I woke up at 3 am, made these, and then immediately went back to sleep

I personally think that half-asleep me is the funniest bitch on the planet

So... I found this and now it keeps coming to mind. You hear about "life-changing writing advice" all the time and usually its really not—but honestly this is it man.

I'm going to try it.

I love the lawyer metaphor, because whenever I see “John knew that...” in prose writing I immediately think “how?  How does he know it?”  Interrogate your witnesses.  Cross-examine them.  Make them explain their reasoning.  It pays dividends.

All of this, but also feels/felt. My editor has forbidden me from using those and it’s forced me to stretch my skills.

This is your "show not tell" advice explained!

THIS

hm. im REALLY against any variation of “this rule is true in any context” because it defeats the point of creativity, but this is good advice for a) beefing up your descriptions and b) communicating emotional tension (eg, the MC has not admitted or processes this feeling but you want to show them having it)

That said, sometimes you would want to just state the character’s opinion. (& maybe contrast it with their actions, the situation) or use a shorthand when it’s like an introductory side detail. 

What I like about it though is that it’s NOT stated as a “don’t ever do this in any context” rule - it’s not a rule, it’s a challenge. Don’t ever do this for the next six months and see how it changes your writing. Not never do it again, just try it and then you can go back to using them but you’ll probably do it way more sparingly because you’ve built up other tools to use instead of those words.

I am reblogging this because it will be very useful for some people but I will also mention that I HATE it deeply and profoundly and will never do it.

I like what I like. (retreats back into her box, hissing) 

MK Dad AU- Introduction

WARNING: Mild season 3 spoilers? I’m not sure about that though.

Here are some ideas I had for MK Dad AU. I also have to comment that I created this whole story with the help of @insummaryiampotato who is as immersed in this AU as I am (OuO)

So, this AU takes place long after season 3, in a future where presumably MK and his friends manage to defeat Lady Bone Demon.

Things go quiet for a while until Sun Wukong says that he will be gone for a while. According to him to finally have those blessed vacations.

And he never comes back.

But don’t worry, he’ll be back.

For his part, MK waits for him along with the others, while life resumes its course, maintaining his constant training so as not to disappoint his mentor now that he has recovered The Golden Staff. But the wait is eternal and regardless of the opinions of others, he embarks on a solo journey to search for the Monkey King for a year.

During all that time he has faced creatures and had more adventures than he could count, he still keeps in touch with the friends he left behind in the city, but he misses them. And MK begins to think that maybe it was time to go home.

And he comes back.

Resigned and sad. But maybe a little wiser.

Life goes on.

Though MK can’t let go of the role of hero now that the Monkey King is gone, he takes this responsibility seriously, until he feels he can’t move on alone. So he asks Nezha for help and well… that was the best decision of his life.

His new master isn’t with him all the time, but at least MK knows where he is and that he cares about his training.

He still works as a delivery boy for Pigsy’s restaurant, he still hangs out with Mei and Red Son to play or fight. He still keeps the Monkey King merchandise in her room, but MK begins to think it’s time for a change.

And later.

MK meets someone and well, that lasts a year.

His life starts to get slightly chaotic when he has his first child. It’s quite a surprise.

No one believes him until he introduces him.

And from that moment all the effort that MK puts into his training begins to have another meaning and he decides to settle down with this person to take care of the child.

So the days and years go by. The relationship ends with the birth of the fifth baby.

MK doesn’t understand where he went wrong. He is hurt, confused, and lost. The good thing is that everyone is there to support him.

And then there are the children.

Those 5 years, after the separation, were not easy. But MK knew how to get his little family forward.

He loves them with all his heart. They are his life now.

And it is then that… the Monkey King returns.

And that is where the story begins.

Boneless (?)

ROADTRIP? 

Ah yes, a fun road trip indeed. 

reminder to:

I just would like to thank everyone who ever reblogs this so that it somehow ends up back on my dash because I usually need the reminder (especially the drinking water one)

A reminder.

Over hill, over dale, through the valley and vale Do not weep, do not wail, I am coming home to you

This is mesmerizing to watch.

actually physically painful to watch because you know months were spent masking all those frames for each of the kajillions of transitions in this

Holy………..shmokes…….

Oh?? My god??

I’ll try my best to describe this. It’s a video with a mash-up of a bunch of different Disney movies, set to a song that’s a mash-up of a bunch of other songs. That in and of itself wouldn’t make it praiseworthy, but this is DONE SO WELL that just, holy cow.

HOLY SHIT

go off

‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

Go ALL THE WAY off

YASSSSS

...don’t look at me, I woke up at 9 am and now it’s 2:38 am another day and I’m done I’m so done please

ENJOY 🐽

1.

Tommy was a big man. The biggest man, actually.

He was no pussy, how could he be? He was Tommy Craft after all.

Tommy Craft was no pussy.

So why had that nightmare scared him so much?

He wasn’t a child, despite what Wilby and Tech said. He was big, bigger than those two fuckers. He even swore! That’s how big he was!

It made no sense to be scared , when he was supposed to be a fearless big man.

Tommy should go back to sleep, he really should.

He didn’t.

He shook techno’s shoulder, knowing the teen was nowhere near asleep

“Toms? Why are you up so late?” Techno said, turning around to face Tommy. Loose strands of pink hair got in the teenagers face, illuminated by the reading light he had stolen from a shop last week.

Tommy was silent.

“What, did you have a nightmare?” Techno asked, raising an eyebrow. His usual blank expression was nowhere to be seen, probably from the exhaustion the quartet had been going through.

After meeting the weird goat kid named Tubbo, they had been told about the ‘Camp Half-Blood’ or whatever the fuck that was. Tommy thought it sounded stupid, but he thought everything about being half god and life in general was stupid

“No” he lied, going to sit down next to Techno “I’m not a child, I’m a big man”

“Are you ever gonna get tired of that word?”

“No” Tommy grinned back mischievously

Techno rolled his eyes, turning back to his book.

“What’d you reading?” Tommy asked, trying to peak over techno’s shoulders. He squinted, dyslexia and the dark making it almost impossible to discern what was written on the fine print of the book. It looked way too fancy for the quartet of dirty street kids “Is it about drugs and women because I’m the fucking master at those two”

“You are the most vulgar child I’ve ever met” before tommy could start screeching in protest, techno continued “I’m reading a Greek mythology book. Figured if we’re gonna do all this, might as well not go in blind”

“Really? I wanna see” Tommy said immediately, making grabby hands at the book and pouting when techno held it away

“Oh nonononononono no way am I letting YOU read this” Techno scrunched up his nose, flicking Tommy’s forehead “You can learn when you're older, Theseus”

“Who’s thesaurus?”

“The-se-us”

“Thesaurus”

“These— why do I even try”

Tommy giggled, flopping down beside Techno. He grabbed the edge of techno’s red cape, using the large red cloak as a pseudo-blanket

(Techno was extremely territorial over the cape, not letting anyone else near it.

“Techno techno techno can i borrow your cloak?”

“No Tommy, you’re gonna rip it”

“Techno techno techno techno”

“Just give the goddamn child the cloak Techno”

“HEY BITCHBOY, WHO YOU CALLING CHILD”

“Living with you guys is a nightmare”)

“Well since you're busy being a fucking bookworm, I’ll be getting my beauty sleep”

“You definitely need it”

“hEY”

The snickering and giggles filled the otherwise silent place, making Wilbur (who was trying to sleep, thank you very much) groan in annoyance. Never was there a quiet moment with Tommy and Techno in the mix

At least not back then

——

“Tubbo, protect Tommy and Wilbur. I’ll hold the monsters off”

“Techn—“

“Don’t worry about me, Theseus. Technoblade NEVER dies”

2.

Tommy hated Techno.

He did.

(Tommy loved Techno. Loved hearing his stories, loved talking and shouting and fighting with him.)

He reminded himself of this as he stared at the Cherry Tree.

(A golden light, right from the sky. Where Tommy expected to see blood, only cherry pink leaves remained)

“Techno never dies huh?” He repeated into the air feeling.. something growing inside him.

“Well I guess that was a fucking lie”

(Tommy watched in horror as techno— as his brother fell down.

He didn’t get back up.

The kid turned around, clutching the cloak tighter on his arms)

He looked down at the tree base, where a lonely crown sat. Wilbur had visited, it seemed.

( “Techno what are you—“

“No time for talking Wilbur” Techno said as he threw him his paper crown “Take this”

He unclipped the straps of his cloak, giving it to tommy with one (last) meaningful squeeze

“Hang unto it for me tommy okay? I’ll need it for when I get back”

That was the last thing Tommy heard from him, that fateful night in the cliff)

He touched his shoulders, where techno’s blood red cloak practically buried him in fabric. His hands fell back to his side

He wasn’t gonna go against his word.

The moment would have been more solemn, had it not been filled by the cries of a mourning child.

Because what was a child without his brother.

——-

“I miss techno”

“Me too Toms. Me too”

3.

The tree on the hill stood silent as ever, pink leaves swaying idly as the wind blew over the mountain overlooking Camp Half-Blood.

“Hey Techno”

Tommy sat down, back pressed against the cherry tree. In one hand he picked up the paper crown laying still on the grass, fiddling with it.

“Today was a fucking big day, Blade” he looked over at camp “Wilbur left for his quest.”

Silence.

“I’ve been— I’m getting better at sword fighting, better than any of the pussies at training, probably better than everyone in the world . Wil even said I could rival YOU. Hah you hear that bitch boy, I could just stab you” Tommy continued “If you were here. Which you aren’t, dickhead. You.. aren’t. Unless I stabbed your fucking tree self. Does that count as a fursona? I swear to the gods if you were secretly a furry techno.. Did you leave us for your tree hugger fantasies?”

Nothing.

He clenched his fists.

“Sam is still cryptic as ever. He won’t let me go on any fucking quests. Says I’m ‘too young’ when really I’m a big man, the biggest man. Sam’s de-loo-sio-nal. You hear that techno? I’m using big words now cause I’m a big man and I am not a child. One day I’ll be bigger than you are. I can be like ‘who’s the child now TECHNOBLADE’ and you will say ‘bruhhhh’ and I’ll be fucking two heads taller than you I’ll be 6’5 or some shit. You have to come back to see that”

He smiled proudly.

The smile fell as he thought of the implications.

A stray leave fell on his hand.

Still a fucking tree then.

“Why did you do it?” he asked to the air after falling silent, knowing full well he wasn’t getting a response “You were always going ‘ooo me me me me me my name’s Techno. Technoblade never dies’ well guess what dickhea you di— you DI— YOU FUCKING DID”

He stood up, fighting back the frustrated tears. He wasn’t gonna cry. He wasn’t a pussy

“You fucking prick, you LIAR. You just went ahead and died like the bitch you are” he threw the crown, watching numbly as it fell on the grass with a silent thud. He ignored the tears already forming on his eyes, rubbing them away roughly.

Silence one again overtook the cliff.

“See you tomorrow Technoblade”

——

“Hey Wilbur it doesn’t matter that you failed— err ahahahahaha”

4.

Tommy ran up the hill excitedly, not looking where he was going and tripping on one of the roots

“Techno techn— oof” he fell face first on the grass. Looking up, Tommy glared at the tree “Fuck you techno, you did that on PURPOSE”

The tree didn’t reply.

Tommy wasn’t deterred

“Well I’m good, no thanks to you fucker” he said, standing up from the grass and dusting himself off “You won’t BELIEVE what happened today. We got a new kid”

Tommy paused, as if hearing a reply. He sighed in annoyance

“Yes yes I know, we get newbies in camp yearly. But THIS IS DIFFERENT TECHNO, SO FUCK YOU MR ‘Me me me I KNOW EVERYTHING’”

Tommy threw his backpack on the ground carelessly. He flopped down as well, putting his arms behind his head and resting against the base of the tree.

“There’s this new kid, Ranboob. I think he’s the kid of the prophecy. You know the one?” He said, resting his palms against the soft grass. He giggled loudly “You’re getting replaced by a kid with ‘boob’ on his name. How does that feel techno?”

…

Tommy sighed again, this time more serious

“I think this is my chance, Blade” he said, staring up at the leaves of the tree. They swayed aimlessly with the wind, gusts of air making some of them fall to the grass littering the green with shades of pink.

Tommy picked up one of the leaves, inspecting it in his hand. He stood up, slinging his backpack’s strap on his shoulder

He had a capture the flag game to win

———

“I’ll make you proud Techno, I swear”

“You coming tommy?”

“Yes yes ranboob, calm the fuck down dickhead…

..Just tying my shoelaces”

5.

Tommy felt like punching something.

Actually no, scratch that.

Tommy WAS going to punch something

He turned around, coming face to face with the familiar bark of the cherry tree. That stupid fucking tree

He threw the first punch

And the second

And the third

He kept punching the trunk. The tree didn’t even stagger, standing as tall and still as ever. A few leaves were falling to the ground, shaken by the teen glaring as if the tree had personally offended him.

And maybe it did.

“This is all YOUR fault Techno” Tommy wasn’t crying. He wasn’t.

He refused to acknowledge the tears were falling down his eyes like waterworks. He threw another punch

“If you hadn’t left us—“

His knuckles were starting to ache

“If you hadn’t left ME”

A sob wracked out involuntarily.

Fucking immaculate!! I can’t wait for the next part!

!!! Frog shop! Frog shop! Frog shop!

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Xiao summoning circle!! Please oh please, I need this man.

Made by @Daft_Goat on twitter

Now, repeat after me

It´s okay to not like cgi but do not attack the studio.

It´s okay to not like cgi but do not attack the studio.

It´s okay to not like cgi but do not attack the studio.

official xiao manifestation post

xiao WILL come home ❤️

video game christmas music

The myth of Achilles, but instead of holding him by the heel, Thetis sumberges him fully so that Achilles is completely invulnerable and Thetis has one invulnerable hand.

She only needs one oven mitt when taking cookies out of the oven.

But there would still be two small parts of him that are vulnerable because they were covered by her fingertips at the time, stopping the water from touching them. Which means those fingertips are also vulnerable on her hand 

Achilles *putting those little round band-aids on two parts of his ankle before battle*

Thetis *knitting fingertip oven mitts for her thumb and forefinger*

This is a Greek comedy I could get behind 

What if she put him in a sack and dunked him in? The water would saturate the sack and soak him and so long as she pulled him out quick, he wouldn't drown. Then they'd have a sack that's invulnerable too and can be used as the most unexpected shield ever.

Imagine Achilles storming Troy with one (1) invulnerable sack for a shield

thetis just sticks him in one of these bad boys

and swirls him around like a batch of chicken nuggets until he’s invulnerable all over. 

Yesssss it's here

[ID: The basket from a deep fryer.  End ID]

I will never not reblog this post

Okay, I lied, I added another character :’D

And it’s Shinsou, napping in the background :D I loosely based their mer-designs on real fishies: Aizawa is a catshark, Shinsou a moray eel and Eri a little chimaera. By the way, I thought about a little backstory for them :D

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