Cindy's Time Machine

Hey I'm Cindy and I am your average run of the mill fangirl. The sad thing is that I like to jump band wagons so sadly my tumbler will never be exclusive to one fandom or another.

[rob-pattinson]

TOM ELLIS Netflix’s “Lucifer” Season 5 Official Trailer

[cindy-df]

Anyone else notice that Michael seems to hunch over in a few of the shots we have to seen him in? Wonder if its a old war wound?

[over-a-rainbow]

I can already feel a fandom split coming over this trailer...

[cindy-df]

Don't panic! Trailers miss lead the fans to stir up hype. I'm not panicking!

[1liv]

“I’m not gonna break Lucifer’s life. I’m gonna take it.”

[fyeahaltairandmaria]

[oldgirlyoungcrone]

[fmchibi]

Maho Shojo Star Wars  ✨

[cindy-df]

Yes I want this

[heywriters]

HEY, Romance Writers!

A few followers have asked for tips on writing romance into their stories or as the basis of their stories. Here’s a masterlist of sources (below cut) that may help.

General Romance:

What Defines Romantic Love?

How to Build a Romance Thread in Your Story

How to Plot a Romance Novel

Slowburn Romance

When Friends Fall for Each Other (ask)

Tips for Writing a Character Who Has a Crush

Tips on Writing Unrequited Love 

Writing Healthy Couples in Fiction

An Antidote to “Love at First Sight”

How Attractive Should Your Characters Be?

3 Great Ways to Show That Your Character Is In Love

6 Ways to Get Your Readers Shipping Like Crazy

Six Steps to Stronger Character Arcs in Romances

Seven Great Sources of Conflict for Romances

9 Romance Writing Mistakes to Avoid

20 Tips for Writing Lovable Romance Novel Heroes 

How to Write a Kissing Scene in a Romance Novel

Types of Kisses and Kissing + This Post Is All About Kisses

List of Ideas to Keep Romantic Tension High

100 Questions for Character Couples

How Do I Make the Relationship Development Realistic?

How Do I Know If Two People Are Compatible?

Healthy Relationships Can Include Teasing

How to Write a YA Romance Without Cliché   

Intercultural Romance:

How do I write an interracial couple accurately? (ask)

15 Common Stereotypes About Intercultural Relationships

Cross Cultural Relationships

[Ideas for] Your [Fictional] Cross-Cultural Relationship

Things to Avoid When Writing Interracial Romance

writingwithcolor: Interracial Relationships (w/ links)

Bad Romance:

Removing the Creeps From Romance

Why The Surprise Kiss Must Go

Possessiveness 101

10 Signs You May Be in an Emotionally Abusive Relationship

Edward & Bella Are In An Abusive Relationship

Red Flags, Verbal Abuse, Stalking… | Script Shrink

5 Huge Mistakes Ruining the Romantic Relationships in Your Book

How do you write a [bad] relationship without romanticising it? (ask)

General Tips for Writing Characters Love Interests:

How to Write from a Guy’s POV

Writing Awesome Male Characters: What You’re Doing Wrong

7 Point-of-View Basics Every Writer Should Know

How Do You Describe a Character?

4 Ways to Make Readers Instantly Loathe Your Character Descriptions

3 Signs Your Story’s Characters Are Too Perfect

Is a Quirk Just What Your Character Needs?

Six Types of Character Flaws

Is Your Character Optimistic Or Pessimistic?

5 Ways to Keep Characters Consistent

9 Simple and Powerful Ways to Write Body Language

10 Body Language Tricks for Deeper Characterization

Describing People Part Three: Gestures, Expressions, and Mannerisms

33 Ways To Write Stronger Characters

Conveying Character Emotion

Distinguishing Characters in Dialogue

How to Make Readers Love an Unlikable Character…  

Characters: Likability Is Overrated

Relationships in General:

How to Create Powerful Character Combos

8 Secrets To Writing Strong Character Relationships

Character Relationships: 6 Tips for Crafting Real Connections

Writing Relationships: Hate to Love

Stereotypes, Archetypes, & Tropes:

Five Signs Your Story Is Sexist: Part 1, Part 2

Five Signs Your Story Is Sexist – Against Men

Always Female vs Always Male

Born Sexy Yesterday & Manic Pixie Dream Girl

7 (Overused) Female Love Interests

Other Resource Lists

Resources For Romance Writers

Pinterest Board “Writing: Romance Arcs and Plots”  

thewritershelpers FAQ (romance, kissing, sexuality, etc)

+ Follow HEY, Writers! on Ko-Fi // Wattpad // AO3 // Goodreads // Pinterest

[alden-the-commenter]

Please please please, as a consumer of stories PLEASE, just make them get together in the beginning and write them as a couple throughout.

There are too friggin many will-they-won’t-they stories and when you put them getting their S.O. at the end, getting together comes off as the most important thing in their character development… How do they make it work? How do they work together?

It gets soooo much more interesting after they get together. Which ship is more fun: Morticia and Gomez (Addams family) or Aang and Katara (Last Airbender)? Who was more interesting: Ruby and Sapphire (Steven Universe) or Korra and Asami (Legend of Korra)?

The overall writing in both of my married-couple examples are (arguably) poorer, but the relationships were more interesting imo because they weren’t the same things we’ve seen ad nauseum.

[childweanedonpoison]

my new favourite thing is italian regional presidents and mayors absolutely LOSING IT at people violating quarantine. here’s a eng subtitled compilation for y’all. (the president of campania region; the mayor of messina; the mayor of bari; the mayor of gualdo tadino; the mayor of tutolo.)

[191195-deactivated20240210]

I AM SCREAMING

[thesanityclause]

Maybe we need to import some Italian mayors to knock some sense into Americans…

[cindy-df]

This is hysterical

[quarantinebox]

[seducemymindyouidiot]

Somebody put this on Facebook. All I could think was:

[cindy-df]

We know he wants to keep his demon on a nice warm atrium with warm rocks, in his backroom.

[laivaaja-deactivated20250302]

Imperial Snapchat

Imperial Snapchat. Admiral Piett is currently leading the contest.

Thanks for the wonderful idea, @kaelinaloveslomaris and @occasionalinanity

[mmn-darthfett-deactivated202211]

I am sorry

[padawansuggest]

Boba: Hey, Vader, wanna take a selfie?

Anakin hindbrain: *chanting* SELFIE SELFIE SELFIE SELFIE-

Vader: …ugh, fine.

Boba: lol cool, I’m gonna use the cat ears feature!

Anakin hindbrain: *ungodly screeching noises*

[transcatgirl551]

The fucking level of art quality for this fucking shitpost.

[cindy-df]

This is hysterical!

[benandreykissed]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

[cindy-df]

Biggest Reylo Troll ever!

Producers: give the shippers a bone. Then steal it back! *evil laughter*

[deckerstardaily]

TV Insider: Lucifer's showrunners answer our most pressing questions about the series' final season

Can Chloe (Lauren German) forgive Lucifer for leav­ing?

To prevent a full-on demon invasion predicted by the prophecy, Luci told the detective she was his first love, then flew away to rule Hell. "Wouldn't she love [him] even more for being so responsible?" posits Modrovich, while Henderson hints at the bigger question of Luci picking up old, naughty habits: "You send an alcoholic to a liquor store and tell them to run it for 20 years? Who knows what [will] happen!"

Lucifer, Season 4, Streaming Now, Netflix

[cindy-df]

Lucifer season 5 spoilers maybe?

[rhymewithrachel]

Anything’s better than the 1450s

[cindy-df]

The best thing about time was that it was slowly taking Crowley away from the 1400's

[cindy-df]

Foreshadowing

Ok if this

Foreshadows

This

Then what about

This one guys?

[jonsnowhite]

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

[cindy-df]

Every other time he seems to not wreck his clothes. Why this time?

[marvelfangirllll]

I swear to hell on here it’s a battle for who gets the lucifer tag, it’s a VS between the Supernatural fandom lucifer and the Fox/netflix Lucifer fandom like why can’t we have a equal variety of both?

[cindy-df]

Don't forget the comic book fans