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I’ve had this thing for too long. But thanks for visiting!

[kimdokjas]

THE BOY AND THE HERON (2023) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

[chaoticdumbassrogue]

Argos recognizes Odysseus after 20 years 1200 B. C. E. Colorized

[chwengie]

OPLA strawhats and their fluffy captain!

[yingui]

you're my captain. and i'm your first mate.

[holllanov]

straw hat crew + moments of realization

[toboldlymuppet]

romance dawn trio

[thepapermice]

[sandersstudies]

Every 21st century piece of writing advice: Make us CARE about the character from page 1! Make us empathize with them! Make them interesting and different but still relatable and likable!

Every piece of classic literature: Hi. It's me. The bland everyman whose only purpose is to tell you this story. I have no actual personality. Here's the story of the time I encountered the worst people I ever met in my life. But first, ten pages of description about the place in which I met them.

[sandersstudies]

Modern writing advice: Yes your protagonist should have flaws but ultimately we should root for them and like them from the beginning :)

Charles Dickens: Here is the worst ugliest rudest meanest nastiest bitch you’ve ever met in your life.

[sandersstudies]

Modern writing advice: Make sure your POV character goes through a significant arc! Make sure they are changed by the narrative! Make sure they learn a lesson!

Narrators of every book of the 19th century: the lesson I learned is these people fucking suck, sayonara you freaks

[sandersstudies]

Modern writing advice: It’s all about the character overcoming obstacles and learning! They learn their lesson so they can fix their mistakes and make good choices in the future! It’s a character arc! It’s called growth! Readers love it!

Everyone from ancient times through the 19th century: would you like to watch a Guy fuck up twenty times in a row

[coldgoldlazarus]

[dduane]

Somewhere or other, C. S. Lewis points out (and I'm paraphrasing here) that every era of writing has its own tropes and its own blind spots; its own failings and its own successes. This is why it's important to read in lots of different eras: so you can see what does and doesn't work, in the long run, and be able to make your own informed choices about how to write.

[patrick-stewart]

Though here at journey’s end I lie in darkness buried deep, beyond all towers strong and high, beyond all mountains steep, above all shadows rides the Sun and Stars for ever dwell: I will not say the Day is done, nor bid the Stars farewell.

[retrogamingblog2]

Holographic Nintendo Sun Catchers made by MustardTiger

[themthistles]

whenever i see another tiktok girlie talking about how she wishes to have been a fangirl in 2010s i feel like a seasoned veteran overhearing a foolish youngin boasting about wanting to go to war for glory and adventure. you naive little idiot. you know nothing. you understand nothing. you weren't there in the trenches. i have seen things, terrible things. i cannot plug in my phone charger at night without being plagued by the visions of Him

[marlenadia]

“Link, you are our final hope.”

Credit: @marlenadia

[trashcora]

spotted in the mines of mandalore

[mcgregor]

Warrior. Outcast. Rebel. Jedi. AHSOKA | Coming August 2023

[hanavbara]

girls night out pt 2. 💖💄🌙 #SailorMoon 

[roadwhores]

2023

READ THAT STACK OF BOOKS NEXT TO YOUR BED

READ THAT STACK OF BOOKS NEXT TO YOUR BED

READ THAT STACK OF BOOKS NEXT TO YOUR BED

READ THAT STACK OF BOOKS NEXT TO YOUR BED

READ THAT STACK OF BOOKS NEXT TO YOUR BED

[anfae]

Dusk fox ✨