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arcaneglitch · 10 months

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Fanfic writer ask game, the latest one (uhh i've got Many so you don't have to answer all): 2, 4, 9, 11, 14, 20, 40, 41

challenge Accepted

2. talk about a notable time a narrative or character has looked you dead in the eyes and said “fuck your plan, here’s what we’re actually doing.”

It has to be when I was writing Rewrite the Stars (the 5th story in my Destiny series). I had a plot in mind and was a good way into writing it, when all of a sudden I got stuck in writer block hell bc the story was just Not cooperating I ended up having to scrap the beginning and rewrite it. Kyler (my newest oc at the time) was meant to be little more than a side character (who sucked btw) but the rewritten version had him become a lot more central as well as way more sympathetic

4. what is the plot bunny you’ve been carrying for the longest? optional bonus question: do you ever wonder why you haven’t written it yet and experience deep existential dread?

The plot for my Shadowkeep story probably. I had the idea a while back and I'm only now getting close to the point where I can start writing it The reason I've held off is because I'm trying very hard to write my series chronologically and the SK story doesn't happen until after CF12 (one of my current wips)

9. in an ideal world where you’re already super successful and published, would you want to see a tv or movie adaptation of your work? why or why not?

I would definitely want to see it. Even though it probably wouldn't come close to the versions in my head with restrictions via casting and whatnot, I would be sooo curious to see what it would look like

11. what’s something neat you’ve learned while doing research for something you were writing? also, how much do you worry about doing research in general?

I learned a good deal about chloroform while researching for And A Song, mostly about what Hollywood got wrong As for research itself, it really depends on the type of story I'm writing. I generally try to be fairly accurate but it doesn't matter as much in a sci-fi setting where magic is involved as it does in a setting closer to the real world

14. what’s your worst writing habit?

Getting carried away with dialogue lmao. I should straight up just write scripts with how much I let bitches talk

20. what is your favorite trope to write?

Hurt/comfort is the biggest winner by far. It lets me play with dynamics so much

40. best piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten.

I love all feedback on my stories so it's hard to pick lmao. Any comment where someone gets into analysis or asking questions makes my top tier list

41. what is the weirdest story idea you’ve ever had.

A story based off a crack suggestion from a friend (can't remember if I've mentioned it before) but it involves Cayde's will, Crow, and one of my OCs in a real sitcom of a situation

ty for the ask! expect retaliation >:)

writing ask game

#answered asks #baronetcoins #ask game #writing

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problematicwelshman · 4 years

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Ok I'm late but I'm here to Discourse. I've only watched the first couple eps of Staged on hulu but I feel like, regardless of whatever your personal feelings on Anna may be (I'm not sayin anything lmao), the scenes with her are objectively the worst because the way Michael treats her feels so awkward and borderline disdainful? Like, it has to be a bit, right? He's playing off what ppl say about him not rly liking her, like he's in on the joke... Right?

Welcome to the party, Anon. And bring all your discourse. 😊

Staged is quite a thing, innit? Two actors stuck at home with their significant others, all playing “heightened versions” of themselves in a scripted-but-not-really satiric show.

If you believe the stans, or some of the more suspect reviewers, Staged was the next coming of Midsummer Night’s Dream with Georgia and Anna stealing the show away from the men.

But was it really?

I went back and looked at some things other people said:

“Oh god. AL just came on screen and her acting is making me want to throw myself into the sea.”

“Body language tells all. She touches him and looks at him but he barely acknowledges her presence. I’m not buying “acting choices” as an excuse because the sitcom trope of asshole spouse is not a good look, either.”

“Michael (in what I've seen so far) comes across as an asshole and Anna comes across as a doormat who's played a lot of Trivial Pursuit.”

“They had her waiting on Michael, making him look like a bigger asshole than he already is.”

“Because David is sweet and gentle towards Georgia, we can believe she’d want to treat him in kind. Michael basically ignores Anna, so her being subservient, even played for comedy, makes him look entitled and her pathetic.”

“Maybe 10% of that was her and the rest scripted. Yet the personalities of the others shine through. I don’t envy Simon having to write it because he had to make her up completely.”

“Her serving him a ploughman's lunch on a tray? Writing choice. Her bringing him wine? Writing choice. I'm surprised they didn't have her wipe his brow with a damp cloth.”

“They’ll just claim, “Its in the script! It’s not real!” yet David and Georgia were every bit the loving, connected couple. If Michael had really wanted to shut everyone up about his relationship with Anna, he could have asked for that in the script, too. They just look like they’re roommates, like Simon and his sister.”

And my personal favorite:

“I think it's unfair to her to have written her character like that. I wanted her to fail because I think she's a gold digging bint, but I at least wanted her to fail on her own merits, not because she was set up to fail.”

So yeah, Anon. You’re not the only one to have noticed it.

The big question I keep asking is this- This script was written for these specific people, I mean- it wasn't "adapted for Zoom" or anything. It's far too detailed and timely to have been developed for any other situation. So why did Michael allow his relationship with Anna to be portrayed like that?? It’s not like it’s Romeo and Juliet and he’s asking that they get to live, it was a show written for him- why would he not say “Simon, please make my scenes with Anna show that we really do love each other, like you did with David and Georgia’s scenes.”

As a previous Anon said:

… about the "happy at home" thing. If that isn't really Michael talking, and it was written that way, WHAT THE FUCK. I mean- they HAVE to know how it would appear! They HAVE to know that Michael and Anna's relationship has been scrutinized down to the very last atom of their bodies. WHYYYYY would they write something that even HINTS that Michael isn't 100% happy? AND THEN HAVE ANNA IN THE SHOW TOO? It’s not like this is them playing fictional characters, like Archie and Edith Bunker or something. This is them playing THEMSELVES. The more I think about this show the more frustrated I get with it. It’s a neat premise (practicing a play in COVID) but poorly executed. The female parts are total write offs, the idea that everyone is playing themselves but not really themselves is stupid and nobody seemed to be putting much effort into it, and yet we’re supposed to believe that it’s this great thing?

And beyond the “script” of the thing, look at the differences between the scenes with Anna and the scenes with David. As we know, Michael is not a self-conscious actor. But almost nothing seemed to make him more self-conscious than playing himself in scenes with his “partner.” You could almost see him wilting during those scenes with her, but vibrant during the scenes with David.

It’s certainly a head scratcher, no matter what your personal feelings may be.

#Anonymous

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lighthausen · 3 years

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tma 191 liveblog below cut feat. lots of pauses and daydreaming about a sitcom starring martin and melanie

omg are they waking up? aw is that martin waking up?

Aw did he have a bad dream?

Oh shit sleeping with his eyes open

Not really sleep? Oh his he actually disconnected from everything? I guess he’s sort of in the eye’s range. I hope so

edge of sleep that sucks tho

“god forbid the creepy ever stops entirely” “thank you” lmao

No dreams at Salesa’s aw

Recognizing Celia! Oh! Martin does know her but he can’t quite remember it!

Oh no, he can’t remember it down here. Oh no he’s not gonna remember when he comes out

Ask if she remembers

“and you are” “nope”

Ummmmmmmmmmm

“is that so” wowwww

Names are how they see you? Oh.

The labels that cut you ooof.

Who doesn’t like fae logic

oh thanks for apologizing Jon that’s nice.

Georgie and Melanie are out

cool black beans.

No statement?

Getting Jon food :)

ARUN AND MARTIN INTERACT

I’m glad Martin’s nice about Arun...

Oh, he also walked through it, sharing their power.

“Yes, you are...” oooohhh

“i don’t know what I see when I look at you”

LMao martin, “rude”

“i’m a poet! i speak the truth” AFDJLKSDAFJ

THis is GREAT

*sadly kicks away the arun having a crush on martin fanfic i wasn’t ever actually going to write*

Arun’s right tho, they are mysterious

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and , okay okay, pausing

Does Arun see something different because they saved him or is there actually something different there?

Melanie and Georgie are unharmed by the whole world. Jon is only harmed by things in a dream logic manner. But Martin... he almost got trapped in a lonely domain.

So. He’s different.

I get Georgie, no fear, can’t get caught. But why Melanie?

And JOn said he couldn’t quite see them at the beginning of the season right? They’re described as a blind spot? Why???

Is it because Melanie removed her eyes? Shit, is this gonna be like... birdbox or something?

Unless Georgie’s just been protecting Melanie. Does Melanie have a domain?

Okay okay here are the facts as I see them: The Eye is fond of Martin, gave him his own domain. Jon is able to See Martin.

He is unable to See Melanie and Georgie. They go out often so it’s unlikely it’s just because they’re in a blind spot all the time. They must be a blind spot.

Georgie is probably unable to be seen because her fear was removed.

Melanie is either like Martin (eye is fond of her) she has her own domain... or... Georgie could be looking out for her. Or both. But why wouldn’t Jon be able to see her?????? Is it because she severed her connection with the institute?

And, are they actually immune? Did Martin only get pulled into the lonely because of dream logic but he’s usually safe? Jon’s described as the only one who can walk, so I assume other avatars can’t travel either???

FUck! Fuck,, i don’t know time to play again.

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They’ve been gone a while

Locals getting restless? Oh no, they don’t like them :(

Fuzziness comes and goes?

HE WON’T FORGET EVERYTHING?? i hope not

the simultaneous “i don’t remember”

Are they gonna help? Help with what. saving the world

a bit too much pressure lol

Makes sense if they don’t help bc if it fails...

Layouts different?

Oh? Things wandering about?

What?

ARCHIVISTS???????????????????????????

wait rewind lemme look at the episode

ok Mag53

Ohhhh ohh okay so my takeaways from reading the wiki are 1. there are multiple archives. or other past archives anyway. and 2. Eye monsters. spoooky.

alright time to play again

oohhohnoh not the first archivist

some lingered?

the panopticon calling? Oh shit

we’re gonna meet more beholding avatars!!

Oh, wait what about the travelling thing? I guess they can travel then, huh. *shrugs*

If- when we defeat the eye :’0

WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU

OHH NOOOOOO

we’re having this conversation D:

maybe he’ll survive? best case scenario

auuuuuuuuuuuuuughhhh auhghh

If they find a way to destroy them

i’M NOT GOING TO BE OKAY

SURVIVE BUT LOSE SOMeTHING

LEFT OF YOU WIHTOUT IT

DIE

AHHHHHHhh

STOOOP STOP STOP STOP

DON’T TALK ABOUT IIIIIIIIIIIT

*crossing fingers and holding out hope for a combo of ending 1 and 7* fuck fuck fuck fuck

i keep having to fucking pause

“martin when the time comes i need you to promise me you won’t try to stop me” oh god oh god D’:

“I promise. I love you Jon.” “I love you too”

*crosses off an I love you exchange off the bingo card* fuck, that’s a bit early hope it happens again

“But i’m not going to doom the world over it” ahfhhf,

that’s not what you said to that manifestation of yourself in your own domain, Martin.....

oh no

Bad end number 320235: Martin selfishly dooms the world to save Jon

fuck i hate that nooooooooo

oh i shouldn’t of paused there lol

promise me you’ll do everything in your power to live oh my god,, </3

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa “i promise”

fuck “I promise” exchange

i hate these conversations, me too,

talk about the weather, aww,ww,w

i couldn’t understand that last line i’ll have to relisten

Georgie and Melanie time!

GOING TO SEE HIM LIKE THAT?

WHO?

WHAT

WHat

Really sets the mood

Mood for private contemplation??

Who? WHo’s HEE?

Oh it’s the Admiral

ohhhhhhhh okay

Pull him out like the others?

awww

Dream of a giant muderous tunnel cat

“HON”

OH MY GOD

“’HON”

CANON PET NAME CANON PET NAME CANON PET NAME

uh oh... getting involved will only make things worst.............

I just don’t like him lmfaoooo

rought ime of it

HONEY? HONEY?????????????? AAAAA :D

you’re actually quite similar lol

hate consistantly

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pausing again to dream about an au where martin and melanie are roomates in a sitcom and martin is pining over jon and melanie fucking hates jon and she’s like “you have such shit taste in men,”

Meanwhile, Melanie has a crush on this podcaster and Martin makes fun of her constantly for it until my gosh, they meet! In real life! And hit it off!

And they work together for a bit and become close friends. And then one time Melanie works up the courage to ask Georgie for coffee. Georgie is ecstatic but she desperately needs moral support so her friend and ex Jon goes with her. And Melanie needs moral support so Martin goes with her. And they show up, and due to sitcom shenanigans Martin and Melanie think that Jon and Georgie are a couple, while Jon and Georgie think Martin and Melanie are a couple and everyone is extremely upset about it. Maybe they try and make each other jealous.

Then everything clears up and they all laugh about it. But will they find out about each other’s real feelings? Find out in the next episode!

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okay okay okay back to the episode lmfao

What can they do for them? OKay can’t find a way

Things down near the stairs?????? THe what??

Doing it again??? Doing what?

Overcompensating, ahhh!

Not even if it was just the two of us aww

Oh, Melanie, even a small change aww

YOU CAN GET BACK TO THE PODCAST DFLJSDFJL

nightmare zone of shitty ad reads

RECORDING ONE WHILE RECORDING ONE

plot twist, georgie caused the apocalypse with that script

ARUN’S LATEST HYMM

bully arun time

jon and martin unsupervised lol

i want my cat back aww

well that’s it. The magus archives is a podcast.

#tma spoilers #wow #tma liveblog

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lesbeet · 3 years

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Do you want to write scripts for TV now? Bottle episodes are to TV what fixed forms are to poetry.

that’s so funny because i love fixed form poetry as a writing/poetry exercise (i LOVE writing sestinas especially)

but i mean. there is a non-zero amount of time that i’ve spent daydreaming about being a tv writer and/or eventual showrunner....i may have a few spec scripts on my writing to-do list (altho idk how likely it is i’ll ever actually get to writing them) as well as an idea or two for what i would do if i could create a sitcom from scratch....sitting in a room with 10 other people putting stories together and trying to make each other laugh hard enough to warrant writing a joke into a script sounds like an incredible way to spend time

but the chances of me ever getting even a staff writer position is basically non-existent, i just dont have the time or burning desire to put in the work i’d need to put in. plus there aren’t many currently-running sitcoms that i find funny or compelling enough these days that i would feel confident writing a spec script that feels like it could be an actual episode, and i’ve read that it’s frowned upon to write spec scripts for shows that have already ended....and all my ideas are for shows that have already ended lmao (yes i have researched some of this sdkfjlsd)

#anonymous #answered

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assholemurphy · 6 years

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i am awake at 5am bc i got drunk af last night. starting at 9pm. i didn’t stop until 2am. i drank a fuckton. more than i should have. it was 47%. kracken’s the good shit, i s2g. but i shouldn’t have drank so much. i’m getting bad with this shit. i drink a lot, lately. i mean, it’s college and i can, but my roommate’s worried i’m gonna be an alcoholic (spoiler: she is, but that’s none of my business) but my counselor literally laughed at that suggestion (bc i got drunk on a tues night and then had ONE drink the next night) and said i’m fine. but.... well, i’m not entirely sure. bc drinking is nice and relieves stress and therefore i’m going to end up doing it a lot bc i’m always stressed. but i’m okay with that. if i become an alcoholic, i’ll be a functioning one, so it won’t rly matter, not in a way that could affect my degree and that’s all i care abt. i’ll sort the shit later, but first, i need a career. then i can pay for rehab, lmao.

but, i was invited to a cast party for the show i was in (i got stopped in public yesterday by a guy who complimented me on it!) and i wasn’t sure i was gonna go, and i said i didn’t know if i was to my roommate, goldilocks, who took it as ‘oh, she’s not going’ and then proceeded to find a ride, make plans, etc to go without me. that’s fine? not rly, but i said it was. so i didn’t go to the cast party. instead i invited the victory bros (my friends, pretty boy and rafiki, no, their name isn’t actually victory, that’s a long, weird ass story) but i invited them over and pretty boy and i got drunk, rafiki didn’t. it was a lot of fun. i think i preferred it just being us to being in a house full of ppl who don’t rly like me to begin with. i mean, some of them do, but not enough of them for me to feel comfortable getting drunk with all of them. i did want to go, even got dressed nice for it, but when my roommate said she had made other plans, i said ‘fuck it’ and decided to hang out with my actual friends, not a bunch of ppl who pretend to like me for appearances. i think that was the better choice, tbh.

but, i’ve decided to start focusing on getting my shit together as opposed to trying to save goldilocks. she doesn’t want to get better, i’ve offered her help, i’ve let her drag me down to the point where i’m missing class and not turning in hw and i can’t do that. i need to fix myself and i can’t do that if i’m trying to fight her. i love her, a lot, but jfc, she needs professional help and i’m just not what she needs rn. she needs more than pretty boy and i can give her, and she’s so fucking unwilling to take the help we do offer. i’m gonna feel hella guilty for not saving her, but i can’t fix her if she doesn’t want help. so, i’ll deal. and work on myself. i’m slowly getting better, with the help of pretty boy, rafiki, and my counselor. i’m not undoing all of my progress for her, i can’t. i won’t. so, i’m gonna stop trying to fix her and just work on myself. i need to withdraw a little bit so i’m not as reactive to her. we’re both empaths and feed on other ppl’s emotions, so since she’s literally always anxious/upset/angry/etc, i feel it and it makes me upset, too, and that in turn feeds her more, and again and again in circles. it’s like living in a nuclear reactor. idk what to do. we used to be close, but lately she’s been pulling away and hanging with other ppl (which is obvs fine) and shitting on my friends (not fine) and blowing me off to do other things even when we had plans (also not fine). i’m getting srsly tired of it. idk what to do. i don’t want to ruin things, but it’s beginning to become obnoxious. she’s so fucking fragile, too, that anything she sees as conflict or an attack makes her shut down or go off on me. i thought my bipolar disorder was bad, at least i’ll admit i need medication.

anyway, i haven’t slept yet but i’m going to try around 8 bc i’ve got to make sure she’s up so she can do a theatre thing at the high school here. why that’s my responsibility, idk, but she asked and wouldn’t let me say no (i said no, but she kept asking, bc i was going to try to sleep at like, 3) so i’m staying up until she’s awake, then i’ll pass out. but i’ve got a killer headache (i need more water, but it’s in the fridge and that’s so far) and i just want to sleep. then when i wake up i’ve got to start on my hw. i’ve got 5 assignments and my therapy assignment thing to do. that should take a total time of like 8 hours, but i may have more to do for my script analysis group project, so it may be closer to 10 hours. then i need to make up my planner (i bought an hourly one and a monthly one), update my wall calendar for the month, put together my desk calendar, and get started on reading the next script for intro to theatre (which i might just do on sun) so i’m caught up/ahead. i’ll get that done this weekend and try to get some writing done, bc i need some self care in my life and writing is my self care. but these past few days i’ve been falling apart and i need to grab ahold of my fucking bootstraps and duct tape them to my fucking ears. bc i’ve got to get my shit in order. i just have to. so, i’ve got like 15 hours of work and organizing to do this weekend but then i’m free.

i’m dying, cats. this is too much at once and i’m drowning in other ppl’s emotions. i think i’m just gonna start going to the library bc this whole apartment is like a spawning ground for bad shit. so, i may pack up today or sunday and go to the library and get some work done there. but rn i’m gonna shower and try not to puke (i don’t get hangover’s, i’ve just felt sick all week, but hey, got my period, so ik i’m not pregnant! not that i logically could be, but ya know, paranoia). so, that’s what’s currently happening with izzy on today’s ep of ‘no kill shelter: god’s fav sitcom’ (for the other stories, one must speak directly to rafiki, pretty boy, and goldilocks)

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