Unoriginal Originality

Always the villain, never the hero. That's a personal choice. pfp by scribbledoll

[thememedaddy]

[coraclavia]

is this fic self-indulgent? yes. but what you're failing to consider is that I can write whatever I want so it's fine

[six-demon-bag]

taking this deeply to heart and writing every idea that crosses my pea brain

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[izztreme-art-n-stuff]

IT'S DONE! IT'S FINALLY DONE! AFTER MONTHS I FINALLY FINISHED IT!

It's probably outdated and out of character now in my mind, but I don’t care. It's finally finished and I can walk away satisfied.

Tw//lots of blood and Nightwing getting tortured. It's a nightmare. Bad shit happens in nightmares.

[dragongirlteeth]

I am shocked at how many people don't have an actively hostile relationship with advertising

[dragongirlteeth]

I am skipping your ads as fast as I can. I'm skipping past your sponsor read. I'm muting the tv. I'm muting the tab. If they get too annoying I will simply stop trying to watch.

If advertisers can use every manipulative trick in the book to get me to buy their product, I am fully within my rights to do everything I can on my end to make their job impossible

[superchat]

there was a great study a few years that went into the whole "ppl online are bigger jerks than irl cuz theres a virtual wall and no repercussions" and the researchers were expecting to see that be the case but it turns out that people who were really angry or argumentative online were also found to just be assholes in person and people who were pretty patient and nice online were found to be patient and nice in real person as well

and it just debunked that whole cynical idea that people will naturally be mean if theres no punishment for it

[superchat]

source another source

the researchers found that being online didnt make people more hostile, but that being online allowed already hostile people to dominate forum conversations, and the less aggressive people were much less likely to reply or engage, ending in just the aggressive people bickering at eachother

[thememedaddy]

[prokopetz]

I think it's actually essential to children's moral development to be exposed to short stories moderately beyond their reading level where a bunch of fucked up shit happens and then instead of offering a moral lesson or any sort of emotional or narrative resolution it just ends.

[sinsear-aisteach]

and another thing: no child should ever be made fun of for things they love especially by their parents

[sinsear-aisteach]

it should go without saying but apparently it needs to be said over and over and over again because every time i hear my mom tease my sister for playing wolfquest, every time i hear a teacher tease a kid for doodling, every time i hear a babysitter laugh at a kid explaining the plot of a show they like, it drives a fuckin stake through my heart because i was that kid once.

i was made fun of enough times by adults, by peers, for liking something and wanting to share it that i just. didn’t. anymore. 

dont fucking tease kids for liking things. even if you think its cringe. ESPECIALLY. if you think its cringe. because the way you speak and act towards them when they are sharing themselves with you STICKS and they will think of it years down the line.

BE NICE TO KIDS. BE NICE TO KIDS. LISTEN WHEN THEY SPEAK TO YOU. BE. FUCKING. NICE. TO. KIDS.

[corollarytower]

I was a substitute teacher for a little while between grad schools, and one day I had a middle school math class for the morning. The work they were assigned wasn’t *especially* hard, and one little girl knocked it out in 20 minutes. She started drawing what was very obviously Sans Undertale, and when I noticed I wanted to be supportive, and had the following exchange:

“What’s that you’re drawing?”

*panicking* “It’s nothing, I’m sorry, I’ll put it away.”

“No it’s okay, I was just curious about it.”

“It’s nothing. I don’t want to get in trouble.”

“You’re not in trouble, I just thought it looked like a character from a video game I like.”

Her face *lit up* the second I gave her the smallest bit of approval. She started asking me if I’d heard of various AUs for Undertale, and I tried to follow along as she explained her favorites. I obviously had to keep an eye on the rest of the class, answering questions and helping with algebra, but each time I passed her desk she had more things to tell me.

Anyway, it was very cute, but also a little sad how obviously starved she was for someone kind to talk about her stories with. Kids deserve to have someone in their corner, and it takes no effort at all to smile and listen if they have something they want to share. Preserve the earnestness you want to see in the world.

[dasloddl]

op disabled reblogs but I think the point still stands

[eepyenbyfox]

reminder that the books themselves also suck ass actually. there's an entire plotline endorsing slavery. the one character who advocates to end slavery is bullied and made fun of. the one slave who doesnt like being enslaved is bullied and treated as an outcast. the bankers are the picture of racist stereotypes of jewish people. the one asian character is named fckn Cho Chang. the worldbuilding SUCKS. fuck harry potter and fuck rowling. stop giving her your money.

[petewentz-]

It's fun being queer and weird and unconventional until you remember you live in a society

[jesterwaves]

superheroes are so weak. “keeping my identity a secret is so hard :/” to YOU. my parents dont even know what type of music i like.

[valtsv]

plenty of "girl who looks cute wearing her boyfriend's clothes" content out there but not enough "guy who looks cute wearing his girlfriend's clothes" in my opinion. where's your commitment. where's your bisexuality.

[kayscloudymind]

the concept of vocaloid fans being so insanely racist towards one of the most exciting up and coming underground rappers that the very talented producer behind fujo miku and mikumiku beam revealed that he’s black

anyways, go stream Slayr and Sawtowne

[johnny-depp-is-loved]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

I feel personally called out

[luna-azzurra]

Ways to spark your writing again!! PART TWO

✧ write a character who spends the whole book chasing someone else's dream because it was easier than admitting they never had one of their own

✧ let a character be the villain in someone else's story and never find out

✧ write two people who could have been something, if either of them had just gone first

✧ let a character realize they've been grieving someone who's still alive

✧ write a character who was never taught how to be loved gently, only earned

✧ a character returns to the town they swore they'd never come back to, and finds out it was never the town's fault

✧ let a character discover the sacrifice they thought was noble was actually just fear wearing a nicer name

✧ write someone who finally says the thing out loud, only to realize the other person already knew

✧ a character spends years building a version of themselves no one asked for

✧ let two former best friends become strangers who are somehow still polite to each other

✧ write a character who realizes they've spent their whole life being someone's backup plan

✧ a character finally stops waiting for someone to change and has to decide what that means about staying

✧ write someone who was the favorite, and never learned how to be anything else