Love Letters From Your Writing (via Electric Lit)
Iâm dying omffffffg XâD
jesus christttttt
wallacepolsom
Keni
Xuebing Du
DEAR READER
tumblr dot com
h
Jules of Nature
I'd rather be in outer space đž
art blog(derogatory)
TVSTRANGERTHINGS

romaâ
One Nice Bug Per Day

ç„æ„ / Permanent Vacation

blake kathryn
Claire Keane
ojovivo

No title available
đȘŒ

⣠Chile in a Photography âŁ

Andulka

seen from Germany

seen from T1

seen from United States

seen from United Kingdom
seen from Mexico
seen from Mexico
seen from Mexico
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States

seen from United States
seen from Botswana
seen from Australia
@fleuriebee
Love Letters From Your Writing (via Electric Lit)
Iâm dying omffffffg XâD
jesus christttttt
Resources For Fantasy & Mythology Writers
Designing A World
City and Town Name Generator
How To Create a Believable World
Fantasy Religion Design Guide
Fantasy Map-maker
The Language Construction Kit
Fantasy Name Generator
The Pagan Name Generator
Writing Fantasy: Tools & Techniques
Fractal World Generator
Creating a Magic System
The Middle Ages
A Large List Of Articles On The Middle Ages
Middle Ages Weapons
Medieval Clothing
Medieval Clothing Pages
Medieval Name Archive
The Domesday Book
European Nobility Titles
Mythology
General Folklore
Various Folktales
Heroes
Weather Folklore
Trees in Mythology
Animals in Mythology
Birds in Mythology
Flowers in Mythology
Fruit in Mythology
Plants in Mythology
Folktales from Around the World
Egyptian Mythology
African Mythology
More African Mythology
Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
The Gods of Africa
Even More African Mythology
West African Mythology
All About African Mythology
African Mythical Creatures
Gods and Goddesses
Aztec Mythology
Haitian Mythology
Inca Mythology
Maya Mythology
Native American Mythology
More Inca Mythology
More Native American Mythology
South American Mythical Creatures
North American Mythical Creatures
Aztec Gods and Goddesses
Chinese Mythology
Hindu Mythology
Japanese Mythology
Korean Mythology
More Japanese Mythology
Chinese and Japanese Mythical Creatures
Indian Mythical Creatures
Chinese Gods and Goddesses
Hindu Gods and Goddesses
Korean Gods and Goddesses
Basque Mythology
Celtic Mythology
Etruscan Mythology
Greek Mythology
Latvian Mythology
Norse Mythology
Roman Mythology
Arthurian Legends
Bestiary
Celtic Gods and Goddesses
Gods and Goddesses of the Celtic Lands
Finnish Mythology
Celtic Mythical Creatures
Gods and Goddesses
Islamic Mythology
Judaic Mythology
Mesopotamian Mythology
Persian Mythology
Middle Eastern Mythical Creatures
Aboriginal Mythology
Polynesian Mythology
More Polynesian Mythology
Mythology of the Polynesian Islands
Melanesian Mythology
Massive Polynesian Mythology Post
Maori Mythical Creatures
Hawaiian Gods and Goddesses
Hawaiian Goddesses
Gods and Goddesses
List of Gods
Encyclopedia Mythica
Mythical Creatures & Beasts
Questions To Ask When Worldbuilding
The World
Physical and Historical Features
Magic and Magicians
Peoples and Customs
Social Organization
Commerce, Trade, and Public Life
Daily Life
Basics
Alternate Earth
Not Earth at All
Climate and Geography
Natural Resources
World History
Specific Country(s) History
Rules of Magic
Wizards
Magic and Technology
Miscellaneous Magic Questions
Customs
Eating
Greeting and Meeting
Gestures
Visits
Language
Ethics and Values
Religion and the Gods
Population
Government
Politics
Crime and the Legal System
Foreign Relations
Waging War
Weapons
Business and Industry
Transportation and Communication
Science and Technology
Medicine
Arts and Entertainment
Architecture
Urban Factors
Rural Factors
Fashion and Dress
Manners
Diet
Education
Calendar
Magic
The Hypertext List of Spells
Gemstone Properties
Gemstone Meanings
Crystal Healing
Fairy & Other Spirits
Elven Phrases
neat stuff.
the phrase âcuriosity killed the catâ is actually not the full phrase it actually is âcuriosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it backâ so donât let anyone tell you not to be a curious little baby okay go and be interested in the world uwu
See also:
Blood is thicker than water The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.
Meaning that relationships formed by choice are stronger than those formed by birth.
Letâs not forget that âJack of all trades, master of noneâ ends with âBut better than a master of one.â
It means that being equally good/average at everything is much better than being perfect at one thing and sucking at everything else. So donât worry if youâre not perfect at something you do! Being okay is better!
These made me feel better
Also, âgreat minds think alikeâ ends with âbut fools rarely differâ
It goes to show that conformity isnât always a good thing. And that just because more than one person has the same idea, doesnât necessarily mean itâs a good idea.
what the fuck why havenât i heard the full version to any of theseÂ
âBirds of a feather flock togetherâ ends with âuntil the cat comes.â
Itâs actually a warning about fair-weather friends, not an assessment of how complementary people are.
Iâve always felt like these were cut down on purpose.
I really like these phrases and plan on spreading this knowledge.
The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
I want to make designs out of these.
Funny how all the half-finished ones encourage uniformity and upholding the status-quo, while the complete proverbs encourage likeâŠliving exciting, eclectic lives driven by choice and personal passion.
The legendary thread is back
NaNo Character Week: Character Quirk and Voice Resources
NaNoPlanMo Resource Masterpost Navigation
Welcome to day twelve of WCâs NaNoPlanMo resources! Todayâs focus is on character voice and character quirks!
Writing Character Quirks
4 Tips for Creating Character Quirks from @nealflitherland
Is A Quirk Just What Your Character Needs?
Character Quirks Worksheet
Character Mannerisms from @creativichee
Letâs Get Fictional - Character Mannerisms
K.M. Weiland: Use Character Quirks to Grab Readersâ Attention
Difference Between Character Habits and Quirks
Quirk IdeasÂ
50 Character Quirk Ideas
50 Character Quirks to Steal
Random Quirk Generator
1003 Character Quirks
Other Characterizations
On Scars from @scriptmedic
How a Characterâs Choice of Clothing Benefits the Story  from @its-a-writer-thing
Writing Character Voice
Talking About Your Characters: Voice
Five Key Ways to Create Character Voice
Four Ways to Discover Your Characterâs Voice
K.M. Weiland: How to Find Your Characterâs Voice
Character Development: How to Create a Consistent Voice
Breaking the Rules with the Intention of Writing Character Voice from @radicalrevisions
Variety In Character Voice
What You Need to Know Most About Character Voice from @septembercfawkes
Iâve seen a lot of people struggle with the idea of Compulsory Heterosexuality, especially in wondering wether they might be a lesbian, and what the signs of compulsory heterosexuality are. I decided to make this post, to help out anyone who might need it. Some of these signs might apply more to bi-identifying women, and some of them might apply more to straight-identifying women. I asked both lesbians who used to think they were straight about their experience with comp het and lesbians who used to think they were bi about their experience with comp het, and of course added my own experiences. Warnings:Â mentions of sex and sexual fantasies, but nothing graphic. Special thanks to michael @snugly and all other bloggers that answered my questions and let me use their content for this post - your advice, patience and generosity means a lot to me.Â
You might be a lesbian if:
You wish you were a lesbian so you could escape the discomfort of dating men.
Men are okay in theory but terrible in practice.
You feel like you could live with a woman in a romantic way, even if you canât imagine doing anything sexual with a woman.
You feel like you could enjoy sexual interaction with a woman, even if you canât imagine having romantic feelings for a woman.
You lose interest in a man as soon as they seem interested in you - very common.
You find yourself trying to be romantically or sexually appealing to men even if youâre not interested in them.
As a child you always thought youâd either never get married or platonically marry a friend.
You canât imagine having a happy and fulfilling future with a man.
You feel like youâre performing your attraction to men, for yourself and/or other people.
You expect relationships with men to be unfulfilling by default.
You like the idea of men being attracted to you, but you dislike the idea of being attracted to men.
You dislike being attracted to men in general.
You only notice the attractiveness of a man when someone else points it out.
You think your feelings for women donât count, or that all women have feelings âlike thatâ but that theyâre not valid because you think itâs a phase everyone goes through.
You donât want to date men, but you feel like you have to.
You think that because you could survive dating, marrying, and/or having sex with a man, youâre attracted to men (hint: you donât have to settle for just surviving).
You think itâs objective and uncontested that almost all women are way more attractive than most men.Â
The men in your fantasies are faceless or symbolise an emotion.Â
You donât like fantasising about men. After fantasising about men you feel uncomfortable or wrong.
When fantasising about men, youâre not really into the man in your fantasy, or the fantasy itself. You imagine another woman in place of yourself or imagine that youâre the man in the fantasy.
Lesbian or gay feels like the label for you but you still doubt yourself for whatever reason.Â
Youâre only attracted to fictional men, celebrities, or man that are completely unattainable (i.e. your teacher, gay men, men in established relationships). Basically, you only like men if itâs impossible for them to like you back - very common.
You prefer/are exclusively attracted to âfeminineâ men, (i.e. men that wear traditionally feminine clothing, have traditionally feminine behaviors or appearances, and like traditionally feminine things) basically you only like men if theyâre âwomanlyâ enough.Â
Youâre repulsed by the dynamics of most/all real life m/f relationships youâve seen and/or regularly feeling like âmaybe it works for them but I never want my relationship to be like thatâ.
You think you might commitment-phobic because no relationship, no matter how great the guy, feels quite right and you drag your feet when the time comes to escalate it.
When you do escalate a relationship with a man, you do it mostly because you feel like he wants to, or because itâs the appropriate thing to doy.
You think your interest in seeing attractive women stems from the sexualisation and objectification of women in media.
You think all straight women feel attraction to women to at least some extent (hint: 100% straight women do exist).
You think you have to learn how to love men.Â
You find yourself wishing you were a lesbian because itâd be so much easier to just be with women for the rest of your life.Â
You think men-attracted women over-exaggerate their attraction to men and you canât comprehend finding a man as attractive as they do.Â
You canât imagine being so invested in a man/relationship with a man or valuing a man/relationship with a man as much as men-attracted women.
You dread the idea of a future with a man.
Men expressing their attraction to men is more relatable than women expressing their attraction for men (thereâs something specific about same-gender attraction that any form of it is just more relatable than different gender attraction).
You think you just have to give men a chance.Â
You feel very uncomfortable reading or watching m/f erotica, or even just general m/f romantic interactions.
Other people tell you youâre acting like an over-invested lesbian ally or you feel like you are acting like an over-invested lesbian ally.Â
You think your relationships with men donât work out because youâre bad at relationships in general.
You think you just have high standards and thatâs why you donât want to date any men.
You think youâre just a late bloomer and will be attracted to men eventually.
You just. Pick a dude at random to be attracted to.Â
The only men youâre attracted to are those who hurt you, harass you, or abuse you.Â
You think itâs impossible for lesbians to have a happy future with women but you think you could be the exception to the rule (this ties in with internalised homophobia).Â
Do you love them because theyâre your boyfriend or are they your boyfriend because you love them? If itâs the first, you might not actually be attracted to them.
You go through past memories trying to prove your attraction to men (âBut I had a boyfriend when I was 13!â).
You put yourself through having romantic or sexual relationships with men to prove to yourself and other people that youâre attracted to men.Â
You know that lesbians exist but you think you canât possibly be one of them because if you were, youâd know already -Â very common.Â
You think youâre attracted to men but just donât want to date them.
You donât like kissing/touching/having sex with your husband/boyfriend or youâre not attracted to your husband/boyfriend but it must be because heâs not the one for you (or another excuse).Â
Most of your experiences with men are/were men being attracted to you, and you sort of going along with it.Â
You only develop attraction to a guy after a female friend expresses attraction to them.Â
You find yourself wishing you could just have one hot fling with a woman just to try it out, or fantasise about it.Â
You think attraction is just ânot being disgusted by a manâ.
You enjoy consuming f/f erotica a lot more than any other type, and find fantasising about women a lot more satisfying than any other fantasy.Â
You crave âplatonicâ physical contact with your female friends but wish that men would just leave you alone.
Youâre only attracted to men whose attention would somehow be profitable (i.e. men in positions of power such as your boss).
Deciding who to be attracted to, or asking people who you should crush on.
You try to pursue your feelings for other women through going on âplatonic datesâ with women and âpractising on womenâ.Â
You think youâre too young/busy to be attracted to men or have a fulfilling relationship with a man.Â
âI would totally date [x woman] if they were a guy!! ! !!â
You have abstract crushes that you donât actually want to progress into romantic and/or sexual relationships - very common.
You date men because itâs what youâre supposed to do, and stay with them because you canât find a good reason to break up.
You really want to be a lesbian and only date women but feel like you canât because of some lingering, vague idea of attraction to men, but the idea of dating a man is distressing, gross, upsetting, boring, unsatisfying or makes you feel trapped.
Being very specific with the men youâre âinterestedâ in but having absolutely no type when it comes to girls because theyâre all so beautiful.
Your favourite character in every show is that one gay-coded or butch-looking woman (examples: Shego from Kim Possible, Spinelli from Recess, Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica).
You wish your boyfriend/husband was more like a female friend.
You can flip on your attraction to men like a switch - very common.
These are the most common signs of comp het, but there are other ways comp het manifests than just these ways! You donât have to relate to all of these to identify as a lesbian. You might be reading this and start to question yourself. This is okay. I recommend emerging yourself in sapphic content to normalise the idea of f/f attraction. Try reading f/f (fan)fiction or novels, watching films and/or tv shows with f/f couples, and following some lesbian/sapphic themed accounts here on tumblr and other platforms (beware of terfs! check a persons account befor you follow them). Other than that, Iâd like to assure you that even though you currently have a boyfriend, a husband, or had one in the past, that this does not make you any less of a lesbian. If youâve had sex with men, youâre not any less of a lesbian. You can still be a lesbian if youâre a trans woman or a nonbinary woman-aligned person, or if you feel connected to womanhood through your love of other women. Lesbian is not a dirty word and you are beautiful. If you have any further inquiries or questions, donât hesitate to shoot me an ask! Iâll be happy to answer all of them.
Women are⊠how do you say⊠beautiful capable strong amazing badass stunning powerful gorgeous effervescent ethereal and angel like beings
Youâre were right, we are from different worlds and I really want you to stay in mine.
why are girls so attractive??? iâm not complaining iâm just gay
How I recognized comp het/coercive heteronormativity
I get a lot of asks about how to tease apart genuine attraction from compulsory heterosexuality/coercive heteronormativity and how I figured it out and all that and the sucky answer is that thereâs no cut-and-dry test or yes or no way to figure it out. Ultimately, in the end, youâll have to decide whether you feel genuine attraction for men or whether itâs been conditioned into you. That doesnât mean your conclusion canât change over time, but you have to make the call in the end. No one else can make it for you.
Statements I have that helped me (speaking from my own experience) conclude that I was experiencing compulsory heterosexuality and not genuine attraction to men that might resonate with you:
I like getting attention from men and being validated in my attractiveness, but the moment it goes from attention to an interaction (i.e. from flirting to asking out) I start panicking.
Iâm constantly testing my attraction to men. I pick one or more conventionally attractive men in the room, and try to force myself to be attracted to them.
I like the idea of being with a man, but any time a man makes a move on me I get incredibly uncomfortable.
I like the idea of marrying a man/being in a relationship with a man, but I can always pick out a reason to not want to date any man that is interested in me or any man suggested to me. These reasons are sometimes reasonable, but often insignificant (i.e. âI donât like guys who do their hair like that, he has a weird mole on his face, heâs too tallâ).
I can fantasize about men and find men attractive, but thinking about realistically being with a man makes my stomach churn.
The guys I like always seem to be incredibly feminine or gay. (This never happened to me specifically, but it has happened to many friends).
Alternatively, the guys I like are always a hyper masculine manâs man who embodies everything about manliness.
The guys I like are always unattainable.
I get crushes on guys but they immediately disappear the moment they might like me back.
When I think about guys, I think about all the things that I could tolerate doing with them (dating, kissing, sex, marriage) but always in terms of what I could force myself to do, not what I want to do.
Being around guys that are interested in me gives me intense anxiety.
I like male celebrities, fictional men, and men in art, but never men in real life.
All of my fantasies around men are always with faceless, nameless men; the more realistic the fantasy and the more details about my partner I invent, the less excited and into the fantasy I become.
I want to marry a man, be a stay at home, have 2.5 kids and a dog named Spot, live in the suburbs, and have my kids play sports and paint. I have no idea why I want this, I canât pick out anything about this goal that is appealing to me, but I want this to happen.
Your fantasies about men still somehow turn out to be a little gay. Maybe youâre penetrating him, you donât have to look at his face/donât want to look at his face (I had and still have this one big time), you want a threesome with another woman, heâs very feminine, etc. It might be a âstraight fantasyâ but youâve altered it in a way straight people might not be totally interested in.
Your fantasies about men give you intense distress or anxiety. They could be intrusive thoughts, forms of self-harm, or otherwise.
You figure youâre attracted to men but donât really have any evidence for it. (i.e. âI guess Iâm attracted to men because I had a crush on Brian in 2nd grade. I donât hate men and I have men who I am friends with and whose company I enjoy. Why wouldnât I be attracted to men?â)
This by no means an exhaustive list of how compulsive heterosexuality/coercive heteronormativity affects people, and there are plenty of people who are genuinely attracted to men who may relate and identify with one or more of these bullet points. However, if you relate to or identify with a lot of these things, Iâd say itâs worth an investigation into why so many of these things resonate with you. Is it because you have a specific taste in men or because society has conditioned you to want this? Is it because you have bad experiences with men related to trauma or because these kinds of desires have been ingrained into you? I canât answer those questions for you, and it will probably take some soul-searching but these are things I noticed for myself that indicated to me I wasnât experiencing genuine attraction to men.
If anyone else has any compulsory heterosexuality/coercive heteronormavitiy signs theyâd like to share, feel free!
Yes, I am 20 and married. Yes, I have heard it all. "Your brains arenât fully developed till your 25.â "You havenât even finished college.â "Whatâs the hurry?â "Youâve never dated anyone before, donât rush into things.â "You have your whole life ahead of you.â "This isnât a smart decision.â "How are you going to live?â "How is he going to support you?â "You're just kids.â My personal favorite which is usually asked by young college girls "Aren't you scared you'll miss out on things" Don't worry 99% of the time I know exactly what they mean by "things" (parties, getting drunk and wild) Honestly, I'm not sure when or why being young and married became such a "bad" thing. Don't get me wrong either we don't have it all figured out and I will never claim to. I know marriage is a huge commitment and something you will have to work at for the rest of your life because I know it will not always be happy smiles. Some days it will be hard, very trying, your faith will be tested, but guess what y'all? When I'm 80 I will be able to tell my children I have been married to their dad for 60 years! I get to spend the rest of my life taking on adventures with my best friend (travel partner for life)!!!! I literally get to grow old with my husband. I will still finish college. I will always have someone to laugh and cry with. I will still do everything I wanted to do in life, getting married will not stop me from that. If I know one thing for sure about being young and married is that this love will always be worth it. I feel so blessed that The Lord saw me fit to meet the love of my life so early in life and that I will forever be thankful for. â€ïž If you see marriage as the end of your freedom you're doing it wrong. This is just the beginning of our adventure.
đ·I saw this post on Facebook just now, and while most people will think it's sweet that she's so happy and she will spend her entire life with him, I don't think that. She really is too young for marriage. I understand why she did it; for "love" and companionship, someone to do things with.... But you need to have time to do things by yourself. You need to travel by yourself; take on part of the world for a little bit by yourself. I could never, ever see myself being married in my early twenties because I haven't found myself. Honestly, I could never see myself getting married, or at least not for another 20 years. You need to take time for yourself and know what you want. I'm not trying to be negative, but I feel like she's going to be very unhappy in a few years. I couldn't just give up my life for someone like that. She's gonna just give her life away to this dude and have his children and be trapped in this marriage, raising these kids. She's too young.
I could never ever. I don't understand how she could do that. I don't understand how almost all of my friends from high school have children now and they think that's what makes them happy. And these girls are like 18-21 years old that I'm talking about. I'm the one person out of our group who hasn't done that. I could never. I have way too many things that need to do by myself.đ·
Family Photo đ
Things almost every author needs to research
How bodies decompose
Wilderness survival skills
Mob mentality
Other cultures
What it takes for a human to die in a given situation
Common tropes in your genre
Average weather for your setting
yoooo
How bodies decompose
Wilderness survival skills
Mob mentality
Other cultures
What it takes for a human to die in a given situation
Common tropes for your genre
Average weather for your setting
365 Days by ZZ WARD
Your clothes out on the blacktop Scattered suits on the street Frames and broken pictures in the mid-September heat We set these nights on fire So hot, we burned it down Now all that's left of us is ashes on the ground I told you back in June You knew damn well what I would do Three hundred sixty five days You been making me wait So keep your two-timing games It's a lot of too late The summer's over, over, over Over, over, over Drop your keys from six stories Shout out, "It's raining green!" Don't tell lies in heaven or an angel will get mean Diamonds and white gold watches Watch how fast they will soar You always said you wanted to give back to the poor I told you back in June You knew damn well what I would do Three hundred sixty five days You been making me wait So keep your two-timing games It's a lot of too late The summer's over, over, over Over, over, over I won't be your debutante Won't be the fool to your savant I can't fix your cracked up dreams While the leaves fall off these trees I won't spend the winter nights Holding on to what ain't right You might break your words real fast But mine are made to last Three hundred sixty five days You been making me wait So keep your two-timing games It's a lot of too late The summer's over, over, over Over, over, over Three hundred sixty five days You been making me wait So keep your two-timing games It's a lot of too late The summer's over, over, over Over, over, over now Over now
đđđ