#it should be a short story they said

[nani-nonny]

“I did a bad thing, I don’t regret the thing I did”

Jokes aside I may have accidentally extended ch.2’s length by a couple words

Okay, a couple hundreds… maybe a thousand. Oops

#I only wanted to fix the second half #how did I extend the 2k to 3.4K #i— #hmm #I expect 2k word chapters they said #it should be a short story they said #I’m a habitual liar /hj #(accidentally) played American football with my newborn #rottmnt fanfiction

[katabay]

JACK THE GIANT KILLER

originally this was a kind of personal visual vibe test: I'm still turning some thoughts around about jack in my head (altho I have finished assembling the skeleton of a story and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens when I start to press at it) but I really liked how it turned out so I'm posting it as it's own illustration :)

the first post about this idea is over here, but I've fine tuned it down a bit so that the story begins with jack finding the body of a giant while he's out in the woods one day, and the story spirals out of hand before he can stop it.

it's been interesting to read up on jack tales from a literary analysis point of view while I figure this story out!! and through the power of more coffee, I think. I'm close to pinning down an underlying theme I'd really like to bite into. I just need to condense it down to a couple of sentences instead of several paragraphs.

and to close this post out, here's another excerpt from the j.g. ballard's the drowned giant that haunts me!

bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost ⭐ cara ⭐ ko-fi

#i had a whole thing about why i dont link to my ko-fi on art posts but a friend said i should at least do it on original art #also cara seems to be promising as an art porfolio site? if you're looking to jump off of dA because it sucks ass. cara looks good so far! #OKAY moving on from that. in my head there is also a weird fucked up story about the drowned giant I would love #to turn into a short comic. maybe early next year? I think I need to go to a beach and do some studies because in my mind #it has a very specific visual and tone. hmmmmmm. #I had a very vivid dream abt it and I want to attempt to capture it down onto paper #and moving on from THAT. to the man himself. jack. ohhhhhh can you imagine if someone would’ve done a fucked up grim dark #Jack novel in 2013 or something. I would’ve eaten that like a cake. this isn’t an intentionally grim dark retelling although it is. grim. #original tag #generic medieval tag

[uncanny-tranny]

I decided to go through my old warm-up notebooks from my honours english class and in one of the warm-up prompts, I said I wanted my superpower to be "controlling the effects of [my] puberty," and I'm glad to say that I've gotten that superpower. It took a very long time, but that's a superpower I can check off my list

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #ngl though i felt my very soul wince while reading some of them (including that) #in my old self's defense: i was incredibly dysphoric and had Many Unresolved Issues #i also wasn't really masking in that class and didn't know i should probably not be honest with my notebook #my teacher said that she'd only grade warm-ups we wanted graded and she'd only *potentially* read others 'for fun' #also i always didn't like the 'what superpower would YOU want?' question because. it just annoyed me to know it's impossible to have #(besides the puberty superpower lmao) #as much as i believe in being kind to your past self/selves that doesn't mean i'm not cringing about it 😭 #just so long as you don't turn the cringe into self-hatred i suppose #you cannot hate yourself into being better♡♡ #WAIT I JUST REMEMBERED THAT IN ONE OF THE WARM-UPS I WROTE ABOUT A LESBIAN ROBOT #NEVER MIND I'M DONE CRINGING #man i should make that into a proper short story like. what a concept

[undeadvinyls]

havent made a comic in a looong while so i think theres no better way than to welcome a new hero with a comic! meet killing joke aka cedric, the medieval knight-jester cross hero 💕

under the cut theres his ref !!!

its actually a 2 month old doodle i digitalized, haha

#pvz: killing joke #pvz #pvz heroes #pvz comic #pvz oc #plants vs zombies #professor brainstorm #rustbolt #plants vs zombies heroes #phantoms art #i wanna do more comics with my heroes too. but more like off shots than compelling stories since im not continuing my comic #been also playing undertale a lot so like. he has so much papyrus energy #but PLEASE DO NOT INFANTILIZE HIM HE'S A GROWN ADULT AND JUST SEES THE WORLD THROUGH MEDIEVAL LENSES #grrr #also should have said this but rustbolts pose in the first 2 frames was referenced off sniper in meet the sniper short #and while i didnt use a ref uhh. pretend they r in jewel junction bye

[dallonwrites]

actually making my tags from my last post into their own post. writers who struggle with grammar, spelling, typos, errors etc i love you. writers who struggle with rereading their stuff thoroughly no matter how much they try, who don't always have access to other people to help them read i love you. whilst reading through and checking for these things is good practice i really believe that the weight of it should not be put wholly on the writer's shoulders. especially writers who are neurodivergent, disabled, have any condition that can impede their reading + comprehension, are overworked and overtired, are not writing in their native language, list goes on....because grammar mistakes/language mistakes/typos have nothing to do with your abilities as a creative. this is where editors should be uplifting writers, helping them, not scrutinising them for something they cannot always control

#and in case anyone is going to say it...like i said in my tags i get that it can be frustrating #if it feels like a piece has NOT been reread or checked for these things at all #but even then its like...do you know the writers context? their background? #does the story itself still hold up strong creatively? #im just saying some leniency and grace goes far and esp in the short story/litmag scene i think #an editor who is considerate and inclusive should not use those things against a piece's worth #for me its like....1) the word spelling and grammar check is really confusing to work with sometimes #and also just. straight up does not work sometimes #and 2) no matter how much i reread and check for spelling and grammar i will forget a word. i will misuse a word. i will forget things #a bitch is forgetful! a bitch struggles with rereading their pieces and i do what i can to help that #but i need help and grace from the editors who wish to work with me! #i remember one time i wrote vacancy as vanacy in an excerpt in a writing update #literally passed me by and i was so humiliated?? nobody even pointed it out #but i assumed people were going to think of me less that i would make a simple mistake #its just...v hard and daunting being open with your writing sometimes lol lets all be kind to each other

[mxwhore]

mutuals. i am getting caught in my own bitterness again...

#ill vent because this is basically my bedroom #my younger older brother is caught up in that phase of romantic love when nothing else matter but girlfriend #thats fine i guess it happens #the thing is he forgot about my birthday and i was sad. then he remembered that he forgot and called and said #heyyy lemme make it up to you. lets go grab dinner this weekend (last weekend) #he forgot he even said me and went wine tasting with his gf. so now im double sad AND pissed because #i said no to my friends who actually wanted to see me because i was under the assumption that we were going out #so i sent him a passive aggressive message like heyy dinner was great thx for that xd and he was like what dinner?? #long story short he realized he fucked up again and invited me to dinner for realsies this time #but like. he isnt really inviting me? he and my niece were going to a kiddy place he promised he would take her and said i could tag along #i told him i realize now he just invited that to save face and to forget about it #but now im even sadder cuz i love my niece and she is always happy to see me... i just feel like im stupid or something #theyre going tomorrow and im debating on whether i should swallow my pride and go for her #i probably wont #im still not over it #anyway whatever i got work to do

[lord-squiggletits]

"Rodimus is a better Prime because it didn't hurt for him to bond with the Matrix while for Optimus it did" headcanon/theory my beloathed.

One day I'm literally gonna snap and make a whole post addressing why what's wrong bc I'm tired of the inaccuracy and tired of ppl not understanding the Point TM of IDW and its version of the Matrix/Primacy and even more tired of people putting down Optimus in favor of Rodimus by essentially arguing that being unworthy means you deserve to be punished/put in pain bc you just weren't good enough to hold the Symbol of Ultimate Authority

#it's wrong on so many levels both in terms of lore and as well as like what the general themes of idw1 are #it's just a validation contest using the matrix as some magical symbol to decide who's the most special #which is ironically something that was a plot point in exrid/OP. specifically how stupid of an idea that is ldskjflksd #ppl revealing that they havent read anything besides mtmte/ll as usual #like half the reason ppl think optimus is a bad prime and rodimus is a good prime is literally bc like #optimus was written by an author who was specifically trying to deconstruct him (sometimes to the point of absurdity) #and rodimus was written by an author who takes a more optimistic/idealistic approach. and is also better at writing #but also like am i seriously the only person who thinks that that argument is fucked up????? #like 'OP felt pain which means he's unworthy/not a real prime/not a true leader' #ok so you think that there's a hierarchy of moral goodness in which anyone who falls short of that Moral Ideal should suffer #as a sign of their unworthiness?? like does that not sound dystopian as hell to any of you?? why would you WANT the matrix to work like tha #even if the theory were true (which it isn't) why would you view the matrix as a good authoritative moral judge of character #if its idea of 'moral judgement' is to inflict pain on anyone who's supposedly not truly good/worthy #wasn't the entire point of the ending of LL (including rodimus being a good leader) that everyone is worth it? #like rodimus literally said 'you ARE damn well good enough' or something like that #so what? everyone else in the universe tries their best and that's enough but somehow when OP suffers it's like #a sign that he's not actually a good prime/leader?? we're really going with the punitive perspective purely for One Guy?? #swear to god ppl are projecting their authority issues onto Optimus the way they shit on him for things they would excuse #if any other character did it #Optimus is uniquely deserving of pain/being marked as unworthy bc idk he was a cop once and that offends my delicate sensibilities #what's even funnier is how much harm was inflicted by rodimus as a captain sheerly due to his stupidity or ego but everyone forgives him #i guess bc as long as the matrix likes him that means he's valid no matter what he actually does as a person #WHICH IS SOMETHING IDW ITSELF ARGUED AGAINST BC A LOT OF THE PRIMES THAT WERE CHOSEN BY THE MATRIX #WERE DICKS AND THE FACT THEY COULD WIELD THE MATRIX DIDN'T MAKE THEM GOOD PEOPLE #like oh my god stop using the matrix as an arbiter of moral authority in idw1 it literally goes against the themes of the story #including the themes that are embodied in rodimus himself #idw op love

[starlonga]

#divorce core #nostalgiacore #quotes #small town america #nostalgia #teencore #weirdcore #dreamcore #wandering #longing #should have said something #suburbia at night #suburban dreams #small town longing #dreaming of getting away #want to escape #short story #dialogue #subtitles #yellow subtitles

[arcaneyouth]

being a singlet who is very supportive of systems and has been for a long time makes some experiences really wild because like. ok so i experienced semi good rep of DID when i was very young. i read a brand new story by one of my favorite authors about a character with DID. the story started with the author saying it was likely not perfect representation and it's very important to listen to people with DID and not let his story overtake theirs. i had asked my mom about it and she said this was a real thing people experienced, but it probably wasn't super accurate in the story because the guy writing it didn't have DID. this was my first experience with DID. my takeaway from it was "oh that's neat! sometimes one person is actually lots of people and that's normal!" and then i moved on.

so like. genuinely growing up and realizing the world is super weird about people with DID was like a brick in the face ALIUSDHALSIUDh what do you mean. what do you mean you think these people are weird. i thought we all agreed they were normal. and i STILL experience that even now knowing more than i did before, i may have only had 1 experience with DID as a kid but that was enough to completely normalize it for me, i don't know how you can't just be normal about systems they are literally just sitting there we all know this (<- we apparently don't all know this)

#something to be said about how even flawed attempts at representation can do good #i don't think the story ever got finished but the one short snippet i had that was done in a respectful light #that was all it took for me. that was it #looking back on it it really wasn't an accurate depiction of DID. not at all. but it was kind #and my mom (who as far as i know doesn't have any kind of personal experience with DID) also told me to be kind #and both of them told me systems were very normal and we should listen and be kind to them #and it was enough that the thought of being unkind was so fucking foreign to teenage me actually learning more about DID and meeting people #who have DID that i was surprised by it #to any systems reading this i know i'm not the only person who was taught to be kind to you #there's space out there for you and people who very earnestly try even if they get it wrong sometimes #people like this author who clearly did the best research he could at the time #and people like my mom who didn't really know a lot but still thought it was important to introduce me to it so i knew to be kind #peace and love and all that

[eightballs-grumblrs]

still working on the designer cullee uquiz. got any ideas for questions

hmmm. maybe like

-what caste are YOU

-how much free time do you have to put toward a cullee

-what is your preferred cullee temperament (rebellious, calm, cute, etc)

-what kind of food do you tend to make most? salty, sweet?

or maybe some random bullshit go questions like

-fav periodic table element

-fav planet in alternias solar system

-fav empress (only answer is feferi)

#eightball story i made a uquiz for something or other once #and know that im 5'2 irl #it was like 6 questions or so #and my partner took it and said #'unexpectedly short and silly but i suppose that should be expected' #obliterated

[xhanisai]

what is it with these weird americans claiming that racism is no longer a thing just because where they live is somewhat regulated or whatever and all that bullshit????

#delete later #long story short i came across this youtube video that was recommended to me #it was a black queer man and I thought he was going to just discuss about the rise of rampant hate against white people in america #and i was like okay let's watch this cos I too believe no one should face any discrimination for who and what they are and that education o #the past is very good #but then he would go on about statistics in America and say that the black community themselves are getting into these unfortunate situatio #s #and the world is much better now compared to decades ago and that they should be lucky at the way we live now because it isn't like back th #n #but im like #sure these dumbass tiktokkers say stupid shit #BUT #even now in the uk almost every POC including myself have experienced discrimination and racism #including black people #and ive seen horrible things said and done to black people and others in America online through videos and etc #like wtf man are YOU BLIND #the world we live in right now is doing the bare minimum and we all should aspire for a better world!!! #insulting all white people in your life isn't the way to the top I know that and that's completely understandable it's hella childish and n #sty #i dunno man this video really pissed me off and I didn't finish it #one of the example videos he also showed was a black man expressing his feelings on what he thinks about non black people using the N word #even in a song #i personally believe no one should use the word at all #but the youtuber was brushing off his feelings and saying it's just a word in a song and I was just #done with it #he was clearly pandering to the people who always scream about how they hate woke culture #so why was i surprised #anyways rant over

[letmesleepy]

Watched perfect blue. I loved it except that twist at the end really ruined it for me tbh... Was truly hoping for a story of confusion and not ever knowing where or when you are. It basically turns it from "being a celebrity can ruin yer mind" to "actually it was all this fat woman with a stigmatized mental illness' fault everything bad happened to this beautiful thin girl". Really sucks :/

#was hoping itd be a perfect thing to watch after lain and really thought it was gonna be until it turned out to be #yer typical damaging slasher #i love slashers but a lot of them harm trans women. poc. psychopaths and folks with did and schizophrenia and every other mental illness #sighs #i was so hoping for a psychological horror thats more psychological #beautiful art though. singers were terrible though. #do i recommend it? not really. if you want what you thought perfect blue was just go watch black swan. or american psycho #black swan was also kinda meh. sorry #american psycho was very visually interesting and i loved its deconstruction of male privilege #i dont know shit about the ballet industry but it felt like jt said a lot about that as well. i guess? #idk i understood black swan and its metaphors but jt was still kinda meh to me. 7/10 #american psycho is a 8/10. its like a popcorn movie to me #perfect blue is a 7/10. amazing visuals and i liked the VA choice for mima. but its just another fatal attraction celeb story #when i thought itd be about a celeb becoming the killer as fame corrupted her #long story short its disappointing for such a popular anime movie. should he grouped together with halloween and friday the 13th

[crown-ov-horns]

In all the Good Omens stories I'm currently working on, the child Crowley eventually ends up with (having it, not romantically involved with a child) is a girl. He strikes me as a girl dad (and mom), really. Yes, imagining Crowley as a parent at all is wild, but that's a different can of worms.

Thing is, I have to come up with a story where Crowley has a son named Aleister. You... Understand why, don't you?.. Right.

It could be Fem!Crowley x Hastur (I feel it would be Hastur's idea), or Crowley x Fem!Reader (definitely Reader's idea).

I think, this may open some doors for comedy? Reader (or Fem!Crowley) could have a mental breakdown, fearing a snake may slither out of her when time comes. Though, admittedly, a snake would likely cause less discomfort than a human.

...If the previous paragraph made you think of a certain song, I like you.

Hell, even if the child is born in human form, it might shapeshift, no? I guess, you could pretend you're taking your pet snake out in a stroller (I bet there are reptile owners that insane in reality). Only, when the "pet snake" starts crying or babbling, you'd have a real problem, because... Reptiles don't do that. There wouldn't be any religious people around, hopefully.

Damn, this made me laugh. I'm sitting at my desk, drinking my coffee, laughing like a maniac. Let's be serious, I'm probably incapable of writing comedy, just angst, gore... Romance, but not comedy.

Just some thoughts while I ✨procastrinate✨.

#diary pages #writing journal #i should be writing what do i do instead? #talk to myself about snakes slithering out of folks' uteruses in writing and posting it... like a normal person of sound mind #tbh making up ocs is one of my favorite aspects of writing fanfiction... just creating characters in general #that's the reason of why I like making characters have kids so much... that and I just want to put them through bad situation #good omens #fanfiction writer #good omens fanfiction #ao3 writer #crowley x hastur #crowley x reader #aleister crowley (oc) #good omens fandom #pestilence you have better things to do what the fuck is this #and you already have a MYRIAD of wips #no crowley x hastur is marked as a must and i said i'll write x readers #you know... short and easy little stories that let me fake productivity

[paimonial-rage]

I was thinking about this while helping my friend beta something yesterday like… I vaguely remember that at one time, I felt (punctuation) periods were too harsh. They had a sense of finality about them. They were too loud and vibrant. Commas were more comforting to use. They felt softer and not as exact. And then I look at my writing now and there's nothing I love more than a period. I love how sharp it is. I love its finality.

Like I can't understate enough how much a period makes a statement. Like that's what it's supposed to do, yes, but it's more than that. It tells the audience that what precedes is true. It's a fact. And when you yield a period properly, it emphasizes and highlights what is stated. It stands out. It's final. It has weight. It's such a powerful thing that it's addicting to use.

#thoughts #personal #writing #i should be putting this in the main post but the main post has a vibe that i don't want to interrupt #the way to properly wield a period is by varying the lengths of your sentences #a good key to remember is that long sentences are meant for providing information #*long sentences are not meant to stand out* #when you want to highlight something that is key you use a short sentence #making it short makes it clear to the audience that the statement is meant to hold weight #however it is important to keep variety in the lengths of your sentences #a short sentence after a short sentence does not stand out as much as a short sentence after a long sentence #think of it like this #if you have two short people standing next to each other they look normal #if you put a short person next to someone really tall it makes the short person look shorter than they actually are #their shortness really stands out #this is called juxtaposition #i can make a whole essay based off of the importance of juxtaposition too HAHA #periods can be loud but i highly recommend trying to learn how to use them #one of you said you like hearing my thought process when i write so i hope you find this one interesting!! #now i'm gonna speak more off the top of my head but i feel that ppl that dislike periods are very sensitive to the flow in their stories #there is a flow to a sentence when you use commas and periods tend to disrupt that flow #a period/short sentence is too abrupt and jarring #at least that's what i assume they feel #however imho i feel ppl that feel this way are overly sensitive to the flow they perceive exists in their sentences/paragraphs #i have to tell myself this constantly that things that flow seamlessly aren't always a good thing #imagine your writing like an orchestral piece. are they always flowy and legato? or are there moments where the music jumps or changes? #and what do those sudden jumps do? they wake the audience. they catch the audience's attention. they add variety and interest #imagine an orchestral piece that the tempo never changes. the volume never shifts. every note bleeds into the next #you get put to sleep! #so a period may seem abrupt in the scheme of the sentence but look at it from the view of the whole paragraph. it may be better than u thin

[fragmentedblade]

The implications that Blade and Dan Heng remember more than they admit is driving me nuts

#Fragments and scraps #I talk too much #I should probably delete this later #Not just Blade's general drive but already what Kafka said about how she was going to take off his mind #the memories of Jing Yuan‚ Jingliu‚ Dan Heng *and Yingxing* made me think he remembers a lot more than he lets on #And then Todd's quest? How he is watching the High Elder statue‚ wonders if that guy was happy‚ and tells us he is 'mourning for folly'? #And that short line uttered in that precise location after this animated short seems even more meaningful #And then Dan Heng? The way he is there? The way he knows where to he at all? #And he pours the drink and it's almost a shared drink beyond time. Once again. Like they did before #Like the wish mentioned in that one leaked Imbibitor Lunae character story. He did get it. In a way. He did get it #The way Dan Heng gazes with eyes full of tenderness and sorrow also seems to imply that he remembers somewhat #Perhaps not all. Perhaps there's not even the feeling #But it feels a bit like mourning lost friends. A bit like the gaze Jing Yuan can't help but give him at times #Perhaps not a lingering feeling Dan Heng has‚ but at least the echo of a love that once was #It also felt like he was seeing them for a moment #It felt like he remembered them #'I am not him'‚ he claims‚ over and over. And he is not wrong. But it seems like the fondness Dan Feng had for his friends #transcended the barriers of death and accompanied him to his next life somewhat #And after centuries of nothingness still Dan Heng can't help but give a tender sorrowful smile to the friends that were #It's heartbreaking that something in the four of them is still mourning‚ each in their way and as they can #What is Blade's and Jingliu's drive for revenge if not that? What is Blade's 'mourning for folly' if not that? #What is Kafka unable to control Blade's mara in the Luofu if not that? What are Jing Yuan's bouts of tiredness‚ the pressure on his chest‚ #the way he welcomed his old friends with a joke? What is it if not that the fact that‚ yes‚ after using them‚ but that he let them go? #What is the weight of Dan Heng's smile and his gesture pouring the drink if not that? #No wonder they can't move on if they loved each other so much it transcended duties‚ time‚ life‚ death and madness #Edit: as per Jingliu's quest this was obviously confirmed‚ especially and most intensely in Blade's case (19/10/2023)