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yall realize diversity isnt just white people and then one poc right? the world is full people of different races and cultures and not representing that in your characters is. gross lol

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Guys, you need to drop what you’re doing and go read Brooke Bolander’s riveting Hugo-nominated short story, “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat”

https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-tale-of-the-three-beautiful-raptor-sisters-and-the-prince-who-was-made-of-meat/

You will not regret it.

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How about let women complain about the things men do and call them out on their stupid shit instead of saying, “Ignore it and don’t talk about it.” Your advice is as useless as you.

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It’s also not illegal to watch a stranger die of a heart attack without getting them help. It’s not illegal to pay disabled workers less than minimum wage. Marital rape used to be legal up until 1993.

You’re conflating legal with moral. Just because you can legally do something doesn’t mean you are morally justified doing it. Hoarding money that’ll never be spent while people suffer and die is morally evil. And no matter how much you kiss the asses of rich people, sorry, but you’re never going to be fucking rich. Go cry in your fucking cheerios that you’ll never get the chance to hoard a hundred billion dollars while children starve to death, you absolute fuckstick.

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danny fenton: -wears a shirt to the water park -accidentally uses the womens restroom -“i would tell you to use the mens room but i dont think you qualify” -chest occasionally bulges in his ghost suit -is a trans boy

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This is the greatest progression of events I have ever read, where’s my historical gay romance novel about this

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From Kasia Babis.

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can we please stop reblogging that post about david bowie being a p-dophile because he supposedly slept with an underage groupie

the groupie, lori mattix, said in an interview with thrillist that she lost her virginity to him in 1973 when she was 15. but in an earlier interview with paul trynka, she claimed it happened in october 1972 when she was only 14. she also completely changed the narrative, first saying she snuck into his hotel room and later deciding he approached her at a restaurant. 

also, according to another ex-groupie, she was confirmed in a relationship with jimmy page in the summer of 1972, well before bowie ever toured in california, where she lived.

he was pretty vocal about his stance against p-dophilia as he wrote “shopping for girls” about child trafficking in thailand, threatened to fire his drummer for sending teenage girls to his hotel room, and refused to perform the kiss scene written into the movie labyrinth because jennifer connelly was 14 at the time.

its good to fact check before spreading accusations as serious as this, especially about an activist who campaigned against racism against aboriginal people in australia, openly criticized MTV for not playing music videos by black artists, and, with his wife iman, donated millions of dollars to various human rights organizations in the third world.

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Just for once I’d like to tell the gate agents and flight attendants that my folding wheelchair is going into the onboard closet and not have them tell me there’s “no room”. Bitch that’s a wheelchair closet, not a “your bags” closet. Move your damn bags where they belong.

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“The new She-Ra isn’t what I want women to look like, which means she looks like a man! The show has different sexualities and body types, what SJW garbage! How am I supposed to jack off to this?”

“The one black director of Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse is a leftist on Twitter who supports antifa! That means this movie is SJW soyboy propaganda! I’m boycotting!”

“MCU Captain Marvel doesn’t have an ass and doesn’t Smile Enough! Brie Larson is an SJW with a cunty looking face! And why does this Marvel Rising cartoon exist? This is just feminazi shit like in the comics!”

“Star Wars is about Mary Sues and SJW shit now! It’s ruined!”

“What is happening to the entertainment industry?!?! Wahhh SJW feminazi cuck snowflake libtard soy ruining everything!!!!”

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Dumbass, that's like saying rape isn't bad if a kid results from it. I guess by your standards, it wouldn't be.

happy columbus day :)

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Important information, for those who may need it, in case they may need it. 

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Metal is the best genre and this is why

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Stuff I Learned at My Writing Workshop (That I’m Kicking Myself in the Head for Not Realizing Sooner):

-  The difference between a book that grabs you from the beginning vs. one that you’re on the fence about tossing out the window is winning your trust. It’s why it’s “easier” to read books by authors you already know, or fanfic where you’re familiar with the characters. Winning the reader’s trust as quickly as possible should be your first goal as a writer when you’re going back and editing your first draft. This can be accomplished by things like: speaking authoritatively about the subject (even if it’s utter bullshit), graceful prose, or establishing quickly in the story what it’s about. For example,“Character A had a problem. Character B didn’t love them back, so Character A was going to kidnap them so they would.” Maybe it’s not a story you want to read, but you are now firmly couched in what you signed up for in this story and the promise the author is going to deliver on before the end. 

- Characters need goals. They need goals in every moment and in every scene. Every character needs a goal in every moment and in every scene. Maybe they’re not directly pursuing that goal right this very moment but it’s probably always at the back of their mind. Romances and detective stories are the easiest to deliver on this need. Character A wants to win their love. Detective A wants to solve the case. Even when they’re having tea with grandma, their thing is at the back of their mind. Keeping your character and your story focused on this thing they want helps pull your reader along and keeps them engaged on the “So what?” and “Why are we reading this scene?” questions of why they should keep reading.

- Characters shouldn’t just have things they like, they should have obsessions. This is the one I’m kicking myself for. The scientists in Pacific Rim are eccentrically obsessed with studying their thing. Thorin in the Hobbit is obsessed with regaining his home. Katniss Everdeen is obsessed with protecting her sister. Every crazy whackadoodle fandom darling character is obsessed with something. What do they have in common? They’re intensely obsessed with the thing that they care about. We love characters who are obsessed with things beyond reason, whether it’s reclaiming their home stolen by a dragon, or building artisanal bird houses, saving your sister, or studying monsters. Everyone “likes” things, but people and characters who are obsessed with something fascinate us. Examine the characters you’re most attracted to writing in fanfic, and examine your original characters if you’re trying to build those, and figure out what are they obsessed with and how does that inform their character. That’s the thing that’s going to make readers care about them. 

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She wasn't rude. He was.