Dark Arkham

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[jehovahhthickness]

I wanna have sex but men are bad people.

[violetxxvenom]

So were Alys and Aemond fucking but with the dragon egg between them?

Aemond is a virgin, right? I think part of his story is he seeks a mother figure so much so that even when naked in a brothel, he just wants to be held and told he's doing a good job which would make sense for why their movements looked like sex, but no clothing ever came off.

[violetxxvenom]

Alicent and Helaena have the same habit of picking at their fingers when stressed. I suspect Helaena channels her stress into her needlework, but every now and again will poke herself with the needle.

When i saw her do it in this episode I immediately thought of Otto scolding Alicent, "you're the most comely girl at court, why do you destroy yourself?"

[violetxxvenom]

See, I can understand why Ulf defects. I like the show's explanation for this better than the book's.

Ormund is a bitch. He's gonna cleave Rhaenyra from crown to cunt, but he pukes at the sight of dead enemies. Ok

The actress who plays Hugh's wife is so pretty.

I can see why Hugh defects too.

Oh so Dragon Dreamers are like a thing in the show. Why the fuck is there no mention of that before this episode?

Every time Helaena smiles an angel gets their wings, but then she gets sad and i want to tear my hair out.

"Why am I here. Was there no other lord that offered for my hand?" Oh my god, is the princess feeling insecure? Is this a case of the "complex" child knowing they're different and finally asking why they had to be sheltered while the other siblings got to do whatever they wanted? My girl!

[violetxxvenom]

We didnt get a single Jacaela kiss but...

Oh okay. So just fuck me, right?

So G-Wayne is definitely gay, right? I mean the way Ormund is talking is real homophobic.

Daeron, you have a dragon. Burn that guy to ash.

Someone needs to pick Daeron up from this creepy ass daycare. Poor baby.

Speaking of poor babies, my poor sweet princess Helaena. You deserve happiness. my angel. All she wants is her daughter and the baby in her belly.

Aemond, you fucking weirdo, he needed someone to stand up for him as a child and this is the result now. Alys is about to play the fuck outta him. Women in male dominated fields.

[radioactive-earthshine]

Writing tips for long fics that helped me that no one asked for.

1.) Don't actually delete content from your WIP unless it is minor editing - instead cut it and put it in a secondary document. If you're omitting paragraphs of content, dialog, a whole scene you might find a better place for it later and having it readily available can really save time. Sometimes your idea was fantastic, but it just wasn't in the right spot.

2.) Stuck with wording the action? Just write the dialog then revisit it later.

3.) Stuck on the whole scene? Skip it and write the next one.

4.) Write on literally any other color than a white background. It just works. (I use black)

5.) If you have a beta, while they are beta-ing have them read your fic out loud. Yes, I know a lot of betas/writers do not have the luxury of face-timing or have the opportunity to do this due to time constraints etc but reading your fic out loud can catch some very awkward phrasing that otherwise might be missed. If you don't have a beta, you read it out loud to yourself. Throw some passion into your dialog, you might find a better way to word it if it sounds stuffy or weird.

6.) The moment you have an idea, write it down. If you don't have paper or a pen, EMAIL it to yourself or put it in a draft etc etc. I have sent myself dozens of ideas while laying down before sleep that I 10/10 forgot the next morning but had emailed them to myself and got to implement them.

7.) Remember - hits/likes/kudos/comments are not reflective of the quality of your fic or your ability to write. Most people just don't comment - even if they say they do, they don't, even if they preach all day about commenting, they don't, even if they are a very popular blog that passionately reminds people to comment - they don't comment (I know this personally). Even if your fic brought tears to their eyes and it haunted them for weeks and they printed it out and sent it to their friends they just don't comment. You just have to accept it. That being said - comment on the fic you're reading now, just do it, if you're 'shy' and that's why you don't comment the more you comment the better you'll get at it. Just do it.

8.) Remove unrealistic daily word count goals from your routine. I've seen people stress 1500 - 2000 words a day and if they don't reach that they feel like a failure and they get discouraged. This is ridiculous. Write when you can, but remove absurd goals. My average is 500 words a day in combination with a 40 hour a week job and I have written over 200k words from 2022-2023.

9.) There are dozens of ways to do an outline from precise analytical deconstruction that goes scene by scene to the minimalist bullet point list - it doesn't matter which one you use just have some sort of direction. A partial outline is better than no outline.

10.) Write for yourself, not for others. Write the fic you know no one is going to read. Write the fic that sounds ridiculous. You will be so happy you put it out in the world and there will be people who will be glad it exists.

[hpsaffics]

smut writing guides and resources: an AO3 collection

Collected a bunch of excellent resources -- tumblr and livejournal posts, mostly -- for a Femslash February smut writing workshop on the @hpsaffics discord server, and finally got around to putting it all in an AO3 collection!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Feel free to join the discord (18+) for more discussion and for a multishipping/SALS, sex-positive and supportive community!

A selection of some of them:

day 1: why write smut?

The first rule of writing smut is don’t write smut. by @/letteredlettered

i don’t know why you wouldn’t want to write bad fanfic. that’s the point of it – it’s allowed to be bad. by @/bettsfic

Smut 101: A Tutorial For Beginners by @/pikapeppa

day 2: easing into it

Writing Smut 101: Overcoming Smut Shame by @/slightlyrebelliouswriter23

Mature is ‘and then they made love.’ Explicit is 'and here’s how they did it *exactly*.’ aka the envelope post by @/tinsnip

any tips for writing smut? by @/ao3commentoftheday and others

day 3: characterization & relationship dynamics

Smut 101: Part 2 by d-dangerlove

Smut 102: A tutorial on writing dialogue during sex by @/pikapeppa

Any tips on how to write smut that actually moves the story? by @/ao3commentoftheday and others

day 4: plotting out a scene

Smut 101: Part 3 by d-dangerlove

Essay: The Formula for Writing Sex Scenes by cupidsbow

Sex Writing 101 by @/pasiphile

day 5: getting down to details

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Smut Fic by QuinnAnderson

Smut-Writing for the unSmutty by Vukovich

The Big Book of Writing Sex; A Tactless Resource! by @/RPedia

lesbian smut guide by @/springofviolets

day 6: genderbending & transfic (and omegaverse fic)

day 7: darkfic and kink fic

[collected by @leftsidedown / @broomsticks]

[spiteless-xo]

@gallliard !!

[the-big-mood]

[bnq]

evereybody come over we”re

[balkansoul-deactivated20220924]

love how tumblr staff has time to censor words like “paint mixing” and “my face” and yet they can’t get rid of ssexsophie8127 thats been liking my posts from 2017

[ssexsophie8127]

fuck you

[ssexsophie8127]

i won

[nemaesys]

She really did

[contemplatingsaudade]

Mama cow with her baby :3

[sunshinemoonrx]

HUH?

Most cop thing I've ever read. what the fuck are you talking about. The posts you're looking for might be on this website but we won't show them to you???

[sunshinemoonrx]

I'm sure all my settings are set to "yes show me mature content no don't filter anything" what are you TALKING ABOUT

[sunshinemoonrx]

the posts are ON THE WEBSITE. I can't search dirty words?? am I five??? is this club penguin??? when I get you

[noticesghosts]

What the hell

[noticesghosts]

What is going on

[error-404-fuck-not-found]

just so you know, if you completely ignore the search feature on the website and just type "tumblr.com/search/term" into the address bar, it bypasses all of this. broken-ass website

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[depsidase]

[starlightxraven]

Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google

Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

[appalachian-werewolf]

"Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry."

It fucking better.

[mrsjdavis]

Like to charge, reblog to cast?

[newbarktownalumni]

[owlysrivers]

she is so beautiful 😭💚💚