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everyone on the block hates me because I have to take my pet loose sheet of aluminum siding on a walk every day at 3am
mae pawb ar y stryd yn fy nghasáu oherwydd mae'n rhaid i mi fynd â fy nalen o gladin alwminiwm am dro bob dydd am 3yb
Look, it’s a weird hill to die on, especially when I don’t really explain, but children deserve to experience fear, disgust, and discomfort in safe scenarios where they can process those sensations.
Media for children used to be scary and that’s important.
Blackberries - Karin Kneffel, 1994.
German,b.1957 -
Watercolor on ivory-colored handmade laid paper, 77.5 x 58 cm.
When all you have is a handsaw, every problem looks like a beautiful lady in a box. And you have a magician outfit. And people are watching.
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Why do all minotaurs in media have nipple rings. Who's piercing their nipples. and How do I qualify for this job.
A doll youtuber I watch has made a video about the history of Polly Pocket, and she's describing the plots of the dvd specials, one of which features an elderly woman named Ms. Throckmorton, and my reaction was
"Readers have SHORT attention spans! The average reader takes just TWO sentences to decide whether to put a book down! You have to HOOK them in the FIRST sentence! GRAB them by throat and don't let them BREATHE—"
... have... have we considered that perhaps the average reader just, like, knows what they like in a book? I mean... first sentences are famous for establishing things like *checks notes*... genre, tone, POV, pacing, character, voice, uhhh... writing style...
The average reader is putting your book down because they discovered it's in first person (or not in first person). The average reader put your book down because they wanted a cozy read, or they're sick of cozy reads, or romance, or grimdark, or assassin princesses, or vampires, or or or. The average reader put your book down because they just didn't like your writing style—no, not because it was boring... they just, get this, didn't like it.
The average critical reader put your book down because it had six grammatical mistakes in the first two sentences.
The average reader will read quite a ways if the premise intrigues them, they like the genre, the writing style doesn't get on their nerves, and the characters pop off the page. In fact, they'll probably read the whole book, so long as it delivers on its plot promises and doesn't drag in the middle section.
The average reader will, however, stop reading after just two sentences if it's clear by the second sentence that the only thing they'll like about this book is the opening line.
Idk, I just think like, painting a demographic of people who, you know, pick up full length books to read for fun, as having short attention spans doesn't make too much sense. At least not as much sense as the alternative: words tell people things; namely, the contents of this book.
In general, though, I think we jump to blame short attention spans too often when there is a far more logical explanation. "It takes 0.06 seconds for viewers to scroll past a post." Yes, that is typically how long it takes me to discern whether this post is about something I'm interested in. There's a trillion posts out there, probably a billion books, of course we've gotten fast at sorting through content. That's not an attention span issue. That's just efficiency.
Wouldn't it be better to say readers are picky bitches, but also bitches who will stick with a book through hours of effort once they're hooked? Don't worry about my attention span! Worry about giving me something to like.
The average reader has anywhere between dozens and thousands of options to choose between. I'm at the book store and I can grab a hundred different books without moving from where I'm standing. Immediately give me a reason to walk to the cashier, please.
"Readers have SHORT attention spans! The average reader takes just TWO sentences to decide whether to put a book down! You have to HOOK them in the FIRST sentence! GRAB them by throat and don't let them BREATHE—"
... have... have we considered that perhaps the average reader just, like, knows what they like in a book? I mean... first sentences are famous for establishing things like *checks notes*... genre, tone, POV, pacing, character, voice, uhhh... writing style...
The average reader is putting your book down because they discovered it's in first person (or not in first person). The average reader put your book down because they wanted a cozy read, or they're sick of cozy reads, or romance, or grimdark, or assassin princesses, or vampires, or or or. The average reader put your book down because they just didn't like your writing style—no, not because it was boring... they just, get this, didn't like it.
The average critical reader put your book down because it had six grammatical mistakes in the first two sentences.
The average reader will read quite a ways if the premise intrigues them, they like the genre, the writing style doesn't get on their nerves, and the characters pop off the page. In fact, they'll probably read the whole book, so long as it delivers on its plot promises and doesn't drag in the middle section.
The average reader will, however, stop reading after just two sentences if it's clear by the second sentence that the only thing they'll like about this book is the opening line.
Idk, I just think like, painting a demographic of people who, you know, pick up full length books to read for fun, as having short attention spans doesn't make too much sense. At least not as much sense as the alternative: words tell people things; namely, the contents of this book.
In general, though, I think we jump to blame short attention spans too often when there is a far more logical explanation. "It takes 0.06 seconds for viewers to scroll past a post." Yes, that is typically how long it takes me to discern whether this post is about something I'm interested in. There's a trillion posts out there, probably a billion books, of course we've gotten fast at sorting through content. That's not an attention span issue. That's just efficiency.
Wouldn't it be better to say readers are picky bitches, but also bitches who will stick with a book through hours of effort once they're hooked? Don't worry about my attention span! Worry about giving me something to like.
The average reader has anywhere between dozens and thousands of options to choose between. I'm at the book store and I can grab a hundred different books without moving from where I'm standing. Immediately give me a reason to walk to the cashier, please.
the thing about xander I think is that getting fucked in the ass once would fix HIM but there's not a single dude in the cast that wouldn't become worse as a result of being The Guy Who Fucked Xander Harris
Oz: it could feasibly only happen in the aftermath of the WillOz/Cander Breakup Extravaganza and it would absolutely just be the Oz-equivalent to angry sex (which is to say regular sex but his brow is furrowed) and afterwards Oz would be like I was a man unhinged I can never unleash that rage-filled beast again and Xander's like wait were you mad. still?
Larry: he'd get high off of the buzz of justifying bullying Xander for years with "hey man I guess we're just soulmates drawn together by fate" and try too hard to get involved in Xander's life and inevitably get eaten by a monster for being a scooby love interest and a gay guy in 90s tv
Riley: riley would literally accuse xander of seducing him with magic like five minutes after the fact and xander's like what no man we just got really riled up watching team america world police but riley's already yelling over at his pants on the floor like THIS IS AGENT FINN WE GOT ANOTHER WITCH and graham's voice comes through on a little speaker like ry you can't keep doing this
Spike: we saw how mad Spike was when he realised he wanted to fuck certified-hottie Buffy. If he fucked Xander bad-fashion bad-jokes no-powers no-game Harris Spike would have crossed over to AtS like three seasons earlier like I can't show my face on the hellmouth ever again I put my dick in a basement dwelling pizza boy
Angel: good lord. jesus christ. if perfect happiness releases angel's soul do you think realising he just had sex with xander would attach it permanently. as if angel needs more reasons to pretend all his gay thoughts come from the demon
The entire Sunnydale High Swim Team in that one sauna scene: this one would be fine actually
Putting anti-capitalist stickers on ads in NYC
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The Great Prehistoric Search. Written by Jane Bingham, illustrated by Ian Jackson. Published in 2004.
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