#also just looks like a fantastic read

[inloveanddepth]

love these guys

#i like how cringe they all are. like all of them are flawed & immensely cringe. no one's main is safe #they're cringe in different ways & some more than others but they're all cringe. love it #why are the fans for my two favourite soul fighter champions the autistic-coded ones !! #why are the autistic-coded ones the most unhinged.... #though tbh i think you could make an argument for all 5 of them being autistic 😭 #sommer's homemade jhin cosplay is so cute #they somehow managed to capture the exact brand of weird that jhin fans are. bravo #i think the funniest part about him is that jhin would not be able to stand him lmao #him wearing a shirt with the same art that's on the print he's holding makes me crack up for some reason #obsessed with the jacked yordle named rizz.... she's everything #also can i just say i love the crop top on guy. fantastic creative decision. so many crop tops in soul fighter i love it #kiri is crazy though what do you mean she's literally selling rpf at an event that the people she's writing rpf about are at #her repeatedly trying to get samira to read her fanfiction is kind of hilarious #& then she tells samira she's going to write fanfic about her. which is kiri's way of praising her. she is nuts (affectionate) #the way she keeps casually mentioning pyke totally kills people in this universe & she still adores him #she's the worst kind of fangirl (which is the point. they're all parodies) but it's hard to hate her lol she's so silly #my only issue with her is that she's a jhin hater.... how rude #i know her tumblr game goes crazy #the only character i'm confused by is jade. the lux fangirling felt really forced to me #it's not reflected in her design at all; honestly she looks more like evelynn #especially when riki guy & rizz & sommer are all clearly emulating gwen sett & jhin respectively #plus jade's shtick was more about parodying true crime & political content creators it seemed. the lux stuff felt tacked on #i guess it was because dema is after lux & jade doesn't like dema but it felt over the top at least #on top of the fact that it's pretty hard to make sjw characters actually funny #they should've made a dema bootlicker character tbh. for funzies #i think riot should publish some of kiri's fanfiction on the universe site. wouldn't that be silly #they could do one for each of them! a transcription of one of jade's podcast episodes; guy & rizz's training regimen; a poem from sommer #hope some of them show up in LoR sometime. just for fun #league of legends #soul fighter

[whileyoureinschoolidothisallday]

moral of the story from this mentorship discord: never let twitter bitches do a redditor's job

#risa is an author now #everyone in both writing discords was like oooooooo watch out for this reddit. It's a fantastic resource but BRUTAL be prepared #so after this last rejection I'm finally like #me: okay well listen. we don't have to post anything. let's just look at the posts and study them so we can at least learn a basic format #the reddit: literal line by line explanations about what's wrong and needs to be fixed. which is exactly what I've been asking for #I HEARD THE ANGELS SING #FINALLY SOME GOOD FUCKING CRITIQUE #listen #I need to internalize that the majority of writers that I meet will not have gone to college for writing #and didn't have their feelings beaten out of them with workshops formatted like this #it's also now putting into perspective why the few people I have beta'd with got irritated with me lmfao ^^; #I 100% do this line by line here's 'what's working here's what isn't here's what's missing here's why this doesn't make sense to me' #line by line SPECIFIC stuff #like somebody told me 'this is missing plot' and I'm like what does that MEAN #I can give you plot in a novel format or a synopsis but this has to be 250 words max this is an entirely different format #YOU HAVE TO BE!!!!!! SPECIFIC!!!!!! THERE ARE LIKE 12 WAYS TO DESCRIBE THE PLOT OF A STORY WHICH ONE????????? #Anyway I LITERALLY got a fantastic resource within the first two posts I've read and now I UNDERSTAND!!!!! #MORE OF WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING!!!!!!! #I will probably post in this board soon tbh I want to know what I'm doing WRONG so I can FIX IT!!!!!!

[perenlop]

kudos to the xy anime at least for a) using zygarde in a genuinely really interesting and fun way and b) not trying to be like “ohhhhh lysandre has a point thoughhhhhh hes just extreme about itttttt”

#the world if we got pokemon z #which ig the anime did give us in a way so. #xy hurts me personally bc like its so close to being fantastic and a really good expansion of the games w a darker tone #but its held back by the fact that the anime will never really get as dark as it wants to its ''dark'' moments come across as forced #the time it felt the most natural was during the flare arc which felt appropriate bc they finally set up that people were going to die #and there were massive stakes at hand instead of. ''oh boo hoo ash lost a battle'' #quoting dante but like just read pokespe xy it does a much better job at being a darker adaptation of the game and expanding on it #also personally just dont like it when media is like ''oh!!! oh!!! we're ADULT actually!!!!!! look at us reference porn!!! and DEATH!!!!'' #and it puts no effort into actually being a more mature take. especially when we're talking about a kids show #like. gravity falls is mature in a way thats palatable to kids still while still being enjoyable and tense for adults #because it does talk about death and family estrangement and drama and focuses on that stuff #it takes the time to dedicate itself to those moments #and thats why the flare arc is so good to me and not the rest of xy. flare arc is able to focus all of its energy into the emotional stuff #bonnie's song is hands down my favorite xy moment tbh like the buildup for that througout xyz was phenomenal #its just that to get to that i had to sit through ''ha ha this scene looks like ash is begging serena for sex'' and ''ha ha snake kink!'' #echoed voice

[bookcub]

read a master of djinn by p. djeli clarke and boy do i love a book that lives up the hype!!

#a master of djinn #p. djèlí clark #currently reading #also i cant wait to look up fan art after reading #i need art of fatma in her fantastic outfits #not my personal style but oof #just absolutely magnificent #we love characters with distinct styles! #she also describes why she dresses like that so well #like i fully relate #theres something so satisfying about the bright colors #and clothes moving the way you want #and all the compliments #love it #she gets it

[skitskatdacat63]

Everyone in The Talented Mr Ripley is just the physical embodiment of a Leyendecker painting(including the homoerotica!!)

#my god guys that movie!!! THAT MOVIE!!!!!! #i was only watching it bcs i wanted to watch more Matt Damon movies and i saw him talk abt it in an interview #and hes very cute when he was younger so im like ooo sure ill watch it!! #and my mom was like oh okay ill watch it! i havent seen it since it came out #DID NOT EXPECT IT TO BE SO GAY?????????(/pos of course) #for like the first 20 mins my mom is like 'youre reading into it too much. its not gay' #AND THEN THE BATHTUB SCENE 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 #what if we played chess except you were naked in the bath and i asked if i could get in along w you 😳 #and from then on proceeded to become increasingly homoerotic #i will pretend the last 5 mins didnt happen 🙏 #matt damon 🫢 i didnt realize he could play a queer chara!! he was soooo fucking good!! #its mostly bcs i didnt expect it to be homoerotic at all so i kept screaming every time it just got more #also bcs my mom denied it bcs she didnt remember it being so queer so i had to just keep looking at her like 😏 #i think i liked his second male lover more they were very cute and even more explicitly queer #like with him and jude law its homoerotic but like also youre like huh is it just a close friendship? its a different era so? #but nope nope nope #very great movie very fantastic loved it so much. so sorry for the amnt of gifs im abt to reblog #catie.rambling.txt

[savrenim]

i need u to know that your tags “the tumblr fandom” and “meme science” are literally saving my life on a final paper I’m writing to one of my classes!! thank you so much for your service in diligently & consistently tagging stuff 🫡 this makes it so much easier than trying to use the tumblr search engine lmao

oh I'm so glad tbh I mostly got in the habit to try to make my blog navigable to me it is FANTASTIC to hear that it is serving someone else too

#also the mere fact that you're looking for references for a paper in tags 'the tumblr fandom' and 'meme science' #sound like a fucking FANTASTIC paper #like damn I want to read that paper #I LIVE for academic analysis of meme culture / fandom culture / tumblr culture #especially interesting not just to watch it happening but also watch it evolving #I have a hypothesis that tumblr sitewide memes are now single-day events? (or rather 3ish day events that peak) #ever since nov 5th #but like. queen death crab day. gonchposting. even dracula daily although that lasted 2-3 weeks at peak #but like. Everything On Your Dash Is Just The Meme It's Everywhere and then it DIES and is GONE #it's the reincarnation of Mishapocalypse? #and I can't tell whether or not it's a breakdown of there isn't One Big Fandom anymore the way superwholock was back in the day #so the only site-wide events are the random things that go viral but likewise those jokes get boring after a day #or if we're allergic to things escaping containment #anyways idk I love this corner of the internet and I'm super glad it's making its way into a paper

[hero-of-the-undersea]

I respect and understand that fish and chips will never be canon, but for me, as someone who acted Like That in middle school and was like “nooo haha guys no I’m straight I’m totally straight” and then ended up getting a huge crush on another girl in my grade and being gay as hell about it without realizing then completely COMPLETELY fumbling my interpretation of my feelings because of the whole institution of No Homo and thinking we were just besties before we ended up dating for three years in high school. for me. it is important that chip never outruns the allegaytions

#thoughts #fnc #nim.txt #romantic or no I really just love their interactions sm 🥺 any light you read them in is fantastic and platonic is no exception to that #but also its like looking in a mirror. it’s why I’m a bi chip truther #recognition of the self through the other #he doesn’t ever need to be canon anything he just needs to embrace that the allegaytions will always be there #bc chip is so easy to self-identify with. and I think that’s beautiful #shoutout to chip for existing shoutout to bizly for making him and playing him exactly as he does

[lord-squiggletits]

Re: the writing advice post I just reblogged + the post I made yesterday,

I think prose edits are actually my favorite part of the revision process, and advice on that front is actually more likely to be useful than advice on actual storytelling and themes.

For one, learning proper spelling/grammar/punctuation accomplishes a lot of things for the beginner writer:

It makes your stories easier to read due to fewer errors

It makes your stories more enjoyable to read because your sentence structures will be more varied instead of repetitive

The reader will be able to understand your story more easily and quickly, making them more likely to stick around

But once you have mastery of the technical rules of your language, more intermediate/advanced writers benefit from studying prose and doing line edits because

“You have to know the rules before you can break them”: deliberately breaking rules can add emotional effects to your prose, such as leaving commas out of a sentence to create a frantic, disorganized, panicked tone. However, you have to do this deliberately, understanding that such a prosaic choice involves a trade off of legibility for the sake of tone

“Showing, not telling” becomes much easier when you can insert foreshadowing, characterization, worldbuilding, chekhov’s guns, etc in the space of a sentence or even a few words as opposed to having to spell it out

Re: breaking rules on purpose, you start to understand how to strategically use incorrect/awkward/odd prose to make dialogue seem more realistic or to hint at things like characters lying, being indirect, or hiding their true feelings

The more you pay attention to your own prose, the more you start noticing sentence structures and words that you overuse, which allows you to make a deliberate effort to improve your writing.

If you want a good book to teach you some of these intricacies of craft, I highly, HIGHLY recommend Janet Burroway’s “Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft” for a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of different parts of writing (iirc imagery and characterization are the first two chapters, and if you read nothing else they’ll still do WONDERS for your writing).

Editing isn’t just about fixing punctuation and typos. Editing can be the most fun part of writing that turns your stories from “good” to “GREAT”

#squiggposting #also one piece of writing advice that's very redundant so i won't put it in the main post #read a lot of books #nothing in particular just read books that you enjoy #you'll passively acquire a lot of vocabulary and grammar knowledge and it's fantastic #sort of like how artists generally enjoy looking at art as well as creating it

[crossbackpoke-check]

wait you got me so invested in the stammer & heddy tailor au....

this is my standard disclaimer that i have never posted a fic on ao3* and for however much i say “au” i truly mean that it’s a universe that lives in my head & i am absolutely delighted to tell you all about, all the time <3 if it helps i ALSO got me so invested in the heddy & stammer tailor au

ok now that the author’s note is out of the way here’s some notes about the not!fic heddy & stammer tailor au:

stammer as the tailor from gent’s playbook, very reserved, quiet, with an excellent eye for details (honestly the evidence i have for his style sense is just that he’s best friends with pk subban so it has to be there somewhere if only by proxy irl) is hired by victor hedman, star of the tampa bay lightning who is every other tailor’s nightmare to dress (huge, opinionated, fashionable)

heddy is decently well-known throughout the league for being very well-dressed & becomes quietly well known for also being one of his new tailor’s favorite loyal customers [heddy has the nicest fabrics. he has his suits the first day a new collection drops & e v e r y o n e is jealous]

stammer’s business booms after heddy takes a chance on him as his first big client & promotes him, heddy sees him grow in popularity & get more clients

heddy also moonlights as a model for stammer’s suits on instagram, initially to help him grow his business because then he won’t have to pay for a model and then because he’s over there all the time anyway because they’re dating (that’s why the model’s face is never in the pictures)

there’s not really a plot to this besides the vague idea of a plot where stammer makes heddy his lucky suit that he wins the cup in & sews a special little tag into the lining of his jacket that says i love you

because love sometimes is picking out the perfect right color pocket square to match your husband’s beautiful suit that you fitted like a kiss to the curves of his huge body

& also sometimes love is making your beautiful husband who makes you beautiful clothing enjoy nice things for himself once in a while, like the fancy watch you bought him or the nice suit you custom-ordered for him (from him) just so you could take it off of him

#*i did very much post a zine on ao3 that was part of a really fun exchange that i loved doing (thank you leah for organizing!!!) #& had a fantastic time with however i have not strictly speaking posted a fic. one day i will. eventually. hopefully. pray for me :) #also one time my horoscope told me i was a ‘neutral projector’ & i’ve never felt more called out (‘loves making up things’/‘will not #actually write or plot but will explain every intricate detail of their world & character relationships’/‘hype up every member of the #writing chat & give good advice but never follow it’) like HI CAN U NOT DO THIS TO ME HOROSCOPE THANKS i was read to FILTH #liv in the replies #i do LOOOOOVE me a good one of them plays hockey the other one does not au sometimes they’re so fun to explore dynamics outside/inside sport #at the time i came up with this stammer was out on IR & heddy kept showing up to the playoffs in ridiculously nice suits what was i to do?? #the gent’s playbook tailor will sometimes model his own suits w/o showing his own face which made it look like he had a secret model come in #heddy canonically says his suits make him feel better when he plays esp during playoffs & if he wins in a suit he’ll keep wearing it #oh also the truth of the love is in the pocket square bit? angela price i will never forget. anyway that blue suit i posted in the last ask #with the perfect pink pocket square? that pocket square is a pair of stammer’s boxers heddy took To Me. in my brain #me about the beautiful clothing: this is like daisy crying in gatsby’s silk shirts except it’s baby alpaca fur & also it’s not sad #it’s simply decadent & the inherent intimacy of a fitting mapping the body yada yada yada knowing the ways to flatter someone is a form #of loving them etc etc. love is art love is food love is given love is stored in the custom three-piece suit and tie #is this an enemies to lovers? workplace drama? is the secret plot i only just now invented & added that heddy is ‘difficult to work with’ #but it’s just because he wants to look good & in the words of his own (real) tailor the hardest guy to fit because he’s so big? OHHH HOLD IT #I GOT THE PLOT IN THE TAGS Y’ALL AND IT’S STAMMER TEACHING HEDDY TO LOVE HIS BODY heddy who’s been told what to/not wear & you know. #the commodification of the body in hockey (but we’re not getting that deep) but stammer with a mouth full of pins tightening heddy’s pant #leg down even further as he listens to what heddy wants for once & lets him pick fabrics (this is the daisy shirt moment but it’s heddy #looking at fabric swatches dozens of books of them stammer helps him pick out matching linings &outsides &squares) & stammer compliments him #& they’re in love & idk NEARLY enough abt fashion but there r like codes? messages? to wearing suits i think w/the etiquette so that too #should this have also gone under a readmore? yeah probably. whoops #victor hedman #steven stamkos #tampa bay lightning

[tardis--dreams]

To summarize today's day in university:

- got diagnosed with social phobia by a class mate (bitch?!)

- heard a Very cool lecture/presentation by a guest lecturer

- our lecturer said she kinda liked our idea for our presentation

- had lunch with friends in the uni canteen which was nice but evoked some existential despair

#about that social phobia thing: first she showed me the term on her phone during a seminar (when she couldn't talk loudly) #asking if i had that to which i said no i do not?! #then after class she again said 'i think you have social phobia. because you don't like talking to people or in class' *nodding knowingly* #to which i again said i did Not have it but ok whatever #because hello?! the only person allowed to say i have social anxiety is Me. fuck you?! #like I DO say i have social anxiety because i do i guess. but a) not talking in class is not an indicator for this #b) i Do talk in class lmao. and I've never actually had any problems around her regarding anxiety #like i have no problem talking to classmates or saying something in the classes we have together so Fuck Off?! #(i mean it is a giant problem sometimes in some contexts but STILL. YOU DON'T GET TO 'DIAGNOSE' ME. #i hereby officially undiagnose myself from that thank you very much) #ANYWAY do you know the feeling of meeting someone you really look up to like maybe an author or a musician or whatever in REAL LIFE #AND YOU GET TO TALK TO THEM? that excitement where you're like 'omg i can't believe that's happening i can't believe you're here in a room #with me TALKING TO ME? and I get to hear about something unpublished you're working on rn?? like exclusive insight into current research??? #that was me today during that presentation by that guest lecturer! I've read most of her articles and at some point idk i guess you find #researchers in your field whose work you just find Very interesting and then when you get to meet them it feels a little unreal #(not to fangirl over a linguist or anything. i rarely do that (don't speak to me about my favorite lecturer who i also totally don't see as #a huge inspiration or anything)) #but yeah also i was so worried about the presentation next week but now our lecturer said she didn't hate the topic I'm more chill about it #AND yeah sorry folks‚ healthcare doesn't exist here :( no i can't help you find a doctor there's no hope just accept it #I LOVE the fact that international students keep bringing up this topic! the sheer despair and Anxiety you get to hear about! fantastic! #like I'm sorry about this obviously but that's just how we live here? What do you MEAN in your country you just can go to a doctor FOR FREE #and they'll help you? what yeah man I'll come to Russia with you! (seriously. this is one of the main things preventing people from staying #here. the absolute Lack of healthcare. people who are like 'yeah i love it here but honestly? I'm too scared something might happen #and then no one will help me.. yep. understandable. i have just accepted that i will die due to this #but if you have the option to go (back) to a country where things are different I'd do that tbh. #(sorry just normal lunch conversation topics we have here #i still feel very nice and fuzzy because i was invited ahahaha (i have a sad life lmao)) #shut up amy #university ramblings

[redvelvetwishtree]

People on here literally DEMAND that you conform to every single one of their views and opinions but I hope otherd don't forget to exercise some thinking for their own selves and continue to enjoy stuff they like. You don't need validation from hyper-woke snowflakes online who will force everything to be problematic. They will keep coming up with overbearing hot takes and it's just better to remove yourself from spaces like this.

#harry potter #jk rowling #why is she trending tho #also people make fun of how vladmir putin compared russia to jk Rowling's cancellation #if you look at it he's not wrong #i saw how obsessively western media reported on russia #they never reported on america's own wars like that #never report on israel like that #but with russia - because it was not on America's political and military interests #they went to town with sensationalised reporting #for the dumb lot no i do not support russia #but no one in other parts of the world missed how hypocritical you guys are #your government and society are the same #you all create an opinion and will not hear one word against it #you will bully everyone if they disagree #cancel culture is shit and i hope it dies or at least i hope other societies don't adopt it like america did #such toxic spaces online because of snowflakes who can't just ignore shit they disagree with #anyways #reading the posts in the jk Rowling trend made me write this smh #fantastic beasts #i think a new movie is coming out that's why she is trending

[lime1991]

embarrassingly, reading moon knight fanfic gave me an oc idea

#ok so theres this robot thats called the diddo bot #like ditto like pokemon like how ditto can change its shape... so. #this robot has 6 different ''personalities'' programmed into it for different tasks #uno is the factory setting then its cateye the protective one tracy the persuasive one rex the extreme no fear having one #pidge is shy and can go off the grid/turn the whole bot invisible #and the last one is 6 he doesnt have a nickname.. hes just the smart one who strategizes and knows a lot about computers like a hacker type #and if youre like ''this sounds like watered down DID'' yes its exactly that. i was reading moon knight fanfic. #bc i have ocs with DID who actually HAVE DID. how DID is presented in moon knight is a bit more fantastical #so i wanted to do fantasy DID basically. and i settled on a robot who has a screen that changes faces depending on who it is #and their chest screens have their numbers and can show other members inside like looking into a TV at their inner world #like in teletubbies but instead of babies its like 6 sitting at a computer being like ''yeah i can come out and fix that phone issue'' #this isnt meant to make DID into a joke or anything just think like.. crazy jane from DC. how all the alters have diff powers. just like th #and doom patrol like the hbo max show actually does a GREAT job showing jane's DID its fantastic. watch doom patrol season 4 just came out #also part of the joke/pun with the name diddo bot is not only ''ditto'' but did. DIDdo bot. im leaning into the DID part #once again not AS a joke. just a nod like yes... this is just DID but not really.. i know this and you r not crazy for thinking it

[astral-amari]

Re: that art i reblogged earlier but uh fuckin summer classes have eaten up all of my time so i havent really been able to draw for anything but class, but that's just made me realize the kindve art i wanna draw more. i want to create something that makes people have that pit in their stomach and the lump in their throat that i feel when i look at a really fucking good illustration.

#this is truly wonderful #amari articulates #there are a select few artists who i'll look at and consistently be like... entirely enthralled with #something about the colors and lines are just so fantastic to me #one day i will create something that i will look at and think and until then i will strive to improve #and at that point i will continue to do so. so that i can make another wonderful drawing #also like shoutout to cal and beth who are the artists whos styles are like liquid gold #those two idk what it is about them but their art just feels so magical to me #i think its the colors i really do. i need to work on my colors #i also need to get over myself and talk to more artists!! got damn!! i was hanging out with an art friend today and it was the greatest #(HI FREY IF YOU READ THIS FAR LOL!)

[prosebushpatch]

I’ve been trying to take a break from writing/plotting in general for the past three days and it’s mostly just Do Not Open A Word Document Don’t Do It. And of course my way around this is If I Write Notes In A Journal It Doesn’t Count.

#rose and rambles #(ㆆ_ㆆ) #Anyway i learned about nightcaps/hot toddy's today and guess what just became a magical drink that erases the memory of the drinker #i think i need to rethink an aspect of how i was writing the story and im about to start it over again *but* i do think the new idea is #a lot more captivating *and* sets the fantastical tone before starting with our protag grounded in the real world #Im vibrating trying not to start it until tomorrow but HNNG #also also also this is for when there's a wip there's a way bUT YOU KNOW WHAT SONG #SOMEHOW IS SO PERFECT FOR IT????? #Everything goes on by porter robinson #'Don't try to make yourself remember darling' #'don't look for me im just a story you've been told' #LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? robinson read my mind before i had the thought

[softgrungeprophet]

i really think the ideal format for a she-hulk show is a 2d adult animated comedy-drama of some sort...

like obviously that would NEVER happen under the current corporate management but in terms of suitable formats i think it’s up there, especially if they can’t be assed to have a hair and makeup team cause they hate unions so much

#i also think the ideal format for a fantastic four movie is animated but shrug #somehow i doubt i'll ever get that #and i don't mean like 1 hour long tv special based on a children's cartoon movie #i mean like itsv big budget animation #reed and ben are just not well suited to live action unless you really lean into making a horror movie which is def not gonna happen #nadia rambles #nadia reads comics #adjacent #the real question is if there was an adult animated she hulk show who would be played by tom kenny #and who would be played by h john benjamin #lmao #sidenote looking at tom kenny's imdb page is so funny he's been in like literally every cartoon on the planet at least once #the sheer quantity is wild #second sidenote by 2d adult animation i am not referring to you know who i am talkin about like archer and futurama and stuff

[impossible-rat-babies]

that’s enough twitter for today I think

#somedays it’s real bad #love people arguing abojt accessibility and one person suggests something that would actually be helpful #bc you know they do content where stuff like that would be helpful #and someone else is like no that wouldn’t be helpful. it isn’t helpful #and not providing alternatives bc they aren’t a game designer #okay but how are game designers that don’t have these issues w accessibility supposed to know #if they aren’t given feedback. if they aren’t provided possibile solutions #*possible #I doubt some game designer is gonna look on Twitter for a suggestion but the sentiment remains #also such dismissive talk is like. okay color coded attacks would be fantastic??? #it’s not a zero sum game on accessibility?? #this is specifically about 14 but as someone who doesn’t have time/ability to read the battle log #or the colors in certain dungeons are funky so I can’t see aoe markers #color options would be fantastic #hell even for folks who just wanna change the color of shit it would be nice! #accessibility options aren’t one size fits all—don’t act like they gotta be like that