little green :0

18 / my rock, minee :)

[lynxindisguise]

ok lynx au concept where the blacks are wealthy victorians and remus is their garden hermit

GARDEN HERMIT.

!!!!!!!!

ngl I had to google if this was a real thing, and I was DELIGHTED to learn that it was. rip remus you would've been such a good garden hermit :(

do you think lyall is the og garden hermit and remus is the weird garden hermit's son, and walburga dresses him up like a little gnome for amusement? as time goes on, she grows increasingly concerned by her son's attachment to the garden hermit's son.

OR, the family hires a garden hermit when sirius is a young adult, and he is ofc opposed to this weird and archaic idea. but then he meets said garden hermit (remus pretending to be a bit older than he is), and is like, 'hmmm. this garden hermit thing is not so bad...' and makes it his job to ensure that the garden hermit is well taken care of...

[lynxindisguise]

rip remus you would've loved this fit

[taxidermycanine]

it's all so tiresome

[dozydawn]

[grreensheepls]

@raininginmaewithviolets us :)))

[davinaclaires]

The computer doesn't make the jumps. That was all you. ICE PRINCESS (2005) dir. Tim Fywell

[dearamleo]

Hello hello! Please can I ask about season of the stars? 🤩👀

(For the WIP tag)

Season of the Stars is a reality TV music competition AU and honestly, I think I'm having more fun writing Rita's gossip column snippets than any other part 😂

We're Putting the Band Back Together

Well, well, well, readers, I told you to prepare for an exciting season, didn’t I? After watching all of our contestants’ electric first performances (and some major flops- sorry Sirius), this week's episode of Phoenix Rising ended with an even more titillating glimpse into next week’s first challenge! Dumbledore gathered the contestants around for the reveal and as I told you, friends, we are in for a wild ride! Phoenix Rising is bringing back an old favorite challenge for our artists- Battle of the Bands! 

The contestants have been split into groups of four, in which they will be required to write and compose a song entirely amongst themselves and perform as a group! We have some interesting matchups with artists like Lord Voldemort, Severus Snape, Mary MacDonald and Kingsley being the first band. How will they combine Kingsley’s hip hop flow with Mary’s sultry southern tones and Voldemort’s hard rock? Only time will tell and unfortunately for us, we’ll have to wait an entire week to see what they come up with!

What truly has the internet in chaos, though, is the match up we all were holding our breath for! That’s right- we’re getting The Marauders reunion we’ve been waiting for after nearly a decade! Dumbledore has deviously (and geniusly) paired up our boys, Peter, James, Remus and Sirius! It has been nearly eight years since we have seen all four men in the same room after their shocking breakup at the cusp of the band’s rise to stardom. Will they be able to set aside whatever happened all those years ago, or will they go out in an explosive blaze yet again?

You know I’ll be here to let you in on every catty fight and diva blow up,

Until next time,

Rita Skeeter

[thewritingumbrellas]

Writing advice from my uni teachers:

If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.

Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.

Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.

Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.

[writerlyn]

This is legit good writing advice, especially the first bullet point! In playwriting class we did a bit where every bit of dialogue had to be an accusatory question and it was glorious.

[sweet4ngell]

[bumblingest-bee]

was looking for a decent english libretto of carmen online and stumbled upon a website that had evidently just put the whole thing through google translate and called it a day. i present for your viewing pleasure some highlights:

[1dhq]

Has harry ever said anything about the meaning of the 🤝 tattoo?

very bold of you to assume harry has ever said anything about anything

[skruttet]

Seen this whole interview on yle before, but it's nice having a section with proper English subtitles!

[caats]

[sacred-portal]

[raininginmaewithviolets]

@grreensheepls us

[viralvdio-blog]

Saw this on a door at work.

[houseofhanover]

# the lights are agog # the ceiling’s aghast # is the desk drawer in love at last?

[cheeseybeanallalong]

That fucking tag omg

[kind-of-a-shitty-wizard]

hello opera tumblr im new here and dont know all too much abt opera but i really enjoyed a production of don giovanni that i havent seen anyone mention so i wanted to bring it to more ppl :pp

come to the 2005 teatro real production we have

beautiful set

cool nebulously 1800s-1900s costumes

anachronisms where it works. for example don giovanni wears sunglasses sometimes because of fucking course he would

solid cast especially leporello

(^ like ohmygod... i was about to click off this production to watch the one with samuel ramey but then he started singing madamina and knocked it out of the park so hard that i watched the whole prod. im lorenzo regazzos biggest fan rn)

they dont do that weird thing where they make donna anna be in love with don giovanni

they actually portray donna anna well overall. there’s the right balance of "im in mourning" and "i want revenge" which im given to understand is a rarity

did i mention the sets were cool asf

also they make leporello wear this

its available on youtube here with english subs :]

[rozieramati]

[pauls1967moustache]

In love with him again

[pauls1967moustache]

He’s my little guy forever, really ❤️

[robotslenderman]

Source

[tributary]

teetotailer

[judygemstone]

first incidence of good writing advice i've seen in 10+ years on this platform and it's in the notes of a mustelid wreaking absolute havoc in a german grocery store