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reblog if it’s absolutely 100% okay for an artist to make and post fanart of your fics ♥

it sounds obvious to 99% of writers, but i’ve seen a couple of instances now where it’s not made completely clear to people that yes you can make fanart! all the fanart! and post it! so here’s a psa: go for it

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Person A: I hope you have a good explanation for this.

Person B: I have three actually. You can pick your favorite.

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I WILL BE CENSORED AFTER DEC 14TH

Good, I’ve got your attention. I’ve heard about this net neutrality bullshit returning. I fought it when it started popping up a few years ago, and I’m going to fight it again. Guys, it’s BACK AGAIN and even worse theres a big chance it will END UP PASSING!

https://www.battleforthenet.com/#bftn-action-form

This could literally mean a shit ton of you wont be able to see me anymore if your provider decides that they want to regulate/censor, sayyy overly sexual content. You’ll also have to pay extra money to even use Tumblr!

https://www.battleforthenet.com/#bftn-action-form

Please guys, we defeated this shit once, we can do it again. They’re trying to do it now while people are distracted by the holidays and fucking Justice League. As of today, it seems as though there have only been 266,810 calls made to Congress. This is NOT good enough!! MILLIONS of people use the net, and if each one of them took 60 seconds to call and protect it, holy balls do you KNOW how much of a difference that would make??? But noooo, you’re busy streaming an ecchi anime that wont be available to you soon!!!!!

Heres a direct link to make a difference (theres also links to other sites of the same nature on here), and yes, YOU can make a fucking difference because this is YOUR internet at stake here. If you’re not going to make the call, share this and maybe SOMEONE fucking will!! This is important as shit and we cant afford to lose. Dec 14th is the deadline.

https://www.battleforthenet.com/#bftn-action-form

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Tip: Women Are Not Weaker Than Men

Divorce yourself from this idea right now, author. While I’m sure it is the narrative you’ve been presented with your entire life, I’m here to tell you that it isn’t true. Women do find building up muscles in the upper body more difficult than men, but since power does not come from the arms, it’s actually a superfluous distinction. Women build up muscles in the lower body and in the core muscles (abdominal) very rapidly.

Skill in combat is not a matter of biology, but in training and dedication. Remember, if your female character fights, she’s neither unique nor special. In my experience as a martial artist and a martial arts instructor, there are on average per class 2 girls to every 10 boys, with the female number either remaining constant or doubling as the class goes up in age. While there are fewer female combatants around than male, it’s not hard to find 20 women to every 100 men. Extrapolate that out and think about it, women who fight are not as rare as you might have previously imagined.

Here are a few things to consider:

1) Power comes from the hips.

I will harp on this until the end of time until everyone shakes the myth of punch strength being decided by arm muscle strength out of their heads. The strength of the strike comes from the pivot of the hips and guess what? Women have wider hips than men, thus a greater opportunity to generate more power and hit their opponents harder. Combine this advantage with a low-center of gravity and the ability to push that center even lower  and you have a fighter capable, not just in power, but able to topple much larger opponents.

2) Women have a lower center of gravity.

This is the advantage of the short fighter, it’s the same for short men and short women, a tall woman fighting a shorter woman will encounter the same resistance as a tall man fighting a short one. I list this as a female advantage because most women will always find themselves facing larger opponents. So, it’s important for an author to keep in mind.

So, how does this work? A center of gravity is the height difference from the ground to your core, around the belly button. The shorter the fighter, the lower their center of gravity, the lower the center of gravity the closer they are to the earth, the closer they are to the earth the better their ability to generate a stable base and the harder they are to knock over. A fighter who knows where to put their feet and weight to make use of their center is a hard one to take to the ground. This is one way for women to overcome the height and weight disadvantage.

3) Women are naturally more resistant to pain and fatigue than men, have a greater potential for stamina, and can fight harder for longer.

It’s important to note: it’s not just that men cannot biologically carry a child to term and survive the birth, but if they did with their current make-up, they would die. So, you may call it the miracle of childbirth, but a woman’s body is gifted with a much greater level of resilience than their male counterparts. While these abilities must be honed and improved through training, the natural talent is already present in every woman’s body.

4) The only combatants who ever actively terrified me were women.

I’ve met a great many master martial artists from a great many different styles, all of whom I deeply respect, and can trust in their ability to utterly annihilate me. But the female black belt sparring division, my first thought on encountering those women as a teenager was: “I want to spar with the boys.”

Women live in a very different world than men do, they live in a world that is comprised of dangers even in places that are supposed to be safe. A woman cannot walk down a street alone, never mind if it’s at night, without wondering if an attack will happen. Rape and other acts of violence are very real, every day threats, and women live with the knowledge that the places they have been told to go to for protection will disregard them, laugh at them, and judge them on their worth for “allowing” these acts to happen to them. Every woman, even the ones like me who began at a young age, will eventually be faced with the realization that they may have to use what they know against another person one day. This is not fantasy assessment full of wishful thinking, but a cold reality. What if one day I have to hurt someone else? What if one day I have to kill them? The women who practice and prepare through forms of combat do so with that in mind, with the knowledge that they are the underdogs and that one day, they may have to use that training to fight for their lives.

The ferocity with which they beat on each other in sparring matches is a reflection of that. Remember, these are women who have shaken off the socially ingrained idea of ’I can’t hurt anyone’ and moved on to ’I will break you if you hurt me’. They follow that up with: you will never walk right again.

Unless your character comes from a very different society, this attitude will be part of who they are. Women who are trained and dedicated have the capacity to be terrifying, especially in a patriarchal society. Why? It’s not the behavior that most men expect.

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nibinasbells replied to your post “Haruka and Seiya are at a bar. The waitress accidentally spills...”

In all honesty, I don't really remember sending this, but I LOVE your response! XD I can definitely see it!

Lol, it has been a while and I’m finally getting around to doing requests that have been sitting there. More to be done. 

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Haruka and Seiya are at a bar. The waitress accidentally spills Haruka's drink on her, so she takes off her blazer and heads to the bathroom. The obligatory group of a**holes see her and start saying things like "What was that thing?!" and "I'd still screw it!" within hearing distance of Seiya. Does Seiya react? If so. how and do they tell Haruka when she gets back from the bathroom?

At this point, Seiya and Haruka have been going shot for shot and are about 3 shades deep.  

Seiya would not be amused. They aren’t an angry drinker, more fun and good humored but hearing those comments... They see red. By the time Haruka come back out of the bathroom they are stepping over the bodies of the men in confusion looking around questioning what the hell just happened. Seiya’s back at the bar downing another shot and nursing a sore fist and busted lip. Haruka doesn’t ask and Seiya doesn’t say anything. They just pay their tab and leave. 

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Haruka, Seiya, and Michiru are in the grocery store. Someone hits Haruka's car on their way out of the parking lot, leaving a small, yet noticeable dent. They drive off. How does Haruka react when she sees the dent in her car?

Haruka would flip... the look of disbelief would be soul shattering. At first, they’d just stare like, how could anyone do this??? and NOT leave a note? Why would anyone hurt their precious baby? 

Haruka would just gradually get more irritated the longer they stared at it.

It’s only a little scratch... nothing that couldn’t be buffed out and repainted, but to Haruka, it’s a betrayal and a half. 

Now, Michiru would already be on the phone with the insurance company, snapping pictures of the damage and Seiya would be making sure no one crossed Haruka’s path because... bodily harm is frowned upon.

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#fanficproblems

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Tomione Fic Recs

Tomione is kinda my dirty little secret ship bc it’s my crackship so yeah.. I compiled a short list of my fav Tomione fics and if you have any recommendation or other favs, just let me know!

Completed

Nightmare by ProvocativeEnvy

Tied for Last by Speechwriter

Broken Hearts on Canvas by ImmortalObession

Carpe Diem by BertieBott

Ultima Ratio by Winterblume

A Fine Line Between Love and Hate by Radiant Innocence

Have a Nice Day! by Speechwriter

Shared Flame by LadyMiya

Century Maker by EmerTheAwesome

His by ShadowGlove

Restricted by Flaignhan

Somewhere in Time by SerpentInRed

Darkened Desire by Radiant Innocence

Daddy Dearest by ImmortalObsession

Entwined by SerpentInRed

Work In Progress or Possibly Abandoned

Please, Save Me by winterblume

Little Intern by iyoopyup

Bad Romance by uchiha.s

The Task by ImmortalObsession

Kill Time, Injure Eternity by Svelte Rose

Right Place, Wrong Time? by Shan84

Drink From My Cup by Dadaismo

Other Fics Recs: [ Dramione || Theomione || Blamione ]

More weekly updates on my FF.net, GE & HV. **Just click on my profile “favourite” button**

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I made these as a way to compile all the geographical vocabulary that I thought was useful and interesting for writers. Some descriptors share categories, and some are simplified, but for the most part everything is in its proper place. Not all the words are as useable as others, and some might take tricky wording to pull off, but I hope these prove useful to all you writers out there!

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Some words to use when writing things:

winking

clenching

pulsing

fluttering

contracting

twitching

sucking

quivering

pulsating

throbbing

beating

thumping

thudding

pounding

humming

palpitate

vibrate

grinding

crushing

hammering

lashing

knocking

driving

thrusting

pushing

force

injecting

filling

dilate

stretching

lingering

expanding

bouncing

reaming

elongate

enlarge

unfolding

yielding

sternly

firmly

tightly 

harshly

thoroughly

consistently

precision

accuracy

carefully

demanding

strictly

restriction

meticulously

scrupulously

rigorously

rim

edge

lip

circle

band

encircling

enclosing

surrounding

piercing

curl

lock

twist

coil

spiral

whorl

dip

wet

soak

madly

wildly

noisily

rowdily

rambunctiously

decadent

degenerate

immoral

indulgent

accept

take

invite

nook

indentation

niche

depression

indent

depress

delay

tossing

writhing

flailing

squirming

rolling

wriggling

wiggling

thrashing

struggling

grappling

striving

straining

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we think we can change people. we see something broken and we want to put it back together, but instead we end up cutting ourselves with their broken pieces.

unwrittenphrases (via wnq-writers)

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Someone: I’d love to read some of your writing some time

Me, who never gets anything finished:

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Feeling words.

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ginger / the front bottoms

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Reasons to love Battle Couples:

-couples that kick ass together, stay together

-you can get those awesome duel fight scenes where someone is shooting someone else while being thrown in the air by the other part of the OTP

-It means you have a reason to write practice sparring fics which almost always devolve into makeouts, ah yes, the perfect lead in

-helping each other improve by giving each other tips and tricks

-competitive battle couples ranking how well the other does in battle

-when one gets injured, the other goes badass to save them, they will fight the enemy, they will fight the enemy’s enemy, they will fight themselves

-one part of the battle couple having to stay behind and waiting for the other to come home, nervous and on edge, and vise versa

-being shit at each other’s weapons if they switch. Or being really good at each other’s weapons. Pick your poison.

-Flirting in the middle of a fight. Because what’s more hot then kicking a baddie in the face then going “so babe, did it hurt when you fell from heaven” “that is a terrible joke” “I think it’s at least a 5/10″

I just love Battle Couples.