A Romantic* Fangirl

*of the "shadows and blood" variety. Octopus of many talents. My email is old enough to drink. she/they/ea/dumneasa

[kd-heart]

I'm pretty sure I made a post with where else you can find me, last time tumblr was burning. It's fine. I'm not going anywhere.

But if you're looking for me elsewhere:

AO3 (fic, podfic, art, recipes)

dreamwidth

pillowfort

deviantArt

[ao3org]

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[caprart1]

i DO believe that a good writer can make mischaracterization work. oh there's a character who doesn't normally cry? figure it out!! disect the character. make the situation cryable for them. make that character cry ugly tears even if it goes against their very nature. YOU CAN MAKE IT WORK!!!

[amyrosedefensesquad]

A great piece of advice I've seen is "Don't fixate about what the character would never do. Think about the circumstances that would drive them to do this, even if they wouldn't normally."

[ficsinhistory]

Best advice ever!

[ladymisteria]

[whaile]

late summer / early fall thoughts

[normal-horoscopes]

Everyone shut up and look at this carving of a whale from the 1200-600 CE Chumash culture

[theslowesthnery]

ohhhhhh my godddddd

[only-cat-memes]

[redstonedust]

i like when a piece of media says that an all-powerful character "sees humans as insects" because that really could mean a lot of things. maybe they view us as insignifigant and will squish us under their boot. maybe theyre actually studying and cataloguing us for their thesis paper. maybe theyre campaigning for human protection because we're an important part of their ecosystem. maybe they see a human and go "ew ew ewwwwww someone get the cup and get that FREAK out of my house." .

[tidal-rose-the-space-dragon]

Could stare into those things all damn day…

[unusual-suspects]

bell mare - david crawford

[dorfird]

@elodieunderglass

[elodieunderglass]

Awww! Thank you! I thought she'd like to have a jingle baby

[unliikelylovers]

trvth nuke

[can-i-make-image-descriptions]

[Image ID: Tweet from Jared Hender... (@/ jHenderso...) reading: Most of the time when people say 'performative,' they just mean 'phony.' It's a shame, because 'phony' is a much better insult and is free from a pseudo-academic veneer. /End ID]

[discardingimages]

hare riding a hound with a trained snail of prey

Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, before 1390

Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 143, fol. 165r

[deadinthename]

Has anybody made this joke yet

[turquoisemagpie]

A Psalm for the Wild-Built.

(I think we need something summery and positive. I’d highly recommend Becky Chamber’s Monk & Robot series of books; a solarpunk dream with a healthy mix of philosophical journeys.)

[s3lf-1mmolation]

Iron lung was good btw

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

maybe I’m too old but I’ll never understand “racist dni, transphobe dni, homophobe dni” not because I condone the harmful beliefs these people hold but because I don’t think the majority of people who are racist or transphobic or homophobic identify themselves as those things. like, to them they most certainly genuinely don’t see themselves as those things. so they’re not gonna read your dnis and think “oh dear! I have to click away from this blog immediately! phew 😮‍💨 almost interact with them accidentally offend the op there!”

on the contrary, you are displaying the things that can hurt or upset or trigger you to strangers on the internet just for what? an extra performative point? obviously I’m not gonna judge people who have these dnis on their blogs because it’s their blogs and what they do is not my business. so I apologize if this post sounds like I am being rude or judgmental or aggressive — sometimes I do have bitchy opinions on the concepts of Things people do, but not about the people who choose to do them. but yeah tbh I really think these dnis are about as useful as putting a “do not rob” sign in front of a bank or a “thief and intruder dni” sign in front of a house.

*I get wanting to take a stand. but I still don’t think it’s gonna achieve anything, which is just my personal opinion. you do you

[icemav86]

what is your minimum criteria for considering something canon?

when it appears on screen

when it’s filmed, even if it doesn’t air

when it’s in the script, even if it’s not filmed

when it’s documented in an official show bible

when the show runner shares the backstory / details

when an actor/writer shares the backstory / details

other (in tags/comments)

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