Writer’s Block Tango

Doodler and Storyteller. Hoarder of notebooks. Lover of tea, baking, reading, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, comic books, D&D, and all things geeky. Connoisseur of mysteries and puns. “I can survive well enough on my own, if given the proper reading material.”

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A New Day For Old Prometheus

By Ceciley Noel

I meet you in the trenches

After judgement has been passed

I need to know the value

Of the roll where I’ve been cast

You ask me what I bring

And my spine begins to shiver

I’m the hands that held the flame

I’m the heart of the giver

I ask to share your warmth

Of the fire I gave freely

I don’t need a famous myth

I only wish for you to see me

But your eyes just slip away

To the next shiny thing delivered

I’m just a shot in the dark

Another arrow in your quiver

You don’t see I bring the light

You don’t see I sculpt the clay

I built you up to high

To ever care the price I pay

And so you leave me to my fate

Where my bones are left to wither

And you enjoy my warmth

While you feast upon my liver

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ideal living situation is what i call the 'sitcom special' : having all your closest friends live in the same apartment building or neighborhood where you each have your own space but can wander in and out of eachothers homes at will, seemingly always welcome and never at bad times. and also all of you only have jobs when its important to the plot.

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I need a crossover story of Avery Kylie Grambs and the brothers Hawthorne with The Gallagher Girls and Zachary Goode. Avery would have so been recruited as a Gallagher Girl in that universe, and the Hawthornes would have finally met their matches in cleverness and tenacity. Liz and Xander would get into genius shenanigans. Bex would be in rare form trying to put Grayson in his place and show him up. Macy would know the Hawthornes from socialite circles. Cammie and Avery would be immediate friends. Zach and Jameson would immediately dislike and distrust each other. It would be perfect! Especially with the international tie-ins from The Brothers Hawthorne and The Grandest Game.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Ally Carter please make this happen because I need this in my life. These are two of my favorite book series of all time.

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My ATLA Headcannon is that Ozai had Iroh’s son assassinated in Ba Sing Se, but that the idea came from Azula.

We see in Zuko’s flashback in “Zuko Alone” that Azula is already manipulative, vicious, jealous, and deceptive. Azula was already talking to their mom about Ozai supplanting Iroh and Iroh “not making it back from war”. At that point Zuko asks how Azula would feel if Iroh’s son Lu Ten wanted their dad dead. I feel like this set the wheels turning for Azula, and she, always scheming and always trying to be first in the eyes of her father, goes to Ozai and either recommends having Iroh killed or formulates the plan to assassinate Lu Ten taking both Iroh and his heir off the board. Ozai would only be too proud of that kind of thinking and assist in any way possible.

I understand that this is never explicitly stated in the show, but we do see that Azula is being groomed into a vicious adversary by King Ozai and that she is not sad about the death of their cousin, jokes about Ozai killing Zuko, and ridicules Uncle Iroh about being sad over the death of his son and giving up on the Siege of Ba Sing Se. Personally it doesn’t feel like a stretch at all. She probably sees it as just in pursuit of the most important thing, power.

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Aladdin: 🎶 I can show you the world, shining shimmering splendid 🎶

Me (driving at night with astigmatism):

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There is in me a sadness so well worn and familiar I think we were born together.

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Everyone is always saying trash can, trash can, but no one ever asks if trash should.

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To The Endlessness of Us

And one day it will be our time

Weary legs and winding roads finally meeting

Finally drifting to a soft place

Solid ground

A place for us to make our own

To make our forever

To begin that great infinite knowing

And you will rest your feet

And I will rest my head

And we will crawl to each other if needs must

Eyes grasping eyes

Hands grasping hands

A frenzied chaos of yearning finally drawing to its source

Bodies twisted around bodies

Galaxies twisted up in galaxies

Collapsing, crashing, lost in a sea of stars

And the heavens will be torn open

And the sky will bleed her light

And the last breath of loneliness will be broken

And the world will be rebuilt

No longer yours

No longer mine

Ours, forever ours

So lay me down so gently

Fall into me like the softness of rain

Soak me in your tender sweetness

And where we touch flowers will grow

Sweet intoxicating glory

And the night creatures will sing of us to the stars above

To the endlessness of us.

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Look D&D preschool would be an absolute nightmare, and I’m here for that. One barbarian child is in the corner in a reckless rage, one bard child is casting vicious mockery at another for stealing their crayons, the sorcerer is creating bonfires just for the heck of it, the druid has just summoned their third infestation of the day, the rogue is stealing cookies with their mage hand, and the wizard has just gone invisible.

Credit below to the post that made me think about this!

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I just rewatched the Mandalorian and let me tell you, I miss Cara Dune so much... She was such a cool and unique character, not a typical female on TV and I absolutely loved that.

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Cara Dune was such a fantastic character. Feminine and strong. Heroic and flawed. She had so much chemistry with Djinn, whether they chose the keep it platonic or let it be romantic. I miss her dearly.

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I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but if Lion King 1 is just Hamlet with lions then Lion King 2 is just Romeo & Juliet with lions. I don’t make the rules.

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My take on The Barely Fortunate Party from I Speak Giant Season’s 1 & 2. Do you like chaos, hilarity, improv, shenanigans, and epic fantasy stories? Then check out The Third Lontray the Fourth, Midori the Red, Desdemona Wraithewalker, and Vinnie T Cupcakes on the I Speak Giant Podcast.

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I’ve come up with the answer to what’s wrong with my generations romantic expectations and I can sum it all up with Star Wars.

The Original Trilogy’s Jedi Boyfriend: Luke Skywalker the man who saw the good in a mostly evil person and fought tooth and nail to redeem that goodness. The man who chose to put down his weapon in the presence of his greatest enemies because peace was the only option he could accept. The man who loved and trusted his friends and learned selfless un-possessive love.

The Prequel’s Jedi Boyfriend: Anakin Skywalker the man who had everything and lost it. The man who was meant to be the hero who saved the galaxy but gave in to jealousy, rage, and greed. The man who could not walk away from an insult or a fight. The man who could not set aside ambition for the people he loved. The man who could not love selflessly. The man who sided with a liar and murderer and turned against everything he believed in because he thought he was strong enough to overcome the power of darkness even while giving himself over to it.

**I know that this is simplifying things a little, but I’m still so salty that they made us fall in love with Anakin and then forced us to watch him fall so far.

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Unpopular opinion: Underwater (2020) is just The Meg with less humor and worse lighting.

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I’m playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and I accidentally hit the key to talk to BD-1 instead of the key to grab and climb the wall and thus had the joy of listening to Cal Kestis say “Things are going pretty well, aren’t they BD” as he plummeted off a cliff to his death.

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I just want to say that Anya Taylor Joy will always be Celaena Sardothian in my heart and no one can take that away from me.

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I would just like to put out into the universe and the powers that be that if they’re planning on adding Kyle Katarn to any of the current or future Star Wars projects Dylan O’Brien would be an excellent Kyle Katarn. I repeat Dylan O’Brien would be an EXCELLENT Kyle Katarn.

Let’s make this happen people!