#doing the wrong thing

[xianhuashi-second-blog]

I swear trying to avoid spoilers for inside out 2 is like trying not to step on land mines during war!!!!

It’s everywhere!!!

The “joy’s delusional” scene is one I can’t escape. I can’t go to theaters but it isn’t on Disney+ yet. AAJSJKSMSKS I HATE THIS GUYS

It’s on YouTube, TikTok, instagram, tumblr, I thought at least tumblr would be safe due to the fact I sort via tags, BUT IT SLIPS THROUGH MY TAGS WTF HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?????!?!?!!!!!??!!?

[agentrouka-blog]

Do you think there will be a moment in Sansa chapter where there will be abuse of power just like bran warging Hodor, Arya killed innocent people, Jon using his position as Lord Commander to have things work in favor for him?

Hello anon!

I don’t know what the future holds but Sansa collaborating on the lie that Marillion killed Lysa is already such a dark step. Maybe it is the dark step, already.

She had very understandable reasons for participating in the lie, and he was a rapist creep who was actively helping Lysa in trying to kill Sansa - but he was absolutely innocent of the murder for which he was tortured and, presumably, killed. His singing haunts her, with good reason. 

Sansa grapples with that act, too. It is most definitely her first truly immoral act in the books series. It fits her pattern of either withholding or telling truths, but in every other case (Trident, telling Ned’s plan to Cersei, telling Dontos about the Willas marriage,..) she is her own victim, with others only affected by the decision of villains (Mycah, the KL Stark Household staff). Marillion is directly affected by her lie, he is the subject of it. That is a significant escalation.

I’m pretty sure this will have consequences. Her lie will negatively affect her in some way. It already has left her firmly in the grasp of Littlefinger, but it might affect her credibility with the Vale Lords, too. Or it foreshadows a moment of karmic payback where she has to tell a lie or a truth at great cost to herself, in order to do the right thing. 

Considering how prominently Marillion features for her (he has a mention in every chapter since her arrival in the Vale) and how late this transgression occured, I feel pretty safe in saying we’re not going to see Sansa turn morally darker than this. It’s Sansa’s equivalent to Bran’s warging, to Arya’s assassinations. Like with Bran and Arya, she will be faced with the danger of becoming her worst self, and turn away.

[sims3morgans]

[kelkat9]

Tip for anyone trying to publish.  Take a class where the teacher shows you the revision process Step by Step.  This is has been the most helpful writing class ever for that reason.

Books teach you concepts.  They give vague examples.  Having the concept applied to a real work that will go to market is much more eye opening.  Watching the process, having her explain it and what her approach was just really broke through to me.

I can see it clearer now.  I may not have it yet because of the vocabulary issue but I understand the thought process and how to attack the draft.  It’s a little like watching magic happen.  I would have stopped my revision before she did so how she made it even better is sort of a wow moment to me.  I’m not sure I’ll get that far but I can get closer.

There are a lot of really bad writing teachers.  If a teacher tells you oh just go read novel ABC in your genre and you’ll understand.  Don’t waste your time.  You probably won’t.  That’s lazy teaching.

If they use the class to go on and on about their book which you have not read, it’s kind of pointless and feels like a sales pitch.

Find a class where they give you homework and critique and let you know no question is too basic. That’s a good teacher.  You will learn from this person.

Unfortunately, you will pay for a lot of writing courses that aren’t that good.  They might teach definition and theory but not good application.  You need the  how do I apply this in real life to my xyz genre novel.

[no-relief-next-to-me]

[traveledlight]

Sometimes, I get impulsive. Be it my ADHD, or I get bored, I'll do things for the thrill of it.

I am waiting for it to destroy my life as I cross the lines until they blur together, laughing at the idiot I am.

I can build something for years just to fuck it up in one night. So let's fuck up again with my one life.

[herrrobert]

Audio Diary 211/365/2021

[carlyoshawott]

Listening to Counting Stars brings me back, man