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you can talk with your FRIENDS to feel NORMAL again

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i don’t understand people who love a problematic character but get angry when people mention the evil things that character did. like, that’s your man! he’s proud he did all that, support his hobbies!

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"I want to live in a world in which teenagers can fulfil their natural purpose of being annoying" and "I do not always want to be annoyed by the teenagers" are compatible sentiments

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As far as I’m concerned, pokemon villain writing peaked with Guzma. Legitimately worried about the erosion of culture due to hyper-tourism surrounding their sacred rites and practices. Abused as a child, ran away from home to start his countries only youth hostel for similarly troubled kids, and funds it with crime. Bug type specialist, with an ace that is mostly known for its first stage being cowardly. Cultivates a big scary persona as a defense mechanism to protect himself and his members, no one can beat big bad Guzma, so they don’t have to be afraid anymore. His grunts trust him enough to ask him for help when they screw up, despite the fact that they all come from troubled homes. Was so significant that pokemon switched from having cartoonishly evil bad guys and teams to the current model of “sympathetic and understandable antagonist that has some very good points, even as they oppose the protagonist, and is in some way actively doing good in their community by supporting those who are the most in need of assistance, due to some legitimate failing of the current system.” There is a cartoon villain looming behind him, but they’re a twist and not the main team presented. Everyone wants to be him, but they can never replicate the perfection that is this man.

Thank you for your service Guzma

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I hate, hate, HATE the term “affordable housing.” I hate that we’ve normalized it. I hate that we just accept that the majority of housing, a basic human right, is unaffordable to much of the population. Housing should be affordable as a baseline. If rich people want to add arcades and gold-plated hot tubs on top so be it, but everyone, everyone, regardless of income level, should have access to a clean, comfortable home with enough light and space to make life worth living.

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Kind of crazy that half of Canada burning and over 30,000 people having to evacuate every year is like a normal routine now. It’s kind of like accepted here. “Well its fire season some of you will die, thousands will be homeless, let’s do this again next year.” The ancient old growth forests are important for all of earth! Pretty crazy how important Canada’s ancient boreal is for the entire world’s oxygen production. Yikes. Colonialism and its consequences. And who is the most affected? Indigenous people!

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You wrote about murder?? Murder is illegal?? You wrote about this dude killing someone and you didn’t even say ‘murder is bad’ at the start of the book, wht wtf, wtf is wrong with you? I can’t believe you condone murder, I can’t believe you’re pro murber, oh my fucking God don'ttalk to me when ou literally kill people, freak. I’m calling the cops, what the fuck, I’m shaking and crying.

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9 lines, 9 people

Thanks for the tag @indigowriting!

Since I am working so much on Emerald Outpost now, I'll go with that one.

Esther hoisted a heavy crate onto her hip and stepped through the southern scanner, casually tapping her finger on the wall. The thing gave an approving chirrup, though she knew it hadn't picked up the expected serial numbers. Everyone was bribable. Beyond the docks was where you really got hit by the sheer scale of the place. Tourists in colorful clothes stopped and gaped over the railing, while merchants kept their heads down and dragged their loads off to wherever the buyers were. Esther didn't stop and stare, but she did always take in the view: 80 levels, hundreds of stories, vanishing down into the canyon-like transit lane. The surface of the planet was invisible in the gloom. Even here, on an upper level, it was like walking through an open-sided tunnel, lined by the railing and speeding traffic on one side, shops with blinking signs and enticing holo-ads on the other. Well, not that enticing. Not if you'd been there more than twice.

And I will tag: @roselinbooks @amielbjacobs @maple-writes @toribookworm22 @writernopal @flock-from-the-void @queen-tashie @thatndginger @sleepyowlwrites and of course anyone else who wants to play!

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Picked up my fountain pen after not touching it in far too long. It was fun playing around with the different textures.

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I'm back on writeblr, so retrying this intro post thing again

Besides, it's been a whole year since my last one

Hi! I'm Moshke (they/them) and I write disability-filled, queer-normative, and worldbuilding-heavy sci fi and fantasy books. My four current projects include:

Cracks in the Stone: A steampunk high fantasy following a royal bastard prophesied to save the kingdom when all they really wanted was to have a normal life. From living as a servant in the kitchen, to a royal tutor, to a noble on a rural estate, their life refuses to settle into normal. And that's before the coup. Demographics that may interest you: Set in a kingdom with an entirely different gender system, MC is physically disabled, their sibling is intellectually disabled. No one is white. Stage: draft 1 chapter 9 Word count: 47,991/150,000 Links: character intros

Blood and Ice: A wartime high fantasy set two generations before the first book, following a young noble who marries Halara's ruler, a position that in the middle of a war means they become General of the army, expected to lead their people to victory as safety and supplies dwindle. But an unexpected tragedy means they now have to fight for their people in more ways than one. Demographics that may interest you: Set in a kingdom with an entirely different gender system, MC becomes physically disabled, no one is white. Stage: draft 1 chapter 1 Word Count: 1,651/150,000 Links: character intros

Emerald Outpost: A found family spacefaring story following one small ship of small-load smugglers who stay out of galactic politics, slipping easily over borders and between planets. After losing a crew member and acquiring two new ones, they set off on a series of what should be completely ordinary jobs, but turn out to be alarmingly connected. People are keeping secrets, something is happening that isn't confined to a single planet or government, and somehow their little ship has gotten caught up in it. Demographics that may interest you: 2 of the crew are Jewish, 1 is Muslim, and 1 uses a wheelchair. The human crew members are racially and ethnically diverse. Stage: draft 1 chapter 5 Word count: 10,376/50,000 Links: character intros

Cold Iron: A dark urban fantasy set in the 50's following two adult changeling siblings on a quest to release from captivity the humans they replaced as infants Demographics that may interest you: MC is autistic and nonbinary, and their brother is a Black trans man (though both are living in a 1950's context without the language to describe such experiences) Stage: draft 1.5 complete at 94,358 words Links: character intros

Other things to know

@presidentdisastraofgallifrey is my special interest sideblog (80% Doctor Who, 10% Batman, 7% Leverage/Xena/Phineas and Ferb, 3% other random stuff I like)

@whenmoshkeisntwriting is my sideblog just for reblogging stuff that is fun or silly or political or anything besides fandom and writing

I will not be around constantly because I’m 30-ish and have a career and also my brain is a mess, but I'm going to do my best

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I told myself that if I ever need anything to paint I should pick the first photo I see on my dash and paint it and this was the first one so I committed.

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honestly i never thought the phrase “i want that twink obliterated” was like a sexual thing. like when i read the phrase i imagine “a meteor like the one that killed the dinosaurs is summoned from the heavens and hits the twink in question” type situation

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By "where you were born" I mean the home you lived in as a newborn, not the hospital

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you have to be able to defend people who are receiving unjust treatment even if they annoy you even if you personally find them extremely annoying you still have to be able to stand up and say "well thats fucked up"

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I love my manager but damn sometimes it's exhausting just watching her stress herself out because she's afraid of someone being upset if she tells them no to a request and so she "has" to do it.

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it is so important to our well-being to get stoked over animals. like regular shit like squirrels & little parking lot birds & shit. or whatevers normal in your area. there are no boring animals. any animal sighting can be special if you love it and then every time you go outside or look out the window something sooo awesome will happen (see an incredible beast)

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ok time to lock the fuck in *opens discord* ok time to lock the fuck in *opens tumblr* ok time to lock the fuck in *opens gmail* ok time to lock the fuck in *opens youtube* ok time to lock the fuck in *opens an unstable vortex in time and space* ok time to lock the fuck in *opens ao3* ok time to lock the fuck in *opens discord* ok time to lock the fuck in *opens tumblr*