#I'm getting the plot right am I?

[pokimoko]

I can't keep being fundamentally changed as a person by animated movies, it's just not sustainable.

[angstandhappiness]

LMAO, ACCURATE

And then he got his ass handed to him by Tenshinhan.

[deoidesign]

Ray of sunshine

(pre-launch page for their comic)

[sloasis]

Yes exactly! I'm not an expert on the writers either but that just shows how bad it really is when I, a total idiot, can tell what episode was written by someone different. Or see the name of a writer and know oh so we won't be getting any buddie in this episode. That's crazy, they should have a vision for their characters or at least continue their stories. They spent an entire season torturing them and then in the end there was no realization, no consequence, no agency, just all wrapped up in a bow. It makes no sense 😭 and the beginnings of those stories were so promising!

I think it's dire when even casual fans and journalists point out that they missed out on buddie moments and too much happened off screen. They really can't afford this after killing the lead of the show. They need to get their shit together for s9.

MHMMM . Like I even saw and heard that the GA hated the finale and found it SUPER lackluster . It sucks to say that the finale was absolute ass , it really does suck because I do love this show and it sucks to see that the writers just . Did whatever the fuck they wanted just because they wanted a paycheck ... there was no love in the finale . There was no love felt with how they handled and ended all the characters arcs ... the earlier seasons had so much charm and love and funniness and angst but season 8 just felt like a fucking whirlwind of nothingburger . Nothing was concluded , it left off on a four minute dragged out montage of them doing things that they quite literally just established that the characters were dealing with in earlier plots ( Buck moving into Eddie's place , Athena selling the house , Hen and Karen finally adopting Mara . Even Maddie's goddamn pregnancy was off screen ) All of those 1 minute scenes at the end of the WHOLE season was just straight up bullshit . I'll say it . It was BS . They didn't deserve to have their entire arcs of the season being left off on a 1 minute shot in a montage . Hen and Karen should've had so much more time talking about and showing ( more of ) their family dynamic with Mara and finally officially adopting her after all the systematic bullshit they went through . Buck should've talked with Eddie about how they should've dealt with the house situation . Athena should've been shown weighing the pros and cons of selling the house her and Bobby were building up again . They left the season off with MORE questions than answers . Is Buck fucking moving AGAIN ? Where is Athena gonna live ? Why was Eddie still trying to go back to Texas ? Who's gonna be captain ? Are May and Harry just gonna disappear again ? Is there another reason Hen doesn't want to be captain ? Is Bobby fucking alive or dead ? And guess what . All of this could've been avoided if the writers just FUCKING TALKED TO EACH OTHER . And told each other what they wanted to see and what they wanted to write for the characters . I have no idea what the hell was going on in the writing room but I have a vision that it looked exactly like this .

[fisheito]

How i feel about the current event, featuring quadruped feesh

I haven't even reached the second half of the story. Or the rooms. And already I'm like this. i'mnot gonna make it

[ban--tam]

hmm.... i like him

[ember-not-amber]

I recently started watching The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu (the last episode I watched was S2 ep 7) and I'm curious what the general consensus is on Luke & June vs Nick & June bc I really like Nick for June and Luke doesn't seem terrible at all. Still, that one flashback scene where he reassures June that they should stay together even though they started their relationship while he was still married to another woman, "she doesn’t matter because we’re going to get married. I’m going to make you happy." gave me the ick.

Like, you married Annie, too and you still cheated on her so how is that at all reassuring? I'm still waiting for a flashback that shows what Annie and Luke's relationship was like bc I have absolutely no clue why he cheated on her. I can understand why June technically cheated on Luke with Nick which was bc she was trapped in a terrible system where she was abused and felt unloved and unwanted and she was separated from her loved ones and she just wanted to feel something. So far I haven't seen any dialogue from Luke saying anything about what his marriage with Annie was like but if I had to guess, based on the episode where Annie stalked June and accused her of "stealing her husband" as if he's not also a human being capable of making his own choices, maybe they had differing views/ideas on what they wanted out of marriage, or he fell out of love with her, or he cheated just to cheat like a lot of douchebag guys do.

And yes, I am aware that June is also in the wrong for knowingly going after a married man, she isn't innocent in this either. She did seem to consider ending the relationship after Annie confronted her (which, why did it take his ex confronting you for you to consider not getting with a married man? Did Moira not give you any criticism for it? She seems like the type who would bc real friends tell you when you did sth wrong and they hold you accountable but judging by how they act around each other Moira seems very supportive of their relationship) whereas Luke didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with staying with the woman he started a relationship with while he was still taken at any point in time but that means nothing since she did end up staying with him despite that.

Sorry for how long this is, I originally meant for this to be shorter lol I'll put a Keep Reading tab in case ppl just want the tl;dr at the top. So, with all this considered I'm wondering if everyone else that enjoys this show wants June to end up with Nick or stay with Luke and which one is supported by the majority of people?

[yappacadaver]

yapping about fanfic under the cut feel free to respond if you have something to add, I'm genuinely curious

saw a reddit discussion that intrigued me on the ao3 subreddit, where people were very split in opinion on whether gratuitous tags involving plot points were either good etiquette and all but necessary to avoid triggering anyone, or otherwise they were antithetical to the experience of reading as appreciating the art form of writing, and built only for reducing reading to consumption of content. Personally found myself firmly on the side of the latter point, but like.. first point had a whole lot of supporters

the idea went something like: I only consume fanfic for comfort, i don't want to see anything that makes me feel a negative emotion (that wont eventually be resolved in the text to my satisfaction) and the fact that a fanfic could, through the death of a character or a lack of a happy resolution, lead me to think about it for days and draw a very visceral emotional reaction from me is extremely undesirable. I would prefer to have every major plot point laid out in the tags so I can choose whether to read the story from a perspective of complete understanding, rather than go into a story without that understanding and potentially encounter something i was not expecting (and have that be an unpleasant surprise). Reading something, even if it doesn't trigger me, that ends up disappointing me is a complete waste of my time.

and idk. personally i find that pretty lame. maybe that's why i dont vibe well in most fanfic communities (the other reason being that i almost never seek out fanfic to read, lol, teheperooo). I feel like this kind of idea is doing everything it can to take the art out of the art form. A visceral emotional reaction is what artists of every medium should strive for, imo. That reaction doesn't always have to be sobbing in pain, it can be a real laugh, it can be a grimace of disgust, it can be a boner, but I'm thinking if someone wants to make art on the human condition, pain is a very big part of that! And ig i understand avoiding genres that don't vibe with you, but it seems to be a lot more pervasive than that, because it's not just about tagging the genre it's about tagging specific plot points to the extent that the story is spoiled. it's about an audience that not only wants the art explained in bullet points, but for it to be done before the art even has a chance to effect you. And honestly lends some credence to the "fanfic isn't real art" crowd. If you only "consume" fanfic for comfort, then i feel like it's more of a pacifier. But again, I'm kind of an outsider to this culture so i wonder what the rest of yall think.

[wildsaltair]

he had no right

[carabas]

Hey. Why does Lucanis's storyline end like that. Why would you start a storyline with a conversation like this:

Lucanis: I've always thought that to live truly is to live fully. But even before I was captured, my life was not really my own. So much had been determined for me. Rook: Being grandson to the First Talon must come with a lot of baggage. Lucanis: And when I proved I could carry it, the expectations only grew.

And after he has repeatedly stated in Tevinter Nights that, though he certainly doesn't want to quit the Crows, he does not want to be First Talon and would not be suited to it:

"All that effort training and grooming us, and the old woman still won't step aside." Beneath the bitterness in Illario's tone was something rotten. "Your time will come," Lucanis assured him. "Will it?" Illario's piercing gaze met Lucanis's in the mirror. "People talk. You've always been her favorite." He'd heard the rumors. For all their secrets and intrigue, the Antivan Crows were a chatty bunch. "My talents lie elsewhere," Lucanis said, gesturing toward the arsenal around him. "You're the one with the silver tongue."

Tevinter Nights again:

Illario's gaze grew hard. "How long are you going to keep doing this?" "Doing what?" "Caterina's bidding." The wine turned in Lucanis's mouth. "Illario. Stop." "If I was in charge, you wouldn't have to do this anymore," he cajoled. "You could quit." Lucanis stared at his cousin. "I don't want to quit." Illario sat back. The distance between them suddenly felt much wider than a table. "Even if it kills you," Illario whispered. "Death is my calling," Lucanis stated, matter-of-fact. "Just as yours is to become First Talon." He smiled, hoping to ease the tension, but Illario's posture remained taut. "And if Caterina disagrees? If she thinks you're the better man for the job--" "I don't want it, Illario," Lucanis insisted. "But you wouldn't refuse." "It's impossible to refuse Caterina," Lucanis admitted reluctantly. "Only prolong her, until she sees reason." He knew it wasn't the answer Illario wanted, but it was the truth. And in their line of work, honesty was hard to come by.

...and then Caterina declares Lucanis First Talon and, that's, we're leaving it like that. That's where we're leaving it? We started this story with a statement that his life had never been his own and had been determined by Caterina, and we are ending the story with his life being determined by Caterina, that is what we are doing?

The final pivotal scene of this game is about a spirit being released from an unwanted role he had been twisted into! Solas was Wisdom before Mythal turned him into her weapon as the Dread Wolf, a role he had remained trapped in long after the person who imposed that duty upon him had died! Letting Solas persist in his perceived duty twists him into a monster who starts talking like Elgar'nan, the very thing he'd said he feared becoming! Finally releasing Solas from Mythal's service is the super happy best ending of this game! The obvious parallels are paralleling!

And yet this story ends with Lucanis in the role Caterina put on him as First Talon??

Bioware why would you write it like that, I just want to talk

[utilitycaster]

also this has been on my mind since a few people in the tag have been posting about C2 rewatches but it's really fun for me that Imogen, Fjord, and Caleb all considered leaving the party, the first two specifically because they thought they might endanger the others. Charismatic casters in Critical Role be like "I might be the problem."

[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!

[sloasis]

" This thing between us has been messy and hard , " Very very interesting that those words were also used WHEN YOU BROKE UP WITH ANA , EDDIE ! WHAT THE HELL ! You said that to BUCK right before you hopped in your truck to move 800 MILES AWAY !!! Before he MOVES IN YOUR HOUSE and UNPACKS all of his stuff !! You told Ana she SHOULD GO HOME . Marisol didn't even live in your house for a week before you BROKE UP WITH HER TOO ! And BUCK . Don't get me started on you buddy . You moved into Abby's apartment and STAYED when she LEFT TOO . You moved in Taylor when you CHEATED ON HER and kissed someone else ! YOU TRIED TO GET TOMMY TO MOVE IN AND THEN HE BROKE UP WITH YOU EDDIE STYLE ( because it was ALSO about EDDIE ) and then HOOKED UP WITH HIM AGAIN when Eddie is GONE and the HOUSE IS EMPTY and quiet . You two have this super similar pattern with these relationships , you try to make it work , try to make it serious ( because you think that's what you SHOULD do ) by moving them in / meeting your kid , and then when it gets TOO serious or they tell you they LOVE YOU , you panic and either impulsively DO SOMETHING or you feel miserable and BREAK IT OFF . Insanity . You guys are looking for something you think you should have and should need but what you NEED is right in front of you . You're just too repressed and oblivious to understand it yet .

[teh-nos]

doing the researchings for the fanfictions

[secriden]

based entirely on what i've seen on my dash, Kidnap The Series and Jack and Joker appear to have some basic story beats in common at the beginning but with wildly different genre tags. here's some of the similarities i've noticed:

main character/love interest does something that irrevocably changes the course of their life and the love interest/main character gets sucked into it unintentionally

once events are set in motion, the couple becomes intertwined in something like a mutual destruction situation

"hates" each other. but also its hard to fight against chemistry. hello, sexual tension~

trauma and internalised self-hatred due to terrible parent(s) will result in emotional backlash for the couple at some point

someone lies and lies a lot to like everyone around them and shenanigans ensue

also:

both couples have or will develop a ropeplay/bondage/shibari kink.

its just that Kidnap is a romantic comedy while Jack and Joker is drama/angst and hurt/(eventual) comfort.

please feel free to tell me just how wrong i am xD

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

when I want to write something self indulgent to give me all the angsty and cuddly hurt/comfort feels but I can't because I end up feeling guilty because I'm seeking after feels that I feel in an inappropriate place because my mom told me one time when I was 15 that I shouldn't search that out or it's probably sexual sin but it confuses me because ALL the feels happen that way for me even if it's entirely platonic and nonsexual and so I don't know if it's okay to want to write to that because apparently all pleasure of any sort, even over platonic stories, is sexual or comes with a possibly probably sexual feeling and I also am having a hard time figuring out what's genuine conviction from God and what's just my anxiety/OCD/perfectionism/fear of failure