fandom nonsense

anime, dnd, books, movies, shows, the works - sideblog of @aqueduck

[kiyomitakada]

world heritage post

[notahorseindisguise]

its not nice to call someone light yagami

[kiyomitakada]

listening and learning

[quaintpanic]

"oh i really love xyz character-" really? outside the context of shipping?

[quaintpanic]

[taytei]

hey whoa getta loada these guys - wonder who they are

[terradni]

[hallownest-archive-deactivated2]

imo the best way to interpret those “real people don’t do x” writing advice posts is “most people don’t do x, so if a character does x, it should be a distinguishing trait.” human behavior is infinitely varied; for any x, there are real people who do x. we can’t make absolute statements. we can, however, make probabilistic ones.

for example, most people don’t address each other by name in the middle of a casual conversation. if all your characters do that, your dialogue will sound stilted and unnatural. but if just one character does that, then it tells us something about that character.

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

[turtlestampede]

adding to this. the probabilistic framing is great but there’s another layer: fiction is working under serious time and space constraints. grief in real life might look like eating cereal at 11pm and forgetting to answer texts for a week. you don’t always have a week. so characters end up doing things that are statistically rare but emotionally efficient, and that’s not bad writing, that’s compression. the name-dropping dialogue thing is still a crutch though, because it’s not compressing anything, it’s just substituting for actual voice work. heightened behavior = often necessary. heightened language = usually lazy.

[kerocordierite]

💡

[idkitsartman]

This is very stupid but it’s genuinely what I think about every time I consider skipping dinner after work

Edit: legit did not realize that senshis fighting for his life in the sexyman polls but I’m very happy to be spreading pro senshi propaganda

[regiisciteronelmao]

hey there lil spider

[lotussart]

NO MORE GODS

[jomo-is-here]

a storm approaches

[cowsabungus]

A guide to designing wheelchair using characters!

I hope this helps anyone who's trying to design their oc using a wheelchair, it's not a complete guide but I tried my best! deffo do more research if you're writing them as a character

[rosmaryne]

WYTCHWOOD (dev. Alientrap)

[the-sol-eater-deactivated202604]

do any of you remember that gumball episode where darwin becomes mega paranoid after watching a health and safety video so to quell his anxiety he goes out of his way to make everything kid friendly and inoffensive by propositioning it as being for the children and then he becomes a fascist at the end

[whereserpentswalk]

Gumball, we need you again, your time is now.

[scribblemason]

This image. Nothing hits me harder than this image.

[valtsv]

unfortunately i can never hate on a "power of friendship" narrative no matter how corny because the thing is it's literally real

[saki3939]

​This is Kaoru's dating profile! You've got to read this!!

■ Do you want to confess your love, or have someone confess to you?

Either way is fine. Wouldn't it be nice if it just happened naturally before we even realized it?

■ Where would you go for a date?

Wherever my partner wants to go. If I'm the one who gets to decide... well, I guess I don't really have any specific place in mind ( ＾ ▽ ＾ ; )

■ Are you a texting person or a calling person?

I use both depending on the situation. I'll call if I think it's faster to just say it out loud, or when I need a reply right away. I like texting because I can read the messages back later.

■ What is your favorite fashion style?

For myself, things like loose-neck layered styles. I think I also like traditional styles. For girls, dresses!

■ Which do you value more, kindness or sense of humor?

The latter. I think funny people are usually kind anyway. Plus, it's fun when you share the same sense of humor.

■ What kind of gesture makes your heart skip a beat?

When Kyoya-senpai opens his "black notebook."

When eating cake in front of Honey-senpai.

[imagines-ouran]

This was included in the ​"Ouran High School Host Club Novel: Tobikkiri!" !!!!

[simplyghosting]

Me, pointing to the mirror: Do NOT become The Joker about this. This isn’t even a Condiment Man situation.