SpinoQueen

Ace/Pan She/They Demon Slayer, Star Wars Kinda just a blog for whatever catches my fancy, and my writing. Can't forget the writing. Made a seperate blog for my writing so people don't have to slog through everything else, its called SpinoQueenWrites for those interested.

[spinoqueen]

New Blog

Ok, for those people who simply want to see what I write, and not have to slog through everything I find interesting, I made a new blog.

It is called SpinoQueenWrites.

I hope that it makes things easier for all of you.

[thetursithan]

In the 2000s, phones had quirks and class....

[alexaloraetheris]

In the ye olde days, when technology allowed phones to become small but there was no general concensus on what a phone should/ought to look like, it was like the wild west of phone design. The crazier it was, the higher the prestige. Phones back then did two things and they did them with flamboyance.

And then Steve Jobs ruined everything.

[themythicalcodfish]

The introduction of the iPhone was an extinction level event and has been widely regarded as a bad move

[nondelphic]

i didn’t choose to write. a small cryptid version of myself crawled out of a glowing notebook and said “you’re mine now”

[quasi-normalcy]

Culture is so obsessed with the idea of lone geniuses that it doesn't really appreciate that most of the progress of science (and likely every other discipline) occurs collaboratively, in babysteps, and usually through a lot very tedious, utterly unsexy, work.

[quasi-normalcy]

[fousheezy]

This is what’s so faulty with our short sighted coverage of scientific discoveries. You hear politicians question why we spend money on science studying insect wings and then decades later that research gets used by NASA for the most efficient way to fold/unfold solar panels on spacecraft. All of science is connected and useful because it enhances our understanding of the universe

[disredspectful]

When lasers were discovered they were called “a solution without a problem”, noone had any idea what to use them for. Since then they’re revolutionised communications and SO many parts of technology. CDs, DVDs, printing, fast internet, laser etching for making computer chips, laser eye surgery, spectroscopy, LIDAR measurements of weather patterns, barcode scanners, cooling atomic clocks, nuclear fusion, microscopy, LED technology and materials research. I’m probably not even scratching the surface here. Fund theory and fundamental science research.

[quasi-normalcy]

It's actually kind of heartening, lasers; because before they were invented, their only real antecedents in science fiction were things like rayguns and heatrays and what not. But it actually turns out that their usefulness as a weapon is extremely limited, whereas their usefulness for just about everything else is incredible. It's one of the occasions where we flipped the "Dual Use" coin and it landed very solidly on the good side.

[bowditch]

when people complain about wasted funds on things that don't "help" anyone, like space research, my favorite fact to share is that it was research into small rocket propulsion systems that gave us the mechanism that makes airbags work. space research has literally saved lives.

[memewhore]

[byjove]

whenever I see archeological remains of a human who suffered from a terrible disease that couldn’t be treated in their lifetime but could be fixed now, this wave of sorrow and mourning washes over me. a woman in the 14th century who spent her 35 years of life bent at the waist because of congenital scoliosis. a man from the 18th century who died because of a non cancerous mass on his jaw that made eating progressively more difficult. remains of a woman from the Neolithic who died in childbirth having evidence of peri-mortem trepanation on her skull.

and yet she survived to 35. and yet the physicians in his time tried to strengthen his jaw. and yet someone 4,000 years ago tried to save someone they loved from dying of preeclampsia/increased cranial pressure. we tried. we tried and we tried and we tried. we failed and we learned but we tried. that’s what makes humans so beautiful.

[lyricwritesprose]

My mom sometimes talks about a child in her neighborhood who was born with hydrocephaly and died of it. His parents strove to keep him alive for years, but he ultimately passed after a long decline. No treatment available. No hope at all, and the parents knew it from his birth.

Several decades later my sister had an MRI, as a long shot, to try to figure out why she was sick and deteriorating with a number of symptoms that were close to being written off as anxiety. She was sent straight to the hospital for adult onset hydrocephaly. Two days later she had brain surgery to put a shunt down her neck into her stomach and drain the fluid out. (No, you cannot usually get brain surgery that fast. Yes, it was that urgent.) Recovery was long and squiggly but it happened.

I think of that boy every once in a while. The one who died. I have no doubt that treatments developed for people like him, and tested on people like him, saved my sister's life.

He never knew he made the world better. His condition was severe, he never knew much of anything, I don't think. I think if I ever track down a God or something like one, that'll be somewhere on my List of Wishes. To make sure people like him know that they helped.

[mutedtempest]

I think about this a lot.

I've been type 1 diabetic since I was about one and a half, and was incredibly sick. If my mother hadn't also been type 1 and recognized the signs I likely would have died.

I was born in 1982. Insulin was first given to a patient in 1922, and he survived. Before that, type 1 meant death, often very slow and agonizing. Before insulin, doctors advised a super strict "keto" diet to prolong life, and it could work for awhile - up to a year, I believe. But it was a miserable existence as the body was literally eating itself as the blood turned acidic until the patient eventually died.

60 years. Only 60 years before my birth did that procedure work for the first time. That's absolutely nothing given the span of human history and I think a lot about the people who died from it throughout time.

But yes, people tried. Healers and doctors of all sorts tried all manner of things to allow these (mostly!) kids to live. The fact that it was accomplished at all is nothing short of a miracle. The fact that I've been alive 42 years is fucking insane considering my body doesn't produce a hormone necessary for survival. If you think that doesn't blow me away on a regular basis you have another think coming. It's nothing short of a miracle.

Every medical advancement is. The amount of work that goes into it and the vast amount of luck necessary to get it right even when all the research and information is sound is just astonishing.

Thank you, humanity. Thank you ingenuity and determination to save lives and make them better. Thank you to every medical practitioner and medical researcher in existence now and through all of time. Thank you to all the people who died so I could live.

[vaspider]

I think it's necessary to note - and I think about this all the time - that a lot of dogs died during the development of insulin. They experimented on them. It killed them.

And I am alive today because of the dogs that died.

[mxrderscenes]

writing is so funny because i could write nonstop for 9hrs and then hit a block where im like "how do i transition between this moment and the next?" and then i just dont touch it for 6 months

[pantserspen]

Sneaky Plot Twist/ How to write a Traitor

A sneaky twist should feel inevitable in hindsight but invisible on the first read. A traitor should feel loyal until the betrayal. Here are the best tips for writing a sneaky plot twist and traitor.

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Writing a Sneaky Plot Twist

plant clues that look harmless. This can be a door that creeks only when opened from the outside, or a character who always "misremembers" details. (follow for more ideas).

Make you readers assume the wrong thing. Most twist land better by letting the reader deceive themselves. You can do this by using 'half-answers that seem complete, giving correct information framed incorrectly, or making the reader conclude their own story creating distractions.

Give your twist two layers. Layer one is the reveal, layer 2 is recontextualizing the whole story, and layer 3(optional but powerful) letting the twist changer your main character next move.

Build the twist into the theme. Echo the story's message though your twist. If the teeme is "trust is earned", the twist comes from someone trusted too easily. Or "Power corrupts" the twist reveals who wanted (or getting) power all along.

Hide the truth inside emotional scenes. Scenes where readers let their guard down are the best places to hide clues because emotion distracts attention. You can place these clues durring arguments, love scenes, moments of vulnerability, or moments of chaos.

Let the twist be simple. As a writer it's easy to get lost, but know that the most surprising twist are usually straightforward not "it was the secret twin from a parallel dimension who lived 9 lives". "He lied." will suffice, I promise.

Writing a Traitor

Give them a good/noble reason. Example: they believe betraying the group will prevent a worse outcome.

Their betrayal should be consistent with who they are. Find their core wound (fear of abandonment, desire for revenge, need to be seen…). Their betrayal should amplify a character trait they’ve had all along.

Let them show their Loyalty. Examples: saving the protagonist, make sacrifices, show affection, tell partial truths...

Allow them to show genuine guilt, especially if your writing from the pov of the traitor. This add complexity to your characters.

Give them a moment where they almost confess. This can create tension and emotional weight when the twist happens.

Make the betrayal personal. Examples: betraying someone who trusted them, who cared about them, who saved them or gave them a chance. This makes the betrayal heartbreaking.

Let them think their the heros. Traitors rarely see themselves as villains. They think their doing what other wonts, the saving someone, their fixing a broken system...

Reveal the betrayal durring the a moment of hope. For maximum impact reveal the betrayal when everything seems to be going well. Examples: Right after a hero makes a promise, right after the team forms a plan, right after a victory, after a romantic moment, right when the protagonist have their guard down.

Traitor Archetypes

1. The Reluctant Traitor: They didn’t want to betray the group. But they had to — for family, safety, survival. Readers feel torn.

2. The Hidden Enemy: They’ve been working for the opposition from page one. Perfect for long con twists.

3. The Replacement: Someone replaced them — mentally, physically, magically — and the real one was kidnapped or dead. (This is not “sneaky” unless clues were planted early.)

4. The Jealous Friend: They feel overshadowed and overlooked. They want recognition, power, or revenge.

5. The Idealist: They betray for a cause, not personal gain. They believe the protagonist is on the wrong side of history.

6. The Lover Turned Enemy: Twists + heartbreak = guaranteed emotional damage.

The Key to Writing Both

✏ Plant subtle clues early that don’t look important at first.

✏ Give characters believable motives that hide the truth without making them act out of character.

✏ Distract the reader with emotions, action, or vulnerability while slipping clues in.

✏ Let the reader misinterpret things. Don’t tell lies, just tell the truth in a misleading way.

✏ Keep their behavior consistent but slightly “off” in ways that can be explained away.

✏ Hide key truths inside normal conversations to keep suspicion low.

✏ Use near-reveals: moments where the truth is almost exposed, raising tension.

✏ Make the reveal recontextualize earlier scenes instead of coming out of nowhere.

✏ Build a bond first between characters or between reader & character so the twist hurts.

✏ Let them believe they’re right. Villains, traitors, and twist characters rarely think they’re wrong.

[foxes-in-love]

[nondelphic]

i love when a character is just. emotionally doomed. but like pretty about it.

[guildenstern]

unfortunately no eclipse photography can ever outdo the waffle house one from 2017

[saintandstorms]

[filmcourage]

Biggest Struggles In Writing A Screenplay - Greg Porper of Don't Tell Larry Movie

Watch the video interview on YouTube here.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

YOU. WILL. WRITE. oh you want to write so bad. all the motivation is here. the plot is so good. words come to you so naturally. YOU ARE GOING TO WRITE. RIGHT NOW.

[batfambrainrotbeloved]

Ofc I see this at 10pm before my 6am shift-

[ingridverse]

"God never gives you more than you can handle" is survivorship bias. People who got more than they could handle are dead.

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Oh, dear. I can't reblog that fast enough.

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

Three yaks dance in Lhasa city (cr 情满拉萨，吉吉)(If you do not reside long-term in a high-altitude environment, please avoid intense physical activity at high altitudes, as it may trigger altitude sickness.)

[atlaculture]

Doesn't this feel like a daydream that a sleep-deprived Aang would have?

[lenky-lenikova]

The Apothocary Diaries... I have never seen a show where every character is genuinely in violently different pieces of media. Like usually people post this and I'm not convinced, but in this show it's literally true. Gyokuyo, Lihua and most of the ladies in waiting are in a court drama in their respective positions. Xiaolan is in a slice of life as the pure and adorable protagonist. Guen (the physician) is also in a slice of life as the clumsy grandfatherly figure that serves the main character and their friends tea and snacks at his workplace where they hang out. Lihaku is (in the most literal sense) canonically a shonen protagonist. (Open your heart, you know it to be true. He's working hard and training to obtain an "unobtainable" goal.) Lakan and Shishou are in tragic romantic dramas (with two different endings) as the male love interests.

Shenmei is in a Disney movie as the evil stepmother. Loulan is in a soap opera where the melodrama is turned up to 9000 as the tragic heroine. Basen is in whatever torture complex work from actual real life is, as an employee at their wits end. The Madam is in a Business Strategy & Networking 101 seminar as the fucking instructor.

And of course: Jinshi is in a weird romcom version of Undercover Boss as the undercover boss. Maomao is simultaneously in the Hunger Games as a tribute, Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock, and a workplace sexual harassment training module as the teachable moment. And Gaoshun? Well. Gaoshun's in the Apothecary Diaries.

[twilightofthesandwiches]

[muppetmayhem]

This is so wild start to finish