#complexity of being a writer

[mywordfulcanvas]

being a writer is so complicated. like which part of me should i write about without contradicting the others?

#writing #feelings #writers on tumblr #writblr #youre your own muse #poems #thoughts #literature #english #aesthetics #personal #emotions #complexity of being a writer #quotes #life quotes

[redlyriumidol]

the plot of inquisition is fairly basic/unoriginal imo UNTIL you factor trespasser in as the real ending. that elevates the story so far beyond a simple fantasy "bad monster guy wants to take over the world. the plucky hero and his friends stops him" to something much more compelling. the moment you find out corypheus was really just small potatoes and you should have been worrying about the unassuming, soft-spoken elf who you thought was your friend and would always be by your side.... unparalleled. of course trespasser shouldn't have been a dlc I mean... we shouldn't have had to pay extra for something which is absolutely critical to the story of inquisition, but anyway...... it's truly the plot twist of all time. corypheus was a bit blah as a bad guy but really he was just a distraction- all you've been doing this whole time is cleaning up solas's mess so he can freely carry out his plans. solas is already an incredibly good villain, just being able to see and get to know the "human" side of him for an entire game is amazing set-up for da:d

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #meredith was also a great villain. bc she was on some level sympathetic and complex #she had motivations beyond Being Evil even if they became warped into something extreme #(i don't mean we should feel sorry for her. i mean she was written as human) #patrick weekes being lead writer when he wrote trespasser Bodes Well imo #solas #dragon age talks

[thejasontoddarchives]

Gotham War is really playing out like God’s plan, ain’t it now

Task Force Z #4 (2022)

#different storylines being connected by themes that carryover. 👌🏻 #bothered him so much he outright destroyed Jason’s access to free will #Rosenberg has a way of putting in some of the most satisfyingly well-put lines #that other writers could never have Jason say to Bruce #jason todd #red hood #dc #task force z #tfz #but also such a classic abuser move: everything you say being extremely self-centered #‘me *my* city *my* orders *I* don’t want you doing that’ #then when you get called out for being a manipulative shit you say ‘I’m sorry YOU see it that way’ like suddenly it’s you not me huh #Bruce should make a failsafe that could cure his god complex #he needs some humbling

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

do you ever think obsessively about how in the original, pre-editing version of succession season four, roman freaks out at the sight of gerri in 4.10 not just because he fired her and let her down but because he fired her and let her down and then she still comforted him in front of the whole world in the lowest moment of his life and he couldn't bear it and now he's seeing her again after she did that, or are you normal

#this HAUNTS me this THRILLS me i will NEVER forget you cut funeral scene #i will always wish you were nestled in your rightful place in the runtime of 4.09 #adds so much delicious and absolutely ruinous complexity #dollsome's deep thoughts #romangerri #roman x gerri #they should have heeded the pink notecard on the writer's room board!!!!!!!!! #really needed that 'i still see you as a person even if you failed as a project' beat from gerri #and roman tragically and totally not being able to accept being treated so kindly

[mariocki]

Lalla Ward makes a brief appearance as Lady Augusta, intended bride to an ill-fated aristocrat, in A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Ash Tree (BBC, 1975)

#fave spotting #lalla ward #doctor who #a ghost story for christmas #the ash tree #1975 #romana #romana ii #spoilers for the ash tree ig???? #i mean it's pretty obvious from the outset that Ed Petherbridge's aristo is not in for a good time #i mean he's a Jamesian protagonist for one thing.... #lalla had been acting since the beginning of the decade‚ with a fair number of one off appearances on tv and the odd film to her name #(most notably Hammer's Vampire Circus). she was still a few years off DW and genre immortality at this point #it isn't the most rewarding role; James (who i don't think many would argue that he wasn't a bit of a chauvinist) rarely featured #significant women characters in his work (a large number of them being academical in setting didn't help). actually the ash tree #is something of an outlier in that regard‚ as it does feature a significant female character in Mrs. Mothersole‚ but we can hardly consider #her a positive feminine presence... actually one of Lawrence Gordon Clark's regrets about this particular entry in the Ghost Story for #Christmas canon is the failure of him and writer David Rudkin to make a true villain of Mothersile; Clark felt that their shared sympathies #for the historical victims of witchhunting prevented them from capturing the 'evil' of the character (tho it's debatable how much James #himself intended her to be truly evil; this is just Clark's opinion after all‚ and fwiw i think Rudkin's greater complexity of the #character is more interesting‚ more believable and more appropriate) #i rambled. anyway yes‚ not a meaty role perhaps‚ but Lalla sinks her teeth in all the same and in just a few brief scenes successfully #creates a vivid and fully realised character‚ a charming and flirtatious fiancée with something of a rebellious streak #no ash tree post bc i made one the last time i watched it a couple of years ago

[rawliverandgoronspice]

given that seems to be the new popular take in the fandom at large since totk got out: let the record show that I'll gladly let myself get repeatedly manipulated by the wind waker speech and be foolishly moved by its implications over rejecting space for humanity and vulnerability in the monstrous and the dispossessed, and then feeling weirdly smug about severing that fleeting attempt at connection and deem it obviously insincere

#tloz #wind waker #ww #ganondorf #zelda fandom critical #it's just not even nice for the writers? #like they obviously tried something here #it's thematically resonant with the rest of the text #you don't have to connect with it personally of course #the complexity of a genuine cause being taken over by self importance and cruelty and what is owed to whom in the bloody aftermath #but to reject that it tried to touch upon something ambiguous and complicated is a shame in my opinion #voluntarily depriving yourself of depth sure is a move I don't understand #(the youtuboys of the world are just *so smug* about this and I find it... kinda tragic modern nintendo seems to agree with them) #(not to mention... seeing a guy coded as foreign going “hey I was sick of having nothing and wanted more for myself” and going) #(“!!!! that's manipulative and illegitimate and deserves no sympathy whatsoever” is a questionnable gut reflex to cultivate in my opinion) #(yearning for a privilege ganon could only ever access through submission can *absolutely* coexist with tyranny and selfishness) #(and isn't that layered and complicated and unfair to everybody involved?) #(doesn't that make for MUCH richer conflict than “he lied because he was greedy for power”?)

[galaxythedragonshifter]

The feeling when you want to make your own fantasy world and you've tried so hard you've gotten to the point where you have no idea what you want

#galaxy rambles #im genuinely stuck asf rn #i want a fantasy world with dragons #but do I include the humans? #i want to because Galaxy's whole thing is being a Dragonshifter #but at the same time I'm having the worst time trying to connect to human OCs #and develop the human culture because there's nothing keeping me interested #but at the same time idk what I want because no matter what I think of it doesn't work #so im stuck in this “i dont know wtf i want” state because im not getting attached to ANYTHING #no matter how many things I add into it that I like #which has been my problem with fantasy worlds since the beginning #EVERY. ONE. I. MAKE. #no matter how interesting or complex I try and make it I lose attachment #writers please help me- 😭 #maybe im too self aware #writer asks #writer problems #writers on tumblr #writers #worldbuilding #worldbuilding help #why is it so easy to get connected to everyone else's human characters #but when I do it I can't get anything #?????

[kat-rose-griffith]

If this is what they decided to do to Katara then I don’t want these writers going anywhere near Toph

#avatar the last airbender #I don’t even want to think about what they would do to her #they certainly are not good enough writers to handle the complexities of their relationship #it would just end up being an even blander Arya x Sansa pointless cat fight #atla live action #atla netflix #netflix

[moodymisty]

Because i had to block another couple blogs I was following this week because they kept reblogging xreader hate or dunking on people's self inserts, and since I've had an influx of new people lately I'll say this:

If you don't like that kinda stuff, then you won't like it here. I'm also not interested in having people around here who think it's ok to call other people cringe as a cheap insult. Block the tag and move on. Really ain't that hard. You can quit with the superiority complex. You're not better because you write Coffeeshop AUs for Skrungly/Glimbo or whatever.

Also, you're on Tumblr. You're cringe too, dude.

#I do this to help with my depression i don't need some randos with a god complex coming in here #also all i'm saying is if my WoW raiding dudebro friends deal with me being a xreader writer better than you... lmao #to delete later #not writing #vent

[chirpsythismorning]

Something that does genuinely concern me is the possibility of the Duffer’s being a major conflict of interest when it comes to supporting the strike out in the open. They’re not just writers but also producers and the show runners. Arguably they have the tightest relationship of any production to Netflix, and so just knowing that they’ve always been very much intertwined, are they going to be willing to voice their support for the strike, beyond just being WGA members who likely voted in support of the strike? Like even the cast, complete silence. I know that it can be hard for a lot of reasons, but the complete silence, besides that one writer who posted about it, has me side eying the situation as it’s unfolding.

For the last few Friday’s, they’ve been active posting about stuff, and so are they going to keep that going by posting today, hopefully something to agknowledge the strike, or are they going to just act like nothing is going on and carry on with Easter egg like content? Or worse, are they not going to post at all and so we won’t even know what to think?

It’s just so weird bc they’ve known about this strike for months now. They’ve known about it when they’ve been stringing fans along with little things over the last month. And now, silence, at a time when silence is not the best choice, especially when they are the hugest show in television rn. The duffers coming out and saying something about putting pressure on Netflix would actually have the capacity to get something to happen, and yet they don’t… and it makes me think they’re a conflict of interest bc unlike their writers, they get paid A LOT!

And when it comes to filming starting, I’m concerned that just because they have the first few scripts written and finalized, the Duffers are just gonna say fuck the strike go through with it and start the production for those earlier episodes, either without any writers present bc they’re on strike and so no rewrites, meaning we’re risking the quality not being as good as it would be with them. Or worse, the Duffers are gonna go cross picket lines and scab, and rewrite the scenes themselves essentially going against the strike and their own writers to side with the studios that want it done…

Like I want Stranger Things filmed as soon as possible, I really do. But I also am a little bit unsettled by s5 being soured just knowing they chose a route that sided with corporations and not the writers getting paid mf crap while they are in Netflix’s pockets.

Even though I’m skeptical, I’m still hopeful that they’ll say something, maybe the st writers Twitter will make a statement for all the writers, including the duffers to show their support. But just considering how quiet it’s been, I do wonder how they view the situation.

Do they think it will be over at any moment, without their interference and so they’re just waiting for that? Are they genuinely being advised to say nothing, including the cast and so that’s going to be the case until this is over (if it’s even over any time soon).

Like wtfff is going on in their brains I need to know what they’re thinking about all of this.

Bc them being silent all throughout or even worse doing the exact opposite of supporting the strike by literally starting filming anyways against all of their writers best interests, would be the worst possible course of action. The final season won’t be remembered for all the love and dedication put into it, it’ll be remembered for the greed. And that pisses me off bc the writers don’t deserve that! This is their baby and they’re literally out here risking it all to have a live-able wage, only to be undermined at the risk of everything. It fucking sucks.

#byler #stranger things #writers strike #st writers #duffer brothers #pls st writers Twitter post blatant writers strike solidarity today I swear to god #literally the duffers could protest #the cast could show their support or even protest #and we’d all be going above and beyond to pressure Netflix and other streamers to pay their fair share to writers #but they’re just silent #and so all we’re left doing is going #‘ughh when is s5!? I hope this doesn’t affect s4! I can’t handle any more delays! the cast is gonna be old by the time it airs!!’ #and it’s just all so misguided #these ppl making the show we love can barely afford to make a fucking living #ppl involved with the show make millions and have a huge audience that could make a difference #and it just saddens me that they’re probably being told they can’t #and so they’re just staying quiet to protect themselves and their livelihood #it’s obviously not all black and white #it’s complex #but the sooner more people in power step up #the sooner it will be over #the longer they stay silent #who tf knows how long this will go on

[bijoumikhawal]

Hm. I have dealt with antisemitic star trek fans, but given the times we live in and the recency of this post, as well as me not hearing of any recent major events about antisemitism in Trek fandom, let me check OPs blog real quick

Ah.

Anyway- DS9 intentionally paralleled the Occupation of Bajor with both the Holocaust and the Nakba, among other things, and one of the cast members who remarked on the similarity of Bajorans to Palestinians was Armin Shimerman, who is himself Jewish.

#cipher talk #Star Trek has an ambivalent relationship to Judaism imo honestly #It is true that Nimoy put a lot of Judaism into Spock #But uh. The Ferengi. Who are not only coded in ways that relate to Jews but also Chinese people and Muslims #Even with the complexity added to the Ferengi- notably by Shimerman and other DS9 cast members- its still an ambivalent depiction #Like. A lot of the complexity was added by individual Ferengi being at odds with their culture and accepting Federation ideas #Which I think speaks to how a lot of the Jewish writers and actors on DS9 aren't religious and how secular American Jews #Often regard religious American Jews- especially Orthodox Jews. Which I've already said I feel impacted how Kai Winn was portrayed #(Specifically the choice to associate the word 'Orthodox' with terrorism and assassination) #and how an ambivalent view of religion- sometimes leaning negative- also furthers this view of Judaism

[dollypopup]

i think what rubs me the saddest way about the 'pen ghosts colin and makes him grovel for her forgiveness' narrative playing out on screen is that it would just be heartbreaking from Colin's perspective in such a pointed way, but i don't know if it could conclude with any real satisfaction when he's a fleshed out character

i look at colin and i see a lost, lonely person who is trying so hard to fit in and be loved and understand himself, trying to learn and come into his own, never really clicking with much of anyone in a meaningful way, not completely. how so much of charm is people pleasing, wanting to be wanted. how he told Pen that he was starting to really believe that she 'would never forsake' him, how he praised and admired her loyalty, her friendship, how he started to really open up to her. how he told her she inspired him. how grateful he was that she tried to keep him from heartache. how she was one of the few people who didn't talk down to him about discussing his travels, who would listen to him like he listened to her.

and how she will forsake him in that narrative, for one comment, for one action in all the entirety of their friendship. how she will show him, truly solidify, that what he thinks of himself when he's feeling particularly low, that he's empty inside, not worth taking seriously, just a charming mask of a person, that he's not even worth keeping around if he isn't always being as perfect as he can be, is true.

i think this narrative could absolutely be done well! or it could be light if it's played for the bit without delving into colin's character and really only focusing on penelope's. but i want to delve into his character. i crave his perspective, want to know more that shaped him into being who he is. and exploring that, looking into it, the more it feels like that narrative couldn't be played for laughs. it could be gut wrenching, poignant. but it would take time, would have to unfurl. because when someone does that to you, when they decide you aren't worth the effort, the time (for a returned letter, for an explanation or any familiarity, stripped even of a nickname) it's so hard to heal it all. even more so when you were so close.

how he'd always worry about saying anything wrong to her from then. how he'd always have it in the back of his head: is this the one she leaves me for? again? because what if she decides he isn't worth it? she decided once, why not a second time? and, worse: what if she's right to? what if he really never had anything of substance worth holding onto in the first place?

any narrative can be a good narrative, a satisfying romance, if it's written well, if it explores and deepens a character, a connection, if it opens a new facet or shines light onto old ones so they reflect new colors. but i want to know Colin, in it. i don't want it just to serve half a ship's story. i want him to have a perspective, to have a background.

no matter what direction it all goes, what's gonna be done, it should be done in a way that serves the betterment of both their stories

#colin bridgerton #polin #penelope featherington #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #idk i have thoughs #and if you don't like those thoughts you can absolutely block me #because i know i talk about this a lot haha #(what is there to do at this point but speculate?) #and maybe it's me being way too deep in my writer on main perspective #but i so badly want to see him fleshed out #i so badly want to see his background and his ideas and what makes him make these choices and i worry that narrative will disregard it all #there's been such a lack of care in who colin is as a character #but i love him #i can't help it #i do #i love his charming artifice and i love his hero complex and i love his nerves #i love thinking about him being a middle child and not fitting in #i love thinking about how he and pen connect to each other what they have in common how they both carry pain inside of them #that makes them who they are #and how i need to see it #because this is the ONLY couple that gets several seasons to come together #so why not dig into them?

[pulsingvoid]

as much as i love to criticize yellowjackets as i frankly think it's a fumbled attempt at an intriguing premise i CANNOT get behind the "yellowjackets is not as gay as advertised" crowd. i'm not even personally that invested in shauna/jackie and i know there have been dismissive comments from certain actors about the nature of their relationship and well rip to those people i guess because reading shauna/jackie as anything other than a budding lesbian romance tragically cut off before it could bloom is just. wrong? it's not even subtextual, it transcends the text, it's the most important relationship in the story, it IS the story, at the heart of every single thing that happens or doesn't happen is that these two girls were in deep lesbian love with each other. there is no other way to read it if you try to complicate or simplify it by making it about jealousy or identity or friendship you lose both the core sexual desire and the deep romantic love that were (and still are) driving and twisting and softening and ruining everything around these young women

#every week or so i see someone say yj is not gay enough and i do agree theyre pairing off too many of the adults w men #and taissa is unforgivably sidelined #but frankly that's tied to the writers not knowing how to pace their story and shying away from topics of race and colonialism #and mental illness #and obviously theyre being annoyingly stingy w the portrayal of lesbianism #but shaunajackie literally is defined by canon not just to me like its objectively there #it bewilders me when people refuse to see relationships as real unless theres kissing on the mouth #its like if you watch hannibal or read passing or picnic at hanging rock and go 'that wasnt Actually gay'. sorry you missed the whole point #yellowjackets #shaunajackie #sometimes there IS kissing on the mouth and its still not enough no grace is given to queer stories if theyre even a little bit complex #im sick of it!

[strawmaguchi]

Twitter is legit filled with so many shit takes like you can feel upset your fave character died (it was very sad) but i hear people saying shit like “Ed isn’t redeemable without Izzy” and that they aren’t interested in S3 without Izzy. Like I just hate to see the negativity because I really adore this show and want to see it continue. Seeing this negative energy from the fandom about the future of the show sucks because I thought HBO was the one we had to worry about

Hopefully some people can come around I’m just like damn people were right when they said gay art gets more criticism from within the community

#like I’ve seen some people make some serious claims about Izzy’s death being problematic #like can you leave the crew and writers alone? #it’s okay to be upset but don’t like be a dick about it #our flag means death #ofmd #fanon exists for a reason #ofmd spoilers #our flag means death spoilers #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 spoilers #ofmd season two spoilers #ofmd discourse #izzy hands #hate seeing people with GO icons going so hard for Izzy like….such different vibes I don’t get it #I will not stand for Ed and Stede hate #people are complex or whatever but like hating on the main ship of a show??? what do you expect to happen

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

Observing peoples reactions to morally gray or black actions committed by different characters is so funny. Throughout all of G. War the character tags were chock-full of people unironically enraged claiming “Bruce isn’t even capable of doing something bad like that.” about an action that is pretty well in line with his character journey thus far, meanwhile there are still new posts that gain traction that open with lines like “I know Jason has committed his fair share of sins/crimes but” like bro when. In 2010?

Also. The whole premise of the b*tfamily™ that you so love is built on the load bearing wall being that they are a crime family. Hell, do people just collectively forget the part where Bruce manufactures and freely uses weapons with his own furry brand logo plastered all over them, causing all sorts of 'explosions and more!' property damage all over the streets of Gotham? Pretty sure that makes him a terrorist but you people don't feel the need to go around reminding fandom of that every five minutes.

#as someone who loves post crisis Jason more than the average person who considers themselves a Jason fan: #how much longer are we going to pretend that’s still where we are today #to all the people who get so fucking worked up anytime Jason does something other than sit there and look pretty #what exactly do you want to see him do in comics anyway? vacuum his apartment? #like please let him fuck shit up for people whose plans were messed up anyway please let him have opinions and act on them #kelseethe #these people assume fans like Jason *despite* all his ‘wrongdoings' #when we repeatedly post about why Jason fucking with people was epic and cool and justified #while they sit there being upset that their traumatized problematic fav with a god complex #acts like a traumatized problematic bitch with a god complex lol #‘do Jason fans even know why they like his character’ seems like someone is in need of some introspection #disclaimer: l'm not a bruce anti. you know that liking a problematic character doesn't mean wanting to erase #every atrocity he committed and putting him through a redemption arc #I just have low tolerance for the utter ignorance of some of his fans lol #and that of his writers who market him as the agreeable voice of reason #while simultaneously portraying him as an abusive father + war criminal lol #the way I used the terms ‘morally gray/black’ here is subjective. #personally I don’t consider killing drug dealers/kingpins in a fictional universe morally gray because I’m not a fucking narc lol #but abusing your son for over a decade then literally breaking his brain is undeniably morally black in & out of universe

[raylin-creates]

Me when I see a post about how First is useless to the lore: I. respect. your opinion. (internally raging) (fists shaking) (teeth gritted) (body trembling) (breathing ragged) (mind shook) (eyes wild) (mentally holding myself back from replying with the force of a blue whale being dropped to the ground at terminal velocity)

#first link #first linked universe #Hyrule Historia manga #linkeduniverse #I saw the post this is about like four days ago and I am trying SO HARD #not to reblog it with a rant about how the manga is great actually #and how the reason there are inconsistencies with the game lore is because the writers weren't allowed to know much about the game #so they had to work with vague ideas like 'the earliest in the series' #'Link forges the Master Sword' #and 'Loftwings' #and how embracing the flaws and coming up with fanon explanations for it is fun #and how the story is great but limited by its short format #and would have benefited from being expanded into a full-length manga #and how it adds complexity to Hylia that we only get second hand through Zelda in the game #or don't get at all #and it opens up speculation about the pre-skyloft civilization #and! and! and! #but I'm just gonna try to accept one man's trash is another man's blorbo #and move on by instead ranting in the tags of my own post #I actually agree with the poster on a lot of their other LU takes so this especially hurts