#a) this isn't my main

[throesofincreasingwonder]

"A story doesn't need a theme in order to be good" I'm only saying this once but a theme isn't some secret coded message an author weaves into a piece so that your English teacher can talk about Death or Family. A theme is a summary of an idea in the work. If the story is "Susan went grocery shopping and saw a weird bird" then it might have themes like 'birds don't belong in grocery stores' or 'nature is interesting and worth paying attention to' or 'small things can be worth hearing about.' Those could be the themes of the work. It doesn't matter if the author intended them or not, because reading is collaborative and the text gets its meaning from the reader (this is what "death of the author" means).

Every work has themes in it, and not just the ones your teachers made you read in high school. Stories that are bad or clearly not intended to have deep messages still have themes. It is inherent in being a story. All stories have themes, even if those themes are shallow, because stories are sentences connected together for the purpose of expressing ideas, and ideas are all that themes are.

#original post #text post #500 #1k #2k #btw i know my definition of death of the author is loosey goosey here #it wasn't the main point so i went informal with it! as ppl in the tags have pointed out it isn't exact #and i do recommend reading the wikipedia article or similar (possibly even the essay itself if you're narsty) if you want to learn more! #wasn't expecting this to take off so my apologies to my barthes-heads out there #love you mwah #5k #10k #15k #20k

[lazylittledragon]

if i had a nickel for every au spawned from twitter that i SWORE i was going to be normal about

#i'd have like. five. which isn't a lot but IT KEEPS HAPPENING #stranger things #platonic stobin #steddie #steve harrington #robin buckley #eddie munson #here we go again boys #i've had this floating in my head for a Minute and i was like #nah i'm not gonna do it #maybe i'll anonymously write a fic #but no we're mombin posting on main #i think on twt we agreed it's a 'what's the worst that could happen' situation #platonic co parents can be so so so personal #also i have One more stobin wip and then bg3 again i swear #when i have a baby i Will be putting my giant black wings on beforehand #they have to know what kind of family they're coming into #cw pregnancy

[hailsatanacab]

A Persuasive Argument - dpxdc

"Great!" Danny says, clapping his hands together to get everyone's attention. The dinner table falls silent as everyone looks towards him. It's a full house today and, honestly, Danny's a little nervous. "I'm sure you're all wondering why I gathered you here today."

"It's dinnertime. In our house." Duke mutters, while doing a very bad job of concealing his yawn. He holds his fork poised over the braised beef, but, just like everyone else, still looks towards Danny before tucking in. It's intriguing enough to wait.

"Yeah, no one misses Alfie's dinner." Dick says, with a brilliant smile that Danny can't help but return.

"Precisely! What better time to talk to you all than when you're all actually here!"

"Wait, I thought you came round to work on our English essays?" Tim asks, blinking owlishly.

"I'm afraid I've lured you here under false pretences, Tim."

"This is where I live."

"I would still really appreciate help on that essay though, I mean, what the hell is Hamlet even about? I just don't get that old time-y language, like 'Hark! A ghost hath killed me!' - absolute rubbish, what does that even mean?"

"The ghost never kills anyone in Hamlet, he's there to tell Hamlet that he was murdered. Have you actually read it?"

"No, but it sounds like you have. Tim, I want this guy to help me with my essay instead. I know for a fact that you haven't read Hamlet, either."

"So? We don't need Jason, I've read the Sparknotes."

"Hi Jason, I'm Danny, pleasure to meet you, summarise Hamlet in three sentences or less."

"Am I auditioning to help you write your essays? I can't believe you’ve gone through your whole school life without reading it, it’s good!"

"Hamlet, along with a number of other classics, was banned in our house because it portrayed ghosts as intelligent and sympathetic beings rather than evil, animalistic beasts. I didn’t even get to see The Muppet's Christmas Carol until last year with Tim! It was surprisingly good, and I hate Christmas because everyone always argued and it sucked. But we're getting off topic. I—"

"No, no, please go back to that, because what the fu—"

"Boys, please." Bruce interrupts, looking to the world as if he wants to hang his head in his hands. "Danny, you were about to say something?"

"Oh, yeah, Mr. Wayne! Thanks!"

"Please, call me Bruce."

"Well, that very succinctly brings me to my point, because I'd actually really like to call you dad."

Nobody says a word. Nobody even blinks, all as shocked as the other, watching open-mouthed as Danny pulls his laptop out from beside his chair. Bruce can definitely feel a headache coming on.

"Before you say anything, I've prepared a 69 slide PowerPoint presentation on why you, Bruce Wayne, should adopt me, Danny Last-Name-Pending. Please save your questions, comments, and verdict until the end, thank you."

#dpxdc #batpham #i forget - can we tag the parent fandoms? w/e #immediately alfred's like: while i do appreciate your initiative may i suggest it wait until after dinner? #and danny - who has barely eaten proper homecooked food ever - takes one bite and then absolutely wolfs down the whole lot #after he's finished he's like 'bear with - I've got to add that to the 'Reasons I Would Like to Live Here' section' #danny's powerpoint has tailored sections for each batfam member with lists of reasons why they'd get along #my au thoughts on this is that the fentons disowned danny when he told them he was phantom #and that this is after the ultimate enemy - wherein which he allied himself with the JL to fight against dan #(which didnt really work at all - BUT he knows some of their identities now INCLUDING batman's) #so one of the main reasons why he'd be a great fit is that he knows their vigilante status anyway so they don’t need to worry about secrets #dick just turns to tim like 'he’s your friend. he learnt this from you.' #tim: 'i didn't tell him our identities!! i would never!!' #dick: 'no i know that. it's the stalker tendancies. it's baby tim all over again' #tim: scandalised gasp #they all eat dinner in silence just super subdued and in shock and sending glances to bruce and danny #duke like: 'so i know I'm the last one in the family but like... this isn't how it normally happens right? did any of you make powerpoints? #tim gets all shifty because he absolutely did make a powerpoint he just never actually showed it to anyone #everyone stares at tim because they all know. it was in one of bab's blackmail files she has on him #damian's slide has danny offering to throw down at any time. 'tim says you like to prove yourself with your skills? #how about a real challenge? if i beat you then you have to vote yes to adopting me!' #damian is in two minds about accepting because... 1) look at him damian could take danny in his sleep! but #2) on the off chance that he does win... damian does not want any more brothers #(he takes the bet and its a suprisingly fun fight - and while he'll never say this... he would vote yes even without the wager) #on one of danny's slides there's a picture of ellie: you'll also get my clone sister! two children for the price of one!! #uhhh.... thats it now - I've been having fun with this haha #spent all day with the 'ive lured you here under false pretences' 'danny i live here' line in my head haha #anyway enjoy!!!!!! this was fun #i wanna make these slides so bad

[blakbonnet]

while you're misusing bury your gays, Ed is getting woken up by Stede kissing him lovingly and looking into his eyes and telling him he's the most lovable person in the world on the planet in the entire universe, and Ed is making him blush first thing in the morning, and they're badly running an inn together and pda'ing all over the falling columns of their shaky shack, and overcharging customers for salmonella stricken fish, and they're deliriously happy, by the fucking way

#peace and love on planet earth #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #meow speaks #this isn't a rant I just went into the main tags #upside I found many cool gifs and jokes that I've queued #downside I saw takes that made me wanna scoop out my brain

[sky-is-the-limit]

How the fuck is this all we get from Gaz?! The main character in the background, you cowards.

#i fucking hate yall #he looks better than all of your characters combined even blurry you idiots #how are you gonna put HIM in the back and not give him at least a scene where he is the main focus #yall aint getting my money if Gaz isn't present enough in the campaign #kyle gaz garrick #gaz #gaz cod #kyle gaz garrick smut #gaz x reader #kyle gaz garrick x reader #cod #call of duty #call of duty modern warfare #cod x reader #cod smut #captain price #simon ghost riley #könig #john soap mactavish #ghost smut

[flashhwing]

i love the kirkwall squad because they all have such protagonist energy. any of them could be the main character. except for varric but he did that on purpose. any of the rest of them could be the main character

#like with origins or inquisition every companion has a Plot and Character Arc #but they are all very definitely side characters #like you couldn't reframe the game from their pov and still make narrative sense #unless you were going for a side-character-as-the-main-character exploration type thing #(which is a cool perspective that i eat up every time i see it but i digress) #but the kirkwall squad all have so much going on independent of each other and the player character #you could make the game from any of their pov #and the only time that'd be out of place would be like. 'man how come my character isn't the one duelling the arishok' #this has been a post #dragon age

[yuridovewing]

Tigerheart's Shadow is the funniest super edition, actually.

#the sketch for this has been sitting in my files since i first read the omen scene sdklfskdlfsdf #puddleshine #rowanclaw #rowanstar #tigerheart #tigerstar #tigerheartstar #warriors #wc #warrior cats #tigerheart's shadow #ftr rowanclaw isn't short i just made all of tigerstar's descendants maine coons #my art

[clown-owo]

a little bit obsessed with this guy

#og post #my art #WxS #wonderlands x showtime #project sekai #pjsk #rui kamishiro #tsukasa tenma #ruikasa #i will not tag emu or nene because they are kind of in the background. even though i tried very hard on them #<- first time drawing any of these guys #i'll be honest i haven't even done much of the stories at all just WxS's main story and One Event Story (the first rui one i think) #had to learn what the fuck is goin on with tsukasa's goddamn jacket. what the fuck is on the sides. i lied i didn't learn #i just drew it #i drew rui's outfit and went aw fuck now i have to draw tsukasa's #the ruikasa isn't important like yeah sure its ruikasa but what's important is rui's strange love language #that one 4koma about rui's flowchart leading 2 an explosion stunt? courting ritual /hell

[sillypenguinwitch]

okay so i'm not trying to make this a ~thing~ or a hot take or whatever, but can we talk about how all the hyped up queer shows still predominantly feature mlm couples? i'm not saying there aren't wlw shows/movies or the mlm-focused shows don't also feature wlw characters/couples, just... they either get nowhere near the same amount of hype, have some other main plot, end with at least one of them dying or experiencing something traumatic, get cancelled after one season in the middle of their arc, or they're not the main couple. And that's not to discount the representation you can get from secondary characters of course but just... ugh I want a heartstopper or rwrb or young royals or skam or love, simon or i don't even know... with girls. And I know I'm not the first person to bring this up and I know it's not that simple, but seeing all the hype for heartstopper and rwrb this week makes my heart ache a little bit so i needed to say this somewhere.

#and tara and darcy are super cute and great but they're not the main couple #and this isn't a dig at heartstopper or rwrn or any of the other things mentioned *at all* #i love them all i promise #i just also have more room to love a cute queer sapphic teen show too #oh and i know they're not teenagers in rwrb but y'all know what i mean #like the cutesy hyped gay media #that could have some angst but ultimately it's cute and about the main couple #so like something like yellowjackets is great but just not what i'm talking about #and i know some skam universes/seasons have had wlw main characters - i love fatou and kieu my on Druck (Skam Germany) #but og evak and some other evak versions clearly got the most hype #heartstopper #young royals #rwrb #skam #druck #gay media #queer media

[hrokkall]

Speak no ill of the dead

#Inscryption #Grimora #Inscryption Fanart #Inscryption Stinkbug #1 bit art #REMIND ME TO NEVER DO 1 BIT ART AGAIN. HOLY SHIT. #Infinite respect for artists who do 1 bit as their main style because. Damn. #Shoutout to my dithering brushes though. Still had to do some by hand but they were a MASSIVE help #The tricks I learned while doing this are: 1. layer brushes until it looks right. 2. Don't overuse white lines. #3. If a space is too dark genuinely just... add random pixels until it isn't (see: around the hands. And neck. And face. And) #Jokes aside I simultaneously enjoyed doing this and want to make 1000 more and also never want to do this again. You understand #Hrokkall Art

[canisalbus]

you mentioned your nsfw twitter is locked (i dont really use twitter) does that mean its private for only ppl you know or like to verify 18+?

It means you can't view the posts before you've sent a follow request and I've manually accepted it.

The bar is low, I usually just take a cursory glance at your bio to check you're not underage or giving me Major Bad Vibes.

I know it's the internet and I can't expect to fully control who gets to see this stuff, but I like to think it at least keeps it somewhat contained from spilling outside of it's intended audience.

#answered #ensiasilverash #there isn't anything scandalous in there my spice is very mild #I know some members of my extended family have found out about my main account which I already don't love #I don't want them looking at my lukewarm gay furry smut as well

[daughter-of-sapph0]

#dostxt #please make this popular so my ugly middle school face isn't the first image for my main tag

[viveela]

So how about them redesigns going around? I wanna try doing some... here's how I'd change up Charlie

#veearts #charlie morningstar #hazbin hotel #hh fanart #fan art #hazbin art #hazbin charlie #charlie magne #redesign #ummmm I dunno what to say LOL #i wanna try doing the whole main line up but we'll see... #my goal isn't to change them much but work w their official inspos #or at least keep their essence #i really liked how this turned out #peep the faux goat ears and tail #those were maybe my fav additions #i plan to do her full demon form too

[pillowspace]

I know everyone had their moment over Spanish Moon's deep voice, but I just found a French mod of Security Breach, and Moon's voice is actually so cute. I am sharing this with you, skip to 21:50

#i keep rewatching this like ''maybe i'm just overreacting...'' then i hear moon and immediately go ''ohgh my god'' #SUN IS ALSO CUTE #sundrop #moondrop #fnaf sun #fnaf moon #fnaf security breach #is it weird to main tag a youtube video that isn't even mine. god i hope not

[demilypyro]

I know you just got into strive but I’m curious as to what keeps you motivated to get better and keep playing at it? Been trying to get into fighting games for years and always get depressed playing them.

it's very simple

#for the record this isn't my first time playing Strive #I played it a lot when it first came out #though I mained a different character back then #elphelt valentine #elphelt #ggst #guilty gear strive

[pachirobi]

I have a lot of headcanons about post-Side Order Agent 4, but my main one is that her eyes became white. Permanently. Any normal inkfish can change theirs at will but she can't do that anymore. They glow though, so she's cool with it. She thinks it's neat

Also it's more of a minor thing but I'd like to think when she snapped out of whatever Grayscaling does to someone, she woke up to her bangs being perfectly symmetrical. Orderly, if you will. She cut them back to their usual sizes pretty quickly

#I love thinking about post side order 4 but i can't decide on my favorite ideas #but these are the main ones I really like #no high quality version bc they're only 4 pixels long anyway #also im lazy #mostly bc im lazy #I'm doin parallel canon headcanons next bc they're my honorary scrimblo #I have a lot of those bc i feel like 4 isn't really Aware of what happened #parallel tho?? I know that mf's been through some Endless Torment #yearning. if you will. #splatoon #splatoon 3 #splatoon side order #side order #agent 4 #arg… that be me art matey