#the gremlin talks to people

[inkskinned]

hey it's nanowrimo. i have tips bc i've done it about 34 times.

Don't edit. Ever. Stop it. If you just decide to start a new project half thru this one with all new characters, no problem. pick up and keep writing as if you'd already written the first half of that.

"but i spelled it wrong" whatever. "but the grammar" whatever. make it exist first. no time for sense. think like you're working on a typewriter. no backspace. only forward go.

Don't re-read further than a paragraph or two backwards. "did i mention the gun before?" listen - it doesn't matter. if you need there to be a gun there, the gun is there. put it back in once you finish the book.

"i forgot the specifics of X thing i already wrote" whatever. change it, make a note/comment to figure it out later, and just write what makes sense for the moment. "no raquel it's legit the characters name and origin" idc that character is now reborn as Claudius from Elsewhere. it's fine.

only you see your mistakes. nobody else knows. one of the ways writing and dance overlap - only you know the choreography. nobody else will know if you miss a step, so just keep dancing and pretend you meant to do it like that.

it's an illusion that you need to write linearly - from point A to point B to point C. Nah; that's just timeline propaganda. I've written a LOT of books out of order and just reordered them once i've finished. if you have a scene you'd LOVE to write but can't get there yet because of plot, just fuckin write the scene. I've always found its easier to establish "point F" "point J" and "Point A" and then wiggle my way between those scenes.

write what you WANT to write. 230 pages of smut? of well-researched discussion on bread? whatever. the point is to strengthen muscles however you can.

if you miss a day, a week, whatever. not the end of the world. we all have dry days. also time is a myth so u can do this challenge whenever u want.

as soon as you try to write for a specific audience, you kill your voice. you are writing for yourself. stop thinking about how people will take ur book. it don't matter. what matter is u, enjoying writing. i luv u.

play to your strengths. i have characters talk so much because i don't know how to write a plot if it kills me but i'm really good at dialogue so.

i love a flight of fancy. write a poem in there. shift tactics and write in code. keep it fun for yourself.

see what happens if you shift something major about ur main characters - gender, wealth, superpowers. or if you change point-of-view. or if you kill everyone in a big explosion. do NOT edit anything before this or after it. often these little weird one-off exercises teach me what interests me about what i'm working on. it is never what i thought. plus it is a fun way to add like 1k words.

stretch.

it's for fun and for practice. stop doing that project if it's giving you anxiety. once my nano was literally 50k words of half-started stories. just things i tried and tried and tried and wasn't able to flesh out. oops. but i am now 50k words of a better writer.

add dragons?

read books/listen to books on tape/etc. people often make the mistake of "buckling down" to just write. you need inspiration. you need to like. fill up on words. you need to remember how it feels to lose yourself in a story.

i don't have the time or space to really talk about this in this post but a lot of creative people turn to drugs/alcohol because it can help you be more creative. this is harmful, and walking a blade that only cuts deep. if you notice you and your loved ones are turning more to substances, please know i love you and i hope you are able to get help soon. i feel like this almost never gets mentioned because it's kind of a hazy underbelly to art. you are always more important than the work.

on that note. drink your fukin. water.

don't talk about a story until you've finished it. once you tell the story, it exists already, and isn't about discovery. i usually have a very canned "haha we'll see" response.

grapes :) tasty snack.

i love you be free.

#edit: the command not to talk about it is from personal experience! #i have heard Otherwise in the tags so i will edit to say: #if you've noticed that you tend to like Talk A Lot about ur piece but never WRITE it - #consider voice-to-text #also #u might be like me and ... need to figure it out on the PAGE and not OUT LOUD #i am often an auditory processor so i wont tell people specifics but i'll be like #huh. so i have a character who is in love .... and they don't know it #and my friend will be like ''oh they should kiss' and meanwhile #somehow #saying it out loud im like #yeah thank u ur right the dress SHOULD be purple that's what the problem has been <3 #idk!!! it's up to you!!! my suggestion is to say LESS until you know for a FACT that saying MORE works better for you #-- always better to slowly unspool in ur exploration of that #than to accidentally talk too much and get Bored Of Project #idk idk idk #i have adhd so every book surprises me bc im like #wait where did any of this even COME FROM #and whatever little gremlin in my brain that writes is like :) #''heyyy girlie.......'' #WHICH IS A LONG WAY TO SAY: #i didn't know about Not Talking About It as an option until i'd ruined a few projects!! #but there are people who need to do the other thing!!! and i love us both!!!! #wow brains are so funny!!!!

[eriexplosion]

This Caturday I would like to invite you all to look upon my very beautiful son Motorboat. Please admire his dumb idiot face and stupid stubby tail and single hopeless brain cell - featuring a special appearance from my late old lady Blaire.

If you listen really hard to these pictures you may even hear the wind whistling through Motorboat's empty little skull, kind of like the ocean in a seashell.

#caturday #my beloved gremlins #eri talks #yeah I'm paying ten bucks to make people look at him what OF IT

[wandixx]

Dani gives people heart attacks and brings down a lot of trafficking rings, making friends along the way. Everything by accident, really

Dani traveled around world, hadn't she? While doing it, she had to meet a lot of interesting people.

Like heroes or villains.

In civies or not or both who knows.

But to actually learn things about someplace you have to spend more than one night there. Like, idk? Month? Probably more but I doubt she would be able to sit in one place for any longer. In many places she is shorter.

Month is long enough to create some connections though.

Enough to get someone to realize when you disappear...

Yeah, Dani on her way of gremlin and self discovery ghosted bunch of people without second thought. They'll probably forget her in few months anyway. And she was everywhere in USA. She didn't left American soil only because she didn't want to be too far from Danny in case of emergency. Before anyone tells me he was in space so he could fly to her wherever on Earth she would be, Earth's atmosphere ends about 100 km above sea level and officially this is border of space. Telecommunication satellites are between 8000 to 12000 km up. It's about how wide Atlantic Ocean is.

Plus y'know, time. If she needs help, she probably can't quite wait until he flies all the way to Hong Kong, Wladywostok, Rio de Janeiro or wherever she is.

So America it is. For now at least. When they're 100% sure she is stable she'll fly elsewhere.

Anyway people who she ghosted are used to batshit crazy stuff but "this tween is alone on her road to self discovery and just left for new city" isn't first thing anyone thought about. Maybe outside of Martians. They know. Everyone else? No idea what happened to this tiny, chaotic, snarky, probably meta child.

First thought though?

She got kidnapped.

So now 3/4 of Justice League, some individual heroes and bunch of less intense rogues are scrambling around their cities tracking every trafficking ring they found glimpses of, trying to find Dani.

Flashes work with Captain Cold on this and seem to slowly descend into madness. At the same time, Dani eats ice cream with nice museum lady from Washington who introduced herself as Diana. Then she helps at animal shelter with kind stuck up boy called Damian. Oh, Danny likes aliens, let's visit Martian Manhunter. Maybe she'll manage to get autograph for her template. Wait Space Cops? Kinda sucks but Danny would probably like their signatures too. Let's go. Oh, Superboys are fun mess with and older one is like her! This Nightwing guy puns like Danny but she always feels like he looks at her weirdly. Billy should eat more, magic or not, fighting is tiring. Good thing she has Sam's money to buy him burgers.

She has time of her life while people she met are slowly dying.

She probably doesn't even hide that she is traveling but for whatever reason they don't think she actually left.

They don't bring it up on any meeting because no matter how concerned they are, it's not really whole league type of business. And Martians just discreetly enjoy chaos.

There is a lot of ways it can get resolved (or not) but I kinda thought about Jon introducing his old buddy Damian to his new buddy Dani because he thinks they would get along and they just stare at each other for long moment before:

"Dani..."

"Dami!"

"WHY DID YOU LEFT WITHOUT A WORD! WE THOUGHT YOU WERE KIDNAPPED OR DEAD!"

Some screaming and revelation that Killer Croc was looking for her too, Dani hits moment of realisation.

"Wait, is this what people think when you just up and go?"

"Honestly? Yeah"

"Oh, Ancients I did this to so many people. So many..."

Idk, just Dani traveling and leaving people behind.

Do with it what you will

#dp x dc #dpxdc #dc x dp #dcxdp #nobody really questions why Martians brought popcorn to Watchtower meeting because their stretch to thin between attending said meeting #and wondering where this tiny gremlin disappeared #it would be kinda histeric to me if she visited some cities few times but met other people #like first time in Gotham she bothers Jason and pets hienas #then few months later she has brawl with killer croc and becomes Duke's kibda sidekick for a week #then she smacks Joker and volunteers at animal shelter with Damian #and somehow they don't connect it #or they do and think she repeatedly gets kidnapped and escapes but doesn't leave the city because something #only hope flashes have left at this point is that she didn't show up in morgue #they actually consider running back in time to save her #also #some heroes and villains heard some thing and they *preparing weapons* #just want to talk with Vlad #just talk they promise #idk just enjoy and spread the chaos #have a nice day dear stranger who got to this part

[chirpsythismorning]

Thinking about the time Tom Holland spoiled the date and poster for Infinity War 'unintentionally', even though it was very clearly a bit done by a professional actor... and even still poorly at that! Just look at how he dramatically has the CONFIDENTIAL DO NOT SHARE facing the camera, only to turn it over to look at it, flipping it back upside down while pretending to read it...

remind you of anyone...?

hint

#stranger things #byler #noah #i'm talking about noah #full serious noah would not be out here talking about s5 and even going as far as to reveal he's got scripts... #unless he was given the okay to #or more specifically advised to be absolutely chaotic #tom was so well known for spoiling that it literally became a bit they used for marketing #the same thing is happening with Noah rn... #noah 5 days ago: i'm gonna get in trouble! #noah just tonight on twitter: I love my fans so much how did i get so lucky #dude is on cloud nine rn he is not the least bit in the duffers basement #he is in the penthouse #Noah is fully capable of not spoiling anything genuinely #while also having permission to still be an absolute gremlin with the guise of spoiling things unintentionally #it's hilarious honestly #he's even acknowledged the fact that people refer to him as the tom holland of ST... #like come on now

[otaku553]

The passage of time

#ocs #wee hoo they return! #got talking with some friends about oc lore and so yeah here they are #my friend asked if they moved to New York in the second pic ;v; #the answer is no they just got promoted and are all sad and not communicating properly with each other #I love the idea of the xieran being cot’s moral backbone because neither of them care that strongly about other people lmao #also love cot carrying all of his gremlin energy into adulthood #except now with 10x the devious and sly underhanded tactics #thinking a lot about the passage of time after starting aa4

[infodumpingaboutnature]

So a new species of dinosaur was just discovered and uh……. They named it Gremlin. Gremlin slobodorum…….

So Gremilin slobodorum is a species of leptoceratopsid ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the Campanian stage of the Cretaceous period around 77 million years ago. Its fragmentary remains were first found in the Oldman Formation in Alberta, Canada and were originally thought to have belonged to a different genus of small ceratopsian called Cerasinops since their remains have been found in rock layers around that same age.

(Cerasinops compared to a modern house cat. Art by cisiopurple on Deviantart)

However, it was just recently discovered to be a completely new genus and so it was given the name: Gremlin slobodorum. The genus name “Gremlin” obviously refers to the mischievous mythical creature while the species name “slobodorum” is in honor of Ed and Wendy Sloboda who were both involved in the discovery of the holotype specimen.

If I’m being honest I don’t really like the genus name of this dinosaur. Like I’m all for extinct creatures having names inspired by mythology but just calling it Gremlin feels lazy in my opinion. Like it does look like a Gremlin but maybe Gremlinsaurus or Gremlinceratops would’ve been better names. But despite its uncreative (in my opinion) name I still think it’s a pretty cool dinosaur and can’t wait for more paleo art of this guy to start popping up. Also, no hate to the people who named this genus or if you like the name. I just wish it wasn’t just called Gremlin. Who knows maybe the name will grow on me.

#paleontology #dinosaur facts #new discoveries #new species #new dinosaur #animals #science #dinosaur #gremlin #gremlincore #unintelligible gremlin noises #nature facts #dinosaur love #i just want some way to be able to tell when people are talking about the dinosaur and when they’re talking about the mythical creature

[gremliinsart]

...I forgot I had this drawing KFHDJNS

This was supposed to be part of a bunch of other doodles but then I forgot so ig I'll just post this by itself lmao

I can't remember what the original context of this was besides Night Bear meeting Naughty Bear and how that interaction would go

I could write like...a whole paragraph about these two actually but I'll just leave it here.... :)

#art #digital art #gremlins art #care bears oc #care bears #oc: Night Bear #naughty bear #does anyone remember this game? i know people mostly know about it through debby delight but does anyone actually remember the game itself? #tbh? he deserved better #we love our overly agressive king #au where she landed on paradise island when she fell from care a lot lmao #he gets a friend and she doesn't have to be preyed upon by no heart! win! #I should talk about her more... she's everything to me tbh #anyway

[smalltimidbean]

I should really post Peppino's sisters at some point, they still don't have names like 9 months after I made them kjfdgjkdfg

I was keeping them secret for a reveal on Pep's blog, but I doubt we'll get there anytime soon, so why not! But also Scary!!!

I have so many PT OCs that I have not shown yet - and that are not clones - help khjfdjlkdsfg

#bean talks too much #or like not posted about much #there's just so many guys in my head I need them out!!! #for some reason I get nervous to post non-clone guys #maybe bc they're related to canon characters and people won't like them #and no one really asks about the non-clone guys any way #but all that's probably just the gremlin in my head making me sad #I do appreciate all the love on my silly guys clones or not #and I still love all the clones too of course - I would not have so many if I did not jkfgdkdf #I am in a weird mood bc there is an angel in here and it's freaking me out jkdfgkj

[lauronk]

when it’s that perfect gray weather for couch with book or writing fanfic

but you have to go to a dumb work event instead and interact with people

#helpful tip: don’t become the outreach person at your job if you’re an introvert #i got this job by accident #and now i have to talk to people constantly #when i should be bundled under blankets with tea in the dark like the gremlin i am

[daily-oliver-swift]

With taking a break from drawing Oliver everyday and all I think I might continue on my cosplay of him tomorrow because Ive been seriously putting it off and I have Saturday and Sunday off work

#the gremlin speaks #im feeling a bit better now i was just seriously going through it wednesday and thursday 😭 #i might take the rest of the weekend off drawing oliver and resume my daily art on monday #my mental healths kinda weird normally i feel kinnda fine #for the most part at least #and then itll just randomly drop and ill feel like i have like no control over it at all #but i talked to some people about it and im gonna call up a doctor soon and hopefully get into therapy #not to vent or anything btw just kinda explaining whats going on with me

[dice-n-antlers]

I love Astarion in an EXPLICITLY bisexual gremlin she/they kind of way.

#bg3 posting #astarion ancunin #baldur's gate 3 #i am rotating him in my mind #24/7 like a hotdog forgotten on a microwave turntable #I am beyond help #to clarify: *I* am the bisexual gremlin this post is referring to #I’m talking about the way i experience attraction #Astarion is pansexual #per both his writer and VA #it’s a small difference but an important one #since people want to ‘well actually’ me on a goofy little textpost

[asparagusgremlin]

Why the fuck have i not seen any nanako drawings where she's older and has her own persona HUH? Have i just not scrolled art of her enough?? I NEED IT! I NEED TO SEE HER RAGE!!!

#PLEASE!!!!!! #I'd kill for shit like this #so many people agreed that haruka should have grown up to be fighting bitches on the street why isnt there anyone saying this for nanako!!! #might do it myself >:( #gremlin talk #p4 #persona 4 #nanako dojima #edit hi people seeing this post im actually working on this :) i will be posting it eventually #gremlin nanako au #tagging this with that now in case other people see it and want to scroll the like 1 or 2 other posts in that tag on my blog

[mansplainmanipulatemalewife]

I think the reason I like oldboy so much is because deep down I too an a bitter old queen

#yes I'm barely in my 20s what's the point #i mean part of it is also that i want to fuck that old man (thank you alex for the fic <3) #but also i love to complain about everything and all of my writing is fuelled by going on AO3 and dramatically going ''this is all dogshit'' #even though it all rules and I've read all the fics like 12 million times #but i get grumpy about it not being exactly the characterisations and ships and tropes (?) I like and therefore my brain has a strop #i still love it though please do keep making art & fic and stuff it's all wonderful #my brain is just a nasty little gremlin that occasionally needs to get beaten with a stick sometimes #though at least i don't immediately go online and start publically talking shit about people who #don't write exactly what i want how i want it #which is a totally neutral statement and definitely not referring to any one individual in the fandom hahahahaha #what was i talking about #oh yeah anyway if you ever want to talk shit about anything my DMs are open and my anons are on I love that shit <3 #uhhhh #disco elysium #jules pidieu

[mendely]

Sassy TF Marvel UK Flywheels with Yorkshire accent my beloved

#loved him in this old comic I miss him dearly #HE EVEN SOMEHOW BROUGHT TRYPTICON TO HELP MAGNUS AND CO FIGHT THE ZOMBIES??? #maccadam #transformers #marvel uk #80s comics #ultra magnus #flywheels #I wish more people talked about him here. he helped out the autobots. he's a gremlin. he's a good egg

[fanvoidkeith]

my deadname: *is constantly misspelled for being relatively "unique"*

my current (main) chosen name: *is misspelled pretty much the same way every time because it's a "common" name*

#void keith talks #silly gremlin thoughts #trans #transgender #enby #nonbinary #there's nothing wrong with people misspelling my names #i just think it's funny the amount of ways that people used to misspell (and still do misspell) my deadname #there's only so many ways “keith” can be misspelled lmao

[heloflor]

Pretty amused by the Wapeach/Warupeach design reveal because, being someone who mainly recognizes people and characters by their hair, all I can think of when seeing the original sketch is "Rosalina's teenager phase".

#Super Mario #Wapeach #Warupeach #Mario Power Tennis #Flor talks #yes it's bc of the bangs on her eye #especially since the og sketch doesn't have her hair color; unlike the 3d model where she does look less like Rosalina as a result #and if you're wondering I find that design very cute but it doesn't work as a 'Wa' design #where's the sharpness ? where's the cartoonishly evil vibe ? #like if they want to make her a kid sure why not; but at least make her a gremlin ! #(on that note I love seeing people play with her design to make her more like War/io and Walui/gi) #in a way she reminds me of Ash/ley who is supposed to be dangerous to an extent #but I'm literally incapable of taking her seriously as a threat due to how adorable she is