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Happy No Stabbing Wednesday!!!!!
what did you create today bud? maybe you created a thought about a balloon? maybe a breakfast this morning? maybe a look at a dog trotting by. maybe a heartbeat? it is incredible how much art you are making all the dang time. you are SO prolific
god I just. love ruthlessness as a character trait so much. sexy sexy sexy
this one. absolutely in love with this definition. give me a character who thinks like this and I’ll love them to pieces
I must stress that the character who gave that speech in Animorphs was Marco. The funny guy in the group. Animorphs was just that kind of series.
"Say hello to Heliodorus. He lived 18 centuries ago. The Greek inscription on this painted tile from his house identifies him by name, occupation (accountant for Roman army) & his bearded face (Dura-Europos, Syria)"
Why do right-wingers crackpots believe the most boring conspiracy theories?
Oh they’re putting things in the water/food/vaccines? Elites are sexual predators? How unimaginative.
How about something more creative like the government feeding radioactive isotopes to the mentally disabled?
Or giving black men fake syphilis treatments to study the disease?
Or kidnapping people and subjecting them to LSD and sensual depravation to try and develop mind control?
Or secretly hiring Nazi scientists to work in NASA?
To quote the YouTuber miniminuteman773:
“You don’t actually have to make up an evil shadow government to be mad at. You can just be mad at the actual government.”
what did you create today bud? maybe you created a thought about a balloon? maybe a breakfast this morning? maybe a look at a dog trotting by. maybe a heartbeat? it is incredible how much art you are making all the dang time. you are SO prolific
I created a cat's purr, conversations with my friends, and some clean clothes! I created LOTS of heartbeats, and I thought about dinosaurs! so much art <3
#thank you dr tingle this is lovely#folks please this post is for small accomplishments and celebrating being alive#being proud of yourself for accomplishing being a human being#if you're tagging your big accomplishments and projects. That's great! You did great and I'm proud of you.#but people who are struggling and need a space to be proud of getting out of bed today#of showering and making food and petting a dog#maybe could do without the comparison#please celebrate those somewhere else#loudly and with abandon!
I went to an event today where EVERY speaker was like "Who's excited to be here tonight? I can't hear you, WHO'S EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT?" and each and every one might have been the loveliest most pure-hearted and philanthropic person on Earth and I still would have been sitting there wishing that the following day a great slab of granite countertop unsteadily strapped to the roof of the pickup truck in front of them on the Interstate would come loose and smash through their windshield killing them instantly
Shockingly, sharing important information at events where the speakers shout about a powerpoint presentation and goad the audience to scream at the top of their lungs about each individual point, does not make that information very accessible to autistic people
as soon as I got out of the anxiety attack I typed up an email to the accessibility office because this year my troubles are going to have troubles with me 💙 peace and love
served my duty as an autistic artist and made a bunch of autism creature reaction images
Lee says in tags that filtering feedback is a really crucial skill and they are absolutely correct.
Not every comment/critique you get will be transparently actionable or worth following as stated. And it can be really difficult to sort out what advice to take and even what it would mean to take that advice. (I mean, for instance, even after you agree that "Needs more action!" is something you should address, that could indicate a lot of different possible fixes. You have to figure out which one is going to work for your story.)
There's no single right answer for how to sort through critiques and find some kind of useful direction in them. BUT. My rule of thumb--first, keep in mind what it is you're trying to do, what you want your story to be. Critiquers who seem to be understanding what you're trying to do are more likely to give advice that will help you straightforwardly--but not always.
Readers who very clearly do NOT get what you were trying to do are helpful even when their comments are completely off base. What made them read the story that way? Is that something you can or should adjust so they have a better chance of seeing what you're doing? (Some folks just aren't Your Readers and that's fine, you're not obligated to make everything obvious to those folks, but it can help in sharpening your own work, getting it across more clearly.)
Another rule of thumb--when readers note a problem, they are nearly always right that there is a problem. HOWEVER when they say what the problem is and how to fix it, they are NEARLY ALWAYS WRONG. So, let's say your readers all trip over a particular place and tell you that you need to give them more information about X. Chances are you need to go back and cut something that made them ask the question to begin with. Or the "More action" above--do you really need more action in that spot? Or is there a pacing issue leading up to that spot? Almost always, when a reader points to where a problem is, the actual problem is actually somewhere previous.
Sorting through critiques and figuring out which ones will help you make your story more what you want it to be, and how to take that advice, is a complicated and super important skill.
Jonathan: "Sir, as much fun as these months of Vampire Hell Staycation have been, I'd really appreciate not getting undeaded and bound for all eternity as another bloodthirsty addition to the castle. The love of my life is waiting for me and I would literally rather be dead than be part of your Polycule (Evil Edition (tm)). Can you please not drink me?"
Dracula, fangs already out: 👀💦
Lucy: "Any chance you could quit abusing my medical condition and siphoning my blood so I can stop waking in tears and maybe not be conscripted as your first conquest on English soil like a cadaverous trophy bride? I'm about to get married to the man I love and begin my life in earnest. So, like. Stop? Please?"
Dracula, bat-flapping to her window: 👀💦
Renfield: "Hello! Hi! I'm right here, ready and willing to get exsanguinated into life-chugging immortality! You won't find a more willing set of arteries in the country! Throat's right here! Drink up!"
Dracula:
If Taylor Swift used her power for good she would be such a great stochastic terrorist. She would post on Instagram "Hey guys, Tay here. Just wanted to say that whoever delivers me the head of Ron DeSantis on a platter will get free Eras Tour tickets. #ShadeNeverMadeAnybodyLessGay." It would be at her doorstep in two hours.
I... what.
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The thing is about Christopher Nolan films and why I won't watch them is: you have got to put some women in your films. Yes, for feminist reasons, but also because I cannot possibly tell that many men apart. Throw a face-blind bitch a bone, here.
#oh mood#male action movie stars are particularly difficult to tell apart#or in films where it's Thematic that the two male leads are The Same Deep Down#and some pillock goes 'I know! let's symbolise this by casting visually indistinguishable actors!!!1!! I'm smrt'#please don't#actresses are usually visually distinct#I think they put more effort into visually distinguishing them usually#I'm not proper face-blind like my QPP is but I'm not great at it#I wish C-dramas didn't dub everything#just because the actor's voice/face combo is easier to recognise
✨commissions: open✨
Hi!! Currently I'm opening new batch for commissions!
Will probably be taking 10 slots for all types (with limited 1 slot each for fullbody sketch and painting)
If you're interested you can check out my commission card for more info or if you have any questions don't hesitate to dm me here / @punkeduppirate / shoot me an email nandskarth@gmail.com!
Thank you💞
comms are open hehe👉👈
Adhd will have you too burnt out to eat or shower but give you the hubris to decide you can homebrew an entire d&d system on the back of a receipt
How Not to Read Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels
With the very exciting fantasy books poll bracket going on Discworld and how to read it is in the zeitgeist again. I figured I would take a crack at adding to this important topic with a guide drawn from my own chaotic mess of a reading journey:
- Learn that Terry Pratchett is a fantasy author that several people whose reading taste you admire enjoy. He apparently blends comedy, good plotting, and a world that is both grounded and satirical and you're a big fan of all those things.
- Fabulous! Decide to read some of his work.
- Go to your local library. Love a good library. You're new to the area, so you're also exploring the library for the first time, too.
- You have found Terry Pratchett! Points to you! Pull a book off the shelf at random. It's called The Dark Side of the Sun.
- Start reading. Realize that this feels more like sci-fi than fantasy. Sigh in smug superiority about people who get the two confused.
- Realize about halfway through that this is not, in fact, a Discworld book.
- Nobody warned you the guy wrote other things!
- It's still good, tho. Maybe a little rough but this was an older book and the author clearly has potential. Let's try again.
- Review his works. The vast majority are Discworld. You are highly unlikely to grab another non-Discworld book. Go back to the Terry Pratchett section of the library.
- Oh hey he wrote a book with Neil Gaiman! You've hears of that guy!
- Grab Good Omens off the shelf.
- Take it home, realize, much sooner, that this is also not a Discworld book. Still enjoy yourself thoroughly. You should read more of this Gaiman dude, too.
- But okay. For real this time. Go back to the library and don't leave without *CONFIRMING* you have a Discworld book this time.
- Grab a book. Look at the cover. Read the back Discworld! Ha HA! You've done it!
- It's called Thud.
- You are utterly gripped by a story of a man wrestling with himself, his growing child, the political tensions of a city and extremism that echoes reality beautifully while still being entirely true to itself. It's a story of responsibility and love and building communities and Fantasy Chess. You are driven nearly to tears by the sentence *WHERE IS MY COW?*
- You emerge from the book fundamentally changed as a person, and finally understanding what all the fuss is about. You are now a Terry Pratchett reader for life.
- You realize Thud was in the middle of a series. That was a part of another series. That explains why there was a feeling that you were supposed to know some of these people already.
- You finally find one of those flowcharts and figure out a more sensible reading order.
I always sort of laugh when people ask where to start reading Discworld, because Thud would be first on absolutely nobody's sensible Terry Pratchett reading order. I'm still tempted to recommend it though!
(My actual advice: Going Postal if you love con men being stuck doing the right thing, Wee Free Men if you like YA and smart angry girls owning their own power, Guards! Guards! *and* Men at Arms if you like crime shows with heart and are okay giving earlier work a try (the quality gets better and better, but I think it needs at least two books to get you into it), and Monstrous Regiment if you like gender and queer feelings, anti-war books told in the middle of a war, and/or would prefer a stand alone novel...and, you know, Thud if you want a great read and don't mind some chaos.)