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avaetin · 8 months
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What would you say is the most challenging part about writing a multi-chapter fic? I'm asking because I want to start but I'm worried I might stop along the way. Thanks in advance!
Hmm... it depends, really. Since your concern is specifically stopping at some point, I'll give an answer based on that.
1) Lost interest. Could be just that. Some ideas start as interesting in our heads. We get that overwhelming urge to write it, and then... *poof*. More often than not, in the case of a multi-chapter, in order for said idea to come to life - aka, be written - you have to build up to it. It takes time and effort, and tendency is you just lose interest.
2) Lack of feedback. In continuation to #1, you lose interest too because you lack feedback. Is my work good? Is my work bad? You spend so much effort on your work and sometimes, especially if you're new, you might have the mentality that you're spending so much effort but no one or so few notice your work. That's why if you look around, you'll see many posts about people encouraging others to leave reviews on their favourite works because authors determine readers' interest in their work through that.
3) Burnt out/Writer's block. I was burnt out just recently. Took a break from writing because ideas were just nonexistent at that time. Sometimes, a burnt out could last weeks. Writer's block could last for days, weeks, months, heck years even.
4) Lack of preparation. In the case of fantasy/historical/sci-fi/etc. settings, research is your best friend. "What if I don't need to do research?" That's a lie. Lol, kidding. Even if you don't need to do intensive research for your work, you still need to have an outline of your story. How you want it to begin and end, what details you want to include, the plot, etc. Without that, your story might fail.
P.S. Also, combining points 4 and 1, I suggest you have a schedule for when you want to update. Once a week, a few times a week, twice a month, once a month... I find that having no schedule makes me procrastinate. So yeah, I suggest having a schedule.
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roccinan · 10 months
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I'm sorry if this seems a weird question to ask, but... since it doesn't look like we'll be getting any interesting answers to Andrés's past with Sergio or Martin, I've been thinking about it instead, and there's one thing that is stumping me. Do you have any ideas on what Sergio was actually sick with as a child?? something serious, that needed expensive treatment and spent so much time in hospital but also after the "experimental cure" it worked and sergio seems relatively in good health in the series as we saw him? Just thought I'd ask you because you always give the best answers with cleverness and humour, and I love your take on the characters anyway. if you've thought about it, would be a pleasure to hear your thoughts on this!
Hi anon! Thanks for stopping by and I'm glad you think that way about my answers :'D hopefully I don't disappoint LOL.
I think I've gotten this question before, and the best conclusion we could come up with is that Sergio had "sickly Victorian child" disease where he was just sick because.
I've personally thought about it myself too. Maybe he had a form of leukemia or some very serious asthma. I think a pre-existing heart condition wouldn't quite make sense because of well he is as an adult.
Another theory I have is that maybe he just had a weak immune system so things like the flu, common fever, etc. had stronger effects on him than other children. And the experimental cure was something that 1) found the root of his issues 2) found a way to build up his immune system.
Alas, the spinoff probably won't tell us and no reporters are asking Alex Pina this, so this is all we have to assume on.
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epickiya722 · 1 year
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kiya i have a question. do you have a beta reader? and is it normal for beta readers to pressure you into changing parts of a story. im writing a fic which has a sentient sword and i refer to it as it. its sentient but it doesn't have a gender. but my beta reader wants me to change its pronounce to her for some reason and i keep saying no but lately they've been pushing it a lot and im losing my mind because i want to be nice but they aren't listening and i honestly don't know what to do anymore
I don't have a beta reader, but I do have some thoughts on that.
If the sword doesn't have a gender, I don't see why you should changed its pronouns. The sword may feel things, but if you, the writer, didn't give it female or male pronouns, then so be it! There should be no argument about it. Does the pronouns do anything for the story? Like advance the plot? Fix the conflict of the story? Does the sword itself wants to be referred to as she/her?
If not, its pronouns shouldn't be an issue.
It's your work. There's plenty of fantasy or other works that have magical weapons that feel things and still be referred to as "it". It's been a thing.
It reminds of this...
With people, there are some who don't like using female or male pronouns. The respectful thing to do is refer to them as their preferred pronouns. Same for people who do use female or male pronouns. If someone wants she/her, it's she/her. Someone wants he/him? It's he/him. Someone wants them/they? Them/they it is!
To tell someone else they can't use the pronouns that make them comfortable is disrespectful and cruel.
It's like that.
You're the writer, it's your work. If you refer to the sword as "it" then that's it! You created that sword, so guess who has the say so about everything involving that sword? You do.
Honestly, it sounds like your beta reader is just being mean and controlling. Maybe they don't mean to, I don't know. But for now, and it may sound harsh, cut them off.
As a beta reader, they should be helping you, not stressing you out over a sword.
I get if it's grammar or maybe a plot hole that needs to be fixed. Those changes seem neccessary. Pronouns? Well, if the sword has always been "it" then again, there shouldn't be any argument there.
Unless, let's say you referred to the sword as "her" before and then a sentence comes up where you use "it" for by mistake. That's when your beta reader should tell you about the pronouns.
Other than that, the sword's identity is how you see fit.
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xiaoluclair · 2 years
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Hiiiii. Where do you find the sky sports... "ad" edits???
hello! truthfully i'm unsure what to say to this other than 'sky sports f1'. they like to slip 'em in right before the start of the race (not always lestappen-related, but the same dramatic style) so if you're able to, just keep an eye out for them then!
edit: also anon idk if you’ve seen this diagram buuut. hiiiiiii! 
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xn--ko8h · 10 months
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im just getting into fieriframes so i dont know the lore. who/what is sparks?
sparks is a pop/rock band that's been playing for 50 or so years. they have a song called "my baby's taking me home", which contains the repeated lyric "my baby's taking me home".
none of this is anything to do with fieriframes per se. i don't know any of the lore there. i assume it was just a shoutout to a band the author likes (which is nice, because sparks are a great band to be completely obsessed with).
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a-quilted-milky-way · 11 months
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I made my own label for my personal gender experience but I've never had a coining blog before and I'm not sure if I should make one because I only have one idea/gender to coin.
May I have some advice?
i think what i would do is either open the blog anyways and then if you find you want to make something else you'll have the place for it. if you still don't feel like it you could try finding a blog you like and asking to work something so they could post it and credit you in some way! or you could post it on your normal blog potentially if you think that would be cool with the people following you
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deep-space-lines · 1 month
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okay but like. I just had the weirdest thought about that ‘don’t look I’m naked’ comic. Which is that that’s essentially the same thing Adam and Eve did after they ate the fruit of knowledge of good&evil. So I feel like the theological implications of that could kneecap Gabe if he doesn’t think V1 is a being with free will.
yeah ok. i dunno man. is this anything
((side note. this isn’t necessarily meant to be in-character or story-accurate or take place at any particular point in time, just a way to explore some Thoughts. i was also imagining more that V1’s words aren't actually spoken, more like Gabriel’s more articulate interpretation of whatever garbled mechanical noise V1 is using to communicate. I think an angel could do that.))
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and then they fucked nasty the end
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bulldog-butch · 11 months
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do you have any tips for eating pussy !!!!
BOY DO I
i feel like i have to put a corporate disclaimer so i don’t get sued, but obviously not everyone likes getting their pussy ate the same way and it’s good to talk to a partner about what they like and dislike. that being said i often get stellar feedback on my pussy eating (i literally changed my girlfriend’s mind about getting their pussy ate 😈)
first off, forget probably everything you’ve seen in porn. if someone could watch you eating pussy and see your tongue then you’re doing it wrong (unless you’re in the first few minutes and warming up or like taking a tiny breather) otherwise if you’re getting down to business then your face should be drowning in the pussy.
second, forget all the kitschy shit you hear. no one is actually getting off to someone spelling out the alphabet on their clit. finding a consistent rhythm is key and it’s usually something incredibly simple. i opt for up and down because i can go longer with that motion and it tends to get a better reaction than side to side (but i do throw a little of that in there). also when i say up and down i don’t mean like a flicking motion. do not flick the clit with your tongue. you’re rubbing it not flicking it, so keep your tongue flat and just rub it up and down (or side to side whatever you’re going with). the other most important thing i can say is SUCK THEIR CLIT. start soft if you don’t know how sensitive their clit is and then ramp it up if you’re getting positive feedback. save this for a little flare, i wouldn’t usually stay sucking it for more than a few seconds.
okay now that i’ve gone over technique, let’s put it all together. start of slow, really show that you’re giving the pussy all your attention and not just doing it because you feel obligated. lick the whole length, stick your tongue in their vagina, suck on the labia, have fun with it! get to know the pussy you’re about to go to town on! then when you’re ready to get down to business start focusing more on the clit and setting a steady rhythm. maybe start getting a little faster but as soon as you hear “right there” or they start pulling your hair DONT ALTER YOUR PACE. i think a common mistake is people hear that and get excited and start going faster but the whole point is you just had the right tempo and now you’ve changed it. also if your jaw starts hurting (as mine often does) but you don’t want to stop, i would suggest try moving your whole head up and down to give your jaw a break.
last but certainly not least, my personal favorite move is to give the g-spot some attention while you’re down there. use a finger or two (or three if you’re feeling spicy) and do the come hither motion while you’re working on their clit, and i can almost guarantee that you’ll have that person seeing the light
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theriverbeyond · 6 months
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how do we know in the books that john is indigenous? can you say more about how his indigeneity is important to his story?
hello! so there is a word of god post on race (doesn't mention John but mentions that Gideon is "mixed Maori"), BUT I frankly don't think word of god statements are worth any weight without actual in-text support (see: the "dumbledore is gay" situation). SO!
Specific evidence that John Gaius is Maori, as revealed in Nona the Ninth:
When he is listing his education, John mentions having gone to Dilworth School (John 20:8). Dilworth is an all boys boarding school in Auckland and accepts students based on financial need instead of academic or sporting achievements. Demographics appear to be about 70% low income Maori boys, indicating that it is highly likely that John is Maori
John reports that P- said he looked like a "Maori-TV pink panther" (John 15:23) when his eyes turned gold. Maori TV is a TV station that is focused primarily on Maori culture & language revitalization, with presumably all or mostly Maori hosts, and tbh I don't see why P- would say this unless John was himself Maori
John uses a te reo Māori phrase ("kia kaha, kia māia") (John 5:20) when he is saying goodbye to the corpses in the cryo lab before the power is shut off. Though it is possible he said this as a non-Maori kiwi, but in combination with the previous two points of evidence I think this all very strongly points to him being Maori
He also renames his daughter Kiriona Gaia, "Kiriona" being just literally the name "Gideon" in te reo Māori
TLT is not a series that hands you anything on a silver platter but to ME this is all pretty solid proof
Why is this relevant to The Locked Tomb?
In Nona the Ninth, we learn that before he completed apotheosis and ate the solar system, John was basically trying to save the earth from capitalism-caused climate change. Climate justice and the rights of indigenous people over their own land are deeply tied together, in the same way that climate catastrophe and capitalism/ imperialism/ colonialism are linked. disclaimer that this is NOT my area of study and others have definitely said it better; this is just the basic gist as I understand it, but on quick search I found some sources here and here if you want to do some reading.
TLT is not a series that hands you anything on a silver platter, but i don't think it is a stretch to see John as an indigenous man trying to save the earth and getting ignored and shut down at every turn by primarily western colonial powers (PanEuro, the USA) who declare him a terrorist and then as a reader thematically connecting that to the experience of indigenous climate activists IRL
there are absolutely TLT meta posts that have discussed this before me; tumblr search is nonfunctional and I have been looking for an hour and a half and cannot find anything specific even though i KNOW i reblogged multiple posts about this in the first few weeks following NTN's release. sad & I am sorry
I think that by the time the books take place, John is 10k years removed from the cultural context he grew up in, with the Nine Houses having become a genocidal colonial power in their own right (with more parallels to be made between John's forever war for the resources of literal life energy and like, oil wars), but I also think that John Gaius is a fictional character who can represent and symbolize multiple different things in service of telling a story. (not to mention the potential thematic parallels being made to how oppressed people sometimes are pressed into replicating the power dynamics of their oppressors and continuing the cycle--now that is a tumblr post i KNOW i read last year and definitely cannot find right now, once again sad & I am sorry)
How Radical Was John Gaius, Really is a forum thread that was locked by the moderators after 234534645674564 pages of heated debate
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kimdokjas · 10 months
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wait wait, what’s the change tumblr did to the reblog chains ? 🥲🥲🥲 I’m so lost
okay so basically, let's say you see a post on your dash
before the update, if you clicked on a url, you could do 3 things:
view that specific reblog on the blog you follow (A)
view the previous reblog on the blog A reblogged it from (B)
view the original post on op's blog (C)
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however, staff recently implemented an update where clicking on a url no longer takes you to that specific post. now, clicking on a url just takes you to the blog itself.
this means that you now get 5 things:
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view ONLY that specific reblog on the blog you follow (A) -> changed location near header. also, you will now ONLY see that post and nothing else
view ONLY the original post on op's blog (C) -> changed location near header. you will only see that post and nothing else. and ONLY if the op hasn't deleted it, otherwise it just shows an error
view the blog of the person you follow (D)
view the blog of the person D reblogged it from (F) -> option B no longer exists
view the blog of the op (E)
you might be thinking: "cool! i get more options so that's good, right?" well, no.
there are SEVERAL things wrong with this and it goes beyond the prev tags issue
1) first of all, it's counterintuitive that A and C changed locations to the area near the header, especially if your userbase was already used to the previous functions. it just seems like horrible UX design to me but let's put that aside for now.
2) as you can see, option B which allowed you to see the previous reblog of a post no longer exists.
now, if you click on the previous url, you will just be taken to their entire blog. you can no longer view the post itself.
someone asked staff about this, and they replied in this post that the change was INTENTIONAL and if you want to view the previous reblog you would have to "go through the notes view".
to borrow what someone else said:
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basically, this update just killed the prev tags culture in one fell swoop.
(sure, you can still use it to reply directly to the person you're reblogging from, but it's now literally useless to use "prev tags" for everyone else involved. sure, you can choose to copy tags or peer review them, but again, if people will have to copy them then the less people are likely to use them, and not every prev lends itself to peer-reviewing imo)
now, listen. i know not everyone likes the prev tags culture, but it just seems like such a poorly-thought decision to kill a culture that like... half of your entire userbase uses (see this poll as a quick reference) and that's UNIQUE to your site and sets you apart from other social media.
but it's also not even just prev tags. let's say you want to remove an annoying addition on a post's reblog chain? you can no longer do that.
however, i feel like this is the most important point:
regardless of how you may feel about the prev tags culture, the pure UI aspect of it should remain
what i mean by this is: even if you don't like prev tags, simply 1) being able to access the reblog chain, and 2) clicking on a post and actually have it take you to their BLOG (and not just a page with that one single post) is literally essential navigation.
this update threatens to drive down user engagement (which is already critically low) by making it harder to navigate. which is actually another point:
3) even if you click on A and C now to view those specific posts, it's NOT the same as it used to be.
before, you could view the reblog directly on the blog. so you could just scroll down and see the other posts leading up to it. now, you will be taken to a page where you will ONLY see that post and nothing else.
but also, you can no longer easily navigate other people's blogs.
you know how sometimes you would see like 50 notifications of someone going through an entire tag on your blog? that's going to happen a lot less, i'm afraid.
let's suppose you want to go to op's blog because they're an artist and you want to see more of their art. so you click on C and see that the tag they use for posts with their art is "#my art"
cool! before, you could just click on that tag and immediately view ALL of their art as long as the posts have that tag.
but now, if you click on that tag, it will take you to the ENTIRE tumblr tag with literally all the posts that everyone in the history of time has tagged with that specific tag.
now, to do the same thing that just took 2 clicks before, you would have to: click on C to view the post -> look for the tag you want to navigate -> click E to view their whole blog -> scroll and look for a post that just so happens to have that tag (the search function is literally useless) and hope to god that there's a recent one or you'll have to scroll for ages or simply give up -> if you happen to find it, click on that tag to navigate their posts.
you see how this is counterproductive, right? you see how this can literally drive down engagement with content creators, right?
if you make people's blogs harder to navigate, you will literally drive down the number of likes and reblogs on their posts, which have already been steadily declining for years now.
4) options D and E to view the blogs and not the posts are literally useless because you could already access other people's blogs before. you just had to click on their url to view their blogs starting from that specific post AND you could choose to just refresh it to view their newest posts.
either way, the change just seems completely unnecessary. and again, it's not just about the prev tags culture but about basic UI.
so what can we do about it?
i normally don't advocate for flooding staff with messages but i do feel like this is one of the worst updates staff has ever done (and that's saying something) and something needs to change.
even if they don't retcon the entire update, that's fine, but staff could at least add the option to view the reblog chain as a different feature (maybe even opt-in) for example. there are better ways to go about this than just axing an entire existing feature.
also, this same issue that makes it harder to navigate blogs needs to change. i feel like content creators will be especially affected by this unless this changes because you can no longer easily navigate their tags, so it will inevitably drive down engagement.
so please, contact staff and let them know we want a change.
you can contact support here!
here's a template for a possible message you could send, but feel free to edit it. (under category you can choose "Feedback")
Hi, I would like to politely request a change to the recent update that affects the reblog chain of posts. Regardless of the "prev tags" culture itself, the UI aspect of being able to view the reblog chain of a post is essential for navigation on this website. Even adding it as a separate, opt-in feature would be a huge help. Additionally, clicking on a post and then on one of the tags now takes you to the entire tumblr tag instead of the tag on that blog, which makes it harder to navigate blogs. Both of these issues have the potential to drive down user engagement by actively making it harder to navigate Tumblr, but especially for content creators. I hope you can do something to address these issues as soon as possible. Thanks in advance and have a nice day.
also, if you can and/or want, reblogs are appreciated to help spread the word!
that's pretty much the gist of the issue from what i've seen, but if anyone else has anything to add or a different way we could contact staff to make ourselves heard, please feel free to let me know!
TLDR: it's not just about prev tags, this update affects basic functionality and content creators as well
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usernare · 4 months
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we all know that giffing can be a pain in the ass sometimes. it is time-consuming, tiring, and annoying. but highly addictive, too. there's no cake recipe for making gifs, but everyone has some tips and shortcuts developed through time and hard work, the same way as our nanas have their special chocolate cake recipe.
that being said, welcome to my crazy attempt to make a comprehensive tutorial. this is how to make gifs for dummies, my name is nare and i'll be your host during this extensive ramble dressed as a tutorial.
my giffing process (and this tutorial) is divided into 5 phases:
downloading the footage;
cropping the scenes;
extracting the frames from said videos;
organizing the frames into the folders;
and making the actual gifs.
at google docs i'll provide every link you might need, and will try to explain everything you need to start making your own gifs. thank you!
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i just have one simple question for you why gabriel ultrakill? what is the appeal behind this angel
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introspectivememories · 2 months
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mister lewis hamilton, sir, how are you gonna go on live television and talk about about how your karting days were the best times of your career and still never say nico's name? not once but multiple times??? oh you mean the karting your did with your childhood best friend nico rosberg? that karting? the karting where you met him? the karting where your families became friends? the karting where you spent months in italy together? the pizza eating contests and torn up hotel rooms? the frosties? the unicycling? that karting???? "i'm over the divorce," says man who is soo not over the divorce.
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sasanka-27 · 7 months
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The oil under Impala mystery 🔍✨
(Inspired by the lady with expert wife tips from tiktok)
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revenantghost · 1 year
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can you explain why knives needed vash for his plan? is vash's power giving plants life?
So from what I gather, Vash is unique in his ability to both give and take from the higher dimension, which is the place where all plants get their energy from, and that's what humans use them for. (This is also where Conrad says their souls are instead of their bodies (possible bullshit, given the unreliable narrators we have), and also given Vash's conversation with Rem in episode 12 it's possibly connected to the afterlife???) Or, at the very least, Vash is different from most other plants, as they can only take. His power has been compared to something black hole-like, but I won't bore you with quantum physics since we don't know exactly what they mean by that yet, exactly.
In order to access and enter the higher dimension to rip souls free and shove them into the plants' bodies to birth independent plants, Knives needed to use Vash as a gate, as a tool, to open Vash up and let himself in so he could funnel that power out through Vash.
At least, that's just what I've gathered from watching Tristamp... way too many times and reading meta as I go. I'm probably a bit off in this explanation, so anyone feel free to add on anything I missed! I think we're going to get way more in-depth in the following season/s with the plot threads left hanging after episode twelve. Hopefully this makes sense! :'D
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stuckinapril · 2 months
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I'm in food stamps and barely make rent each month but I'm managed to donate around 200 to the Palestine children's relief fund since Nov and it breaks my heart that I can't physically do anything to help like I feel like if I could I should be there trying to stop this horror you know and then I run into people who have way more means than me who are doing nothing and I'm like how can you live with yourself. How does the guilt not eat you alive
How does the guilt not eat you alive!!!! And they’re always the most self righteous ones too. “Why are you trying to disturb my peace with this” maybe because you don’t deserve to have peace for having the wealth and the means and doing nothing with it.
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