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[strangetrashqueen]

[mr-sardelli]

Night Watch: Young Nobby

𝘈 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘺. 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭. 𝘕𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩. 𝘐𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵.𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵, 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳.- Night Watch, p. 173

[rubyleaf]

Is this anything?

[verenakauer]

I feel so many feelings about Rocky during the first contact. He wants to connect SO BADLY. Do Eridians have horror stories about scary aliens? If they do, Rocky doesn't care. He wants this alien to be friendly. He does everything he can to accommodate. Here, a little gift I'm sending your way at the speed you're comfortable with. Please be there. Here, the next gift is going right into your airlock so that it's easier for you to catch. Please don't fly away. You made a strange gesture with your limb, I'll make my robot make that gesture back. Please belive that I'm friendly. Here's a tunnel to connect us, I'll make sure you can breathe in it. Please come meet me. I'll let you choose the material for the wall separating us; I'll rebuild the whole wall if it makes you more comfortable, no trouble, just please let's talk. You're all alone on your ship, I can hear it, please come sleep here where I can watch you, it's unsafe for you to be alone. I'm alone and scared, it's been 46 years since I felt safe while sleeping, please please please watch me sleep too. I'm very vulnerable when I sleep and I trust that you won't use it against me. I want to visit your ship, am allowed, question? I'm moving in with you. Let's save the stars.

[eli-chi]

I watched Project Hail Mary, because as of the last few years anything I watch comes from the recommendation from people here loving it and making fanart so... I feel curious and end up crying and saying... damn it guys its always a great recommendation that hits me right in the deepest part of the feels!!!

[eli-chi]

And of course I had to start reading ASAP.

[eli-chi]

I watched Project Hail Mary, because as of the last few years anything I watch comes from the recommendation from people here loving it and making fanart so... I feel curious and end up crying and saying... damn it guys its always a great recommendation that hits me right in the deepest part of the feels!!!

[taylornprice]

oxalis

[salmon-n-hazel]

Dwarf jewel nasturtium

[salmon-n-hazel]

Dandelions

[taylornprice]

some california wildflowers!

[dduane]

[stonedrunkwizard]

Another week's worth of bird people.

[kandelyabr55]

[digitalkiddo]

writeblr resource: 5 ways to make your antagonist feel real

saving this for anyone writing villains, con artists, or morally complicated characters. stuff i've learned the hard way.

give them a logic that makes sense to THEM. your villain doesn't think they're the villain. they have a framework for why their actions are justified. figure out what it is.

2) let them be right about something. the scariest antagonists are the ones who see something true that the protagonist doesn't. give them one genuine insight.

3) give them a mundane habit. they make their bed every morning. they always order the same coffee. small details that make them a person instead of a plot device.

4) write the scene where they almost stop. every good antagonist has a moment where they could turn back. show it. then show why they don't.

5) research real people. not to copy them but to understand motivation. court transcripts, interviews, documentaries. real human behavior is weirder and more specific than anything you'd make up.

feel free to save/reblog this. writing good antagonists is one of the hardest parts of fiction and we don't talk about it enough.

[socialistexan]

Same exact playbook, down to the "but it was based on a lie."

[socialistexan]

It's kind of amazing how much this is the identical strategy. Focusing on the distress and harm of parents over the trans or autistic person themselves. Pathologizing the condition treating it as an epidemic, including calling it a social contagion causing a worrying "explosion" of diagnosis because it is "trendy."

Ignoring the experts on the subject while also appealing to "common sense" and dismissing all research that contradicts them while also appealing to "basic science."

Plus it's all the same quacks and actors behind previous medical and social moral panics saying them same things in the same ways and no one seems to acknowledge that.

[demonprincex]

she says in the article that she was inspired to think this way about autism after she started reporting on detransitioners. Her Twitter mentions are filled with prominent voices in the detrans terf movement. This isn't just similar, It is quite self-consciously an extension of the same movement.

[thewriteadviceforwriters]

things i wish someone told me before i started writing (and also things i ignored anyway)

okay. writers of tumblr. i’ve compiled a list of things i desperately wish someone had sat me down and said before i started writing, not that i would’ve listened, because i was 14 and powered entirely by hubris, iced coffee, and my wattpad era.

anyway. here we go:

1. stop rewriting chapter one. i know you think it’ll fix everything. it won’t. it’s a hydra. you cut one head off, two Google Docs appear.

2. your first draft is not a treaty with god. it can be messy. it can be unhinged. it can have 47 placeholders named “idk something happens.” it’s fine.

3. perfectionism is just fear wearing a blazer. write badly on purpose. humiliate your draft. it builds character (yours).

4. word count culture is a scam. you are allowed to write 200 words and call it a day. you are allowed to write 5k and then disappear into the void for three business weeks.

5. google docs autosave WILL betray you. download backups. then back up your backups. then sacrifice a pen to the writing gods idk.

6. description is not pretty synonyms. it’s specificity. the torn movie ticket in their pocket. the buzzing light in the hallway. the chipped nail polish on their thumb. write the thing not the aesthetics around the thing.

7. dialogue isn’t two Shakespeare ghosts monologuing at each other. interruptions. trailing off. people lying. people avoiding the truth. people saying “whatever man.” let it get messy.

8. you don’t need a whole map before you start. sometimes you just need one character with one problem and the stupidest idea imaginable.

9. reading your old writing will make you cringe but also cry a little because wow you cared so much. keep that version of you alive.

10. don’t wait to ‘be good.’ you get good by writing the stuff you think is embarrassing.

11. also: nine out of ten times, your “bad” idea is actually the one that goes feral and grows teeth and becomes your WIP.

12. hydrate. no further explanation.

ok that’s it because if i keep going i’ll start confessing things about the time i wrote a whole novel in 2017 that will never see daylight again.

reply if u relate or if u too have 87 abandoned document fragments in your google drive.

[notlayingroses]

Everything I read about recovering from burnout is like “it takes months or even years to fully recover” and it’s like okay…. I have a weekend before I gotta clock in on Monday

[eli-chi]

Been there, done that... collapsed eventually. You keep going, you can't do more than that, and more often than not there isn't a way to change the environment that is slowly eating your soul and your heart.