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Not today Justin

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YOU ARE THE REASON
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we're not kids anymore.

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It's not the world that's cruel. It's the people in it.
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okay but now i’m just thinking about how “tell me to go to school closer to you and i will,” adam said in a rush, the words piled together harkens back to the raven king and “ronan kissed me,” adam said immediately. the words had clearly been queued up (which is so soon followed by adam initiating a conversation about love), and so you know that this is something that’s been on adam’s mind and that he’s given a lot of thought. he wouldn’t say it to ronan if he didn’t mean it. but it also gets to me that he knows that he’s safe to offer this, because ronan would never ask it of him. he needs ronan to know that he loves him enough to move closer, and he’s also letting ronan know that he knows ronan loves adam enough to never ask him to do that.
idk man. there’s so many layers.
Which Is Your Favorite Planet?
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Achilles: "Name one hero who was happy."
Patroclus: "..."
Achilles: "You can't."
Patroclus: "I can't."
Achilles: "I know. They never let you be famous and happy. I'll tell you a secret."
Patroclus: "Tell me."
Achilles: "I'm going to be the first. Swear it."
Patroclus: "Why me?"
Achilles: "Because you're the reason."
still hurts
“He was really scared of my wheelchair when I met him. So it didn’t seem like it was going to work out. But I had a soft spot for him. Ted was the smallest of his litter. He ‘d been really sick and they didn’t know if he was going to survive. The first time I went to meet him, I collapsed in his owner’s kitchen. But Ted wiggled over toward me and laid down on my chest. Everyone thought it was so cute. It was the first time I’d ever had a health scare that turned into something positive, so it seemed like it was meant to be. There are two options when you get an assistance dog. You can get a dog that’s already been trained. Or you can train the dog yourself, and that’s what I wanted to do. Because I needed something. I have this genetic disease. It weakens every part of my body, but it didn’t get bad until my teenage years. So I had this wonderful life and then it was taken away. I was isolated from my friends for so long. I couldn’t go to school. It reached a point where I couldn’t see a reason to live anymore. I needed something to focus on besides my health. And Ted gave me that. He needed me and I needed him. I watched all the training videos I could find. I read all the books. I reached out to people and asked for help. It gave me a reason to talk to people again. I hadn’t done that in so long. And I learned that I was good at training. Everything just flowed. From day one, we’ve been so in sync. He can fetch me anything. He helps me get undressed. He even watches me when I sleep, and wakes me up if I’m having night terrors. My mom was having to help me with everything before I got Ted. And she loves me so much. But she has two other children, and I know she was getting so tired. But Ted doesn’t get tired. He loves to help. He’s so excited to help. He’ll pick up the same thing seventeen times. It makes him so happy. He’s my world, really. He saved my life. He made me happy again. And he takes so much pressure off my family. He gives me a break from being the disabled child. From being the focus of everyone’s attention. He lets me be a daughter. And a big sister. He lets me be Chloe again.” #quarantinestories
thinking about how, for his whole life, people have forced Andrew - or tried to force him - to do things he didn't want to do and so it's ingrained in him to resist. Kevin yells at him, tries to get him to perform, and he's like nope. but then Neil comes along and ASKS HIM for things. he never demands or tells, he asks. and Andrew, when given the choice to say yes or no, chooses to say yes. because Neil gets it, that Andrew can't be made to follow orders - even when they're trivial Exy practice plays - that he needs the option to refuse
everyone: wtf is happening
Neil: I asked
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Guys, do you remember that in the first book, almost at the end of the third chapter, a dream that Percy had about a golden eagle and a white horse that were fighting while a voice encouraged them to keep fighting is described?
We know that it was Kronos who caused the rivalry between the big three, but the first thing that came to my mind now that I am rereading The Lightning Thief for the fifth time was that iconic fight between Percy (the horse) and Jason (the eagle) in The Mark of Athena, with Gaea forcing them to fight to the death.
(sorry if there are grammatical errors but my first language isn't English xd)
Tyson and Percy being generals and bros
Also Percy came out obnoxiously handsome in this one?
A Guide To Tension & Suspense In Your Writing
– This is a guide to creating tension and suspense in your writing. A lot of this information can be found elsewhere, but had helped me immensely so I’ve decided to share it with you. There will be a small list of more in-depth resources for the tips I supply here at the bottom of this post. Enjoy!
Balance & Offset
Balance the tension with other tones, such as humor. Soften the blow of the tense scenes with little bursts of laughter and this will keep your reader in suspense.
Be Intentional With Pacing And Timing
Make scenes fast paced when you’re building suspense, slow it down when you want your reader to feel the tension build and simmer in their chest. Be mindful of how you turn up the notches of tension and suspense throughout the story.
Create A Really Good Antagonist
A good villain will take away the reader’s sense of “heroes always get happy endings” which builds suspension. Taking away this common source of comfort for readers will keep the tensions high and their minds constantly guessing with every unexpected turn. Avoid cliches when it comes to villains, such as giving the hero a convenient amount of time to escape their constraints while the villain monologues. Smart villains are far more interesting.
Create A Really Good Protagonist
Avoid tropes like the normal person who gets thrown into a situation. Deepen their personalities in order to take away the reader’s sense of knowing what the protagonist will do. Avoid hero cliches and make them interact with the villain. Deeper stories and meanings within the plot make twists and turns more interesting, which keeps the readers in the dark.
Use The Setting
The character should always be in a place that serves to move the story forward. The setting should not be background noise. It should be an important part of the scene. Contrast in setting can also keep your readers on their toes.
Be Unpredictable
Your readers won’t be in suspense if they can accurately guess what’s going to happen next. Surprise them. That’s the point. Also, avoiding common tropes is very important. Tropes are just another way for your reader to get bored. They don’t provide any suspense.
Manipulate The Reader’s Emotions
The readers are, hopefully, emotionally invested in the characters and the storyline, so, while they know that something is going to happen, they don’t know exactly when, so utilize this. Strike at the precise moment where your reader expects it the least. This is difficult, but possible.
Components Of Underlying Tension & Suspense
Conflict: Make your readers desperate for more stable conditions for the characters they hold so dear to their hearts.
Uncertainty: Your reader has to (to some extent) have some confusion sitting in the back of their mind.
Anticipation: Your readers should have a feeling something bad is going to happen. Negative events create feelings of fear.
Emotional Significance: Create outcomes that prey on the emotion your reader has to the characters or plot to create tension and suspense.
Lack of Control: Your reader should feel desperate for some sense of control of the situation, but ultimately should feel the reality of only being able to sit and watch as things play out.
Temporal Aspects: Stakes should be added to the situation, such as a set time in which the character has to solve a problem.
Other Resources For You To Use:
Writing Suspense The Hitchcock Way
6 Key Components of Underlying Tension & Suspense
41 Ways To Create and Heighten Suspense
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tell me a pretty thing.
In Uzbek we have this concept of the divine dark, the darkness from which all things came. So there’s this idea that shows up in a lot of our literature that when the world was first made it was like a gentle night, peaceful, quiet and pitch-black. The night is when creation started and the night is when you’re closest to glimpsing what it was like at the very start of the world.
oh wow that's gorgeous.
you are made of dreams and this world is not for you —call down the hawk, maggie stiefvater
kidnapper: we have your son
wymack: which one??
kidnapper: short, redhead, made one of my guys cry
wymack: neil? goddamn it not again
alternatively,
kidnapper: we have your son
wymack: which one??
kidnapper: short, blonde, has a lot of knives
wymack: you have andrew. good luck