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Logan | amateur writer | I posts things to do with writing/drawing and share some of my favourite fanfics/stories

[goddessofcrying]

i saw this tweet on my feed and i cant stop thinking about it help-

[glowflysandkerosene]

Yes

[lyresandlasers]

list of favorite things as a fanfic author:

When someone is really freaking mad at me for inducing an emotional response from them

when readers give me a background of how/when they read my writing

when readers give me a background of why they shouldn’t have been reading my writing (usually while at work)

when readers quote my work back to me in comments

the frickin’ real heroes here, the ones who comment on every chapter of an ongoing multi-chapter fic

[brainbubblegum]

Sony made both movies so they obviously exist in the same universe

[liquid-geodes]

THAT BOTTOM PANEL JUST FUCKING KILLED ME

[wadey-wilson]

new meme template 

[shoyowo]

[were-writes]

Will humanity ever be free of the influence of Edna Mode? Can any of us so much as consider the character design for a hero or villain without her manifesting in the room, fully aware of our sins?

[were-writes]

You know what, another layer of difficulty is when you’re thinking about villains, and the wise words of Megamind come into your head. You don’t just want your child to be just a regular villain. But how do you make your villain a Supervillain with no cape? Where is the drama? But Edna says no capes, you must deny them the flair. It is impossible to please them both, and it’s tearing this family apart.

[sci-the-superb]

you. you get it.

(tags via @jeremiahsmysteriosotouch)

[deadblogdontlook]

Counteroffer: Big dramatic cloak to protect your identity that you drop on the floor before every fight

[krshush]

#there are two wolves inside you #one is edna mode #the other is megamind  (@remnantofahero) 

[silver-tongues-blog]

I can’t believe the compromise is Obi-Wan Kenobi

[hexane-harpy]

This^^^

[marithlizard]

This! 

[piroco]

AO3 offer a comfortable, no payment, ad-free service in exchange for donations specifically to KEEP THE WEBPAGE UP AND RUNNING and people still complain?!

[silverquillsideas]

[enigmatic-mystery-777]

*stifles a sob* oh my god. This spoke to me in a way nothing else has.

[witch-of-the-wild-xxx]

@appears I fucking love your writing. ♥️

[neil-gaiman]

Utterly accurate.

[bblackwwood]

@the-explosion-demon

[softestziam]

Thank you to all the fan fic writers who won’t get a post dedicated to them today or any day. Your writing still matters, your writing is still important. Your fic touched someone, it is someones favorite fic, their comfort fic. Don’t stop writing, don’t ever give up. I appreciate you and your writing. Thank you for all you do.

[morstan]

i dont know when it happened but somewhere along the way “shipping” got a new meaning for younger folk that seems to translate to “i want these people together for real asap”. i think the media had something to do with it. but guys.

guys.

shipping absolutely Does Not mean demanding anything from people/creators. shipping isn’t about expecting and waiting for the day it will certainly happen. it is not a direct translation to Happen Or Die.

shipping means you like the idea of two (or more) people together. you like the concept. you find it fun to imagine the dynamics. you even create fanon content of it (fic, art, edits). it’s all in your head and it’s Fine that way.

is it nice to have a ship become canon? oh my god, yes. but that’s not what shipping is about and yall need to take a step back and breathe because being a jerk to people aint gonna change their mind about ships.

have a good night.

[ao3feed-stucky]

by Aelfay

The water was already in the bath. It steamed but only mildly. The soap was in a little dish. The soap was shaped like a duck. He stared at the soap for a long while, sitting in the bath, waiting for his pain to lessen as per instructions. Why was the soap shaped like a duck. Was it a psychological test for the handler to give him soap shaped like a duck.

——

Bucky never got the serum. Bucky got lycanthropy. And now, to save Steve’s life, he had to share. Too bad Steve has no idea what’s going on.

Words: 3620, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Tony Stark, Sam Wilson, James “Bucky” Barnes, Steve Rogers

Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers

Additional Tags: Steve Rogers as the Winter Soldier, Captain America Bucky Barnes

[ao3commentoftheday]

Unhappy with canon? In my fandom?

It’s more likely thank you’d think. 

[ober-affen-geil]

I already had half a mind to go off about this and then a set of Eliot and Parker came across my dash from the same episode I was thinking of and that pushed me over the edge.

So let’s talk about The Big Bang Job in Leverage and something they pulled off only by nature of being Leverage because it’s practically magic tbh.

The thing about The Big Bang Job is that the climax of the episode is a gigantic, over the top shootout between one of the main characters (Eliot) and a literal warehouse full of goons with automatic weapons. And Eliot not only walks out of it without a scratch, he starts with only his fists to fight back with. I’m talking complete and utter cheese; stormtrooper-like aim from the goons, Eliot never misses a shot, Eliot takes cover behind wooden boxes and doesn’t get hit, infinite bullets, and the scene ends with Eliot sliding on his knees while spinning 360 firing all the while and hitting every single one of his remaining targets.

This scene is objectively utterly laughable, it should flop. It doesn’t. 

It doesn’t because this is Eliot. Eliot, who the show is very, very careful to establish “doesn’t like guns”. Not, “doesn’t USE guns”, “doesn’t LIKE guns”. It has been consistent, up to this point and actually after this point, that Eliot before he met the team was not a nice person. He’s a hitter, he’s not exactly the nicest person now, but before the team it is heavily implied that he did some nasty, assassin-esque work for an even nastier guy. 

He’s killed people before, for a living, and he was very good at it.

But by the time we meet him, by the time the team meets him, he is out of that line of work. He doesn’t touch guns anymore, not for personal use. Every single time we see him with one on-screen it’s because he’s disarming someone else who had one and unloading it to make it useless in whatever fight is going on at the moment. Eliot doesn’t like guns. Eliot doesn’t use guns. And it is because that character fact is well and consistently established for three seasons before we get to The Big Bang Job that the over the top shootout is dramatically weighted instead of funny.

That scene, which should read as celebration of a gory bloodbath, is instead an extremely grim and serious character moment. This is Eliot breaking an unspoken vow; this is a promise that he made to himself and that we the audience have seen him hold himself to without fail, and we have to watch him go back on it, for the sake of his team. This is watching Eliot be the man, the monster, he believes he is, the person that he will spend the rest of his life atoning for without ever truly feeling he can have or deserves forgiveness. 

It is the context of that character, the back story firmly in place and present in the moment he makes the decision, that makes the warehouse shootout devastatingly gutwrenching instead of what it should be.

It is the only reason Leverage gets away with it and significantly they never do it again. This is the only time we ever see this from Eliot and that’s what gives that moment so much weight. 

[memprime]

@copperbadge

[copperbadge]

This is a great meta about a really great moment in the show, and I agree with all of it. I would add that there’s a second layer, which is that Eliot also clearly doesn’t expect to survive that shootout. He’s in a killbox and he’s making a calculated decision to sacrifice himself for the team and for a specific goal, and he makes that sacrifice after asking for a promise that the goal will be achieved. 

So part of the gravitas comes from the fact that he goes in with just his fists and doesn’t expect to make it out the other side, so he’s just looking to rip through them as far as possible to give the others a chance. It’s a redemptive moment because it’s Eliot letting loose in direct opposition to Moreau, when probably the last time he behaved this violently was in service of Moreau. 

Comedic aspect aside, that also explains why he’s so bouncy at the end of the San Lorenzo job, when he bursts in on Nate in bed – that’s the ultimate closing of a loop for him, the fact that not only did he survive the previous episode’s violence, he completed a redemption cycle. He used his violence, ultimately, to end the greatest cause of his violence. That must have been very freeing.

[ao3commentoftheday]

So I struggle badly with writing dialogue sometimes. Any tips for that?

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My #1 tip for writing dialogue is to change paragraph every time you change speakers. Yes, even if they only say one word. That change of paragraph is a signal to the reader that a new person is talking, and not changing paragraphs makes dialogue a lot more difficult to read. 

As for the actual words of dialogue, there are a few things that I do in my own fics which work for me. See if any of them seem like they might work for you:

pick a few slang terms or idioms that the character uses in character and use them once or twice in your fic. Careful: overdoing it could end up sounding unnatural.

which brings me to point 2: say your dialogue out loud. Or at least, play it out in your head without the narration that goes with it. Does it sound like a real conversation? 

a way to make it sound more ‘real’ is to have characters interrupt each other, or have them trail off without finishing their sentences

take into account the situation the characters are in and adjust their speech accordingly. People get more formal/casual in their speech depending on who they’re talking to and what the purpose of the conversation is

don’t feel like you need to have narration with every line. If the conversation is going back and forth really quickly, you can give a sense of that speed by just putting the dialogue text without saying “he said” or “she whispered” etc. 

when you do add the narration, remember that “said” is a wonderful word and great to use when it doesn’t matter what tone or volume the character is using. Said is the default. Any time you use another word, that draws attention to the way the character is talking. Use that to your advantage! By using other words (shout, admonish, chide, etc) you draw your reader’s attention to that dialogue and that can be a great way to point out plot-relevant information or interactions

I could go on, but I don’t want to load you down to much with my way of doing things. How about the rest of you? How do you write dialogue? And if you’re a reader, what kinds of things make you feel like the conversation was really happening?

[spinmewriteround]

This is all fantastic advice. Another thing to keep in mind is that people don’t usually speak in more than a few sentences at a time unless they’re explaining something detailed or especially impassioned about something. This isn’t a hard and fast rule, but I try to keep it under three spoken sentences per paragraph.

[bewareofninja]

Remember that different people speak differently. It seems obvious, but it can be easy to write dialogue that sounds natural in your head because it’s how you speak, but would sound ridiculous coming out of the mouth of your characters. I feel into this a lot when I was younger and my characters all sounded like teenagers even when they weren’t. Keep an eye on your dialogue for slang, colloquialisms, phrasing, filler words,etc. When you are editing your work, consider how they fit the ‘voice’ of your character, the time period or geographical area, and the situation. A shy character or someone talking to a ‘superior’ in period piece may make use of the passive voice, avoidant phrasing, etc. even if they are more forwards with friends and family. A gruff character may sound softer talking to their spouse and kids than they would to co-workers.  Character voice can also be purposely used to show intent and hidden (in universe) characteristics. Maybe the questionable love interest speaks pleasantly to the main character but rudely to service staff. The character hiding a their past may slip up and use slang or terminology they shouldn’t know when under duress. 

[transxfiles]

to all my writer friends out there.

[marvelousmythos]

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK. 

[saint-ambrosef]

use “said” if you don’t want to draw attention to the dialogue tag. people’s eyes kinda glide over the word while still consciously absorbing who is saying what. only use alternatives if there is something specific you want to emphasize about how they say it, i.e. saying “spat” to indicate intense vitriol or “grunted” to show physical strain.

[mythicalcoolkid]

Habits, Tics, Stims, Compulsions, and Behaviors

You are tapping your foot. Someone asks you to stop. You do. You feel no ill effects aside from maybe disappointment at having to stop. You tap your foot often. This is a habit.

You are tapping your foot, whether you want to or not. Someone asks you to stop. You can’t. If you try to it feels like holding in a sneeze and the pressure builds up. It might come out in a different, even less controllable action. This is a tic.

You are tapping your foot. Someone asks you to stop. You do, but immediately feel worse physically or emotionally. It was a way for you to express yourself and how you feel. You may feel pressure. This is a stim.

You are tapping your foot. Someone asks you to stop. You can’t, because if you do something bad will happen, possibly some specific bad thing. You know it’s irrational, but not doing it gives you anxiety. This is a compulsion.

You are tapping your foot. Someone asks you to stop. You can’t, because if you do this specific bad thing will happen. It is not irrational to you, although it is to others. This is an erratic/disorganized behavior.

[ambiguousdisorderken]

ao3 is a gift to humanity and we'll never be able to repay or thank the support team enough

[homunculus-argument]

 Hey btw, another worldbuilding thing: You can, and actually should have weird and impractical cultural things. They’re not inherently unrealistic, for as long as you address the realistic consequences as well.

 Let’s say you’ve got a city where there’s tame white doves everywhere. They’re not pests, they’re regarded as sacred, holy protectors of the city, and the whole city cares for them and feeds them like they’re pets. They’re so tame because it’s a social taboo to hurt or scare one. Nice pretty doves :)

 Then someone points out that even if they’re not seen as pests, doesn’t having a completely unchecked feral pigeon population - that not only isn’t being culled, but actively fed and cared for - mean that there would be bird shit absolutely all over the place?

 A part of you wants to say no, because these are your nice, pretty doves. To explain that there’s a reason why they’re not shitting all over the place, maybe they’re super-intelligent and specifically bred and trained to not shit all over the place. The logistics of how, exactly, could anyone breed and train a flock of feral birds go unaddressed.

 An even worse solution would be to not have those birds, editing them out of the world. No, they spark joy, you can’t just toss them out!

 Now, consider: Yes, yes they would, but the city also has an extensive public sanitation service that’s occupied 90% of the time by cleaning bird shit off of everything. One of the most common last names in the area actually translates to “one who scrapes off dove shit”, and it’s a highly respected occupation. And thanks to the sheer necessity of constantly regularly cleaning everything, the city enjoys a much higher standard of cleanliness, and less public health issues caused by poor public sanitation.

 The doves do protect the city. By shitting fucking everywhere.