Where my creativity and obsessions meet

She/her. 29. Sweden. Sterek trash (more of that can be found here at acollectionofsterek.tumblr.com) My own works. Things I like. Things that makes me laugh, think and you know...sharing my healthy *cough* obsessions.

[fleetnaturals-deactivated202110]

sign up for the gold package of ADHD today and experience the following moods:

The Loop - opening and closing the same three websites in succession for 15 minutes at a time before realizing that there’s not going to be anything new or worth doing on those websites (my three are Tumblr, Youtube and Wikipedia)

The Ack - seeing you have a new message and, though you have no evidence that it’s anything even remotely noteworthy let alone negative, feel intense dread and procrastinate looking at the message for 30 minutes/5 hours/a week

The Shimmy - changing sitting/laying positions every 5 minutes because god dammit i’m not going to be able to focus on whatever task i need to do if I feel any unwelcome physical sensation

The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle - making a hot beverage for yourself and then putting it down slightly out of reach and then not drinking it until 45 minutes later when it has already gone cold

The Bellwether - scrolling on Tumblr and getting the urge to google something/look up something on Wikipedia, but you keep scrolling and forget what you wanted to look up so you frantically scroll back to the thing that prompted you to think about looking the other (un)related thing up in the first place

The Bop - earnestly insisting that you’re not anxious because the other person sees your leg bouncing and thinks that you’re about to go postal

The Poison Dart - hearing someone say something problematic out loud and freezing because, while you want to correct them gently, you also feel intense dread and RSD that if you even so much as suggest dissent the person will immediately and commensurately stab you to death or snap their fingers and open a trapdoor to hell beneath you

The Ghost Breath - realizing you haven’t texted your friend back/at all/in 3 weeks and thinking “Hmmm, I need to do that” and then you don’t do it and much more time passes by 

The Stim Package - eating an entire family-sized bag of chips in one sitting because having something to chew on helped you concentrate, at least a little

The Bullfrog - going to get something that you don’t use often but you know exactly where it is and then it’s not there and you just keep going back to that spot 5 more times before realizing you lost it or it’s somewhere else completely different (like, not even in the same building)

The Morning Mist - regularly forgetting what recent life events actually happened and which ones were from extremely vivid dreams

The Seesaw Rivet - feeling like a wounded child who is about to get in trouble during every interaction you have even as you are entering your mid-to-late-20s and genuinely wondering when that pattern is ever going to stop if ever

The Pull-Apart Muffin - having ADHD and about 3 other diagnoses and wondering what is even what anymore

[oof-i-did-it-agaaiiin]

I took some artistic liberties but I think you get it

[neil-gaiman]

who even are you. like what did you write

I have no idea. Let me see if anyone else in this ask place knows.

[str0kethebigtree-deactivated202]

he was in arthur.

[telebisou]

you're thinking of Jill Eikenberry; I think this guy was an astronaut of some kind

[asingerofdreams]

that's Neil Armstrong, I thought this guy was in How I Met Your Mother

[neil-gaiman]

That's Neil Patrick Harris. I think this might have been the playwright who wrote The Odd Couple.

[merinnan]

That’s Neil Simon. I think this is the musician who wrote Sweet Caroline.

[hils79]

That’s Neil Diamond. I think this is an astrophysicist

[oneiriad]

That’s Neil deGrasse Tyson. I think this is a river in Egypt.

[omgpurplefattie]

That's the Nile; I think this is the Irish guy who made the movies "The Crying Game" and "Interview with the Vampire".

[stripedsweatergirl]

No no no, that’s Neil Jordan. I think this is the English author who helped write Good Omens.

[aphony-cree]

You’re right! This is Terry Prachet’s tumblr. Good job everyone

[ao3commentoftheday]

you don’t get good at doing something by not doing it

you get good at doing something by doing it badly and learning how to do it better

[anotherdayforchaosfay]

You don’t learn from success, you learn from failure how to achieve success.

[ohifonlyx33]

you see, the thing is, i hate failure.

[ao3commentoftheday]

in order to find success, you must first submit yourself to the mortifying ordeal of being kinda crap at something

[madrigalism-fr]

Hey there! I’m on the lookout for an Adjudicator Waist Wrap for a boy of mine, but the AH prices right now are pretty high. So because of that, I’m offering a detailed pixel bust in exchange for one! I can only do simple apparel and I struggle a bit with Guardian facial anatomy, but anything else is pretty much fair game, even crystal/facet!

If you’re interested, shoot me a message here or on FR! And as always, signal boosts are appreciated. ;v;

[plaidshirtjimkirk]

Have any silly domestic prompts having to do with Spock, struggling to figure out how humans live?

i’m gonna spirk this up for the sake of simplicity for me, but it can go for any ship. how about…

Spock can’t understand why Jim sings in the shower

(he won’t admit it, but he loves to hear it)

Jim is SO WARM in bed. How could anyone be so warm?! He’s so easy to curl up to. Illogical. But it would be wasteful to not appreciate him…

When Jim is on an overnight trip and Spock is lying there alone, he stares at the ceiling and wonders why he’s so uncomfortable. He never needed another person near him to fall asleep when he was younger. Now, it seems the bed is too large and empty and cold. Jim’s only be gone a few hours, how could Spock possibly miss him?

Sometimes, Spock hears Jim talking to no one….and then finds out Jim is actually talking to himself. Fascinating.

Spock catches himself speaking aloud one time and promptly decides meditation is in order.

Why is Jim so good at chess? If Spock weren’t emotionally devoid *cough cough*, he would be infuriated that such ridiculous strategies actually best his perfectly planned out logical ones.

Why does Jim love spoiling him so much? Spock wonders why Jim goes out of his way to make his life easy. He’ll bring him hot tea and hold his coat out for him and tie his scarf.

When they go on a camping trip, they bring a space heater but it’s still cold. Even so, Jim is content to walk around the tent barefoot and in a short sleeved shirt.

Singing and toasting marshmelons. Why?

Jim buys actual paper, even though no one uses actual paper anymore. Jim also acquired an antique apparatus called a pen. He writes notes to Spock on said paper with said pen. Sometimes, the notes contain only words. Sometimes, there are stick figures holding hands (scandalous!) that look alarmingly like themselves.

Jim buys Spock things, even when he doesn’t need them. …Like knitted ear warmers and imported spiced tea.

WHAT IS SO ENTICING ABOUT ANTIQUE BOOKS?????? JIM. WHY.

Reading is a personal activity…so why does Jim insist on sitting right next to Spock when he does? Sometimes he even uses his lap as a pillow. Not that Spock minds but…

Why do humans like to have dinner parties?

Why must Jim shows pictures of Spock to others??? It’s like Jim’s showing off at times, but surely Spock must be reading too much into that situation…

Sometimes, Jim looks in the mirror and feels he’s no longer attractive. Spock can’t understand how this is possible.

Why do humans cry when they’re happy???

Why do Jim and Amanda enjoy trading mildly embarrassing stories about Spock and Sarek, as they sit there totally not blushing green?

[plaidshirtjimkirk]

….however.

the most difficult thing of all for Spock to understand is why Vulcans live longer.

[hyperactivehedgehog]

Once I finally have an actual flat and job, I'm gonna start a thing where I invite all my friends over for dinner. And there's gonna be a dress code but it's just "that one outfit you never have any chance to wear". Flapper dress? Awesome. Medival gown that you got at a renesaince fair but don't actually know what to do with? Yes! Prom dress? Of course! Cosplay you made for that one convention? Definitely. Pikachu onsie? What would be more fitting?

[unelore]

This. I'm so here for this. Now that we're moving in a week I can hopefully do this (whenever this pandemic passes).

[thyccandtyred]

[everythingfox]

Cross fox

(via)

[kedreeva]

While technically the name “cross fox” is correct here, it’s not because this is a cross of two species. This is actually the (confusing) name of this red fox color morph. It gets this name because the dark color forms a cross over the fox’s shoulders. Cross foxes are slightly more common in the wild than the red fox’s other color morph, the silver fox.

[afeelgoodblog]

[inkskinned]

most of the time, it is okay. most of the time im grateful for the internet and social media and cell phones and and and. 

but sometimes, you see a little girl doing her makeup for twelve thousand instagram followers. she’s nine. sometimes you see a man breaking up with his girlfriend for youtube likes. sometimes you are standing in a room and are in the background of fifty snapchat stories but in nobody’s actual lives. 

it’s mostly okay. but so many of us grew up in a time where they basically ignored the internet while teaching us cursive in school. digital literacy was “don’t look at wikipedia”. none of us knew what the next generation was being set up to. we taught ourselves our own rules. many of us, it didn’t come soon.

it’s mostly okay. but the other day, i asked my freshman students: if you could, would you go back in time and take the internet away from yourself in middle school? if so, when do you think is the right time to be exposed to social media?

over and over: yes. yes. yes. i’d go back and never look up those skinny tips. i’d never spend so many weekends in the dark in communities that encouraged me to self-harm. i’d never lose my brother to radicals. i’d never, i’d never, i’d never again.

it’s mostly okay. i’m posting this on social media. but sometimes, you know. i wonder what exactly we’re doing.

[merlinsprat]

bbc merlin + colours [x] ↳ merlin/arthur in dark blue  

[thebibliosphere]

I took my meds too close to bedtime again and I need you all to know the dream I had last night involved Robin Williams becoming the new Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. Not, a character portrayed by Robin Williams, just Robin Williams as himself running around Hogwarts doing wandless magic and being as loud and big as possible because and I quote before I forget:

“Listen, children, I’m not saying all this bad shit that is happening isn’t scary and you shouldn’t be concerned–because you should!–but I’m telling you this now for free. Life is a boggart, it’s the biggest boggart of them all. You never know what it’s going to look like one moment to the next. And sometimes you just gotta laugh. It’s okay to laugh. It’s part of the grieving process. You need to grieve before you can heal. But it’s okay to laugh while you’re doing it.”

I didn’t wake up right after that, some more stuff happened in a hazy sort of way as the dream began to dissolve into conciousness, but I remember him yelling Expecto Patronum as he punched a Death Eater in the face. Because sometimes, evidently, you have to make your own happy memories.

[porcupine-girl]

I think Robin Williams literally visited you in your sleep from the beyond in order to pass this message on to the world.

[marblesarelost]

I second what @porcupine-girl said.  That is exactly the kind of thing Robin Williams would do.  And that quote quite seriously sounds exactly like Robin would if he had been in the Wizarding World.

Bless you, @thebibliosphere for passing on the message.

[thebibliosphere]

Jesus Christ the notes on this post, I had no idea it was still going around.

[ebonyheartnet]

How did you write Robin Williams in character while knocked out Joy?

[michaelbjorkwrites]

5 frustrating workshop rules that made me a better writer

Throughout the 15 workshops I joined in college and grad school, I encountered two types of writing rules.

First, there were the best-practice guidelines we’ve all heard, like “show don’t tell.” And then there were workshop rules, which the professor put in place not because they’re universal, but because they help you grow within the context of the workshop.

My college’s intro writing course had 5 such rules:

No fantasy, supernatural, or sci-fi elements.

No guns.

No characters crying.

No conflict resolution through deus ex machina.

No deaths.

When I first saw the rules, I was baffled. They felt weirdly specific, and a bit unfair. But when our professor, Vinny, explained their purpose (and assured us he only wanted us to follow the rules during this intro workshop, not the others to come), I realized what I could learn from them.

1. No fantasy, supernatural, or sci-fi elements.

Writers need to be able to craft round characters, with clear arcs. While you can hone those skills writing any type of story, it can be more difficult when juggling fantastical elements, because it’s easy to get caught up in the world, or the magic, or the technology, and to make that the focus instead of the characters. So Vinny encouraged us to exclude such elements for the time being, to keep us fully focused on developing strong, dynamic characters.

2. No guns.

Weapons have a place in many stories, but when writers include a gun, they often use it to escalate the plot outside of the realm of personal experience and into what Vinny called “Hollywood experience.” He wanted us to learn how to draw from our own observations and perceptions of life, rather than the unrealistic action, violence, and drama we’d seen in movies, so he made this rule to keep us better grounded in our own experiences.

3. No characters crying.

When trying to depict sadness, writers often default to making characters cry. While there’s nothing inherently wrong with that, tears are just one way to show grief, and they aren’t always the most subtle or emotionally compelling. That’s why Vinny challenged us to find other ways to convey sadness — through little gestures, strained words, fragile interactions, and more. It was difficult, but opened us up to depicting whole new gradients of grief and pain.

4. No conflict resolution through deus ex machina.

This is the only one of the rules I’d say is generally universal. Meaning “God from the machine,” deus ex machina is a plot device where a character’s seemingly insurmountable problem is abruptly resolved by an outside force, rather than their own efforts. These endings are bad for various reasons, but Vinny discouraged them because he wanted us to understand how important it was for our characters to confront their struggle and its consequences.

5. No deaths.

Death is inherently dramatic and can be used to good effect, but many writers use death as crutch to create drama and impact. Writers should be able to craft engaging, meaningful stories, even without killing off their characters, so this rule challenged us to find other methods of giving weight to our stories (such as through internal conflict).

How these rules helped me grow as a writer

First things first, I’ll say it again: apart from #4 (deus ex machina), these rules were never meant to be universally applied. Instead, their purpose was to create temporary barriers and challenges to help us develop key skills and write in new, unfamiliar ways.

For me, the experience was invaluable. I liked the way the rules challenged and stretched my abilities, driving me to write stories I’d have never otherwise attempted. They made me more flexible as a writer, and while I don’t follow the rules anymore (I LOVE me some fantasy), I’ll always be thankful for how they shaped my writing.

My recommendation to you?

Give some of these rules a shot! Follow them temporarily while writing 2-4 stories — but remember to always keep their purpose in mind, because the rules themselves will only help if you understand what they’re trying to achieve.

Write with purpose, and you’ll always be growing.

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For more tips on how to craft meaning, build character-driven plots, and grow as a writer, follow my blog.

[brightlotusmoon]

[naamahdarling]

Booooooy how people don’t want to look at this.

Arguably, with age, the majority of people do become disabled.

[elodieunderglass]

^ ^ ^ ^ ^

[jenroses]

“Why should healthy people pay for sick people?” “Because the only things separating healthy people from sick people are time and luck.”

[thatoctokittenclutchinganotebook]

[Id: white text overlayed on an image of a desert like area under a sky full of stars. The text reads “The disabled population is the world’s largest minority of which anyone can become part of at any time.”]

[blackness-by-your-side]

my utopia

[gentlyepigrams-deactivated20180]

The drag queen from this photo has spoken up about the photo.

I won’t speak for all liberals, but I’d like to see a future where it isn’t a big deal for a woman in full modesty garb to sit next to a drag queen in NYC. It’s become a bit of a sensation, but her and I were just existing. The freedom to simply be yourself in a sea of people who aren’t like you is a freedom we all deserve.

[theroguefeminist]

The central irony is that this isn’t some hypothetical future–it’s just present day reality. This is a picture of two ordinary people going about their normal lives despite how haters want to politicize it lmao. So the underlying message is not “future liberals want” it’s “people conservatives want to eradicate”

[counterpunches]

the underlying message is not “future liberals want” it’s “people conservatives want to eradicate”

[cuttlefishlovr]

my favorite thing about dungeons and dragons is that you can study for it alone, wherever you are, and also the fact that i found an entire database of free resources about 5.0  that are basically all you need to play except for an actual campaign lol

[yennafear]

I see your free resources with no campaigns and raise you This 

[squidhelp]

If you’re unfamilar with D&D or want a less complicated version, I recommend Fate. https://fate-srd.com You can print out  out the character sheets or just keep them on hand in a PDF / image file. The rules are a bit more fast and loose, but still really fun!

[atlas-prime]

For the people who follow me and know nothing about DnD but want to