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I call upon the fan fic writing gods to bless you with the perseverance to finish one of your unfinished drafts. 

May your fingers dance along the letters upon your device with ease, may the devil of distraction stay far from you, and may your work not need much editing.

I pass this blessing upon every fan fic writer out there.

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If you want a really good example of how the “curing the crippled character” trope is beautifully subverted, look no further than the first season of The Dragon Prince (not so coincidentally written by some of the same people who wrote the legendary Toph Beifong):

In the middle of the season, the main characters rush to find a cure for the sacred dragon egg (which had been dropped in icy water). They come across a young girl with a pet wolf, who tells the story of how she found the pup in a trap and how the local veterinarian had to amputate her leg:

Her father responds to this with typical eugenics-based ‘advice’:

So she runs away to keep the village from killing her pet and meets an elf:

One magical spell later, we see that the wolf now has four legs:

So you’ve got this whole tragedy model of disability going, you’ve got the eugenics, you’ve got the magical cure, you’ve got the happy villagers, you’ve got the main characters saying, “Hooray, magical healer, let’s go!”

And it takes several episodes, all of which feature the wolf walking around, running, jumping, etc. for them to finally find this elf, only to reveal:

The whole show threw out an UNO reverse card and revealed that the only magic that needed to be done was an illusion to convince everyone that she was no longer ‘broken’ and thus was worthy of life. Incredible! I mean, the story comes at the worst time because the egg that contains the dragon prince is about to die so they need a healer, but what a story!

Incidentally, The Dragon Prince also features the love of my life:

(The show actually hired ASL interpreters to help with the accuracy.)

The third season comes out next weekend, and will undoubtedly feature more disabled characters with great representation, more nonwhite characters, more LGBT characters, my aforementioned wife, and just a great story/atmosphere in general. If you’ve got Netflix, check it out!

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Myths, Creatures, and Folklore

Want to create a religion for your fictional world? Here are some references and resources!

General:

General Folklore

Various Folktales

Heroes

Weather Folklore

Trees in Mythology

Animals in Mythology

Birds in Mythology

Flowers in Mythology

Fruit in Mythology

Plants in Mythology

Folktales from Around the World

Africa:

Egyptian Mythology

African Mythology

More African Mythology

Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

The Gods of Africa

Even More African Mythology

West African Mythology

All About African Mythology

African Mythical Creatures

Gods and Goddesses

The Americas:

Aztec Mythology

Haitian Mythology

Inca Mythology

Maya Mythology

Native American Mythology

More Inca Mythology

More Native American Mythology

South American Mythical Creatures

North American Mythical Creatures

Aztec Gods and Goddesses

Asia:

Chinese Mythology

Hindu Mythology

Japanese Mythology

Korean Mythology

More Japanese Mythology

Chinese and Japanese Mythical Creatures

Indian Mythical Creatures

Chinese Gods and Goddesses

Hindu Gods and Goddesses

Korean Gods and Goddesses

Europe:

Basque Mythology

Celtic Mythology

Etruscan Mythology

Greek Mythology

Latvian Mythology

Norse Mythology

Roman Mythology

Arthurian Legends

Bestiary

Celtic Gods and Goddesses

Gods and Goddesses of the Celtic Lands

Finnish Mythology

Celtic Mythical Creatures

Gods and Goddesses

Middle East:

Islamic Mythology

Judaic Mythology

Mesopotamian Mythology

Persian Mythology

Middle Eastern Mythical Creatures

Oceania:

Aboriginal Mythology

Polynesian Mythology

More Polynesian Mythology

Mythology of the Polynesian Islands

Melanesian Mythology

Massive Polynesian Mythology Post

Maori Mythical Creatures

Hawaiian Gods and Goddesses

Hawaiian Goddesses

Gods and Goddesses

Creating a Fantasy Religion:

Creating Part 1

Creating Part 2

Creating Part 3

Creating Part 4

Fantasy Religion Design Guide

Using Religion in Fantasy

Religion in Fantasy

Creating Fantasy Worlds

Beliefs in Fantasy

Some superstitions:

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This just hit me. I’m so Southern my family has a matriarch and no one in the family knows for sure how old she is. We all also got into a heated debate about the existence of her glass eye (still not confirmed). She’s in her 90s- we think- beat cancer, outlived two husbands, had seven children and has outlived three of them, survived The Great Depression, and either her dad or her grandfather was a full blooded Cherokee Indian… possibly the tribe’s leader but no one really knows for sure.

She also once lit into my dad’s school bus driver, cussing him black and blue about how he treated the kids and didn’t realize she had a butcher’s knife in her hand until he RAN away. She didn’t have any more trouble out of him.

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Did you say angst?

Read some angsty klance fics

Poor boys <3

!PART 2 HERE!

Space

Missed

Lance isn’t the best or brightest. He isn’t the funniest or most likeable. Lance doesn’t command attention, he has to fight for it.

Lance’s friends are geniuses. Top of the class, prodigies.

Despite this, Lance knows he is loved. Lance loves his friends. And he knows they love him just as much as he loves them. He is needed. 

19,072 words    AO3

Talk It Out

Keith had noticed for quite some time now that Lance wasn’t being his usual self. He had waited for someone else to say something and approach Lance about it - but no one ever did. So once they got Shiro back, he decided that he wouldn’t wait any longer and make him talk.

Lance doesn’t want to talk about it. At all. Not with Keith, not with anyone else. But somehow, one way or another, Keith gets him to open up. And Lance’s reward? A new boyfriend.

10,955 words  AO3

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Do you ever think Jiang Cheng looks at Lan Zhan and hates that he’s everything he was supposed to be for his brother? 

Jiang Cheng was the one who chased dogs away from a scared Wei Ying. But now it’s Lan Zhan who’s name Wei Ying calls out when he sees a dog. 

It was Jiang Cheng who Wei Ying confided in, trusted with his life. But now it’s Lan Zhan who knows every little detail about Wei Ying, knows what he’s thinking just by looking at him, knows when he’s hurt. 

It was Jiang Cheng who Wei Ying would stubbornly bother, would act out and make jokes with. But now it’s Lan Zhan who gets to hear Wei Ying’s relentless banter. It’s Lan Wangji who gets to hear him laugh. 

It was Jiang Cheng who would protect Wei Ying, did everything he could to make sure he was never unfairly punished no matter how much they fought.

But now it’s Lan Zhan who puts Wei Ying first. Would go against his Sect, his family, his morals, everything for Wei Ying. It’s Lan Zhan who Wei Ying trusts without any doubts.

It’s Lan Wangji who is everything he was supposed to be for Wei Ying. 

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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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“Stop causing trouble”

Professor Lan and His animagus boyfriend

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do u ever think about how lan wangji and jiang yanli would’ve been the softest siblings-in-law who would cook for wei ying together 😭😭

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post first siege: lwj is beyond terrified that someone, especially jc, will recognize a-yuan and try to kill him just like they did with the wen remnants and wwx so he refuses to let him out of his sight even for a second even if he is with his brother or uncle. if even they could destroy a bunch of innocent elderly, why wouldn’t they do the same to his boy? (paranoid parent lan wangji is my tea)

Step aside Over Protective JFM

Lan Wangji is under no illusions as to what would have happened to A-Yuan if he hadn’t been hidden away, if Lan Wangji hadn’t been the one to find him. To have the name ‘Wen’ is an unforgivable crime and hardly anyone would think twice about killing a child.

So Lan Wangji protects him as best as he could while in seclusion. Claims him as his son, gives him a new name, and hides him in plain sight with white robes and a Lan ribbon. 

But he worries that its not enough. All it takes is one person to connect the dots and tell the world that there is one dog left. Not even the Cloud Recesses would be safe if that happened.

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when wwx falls into the claws of a deadly sickness, jc visits him only when he manages to put his pride away, which is around the time wwx will surely die. he enters the room with jl to see lwj holding wwx’s hand, lsz crying holding his black sleeve and ljy rubbing his friend’s shoulders while crying himself. jl dashes to wwx’s side, much to the happiness of the man judging from his strained smile. when he sees jc his smile falters a bit but reaches out to him with a soft “Jiang Cheng...” (1/2)

jc walks to him and sits down on the bed, suddenly realizing how real the situation was when he sees how pale and skinny wwx is. it breaks his heart, not as much as his relieved smile yet it does. “you came… you really came…” jc snorts softly “who’d bury your corpse if I hadn’t?” wwx coughs blood. it’s time. jc bents down and presses his forehead against wwx’s “I didn’t think you’d…” “But I’m here” he plants a soft kiss on his forehead. “I forgive you” wwx’s eyes are closed he is smiling

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motherfuck the pain tho

Recently, I've been coming across a lot of Qiongqi Path AU fics in which Jin Zixun succeeds or WWX dies in Jin Zixuan's place...　

(′～`；）

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Don’t you wish we could go back to how things were?

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write for the audience you want, not the one you’re afraid of