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behold: the ultimate classic lit venn diagram

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Take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die. I don’t belong, and, my beloved, neither do you.

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types of academics

Based on some research associates and professors I know. Tag yourself or your advisor/prof. 

old forest goddess: gentle tone of voice, office door is always open, mysterious smiles, will invite you to do field work at the slightest hint of interest, cargo pants with lots of pockets or flowy clothes with hiking boots, receives live frogs in the mail (coos at them and calls them pet names), sporadic communication skills,  always has several projects going on. 

furrowed brows: extremely serious but cares a lot about the people around them, resting bitch face until they get started talking about their research, extremely wild hair, always willing to help, always wearing a stain-covered lab coat, surprisingly loud laugh,“oh no” is their most common phrase. 

fox mulder: always looks vaguely disheveled, always like 5 min late to class, regularly cracks jokes in class but takes material very seriously, smirks during academic arguments, has 5 notebooks running simultaneously (has to flip through all of them to find what they’re looking for), button-ups rolled to the elbow. 

shop cat: always at the library, collaborates with may different professors – even across departments, kindest words, oxford shoes and big sweaters, always has a notebook with them for new ideas or drawings, knowing smiles. 

cool beans: vaguely bored grad student TA, writes on literally every surface with sharpie to solve problems “because ethanol, guys”, sweet smiles, self depreciating jokes, always ahead of schedule, chaotic good energy, heavy combat boots and floral tattoos. 

scramble: literal mad scientist, oddly wholesome, definitely has half the lab in their pockets at all times (some microscope slides, some mouse food, a sharpie, a few eppendorf tubes, and god knows what else), always goes right up to the deadline, not great at delegating but always wants to help others learn new things. 

darcy: a little on the blunt side, always reading and analyzing, gives people their full attention, unsure but always moves forwards, actually really appreciates hearing other people’s thoughts on their work, slow to consider new ideas but never discards them without proper thought. 

dry ice: vaguely expressionless except for one (1) extremely expressive eyebrow, extremely critical – but only because they want everyone to succeed, a little uptight but very loyal once they warm up, surprises people with their thoughtfulness, has a lot of very weird stories from experiences that seem uncharacteristic for them, sharp work suits with floral accents. 

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Hey!

I need your help!

According to my mom, privacy is not a human right, and because I live under her roof I do not deserve it! I want to prove a point to her. This is how you can help:

Reblog if you think I deserve privacy because it is my human right. Ignore if you agree with my mom. Please, I want this to get big so I can show her how many people disagree.

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daily reminder that nothing matters in your first draft !!! white room syndrome ??? doesn’t matter !!! too much dialogue ??? doesn’t matter !!! not enough action ??? doesn’t matter !!! too much action ??? doesn’t matter !!! it’s called a first draft for a reason !!! this is just the skeleton of the skeleton, anything you don’t like can change !!! stop stressing over first drafts, and start focussing on achieving your writing dreams !!!

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the main leads (and the leading romance) of my high fantasy wip, the blood crown. as made with the picrew below. in order their names (+pronouns) are thyme (she/her), enniya (she/her), maracee (she/they), and jae (he/him).

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naming your characters !!!

ah yes, the all important act of choosing names. when naming my characters i try to focus on three core factors !!!

setting

culture

and definitions !!!

the setting is definitely one of the more important ones, you need to consider the time period and the genre in which your story is set, a name like ‘crystal’ may work in a modern high school setting, but it doesn’t really slide in as well in a victorian themed steampunk one. remember !!! google is your friend when your on the hunt for names !!! you also need to make sure all seperate characters have names match the settings made by their rank and family’s status, a common girl may have a name such as ‘lu,’ but you wouldn’t expect a princess to have a name quite that simple.

the culture is important too !!! it’s similar to setting but it differs in the sense that culture can move location. a name like ‘qiqi’ doesn’t essentially make sense for a european character, but it could for a chinese character who was born in or moved to europe. you always have to consider the culture your character came from, and the culture their parents would have known !!! within a high fantasy world, consider where you pulled inspiration for each characters heritage from, and the cultures you have used as reference !!!

the definition or meaning of a name is also an important factor to consider !!! this can be used to reflect a characters personality, their role in the story, or even to foreshadow character arcs you may have in store for them. of course, this doesn’t always need to be the case, sometimes a name just sounds nice !!! that’s perfectly okay too !!! an example is the name ‘mara.’ it’s definition is something along the lines of ‘bitter’ or ‘sorrowful,’ and it’s derived from another name which means ‘lady of sorrows,’ i chose it for my character mara, because her story is one of sorrow and pain, and, well, it made her a teensy bit bitter towards the world. in my opinion, this one is more for personal entertainment than anything, it’s a fun way to slide in more character lore, or to add little hints of foreshadowing in !!!

that’s all i have for today !!! wishing you all a gorgeous rest of the week !!!

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actually, yes, i do think it’s time to stop putting sexism and racism in your high fantasy books