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I have just learned that Mountain Goats are NOT, in fact, actual Goats.

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DO NOT LET SOCIAL MEDIA TURN YOU INTO AN AMERICAN

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seeing anyone's actual face sends me into immediate shock, like what do you mean you aren't the pegasus from the 1997 animated Disney film Hercules

i genuinely cannot picture anyone as anything but their profile picture, like there's my mutual the llama. oh and them? yeah that's doctor who. and over there we have generic pink sunset, she's great

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i genuinely cannot picture anyone as anything but their profile picture, like there's my mutual the llama. oh and them? yeah that's doctor who. and over there we have generic pink sunset, she's great

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Writing fight scenes

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1. Pacing

A fight scene should be fast-paced and intense. Unless it's a final battle with numerous parties, a fight scene that's too long tends to take away suspense. To speed up your pacing, use active voice to describe movement and don't overdescribe your characters' thoughts. Excessive inner monologue will be unrealistic, as people usually have no room to think during intense combats.

2. Character mannerisms

Here's a point that people often overlook, but is actually super important. Through fight scenes, you should be able to reveal your characters' contrasting mannerisms and personality. A cunning character would play dirty - fighting less and making use of their opponent's weakness more. A violent character would aim to kill. A softer one would only target to disarm their enemies, using weakened attacks. A short-minded character would only rely on force and attack without thinking. This will help readers understand your characters more and decide who to root for.

3. Making use of surroundings

Not only the characters, you also need to consider the setting of your fight scene and use it to your advantage. Is it suitable for fighting, or are there dangerous slopes that make it risky? Are there scattered items that can help your characters fight (e.g. nails, shards of glass, ropes, wooden boards, or cutlery)? Is it a public place where people can easily spot the fight and call the authorities, or is it a private spot where they can fight to the death?

4. Description

The main things that you need to describe in a fight scene are :

• Characters involved in the fight

• How they initiate and dodge attacks

• Fighting styles and any weapons used

• The injuries caused

Be careful to not drag out the description for too long, because it slows down the pace.

5. Raise the stakes

By raising the stakes of the fight, your readers will be more invested in it. Just when they think it's over, introduce another worse conflict that will keep the scene going. Think of your characters' goals and motivations as well. Maybe if the MC didn't win, the world would end! Or maybe, one person in the fight is going all-out, while the other is going easy because they used to be close :"D

6. Injuries

Fights are bound to be dirty and resulting in injuries, so don't let your character walk away unscathed - show the effect of their injuries. For example, someone who had been punched in the jaw has a good chance of passing out, and someone who had been stabbed won't just remove the knife and walk away without any problem. To portray realistic injuries, research well.

7. Drive the plot forward

You don't write fight scenes only to make your characters look cool - every fight needs to have a purpose and drive the plot forward. Maybe they have to fight to improve their fighting skills or escape from somewhere alive. Maybe they need to defeat the enemy in order to obtain an object or retrieve someone who had been kidnapped. The point is, every single fight scene should bring the characters one step closer (or further :D) to the climax.

8. Words to use

• Hand to hand combat :

Crush, smash, lunge, beat, punch, leap, slap, scratch, batter, pummel, whack, slam, dodge, clobber, box, shove, bruise, knock, flick, push, choke, charge, impact

• With weapon :

Swing, slice, brandish, stab, shoot, whip, parry, cut, bump, poke, drive, shock, strap, pelt, plunge, impale, lash, bleed, sting, penetrate

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today is not my birthday

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Essential information of previous post:

A product called "i can't believe it's not estrogen" by a company called "estrolabs" is being advertized on Twitter.

It is not estrogen. It is ashwagandha.

The active ingredient increases your lutenizing hormone, which will cause your body to produce more of whichever sex hormone it produces endogenously.

If you have testes, this will increase your testosterone levels.

If you are transfem, this shit will increase your testosterone levels.

They are lying to you to take your money. Don't fucking touch it. Tell your friends and family.

If you're desperate, DIY is an option. The subreddit r/TransDIY is an excellent resource, as is the DIY Wiki.

If what you really want is a herbal supplement, there are certain herbs that will have a minor antiandrogenic effect. The DIY resources here will have more information on it.

Edit: the dose of ashwagandha is so high that it will give you serotonin syndrome within four to eight weeks. This shit is evil.

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As promised, here are some pictures of Lyalya’s first walk outside! Look at the bushy little squirrel tail :D the sandpit was her favorite spot! She was extremely excited and threw sand all over the place

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so i have a cat now

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happy pride to these lesbian foxes

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It's end of May, yall know what that means

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FUCK. honestly just FUCK. We missed a very important day yesterday.

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What would book 1 Feyre's shape-shifting form be??

This popped into my head reading a post about how Feyre adopts so much of Rhys's personality in acomaf. Even her shift form, she chooses HIS wings when she could have chosen anything. And I feel a little robbed that she didn't experiment more. I feel like she'd lean predator being a hunter, but definitely something fast. Maybe even sometimes becoming a horse instead of riding one to visit villagers.

Headcanons:

I wish we had scenes of Tamlin teaching her how to shift.

I wish we had scenes of them doing little chases through the woods, shifting from form to form. (Im imagining more of a Lysandra in ToG gift, where its quite fast and varied).

I wish we had scenes of Feyre turning into a cat to keep Tamlin company while he worked, napping in a sunbeam.

I wish we had a scene where a little bird settled on his window ledge that he talks to all morning only for Feyre to walk in and he realizes he was flirting with a regular bird.

I wish there was a scene, while she's still struggling with everything, where she keeps shifting into her human body. And Tamlin tells her that he loves seeing the woman he fell in love with but they can't go back. But for years she still shifts human when she's particularly upset or overwhelmed. 😭😭😭😭😭

Someone write this for me so I can cry

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Wait… Isn’t Ed Balls day coming up? ED BALLS DAY, I HAVE TO GET READY TO CELEBRATE