Writing for the Trade.

Writer, reader, robot.

[confusedbyinterface]

Okay, here’s my “Change the Date” suggestion

February 7th. The date Tasmania enacted the Electoral Act 1856, introducing the secret ballot. This is one of Australia’s great contributions to democracy, and for decades the secret ballot was called the “Australian Ballot” in the US and Britain. It would serve as a celebration both of Australia’s democratic values and as a symbol of all Australian achievements and innovations.

It’s also like 13 days away from the current Australia Day. Any event you can do late January you can do just as well early February, and it’s not going to clash with any other holidays.

[muffinpines]

My sister and I were talking about good place vines…and…here we go…

[factsinallcaps]

THE LIST OF THINGS NINTENDO PREDATES INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:

THE SHERLOCK HOLMES FRANCHISE

UNITED STATES PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISHENHOWER’S BIRTH

THE NOVEL “DRACULA”

THE NOVELS “THE TIME MACHINE” AND “WAR OF THE WORLDS” BY H.G. WELLS

THE FIRST MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES

THE DISCOVERY OF HELIUM ON EARTH

[sightless-raiton]

… Okay. I believe you. But like… how?

[factsinallcaps]

NINTENDO WAS FOUNDED IN 1889 AS A CARD GAME MANUFACTURER AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS HAPPENED IN 1890 OR LATER

[captainlordauditor]

WHAT THE FUCK I THOUGHT DRACULA WAS EARLIER WHAT THE FUCK

[factsinallcaps]

YOU COULD WRITE A DRACULA FANFIC WHERE DRACULA TRAVELS TO JAPAN AND BUYS A PACK OF NINTENDO BRAND PLAYING CARDS AND IT WOULD BE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE. SAME DEAL FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES.

[marauders4evr]

No no no no no!

Don’t write fanfic!

Those things are in the public domain!

You can legally write, publish, and sell a Dracula book where Dracula travels to Japan and buys a pack of Nintendo brand playing cards!

Same deal for Sherlock Holmes!

[pinejaysong]

what if you write a book where dracula and sherlock holmes travel to japan at the same time and reach for the last pack of nintendo brand playing cards that they both wanted

[dogglefoxkvk]

Here’s where the romance happens

[northern-irish-lefty-deactivate]

Apparently Nintendo dabbled with “Love hotels” in the 60s.

What a long and varied past.

[captainsnoop-deactivated2020041]

childhood is asking your parents to go to mcdonalds but they say no because “we got food at the house”

adulthood is going to mcdonalds despite having food at the house, but not getting a drink at mcdonalds because you got drinks at the house 

[vibinwitch]

Don’t call me out like this

[lessdanthree]

[vonisv]

I was thinking about why I prefer to read manga over American comics (as in, monthly serialized comics) and, putting aside opinions about the “quality” of either medium, I think the reason why is because I have absolutely no idea how American comics work.

Say you’re a complete noob to manga. You don’t know shit about it. But that One Piece thing you saw on TV looks really cool and you want to read it. Where do you start? Volume 1 and go from there. 

But imagine the same situation but with comics. You just saw the new Spiderman movie and now you got a craving for more like it. Where do you begin? Well, no one knows because there’s been 901823434^34 different iterations of the character for decades.

With manga, there’s usually one guy (and maybe a team of artists under them to help) working on it. Even if it goes on for years or may switch leads, there’s usually some “consistency” to keep everything in check. With American comics on the other hand, it’s the complete opposite: you have multiple different writers and artists, each contributing their own take on the character: alternate timelines, alternate motifs, etc etc. It’s all a big clusterfuck to me and I have no idea how anyone can keep track of it all.

[opticbread]

i wanna read spiderman, where do i start?

“well, you’ll have to choose one of the major points in the series to start at and then switch between different iterations depending on what kind of tone you’re looking for“

i wanna read jojo, where do i start?

“volume 1“

[alexxdz]

“I want to read X-Men and Wolverine, where do I start?”

[scrappyollie]

Also throwback to that time when the Good Place laid the sickest burn ever on british television

[pervocracy]

Me in history class: Wow, humanity has been through some fascinating times!  I wonder if I’ll ever live through major historical events!

Me now: NO NO NO NO NO I WANT TO GET OFF THIS RIDE

[sunmied]

it was supposed to be space travel. it was supposed to be space travel. it was supposed to be space travel. it was supposed to be space travel. it was supposed to be space tr

[wahbegan]

H.P. Lovecraft: Fucking people from alien cultures is WRONG and BAD!!!! It leads to genetic and cultural degradation!!!! Let me demonstrate with this helpful fish-person metaphor: You wouldn’t fuck a fish-person-monster, now would you? Guillermo Del Toro:  

[meowm1x]

WHAT !!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[andersam5]

I absolutely lose my shit laughing every time I see this

[jiluan-deactivated20171207]

Visit Original Link

tears for fears feat lil jon and usher comin 2018

[tommywambsgans]

when you’re manic but you can feel the depressive thoughts starting to creep back in

[etherslide-deactivated20181207]

“Why I Wasn’t Contracted to Write Beauty and the Beast” by I have no idea who, and desperately want to know.  If anyone does, please tell me! Edit:  Through knmajorblogs I have discovered the genius behind this piece of art.  The genius in question is LordJazor !  Thank you!

[weicheidarling-deactivated20240]

“she warned him not to be such an apocalyptic fuck hat to strangers” “for who could ever learn to love such a cock waffle” BLESS THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN

[raccoonfootproductions]

Reblogged recently, but worth reblogging again.

[didyouknowmagic]

Nothing can top this lol

[mastergodai]

My Ribs! 

[cell113]

I have reblogged this many a time and it never fails to make me laugh so hard I nearly snort my own lungs out. Holy fuck, I love this-!

[narwhalsarefalling]

my favorite thing about the martian is that it takes place in the early 2040s, which makes commander lewis’s love of disco so much more ironic.

it will be like someone from 2017 being obsessed with 1930s polka and ragtime

[divorcedlizbartlet]

This is so true.

[theremina]

I’m just gonna go ahead and start responding to any and all pleas for advice with that line. I’m gonna make that a thing.

[thefoxhuntingman]

The Jeeves & Wooster edition

[punkrorschach]

Based on this post and this video