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wistfulwatcher

2.08 The One, The Only | 5.10 Hacks

#not to be dramatic but i've been eviscerated #hacks finale

orphic-mysteries

If it keeps you from killing yourself it's not stupid. This applies to anything btw.

brb-on-a-quest

Bestie. How dare you leave “do not mock the life preserver…” in the tags.

@onewingedsparrow

insomniac-arrest

Taylor Tomlinson, Look At You (2022) Netflix special

I genuinely cannot explain to a non-writer what it feels like when a chapter suddenly clicks. it's not satisfaction. it's not relief. it's this horrible specific feeling like you just remembered something you never knew. like the story was already there and you finally stopped being in the way of it. i don't know what to do with that feeling. i just close the laptop and stare at the wall for a bit.

#i have to get up and pace the room #and then hold my wife hostage while i explain it #this is such an accurate description #my brain finally stopped being in the way of the story

drchucktingle

in betweens

i have been fortunate enough to live a life in the arts, creating things and following hallowed footsteps. its something many buckaroos dream of, and as someone who has done it, THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS i received are the moments in between. if you generate with AI, THAT is what you rob yourself of

anyone who has done theater will know this, because it lives in the energy backstage. anyone who has played in a band will know this, because it lives in the late night diner afterwards. anyone who has written a book will know this, because it lives the coffee shop where your plot point locked in

in other words IT IS NOT THE PRODUCT. yes, it is cool to see your name on a marquee or your book in a store or your face on a poster, but the REASON this is cool is because it tethers you to the BETWEEN TIMES. the between times are everything. the PROCESS of creation is a gift to yourself

i think this is REALLY difficult for these ai goofballs to understand, and why the things they make dont resonate. anything you create without the in between is just a hollow shell, a movie poster without small talk at crafty or an album without eating burritos on the studio rooftop

we have ALWAYS had the ability to NOT make something and pretend that we did. the difference now is theres an algorithm built for convincing people whove never stepped outside the theater door for a smoke break on opening night that they actually have. they have not. there is no ai for that.

because the only way to conjure the unfathomable magic of those in between moments is to live them, and when you get a hit of excitement from a prompted movie or book or song without a journey of creation, you rob yourself. you curse yourself to exist as a cardboard cutout who thinks they are whole

#“the process of creation is a gift to yourself”#that makes me tear up #anti ai

likea-black-widow-baby

AOS really said we’re gonna put our women in reasonable tactical suits and combat outfits, but you guys can have May in a partially-unzipped catsuit in 1x13. As a treat.

#agents of shield #melinda may #yup and it was a treat

bijoux-et-mineraux

Fire Opal - Virgin Valley District, Virgin Valley, Humboldt Co., Nevada

Opalized wood

pepminttea

rb with your most common recurring theme in your nightmares. mine is pregnancy

#tornadoes #big ocean waves

visit-ba-sing-se

I am running a marathon with a twisted ankle and it hurts but some pain is normal, right? Everyone says it's supposed to be hard. It is a marathon after all. I am running a marathon with a twisted ankle but honestly it could be worse, right? I heard someone once finished with a broken leg. The ankle is nothing compared to that. I am running a marathon with a twisted ankle but you can get used to pain, right? The body can endure almost anything. The problem is always the mind. I am running a marathon with a twisted ankle but I made it this far, that means I can keep going, right? Everyone says it's supposed to be hard. It is a marathon after all.

#oh god

neon-in-the-night-time

television comedy peaked at "get ready for a large file transfer" *pushes filing cabinet out a fourth story window*

#oh coulson #agents of shield

puppydogwhitaker

PSA to fic readers, it is so hard to freak a fic writer out with your comments. we are just as crazy about the fic as you are.

tell me you love it. tell me it made you slam your laptop shut. tell me you brought it up at your college lecture about kink. key smash in all caps. quote the passage that made you think. i promise, we’ll love it.

we spend hours thinking about it, writing it, editing it. there is no such thing as over enthusiasm when you’re talking about our fics to us. we are sooooo weird about them, i assure you. you are just matching my freak. the freak bar is already set so high. feel no anxiety about enjoying something and letting the creator know.