Tennyson was wrong

Amanda, or Sats if we still do internet nicknames around here. 30. TheLizard on AO3. SIDEBLOGS: CR4 @the-last-first-knight, art @satsumadraws, TMA @tullmetal-archivist

[neosatsuma]

I'd never really carved a pumpkin before, but my friend invited me over yesterday to do just that, and... I think I did okay!!

[neosatsuma]

my icon... it's a pumpedkin. by the Way

[blextrophy]

[tinybed]

little baby… i’m taking u home with me

[tartaeya]

i think there is a difference between a knowingly flawed character and a thematically uncomfortable character and knowing the difference is half the battle

[tartaeya]

knowingly flawed character: this character has traits that the author deliberately put in to show they have nuance and aren't perfect as a person. this will put them at odds with some readers and endear them to others, depending on them as people, and that's good!

thematically uncomfortable character: oh boy the author has some Beliefs

[chiropteracupola]

'that sign can't stop me because I can't read,' said lancelot, and lo, it was true, and it had been previously established in the narrative that he really genuinely couldn't.

[oneheadtoanother]

[wanderinsect]

🫩 no i don't think those characters are siblings i think they're friends. I don't think that's their mom I actually think she's their friend. I don't think they're related actually I think they're friends with each other.

[hideback]

Cicada, Stages of Conventionalization

Hugo Froelich, Keramic Studio Magazine, 1905

[kosmogrl]

[briannyssey]

Oh easy mistake. Yearning actually rises from the floor and longing hangs from the ceiling

[briannyssey]

🥺🥺

[free-and-to-none-accountable]

Actually it's super rude and problematic of you dismiss my vapid outsider critiques :/ People who have absolutely no idea what the hell they're even talking about deserve to be heard too :/

[animentality]

[sparvverius]

there's something really fun about how like. according to all Sources i have found many sailors abandoned the royal navy for piracy because the navy was so hierarchical and the officers were given so much power and piracy was the more egalitarian and democratic option. but flint comes from the navy as someone who managed to work his way up to officer and as someone who seems to prefer to function inside those rigid structures, or at least to be most at home there. so even as he is ostensibly fighting for the greater egalitarianism of the pirate world and of progressive values in general it's just not something that he personally is able to value. he doesn't have a democratic bone in his body. he went to the pirate republic talking about kings and wanting to quite literally run it like the navy and tried to fight for that pirate republic while acting like his word was law and every democratic proceeding was an annoying hinderance to his dictatorial rule. it's so good. i like him

[comic-art-showcase]

Bat Family by Chris Samnee

Batober prompt: Team

[odinsblog]

[technofinch]

I have GOT to stop spending $30

[funkmclovin]

$30 is the new $5 but $100 is still $100 #Fucked

[ruinemade]

a girl and her dragon

Hatchling dragons are already as intelligent as adults and have magical talent far surpassing human mages, but are emotionally immature.

[sexybritishllama]

idk man sometimes i like it when video game writers are allowed to plan a series of events that happen in a specific order and affect each other in turn to become an overarching narrative, and i don’t mind trusting those writers to take me through those events in the order that is emotionally effective. i don’t really care if a game forces me to go through the forest area first before i can attempt the icy area because maybe there’s things that happen in the forest area that inform later scenes in the icy area. maybe we don't need more superficial player choice open world concepts if it comes at the cost of the ability to write a story with actual significant plot events and character development in each section