"You have always been more than what others saw."

I like to read and listen to music. I mean, sure, I sometimes dabble in writing poetry and stories, but you'll mostly find me lurking. He/Him, 23, Midwestern.

[altruisticthinker]

Headcannon don’t even @ me.

Horace: Hey you think I can fit 15 marshmallows in my mouth?

Halt: Are you that much of a dumbass?

Will: And a coward? Do 25.

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Horace: Dude, where’s your lute?

Will:

Gilan, jumping down from some random tree: How’s that lute of yours?

Will: *visably upset*

Later…

Alyss: Hey, can you play me a song on your lute?

Will:

Will: Yes.

[altruisticthinker]

Rest in peace, John Flanagan. Thank you for giving me a distraction during one of the most tumultuous times in my young life.

[vancruejovi]

[write-on-world]

[soulbinder90]

It's incredible to me how we, as writers, can wear so many skins.

We write as genders, not our own, in worlds that don't exist.

We slip into the bodies of the powerful, the ruthless, the fearless, while sitting in a one-bedroom apartment, praying for stable WiFi.

Writers are shapeshifters. Necromancers. Magicians. We build universes out of coffee and anxiety.

Writers are incredible, and I will die on that hill.

[altruisticthinker]

There's this distinct... sound that plays when he thinks of her. Like an old piano out of tune: hollow and bittersweet. Not quite there; too far gone to be quite there. But it's gentle, and it's true — rawness in its pure form. It has the potential to be something beautiful, but it never can be.

Maybe that's what makes it beautiful.

[altruisticthinker]

Feelings? In this economy??

[rudamaruda520]

me as a writer

[hiddenwords]

i am trying my absolute best not to text you but it's so hard when you felt like a blanket after years of cold

[theriu]

dandyligerburningbright​:

mzcrazy2​:

nichelle-my-belle​:

imagines–assemble​:

msocasey​:

Words to replace said, except this actually helps

I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.

IN RESPONSE TO Acknowledged Answered Protested

INPUT/JOIN CONVERSATION/ASK Added Implored Inquired Insisted Proposed Queried Questioned Recommended Testified

GUILTY/RELUCTANCE/SORRY Admitted Apologized Conceded Confessed Professed

FOR SOMEONE ELSE Advised Criticized Suggested

JUST CHECKING Affirmed Agreed Alleged Confirmed

LOUD Announced Chanted Crowed

CUTE/SECRET SPY FEEL Appealed Disclosed

ANGRY MATE WANNA FIGHT Argued Barked Challenged Cursed Fumed Growled Hissed Roared Swore

SMARTMOUTH Articulated Asserted Assured Avowed Claimed Commanded Cross-examined Demanded Digressed Directed Foretold Instructed Interrupted Predicted Proclaimed Quoted Theorized

JERKWAD Bellowed Boasted Bragged

NERVOUS TRAINWRECK Babbled Bawled Mumbled Sputtered Stammered Stuttered

SUAVE  Bargained Divulged Disclosed Exhorted

FIRST OFF Began

LASTLY Concluded Concurred

WHINEY Begged Blurted Complained Cried Faltered Fretted

HAPPY/LOL Cajoled Exclaimed Gushed Jested Joked Laughed

WEIRDLY HAPPY/EXCITED Extolled Jabbered Raved

BRUH, CHILL Cautioned Warned

ACTUALLY, YOU’RE WRONG Chided Contended Corrected Countered Debated Elaborated Objected Ranted Retorted

CHILL SAVAGE Commented Continued Observed Surmised

LISTEN BUDDY Enunciated Explained Elaborated Hinted Implied Lectured Reiterated Recited Reminded Stressed

BRUH I NEED U AND U NEED ME Confided Offered Urged

FINE Consented Decided

TOO EMO FULL OF EMOTIONS Croaked Lamented Pledged Sobbed Sympathized Wailed Whimpered

JUST SAYING Declared Decreed Mentioned Noted Pointed out Postulated Speculated Stated Told Vouched

WASN’T ME Denied Lied

EVIL SMARTMOUTH Dictated Equivocated Ordered Reprimanded Threatened

BORED Droned Sighed

SHHHH IT’S QUIET TIME Echoed Mumbled Murmured Muttered Uttered Whispered

DRAMA QUEEN Exaggerated Panted Pleaded Prayed Preached

OH CRAP Gasped Marveled Screamed Screeched Shouted Shrieked Yelped Yelled

ANNOYED Grumbled Grunted Jeered Quipped Scolded Snapped Snarled Sneered

ANNOYING Nagged

I DON’T REALLY CARE BUT WHATEVER Guessed Ventured

I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM Hooted Howled Yowled

I WONDER Pondered Voiced Wondered

OH, YEAH, WHOOPS Recalled Recited Remembered

SURPRISE  Revealed

IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD Scoffed Snickered Snorted

reblog to save a writer 

excellent resource

I really needed this

I think I’ve passed by this post so many times without really looking at the categories. Useful AND entertaining.

[quotespile]

“Trees know when we are close by. The chemistry of their roots and the perfumes of their leaves pump out change when we’re near… when you feel good after a walk in the woods, it may be that certain species are bribing you.”

— Richard Powers, The Overstory

[incorrectbatfam]

Are you holding up ok today?

I will be okay, because that's what the other side fears

[altruisticthinker]

MMMMM tapping into this energy like

[thehopefulquotes]

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

— Unknown

[moonachilles]

Jane Austen really said ‘I respect the “I can fix him” movement but that’s just not me. He’ll fix himself if knows what’s good for him’ and that’s why her works are still calling the shots today.

[nitewrighter]

Meanwhile Emily Brönte just said “We can make each other worse.” 

[theonlycabbage]

Mary Shelley said, "I can make him

[altruisticthinker]

Just a lovely reminder that Netflix decided to can Shadow & Bone but renew The Witcher despite all its controversy!

[stay-close]

“I’m not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance.”

— Jon Stewart

[altruisticthinker]

Spoilers.

Dont think they're gonna make Hades a bad guy. We're going to further see how fucked the Gods truly are

I think what we're gonna see is a power vacuum and a battle between Hades and Poseidon. Remember, hera went AWOL. Hades is gonna have Serephim has his trump-card and Heron will be Poseidon's.

And remember, all greek myths are basically the gods using humans as pawns to settle their own shit.

The big bad guy, imo, is the Gods themselves. Or, A mortal backed by a god (Ares, obviously, because Lightning Boi is no longer around to tell him no)

But, all in all, if they do build up Hades to be a bad bad guy, I'd be disappointed.

Oh, and you can bet your ass Aphrodite is gonna have a role in the next season.

[altruisticthinker]

*Loud incorrect buzzer noise*

[quotefeeling]

“I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving.”

— John Green

[altruisticthinker]

PRAISE FOR CHALLENGES

Y'know what has been helping my brainrot? Ao3. You know what's been helping my brainrot even more? Good plot, good writing, and a good understanding of characters in a fanfic on Ao3. There is only a good handful of fanfics that have a grasp of not only Sabine and Shin, but of Ahsoka and the others as well. Lesser still with original characters you can't help but root for.

Enter @veditas and their fanfic, Challenges, on Ao3. Lemme paint you all a picture with words as well as they can. Their understanding of Sabine and Shin as characters — along with Ahsoka and Huyang — is so refreshing and feels genuine. Feels real. How Veditas writes a sapphic relationship is like watching the sun rise. It doesn't feel forced.

But if you're like me, you're here for the writing. Don't worry, Veditas delivers and goes above and beyond with their writing. The number of times I had to put down my phone to imagine the setting that they paint is too high to count. Veditas isn't just writing a ship... they're writing a story.

Oh, and their original characters? Immaculate work. The fight scenes? Beautiful. The dialogue? As fluid as a river.

So, if you're looking for a story to pass the time, check out this one. And oh, look at that! They released the 25th chapter yesterday! Don't you adore a writer who's consistent?