#deep stuff

[relevantobservations]

True Meaning of an Apology

[silvermeww]

any tips for character studies? i need to learn how they act before i start planning again

Writing what happens in episodes is a good place to start. By documenting their actions - moving from the canon video format to written words, you can extrapolate their views through thoughts, positioning (of paragraphs, scene breaks, grammar), and vocabulary. You'll find a difference between what you see and what you write, with advantages and disadvantages to both sides, but it's a great way to find your own thoughts on events/characters as a basis for analysis. It also helps with noticing particular trends (although beware of sore hands and looming insanity).

From there, you can then go into missing scenes. Many shows have to stick with a time limit and a certain focus, which can leave an opening for you to bridge the gap. Between episodes, within episodes, even scene changes! Knowing what happens before and after can act as a crutch for you to expand your horizon, allowing you a glimpse as to what may have happened and what change (or no change, which can be interesting in its own right) has occured + how those little moments impact the story.

Switching POVs is also a good thing to play with (especially in some series coughcough XY). Writing an episode from another character's point of view, whether it is another main, a side character, COTDs, or even going through another medium (e.g. chatrooms, news article, phone calls). Not only it helps with justifying the way the story is set (understanding the inner and outer world of the characters / giving you an alternate view of what characters are doing while not getting lost in just one POV) but also helps in understanding the world as a whole instead of leaning into Doylist explainations (which tend to be used a lot and breaks immersion). (In which Doylist analysis is great on its own! Looking into why particular actions happen due to the writers + the need to keep a series running is interesting and just as valuable as the Watsonian viewpoint. But it's such a cope-out when overused and doesn't lend any real character exploration because one has to attribute it to an outer force. The characters are props, yes. But there's a reason why a story exists, and handwave it away defeats the purpose of it. It is broken before it had a chance to start.) (In the end, both are good! But to me, balancing them is the game.)

One thing I would say is not a good way to go into things is with an expectation. If you go into canon expecting to see particular traits, or having a lens on that leans into bias (e.g. looking for relationships), it will poison the well. That's why it's good to take a step back and build up from evidence, rather than from the argument in mind. A character did this action: what reason could it be? What could influence them? What could change their reaction? How does their environment help/hinder this action? And so on. With enough evidence, a clearer picture will set in on its own, without any pushing. Applying critical lens can help, but I do find them a bit restricting, which is why I say it's best to just jump into canon and see what you can dredge up from there.

[cacodaemonia]

Thomas Flight — Why The Movies Will Never Feel The Same Again

Hollywood faces the largest crisis its seen since 1950. This is the story of the shifting role cinema plays in our culture and what it needs

A very thoughtful, interesting video. And no, it's not all about how the smart phones are the devil and movies these days are all crap blah blah. One of the points that particularly grabbed me was:

In 2025,

when you go see a movie,

you're probably taking a break from the most

overwhelming sensory spectacle humanity has

ever created.

I watched this on Nebula, but here's the link on Youtube:

[lislybishlyhaha]

[belivinginyourselfistherealmagic]

How would you say LWA has inspired you creatively?

I could talk all day about how Little Witch Academia inspiered me creatively

But one way it inspiered me that's very important to me is how Akko inspiered me not give up on my dreams and art

and if I give up to pick myself again and again and again

Just like Akko 💖

If not for that show I might have gave up a long time ago on art but I keep on fighting to be a storyboard artist

Akkos messege came right in time

Also i I was born in a world with magic I would want to be a witch preformer and a witch who goes on a quest to better the world with their magic

Doing art thats 1 of the ways I can do magic in this world art is my magic

So thank you for Akko for keeping my magic in this world and thank you to all who worked all Little Witch Academia

[mythosandmedicine]

hi, my name is parnika - welcome!

here's the icebreakers:

i'm a high school senior and hopefully a future surgeon (please!!)

i'm a practicing, devout hindu

i've been an obsessed fan of mythology and religions, philosophy, and ethics genuinely forever (3rd grade pjo only fueled the fire...)

i'm also really passionate about medicine, biology, and chemistry.

now that we've got the torturous small talk over (i hate introducing myself) ...

i'm new to tumblr, and this blog is a mirror collection of all my essays and posts on Medium. if you want a good idea of what my posts are like, imagine a slightly more confident chidi from the good place. if you don't know what i mean, go watch the good place.

JK - my essays are about all of my interests that I mentioned and also everything I feel like i need to say that nobody else is.

i decided to post on here too because i feel like way more people care about what i have to say here (also tumblr seems a lot more accepting).

i've made a good amount of posts so far, and i'll be regularly posting on Fridays and occasionally Tuesdays!

here's my medium blog with full essays. i promise you'll find something good to read there, and its a little bit more professional too :)

[moonfang256]

My Deltarune Self-Insert (Info)

I wanted to make full versions of my Deltarune Self-Insert, so here's the result:

And if I had to describe my emotions, well…

Sometimes, when I get invested in this game, I feel I got trapped in something very dark.

It's like falling into a very deep deep ocean…

Despite the fun, cool, and colorful atmosphere, it's in that same darkness where the vulnerability manifests itself, and confusion, insecurities, bad memories, and fears are just around the corner.

A sweet dream that, as it progresses, can turn into a nightmare if one becomes too obsessed and isn't careful enough.

However, despite this, I try to "stay determined", have fun and move on, just like the characters.

[artofkhaos404]

TAG GAME

You are allowed one album's worth of preexisting songs (5-17) compiled from artists of any genre... with the goal of explaining your troubles, your history, your joy and your internal struggle to the world.

I'd like to hear your life's album, if I may.

(I'll reblog with my own answer later on, after I've had more time to consider it 🙃)

Anyone I didn't tag also feel free to join in!

@betadeku @oncealoseralwaysaloser @when-you-cant-think-of-anything @safety-pin-punk @foxtale-the-novisolant @tzipor-feather-blog @funnyartthingz