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Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

#storytelling

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Fun fact, in the book, it's explicitly stated that Sophie is a wizard like Howl and has a magical gift for speaking things into existence. Wish they added that into the film bc it explains SO MUCH and adds to the theme that her thoughts were shaping her reality.

There's one scene where she's fixing Howl's jacket and says it looks like it's built to attract ladies. And then SUDDENLY women are swooning over him.

#howl's moving castle

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im going to complain for a sec about something arbitrary but as expected ppl rbing the news abt greece legalising gay marriage and adoption are being so unfunny abt it like "haha werent they always gay since ancient times" or "nice to see greece embracing tradition" straight up saw multiple people make references to aphrodite or the greek gods like can u shut up 😭 its not even funny you dont know anything abt this country

#greece

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The latest numbers coming from Gaza state that there are about 77,575 injured Palestinians as of April 28, 2024.

I honestly see this number as a very humble one, but regardless, I said this in 2014 and it bears repeating: considering the types of weapons Israel is using in Gaza, the overwhelming majority of these injuries are severe and critical. So when we say that well over 77,000 people are injured in Gaza, we're talking about tens of thousands of people who have ended up with a lifelong disability. Thousands of amputees with no proper care. Thousands who will not be able to walk or see again. Many won't be able to go back to school or work again. Burn victims without the means to reduce or take the pain away. Many on life support and many more who will not even make it.

So many open wounds, both literally and figuratively, that we need to keep present in our conversation about Gaza.

#palestine

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Kinda in love with the idea that different places on other sides of the world can look so similar. Something something universal human experiences

#nature #planet earth

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google docs babygirl you are so fucking stupid

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Charlize Theron as Andromache The Scythian The Old Guard (2020)

Character Intro Post, via @Skydance on Instagram, June 15th 2020

TOG Promo Material (Part 3/?)

#the old guard

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#me

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Girl: maybe he’s not a real leftist after all

Me trying to spell bougerwahzee bougiorsee boojuarsae. Boourjua-

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#ancient rome is my first historical love

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#ancient rome is my first historical love #history is the best

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Thanks for the question, Anon! I had to combine the “10” with the “more than 10” because I ran out of space! Hope it works.

For me I have a lot of health issues and can’t work because of it, and family issues as well, but if it was a perfect world, I would choose two kids. That way they have each other.

-submit your poll!-

#i don't want kids in any situation i do not want to put my body through that #polls #but i also just... don't want kids even with all the golden hypotheticals

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I found a drawing I made when I was 10 of achilles dragging hector's corpse around sjdfjsvhjg

#fucking amazing #greek mythology

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Thanks for the question, Anon!

I got my lobes pierced when I was 12, so elementary school. I added more over the years when I was in high school and then took those out, but got my conch pierced when I was 27. So I have my lobes and conch currently.

-submit your poll!-

#i was a baby bc i do not remember it (it was the lobes) #i stopped wearing earrings in middle school though and the holes are mostly closed #i kind of regret it #polls #sometimes i want to get them re-done and also maybe get different ear piercings but im a weenie

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#my grandparents on each side used to interact bc we would take my maternal grandma to family holidays on my dad's side #but other than that not really unless they were coming to celebrate something for my immediate family together #polls #my mom's family is pretty spread out though