shinyfire

I write fic about the phantom of the opera and his Persian boyfriend. AO3: shinyfire

[shinyfire-0]

Chapter 13 - The Rosy Hours

The morning after the night before, chatting on horseback, and a weird homage to Waiting for Godot.

What more could you want in a fic?

[emotionalmotionsicknessxx]

He's just a sentimental man...who always longed to be a father!

Join Kristin (@box5intern) and Cara for Part 3 of Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth, a season that has gone on so long that the author literally died in the middle of it. We discuss how Rik read book, the 90s centrism of it all, and....the Civil War...the opera about the - you know what, you'll just have to listen.

[theegoist]

Sonia Delaunay (French, 1885-1979) - Projet pour un plafond a l'exposition internationale “Arts et techniques”, Paris, gouache on transfer paper laid down on cardboard, 51.00 x 45.60 cm (1937)

[6g-s]

[leriklover69]

THIS IMAGE. MY GOD HES IN GREAT SHAPE. HIS HIPS AND WAIST AND THIGHS AND THAT SLUTTY LITTLE BIT OF WRIST FUCKKK. AND HANDS. HANDS

In his other films you can see he's obviously jacked and hot as hell, but for 1925 it's a rare treat bc of the cloak of it all... But this still is so wonderfully clear, perhaps too clear bc I'm currently LOSING IT

[slipng]

[requiem-on-water]

“Death and the Lady” by Joseph Hall (1906)

[vixenmaggie]

[opera-ghost]

on some shit you couldn’t even begin to fathom

[fuckhugeoctopus]

For years, sci-fi has asked, what if aliens were wetter than us. Project Hail Mary posits a new, daring question. What if we are the wet aliens

[last-picture-show]

/ Dain L. Tasker, X-ray Photography, 1930-35

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[attackjester]

how it genuinely feels to have someone who agrees with your somewhat niche stances on a character

[brainstreams]

[human-pet-they]

when the author describes someone dying and you can just tell they’ve never actually died by the way it’s written

[no-chill-at-all]

[3liza]

do you live in seattle (the american city)?

yes

no

Voting ended onJul 10

please reblog to get this poll out of my bubble, i want reach

[3liza]

so ive been meaning to do this poll for a while because my hypothesis is that seattle is the most Tumblr city, likely in the entire world. tumblr has a huge american majority userbase obviously, but just for comparison going forward, only 0.22% of the american population lives in seattle. as of this reblog, this poll is showing 4% of respondents are seattleites. given, this isnt scientific at all, because my blog just has a lot of seattle connections and seattle followers, but it's still an impressive bias