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[riana-one]

The Big Three DC Superheroes are generally represented to be Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman, whom, evaluating their core functions within their own stories, could be said to represent faith, hope, and charity respectively in that order in this essay I will—

#batman

[riana-one]

tricky words I always see misspelled in fics: a guide

Viscous/vicious – Viscous is generally used to describe the consistency of blood or other thick liquids. Vicious is used to describe something or someone who is violent. 

Piqued/Peaked/Peeked – To pique someone’s interest is to catch or tease their attention. When something peaks, it reaches its total height or intensity. To peek (at) something is to look briefly, or glance. 

Discrete/Discreet – this is a tough one. Discrete means to be separate, or distinct, i.e., two discrete theories. Conversely, when someone is discreet, they are being secretive or cautious to avoid attention. 

Segue/Segway – one is a transition between things, the other is a thing you can ride at the park and definitely fall off of.

Conscious/Conscience/Conscientious – to be conscious is to be awake, i.e., not unconscious, or to be aware of something. Your conscience is the little voice in your head telling you not to eat the entire pint of ice cream. Finally, to be conscientious is to be good, to do things thoroughly, to be ruled by an inner moral code. 

Hope this helped! Please add more if you think of them!

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[riana-one]

I have a folder called Time is a Flat Circle in which I collect evidence of humanity. Here is most of them.

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[riana-one]

You have no idea the sacrifices that were made to put you on that throne.

#asoiaf

[riana-one]

My blood. My blood is salt and iron.

THEON WEEK 2022

Prompt: SALT | STONE | STEEL

An AU where Theon reunites with the Captain’s Daughter on his way back to the Iron Islands after escaping Ramsay Bolton. She has been living in White Harbor since her abusive father threw her off of his ship when he found she was carrying Theon’s child.

#asoiaf #theon greyjoy

[riana-one]

I think it’s safe to say that both Anakin Skywalker has chronic hero syndrome. Folks afflicted with chronic hero syndrome often feel it is their duty to protect or save everyone. Harry Potter is another character who suffers from the same syndrome. The thing about him is that his saving people thing all stems from a history of abuse.

In the case of Harry Potter, he was neglected and emotionally abused by his family, bullied by his cousin, and regularly placed in unsafe situations by adults who should have been watching out for him. He learned from a very young age that literally no one was going to help him unless he helped himself. His obsession with saving others stems from the belief that no one but him will ever help anyone.

So, here’s what I’m getting at: to what extent is Anakin’s chronic hero syndrome a product of this type of abuse?

I’d say it’s pretty clear that, like Harry, Anakin knew from a young age that no one was coming to save him. In TPM, Shmi makes it clear that slaves in the Outer Rim know that no one is coming to save them. As a slave woman herself, presumably she was unable to shield her child from any violence their master felt like dishing out, something Anakin was no doubt aware of. The Jedi attitude towards helping the downtrodden probably did nothing but reinforce the idea that no one would act to help others but him.

I’d say Padme also suffers from chronic hero syndrome. Anyone care to speculate about where she gets it?

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[riana-one]

Nothing gives the same kind of random ego boost like managing to finally clean up your home and making it nice. Like ooh look at me, I'm living like people do, I made myself iced tea and I am eating my snack from a real plate. I got floors and shit.

#quotes to live by

[riana-one]

Reblog if you think a woman can be complete without children

Y’ALL HAVE TIME TO REBLOG THIS. IT TAKES LESS THAN FIVE SECONDS.

#quotes to live by

[riana-one]

Photographers all know about polarizing filters. They remove reflections off the surfaces of objects. We use them to see into water or windows that are obscured by those reflections. But anything with an even slightly glossy surface has a layer of reflection on top. So if you have a shiny green plant, it can remove the shiny and reveal a very saturated green underneath. Polarizers also remove a lot of scattered and reflected light from the sky. Which reveals a deep blue color you didn't even know was there.

Here is a photo I took of my circular polarizer.

And the first thing I noticed when walking outside during the eclipse was the color of everything was more saturated, just like in that circle. Apparently, an eclipse significantly reduces polarized light and I got this creepy feeling because I was only ever used to seeing the world like that through the viewfinder of my camera.

The other thing I noticed was my outdoor lights. I leave them on all the time because I never remember to turn them on at night. And usually the sun will render them barely visible during the day. On a very sunny day they almost look like they are off.

But you can clearly see they are shining and even flaring the camera during the eclipse.

Our eyes adjust to lighting changes very well so it was hard to tell how much dimmer things were, but that is a good indication. I took this photo a few minutes ago and you can see how dim the lights appear after the moon has fucked off.

I did a calculation using the exposure settings between these two photos. The non-eclipse photo has 7 f-stops more light. That is 128 times or 12,700% more light.

A partial Pringle eclipse cut the sun's light by 99.2% and somehow our eyes adjusted to make it seem like a normal sunny day (with weird ass saturated colors).

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[riana-one]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ned Stark & Sansa Stark Characters: Sansa Stark, Ned Stark Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Ghosts, False Identity, Loss of Identity, Time Travel Summary:

Alayne finds a strange boy crying along in the heart of the the Eyrie’s garden. There are no gods in the godswood. Just Ned.

#asoiaf #ned stark #sansa stark

[riana-one]

What do you think about the ideas of '2-cakes', or the idea that more fic with similar tropes is a good thing? I've seen some popular writers in my fandom claiming it promotes fic plagiarism and now I'm not so sure if the fic I want to write would be welcome since there's already fic in my fandom with a similar premise. Im not copying anyone directly, at least I don't think so, but I'm worried about upsetting someone and being accused of plagiarizing. Is this something I should really be worried about?

The two cakes idea (from this comic over here) is 100% valid, and those authors in your fandom might be confused about what plagiarism is. 

Plagiarism occurs when someone copies the exact words of another author and then claims that they wrote those words themselves. 

Plagiarism is not using the same plot as someone else, using the same headcanon as someone else, it’s not even using someone else’s OC (although if that character belongs to a fellow fan instead of a professional writer you really should ask permission first, to be polite).

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Those authors should be proud that they were able to inspire someone else. A second story using the same plot device or the same trope doesn’t take anything away from the first story. It doesn’t “steal readers” or anything else they might be saying because a reader who enjoyed story 1 will very likely decide to read story 2 as well. 

Make your own interpretation. Write your own words. Even if the core idea is the same, the stories will be different. And they will both be loved. 

#quotes to live by

[riana-one]

#discworld

[riana-one]

Somethin' I'm Good At - Alec Hardison

Watch it on Youtube

Oh my gosh it's finally done!! I've been obsessing over this video for a few days now and ahhh I'm so excited that it's finished and I can share it with people!!

And of course I know Hardison is insanely competent at anything and everything, but this song just fit his personality so perfectly, I had to make the video! No insult towards him, just a fun and silly video that I can't stop dancing along with. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

#leverage

[riana-one]

Fanfic writers are like crows. If you give them treats (comments) they will bring you shiny things (fanfic)

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[riana-one]

Realistically, a household the size of Wayne Manor needs more than just a butler, and while Bruce might imagine he can keep his proclivities secret from his own domestic staff, Alfred certainly harbours no such illusions. I've gotta wonder what the orientation lecture he's worked out looks like. Like, of course they're going to be extensively vetted before they ever set foot on the premises, but at some point during the onboarding process the subject of the Batcave has gotta come up – I just wanna know how Alfred broaches that.

#batman

[riana-one]

:(

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[riana-one]

if you've never engaged with a creative art on a regular basis you need to understand that it requires concerted effort to get into "the groove" to make something and every second that it takes to get into that groove causes physical pain, but the only thing worse than doing it is not doing it.

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