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my dad–also a writer–came to visit, and i mentioned that the best thing to come out of the layoff is that i’m writing again. he asked what i was writing about, and i said what i always do: “oh, just fanfic,” which is code for “let’s not look at this too deeply because i’m basically just making action figures kiss in text form” and “this awkward follow-up question is exactly why i don’t call myself a writer in public.”

he said, “you have to stop doing that.”

“i know, i know,” because it’s even more embarrassing to be embarrassed about writing fanfic, considering how many posts i’ve reblogged in its defense.

but i misunderstood his original question: “fanfic is just the genre. i asked what you’re writing about.” 

i did the conversational equivalent of a spinning wheel cursor for at least a minute. i started peeling back the setting and the characters, the fic challenge and the specific episode the story jumps off from, and it was one of those slow-dawning light bulb moments. “i’m writing about loneliness, and who we are in the absence of purpose.”

as, i imagine, are a lot of people right now, who probably also don’t realize they’re writing an existential diary in the guise of getting television characters to fuck. 

“that’s what you’re writing. the rest is just how you get there, and how you get it out into the world. was richard iii really about richard the third? would shakespeare have gotten as many people to see it if it wasn’t a story they knew?”

so, my friends: what are you writing about?

#writing #information

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Let's make a dinosaur!

#please vote #I want to see the Dinosaur #and possibly show it to my nephew

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“Next time you need a distraction, don’t let my sweet Victoria take you out to the club to get hungover on faeries magic, let me convince my wife to tie you down to our bed to drive you out of your mind with pleasure instead.”

This is said from a vampire sire who is adopting a very dumbass human fbi agent after said fbi agent saves some of his vampire turned family members.

Writers, this is an invitation to reblog this with an out of context quote from your WIP.

Why? Because I just like hearing things with no context.

#writeblr #writing #writers #FBIsupernaturalbook3

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#it’s specifically by vibe of the book #thieves mythical and realistic go together #found family go together #it’s not really a genre #more of a trope and mood #that’s my system

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Please explain what this means! I’m begging. I have no idea what this is but most votes say yes as if this is normal

#writeblr #writing #writers

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Flamingo Wyvern

This one is a hybrid between a flamingo and a wyvern, as the title says! It’s one of my favourite creature designs that I did actually!

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It’s so fascinating to me that we’ve only been breeding Komodo dragons in captivity for thirty years. In that time, our understanding of them has actually really revolutionized the way we understand the social lives and behaviors of lizards in general, and it’s mostly thanks to this lady right here, who was born 30 years ago on September 13, 1992.

Kraken was the first Komodo to be bred in captivity. She hatched out at GMU, but was raised at the National Zoo. Her parents were wild-caught dragons- there’s still WC dragons in the AZA today- and this one specific individual probably did more to revolutionize lizard care in professional settings than any other individual lizard throughout zoo history.

Until Kraken, social enrichment wasn’t a thing people thought about. It wasn’t something anybody felt was necessary for lizards, because they were just… lizards. Sure, some keepers would play with their favorites, but it wasn’t until the National Zoo started documenting what she was doing that anybody realized how much Komodo dragons like to play with us too.

Kraken’s not in that video, but she’s the one who inspired all of the social studies that have been done on captive Komodo dragons. When she was at the National Zoo, her keepers  started getting curious when, for no apparent reason, she kept gingerly stealing things from peoples’ pockets and tugging on their shoelaces. So they started giving her stuff- Frisbees, blankets, soda cans, anything she showed an interest in.

She played with them, just like a mammal might. The way play behavior is described in psychology is a given activity that’s voluntary, repeated, and conducted under “relatively benign” circumstances. Keeper staff found that her conduct during the study met all of these criteria. “Kraken,” they wrote, had clearly demonstrated “play-like behavior with objects and even with humans (tug-of-war).” Moreover, she “could discriminate between prey and nonprey” while showing “varying responses” with different items (rubber rings, shoes, etc.). (There’s an excellent book on Komodo dragons that has an entire chapter devoted to her.)

Kraken died several years ago, but her legacy continues today. There’s several of her descendants still in the AZA, and the intelligence and social needs she demonstrated led to the improvement of life for these guys- and other lizards. The Komodo dragon program has been an eye opener, not just for reptile conservation, but for understanding reptile intelligence and how this incredible clade of animals functions.

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Recent Song Tag Game

Thank you @meganswritingjourney for tagging me.

Rules: List ten songs you’ve been listening to recently!

These are the ten songs that I’ve been listening to recently, and since I was tagged to do this, I think on my archive account, I’ll make a short fanfic for each of these songs. 

Grow as we go by Ben Platt

Everybody knows by Sigrid

Shallow by Lady Gaga

Someone you Loved by Lewis Capaldi

Everything I wanted by Billie Eilish 

Lovely by Billie Eilish 

3 Am by Hasley 

Always Hate Me by James Blunt

Could have been me by the Struts 

Fire on fire by Sam Smith

I’ll tag @cheshirequeenwithoutaheart @audder17 and @note-katha

#tag game #fanfic #writing

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I have to politely disagree with @writingwitherebus about @writingwitherebus because they are amazing. They deserve all of the love.

Reblog this with writeblr or artblrs that you think need more love or recognition or that you just think are absolutely amazing!! Pretty please! I’d like to follow more writeblrs and artblrs and it doesn’t matter if they’re just starting or they’re small or they’re the most famous blog in the world. Feel free to reblog for yourself as well of course! :)

#writing #writeblr

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First of all, you don’t get to claim someone else’s experience within this. As a member of the community you are attempting to protect by means of your explanation for dislike of the term pansexual, isn’t a good call. They are telling you that the things you are saying aren’t a valid interpretation and that gives them a voice.

Second of all, the first blog post that you can find in a community does not make that person the say all be all of a community. Making it seem like it does is rude as hell, and also grossly oversimplifies every point that was made.

Third of all, urban dictionary. Really?!? That’s your source. In another repsonse to this post, I used Webster dictionary, which is a reputable source for definitions. One that’s not based on popularity of its users. So, maybe we should ask why you ignored the more common definitions? Except the answer is, that didn’t fit your interpretation of what’s happening, so you didn’t use it.

Fourth of all, good. A source that is reasonably neutral and could be used. You’re right. Some bisexuals do have the same phrase that we do when it comes to without a preference. It’s just a matter of finding the term that works best for you. Each individual experience is different. You don’t get to police the community. No one does.

Fifth of all, what does that have to do with anything? Are you claiming that this is proof that the sexuality is fluid? Because if so, no one on this post has said anything against this. No one has argued that fluidity isn’t allowed in bisexuals.

Finally, perhaps you believe that. I feel sorry for you if you do. My identity isn’t at the expense of yours. I am not claiming your sexuality is less than mine, nor that you don’t have attraction to anyone else within the community. How is this at the expense of bisexuals? How is my being pansexual, a term that allowed me to have pride in my own sexuality at a young age where I could be happy and proud, offering you any problems when I have never tried to compare myself to the bisexual community?

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, if you are pansexual because bi doesn’t feel right/vibe with you/etc, it’s probably because you hold some misconceptions about what it means to be bi.

Being bi is simply acknowledging within yourself the potential to be attracted to all genders, not necessarily at the same time, to the same extent, or in the same way. You can have no preference for gender or have a strong preference. You can be more romantically attracted to some genders over others. All of that is bi.

(Bi people who exclude nb genders are transphobic.)

#important #pansexual #bi vs pan #not writing #slight rant

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found family: awesome

found family but they fight crime: AWESOME

found family but they commit crimes: A W E S O M E

#writing #do you mean half of my plots #because this describes most of them

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The term pansexuality was coined in 1917, but sure that was less than 20 years ago for sure. And the only person here who’s been saying anyone is less valid than anyone else is you. But be my guest in continuing to believe that those who identify with pansexuality are the ones in the wrong. In the end you’ll find that the only person promoting hate is yourself.

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, if you are pansexual because bi doesn’t feel right/vibe with you/etc, it’s probably because you hold some misconceptions about what it means to be bi.

Being bi is simply acknowledging within yourself the potential to be attracted to all genders, not necessarily at the same time, to the same extent, or in the same way. You can have no preference for gender or have a strong preference. You can be more romantically attracted to some genders over others. All of that is bi.

(Bi people who exclude nb genders are transphobic.)

#bi vs pan #pansexual #lgbt #not writing #rant continued

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Something a bit nicer!

#reblog #bi #pan #lgbtq

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You claim that this redefines bisexuality, and I feel like that is a gross oversimplification of things. For the purposes of this post, I am going to put the definitions that are in the dictionary for both sexuality. 

Bisexuality: of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to people of one's same sex and of the opposite sex

Pansexuality:  of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction that is not limited to people of a particular gender identity or sexual orientation

Now, I’m not saying that these definitions are perfect. In fact, I am sure that people in both communities can agree that these are simply the basic terms that these are the basic words used to describe this. Because all of this is still partially dependent on the language of most sexualities in the dictionary not accepting genders that are not on the spectrum of non-binary. Which is an issue on its own. 

You claim that in any way that this works, that this has to be at the expensive of bisexuals, and that cannot be further from the truth. Pansexuality is a sexuality that focuses on the not having a preference, it is a specification under the umbrella of bisexuality. That does not make it less valid. That does not mean that those who claim it are misunderstanding bisexuality or that any of these labels are invalid. 

If people feel that pansexuality better fits their experience, you don’t get to invalidate that. You don’t get to claim that the title is biphobic, because you feel that by creating a new term, we are denying the old one. We are trying to find a term that fits us. I, myself, would not be comfortable calling myself bisexual, because I do not feel like that term will ever be able to encompass the fact that I am physically attracted to almost every person at the same base level when I first meet them. Whereas, I feel like pansexual can, because it means that I am choosing based on things above that first attraction. I understand that others in the community feel differently, and I am okay with those differences, however I do not think anyone has any right to deny the claims of others for the title that they feel best describes them. 

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, if you are pansexual because bi doesn’t feel right/vibe with you/etc, it’s probably because you hold some misconceptions about what it means to be bi.

Being bi is simply acknowledging within yourself the potential to be attracted to all genders, not necessarily at the same time, to the same extent, or in the same way. You can have no preference for gender or have a strong preference. You can be more romantically attracted to some genders over others. All of that is bi.

(Bi people who exclude nb genders are transphobic.)

#rant #Pan vs bi #LGBTQ

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Right, as someone who identifies as pansexual and agender, I feel the need to weigh in on this. In the past, I’ve just ignored posts like this because I didn’t want to get involved, but this is dangerous for a lot of reasons. Some people, myself included, identify as pan because gender is not the attracting force behind why I’m attracted to anyone. The first time I was introduced to the term it was said to be attraction regardless of gender, and that made sense to me. And yes, some people see bisexual as the same as that, but others don’t. Your identity is your own. And the terms you use need to be comfortable to you. They can coexist, they do coexist, and they will continue to coexist. Just because some people in the community use this to be biphobic just like some in the other community use it to be transphobic, does not mean that the entire branch is invalid because of it.

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, if you are pansexual because bi doesn’t feel right/vibe with you/etc, it’s probably because you hold some misconceptions about what it means to be bi.

Being bi is simply acknowledging within yourself the potential to be attracted to all genders, not necessarily at the same time, to the same extent, or in the same way. You can have no preference for gender or have a strong preference. You can be more romantically attracted to some genders over others. All of that is bi.

(Bi people who exclude nb genders are transphobic.)

#lgtbq community #bi vs pan #pansexual #not writing #slight rant

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Pieces of Himself

This is another except from the inner thoughts of Abernathy. A good man, but a whole one and who has gone through way to much pain. 

At first Abernathy really thought that saving his people would lead to him being satisfied with himself, for so many reasons that he could barely breath. Yet, he learned very quickly that he wasn’t capable of sitting back when something in the world was imbalanced. He couldn’t just be a bystander. He wouldn’t just be a bystander. He’d be more every time that something called for someone more, and he’d hope that this would make sure that he lasted through the night.

         The second time that he interfered was when a woman stood in front of her people and offered space travel. He didn’t want her to go their alone and find out that the universe was much more complex than she ever thought. She tried to give technology a soul, and while that wasn’t allowed within the rules of the universe, he gave her a part of his soul to make that machine.

         The third time that he interfered was for the granddaughter of the woman that he had helped before. Turns out that the family was going to be the ones who drove him to the brink of insanity and back again. She was determined to find all of the rest of the universe. To meet with every other government and give them the technology that this planet had. A terrible idea if one wanted to remain safe, yet as Abernathy was doomed to find out, that seemed to be the natural state of all the creatures in the universe. He stayed by their side when they found enemies under every corner, and he told himself that this wasn’t choosing a side. Even, then he knew he lied.

         The fourth time, he swore would be the last. He was now a king of the fae. He had never wanted something less than he wanted this to be a cruel joke, yet he knew it wasn’t. The only way that he could maintain the balance that he himself had succeeded in creating was to become a king. So, a king he became.

         His spirit was torn into so many places. He was a king, he was a machine, he was a friend, and he was a god. He was never sure which one was going to win out in the end, but he’s pretty sure that he’s figured it out now. He is all of these things and more, and he will always be adding pieces to this spiritual mess of a creature that he’s made, and he’ll just have to learn to live with all of the different reasons that he stands up for.

This is for the final day of the VV writeblr pride event. The color is violet and the prompt was spirits. @violetvineyardnetwork

#writeblr #Writing #Writing event #vv pride event 2020 #UntitltedWIP