In My Defense, I Have None

Poorly trying my best. She/her, 24

[anticlockfoolish]

I have nothing but respect for Violet Baudelaire, I think she's a genius inventor, able to do extraordinary things with limited tools and equipment, in terrible circumstances. But it's so funny to me whenever she ties up her hair, and Lemony Snicket starts going on about 'the gears and levers of her inventing mind starting to turn', and then she's just like, "I'm gonna stick a fork to a piece of cheese with this wad of gum."

[asmeesh]

1$ flea market score. Tiny glass 1960s perfume bottles. I love them.

[shit-show-no-go]

Can you swap their heads ?

[asmeesh]

omg you can

[asmeesh]

Their meeting was foretold in the ancient texts

[theinvisiblespoon]

[tlirsgender]

As a principled feminist I'm often tempted to say shit like "are men capable of higher thought" but then I have to remember not to perpetuate gender essentialism and change it to "why do men choose not to think about anything"

[indefabinavarrette]

THE BEAR 2.10 The Bear

[lifesgrandparade]

Why do plants love THE SUN??

[noah-wyles]

good and solid advice

[hyperfixatedmess873]

In Mockingjay, Katniss’s squad was called squad 451. Like the book Fahrenheit 451°.

Plutarch Heaveansbee, the man who had a huge ass library, and libraries were considered RARE, named them after a book about censorship.

Plutarch is such an interesting character, the fact that he was trying to stop the games for at LEAST 25 years. And he was so devoted it makes you wonder why he even cared.

[marveldaily]

Daredevil: Born Again The Scales & The Sword | 2.03

[thebluemallet]

Sunrise On The Reaping + The Onion Headlines

more of the onion in panem:

the hunger games

catching fire

mockingjay part 1

mockingjay part 2

the ballad of songbirds and snakes

things to never say to someone who just came out

[stellarskull]

THE BEAR — 1.02

[intergalacticqueenofpickpockets]

honestly noah kahan is a saint for putting up with what he does because if i had to make two psas to my fan base in a row, the first one being “please stop vandalizing my childhood home” and the second one being “please refrain from shitting on the floor at my concerts” i’d actually cancel the whole fucking tour

[troybarnesbucky]

cuz i don’t need my name back throw my notebook in the basement nO I LOVE YOU AND I CANT FAKE THAT FOR A MOMENT WE GO WAY BACK (we go way baaaack). tell me i don’t need options that i have substance that im important iF ITS ONLY FOR LETTING DOGS OUT SWEEPING PORCHES TO MAKE ME NOTHING take me way back. we go way bAaaaAaAaaAack. take me way way back.

[mysharona1987]

Happy Independence Day!

[pigeon-entity]

this gif still brings me so much joy

[lodessa]

#I have ranted about this at length and if I don't take the opportunity to do it every time this gif comes up assume I have died#like this might be my singular favorite moment in this entire franchise???????????#in and of itself I mean#like there's always this really overblown relationship between them and it's done that way deliberately#but I felt like they never really nailed home the fact that THEY WERE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS#and yeah twelve and missy were an interesting combo#but this specific moment is so so childish!!!!!!#like not only does thirteen absolutely snap#and commit an act of physical violence despite repeatedly preaching pacifism and non violent means#(eg venusian akido)#(and yeah all the doctors are like this pm)#but the actual act itself is so childish!!!!!!!#like she doesn't punch him or anything of the sort she PUSHES him#it's the most childish act possible#it's bastard on bastard violence and it's an absolutely perfect moment for both characters @thesearchforbluejello

[danceundersparklinglights]

i’m going to be really honest with you guys i think the tendency to read the absolute worst possible intentions into every action you don’t agree with is getting too automatic and it’s eating you from the inside out

[missmichaelastirling]

[pangur-and-grim]

@creekfiend was very kind in sharing some writing resources with me, and I thought I'd pass along the kindness by listing them down below.

N.K. Jemisin's article 'Describing characters of color in writing'

Mary Anne Mohanraj's article on approaching characters of colour

Renee Harleston's article How to 'Write Characters of Color Without Using Stereotypes'

Working with Colour, a resource site for writers

the book Writing the Other by by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward, which had a description that cut deep, because I've definitely fallen into this trap out of fear:

and then a video recommended by @sheprd (thank you!) about pitfalls in descriptive language

if anyone else has more resources to add, feel free to reblog with them! this is something I want to learn more about.

[pangur-and-grim]

I was talking yesterday about how I should probably change the skin colour of a character in a not-yet-written book, because that character is a large, aggressive dragon-shifter and I was worried about her being read with unintentional and offensive subtext.

I haven't gotten my hands on Writing the Other yet (it's still in the mail!) but from reading my way through these articles and watching the Princess Weekes video, I now understand that 'white-ifying' a character you're worried about is a lazy and cowardly solution. so, if I do ever finish the book Eres loses Everything, I'll keep her as is, do my best to be thoughtful, and hire a sensitivity reader to pick out any blind spots.

thank you to everyone who passed on resources, I really appreciate it!