The Sane Whitaker

Words, words, words

[pinklocksoflove]

[ivan-fyodorovich-k]

I know this sounds like the deranged ramblings of a senile old man but I swear it used to be possible to look up information on the internet

[kabaks]

[kabaks]

[capstellium]

sorry i’m reblogging this again but this just makes me so fucking angry. this reminds me of those dudes running game of thrones who had virtually no experience and were allowed to just. treat a multimillion dollar franchise as their little fuck-around-and-learn-about-tv sandbox. why are white men with no credentials allowed to get away with this over and over again while the rest of us have to fight tooth and nail for literal crumbs. i fucking hate the entertainment industry

[mrspockomakeitso]

tfw you realize you put more thought into your self indulgent fanfic in middle school than someone in charge of a multimillion dollar franchise that employs thousands of people and is watched by millions.

[thesanewhitaker]

For a few years, now, I've been gathering resources and researching history and world-building and character building for the world this young woman is from.

[pinnipetal]

It deeply saddens me that "pdf file" has become slang for pedo. Don't you dare disrespect my wife the beautiful portable document format ever again

[dualcasterjay]

and to the children in the notes saying we need this fucking baby talk to get around censorship online; there's been no credible evidence that any site other that YouTube (which will only demonetize your video, ftr) will actually censor or hide content that include words like rape, pedophile, gun, terrorist, etc. etc. and even if we take as a given they were (which, again, they are not), do not fucking comply in advance, you absolute fucking coward. and ESPECIALLY do not comply by altering your real life fucking vocabulary. don't let the technocrats dictate what words you say holy fucking shit dude!!!!!!!!!!!!

[juneberryjammin]

Additional reminder that this kind of self censorship makes it harder for people to block content they do not want to see.

[mournfulroses]

Hélène Cixous, from her novel titled "Inside," originally published in 1986

[atopfourthwall]

So do you have any criticisms of the superhero genre you would actually like addressed? Because to me works like Marshall law and both iterations of the Boys came off more contrarian than deconstructionist.

I would like to return to more single-issue plots. You can have an ongoing storyline, certainly, but having a story with a beginning, middle, and end in a single 22-page book would be very nice. Most stories these days are written to be 4-6 parters to be released in a trade.

[ear-a-corn]

We have always existed, and we always will.

[yayxstitch]

[birdandmoon]

Heat waves.

[katarinazurar]

“you’re a writer, right?”

me, staring at the one sentence i’ve managed to add in the last hour and the 12 open tabs on the specifics of shoes in 1845 Ireland: In theory.

[quinnjgraham]

I know this is the website where we talk about artists and writers doing anything other than making art or writing, but man, we REALLY undersell how good it feels to actually work on your stuff.

Like you hit your word count for the first time in a week and its like

[atopfourthwall]

Is it weird that I kind of rock with the extreme 90s comic aesthetic? The big guns, the pouches, the bright as hell colors, all of it.

I think it’s because I’ve seen so many stories where it feels like the creatives behind it feel embarrassed of the genre they’re working in that stuff that was written with 100 percent confidence feels like a breath of fresh air.

Though I kind of wish there was more modern comics written by people who genuinely enjoyed those stories instead of parodies that go ‘man, these 90s comics sure were dumb!’

You're free to like whatever you want! If the aesthetic works for you, then by all means embrace it! The problem is just that... yeah, a lot of creatives ARE embarrassed by them. Sure, it'd be one thing if it was just a style for another company, but the trend making its way into SO MUCH of the industry at the time with characters that it didn't fit with just to try chasing a few extra dollars? Yeah, I can see why people would have soured on it and want to make fun of it.

[thesanewhitaker]

Tumblr's doing that thing again today where it tells me there's new posts on my dash... but... there aren't.

And then when there ARE, it doesn't tell me...

[atopfourthwall]

It’s just statistically true that Star Wars and comics have an audience that is overwhelmingly male. Companies have spent the last 15 years trying to change that and have failed. Objectively I’m right. It’s bizarre how much the people that run these franchises seem to hate their own audience,

Oh, are they now? Statistically, you say? Are you a statistician? Are you a pollster? Are you in the Disney marketing department and have done massive amounts of market research? How big is your representative sample? What steps have you taken to offset the margins of error given nonresponses, misleading questions, confusing questions, or just outright lies to screw with people? Are you an observer of fandom circles? Do you join in cosplay communities - particularly Star Wars and superhero ones? Are there microchips inside every toy, movie ticket, blu-ray, and streaming app that tracks who buys them/rents them/observes them/accounts for family accounts? Are you familiar with fandom history, like T.J. Burnside-Clapp, a 16 year-old girl in 1977 who went to see Star Wars multiple times JUST so she could make an accurate X-Wing pilot costume for herself that she proceeded to wear over the years, including to the premiere of Empire Strikes Back? Are you familiar with the history of women in science-fiction? Whether it be the genre's creation or how women over the years have kept sci-fi going, be it on the production side via Lucille Ball or the editing Marcia Lucas or the fandom side with Star Trek slash fiction and convention organization? Are you a powerful telepath or at least possess sufficient empathic abilities to read the emotions of everyone on the planet and are able to say "MEN ARE OVERWHELMINGLY THE AUDIENCE FOR THESE THINGS?" Or do you just need to pull your finger out of your ass?

[concerningwolves]

something to remember is that writing is hard. and I don't necessarily mean in terms of writers block or trying to solve plot holes etc (although that's part of it), but as in it's hard work. even when writing is going well, you're spending a lot of mental energy on it – on deciding which words to use and in what order, remembering how to spell those words, figuring out if character dialogue sounds good, remembering the things that happened around the bit you're currently writing + what you want to happen next, checking plot notes, remembering your established canon, holding different subplots in your head.... that's like having a whole bunch of programs running simultaneously on a computer, and even the best computer with high end specs can't run like that forever. so if you ever catch yourself thinking "man all I did was write/revise/edit. why am I so tired?" that is your answer. because your brain has been running multiple processes and it needs a break

[libraford]

Googled something about quick hydration and it suggested big jug of water, couple tbsp pickle juice, dash of lime juice.

Its surprisingly tasty????

[libraford]

Pleased to report that after a day of this i am not longer craving caper brine and my mouth is not dry as usual. There's some good suggestions in the notes too that I want to try.

-ancient roman posca: water, red or white wine vinegar, honey, salt, herbs (coriander, mint, thyme)

-switchel: water, ginger, vinegar, sweetener, lemon, salt

-ayran: yogurt, water, salt, mint

-Agua pepino: water, cucumbers, lime, sugar, optional mint.

[libraford]

I have been reminded of:

-shrub: vinegar, sida water, elderberry (or other berry), sugar.

[libraford]

I have now been informed of

-sekanjabin: honey, vinegar, mint, water.

[libraford]

"Wow, I wonder why this post was popular this week."

-sees the reports of the heatwave in Europe-

"... ah."