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Sade Olutola
Stranger Things
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if i look back, i am lost
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Keni
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
$LAYYYTER

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I'd rather be in outer space 🛸

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YOU ARE THE REASON
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cherry valley forever

#extradirty

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@kleighwinters
hey look it’s me
Oil sketch of my latest project
Well fuck I’m screwed 😒 #screwedup #gettingoldsucks
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Unless of course you have ADHD in that case Squirrel On my friend!
Yep! I'd run it... But I'd probably run everyone out too!
When pharmacy says your stat med has been delivered and it is nowhere to be found
She’s looking out of the car window at the people passing by He sees the subtle excitement and wonder in her smile She’s gazing out over the city counting the rooftop gardens He sees the way the breeze gently tosses her hair She’s peering down at the sea longing to be strong and free He sees that she’s searching for a place to call home She’s watching the sunset wishing for summer to stay He sees the hues of the sky reflected on her skin and in her eyes While she’s falling in love with the world, he’s falling in love with her.
Excerpt from a book I’ll never write, 45 “Secret glances” (via secretlywanderlust)
This feels like my Claire and Liam
Stay positive... Tomorrow's Friday!
Friendship IS Magic
Modern fiction is sorely lacking in friendships - and I don’t count friendships that evolve into romantic relationships. I’m talking about a real old-fashioned friendship that has no romantic connotations or potential whatsoever. Romance and sex are great, but they’re not the end-all, be-all.
Types of Friendship
You’re OK. That person that you talk to rarely, but you’ve heard good things about them. You talk to share opinions on stuff sometimes, but you don’t have a lot of shared interests and you never hang out. Anyway, you don’t mind working with them on group projects.
Acquaintance. That person who you make small talk with on a fairly regular basis. You know the basics of their life and they know the basics of yours. You get along well and you’ll work together if your better friends aren’t around. You have a mild interest in each other but rarely hang out.
Friend. That person who you hang out with on a fairly regular basis. You share many interests, such as humor, media (books, shows, etc.), sports, hobbies, and/or opinions. You, at least, have a strong interest in their life and they ideally have a mild to strong interest in theirs. However, there are things you keep from each other and you would probably not help them bury a body.
Life companion. That person who you hang out with as much as you can. You share many interests, have a strong interest in each others’ life, and keep very little from each other. You always work together when you have the chance. You would probably help them murder someone.
Basically, you don’t need to make friendships only people your MC grunts at in greeting or besties 4ever. There’s a whole spectrum and I invite you to play with it.
Problems with Friendships in Fiction
No friends. The character literally has no friends, even if they have ample exposure to people their own age or sharing the same interests. I understand that a lot of your characters are introverts. So am I. I spend an unhealthy amount of time blogging and I still miraculously have friends on the outside. Even total jerks will probably have some jerk friends.
Shallow friends. The friends the character does make are rather one-dimensional. They don’t seem to do anything when the MC isn’t around. If they have a life outside the MC, they are usually dating or hanging out with other friends, making them little better than acquaintances.
Sycophants. This applies chiefly the the MC’s enemies but also the MC. The MC’s enemy has an inexplicably large amount of followers without a reason for it. I would get it if the enemy has wealth or power, but surely there are some people in there that the enemy likes or something about the enemy that makes them charismatic. If the MC has a large following, their friends will fawn over them and/or drop anything to help them, without a real reason why. I often don’t understand why the MC has so many friends, especially if they’re angst-ridden world-savers.
Friendship = romance. NO IT DOESN’T. Astoundingly, you can be friends with someone of a compatible gender without experiencing sexual attraction to them. As a pansexual, it would be very awkward if I was sexually attracted to everyone I befriended. Also, whenever I hear the phrase, “Marry your best friend”, I puke. I would not marry my best friend, thank you very much (incompatible orientations aside) because our friendship is built on a different kind of intimacy. Romance can develop from friendship - especially if your character is demisexual - but please stop making every single friendship of compatible genders turn romantic.
“Like a brother/sister to me.” This is the plague of male/female friendships. Listen, guys, friendship and fraternity are two different bonds. They’re like apples and oranges, especially considering the bond you have with your siblings rarely maps directly to a bond you have with one of your friends. You’re also discrediting the entire idea of friendship, as if it can’t exist without a familial vibe.
Benefits of Friendship
Shoulder to cry on
OK with touching each other
Long-running inside jokes
Trust
Shared interests
No judgement - if there is a disagreement, you ideally agree to disagree or have a controlled debate about it
Exposure to new things
But, you cry, that is exactly like a good romantic relationship without the sex! That’s the point. You can have all the good emotional/intimate things about a romantic relationship without the sex! And you should have important relationships without sex, because they are real and do happen IRL. Also, chances are - especially if your characters are young or unmarried - their closest relationships will be with friends.
Awesomeness of Friendship (Plotwise)
Friendships don’t tend to end or begin with a bang. So you can have your character slowly deal with the creeping fear their friends are abandoning them or deal with the creeping realization that someone is becoming closer to them in a good way.
Your MC has difficulty budgeting time between their significant other and their friends
Friends make great secondary characters and interactions with the MC will bring out their character as well as the MC’s
Killing off good, well-developed friends really will motivate your MC instead of blase, kind-of-friends the author usually opts for
BrOTPs (although make sure they are BrOTPs and not a form of queerbaiting)
Gives your character a larger network of people to emote with, other than the usual lover, mentor, and friend the MC abuses a lot
Toxic friendships that drive the MC into dangerous situations
Keep reading
Happy weekend everyone! Stay posted, 'Almost Me' will be released on Amazon paperback in the next few days! Yeah, all new chapters too. I'm working hard on the next 2 in the series 'Almost Me Again' the finale of Claire & Liam's story and 'Almost Gone' Alex's story of recovery and a spite fire of a Blue haired girl who challenges him in every step of the way. She keeps him on his toes and takes shit from no one! This is a light hearted story that'll have you laughing and crying!
Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
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I love you the way a drowning man loves air. And it would destroy me to have you just a little.
Rae Carson, The Crown of Embers
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