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if you're writing and find yourself thinking 'this is too weird/gross/offputting/esoteric/ambitious/catered to my specific interests + sure to push away a broader audience' that is the devil speaking and it is a lie. you are already firmly on the right path and you need to double down

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I agree that I modern Star Trek is overproduced and that I would prefer more episodes with a lower per-episode budget. But I need to stress that the idea that previous Star Treks were "low-budget" or intentionally "camp" is mostly a modern misconception.

Both TOS and TNG were among the most expensive shows on TV when they aired. TOS in particular was actually funded by NBC in hopes that audiences would go and buy their colour TVs in order to see its incredible special effects in their full glory. They just have reputations for looking cheap because they were produced between 20 and 60 years ago and technology has marched on.

(Besides of which, TNG-era shows mostly don't even look that bad these days. Most of the "cheapness" is only apparent in things like camera angles, reusing the same sets, and "creature" CGI for Species 8472 and the like. Even the space battles on Deep Space Nine, made with 90s CGI, still look pretty plausible; and actually better than the ones that they've had on recent series)

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Hard to get out of bed sometimes

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I was looking at Leverage fic on AO3, read the tag "hand job" and thought "I don't remember that episode" in all seriousness before it hit me

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Seiya taking hacks with a katana.

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Wealwell is EXACTLY who the Hallariel/gilear child will grow up to be and I hope you all know that

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Saw some lady at the train station with a long flowing white skirt, walking a dog with a long flowing white fur, and they both were glowing equally in the contre-jour light of sunshine. Had to draw a rough sketch of them and then shittily shade it on my phone so I'll remember to try to draw them later.

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The fact that animals that care for their young will sometimes adopt others' lost or orphaned young to raise along their own is just funny to me. I know that it's all hormonal and there's no conscious thought involved in it, but the internal logic of it is so funny.

"Baby = success. More baby = more success. I have one baby and I found four other baby. I have five baby. I am being so fucking successful right now."

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Illustration by Sophie Lucido Johnson

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one of the deans in beijing dance academy rehearses with students

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my favorite thing about navigating fanfiction is finding a really good one and being all “oh boy this was good, I hope they have more!” and literally every other story they’ve ever written was for like Miami Vice 

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YA!

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boring take from real 21st century idiots: bdsm is bad because it's basically torture

interesting take from a fictional 14th century monk: torture is bad because it's basically sex

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What if you went grocery shopping and the produce section was just missing?