#I wonder why those are there... hm :)

[aquamarinebling]

very amused by the fact you can change odile’s glasses in-game bc there’s no dialogue indicating she’s noticed the change at all. despite the fact that changing glasses takes a while to adjust to, not to mention the new glasses might not even be her correct prescription.

[vegaly-art]

" "You were a part of me but I don't know what form that took. It is... maddening." He got down on his knees in front of me, staring up with those embers of once bright flames. "Please... speak.""

Little art I did of a small moment in my recent Warden centric fic because it ate away at my brain. I have another Vega drawing planned too but that will have to wait a while.

[if-you-heart]

name a guy with a more lethal face card

[stupidhany]

I think it's really funny that the miiverse interview with the Mask Salesman are technically canon

Like wdym he owns a 3ds and he had a miiverse account at some point in his life???

[vagueeyes]

Finished reading and rewatching THE CURSE OF THE NINTH.

There's two big reasons to love this episode:

The first being, its distinction as the third(!) period piece of the entire show - even down to having its own typeface for the titlecard:

The second and more obvious one being, the ~*meta commentary*~ (henry paker: is it a jeu de miroir~) of a composer being terrified of finishing their 9th symphony vs r&s finishing the 9th series of their show. I loved all the quotes alluding to this - probably the most subtle one being, "After all, there's many a good tune can be played on an old piano." Which I feel is quite a hopeful outlook in terms of what they'll have in store post-S/F? :)

It's really interesting that in the foreword, they explain that this episode had almost been written as part of s8, but they held off due to its similarities to PARASKEVIDEKATRIAPHOBIA!

The main difference between the script and the ep - apart from a few lines being cut out (and the ending, ofc) - were changes to the wording in the dialogue, presumably to make it more "era appropriate". Little things like: "I'm one of his biggest admirers" to "I'm one of his greatest admirers", or "I'm pretty much done now, actually" to "I'm finished now, in fact".

Six more points that stood out on read & rewatch:

Stage directions for an establishing shot of the house is written in multiple times (I don't immediately recall r&s being this explicit about establishers in the other scripts)! It's quite clear they meant to go big in this episode and I'm very glad they got that opportunity.

I definitely giggled a lot during the scene where Jonah first meets Lillian (how can you not?), but I laughed out loud at finally learning how Dicky's surname is actually spelt! I never watched the ep with subtitles lol

This comment from the sub came to my mind during the grave-digging scene. The sound effects when Jonah snaps the fingers off and the fact that this was specifically scripted!! When they were thinking, "What else haven't we done?" did R just go, "I'd like to bury someone alive"??

This is easily my favourite scene. I love that the initial fake-out of looking like the bust is talking to Jonah was scripted. The reveal of Nathaniel ended up being such a slow burn as well - so well done! "You're not at the beginning, boy, you're at the end. It's the final movement, remember." Another subtle meta quote! Actually quite apt from a viewer's perspective as well, as someone who got into the show in s9.

Also, it took a third watch (today was my fourth lol) to really notice the exchange: "I've been assured by your wife that the curse isn't real." / "Then why didn't she complete it herself?" If this is Jonah talking to himself (that's my read on it, anyway), then it's a very telling moment just before the ending. It explains why he looks so damned smug when he hands the missing piece of the symphony to Lillian!!

I sometimes think whether the curse is "real" or not is a bit open-ended - the script even made this a bit vague? But at the same time, I appreciate how full on they made it in the ep (I mean ofc, it's Guillem lol). The fall over the balcony is also very THE OMEN-esque! Speaking of Guillem, I'm so glad they got him back to direct this ep!! I couldn't appreciate this on first watch but I definitely did by the time I had completed the show and rewatched s9!

Reece tweeting about this episode having a different ending was definitely what prompted me to look into getting the scriptbooks. And what an ending?? (Another stage direction for an establisher as well!) Jonah's really not so innocent, is he...

[deoidesign]

Can you make a tutorial on how you world build and make ocs? I can't seem to make any people in my brain, but then when I try to come up with environments jobs, beliefs and little details to slowly come up with someone, I think: well I don't really know how people have influenced the world- it's a weird loop

To be honest, I don't think I can! Writing is an extremely personal process. The way I write is directly related to how I process things, what I find important in stories, years of my own analysis of my and other's writing, etc... The way you write will be unique to you, as well. But I can explain how I personally think of it.

The short answer:

Write. Write anything and everything, it's a tool to explore your ideas. Analyze your own writing, and write more. Then, as you discover which ideas you want to develop, write more to explore them more. You won't know what you want otherwise!

The long answer:

I think this kind of loop is common. It's easy to feel like everything needs to be done "at once," because our job as writers is to make elements logically fit with each other for our readers. But as you've discovered, developing multiple elements simultaneously isn't really possible, or at least is extremely difficult.

Personally, when I think of writing, I break it into three major elements; characters, world, and plot. As much as possible every scene explores one or more of these, and as much as possible these three things tie back into what I personally consider most important: theme.

Everything I do is in service of the themes I want to present. Without them my events feel aimless. It can take a while to discover them, but they're the core of my work. You will have to discover what you feel is the core of yours. Analyzing other media helps with this too.

Concepts in your brain exist in a state of infinite potential. But when you start writing you have to start making choices, which removes potential as you move forward... But you have to move forward anyways. If there's ideas you want to explore later, you can always explore them later.

What this ends up meaning, to answer your question, is that I don't think of my characters as "people in my brain" or my worlds as something people have influenced... Not at their core, at least. They are tools that I use to represent specific ideas. Obviously they're also my blorbos, but mostly they're serving a specific narrative purpose.

So above all else... Write. Write, and discover what you're writing about, and then start over and write with that in mind. Keep doing this. But you have to write!

[theygender]

Very glad that my brain kicked in before I just got chocolate covered strawberries for valentine's day for my gf who is allergic to strawberries 😭

[harmonysanreads]

we all judged him for the fit.... but yellow is joy and purple is life..... what if ii jump....

I mean, I still am judging him ✋/silly

In any case, he still got to wear purple and yellow in his boss form.. don't know if he has either left in him though 😔

[3416]

also i like the prime broadcasts positivity about the leafs... it's been sorely lacking... but they don't know leafs puck very well, it's kinda funny

[theprinceandthewitch]

Fans: Can we please learn about the Philip and Caleb/Evelyn drama because it contextualizes Philip's actions and it is honestly the most interesting part of this show.

TOH: Mm, nah, we're gonna meander around for the majority of the first season. We're not even gonna have Belos interact with Luz until the season one finale LOL.

[faunandfloraas]

how many members have a sanrio character?👀

Unofficially people have assigned: (from what ive seen, i.e the characters they pose with at fansigns and stuff)

Seungmin + pochacco and pompompurin 🐶

Chan and Hyunjin both get cinnamoroll a fair amount

Lee know + Kuromi

Changbin + my melody and badtzmaru

Felix + hello kitty

And then there's han and jeongin who I haven't really seen people bring specific stuff in for so thats why I asked lol :)

[snobgoblin]

what's your sign? you give fire sign to me. just curious

YOU WOULD BE RIGHT howd you know that 👀 I'm a Sagittarius!

[niko-jpeg]

Doodle from an upcoming fic, some Drink for your viewing pleasure, and a wip for a Fail Boat lore dump <33 happy new year fam

[djevelbl]

......... for no particular reason, which one looks better chat????

[wildshadowtamer]

its wild walking into a fandom and immediately clocking a fandom behaviour towards a female character that just feels. so wrong. but everyone's acting like its perfectly normal so your not even sure if its wrong or if your just reading into it too much. am i going mad is this mic on

[sysig]

Can’t deny, that is definitely a Princess (P1 | P2 | P3) (Patreon)