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Imagine Twilight being set in college and being Bella's randomly assigned roommate just trying to live their life.

"Yeah her boyfriend's weird and climbs into the window of our 4th floor dorm every night. They're always muttering about 'forever' and 'eternity' and 'souls.' But like, I've got homework to do."

"My roommate is super depressed. I tried to talk to her but she's just staring out the window. I guess she and what's-his-face broke up. I picked her up a pamphlet about depression from the health clinic and left it on her desk."

"Yeah she disappeared for several days. Said she went to Italy. Like I don't care but you could just tell me if you're gonna be gone, it's common courtesy. Oh and apparently she and the boyfriend are back together because he's here all the time again. No they're here right now but they literally don't notice anything I say or do. I mean I don't love him being here every night but he kills the spiders so that's something."

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It’s almost that time of year – the days will get shorter, a chill will set in, you’ll break out your flannel and pretend to be Bella Swan.

Set the scene with these Twilight ASMR videos.

bella.

Bella Swan’s Room | Bella’s Room Alt 1 | Bella Swan’s Bedroom Alt 2 | Bella’s Room Alt 3

Bella Swan’s Kitchen

Christmas at Charlie’s

Bella Leaves for Prom

edward.

The Cullens’ House in Forks

Edward Cullen’s Room | Edward’s Room Alt 1 | Edward’s Room Alt 2 | Edward’s Room Alt 3

jacob.

Jacob Black’s Cabin

Jacob’s Backyard

Camping with Jacob

Bonfire with Jacob

Campfire with Jacob

Jacob Repairing Motorcycles

much more under the cut.

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I had a tattoo client ask if I ever used AI to design tattoos for me. Man I spent the better part of a decade doing shitty bit work as a graphic designer and now that I have the space to do whatever I want, I'm gonna let the computer generate random garbage for me? What next should I have a computer that eats my dinner and fucks my wife?

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genuinely one of the worst things that’s happened to television in the last few years (exacerbated by streaming services) is death of Filler. going from 20 episodes to 8 because “we didn’t really need that episode where the main characters went to the beach right? it had no long lasting effect” but we DID!!! we needed to see how they act without the Big Bad Plot and to establish the dynamics between the characters and lay in the sun (do they forget sunscreen? how do they react to a thieving seagull? do they get buried in the sand or do they do the burying?). the plot isn’t everything. the action doesn’t hit as hard without the quiet moments. give us character development and our little scenes back

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No because Edward ruined the few human things Bella actually wanted and I am not okay with it. That truck that her dad bought as welcome home present, the same one Bella absolutely loved and one of the few things she could have taken with her as a vampire? Mysteriously broken right in time for Eddie boy to get her a brand new one. That love for reading and that advanced knowledge we saw in Book 1 biology class and that perfect report card we saw from her New Moon zombie state? Too bad, Edward apparently bribed some fancy pants school because of course Bella could never have gotten in by herself. That trip to visit Renee, one of the last times she will be able to see her mom before being turned into a vampire? Turns out it was just Edward manipulating her out of the state with zero intention of telling her what the hell was going on.

Honorable mention: Alice. Bella was repulsed by the idea of getting married but she finally caved and planned for her own little Las Vegas wedding with just her and Edward, something intimate where she can wear jeans and a hoodie. NOPE. Bff Alice is going to guilt you into having the wedding of the century and dress you up as the biggest barbie that ever barbied and invite the entire town of Forks and then some.

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twilight but bella does have feelings for mike, too, so eclipse is a love square. important detail: no one can tell mike about the supernatural shit so he's just confused 100% of the time

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Having a traumatic childhood means you cannot talk even objectively about your basic foundational experiences without it being "venting", even if you're not actually venting. You just straight up have a huge chunk of your life you can't talk about, full stop, without it being trauma dumping.

And it not being socially acceptable to talk about your own childhood is super alienating. Sometimes people want to know why, and any answer you can give them is going to be off putting.

It's to the point I get irritated when something I said is framed as venting when I'm literally just talking about my life experiences, doing my best to keep emotion out of it.

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Goth girl who says "fangs" instead of "thanks"

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Random writing thought: the best stories are often the ones that only you could have written — but also the ones that you could only write at this one moment.

I couldn't write All the Birds in the Sky from scratch now if I tried. But the me of 2013 couldn't have written The Prodigal Mother either.

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This right here is probably exactly what I needed to see right now! I'm trying to get stuff done this year one way or another and this is definitely the right motivation at the right time. I'll keep writing and working as well!

hello

can you please tell me to continue writing whatever the hell i am writing, because currently it seems like i'm writing nonsense

thank you

You too? Absolutely. You keep going and I'll keep going too.

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// Spoilers for Supernatural Ahead!!!! //

Rewatching supernatural and I'm on S 4 E 16 and man I cannot stress how much Dean deserved so much better. My hearts hurts seeing this man suffer like every episode

#supernatural #dean winchester

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power signalling

Kneeling.

Ordered to kneel as punishment or as a show of deference.

Shoved physically to the ground by hands on their shoulders, maybe a kick to the back of the knee.

Picking themself up off the ground but only getting as far as hands and knees.

Crawling because they haven't got the strength to stand anymore.

Dropping to their knees from exhaustion or despair.

Personal space.

Casually invading it.

Uninvited touch - from the deeply creepy to something as simple as a firm hand on the shoulder.

Standing too close - especially if taller or otherwise physically stronger.

Conversely, hurrying to get out of someone's way.

Eye contact.

Staring someone down. Who is the first to look away?

Averting eyes for one's social superiors. Trying to de-escalate by avoiding eye contact.

Too frightened or ashamed to look someone in the eye.

Insisting that someone maintain eye contact while you're talking to them. Insisting that someone never look you in the eye.

Singling someone out just by looking at them.

More generally, Attention.

The room falls quiet when they walk in.

Who cuts in, and who gets talked over. Ignoring those who are beneath your attention.

The excited attention given to the object of respect and idolization.

The careful, wary focus given to a potential threat.

Deliberately attending to something else to appear less threatening. Deliberately burying oneself in something else to avoid attracting unwanted attention.

Codified status behaviours.

Bowing to one's superiors. Bonus points if there are differentiated kinds of bowing for different status differentials.

Soldiers coming to attention when a superior officer comes.

Saluting. Who greets whom first?

Serving food in a particular order.

Standing up when a respected person enters the room.

Non-verbal threats.

Just resting a hand on a weapon, or perhaps even just near a weapon.

Cracking knuckles or rolling shoulders. Clenched fists. The little come-get-some-then life of the chin.

Stepping from a conversational stance into one that's balance for fight or flight.

Pointing a weapon at someone. Casually brushing aside a weapon.

Conversely, de-escalation and surrender.

Open hands, spread in front of them. Hands above head.

(Raised slowly, transitioning from the simple whoa-calm-down gesture to full on surrender as the situation gets tenser.)

Going still. Slow, careful movements being sure to keep hands where they can be seen. Laying down weapons.

Hands on head. Getting down on the floor. Deliberately making oneself vulnerable to prove non-hostile (or non-resisting) intent.

Alternately, deliberately showing "vulnerability" to demonstrate how little of a threat you consider the other person.

The slouch of villainy. Open posture, casual, relaxed in the face of apparent danger.

Casually putting weapons away or turning one's back, confident that they won't do anything.

Signs of fear.

Flinching. Trembling. Closed defensive posture. Tension. Backing away. Fidgeting. Lip-biting.

Arms hugged close to chest. Or refusing to lower defences. Checking for escape routes. Trying to insist that they don't come any closer.

Offer of or requests for help.

Extending a hand to help someone up off the ground. Reaching out a hand in silent plea.

Do they have to ask for help? Are they willing to accept it? Do they get a choice? Who has plenty and who has to rely on the other's goodwill?

Picking someone up off the ground. Carrying them. (Dropping them?)

Adjusting someone's clothes. Withholding aid.

credit:@just-horrible-things // @whetstonefires suggests:

A character can vastly expand their area of influence by laying a hand on a table, for example. If you're standing on opposite sides of a large table, and one of you puts your hand down, that can symbolically take you up into the other party's personal space in a much subtler and more deniable way than actually getting up in their face.

This can be used equally well to convey affection or threat.

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Resources For Writing Young Adult Fiction

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Dialogue tips that actually work:

You are not writing a movie (ignore this if you are). The reader doesn't need to know every word the characters say for the duration of the story. Less is more.

Dialogue can happen within the prose. "And they awkwardky discussed the weather for five minutes" is way better than actually writing five pages of dialogue about the weather.

Balance your dialogues. Surprise yourself with a monosyllabic answe to a dialogue that's ten sentences long. Don't be afraid of letting your character use half a page for a reply or nothing at all!

Don't write accents phonetically, use slang and colloquialisms if needed.

Comma before "said" and no caps after "!?" unless it's an action tag. Study dialogue punctuation.

Learn the difference between action tags and dialogue tags. Then, use them interchangeably (or none at all).

Don't be afraid to use said. Use said if characters are just saying things, use another word if not. Simple. There's no need to use fancy synonyms unless absolutely necessary.

Not everyone talks the same way so it makes sense for your characters to use certain words more often than others. Think of someone who says "like" to start every sentence or someone who talks really slow. Be creative.

Use prose to slow down the pace during a conversation.

Skip prose to speed up the pace during a conversation.

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wheelchairs and canes and glasses and hearing aids and every single other mobility aid should be free btw and if you disagree i hate you

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Feared by Life and Death There lays a place cast far away Burning with Lucifer's cold rage Locked in hellfire's tight embrace Yet, Warmth ousts the infernal flames Amidst pandemonium Celestial lightning strikes Ordered by the Gods themselves Cast down into the pits of evil An Angel in search of light For there's a man in hell That deserves to be saved

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I wanted to draw a badass Cas (again) and this time I also wrote a little poem about him saving Dean :D

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