#tension!

[sugar-pink-poison]

When you think about it, it's kind of screwed up that Twilight's entire life was decided for her the second she got her cutiemark by other ponies and outside forces

I can feel myself entering my angsty Newly Ascended to Princess/Alicornhood Twilight era again

[author-a-holmes]

Trick or treat! :D

Using a coin flip this year; Heads = Trick Tails = Treat

Sooo.... *drumroll*

TREAT! 🍭

I'm running out of treat idea's, so let's have a snippet. One of my favourite moments in Changeling was when I had the opportunity for Andric and Booker to talk alone, one-on-one.

I've managed a few more moments between them in Darkling, but Booker's been a confrontational little.... for a good chunk of the second book, and Andric doesn't yet know why.

And, apparently, Booker's not quite ready to tell him either ^_^

"Lila never does well alone," Booker insisted and the use of her name, so rarely spoken aloud, startled Andric to attention. "It's just that trust isn't something she gives automatically. We've both been burned too many times for it to be that easy," Booker continued, eyes still on his plate. "She trusts you. I've seen it for weeks, and if she didn't she'd never have let you inside her head. Besides, trust or not, Lila shouldn't be alone right now. Next thing we know, she'll have talked herself into doing something stupid." "Then why aren't you going after her?" Andric challenged, his own frustration and confusion threatening to bubble up. "What's gotten into you two lately?" Booker stilled in a way Andric hadn't seen before, and when his gaze flicked up to Andric's there was a coldness to his features that made Andric's breath catch. Booker blinked, and it was gone. A sad little half-smile curving the corner of his mouth instead, and Andric released the breath he'd been holding. "Because if I go it'll end in an argument," Booker said simply, before falling silent. Pointedly ignoring Andric's questions.

[waviermylove]

𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬

<Chapter five>

•••

Wednesday stood outside the shed, rain pouring down around her. Her knuckles were white as she clutched the handle of her umbrella, hesitant to knock on the door. She couldn't help but wonder if Heather was inside with him, and the thought was almost enough to make her turn her heels and leave. After what felt like an eternity, she finally mustered the courage to knock. Xavier answered a moment later.

He looked beautiful.

Her gaze lingered on his face, drinking in the sharp angles, accentuated by a pair of dark crescents beneath his green eyes. The effect was almost vampiric, casting an otherworldly beauty over his already striking bone structure.

The two stood frozen, their eyes locked in a gaze that lasted longer than intended. As the silence stretched on, Xavier's awareness shifted to the awkwardness of the moment, and he finally remembered to step aside, granting Wednesday entry.

“Wednesday. To what do I owe this visit?”

“Thunderstorms are my type of weather.”

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[homosexual-hairflip]

Season 2 supercorp was superior - no I am not taking criticism at this time

[emotrait-arc]

one of the next scenes comin up hehe

[bonnissance]

i am so fkn sick of hearing ‘stories need conflict!' bc no. they fkn dont

they need tension

they need a driving force, a shift in energy, point to build between etc. like yes absolutely! there needs to be an additional factor that turns character movement into an actual story, but the spark that move a character doesnt actually need to be Conflict equals Arguments equals Drama

there are other options. we see other variations - like a ticking clock, like a single location, like multiple personalities in close proximity - in reality programming all the time, we’re just told that’s not “storytelling” bc it’s based on vaguely rl footage. but it is Absolutely the same mechanics, 

and im so fkn tired of western storytelling equating character dynamics and behaviour with story mechanics bc we’re so used to seeing ‘stories need conflict’ when what that actually means is t e n s i o n

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Ah, She-Ra.... again giving me everything I ever asked of the Supergirl writers.