you eat all the cereals, there's consequences

[icouldshowyoumyscar]

“I thought you’d gone…” // “I’m staying.”

[brokenboysfrombrokenhomes]

can't wait for ben's return to revive this old tumblr!

[hayaomiyazaki]

new things on my googledrive :)

those who love me can take the train (1998) dir. patrice chéreau

seventeen times cecile cassard (2002) dir. christophe honoré

passion (2008) dir. ryusuke hamaguchi

rye lane (2023) dir. raine allen-miller, 2160p

casanova starring david tennant, upgraded 1080p

the hour, complete series

[minimitchell]

[userarmand]

ballum + reassuring touches ♡

[drewsbarrymcre]

My Callum.

[brokenboysfrombrokenhomes]

You're spilling like an overflowin' sink You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece Colours, Halsey

[icouldshowyoumyscar]

“I thought you’d gone…” // “I’m staying.”

[brokenboysfrombrokenhomes]

Me and you and you and me No matter how they tossed the dice It had to be Happy Together, The Turtles

[brokenboysfrombrokenhomes]

Ben tries to explain his struggles to Callum, 12.04.2022

[brokenboysfrombrokenhomes]

can you make a tutorial on how to make 50fps gifs?

First of all, hello :)

50fps gifs have to come from a video that has a minimum of 50fps, altho you're most likely to find 60fps.

And then, if your computer is strong enough 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 you just do the same shit as you would for a 25fps or 10fps gif.

Here are some tutorials found in a 2 second search on Google with the key words "tumblr tutorial gif" :

itsphotoshop (tumblr.com)

GIFMAKING FOR BEGINNERS  as requested! this is a... : never cursed (tumblr.com)

"my one and only." (tumblr.com)

[rapselsstuff]

I fucking love a good greek mythology parallel and the moment I realized that Thomas is literally holding a shovel I audibly gasped. Chef’s kiss. This show will be the death of me.

[seanpgilroy]

Jessica Parker Kennedy as Max (the best character) from Black Sails. I started this two and a half years ago and abandoned it because I had anxiety about drawing her hair. Turns out her hair was actually fun to draw; what I *should* have had anxiety about was that fucking sheet.

[brokenboysfrombrokenhomes]

The news about Max Bowden leaving EE saddens me. I hope it's not one sided on EE's part.

But I can't say I'm not relieved for him in some way. He's had to work tough storylines, and not given much more than being sad. There isn't so much to explore at the end of the day. The rape, the ED and losing weight like he did, losing Lola... Must have taken a toll on him. So I'm glad he can kinda be free of it. (even if it means a less regular paycheck and everything)

[dagonet]

Les Tuche 3 (2018) réal. Olivier Baroux

[ao3commentoftheday]

my biggest obstacle as a writer is that i desperately want to be a popular and well-known fic author, but my main fic inspiration comes from characters most fans don’t want to read fic for, or ideas that go against popular fanon/characterization and so are doomed from the start. i end up feeling paralyzed and like i can’t write the unpopular ideas I want to write, because i hate knowing i could have done better by writing something with broader appeal. but whenever i try to write solely for numbers i lose motivation while the halfway through the fic. so i end up unable to write anything and feeling miserable because of it.

i want to see my unpopular ideas come to life, but i don’t want to see my fics crash and burn and keep missing the chance to create fic that people really love. so most times, i don’t write anything, but i hate that i’m so hamstrung by my own anxieties. i so desperately wish i could create one of those extremely well-known long fics that most people love and always rec everywhere, but i feel like i’m completely incapable of that. i know i should be writing for myself, but i’m greedy and want results and for people to like my fic, however unlikely that is. wanting to write my ideas but knowing i’ll limit my audience if i do is something that’s constantly on my mind. do you have any advice for me?

My biggest question after reading your ask is simply: why?

You're very clear about wanting to be a popular writer. You want to write a fic that lots of people talk about, and you want people to know who you are. Have you examined that desire at all?

You say that the things you actually want to write are not the things that will make you a popular author. That means you have a choice:

write things you don't care about with no guarantee of becoming that Big Name Fan or

write things you love and enjoy spending time writing and know that BNF status will probably never happen.

Writing fanfic is really not a great way to try to become popular. It's an even worse way to try to become "famous" in any kind of way. So dig into what it is that you hope to get from the "broader audience" that you could appeal to by writing something you don't really like.

Are you trying to get a feeling of being liked? Respected? Looked up to? Do you want to be someone other fans look to for advice or for setting the tone of the fandom? Do you want love? Power? Some kind of community connection? Recognition of the effort you put into your works?

Some of those things likely will require you to pretend to be someone you're not. You might even manage to write that one big fic that gets thousands of comments and tons of people talking about it on tumblr (or wherever else you care about, social media-wise).

Others you can probably still get by writing your "unpopular" ideas but seeking out your fellow fans. It will take more legwork to find them and you'll need to be willing to be the first one to reach out for a conversation, but it can definitely be done.

I'll leave it up to you to decide what you actually want, anon. But take your time and scrape off the top layer of shiny thoughts about popularity first. Then you'll be able to see what's underneath.

[strangefable]

yeah, all of this response. you're shooting yourself straight in the face if you approach fan writing with a 'i wanna be popular' mentality. popularity is an amorphous and fickle thing, even under the best of circumstances, and fanfic is nowhere close to best circumstances.

the drive of social media to seek external validation in big numbers, it gets to us all, but it's bullshit. it's going to ring hollow as hell if you don't love what you create first. would you really feel good if you wrote a 'popular' ship or idea that actually bores you to tears? do you really want to be known for a ship you find bland as dry toast?

or do you want two or three people who show up and scream in unhinged delight because finally, FINALLY, someone else gets the vision and made something amazing? do you want the pride that comes from seeing the idea that really gets your passion revving and your blood pumping out there and whole and taking its place in the fandom?

i've been in fandom for a long. long. time. (i've been here since the early 90s) and i've seen all kinds of fans, i've talked to people who've had the big popular fic that blew up, and a lot of them regretted it or hated that one and wished it hadn't gotten the attention. some of them went off the deep end and caused whole fandoms to burn to dust. and then there's the folks who crafted the stories they really cared about, that they really loved, and not a one of them regrets that. even if it didn't get a million comments, it still fulfilled them because it was what they wanted, what they loved, and it often led to them meeting lifelong friends.

does it suck when your hard work gets passed over because something else is more popular? yeah, sure. but it's going to fuel you a lot more if you actually give a shit about your fic and the ideas in it, than if you just write to a formula to please the masses.

because hitting just the right moment with just the right luck to become one of those hugely popular writers has the same odds as winning the lottery. it's a losing gamble right from the start.

find the other little weirdos who fly the same flags as you, find the small group of people who'll cheer you on even if you're not in the same fandom, but who care about you and think you write cool stuff. those are the ones that'll last, that'll keep the fires burning

[onceuponacupoftea]

I have written more than 300 fics and only ten have more than 100 kudos on Ao3. But I get kudos notes several times a week and I haven’t posted anything new in (goes to check) 8 and a half years.

So as well as the very sensible above advice to the OP, I have some other things to consider

1) write what you want to write because finishing and posting things is an even more basic factor in success than what you write

2) if you are determined to write stuff to the current trends, write short pieces - one arc or scene or idea - and you can see how your take on those characters and ideas resonates with the fandom

4) write for kink memes and fic exchanges and prompt fests (where are those things now?). There is a more immediate audience looking for a wider range of things in those spaces. Ppl who wouldn’t go looking directly for the tags in your fic, will find you in those places

5) find the profiles of the big name authors and look at all the fic they have that hasn’t done massive numbers

6) you’ve got yourself in a classic bind of not wanting to do something that is not extraordinary when that is the only way to do something that is extraordinary

You’re allowed to want to write to be read or seen or for engagement, but all of that is only going to happen if you write at all

[deadpeatbogbody]

literally cannot believe "first ever live action omegaverse show" is not bigger news on tumblr