you jigsaw the rest with your heart

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[a-really-hot-caterpillar]

One of the best writing advice I have gotten in all the months I have been writing is "if you can't go anywhere from a sentence, the problem isn't in you, it's in the last sentence." and I'm mad because it works so well and barely anyone talks about it. If you're stuck at a line, go back. Backspace those last two lines and write it from another angle or take it to some other route. You're stuck because you thought up to that exact sentence and nothing after that. Well, delete that sentence, make your brain think because the dead end is gone. It has worked wonders for me for so long it's unreal

[animentality]

[trem0rr]

Comission

[contemplativepancakes]

Clone-A-Willy

The first time Ilya rubbed over Hollander’s hole, asking him if he touched himself there, Hollander had told him he had a dildo. Ilya immediately wanted to know more. What color was it? How big was it? Was it ribbed for pleasure, like Ilya’s seen on condoms? Of course, Hollander wasn’t forthcoming about anything Ilya wanted to know the first time he had mentioned it. That was okay, though. Ilya would wear him down. It’s almost three years later when Ilya finally gets his answers. It’s not much to look at, beige colored and very small, in Ilya’s humble opinion. “This is what you use to fuck yourself?” Ilya asks in disbelief. “No wonder you are always so desperate for me.” “Shut up.” Hollander covers his eyes with his arm. “Can you even feel this?” Ilya asks. Ilya’s quest to find Shane a better dildo.

Read on AO3 here!

[by-ilmater]

YOU'RE A REGULAR WRITER! YOU CAN CRAFT A COMPLETE SENTENCE! YOU'RE A REGULAR WRITER! YOU USE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF COMMAS! YOU'RE A REGULAR WRITER! YOUR PROSE IS GOOD AND RIGHT! YOU'RE A REGULAR WRITER! EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS YOUR VISION!

[nokstella]

[transformativeworks]

[ID: the above text post screenshotted and put over a still photo of Jacob Wysocki delivering the monologue that inspired the text post /ID]

[pandalikeelf]

jaskier really went from the twinkiest bard on the continent to most slutty manliest buff bard ever

[flootzavut]

Nah 'cause he was never a twink, he was just incredibly good at making people believe he was a twink.

[flootzavut]

Because past!me was right.

[alonelystargazer]

writing goals for 2026 ✨

to write

[seventyeight-moose]

[recurring-polynya]

never lose hope. somewhere, a middle-aged, gender ambiguous person with an advanced degree in an esoteric field and a fiber arts hobby could be crashing out and pinning all their remaining mental health on getting obsessed with your otp. any day now, the most elegantly written 100k fanfic you have ever read is going to hit ao3. it could happen. it has happened.

[rslashrats]

these pizzas are in fighting for their lives in the artic rn

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Hey, I've worked at multiple grocery stores over the years, and these pizzas are no longer safe for human consumption. This frost means the freezer has been turned on and off and on and off a bunch of times, melting and thawing and refreezing over and over. Don't buy food covered in thick frost.

[xekstrin]

#these pizzas lost their lives in the arctic

[catholic-harmacy-deactivated202]

i promise you the ingredients of those frozen pizzas are more damaging to your health than whatever minimal amount of bacteria managed to grow in between fridge outages

[rslashrats]

why are you catholic

[campyvillain]

why are you pro mold and catholic

[loth-catgirl]

[thedemonofcat]

Jaskier’s parents want him to marry, but he’s in love with Geralt.

The marriage would really benefit Lettenhove though. And, his prospective wife has said that they don’t need to love each other.

That is to say, Jaskier’s considering it.

He figures he’ll make one last attempt with Geralt before deciding though. He asks if Geralt might love him.

Geralt’s response: “What gave you that impression?”

———

So, maybe Geralt panicked when Jaskier asked about his feelings.

It was fine though. Jaskier seemed none the wiser.

Jaskier startled when Geralt set a heavy pouch of coins on the table between them. It landed with a dull clink.

“What’s this?” Jaskier asked, brow furrowing.

“A dowry,” Geralt said quietly. “I know that’s usually a noble custom. It isn’t much. I’ll earn more.”

Jaskier nearly laughed—nearly told him that dowries were traditionally for ladies—but Geralt didn’t pause long enough for him to interrupt.

“I can’t offer you a proper home,” Geralt continued. “Just the one on the path. I can’t buy you gold, or jewels, or anything like that.” His voice was steady, but this was more honesty than Jaskier had ever heard from him at once. “But I will give you everything my heart has. If you—”

“If I what?” Jaskier asked, his breath catching despite himself.

Geralt finally looked up, golden eyes bare and earnest.

“If you marry me.”

[so-many-ocs]

no dude it's so cool how attached you are to that character who is singled out and ostracized due to the external monstrousness that clashes with their internal spark of humanity. and i love how drawn you are to themes of horror and love, nature versus nurture, otherness, isolation, and the abject. i bet you have normal feelings about your own personhood

[phantom-threaded]

Frankenstein 2025, dir. Guillermo del Toro

[diidona]

FRANKENSTEIN (2025) : dir. Guillermo del Toro

[sixofbabycrows]

i understand that some book fans have problems with gdt’s frankenstein but i literally couldn’t care less about the diversions from the book when the public perception of this story has been defined by the fuckass 1931 movie for the past 90 years (love u boris karloff but that movie just pisses me off) which barely even attempts to be faithful to the book. like this is already leagues above that and i’ll take it if it means the general public will stop thinking about the creature as this thoughtless killing machine

[phyrexian-mama]

Actually I'm not done thinking about Frankenstein sorry

The fact that Harlander only saw Victor's science, his creation, as a means to preserving himself. His own name.

The fact that Victor had only thought so far as the creation itself, and not what comes after. That the perfection in his mind began and ended with the act of creation.

How men only see (pro)creation through the lens of carrying on their legacy.

And when told no, that the creature will not be Harlander and his legacy? He seeks to ruin it all. And when the creature seems too slow, too difficult, too painful for Victor to deal with? He tries to destroy him.

Because to them, if what is borne from that isn't a perfect vessel to carry on their name, if it does not serve them, then the only answer is violence.

[transjudas]

THE POINT WAS NEVER THAT FRANKENSTEIN’S CREATION WAS OBJECTIVELY AND INHERENTLY A MONSTER . THAT WAS HOW SOCIETY AND ESPECIALLY VICTOR SAW HIM. HE WANTED LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE IN A WORLD THAT REFUSED TO ALLOW HIM ANY. HE WAS CREATED AND ABANDONED AND DEPRIVED OF HIS HUMANITY. EVEN WHEN HE DID REACT WITH VIOLENCE IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO BEING VIEWED AS SOMETHING VILE WHEN ALL HE WAS DESPERATE FOR WAS SOMEONE TO SEE HE WAS AS HUMAN AS ANYONE ELSE.

AND GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S WORK HAS ALWAYS REVOLVED AROUND THE WAY PEOPLE ARE OTHERED TO THE POINT THAT THEY ARE ONLY SEEN AS A ONE DIMENSIONAL MONSTER WHILE SHOWING THEIR HUMANITY. IM GOING TO BEAT YOU WITH HAMMERS.

[hyperrbolic-orange]

Victor: why don't you speak?? Why do you only say one word over and over witbout cause or reason?? Why can you not converse with me??

The creature: