Exactly What It Says on the Tin

Hey everybody, Gray here on my NaNo/Writing in general blog. Like usual, I think I'm pretty cool. I think the stuff I do is pretty cool. IDK, maybe if I have a blog for it, I'll actually finish my NaNo project.

[greelin]

was going to say “at least i’m a better person than my father” but that’s? such a low bar, really? but it’s also not a lie, technically, so. better person than my father! at least. just casually stepping over that nearly-on-the-floor bar

[moshimichi]

Admirable writers: I write at least 5 rough drafts before posting my final draft.

Me, a fanfic gremlin: My first draft is my final draft.

[tainbocuailnge]

death of a bachelor is a good song

[tainbocuailnge]

it’s a song about a dude being fucking stoked to marry his fiance and poking fun at the ‘marriage is the end right fellas’ culture by saying ‘guess ill die then! worth it!’ and i think that’s neat

[gray-writes-stuff]

TBCH Mira Shepard is pretty much just an adaptation of Minerva I tried to do a play through with and people are enjoying so she got a hefty dose of shitty con artist and a morality booster.

[aseaofquotes]

Lionel Shriver, We Need To Talk About Kevin

[popsonnet]

[gray-writes-stuff]

Shepard chose when someone did or did not see her. And when she chose to be seen, you had no choice but to be enraptured. So when she stood before the tribunal with cold fire in her eyes and steel in her spine and her every word ringing with hard won confidence, not a single Quarian in assembly could look away. And Tali remembered. And she believed.

What may be my favorite line in this entire fic

[wonders-of-the-cosmos]

Dirty thunderstorm

A dirty thunderstorm (also volcanic lightning, thunder volcano) is a weather phenomenon that is related to the production of lightning in a volcanic plume.

A study in the journal Science indicated that electrical charges are generated when rock fragments, ash, and ice particles in a volcanic plume collide and produce static charges, just as ice particles collide in regular thunderstorms.

Volcanic eruptions are sometimes accompanied by flashes of lightning. However, this lightning doesn’t descend from storm clouds in the sky. It is generated within the ash cloud spewing from the volcano, in a process called charge separation.

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[gray-writes-stuff]

Also if you don’t romance her she is so so creepy. IDK if it’s just because I spent a not insignificant amount of time dealing with a stalker so she starts to push a bunch of squicks in later games. “I gave your corpse to terrorists because I couldn’t let you go.” Like, bitch. Why can’t we call you out on that?!

[gray-writes-stuff]

I just want to hate Liara in peace okay. Especially because it’s not really hate, because I liked her in Mass Effect because she actually had a character outside of the narrative and because they didn’t try to play the Omni-disciplinary scientist card because that’s one of my least favorite tropes. Dear Fuck is that one of my least favorite tropes. She explicitly says in the first game that she’s not that kind of doctor, but then in the third game, she is that kind of doctor. 

[khalif-horton]

Visit Original Link

You say you want a good time Well here I am baby, here I am baby Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me Tell me what’s on your mind

[elegancia-moda]

Zuhair Murad Spring 2018 Ready-to-Wear

[classic-hollywood-glam]

Norma Shearer

[everythingfox]

me in the kitchen at 1 am

[toushindai]

[gif: judging by the number of bread slices it’s trying to fit into its mouth, this fox must be REALLY late for school.]

[gray-writes-stuff]

Pokemon AU Iset is about my favorite thing ever.

She's so tiny and enthusiastic about finally getting to go off on her Pokemon journey with her treasured friend Giraffarig, even if her Dad's being an overly protective worrywort by making her take Flygon just in case.

Her team's mostly normal types and she loves and spoils every one of them. She never really uses Flygon though because its not fair and she didn't train it. She tries her best in gym battles and manages to get a few badges to her name. Then she inadvertently manages to get mixed up with the local crime syndicate.

Then the team she's lovingly put together gets ripped apart by the boss' Noivern and she's forced to use Flygon. The two dragons start squawking at each other like old friends and their fighting looks more like play. The boss looks more annoyed by this than anything else. Then she pauses and she takes a closer look at Iset.

"You know, every time I thought about you, I imagined you were younger. You've grown up sweetheart."

[oh-mother-of-darkness]

Who wants to hear my new conspiracy theory about lawyers

[oh-mother-of-darkness]

Can’t legally lie, but they trade in half-truths and misleading language

Obsessed with contracts

Required to follow the letter (but not the spirit) of the law

Really good at exploiting loopholes

Range from semi-helpful to openly malevolent

Conclusion?? Faeries

[gray-writes-stuff]

I have magic in my blood: It beats and throbs with my heart, never resting, never tiring.

I have magic in my tears: Rooted in the salt of the earth, my tears flow freely in pain, imbuing them with strength untold.

I have magic in my bones: They grew with me, seeing a world beyond themselves, and finding a way to harden but not too much.

I have magic in my cells: Tiny but infinite, like stars in the midnight sky, they signal back and forth, never giving up that fight.

I have magic in my eyes: They see the colors of the universe and though they are weakened by an inner age of their own, they still open wide and send their messages.

I have magic in my tongue: Trained over my life to speak, my tongue has the words of power on it and with them, the magic flows as easy as water.

I am magic: I am the witch.