#that MATH IS MATH scene from the Incredibles is accurate

[blaaaaask]

My Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth review:

Spoilers ahead, you've been warned!

So here are pros and cons of what I thought about Rebirth.

Overall I really liked it, can't wait for the next installment. I still have a few items to wrap-up with side quests, but I did beat the game with a large portion of items done in 94 hours.

Pros:

Character development is on par. Lots of 'getting to know' not only your teammates but characters they introduced from the Remake version as well. This kind of feels like an Easter Egg moment sometimes, and gives the game consistency and charm.

Gameplay during battle is smooth, consistent, and the added synergy attacks are interesting. Playing as a larger group of people with their own assets can be a little overwhelming, but fun to find your favorite playing style. Using different characters feels absolutely necessary for differing battle mechanics, and I think they did a great job in providing the opportunity to keep all characters relevant rather than 'backseating' someone. The side quests and even main storyline ensure this.

Storyline. The intense amount of speculation people have been doing has been a little blown out of proportion and I kind of like that. I mean we weren't wrong about differing timelines, the game does have that, but the way it is incorporated was done beautifully. They followed the original story very well, and moments that were changed only seemed to enhance the clarity that was occurring in those scenarios. Moments that I had thought of prior were now in different tones, giving different meanings. I enjoyed that.

Voice acting. Using new voices can be a bit of a dealbreaker for those of us who enjoyed the original VAs, but I think they did a great job in continuing with VAs that fit the tone of this 'newer' version of the FF7 world. I do still miss some of the originals, but with the storytelling in this format I think it's done very well.

Music. I really don't know what else to say other than the blends and tones and meshing of songs and the moments they're in is just. It's everything. It really makes every. Single. Scene. If you played the demo you know exactly what I mean.

Scenery. Everything is so gorgeous. Ugh. I just want to paint every little scene into a pretty landscape.

The comedic value is gold. Random characters will bring up points from Remake that will make you die of laughter. Side quests can be beyond hilarious (looking at you, Johnnys).

The intense amount of flirting and goofy moments of people hitting on Cloud is beyond amazing and very fitting. The dating scene I ended up with was with Tifa, and it played out beautifully. I am totes excited to try out the others, too.

Cons:

Too many minigames? It might just be me, but it felt like every mechanic had an unnecessary 'challenge' to it that robbed the enjoyment of the side quests. Each mini game has its own rules, mechanics, and is oftentimes poorly instructed to the point you will be redoing them in multitudes. Precision is key to every single one of them, but getting there seems too difficult at times. It's probably just me lol, but the piano keys with a PS5 controller can be incredibly difficult to get accurate notes. The march portion of the game was increasingly difficult, too, borrowing from the dance mechanics of Remake and yet somehow making it more motion-sickness-y. Granted, it was still funny, but the practice rounds they allow you do not compare to the actual hell hole that is the 3 march portion. It felt like when a teacher tells you '1+1=2' but on the math test they give you 'If Jimmy sells 83 portions of apple purple, who is the sun representing in the third movie of cryptocurrency?' Fort Condor makes a comeback from Yuffie's DLC, which is fun and kind of annoying. I am terrible at timed things so don't mind my venting here. And don't get me started on MOG HOUSE. The weird slide mechanics of trying to 'push' things around in this minigame while trying to avoid haphazard death feels a little too much like reality for me and I cannot deal, yo. The 'Run Wild' or whatever Red XIII game has a similar mechanic, which only makes it frustrating for the harder challenges they throw at you in making goals. Also, every minigame seems to incorporate an insane amount of R2/L2 button mechanics. Being left-handed feels like a bit of a disadvantage in some of these games, and it sometimes feels like the PS5 controller has too much of a 'soft push' on it that doing full trigger clicks is like a whole hand exercise. These games crippled me hahaha. I would love a Story Mode for us cripple-y old fucks that makes it so I don't have to do minigames. To add to that, Queen's Blood ended up being a relief for me after the hell that I faced in all the other minigames, but only later in the game once you get better card decks. However, I am currently stuck on Dale in Nibelheim. Yes. Dale. Don't laugh at me.

Not all characters fit the aesthetic of the original game. I'm mostly thinking of Kyrie and Regina. It's such a dumb nitpick on my part, but I kind of wish they had toned down their looks to match the game a little better that way it isn't such a 'sore thumb' kind of vibe. The moogles are also a bit terrifying to look at. Why did they give them such horrifying teeth?

And speaking of sore thumb, Chadley and MAI. I like the banter but oof what an annoying duo, hahaha. The 'fun' mechanics they're trying to implement with having these two talk to you through the PS5 controller was a bit of a fun and novel concept in the first 2 seconds, but MAI's voice is a bit too grating for me that I had to turn off that feature.

Speaking of voices, Red XIII's splits back and forth at times between his 'pretending to be sophisticated' and 'teen' voice. I prefer his sophisticated voice, and it's a pity they don't have an option to choose what you want to hear. I think I just hate the sound of children's voices, so anything that is too high pitched sounds a bit like nails on a chalkboard for me. I am guessing no one else cares about this, hahaha.

Chocobo mechanics. I like sweeping onto a chocobo smoothly without button pressing, but sometimes Cloud gets off the bird in a direction that accidentally makes it possible to get back on the bird. Also, the open world trekking is only fun in the Grasslands area, after that it is a bit of a nightmare that continuously gets worse the hillier things get. I spend a lot of time staring at the map trying to figure out where I'm supposed to go because you can't actually 'go' wherever. This is a bit unfortunate because it can make simple tasks of 'I need to go here' turn to 'I need to make 70 different turns to get there.' And the traversing for specific regions can also feel like hell, mostly in Gongaga and Cosmo Canyon.

Controller mechanics. Kind of already talked about this, but because the PS5 is supposed to be a 'new, novel console' with things like speakers in the controller, touch sensitivity, motion sensors, etc, they go at it hardcore here. Tilt mechanics, sliding things, and all that garbage is just annoying. I turn it off as soon as I can. It is especially annoying during Cait Sith's time in the Shinra Manor. Boxgate. That is all, lol. If you like silly things like this then more power to you.

I am sure I am forgetting things, but to wrap-up: the storyline is what I'm in it for, and the story was beautiful and therefore I enjoyed it even with my stupid gripes. Please remember this is just my ridiculous opinion. I am merely a purple dinosaur on the internet and should not be held as gospel.

#video games #final fantasy 7 rebirth #ff7 rebirth #ff7 rebirth spoilers #spoilers #ff7 rebirth review #my garbage opinion #I will go hide in a hole now

[jameschoe]

My time on Samsung Flipside Campaign as a VFX artist

I've never put together a blog post like this before, but this project was so extensive and so much fun that I wanted to try and pull together my work from this project and write this post. This post will act as both a VFX process diary and journal entry at the same time.

me - james choe - @jameschoe - vfx artist

This campaign was led by director Natasha Foster and producer Georgia Moraitis | Entropico Films and Agency CHEP. It has been one of my greatest work experiences and it has tremendously rewarding to get to work so closely with Tash and Georgia on this project. Thanks to these two, I've been having the time of my life.

SEE THE MAIN VIDEO BELOW

Starting with

ROWI SINGH - @RowiSingh

The concept for the campaign was to show the "FLIPSIDE" of each person, and this meant envisioning a unique new world for each of them. Tash envisioned for this gorgeous floral world for Rowi and one of the many questions we had early in preproduction was how we were going to integrate the live action with the fantastical.

The original look of the flower world for Rowi was designed by an incredible artist (who I unfortunately cannot name), and it was important for us to maintain this look as much as possible. We initially considered trying to integrate this design with a real bed of flowers but decided pretty quickly that this wouldn't work because we would never be able to get the real flowers to match close enough with the CG design to be seamless.

After that, the main question was how we would integrate it with the camera movement. I wasn't sure exactly how we were going to shoot the commercial and so I set out to do some tests. I asked my friend Yura Cho to stand in for me and I shot this. I intentionally tried to make it as difficult as possible so that I could be sure that I wouldn't mess it up in the real video and so I shot the below handheld, with a long sweeping camera move that starts close in, and comes out to a wide. I learned pretty quickly that Tash does do crazy camera moves and I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to get in the way of that.

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The above image is what Rowi's world looks like in the 3D software. Each cube is representative of a unique flower design that grows in the shot. I did the math and the amount of flower models in this scene is 2 million.

There was a bit of a paradox to this scene. It was a very intensive and heavy scene to produce, but it was quite an easy one to do. The process itself was somewhat straightforward

For the butterfly eyes, we had an LED lightbulb to emulate the colour of the glow.

An initial concept for Rowi's eye/butterfly.

VINCENT LIM @DIMSIMLIM

Director Tash had this crazy idea. "What if his noodles turned into gold chains. Is that possible?" I didn't know if it was possible, but fuck yeah I wanted to figure it out.

In the above section on Rowi, I said that the paradox was that it was a heavy scene, but an easy one to make. Vincent's scene was the other way around. The amount of 3D elements (gold chains, coins and lucky cat) was quite a lot less than the 2 million flowers in Rowi's scene. However, the specificity of the magic we had to create made this one hard to design, but light on the computer.

The very first thing I did was start experimenting with simulations of rope and how I would go about transforming them into gold chains. In these simulations, I was primarily relying on making changes to the GRAVITY in the virtual space. The scene would start out with a gravity that was accurate to earth (an acceleration of 9.8m per second.) Then at the right moment, I changed the gravity to be something like -50m per second so that the noodles start to float. (see experiments in video below).

Once I figured this out in CG space, the next question I had to resolve was how I would go about putting this into live action footage. The concern I had was that I would have to track 2 completely seperate things at the same time. 1, the camera motion had to track so that I could put 3d elements into the scene properly. 2, I needed to also track the chopsticks that were to be held by the subject.

I got my friend Candy Park right after she'd finished teaching a dance class to sit in for me; and again, I attempted to make this difficult for myself by handholding the camera rather than have it stationary. The test came out way better than expected - and became the process that I followed for the final video.

me and vincent! We've known each other for a while, and so it was very cool to be on this project together.

DAN BROWN - @SIMPLYDAN

Dan's scene was primarily reliant on the production design of mirrored plinths so there wasn't too much for me to do around him. However, you can never have enough mirrored plinths, so I added in more.

Dan was incredibly fun to watch on set.

OTHER MISCELLANEOUS WORK

Before we had locked in a location and set design, Tash was considering creating a set similar to what she had done previously on a Marvel X Pandora commercial. During this phase of preproduction, I created something along those lines in 3D and started creating animations within this set.

Portal Projection

I completely forgot I had made this. Tash's concept for the video was that as the phone opens up, a portal would open in the background which would symbolize our movement into the FLIP world. We designed this together over the course of a month, and it ended up looking so cool in the video. I didn't anticipate how many revisions we would go through and I think I counted over 30 unique portal designs that I ended up creating.

For the projections, we were lucky to get the help of TDC - Technical Direction Company. These are the guys responsible for the projections all over Sydney CBD during the annual Vivid light show, and also the projections during Sydney's NYE celebrations. They're also involved in a lot of hollywood movies; their latest being Thor: Love and Thunder. Cinematographer Tony Luu and I visited TDC to test these projections. Tony was there testing to see how the projections would appear on his Arri Alexa while I was just chilling there, having the time of my life. Tony also gave me a present of led tracking markers! Fucking cool. I was so happy.

PHOTOS FROM SET

Left to right, Producer Georgia Moraitis, Executive Producer Ainslee Littlemore and Director Natasha Foster

Agency CHEP Family - Jackson Ainsworth, Raisa Mushrafi and Alex Campbell from Samsung

Choreographer Sela Vai! We had never met before but we have a lot of friends in common. Meeting Sela for the first time felt like reconnecting with an old friend.

Me and director Tash

Two of the insane camera rigs led by DOP Tony Luu

my friend Candy Park who visited us on set and shot a lot of these BTS photos.

* I've probably forgotten a number of things so if I remember anything, I might update this post as I go.

#samsung #Youtube

[letyukisayfuck]

what’s snow mountain syndrome?

okay, thinking i maybe gave a bit of the wrong impression with my initial statement- snow mountain syndrome is a short story from the light novel the rampage of haruhi suzumiya, the fifth haruhi suzumiya light novel (the other stories, if you're curious, are endless eight and day of sagittarius)

it is by far the longest story in that book (a full 80 pages in the copy i have, i think?); and a sort-of sequel to remote island syndrome (which is incredibly different in the light novels compared to the anime, a change that fascinates me even knowing what sparked it)

it's actually also one of my favorites, despite a lot of what i'm about to talk about

(obvious warning for spoilers for snow mountain syndrome and possibly other haruhi stories in here)

so, before we get into this: it's not, like, canon erotica or whatever. this is not sword art online (i won't tell you to look it up, just believe me that it exists and was written by the og author- who later claimed it was made as a joke).

that said, please heed the content warning of this post, because it does still contain sexual themes. the series in general kinda does (realistic teenager behavior), but this is probably the peak of it. let's go over things from my memory, which means a few minor details might get mixed up, but this should be mostly accurate and i'll try and remember to revisit it after reading the story again anyway:

so, the gang are all trapped in a mysterious house where time doesn't work. this happens pretty early on, after they get stranded in a blizzard. they learn time doesn't work because haruhi and kyon break off to investigate, have a conversation that shouldn't take more than like half an hour (and haruhi expresses some degree of discomfort with kyon paying more attention to yuki, as this story takes place very shortly after disappearance. they then form the Yuki Protection Squad after kyon lies about what's going on in a way that gets Some of the idea across), but when they get back to the others it's been three hours

(this is adorable. protect yuki at all costs)

so they get settled in the suspicious mystery mansion, as you do, while time continues to Not Work. they all pick out bedrooms next to each other. now, the Scene That Most People Remember from snow mountain takes place after everyone goes to bed:

kyon trying to think of some solution for their current situation is interrupted by mikuru coming into his room wearing different clothes than she had ten minutes ago (also less of them) and invading his personal space. she asks to sleep with him and starts taking her clothes off.

however, she's missing a specific mark (the same one that was mentioned in melancholy), cluing kyon in to the fact that she is either not real or simply Not Mikuru (on top of the way she's acting)

she's sad about it and runs out of the room, when kyon realizes the door has been locked the whole time. he runs after not-mikuru, opens the door, and finds haruhi (whose room is directly across from his) also sticking her head out of the door. and also everyone else.

the context is understandable but i find it endlessly hilarious that this is one of the only times haruhi is genuinely shaken by something

this bit establishes something important- everyone had one of those weird horny nightmare scenarios. i put haruhi first because, as i said, i think her response is very funny since she's rarely this out of it

from koizumi and mikuru, we get these:

which leaves yuki:

yuki passes out immediately after this. honestly, mood.

"why are you still talking about this story after getting the point?", you may be asking

it's because snow mountain syndrome, on top of the Not-Mikuru Scene and its followup, is just kind of batshit insane

so yuki passes out, haruhi immediately goes into Protect Sick Yuki mode and sends kyon to go get some supplies to help out. he runs into koizumi on his way back, they talk about math, and kyon is about to beat the absolute shit out of koizumi when haruhi interrupts and tells them to knock it off

(this isn't from the book, but it captures the sentiment nicely.)

i, personally, am of the opinion that they should be allowed to fight. i think it would be funny. we get haruhi and kyon wrestling on the floor twice, i think we deserve kyon and koizumi getting into a fistfight.

anyway they return to talking about math and, via yuki being the MVP even when completely out of commission, they use math to solve the equation that lets them out of the suspicious mystery mansion.

they get out alright (though not before koizumi joins the Yuki Protection Squad and affirms his loyalty to the SOS Brigade), and haruhi fusses over yuki as they return to the group. there's some good tsuruya content in this bit too

and then koizumi passes the whole thing off as a group hallucination. kyon isn't totally convinced that haruhi bought it, but she at least tentatively claims to.

and that's snow mountain syndrome, one of the weirdest stories in the haruhi catalogue!

sorry for how long this response took, but i hope you can understand why

#ruby.txt #haruhi suzumiya #snow mountain syndrome #analysis #<- i know it's not btw i just wanna organize all of these types of conversations

[maacwanowrie]

What does a matchmoves artist d

In vfx classes in Pune, students learn how to modify images on the screen to create effects that aren't practical to capture in real life. You can enter the field as a professional with the help of a vfx education. The production of visuals that are impractical to make in real life is referred to as visual effects, or VFX.

Matchmove artists pair live-action and computer-generated (CG) sequences with specific shots in order to successfully merge the two types of scenarios.

They copy actual backgrounds (plates) on a computer in a way that precisely replicates the camera used on set, right down to lens distortion. They do this by tracking the camera movements to guarantee that the real and virtual scenes are perceived from the same angle.

On occasion, Matchmove's inventors travel to the shooting location to take measurements and set up tracking markers. Then, using these markers to track the camera movement, they determine the relevant coordinates in the 3D scene. In this procedure, 3D tracking software like Maya or 3DEqualizer is used.

Matchmove artists are also capable of performing body and object tracking by using markers to replicate the motions of people, cars, and other objects in computer graphics. In order for the compositor to eventually integrate them without any obvious gaps, the generated motion files (camera, object, or body track) are then transmitted to various departments via the VFX pipeline.

Matchmove artisans produce incredibly precise and painstaking work. It needs to be pixel accurate, thus they must have an eye for detail. The live-action and CG movements must be in perfect alignment, and they must figure out how to fix any errors.

What abilities do matchmove artists possess?

Learn how to properly model camera motion in virtual 3D space to reproduce a scene using math and physics.

Knowing the basics of a virtual 3D camera includes being aware of filming techniques and lenses, as well as overscan, parallax, and distortion concepts.

Software proficiency: be knowledgeable with a variety of relevant tracking, 3D, and compositing programs.

In your work, be careful, incredibly correct, and detail-oriented. Additionally, you should be very good at solving problems.

Keep the VFX teams and the on-set crew aware of schedules through communication.

Who does a matchmove artist work with?

Matchmove artists, the live-action production team, and data gathering specialists work together to put up markers on the set. After receiving the work from the matchmove artists, the layout artists check the framing, composition, and camera angle of each VFX shot.

[360poker360]

The Poker Scene in Casino Royale Hurts Me!!

There have been many unrealistic poker scenes in movies over the years, but one that stands out as particularly unrealistic is the poker scene in the 2006 James Bond movie "Casino Royale."

In the scene, Bond (played by Daniel Craig) is playing Texas Hold'em poker against the villainous Le Chiffre (played by Mads Mikkelsen) and several other players. Bond is portrayed as a master poker player who is able to read his opponents' hands with incredible accuracy and always seems to have the perfect hand to beat them.

The scene is unrealistic for several reasons. First, Bond's ability to read his opponents' hands is portrayed as almost supernatural, with him making improbable deductions about their playing style and hand strength based on subtle cues and tells. In reality, even the best poker players in the world rely on probabilities and statistical analysis rather than psychic powers to make their decisions.

Second, the hands themselves are incredibly improbable. In one hand, Bond beats Le Chiffre with a straight flush, which is the rarest possible hand in Texas Hold'em. In another hand, he beats two players with a full house, which is also a very rare hand. While these hands are possible, the odds of getting them in real life are very slim.

Overall, the poker scene in "Casino Royale" is an entertaining piece of cinema, but it is far from an accurate representation of the game of poker. It perpetuates the myth of the poker player as a psychic genius, rather than a skilled strategist who relies on math and logic to win.

#poker #online poker #online #casino royale #bond #james bond #007 #movie poker

[fluxofthemouth]

thinking about what Piter’s house might be like, & more about his living situation in general -

- ‘modern’ architecture, like angles and boxes and glass kind of vibe

- not a megamansion or anything like that, but like a big house with a big yard that’s also within driving distance of the capitol city where the Baron’s castle is, & costs an absurd amount for all of those reasons

- (my starting point for the vibe is B.ojack H.orseman’s house lol)

- part of a neighborhood, but the neighbors are too modern and rich, & spaced too far apart, to really talk to each other much

- (Piter expects on principle that his fellow posh neighbors resent him for living among them when he’s kinda feral & has a lot of blood on his hands, and that’s completely true for most if not all of them)

- geothermal heating, because Giedi Prime is an industrial world that ruined a lot of its ecosystem and has a lot of volcanoes. maybe there’s a utility room that’s like, a control panel & a reinforced glass floor over a lava pit.

- he’s got a number of completely functional “decorative” weapons on display, so he can relax a little when he’s at home & not have to worry about carrying around knives etc.

- he might have a few other properties in other places?? he’s pretty damn rich if he can afford all of that spice (though I feel like maybe 30% of his spice supply comes from flat out stealing from work bc there’s a lot of it there & it’s just so easy). and he’s so completely full of rage about being treated like tech and not being properly appreciated that he WOULD walk away from it all if he wasn’t getting something completely ridiculous in return.

- what else does he spend all that money on... he also has at least 1 nice car. and I’m making up that he owns/sponsors a race horse (which he doesn’t see in person very often bc stables are dirty & he’s very rich and busy)?? I’m trying to imagine what the horse race betting scene might look like in the Dune universe, where a trained Mentat can calculate probabilities with computer-like precision, & you can also catch a glimpse of the future if you can afford the spice (but wouldn’t that be so expensive that it isn’t worth it if you bought spice just for that?). I think he’s pretty active in the horse racing world as like a hobby, and it’s not his main source of income but he finds that he can be reasonably good at it without having to work very hard, which pisses off a whole lot of people who did put in the work (which is satisfying in its own right).

- meanwhile Baron Harkonnen owns the entire damn planet that Piter’s little acorn stash of treasure is located on, & the emperor owns the damn galaxy, so what does it even mean to be ‘rich’ when some other guy can own a planet or a galaxy. Piter lives like a king compared to the lowest of the low, & he lives like a tiny little bug compared to the highest of the high. he might slip into any role that feels useful at the moment (heartless rich jackass, small creature scurrying around a rich man’s table). Also, it’s crystal clear to him that his wealth is as temporary as his usefulness, and he knows his dignity won’t permit him to play the creeping math creature role for forever. While he isn’t completely unaware of his wealth and the power that comes with it, he sees it as more of a startling and incredible phase of life he gets to enjoy for a while, rather than a permanent state of being that gives him an edge in the long term. Like the brief window of time where P.ac M.an gets to eat the ghosts. There’s real sense in this perspective, but (not out of character for a villain!) he still has a tendency to perceive his situation as more poor and pitiful than it actually is, all things considered. He spends so much time around nobility (expected to literally store the details of their lives in his physical memory and mind) that it can be hard to get an accurate perspective.

#readmore for length #fluxofthemouth || headcanons

[waspgrave]

Helping a 5th grader with math has made me feel as though I could be a little stupid

#that MATH IS MATH scene from the Incredibles is accurate #me gazing at the equations like ‘should I tell her she will never need to use this in the future’ #prawn posts

[twd-obsessed-bitch]

Okay I've been doing alot of schoolwork recently, so here's what I think twd characters would do if they see you doing homework and wanted to help(this is definitely not me avoiding my work right now at all no sir I'm a good student I swear) :

Daryl- okay so he'd see you working and ask what you're doing, you'd tell him, and he'd ask if you needed help. He'd then try to help you but wouldn't really be able to, ask why you're doing it anyways and then be like "I'll teach you something you'll actually need to know" and then teach you to track or something. But he'd also constantly call you things like 'crazy smart' or 'smarty pants' when he'd see you studying.

Glenn- he'd offer you a snack and then want to help but he'd either end up talking about something that has nothing to do with what you're working on, or read your textbook and just sit there keeping you from actually doing his work. He means well but he's a distraction (especially season 1 Glenn)

Rick- The most helpful dad energy ever. He'd ask you the question you don't understand to see if you just need to hear it verbally, and then try to see if he can explain it in a way that can be easier to understand. But he's also the "math is math" scene from the Incredibles 2

The rest are under the cut

Carl- He'd sit there and do is homework with you. He'd ask you to help him more than offer you help, it'd end up with you two just joking around and throwing pencils at each other instead of actually working

Enid- she'd sit there with her feet on the table and a textbook in her lap and answer your questions while barely looking up

Tara- laughs and says "I'm gay I can't do math" even if it's not math hw. But then gives you a snack and actually tries to help you, then tells you that most textbooks have an answer key in the back

Maggie- helpful mom energy. She'd tell you about how she used to help Beth with the same things and get a bit sad but force a smile on your face and help you figure out the problem

Hershel- he'd walk by you doing it, come back with a snack, some wise words about how you're more capable than you know, kiss your head and tell let you know you got this and then leave to go do farm work

Connie- she'd be so helpful and make it fun! (Lauren was a teacher I can see Connie having the same energy)

Carol- another snack giver! But I also feel like if you didn't get the answer to the question a couple of times she'd lead you to the answer.

Negan- he's the opposite of Rick, he'd ask you the same question 8 times, getting more aggressive each time you say you don't know. Says this is why he was a gym teacher and not an actual teacher. He might eventually help you get the answer but it mostly ends with you telling him he's not helping

Ezekiel- MORE helpful dad energy but he makes it so much fun. He's theatrical and tries to make you laugh while learning because "you learn best when you're enjoying yourself", you're able to finish it all in like an hour

Princess- she tries but just like Glenn she gets distracted, and goes on a tangent on something completely different than what your schoolwork is.

Eugene- he's almost the most helpful one but everything he says makes things sound more complicated than they are, he leaves feeling very proud that he helped you but you're now just stuck on trying to process the unnecessarily big words he used in his 'simplification'

Merle- calls school stupid and just leaves. No help at all. But he comes back later and tells you he's actually pretty good at math if you need help. You tell him drug math isn't really helpful and he cusses you out

Rosita- tells you a story about one of her boyfriends that taught her about this exact subject and then is very helpful with the question and asks if you wanna take a break and do something fun

Lemme know what other characters you want maybe? Or another prompt if you want it? I also just realized how many characters I said would give you a snack lmao but they're all accurate but the snacks vary, like Hershel would give you a sandwich but Maggie would give you like orange slices yaknow?

#I've never really made one of these posts #But this has been stuck in my head for days #So enjoy :) #twd #the walking dead #daryl dixon #negan #maggie rhee #rick grimes #carl grimes #glenn rhee

[himboskywalker]

Tag, what's your process for writing competent with mechanics/best pilot ever Anakin? I have no idea where to even begin to make it sound like he knows what he doing. Any tips would be much appreciated, thank you!

To be honest I don’t think I’ve written anything that too heavily focuses on piloting or mechanics. The most complicated thing I’ve tried to tackle is Anakin building his lightsaber in the Rule of Two. I myself am not a techy person, I’m a stereotypical humanities focused nerd,and 90% of my tech questions I actually take to my bf because he’s a computers and math guy. However I can totally take you through my writing process of say,a lightsaber building scene or piloting or something else most of us have no idea how to do,let alone be competent or the best at.

Your foundation is literally just researching the shit out of something. You read and read and read through the subject until you feel like you could bullshit your way through a conversation with a teacher about it. You don’t need to be an actual expert, you just need enough surface knowledge that you could totally pull stuff out of your ass and know what you’re talking about. Wookieepedia is your absolute best friend in the whole world. For say,the lightsaber building scene I wrote,I read through everything I could about lightsabers & building them & looked through lots of reference diagrams of their components and parts. And then I kind of just rewrote the lightsaber building article in my own words,from Anakin’s perspective,interspersed with dialogue and emotions and other parts of the scene.

Piloting is a bit more iffy,because not only are you describing how to do something most of us have no idea how to do,but it’s also space/sci-fi based. I tend to focus on the parts of a cockpit and of the mechanics of taking a ship through atmosphere,and then go through exactly what I do with a lightsaber building scene,I read through step by step on a wookieepedia article,of say taking a ship to light speed,and then rewrite it in my own words from my character’s perspective.

And of course your greatest element is bullshit. 99% of your readers do not have the expertise to know if what you’re writing is accurate or not , your key is using enough jargon and clear cut descriptors of what’s going on,to just make it sound like your character knows what they’re doing. Rely on showing,not telling,because it’s way better to let your readers see the character as competent rather than telling them they are. Take Anakin threw an effortless flight sequence,using reference to help with the mechanics of it,and rather than telling us it’s an incredible feat,a marvel of piloting, you could have him cool as a cucumber while other characters struggle to do the same,or react to him as awe struck or incredulous. It’s always best to build a situation where you allow your readers to see rather than to tell them,and that honestly gives you a lot of leeway in how you want to do it.

#anons #writing reference #on writing #my fanfic stuff #rule of two

[fuckingthefictional]

Runaway Lovers

Pairing: Finn Shelby x reader

Warnings: Swearing, suggestions regarding to sex, crap writing?

Requested: yes, part two requested by @hamdehlesmis

A/N: for the part where Finn writes a letter, I’ve made it so the writing is more phonics based. Because I find it unrealistic to have a character who is illiterate to suddenly start reading and writing with the knowledge of perfect grammar and spelling.

Alfie Solomons was a name that struck cold fear into some on the toughest of men.

His cool and calculating gaze was enough to send uneasy chills up anyone’s spine.

He was a man who had red on his ledger and the mighty hand of God on his side.

To most he was a cold and calculating gang leader- with the proclivity of making violent, rash decisions that mainly benefited himself and anyone lucky enough to be considered a friend.

And most were not lucky enough to have that benefit.

Y/N Y/L/N was lucky to be considered a friend- more accurately she was a close relative of the Jewish gang leader.

Alfie’s Mother, was the sister of Y/N’s mother. The two women were close, but drifted apart after they were married to their respective husbands. Only to reunite during the Great War.

That was the first time Y/N had been in proper contact with her mothers side of the family- and thank God she continued to stay in contact with them.

Otherwise her and Finn would’ve been rendered homeless and well and truly fucked.

Y/N forced herself to drag her thoughts away from what would have been, and instead focused on the passing green pasteurs that sped past the train cars window.

The lack of pollution was obvious and made a huge difference. She was able to see the colours of the night sky, along with the scattered stars- such things that felt as if they didn’t exist in Small Heath.

Y/N felt a soft kiss on a stray patch of bare skin below her ear and at the top of her jawline. Finn.

“Stop stressing love, we’ll be okay.”

It was like he had read her mind, “‘m not stressing.” She mumbled into her palm.

“If you aren’t stressing then how come your leg is bouncing?” Finn chuckled as he pressed another kiss to her temple.

Y/N rolled her eyes. Of course he would pick up on the finer details, it was just another reason why she loved him.

It wasn’t long before the train pulled into Camden Town Station. The whole station seemed to be rather empty- apart from one man who seemed to be waiting for the trains arrival.

He was an older gentleman, who had a scraggly beard and clutched a cane. His face was partially covered from the hat that topped his head. But on his chest, he proudly bore a necklace that held the Star of David.

It was Alfie.

He had changed a lot, the pictures that Y/N had been shown of him depicted him to be younger, lacking a beard. But the face was the same.

“Y/N Y/L/N?” The older man addressed her, a slight smirk on his face, “My god ‘ow you’ve grown- I remember when you were a bloody babe.”

She turned to Finn, a soft smile gracing her features, “Love this is Alfie, my cousin.”

Both men shook hands, each of them sizing the other up.

“Thank you for letting us stay with you.” Finn nodded at the older man, “we really appreciate it.”

“‘S nothin’ alright?” Alfie boomed loudly, “any person whose a friend of our Y/N/N is a friend of mine- now let’s get your stuff back to my ‘Ouse ‘ey?”

The two teenagers followed the older man, out of the station, their hands interlocked- ready for this next chapter of their lives.

It was difficult not knowing what their future held. And what they would face in this grey part of their lives, but Finn and Y/N knew they were lucky.

Lucky to have a place to stay, lucky to be in London. And most of all: lucky to be with each other.

-

Two months later Y/N and Finn were still as strong as ever, and the pair of them had both gotten jobs in Camden Town.

Finn working down at the docks, where he loaded Alfie’s spirits into the boats that would travel across the Atlantic.

Finn had been clear with his girlfriend’s cousin that he wanted no part in the extremely illegal parts of the business. In other words he didn’t want to be a front runner, Finn was quite happy working behind the scenes or on the sidelines. Doing the smaller less risky jobs that helped boost business.

Thankfully Alfie has agreed with him, saying, “If I got you in trouble yeah, or you got fuckin’ hurt- then my cousin would have my balls hanging up above the fuckin’ fireplace.”

Y/N however had a different job role. As she helped run the books, Y/N had her mothers brains, math was her forte and not to mention her and Alfie were close, and her older cousin kept her well protected and safe.

Their jobs weren't particularly high paid and they’d told Alfie that they didn’t want special treatment when it came to their pay- either way they made enough to pay their part on rent at Alfie’s house (which usually meant paying for the food and occasionally the hot water bill).

But neither Finn or Y/N were disappointed, they were employed and bringing in an income. That was more than they’d done in small Heath.

“Y’know, I finally feel like I’m apart of something,” Finn mumbled as he kissed down Y/N’s bare back, “I finally feel wanted by others, that aren’t You, Ada or Pol.”

“Finn,” The girl sighed as she turned over to face him, “You have no idea how much purpose you bring to other people.” Y/N stroked his hair softly, feeling the bouncy curls slip between her finger tips, “Finn because of you, Alfie is finally reconnecting with his blood relatives- he said that if this hadn’t happened, then he was willing to give up on family. And by coming away from the life you had in Small Heath you’re making Ada feel better about her role as a big sister.”

Finn was in a semi state of shock, he had no idea he had made that much of an impact, “And you?” He asked.

“God Finn,” Y/N pressed her forehead to his, “ever since you pulled me back from that drunk driver, I knew that my life was going to be flipped upside down- that I was going to fall in love.” She licked her lips, “I can’t imagine my life without you- you’re my constant, my everything, the love of my life.”

The auburn haired boy pulled his girl close to his chest, peppering sweet kisses to her hairline, “I love you pretty girl.”

“And I you, Freckles.”

“D’you think we should come clean to Alfie- about my family I mean.” Finn chewed on his lips nervously.

Y/N sighed, “I’ll talk to him about it tomorrow, but for now my love we should get some sleep.”

-

Knock, knock, knock

It was one of those rare days that Alfie was working from home, Y/N had overheard his doctor telling Alfie that he needed to take it easy and rest more.

So of course Y/N forced him to stay at home. It was odd really, the pair had only reconnected a few months ago. But already it felt as if Alfie was coming into the older brother role in Y/N’s life, whereas she was the persuasive younger sister that Alfie never had growing up.

Their dynamic was one that many had never seen, there was constant teasing and banter between the two. And Y/N had been the only one to make demands from the big scary gang leader and live to tell the tale.

“Come in.” Alfie’s muffled voice came from behind the other side of the door.

As Y/N entered the office while balancing a tea tray on her arm, when she looked up she noticed her cousin sat at his desk with his specs on, Cyril layed down at his feet.

“Morning, Alf.” Y/N smiled warmly, “I’ve brought you some tea and biscuits.” She sat down opposite him, as he started across the desk accusingly.

“What do yer want aye?” Alfie squinted his eyes, “you only ever bring me stuff when yer tryna butter me up.”

“Well Is it working?” Y/N looked at her cousin as he poured himself a cup and necked down a biscuit.

“Depends that dunnit.” Alfie responded, raising his brow.

“Well I have some news,” Y/N started fidgeting with her hands, “Some news you might not take too well.”

“Fuckin’ hell- you’re not up the bloody duff are yer?”

The teenager promptly felt herself choke on her own spit, “What?” She shouted, her eyes as round as saucers, “No!” Y/N attempted to recompose herself, “Look What I was trying to get at is that Finn belongs to a family that weren’t good to him, he ran away from his old life after his brother tried to force us apart. And we talked last night about finally coming clean to you Alf, because we appreciate all you’ve done for us and we don’t feel like we’re being truthful and-“

“Y/N!” Alfie cut off her ranted speech, “I know that Finn is a Shelby.” He stated simply, “Do you really think I don’t do background checks on my workers Y/N/N?”

“And you’re okay with him?” Y/N was still in a state of shock,

“Well,” Alfie leant forwards, “ma always taught us to not judge a book by the pissin’ cover aye? Sometimes that shit also includes certain family names.” He paused, pondering what to say next, “Look I kept an eye out for the lad in the first few weeks yous stayed ‘ere, in case there was some spyin’ goin’ on. But there wasn’t, it was just a lovestruck boy who’s willin’ to do anythin’ to make ‘is girl happy. So as far as I’m concerned Y/N/N, he’s a new branch in the Solomons family.”

Y/N could feel happy tears brimming in her eyes, she finally saw what Finn meant. She felt like she mattered, like she had purpose for the first time in a very long time.

-

Two months. It had been two months since Finn had just up and left. Tommy didn't think that his youngest sibling what actually hold to his word- he didn't think that Finn of all people would actually quit the family buisness and leave small heath. 

And with all of that considered, Tommy didn't know where the fuck Finn had gone. And that was a first in Tommy’s experience- he didn't know something. 

It was incredibly frustrating and not to mention Polly was in bits since Finn had just gone missing in action. It wasn't hard to see that there was a soft spot in his aunts heart for the youngest Shelby.

He’d had men search every major city in Britain, knowing Finn couldn’t have strayed too far off the beaten path.

The youngest Shelby never was one for spontaneity, he was too much like his mother for that- he liked to have a plan set out in front of him.

But what made the situation all the more complicated was the war Tommy had made on Sabini, if Finn was in London then there was a large chance that he was in danger.

Tommy didn’t want more blood on his hands, he didn’t know if he could handle more blood on his hands.

-

Dear Pol,

This leter wil onlie be short, but its a leter non the less. All you need to no is that I am safe and happie, and hav started a new life for myself. If you want to meet, then go to Ada’s on Saterday and i will meet you there.

Lots of luv and take care,

Finn

P.S- Y/N is teeching me to reed and rite, it is a work in progres- but I am lerning!

Polly grinned at the letter in front of her, it was most definitely her nephew. Despite it being in letter form, his mannerisms and language hasn’t changed.

The older woman could feel her heart swell with pride for her youngest nephew, deep down Polly knew that the Blinder lifestyle wasn’t for him.

Finn was like Ada in that way- he followed his heart. And his heart has chosen a different path than his brothers.

Polly set the letter down on her desk as she pondered what her next course of action would be, obviously she was going to Ada’s to meet her nephew on the Saturday.

However she was met with the dilemma of how she could get it past Tommy.

One one hand, Tommy was the patriarch of the family- Polly knew that she was practically obligated to tell her older nephew her plans and whereabouts.

But on the other hand, Finn was safe. He was free from a dangerous life, he was happy and he had started a new path.

And that was more than anything Tommy could offer the lad. Polly knew that Finn valued his freedom and happiness over all the money in the world.

Pulling out a cigarette, Polly fiddled with the small stick of tobacco. After igniting it, she took a deep inhale, allowing the smoke to fill her lungs.

Every piece of her heart and soul was telling her to keep Finn safe. Maybe that was just the mother hen in Polly- but she was certain on one thing.

Thomas Shelby was going to learn to live with his actions and consequences of his words, because Polly had no intention of saying a word about Finn’s whereabouts.

Peaky blinders taglist:

@simonsbluee

#peaky blinders #peaky blinders x reader #peakyblinders #peakyfookinblinder #peaky blinders imagine #peakyblinder #peaky blinder fanfic #finnshelby #finn shelby x reader #finn shelby #harry kirton

[eggoyolkk]

Hi, I’m here to tell you that the Taurtis clones don’t make any fucking sense, from a biological point of view on cloning.

I might not be completely accurate in my biological knowledge, I’ve only just started learning about it, but from my understanding, the Taurtis clone logic is bullshit.

this is a semi-long post with lots of science, so ill put a cut just in case :S

TL;DR: Geode and the clones arc is biological bullshit and i hate it

First, I'm gonna tell you how to clone something. Ready? Here we go!

you’re gonna need some mature Taurtis skin cells, an unfertilised egg, and a surrogate to carry the baby.

step 1: replace the nucleus in the egg with the nucleus from the Taurtis skin cell. discard the rest. now you have Taurtis DNA in an egg. leave it for a few hours to fuse.

step 2: stimulate the egg so it grows into a blastocyst (sack of unidentified baby cells), which you can then implant into the surrogate. then let it grow into a baby.

step 3: congratulations, you have a genetically identical Taurtis clone-baby!

this is where the problems happen. 

Geode could not have done this. even if he started making clones as soon as he had the hair, he’d still only have bundles of cells. and in the canon, the highest number we see on a clone is 4455 (TS Ep 15, 10:01, through the whole pool scene), which, itself, is frightening. and it doesn’t fit the biological timeline. This part might have been an error, though, as later on we see that the developing clones are labeled 793 and 794 respectively.

also, if the clones are the same build and age as Taurtis (17, i did the math :O), there should be no variety between clones. they’re clones. Good Taurtis shouldn’t exist. Jerry shouldn’t exist. Taurissa shouldn’t exist. Biological diversity doesn’t exist in clones.

but for a second, let’s give Geode the benefit of the doubt. he can clone people in those tubes we see (Ep 21, 15:00) at incredible rates, and accelerate their growth with his ‘moon powers’. he still only has 12 tubes, and has managed to make ~800 clones? canonically it’d have been maybe a week or two since he collected the hairs. using this, he’d have to be making clones at a rate of.. 57 per day., which is almost 5 clones per tube, per day. which is not counting emptying the tubes and setting up the cells for new clones.

Geode has no way to create as many clones as he canonically did, and the entire arc is based on flimsy, sci-fi knowledge of ‘cloning’ and alien technology, instead of the basic biology they could have stuck with.

but i dunno man this kinda smells like plot holes to me

#tw swearing #tw cloning #yhs geode #yhs taurtis #tokyo soul #please tell me if this made sense #i hope this made sense #i just really like biology

[deadlycupid]

Incorrect Quotes Tag

I was tagged by @writerfae thank you. 💗

Rules: use this incorrect quotes generator for your ocs

I’ll be using my ocs from the angels of death

(this post is unnecessarily long but I had a lot of fun making it I’m sorry)

the main trio

Tommy: Nico and I don’t use pet names.

Noah: I see. Hey, what do bees make?

Tommy: honey?

Nico: yes, dear?

Noah: don’t ever lie to me again.

Tommy: I told Nico his ears flush when he lies.

Noah: why?

Tommy: look.

Tommy: hey, Nico! Do you love us?

Nico, covering his ears: no.

Tommy: Nico, what do IDK, LY and TTYL mean?

Nico: i don’t know, love you, talk to you later

Tommy: okay, I love you too, I’ll just ask Noah.

Tommy: how’s the sexiest person here~?

Nico: i don’t know, how are they~?

Tommy, flustered: I-

Noah, from across the room: I’m doing great, thanks!

Tommy: do you ever wanna talk about your emotions, Nico?

Nico:... No.

Noah: I do!

Tommy: I know, Noah.

Noah: I’m sad.

Tommy: I know, Noah.

Tommy: i love you guys, you are the best thing that’s happened to me.

Nico: we’re the best thing that’s ever happened to you?

Tommy: yes!

Noah: I’m starting to feel sorry for you.

Tommy: i like this whole “good guy, bad guy“ thing that you guys have going on.

Nico: it’s not an act, it’s just that I’m mean and Noah is not.

Tommy: okay we need a distraction.

Nico: is anyone here good at jumping up and down and making weird noises?

Noah, whispering: my time has come.

Tommy & Nico

Nico: Name a more iconic duo than my crippling fear of abandonment and my anxiety. I’ll wait.

Tommy: you and me!!

Nico, tearing up: okay

Tommy: top 30 reasons why Tommy is sorry... number 5 will surprise you!

Nico: top 30 Anime deaths. Number one: YOUR FUCKING ASS RIGHT NOW!

Tommy: okay maybe playing “whose family is most dysfunctional” wasn’t the best idea we‘ve had. Nico‘s been crying in the bathroom for an hour. We can’t get him out...

Tommy: I’m incredibly fast at math.

Nico: alright, what’s 30x17?

Tommy: 47

Nico: that’s not even close.

Tommy: but it was fast.

(not Tommy and his crippling dyscalculia)

Tommy: not trying to brag or anything, but I can wake up without an alarm clock now simply due to my crippling and overwhelming anxiety, so...

Nico: goodnight moon.

Nico: goodnight trees.

Nico: goodnight ghosts only i can see.

Tommy & David (his best friend)

Tommy: if there is going to be a big dramatic scene, wait until I get back

David: of course, I can’t flip this table by myself.

Tommy: here is some advice.

David: I didn’t ask for any.

Tommy: too bad. I’m stuck here with my thoughts and you’re the only one who talks to me.

(alternatively this could also be Nico and Noah)

The seven deadly sins (even though half the time their not even there but these are so accurate i- also sloth isn’t here bc he doesn’t participate in family drama)

Envy: would you guys be there for me if I was going through something?

Pride: nope, absolutely not.

Gluttony: I hope it sucks, whatever your going through.

Lust: i hope it emotionally scars you for the rest of your life.

Greed: I hope you reach out to me so that I can ignore you.

Wrath: I can’t wait to go to your funeral, knowing I could have changed that outcome.

Pride: just be yourself.

Envy: ‘be myself’? Pride, I have one day to win Wrath over. How long did it take before you guys started liking me?

Lust: couple of weeks.

Gluttony: six months.

Greed: jury’s still out.

Envy: see, pride?

Envy: ‘be myself’. What kind of garbage advice is that?

I tag: @annoyingwritingtrash @writebruh and @the-last-huntsman (only if you want to)

#I might make another post with more incorrect quotes bc I still have a few #this was a lot of fun tho #writeblr #writer speaks #writer on tumblr #wip: the angels of death

[glimmerglanger]

(Public is fine) Am I weird for kinda wanting to know more about Obi-Wan bedding down with Panaka now? Like not even necessarily in a spicy way, although I AM curious, but like. I want to know his Thoughts on the subject. This obviously traumatized 20something asking him for a heat-partner: does he do it out of friendly/comradely feelings, or more? Do they cross paths again in during TCW and Panaka casually drops that he waited for a call to partner him the next year but never it never came??

aces-to-apples

said:

Like, Panaka is a solid dude, and just ONCE I want the miscommunication to be that he was just being a Polite Alpha who didn't want to pressure the omega that he was interested in, in whatever way. Maybe it's a cultural thing, at least oNaboo, not to bring it up or ask about a repeat, er, performance? Kind of a "what happens in heat stays in heat unless brought up by the omega"? I dunno, I just love the dude and want to know more about him... And Bruck, still... What ever happened to that guy..?

Oooooooh, I will add this to the “outside POV scenes I’m going to write.” But, before that, yeah. By that point, Obes had been going through this for almost a decade. He’d just... gotten used to just assuming it was a one-and-done and didn’t even think to swing back around the following year. (Bruck comes up again in a bit, but did NOT meet his canonical end).

MORE SLO!AU ASKS UNDER THE CUT, some dealing with chap 4.

Anonymous said:

shmi!!!!! and the girl!!!!!!! suddenly i love tuesdays!!!!!!!!

I had to pull Shmi out of the fridge, I just had to. :D And everyone who called the hazel-eyed girl’s more accurate parentage... :D

Anonymous said:

cody: *arrives* // your slo readers: *10 minute standing ovation*

SOOOOOON

Anonymous said:

I just have this terrible feeling that Anakin is going to tell Palpatine about the pregnancy and things are going to get very dicey, I'm supposed to start work soon but I can't stop thinking about this chapter

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Anonymous said:

this might be tmi (so I TOTALLY understand if you don't answer) but I was wondering how, um... anatomy? works? in the slo!verse? a/b/o stuff doesn't always work for me (though I am LIVING for slo!) coz I tend to get stuck on the practical realities of WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING IN YOUR BODIES?!?! I thought I got how it worked in slo! but then obi-wan got pregnant again with satine and... now I'm a little bit lost. (I love you, slo! is amazing, thank you for your good good work)

AHA, that is (one of the) thing(s) with abo, isn’t it? I honestly figure that some alphas and omegas are just sort of... population safety nets. They have the equipment to play whatever role is necessary in the process, with all necessary bips and bobs. Plenty of species keep their stuff hmmmm tucked away until it’s in use. Kind of figure that’s what’s going on with Satine. But honestly, I never think about it too much because it’s just all ???

Anonymous said:

i just realized - there was a line in chapter 2 about how it was the last time qui-gon would kiss obi-wan for seven years. did the math and uh that's naboo??? pain??? also i am incredibly soft for the background quinlan reactions to write into the background, pining quinlan be still my lil heart.

IT SURE WAS. T_T Great timing for another kiss by that man T_T

Anonymous said:

i’m dumb as a rock and didn't think twice about the hazel eyed girl, but from what everyone’s commenting, if it turns out that qui gon interpreted his vision wrong and put obi wan through all that physical and emotional pain for nothing.... i’m gonna (well actually i can’t do much considering he’s fictional and this isn’t canon) but i’m gonna be SO MAD

I’ve been WAITING to answer this properly :D I really did only see one person comment about it, though, so I don’t think you were floundering around too much. Imagine Qui-Gon misinterpreting a vision to the detriment of others. T_T

Anonymous said:

I just read ur slo fic and i haven't stopped crying for the past hour. My ribs hurt my eyes are puffy and i have a throbbing headache rn. It's so well written but at what cost. Can i just request a little au where the hazel eyed girl lived or maybe she dimension travelled to meet slo!obi and his heart could finally bloom with joy and pride instead of just S A D N E S S. Also i just realized it's only the 2nd chapter. Shit.

And I’ve also been waiting for this one! I’m so sorry about all the angst, there’s really a lot (but the bulk is, well. Past, at this point. Obi-Wan’s much better at handling his emotions). And, as for the hazel-eyed girl... .well. 

#glimmer replies #ask me anything #Slo!au #A Slow Fall Towards Grace

[lumiereandcogsworth]

UNO REVERSE. GO OFF, GIRL: deep ask time: tell me about your love for beauty and the beast. when did you get into it. what were your first impressions. when did you Know it was a big fave for you. how many times have you seen it. what’s your favorite thing about it!!! why the heck do you love it!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH OKAY🥺 this is gonna be long i’m just already warning you. I gotta do the under the cut thing cuz really I just can’t unwillingly subject people to such an essay. It’s good but like. anyway, here ya go:

when did you get into it? well [the stage goes dark, a spotlight centers on me, fog forms around my ankles] it all started on a calm spring evening, april 12th, 2017.... okay lmao i’m not gonna do that the whole time. but yeah so i loved the 1991 cartoon version a lot! it had always been one of my fave disney films as a kid, it was one of ones we had on vhs so it was a frequent flyer in on the big boxy dinosaur tv! but then, when me and my parents were touring my future university (i was a junior in high school at the time) we decided to catch a movie! i couldn’t tell you what else was playing that night, but live action batb was the only one that jumped out at me. it’s funny cuz it had been out for nearly a month, i really didn’t make any effort to go see it. i was like “ah, disney makes live actions all the time. who cares.” LITTLE DID I KNOW. but anyway, we went to see it and.... gosh i was enchanted. even that first night, it was like a switch turned on in me that i didn’t even know existed!

what were your first impressions? goodnesssss. it’s interesting because i hadn’t seen batb 1991 in YEARS, but as i watched the live action it was all coming back, i was comparing everything. which is funny too because, the comparison is what turned a lot of people AWAY from batb 2017. now, i could make a whole powerpoint comparing them, but i have no shade!!! if you like 1991 better, go off!!!! just don’t hate on one or the other :/ hate is lame! there’s a lot of love in the world and there’s, my goodness, CERTAINLY enough love for two film versions of a disney princess movie. goodness gracious. anyway, let me hop off my soap box!!!!!

i remember thinking it was DOPE that they made belle the inventor, and that they made maurice an artist. i remember loving the new songs, eSPECIALLY evermore. like wow. i was so happy they gave beast his own song. i remember being so entirely delighted by how extravagant be our guest gets. like lumiere!! you dramatic boy!!!!! it just kept going i was so dazzled and amazed and happy. i can remember how big the smile on my face was during that whole number. i remember how INCREDIBLY swept away i was when there was the whole “what do you say we run away?” scene and the enchanted book and going to paris!!!!!!! still to this day, every time i see the scene where it goes from belle’s hand on the book pages and pans up to the starry sky, i feel that joyful peter pan magic. and that’s what i thought the first time too. i LOVED all the added backstory for belle and beast. absolutely stunning. even at the beginning! they open it right away, really take you to the scene of the crime, in a sense. you see young, spoiled prince adam. his nasty, pompous behavior and all. it made him so much more real. i remember just overall being so thrilled with how much longer it was. it gave belle and beast so much more time to fall in love, it made the culminating end way more genuine. and of course i loved all the little jokes and their quirky little personalities shining through. and i also remember being so punched in the gut by the last petal falling and actually seeing everyone turn into inanimate objects. i was like *sobbing* HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME. but, even today, it makes the turn around of the curse lifting way more relieving and joy-filling. and don’t even get me started on The Kiss. the silent amazement between them. i can’t. surely, you get the point. i was in the car ride back to the hotel just utterly astounded, i couldn’t stop thinking about it. i’d never seen such beauty.

when did you Know it was a big fave for you? pretty soon!! i saw it a second time in theaters and i regret to this day not going a third time. but that’s life. i couldn’t pin point when it became my number one, but i’m sure it was that summer when it went on netflix and i had unlimited access and was deadass watching it most every night. that’s an exaggeration but is it though? anyway yeah it was love at first sight so it didn’t take long to reach my favorite movie spot at all.

how many times have you seen it? UHHHHHH okay so, that was something of an exaggeration, to a degree. i was counting how many times i was watching it but i stopped at ten. i honestly wish i had continued counting. do you know how cool it would be to do my 100th watch?? i’d have a whole party. my dad and i tried to do the vague guesstimate math once, and we figured something around 60 times. i don’t know how accurate that is but it sure feels like i’ve seen it 6,000 times. at this point i watch it every few months but... summer of 2017..... yikes lmao.

what’s your favorite thing about it!!! the film itself? is that an option? the entire. gosh dang,,, thing? lol but idk i think what i love most is adam’s growth, probably. i mean. it is. you can’t write an 18k pre-canon fic highlighting adam’s troubled past and then go on to write who knows how many thousand words of fic of post-canon adam just being so gosh dang happy and happier than he’s ever been without his growth and arc being your favorite part. so :”) yeah. adam deserves the whole entire world and he’s got such a big heart, he just never knew how to use it, never thought he had it in there. he’s been kicked around and torn apart and Literally Turned Into A Monster, but he still grows and learns to love and learns that maybe life can be okay for him. but also i love belle so much too. her courage, her adventurous spirit, her no-thoughts-head-empty griffindor attitude about everything. like who just sees a giant castle and is like “cool, allow me.” it’s in the genes, cuz maurice does it too shdkdksk. anyway i just love belle so much, she’s so smart and clever and sweet and KIND and she has so much compassion in her heart. so much love when she’s literally been seen as a social outcast like probably her whole life. and yet? the kindest. but also so funny and sarcastic and GAH!!! i love my girl!!!!!! and the uniting of my two favorite characters in the whole world.... it just floors me every single time.

why the heck do you love it!!!!! oh my gosh literally how to answer this. i think at this point in the essay it’s pretty clear all my passionate opinions about it LMAO. the way i usually explain it to like, my dad, for example (i’ve brought him up twice now, he’s just always been a good ear for my fangirl interests. let’s me go off about anything haha.) anyway, the way i explain it is that it just checks off all the boxes. and i don’t even know what all the boxes are, but it’s everything. i think i’ve always loved beauty and the beast (even as a kid) because it flips the damsel in distress narrative. SHE has to save HIM. and of course, that’s been done countless times. but idk, for a disney princess, for my little kid mind, belle was special and this story was different. but more specifically to batb 2017, the aesthetic just slays me. the wardrobe is exquisite. the characters are so lovely and funny and wonderful. the songs, the NEW songs!!! the DANCE!!! THE CASTING. i love the cast so much. there’s so much gosh dang heat about emma watson as belle especially and it’s like i will fight all of you in the streets come to my house my address is— okay anyway. i think the casting was absolutely 15/10 phenomenal everyone from josh gad and luke evans to audra mcdonald and stanley tucci and literally everyone in between. DAN STEVENS HAD TO DO EVERYTHING TWICE. ONCE IN THE SUIT THE BIG CGI SUIT AND ONCE MORE WITH HIS FACE TO GET BEAST’S EXPRESSIONS JUST RIGHT. the dedication. i’ll fight everyone. he did a ballroom dance in a big suit on stilts. i just. okay so yeah i love the cast and i love THE LOVE STORY OBVIOUSLY. I REFRAINED TALKING ABOUT ADELLE UP UNTIL NOW BUT HELLO?????????? i guess that’s not true i talked about them a little bit. but obviously their love story drives it and boy do i love taking that drive every single time. it’s about the enemies to friends to lovers my guy. it’s about the saving each other. it’s about the seeing each other. i’m gonna lose my mind. i need to finish this oh my gosh i don’t know how to shut up about this film.

#I SERIOUSLY WROTE AN ESSAY #IM SORRY TO NOBODY BUT WOW #so anyway...... love that live action disney film........ #batb 2017

[my-arlington-academia]

The main 10 cheering up a crying Scholar (Y/N) finally part 2!

Here are Neha, Raquel and Tadashi! I had to cut the last 5 in 2 posts because tumblr doesn't allow more than 250 blocks of text... But anyway! I finally did it! It's been 84 years... though I feel like those are not really headcanons anymore. They're all so long that it would be more accurate to say that they're scenarios. Sorry! It's probably gonna be really annoying scrolling up and down.

Neha

- crying is a really good way to let your emotions out and it always worked out for you

- whenever it's all too much you make yourself cry to feel better afterward

- one day, once you finished crying your phone rang

- it's from Neha, she's inviting you to her room

- oh boy.

- when you moved into the dorms Karolina did say that the previous owner of the room would put loud music on and they would hear it

- 'did Neha hear me cry?' God you hope not

- When you knock, the door immediately opens as if Neha was right in front of it waiting for you

- She pulls you in and starts taking your measurements

- "I've decided to use you as my model for my next outfit."

- "W-what?!?"

- now you're almost sure that she did hear you, or else why would she make an outfit just for you when she's got Karolina?

- surprisingly a few days later the outfit is done! Does it really take that little time usually? You're pretty sure that Neha already had the design ready in her sketchbook

- during that time though, everyday until the "outfit" was ready she would go out of her way to talk to you everyday even though she's usually either busy or with Karolina

- she knows that it annoys her but even when Karolina was around Neha would still come and chat with you for a bit

- You're guessing that she didn't want you to feel like you're alone in your hard times

- when the outfit was done she called you over again

- "Here, try it on!"

- there's more excitement in her voice than usual and it's really freaking cute

- "You mean right here, right now?"

- she keeps staring at you in silence before coming back to her senses

- "Oh, right. Sorry. I'll turn away while you change."

- but then while you're taking your clothes off the door flows open

- "Neha, did you see my-"

- Karolina looks at the both of you and while she's trying to process the scene all that she gets from the situation is: you taking your clothes off in their room, and Neha waiting for you to take them off while facing away?

- "N... Nevermind. Just do your thing I'll come back in one hour. Or uh, two hours. Actually."

- She closed the door in a hurry. Welp. She probably misunderstood.

- Neha kept on facing the wall but you could see her ears getting red

- that little accident is quickly forgotten when you've put the outfit on

- it's so elaborate and classy. it's making you feel self-concious

- Even though Neha was the one who made the outfit she blushed when she saw you in it

- "You look so lovely- uh. I mean the dress! The dress looks lovely on you, obviously, since I'm the one who made it."

- her bashfulness is making you blush too but you tell her that you can't pay for it

- "Are you kidding? It's a gift I've made for you. No one else in the world owns this and won't own it because I won't put it on sale. It's a special outfit only for you."

- She takes her sketchbook and rips out a page, it's a sketch of the outfit and... you're the one wearing it on the drawing!

- "To be honest, I had already heard you crying a few times in your room and I didn't know how to help. So uh... I guess what I mean is. I've been planning this for a long time but I wasn't brave enough to ask for your measurements until recently and um..."

- She's rambling and rambling, you've probably never heard her talk this much

- "Basically... when you're sad come over. Or ask me to come over, whatever. Our rooms are right next to eachother so whether you cry in your room or here I'll hear you anyway so you might as well be with me."

- this was maybe not the best way to phrase it, but you got the feeling she was going for and that's all that matters

Raquel

- Noticed that you weren't feeling good right away

- but more in a "are you catching a cold?" kinda way

- but it didn't have anything to do with your health

- You actually wanted to explain what happend as soon as it did but when you tried to, tears came down immediately from the very first sentence

- Raquel grabbed you by the shoulders

- "It's okay! You can tell me later if it's too hard."

- The next day when you were getting ready to go to school Raquel came to your room dressed in casual clothes

- "Hey Y/N! Let's skip today."

- You tell her that you can't because you're a scholarship student and all but she ends up convincing you anyway

- "It's all fine, it's just for one day! Everyone thinks that you're a really hard-working, punctual and honest person! They'll believe whatever you say."

- "Raquel... I am a hard-working, punctual and honest person..."

- "Exactly! And that's why you can take advantage of that and no one will doubt you."

- Oh well...

- it's not like you were looking forward to that math test anyway

- you sneak around and get out of the school through Raquel's knowledge of... blind spots?

- you feel a little guilty about it since you'll have to lie to the teachers later about "not feeling well"

- Raquel makes you forget that pretty easily though

- "Okayyy! Now let's go have our breakfast, I know a place."

- "Ah, cool."

- "You don't sound really excited... But you know, the both of us sneaking out of school to go on a date: isn't it a little bit like we're secretly lovers during war time between two kingdoms in a movie?"

- Wait, this was a date?? You had no idea

- You spent the whole day just walking around town in different fast foods, parks, and shops

- everytime you wanted to buy something Raquel would try to buy it for you

- You refused everything except the food, she was being extremely pushy about paying for the food

- on the way back you decide to tell her about your troubles again, this time hopefully you won't burst into tears

- She's incredibly understanding and doesn't let you downplay your feelings

- anytime you say "it may sound stupid"/"maybe I'm being too emotional" she's like

- "No! Fuck that! There's a reason why you feel this way and it's not dumb."

- You get a little bit teary eyed and before you can even think about crying Raquel hugs you

- then she whispers in your ear

- "Did it hurt?"

- "Uh... what?"

- At first you thought she meant your feelings because obviously it did hurt, you just spent like 20 minutes explaining what had happened

- but then you understood

- is she seriously trying to cheer you up with pick-up lines?

- "So did it hurt or did it not?"

- "You mean, when I fell from heaven?"

- She makes the biggest grin before replying

- "No, when you fell for me."

- You're trying your best not to burst into laughter

- "Nah, not really. It was a quick fall."

- Oh no, you outsmarted her lame pick-up line

- you guys end the day with the most stupid pick-up line fight

- little do you know that Raquel will shoot a ball in the face of a certain someone for hurting you

- maybe multiple times if she feels like it

Tadashi

- To be honest he didn't really notice at first

- maybe it was one of your "bad days", Tadashi knows what it's like so he totally gets it

- but then when it's been 3 days in a row and you're still in that state?

- he cancels all of his work and assignements for the day

- calls you over in such a professional manner that it's kinda scary

- he literally asks you to meet him in the student council's room

- tells you to "please sit down" in front of him

- Honestly, this situation is making you really tense. Did Tadashi figure out that one time, 3 months ago, when you stole a smoothie from the cafeteria?

- "Look, I'm sorry okay? I was just really thirsty and I needed sugar. Also, it's not like I wasn't allowed to get one! There was no one at the counter so I figured it wouldn't hurt to..."

- Tadashi IAmConfusion™ looks at you

- "Why are you talking about that now? Don't worry, I know."

- Now it's your turn to get confused

- "You mean... you knew and you didn't give me detention?"

- Now he looks a bit frustrated

- "Come on Y/N, I'm not that mean. I won't give you detention just because you came 5 minutes late to our meeting."

- This is most likely a misunderstanding...

- "This is what you were talking about just now, right? That the reason why you came here late is because you were drinking a smoothie. I figured you were probably busy doing something so no need to feel so guilty about it."

- "Oh. Oooohhh... yeahh... totally. Sorry."

- Now that this is out of the way, he asks you to tell him what's on your mind

- At first you hesitate a little but, if there's someone with whom you want to share this with, it's Tadashi

- he's listening really closely to what you're saying without cutting you off but sometimes you can see his eyes getting a bit darker

- Like, you're not being specific enough about a detail or something and he's probably taking notes of all the questions he has so that he can ask them when you're done

- At some point though, you become really emotional and your voice starts cracking when you're talking

- You end up crying and your tears fall on the desk

- Tadashi jumps out of his seat, his chair falls down as he panics

- "Hey! Y/N?? Err... Um..."

- Takes you in his arms carefully, like he's not really sure if that's what he's supposed to do when this type of thing happens

- "It's okay! I'm here... I'm here so... d-don't cry Y/N I'll do something about it no problem!"

- when you've calmed down he puts down his wallet on the desk

- "Uh... what?"

- "You can use it."

- "You mean your money??"

- "What else?"

- he explains that you can take all the smoothies and premium food in the cafeteria with this

- "Are you kidding? I can't use your money for that."

- He's literally trying to cheer you up with money which is obviously not the way to go about it

- He sees that you're not convinced so he pulls out his phone and shoves the screen on your face so closely that you have to take a step back in order to read what's on it

- It's Tadashi's to do list, probably the place where he writes all of his tasks for the week

- The spot on number one is you. It reads "1. Y/N"

- when you look at him Tadashi is furiously blushing and looking away

- this is incredibly sweet until you notice how wrong this sounds

- "Wait... Tadashi?"

- "Yes?"

- "I'm first on your... "To do" list? Seriously?"

- "What's that's supposed to mean? Of course you're number one on my- Oh god..."

- he just understood how wrong it sounded and took the phone back before rewriting the list

- He's making it so easy for you to tease him

- the poor boy is literally begging you to stop it but you can't until he shows you his phone screen again

- this time it's written "1. Make Y/N smile again", you're literally his number one priority. This is so sweet to the point where you can't tease him anymore. It would be too mean.

- As for Tadashi, let's just say that he's about to get "really mean" with the person you were talking about just now and he's not going to hold back

#sweet elite #se #main 10 #I was this 👌 close to forgetting that I have to write the rest of those scenarios #scenarios #well at this point I think everyone gave up on waiting 😂 #sorry if some of them are silly but I only write top quality cringe 😎

[atamascolily]

lily plays a fanfic ask game

J: Write or describe an alternative ending to [insert fic].

The alternate ending for Resurrection Blues--a fic in which Mara Jade accidently kills the original Luke Skywalker on Wayland, and takes custody of the clone Luuke as penance--would be that Mara meets Luke's ghost, and he forgives her for murdering him (as in the current ending), but he vanishes at the end of their exchange, and doesn't come back. However, Mara is inspired by this conversation--and by Ghent's explorations into cyber-neuroscience--to come up with new ways to help Luuke recover from C'baoth's mind-rapes and become his own person.

This process is amplified when Mara meets Cilghal, a talented Force healer, and asks her for help--although it takes a while for Cilghal to come around because of the Mon Cal bias against smugglers. Luuke eventually recovers enough to be a functional human being, taking on the identity of  the original "Luke Skywalker," --and while Mara does love him, she's always wistful about what might have been if the original were still around.

Depending on how evil I'm feeling at the moment, Mara either sleeps with Luuke BEFORE she has that chat with Luke's ghost, or afterward, once he becomes his own person. If the former, it's probably borderline dubcon, because it's unclear whether Luuke is competent enough to consent, or if he's just mirroring/reflecting Mara's own desires back at her. Also unclear if Luke's ghost witnesses the clone!sex (probably yes, because he's haunting Mara in an attempt to get her to let go of her grief and forgive herself for killing him) and how he feels about it, but it's entirely likely that he openly forgives her for that, too, and encourages her to make a relationship with Luuke instead of pining after what could have been with him.

Also, Artoo never really trusts Luuke, because he's NOT the same person as Luke, no matter what the rest of the galaxy thinks--but he and Ghent are now best buds and get up to ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE TOGETHER to the amusement and chagrin of Mara, Karrde, Leia, and Garm bel Iblis (and Fey'lya, lol).

It's such a bittersweet, angsty soap-opera! Aren't you glad that I went for a happier ending (for once)??

H: How would you describe your style?

Realist. Once the parameters of the world-building are set, no matter how zany, I keep it consistent and plausible. I try to ground my work as much as possible in real-life details and consequences, and think through setting, tech, and character beats so that they feel plausible and compelling to me.

The setting is never "just" scenery--it's a character in its own right or a mirror/reflection/amplification of the characters' psyches. I am always concerned with the inner lives of my characters, and their responses to events, especially trauma.

I also shoot for lyricism if I can--how a story SOUNDS both in my head and in speech--but I'll settle for "functional" prose in a rush, where it's clear what is happening to which character at any given moment, and WHY it's hapenning.

So, "grounded but lyrical?" I'll also settle for "low-key hilarious," especially in my intentionally comic fics.

F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

From Single Human Jedi Seeks Life Partner, about Luke Skywalker's online dating adventures:

[SlicerKidAlpha]: but she didn't have a body??? [LS56733]: That was... less of a problem than you might think. [LS56733]: It turns out you don't need a body to have a good time.

This is a completely accurate summary of Luke and Callista's romance in Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly, and I crack up every single time I read this passage in my fic. Every. Single. Time. Most readers raise their eyebrows at the infamous "ghost sex scene" that is Legends!canon, but not Luke Skywalker! He's TOTALLY on board.

Also, anything with Ghent makes me giggle uncontrollably. Like this passage from the same fic:

[SlicerKidAlpha]: nobody lets me bet with them anymore because i kept winning all the time [LS56733]: Did you cheat? [SlicerKidAlpha]: of course not! it's not my fault they suck at math

LOL, Ghent. His view of the world is so different from most of the other characters I write, and I always enjoy the juxtaposition between his incredible technical skills and his social ineptitude and total lack of boundaries. Priorities, amirite?

Most of this fic, is, in fact, dialogue, which cheers me to no end, because I got to cut out all the unnecessary descriptions and just ROLL with the conversation--and because it was fun to think about wording, phrasing, and punctuation to convey emotion instead of using said descriptions. And I’m so proud of coming up with the framing device of chat logs in the first place, because it’s so much funnier to hear Luke’s summaries of his awful dates (and Ghent’s reactions) than it would be to describe the dates directly. This is a great example of “everything is better in the reader’s imagination,” and I’m so proud it actually works (especially since the THEME is online dating).

#personal writing meta #fic memes #thank goodness for fandom