Team Adorabolical

Abbie|17|Australia|ENFP-T. I like girls and guys but I also like pasta.My profile picture is from @farklelucas

[fangirltothefullest]

Once in a while I’d like a badass female lead to keep their long hair. Play around with it, tie it back, enjoy it. But most of the time she cuts it or it’s a bob or it’s super short and that makes her somehow more badass. Cause long hair is grabablw so having it short is the go to. But why does that matter in tv? Tv isn’t supposed to be realistic.

I’m just tired of women having to constantly more like men to be considered badass.

Of the badanss female leads in all the shows I’ve watched I can only think of like… a couple at most who keep their long hair (and no I don’t mean period-shows, I mean “modern” shows) And I’m not dissing the short hair but like… why does she HAVE to wear leather, why does she HAVE to have short hair, why does she HAVE to give up most femininity except the male-gaze accepted ones which involves the tight clothes, heels and heavy makeup….????

I’m just tired…..

[phagechildon]

I think it has more to do with safety more than anything. Long hair is easy to grab in a fight, and that pain can nearly be blinding depending on the person. When it’s short it’s less of a target. I think I was told in my karate class but I was like six so i don’t remember much x.x But because I was always exposed to it by media that short hair is safer in more dangerous situations, here’s a few examples: In Dragon Ball Z Gohan tells Videl it’s be a good idea to cut her hair even if it is pretty so people don’t grab it. And sure she was mad at first (more so for other reasons) but the next time they saw each other she cut it, understanding it was a hazard. Of course this anime is about martial arts so it’s definitely safer to keep it short. Poor Gohan got held up by the hair a lot x.x In the game The Walking Dead, Lee tells Clementine to always keep her hair short so it’s harder for the walkers to grab (I think she got grabbed by the hair once? I can’t remember it’s been a long time since I’ve seen season 1), and even though in the last season scissors are hard to come by, she still keeps it as short as she can. Even in Xena Warrior Princess Gabriel’s hair was grabbed by Alti and Xena had to use her chakram to cut Gabby’s hair and free her before she was killed.Also in Yona of the Dawn Yona, the princess gets her hair caught by someone who was trying to capture her, but she cut it herself to get out of the situation. Then there was Enough, the live action movie about a women/mom who lived with a cheating abusive husband. SUCH a good movie. I can’t remember the details as to why, but she used to have long hair but after leaving him it was short, probably so he couldn’t grab it again (and so he’d have a harder time recognizing her). But yeee! Sorry I grew up with this mentality flsudhf there’s more but those are the first ones that are fresh in my mind aflsudhf

[fangirltothefullest]

I know that in real life it’s more dangerous to have long hair…. But this is television and movies. They don’t HAVE to be accurate and they usually aren’t! Male protagonists can have long hair (Thor before it was cut in Ragnarok never had his hair pulled and I dare anyone to give me three examples of men with long hair on modern rv that had that happen cause murder mysteries and crime shows have dudes with long hair sometimes and it just doesn’t happen).

A few examples of women with long hair in modern setytng are Wonder Woman and Emma Swan. They are proof you don’t have to have short hair to be a female protagonist that kicks ass. I just get really tired of them taking people like Daisy and Korra and having them cut their hair to be more badass. You don’t have to have their hair pulled! It doesn’t have to be a thing! It’s just an excuse!

This is just a commentary on the fact that in modern media it’s “the thing” to make female protagonists have short hair. It’s more “masculine” and I’m tired of femininity being devalued in media unless it is specific femininity catered to the male gaze (IE specific makeup and heels).

Cause you notice it’s PERFECTLY acceptable for these same women protagonists to fight in high heels even though for the sake of accuracy in actual fighting heels are absolute shit. If they were going for accuracy the female protag would be wearing non-heeled boots. They’re not in it for accuracy they’re in it for their male-gaze-centric-fantasy in which a badass female is masculine but feminine in makeup and tight/skimpy clothes because it’s more a power fantasy for them like that.

Just…. give me female protagonists who are people and allowed to have their femininity and embrace it, you know?

[softestvirgil]

Tumblr really is a broken site that we are all just using, like a phone that you drop down a flight of concrete stairs that somehow still turns on

[awkwardcat]

it’s broken and horribly flawed, but we still love it and find comfort in it, just like that stuffed animal from your childhood that makes your allergies kick in bad but can’t get rid of

[softestvirgil]

That is quite accurate

[fangirltothefullest]

[bramblewing-deactivated20210119]

“reblogs aren’t important you’re just whiny”

yeah because when you see this

tell me you don’t get annoyed.

tumblr’s algorithm only cares about posts that are reblogged, it doesn’t count likes. posts don’t get promoted or circulated when they only have likes (the way instagram functions), only reblogs matter for increasing reach on tumblr as a platform.

support content creators.

[bramblewing-deactivated20210119]

like y'all are fuckin killing tumblr (& content creation) but okay

[1nactivegh0st]

you think that’s not a lot of notes? that’s cute.

but yeah, tumblr’s system definitely doesn’t advantage non-popular artists, but there’s a big problem from within the community too. i have over 400 followers and i consider myself lucky when more than 2 people reblog my art, so imagine how much worse it is for people with even less followers.

reblog content creators, guys. liking posts doesn’t do anything.

[irisflower]

so i’ve decided after endgame i’m going to live my life in denial

[anxietyproblem]

[lesbianshepard]

Just heard a customer two aisles over go “Hey, I think this is that special glass that doesn’t shatter when you drop it” followed by the sound of shattering glass. I hate retail.

[that-twink-over-there]

[kaprika]

[pingo1387]

[jedibookshrikeofnorta]

When you hear the correct pronunciation of a characters name after saying it the wrong way for months:

[incorrect-buzzfeed-unsolved]

Ryan: Shane, this is a crime scene!

Shane, pulling four ice cream containers from the victim’s freezer: Oh, is this the murder weapon?

[lunesuggestions]

in the end, we’ll always be okay.

[formerlyjannafaye]

posting your fic on AO3 like

[bay-did-nothing-wrong]

“English isn’t my first language” is not a serious excuse!

To all of you fanfic authors, bloggers, artist, to write/make something and then post it means that you are satisfied with the product. Now, to have created a piece that is fully/mostly constructed of text and to not have made the effort to at least get a grammar check is called arrogance. “I don’t care what you think, I wrote it, you read it. Who cares if you’re struggling to get a past every sentence. That’s your own problem!” You’re basically setting yourself up for negative feedback and criticism which, while many don’t bother to give, I would provide without hesitation.

Some say “I don’t need approval.”(which I sincerely don’t believe). Well, then, why are you posting this? Isn’t the whole point sharing something you can enjoy with people?

And then you start getting defensive and angry about it. “Well, English isn’t my first language!” I don’t care! Nobody does! Plus, if you post something online you should anticipate criticism. Great artists, celebrities, and basically everyone, face criticism on a daily basis EVEN WHEN the final product is marvelous.

So, what makes you different?

[octopuscato]

“English isn’t my first language” is not a serious excuse! To all of you fanfic authors, bloggers, artist[s:] to write/make something and then post it means that you are satisfied with the product. Now, to have created a piece that is fully/mostly constructed of text and to not have made the effort to at least get a grammar check is called arrogance. [Replacing “to have” and “to not have” with “having” and “not having” would make this much easier to read.] “I don’t care what you think, I wrote it, you read it. Who cares if you’re struggling to get [remove superfluous “a”] past every sentence. That’s your own problem!” You’re basically setting yourself up for negative feedback and criticism[,] which, while many don’t bother to give, [That’s one hell of an awkward construction; consider “while many don’t bother with it” instead.] I would provide without hesitation. [In fact, the best solution would be to put the subclause starting with “which” at the end of the sentence. Otherwise it’s just clunky.][space]Some say[:] “I don’t need approval.”[space]([W]hich I sincerely don’t believe.)[remove incorrectly placed full stop] Well, then, why are you posting this? Isn’t the whole point sharing something you can enjoy with people?[space]And then you start getting defensive and angry about it. “Well, English isn’t my first language!” I don’t care! Nobody does! Plus, if you post something online you should anticipate criticism. Great artists, celebrities, and basically everyone[remove superfluous comma] face criticism on a daily basis EVEN WHEN the final product is marvelous.

[darlingofdots]

Oh man, that’s already a magnificent takedown, but this clown just made me really mad.

English is fucking hard. Your spelling is arbitrary, your tenses don’t make sense, and what the fuck is going on with your prepositions anyway? But you still expect everyone to be perfect at it because it’s a ~global language~ or whatever. Spoiler alert, that’s stupid, you’re just entitled.

When I started out writing in English, I was shit. I can exactly map my skill level from the first time I published on FF.net to when I went to live in England to study writing for three years. Every writer sucks when they start. That’s just a fact. But non-native speakers writing in English are doing the whole thing with both hands tied behind their back, they’re struggling to come up with a way to say what they mean in a language they don’t know that well yet, they’ve got seven different dictionaries open in their browser. They’re frantically checking that they’re using the right names because they read Harry Potter in their own language when they were little and even though they’ve read the original now they’re still calling Rita Skeeter ‘Kimmkorn’ in their head. It’s a goshdarn STRUGGLE.

There’s that horrifying bit just after you start writing in another language where the words don’t work in your own anymore but your English skills haven’t really caught up yet and nothing you’re getting out on the page can do justice to what it felt like in your head. It’s a terrible, awful feeling that you’re not good enough at this and you can’t switch back somehow and you’re stuck in the middle producing stuff that you hate because it’s not right. It’s discouraging as fuck, but so many people stick with writing anyway, because they (we) can’t help it! There’s too many stories to tell, even if right now it feels like they’re kind of shit.

So who the fuck are you to go around preaching your elitist, prescriptivist bullshit at people who are pouring blood, sweat, and tears into their work and getting nothing in return except maybe the hope that someone somewhere gets a little bit of joy out of it?

When I started out, I put disclaimers on my fanfic that English wasn’t my first language, and people were super nice. They told me I was doing a good job, made suggestions on how I could improve, and corrected my idioms without being dicks about it. Because of that, I was brave enough to go to a different country to write and get a degree and keep writing stories for people to maybe enjoy on their lunch break, for free. Do you think your attitude encourages people to keep going and get better?

These people are putting hours of their work on the Internet, for free, literally asking for nothing, hoping that someone maybe has a good time reading it. Nobody is forcing you to read it, but Jeez, shut the fuck up about other people’s ability to write in a second language when you clearly barely have command of your first.

[clarkgriffon]

tgp gif series ★ one gifset per episode ↠ Michael’s Gambit (1x13)

[amar-bayt-fawaz-deactivated2019]

[ms-hells-bells]

that is exactly my point of view. if all people were given universal basic income, we could have tens of thousands of boring, tedious, dangerous, and long term harmful jobs done by robots, while humans are free to explore their passions without fear of poverty and homelessness.

in a good society, automation means a boom in the arts. language, painting, music, dance, writing, philosophy, architecture, etc. these are the sectors that advance tremendously during periods of human health and flourishing

[madlori]

Writing advice you're not going to like.

People sometimes send me Asks wanting writing advice.  I suck at it.  I don’t really know how I do the writing, or how one should do the writing, or what one should do to get better at the writing.  All I can ever think to say is “write a lot of stuff and you will get better at the writing.”  Which is true, but hardly a bolt from the sky.

Well, as it turns out, I do have one piece of Legit Writing Advice, and I am going to share it with you, right now.  If you were in any of my writing workshop groups at a con, you’ve heard this advice already.

Warning: you’re going to fucking hate it.  But if you do it, you will thank me.

If you have a piece of fiction you’re serious about, something you might want to actually shop around, or just something you really are into and want to make it as good as you can…do NOT edit it.

Repeat.  DO NOT EDIT.

REWRITE.

As in, print out the whole fucking thing and re-enter it, every word (or use two screens).  Retype the whole thing.  Recreate it from the ground up using your first draft as a template.  Start with a blank page and re-enter every. single. word.

I hear you screaming.  OH MY GOD THAT’S INSANE.

Yes.  Yes, it is.

It is also the most powerful thing you will ever do for a piece of fiction that you are serious about.

Now, let’s get real.  I don’t do this for most things.  I don’t do it for my fanfiction.  But if it’s something original, something I might like to get to a professional level - I do it.  You absolutely COULD do it for fanfiction.  It’s just up to you and how much time you want to sink into a piece.

You can edit, sure.  But you WILL NOT get down to the level of change that needs to happen in a second draft.  You will let things slide.  Your eyes will miss things.  You will say “eh, good enough.”

The first time I did this, on someone else’s advice, I was dubious.  Within two pages, I was saying WHY HAVE I NOT BEEN DOING THIS ALL THE TIME.  I was amazed at how much change was happening.  By the time I got to the end, I had an entirely different novel than the one I’d started with.  When you’re already re-entering every single word, it’s easy to make deep changes.  You’ll reformat sentences, you’ll switch phrases around, you’ll massage your word choice.  You’ll discover whole paragraphs that don’t need to be there at all because they became redundant.  You’ll find dialogue exchanges that need reimagining.  Whole plot points will suddenly be different, whole story arcs will reveal their flaws and get re-drawn.

You cannot get down to the fundamental level of change that’s required just by editing an existing document.  You have to rebuild it if you really want your story to evolve.  You will be AMAZED at the difference it will make.

It will take time.  It will seem like a huge, Herculean task.  I’m not saying it’s easy.  It isn’t.  But it is absolutely revolutionary.

Try it.  I promise, you will see what I mean.

*PSA: Tipsy!Lori wrote this post.  In case you couldn’t tell.

[mooncalfe-deactivated20231020]

maybe i should try this with my comic scripts.

[rosalarian]

This advice is real.

[phantomrose96]

I reblogged this earlier on kind of a “that sounds interesting. might work, might not, can’t see it being drastically different but whatever I should try.” kind of note

I’ve got a short story due today at 5, so I decided to do this and completely rewrite the first draft.

OH. MY GOD.

This is legitimate. It’s let me completely gut scenes I was unhappy with, rewrite them entirely differently and not feel any loyalty to what I used to have.

It’s taking a long time. It’s a commitment. But heck so is writing.

This is great. Do this. It’s amazing.

[rockypond101]

Have you seen Avengers: Endgame and want to discuss it without spoiling it for those around you? Like, you really want to discuss it but you don’t want to be ‘that asshole’ who ruined possibly the most highly anticipated movie for MCU fans? Well good, because you shouldn’t want to do that.

But I understand wanting to discuss it, I want to discuss it and I know others do too. But doing it on tumblr is risky because people may not have filters on and you could accidentally spoil everything.

So I’ve created a solution, perfectly balanced as all things should be.

(Okay not really but I couldn’t help myself.)

I have created an amino where you can discuss Avengers Endgame to your heart’s content without worrying about spoiling it because it’s only for those who have seen the movie. Anyone who joins that amino is expecting spoilers so you don’t have to carefully word every post you put out about it.

Featured | Avengers Endgame Spoilers Amino

A place to discuss Endgame without spoiling those who haven’t seen it.

You can rant, cry, create fanfiction or fanart or anything else you want to do relevant to the movie (or other MCU stuff, with just the knowledge of Endgame in the back of your mind).

So please come join. I really want this Amino to work out and for people to be able to safely discuss this movie without hurting other people. I also just want to discuss this movie and none of my friends have seen it so I can’t.

[fozzie]

“the game” is a sleeper agent activation phrase for anyone who was in middle school between 2006 and 2009 and apparently ppl any younger than that are blissfully unaware of the psychological warfare of the game

[operastarr-deactivated20200924]

My entire being just flinched at those first two words

[wearethecyclones]

The Game is much older than 2006, it goes all the way to the top.