Wannabe Writer and Wanderer

Madame of Fire & Grief. Author in the works. Co-host of @thejasminedragonteahour. Avatar by @ivmaurva An over 30 eldritch terror. If you want to buy me a ko-fi, it's Ko-fi.com/rideboldlyride.

[rideboldlyride]

Figure it’s kinda time to reintroduce myself, as it’s been a hot minute since I’ve been regular on this app and the resurgence of Zutara has pulled me back.

I’m a (now-late) 30 something individual (she/her). I’ve been in fandom spaces most of my life, just under different pseuds (team Return to the Citrus Scale).

Anti-terf, solid live and let live in shipper wars (I like the flowers in my own garden thankyouverymuch).

My fandoms and ships are:

RWBY: Hummingbird/Flown North

ATLA: Zutara, Sokka x Suki, Taang.

While I do like Dramione, I have been giving it lots of room due to JKR. May she rot.

You’ll probably see random ships and DnD posts, but that’s the main.

If you have any questions, drop me an ask.

(And yes, I am looking and working actively on my WIPs. Promise.)

[opheliaaesque]

married zutara w their twins kya and izumi

[radioactive-earthshine]

Not sure why it's a new trend among fic readers to assume if the fic has not been posted within the week it's inappropriate to comment on it, like the fic has to be hot out of the oven to give feedback for.

I got a comment on a fic that is less than a year old and it was mostly an apology for being a comment on an "old fic" and how late they were in commenting.

Just comment on the fic. Doesn't matter how old it is.

[ohcaptains]

[enyter]

[bluerats]

Not gonna lie, I'm a little annoyed that despite the vast amount of project hail Mary spoilers I saw on tumblr in the last few weeks (and yes I know that not blocking the tag was my own fault) I did not see a single post about the huge flashing light scene in the middle of the film. Hell, it was set right in the middle of a very important plot scene. But the flashes were so bright and so intense that I had to close my eyes and cover them with my hands for I think nearly two minutes. And I'm not even epileptic! I just get migraines. Thankfully I went to see it with a friend who could tell me what was happening in the scene.

So, I'm going to warn people who may not have seen the movie yet. When the ship is pulling away from the green planet, the music will calm down, then a bang will be heard. That's when the flashing lights start. They'll pretty pretty much keep going until there's a scene change and the audio cuts out. That's when you can open your eyes.

[alunaloverworld]

[thulium]

[aswarmofbisexualbees]

Okay I know that this had been said before but it is late and I cannot sleep so bear with me

Anyone who adapts Sherlock Holmes listen the fuck up!

1. Holmes is someone people went to when they were scared of or knew they would be dismissed by the police. That is why there are numerous stories where abused women come to him for help, the speckled band, the copper beeches, the solitary cyclist, and also stories about people from a lower social class coming to him for help because he wouldn't charge them for his investigations and he would treat them with the same respect, if not higher, that he would treat the upper class.

2. Yes he is misogynistic in the beginning but there is literally a story about him unlearning his bigotry because a woman outsmarts him. This is why in adaptations IRENE ADLER HAS TO OUTSMART HIM!!! It is a vital part of his character arc. (Looking at you Moffat) If you make Holmes outsmart her, not only are you incapable of letting a woman be smarter than a man, you would also fail high school English class because you don't understand how character development works.

3. Holmes is not an asshole to everyone! He is purposely an asshole to the police and to rich people. He is an asshole to people that think they are better than him, and sometimes his client, because of their wealth/social standing/gender/perceived intelligence. Yes, he is sometimes accidentally an asshole because he has a difficult time with social cues (also this man is neurodivergent) but he apologizes! Usually right after he says something and if not then, always when Watson calls him out!! There are also times when he gets a case wrong and he asks Watson to remind him of these cases in the future when he becomes too full of himself to remind him that he makes mistakes!!! He wants to be reminded that he is human and makes mistakes, he wants to learn from them!!

Anyway, I am angry at the modern misconceptions of Sherlock Holmes. Thank you for coming to my TedTalk

[doctorbluesmanreturns]

ALSO

Sherlock Holmes has a sense of humor. So many adaptations have left that out, back even to Basil Rathbone’s portrayal, but it’s weirdly common to make him absolutely humorless and focused only on showing how clever he is and that’s not true at all. (I think a LOT of writers make Holmes into an English version of Hercule Poirot: a fussy egomaniac which is fine for Poirot but Holmes isn’t like that at all.)

Basically, if you’ve seen Doctor Who at all, Sherlock Holmes has the same personality as The Tenth Doctor—extremely smart, immediately gets caught up in helping people, rages against evil, mostly has good social skills, and just seems incredibly alien to most people. Other sources to take inspiration from include the audio adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories as performed by John Gielgud, and The Great Mouse Detective.

Now, onto something that Moffat and Gatiss actually mostly got right: WATSON IS NOT A STUPID INEPT BUNGLER.

The popular idea of Watson is that of an extremely stupid man who solely exists to say how he could never have guessed at what Holmes had figured out. Even Conan Doyle himself seemed convinced at one point that Watson wasn’t particularly clever, but the stories themselves totally contradict this. Watson is both an accomplished doctor and a successful writer, and it’s merely his bad luck that his best friend happens to be one of the smartest and most observant people on the planet. Going back to the Doctor Who comparison, are Rose Tyler, Donna Noble, or Martha Jones stupid because they know less than the Doctor? Of course not!

Watson also, crucially, has a sense of humor and enjoys occasionally deflating Holmes’ ego. Comments like “I must admit that I am very stupid,” are sarcastic rather than Watson actually saying that he’s stupid—this particular comment follows Holmes being both extremely cryptic and slightly exasperated that Watson didn’t follow him. Another memorable one is “Professor Moriarty, as famous among criminals as....I was about to say, as he is unknown to the public.” which is one of my absolute favorite moments in the entire Holmes canon.

Basically, both of these characters have been saddled with a bunch of character traits that don’t belong to them and it’s important to go back to their actual characterizations so that we don’t lose them altogether.

[tlirsgender]

They don't tell you this but besides the Beloved Mutual there's also the Longterm Follower who you don't follow back but they're always in your notes and you're kind of watching them. Checking on the longterm follower's bio every so often like turning over a log. She's trans now good for her

[tlirsgender]

Longterm followers I am putting fresh leaves and hrt in your enclosure

[tlirsgender]

Realizing I'm somebody's longterm follower who they don't follow back but check in on every so often. This is what's happening when you see the [Following] in your notes

[winterofherdiscontent]

'…meet me in the moonfire gardens'

[ work in progress close up from a larger illustration ]

[beanaroony]

It's a WIP that's taking me forever because I don't remember how to draw things.

[beanaroony]

It's a WIP that's taking me forever because I don't remember how to draw things.

[thetrekkiehasthephonebox]

the best fanfic is the one the author had fun writing actually.

[thetrekkiehasthephonebox]

the second best is the one the author used to work through some issues.

[mikkeneko]

the third best is the one the author wrote out of spite due to some really dogshit discourse going on in their fandom

[mdq]

[naamahdarling]

There's something so uniquely joyful about a mare taking her new baby out for a run. I could watch them all day.

[hecho-a-mano]

THESE HORSES ARE SO DARK THEY ARE SO PRETTY

[from-aldebaran]

Let's be gorgeous with mama

[johnskleats]

psa for the Zuko fanartists:

just because bryke is pretending the lightning scar never happened doesn't mean you have to

we all saw it

we've been drawing it on there for 20 years

give the man his sexy self sacrifice metal af star-shaped lightning scar. add some sick fractal scarring shit while you're at it, as a treat. it will make your muscle rending look more dynamic

do it for you

do it for the girls

do it for him. he earned it, no?

[stargirl-judooz]

art sources under the cut

Art sources:

@caro-oliveira

@lotustiled

mine

@airiustide

@pjayogart

@crabby-samantha

@doodleladi

@fabdante

@soncee

AtLA

@avendell

[theneighborcatarts]

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[lotustiled]

zuko and katara attempt to soft parent the gaang (and fail)