a place for little ol' lee

LEE. THIRTY-SEVEN. WRITER. MOVIE SCORE NUT. CREATIVE WRITING B.A. EDUCATION, TEACHING M.A. HS ENGLISH TEACHER.

[foryouareanemberintheashes]

Writing Progress as of August 2

Mostly as a way for me to keep track but figured hey, maybe some readers follow me here. 🤷‍♀️

Battlecry (Transformers Bayverse) - Chapter 5: 5% Complete

How to Survive the World of Vikings (HTTYD) - Chapter 32: 15% Complete.

On the back burner, simmering as VE Schwab puts it.

How to Survive book 2 (HTTYD) - TItle will be revealed once the first story is done since the title gives away the ending. Outline 75% Complete.

Avalanche (DATV, Solas/Rook) - inspired by Avalanche by Thomas Bergersen. Want to pull in stuff that was cut.

Untitled (DATV, Solas/OC, Rook/???, MGIT) - OC somehow gets pulled into the mix when Solas uses blood magic on Rook. First Fade conversation after ritual interrupted by OC screaming is the first scene that entered my head with Solas and Rook just like 👀

[power-handmaiden]

when I was in high school I had a literature teacher who had a policy of unlimited extra credit. All you had to do was read a book by a notable author (his discretion) and have a little chat with him after school to prove that you read it. No limits, no need for variety (one month I decided I really loved Kurt Vonnegut and just read everything of his I could get my hands on).

Yes, I was tearing through books constantly, and talking to this teacher at least weekly. Because even though I always loved reading as a kid, literature was always a very weak subject for me in terms of a teaching-to-standardized-test school setting (I just do awful on "what color were the curtains" type multiple choice questions. Those details don't stick in my memory THEY JUST DON'T). But that didn't matter for this class. I could just read my way out of any bad test score. I have always had fond memories of how I "fudged" my way through that class and "abused' the extra credit policy.

I was thinking about it again today, and only just now realized that he absolutely tricked me into being well-read, while my teenage self thought I was totally getting away with something. THAT MOTHERFUCKER. I hope he's doing well.

[thememedaddy]

[curiouswisp]

Mourn Watch Week Day 5 - Memorial Gardens

@mournwatchweek

[aseriesofunfortunatetexts]

[violetbaude-deactivated20200229]

literally real life though

[frodo-baggins]

After that the journey went well, and the days went quickly by; for they rode at leisure, and often they lingered in the fair woodlands where the leaves were red and yellow in the autumn sun. 

[elvish-root]

I love DA2. The shitty graphics. The horrible gameplay. The story so unavoidably devastating and beautiful and horrible. Everyone hates each other. Everyone loves each other. You’re constantly filling the streets with bodies and there are no ramifications for this. There are ramifications for everything you say and do. Everyone’s bisexual. There’s a dragon in the mine. You lose everyone and everything you love and care about and it’s inevitable. Isabela gets an STI at one point. Merrill is a blood mage. You go from rags to riches to going on the run. You have a dog. You set your friend up on a date with the guy she likes. You hunt down a serial killer who takes the last member of your family away. Your doctor friend is possessed and loves cats and commits domestic terrorism. You have no control. You control everything.

[cheese24k]

[forest-kiss-deactivated20160407]

I remember when I first watched this show, I played this part at least 5 times

[peopleareaproblem]

Narrator: “Water. Unlike other cats, long-haired Persians need regular baths to keep their luxurious coats healthy and fluffy. Reginald doesn’t care if he has a prize-winning coat. He just wants the ordeal to be over.”

Reginald: *meows in distress*

Narrator: Unfortunately for Reggie, there’s one last step. He’s about to learn that getting wet is nothing – compared to getting dry.”

♫ TRIUMPHANT FANTASY MUSIC ♪

@captioned-vines​

[bunjywunjy]

creature of all time

[my-dailydreams]

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

This picture is NOT CUTE

they are making her use Window 8. unimaginably cruel

[black-quadrant]

y’all remind yourselves your account is your space. you’re not a performance. you’re not annoying by being yourself. if people aren’t into it they can leave. you’re not obligated to please anyone, especially at the cost of your personal expression. the worst thing you can do for your online enjoyment is to filter or censor yourself.

[depsidase]

[hahaalaine]

This is leaving out the most crucial piece of why that was a normal reality: UNIONS. Union participation percentage is a measly 10% across all industries for the latest statistics in 2025. Unions are the ones who could fight against the requirement for everyone and their mother to need a minimum of a bachelor's degree. they could fight for working hours to be properly compensated so that the work week was actually 40 hours or less and everything over was actually paid for. The reality of the work place and why we work so much more for so much less is because we are not unionized. the reason europeans seem to have it so much better is because of their strong union culture. there are solutions to these problems and we need to stop obscuring the why.

[depsidase]

correct.

[cosmicretreat]

[daysleftofsecondterm]

this post makes me feel patriotic

[transcyberism]

this post makes me feel a complex mixture of love for the people around me and consternation about what "patriotism" entails politically and ethically

[dogpuppy]

[shark-tranny]

american describing weather: ok so imagine a donut

[stealingpotatoes]

I would sell my signed star wars poster for you to draw art of obitine (obi-wan x satine) 👀👀👀

you're right i should draw them more i love obitine and their regency era pining, even if I know I'll never match their no.1 shipper

(commission info // patreon)

[what-even-is-thiss]

History isn't written by the victors it's written by the guys who write stuff down

[aaaggghh]

And who told them to do that, exactly?

[what-even-is-thiss]

Are you insinuating that only winners are capable of creating propaganda or writing history books because that’s kinda an ill-informed take dude not gonna lie

[what-even-is-thiss]

The US lost the Vietnam war and yet as an American, surprise surprise, most of the stuff I read about it or information I even have access to about it is from an American perspective. Most of the English language information out there is from the American perspective. In some areas of the country children are still taught that we won the war. Propaganda and history writing by the losers is not a new thing. Ramses ii of Egypt lost the battle of kadesh big time but he still built gigantic friezes saying what a great job he did. The victors aren’t always the ones with the gigantic war memorials and super widely spoken language.

[mariacallous]

[iamaine]

my most Millennial trait is that i want big screen to think properly. to compose my thoughts. app exists for your thing but no website? bad bad bad not good for think, need big screen for think. i wrote this post on the small screen btw