fictional things

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[fortunamiau-deactivated20240706]

my favorite thing about hmc it’s how it spends the most part of the book making us fangirl over howl’s Powerful Magic™ because as we read it through sophie’s perspective and he’s the one who introduces her to magic she looks up to him, while she completely ignores (we along with her) all the magic she does since the book starts and that’s seriously inspiring, like, sometimes it’s really hard to see your own magic but it still there even if you’re not aware of all the good you’re doing to the world

[writingdose]

this and also the only difference between fanfic writers and writers who sell their own original works as careers is that fanfics aren’t monetized. that’s all.

being a “professional” writer doesn’t mean your works are inherently better than fanfics. I’ve read so many fics that are more professionally written than some published books.

whether or not a piece of writing is monetized has nothing to do with its quality.

[academic-vampire]

A crucial part of the bookstore experience is saying hi to all the books you’ve already read

[somewhere-in-the-rain]

I just love that Wendell Bambleby is a faerie king who specialises in household tasks of all things. finally, a male love interest who doesn’t have shadow magic and can’t read minds, but instead seems to spend most of his time darning socks, tidying up, and just generally fussing

[cattoonxd]

Never give up without a fight

[soncee]

Water tribe siblings !!!

[lujinarchive]

Katara and Sokka

[itsangelic1411]

Oh Toph the woman you are

[ashcremated]

shhhh theyre sleeby 🤏🤏

[whereareyourightnow]

[sicknastyjr]

Your 20s are not about getting your life together they're about learning to escape the self imposed torture labyrinth you've built inside your own head

[queer-cosette]

'dating rules' are so fucking stupid btw. "don't talk too much about your hyperfixation on a first date, it'll scare them off!!" it'll only scare them off if they're a coward. Someone worthy of my affections will listen to me talk about my goal of visiting every whale exhibit with a life-sized effigy of a whale in it in the world for a solid half-hour and come away from that experience desiring me carnally.

[queer-cosette]

One time I went on a date with a guy who stared at me with raised eyebrows while I told him about my plan to go to ComicCon as Daphne Blake, and then he scoffed and said it was weird for me to be so into Scooby Doo at the age of 19. Last year I told my boyfriend (before he was my boyfriend) that next time I got ComicCon tickets I wanted to go as Rapunzel, and he gasped and said "NO WAY I WANTED TO GO AS FLYNN RIDER". So, like, not only is talking about your hyperfixations on an early date a good way to learn quickly if someone is going to treat your whole personality with respect or not, you might also find a kindred spirit.

[queer-cosette]

This doesn't just apply to dating btw. Any platonic acquaintance who acts like you're cringe for having a lot of enthusiasm about something is not someone you want in your life. The people who matter will do things that you want to do with you because they love you and like when you are happy. Case in point I could not have paid my high school official-best-friend to spend four and a half hours in London's Natural History Museum taking photos in the whale gallery but my adulthood best friend agreed in a heartbeat despite knowing the bare minimum about whales.

So yeah. Be openly enthusiastic about the things you love and the right people will love you for it.

[pavlovs-titties]

Hey, in the most respectful and platonic way possible? I desired you carnally off the first post alone, and that gave me seconds of you.

If someone does not love and respect both your proper and your freak? They were not meant for you.

No more 'being on our best behaviour' for first dates. Let them see your gremlin. Perceive their gremlin. Fall in ooky, whacky, gremlin love.

[queer-cosette]

MWAH kissing you in a nineteenth-century-author-writing-a-letter-to-a-close-friend-that's-now-heavily-debated-as-evidence-of-their-queerness-by-historians kinda way <3

YOU GET IT

[lorebossthings]

I ended a 15 year friendship over this exact thing.

I loved my dear friend, but it became clear to me in recent years that my friend did not love me.

Oh, she was happy to come and stay at my house half the weekend and tell me all her woes and how excited she was to do pottery and about her job and the men she was pursuing.

But she could not handle a five minute conversation about comics or movies or books or art that I was working on. She would sit there silently and say 'I have nothing to contribute' or she would start watching TikTok WHILE I was talking until I gave up.

It wasn't as if I didn't try, I only brought up topics in those genres I thought might interest her, or referenced things she'd talked about in the past, but it starting being very obvious that she didn't want to have a conversation, she wanted me to listen and affirm while she told me things.

And it genuinely hurt my feelings, because I don't particularly care about pottery or glazing, but I listened and learned and asked questions and eventually learned enough to have an actual conversation on the topic with her. Because I loved her and that is what she loves.

A few weeks ago, I went to see a different friend and she asked me if she could play a video game while we talked. I didn't mind, I was used to trying to fight with TikTok for attention.

We spent five hours talking, actually talking. Five hours of me getting to talk about the novel I've been working on for nearly two years at this point and for her to tell me all about the construction and design of her favorite game franchise, and not once did I feel like I was fighting for attention. It felt very much like hanging out and playing video games when I was a kid.

If someone isn't willing to try to meet you where you're at, especially if you're doing it for them, it's not a good relationship. You deserve someone who'll meet you at your level of freak, you deserve to be listened to and treated with respect.

[fuzzyhedgepig]

Sometimes my friends or partner will be excited about something that doesn't interest me or I don't understand. And I'll zone out a bit on the content, but I will be watching their face and listening to their voice and being happy that they're happy.

I am slowly picking up small pieces of knowledge about programming from my partner. It makes my head hurt to try and understand. But when she gets talking about it and isn't having to go slow for me? She's the most beautiful sight in the entire world.

[nihilisticlinguistics]

adulthood notes:

The Rodeo Rule: you only have to do it for the first time once.

The Rohan Rule: if you are at a social function full of new people and you want to be liked, find someone doing important work like setup or food prep and offer to help.

The Tutorial Mode Rule: to navigate an unfamiliar situation where you fear you will mess up an interaction, preface the interaction by mentioning that you've never done this before, and let them know if you have a specific concern or question.

The Rocket Science Rule: most new things you want to try seem very complicated but are simple when taken step by step.

The [X] Will Remember That Rule: if you need to make small talk with the same person on a regular basis, try to save one fact or current event in their life from a given conversation and bring it up next time you talk.

The Cool Binder Rule: by wearing clothes and accessories that are to your taste instead of trying to blend in, people will be more likely to compliment you and show interest in you as a person.

[merlin-gifs]

MERLIN | 4x10 “A Herald of the New Age”

[remanence-of-love]

[undisclosed-desires-3]

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[vexheart]

[oneheadtoanother]