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"Justus meint es nicht so", griff Cotta ein.

"Ich meine es sehr wohl so."

Justus Sassy Jonas??? excuse me. Habe lange nicht mehr die Bücher gelesen, ist das IMMER so? Er ist ja ein richtiger Rebell.

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Heutzutage finde ich, dass ist fast ein Muss, sich auch mit den Fandoms auf Social Media zu beschäftigen, wenn man etablierte Dinge adaptiert.

Deswegen hoffe ich ganz inständig, dass du Recht hast und bin sooo gespannt, wie sie den nächsten Film aufziehen und ob solche Fanon-Momente nochmal kommen.

(weil skinny war wirklich 10/20, meine beste freundin ist im kino fast in ohnmacht vor freude gefallen.)

Glaubt ihr, dass am Film beteiligte Menschen auf d3f tumblr unterwegs sind? Ich meine...

Sie haben einen sehr spezifischen Vibe für Skinny ausgewählt, der mMn perfekt passt, aber ich weiß nicht, ob zum Beispiel meine Eltern (ihres Zeichens ebenfalls Fans der Hörspiele) sich Skinny so vorgestellt hätten.

Außerdem haben sie sich sehr stark am Hörspiel Canon orientiert (inklusive der original Soundeffekte), worauf eingefleischte Fans eine Menge Wert legen.

Und dann ist da der "Cotta würde aus LA rüber versetzt" fanon / jetzt canon Part.

Ich weiß, dass auch mindestens einer der derzeitigen Autoren am Film mitgewirkt hat, das wäre auch eine Erklärung. Aber witzig finde ich den Gedanken trotzdem.

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Ordered a print and a *few* stickers from @upthehillart and all of them are lovely!

Let's support our favorite artists 🫶🏻

Hey hey😇 Long time no see, I hope 2024 has been treating you all ok (though it’s been rough, needless to say)🥲💗

I don’t normally do this, but I’m in need of extra funds, so I wanted to post a reminder that I have a store with prints and merch of my art! I had to switch back to Redbubble, link below. Perhaps some of you might be interested, especially before the holidays, if it's not too late!

💚STORE💚

Note: if there is an item or art that you’d like but can’t find - you’re welcome to reach out, I’d love to make it available for you!

💚You can also support me directly: ko-fi.com/upthehillart💚

ALSO, there will be some commission action over at @upthehillnsfw soon, I'll be posting what I'm making - so that's something to look forward to!🌶️

Thank you to anyone who can afford this and to everyone who’s still here🥹💗 I wish to have more time and energy to create more of what I regularly daydream about anyways, I can’t wait to be a more active part of our community again 🌠 Much love💗

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Are These Filter Words Weakening Your Story?

After putting my writing on hold for several weeks, I decided to jump back in. I expected to find all sorts of problems with my story–inconsistencies in the plot, lack of transitions, poor characterization–the works. But what began to stick out to me was something to which I’d given little thought in writing.

Filter words.

What are Filter Words?

Actually, I didn’t even know these insidious creatures had a name until I started combing the internet for info.

Filter words are those that unnecessarily filter the reader’s experience through a character’s point of view. Dark Angel’s Blog says:

“Filtering” is when you place a character between the detail you want to present and the reader. The term was started by Janet Burroway in her book On Writing.

In terms of example, you should watch out for:

To see

To hear

To think

To touch

To wonder

To realize

To watch

To look

To seem

To feel (or feel like)

Can

To decide

To sound (or sound like)

To know

I’m being honest when I say my manuscript is filled with these words, and the majority of them need to be edited out.

What do Filter Words Look Like?

Let’s imagine a character in your novel is walking down a street during peak hour.

You might, for example, write:

Sarah felt a sinking feeling as she realized she’d forgotten her purse back at the cafe across the street. She saw cars filing past, their bumpers end-to-end. She heard the impatient honk of horns and wondered how she could quickly cross the busy road before someone took off with her bag. But the traffic seemed impenetrable, and she decided to run to the intersection at the end of the block.

Eliminating the bolded words removes the filters that distances us, the readers, from this character’s experience:

Sarah’s stomach sank. Her purse—she’d forgotten it back at the cafe across the street. Cars filed past, their bumpers end-to-end. Horns honked impatiently. Could she make it across the road before someone took off with her bag? She ran past the impenetrable stream of traffic, toward the intersection at the end of the block.

Are Filter Words Ever Acceptable?

Of course, there are usually exceptions to every rule.

Just because filter words tend to be weak doesn’t mean they never have a place in our writing. Sometimes they are helpful and even necessary.

Susan Dennard of Let The Words Flow writes that we should use filter words when they are critical to the meaning of the sentence.

If there’s no better way to phrase something than to use a filter word, then it’s probably okay to do so.

Want to know more?

Read these other helpful articles on filter words and more great writing tips:

Filter Words and Distancing Point of View

The Reasons Editors reject Manuscripts

Filter Those words and Strengthen Your Writing

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Do you want a Top Three Age Gap Cherik Ranking?

I heard a yes. [i will drop recs at every oppurtunity you give me]

1. How To Successfully Ruin Your Life

https://archiveofourown.org/works/1822126/chapters/3913456

Age Gap AND Coffee Shop AU. Charles is a barista with a horrible family, Erik (feared by everyone) enters. Charles isn't afraid, because fuck, Erik is hot.

It's my favorite cherik fanfic. Read it, you won't regret it!

2. After School Special

https://archiveofourown.org/works/717333/chapters/1328731

Teacher/Student AU, but a lot of the plot doesn't actually play during the time they have this power imbalance, but afterwards. Great plot, great twists, great characters.

3. Age Difference AU

https://archiveofourown.org/series/11901

A series with three little fics, including a tamer Age Gap but the lovely constellation of Erik being Raven's best friend. Fantastic portrayal of emotions.

Charles who lusts for Erik is just... argh.

CHERIK AGE GAP?!?! CAN Y'ALL SEE THE VISION?!?

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So I finally watched Deadpool & Wolverine and-

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sound on 🔊 artificially recreated scene from last week please share ⚠️TW: jumpscare sound

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me at 12: reading cherik fanfictions for the first time in my native language

me at 22: being the only one left writing cherik fanfictions in my native language

I have no problems reading in English, but I wish there was someone else writing in German. I want to chat, gossip, leave comments on each others work.

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thank you, I will never smile again

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Finished 🫡

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The ending of Dark Phoenix makes me feel insane because it's the first time cherik roles are reversed. Charles is so done after all, and Erik is the one begging him to move with him, pathetically. Karma is a bitch.

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i dont know who told james mcavoy and michael fassbender to make their characters fuck raw with their eyes in every x men scene but we owe them everything

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We all know throughout the X-Men movies Charles continues to hold on to hope and he continues to see the good in Erik...

But what if one day Charles loses that hope? What if one day Charles has enough of Erik breaking his heart over and over and over?

(Ofc this is assuming cherik is canon...)

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I'm a coward, so I haven't seen the finale of X'Men 97 before, but today I watched it.

And I just witnessed the most romantic lines of dialogue ever spoken in a series.

This dialogue between Charles and Erik in Erik's mind after their fight - what the fuck??? it was beautiful? 🥺😭

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my hope for all deadpool movies was that he somehow starts commenting on fanfics and how they want to see cherik smooch.

If they’re bringing the X-Men to the main mcu verse then they better grow some balls and film an on screen Cherik kiss

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SPOILER - DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE

Wolverine sparing the enemy just for them to betray them afterwards; Charles really would be proud. It's exactly what he would have done xd

(charles still loves you, logan)

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SPOILER - Deadpool and Wolverine

do not think i haven't seen you deliberately hiding the person next to Tony Stark, Marvel!

i was there for the mutants but I am a starker girl too.

is it peter? is there a person replacing peter in the multiverse bc he doesn't exist anymore?

with the recent reveal of RDJ's return my hopes of a starker reunion are getting uppppp