/SiloSeries/comments/14mp53i/)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/SiloSeries/comments/14mp53i/comment/jq43fe7/ · 54 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Christopher Paolini** (u/ChristopherPaolini) in r/mildlyinteresting, Jan 29, 2017 · Hobby

Replying to a redditor:

> An Erothknurl, a Thardzvergundnzmal.

> Ha! I actually worked up that last word "Thardzvergûndnzmal" just to give Gerard Doyle -- who read the audio book -- a challenge. He managed it beautifully.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/5qpyas/comment/dd1kupj/ · 4,036 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **James S. A. Corey** (u/JamesSACorey) in r/IAmA, Jan 26, 2017 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> I know you guys had a planned ending all along, but I've heard that the number of planned books has expanded from what you originally planned. Is that true? And if so, what caused you to extend it to nine novels?

> [Daniel] Actually, we cut it back from 12 because the longer version felt a little saggy in the withers. We originally planned just one that we'd sell for pizza money.  We build 9- and 12-book outlines while we were writing Caliban's War.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5qb7py/comment/dcxw2xw/ · 19 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **James S. A. Corey** (u/JamesSACorey) in r/TheExpanse, Sep 28, 2016 · Own mistake

Replying to the post "[Episode 2] Nitpicky physics detail question?".

> It was a mistake in the VFX. Too late and too expensive to fix when we caught it. Sometimes those things happen.
>
> The wrench was supposed to fly down, hit the hull of the Knight, then bounce over the edge and get disintegrated by the drive plume.
>
> Ah well.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/54vfuz/comment/d866ovq/ · 102 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Tad Williams** (u/Tad_Williams) in r/Fantasy, Sep 18, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Oh, I would love it so much! Honestly, though, I reread the Shadowmarch series just a couple months ago and was struck by how well it would work as an adapted series, even better than MS&T would, in my opinion.

> To be honest, SHADOWMARCH was originally conceived as a possible episodic television show.  But nobody in television then seemed to get it.  One guy said, "But there's already Xena!  Who needs more fantasy?"

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/2gsdld/comment/ckm5jvo/ · 2 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Steven Erikson** (u/StevenErikson) in r/Fantasy, Sep 10, 2014 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Hola! I just want to thank you for Tehol Beddict. The single greatest character I have had the pleasure of reading. Komsomnidah.

> Tehol blinks in modest surprise, then quickly reaches for his blanket.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/2g0whr/comment/ckeqo32/ · 108 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Steven Erikson** (u/StevenErikson) in r/Fantasy, Sep 10, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> First off, fantastic books. Thank you for sharing your wonderful creative mind with us. I love the way magic works in the Malazan universe and Quick Ben is probably my favorite mage of any fantasy series. Where did you get the idea for the way magic/ warrens work in Malazan?

> We were hammering the GURPS magic system into something that worked for our Malazan game-world.  We learned early on to keep it mysterious and mysterious it shall remain.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/2g0whr/comment/ckesa3b/ · 13 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Mary Robinette Kowal** (u/MaryRobinette) in r/Fantasy, Sep 8, 2014 · Hobby

**I made the dress that's on the cover of the final book in my series. Making of post.**

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/2ftqlh/i_made_the_dress_thats_on_the_cover_of_the_final/ · 71 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Andy Weir** (u/sephalon) in r/IAmA, May 25, 2021 · Own mistake

Replying to a redditor:

> I'm about 80% done with Hail Mary so no spoilers but how did you >!Come up with the physical description of Rocky?!< Also, I've asked this question on Twitter a few times but I guess you didn't see it - Time period of a pendulum is 2\*pi\*sqrt(l/g) right? At 346 oscillations in…

> Yes I got the pendulum wrong. I will of course go into exile as a result.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/nkva3o/comment/gzf5t14/ · 105 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Sam Sykes** (u/SamSykes) in r/Fantasy, Oct 12, 2015 · Funny

Replying to the post "What "fantasy cliches" occur most often in real life?".

> Occasionally, eccentric elderly dudes with threadbare robes and long, gray beards will show up on my doorstep and tell me that there is a great prophecy surrounding my destiny and that I must depart with them for a long journey.
>
> I call the police pretty frequently.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/3oijlo/comment/cvxj6he/ · 67 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Seanan McGuire** (u/SeananMcGuire) in r/Fantasy, Jan 4, 2018 · Fan art

Replying to a redditor:

> Do you have a favorite fan encounter, at a convention or book signing?

> Hi, AlwaysBeyondHope!
>
> I was at San Diego Comic-Con with my girlfriend, crossing the dealer floor to get somewhere--I don't even remember--when we ran into this woman in an absolutely *breathtaking* Emma Frost costume.  We stopped to tell her how fabulous she looked, and she responded with, "Are you Seanan McGuire?"
>
> She had dressed as Emma because she knew how much I love the character, and wanted me to see her cosplay.  And that, right there, is true fan love.
>
> Seanan

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/7o4uq8/comment/ds74oll/ · 35 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Scott Lynch** (u/ScottLynch78) in r/whatsthatbook, Nov 23, 2024 · Normal redditor

Replying to a redditor:

> The Haunted Planet by DJ Arneson? Specifically, I think those are the stories The House On Pearl Street, Ghost Flight, and The Bridge.

> Oh my god, I think you nailed it. Three and a half decades of mystery solved. Thank you!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthatbook/comments/1gxvumy/comment/lymkavc/ · 4 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Max Brooks** (u/IamMaxBrooks) in r/IAmA, Mar 25, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Mr. Brooks! I'm a big fan of your work and the genre in general. Can you explain what happened with the movie adaptation of World War Z? It deviated so far from the source material in just about every conceivable way, it's hard to believe that they have the same title. How…

> Ironically, the fact that it was SO different my book was exactly what allowed me to emotionally divorce myself from the final product. I didn't have to watch my characters be mutilated or my story be perverted. As I've said many times, they didn't ruin my book, they ignored it.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/21cwll/comment/cgbtsqs/ · 1,527 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Max Brooks** (u/IamMaxBrooks) in r/IAmA, Mar 26, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Were you ever on the set of Spaceballs? If so, how cool was John Candy?

> I was actually on the set and I will say that John Candy was a very sweet man. He is very missed. As I write this, my arse is comfortably seated on a chair from the original battle bridge of Spaceball 1.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/21cwll/comment/cgbxmqm/ · 645 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Lois Lowry** (u/Lois-Lowry) in r/books, Jun 18, 2015 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Hello! First off, the Giver is probably one of my favorite dystopian books and I absolutely loved the concepts. I read this in school and the teacher made us ask questions about it, so here are the two I remember: Do they have money in the Giver society? How did the loose…

> Nope, no money in the world of THE GIVER.  I tried to et rid of everything that causes problems in our world. Money was top of the list!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/3ab3fz/comment/csb3u8q/ · 115 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Lois Lowry** (u/Lois-Lowry) in r/books, Jun 18, 2015 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> I'm 35 and I still regard Number the Stars as one of my favorite books. It's stuck with me for that long. It also was one of the first things that really made me understand how different lives can be and opened my eyes to the outside world. My question: how much of that book is…

> That book is entirely based on facts.  Yes, even the dogs and the handkerchief.  The characters are fictional...but they follow very closely the lives of actually Danes at the time.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/3ab3fz/comment/csb405e/ · 218 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Lois Lowry** (u/Lois-Lowry) in r/books, Jun 18, 2015 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Lois! Big fan here. I ghostwrite children's fiction and YA books for a living, and can't help but be dismayed at some of the low literary standards in the field. It seems like every other sentence involves a character nodding, or shooting someone a glance, or some boilerplate…

> Interesting, and funny, question.  I cringe when someone writes in the first person, therefore can't figure out how to describe the narrator, and so has them look into a mirror. "She gazed at her deep blue eyes and her dark red slightly curling hair..."
> But I know I have made many such bumbling mistakes myself.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/3ab3fz/comment/csb5q7t/ · 114 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Neal Shusterman** (u/NealShusterman) in r/books, Nov 1, 2021 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Is Scythe Hideyoshi (mentioned in Scythe as the only scythe to have mastered gleaning through hypnosis) the same aws Grandslayer Hideyoshi that appears in Thunderhead?

> I keep a database of scythes, who they are, what their preferred gleaning methods are, robe colors, etc.  I’m sure that I consulted that database when I chose Hideyoshi to be a grandslayer.  Or at least I hope I did -- and that I didn’t say anything contradictory!  (but if I did, I’ll say it was intentional.  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it).

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/qkfvr7/comment/hiwc866/ · 17 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Neal Shusterman** (u/NealShusterman) in r/books, Nov 1, 2021 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Thank you so much for writing The Schwa Was Here. What inspired you to write that book? To this day it means so much to me. Thank you for your AMA!

> Thank you!  It was inspired by a school visit, where there was this kid in the back with his hand up, who I kept forgetting to call on. He was so unnoticeable!  And after that presentation, I couldn’t stop thinking about that idea of being almost supernaturally unnoticeable.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/qkfvr7/comment/hiwtm8m/ · 4 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **R. A. Salvatore** (u/RASalvatore) in r/IAmA, Aug 1, 2012 · Behind the scenes

In the thread "I am R.A. Salvatore, fantasy writer, geek, gamer...".

> Drizzt came off the top of my head, when an editor was pressuring me for a "sidekick" for Wulfgar, the hero of my first book. I just spouted off, "Drizzt Do'Urden of D'aermon N'achezbaernon, the Ninth House of Menzoberranzan." I have no idea where that came from, or what a Menzoberranzan might be. True story.

(Excerpt.)
Context: a redditor asked where the names Drizzt Do'Urden and Catti-brie came from (https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/xi3zr/)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/xi3zr/comment/c5mjls5/ · 105 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **C. Robert Cargill** (u/Massawyrm) in r/Screenwriting, Sep 7, 2019 · Advice

Replying to the post "Is 30 to late an age to attempt a career in screenwriting?".

> Sold my first script (SINISTER) at 35. So you'd have to fail for five years before selling something in order to be on the same track as someone who wrote a Marvel film.
>
> When ANYONE in Hollywood says they want a young writer, they mean cheap. You're good.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/d0r976/comment/ezcfvqd/ · 581 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **C. Robert Cargill** (u/Massawyrm) in r/Fantasy, Nov 16, 2016 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> If you could offer only one piece of advice to aspiring writers that isn't "just write" or "read more," what would it be?

> No one will ever know that your single perfect opening sentence was actually sentence 27, that you cut the first 26, and that you rewrote that sentence 19 more times. They also won't know that the amazing, profound sentence immediately after it was written once, without a single word ever being changed.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/5d91n9/comment/da3c7xb/ · 238 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Robert Jackson Bennett** (u/Robertjbennett) in r/Fantasy, Apr 22, 2025 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> I am lithuanian and I have noticed that many characters in your books (at least in Tainted Cup and Drop of Corruption) have names that are nouns in lithuanian language. For example: Sunus Pyktis (Son Anger), Kardas (Sword), Alaus Vanduo (Beer’s Water). Is it just a random choice…

> You are dead on. The Rathras characters all pull from Lithuanian words. Kurmini pulls from Kazakh, and Tala from Latin and Greek. The Yarrow language is a bastardized version of Urdu and Punjabi. The races and cultures that use these languages, of course, are a total mismatch for their real-world counterparts.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1k562j8/comment/moh4skw/ · 140 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Robert Jackson Bennett** (u/Robertjbennett) in r/Fantasy, Feb 8, 2024 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> At what point when writing 'City of Stairs' did you decide that the world you'd created needed/deserved another book? It's a fantastic trilogy that I've read twice now.

> My editor said, "The fans are saying they all want another, and we agree," and I said, "Are there dollars?" and he said, "Yes, dollars," and I said, "I like those things, so okay." Weirdly this decision became one of the more pivotal moments of my adulthood and writing career.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1alwymm/comment/kpje9fp/ · 39 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Peter Watts** (u/The-Squidnapper) in r/IAmA, Aug 28, 2014 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Do you have mapped out in your head some of the mysteries left in your books or do you leave them as mysteries for yourself as well, prefering to focus on what you decided was going to be the scope of story? In mysteries I'm thinking of things like **spoilers for Blindsight**…

> My original draft of *Starfish* ended with Lenie crawling up on the shores of North America and dying, so I obviously had no future plans for her until my editor insisted that such an ending was insufficiently triumphal for American audiences and she would have to live.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2enwks/comment/ck2r7fi/ · 3 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Chuck Palahniuk** (u/ChuckPalahniuk62) in r/IAmA, Apr 22, 2013 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Everyone thinks I'm insane when I talk about fight club being primarily a love story. They are just typically dark love stories, you know sorta like real life

> A secret:  Fight Club is "The Great Gatsby" but with more punching and insomnia.  A triangle.  A 30-year-old boy in crisis ( nick carraway? ) A gunshot resolution.  Voila.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ckp9q/comment/c9keoo9/ · 10 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Chuck Palahniuk** (u/ChuckPalahniuk62) in r/books, Jun 3, 2021 · Fan art

Replying to a redditor:

> Hey Chuck. This is a long shot because it was in the fall of 2013, maybe 2014. You came to Nashville & I just wanted to shake your hand & I asked if you would accept my gift. You did, thank you. It was a troll doll on a key chain. I know you live a busy life & come across a lot…

> Of course I remember.  The troll went into the glass case with items that include the penguin sewn by a mortician and the laser-cut wooden plaque portrait of Brad Pitt.  Sadly, for the young man who painted me as the Mona Lisa in Boston, the painting was lost in transit and never got to my place after that tour.  Sniff.  Sorry.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/nr09hb/comment/h0ebpxt/ · 248 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Blake Crouch** (u/BlakeCrouch) in r/Fantasy, May 9, 2020 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Do you find time travel stories to be more complex to tell than other spec fic?

> Yes. Can't speak for the other panelists, but it's an awful genre to write in. Recursion was so brutal, my partner (who's also my editor) made me promise not to ever write a time-travel story again. When you first start envisioning a cool time-travel story, it seems like a good idea. But as you dig down into the rules, you run into paradoxes, blind alleys, and rules that, once you've set them, box you into corners.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/ggfvsf/comment/fq0q2ef/ · 7 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Blake Crouch** (u/BlakeCrouch) in r/books, Aug 16, 2022 · Own mistake

Replying to a redditor:

> How much scientific research do you do for some of the conceptually heavy plot points in your books? When do you know that you've got enough to stop explaining in depth, know that now there's enough for the audience to get it and focus on story - telling?

> Like one time I thought I had invented something fancy, I called it a “light
> microscope.” But it turns out all microscopes are light microscopes and they
> all basically do what I was inventing it to do…

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/wpd8wf/comment/ikgib86/ · 36 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Blake Crouch** (u/BlakeCrouch) in r/television, Jun 25, 2024 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> What was the best or most interesting note you received during the script development of Dark Matter?

> Initially we weren't going to do "the plague scene" which is in the book. Partially becasue we were very concerned about its perception/reception in a post COVID world, but also because we felt that Jason watching his wife die would mess him up too much. We'd never get him out of that funk and get him thinking about how to have his own future (AKA: be tempted to stay with Amanda). But Jennifer Connolly (AKA JCon) advocated hard for it. Yes, its a great scene. But the reason this is the best note is because it forced JBZ (writer/producer Jacquelyn Ben-Zekry) and I to figure out how to solve the problems this scene created. So much of their journey (the hotel, the dance scene, Amanda seeing a version of herself with a kid) all came from us trying to solve the issues Plague World created. JCon was right, and I am forever grateful.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1doeu8f/comment/la9vodt/ · 89 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Pierce Brown** (u/Dracones) in r/books, Jul 26, 2019 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> “Bye Felicia.”

> Had to drop it. Funny thing. I had "by felicity" in the first draft, and my editor Mike Braff told me to buck up and go all in. He was Felicia's first champion

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/ci3x72/comment/ev1jmoh/ · 217 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Pierce Brown** (u/Dracones) in r/books, Jul 26, 2019 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Pierce, thanks for taking time off your schedule to do an AmA! I have 2 serious and 1 not-so-serious questions: 1. How do you come up with your character names, and what is the story behind your own name? (They are all very cool and unique!) 2. Would you rather see Red Rising…

> I go off of the sound I want their name to make. For instance, I think Vs have a sort of cutting sound. So characters like Sevro, Victra, Vixus have a certain vicious emphasis. A has a sort of condescending sigh, while simultaneously feeling important because its the preeminent number: Adrius, Antonia, Atalantia, Atlas, Aja.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/ci3x72/comment/ev1kmf6/ · 225 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Pierce Brown** (u/Dracones) in r/Fantasy, Mar 9, 2017 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Pierce, I absolutely adore your Red Rising saga and writing style, and am really looking forward to reading Iron Gold which sounds glorious!! I've already read the excerpt off the forthcoming novel twice and have been chatting about it with my husband for a week now!! There…

> Sometimes I carry an old leather chair with the legs cut off it to write in the woods at night. Everything can see you. You can only see your screen.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/5yg6fe/comment/deprhjh/ · 42 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Django Wexler** (u/DjangoWexler) in r/boardgames, Dec 11, 2015 · Hobby

Replying to the post "What game have you impulse bought from hype/misconception and almost immediately regretted?".

> I bought Twlight Struggle because it sounded awesome and was highly ranked.  Once it arrived and I read the rules, I was totally psyched about it, but realized that literally none of my friends would ever play a 3 hour 1v1 Cold War game with me.  T_T

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/3wdlbs/comment/cxvmvmb/ · 16 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Anthony Ryan** (u/Anthony_Ryan) in r/Fantasy, Jul 10, 2013 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> I was going to ask who the 4 POv characters will be in Tower Lord, but looking at your answers I don't think you're gonna answer that one :( And just another thing because it took me a while thinking about it, the brother at the very end, with the chest scars, is that Frentis? I…

> Yes that's Frentis, and in Tower Lord he... oh, sorry, someone's at the door. Must dash.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1hy509/comment/cazki7k/ · 8 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Anthony Ryan** (u/Anthony_Ryan) in r/books, Jul 13, 2015 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Thanks for doing the AMA. Im a huge fan and love your writing. I'm curious where you came up with the name for the Allie as opposed to something more menacing.

> I wanted him, at least initially, to be as mysterious as possible, hence the absence of a true name. It really came out of his interaction with the Volarians who he fooled into thinking he was their Ally. Also, it was better than Dingbath the Destroyer.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/3d5is6/comment/ct29m6x/ · 11 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Anthony Ryan** (u/Anthony_Ryan) in r/books, Jul 5, 2016 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> What inspired your idea of the blood song itself? My cousin and I have talked about times when we "just know" something or have some other type of seemingly instinctive knowledge. I know this is only a part of the premise of it - Vaelin reading people or situations - but is it…

> It was something of a surpise that happened during the course of writing, originally I hadn't intended for Vaelin to have any Dark abilities at all. But as the scale of the story progressed so did the Blood Song. I made it a song because I thought Vaelin simply reading people's minds or hearing their thoughts was too predictable.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/4ren22/comment/d50ne8y/ · 6 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Kameron Hurley** (u/KameronHurley) in r/books, Mar 19, 2019 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Kameron, loved *The Stars are Legion*, glad to see that *The Light Brigade* is getting described as similarly an assault on the senses, looking forward to picking it up. I have to ask, what came first: the idea of a time-travel story or the 'what if light brigade meant…

> The idea of busting soldiers down into beams of light came first. I was playing World of Warcraft and there's this point where you get turned into a ball of light to get transported from a cliff down to a tower of some kind, and I was trying to think up and story for Patreon and I was like... What if we turned soldiers into light so they could travel at the speed of light to and from interplanetary battlefronts? I bet you could do weird time distortion stuff and have time travel! That was the first inkling. The rest came later.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/b2yfuj/comment/eiw5gjm/ · 6 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Kameron Hurley** (u/KameronHurley) in r/Fantasy, Feb 10, 2017 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> At this point in your career, is there a story you want to tell but feel you need to level up as a writer to be able to do it right?

> I'm always telling the story that I'm not talented enough to write. I feel this way all the time with the Mirror Empire books, wishing I'd waited ten years to write them cause then I could write them CORRECTLY. But the thing is if you do that, you'll never finish anything, because you're always waiting until you're better, but how do you get better? By writing. So I am always writing the book that I feel I'm not quite good enough to write. The hope is that by the END of the book, the process of writing the book has leveled you up enough that at least you can edit it into a book that's good enough to pass muster.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/5szjx0/comment/ddk1ozt/ · 14 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Sherwood Smith** (u/SherwoodSmith) in r/Fantasy, Nov 29, 2017 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hello /r/fantasy. I am M. Todd Gallowglas. I don't know if posting this before coffee is a such a great idea, but here goes... I'm a writer, mostly of fantasy but I occasionally delve into science fiction, horror, and recently I've developed a passion for literary criticism in…

> Prized possession, a letter from JRR Tolkien (not much content--as a brash twenty year old I wrote and asked if I could meet him, he politely declined, but there it is, the famous signature)

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/7gdid4/comment/dqid329/ · 7 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Sherwood Smith** (u/SherwoodSmith) in r/Fantasy, Jun 26, 2017 · Own mistake

Replying to a redditor:

> > Krista D. Ball’s SPIRIT CALLER, books 1-3, which I am also loving. Gosh *blush* Well, if you like those, let me know when you're done and I'll send you 4-6 to finish the series. After all, you can't miss out on the Murder Mystery LARP event in Book 4 :D Has 'how you write'…

> But when I finally got it out to type up for possible submission, I discovered that there was no description, except a few overused cliches here and there. None. Nada. All talking heads, and references to "the ruin" and "the burned street" and so on. Whenever I looked over it, the movie flared up in my brain again and I didn't see the actual words.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/6jkul5/comment/djf7xss/ · 10 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Eric Barone** (u/ConcernedApe) in r/StardewValley, Feb 19, 2024 · Funny

Replying to the post "We met Eric Barone and he’s super chill :)".

> hey, it was great meeting you guys! it was fun to do the doodles, my only regret is that I wish I had drawn morris' arms a little longer...

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/1audu0s/comment/kr3j6qy/ · 1,565 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Eric Barone** (u/ConcernedApe) in r/AndroidGaming, Mar 17, 2019 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Are you also working on ChuckleFish's new Magical sim game? What are some things you had ideas for but were never put in? What are you going to possibly be adding in the future? Thanks for making this game, love your work

> One idea that never made it in was to have a rival farmer that moved to town at the same time as you, and you'd be kind of competing with them to be the best farmer... I'm glad I scrapped that because it doesn't fit with the relaxed nature of the game that I think is crucial

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidGaming/comments/b289du/comment/eir39zq/ · 53 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Michal Kovařík** (u/kovarex) in r/factorio, May 30, 2017 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Can you explain the magic behind the transport belts? How are they able to function without electricity?

> Hamsters. In the next major update, you will have to feed them.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/6e6tkw/comment/di8chz9/ · 611 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Jens Bergensten** (u/jeb_) in r/ChoosingBeggars, Dec 1, 2018 · Normal redditor

Replying to a redditor:

> Oof, this brings back memories of writing cringy emails to game companies with ideas I had for games. Never got replies sadly

> I did this too. Sent an email to id Software complaining about Quake 3 and got a response in the lines of "Those are some interesting ideas." They were obviously not impressed ;)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChoosingBeggars/comments/a218h4/comment/eauqs17/ · 1,167 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Jens Bergensten** (u/jeb_) in r/Minecraft, Feb 16, 2011 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Why on earth would they have chosen 1,2,3,4 as the delay options? 1,2,4,8 would have been more sensible and allowed longer delays with far fewer blocks.

> Yeah there was some discussion about this in the previous reddit post. I had originally used 1,2,5,7 to decrease the number of blocks required to make values 1 through 10. A fellow redditor suggested I should use 1,3,5,6 instead because it gives the values 1 through 12. And 1,2,4,8 would make sense to a programmer.
>
> Although these settings are clever, in the end I changed it to 1, 2, 3 and 4 because that is what the block visually displays.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/fmdtp/comment/c1gzrn6/ · 96 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Nathan Adams** (u/Dinnerbone) in r/Minecraft, Dec 18, 2013 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> I named my new puppy Dinnerbone and she rolled over belly up. Are you responsible?

> Yes. Now go back to rubbing that belly, and do it like you mean it.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/comment/ce4w84q/ · 1,742 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Nathan Adams** (u/Dinnerbone) in r/Minecraft, Dec 18, 2013 · Behind the scenes

In the thread "I am Dinnerbone, a Minecraft developer. Ask Me Absolutely Anything.".

> I once knew a guy named Teabone, a very long time ago. He was kind to me and was a very cool guy, so I took this name in respect to him.

Context: a redditor asked where his username came from (https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/comment/ce4w1h0/ · 465 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Tim Schafer** (u/TimOfLegend) in r/IAmA, Mar 4, 2012 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> You fight like a dairy farmer!

> How appropriate, as I do raise cows and milk them and sell the milk for a living! I take pride in my work as a dairy farmer, and appreciate you noticing that it carries into everything that I do!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/qhk98/comment/c3xonio/ · 763 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Josh Sawyer** (u/jesawyer) in r/projecteternity, Mar 15, 2018 · Funny

Replying to the post "Obsidian: Please tone down your ghosts".

> Folks, we've heard your feedback loud and clear.  We'll be beefing up and doubling the number of spirits in Deadfire.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/projecteternity/comments/84gysm/comment/dvqrhh9/ · 40 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Josh Sawyer** (u/jesawyer) in r/IAmA, Feb 24, 2017 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hello Obsidian, I would firstly thank you guys for making one of my favourite fantasy rpg from this past decade. Being French, I was wondering how much French culture and medieval history influenced you guys in creating the world of pillars of eternity?

> I've studied a fair amount of medieval French history and I'm always borrowing bits and pieces for elements in the world.  I've always loved the city of Carcassonne and I thought it was interesting that it slowly developed into this fortress that was so impenetrable that enemies would rather take weeks of time to circumnavigate it than attack it.  Over time, it fell into disuse and when one Napoleon's (I think) surveyors went to check on it, people were raising chickens and drying laundry between the walls.
>
> We have a sea fortress in the game inspired by that: a place that once dominated travel on common shipping lanes but which has since fallen into irrelevance and was subsequently taken over by pirates.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5vzou1/comment/de67xa5/ · 8 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Noel Berry** (u/NoelFB) in r/NintendoSwitch, Jan 29, 2018 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hey, thanks for doing this AMA, love love love the game! I have so many questions but have only two to ask since I know you have so many people here who want to know more about your amazing game! 1. Can we expect some kind of official merchandise for Celeste? 2. What's the…

> It started off as kind of a reference to old arcade games, where you'd collect random fruit or something as points. We thought it'd be funny to have a collection that gave you points but the points didn't actually mean anything. I think Strawberries were originally chosen because they fit well within the constraints & colors of PICO-8, and so that followed through into the new game.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/7tuubc/comment/dtfho85/ · 55 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Noel Berry** (u/NoelFB) in r/celestegame, Aug 5, 2018 · Funny

Replying to the post "The Game Rickrolled Me While i Was Digging in sfx.bank Filename wow_so_secret (Audio Only)".

> Haha I remember Kevin making this as a joke during development, but I had no idea he left it in the SFX bank. good find :p

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/celestegame/comments/94o4r5/comment/e3mx1zs/ · 44 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Henrik Fåhraeus** (u/pdx_wiz) in r/IAmA, Oct 29, 2014 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Why doesn't Europa Universalis IV have more cat events?

> Cats were not invented until 1838, along with monocles and top hats.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2kovzq/comment/clnddmd/ · 73 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Henrik Fåhraeus** (u/pdx_wiz) in r/eu4, Dec 27, 2023 · Own mistake

Replying to a redditor:

> I wonder whether it's an oversight or an intended feature. I assume It's because the game considers it as a friendly unit staying in the province which blocks automatic reoccupation.

> As the person who wrote a good chunk of the ZoC code in ages long gone I can tell you that this is 100% an oversight, it definitely just checks for hostile units without looking at whether they are boats.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/eu4/comments/18ry2bn/comment/kf47i89/ · 570 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Ari Gibson** (u/Ari_TeamCherry) in r/NintendoSwitch, Jun 22, 2018 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> is Herrah Bipedal, or quadrupedal, and how would she wear pants?

> There's not really a concept of 'clothes' in Hallownest. There are cloaks, but most of the bugs are naked. It's an all nude kingdom.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/8swt8n/comment/e12xlw8/ · 174 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **William Pellen** (u/William_TeamCherry) in r/NintendoSwitch, Jun 22, 2018 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Question: I don't know if you've been asked this, but if you were to make a "Hollow Knight 2" What would it most likely be about? Would it be centered about the aftermath, or possibly something else like some kind of prequel? Really love your work, Favorite game by far!

> Oh man, we have the best idea for Hollow Knight 2. I was just thinking about it the other day. We'll share some more info about it in ten years, please keep an eye on our social media channels.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/8swt8n/comment/e12zuo9/ · 107 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **William Pellen** (u/William_TeamCherry) in r/gaming, Aug 6, 2017 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> What was the inspiration for Mr Mushroom?

> You know that little nook that Cornifer sits in in the Fungal Wastes? Once Cornifer leaves that nook was so empty and sad. We needed someone to come in and fill that nook up, so we turned to Mr Mushroom.
>
> Thankyou Mr Mushroom.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/6rvds8/comment/dl80rat/ · 89 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Rami Ismail** (u/tha_rami) in r/NuclearThrone, Nov 6, 2017 · Lore answer

In the thread "Vlambeer AMA! Ask all your burning questions you've always wanted an answer to!".

> The IDPD isn't fascinated by the mutants, they just don't like those sudden portals in their world with machinegun fish coming out of them, so they go inverse-Pacific Rim on them.

Context: a redditor asked if the story of the IDPD and the mutants will ever be told (https://www.reddit.com/r/NuclearThrone/comments/7az41b/)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/NuclearThrone/comments/7az41b/comment/dpftok6/ · 13 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Daniel Rosenfeld (C418)** (u/C418) in r/IAmA, Dec 13, 2011 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Where did you draw your initial inspirations for creating the music for minecraft? What were your biggest influences in composing the music? What changed for you as you finished composing tracks? Sorry for so many questions, I just never get to ask these to an actual composer.

> The first songs I did for Minecraft were around the time when it still was merely a tech demo. And the only thing you were able to do was place blocks, erase them, and spawn stupidly running mobs.
> Those were the first three songs, calm1 to 3, is what Notch just named them.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/nbe2h/comment/c37ra4h/ · 175 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Daniel Rosenfeld (C418)** (u/C418) in r/starterpacks, Oct 22, 2018 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> /u/c418

> Not a single one of these things apply to me though, lol.
>
> (Let’s see here.
>
> I hate SoundCloud, I don’t use Logic, I barely live in Europe anymore. I don’t use colorful midi controllers, I don’t rent, I hate granola, I eat breakfast whenever I want, I sleep in, I’ve never eaten a single protein supplement in my life, I dislike my hair up like that, I eat meat, I don’t have insecurities about nobody listening to my music and cut pants like that are real dumb.
>
> All in all a pretty accurate representation of me)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/9pspyp/comment/e88wtq0/ · 43 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Austin Wintory** (u/AWintory) in r/PS4, Jul 21, 2015 · Funny

Replying to the post "Austin Wintory celebrating ps4 lunch by selling his Journey soundtrack for $1".

> To those asking if lunch will be served ... YES! I am buying it now. However, I am alone in my studio which means likely there won't be enough to go around ...
>
> Nonetheless your sharing of my $1 offer is deeply appreciated <3

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/3e3ryu/comment/ctb9e3b/ · 297 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Bear McCreary** (u/bearmccreary) in r/IAmA, Nov 30, 2012 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Seriously incredible work you're doing, Bear. How did you come up with the idea of using Gamelan for the Cylon piece in BSG? Could you expand a little on your process of choosing which timbres/sounds work best for a given piece? Is it more intuition, experience, formal training…

> As for why I picked the Gamelan sound for the Final Five, it was really that I wrote the melody first and found the sound fit it.  (One of the rare instances where a melody came first).  Years later, a friend came up to me and said he's been to Bali.  He'd heard a gamelan orchestra playing a traditional tune in a village somewhere, and recorded it with his phone.  He played it for me and sure enough... there was a melody there that was ALMOST my Final Five theme.  It was weird.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/142qwd/comment/c79csfm/ · 46 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Jonathan Coulton** (u/jonathancoulton) in r/IAmA, Jul 27, 2012 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> For Jonathan Coulton, How did Valve contact you about writing the ending song for Portal?

> Kim Swift (the project lead) came to one of my shows in Seattle and came up to the merch table to say hi and ask if I had ever thought about writing for games.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/x9a57/comment/c5kc98a/ · 28 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Jonathan Coulton** (u/jonathancoulton) in r/IAmA, Jul 27, 2012 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Damian_OKGo - I saw you in england last year, and you were talking about a gig that was going to take place in the round house. What happened to that? I didn't hear anything about it afterwards. JoCo - Do you correct your lyrics for Mandlebrot set in gigs now that Benoit died?…

> I have taken to leaving out the offending lines, and it sort of functions as a moment of silence for Benoit, which feels right. I don't like the idea of changing lyrics if I can help it. Songs are not wikipedia articles.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/x9a57/comment/c5kd2ui/ · 6 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Danny Baranowsky** (u/dannyBstyle) in r/Games, Aug 21, 2014 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> What's your work environment like?

> i work in the nether region twixt fear and trepidation.
>
> i drift in the aether of uncertainty, wandering...... wandering....
>
> until a speck of light, perhaps that errant ray from pandora's box, arrives in a gallant flash of insight. it fills me from soul to sternum with the courage to continue.
>
> and in that moment, i create.
>
> i also have a sweet beanbag chair.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2e7eti/comment/cjwzier/ · 2 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Danny Baranowsky** (u/dannyBstyle) in r/Games, Aug 21, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Thanks for doing this AMA! I'm curious about the soundfont for the shopkeeper's voice (if it is a soundfont) and if it's publicly available so we can make our own shopkeeper tracks along with custom music.

> it's actually a manually sequenced track. it's a patch from the VST Omnisphere, I can't remember which one. but it does automatic legato-portamento, and I use that to make bends that make it sound all soundfont-y and SNES-y

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2e7eti/comment/cjwvejw/ · 3 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Danny Baranowsky** (u/dannyBstyle) in r/IAmA, Nov 27, 2011 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Danny Baranowsky: Where did you get your inspiration for the Canabalt soundtrack? Personally those are a couple of my favorite songs ever, and I think they match up really well with the gameplay.

> to be honest, i was really heavily influenced by the Batman Begins score at the time. I don't know if that's the primary influence but I wanted to write something that could score the action-y element as well as the somber, doves-flying-away element too, so I made it ebb and flow a lot. wish I could be more specific :)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/mq8ka/comment/c335jx3/ · 1 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Alec Watson** (u/TechConnectify) in r/technologyconnections, Aug 11, 2022 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> I expected the point of this video to be, "We *do* have electric kettles! A coffee maker is just an electric kettle that automatically pours the heated water over coffee grounds!" But I guess you can't really say that because the heating mechanism is so different. Interesting!

> I had originally planned to talk about how sometimes people will use them to make hot water, but I took it out for two reasons:
>
> 1. You can't get rid of the coffee taste. It'll always vaguely be there, so if you were going to just run water through it to make tea, you'll be very disappointed.
> 2. They don't produce water anywhere near boiling by the time it lands in the carafe.
>
> In the end, the only thing I wanted was to help the puzzled people understand coffee appliances are by no means a new thing over here. Nobody alive on Earth predates the percolator!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/technologyconnections/comments/wlrae7/comment/ijutdw9/ · 80 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Alec Watson** (u/TechConnectify) in r/technologyconnections, Aug 12, 2018 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> I'm assuming a lot of those props might be hints about future videos. Might be a reflection of how many ideas he has for possible videos? I do however agree it does look very busy back there, and the amount of stuff really detracts from what's actually there.

> In a way I was sort of trying to mimic the Wall of Magic from Mental Floss videos.  Though rather than just go with a random assortment of stuff (which I'll grant you there's some truly random stuff peppered in, like Marty the Squirrel, Evan the Snake, and Booty the Clown (two of the three just got names right this second)), I wanted most if not all of the items to fit in with the channel subject.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/technologyconnections/comments/967shy/comment/e42vqie/ · 9 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Alec Watson** (u/TechConnectify) in r/technologyconnections, Aug 20, 2021 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Almost every single Technology Connections video is about something seemingly completely random that I've thought about or wondered about at some point in my life. It just fills that niche perfectly. Every time.

> I'm pretty sure I'm just the weird kid many of us were who decided to make videos about the things my weird brain catalogued as interesting.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/technologyconnections/comments/p881m5/comment/h9ogj8c/ · 110 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Mark Fischbach (Markiplier)** (u/markiplier) in r/Markiplier, Jan 2, 2025 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> He said a while ago he can't do it as well as he used to when he was younger. He's also stopped doing it, because it's horrible for your joints and as he's gotten older it hurts a lot more to do. He has mentioned that sometimes it happens unconsciously when he's sleeping, and…

> This information has been severely telephoned and is jumbled with other things I've said. Exactly how mythological creatures are created.
>
> 1) I have only said that I used to be more flexible when I was younger. Never in relation to my feet. The foot thing I never even discovered was a thing until someone in college pointed at my feet and went "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FEET????"
>
> 2) Yes, I do it less to ensure that my knees stay healthy as I get older.
>
> 3) Greatly exaggerated statement. My feet do not spin randomly in my sleep. I am not in "incredible pain" when I wake up from my feet helicoptering randomly at the stroke of midnight.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Markiplier/comments/1hs4nvi/comment/m539ivy/ · 2,490 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Mark Fischbach (Markiplier)** (u/markiplier) in r/distractible, Jul 26, 2024 · Funny

Replying to the post "PSA TO MARK".

> Do you think I’m going to… stuff Glauber’s salt into all of my computers?
> Is that what you think?
> Those are your thoughts?
> Your mind’s eye sees thus?
> Perceive you this notion?
> You surmise this with certainty?
> This you construe?

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/distractible/comments/1ecfo9j/comment/lf0004o/ · 2,589 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Matt Parker** (u/standupmaths) in r/math, Jan 16, 2018 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> I've seen this guy on Numberphile and thought he seemed like a really fun guy, this just confirms it! Thanks for sharing!

> I can confirm that the Cliff you see in the Numberphile videos etc is exactly the Cliff you get in person.
>
> Only more so. Real-life Cliff is up to an extra 61.8% more Cliff than Video Cliff.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/7qrkx6/comment/dsrsbdn/ · 88 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Matt Parker** (u/standupmaths) in r/IAmA, Feb 13, 2020 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Was there anything that you had to cut from Humble Pi that you wish could have made it into the book? Also, congrats to Dr. Lucie on the successful launch of the solar orbiter!

> There is a bunch of small stuff which didn't make it into the book.
>
> - I wanted to have a section of hash values and hash collisions. I went so far as to use random reference codes on my post-it notes to see if I would have a collision while writing the book: and I did! But that section didn't even make it to the first draft.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/f3cm7d/comment/fhi7kik/ · 44 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **James Rallison (TheOdd1sOut)** (u/theodd1sout) in r/madlads, Feb 23, 2020 · Funny

Replying to the post "u/Theodd1s0ut".

> I just gave gold to a screenshot of my tweet about giving gold to myself.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/madlads/comments/f86dxj/comment/fikpukq/ · 1,071 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Seth Hendrickson (SethBling)** (u/SethBling) in r/programming, Mar 28, 2016 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Amazing stuff. Roughly how many attempts did it take?

> I did it first try :) Of course that's after months of planning and practice.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4caow0/comment/d1ggz1j/ · 457 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Seth Hendrickson (SethBling)** (u/SethBling) in r/AskReddit, Apr 2, 2016 · Funny

Replying to the post "What YouTube channel do you have an undying hatred for?".

> Probably not...but...
>
> Ctrl+F "SethBling"
>
> Whew!
>
> EDIT: You guys are making me blush <3

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4d0xth/comment/d1n1w5v/ · 2,821 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Seth Hendrickson (SethBling)** (u/SethBling) in r/InternetAMA, Oct 2, 2012 · Behind the scenes

In the thread "IAmA Professional Gaming YouTuber, AMA".

> It's my AIM screen name from high school. That's how you can tell that I didn't originally plan on internet success.

(Excerpt.)
Context: a redditor asked where his username came from (https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetAMA/comments/10tzjb/)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetAMA/comments/10tzjb/comment/c6gmhhu/ · 50 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Seth Hendrickson (SethBling)** (u/SethBling) in r/Minecraft, Jul 5, 2019 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Sethbling is my dad

> SON, GET BACK TO WORK. THESE COMMAND BLOCKS WONT WRITE THEMSELVES.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/c9jc77/comment/eszk2fs/ · 322 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Colin Furze** (u/colinfurze) in r/IAmA, Nov 28, 2017 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> What's with the mannequin legs in the garden?

> They were left over from a TV project......you can't chuck legs away

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/7g5gky/comment/dqgnicb/ · 1,528 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Colin Furze** (u/colinfurze) in r/IAmA, Nov 28, 2017 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> What is a pram?

> A stroller if you're American. If you're not it's Pam spelt wrong

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/7g5gky/comment/dqgpibm/ · 68 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Jack Douglass (jacksfilms)** (u/Jacksfilms) in r/IAmA, Nov 18, 2015 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Does the unrelenting pressure of never being allowed to make a grammatical error ever get you down?

> Not really because I'm about to mak one BOOM pressure's off.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3tc3u8/comment/cx4y5vy/ · 453 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Jack Douglass (jacksfilms)** (u/Jacksfilms) in r/IAmA, Nov 9, 2020 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Why did you choose the name "jacksfilms"? As your name isn't Jack and you don't make films.

> BECAUSE "JOHNSVIDEOS" DOESN'T QUITE ROLL OFF THE TONGUE DOES IT CYBER-GON

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/jr4shl/comment/gbr3jmo/ · 3,686 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal)** (u/GiantBatFart) in r/IAmA, Feb 20, 2015 · Own mistake

Replying to a redditor:

> Kickstarter backer here. What amount of money did you expect to get for Exploding Kittens before launch? For Matt, mantis shrimp, japanese giant hornets, or the red velvet mite? Congrats on the success, you still have 90 minutes to go before the campaign ends, are certainly the…

> The mantis shrimp is still my favorite animal, ever.  Even though its eyes don't work in the way that I wrote they did -- back in 2012 it was still thought that a mantis shrimp could see a "thermonuclear bomb of light and beauty."  That's since been disproven, but now their eyes have been shown to [detect cancer cells](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/mantis-shrimp-inspires-a-new-camera-for-detecting-cancer-180952927/?no-ist).
>
> All hail the mantis shrimp.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2whrau/comment/coqzi9y/ · 261 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Zach Weinersmith** (u/MrWeiner) in r/funny, Oct 6, 2015 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hey I always wondered, why does you comic *always* have at least one person with glasses, or one ginger, in every strip?

> I often put big glasses on people who I want to seem less emotional. As for gingers, we are an under-represented minority, and our time will come.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/3npoup/comment/cvq92m0/ · 791 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Zach Weinersmith** (u/MrWeiner) in r/comics, May 19, 2015 · Own mistake

Replying to a redditor:

> "Dear Mr Weiner. I am writing today because of your recent comic 3741, and its gaping plot holes. In any reckoning of astronomical physics, it would be impossible to bring an asteroid "to a soft landing" on a large gravitational body like Earth. Once it was close enough to be…

> Yeah, in my original script, he cut off chunks to send home, but it was kinda clunky. Probably should've kept it clunky :)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/36hv9j/comment/cre6vb1/ · 32 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Zach Weinersmith** (u/MrWeiner) in r/comics, Mar 31, 2023 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> I like it. I'd up the ante to a human baby, but that might be going a bit too far. Sort of turns Superman's protection into a Faustian bargain.

> I originally had a terrier, then switched to baby, then baby monkey. I think a human baby would work, but lacks that weird specificity. Maybe I should've gone with a koala, but I think in general you need to imply Superman has a whole theory in order to get to the funny.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/127ojnd/comment/jef7e0z/ · 132 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Zach Weinersmith** (u/MrWeiner) in r/whatsthisplant, May 23, 2026 · Normal redditor

Replying to the post "What is this growing like carpet in my lawn".

> Lamb's Quarters. One of the tastiest wild greens. Let it get a little big, fill a basket with leaves. Wash them, then drop them in boiling water for a few minutes to get the bitterness out. Drain, squeeze out the water, and now you basically have a loaf of some of the best greens. Personally, I like to make a version of creamed spinach with them.
>
> Only issue is that the stems are pretty tough when they get tall, and if you mow they are very unpleasant to step on. If you don't want that, you'd better kill them.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisplant/comments/1tlc8v4/comment/onept6b/ · 186 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Rob DenBleyker** (u/robdenbleyker) in r/Dallas, Apr 29, 2025 · Funny

Replying to the post "Help with Coyotes- some tips.".

> 6. Paint a fake tunnel onto the side of a rock

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/comments/1kas0y5/comment/mpoqv51/ · 64 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Rob DenBleyker** (u/robdenbleyker) in r/IAmA, Feb 3, 2014 · Fan art

Replying to a redditor:

> Ireland 2007, Giant's Causeway - was that actually you guys? :D http://i.imgur.com/Pm2EWqY.jpg

> We drew that the first time Dave, Matt and I met up in Northern Ireland. After that we flew into Dallas and drove to San Diego where we met Kris for the first time.
> So cool that it's still there. You found a bit of history.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1wx8u1/comment/cf68kx9/ · 2,036 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Ryan North** (u/qwantz) in r/IAmA, Mar 8, 2022 · Own mistake

Replying to a redditor:

> I just pictured Velociraptor coming up behind Trex to make sure he heard that laugh

> FUN FACT: I had this idea early on that "Hah hah hah" would be the SINCERE laugh in the comic, and if they said "Ha ha ha" that was supposed to be an insincere, forced laugh.  But then I never went back to make sure that was consistent so I don't think I can point to all 20 years of comics and say that it holds for all of them.  But it does hold for some of them!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/t9jyl9/comment/hzvb6t2/ · 14 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **David Malki !** (u/wondermark) in r/webcomics, Dec 12, 2023 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> I used to read Wondermark every day, but I stopped cuz a lot of them are really wordy.

> I made the font bigger so now I have no choice but to be more concise

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/webcomics/comments/18g8s10/comment/kd2kjja/ · 32 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **David Malki !** (u/wondermark) in r/comics, May 18, 2024 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> What made you choose to make comics out of old illustrations? Were you into them before you started?

> I answered the first part elsewhere but the answer to the second is, not especially. It was a sort of discovery.
>
> I've now learned so much about the artform and the history and the process that I have a much more informed appreciation for it, but paradoxically, that sometimes makes it harder to make comics out of them!
>
> "How dare I mix this 1902 spot illustration with this 1875 woodcut, the line weights are totally different," that sort of thing. I've invented new problems for myself! Education is a mistake!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/1cuam9p/comment/l4ne8zf/ · 4 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Scott Meyer** (u/ScottMeyer) in r/IAmA, Nov 18, 2009 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Will the Moon Men ever prevail? Will Rocket Hat ever speak?

> The Emperor would tell you that Moon-Victory is inevitable. As for Rocket-Hat, he speaks often and does many exciting, action packed things. It just all happens out of frame, and I see no need for that to change.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/a5mju/comment/c0fyhcm/ · 17 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Scott Meyer** (u/ScottMeyer) in r/IAmA, Nov 18, 2009 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> I'm curious what influences you've had on your 'look' for Basic Instructions. I realize that's a banal question, but I genuinely don't see much else out there anything like yours. The closest I could even think of would be ... Fox Trot?

> Originally it was a failed attempt to replicate airline safety cards. The two most similar comics in terms of appearance to mine would most likely be Red Meat and Wondermark.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/a5mju/comment/c0fyvzv/ · 3 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Rebecca Sugar** (u/RebeccaSugar) in r/IAmA, Aug 20, 2014 · Behind the scenes

In the thread "I am Rebecca Sugar, creator of Steven Universe, and former Adventure Time storyboarder, AMA!".

> Tom Herpich actually named Pearl!
>
> I wanted their Gems to parallel their personalities. Pearls being automatically smooth and perfect, Amethyst is coarse and rough, and I love how raw Garnets are mysterious with just a little bit of red peeking through hidden inside.

(Excerpt.)
Context: a redditor asked where the Gems' names came from (https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/comment/cjw0unk/ · 20 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Rebecca Sugar** (u/RebeccaSugar) in r/IAmA, Aug 21, 2014 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> I was just wondering. I'm currently almost 19 years old, and my art still isn't exactly great. It's okay, barely passable maybe, but I want to improve, but I don't know if it's too late and I've missed my time. Do you think it's ever too late for someone to start improving their…

> YOU HAVE NOT MISSED YOUR TIME!!!
>
> Go go go! Draw every day! It is NEVER too late!
>
> Here are books I used to improve, when I was 19.
>
> **Andrew Loomis, Figure Drawing for All It's Worth**
>
> **David Chelsea, Perspective for Comic Book Artists**
>
> Draw the people around you! Study perspective, draw people STANDING ON THE GROUND, that is so important! Draw with no fear! Print out the kinds of drawings you like, and try to figure out why you like them, there must be a reason, and whatever it is, learn to do it! Don't be afraid to do bad drawings, they have no power over you, you can just throw them out!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/comment/cjw7w1s/ · 22 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Dana Terrace** (u/AntagonistDana) in r/TheOwlHouse, Sep 3, 2020 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi! Two questions. 1. When a witch joins a coven, are they unable to learn and cast any other type of magic that doesn’t align with the coven or can they still cast any magic but doing so is forbidden and they’ll be in trouble? 2. If I recall correctly there was only one person…

> On the Boiling Isles 'witch' is a gender-neutral term. Wizards do exist but it's more of a title you can call yourself if you like. Haha there are some scrapped lines that allude to the term 'warlock' being akin to 'edgelord' in the demon realm.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/ill21i/comment/g3t5tan/ · 1,439 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Dana Terrace** (u/AntagonistDana) in r/TheOwlHouse, Sep 3, 2020 · Lore answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Asking the BIG question here: Does Amity naturally have brown hair and dyes it or is it green and she has brown patches in it?

> Amity's natural hair is brown, like her father's. Emira and Edric's hair is green, like their mother's. Mrs Blight likes her children to be... Color coordinated.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/ill21i/comment/g3symor/ · 2,220 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Owen Dennis** (u/oweeeeendennis) in r/vfx, Nov 2, 2025 · Own mistake

Replying to the post "Editor on first stop-motion short, struggling with "unfixable" cleanup errors. How perfect is "good enough"?".

> I found myself thinking about where in the scene the eye was focused so much, that one time in one episode of a show we made, we accidentally left the timecode on in one shot. That shot had to go through me, the editor, assistant editor, the supervising producer, the animation director, multiple PAs and PCs, AND through QC, none of whom caught it. I only realized we missed it after one fan saw it on TV, took a screenshot, and was like "what's this?" Felt very embarrassing.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/vfx/comments/1om7saf/comment/nmniazf/ · 23 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Owen Dennis** (u/oweeeeendennis) in r/corgi, Nov 30, 2020 · Normal redditor

In the thread "This is my night, every night.".

> I have a corgi. I also grew up with a corgi. The corgi in the show is more based on the dog I grew up with, back when people were baffled by what kind of dog a corgi even was. Everyone would look at my dog and be like "What is that? What's wrong with it?" and oh ho hoooo how the turns have tabled.

Context: a commenter said the show's corgi jokes now made sense (https://www.reddit.com/r/corgi/comments/k3znun/)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/corgi/comments/k3znun/comment/ge71f1s/ · 23 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Ian Jones-Quartey** (u/ianjq) in r/NintendoSwitch, Nov 2, 2018 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> What was the design process like for Lord Cowboy Darrell?

> That happened organically! A storyboard artist for "A Heros Fate", Ryann Shannon, pitched the idea of "Special Limited Edition Cowboy Darrell" and it made us laugh so much that we made Darrell's love of cowboys part of his character.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/9tmgdz/comment/e8xdy63/ · 44 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Joe Murray** (u/BigJoeWorry) in r/IAmA, Sep 19, 2013 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Mr Bighead was my absolute favorite as a kid. was he inspired by someone in your life?

> A nasty neighbor on our street who always stole our baseballs.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1moos7/comment/ccb6yjl/ · 467 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Craig Bartlett** (u/CraigBartlett) in r/90s, Nov 23, 2024 · Own mistake

Replying to a redditor:

> Also question for Craig! I wanna clarify, how old is Harold? He had a Bar Mitzvah and in one episode he mentioned being pushed back a few grades. But in Helga on the Couch he appears to be in the same kindergarten class as Helga, Arnold and others.

> Ah, it's true. In Arnold's universe, time is elastic. Harold was older by several years for one story, and almost the same age at the rest of them for "Couch," and probably "the Journal." What can I say? We do our best.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/90s/comments/1gxmlfx/comment/lyifckt/ · 14 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Phil Lord** (u/PhilLord) in r/IAmA, Mar 1, 2015 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> How did you two meet?

> Chris lit my girlfriend's hair on fire in college.  Ended one relationship and started another

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2xlhyz/comment/cp16jvh/ · 76 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Phil Lord** (u/PhilLord) in r/ProjectHailMary, Nov 18, 2025 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> I love the 2nd trailer! What's your dream PHM popcorn bucket look like?

> well... a Rocky bucket where you have to get the popcorn out from the bottom was... rejected.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectHailMary/comments/1ozkona/comment/npk208x/ · 140 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### **Phil Lord** (u/PhilLord) in r/IAmA, Mar 1, 2015 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> (1) Most filmmakers don't flip between animated projects and live-action projects the way you've been able to. What has doing animation taught you about doing live-action, and vice-versa? (2) I loved "Cloudy" (I am 32 years old, incidentally) — such a funny, smart, rich take…

> our take on cloudy was originally a lot sillier and less emotional.  Amy Pascal taught us how to make it a lot more moving, and as a result it got a lot funnier.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2xlhyz/comment/cp17zvu/ · 9 points as of Nov 7, 2026

## Every account, A to Z

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|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Watson | [u/TechConnectify](https://www.reddit.com/user/TechConnectify/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/alec-watson |
| Andrew Spinks | [u/Redigit](https://www.reddit.com/user/Redigit/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| Andy Weir | [u/sephalon](https://www.reddit.com/user/sephalon/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/andy-weir |
| Anthony Ryan | [u/Anthony_Ryan](https://www.reddit.com/user/Anthony_Ryan/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/anthony-ryan |
| Ari Gibson | [u/Ari_TeamCherry](https://www.reddit.com/user/Ari_TeamCherry/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/ari-gibson |
| Austin Wintory | [u/awintory](https://www.reddit.com/user/awintory/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/austin-wintory |
| Bear McCreary | [u/bearmccreary](https://www.reddit.com/user/bearmccreary/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/bear-mccreary |
| Ben Prunty | [u/benprunty](https://www.reddit.com/user/benprunty/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| Blake Crouch | [u/BlakeCrouch](https://www.reddit.com/user/BlakeCrouch/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/blake-crouch |
| Brandon Pearce | [u/kingbdogz](https://www.reddit.com/user/kingbdogz/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| Brent Weeks | [u/BrentWeeks](https://www.reddit.com/user/BrentWeeks/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/brent-weeks |
| Brian McClellan | [u/BrianMcClellan](https://www.reddit.com/user/BrianMcClellan/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/brian-mcclellan |
| C. Robert Cargill | [u/Massawyrm](https://www.reddit.com/user/Massawyrm/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/c-robert-cargill |
| CGP Grey | [u/MindOfMetalAndWheels](https://www.reddit.com/user/MindOfMetalAndWheels/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| Chris Wilson | [u/Chris_Wilson](https://www.reddit.com/user/Chris_Wilson/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| Christopher Paolini | [u/ChristopherPaolini](https://www.reddit.com/user/ChristopherPaolini/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/christopher-paolini |
| Chuck Palahniuk | [u/ChuckPalahniuk62](https://www.reddit.com/user/ChuckPalahniuk62/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/chuck-palahniuk |
| Colin Furze | [u/ColinFurze](https://www.reddit.com/user/ColinFurze/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/colin-furze |
| Craig Bartlett | [u/CraigBartlett](https://www.reddit.com/user/CraigBartlett/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/craig-bartlett |
| Dana Terrace | [u/AntagonistDana](https://www.reddit.com/user/AntagonistDana/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/dana-terrace |
| Daniel Rosenfeld (C418) | [u/C418](https://www.reddit.com/user/C418/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/c418 |
| Danny Baranowsky | [u/dannyBstyle](https://www.reddit.com/user/dannyBstyle/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/danny-baranowsky |
| David Malki ! | [u/Wondermark](https://www.reddit.com/user/Wondermark/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/david-malki |
| Django Wexler | [u/DjangoWexler](https://www.reddit.com/user/DjangoWexler/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/django-wexler |
| Don Hertzfeldt | [u/donhertzfeldt](https://www.reddit.com/user/donhertzfeldt/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/don-hertzfeldt |
| Eric Barone | [u/ConcernedApe](https://www.reddit.com/user/ConcernedApe/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/eric-barone |
| Grant Sanderson | [u/3blue1brown](https://www.reddit.com/user/3blue1brown/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| Henrik Fåhraeus | [u/PDX_Wiz](https://www.reddit.com/user/PDX_Wiz/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/henrik-fahraeus |
| Hugh Howey | [u/hughhowey](https://www.reddit.com/user/hughhowey/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/hugh-howey |
| Ian Jones-Quartey | [u/IanJQ](https://www.reddit.com/user/IanJQ/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/ian-jones-quartey |
| Jack Douglass (jacksfilms) | [u/jacksfilms](https://www.reddit.com/user/jacksfilms/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/jack-douglass |
| James Rallison (TheOdd1sOut) | [u/theodd1sout](https://www.reddit.com/user/theodd1sout/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/james-rallison |
| James S. A. Corey | [u/JamesSACorey](https://www.reddit.com/user/JamesSACorey/) | Shared account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/james-s-a-corey |
| Jason Steele | [u/Fathomas](https://www.reddit.com/user/Fathomas/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| Jens Bergensten | [u/jeb_](https://www.reddit.com/user/jeb_/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/jens-bergensten |
| Joe Abercrombie | [u/Joe_Abercrombie](https://www.reddit.com/user/Joe_Abercrombie/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/joe-abercrombie |
| Joe Murray | [u/BigJoeWorry](https://www.reddit.com/user/BigJoeWorry/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/joe-murray |
| Jonathan Coulton | [u/jonathancoulton](https://www.reddit.com/user/jonathancoulton/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/jonathan-coulton |
| Josh Sawyer | [u/jesawyer](https://www.reddit.com/user/jesawyer/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/josh-sawyer |
| Kameron Hurley | [u/KameronHurley](https://www.reddit.com/user/KameronHurley/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/kameron-hurley |
| Kris Wilson | [u/KrisWilson](https://www.reddit.com/user/KrisWilson/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| LocalThunk | [u/LocalThunk](https://www.reddit.com/user/LocalThunk/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| Lois Lowry | [u/Lois-Lowry](https://www.reddit.com/user/Lois-Lowry/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/lois-lowry |
| Mark Fischbach (Markiplier) | [u/markiplier](https://www.reddit.com/user/markiplier/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/markiplier |
| Mark Lawrence | [u/MarkLawrence](https://www.reddit.com/user/MarkLawrence/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/mark-lawrence |
| Mary Robinette Kowal | [u/maryrobinette](https://www.reddit.com/user/maryrobinette/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/mary-robinette-kowal |
| Matt Parker | [u/standupmaths](https://www.reddit.com/user/standupmaths/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/matt-parker |
| Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal) | [u/GiantBatFart](https://www.reddit.com/user/GiantBatFart/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/matthew-inman |
| Max Brooks | [u/IamMaxBrooks](https://www.reddit.com/user/IamMaxBrooks/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/max-brooks |
| Michal Kovařík | [u/kovarex](https://www.reddit.com/user/kovarex/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/michal-kovarik |
| Mikkel Martin Pedersen | [u/Mikkel_GSG](https://www.reddit.com/user/Mikkel_GSG/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| Naomi Novik | [u/NaomiNovik](https://www.reddit.com/user/NaomiNovik/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/naomi-novik |
| Nathan Adams | [u/Dinnerbone](https://www.reddit.com/user/Dinnerbone/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/nathan-adams |
| Nathan W. Pyle | [u/nathanwpyle](https://www.reddit.com/user/nathanwpyle/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| Neal Shusterman | [u/NealShusterman](https://www.reddit.com/user/NealShusterman/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/neal-shusterman |
| Nick Seluk | [u/AwkwardYeti](https://www.reddit.com/user/AwkwardYeti/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| Noel Berry | [u/NoelFB](https://www.reddit.com/user/NoelFB/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/noel-berry |
| Owen Dennis | [u/oweeeeendennis](https://www.reddit.com/user/oweeeeendennis/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/owen-dennis |
| Peter Watts | [u/The-Squidnapper](https://www.reddit.com/user/The-Squidnapper/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/peter-watts |
| Phil Lord | [u/PhilLord](https://www.reddit.com/user/PhilLord/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/phil-lord |
| Pierce Brown | [u/Dracones](https://www.reddit.com/user/Dracones/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/pierce-brown |
| R. A. Salvatore | [u/RASalvatore](https://www.reddit.com/user/RASalvatore/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/r-a-salvatore |
| Rami Ismail | [u/tha_rami](https://www.reddit.com/user/tha_rami/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/rami-ismail |
| Rebecca Sugar | [u/rebeccasugar](https://www.reddit.com/user/rebeccasugar/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/rebecca-sugar |
| Rob DenBleyker | [u/robdenbleyker](https://www.reddit.com/user/robdenbleyker/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/rob-denbleyker |
| Robert Jackson Bennett | [u/Robertjbennett](https://www.reddit.com/user/Robertjbennett/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/robert-jackson-bennett |
| Ryan North | [u/qwantz](https://www.reddit.com/user/qwantz/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/ryan-north |
| Sam Sykes | [u/SamSykes](https://www.reddit.com/user/SamSykes/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/sam-sykes |
| Scott Lynch | [u/scottlynch78](https://www.reddit.com/user/scottlynch78/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/scott-lynch |
| Scott Meyer | [u/ScottMeyer](https://www.reddit.com/user/ScottMeyer/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/scott-meyer |
| Seanan McGuire | [u/seananmcguire](https://www.reddit.com/user/seananmcguire/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/seanan-mcguire |
| Seth Hendrickson (SethBling) | [u/SethBling](https://www.reddit.com/user/SethBling/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/seth-hendrickson |
| Shen | [u/shenanigansen](https://www.reddit.com/user/shenanigansen/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| Sherwood Smith | [u/SherwoodSmith](https://www.reddit.com/user/SherwoodSmith/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/sherwood-smith |
| Steven Erikson | [u/stevenerikson](https://www.reddit.com/user/stevenerikson/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/steven-erikson |
| Tad Williams | [u/Tad_Williams](https://www.reddit.com/user/Tad_Williams/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/tad-williams |
| Tim Cain | [u/TimCain](https://www.reddit.com/user/TimCain/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/tim-cain |
| Tim Schafer | [u/TimOfLegend](https://www.reddit.com/user/TimOfLegend/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/tim-schafer |
| Tynan Sylvester | [u/TynanSylvester](https://www.reddit.com/user/TynanSylvester/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| V. E. Schwab | [u/veschwab](https://www.reddit.com/user/veschwab/) | AMA only | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/v-e-schwab |
| Will Wight | [u/Will_Wight](https://www.reddit.com/user/Will_Wight/) | Personal account | No page (no photo we can use) |
| William Pellen | [u/William_TeamCherry](https://www.reddit.com/user/William_TeamCherry/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/william-pellen |
| Zach Weinersmith | [u/MrWeiner](https://www.reddit.com/user/MrWeiner/) | Personal account | https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/zach-weinersmith |

Scores are Reddit's as of Nov 7, 2026. "No posts retrieved" means our pull returned nothing for that account, not that it is inactive.