The World of Blue

Welcome to the odd adventures of my mind. I post whatever I find to be interesting. Mj |They/them| US

[artmagine]

The beautiful art of Thomas Blackshear II

[ilostmygh0st]

[materassassino]

HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY SIR DAVID!

[afemalesebastian]

"Sewing is a gateway drug to thinking through complex problems. It seems really simple; culturally, we make it women's work. Let me tell you: real sewing at any kind of level of proficiency is a bloody magic trick. Sewing, like mold making, involves mental frames that require one to think inside out and backwards. It requires one to work on an order of operations that is often taking into account the reverse. It's a really, really important skill, and if you learn how to sew, you're mostly on your way to carpentry and welding and sheet metal work. I'm not kidding: these are planar forms meeting under rules and conditions. And if you can make a sleeve work, I swear to God, you could build a house."

--Adam Savage

[snowstories]

My biggest tip for fanfic writers is this: if you get a character's mannerisms and speech pattern down, you can make them do pretty much whatever you want and it'll feel in character.

Logic: Characters, just like real people, are mallable. There is typically very little that's so truly, heinously out of character that you absolutely cannot make it work under any circumstance. In addition, most fans are also willing to accept characterization stretches if it makes the fic work. Yeah, we all know the villain and the hero wouldn't cuddle for warmth in canon. But if they did do that, how would they do it?

What counts is often not so much 'would the character do this?' and more 'if the character did do this, how would they do it?' If you get 'how' part right, your readers will probably be willing to buy the rest, because it will still feel like their favourite character. But if it doesn't feel like the character anymore, why are they even reading the fic?

Worry less about whether a character would do something, and more about how they'd sound while doing it.

[mossbear-minese]

I don't remember where I saw this piece of advice so I can't credit it, unfortunately

But it was along the lines of "instead of asking whether something is out of character, ask 'what would it take for this character to do this'"

Which I think fits really nicely with this advice of making the actual action itself also feel in character

[sternen--staub]

occasional posts from users

[ann-decart]

reblog if you make occasional posts

[cleolinda]

Sometimes I still hear my voice

[utopians]

ideal five nights at freddy's adaptation would not be a feature film but rather an hour long mock defunctland video

[derekscorner]

[ourravenboys]

during these exciting times (heated rivalry) i am once again encouraging you guys to watch women’s hockey, where this ACTUALLY publicly happens

[vamppvictoria]

is this that yuri on ice people talk about

[blueboxbeagle]

By LabradoriteKing on Pinterest

[sonneillonv]

As a Dungeon Master I nearly scrolled past this before my brain kicked my own ass and reminded me that I have tried looking up 'Blue Gemstones' at LEAST a dozen times in the last six months and never found anything this helpful.

[studio-jirell]

I've always really loved the splash art for Genshin and Honkai. It's always so dynamic and eye-catching, so I wanted to try my hand at making something myself.

[shamebats]

Tiktok post by @ djdott64 (he/him).

[depsidase]

[nkim-illustrates]

How I Paint Grapes! 🍇

[misticbluelove]

It's my 12 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Damn...

[snuffysbox]

Next up on the Stardew comic - some tensions on the roadtrip :-)

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[ems-wrens]

The phrase "haunting the narrative" has been absolutely ruined for me because I fear no one will ever haunt a narrative quite like Verso Dessendre

[jollyfurydragonballer]

[rebeccasteventaylor]

I love all the runners who broke their rhythm to do this very seriously as if yes, hopscotch and a little dance was an expected part of their exercise routine for the day.