Scrap: Abendrot
I also love the german modal verbs möchten (present tense) and mochten (past tense) - you can kind of see why in the last two lines of the poetry.
Stories From Elton High | Chapter 24
I wonder just how true this statement is in its present tense. "he doesn't know any better. he'll realize i was right when he finds someone else." "does he want to find someone else?" "how the hell should i know?!"
Expedition: End of the Beginning
Sera remarked, noting with interest that shodan had unconsciously shifted to the present tense. "speaking of the 'warm' viis, is there an actual term you use for them? it gets sort of..." "awkward, yes." shodan frowned.
Maybe All Confessional Essays Should Be Written In Blank Verse
Not "love," no present tenses. only past. "farewell" the only kiss permissible. and now, why, i am grown.
"The Gift": Richard's Storyline, Ch 8, Part 1
'hacer' is present tense." the gryphon took it in stride. "richard will do good." at that point i set my plate off to the side, finishing my sandwich with a final bite. the moment i swallowed balam stood and strode straight for the door.
Aftermath
present tense, not past tense. you still love him enough to fight me. and you love me enough to break through my glamour, my armor, and make me see just what i am and what i'm doing. and that's why it had to be you, who was to be my conscience."
Ailee and Jolee [<1k words]
I randomly rolled for 4 characters to be used, and for the story to be in present tense, and in third person. ailee rolled over, her short little nose sticking out from underneath her onto the couch.
Love's Battlefield: After the Battle - Monsters
Notice the inconsistencies in the past and present tenses that i've been using? if so then you're starting to get it. only half of this story has been a recounting of events gone by. the other half has been my feelings on the matters.
Chatline Chapter 6: Meeting With Friends
present tense is very difficult to write in, and with the number of errors i found during the revision has proven to me that i'm not good at it. i don't like writing in present tense anyway. i figured since this is what i chose, i need to stick with it.
Part 3: The Arena Blademaster
The first thing bloodies learnt was how tamrielic used what was called 'tenses', which was foreign to their kind because saxhleel only ever spoke in what most people would call 'present tense'.
JTB ch5: Crossroad
This is actually turning out to be a lot more work than i thought, whoopsies i find myself having to streamline past/present tenses in the original japanese and actually add in some descriptions so it reads easier in english.
The Human Species Ch.113 - First Protagonist Red
Although speaking of her in the present tense felt a bit strange, the picture was grainy and rather worn and most likely from the wrong side of this century.