Hellbeast Go Walkies

Be amazed as I watch movies and shows that came out several years ago! AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/hellbeast_go_walkies

[nanami1ss]

hi guys, i would like to read more fantasy books by POC authors and i need recs. I read a book about african mythology last year and it was so good i need more recs about different mythologies! or just fantasy is fine!

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

I've read N.K. Jemisin's The Awakened Kingdom novella but not her Inheritance Trilogy, but I've heard good things. Also Carmen Maria Machado's Her Body and Other Parties collection.

If you like sci-fi, I highly recommend Nnedi Okorafor's Binti. Ken Liu's stories and novellas are great too, especially The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary (novella).

If you like horror, I like Stephen Graham Jones, especially Mapping the Interior.

I'm sorry if this strays away from what you're asking for, and I hope other people have recs for you!

[she-wrote]

If you get an idea at 3am, should you force yourself to write it or should you take your brain out and stay buried in the pillows?

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

I stay buried in the pillows, forget my idea by morning, and never learn my lesson.

[orangelizardtattoo]

Today's Hype Post!

Hype people up for your original writing project (no fanfiction please- it's a wonderful medium but not the focus of this blog post) or work in progress by giving us some juicy details!

TODAY'S QUESTION:

How do you dal with writer's lock? Is there a tried and true way that gets you unstuck every time?

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

Usually my writer's block is "I'm on scene A and I know what I want to do for scene C, but I don't know how to get there." In that case, I'll just skip to the scene I want to write. If I need to, I'll make a note in brackets for scene B. When I progress through the story, I'll either figure out what I need to do for scene B or discover I don't really need more than a transition or line break to go from A to C.

If it's the kind of writer's block where I have no idea what to do next, I take a break. I'll shower, garden, walk the dog, fold laundry--whatever I need to do to clear my head. Sometimes the answer comes to me and sometimes it takes longer. If a solution isn't coming to me, sometimes I'll start on another writing project just to make the first one jealous.

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

Yes, community is the answer! Charles Nieuwendyk works through his grief by making new friends. He encourages Dr. Cole to join a retirement community. In a world where too many men don't know how to live after losing a spouse or even retiring and in a world that values romantic relationships over everything else, "A Man on the Inside" shows another way. This show values community and friendship and says even if we like being alone, we benefit from people and we help each other out. Michael Schur, you've done it again.

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

Posting a new fic like:

Anyway, it's a Reddie fic called "Timeless, Timeless"

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

Happy Ace Week!

So I'm in the early stages of dating someone. I spent like 5 weeks after the first date trying to figure out how I felt and whether or not I wanted to pursue something when I didn't want most of the trappings of (stereo)typical dating, like wanting to spend all your time together, commitment, end goal of moving in together, etc. So we just never talked about it and hung out as friends.

When I realized my feelings were romantic, I sat down with him to talk through all this. And it turns out that every single hang-up I had about dating are things he also hates about dating or are just non-issues.

All of which is to say that whether you want something romantic, platonic, QPR, or other, you will find people who want the same things you do, and beautiful things can come from honest conversations.

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

Update: The boyfriend and I have celebrated our first anniversary. He told me that this is the healthiest relationship he's ever been in and tells me time and again how lucky he is to be with me. I always thought I had high self-esteem, and I have a loving, supporting family and friend group, but I have lost count of how many times I've cried realizing that he not only loves me as-is but thinks I'm the most wonderful person on the planet.

Again, whatever kind of relationship you want, whether or not you want a relationship, you deserve love and acceptance. You matter. Your identity matters. And don't let anyone tell you differently.

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

Okay, was anybody going to tell me that Sunrise on the Reaping opens with Haymitch wearing Courtesy of the Capitol booty shorts, or was I just supposed to read that in SOTR myself?

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

Which Stefon quote would you use as a band name? I'm torn between "Muppet Karate" and "Just White and Violent."

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

Thunderbolts* SPOILERS

White man with self-loathing and delusions of grandeur stops hurting people and confronts his trauma. He learns he can't punch his way out of it and leans on his community.

A+, 10/10, no notes.

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

You know you watch a lot of MST3K when you start recognizing actors from their other bad movies.

I caught the end of Alien from LA last night and realized the ex-boyfriend is the guy from Robot Wars.

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

Fiyero: [exists]

Everyone at Shiz: Wait...do I...like men?

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

Happy Ace Week!

So I'm in the early stages of dating someone. I spent like 5 weeks after the first date trying to figure out how I felt and whether or not I wanted to pursue something when I didn't want most of the trappings of (stereo)typical dating, like wanting to spend all your time together, commitment, end goal of moving in together, etc. So we just never talked about it and hung out as friends.

When I realized my feelings were romantic, I sat down with him to talk through all this. And it turns out that every single hang-up I had about dating are things he also hates about dating or are just non-issues.

All of which is to say that whether you want something romantic, platonic, QPR, or other, you will find people who want the same things you do, and beautiful things can come from honest conversations.

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

Stefon: I just don't know what else I can do. I flirt with Seth all the time, we even took a trip together, and I think he likes me back, but we're still not together.

Anderson Cooper: Listen to me. Fake wedding.

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

Incomplete Venn diagram of Sebastian Stan roles

To clarify, I read Bucky as bisexual. I think when I first made this, I originally had a "sad gay" category, I'm guessing where "Broken White Boy" now is.

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

something something Eddie Kaspbrak is Aziraphale because they both think they're the "nice" ones and rule followers but they will break any rules that inconvenience them. And Richie is Crowley because they think they're cool but are just wet nerds pining over their best friends and they'll abandon everyone if it means saving their friend and they're quick to tease their friend but even quicker to build them up when they're scared.

something something Richie is Aziraphale because they're terrified of going against others' expectations of them so they meet those expectations to a comical degree and because they're so terrified of their friend getting hurt or in trouble. And Eddie is Crowley because they follow expectations to the bare minimum allowed and they're snarky but also sensitive and got a rotten deal in life.

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

SPN: Who's On Top

Gabriel: Cas or Mitch?

Sam: Please. Cas.

Gabriel: Correct! Lucifer or Asmodeus?

Sam: Rowena.

Gabriel: Correct! Chuck with his powers or Chuck without his powers?

Sam: I don't want to think about that. Pass.

Gabriel: Correct! Now, Dean Winchester or--

Sam: Other guy.

[hellbeast-go-walkies]

I see your "Cas seduced Dean to get the Colt" and raise you "Cas had a different plan to get the Colt but Dean thought he was coming on to him and Cas just didn't correct him."