StarlightWrites!

Amateur Fanfiction Writer and Professional Try-Hard | Mostly Fallout and Mass Effect Sideblog | Find me on AO3!

[starlightwrites]

Fic Update: Another Life

It was funny—all the things that didn’t matter anymore. The silly, flimsy opinions of people that used to carry weight for her felt so impossibly petty in hindsight. Things that had seemed life-or-death before she knew what life-or-death really meant.

“You alright?” His voice was low and gravelly. Knowing him, he probably hadn’t slept well surrounded by unfamiliar people in an unfamiliar place.

Corinne nodded. “Mmhm.”

Ok so it has been just about a calendar year but I SAID I wouldn't abandon this and I DIDN'T lol :D

Cori are back and moving forward inch by inch here.

[varrictithrass]

[3bored5lyfe]

[starlightwrites]

Fic Update--Another Life

“Do you think they’re happy here? The settlers?” She ran her fingers absently over the arm of the chair as she said it.

Fuck no. No, not even a little bit. He remembered damn well what it was like to eke out a living off the barren land and sure, he’d grown up quite a ways from the Commonwealth, but shit was the same wherever you went. Folks worked their fingers to the bone to starve slowly while they watched other, stronger assholes take half of what little shit they had and live a helluva lot better. He ain’t a fuckin’ paragon of goodness like some backwoods farmer who made an honest living struggling until he died, but at least he wasn’t a miserable sheep waiting for the axe to fall on the back of his neck.

She probably wasn’t really asking, though.

“Dunno,” he grumbled.

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Corinne and Gage rest up, eat hot food, , regroup, and still don't feel super great about any of it. Linked here! :D

[punk-jaskier]

My favorite ship dynamic is "they're both extremely stupid in completely different ways and extremely smart in completely different ways, but rarely is any of that useful because they just get extra double stupid when together"

[starlightwrites]

Fic Update: Another Life

The tram finally slid to a full stop after a painfully long time creeping along in the dark. The station wasn’t lit like it had been when she’d fired the terminal up months ago, but the light from outside slunk down the stairs and filled the space with hazy grey. Maybe it was the deja-vu or maybe it was the creeping dizziness in the back of her brain, but nothing felt quite real and she couldn’t tell if that was bitterly funny or deeply frightening.

“Ready?” Gage’s voice was low and even—no hint of emotion.

She’d never been ready for a damn thing her whole life. But if that hadn’t stopped her to this point, it might as well not stop her now.

Guess who's in the Commonwealth :D We're back after a...uhhh...extended break lol! Updated here

[headspace-hotel]

I’m reading bad sex awards finalists across the years

[headspace-hotel]

Writers, relax. Breathe. It’s going to be okay. You’re doing just fine. Your writing does not suck. Do you know what sucks? This. This sucks.

God, free me from the agony.

[headspace-hotel]

@l0ve-for-mutts I regret to inform you that this writer is in fact a woman

[headspace-hotel]

On today’s episode of: If I Have To See This Shit, So Do All Of You

this man either misunderstands vaginas or misunderstands spheres and probably both

im so afraid what is happening. why is he biting her vulva and why does it open his third eye. How is her vagina both a Gorgon and a Cyclops. If the vagina is Polyphemus, it does not “make” you Nobody; Odysseus introduces himself as that. You haven’t even read the fucking odyssey

this person used the word “undulate” three times in the same disastrous sentence

“his big generative jockey was inside her pelvic saddle”

A HOT BISCUIT FLAVORED WITH PEE

And let’s not forget this classic, every word of which is permanently etched onto my brain as if onto a tombstone marking literature’s grave.

These are all published books.

Read and despair.

[thefollow-spot]

[headspace-hotel]

This will be the thing that breaks me

[gimmeaglimmer]

I'm so fucking sorry for reblogging this and making you see this but I needed this to be like 275% assured that my writing is fucking perfect compared to that utter crap I just had to read with my own eyes, like what the everlasting fuck is wrong with publishers for publishing that bullshit?! 🙈🙈

[asherlockstudy]

How dare he bring the fucking Odyssey into this

[arirosie]

I sincerely apologize for sharing something so horrible

But if I have to see it so do you.

[the-writers-wrench]

What is it about published porn that attracts the terrible writers?

[headspace-hotel]

I further regret to inform you that the Bad Sex Awards explicitly excludes erotica in their pool of candidates to choose from; therefore, none of these are published porn, they're mostly "literary" works of fiction

the last example i gave is by Morrisey, iirc.

[delilahmidnight]

[firstbornsons-deactivated202605]

[headspace-hotel]

I just now saw that last addition and hdhfggj

[anotherpapercut]

all video games should have a “I’m shit at video games but I’m curious about the story and I don’t want to watch a let’s play” mode

[anotherpapercut]

I am

[anotherpapercut]

I made this post because I am disabled and no matter how much I practice there are some games I will never be able to play because I physically cannot move my fingers the way you have to and the responses to this post from other disabled people, people who grew up unable to play video games, and people who just aren’t very good at them has been extremely enthusiastically positive, while people who apparently can’t conceive of the idea that some people will never be good at gaming condescendingly comment, tag or send me asks telling me to try easy mode or to get good despite the fact that the feature I’m describing already exists in some games and mods. if you’re part of the latter group, consider that some of us can not ever be good at video games and we still deserve to be able to participate and have fun

[heart-sprout]

Ok, real talk, if you play PC games I use a program called Wemod that has settings for almost every game ever and you can change them to suit your needs Unlimited health? one hit kill? unlimited items? They can’t mod multiplayer games, but every genre of game imaginable is on Wemod so I use it for everything from stardew valley, subnautica, hades, farming sim and more! It mods the games to your level of ease without needing to mess with any files or get deep into webpages for mods yourself It is a life changer

[stevviefox]

FYI ⬆️⬆️⬆️

Only passing along as the only games I play are on my phone.

[random-nerd-queer]

Get an older sibling and have them play the game and you watch

[raevenlywrites]

One, this is older siblings who watch younger siblings play erasure, two that’s not the point. People deserve to enjoy the experience of playing a game for themselves. Watching someone play is fun. Playing yourself is a different kind of fun.

[beggars-opera]

There are so many reasons why someone wouldn’t want to be challenged by a game, and it’s ridiculous that people can’t fathom someone requiring a different gameplay than themselves. 

Back in the dark ages when I was a kid and we got our first computer, my dad noticed that I was sad because I wanted to play computer games like him, so he would let me play his games in god mode. Should a five year old have been playing Ultimate Doom? Absolutely not. Did I enjoy the shit out of it, particularly the part where I couldn’t die and could just wander around aimlessly machine gunning demons to death with no real goal in mind? Hell yes.

[gimme-the-gun-ill-shoot]

Also, no one should have to explain the reason they want to play the game in god mode.

That is absolutely none of your business, if someone wants to play the game with max items, weapons, armor, money etc., whatever reason they’re playing that way for. YOU, the anon on the internet have no business knowing or shitting on how they play. It’s THEIR game, and THEIR gameplay experience. and I hope OP was able to play their game the way they wanted to without being stymied by the games mechanics.

[strangelingincarnate]

Oh shit, I have something for this!

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Can I Play That? is a fantastic resource for fellow disabled folks who want to play video games, as well as non-disabled video game devs who want to make their games more accessible. I highly recommend checking it out!

[littlebirdofprey]

mass effect 1 is about elevators and accidentally flirting with your coworkers

mass effect 2 is about proper aquarium upkeep and the power of friendship

mass effect 3 is an anxiety disorder simulator that briefly segues into being a b-list heist movie

[fictitron]

Nick agreed to watch Nat and Shaun for the day.

[guil-garou]

Did someone order a cinnamon roll?

I apologize for not knowing how to draw hats for the life of me.

(edit: fixed his floating eye…)

[starlightwrites]

Fic Update: Another Life

He kept looking over at her like he expected to see something else. Something different. For all he’d learned, she ought to look different, in some way, but she was just the same as she’d been since he’d met her and something about that made it all the more real. A whole other person—a stranger he’d thought he knew, hiding in the skin of the woman he’d spent the last few months arguing with. Among other things.

But he looked over and she was still just Corinne. Same face. Same shape. Same person. Spun his head around in circles.

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Ayyyyy we're back! And Gage has A LOT to think about! :) Updated here!

[eyebots]

[atomic-lola]

Just wanted to put a plug in for one of my new fav websites, Can I Play That?, which focuses on accessbility reviews of video games by disabled gamers. As someone with a dexterity/mobility disability in my hands (carpal tunnel) I NEED games that allow easy and convenient ways to push buttons to do stuff and let me rebind keys at will. I’m now checking Can I Play That? before buying games since their reviews are ++. They include accessibility reviews for deaf/hard of hearing and cognitive disabiliies too.

Can I Play That provides accessibility focused game reviews and news. For Disabled Gamers, By Disabled Gamers.

[nctinmotion]

Source: This

[brindlefern-deactivated20210619]

[xcziel]

[lady-byleth]

Shepard: Truth

Tali: How many hours of sleep have you gotten this week?

Shepard: Dare

Garrus: I dare you to sleep

Shepard: I don't like this game

[inklie]

me when i hear someone didn’t get the chance/didn’t recruit javik and thus missed some crucial content to the plot that wasn’t in the main game

[tench]

Javik in the said content: