liv (she/they/he)

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[maniacal-ramblings]

Whump Writing Cheats

Want to write whump? Not sure how to get started? Here are a few whump writing cheats that make things easier! Feel free to add your cheats in reblogs!

Whumpee waking up. Has the character been drugged, beaned over the head, collapsed from exhaustion, does it matter? No one needs to know how, just what happens next! Have that whumpee regain consciousness dazed and confused, already tied up, and dive right in homies. 

Blindfolds. Not only are blindfolds lovely, but they remove the main sensory input for you to describe. Not sure who your whumper is? Blindfold. Not even sure where they are? Blindfold. This lets you focus on only dialog and touch descriptions and avoid the temptation to over describe visuals. 

Gags. Not sure what your whumpee would say? Can’t think of any witty comebacks? Gag ‘em. 

Start with Dialogue: “You look so peaceful when you’re sleeping…” “Hello, my dear.” “Have you missed me?” - Starting with dialogue lets you hook readers asap and helps get you over that ‘opening line’ road block. 

End on Dialogue: “We’re going to have so much fun together.” “Oh, how I’ve missed you pet.” “We are just getting started.”- Same as before, ending with some nicely worded dialogue leaves us hanging on the edge of our seats, aching for more! Perfect for when you don’t know where to go next!

[isisgift]

People who never went through depression or social anxiety will never understand how important books, music, tv shows, movies and pop culture in general are to those who face or have faced mental illnesses. Most of the times those are the only comfort you can find on times of despair.

[memecage]

I am currently studying memes academically. I thought you might enjoy the current proposed “ages” of internet memes

[surprisebitch]

OP please post the link to the academic journal or the paper when your research gets published

[bookw0rmliv]

i’m re reading the renegades trilogy and oh my gosh the government is so fucked THEYRE GOING TO EXECUTE NOVA? BECAUSE GENISSA IS BLACKMAILING THEM? ok

[rosencrantzsguildenstern]

MARA SAYING WHAT NEEDED TO BE SAID. THANK YOU. WE STAN A QUEEN

[lady-of-snails]

One thing I cannot get over!! Is that in the episode where they meet Melog...Catra's like freaking out about the creepy magic. But then, when Melog appears...

Everyone freaks out...

BUT CATRA'D FIRST INSTINCT IS TO SHOVE THEM ALL OUT OF THE WAY

AND TACKLE THIS WEIRD CREATURE TO OFF A CLIFF!!!

EVEN THOUGH SHES SCARED TOO!!! AND WAS FREAKING OUT ABOUT MAGIC 2 SECONDS BEFORE!!

HER FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO PROTECT ADORA AND BOW AND GLIMMER!!! BRO!!!

im soft ok

[queencatradora]

you’re not welcome at pride if you don’t support black lives matter. you’re not welcome at pride if you don’t support trans people. you’re not welcome at pride if you support what the cops are doing to protesters right now across this country. to do so is a spit in the face to pride itself and the people that fought for our rights.

[catradoraism]

do u ever think about how she ra’s climactic scene wasn’t an epic showdown between the Hero and the Big Bad but a love confession between two women

[lesblob]

This pride, let’s remember all the lesbians who have been monumental in establishing rights for the LGBT community.

Let’s remember Stormé DeLarverie, the black butch lesbian drag king who threw the first punch that started the Stonewall Riots of 1969, possibly the most famous event in LGBT history.

Let’s remember Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, the lesbian couple who founded the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB), which was the first lesbian organization in the United States.

Let’s remember Barbara Gittings, the lesbian activist who founded the New York chapter of the DOB, was a prominent figure in the movement to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), and is now widely regarded as the mother of the LGBT rights movement.

Let’s remember Ruth Simpson, a former president of the New York chapter of the DOB, who also created the first lesbian community centre in the United States.

Let’s remember Gladys Bentley, a black crossdressing lesbian blues singer who is said to have publicly married another woman in a civil ceremony in 1931, albeit not recognized by the state.

Let’s remember Marcia Kadish and Tanya McCloskey, the first gay couple to be legally married in the United States, after Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage in 2004.

Let’s remember Edith Windsor, the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case United States v. Windsor, which overturned the Defence of Marriage Act in the United States in 2015, and legalized gay marriage all across the USA.

Let’s remember all the other lesbians who have fought for gay rights, those outside of the United States and those who didn’t quite make it into the history books. Let’s show our love for all the lesbians who have once lived on this earth, and all the lesbians who are still alive right now. In this heteronormative and patriarchal world, our existence is in itself revolutionary, and each and every lesbian is helping pave the way for our liberation.

[bloodraven55]

While I'm looking back at Seasons 2 and 3 today, I just want to say that it always grates on me so much when people say something along the lines of “Catra tried to destroy the world just to spite Adora.”

Because no. That's not why she pulled the lever. Or at least it's only one tiny, tiny part of a much bigger picture. To be honest I blame this on Season 2 and 3 being split the way they were, because I think if you look at them as one whole a lot of things make much more sense. With that in mind, let's look at the events that lead to Catra's decision to open the portal no matter what:

Shadow Weaver tricks Catra into helping her escape, pretending to give Catra the one thing she's always wanted from her affection and abandoning her to face Hordak's wrath.

Catra finds out that Shadow Weaver went to Bright Moon to find Adora, once again seeming to choose her ““favoured golden child”” over her. Obviously that's bullshit but to Catra that's genuinely how it appears.

Shadow Weaver shows up in the Fright Zone with members of the Rebellion and proceeds to attempt to severely torture/murder Catra with their help.

Bear in mind I'm describing this the way Catra sees it. She's of course not correct about a lot of it but to her this is what is happening.

You see the common thread in every moment which drives Catra over the edge to the place where she chooses to pull the lever? It's Shadow Weaver. Like always, it's Shadow Weaver. Adora really has almost no part in Catra's reasoning for opening the portal beyond being the person onto whom Shadow Weaver redirects Catra's bitterness and resentment.

Until she found out Shadow Weaver had chosen Adora over her again, Catra was genuinely considering never going back to the Horde and just staying in the Crimson Wastes. It was only after that discovery triggered her childhood trauma that she changed her mind and resolved to open the portal.

Now, I want to emphasise that opening the portal was still the worst possible decision Catra could have made! I'm not defending her actions in any way!! But please stop trying to make it as simple as her being pissed off at Adora. Because it was so much more than that. This was the culmination of everything Shadow Weaver had been doing to both of them their entire childhood.

When Catra pulls that lever, that one moment is a microcosm of the wedge that the abuse they suffered at Shadow Weaver's hands drove between them from the start. It's the catastrophic result of the way that Shadow Weaver's manipulation led Catra to project Shadow Weaver's belief that Adora is superior onto Adora herself, and left Adora with a hero complex which only worsened the divide.

Pulling that lever was entirely Catra's fault, and it's something for which she had to take responsibility and accept the consequences. But it really bugs me when people ignore the way that the manner in which she and Adora each internalised Shadow Weaver's abuse led to that point. They suffered equally because of Shadow Weaver when they were children, and that is the root of the core conflict of the show.

[driluth]

[bookw0rmliv]

IM SCREAMING THOSE WERE CATRA’S WORDS--

[driluth]

[swordlesbean]

this scene was so good

[troubledodyssey]

Finding you

[gfshera]

from an interview with noelle on rolling stone! (source)

[artbyg7]

I Made a thing about me

[bookw0rmliv]

THIS IS WHY LGBTQ+ REPRESENTATION IS SO IMPORTANT

[bookw0rmliv]

a lot of people were saying that my post about a Louisiana protest was actually fake news, and if it was i apologize. its now over so i deleted it, but if it wasn’t accurate im really sorry i was truly trying to help.