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Some Cybertronian cosplay! 💃

Thought about cybertronians having a conventions of some sort. Or a festival honoring primes? Either way have a D-16 being a fanboy :D

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saw a video that was like “everybody comment what you did today so we can see how everyone experienced something different” and the comments have me tearing up on this train. what the fuckkkk. the human experience

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A psychic link between people, but there's a communication issue between people who think narratively in words, and people who don't. Like one of them is like "huh so you really think in abstract wordless vibes and visions, like my dog?" and the other one is like "girl can you shut up? I don't care about what you're planning for lunch, I- what do you mean you're talking to yourself? Inside your own fucking head??"

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Salazar says hi

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That's so weird to understand that there are people from internet, who may live on a different side of the globe, who remember about me. Who care that I exist. Why do I ,a random person who write a fic, occupy space in your memory that could've been used for something more useful. Why do you remember me, my fic and my stupid reason for leaving it for some time? You could have used that memory for something else, for something more important. Why.

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Fanfiction is great because you can see so clearly how people learn to write.

Some people, it's clear, learned almost entirely through absorbing the world around them. Grammar and punctuation will be all over the place, spellings are approximate, but the voice of the narration will come through so clearly. You can hear the dialect of the people around them as of they're telling the story. It's not a written story, it's a transcription of how they talk in their day to day life.

Some people learned through reading a gazillion books as a kid. Grammer and spelling will be rock solid, formatting occasionally based on the single tab of physical books rather than the double tab of online scrolling, but dialogue is often stilted and overly formal. You might notice a lack of contractions and very rigid rules they made for consistency that actually have a lot more flexibility than they think. They tend to have a fantastic grasp of sentence flow, though.

And other people formally learned how to write. This could be anywhere from taking school classes seriously because they enjoyed writing stories as a kid to literal certifications and jobs in the field. Grammer is flawless. Punctuation is triple checked. Foreign words are in italics. Characters have distinct voices. But their self indulgence is tempered by perfectionism. They know precisely what they want from a fic. Authors notes often feature mutterings about their happiness with the chapter. Kaomojis often appear! They seek a style to their writing, and it makes for some wonderfully clever plots! These are the ones most likely to get fun with formatting!

And some people.... Some people examined it all. They dissect dialogue, people watch, cross reference behaviours and compare characters to people irl. You can tell almost immediately who had formative experiences with Terry pratchett and/or ghibli, because it's these people. While others see writing as fun, expression, craft, they see it as art. Plain and simple. Sure, the grammar is occasionally sacrificed on the altar of creative freedom, and the occasional sentence might miss a full stop, but these people seem to self reflect on themselves as part of the art making process. On occasion, these people have the most masterful grasp of dialogue and invocation and hand sewn characterisations. Formatting is pretty standard because all the focus is on the actual words. These fics can be edited to the moon and back!

All of these can vary wildly in forethought and quality, and betas can often catch individual problems before they hit post, but just. Isn't it so cool? What's that one Oscar Wilde quote about every mask just being another fragment of yourself?

Did you recognise yourself?

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Im about to download every song from my yt playlist to telegram because VPN broke down and I dont want to search for a new one.

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having adhd and being a creator is like being on a timer. oh sorry you have this art idea? well you have approximately 12 hours to start it and 6 hours to finish the task or else you will lose interest and inevitably move on. oh you have an idea for a one-shot? well you’d better finish it in a day unless you want to banish it to your wips forever. ding dong bitch

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relearned Audition for this

Transcript:

A lot of metal clanking steadily speeding up, the sound of a motorbike revving and idling, the sound of a jet engine, and various scraping, squeaking and robotic sounds, all sounding like it's coming from another room. Bassy alien vocalizations can be heard, the motorbike revs as it assumedly finishes, and both it and the jet engine power down

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there’s nothing wrong with me plus i don’t have any wants or needs plus i don’t feel or think at all

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Actually I'm in a yapping mood and aside from a post recently with other doodles I haven't talked about Social Sickness for my Merfolk

Merfolk (in my universe anyways heh) are extremely social and communal (even moreso than us!), which has partially led to their success in the ocean. However this sociality comes with a cost; Merfolk are reliant on their social groups, and, when removed from their social group in some way or another, become very ill.

To clarify, "Social Sickness" isn't technically a pathogen or a disease. It's how the Mer body reacts to extreme stress, usually as a response to social isolation. (Merfolk themselves call it Social Sickness, hence the name. It can also technically be caused by other forms of long-term stress, but isolation is the most common culprit). The Mer body reacts to stress extremely poorly, and if left untreated, will cause the Mer to wither away and die.

Symptoms include: Rapidly flaking scales/shedding fur, a loss of appetite, lethargy, a dulling of colors, tremors, depression, anxiety, and a weakened immune system (which is often what kills the Mer in the end.)

Social Sickness, if caught early, can be 'cured' with lots of physical reassurance, lots of water, foods easy on the body, and lots of rest. Essentially, a LOT of tlc.

Not-So-Fun Fact: Exile from a Social Group is a very rare but very real form of punishment, and is essentially a death sentence for the exiled Mer. This is only saved for the harshest of crimes, and is usually a terrified whisper between social groups.

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I PUT LIKE 3 WEEKS INTO THIS I HAVE TO SHARE IT WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT

SCREEEEEEEEEE-

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Blurr gerwalk

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Camping trip! 🏕️