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Hydra doesn’t think we’re smart enough to know when we’re being fed alternative facts–to keep us afraid, to keep them in power. Remember, there are more of us than there are of them. And now that we know the truth, we have a choice to make. Will you take a stand? Are you going to hold them accountable?

Just when you think life can’t get worse after a zombie-like virus was released in the form of a flu-shot on almost 2 billion people in it’s initial wave, Hydra marches in and your government falls (along with many others) because they were weakened by the zombies and the war waged on them from Hydra. And then, after destroying all semblance of order, Hydra founds its new regime: The Neo-New Order (redundant, right?). Oh, I forgot, Hydra is also working on hive-mind technology. So, we’re all screwed. That’s Terra right now– totally screwed. Fortunately, Mr. Stark built a compound for us to all live in safely. It’s complete with an arc reactor forcefield surrounding it to keep out Hydra’s bomb attacks. Our only real hope is laying low and banding together.

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moiraxrose

ಠ_ಠ

avengingarcher

“If I told you about the darkness inside of me, would you still look at me like I’m the sun?” –Harman Kaur

agl03

Fitzimmons Fandom

Gonna need this Friday too.

agl03

OMG THAT WAS AWESOME!

jay-eddy

If you write a strong character, let them fail.

If you write a selfless hero, let them get mad at people.

If you write a cold-heated villain, let them cry.

If you write a brokenhearted victim, let them smile again.

If you write a bold leader, let them seek guidance.

If you write a confident genius, let them be wrong, or get stumped once in a while.

If you write a fighter or a warrior, let them lose a battle, but let them win the war.

If you write a character who loses everything, let them find something.

If you write a reluctant hero, give them a reason to join the fight.

If you write a gentle-hearted character who never stops smiling, let that smile fade and tears fall in shadows.

If you write a no one, make them a someone.

If you write a sibling, let them fight and bicker, but know that at the end of the day they’ll always have each other’s back.

If you write a character, make them more than just a character; give them depth, give them flaws and secrets, and give them life.

phoenix-kat

YEEET. IMPORTANT.

ohifonlyx33

It’s an emotional arc. And it’s important.

cultoftypology

you’ve heard of sugar, spice and everything nice

now get ready for…

Dominant Function

Fe - an insatiable thirst for attention

Se - party rock

Ne - an overwhelming surplus of diggity

Te - sadism

Fi - self-loathing

Si - that summertime, fall, wintertime, springtime sadness

Ni - the inevitable and irreversible heat death of the universe

Ti - nihilism

Auxiliary Function

Fe - codependent relationships

Se - the aesthetic

Ne - a fair amount of diggity

Te - strategy games

Fi - tarot cards

Si - terms and conditions

Ni - vision boards

Ti - constantly hurting people’s feelings

Tertiary Function

Fe - social manipulation

Se - the finer things in life

Ne - hardly any diggity

Te - bitchin

Fi - tragic backstory

Si - obscure obsessions

Ni - freakishly accurate hunches

Ti - some common sense

Inferior Function

Fe - moral flexibility

Se - unexplained bruises

Ne - no diggity

Te - angry crying

Fi - corporate slavory

Si - chaos

Ni - dystopian nightmares

Ti - drama

queensofbitchery

the inevitable and irreversible heat death of the universe

strategy games

tragic backstory

unexplained bruises

i’m dead. me in a nutshell.

chisanto

Self-loathing

Obscure obsessions

And a fair amount of diggity (: (: (:

These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little INFP. But <LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES> accidentally added an extra ingredient to the concoction…

… Angry Crying

ohifonlyx33

I’m not entirely sure what diggity is, but I have a fair amount and I can dig. OH BUT THE OBSCURE OBSESSIONS IS A YES.

thereallifeloislane

Though I’m not sure what diggity is, this is oddly accurate: an overwhelming surplus of diggity

constantly hurting people’s feelings

social manipulation

chaos

lizardsister

the princess bride is exactly what a dnd campaign would look like as a movie like? the delightfully weird cast of characters with their own quirks, the strange pacing and narrative that still Works, the absolute absurdity of it all, the jumping back and forth between wanting to be serious and it being really funny, hell its even Told like a dnd story through the use of the grandfather being the one telling the story

what a fantastic fucking movie

lizardsister

also like the character backstories are SUCH dnd backgrounds like? “im out for revenge for my father who was killed by a guy with six fingers on one of his hands” “i bumped into a band of pirates and their leader liked me so much he ended up having me take on his title to retire”

that is the Exact shit that people come up with for dnd characters

lizardsister

DM: having narrowly escaped Humperdinck, you find yourselves in the dangerous Fire Swamps

Westley: do I know anything about this area? Any danger?

DM: roll a history check

Westley: 15

DM: you know of rumors of giant rats in the swamps, as well as quick sand

Westley: what do I know about the giant rats?

DM: roll nature

Westley: [nat 1] …… rodents of unusual size? I don’t think they exist

DM: hey what’s your passive perception-

williamshakespearethings

Go on….

agl03

https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/06/yousay-vote-for-best-on-screen-romance.html?utm_source=followistic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=followistic&m=1

YouSay - Top 10 Best On-screen Romances - The Results

thoodleoo

so everyone knows homer’s smash hit the iliad, right? well, the sequel’s pretty good too. if you haven’t checked it out yet you really

odyssey it

mj-spooks

@charbonne01 I made an absolutely unGODLY noise

the-memedaddy

meirl

suburbanmomromanceclub

File this under “super obvious yet I always seem to forget it.”

iamwordsandpixels-deactivated20

I don’t write romance (I totally respect people who do, though!) but this is also great writing advice in general! What is preventing the protagonist from achieving their goal?

Why can’t these two people be together now?

Why can’t the mystery be solved now?

Why can’t they overthrow the evil overlord now?

If you don’t have a solid answer for these questions, that’s a good indicator that the plot could use some more work.

megan-cutler

Also test your answer a little bit. If it’s as thin as they’re just refusing to sit down and have a simple conversation, you might want to re-think how things are going.

operahousebookworm

As a beta reader/editor, I tend to ask this question a lot: “Why are they doing it this way when there’s a much easier path available?” That’s not to say that they should take the easier path, because that would usually be boring. Instead, the point is that the question needs an answer–either eliminate the easier path or give them a very clear reason for not taking it. (And if I’m asking the question, that reason isn’t as clear as you think it might be.)

I find it very difficult to root for characters who have a sensible option available and just don’t take it. If the only reason is “Because there wouldn’t be a story otherwise,” you haven’t actually found the story yet.

curiousobsession101

Remember, the conflict that makes stories interesting is, at the root, one or more characters having a goal they’re prevented from achieving. If your character wants something, major or minor, and they’re not getting it, there has to be a reason. Does another character want something else that makes them work at cross purposes? Is the problem temporal? Spacial? Maybe a character is oblivious to there being an easier path available (be careful with that one; if the cause of their obliviousness seems too flimsy the conflict will collapse). Even tiny little points of conflict throughout the story can help create more interest. But if there’s no reason a character isn’t getting what they want, you’re leaving out conflict in a place it should be and the storyline it should help to prop up can start to sag (becoming less interesting).

ohifonlyx33

oh boy.

thereallifeloislane

Why didn’t Frodo take an eagle the whole way?

profeminist

UPDATE TO TRANSGENDER STYLE GUIDE: AVOIDING INVALIDATING LANGUAGE TRAPS

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