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I might be staring at my last chance. x
"Bucky... we're so gay."
your pal your buddy your bucky ohhh they make me sick
Reminder to self: A file folder of outlines and character notes and half-written scenes is the equivalent of an artist’s sketchbook and holds just as much value to the creative process.
If a framed canvas isn’t the only worthwhile expression of visual art, then a fully edited and polished piece of significant length is not the only worthwhile expression of writing.
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on “the blond,” “the older man,” and other crimes against third-person limited
You know that thing where a story is written in tight third person limited — we’re meant to be inside someone’s head, seeing the world through their thoughts — and then suddenly the narration says “the blond frowned” or “the shorter woman sighed” about a person the POV character knows really well?
That’s called antonomasia — using a descriptive label instead of a name. And it’s fine when we’re talking about strangers: “the cashier handed her the receipt,” “the tall guy blocked the door.” The POV character doesn’t know their names, and we just need a quick way to tell people apart.
But the moment it’s used for someone the POV character already knows, it breaks immersion. Because that’s not how our minds work. We don’t think “the older man smiled at me.” We think “Mark smiled.” Or maybe “my boss” if that relationship matters in the moment.
Third person limited means the narration sits inside someone’s perception. Their inner monologue is the story’s voice. So when you switch from “Mark smiled” to “the blond smiled,” you’ve pulled the camera away from their mind and turned it into an outside shot.
If you want to create distance or irritation, you can do it on purpose —
“The idiot from accounting emailed again.”
That’s character voice. That’s judgment. That works.
But otherwise?
As soon as your POV character knows someone’s name, use it. While we do tend to worry about repetitions, names rarely register as such to the readers.
If you need variety for rhythm, use relational or emotional identifiers that make sense in their head: her friend, his partner, their teacher, the person they loved.
Because inside someone’s thoughts, there are no “blonds” or “brunettes.”
There are only people they know.
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Trying to decide whether or not Bucky and/or Steve would know what a prostate is. In like 2016, would Bucky know what and where a prostate is or would he just be like yeah Steve likes that angle specifically.
Cast your vote. This is post catws
Would Steve and Bucky know what a prostate is
Bucky would, Steve wouldn’t
Bucky wouldn’t, Steve would
Neither of them would
They both would
saw a post letting people know that your ao3 bookmarks are viewable on your account unless you make them private, which suggests that the median ao3 user does not use ao3 in what i will call 'the optimum fic-finding treadmill' where you find a fic author you like and look through their bookmarks to find more fics that are good and then look through that author's bookmarks for even more good fics. like a conga line of great but extremely specific tastes. or one of those chessboard rice doubling analogies and oh no that is a LOT of ao3 tabs.
Wait is jerking it to fanfic like? Widely accepted?
critically acclaimed even
i'm not a stucky retirement truther... let me explain my ✨alternative hypothesis✨
if you've ever seen that episode of a:tla where sokka has that training montage on the mountain, my idea is steve and bucky become mentor figures that can give those training arcs to novice superheroes (of any skillset or age) who are looking to learn how to either train their newly acquired power(s) or further hone their skills with more focus and intent than what they're getting in the field. steve and bucky would be doing this either within their own retreat/camp/whatever or as part of some larger avengers complex.
this way, they stay involved in the action and are easily reachable if need be without necessarily being at risk of getting exploded on a daily basis, since i think after they've been in the game long enough, their expertise and discipline is worth more than raw combat prowess, but they both get too restless to lay around baking pies and whittling all day.
they have a very clear good-cop-bad-cop dynamic going on as "easy professor" versus "hardass professor". for instance, bucky will reward the trainees' effort, catch them being good, call time on a training sesh before they hurt themselves, etc.. he also uses something like the "good noodle chart" from spongebob so everyone gets to show off their reward stickers. he has a lot of experience wrangling people away from getting themselves killed in combat, and as a seasoned stealth operative he knows the value of cutting and running, so he wants to instill all trainees with a strong ability to pick their battles wisely.
steve, meanwhile, will have these trainees collapsed in the dirt, crying, shaking, saying they really really can't do XYZ, can they please be done for today, and he's like "i know you have one more rep in you, so GET BACK UP" (and they always do; he wouldn't be pushing them if he didn't believe in them). bucky will let you take a break early; steve will say "one more and then you can take a break" five times before he'll actually let you go.
everyone shows up expecting that dynamic to be the reverse and then they immediately feel completely out of their element when they realize how it actually works here. and the ideal process for that is:
the newbie is introduced to both steve and bucky personally, and at the same time; steve is very disarmingly handsome and well spoken as usual, while bucky has a resting kubrick stare and isn't the least bit chatty.
during the introductory training/tour/whatever with bucky, he outlines his metrics by which he will give rewards for good results and fair cooperation— essentially providing a syllabus— and the newbie thinks "well, that's not so bad at all! captain america must be a cakewalk then!"
steve promptly makes the newbie run laps until they hurl.
also, i think bucky and steve would both agree that steve should have his own spot on the sticker chart because "it's only fair" as a way to model accountability to the trainees... and then steve consistently has the lowest amount of stickers out of anyone. he keeps getting stickers removed for making the trainees cry. and steve's like "bucky, you're not going to shame me into changing my methods with your sticker chart. you have your technique, i have mine; we just work in different ways"... but you can tell he gets a little upset when bucky takes away a sticker.
finally got my new ipad set up!! now it can fulfil its true purpose: captain america fanart 😌