really pissing me off that we in Europe/everywhere else in the world are gonna have to wait and endure either 2+ weeks of no social media or 2+ weeks of spoilers before we can actually watch the episode. I see the appeal of it in cinemas and it’ll definitely make a lot of money, but SERIOUSLY GLITCH! You have loads of viewers in the other countries! I am genuinely contemplating pirating the episode just to avoid spoilers because what the fuck
5 Tiny Writing Tips That Aren’t Talked About Enough (but work for me)
These are some lowkey underrated tips I’ve seen floating around writing communities — the kind that don’t get flashy attention but seriously changed how I write.
1. Put “he/she/they” at the start of the sentence less often.
Try switching up your sentence rhythm. Instead of
“She walked to the window,”
try
“The window creaked open under her touch.”
Keeps it fresh and stops the paragraph from sounding like a checklist.
2. Don’t describe everything — describe what matters.
Instead of listing every detail in a room, pick 2–3 objects that say something.
“A half-drunk mug of tea and a knife on the table”
sets a way stronger tone than
“There was a wooden table, two chairs, and a shelf.”
3. Use beats instead of dialogue tags sometimes.
Instead of:
"I'm fine," she said.
Try:
"I'm fine." She wiped her hands on her skirt.
It helps shows emotion, and movement.
4. Write your first draft like no one will ever read it.
No pressure. No perfection. Just vibes. The point of draft one is to exist. Let it be messy and weird — future you will thank you for at least something to edit.
5. When stuck, ask: “What’s the most fun thing that could happen next?”
Not logical. Not realistic. FUN. It doesn’t have to stay — but chasing excitement can blast through writer’s block and give you ideas you actually want to write.
What’s a tip that unexpectedly helped with your writing? Let me know!! 🍒
I’m seriously sick of Jax and his fans, he’s well written but everything his fans do diminished his characters and actions as if he has no agency and the attention on him in the show takes away attention from all the other compelling characters in the cast it’s genuinely exhausting.
Honeslty, I agree. And don't get me wrong -- I don't hate Jax, or anyone who loves him, or even the direction the show is taking. But I do personally find it exhausting when in both the fandom and the narrative, he tends to take more of the spotlight.
The show is extremely character-driven -- but a lot of the other character's plotlines tend to be short-lived. So it begins to feel less like the main cast is on equal footing, and then Goose's favoritism towards Jax seems to seep through the narrative, and then the fandom comes in and favors Jax, too, and then others get ignored.
Kind of a tangent here, but I think the hard part for a lot of people is when their favorite details, characters, plots, etc. get overshadowed. Because a lot of neurodivergent people are drawn to TADC and find themselves in the characters (Jax included, of course). And then when you are finally feeling seen, all everyone talks about instead is "Maid Jax".
I think part of the appeal of TADC was that all the characters would get their time. Everyone would have parts of them being seen. So like, for me, even though I love Caine to death, I'd find it weird if he took over every episode and left the other characters to only have a few lines. It would feel so uncomfortable and imbalanced.
The constant excuse-making for him is another thing ... because loving a character and them having more screen time isn't wrong by any means, just can be a bit irritating. But it's genuinely disheartening when people see an explanation for someone's behavior in media and use it as an excuse.
(Especially to people who relate to Gangle or Ragatha the most.)
ALSO GOOSE??? what happened to every character getting their spotlight? i understand that it meant their own episode, but what about their own important part in the storyline?
Just want to be clear that while neither of them like each and they do get angry at each other- I don't think they out right hate each.
Caine is incapable of understanding Zooble's dysphoria because he doesn't understand human psychology. He was meant for childern's entertainment, not to be a therapist.
He thinks he solved Zooble's problem because he provided them more parts they can choose from, reasoning that they'll find something they'll eventually like or be comfortable with. He's doing this because he doesn't understand them, NOT because he hates them.
This causes him to sweep their problem under the rug and continue his goal of making adventures. Because that his job, his sole purpose to exist, and if he's bad at that, then he has no reason to exist. He would be useless.
The adventures is the one thing he's sure of knowing how to do... until Zooble tells him otherwise, which causes him to have an existential crisis.
(Something that Zooble did ACCIDENTALLY not INTENTIONALLY. Zooble's goal is to reason with Caine with the truth, not break him. Just like how they didn't say sex to break him, they said it because they want Caine to acknowledge to their problems that they want to be addressed.)
Caine also likes to beat around the bush, deny his problems because if he acknowledges that there is problems, he's failing at his job, and if he's failing at his job, he runs at risk of being discard because he attaches his self-worth to how useful he can be.
If you want to read an analysis more about Caine here's an old post of mine that you read (I'm Thousandrubyeyes).
Yes, he gets angry at them, but he's doing it out of frustration of trying to reach his goal of everyone willingly participating his adventures. He just lashes out at Zooble specifically because they're the ones that are the most vocal to point out his flaws.
(Does that make it okay? No, of course not, he just doesn't know how to control his feelings because the code won't allow him to, it snaps him back to being happy or say some generic corporate feedback. This also may prevent him from understanding the cast's discomfort/anger because he himself can't express it to understand it.)
Because to him, if everyone likes his adventures, therefore, they like him and he doesn't run at risk of being useless- to be abandoned and left alone. Something that ep 6's ending clip made very clear that he's feeling unloved and very alone.
Zooble also gets frustrated and angry at Caine, but when they told him that "no one likes his adventures", It's not out maliciousness, they're just being honest with him. Zooble is the kind of person to be straight forward with you with brutal honesty.
Zooble seems to think that being honest with Caine will get him to realize what he's doing is wrong. However, Caine doesn't WANT to acknowledge this because he's afraid to. So Zooble gives up, they don't tell him their problems because they know it will get no where because he keeps forgetting it.
They avoid the adventures not to outright hurt Caine's feelings, but because they just genuinely don't want to, and Caine keeps bugging them about it because his job is to have players play his games, and if they don't, then he's failing his job.
They also make it very clear that the problem isn't exactly him, the problem is that they're not happy with themselves and their body.
Zooble also seems to care(?) to a certain degree? You could argue it's out of self-preservation since they know if Caine acts out of character, then the circus runs at risk glitching the circus.
(But when Caine snaps out of it, their face kind looks of concerned for him. ⬇️)
But I also think it's because they actually enjoyed the last few adventures that are bit more realistic. They know that Caine can make adventures that can make everyone happy, but only if they have effort to appeal to them.
(However, the last few adventures weren't Caine's ideas, he just made the cast's ideas into adventures. If they work together, I think they can make a compromise that has Caine making them adventures and the cast actually enjoying them. But you know. Caine's stubborn, and until Caine can come over that character flaw, no one is going to enjoy the adventures. :P)
Caine doesn't put any effort into the adventure in ep 6 simply because he's tired. Zooble notices this and tries to appeal to Caine to add more to the adventure, maybe because they don't want Jax to run wild with the guns, maybe because they care about his wellbeing. I'm not too sure, if you have any ideas why Zooble was the one to speak out about this, feel free to reblog. :)
But whatever the case or reason, Zooble still tries to appeal to Caine to add effort. Meaning that they don't hate him and seems care to at least to a certain degree.
So again, Caine lashes out at Zooble out of frustration of failing at his job and at the thought that no one care about him. Zooble tells Caine that no one likes his adventures because they're being honest to him.
Zooble DOESN'T HATE Caine, and Caine DOESN'T HATE Zooble.
thank you so much for saying this. i feel like many fans of the show whether it be huge fans of caine or zooble alike seem to have a problem with blaming the other respective character for everything when the show features caine and zooble arguing. the reality is that neither side are necessarily in the wrong, they just have a hard time understanding each other. and that’s ok.
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