[repeating to myself in the mirror] it is fine to write serviceable workaday sentences. not all of them have to be the God-King of Sentences, beautiful in structure, deft in word choice, gilded in metaphor, etc. sometimes a guy has to get from one side of a room to the other.

i agree, timeskips timeskips timeskips. Skip the part you don't wanna write and stick some scotch tape over the gaps.

Also, if you have no idea how to go on from the point that you're stuck at, you can delete the offending last line or few and rewrite. i saw this advice and have since found it to be the case myself that if you're stuck on one line, your real problem is a few lines back. if you've written yourself into a corner, back yourself out of the corner and reroute. you want to be like a Roomba. admittedly not the most flattering analogy but they're persistent little guys, aren't they? hit a wall, back up, turn a little, try again. hit a wall, back up, turn a little, try again. eventually they figure out where the middle of the hallway is and trundle off to get the job done. if something's not working and you've hit a wall, be willing to back up and delete a few lines, take it in a slightly different direction, and try again. you are a Writing Roomba and you, too, will find the middle of the hallway soon.

granted if you like the idea of timeskipping to where you know the middle of the hallway is for this one that's absolutely cool too. Writing Roomba is still a good tool for the toolbox and i use it frequently

Today Ukraine celebrates Day of Dignity and Freedom.

21st November 2004 - Orange Revolution started.

21st November 2013 - Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan) started.

On this day today, during russian full scale invasion, we're all sure, more that ever, that all of it has been worth it and the fight for free, democratic Ukraine that continues now, is the most important thing we'll ever do in our lives.

They weren't able to take away our dignity and now they won't be able to take away our freedom. Everything will be Ukraine.

Слава Україні!

Also a friendly reminder that Netflix has very decent documentary on Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity, so you might want to check it out. They even released it for free on youtube, so nothing should stop you now

10 years 🚬🚬🚬🚬

I love when people are like “I can’t believe you reblogged that despite their user name, icon, bio, and last twenty posts” bc to me my dash is the only part of this website and I’m not slowing down to look at urls you could all be the same person

#spiritual successor is people being like why didnt you read my pinned before you reblogged!!!#dude i am not. i am not vetting every blog#i am here to backread for 45mins and rb 30 posts in a row and disappear#tumblr life

For me, it wasn't so much harassment for some of them as it was that I'd written something in a reasonably popular fandom for the first time, and I was getting people in the comments who were being... weirdly parasocial, I guess? Or at least overly familiar.

And I was only kind of interested in that particular pairing to begin with, and it was weird getting comments from people who were way, way more invested than I was, and all of that killed any interest I had in continuing any fics for that particular pairing dead. I'd already had problems with people going to comment on other fics that were not those fics asking why I'd updated those instead of the fic they were interested in, so I didn't want to just turn off comments, I wanted those fics gone.

And then someone still went through and commented my username on all the fics and then commented on one of my other fics saying they'd done that like they were proud of it.

This was before blocking existed, which I am immensely grateful for the existence of.

I just want to add on here that what that user did (identifying you as the author on works you had orphaned) is not okay. you can write in to PAC to see if they can remove those comments for you, and if that user went even further in their actions, you could ask PAC to investigate and see if it warrants harassment and that user's possible suspension.

To reach PAC, visit the URL of the fic or comment where it happened and scroll down to the footer. Then select Policy Questions & Abuse Reports from the list of links.

There are three kinds of people in this world.

1) People who respond to cognitive dissonance with temper tantrums, anger, general refusal to engage in further thought/discussion, etc.

2) People who understand cognitive dissonance as a learning opportunity and do their best to engage with their discomfort.

3) People who are so option 2 that they’re fucking tired and kind of wish they were somewhere in the spectrum of option 1.

If I’ve learned anything (though really it’s more a reaffirmation) over this past few weeks, it’s that being Ukrainian consists of constantly having any crime, tragedy, or hardship that’s befallen you or your family ignored, belittled, or dismissed, until it becomes politically useful and suddenly all those who shared no words on the horrors espouse how lucky you are, how thankful you should be, what a privilege it is, that you got so much recognition, so much empathy, so much kindness.

Recognition your people had to bring forth with their already bleeding hands, empathy given on the condition you are constantly perfect and thankful, kindness granted when it was years late on its due.

It doesn’t matter if it was centuries of imperialism, it doesn’t matter if it was centuries of forced assimilation, it doesn’t matter if it was racism at home or abroad, if it was internment camps for being an enemy alien. It doesn’t matter if it was genocide, where the people were starved and the culture was killed with a bullet to its holders’ heads. It doesn’t matter if it’s a war, whichever one I’m talking about.

It doesn’t matter if it’s then or now.

To be Ukrainian is to be forgotten, till someone says you were always remembered, so you should stop asking, and start being grateful.

I’m sorry to all of you in the war right now. Victory will be there one day, I just hope it’s sometime soon.

Dangers of working on a set.

That’s what I said.

Okay but you forgot the best part! During the scene where Aragorn, Gandalf and the other Main CharaktersTM ride ahead to go shout at the gate (and talk to the mouth of sauron in the extended edition) they were very firmly told only to ride up  ahead “this far” because that area was cleared and beyond that it wasn’t.

But. Viggo Mortensen is absolutely mad and lead them just…. a bit farther than that. Everyone else was very scared they might blow up any second. Viggo said it “added a little extra tension”.

#they just don’t make behind the scenes stories like lotr anymore

Viggo was just Like That™ for the whole trilogy, taking method acting to extreme levels:

It’s probably more accurate to say that Aragorn played Viggo Mortensen in the off season, so I’m 100% unsurprised to hear he put a whole crowd of fellow actors in genuine mortal peril for a 12% increase in authenticity

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For folks concerned about the situation in Grindavík, Iceland

First of all: here's the Guardian's current overview. Also, here is the current roundup from RUV.is, the icelandic national broadcaster. Two webstreams from RUV.is are also available.

Recent posts and quotes from the Icelandic authorities indicate that the already-evacuated residents of the town are being allowed to return (escorted by first responders) for a very short period to collect necessities and to try to rescue animals and/or pets left behind in the earlier evacuation. Several animal protection groups are also reported to be working with authorities on a rescue mission targeting animals left in the town.

Of significant concern right now is a pre-existing fissure which has been expanding due to the pressure of rising magma from below, and has already damaged buildings in the town.

The pressure of magma upwards toward the surface has slowed slightly in recent hours, and the number of overnight earthquakes has decreased somewhat. But an eruption of the magma through the surface somewhere along the underground magma corridor is still expected by experts in the very short term.

The magma tunnel is about 15km long and runs southwesterly across the peninsula to the sea. The magma is apparently currently closest to the surface at the tunnel's northern end; about 0.8 km below the surface.

One caution for those of you hunting online news about all this: Twitter/X is (what a surprise) full of garbage info about the situation, including numerous pictures and video of old eruptions that have nothing to do with this one. Check your sources carefully before drawing any conclusions.

Meanwhile: thinking of our friends up in that part of the world. Take care of yourselves!

The Muppets as Goncharov (1973)

the only goncharov remake I want is a muppets version

[Image description: Gifs of the muppets with edited captions.

1 - Kermit, wearing a suit, says, "Yes, I am Goncharov."

2 - Several ticking clocks on a wall

3 - Miss Piggy and Kermit kiss, while Miss Piggy says, "Of course, we're in love; that's why I tried to shoot you."]

Well. There is a trailer.

I know many of you out there are feeling a bit down. Have a crow to Wouldn’t it be Nice by the Beach Boys to lift your mood.

He stops and looks both ways?!?

You wanna know what makes this better?

Crows normally walk. This one seems to have both legs working, so he’s not hopping out of necessity, he’s doing it for fun. Corvids can sometimes be seen doing things like this for no evident reason other than enjoyment.

This is my new favorite post

I can’t ever not reblog.

Have some happy crow vibes

Always reblog. 😏

You can really tell how fake the "concern about simple ukrainian civillians" is in the attitude some foreigners have re: canceled elections. Everybody is perfectly aware that russia specifically targets civilian aims. You expect us to gather in big groups on the polling stations to make their genocide more cost-efficient?

That is not even mentioning that people who live on the occupied territories also deserve to influence the future of their country.

That is not even mentioning that our constitution forbids it.

That is not even mentioning the possible destabilizing effect.

A supremely moronic idea, no matter how you look at it

Uncanniness, pictured.

What was even going through the artist's brain?

Oh Christmas Wasp, Oh Christmas Wasp I Shall Impale Thee At Any Cost Oh Christmas Wasp, Oh Christmas Wasp My Sword in Thy Blood Shall Be Washed

I May Be On-ly Three inches High But Joyful Christmas As I Watch Thee Die

Oh Christmas Wasp, Oh Christmas Wasp After I'll Go And Have A Nosh.

Must reblog.

People have written a lot of touchy-feely pieces on this subject but I thought I’d get right to the heart of the matter

[The artist, putting a simple cake next to a much fancier one: “Aw man, that guy’s cake is way better than mine.” The Audience, gleefully holding up a knife and fork “HOLY SHIT! TWO CAKES!”]

additions from the og artist (credit)

“Holy shit two cakes,” I mutter to myself as I do fucking anything these days, this post was a godsend

It’s Election Day! Make sure you rise up and let the world hear your voice. VOTE VOTE VOTE!