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[notsuchxcleverboy]

Hey is anyone still here?? I just got slammed with so much nostalgia for this blog and y’all who I wrote with here, and I’d be up for a couple threads maybe if anyone wanted to get back into it <3

[vulcanmindtrick]

Which Star Trek alien are you?

Andorian - always winds up in a fight, but will claim the other person started it

Bajoran - Spiritual but fiesty

Betazoid - can tell you what’s bothering you even if you don’t know

Cardassian - will shit talk you behind your back, and will not deny it

Changeling - god complex

Denobulan - a space Hufflepuff

Ferengi - will do you a favor… if there’s something in it for them

Human - just wants to make friends

Kazon - douchebag who always took gym class too seriously

Klingon - will definitely fight you and will call it honorable (even if it’s not)

Q - knows everything, claims to be better than you, and is extremely annoying about it

Romulans - knows all the gossip, but never is directly involved in any drama (though they are def pulling strings from the sidelines)

Tellarite - brutally honest to the point of being an asshole

Vorta - the fake smile of a seasoned retail worker

Vulcan - very logical and very superior about it (even if feeling superior isn’t logical)

[redfar]

[binaryfrission]

official hiatus

so as the conclusion of the school year looms, i find myself fuCKING SWAMPED with shit i need to do. and also no motivation to write publicly bc i’m awful.

i realize it’s been several weeks (or months) since i’ve replied to most anyone, and i apologize for that. i will be back in the groove by no later than may 10th, at which point i believe all my major finals will be over. i’m really sorry for this to have to be a thing–but i’ll keep reblogging and responding to light things and memes and things, and replies as the inspiration strikes. sorry for being the worst, and i appreciate you all for being supportive and kind as i continue to be the slowest person in existence <3

[merainda]

[notsuchxcleverboy]

Moneypenny: Why do you have flames on your laptop?

Q: It's a gaming laptop. It's really fast.

[the-right-writing]

How to make a character's death sadder

 Don’t have them die of old age after a long, fulfilling life. Many people don’t even think of this as sad (note that this can still work if you have enough of the other factors).

 Leave one of their major goals unfinished. The more enthusiastic they are about completing the goal, the sadder.

 Give them strong relationships with other characters.

 Make them fight against whatever is causing their death. Their ultimate loss is sadder if they struggle.

 Kill them in the middle of their character arc.

 Don’t describe their funeral in detail. Maybe it’s just me, but I find that long descriptions of funerals kill the sadness.

[artistizzyrae]

That’s enough Satan’s publisher…

[iceb0x]

>B)

[theirisianprincess]

7. If possible, try to kill them off in the middle of the story, so we had time to like them and we will have time to let the loss settle in.

8. Also, place surviving characters in a situation where having the deceased person there would help them get out. You can choose whether you will point this fact out or if you want the audience to make the connection themselves.

[thehellspawnhero-deactivated202]

[peachdoxie]

9. Make them die by sacrificing themselves to save someone they love from a danger created by the antagonist.

[socialjusticeprincesses]

based on a few deaths that made me blub like a baby…

10. have their loved one, broken hearted, tell the team to stop fighting because “its over.” 

11. have their pet come looking for them. 

12. have their loved one perform a popular song at their funeral so it makes the fans cry whenever it’s played.

13. family witnessing the death and/or blaming themselves.

~ Mulan

[asbehsam]

so… let’s add some frustration to your dear readers’ sadness, shall we?

14. kill the character in the middle of making a joke, smiling, or expressing/experiencing joy/happiness.

15. make the character’s death slow and painful, but make them unable to call out for help even though they can literally see the other characters nearby.

16. after killing the character, have others think the character had betrayed them so they’d always hate them and remember them as traitors and never say nice things about them… Give your readers no chance to have group-therapy with other characters by making them the only ones who know the truth.

17. right before their death, show a side of them nobody has seen. (someone who is always tough and brave being genuinely scared of dying alone; someone who is always laughing being in tears before dying, etc.)

18. make them the only person who knows a big important secret that would help other characters in the story.

19. have them being lied to before dying. (thinking they’ve been betrayed; thinking they weren’t loved; thinking they’ve lost their loved ones, etc)

20. make the character very enthusiastic/passionate about a certain goal, constantly put stress on their goal, have them die unexpectedly before they can reach their goal. 

and the best one…

21. have another beloved character kill them–better be a close friend to your character, one that absolutely nobody suspects, one that everyone can’t help but love, one who is always enthusiastic about things and encourages your character. THEN

reveal the truth only later when it’s too late and the a-hole character has already escaped.

have a cowardly character know the truth and never tell anyone else

have another character find out the truth and have them die before revealing it to others. 

have the said character ^ not actually die, but go through something so they’d forget the friend of the deceased character is actually an asshole. 

This way only your readers will know the truth, thus the frustration would be… most enjoyable for you.

Satan out.

[icantbelieveitsnotkratos-deacti]

22. Have the character have to kill someone they truly love because there is no possible way to avoid it and it has to be done. Then

Reveal later on there was a way to save them without killing them through some rare method that no one knows about that you discover mid or late story.

Have the character who killed off their friend/lover/family member put int he same position where they have to be killed.

Have the rest of the characters cure them because they now know the cure even if the cure is some horrible ritual.

Have the character not wanting to be cured because of the trauma they have over killing their friend/lover/family member, but no one listened and cures them anyway.

Have them be horrified over killing other character and yet they got to be cured and lived. 

23. Make one of the characters have something that will slowly kill them over time such as month and years. And

Make sure to have some fluffy moments between the angst. This is to make those angstier sad moments even sadder. Make sure other characters who love the character have to be there as the person’s healthy slowly worsens day by day or month by month. Eventually kill them off.

24. Have them never find the character because they think they went home or that they left for some happy reason, but they die on the way home and no one ever finds out they died except the reader.

25. Have them die a tragic death, but upon dying no one remember they existed, but are sad for some reason regardless of the reason.

[umbreeunix]

YOU ALL ARE SATANS MINIONS I SWEAR TO GOD

[stevensgrnts]

@papermoon262 does number 9 ring any bells >:)

[megatraven]

Do you guys know what his means

what this adds to my fic-writing arsenal?

It adds angst and pain and I’m already brainstorming so pls prepare yourselves, friends B’) Enjoy the calm before the storm ouo

[wizardingwars-deactivated201801]

“Queen.”

[inccption-deactivated20190115]

[coffeeinsomniac-blog]

If you're a Canon character (or another OC) who does not discriminate against OC's, reblog this.

[of-tea-and-cardigans]

too much of a good thing || Q&Q

[of-tea-and-cardigans]

“Anything sounds good. There’s a lovely little Chinese place near Beaumont. I don’t know how close that is to your flat. It’s very close to mine.” He said, standing as well and straightening out his sweater.

As he followed him out, he glanced curiously at R. She was different from his own, though he had no doubt she was just as incredibly vital. He was fascinated that he recognized some people and not others. “Yes, I’m quite close with Sherlock. Mycroft and I… Well we’re working on becoming close again. Absolute geniuses, both of them. I’m definitely the slow Holmes compared to the two of them.” He said fondly.

[notsuchxcleverboy]

“Ah, I know the place,” Q says, adjusting his bag on his shoulder and looking sharply over at Sherrinford. “It’s in the general direction of my place.”

He nods at the descriptions, humming under his breath. “Every bit as sharp as the literature suggests, I take it. Though I hardly think anyone related to them could be anything but sharper than M’s tongue,” he jests, lips quirking up in a stilted half-smile as he shoots a glance at his double. “I always wanted a sister, you know. My parents travel constantly, however, so I was the best company I could usually hope for outside of them and whatever obscure family member we stayed with at the time.”

[notsuchxcleverboy]

;; finally getting around to doing some drafts. i deeply apologize for the long absence; if i miss your reply please let me know.

[plantboy-elliott]

something to consider: Q looking over the rim of his glasses at James Bond like an unimpressed school teacher. 

[ofpipedreams]

i know there’s something waiting for us

[norafriies-deactivated20161108]

All of the canon!divergent blogs be like:

[rhembasmus]

Ben Whishaw for anotherman 2007

[astralisworld]

“I was his destruction;

he was my salvation”