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Younger writers. Please, just know that you could not skip to different songs on a cassette tape, that’s CDs. With tapes you pressed fast forward or rewind and prayed.

Also, VHS tapes did not have menu screens. Your only options were play, fast forward, rewind, pause, stop, or eject.

Y’all are making me feel like the crypt keeper here, I’m begging you 😭

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Lesser-known steps of the writing process:

Finding all the paragraphs where you used some hyper-specific word more than once

Rearranging paragraphs that you swear you wrote in the right order but turned out to be totally backwards

Going for a walk, coming up with the perfect line, and forgetting it as soon as you get home and open your laptop

Creating a separate document where you can dump all of those nice sentences that no longer fit in anywhere

Waking up in a cold sweat because so-and-so was supposed to be barefoot but never actually took his shoes off

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David Corenswet as Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane

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It was common for a knight to wear their loved one’s favour. Uther had seen many of his knights wearing it through his days - even Uther himself wore one, after he started courting Ygraine.

But Arthur… Arthur had never worn a favour. Uther didn’t doubt he was offered them; he was the heir of Camelot, after all, and young and handsome, despite his lack of ability in courting. But he always entered the tournaments with his armour clear of them.

Until that day.

Uther almost missed it, more red among all of it he already wore. But it was there, wrapped around his left arm, discreet but firm; a silent statement.

Uther wondered who it was from. He had never seen Arthur with any girl. But he taught Arthur discretion, and he could have slipped this girl right under Uther’s nose.

The crowd cheered for Arthur, always for him, their favourite, as it should be. But one cheer was louder, more passionate, and Uther spotted his manservant by the tents, without his signature neckerchief on.

Then everything clicked. Of course. Arthur had shown a strange interest in the boy since the day they met, and the boy gave him a fierce loyalty in return. He should have seen it sooner.

He would never let Arthur marry the boy, obviously, but… the boy was good for Arthur. For now, it wouldn’t be a problem to let them be.

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@merthurmicrofic prompt: favour

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Merlin & Arthur | 2.12 "The Fires of Idirsholas"

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THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER 1.03 | "Power Broker"

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David Corenswet as Clark Kent via guywithamoviecamera x

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David Corenswet as Clark Kent / Superman SUPERMAN (2025) | Directed by James Gunn

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David Corenswet in Superman

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SUPERMAN (2025)

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Jensen Ackles at the Countdown screening in Los Angeles, September 3, 2025 (x x)

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They’ve always been wrong about me! I love! I get scared! But that is being human, and that is my greatest strength!

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Jensen Ackles talking about Soldier Boy, The Boys, Vought Rising, and working with a new cast

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the ANGST

Merlin & Arthur | 3.05 "The Crystal Cave"

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superman (2025) was great, no notes

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this is a sign to update your wips

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James Gunn saw David Corenswet blushing, giving heart eyes and being in love with his wife in that audition tape and thought "I need to give this man the role, he's gonna be the most yearning Clark Kent the world has ever seen" and that was a genius move on David's end