[josherosvt]

one thing i've learned about myself is that i definitely have a TYPE.

[scruffylookingpiratecaptain]

I think people have truly lost any ability to be patient with storytelling.

‘I don’t understand this’ They’ll explain it if you wait.

‘I don’t like how this episode left things hanging’ There’s a continuation next week.

‘This character is flat’ Wait for them to be fleshed out.

So many of the complaints I see about shows lately are people being confused by things THAT THE SHOW WANTS YOU TO BE CONFUSED BY THATS THE FUN OF MYSTERY AND FORESHADOWING YOU ABSOLUTE GOBLINS THE MAIN CHARACTER IS ALSO CONFUSED AND THEYRE GONNA DO A BIG REVEAL AND EXPLANATION LATER IF YOU WOULD JUST FUCKING WAIT

[hooray4skeleton]

[fishyandclintbarton]

I love this for him so much 💜

[awed-frog]

For all my fellow oversharers out there.

[bokchoybussy]

As a chronic people-pleaser, this is my advice for success.

Offer as little as possible. Be terse. Get rid of all those exclamation marks and tidbits about why you want to take a sick day. State your needs clearly and concisely without reason. Start saying “No, I’m unable.” more often. Say Thank You only when the other party deserves it.

[jalajalapeno]

sea of clouds

[thecorpsofrediscovery]

Winter Grove - Thanksgiving 2022

[systlin]

Seriously though, modern fandom, y’all need to remember that you can, like, ship multiple ships. 

Like I can ship two ships that are diametrically opposed, at the same time, because I like both ideas. You don’t have to choose one or the other. 

Like I can ship, for example, Sam/Frodo, and also Sam/Rosie, both AT THE SAME TIME. I don’t have to pick ONE couple and denounce all others, and tell everyone else that their ships are WRONG and BAD and mine is the only TRUE AND CORRECT ship. 

[kyraneko]

Related: You don’t have to sink other ships to sail yours.

[tellmevarric]

Exactly! You can have more than one ship. You can have an ARMADA!!!

[chordsykat]

Ship everything and ship it so hard you end up sideways in the Suez.

[lyricvl]

[uncomfortablyanonymous]

[ID: A picture of a black billboard showing plain white captial letters that read: “I’m not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it.]

[forbiddenseason]

Weird girls should get stipends from the gov to keep at it

[brassyasssassafrasaphone]

this is the funniest shit ive ever seen in my life

[lyralit]

subtle ways to include foreshadowing

one character knowing something offhandedly that they shouldn't, isn't addressed until later

the crow rhyme

colours!! esp if like, blue is evil in your world and the mc's best friend is always noted to wear blue...betrayal?

write with the ending in mind

use patterns from tragic past events to warn of the future

keep the characters distracted! run it in the background until the grand reveal

WEATHER.

do some research into Chekhov's gun

mention something that the mc dismisses over and over

KEEP TRACK OF WHAT YOU PUT. don't leave things hanging.

unreliable characters giving information that turn out to be true

flowers and names with meanings

anything with meanings actually

metaphors. if one character describes another as "a real demon" and the other turns out to be the bad guy, you're kind of like...ohhh yeahhh

anyways add anything else in the tags

[elumish]

I'd also add:

something that your character thinks can't apply to them

information mentioned when they're talking about something else

doing something for thing x that then becomes relevant in situation y

a character avoiding avoid a topic

having characters who look alike but not drawing attention to it (e.g., two characters introduced five chapters apart who have red hair in a world where red hair is unusual)

[phantomarine]

the witch who poisoned the well of the world www.phantomarine.com

[skinlike-deactivated20240929]

i'd play in the creek now as an adult. i'd sit in the stream and collect rocks for a while

[zarekthelordofthefries]

Exactly TWELVE poll options you say?? Pick an Olympian right now. Don't worry about how this went for Paris when he had to do it.

Zeus

Hera

Poseidon

Demeter

Aphrodite

Athena

Ares

Hephaestus

Artemis

Apollo

Dionysus

Hermes

Voting ended onAug 4, 2023

You don't get Hestia as an option because what, you think I'm gonna make this EASY on you?

[answermywearyquery]

vote!

[yassifiedgollum]

We all love urban fantasy but we have to contend with the fact that if monsters were real, some of them would be normies. Your werewolf boyfriend posts on LinkedIn. The tentacled horror you've been thirsting after is a Disney adult.

[cipheramnesia]

You did it, you made unimaginable horror within man-made comprehension.

[baltears]

why is explaining a villains sad backstory always taken as an effort toward excusing their actions. why does the conversation need to involve the question of excusing anything rather than just making their present behavior way more interesting by complicating their feelings or their motivations. why is acknowledging complicated feelings or motivations taken as apologism in and of itself. why is everyone so incredibly boring

[only-knives]

chronic fatigue from mental illness and neurodivergency isn't something you can just will your way out of. your nervous system is part of your body. your brain is an organ. the fatigue is real. you're not lazy. so be kinder to yourself. be gentler with your bodymind.