#they’re so grossly in love I hate them

[caspervi]

Jegulus “engagement photoshoot” commission ⭐️

#jegulus #james x regulus #sunseeker #starchaser #regulus black #james potter #they’re so grossly in love I hate them #jegulus commission #imagine being happy and in love I wish they were dead oh wait they are #I’m just kidding I cry every night over them #marauders era

[cerealmonster15]

bros don’t put that “hamsters are connected to having fate of gruesome death” post on my dash I don’t wanna SEE IT ❌❌❌

#they’re living breathing creatures just like a dog or a cat #when you take on a pet you’re supposed to care for it !!!! #it relies on you for care and safety and comefort!!! #horrifying hamster deaths aren’t funny and they shouldn’t be so common #it’s common bc hamster care is so grossly misinformed even by pet store workers !!!! #joking about hamster deaths is so fucking weird!!!! #no one would laugh if you talked about a dog that way!!!! #so why is it ok when it’s a rodent!!!!!! #it’s horrifying and it’s cruel and I hate that people treat it like it’s no big deal #people in the notes are like ‘people are so mad we are joking about this’ LIKE NO SHIT ???? #<- me getting baited #whatever it makes me so heated #like for the love of god that’s not a normal thing #it happens bc either ignorance of care or just straight up irresponsiblity #like people put hamsters on kids as an ‘easy starter pet’ and it’s awful #even I had hamsters as a kid and I made a lot of mistakes and bad choices #bc I didn’t know any better and good hamster care is not so common knolwedge #but even then my hamsters didn’t have a horrible crazy death #like I still did some research and I loved them so much #it’s just so fucked uppppppppppp that people treat it like a funny joke #cause they’re small???? i guess???? #like fuck off why don’t people get defensive about hamster care like they do cats and dogs #<- I do i get defensive lol #ok im distracted I just needed to scream bye #i know people just don’t realize or know any better sometimes but. it’s upsetting !!!

[fidelishaereticus]

so, old news obvious news blah blah, but i keep seeing people not getting this about my girl gideon nav so have to say: i think at first blush, people get the impression that Harrow’s got all the convolutions and layers and hidden vulnerability whereas gideon wears her heart on her sleeve and is just brazenly herself (a loveable rowdy himbo) & that’s the contrast. and yes, that’s there, but that’s not all. that dynamic itself is a part of their mutual (codependent) front, and like everything else in this book, it gets peeled back. 

i think the real contrast is that they’ve both got masks, and those masks are complimentary. they’re both kids who never got a childhood. they grew up tortured in the same place from very different angles with no one but each other to butt heads against. they both had to play-act grown up versions of themselves with few models for what a well-adjusted adult even looked like. so it’s cartoonish. gideon is the plucky hero of her own adventure story that will totally have a happy ending some day, far far away from her nemesis whom she’s totally not in love with. harrow meanwhile (to grossly oversimplify) has to imagine herself as someone cruel and cold enough to cope with being alive at the price of 200 other people. these two things fit very well together. gideon can play the hero to harrow’s villain, and harrow can enact cruelty toward gideon to make herself feel strong and mean (and generally just to vent anguish). the way they hate one another is a kind of mutual protection - it re-enforces the self-image that each of them needs to get through the day. but that’s the coping mechanism. harrow the ruthless bones overlord. gideon the hapless swords idiot, who thinks of nothing but tiddies & sweet sweet vengence (harrow’s corpse in various states of disgrace ) all day. and behind that they’re both tearing apart at the seems beneath caricatures of themselves that are deeply unsustainable and neither of them feels safe letting on the extent to which that’s the case. their hearts are a goddamned mess. neither of them is wearing that shit on their sleeve.   so yeah, there’s a lot more to gideon than being a swords himbo but that’s not the wild thing. the wild thing is she’s so convincing that she somehow manages to sell people on her no braincells act while being the pov character of entire first novel.

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#[whispers] she doesn't want you to know she has enough braincells to feel trauma] #gideon nav #gideon the ninth #tlt #the locked tomb #come on guys #the himbo act is from the heart and that's why it's so convincing #but she's got a lot of other things going on and the scary thing is #she's capable of burrying them much deeper than harrow has ever managed to bury anything #if she ever decided to go Full Awful it would be truly terrifying & i think we're supposed to Feel That #[spreads hands at both gid's parents] #she's very like both of them and that should be an uncomfortable thought

[kdinjenzen]

Now I'm curious WRT how 'Barbie' didn't hit for you.

I’ll say this first. If you liked the movie, I’m happy for you and I’m not here to tell you to hate the movie. I’m glad you enjoyed it and hope you continue to enjoy it.

That said… this movie was NOT for me and I did not enjoy its story at all. I loved the set design, costume design, the performances, the music, the dedication to creating the world, all that stuff was great.

The plot itself. It felt circular without actually purposefully dealing with the issues it tried to talk about.

The fact that Doctor Barbie, who is trans, is the one who is told to “go seduce Ken by telling him you feel don’t feel pretty” - as if this isn’t something that leads to violence toward trans women in the real world and also why her to be the one who doesn’t feel pretty? Wtf?

The Kens of Barbieland are basically all losers, are grossly incompetent compared to Barbie, treated poorly, and our main Ken (aka Beach Ken) has severe self worth issues… so naturally all the Kens become the villains and are able to overthrow all of Barbieland later on in the movie by doing …. they never explain how. Somehow a world full of, and built by, the most capable women ever are overthrown by like 20 dudes who they treated poorly and who aren’t very smart. Beach Ken’s root problems are only barely resolved and none of it feels meaningful.

Gloria and Sasha, the human characters who work with Barbie to fix Barbieland, are just as much caricatures and tropes as Barbie herself. Sasha, the daughter, is a mean Gen Z who just openly lashes out at Barbie (a stranger), and everyone else who is actually nice to her, for no reason. Gloria is “a sad mom who pretends to be happy” but they never explain why at all, it’s assumed that it’s because “she lives in a patriarchy”, but the only person who’s directly mean to her in the film is… her daughter.

Gloria gives a speech to each Barbie, individually, to snap them out of the Ken’s brainwashing (which like AGAIN how did that happen? It makes no sense at all and just confuses me) - the speeches are not empowering at all, they’re just about how women in the real world suffer a double standard on how to exist and SOMEHOW with all those depressing revelations thrown at them it… restores their self-confidence/self-worth and undoes the brainwashing?

Weird Barbie, whom everyone says is ugly and gross and they have violent “EW!!!” reactions to her face, is played by Kate FUCKING McKinnon. Meanwhile Stereotypical Barbie, while having an ugly cry breakdown about (again) not being pretty anymore, is played by Margot FUCKING Robbie. A fact that the movie points out as “the wrong casting choice to have this scene and cast Margot Robbie as Barbie saying she’s ugly.”

I heard so much about how it was a “queer positive movie” but there’s nothing queer about nor really in the movie. So it got to cling to the rainbow and scream “allyship” and everyone praised it for essentially doing nothing.

Everyone is like… mean? Everything feels so mean and mean spirited. It’s supposed to be very tongue in cheek, very snappy and quick, and everyone has a comeback for every situation but… it just really feels like everyone is just being mean for the sake of being mean and it makes moments where you’re supposed to feel sympathy for any character just drop immediately when they say the rudest shit ever for literally no reason.

They talk about Midge, aka the pregnant woman in the Barbie line, and then say “no don’t look at her anymore, she’s weird and creepy” … which AGAIN feels like that statement undercuts the point of women empowerment that the movie wants you to take away from watching the film?

It tries to balance jokes and seriousness in a way that undercuts the message of “society is kind fucked up and broken” that they’re trying to talk about. The “good guys” are also constantly mistreating other people, the “Barbieland bad guys” became bad by going to the real world and leaning “patriarchy”, the “Real world bad guys” literally do nothing except take up movie time for random gags and really don’t service the plot at all, and as much as it’s like “TAKE THAT MAJOR CORPORATION” at every turn… the movie was fully approved by Warner Bros Discovery AND Mattel… so it’s never actually going to say anything worthwhile about corporate greed and corruption without putting on kiddie gloves to do so.

The only person who I felt true sympathy for, understood their reasoning, and felt they deserved a happy ending was ALLAN, aka Ken’s Best Friend, who is treated equally like shit by basically everyone in the film. Allan points out that Barbieland and the Real World both kinda suck, how life is only just slightly more miserable there after the Ken’s took over, and how he just “wants to run away” and when given the chance does so, only to defend Sasha and Gloria from a bunch of Ken’s single handedly and telling them to “get out while they can”… and then is subsequently brought back to Barbieland by Sasha and Gloria to fix everything and… AGAIN none of this pays off because Allan’s purpose is dropped immediately when they get back to Barbieland. And Allan is played by MICHEAL CERA. I feel like I’m losing my mind at this point.

It feels like the movie wants to talk about the issues women face in all walks of life, but is never able to punch hard enough to make that message matter nor stick. It talks around gender issues, self worth issues, and problems in society without actually saying something real about them. The meanness of all the dialogue makes me really not care about pretty much anyone in the movie because… man I’m just so fucking tired of everything and everyone having to be “mean” in movies to prove a point.

The movie ends with a gynecologist appointment.

I dunno what to tell you. The plot is “not for me” and I didn’t really connect with anything.

The movie just made me sad and disconnected because of how much everyone praised it, saying it “made me proud to be a woman” or “it’s inventive, immaculately crafted and surprising mainstream films in recent memory - a testament to what can be achieved within even the deepest bowels of capitalism.”

And it didn’t feel like that for me at all.

Maybe it’s because of all the “that’s womanhood” talk throughout the movie. Because I’ve had so many women in power give me that speech after I came out as trans only to be abused directly by them in the same way that they said men abused them all while I was still ALSO being abused by the same men who abused them too. So like YIPPEE this fucking SUCKS and it was kinda trauma triggering!!

Maybe it’s because I’ve worked in the entertainment industry for 17+ years and know how stuff like this gets made and how many corporate approvals you need for it to make the “take THAT major corporations and CEOs!” jokes land like a dead fish on the floor. The people they are directly calling out said “yes, this level of joke at the expense of our richness and power is okay” and that’s the ONLY reason any of those moments are in the movie. So it doesn’t even really fucking matter, it’s all manufactured, it’s all there to make you feel like it’s doing something when the people with all the power just allowed it to happen. It’s not a “win” or a “heavy blow to their ego”, they literally don’t care.

So I DUNNO, this movie kinda just made me feel depressed and made me remember how badly I had been treated by people after coming out regardless of that person’s gender. The movie felt mean in a way that was too “on the nose” and real for me but then praised most of the characters for their mean actions or words.

[femmedefandom]

so aside from Bill and Charlie, I don’t actually like any of the Weasleys (talking book canon, not fanon or movies). most share a naive binary « you’re with me or against me » mentality in which they are always in the right/have the moral high ground and can be prejudiced or outright cruel to those who oppose it. from major ideological disputes to differing opinions and interests, if you don’t agree, then you’re not worth their time or affection. or they’re just not wonderful people.

Arthur: this is a man who is so grossly incompetent that after years working in an office specializing in muggle artifacts, he still has no idea how muggle life works or even how to pronounce basic words. treats muggles like fascinating creatures to be studied, not humans, despite having vague ideologies about supporting their existence. operates as a supporting act to his wife, not as a united front. had more children than he can afford to support on his salary. raised those children to believe all Slytherin are evil.

Molly: majorly judgmental and passive aggressive woman who wields her love and approval like a bait and switch for her children. so smothering that every single one of her adult children got out ASAP. claimed a literal 14/15 year girl was a harlot based off rumors and completely discarding years of friendly relations. despised her first son’s fiancée for having the audacity to be beautiful, French, and disagree with her opinions. cut all contact with Percy when he joined the ranks of the ministry/not wanting to die for Dumbledore’s cause that seemed under manned and outmatched, despite him giving no indication that he was involved with DE. had too many children to give appropriate attention, care, and support to, leaving them to feel neglected and not worthy.

Percy: stuck up snob yes, but I don’t think his ambition is necessarily a bad thing considering he grew up without a lot and wants différent for himself. What he is is sort of tunnel minded in thinking that just because he doesn’t outright support DE, that his work in the clearly corrupt ministry was doing any good. Following the law is right in theory but not all laws are fair. He swung too far in the other direction when he could have used his position to warn people about policies set up to hurt them.

Fred & George: for those who like them, they’re wonderful and brilliant pranksters down for a good time any time. But they turned their brother’s teddy bear into a spider in his arms giving him lifelong trauma. Relentlessly terrorized Percy in the name of a joke (that he was the butt of and never enjoyed). stuck that Slytherin kid Montague in such a life threatening situation that he had to risk untested apparition to get out and survive and laughed about it. Boo-d literal children who got sorted into Slytherin and set the tone that a sorting out of their control was enough reason to be mocked and degraded.

Ron: wants everything but doesn’t work to get it. He complains when he’s not the best but you don’t see his efforts to improve. Loves being Harry’s friend but hates being « Harry Potter’s » friend and takes that frustration out on him. Always willing to assign everyone the worst motivations from outsiders like Viktor to any Slytherin to his best friends Harry and Hermione. He’s just really petty.

Ginny: has a celebrity crush on a kid at age 10 and holds onto that for years despite very limited interaction with the person in question, which is super creepy. like her mother, she hates on Fleur for having the audacity to be beautiful, French, and receive Bill’s love (apparently it is also her fault that guys in general are smitten with her). we’re told she received support and advice from Hermione about Harry and then when Hermione expressed concern that Harry didn’t agree with, Ginny immediately cut her down and invalidated that. not too much to go off with Ginny but with the little I read it’s not good.

#the weasleys #anti molly weasley #anti arthur weasley #anti fred weasley #anti george weasley #anti percy weasley #anti ron weasley #anti ginny weasley #look I’m not saying they’re all evil or anything #I just can’t stand when so called good characters don’t have their flaws acknowledged #you can still like them #but if you ignore the worst parts of them do you actually like the character? #or just your idea of them? #a well written character has reasons for crappy behavior #as all the weasley do…for the most part #but that doesn’t mean it’s okay

[lipglossanon]

so i guess my first few 💀 emoji anon being me wanting to get railed by Krauser and Leon and/or Chris is coming full circle because me i maxed out the amount of words you type in an ask for the fifth time 🫣

imagine reader goes camping in the fall, small little secluded campsite a good hike into a forest the locals said she shouldn’t go into and she does anyway. food goes missing, clothes go missing, miscellaneous liquids? on the trees around her campsite, so many little things so she’s concerned about someone being out there with her right,,, so she stays up one night and hears growling and grunting so she peeks out of the tent and sees a wolf like creature tearing open her bag of clothes she lost the other night, and the creature goes through her clothes to find her bra and smells it while his cock twitches and leaks,,,,, grossly fascinated with what she’s seeing she doesn’t realize another one has come up behind her and she screams when she turns to see what was breathing down her neck. crawling out of the tent she’s trapped between the two werewolves now and the one she watched go through her clothes slides his arms under hers and keeps her pinned to his chest while the other one spreads her legs and sniffs her cunt before biting her thigh making her scream and the one holding her laughs and says i think you should’ve been nicer Chris which the other one, Chris, just chuckled before going back to remove your shorts to lazily lap at your clit making you moan causing the one holding you to start marking your neck so you to rut yourself against Chris’s face making him pull away and move up to rip your shirt off saying i think i’d rather you take your time with her Leon before running off so you’re left alone with Leon and he’s absolutely feral marking you, humping your thigh, sucking on your nipples and using his teeth until they bleed you’re just entirely cock drunk before anything’s happened and he knows this as he watches you spread your legs as he strokes his dick a few times, thumb not been close to touching his fingers making you whine when he starts to stretch you out around him and when you try to scoot back he bucks his hips forward bottoming him out instantly making you bleed and scream causing a loud bark from the forest surrounding you as Chris returns with someone else while Leon whispers “maybe listen to the locals when you come out somewhere you shouldn’t be” the new one grabs your thigh and says “maybe put her on her side, let me have a turn” and he does just that putting you on your side both of them in each hole while Chris is fucking your throat and when they’re done they don’t leave and instead take you back to little shack where the new one, you heard them call Krauser says “i can’t believe the locals let her out here during mating season,” Chris agrees while Leon puts his phone away saying “the Full Moon should last another few days” and they should keep you there until it’s done while his eyes rake over your body covered in dried blood and bruises while the conversation becomes muddled as you feel yourself finally relax the last thing you remember hearing is Chris saying they shouldn’t be so hard on you tonight to which Krauser and Leon disagreed (obviously 🤭)

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(i seriously didn’t think it was that long but i got rid of four paragraphs 👀 and the red text blocks that show up when you max out the text for an ask feel condescending after the sixth time you try to type an ask and it’s still too long lmao but the other four paragraphs were them using her the next night and Leon taking her back to his place after it’s over and they make it a regular trip to meet up with the other two every mating season because there has to be one for werewolves right?)

💀 anon, you’re killing me 🥵 🥵

I love every single bit of this 😩 and they’re absolutely feral since it’s mating season and just 😵‍💫 😵‍💫

And I hate that there’s a word limit on asks cause I’d love to read all your thoughts on it 😭

Just this is a perfect storm of everything that I like 🤭 🤭 (Ive really been sitting on the fence about like a lycan!Chris and reader but idk if I’m ready to write a new RE character lmao)

And also! May I suggest the song Little Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (which I love lmao) and this more moody cover which is also phenomenal 🤭

#ask box #💀 anon #lipglossanon #lipglossanswers #werewolf!leon s kennedy #werewolf!chris redfield #werewolf!jack krauser

[fbfh]

steddingrove/three musketeers x reader dynamic hcs

warnings: smut, tripple penetration, fluff, they're all doms, your boys treat you really well, brief optional mention of reader posessing a coochie

as with all nsfw works all characters are aged up to 18+ minors for gods sake dni!!!

a/n: I want to bite all of them also emailing therapists again wish me luck

tags: @yesv01 @hopefullhearts @littlewinter1917 @thatawkwardlittlefangirl  @Sad-brunnettee @ilikemypolarbear @lubsana @cowboylikekelsey @hopefullhearts @thatawkwardlittlefangirl @ilikemypolarbear @Ronnasey @cowboylikekelsey @hxgemxscles @hopefullhearts @thatawkwardlittlefangirl @justbookworm @Sad-brunnettee @ilikemypolarbear @Ronnasey @hxgemxscles @demirunner @hopefullhearts @thatawkwardlittlefangirl @inqueee

Billy and Steve 

We've seen Harringrove in action 

We know what they're like 

Billy is kind of a slut

He's insane

And he brings out ALL of Steve’s competitive side 

They fight all the time with like a grossly sexual overtone to it yk

Steve is a soft, attentive, almost coddling dom 

Billy is a feral, smoldering, stupid horny dom 

They’re both so charming like jfc

They butt heads a lot, a small part of which is thinly veiled sexual tension

But there’s no one better to take out their thinly veiled sexual tension on than you

They work each other up through vaguely erotic competitive bullshit and then once they’re both really fired up, they turn their attention on you

Sometimes they fight over you

Who knows your body better

Who can make you cum faster

Who can make you cum harder

So of course they have to settle it with you in the middle 

All their focus is on making you cum as much and as hard and as many times as they can

And they both have plenty of experience in that area

They’ll also be completely caught up in how good you make them feel

That is the one thing they bond over

The one time they get along is when they’re getting you off

Steve and Eddie

We've also gotten to see steddie in action 

And when I tell you that they are both the flirtiest motherfuckers in existence 

Steve will have you blushing

Eddie will have you giggling 

They'll both have you a total horny mess 

Out of the three other them I think Steve and Eddie have the most opposite personalities 

So as stated in my steddie x reader headcanons they start off also very competitive but in a “wow I kinda hate this guy” way not in a shotgunning beer and seeing who can make you cum the fastest way like Billy and Steve

But oh my god they’ll bond real fucking fast over their mutual love for you 

More likely to tag team or take turns or pass you back and forth than go at you at the same time but they’ll still go at you at the same time once they get bored of that which will happen real fast 

They’re literally so caring too

They’re so attentive

If you are an attention whore they will actually be the death of you

If you’ve had a hard day you better believe Stevie will pull your back to his chest and have you sit all cozy on his cock while Eddie gives you head until you’re SHAKING

Steve might roll his eyes at Eddie’s nerd references and dramatic nature and eccentric tendencies

But he feels a deep camaraderie he knows is reciprocated when he and Eddie are both showering you with praise nonstop, making you squirm and whine and clench at their touch

And Eddie really feels like the playing field is level like this

With him, a social outcast, and Steve, the former king of their highschool working in tandem to make you cum until you’re so fucked out and overstimulated you can’t remember anything but your daddy and dungeon master

Billy and Eddie

HATE each other at first

After the initial "this buffoon is a monument to everything I hate" and "this guy?? I used to bully guys like this" 

I’m sure you can guess who says what

They both realize they actually have a lot of overlap with their taste in music

They start jamming out to metallica and ac/dc and motley crue and kiss

And they bond fast as fuck

They’re both so glad to have someone that they can not only talk to about music, but shares a ton of the same opinions and favorite songs????

Hell yeah!!!

They also realize they’re both very intense 

Billy’s is more fiery intensity 

Eddie’s is more passionate joie de vivre 

What do you expect he’s a manic pixie dream boy

And that intensity really solidifies that bond 

So when they team up

It’s less competition and more co conspiring

It’s also very good cop bad cop

Billy is a mean dom and Eddie is much softer

So while Billy is degrading you for taking Eddie’s cock so easily, Eddie is praising you for following Billy’s orders so well

A lot of whiplash

But definitely the good kind

Steve and Billy and Eddie

Aftercare kings

When you’re taking all three of them (which is a real feat)

Usually you have Billy in your mouth, Steve in your coochie/hands, and Eddie in your ass <3

Taking all of them at once is so much

But if you can handle it????

(which you can, they’ve trained you very well)

You will never ever ever want to go back

They are all dominant

They all have breeding kinks 

And they ALL love what a whore you are for them <3

Aftercare with all three of them is elite

They’re all naturally so good at aftercare, especially steve and eddie so they drag billy along with them yk

You have steve and eddie lying on either side of you with billy flopped on top of you pressing kisses to your face

You don’t know who’s kissing you, who’s caressing you, who’s playing with your hair or touching your neck but they’re all soft gentle loving touches from your boys and they fill you with the best feeling ever

You can feel all their hearts beating with yours, and they have you in this cozy little oven of warmth generated from your body heat mixing together 

They work so well together 

In and out of the bedroom

To make sure you feel loved and attended to all the time

You and Eddie go to Steve and Billy’s basketball games

You and Billy and Steve go to Eddie’s shows at the hideout 

You and Eddie and Billy surprise Steve at work

And they will all surprise you at work or your things yk

And jesus fucking christ you had scary dog privelages with one of them

All three???? At once????

You’ve never felt safer

Which is good because they do keep you safe

They’re good at keeping you safe and taking great care of you

And you take just as great care of them just by existing

They really do love you so fucking much

#steddingrove #steddingrove x reader #poly steve x billy x eddie #stranger things #stranger things x reader #stranger things x reader smut #steve harrington smut #billy hargrove smut #eddie munson smut

[missmeinyourbones]

hello bubby!!! 😚 was thinking about just one piece again and i wanna know your (dabi’s) thoughts on the following froot:

oranges, bananas, avocados (i’m guessing he’ll probably dislike the texture), and peaches! :-O

my baby love—the way you are the biggest just one piece supporter makes my heart grow three sizes!!! if it has 100 fans, you are one. if it has 10 fans, you are one. if it has 1 fan, you do the math <3 thank u for indulging my silly little thoughts about this silly lil fruit man

ok so oranges i think are middle ground for him but more towards a dislike if that makes sense. i don’t think he likes anything citrusy or sour, like he hates a fruit that if he takes a bite of it—it would make his face scrunch and send shivers down his spine (he’s a loser, i fear) he says it “tastes like how cleaning supplies smell”

i see him disliking both bananas and avocados for texture reasons. he hates soft mushy things (i also see them reminding him of hospital food / things he had to eat after his accident) he doesn’t like avocado bc it “tastes like nothing” and is grossly hipster / overpriced. he doesn’t like banana because it “contaminates everything it touches” like no matter what you incorporate it in, it’s flavor completely dominates the whole shebang. he’s very precise with his pickiness :/

however, i see him tolerating & borderline enjoying peaches!!! they’re similar to mangos in the way that they’re kinda smooth and sweet, not too sour or soft. sometimes he doesn’t like certain ones bc they’re “slimy” but most of the time he tolerates them—though he refuses to eat the skin (fuzzy and weird) and you need to cut it off for him. they’re one of the few fruits he will eat without commenting on

#DABI: fruit is gay #im gonna write a novel on his opinions of fruits #and dedicate it to you. yuna my beloved #l answers <3 #yuna baby <3

[transgenderer]

so um. i saw your post about terfs, and i’m a terf myself. more like radfem but ambiguous/iffy about transgender issues but not necessarily anti-transgender. (i was, in fact, kicked out of a terf group for arguing that we should not be needlessly hostile towards trans people and this showed that i’m not a real radfem or something.)

i gotta say, i hate a lot of fellow radfems bcs it feels like they’re people attracted to the ideology because they just want someone to hate or they instinctively feel disgust at trans people and decided on radical feminism as a post hoc rationalisation rather than arriving at the conclusions of the ideology authentically. radical feminism would be a way to justify their feelings without going against their self image as a progressive person, perhaps because they’ve been exposed to enough progressive messages that they dislike the idea of being a conservative or because they’re a woman or gay or black or poor or conservatives are hostile towards them in general.

funnily enough, a number famous radfems tumblr terfs like quoting, such as andrea dworkin, is trans inclusionary, so there is space for trans inclusion in a radical feminist framework. it does point towards the idea that most terfs pretty much go out of their way to shape an ideology around disliking trans ppl due to gut level disgust. terfs also rely on a lot of moral outrage without specifying in particular what is bad about something. they generalise a lot of outgroups, in particular men as stupid, useless, evil etc and avoid interaction to the point where they’ll choose the checkout counter with a woman there (its called “praxis”). never mind that women are just as bad as men in their own uniquely awful ways.

to answer your question, i’ll say that terfs are psychologically similar to right wingers, but the ideology itself is not similar at all beyond the superficial. and no, terfs are not aware of this, and critical analysis of the ideology tend to be received poorly or they’ll tell you to read The Texts or they’ll say that you’re not a radical feminist for long enough or not experienced enough.

i think the comment section saying that terfs are basically right wingers because they’re both reactionary is like. really bad. because it simplifies the diversity possible in the pool of opinions. in the interest of promoting critical thinking we should be encouraging nuance in opinion, instead of just calling left wingers with right wing vibes right wingers. its like saying communists are basically nazis because they’re both authoritarian. brushing aside terfs as right wing not just grossly misunderstand where terfs come from, it also fails to accurately identify why terfs are wrong or bad. if its not useful and not true, why say it?

i mean, i think *part of this* is like, what we mean by right wing. its not political wings are some objectively defined thing, but also i dont think anyone even really has a personal formal definition? its more family resemblance and social consensus. so i think theres an argument to be made that if it has right wing vibes it is, definitionally, right wing. but to the extent that the wings are also sort of genealogical or philosophical categories, i think terfs are definitely left on the former and pretty ambiguous on the latter. i appreciate your input tho, love an inside perspective

[mianmimi]

I was going to say "Happy anniversary to the ONLY Doctor Strange live action film" because I hate MoM, but... 838 Strordo is the gift that keeps on giving and also there were cute Wonrange moments in MoM. If my laptop wasn't busted, I'd make a supercut of MoM with just the good stuff and upload it to youtube or twitter. I'm not rewatching a 2hour film just for 10 minutes of goodies at most :/

The best part of MoM wasn’t even in MoM. It was in all the theories and fanon that came from those good ten or so minutes 🤣

Worange is grossly underrated! I can’t believe that they aren’t shipped as much as they should be. Actually yeah I can believe it cause fandom has a history of pairing white men together while ignoring the poc characters that their favs actually interact with. Thor/Heimdall, Ned/Peter, Sam/Bucky, Tony/Rhodey, Strordo, Wordo, Worange, etc….all should have gotten a lot more love than fandom gave them. Sorry for going on a tangent there. The pattern is just so blatant at this point it’s sad.

And YES 838 is absolutely the gift that keeps on giving 😍😆🥰🤣 And the gifts are all coming from fanon tbh. I’m still amazed how despite 838 Stephen and Mordo never sharing screen time, shippers have woven together a love story for them. Not only that, but we also profess hopes that they’re reunite somehow 🥹

I mean look at them

C’mon

They deserve happiness damnit! 😭 I need 838 Stephen to show up at the Sanctum and crawl into bed while Mordo’s already laying there. Can you imagine sweet Nonny? Mordo waking up to his love beside him again 🥹❤️ Or maybe he returns in a more dramatic fashion. Like saving Mordo during a fight and telling their enemy to keep their hands off his husband 😍

Honestly it’s so much fun to imagine the different ways 838 Stephen could reunite with his Mordo. Whether it be simple, sweet, funny, or dramatic and violent….it’s gonna be tearful and beautiful when they reunite.

Side note, I think 838 strordo has a huge appeal amongst strordo fans because they’re the closest we’ll get to strordo having a happy life together. Sure it’s completely fanon, but right now 838 strordo’s relationship is the closest we’ll get to them working/living together. And Mordo was clearly upset when 616 accused him of murder and told him he knew nothing on his world. Also there were little bits and pieces that imply that Supreme Strange and Master Mordo had a much better relationship than 616 Stephen and Mordo, for me it’s Master Mordo saying “I can see why YOUR Mordo didn’t like YOU very much.” For me that implies a distinction between the two dynamics.

#doctor strange #stephen strange #karl mordo #strordo #ask and answer #stephen strange/karl mordo #thank you nonny #otp feels #master mordo #strange supreme #supreme strange/baron mordo #supreme stephen/master mordo #earth 838 #worange #wongrange #wong/stephen strange #beloved baron #baron mordo

[queenie-the-writer]

heartstopper: a rant

don’t get me wrong i f*cking love heartstopper but i found some things problematic, specifically in the show and i need an outlet so here we are (don’t come @ me or i’ll come @ you *respectfully*)

ok. so. i read the heartstopper books 1-4 in two days and binged the show the second day. therefore, i got a pretty direct comparison between the two and found that a lot of the things that were handled beautifully in the books weren’t done so well in the show.

keep in mind, ofc i wasn’t expecting the books and the show to be perfectly the same bc ik that’s simply not possible. no hate to anyone who loves the show, don’t get me wrong i did too!!! i just feel like it’s important to point these things out bc some of them are just not ok.

1. SHOW NICK VS BOOK NICK

I. LITERALLY. LOVE. NICK.

i relate so much to his character and he is such a sweetheart. but to me, show nick came no where near as good as book nick. let me explain.

let’s start with book nick. he was always so nice and respectful to everyone, and wasn’t afraid to stand up for what is right. we can see some of these same qualities in show nick, although book nick didn’t care as much abt being seen with charlie.

there’s this one scene that i always come back to when making a comparison between these two versions of him. remember the scene in volume 2 when they’re at a rugby practice and charlie gets passed the ball(?) and then tackled? some of the dialogue is “sorry, charlie” and “i forgot you were so light” as charlie is dazed on the ground. next thing you know, nick is shoving past everyone and yelling “CHARLIE!”, then proceeds to help charlie up and away like they’re the only two people there. he also stays and helps tend to his injury.

this all happens a little bit differently in the show. ep 4, rugby against the buff team which quickly turns into rugby against the buff team in the pouring rain. also in front of a bunch of kids from school, including charlie’s friends. at one point, the dude with the ball(?) is running for the end zone(?) (sports lingo amirite) and charlie’s there and ofc now’s the perfect time to decide to tackle him but instead charlie basically gets punched and falls down. everything just kinda like stops and nick is just standing there like ten feet away from charlie on the ground for a solid five minutes as everyone starts leaving and what does he do? absolutely nothing. nick just watches as ppl help charlie up and away and i think you see my point right?

then show nick has the audacity to say he’ll go out with a girl he doesn’t even like in front of a crowd of kids from school. like, no no no sir.

anyways. book nick >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> show nick

2. CHARLIE IS HISPANIC, RIGHT?

i guess not in the show bc he’s kinda super white. not that joe locke didn’t do a terrific job with the role, but just a missed mark by the casting since i feel like that’s an important part of the diversity and rep of the series.

3. TARA AND DARCY’S PLOTLINE

imo, a big part of nick’s character development is because of these ladies and their experience with coming out, which was lost in the show since they were also still figuring it out. it also felt kind of unnecessary to change it so much in the show, but oh well.

omg but the shot of them dancing at the party with the lights >>>>>

4. ELLE OUTING CHARLIE AND NICK

this is my biggest point and the one i found the MOST problematic in this whole thing.

when someone decides to trust you with their sexuality and / or the privacy of their relationship, one of the most important rules to follow is DONT TELL ANYONE. it’s not your responsibility to tell others. everyone’s journey is different and it’s up to them how and when they want to tell specific ppl, even if they’re also a part of your life. ITS NOT YOUR JOB. it’s a huge crossing of boundaries and grossly disrespectful.

this wasn’t an issue in the books, which makes me wonder why on earth they did what they did in the show.

i believe it’s in the third book that charlie decides to finally tell tao about his and nick’s relationship. though tao is the last one to know, it was still charlie who initiated the conversation bc he was finally ready to trust tao again.

in the show, nick and charlie tell elle when they’re out on a triple date with tara and darcy while tao is away from the table. so now tao is the only one who doesn’t know and when he shares his suspicions with elle about nick and charlie, SHE DOESNT DO ANYTHING. doesn’t deny anything, doesn’t even try to switch the subject. she doesn’t do anything to protect nick and charlie’s privacy and that’s what gets me so worked up.

again, don’t get me wrong—i loved the experience of reading and watching heartstopper. i just thought bringing the things i noticed to light was important bc some of the things represented in the show are just not okay. imo, the books are 110% better than the show and i highly recommend reading and also watching the show. it’s a great easy queer read with lots of amazing rep!!!

#heartstopper #netflix #just ranting #lgbtq #lgbt books #show vs book #readers on tumblr #writers on tumblr

[danswank]

i do think the like popular thing being to rag on him is a bit much because personally when i dislike something i just keep my mouth shut and move on. however i do dislike brendon and the breaking point for me was when a bunch of shit came out about dallon leaving the band being very motivated by his wife being treated like shit to the point that she didn’t even come on tour anymore for how poorly and grossly she was treated by panic’s manager, who has been their manager since the very beginning. and that same guy has been called out for weird/gross treatment of fans a ton and brendon has always gone to bat for his weird behavior. so that was really what pushed me over the edge but it was something you definitely had to be pretty deep in the panic fandom at the time to have heard about in depth. and i was in deep infatuation with patd for a solid 2 years so yeah there’s that. i know a lot of people dislike him for sa allegations (a twitter thread and a tiktok iirc. sound familiar ?) and also for weird comments he’s made. and a lot of them date back to like 10+ years ago so those i’m like meh but he did as recently as like 2019ish casually drop a transphobic slur during a livestream and also casually dropped the n word while singing along to a song on stream as well. so yeah i See why people dislike him and have my own reasons for it. and i know u weren’t asking for an explanation really but. yeah. i agree with u in the sense that if they really hate him and think he doesn’t deserve a platform then stop namedropping him bc negative clout is still clout. and also that it feels like most of them don’t even know The Lore or why they’re denouncing him. and will add in that any twitter thread u read on “why brendon bad” Always includes “he sa’d ryan ross” which irks me to no end. because they’re referencing how they would like almost kiss and grope each other on stage and shit way back when. and claim it was non consensual and made ryan uncomfortable based on like 1 comment from a single circumstance from the time. and for me that aspect of it is just like At that point in time they were friends and bandmates and u are making a lot of assumptions to be making that claim and making ryan out to be a victim when it’s only really his place to speak on that. ok sorry i just have such a love hate relationship with panic at this point bc of brendon and ryan ross is my parasocial girlfriend. so yeah.

anon i just can’t fight the patd fight i can’t lol

#i have a lot of thoughts #but i think legally i’m only allowed to go to bat for one cancelled band and ig thats atl #but claire and i were having a great convo about how it’s so easy for people to act like ryan is perfect when he just simply hasn’t been #in the spotlight the way panic has #brendon* sorry lol #but truly not invested enough to debate strangers on the internet #yes i know all the stuff that went down with zack (zach?) and i’m just….. i don’t care #i encourage everyone to do their own research on the topic #i’m too old for this shit and i just collect cancelled bands like trading cards i hide in a box under my bed #answered ask #patd

[rolangf]

OH 13 + 14 + 22 for andie/sam pls xxxx

13: how do they react being away from each other?

they’re normal abt it. of course they miss each other a ton cs they’ve intertwined their lives with each other’s so tightly and there isn’t a lot they already don’t do together, but they really are normal when one is away from the other. however— that doesn’t stop them from acting like they’ve been apart for a hundred years when they do cone back to each other. it’s dramatic spinning hugs, it’s a long kiss in the middle of the foyer, it’s eye rolls and fake gags from nate if he’s there to see it.

14: is there anything they associate with each other?

sam associates hawaiian shirts with andie and will pick one up if he’s traveling and sees one she might like. and she does, every time. that hawaiian shirt he has on in lost legacy belongs to andie and she is so pissed that he took it and dirtied it all up. she’s not actually but she pretended to be mad as hell cs he looked better in it than she did

andie associates any of your typical annoying cheesy karaoke songs with sam. your piña colada song, your careless whisper, your eye of the tiger, etc. she puts them on a playlist and plays them loud as hell sometimes when she’s just bopping around the house doing whatever and he grumbles like “i hate this stupid song” but finds himself humming them the next day. andie pretends not to notice. one comes on somewhere that isn’t on the playlist and andie instantly is like “damn. gotta put this on the playlist.”

22: from the outside looking in, what is their dynamic like? 

they’re like. kind of grossly in love it’s almost sickening. nate and elena and sully end up used to it— elena is the least sick of it. she thinks it’s cute— but still try and pretend they don’t know them. like if you saw these two on the street you’re likely gonna see them attached at the hip in some way. it’s kind of the opposite of how you would present a relationship— in public they’re extremely affectionate but they’re so chill at home.

#they’re my projection couple cs i think that sam deserves to feel happiness after spending 13 years in PRISON #and he knows it. andie knows it. everyone knows it. so who am i to deny him #this is my au and i get to pick the disgusting level of in love these not real people are #oc: andie la croix #asks #thank u jackie UWU #🫶🏻 #jackie #x: gold rush

[moonrisecalamityretreat]

the words i lost || hanji| trial 3.6 || re: man.

It used to be so simple back then.

"Why don't you confess to him already. Idiot."

Taken aback, Hanji's breath hitches to a halt for a moment, and they almost choke.

"...What d'ya mean. Confess t'who."

"Your weird ass crush on...THAT."

Far from peaceful...

but better than this.

"Look at stupid fucking hair. He looks like an idiot. Why would you even have such a grossly massive crush on that?"

"It's a WIG!!!"

The past, with no doubt, was always better than this.

Any situation but this would be better than whatever the hell this all turned up to be.

Claws outturned, teeth gnashes, the worst insults you could imagine between two immature teenagers-- All there would be was harmless bickering. Annoying, sure, but harmless, and the two would walk off with no less of a scratch or two. But even with the conflict between them,

it was still fun.

Hanji kept it up because it was fun.

Hanji kept it up because

it was the only way they could get people to play with them.

They never hated Hisakata Imai. Even after so many scuffles, even after being the victim of his pranks, they never hated Hisakata Imai. Even now, even after everything he did to become public enemy, Hanji Ruzaki never hated Hisakata Imai.

N'or did they ever want to win against Hisakata Imai.

N'or did they ever want to win against anybody.

But was it so wrong to be selfish?

[♫♫♫]

Winning wasn't a good thing, and the journey to get there wouldn't always be a good one.

Just because Hanji fought so hard to push the right answer-- the answer given by the evidence itself-- it didn't mean that they were supposed to be happy about it. Persistent, sure, but not happy. Not satisfied. It felt gross to get there, and now with the right answer given to them, it only just felt disgusting.

28 whole years of their life, win after win after win, they started to get desensitized to the event, pushed to victory to the point where they started to hate it. People would always want to see how smart they were, and to see if they could beat such a smart person, while Hanji just wanted to play.

Checkmate. Sik wu. Mahjong. Tsumi. Their hands could be full of collected karuta cards, and they'd still be unhappy. And when they hold back in Go to prolong the fun, then those playing against them would be unhappy instead. People would take it as an insult, or would see it as condescending, assuming Hanji was toying with them, because no way a kid with 228 IQ could ever lose.

Hanji could say 'good game' genuinely, and anyone would think they're lying.

So if they said something here here right now... would Hisakata still think they're lying, too?

Even after everyone "won", would Hisakata still think they're lying to him?

Why does everyone have to win or lose? Was it so wrong to just want to play?

To just want to live?

Everyone else may have "won" the trial, but there was nothing to be won. There never was. No matter what option they chose, someone was dying either way. Everyone lost, and there were only losing conditions in the trial room. It all just came down to which loss was the most beneficial to go with.

But even with that conclusion... All of a sudden, in what should be a grim atmosphere, the trial room blossomed with love.

A love so mixed, so bittersweet, yet so tinted with the happiness and hope that they were able to enjoy Hisakata's presence while it lasted, holding dear the memories that would soon evolve into nostalgia. It never showed on Hanji's face, but they were always an extremely emotional person, and always sought to feel even more. And as they watched Loic embrace Hisakata, they couldn't help but... feel a sense of relief, with the undertones of jealousy.

Sure, he was going to die, but... At least he could at least die with closure. Die knowing he was loved. And if even now, Hisakata refused to believe what he was cared for, then they felt like a grudge was necessary.

Because how come Loic and Hisakata got to get last words in while Hanji didn't? Even after scorning sights of love in the game, they still won against them.

Still, the puzzler couldn't help but succumb to the swaying emotions of the trial room. Haku was one thing, Reimi was another, but for god's sake, Hanji knew Hisakata from highschool.

They then tried to understand him, and tried to plant a seed of self-love into him, and let the others do the work. Loic, Sayuri... Possibly maybe even Ikko. Mikazuki and Hotaru, and Yuriko, too. And now this was the final moment to see if that seed blossomed as big as the love that was scattered within the air they all resided in. A one last watering, if you will.

"God, you're weird and I mean it! Weird in a way that it's funny. I wish I knew you were like this back in school and I might have liked you more!"

And maybe had Hanji tried harder, they could've been better friends, and could have been a part of that list, too. Or maybe...

"I feel like... we could'a gotten along better had I wandered into yer bar first, instead'a here."

It was a shame Hisa couldn't get that revenge death he gushed so much about in the beginning. Hanji wondered if he would've actually liked that.

"I reckon is gunna get a lot less animated wit'out ya around... I hope y'still remember me sayin' that I do enjoy bein' around ya. Even if I did fuck up our shit durin' that moment. Y'were annoyin', but fun.

Ahhh... Not even I got th' heart t'say what might happens next."

Maybe it's the nostalgia of highschool hitting them, or maybe they were always this emotional; they couldn't tell.

"But whatever happens... at least y'got t'know that yer loved. Yer loved an' deservin' of love an' was always loved.

It made me a bit happy seein' ya at least respect yerself enough t'wanna fight t'live that bad. So much I kin'na wish ya kept goin'. You've come far.

It feels nice t'be treated like a human, in'nit?"

Hisakata Imai was never the monster he wanted everyone to see him as.

Hisakata Imai was always a human, with a life, with a soul, with feeling and emotions and a will to live;

a determined life now lost, hanging on by a thread-- hanging onto Rowan's arm-- due to circumstances unfair and unjust: an unwilling victim to despair.

And should Hanji be more emotional, more stupid, even, they would have considered voting wrong.

But they don't.

Hanji will always vote the one responsible to save themself.

Hanji will always choose the right answer to reach the end.

Hanji will get closure for Risumaru Tengoku in this hellhole of an airship.

Even if it did hurt to see love lose in a game once more.

#ch3 #hanji

[fbfh]

steve x reader x eddie hcs

wc: 1k

warnings: one mention of harringrove being "grossly sexual", brief making out, dustin has the brain cell as always

a/n: I just watched st4 vol2 and I DON'T LIKE THIS!!!!!!! CHRISSY WAKE UP!!!!!! also I started writing this after vol1 was released and it was before steddie was accepted as the ship name which is why steveddie comes up (which is terrible) anyway yeah love these boys love their dynamic going to fight the duffer brothers on sight /j

tags @yesv01 @hopefullhearts @littlewinter1917 @thatawkwardlittlefangirl  @Sad-brunnettee @ilikemypolarbear @lubsana @cowboylikekelsey @Ronnasey @the-snake-pit @inqueee

Ooooh girl

You thought harringrove was competitive??

Which like

They are

But harringrove is competitive in a very grossly sexual way

Their arguing is just sexual tension yk

But steddie????

(btw are we decided on that as the ship name bc I REFUSE to call them “steveddie” 🤢🤢🤢)

(it’s giving stevonnie but rancid??? Don’t like it)

Anyway Steve and Eddie kind of actually hate each other at first??

They have VERY clashing aesthetics

Even just their music

Steve can sing along to pretty much any pop song on the radio

Eddie has all of Iron Maiden's discography memorized 

And they scoff at each other’s music taste every time

They get none of each others references 

Which is especially bad for Steve because every time he misses one of Eddie’s nerd references Eddie’s like “I told you this guy has NO taste why are you letting him hang around??” in a way that makes you laugh and makes Steve a little pissy

Steddie are competitive because Eddie is very dramatic and always doing the most, and Steve is like “I can do that too, okay”

Steve won’t hesitate to roast Eddie a little either

“Yeah, well, at least I have better hair”

“...low fucking blow man”

Yeah Steve is competitive and Eddie is dramatic and NEITHER of them can back down from a challenge

You are the one piece of overlap holding them together 

Over time they start grow fond of each other 

Which starts with calling a truce over their shared affection for you

They’re watching you do something cute

Maybe you fell asleep on both of them, maybe you just did something really cute and on brand for you, maybe you’re helping Dustin with girl problems

But they’re both just staring at you, their love obvious to anyone in the room 

Including each other

They both kind of realize hey this guy likes you as much as I do

There’s a shared comfort that you have more than one person to take good care of you and love you like you deserve to be loved

They know you’ll never be lonely, you’ll always have someone there with you

So when Steve sees Eddie with his arm around you at his basketball games

Or when Eddie sees you and Steve giggling and talking a little too close while he’s setting up a dnd meeting 

It now brings a sense of comfort

You’re getting everything you need, all the time

And jesus fucking christ these boys are SUCH loyal bastards

So duh they’ll do whatever they need to to make sure you’re good

To make sure you’re being kissed and cuddled and smiling 

That you always have a hand to hold and someone to help you check items off the shopping list 

You really are the glue that held them together

And now they’re held together by their love for you and respect for each other

You’re probably going to have to remind Steve that he’s cool too

He won’t admit it but boy’s self esteem has PLUMMETED over the past few years

Sometimes he’ll go on these not so secretly self deprecating rants about how EvErYbOdY LoVeS a BaD bOy while he tidies up, dish towel tossed over his shoulder

And of course he’s not cool, he’s the babysitter who wore a sailor suit for an entire summer

PLEASE tell him you think he’s cool AND hot

And wink at him when you tell him you have a thing for babysitters

[cue making out noises]

And EDDIE????? Dear god

He has to stand next to Steve “the hair” Harrington aka the king of Hawkins High and not feel insecure?????

Yeah right

So you sit on his lap and twirl his hair and tell him how unique and hot he is 

And trace his tattoos while you talk too

[cue more making out noises]

Once they finally eventually get on the same page???? 

All three of you are co parenting dustin 

Whenever Steve and Eddie get on his nerves you just hear him yell your name from the other room

You enter with a sigh and before you can ask what’s wrong everyone’s yelling over each other

And Dustin is like “THEY’RE BEING DICKHEADS”

You get them to calm down 

Which doesn’t take much effort, you have a magnetic comforting presence and they all love being around you

And have him explain what’s going on

“...yeah guys that’s kind of dickheadish”

And later at night when you’re all cuddled up on the couch

You’re sandwiched between them watching the movies Steve brought back from family video 

Your head is on Eddie’s shoulder, cheek smushed against the soft, worn denim of his vest

You’re holding Steve’s arm, fingers intertwined

You’re not asleep

Not yet, not really

But you’re drowsy 

You feel them work together to tuck a blanket over you without moving you or waking you up 

You hear their quiet conversation under their breath about how great you are, how much they love you

That silent agreement to always keep you safe and happy and loved strengthens their bond in moments like this

Bonding over you

You’re not asleep yet, but you know you could be

You could let yourself fall asleep like this, squished up between their warm bodies and muscles while risky business or ferris bueller's day off plays in front of you, illuminating you in the flickering light of the screen 

And you would sleep so well

So deep and peacefully knowing you have your Stevie and your dungeon master there to take care of you

Just like they always have and always will

#stranger things x reader #stranger things #stranger things headcanons #stranger things poly #steve harrington #steve harrington x reader #steve harrington headcanon #eddie munson #eddie munson x reader #eddie munson headcanons #steddie #steddie x reader #steddie headcanon #steve x reader x eddie #eddie x reader x steve

[icinch]

8 Ways to Beat Writer's/Blogger's Block

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8 Ways to Beat Writer's/Blogger's Block

I like to write. Heck, to be honest I LOVE to write. Yet sometimes I hate it as well – like when I HAVE to write another newsletter and I’m thinking I just don’t know what to say.

That’s why I like to find ideas that jog me into writing, and I share them with you here. Because I know if I sometimes have trouble writing, then those who aren’t that fond of putting words to paper must sometimes prefer to get a root canal than write another article or blog post. So take heart, here are 8 suggestions that should get your typing fingers flying and your blog readers happy they stopped by your site.

Be impulsive. If you write on a frequent basis, then there should be a part of your brain that’s always on the lookout for ideas, rants, complaints, laughs, etc. When inspiration strikes, WRITE. Yes, right then and there. If you can’t, then at least make lots of notes for later, and at the first available chance sit down and type it out. You can always polish it up later.

Some of my best writing has been where I feel possessed of spirit and the words simply fly into my head of their own accord. It’s almost like magic, but if I don’t immediately type them out then I lose both the spirit and the enthusiasm, and usually the post or article never does get written.

So be impulsive and write the moment the spirit strikes. You may not even know at first where it’s going, but that’s okay. Odds are you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Question everything. Question authority, rules, the way things are and the way things are done. Always be asking yourself “Why?” Why are things this way? Why do we do it this way? Is there a better way? And so forth. Even if you don’t have the answer, sometimes simply asking the questions can make for a terrific post. Break rules. Above, we’re questioning rules, and this goes one step further. Is your blog about weight loss? We all know there’s a rule that you be kind to everyone, regardless. But sometimes people need tough love, and maybe your next post should be how grossly obese people need to sit down and write their obituaries because odds are really good that they’re not going to live all that long.

And before you send me an email telling me that I should not have said what I just did, I recently read a news story in which a doctor, a DOCTOR, told his patient to write his obituary and it was exactly what the guy needed to lose 376 pounds. So yes, sometimes it’s more than okay to break the rules.

Combine unlikely things. This is the peanut butter and chocolate trick, or the apple pie and cheese trick. Take two ideas, concepts, or whatever that normally do NOT go together, combine them and see what happens.

For example, if your website is all about how to raise money for non-profits, find out what the greediest people in the world do to acquire their fortunes, and then see how that knowledge might be appropriately used to raise funds.

Just write. I know I’ve mentioned this one before, but it’s so good I’ve got to say it again – just sit down and start writing, even if you don’t have a single solitary clue what you’re going to write about. Odds are the first few paragraphs will throw away nonsense, but soon something will emerge from your subconscious that’s been dying to get out. I’ve used this technique many times, and it seldom fails me.

Make an outline. If you’ve got your topic and you have an idea of what you’re going to say, then by all means make an outline. Once you’ve got it, just fill it in. And no, you don’t have to write it in order – pick a section of the outline, write that section, pick another section and so forth. Making the outline first is a dynamite way to then write quickly and nearly effortlessly. Plus you’ll get to see early if your idea is worth writing about or not.

Be crazy. Okay, so this crazy idea popped into your head, and you just KNOW that it’s silly, but what if? That is, what if it’s not so silly after all? We tend to dismiss our crazy ideas too quickly sometimes rather than see them through. And here’s something worth remembering – every great achievement started out as someone’s “crazy idea.” So go ahead, follow through and see what happens.

Chunk it. Write non-stop for a certain length of time, such as 20 minutes or 30 minutes, and then take a 5 minute break. Knowing that you cannot stop writing for that period of time makes you focus and get to work, and knowing you have a break coming up soon makes it all tolerable, even on days when you especially don’t feel like writing.

There you have it… 8 ways to beat writer’s/blogger’s block. Now get to writing, will ya! 🙂