#THIS WAS ACTUALLY A QN

[luneariann]

Yall ever seen that post abt how you hate it when mental health advice actually works, cuz, yeah

#like not ACTUALLY hate obvi #but like #it feels stupid #ooo look at me doing excercuse qns feeling happier #dumb

[lemme-just-oops]

More Pokemon x Arcana Twilight because at least one person (me) wants it: (some ideas may contradict the first post)

-I see the region revolving around caves and fossils, since Jirachi's "egg" probably gets mistaken as an ordinary stone for a long time. Only being discovered by scientists in the progress of the game.

-The water starter pokemon would have a whale design, because Bound Arlyns flying whale is iconic, and that would be its final evolution.

-The fire starter would be a snake that has a ice-type end evolution. And the grass type would have a dark type end evolution. Only because I decided this.

-The reason MC gets a starter pokemon is because of following scenario: Pollux accidentally stepped on a Bergmite, which then proceeded to chase him. Vega came to his aid, but more Bergmite came. Since MC was nearby, he asked them to just take a ball from his bag and help out. He wanted to ask for the pokemon back, but saw that the pokemon felt comfortable with MC. (If the game would have a call function, he would routinely ask about how the starter is doing if you call him.)

-Alpheratz's grandfather is a professor. If given the chance, he will tell every trainer about how his favorite little boy grew up to be a gym leader and that they should give him his greetings. (And that Alpheratz should come to visit again soon).

-Sirius is the moral compass of the game, who questions the morality of battling and the goals of villains, but also questions why you wear a baseball cap instead of a dafety helmet. Also encourages you to try and ride your bike inside of caves.

-Arcturus grew up at the pokemon daycare and works there. He will spoil any pokemon handed in. Whether they are from MC or even pokemon from the antagonists. He knows of Jirachi from the tales he read growing up. He starts his journey relatively late, and only because he wants to stop Team Creation from abusing Jirachi. He has no intention of being a travelling trainer.

-Pollux keeps getting the worst pokemon. His starter keeps getting kidnapped. He bought an expensive egg from a "breeder" who promised it would hatch as Eevee. It was a Murkrow egg.

-The second town MC gets to already has the gyms of Alpheratz and Spica. Spica's gym is extravagant and complex, with a few paths to avoid the trainers helping him out. Alpheratz prefers it directly. With two trainers you have to battle before him. Both of them give MC fossils after beating them.

-Depending on the version, the trainer will encounter Spica (in Pokemon Wish) or Alpheratz (in Pokemon Destiny) throughout the game, and battle the antagonists by his side. Arcturus is the one exposing most information about Jirachi.

-Vega, please stop healing MC's pokemon whenever you meet. They have four hundred potions in their bag, let them use them.

-The elite 4 are made of the clan heads. Riegel, against his own design choices, has a fanclub watching him. He spends hours after battling giving out signatures.

#pokemon is a safe space #pokemon #arcana twilight #I SHOULD make this qn actual fanfiction

[melody-han-wayne]

Is it worth being disowned if it means I get to kill the joker 🤔

#batsis oc #batsis rp #batsis oc rp #batfam rp #batfam oc #not a rhetorical qns I'm actually this close to committing murder #joker

[sothischickshe]

When it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?

Ahhhhh, with a lot of complaints & whining?? 🤪

No but to be more srs (and also hi! And ty! ❤️❤️❤️), i'm not sure i can say a huge amount on complex narratives (my preferences tend to run shorter and less plotty, even if ive somehow ended up with a 140k draft bleugh) but here's some stuff ive gleaned, maybe some of this is more aspirational tho lol

so for outlines, i think the key point is to sUmMaRiSe -- and i don't think it really matters HOW you do it, there's lots of different methods, whatever works for you. i think the first summary i did for Shattering mightve been entirely in emojis for a tumblr ask game? which was fun and sparked pretty much everything when i came back to it, ymmv tho lol. i tend to be a list of scenes on paper guy, with a summary of what's happening in each. i'd now say, instead of half spacing that, maybe leave some gaps so you can easily insert scenes if you want, ha. depending on the story, ive also more ~mindmapped the progress instead of scene listing, so for example if it relies a lot on contrasting parallels, a bunch of arrows covering progress or whatever iconography works might be helpful. i'd also now say, figure out your shorthand early ha: ive dutifully written out notes, then looked over them and been like uh youve used 'R' here to refer to rio rhea AND ruby you realise.... or 'park scene' to refer to 3 different scenes...whoops! i personally tend to write and plot and whatnot in chronological order, so keeping track of outlines isn't nec too difficult (unless you decide to go adding a bunch of stuff in bleugh) for characters, well you tend to get those for free in fanfiction woop. at least for the major characters, you then probs don't need to keep too much track of them/create character sheets or whatever? for more minor canon characters, if they're a pov or just majorish character in my fic, ive tended to rewatch and make notes, to try and figure out how to tie their disparate bits of (often pragmatic-to-the-plot) characterisation together, and make them feel realistic. with original characters in fic, i think it depends how big a part they play. i think in a first draft more is more if you want -- get a load of details down abt these randos if you want, and you can always scrape it off the page later if it doesn't fit, if that's your way of figuring them out. or you can do it more intentionally as a separate exercise e.g., write your original character a monologue where they explain themself. but i think the most important thing re any characters is to Make Decisions abt them, even if that stuff is never directly on the page, it will make them feel consistent (espec if they're not a/the pov char) -- WHY are they doing whatever they're doing, WHAT are they like, DO they know xyz or not (or when do they find out) etc etc etc, otherwise characters can just feel like they're wandering in and out as if in a dream to do random shit, and thus like props.

Development... well i guess this is taking the summarised outline(s) and untangling them into real story? idk how to describe a lot of this process tbh cos so much of this is mental, but scribbling on a few pages with lots of arrows is likely to help i feel! and a lot of scribblings in the margins for ever and ever! then maybe some [bracketed commands] in an eventual typed draft, and some paper notes to take back to it.

re timelines, again if you write/plan in chronological order, this might be easier. and i think it's very contextual, if you're writing something with a v tight timeline of say a couple of days, it might be very important to make sure everything fits and it's clear when stuff is happening, whereas with something longer maybe you can be loser. this isn't something i'd nec make a huge amount of notes abt otherwise, but i do think it's important to consider -- it's probs something i'd find more in the first draft and expand in the edits. for example, Shattering starts in summer so there's a lot abt it being warm and sunny, and eventually the weather gets colder/trees get starker blah blah blah. i def think this is a good thing to pay attention to in the edit, is it clear that things are happening on different days, or are days seeming to go on for a billion hours etc. it's funny when you go back and watch tv shows or films sometimes and that stuff doesn't quite seem to make sense! of course this can be done well, to imply something off with the pov character/their sense of time disintegrating but i think it has to be done with intent.

all of that said, i don't think there's a 'right' or 'best' way to keep track of such stuff, whatever works! and that all sounds rather plan-y, which i tend to prefer espec for longer/complexer stuff, but that doesn't mean p(l)antsing approaches won't work, if you're willing stuff can alllllways be sorted in the edit.

Ficus pun!

#ty for asking! <3 #i hope i actually answered the qn #writing #on writing #fanfiction #writing advice #gosh it would be nice if this app actually worked huh

[vilelittlecritter]

Ha ha guess who just spent the night doing dumb drawings again!

Here's some dreamscape omori and hero. Neither of them are enjoying this situation. Well except Mari

Also I doodled more dumbass omori x off which I'm now just calling OmorOff for now. Omori and Mari don't exactly like eachother alot...

Omori is Mari's littlest yet biggest hater

#its less that he's small and more mari is fucking HUGE #ill probably change her design but this doodle is a good rough idea of how i wamt to design her #also dreamscape is still super depressing jesus christ... #and god damn these mother fuckers are all gay. good for them! good for them! #literally read kel and basil cuddling and i just giggled to myself he he gaaaay #also i think im making this au qn actual thing. ill probably go into more detail about it tomorrow! #eg general plot. characters and the whole shebang #got alot of freaky ideas #Humphrey is gunna be hella fucked up :) #omori #omori game #art #omori fanart #vlc art #omori omori #hero omori #omori hero #omori mari #mari omori #omori dreamscape au #dreamscape #omori au #off game #off mortis ghost #off au

[potatobugz]

grraargh i need to chew on something

#rambles #not in qn agressive way mind you #like.... j cqnt be the only one who chews on wet rags and shirts and stuff #anyways. im ruining ny shirts bc i am mindlessly chewing on them aaaahhhhh #chewing things is just the best thing ever actually

[gurorori]

i say this with utmost seriousness i wish i was employed

#i need income so badly but im terrified of the prospects of havin 2 live independently but otherwise bein abused 2 death is the only option #:[ im so scared i wish things were easier #it doesn help when they constantly talk abt our neighbor slash childhood bestie whos jus a bit younger than us but alrdy has like #most of her life sorted out shes workin n studyin n they got her a car 4 hwr bday n she has a boyfriend n they r movin out next month #a middle class family btw with two alive parents yadda yadda. her tuition is effortlessly paid n she works on da side 4 her own expenses #n it's like first of all im nawt a well off cis girl. second of all she had qn actual support system n an upbringing — we didn't #i literally vaguely remember spendin most of our childhood n early teens over at her apartment since it was literally two steps away #they'd let us stay 4 hours cuz they felt bad 4 us n they dunno the whole story but they kno we r one of those 'unfortunate' families lol #but yeah the difference between us is night & day. it honestly feels a little crazy since we live literally on the same floor of the same #building despite the feasible differences. idk if dats a good or a bad thing #im jus tired of bein compared 2 her cuz we were failed on so many levels by everyone in our life who was supposed to care 4 us #meanwhile she's an average white blonde girl with a good life by here's standards #i wish we were still close but it became hard approaching teens... still we owr majority of our happy childhood memories 2 hangin out @ her #house or goin places w their family. it almost kinda felt like we were part of it but ik im. exaggeratin #yea idk why i ranted but um i need a job or ill die i think #mika caws

[bjornkram]

Men on Omegle only want one thing. Except for me I want to roleplay as a horse named misty from Montana.

#me qn mantis were trying to get as close to telling someone we were a horse with out actually saying it #friend posting #grumbles

[patrice-bergerons]

I heard nothing but good things about bell hooks but I'm having a mixed experience reading all about love: new visions. So much of it is thoughtful and insightful but there are also many passages which make me go 'ok. sure....' or downright grimace.

#the part that so far takes the cake for me #starts with #were there current tv shows that actually modeled loving parenting parents could learn these skills. #and then goes on to talk about how home alone and i quote - celebrates disobedience and violence #like MY FRIEND #HOME ALONE??? REALLY????? #it is qn interesting and for the most part well written/thought out book though #so ill finish it

[istherewifiinhell]

Customer what talks to me as if im the shiest kid in the class and now i feelnlike i must remain aloof on principal.

#some shit #LIKE. OKAH YEAH. TRUE. but also im at work so thats my i dont have a lot to say. #no actual judgement cause i understand it truly just happens to ppl. hut if ur gonna kindergarten voice me qns ask if i have a dog immmmm #gonnna answer in as little info as possible. honestly she one this round tho i did tell her about the beast a little.

[hermitdrabbles56]

Ever time I see the panels with Legend holding his hat my brain just screams "STIMMY HAT!!"

#this is probably actually supposed to be a sign of respect #but brain think otherwise #also will never get over how he be in those panels #him fuckin precious qn i want to hug #the hermit rambles

[didyousaykfc]

pssst 5, 20, 29 and 36 for the book ask ~

DIZ 💜💜💜

5. What book or book series would you like to see turned into a film/ TV series?

the nowhere emporium for sure! tbh im kinda scared whenever books get adapted into film but this book almost feels perfectly made to be adapted into a movie! theres no way to fuck it up honestly. i remember reading it and imagining it on screen, it felt so VIVID. pretty torn between animation and live action but ive always imagined the last scene as live action so lets go with that!

20. Have you ever been glad to not finish a series? Which?

the closest I’ve come might be divergent? heard abt the ending in book 3 and was like nah this book is good enough for me to continue.. I’ve read a lot of books and then not read their sequels but not many that I’ve been glad to not finish 😌

29. What book are you currently reading?

[glances over at the book emails I haven't caught up on] ummm ignoring those, been slowly moving through Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat! I’ve generally used recipes to cook, and found it hard to cook without one?basics are fine but nothing more complicated than pasta ahaha so the book really helps with this. (it’s also pretty inclusive of cultures globally so that’s nice!)

36. What is a book you love that has a terrible trope? (Love triangle, etc)

still thinking abt this one not much is coming to mind right now sorryyy 😩😔 for some reason all I can think about is hunger games? but do I really need to talk abt that… oh ok this might be a little controversial but arne-sayles from piranesi? I don’t think his sexuality was well handled or even necessary to include.

#ik I didn’t really ans the last qns properly ahaha #if anyone wants to chat about piranesi you’re welcome to dm me! #diz this was really fun thanks for the ask!!!! #actually I’m a little curious as to what your ans would be for the last qns👀 #asks #lady-dizdain #kfc rambles

[huggieshalo]

. angry

#YOURE GOING TO TELL THEM YOUR GOING TO SEE YOUR THERAPIST?? #my thoughts #rant #IM ACTUALLY GOING TO LOSE MY FUCKING SHUY #no #ok see i have therapy next wed #THAT I BOOKED B4 I STARTED WORK #AND THEN #I FUCJJNG STARTED WORK #SO NOW I HAVE TO RESCHEDULE TO LIKE A DATE IN JUNE BECAUSE IM WORKING MON - FRI #IM SO MAD #AND I ASK MY MOM A DUMB QN #AND SHE FUCKING SAID U CANT #IM LIKE????? #im mad #im so upset that like i have to be ashamed of it??? #WRF #i get it fucking mental illness hurts my career #but like #I ACTULLY WANT TO GET MY BRAIN SORTED #its your falut tjat im like this anyways #SO I DONT FICKING KNOW WHAT TO FUCKING DO #except maybe cry #im so KSNXNDJKDKDD

[eternitas]

If I liked your post its either because

A) its a personal post and I want to show sympathy/empathy

B) i bookmark it to read later to get back to it when needed

Or c) I AM SO FUCKING SORRY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I DDNT MEAN TO DOUBLE TAP/TAP THAT SPACE I AM SO SO SORRY I WILL REMOVE IT RIGHT AWAY!!

#it happens so often by now and i always feel like i need to sent a mesaage saying #''hey no i didnt want to be a disrespectful box of pencils i swear it was qn accident i meant to reblog it actually I PROMISE!!!'' #i-only-like-posts-gang do not interact

[bangchanbabygirlx]

Jesus- my heart dropped 😭

Bahng Christopher Chahn this is not funny 😭

Incident number 717183911 where I am losing my mind and think Chan stalks my Instagram 😭 I swear I'm not being delulu but there's just been TOO MANY coincidences 😭

#am I being stalked?? Real qn frfr #actually NOT trying to be delulu #(yes I'm subscribed to Chan's bbl for 1049 days)

[onceuponanaromantic]

my TA: oh by the way, if you want to talk about AI and labour, the prof is an expert on this. As in, he wrote a book about it.

my class: what

TA: go borrow his book from the library. or just ask him about this stuff. honestly go to his office hours.

#ok but that explains so much #he was so passionate about this one particular lecture on digital labour #i asked him a qn abt like AI art and free labour #and he was so excited #i love my cnm profs i really do #and actually this was a super interesting lecture #because he was explaining how reputational economies work #and like 'is the AI work any good? who knows. is it going to take paid work away from actual artists and make it harder to charge what #their work is worth? #YES. YES IT IS." #and then he spent some time taking apart 'do ur work for the Passion' #and how that directly leads to exploitation esp in artistic and creative sectors #and explaining how this directly explains how this affects the most marginalised ppl in society #syl's ramblings #i think yeah sometimes ppl get caught up in the whole 'is AI art/writing Real ArtTM?' #and this man is like 'well are these Real Jobs being taken away? YES.'