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Archie
Cyrus
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Loser's Bracket: Begin
Now, for 3rd place...
Who would Win in a Fist Fight
Archie
Cyrus
Intro Post here!
For the last goddamn time...
"Kill your darlings" means "if something is holding you back, get rid of it, even if it sounds pretty."
That's it! That's all it means! It means if you're stuck and stalled out on your story and you could fix the whole block by removing something but you're avoiding removing that thing because it's good, you remove that thing. That's the darling.
It does NOT mean
That you have to get rid of your self-indulgent writing
That you should delete something just because you like it (?wtf?)
That you need to kill off characters (??? what)
That you have to pare your story down to the absolute bare bones
That you have to delete anything whatsoever if you don't want to
The POINT is that you STOP FEELING GUILTY for throwing out good writing that isn't SERVING THE STORY.
The POINT is that you don't get so HUNG UP on the details that you lose sight of the BIG PICTURE.
Good grief....
Final Round: Begin
Now, one more time...
Who would Win in a Fist Fight
Guzma
Giovanni
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Really good Twitter thread originally about Elon Musk and Twitter, but also applies to Netflix and a lot of other corporations.
Full thread. Text transcription under cut.
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GIRAFARIG VARIATIONS!
Did these all on a whim after binging on the Pokemon variants tag yesterday.
Every time AO3 makes an update, thereās a chorus of āand can we please please please be able to leave kudos on each chapter pleeeeease?!?!ā
In theory, this is a nice idea. Weāve all smashed the kudos button on our favourite fics, bemoaning the fact we canāt give them all the love.
But yaāll, kudos per chapter would absolutely fucking suck.
For readers, it would suck because it would compound the existing problem of making it hard to find fics that are good and not just long - not that a fic canāt be both! But there are plenty of Pulitzer-worthy one-shots out there that are buried way way down the list when ranked by number of kudos, because theyāre beneath a bunch of 50/? fics where the author lost sight of where the hell the story was going 30 chapters ago, but their fic has had 50x the chances to be viewed so has more kudos. It would encourage authors to release their fics in lots of little chapters instead of a few longer ones/one-shots as they might otherwise have done (and as might otherwise suit the story).
And for authors it would especially suck, as it would compound the existing problem of people not commenting. Kudos are very much appreciated, but comments make an authorās day; but so few people bother, and frankly, itās disheartening. Let people just click a button to show their appreciation for each new chapter? The hits:kudos:comments ratio would get even worse than it already is.
You can already āgive kudosā for each chapter of a fic on AO3 - by commenting. Hell you can literally write ākudos!ā It will make the author smile, I promise.
I actually never thought about it like this. If you are a fic writer or reader you should definitely read this š
Aerial Pruning Skills
fuckin gmod contraption lookin ass
best problematic fav trope
oh no the protag needs therapy more than me
what if I set myself on fire to keep others warm
it's not evil it's called being a girlboss
do I have to apologize if I fixed it and also made it cooler?
after all I've done might as well do some more murder
no see my unhealthy coping mechanisms are virtuous, im redeeming myself
same level of shitty but on a leash now, so it's fine
the hazy shade of hotness obscures their lack of growth
don't worry, I have a permit (I do what i want)
GET THIS, WHEN THEY-- (tell me in the tags)
so, like, what do you think about chihuahuas???
They are a lovely and very underrated fish
wAIT
DOG.
I MEANT DOG
I will carry this shame forever
behold! a fish!
Dont do this to me
Trans Witches are Witches: 69 items for $60.00
Trans Witches are Witches (Apprentice Edition): 66 items for $10.00
The main bundle has 69 (heh) games for $60. The sister bundle has 66 games for $10.
The sale runs Feb 10-24, 2023
Do you know any Jews?
I am Jews!
At least one of the people who raised me is Jewish but I'm not
close family/family friends were/are Jewish
I'm married/long term dating a Jew
close friend(s) are Jewish
a co-worker/friend of friend/neighbor person in my life is Jewish
a close on-line friend I talk to regularly is Jewish
I've at least met a Jewish person
As far as I know I've never met a Jewish person in my life.
I hope people reblog to give us a wide sample size, also I hope people put in the tags explaining in greater detail, or mention any category I might not have thought of
Having screaming fits of rage on occasion where you wave your arms around all higgilty piggilty
Also have screaming fits of joy where you wave your arms around all higgilty piggilty
Scrunch your face up like there is a literal hand in your mouth sometimes at the absurdity of some people.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (2010)Ā ā Robert Pattinsonās audio commentary with Kristen Stewart
"Why are you so obessed with found family?"
I watched this as a kid and internalized it for forever
Lilo and Stitch really said "This is my family. I found it, all on my own. Itās little, and broken, but still good. Yeah. Still good." And i still live by that
The funniest part of the "your teacher dies in every possible ending" copypasta btw is that it doesn't really sell how generic the fucking Wizard game is plot wise on that front.
Like, we have two major spoilers, Rockwood curses Anne and blamed the Goblins for it, and Professor Fig dies regardless of ending. You'd expect therefore two very simple things from this reveals:
1) That this would lead to the classic mid story twist that the "oppressed minority doing terrorism was actually being manipulated the whole time and you the white saviour help them after realising they aren't so bad."
And 2) That the game has multiple endings that are shaped by your actions in the story, despite how in all of them your mentor dies (probably for different reasons each time).
This is however not fucking the case lol.
Because guess what.
Hogwarts Legacy has only two endings.
There is the "Good" ending, where you decide to keep the status quo as is and prevent systematic change, and a "Bad" ending where you "free the ancient magic" and change the status quo, but then promise to work to set ip up back as it was before.
NOTHING you do in the game changes this. Every decision, spell choice, side quest, NOTHING influences these endings. There is no Karma Meter, or checklist of decisions to have to pick the best possible ending ala Witcher, nothing, you are given ONE decision right at the end of the game, between breaking the status quo (bad) or keeping it as is (good) and that's the extent of player choice on what ending you get.
TWO ENDINGS.
ALL BASED ON YOUR FINAL CHOICE.
MASS EFFECT 3, INFAMOUS FOR DOING THIS VERY SAME SHIT, HAD THREE.
And after you have this choice, your mentor dies, and you fight the evil goblin leader who is evil because he was once the victim of a violent hate crime so now he sides with Wizard N*zis and wants to genocide all wizards, and who is, yes, the main villain of the game, not the guy who cursed the girl, nope, we're still murdering an evil minority rebellion leader with a large hooked nose as he's being powered by the status quo breaking "Ancient Magic" the hero is treated like a villain for if he decides to "share with the world."
And then there's a generic eulogy for mentor followed by the house cup being won by your fucking house as a "true" ending, which happens regardless of what choice you pick, and that is a "post credit scene" ending after finishing all collectibles and side quests, just to give the illusion of having 3 endings.
This game is shallow and mediocre beyond belief yet we have people fucking frothing at the mouth for being told they shouldn't fucking play the mid wizard game. You have streamers crying at the gentlest fucking pushback, people going "I can excuse transphobia and anti semitism but I draw the line at spoilers," for one of the most soulless, generic pieces of videogame media of this year.
"Boycotts don't work if the product is good just look at chick fill a" the product isn't fucking good the product is mid the product has an extremely shit plot baked in anti semitism and with boring "twists" and even if it was the fucking masterpiece some of those people claim it is have a minimum of moral fucking backbone and if you can't help yourself PLAY OR EAT SOMETHING ELSE.
IT'S NOT THAT FUCKING HARD.
I feel like this is an unpopular opinion, but more people should read incomplete/unfinished/in-progress fanfics.
I've noticed this huge trend where creators on tiktok and tumblr who will be explaining how to use Archive Of Our Own to new users and they always say "and make sure to scroll down and click completed only" or how people will go out of their way to mention they only read completed fics 'because they were traumatized when they forgot to check the dates and didn't realize this fic hadn't been updated since 2012'.
The thing is - I think by not engaging with and/or actively avoiding writer's WIPs readers are potentially adding to the aggregate of abandoned works. Now this obviously isn't the case for all abandoned fics, anything from major life events, to loss of interest, to getting busy can be a reason for a fic getting abandoned - but at least on some level I just know that writers are quitting while they're ahead when they aren't garnering any response or feedback because reading WIPs has become unpopular. If you're worried about reading something that hasn't been updated since 2012 then you can use the date updated function to sort out old fics.
Anyways, support your favorite fanfic writers by engaging with their WIPs.