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[galaxygorl-does-stuff]

im so fucking tired this took 5 hours

[your-fav-is-plural]

You Are Plural!

[leocatbread]

i like all three so..

[martitheevans]

This look legit to you guys?

[dailypokemoncrochet]

I love seeing people on other platforms talk about tumblr like it's dead. Like wym it's dead. There are actually literal hundreds of people here at least just clicking buttons on my polls every day consistently and I'm not even a big blog. Everywhere else it's an inconsistent 5 likes. Same exact pictures, but here people are screaming in the tags even if I post at the ass crack of dawn and everywhere else no one even gets to see the pictures unless I get lucky in the first hour after posting. Tumblr is by far the best place to post stuff ime but somehow people on the outside think it's a graveyard.

[s0fter-sin]

one of my favourite aspects of supernatural that you very rarely see in paranormal shows is that sam and dean are already versed in the world they live in. there’s no sudden discovery of ghosts and demons and now they have to learn about them along with the audience; they are born into it and already know all about it. it allows the audience to follow their personal story instead of also trying to figure out this new world and its rules

the first season is full of knowledge we never see them learn; “w*ndigoes are in the minnesota woods or- or northern michigan. i’ve never even heard of one this far west.” […] “great. well then this [his gun] is useless.” (1x02), “you don’t break a curse. you get the hell out of its way.” (1x08), d: “it’s a god. a pagan god, anyway.” […] “the annual cycle of its killings? and the fact that the victims are always a man and a woman. like some kind of fertility right.” […] s: “the last meal. given to sacrificial victims. d: “yeah, i’m thinking a ritual sacrifice to appease some pagan god.” (1x11)

almost every episode in the first season is a monster they’ve faced before that they then explain to the audience in a way that should feel patronising; like it’s the same speech given over and over again but instead, the audience almost feels included in the knowledge. it’s stated with such an innate confidence and comfort in said knowledge that it feels like we already knew it too; “spirits and demons don't have to unlock doors. if they want inside, they just go through the walls.” […] “the claws, the speed that it moves; could be a skinwalker, maybe a black dog.” (1x02), “it's biblical numerology. you know noah's ark, it rained for forty days. the number means death.” (1x04), “no no no, not the reaper, a reaper. there's reaper lore in pretty much every culture on earth, it goes by 100 different names.” […] “you said it yourself that the clock stopped, right? reapers stop time. and you can only see 'em when they're coming at you which is why i could see it and you couldn't.” (1x12)

they already know and, at least in the first season, already have what they need to kill whatever they’re hunting; already know to salt and burn bones for spirits, fire for a w*ndigo, exorcisms for demons, a silver bullet to the heart for shapeshifters. there’s only three times in the entire first season that they run into something new to them; 1x14 when sam gets his first vision that leads him to another psychic, 1x16 when dean calls caleb for help on the sigil he put together and he tells him about daevas, and 1x20 when they find out vampires are real- and they only don’t know that bc john thought they were hunted to extinction and not worth mentioning

(there’s also technically two half instances if you count one of them knowing something the other doesn’t - sam figuring out the tulpa in 1x17 and dean already knowing about the shtriga in 1x18 - but those still rely on sam and dean having prior knowledge)

even when they’re uncertain about facing something, it’s not bc they don’t know what it is; it’s precisely bc they know what it is and acknowledge that it’ll be a difficult hunt (“i don't know, man. this isn't our normal gig. i mean, demons, they don't want anything, just death and destruction for its own sake. this is big. and i wish dad was here.” 1x04)

so much of the tension in paranormal shows typically comes from the main character(s) not knowing what is happening to them/the people around them and having to find out how to resolve it. supernatural is unique in that it operates more like a police procedural. the tension comes from solving the clues and identifying patterns to figure out who (what) the killer is and intercepting before they can take another victim

it’s such a different tone to go for when compared to other shows that came both before, during, and after its run. it sets sam and dean on even footing with each other since they both have the same knowledge going in, and it puts them in a place of authority usually reserved for an outside character

the shows i compare spn to most is charmed, buffy and teen wolf; every main character in those shows are brought into the paranormal world knowing nothing, putting them on the same level as the audience, and they have their mc interact with others already knowledgeable about that world in order to overcome their problem/monster of the week. the audience organically learns about this new world as the characters learn about it. it’s a sound writing strategy that prevents “as we already know”-style exposition but something that complicates it is if your world building isn’t unique or intriguing enough, this slow introduction can become boring

we’ve seen shows like these before; sitting through the same tropes of characters learning to use their powers, struggling with no longer feeling normal/relating to the regular world around them, and not knowing how much they can trust the people already involved in this new world gets repetitive. all three shows eventually reach the same level of comfort with their new world that spn starts with but if the characters aren’t enough to draw you in, you can end up dropping it before they reach that point (and often, before the overarching plot can really kick in and evolve the show beyond the villain of the week format)

it’s the superhero origin movie in tv format; dragged out and overplayed. dropping the audience into an established world of course comes with its own problems but you also have the benefit of pre-existing established character dynamics that let the audience slot in like they’ve always been there instead of just getting to know all the characters while the characters also get to know each other

sam and dean already knowing about the supernatural lets the audience immediately get to the core of the story; the conflict between sam and dean, the search for their father, and the mystery of what killed their mother

[belzebong]

[mamawasatesttube]

i'll be honest. "kon should never be superman" is such a reductive and bad take imo. i think it's actually imperative that as an adult, he gets that choice. it's an encapsulation of everything about his relationship with clark. like, i personally don't think he sticks with being superman permanently, but kon doing a stint as superman alongside clark while he's trying to figure out what he wants to be as an adult is necessary and so important imo. dont make me tap the sign (adventures of superman 580)

[vulpinesaint]

they need to invent 25k worth of fanfic that just appears fully written in your document

[galaxygorl-does-stuff]

THE WAY MY JAW FUCKING DROPPED. HOLY SHIT

[forgettable-au]

We're close to reaching 6k followers, which is pretty insane

I didn't do anything special for 5k so... should I do something special for 6k followers :]] ? I'm thinking something where some of you could participate would be fun!!

[theplatypusblue]

If posting ninjago fanart has taught me anything, it’s that Jay fans are a different breed. They will descend upon anything even remotely related to their little guy like flies. Like it’s admirable but also sometimes it’s like “how did you even find this???”

[tayloralisonswift]

in honor of pride month i gotta remind you all that joe alwyn would make an amazing lesbian

[mithliya]

really upsetting to see all the mutuals reblogging this post https://www.tumblr.com/a7xlizardqueen/759662235284062208?source=share

including “big” names like eldopism and bitter harpy or whatever. mask off moment. Radblr is insanely racist and they are just ignoring it and somehow switching it around by just saying they’re not. Europeans will be racist in the most insane ways.

im so disappointed they love to use women of color to win arguments but actually hate us and hate our cultures. they see us as others and illegals. Can they honestly say when they dehumanize men from those culture that it doesn’t affect the way they view the women from them?

Hope you are well. Thank you for trying to fight racism on here.

racist woman: calls refugees "illegal immigrants", makes white supremacist claims of "mass immigration", calling male african refugees "lone, undocumented african men with nothing to lose" (does she realise what being a refugee means? they kind of have everything to lose if theyre sent back to a country where they can be killed. most refugees are painfully aware of this and extremely afraid of that outcome btw), saying woc "instantly scream racism", complaining that brown women aren't being called racist for criticising white men (aka claiming reverse racism), dismissal of white privilege, the very subtle "not to mention the threat of terrorism some of these men bring" line where she implies brown ppl = terrorism, etc

hundreds of white women on radblr: sounds about right! *reblog*

[undeadandsleepy]

LITTLE NOTES THINGY!!!

IF this gets FIVE HUNDRED notes I WILL do the following:

1. Confess the fact I'm Pansexual to my mum

2. Finish my art ideas

3. Make sure @the-chef-of-9 actually posts

4. POSSIBLY confess my pronouns to my mum

5. Confess to y'all my age and birthday

AND LASTLY

6. FACE REVEAL!!!

Also my nickname is Ace

Bye sweeties!!!

[yandere-daydreams]

a HUGE fan of your writing you have so many fanfics written that I can't keep up qwq, there are a lot that i really enjoy and would often come back to.

with that said, which of your fanfics that you've written is your favourite or one that you're really proud of and which in your opinion is the most memorable

ahh thank you!!! my favorite fic is,,, very hard to pick out since i tend not to re-read my own work that often, but i have gone back to dragon on the tower roof a few times and am still very fond of the style + narrative in that one. on the other side of the spectrum, i'm very proud of the amputation fic, which i wrote for the freak shit march before last, and the naga!suguru fic, which is probably the most hardcore, straight-up smut i'm ever going to write. fond memories all around <3