A Barrel of Monkeys

Bro how do you use this site, again?

[myfandomrealitea]

I actually love hearing about reformed people's stories. I love hearing about people who were in toxic communities or people who used to objectively be dickheads talking about how they got out of that. How they made themselves better.

I hate how most people's initial reaction to stories like that are things like:

"How could you have ever done those things?!" "Oh my god, you believed those things?!" "Well it doesn't un-do the harm you did!"

People incessantly advocate for change but then refuse to allow people who have changed the grace of being acknowledged and given opportunities and chances.

I love hearing about ex-antis talking about how they don't spend their days being angry and sending death threats anymore.

I love hearing about ex-homophobes who realized there's no magic law about what is "natural."

I love reformed bullies talking about how they made amends with their victims and spend their days being considerate of others.

You can't scream about wanting people to change but then expect them to spend the rest of their lives stuck in the past and on who they used to be. You can't expect people to spend the entire rest of their lives grovelling and apologizing and demeaning themselves.

Instead of clinging to who they were, latch onto who they are.

Ask how they got out of it. Commend them on changing. Enjoy that there's one less cause of harm in the world.

[pusheenthenerdcat]

I also love stuff like that because it's a blueprint for how we can save others. If someone used to be a giant racist and stopped, we can take what convinced them to change and spread that message

[wontonsoupinthemorning-deactiva]

message to all bitches

please survive

[monkey-show]

Aight how does one go about fixing their pfp and header

[captainsnoop-deactivated2020041]

anyone else remember Hot Gruntilda from the Banjo-Kazooie game over screen

[captainsnoop-deactivated2020041]

Do Gruntilda’s big titties fill your body with lust? You’d nut in two seconds if you saw her green bust!

[final-fantasy-v-deactivated2019]

hey do you take constructive criticism on your posts

[captainsnoop-deactivated2020041]

No sense in begging for what’s already free! Indulge in Grunty’s pussy and you’ll find pure glee!

[mi0da-deactivated20220425]

this post feels like a nightmare im unable to awake from

[captainsnoop-deactivated2020041]

A virgin can’t be picky when choosing holes for the stuffing. In the words of Inafune, it’s better than nothing!

[badgrapple-deactivated20220614]

I’m legit gonna kill you

Your actually going to die

[captainsnoop-deactivated2020041]

Death comes for us all, but you’ll come even quicker! Five seconds? How pathetic! You’re making me snicker!

[moontouched-moogle]

Tired of losing in Banjo-Kazooie? Drop those pants instead and make my loins gooey!

[captainsnoop-deactivated2020041]

The bear and the bird have caused me such woes. I’ll make them bend over and suck my old toes!

[galaxysyrup]

if i had to read this with my own two eyes then every last one of you who follows me has to suffer too

[captainsnoop-deactivated2020041]

You whine, you whimper, and oh how you suffer, but deep down Grunty knows you just wanna stuff her.

[maxwellelvis]

This post is pain but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t laughing through the crying.

[alephnull47]

[monkey-show]

hello I’m alive

I’m just on twitter now

not that I post anything, but I’m there

[eiruriofidkewoeeifjjdis374738-d]

[thenatsdorf]

Cat wall.

[captainschmoe]

BABEY NO

[nevver]

[gerrycanavan]

the most depressing thing I’ve ever seen

[no-use-906547-2000-deactivated2]

[zomblequeen-deactivated20181123]

Someone: Warcraft technology is low fantasy

Me: WoW is a horrific goulash of different things different devs thought were cool at the time and to try and mark its technology as a specific type of fantasy is like trying to nail jello to a wall

[suddenlybear]

WoW has IV fluid bags, but no ball point pens, they have rocket flight but no indoor plumbing, lightbulbs and electrical systems but still uses parchment for most things, advanced artillery but handguns are a rarity, an underground railway but no toilet paper.

[zsnes]

just like seattle

[espadaclover]

You know what? It’s really like that sometimes.

[bro-winkle]

This is automatic stress relief

[reverie-lavellan]

idk if anyone will find this useful, but this is how i go about planning my stories. i mostly write fantasy, so that’s what this is most applicable to. but it could work with other genres too.

so there’s three major components to a story: the characters, the plot, and the world. creating them individually is the easy part, but they all connect and affect each other in different ways. (like you can’t have a character who loves peaches and eats them every day if they live a peasant in a region that doesn’t grow peaches, for example.)

so i created a cheat sheet to help connect all three components together.

1) the world creates the characters.

this is related to the peach example above. the characters should be a direct result of the environment they grew up in and the environment they currently live in.

2) the characters are limited by the world.

also related to the peaches. characters can’t do anything outside of what the rules of their surroundings and universe allow, such as eating peaches when they’re not available. this also applies for magic users. they can’t have unlimited magic, so keep in mind what you want out of both the characters and the world when creating magic systems.

3) the characters carry the plot.

we’ve all heard it before: “bad characters can’t carry a good plot. good characters can carry a bad plot.” but we all like a good plot anyway. try to make sure you’re not giving your characters too heavy or too light of a plot to carry.

4) the plot pushes the characters.

if nothing in the plot happens, your characters will remain static forever. if you struggle with plots, try starting with what character development you want to happen, then go from there.

5) the plot depends on the world.

you can’t overthrow the evil government if there isn’t one. think of what your world needs most and what your plot is centered around, and fit those two together.

6) the world is changed by the plot.

even if your plot is centered around something most of your world would call “insignificant”, the world will still experience some change from the plot. either the evil government will be gone, or maybe that one teacher is now way more careful about keeping an eye on the test key. either way, the world will be different from now on.

final note: usually people will be able to write one or two of the components with ease, but don’t know where to go from there. i personally can’t write plots, but thinking this way has really helped me actually make a story out of the world and characters because i looked at what i needed from what i had. i really hope this can help you too! happy writing!

tl;dr this is a cheat sheet to help anyone who struggles with writing one or two of what i consider the three major components to a story.

[jashin-priestess]

[transfemale]

That’s just a fact

[scp-230]

McSpaghetti……….

[eightplustwelveistwenty]

[cairocopper-deactivated20210402]

An ode to the best walk cycles in fighting games

[reactionfaces]

[itsnoodle]

[reactionfaces]

[thehellspawnhero-deactivated202]

[shikseh]

[raccoonfootproductions]

[urbanuppercut]

[spanish-g0ld]

[dop3-peach-ringz-deactivated202]

This whole post is a big big big mood

[magsbanes]

[alexander]

When a sloth is cuter than all of us