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[merlinosirislupin]

Not really the subject, but what do you think about shipping culture ? Like, should we stop shipping every characters who have one single "sweet" interaction ? (especially men ?). Or turning friendship into love ? Cause I réaliséd I always ships at least two characters in every media I consume. And it kinda scares me how I can't imagine characters as friends but just as lovers.

[alastors-totally-canon-deertail]

[not-passionate]

history is important.

[merlinosirislupin]

Remember, this is about SOME books, not all of them.

SO ! There's two major moments in any romance books, the third act break-up and the first act hook-up. And I hâte both of them but for différent reasons.

The 3A break-up is usually unecessary but authors need more conflict so they'll have the characters split up for the stupidest shallowest reason possible for them to bé twenty pages later "Hé is the love of m'y life ! I cannot live without them!" We all know they'll end up together. Why bother ?

The 1A hook-up is even stupider. Like, how do you want me to beleive these two people whom I could count their interactions on ONE hand feel this irrésistible uncommon attraction to each other and are so horny they can't control themselves anymore ? Are they vampires, soulmates ? No, just regular people in a contemporary setting !

[merlinosirislupin]

When I say "Diversity in movies", what's the first thing that pops in your mind ?

[merlinosirislupin]

Bridgerton, the Good Bad Show ?

I don't actually like Bridgerton but I don't actually hate it ? Like it gets on m'y nerves every fricking épisode, the stakes are unrealistic, most of the couples don't work, the characters act like idiots all the time...but I also could rewatch every season endlessly.

Does someone else feel the same ?

[kooldewd123]

i will never stop loving how dr stone gives us a stoic supergenius protagonist who's always idolizing science and logic and stuff and then instead of going the easy route and using that framework of cold logic to make him some aloof holier-than-thou figure who's above such petty things as "emotions" and "friendship" the show goes no! senku is actually a deeply compassionate person because that is in fact the logical conclusion to come to. there is no such thing as a lone genius. science is a collaborative effort, built upon the shoulders of those who came before. all of senku's vast mountains of knowledge would amount to absolutely nothing if it wasn't backed up by taiju's strength, yuzuriha and kaseki's crafting skills, chrome's ingenuity, the practical experience of people like ukyo and ryusui, the many individual skills of each and every person in the kingdom of science, the tens of thousands of years of human progress it took to build up those stores of knowledge in the first place, and the eternal faith and support of his father byakuya. every action senku takes is not simply borne out of devotion to science, but out of devotion to this specific understanding of science - the understanding that scientific progress is inextricably linked to society itself and that one cannot exist without the other. senku may be the smartest man alive (not to mention the de facto leader of humanity's remains), but he still recognizes that he is only a single man, no more or less important to humanity's survival than anyone around him.

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.