Mind Fucks and Other Fairy Larva

Kai. HoH. MS. Unhinged. Married to http://longlivespashley.tumblr.com. This blog is pure, unrestrained weirdness and I don’t apologize for any of it.

[anarchomikeism]

[thisbibliomaniac]

[bhebah]

How We Executed the Perfect Prank Through Marketing

The story of how Margie’s Meatloaf Mecca was born with a little help from various marketing tactics.

get you some friends who make up a whole fucking business to prank you (lovingly)

[urobsessedwme]

HELLO??

[whereflowersbloom]

Fanfiction writers:

[irresponsible-masochist]

I am not a mother. I am also not childfree by choice. I am The Secret Third Thing: the woman who longs for motherhood, but is unable to acheive it. If I wasn’t so damn lazy, I’d try to make some kind of movement to designate the third Saturday in May as Secret Third Thing Day. I don’t think there’s money to be made in cards for that, though, so it’s highly unlikely to happen.

[professortennant]

How Long is this Fic Really?: A Guide

Word count in the HP Series: 

Sorcerer’s Stones: 76,944  Chamber of Secrets: 85,141 Prisoner of Azkaban: 107,253  Goblet of Fire: 190,637 Order of the Phoenix: 257,045 Half-Blood Prince: 168,923 Deathly Hallows: 198,227

Word count in the LOTR Series:

The Hobbit: 95,022 Fellowship of the Ring: 177,227 Two Towers: 143,436 Return of the King: 134,462

[orangelemonart]

This changed me

[the-queen-of-thedas]

I’ve read/ am reading fic that are upwards to 150,000 - 200,000. You’re telling me that authors that write for fun are writing a full-length book for the fun of it? They have earned my respect 10 fold.

[evilbunnyking]

OH MY GOD

[mousepal]

me and the mutuals havin a laugh

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me and the mutuals reblogging each others posts

[mousepal]

getting tucked in for bed.. with the mutuals

[qillermeme]

[irresponsible-masochist]

Well…I finally get to post this.

Have I been holding onto this screenshot for 11 years, lying in wait to post it? Maybe, but whose business is that?

[sandmandaddy69]

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[sacred-portal]

[onamountaintop]

[roane72]

Best trick I ever picked up. Seriously.

[catastrophe-jones]

I have also learned this is great for [PICK A COOL NAME FOR A SHIP] and [LOOK UP THE FACTS ABOUT OXYGEN LEVELS] and [WHAT’S THE WORD] and [DOUBLECHECK CHARACTER’S EYE COLOR] and ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

Anything that isn’t critical in the moment, and could be filled in later while I’m currently trying to burn through writing pages that will be lost if I don’t get them out right now? Brackets.

[betweentimeand42]

This is seriously the best advice, and it really helps put it into perspective that the first draft is just that- a draft. There’s no reason to agonize over a particularly tricky bit of writing when you could just leave it in brackets and skip to the good parts, the parts you’ve visualized. I also use brackets for [fact-check this], [use a stronger verb], [is this in character?] and other notes as I write, just so I don’t forget what I want to work on when I go back and edit. 

[lucyaudley]

This works for academic writing too. If you know where you’re going just leave yourself notes to fill in later. I do this all the time,

[irresponsible-masochist]

This also works for smut. Sometimes, you need to just put [they fuck nasty in the dining room. Right on top of the table. The encounter lasts several hours and many unspeakable acts occur.] and then you can come back to it later. It works.

[foodffs]

[foodffs]

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries {Low Carb, Keto, Gluten Free}

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Is this how you roll?

[catchymemes]

[irresponsible-masochist]

Most days, I just don’t let myself think about it. And it’s ok. It’s all ok because I don’t let myself think about it.

Today, I have to think about it. Because everyone, everywhere talks about it all day, in one way or another. 

Today, I have to think about it. And I keep myself as busy as I can so the grief doesn’t suffocate me.

I would have been good at it. I know I would have been. I would have been better at it than she was.

I am grieving the mother I will never be. I am grieving the mother I will never have.

I am haunted by two women who never existed and never will. Most days, I can ignore them. Not today.

Tomorrow, I will wake up tomorrow and resume not thinking about it. The ghosts of grief and loss and sadness and broken childhoods will retreat for another year.

Happy fucking Mother’s Day.