Light of the Lensman

[mikkeneko]

concept: a death god that is actually surprisingly supportive and on the side of the good guys, supporting actions and promoting policies that will lead to the kingdom growing and thriving instead of being destroyed, because the more the kingdom grows, the more people there are, and the more people there are the more people will eventually  die, and when you’re an immortal god of death, you know there’s no need to rush. you’ll get them all in the end

[mikkeneko]

i like how the responses on this post are cleanly split between “hey this is a great story idea i love it” and “this is absolutely terrifying”

[honourablejester]

Yes. A Death that is kind, and patient, and inevitable.

A Death that need not fight against you, that will often fight for you, because why not? It will gather you home eventually. Why not enjoy you first?

A Death that treasures those who fight it most ardently. That loves healers and defenders and survivalists and necromancers and mad scientists and immortal gods. That lets them pour everything they are into fighting it, denying it, adoring every desperate scrap of strength and will and brilliance and raw determination poured out against it. That catches you when your strength is done and all your will and brilliance run out, that gathers you close beneath a warm, dark cloak, and whispers well done, oh child, you were magnificent, well done.

A Death who will not seek to hasten an inevitable end, who will chastise those who seek to hasten it for others in Death’s stead, who will slowly and patiently plot and sow and siphon away from the great monsters of the world. Because who are they to hasten Death’s domain, who are they to deny Death its time and its place, who are they to cut short these vital glories that illuminate it so? Who are they to presume upon its will, that is so much larger and so much longer than theirs?

Who are they to call, and presume that Death, of all beings, should obey?

A Death that is not a hunter but a gatherer, who is always and eternal, who loves you, and can afford to wait. A Death who will fight for you and defend you, who will place its hand upon those who would speed you to its embrace, who has no need to rush you, only to greet you when you call.

A Death who is kind.

And patient.

And, before all and above all,

inevitable.

[l3nsman]

You all really should give Terry Pratchett and his version of Death a chance. It’s pretty much everything you have described above and more.

Here are a few choice quotes:

And I literally cried buckets when I read this...

[l3nsman]

Hi, I would like to contact you about a Naruto project (fan fictions) but since I don’t have a Tumblr account, I wanted to know if you had a deviantart account to contact you?

As a matter of fact I do. It’s here:

https://www.deviantart.com/l3nsman

I don’t use it much, but I do check my messages from time to time.

[gabzilla-z]

Just read the latest MHA chapter. I'm so proud of my anti-gravity daughter!

[l3nsman]

A hero Who saves heroes indeed!

[l3nsman]

Click here to read the full doujin in English on the Artist’s PixIV page.

RAW Japanese Version

Artist: Aoi Rukawa(ルカワアヲイ/空のいろは)

Only the first page is displayed here for preview purposes.

Please leave comments and rate the doujin, the artist appreciates it.

If the “Birthday cake scene” in “Boruto: The Movie” left a bitter taste in your mouth, you should really read this. It will make you feel all better.

I would like to thank my facebook friend DTNinja for proofreading the Japanese- to-English translation and making sure that I didn’t make any mistakes.

And I would REALLY like to thank @cacatuasulphureacitrinocristata​ for writing the permission letter for me. Though my self-taught Japanese skills are good enough for basic reading comprehension, they are not good enough to actually write a letter.

Keep reading

[l3nsman]

UPDATE/REVIEW/RANT: 22nd of April 2018

So... TV Tokyo recently aired one of the most emotionally painfull moments in the Naruto/Boruto Storyline, Himawari’s birthday, so I thought this would be a good time to remind everyone that this album exists. Head to the PixIV link above to read it in English directly from the artist’s site. Trust me, It’ll be good therapy for you.

What follows is a few thoughts on the recent anime episodes.

Frankly, I think the TV Series handled Himawari’s birthday much better than the manga. the movie, and even the novelization. Previously, Himawari’s birthday was shown as a single mistake, albeit a really big one, and Boruto’s anger seemed somewhat petty.

In the TV Series, this moment is shown to be a part of a pattern, as Naruto becomes more swamped with work and his work-life balance  gets even more messed up. As such, Boruto’s anger against his father is shown to be more justified. He has every right to be angry. He has been shown, in the worst way possible, that his father is taking his family for granted, and that they will never be as important to him as his professional life. For a kid, to be shown that, it’s especially painful. And Hinata really isn’t helping matters with her words which, understandably, sound hollow to his ears.

Also... Naruto broke his ninja way. His nindo.

This bears repeating...

Naruto broke his freaking NINDO!!! He gave his word to Boruto that he would be there for Himawari’s birthday, and HE WENT BACK ON IT!!

All that talk, that he never goes back on his words? That nindo that he upheld for 500 anime episodes, 700 manga chapters, and ten movies of varying quality? 

Boom! Gone in an instant. It now means nothing. Especially to his son, who now knows that his father’s word and a dollar will get him three quarters.

Seriously. Is it any wonder the kid gets all resentful, and takes the wrong path?

Anyway, feel free to reply/reblog and add your own thoughts on this.

[l3nsman]

How to avoid getting "hacked"

Since I have read that a few of you have had their accounts "hacked" it seems prudent of me to take a break from the normal schedule (you know the one involving me not regularly updating my fanfics) in order to give you some advice on the matter.

First of all, what you need to realize is that your account very rarely gets "hacked". No matter what you see in movies, hackers can't just beat multi-billion dollar security systems via sheer brain brilliance. More often than not it gets "hijacked" through a "back-door" program (eg a trojan or a key-logger) , a "Phishing-site" or a scummy online site that requires registration (like a forum).  With that in mind, here's what you have to do to keep your online accounts safe:

-The first and most important thing: DON'T USE THE SAME PASSWORD FOR ALL YOUR ACCOUNTS! If you ignore all other pieces of advice in here, make sure you at least take this one to heart. It's a really big internet and more likely than not you are going to mess up at some point. You will sign up for a service that is bogus or you will get tricked into joining a forum with scummy admins or... the possibilities are endless. If you use the same password for everything, your accounts WILL get hijacked eventually.

-DON'T put your passwords in simple text, excel, or word files *especially* if you put it on a cloud. And if do, at least DON'T name them "passwords". Trust me on this.

-Relating on previous points, it's highly advisable to use a password manager like Passwordsafe (Windows/Android) or KeepPassX (MacOS/Linux/iOS) to randomly generate and store passwords to the different accounts you are using. That way, if one of your passwords *does* get highjacked it won't be such a huge deal and you won't have to go through the pain of changing passwords for every single online account that you have. And you will only need to remember ONE password, the one that unlocks all your other ones.

-When you are being prompted to log on to your Facebook/Paypal/Google/Other account ALWAYS CHECK THE URL! If the login page has an "http" instead of "https" and/or  doesn't use the ".com" ender then it's definitely a phishing attempt. Don't log in. Remember, Facebook and Google ask you for permissions, they don't ask you to put in your password again. Unless a good reason is offered (like in PayPal/eBay's case) don't do it.

-BE VERY WARY OF PIRATED SOFTWARE! A lot of the software you illegally download for free in Torrent sites contain trojans and key-loggers that send your sensitive information to third parties. So be very careful. And, yes, I am saying this as a card-carrying member of the pirate  party.

-ALWAYS READ THE TERMS OF SERVICE VERY CAREFULLY. Do this whether you bought a piece of software or downloaded it for free. Since a lot of software developers know you never read them, they use them to sneak stuff by you that you wouldn't legally agree to normally. A lot of allegedly "free" software contain adware and trojans, that send your information to others. And you can't do jack to them legally because you agreed to it by carelessly pressing the "I accept" button.

-USE OPEN-SOURCE / GPL-LICENSED SOFTWARE WHENEVER POSSIBLE. That way you won't agree to anything unsavoury when you accept the terms of service. Use sites like alternativeto.net  in order to evaluate your applications and find suitable OS alternatives for the programs you are already using. Who knows? You might even like them more than the ones you are using.

-Check your computer for viruses, backdoors and trojans regularly. If you can't afford commercial software, you might be interested to know that portableapps.com have a good selection of freely available and safe antivirus scanning and removal software like Clamwin.

-If possible, try using Linux instead of Windows. Yeah, you can't play a lot of commercial games and it does require some getting used to, but Microsoft has been getting increasingly snoopy and scummy with its Terms of Service lately (in which you essentially agree to have your documents scanned and your private/personal information violated in all sorts of ways) to the point where you really need to consider using an alternative operating system. If you are using the computer just for browsing, playing facebook games, watching videos, and doing regular office stuff, there's really no reason to not switch to Linux. It really is the safer, more private choice. Furthermore, with distributions like Lubuntu, Mint or Fedora Linux, it's never been easier to get into. Get a Live CD and test Linux out now!

Okay, that's about it! Stay safe! Feel free to reblog and add your own corrections/advice.

[honyakusha-eri-deactivated20190]

The Last Novelization: Chapter 4 Part 7

Ok, so, for those who have not seen it, there is now a chapter index on my tag list/index page. I decided to do that instead of a separate master post.

Please do not hate me for the big movie to novel difference in this part.

I do not know when I will have the next update done, so do NOT ask. Seriously, there are around 10 pages left. Believe me, it will get done faster if nobody pesters me about it.

Beginning Previous part

Please link back to this post if you use ANY part of this translation.

Keep reading

[l3nsman]

And great work!

[honyakusha-eri-deactivated20190]

The Last Novelization: Chapter 4 Part 7

Ok, so, for those who have not seen it, there is now a chapter index on my tag list/index page. I decided to do that instead of a separate master post.

Please do not hate me for the big movie to novel difference in this part.

I do not know when I will have the next update done, so do NOT ask. Seriously, there are around 10 pages left. Believe me, it will get done faster if nobody pesters me about it.

Beginning Previous part

Please link back to this post if you use ANY part of this translation.

Keep reading

[l3nsman]

Do your best!

[roninani]

Rubatosis

Pairing: NaruHina Words: 3,427 Summary: Inspired by this post - Soulmate AU where your heartbeat is in sync with your soulmate. They both speed up together, and slow down together. They share every big emotion, and sense of calm. And both hearts stop together as well. Author’s Note: *appears with a new fic after months in hiding* still unsure about the ending but I think I like it :) 

When they touched, it was a series of quick skips.

Almost like the feeling of your stomach dropping while going down a steep slope. His skin touched hers and she felt electricity charge her core, setting her ablaze from the inside out. It was momentary, a brush of fingers as he handed her a bouquet, but enough for her to scurry away with a flushed face and leave her short of breath. She’d sit at home thinking of him all night while staring at the flowers in the vase by her bedside, her heart still skipping happily and unaware of the identical hymn of his own.

Keep reading

[l3nsman]

I like this concept.

[synthiachen1995]

A reason to get a cellphone.

[l3nsman]

Really funny! Great to see you posting again!

[fineillsignup]

NaruHina comic, part 1 of 2, by 执风吹 (Zhi Feng Chui) Translated by me with permission. Part 2 is here.

Gloss of artist’s notes: It’s finally done. I’ve wanted to try drawing a het pairing from Naruto, so I thought up this story. I hope everyone won’t shun me, if you like it that’s even better. If you’re against the pairing, then ignore this…

Tumblr on desktop sometimes distorts long images–I apologize if this occurs.

[l3nsman]

Lovely!

[fineillsignup]

NaruHina comic, pt 2 of 2, by 执风吹  (Zhi Feng Chui) Translated by me with permission. Part 1 is here.

[l3nsman]

Beautiful!

[thehyugas]

[ttebayo-ttebasa]

They all have the same haircut at the back…. Is this some kind of Hyuga trend?

[l3nsman]

The Hyuga Branded Hair Conditioner (TM) has the strongest hold in Konoha!

[ttebayo-ttebasa]

Inspired by @l3nsman‘s ‘Where do babies come from’  blank period fic. It is really good! I enjoyed reading it so much. I was going to make a whole doujinshi out of it but i got lazy. XD 

BONUS (I laughed so hard at this scene)

[l3nsman]

It’s beautiful! I love it! Thank you! It’s stuff like this that inspires me to write more!

[naruconfessions]

[l3nsman]

I want to tackle this because it's a prime example of how not understanding (or attempting to understand) differences in cultural norms can lead to missunderstandings.

A lot of people call Naruto a bad father because he works himself to death, he hardly sees his children, and spends long hours at the hokage’s office etc.

In the west, we look down on fathers who spend a lot of time at work, and don't spend much time with their kids as a result. We call those fathers, “workaholics”, “neglectful” etc.

In Japan though this sort of behaviour is expected.

Japanese fathers are expected to work long hours at the office (frequently without compensation)

Japanese fathers are expected to sacrifice family time in order to get the work done.

Japanese father are expected to work themselves to death, often at the detriment of their own health.

Oh, what did you say? You don’t want to do that? You actually want to attend your daughter’s birthday instead of working four more hours doing that last-minute request that your boss asked of you? Expect to get demoted from management and alienated from your coworkers (who are making the sacrifices you refuse to make without question), if not outright fired.

And good luck finding another job in this economy.

@thean1meman has a great video on the subject.

So Naruto doesn’t work himself to the point of exhaustion because he is a bad father. He works himself to exhaustion because this is what is expected of him. Because this is how Japanese fathers normally work.

Kishimoto, Naruto’s creator, has certainly had a lot of experience on the subject. As the creator and artist of one of the biggest manga franchises in the world he had to spend long hours working himself to exhaustion trying to get the next Naruto chapter done in time. He didn’t even get to spend a honeymoon with his wife (and mother of his children), until the series ended. He knows what it’s like to work to death and neglect your family because you have to get your job done.

And Kishimoto shows in his work, that he vehemently disagrees with this cultural norm. Naruto’s tendency to overwork is NOT shown in a positive light, and in both the Boruto Movie, and the ongoing manga series we see that it has terrible consequences. His family gets hurt, his son starts resenting him. Boruto ends up making some terrible choices because he is trying to get his father’s praise and attention.

To Naruto’s credit, in the end he eventually realizes that this is wrong and that he needs to eventually oppose that cultural norm...

...and that shows that he is the exact opposite of a bad father.

[thewritersarchive]

This is an ultimate masterlist of many resources that could be helpful for writers. I apologize in advance for any not working links. Check out the ultimate writing resource masterlist here (x) and my “novel” tag here (x).

✑ PLANNING

Outlining & Organizing

For the Architects: The Planning Process

Rough Drafts

How do you plan a novel?

Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character

Plotting and Planing

I Have An Idea for a Novel! Now What?

Choosing the Best Outline Method

How to Write a Novel: The Snowflake Method

Effectively Outlining Your Plot

Conflict and Character within Story Structure

Outlining Your Plot

Ideas, Plots & Using the Premise Sheets

✑ INSPIRATION

Finding story ideas

Choosing ideas and endings

When a plot isn’t strong enough to make a whole story

Writing a story that’s doomed to suck

How to Finish What You Start: A Five-Step Plan for Writers

Finishing Your Novel

Finish Your Novel

How to Finish Your Novel when You Want to Quit

How To Push Past The Bullshit And Write That Goddamn Novel: A Very Simple No-Fuckery Writing Plan

✑ PLOT

In General

25 Turns, Pivots and Twists to Complicate Your Story

The ABCs (and Ds and Es) of Plot Development

Originality Is Overrated

How to Create a Plot Outline in Eight Easy Steps

Finding Plot: Idea Nets

The Story Goal: Your Key to Creating a Solid Plot Structure

Make your reader root for your main character

Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense

Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot

The Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations

Adding Subplots to a Novel

Weaving Subplots into a Novel

7 Ways to Add Subplots to Your Novel

Crafting a Successful Romance Subplot

How to Improve your Writing: Subplots and Subtext

Understanding the Role of Subplots

How to Use Subtext in your Writing

The Secret Life of Subtext

How to Use Subtext

Beginning

Creating a Process: Getting Your Ideas onto Paper (And into a Story)

Why First Chapters?

Starting with a Bang

In the Beginning

The Beginning of your Novel that isn’t the Beginning of your Novel

A Beginning from the Middle

Starting with a Bang

First Chapters: What To Include @ The Beginning Writer

23 Clichés to Avoid When Beginning Your Story

Start Writing Now

Done Planning. What Now?

Continuing Your Long-Format Story

How to Start a Novel 

100 best first lines from novels

The First Sentence of a Book Report

How To Write A Killer First Sentence To Open Your Book

How to Write the First Sentence of a Book

The Most Important Sentence: How to Write a Killer Opening

Hook Your Reader from the First Sentence: How to Write Great Beginnings

Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing and the Red Hering

Narrative Elements: Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing and Suspense

Foreshadowing Key Details

Writing Fiction: Foreshadowing

The Literary Device of Foreshadowing

All About Foreshadowing in Fiction

Foreshadowing

Flashbacks and Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing — How and Why to Use It In Your Writing

Setting

Four Ways to Bring Settings to Life

Write a Setting for a Book

Writing Dynamic Settings

How To Make Your Setting a Character

Guide for Setting

5 Tips for Writing Better Settings

Building a Novel’s Setting

Ending

A Novel Ending

How to End Your Novel

How to End Your Novel 2

How to End a Novel With a Punch

How to End a Novel

How to Finish a Novel

How to Write The Ending of Your Novel

Keys to Great Endings

3 Things That End A Story Well

Ending a Novel: Five Things to Avoid

Endings that Ruin Your Novel

Closing Time: The Ending

✑ CHARACTER

Names

Behind the Name

Surname Meanings and Origins

Surname Meanings and Origins - A Free Dictionary of Surnames

Common US Surnames & Their Meanings

Last Name Meanings & Origins

Name Generators

Name Playground

Different Types of Characters

Ways To Describe a Personality

Character Traits Meme

Types of Characters

Types of Characters in Fiction

Seven Common Character Types

Six Types of Courageous Characters

Creating Fictional Characters (Masterlist)

Building Fictional Characters

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Character Building Workshop

Tips for Characterization

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills 

Males

Strong Male Characters

The History and Nature of Man Friendships

Friendship for Guys (No Tears!)

‘I Love You, Man’ and the rules of male friendship

Male Friendship

Understanding Male Friendship

Straight male friendship, now with more cuddling

Character Development

P.O.V. And Background

Writing a Character: Questionnaire

10 Days of Character Building

Getting to Know Your Characters

Character Development Exercises

✑ STYLE

Chapters

How Many Chapters is the Right Amount of Chapters?

The Arbitrary Nature of the Chapter

How Long is a Chapter?

How Long Should Novel Chapters Be?

Chapter & Novel Lengths 

Section vs. Scene Breaks

Dialogue 

The Passion of Dialogue

25 Things You Should Know About Dialogue

Dialogue Writing Tips

Punctuation Dialogue

How to Write Believable Dialogue

Writing Dialogue: The Music of Speech

Writing Scenes with Many Characters

It’s Not What They Say …

Top 10 Tips for Writing Dialogue

Speaking of Dialogue

Dialogue Tips

Interrupted Dialogue

Two Tips for Interrupted Dialogue

Show, Don’t Tell (Description)

“Tell” Makes a Great Placeholder

The Literary Merit of the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Bad Creative Writing Advice

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do

DailyWritingTips: Show, Don’t Tell

GrammarGirl: Show, Don’t Tell

Writing Style: What Is It?

Detail Enhances Your Fiction

Using Sensory Details

Description in Fiction

Using Concrete Detail

Depth Through Perception

Showing Emotions & Feelings

Character Description

Describing Your Characters (by inkfish7 on DeviantArt)

Help with Character Development

Creating Characters that Jump Off the Page

Omitting Character Description

Introducing Your Character(s): DON’T

Character Crafting

Writer’s Relief Blog: “Character Development In Stories And Novels”

Article: How Do You Think Up Your Characters?

5 Character Points You May Be Ignoring

List of colors, hair types and hairstyles

List of words to use in a character’s description 

200 words to describe hair

How to describe hair

Words used to describe the state of people’s hair

How to describe your haircut

Hair color sharts

Four Ways to Reveal Backstory

Words Used to Describe Clothes

Flashbacks

Using Flashbacks in Writing

Flashbacks by All Write

Using Flashback in Fiction

Fatal Backstory

Flashbacks as opening gambit

Don’t Begin at the Beginning

Flashbacks in Books

TVTropes: Flashback

Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear: Flashback Techniques in Fiction

3 Tips for Writing Successful Flashbacks

The 5 Rules of Writing Effective Flashbacks

How to Handle Flashbacks In Writing

Flashbacks and Foreshadowing

Reddit Forum: Is a flashback in the first chapter a good idea?

Forum Discussing Flackbacks

P.O.V

You, Me, and XE - Points of View

What’s Your Point of View?

Establishing the Right Point of View: How to Avoid “Stepping Out of Character”

How to Start Writing in the Third Person

The Opposite Gender P.O.V.

LANGUAGE

 How To Say Said

200 Words Instead of Said

Words to Use Instead of Said

A List of Words to Use Instead of Said

Alternatives to “Walk”

60 Synonyms for “Walk”

✑ USEFUL WEBSITES/LINKS

Grammar Monster

Google Scholar

GodChecker

Tip Of My Tounge

Speech Tags

Pixar Story Rules

Written? Kitten!

TED Talks

DarkCopy

Family Echo

Some Words About Word Count

How Long Should My Novel Be?

The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test

Writer’s “Cheat Sheets”

Last but not least, the most helpful tool for any writer out there is Google!

[l3nsman]

ThankS!

[lady-nounoum]

[l3nsman]

I’m not crying! No, I’m not crying!

[thedeadhatter]

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

[l3nsman]

Well, if they insist on casting Nat Wolff as Light, I pray to god that they at least go for the original manga ending. You know what I’m talking about:

It’s the scene Nat Wolff was born to play baby!