trying on a metaphor
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
I'd rather be in outer space 🛸

Origami Around
Three Goblin Art
will byers stan first human second
One Nice Bug Per Day
Xuebing Du

Andulka
Keni
"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
Show & Tell
art blog(derogatory)
NASA

shark vs the universe
Aqua Utopia|海の底で記憶を紡ぐ
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Peter Solarz

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@ladyofwhiteflowers
how was the destroying and betraying yourself for nothing was the destroying and betraying yourself for nothing fun? it didn't look fun
this was a post about judas iscariot from 1970s rock opera jesus christ superstar
“oh no, my audience has begun to guess the big twists of my story and are accurately predicting what will happen!”
incorrect response: write the rest of the story to be as twisty, shocking and counter to expectations as possible, regardless of whether this is a logical or satisfying way for the plot to go
correct response:
can someone elaborate on the “make hoax” and “post angry tweet about “leak”“ part. i’m stupid and don’t understand things
sure!
(you’re not stupid. I posted this thinking it would amuse a handful of mutuals who all knew the context and that would be about it, so I didn’t think about providing any other explanation. I had no idea it would spread this far.)
I’ll start from the very beginning just to be thorough. so this is Alex Hirsch, creator and head writer of Gravity Falls, a show which had a big focus on mystery, conspiracies, codes and ciphers, etc. the whole plot is kicked off by one of the main characters finding a mysterious old journal in the woods, which detailed all kinds of weird and supernatural things, but then ended abruptly with the author saying they had to hide the journal because they were being watched. the central driving mystery of the show, therefore, was the question of who wrote the journal and what happened to them.
now, the thing about Gravity Falls is that, while it must be said that the writers weren’t always quite as sure of their plans as we tend to like to think they are, it is very much a fair play mystery, with legitimate clues to what was going on. but the writers were caught off guard by how quickly the show attracted a dedicated audience, including a lot of people outside the primary presumed demographic, who started solving the clues faster than expected. so some of the fans were able to correctly guess who the author was before it was revealed in the show, and the theory started spreading. this put the writers in something of a panic, because this was THE mystery that the whole story revolved around, with ¾ of the show building up to the dramatic reveal in the middle of season 2. they wanted it to be a mystery that could be figured out, sure, but they weren’t prepared for people to solve it so far in advance of when it was planned to be revealed, which would have really taken away from the big moment. they weren’t going to change the main story itself, but having been caught unaware by how much attention the fans were paying, they wanted to up the ante and make the mystery more complex to solve going forward–but first they needed to buy some time and throw the fandom off the scent for a little longer.
hence, Alex’s plan as described above. they whipped up a fake shot that appears to give away the identity of the author as being another character in the show, put it on a screen in the studio as if it was a real animation frame, took a picture of it, and ‘leaked’ it online. it was initially decided to be a hoax (albeit, I think, presumed to be a hoax originating from outside the production team), until Alex posted this tweet:
…before quickly deleting it (though not so quickly that it didn’t get seen, of course).
it worked well enough to distract most people for a while, and wasn’t revealed as a hoax until a year later, when an episode aired that definitively proved that the supposed screenshot could never have happened, at which point Alex owned up to the whole thing as seen in the tweet above. by then the episode with the real reveal wasn’t far off, and while people did still work it out ahead of time, it was more of an “OH MY GOD I KNEW IT!” moment than a “booooooring, we’ve known that for ages” moment, which of course was what the writers wanted all along.
personally I find this a fascinating approach to dealing with the problem of spoilers, because it doesn’t affect the story itself at all; if you watch Gravity Falls today–or if you were watching it when it aired without any significant contact with the fandom–you’d never know about it. ultimately, the problem the writers were facing wasn’t that some people might guess the answer to the mystery–they never wanted to make it completely impossible to predict–so much as it was that they hadn’t designed the story to stand up to so many people working on the puzzle together, which resulted in a sort of total output of puzzle-solving ability that far outstripped the capability of any one solo human being. so their solution is something that’s very much targeted toward delaying that group problem-solving, without actually affecting the experience of any individual person watching the show.
plus, it’s very in keeping with the overall tone of the show.
and now you know!
if your audience guesses the ending of your story
don’t:
change the ending
do:
gaslight them
some hyper famous artists like Van Gogh transcend overratedness and become underrated because they're so normalized. Like I'll look at a van Gogh and I'm like wait this really is amazing you guys don't get it
Shakespeare is like this
Every time I see a Van Gogh that’s not one of his better known pieces it absolutely blows me away
Have you seen this shit my liege? smh unreal
People might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of, or because of, his suffering. I like to think that van Gogh would have been even more prolific and even greater if he wasn't so restricted by the things tormenting him. I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.
—David Lynch
the years really do start coming and they dont stop coming and they dont stop coming a̶n̴d̴ ̸t̶h̴e̶y̴ ḋ̶̪̯̆o̴͔͠n̶͈̽̍t̷̟̭͝ ̷̻͙͊̎s̶͇͘ͅṱ̸̫̈́̒o̵̬̹͊p̷̬̰̂ ̵̗̬͛̀c̸̞̐̂ŏ̴͍̫͘m̶̢̐͊i̸̼̽ṉ̷̦̀g̵͉̒ ą̸̞͉̘͍̖̝̿̌n̸̛̼̤̝͛͊̓̊͜d̸̢͈̬͍̅̈́̽̓͊ͅ ̷̭̼̼̮̗͒ẗ̸̰̎̑̾͒͠ḧ̶͙͖͈̻̘͉͙́̓̉́̒̓͘ȩ̵̧̧̳̤͒̄̂̏̉̃̚ŷ̷̢͈̮̕͘ ̶̡̲̒̆̕͜d̷͚͔̟͉̳͉͛̈̇̂̈̈́͠o̵̧̻͕̝̖̣͋͂͗͑͐͝͝n̵̡̪͖̦͉͙̈́̉̅͠t̶̨̠̱̝̦̜͉̋̑̈́̚ ̶̬̘̏̀̃͂̃͜͝ͅş̶̺̰͕̺̙͋̎̎t̶̛͇͙̀̽̑̚͠ȏ̶̫͂p̴̠̫̳͂̀̉́̃ ̸̦̏̽c̷̛ͅo̴̹̩̺͌m̷̖̗̾̓͊̀î̷̥̔̔̂̚̕n̴̨̬̩͉̝̱̤̆͂͛̒̄g̴̡̩̝̠̯̻̞̈́͑͂
do you guys remember when we googled something and we would get results that were actually related to the things we searched
The most horrifying thing about being a human is that no matter how intelligent you are or how much customer service training you have, nothing will stop you from being the idiot customer on occasion. At some point you won't read a sign or you'll misread a menu or ask the dumbest question a human has ever formed and there is nothing you can do to prevent this. It will happen. Accept it and continue on your way as one of today's dipshit customers.
Wait, you were actually born in the 1900's? Thats so cool
i am going to eat my own entire skin
Reblog if you were born in the 1900's.
oh fuckkkk man not the SERIAL UNALIVER
Reverse Mulan about a young man who disguises himself as a noblewoman and has to learn how to do passive-agressive politicking at dinner parties.
He does so to dodge the draft
hey everyone "I" have something to show "you"
cooking baking
you’re the only person who gets it
That moment when you’re reading a fic and your OTP finally hooks up
That gif is literally perfect
#I reblogged this in 2013
this tag dealt me psychic damage thanks
#i’m putting it in the queue to give you psychic damage again later#your post is old enough to be in middle school
@kirihana CURSE YOU
[ID: a gif of Niles from The Nanny opening the bedroom door slightly to throw rose petals in, and then Niles standing smiling by the bed where Fran and Mr. Sheffield are cuddled together.]