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Rewatching the first season really made me realize how autistic coded Zane is
i remember the robot twist caught me completely off guard.
i was like, "Oh! Zane does not understand social conventions or gendered colors and has a sense of humor that does not match his friends. Neat! I also relate to this and do not understand why wearing pink is 'weird', and relate to laughing at something meant to be scary or sad. I also wish I had a bird friend that would do a little dance with me. Zane is my favorite :)"
and then he was a robot and i was like "??? !!! 0.0"
"ZANE IS OFFICIAL FAVORITE CHARACTER!!!!!!"
in hindsight (and based on some research and observation of my own behaviors) i may be somewhere on that spectrum, although i have not been diagnosed so take everything with a grain of salt. maybe im just a freak. i dont know
see I am extremely pro-sex-scenes in whatever, I think its good and fun and important because its literally just an aspect of life being portrayed, its fine. But my problem is that a lot of the time, characterizations change drastically within sex scenes and I find that jarring. This is especially true of eroge, VNs and such.
Like, I feel like there's a switch that gets flipped that once the sex happens its "porno mode" and the writing is meant to be more hot than work towards any other cause. Which is fine, but some people seem to take it to the point of just sucking the character out of them to make them porno stand-ins. Like, if theres a clumsy character, I want them being clumsy in the bedroom too. If there's a goofy character, I want them cracking dumb jokes while they fuck. If someone isn't particularly forward outside of sex, why would they be initiating within the sexual scenes? Things like that drive me bonkers!!! And I feel like it would probably be ten times as hot if you get to see an actual character who got built up like that in the bedroom, you know???
And on the slip side of this, if a character behaves differently during sex, what's the reason for that? It can be as simple as "they spend all day with this pressure to be calm and polite in their job, so when they have sex they want to let loose and be rude" or "they're usually more shy in public, but when they're with a partner they trust they really open up and show off their confident side"
You still have to actually set that up to feel like it makes sense for the character, of course.
I agree it can be boring and frankly a little cliche for characters to just instantly become porn stars for the sake of their sex scenes. It takes me out of a story, absolutely ruins my immersion. I no longer feel like I am reading about people with unique lives and an interesting relationship. I'm also asexual and maybe that has an influence on my perception of sex scenes lol. I just don't get turned on by the standard erotic tropes so many authors use to signify "this is hot. You should be aroused now". Doesn't do anything for me, it's not what I'm reading for.
And as a writer, too, I am more interested in writing characters whose personalities really come out when they have sex. It's a chance to show how they act when they're free from the public eye and fully exposed to someone they trust. Or to show how they put on an act even in private. What they've been holding back from the public, how they let loose, etc. There should be a big difference between how they have sex in a new relationship vs a long term one that's been going steady for years. Sex in true privacy vs sex in a house where they know other people are trying to get some sleep in nearby bedrooms, or where their own young children are sleeping and may wake up and come looking for their parents because they had a nightmare.
There are so many ways to make sex scenes unique and interesting and actually tie into the rest of the story!
i can understand that, but there's also something i've seen in a fair bit of media that bothers me (maybe its cause of the media i watch, which is mostly live action tv from the early 2010s and late 2000s but idk)
why is sex treated as necessary for the relationship to be "real"? it seems weird that that's a "thing", and as someone who dislikes reading/writing sex scenes and has no plans to include any in their own work, it confuses and bothers me
shows like Psych, Monk, Grimm, Bones, Warehouse 13, Eureka, Sherlock (BBC), Unforgotten (which is a newer show, so that's especially weird to me), they all kinda treat romantic relationships as less real or as though they aren't worth as much when the people in the relationship aren't sleeping together.
it must just be a "me thing" though. i've never liked reading, watching, or writing about sex, and i've never really understood the whole "i think this person's attractive so i want to sleep with them even though we've never even spoken to one another before this!"
i think it can be interesting from a narrative standpoint, but the show writers slash authors just never seem to do anything with the potential narrative
Happy pride month!
Here's a few fun ways to explore queerness with non-human cultures for your fantasy and scifi worlds!
- give them more cultural genders. Not just "nonbinary as a third gender", give them some weird genders! Sub-genders, even! And don't make it all tied to their biology, though having a variety of biological sexes is also a lot of fun.
- maybe they don't have genders the way we usually define them, and they use something else as an important identity with associated pronouns and outward expression.
- get creative with their relationship structures. Maybe polyamory is their normal. Maybe they have a committed partner most of the time, but then they have a breeding season where anything goes. Maybe they are functionally an aromantic culture and they don't really do committed relationships like that.
- if they have distinct biological sexes, what options are available for those who want a medical transition? Maybe it's a more low fantasy world in a historical setting and they don't have that option, but what other steps might they take to "pass"? If their concept of gender or an equivalent identity has nothing to do with their biology, what does it even mean for them to be trans?
- in a species where biological sex is naturally flexible, shifting between egg and sperm production on a whim or just because of environmental changes, what does that do for their gender culture?
- interspecies relationships are inherently a little queer, when you think about it. What does attraction between species look like? Are there some cultural barriers they have to navigate?
- if queerphobia exists in your world, don't be shy about exploring the effects it actually has on the characters. If there is no queerphobia, what does that really look like? Was it a struggle to make that happen? Think about the generational history a little, and how different it might look to our own reality.
and please, just like with disability, religion, fatness, and varied ethnicities, if you find yourself coming up with excuses for why queerness of any sort could not possibly exist in your world, even if you think "well just not for this specific population" maybe examine that a little deeper and ask yourself why.
yeeeessss i love doing this!!!! most of my characters are not human, so why would they behave like humans or even have the same definition of gender, sexuality, or "normal" relationships? i love thinking about, what is considered the "norm" for this people group? why? what is considered queer and why? if a race is capable of changing their sex, is being transgender even a thing for them? do they have other words for individuals who choose not to change their sex? is it weird if someone's gender changes when their sex changes or is that the norm and not changing one's gender with their sex is considered queer? one race i am working on places most of their value on chosen relationships rather than biological ones, so platonic relationships are the norm and marriage might be something that doesn't even exist for them. romantic relationships are just as important to them as platonic ones, and biological relationships only really have as much value as the individual places on them. they have different words for a parent that one is biologically related to but perhaps doesn't have an emotional relationship with and words for someone that you are emotionally close to and view as a parent. its super fun and i wish i saw more stuff like this in mainstream fiction. the only one i can think of is one of Isaac Asimov's short stories, that one with the alien race made of colors and shapes. i really enjoyed it and found the polyamorous nature of the aliens really neat!
Maybe Happy Ending
as i said before, i recently went to nyc and was able to see some musicals.
one of those musicals was maybe happy ending, which is apparently not super popular which sucks because it is AWESOME!!
so here's my rant and also some things i noticed watching it live that i never would have guessed having only ever heard the music
details under the cut because spoilers
SORRY I FORGOR THE KEEP READING
sorry everyone my bad please erase all memory of MHE spoilers from your brains i didn't know how keep reading things worked and forgot to add it before i posted i am so sorry please tell me no one saw that yet
Maybe Happy Ending
as i said before, i recently went to nyc and was able to see some musicals.
one of those musicals was maybe happy ending, which is apparently not super popular which sucks because it is AWESOME!!
so here's my rant and also some things i noticed watching it live that i never would have guessed having only ever heard the music
details under the cut because spoilers
Me: So my fic is about whether forcing power to face the harm it causes can ever lead to real change once that harm has become deliberate. If you could restore the dead, return their names, give them back their voices, at the cost of personally witnessing their pain, would you carry that burden without knowing if the confrontation would work? On a more surface level, it’s a kind of love story between a queer trans necromancer and the ghosts of the deeply wronged dead who once trusted too much. His name is Jumbletwunk.
You: ...And what fandom is this, again?
Me, sweating normally:
Uniquely recognizable
a post on making fantasy people species that stand out but still feel enough like their mainstream counterparts that your audience won't get confused.
Like me, a lot of you want to use the standard fantasy people in your projects. gnomes, orcs, elves, goblins, dwarves, etc. But you don't want to use the same old typical designs you see in every fantasy roleplay game, movie, show, book, video game, whatever. Those designs have become iconic and ingrained in the common understanding of what those fantasy people are supposed to look like.
But it gets tedious, doesn't it? Sometimes it feels like the only difference between elves in different media is the size of their ears. Sometimes it feels like every fantasy people group is designed to be as close to human as possible and then their fantasy traits are just an afterthought. You're tired of it! You want to do something new!
But where is the line between a unique looking elf and a personally unique fantasy people that need their own name? How far can you alter the standard orc before it stops being an orc? And what are gnomes, anyway?
in this post, I'll be showing off a few of my own fantasy folks and talking about the balance between a recognizable design and a unique design. Including one of my own folks that began as something typical and gradually became something else, until I had to come up with a new name to avoid confusion.
I will admit I lurk on book community drama and do enjoy watching a half dozen videos on rhe same topic when a controversy or scandal happens. Don't know literally any of these booktok authors or event organizers and their niche events, but sure ill sit down and listen to the videos explaining it in full detail, it's good background noise while I'm working on stuff.
Anyway the most recent drama I've heard about is an author who is like. Trying to make her books into a whole multimedia franchise and acting like having one published book is the same as being a startup business for venture capitalists, which is absolutely bizarre.
But the thing that got the drama going was the author having extremely bad reactions to people giving basic critique of the writing. Apparently the author has been working on this one fantasy world and the stories in it since the age of 12. And apparently the book feels like it hasn't progressed much past being thought up by a 12 year old.
I haven't read it, only heard people read the sample chapter available online. But that's not important right now. I am also someone who has been developing my one fantasy world and its stories since I was a tween. I don't think that in itself is a real problem. I worry that this drama might discourage other writers who will take this as "ditch your early ideas altogether becase they'll never be good and you need to do something new".
The actual issue is not that the author is still writing something that began with an idea from childhood. The issue is that the author doesn't seem to have done much to edit those ideas and develop them.
So just as a little thought experiment for myself, i want to list out all the ideas I have cut from my story plans over the years. I am 30 years old and my first real plans to write began when I was like, 10 maybe? That's 20 years! Which is a long time! So let's drag up all my old cringe and see how many things I've scrapped in the last two decades. Or at least the things i still remember lol.
I feel like this might get long.
been looking through your blog as i recently became interested in your world and ocs, and though I am quite a bit younger than you, I feel this.
i have had one story that is currently in indefinite hiatus that i based off a dream i had in 2014 or something. i have rewritten that story four or five times now, changed the characters as many times and altered the world even more, but i still love that story so much that elements of it keep popping up when i write. i still plan to figure out that story and write it, even though its almost as old as i am!
anyways, i just wanted to say i relate and i think you're doing awesome. may your words flow freely, your inspiration never run dry, and the carpal tunnel stay far away from your fingers
Joel and lizzie designs (and a bit of boatboys)
so i just watched the call of the wild with my family
i havent seen it in a while and id forgotten how cowardly D*sney was bout showing animal death (or death in general) so that was interesting to rediscover
anyways it reminded me of the 2018 netflix "adaptation" of White Fang, which was one of my favorite books at the time. i hated and still hate that movie, for one reason
actually a lot of reasons but there's a major one i need to rant about and my family (sadly) doesnt take my greivances seriously so yall get the full thing
THEY FUCKING CUT THE LAST THIRD OF THE BOOK!!!!
the last third of the book takes place in California or somewhere else in the south and has a whole subplot about WF learning how to be a dog, protecting his owner's dad from a crazed man who also acts as a critique of the justice system and how mistreatment of disadvantaged people leads to the creation of more bad people AND how police corruption can harm innocent people by proxy, plus an enemies-to-lovers B-plot with Collie the CollieTM.
can you see why im pissed now? PLUS it completely disrespects Jack London's original vision. He wrote The Call of the Wild first. TCotW is already about a dog that gradually goes more and more wild and ends up basically "becoming" a wolf. White Fang is both a literal and a narrative foil to that. Although he is technically a wolfdog, considering he's something like over three-fourths wolf and barely a quarter dog, he's basically a wolf that is gradually tamed until he (OF HIS OWN VOLITION, keep in mind), "becomes" a dog. Both dogs choose their paths, just in opposite directions. Hell, Buck even starts in the South and ends his story in the North while White Fang starts his in the North and ends in the South. removing the "White Fang stays with Wheedon" aspect completely ruins the entire FUCKING story
anyways, thats me done on White Fang. i might talk on how D*sney butchered The Call of the Wild and their shitty CGI dogs later, but not tonight
i complained about this before but it needed to be its own fleshed out post: no one should have to read supplementary books or twitters just to understand the characters, setting, or world building. but especially not kids watching shows aimed at their demographic.
no child should have to beg their parents to buy them a book just to be more familiar with a newly introduced side character who would have been more plot relevant had the series not been cancelled. fletcher bowman should not have had the majority of his story exist in the forbidden power. frankly, the only kids who would have been interested in the book would be kids who are already watching the tv series because it's not the most friendly story for newcomers, and most would rather books about one of the main characters rather than newly introduced characters who appear maybe twice at best in what would be the final season because it was cancelled.
no child should have to download and play the merlok 2.0 app just to be able to access and watch an exclusive two-part episode about the knights' backstories. especially considering the fact that it almost became lost media - i'm grateful that it didn't and is preserved on web archive, but it dangerously came close. and its something that almost happened because they never had plans to air it on tv with the rest of the series at some point. but even then - the fact that the rest of the series is on tubi and knights of the realm isn't?
AND NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO BUY SUPPLEMENTARY BOOKS TO KNOW ANYTHING MEANINGFUL ABOUT ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS. OH MY GOD. i love axl so much, he's usually framed primarily as the food-obsessed comedic relief but he's observant and quick witted. he is NOT the dumb muscle character! he's just underutilized in comparison to tommy andreasen's favorites clay or aaron. and though hes extremely emotional and hotheaded he can also be the most down to earth and mature of the knights. and... he's the most artistic, creatively driven of the knights. you could potentially deduce that from his lute playing, but it's really understated in comparison to making him obsessed with food. but what if i told you he loves pottery? that he is skilled at still life sketches? what if i told you he reads the in-universe equivalent of shakespeare? and his favorite play is a parody of titus andronicus? what if i told you he's in a band???
you wouldn't believe me, would you? its all true - but you'd only know that if you are able to get your hands on a copy of one of the books - the knights code, potentially also the character encyclopedia - and read them. but you shouldn't have to. information about one of the main characters should just be in the text of the series. in fact, i think more people would probably appreciate if a lot of the jokes about his gluttony were replaced with more thought-out jokes about his other interests. in fact, a lot more people would be appreciative and amenable to axl's presence as a character if his other attributes were given as much focus.
but then again the writers play favorites, and it shows. you can tell they've all got biases and they for sure do not like or respect some of the main characters (lance and axl) as much as others (clay and aaron) and it shows in how they're treated in the narrative and by other characters. as it stands, we're just lucky that eclair exists to humanize axl and his love of food by transforming it into another facet of his creativity. it doesn't completely solve the issue of making so much of axl's character about food without showcasing his other interests, or with underutilizing him as a knight or as a friend to the other knights. but at least eclair treats axl as a fleshed out person with more to him than gluttony.
hey guys, i didn’t want to make this type of post, but……….i could really use some encouragement right now
One of the best things about being a writer is thinking of something small you can add to your work that’s just. Devastating. Like you’re sitting there going. Oh. That would be diabolical. People would get really riled up about that. Exquisite. Let’s do it.
MY NAME, IS FRICKIN MOON MOON. I’D BE THE MOST IDIOTIC WOLF. ‘OH SHIT WHO BROUGHT FUCKING MOON MOON ALONG?’
the post that started it all
oh god
Never not reblogging.
I’ve only seen this post in screenshots
I’m very surprised this post hasn’t broken a million.
been gone for a while, so apologies for that. got busy with school, family issues, became disinterested in Tumblr for a bit, more family issues, lost my dog, visited NY for a week, got home and went through more family issues PLUS had a minor emotional breakdown, but im good now so no worries.
Anyways, im gonna rant for a minute about the differences between movie!Elphaba (solely from the first film as I have not seen the second yet), and musical!Elphaba, as I was able to see it while I was in NY.
Movie!Elphie is:
calm and controlled, more like Elsa in her emotional state and her behavior
protective of her sister but seemingly more out of obligation(?)
likes Fiyero but in a calmer way??
overall, clearly in emotional turmoil and very angry and hurting but in a more hidden, colder way than musical!Elphie
Musical!Elphie is:
feral. batshit insane. knows she is terrifying to most other people and abuses that power SO much
she is so angry all the time that you KNOW shit's getting real when she blows up and does magic (fr she is so angry all the time her emotions boil over like a fucking pot of acid when her magic goes off)
loves Fiyero (obv) but is so much more emotional with it?? she is so nervous that shes doing stuff wrong but she also wants to jump that man's bones so hard like girl chill
very very awkward. Movie!Elphie dances so elegant, even if everyone else is like "ew. stop it, we don't like when people are cooler than us." Musical!Elphie is just Cringe! On The Dance Floor but in an endearing way
Movie!Glinda and Musical!Glinda are more similar but also very different. Movie!Glinda feels more like she leans into the "dumb blonde" trope, but is popular because she is rich, stupidly endearing, and conventionally attractive. Musical!Glinda, on the other hand, is like a foil for Elphie if that makes sense? They both are very awkward and clearly have ZERO idea how to interact "properly" with other people, but Glinda seems better adjusted because no matter what she does people think its awesome. To me, she seemed like she was thinking "I have no idea what I'm doing but people are clapping and saying nice things so I geuss I am getting a good grade in 'Being Normal' which is good and totally Okay(TM) to want so I'll keep doing it I guess?????" Movie!Glinda feels impulsive sometimes but overall feels more like she does know what she's doing
Anyways, that's it from me for a while
Sayonara
Please everyone read Martin Eden right now. Its such a great book if you’re a young person (18-25) and love art and literature, especially if you want to work in something related!
Martin Eden is definitely my comfort book, i try to read it at least once every 2 years and everytime i do (its been 3 times now) i find something new to reflect on. I’m a big fan of Jack Londons writing but Martin Eden feels so so personal and beautiful. I just can’t describe it.
Another one of my favorites from him is The people of the abyss but that is another whole deal and totally different. Firstly because that one is about his own lived experience 😭