WE DON'T PLAY SERIOUSLY ENOUGH!

weaver of stories. maker of things. puppeteer in training

[prrrsuit]

I'm trying a new method of writing I came up with (that probably has always existed, has a name, twenty-six dedicated youtube-tutorials and five self-help books), where I wrote the outline, made notes of all the important bits (objects, places, dates, characters, subject) and am now writing little pieces for each of the notes, then copy them into the manuscript and build scenes from there, if I feel inspired.

I have no idea if this is me, finally breaking the prison of a chronological (or even just narrative) order, or if I just stumbled into the cozy shelter of forever-procrastination - but I'm having more fun writing than I've had in a while (and I didn't even feel like I had lost the fun in writing before this).

[paksthestoic]

I love the “captain’s log” mechanism in Star Trek as a method for time skips and exposition.

I am, however, devastated that we never got an episode where any captain’s voiceover is strained and slow. very precise about the events they’re describing. While the screen itself is showing the most batshit insane events and making it clear that the captain is trying VERY HARD to keep everyone involved out of a court martial.

[prrrsuit]

Okay, hay, this account still exists.

Should I use it? Should I try to remember, why I left tumblr in the first place? I think it was the original posts / reblog ratio - with me being less interested in reblogs and more interested in original posts.

Anyway. I recently started blogging on leaflet but it's hard to find the right nerds to follow in the atmosphere. It seems to be mostly journalists and older cis-dudes with opinions. There are other's but they are a minority and it's hard to find them. Thus I remembered that this site here exists and wondered what it looks like these days.

How delightfully little has changed.

[rumwik]

It has arrived!

[arctic-hands]

I was gonna scroll right past this but it suddenly resonated with me

[wiselwisel]

Las leyes de la física son inquebrantables.

[detrout]

[i-am-corbin-dallas]

This is legitimately the funniest thing ive ever seen

[bubbabarnes-deactivated20210124]

I’m screaming

[fanny-hs]

Studies with clouds

[gostaks]

[This has been on my mind for… a couple years now actually but it’s not fully polished quite yet]

My problem with fictional characters using magical aids and getting magical cures is less that either of those things exist and more that those things existing often indicates a failure to think about how disability exists in a world beyond that magic.

Like, hovering mobility chairs solve the problem of stairs and rough terrain, but for people who self-propel, getting around in a wheelchair is part of how they exercise. How do people compensate for that? What do they do if the hovering stops working? And what about people who can’t use stairs because they use a walker or crutches or have knee problems?

Similarly, if you can go to your local cleric and get your blindness cured, what does that mean? Can they cast ‘Bestow Normal Vision’ or does it only set your body to the best state your genetics will allow (eg you can remove cataracts, but colorblind people are still colorblind)? Is it a widely available option or very limited, difficult, or expensive? Are there people who choose not to undergo treatment for some reason? Will magic permanently cure degenerative conditions, or is it only a stopgap?

And, maybe most importantly, if disabled people’s lives are commonly changed by magic, how does that impact the way societies treat them? Are there accessibility issues that are commonly ignored because it’s assumed everyone is using a magical aid? Are people who can’t or don’t get a magical cure for their disability further marginalized? Or held up as inspirations, religious figures, or saints? Would magical societies draw the lines of disability in different places than we do today?

Worldbuilding that engages with disability in a nuanced and interesting way? Great. Magic used to cure characters or fix a perceived problem without considering a population’s needs and  broader implications of that intervention? Not so much.

[writing-prompt-s]

Four roommates are extraterrestrials who have taken human form in the hopes of learning about Earth’s culture. Unfortunately, each alien is from a different planet and believes the other three are normal humans.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I would read this

[ekjohnston]

OH MY GOD

[aaron2point0]

Starring Jack Black, The Rock, Jeff Goldblum and Taika Waititi 

[artemis69]

And Mads Mikkelsen, the human neighbour that is weird enough that all the aliens think he’s an alien too.

[byjove-cannibalcove]

they all are sure hes an alien and will go talk to him about how hard it is being an alien on earth, will even talk really frankly to him about it, but weirdly no matter what they say hes always like ‘oh yeah i can relate’

[sentimental-apathy]

It got about a thousand times better than the last time I reblogged this I think.

[thisisdefinitelyacreativename]

They find each other because one of them puts up an ad for PERFECLY NORMAL HUMAN ROOMMATES NEEDED and none of them know enough about earth culture to realize how weird that is

[babey]

can we PLEASE talk about the google scorpion emoji

[trek-tracks]

you can pry this meme from my cold dead hands

[scarliestralls]

[weirdbutinareallycuteway-deacti]

Me

[thehauntingofjulia]

I just looked this up and it turned out it was about a production of “cat on a hot tin roof”, a play which famously features a closeted gay lead character. a member of the audience was catcalling female actresses and shouting homophobic abuse when actor john lacy, who played the character big daddy, paused his performance and called him out. the heckler replied “what are you going to do about it?” to which lacy responded by leaping down into the audience and knocking him to the ground.

[goldenaltar]

#its what tennessee williams would have wanted

[theminiummark]

[theweirdwideweb]

Maggie Smith (1978)

[memewhore]

[tailornorata]

As long as that mask meets covid regulations I'd say it's valid

[haikuubot]

As long as that mask

meets covid regulations

I'd say it's valid

[computationalcalculator]

[hownottolearnalanguage]

[absolxguardian]

I'm kind of glad to hear that everyone does this. Because it means it isn't colonizer bullshit, it's what everyone does. It's just people discovering new things. Everyone goes:

"Oh hey these people have their own style of [language A's word for thing. Say, what do you call it?"

"Oh it's [language B's word for thing]."

"Got it, it's [language B's word for thing] variety [language A's word for thing]"

[mrcloudyfun]

The human race just naturally moon moons itself

[headspace-hotel]

Bread Bread

[siowdreams]

mood/feelings song asks

🌧 - song for a rainy day 🌚 - song for when i’m feeling nervous 🔥 - song that pumps me up 🍂 - song that helps me calm down 🌊 - song for a day at the beach ⭐️ - song i’ll listen to on repeat 🌠 - song that’s special to me ☂ - song for when i’m feeling sad 🙂 - song that makes me smile 💔 - song for a heartbreak 🎉 - song to party to 🚶 - song for when i feel alone 👯 - song that reminds me of someone 💪🏽 - song that helps me be strong 🏋 - song to work out to ☄ - song for when i feel lighter than air ☀️ - song for a sunny day 🌲 - song that reminds me of nature 💤 - song i fall asleep to ✌🏼️ - song for when i feel fabulous 🌪 - song for when i’m angry 🎤 - song i’ll sing out loud ✈️ - song for when i’m feeling nostalgic ⚓️ - song that keeps me grounded 🌇 - song that inspires me ⏰ - song for when i’m feeling stressed

[pkpaulshow]

[the-gay-goblin]

This is what you call good game design