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In which Marinette snaps

So let me get something straight before you start reading this. I don’t hate Adrien. I am more than down for a Chloe redemption as long as it is done properly. But frankly, Adrien has no business telling Marinette (and the rest) that they shouldn’t be happy the person who bullied and tormented them for years is gone. And also Marinette has no place feeling guilty or apologising for it. And this is more of an angry response at the way the show treats the characters rather than the characters themselves. So don’t @ me.

Marinette felt the rage boiling inside of her, taking over any sense of pity or regret. She was so tired of always being told to be the better person, even for people who didn’t deserve it.

“No. You don’t get to walk away from this.” she found herself saying, a muted anger clear in her tone.

Adrien turned around with a frown. “Why shouldn’t I?”

Marnette clenched her fists. “Because I am tired of you always looking the other way when it comes to Chloe. I get, we all get is, she is your childhood friend and your only friend of years, she means something to you. But aren’t we also your friends?”

He looks at Marinette in surprise. “Well, yes, but…”

“But what? You’ve seen how she treated us for months. And not only us, the rest of the people around her too. Just because she gives you a pass doesn’t mean she is a good person.”

“She can change,” he said with a frown. “She tried…”

“And we all gave her a chance when she did.” Marinette didn’t allow him to finish. She was too tired for this. “But too little too late, don’t you think? It isn’t exactly progressing if one day she tries to be a decent human being and the next day she is back on her usual behaviour.”

Never in her life did she imagine she would end up snapping at Adrien out of all people, but alas. It was about time. No matter how much of a crush she had on Adrien, she won’t let him walk away after making her feel bad about something she shouldn’t.

“If her treatment of other people, in general, isn’t worth a rat ass when it comes to your opinion of her, then fine.” she growled. “Whatever. But you don’t get to pull that holier than thou attitude with us and try to make us feel ashamed because we are happy our bully for years is gone. She always does her best to humiliate us, to get us in trouble. We have every right to be happy that the person who is tormenting us is gone. Frankly, I am going to celebrate the fact that I won’t have to walk to school, mentally preparing myself for being punished or suspended or who knows what else because we got into an argument with Chloe.”

“So you know what Adrien Agreste? If you think I should feel guilty because I am happy I will no longer be tormented, then you can take your opinion and shove it right up your ass. See you around.”

Marinette was aware everyone was looking at her like she went crazy but she didn’t care. he whipped away the angry tears that started running down her cheeks, as she kept walking home, much more at ease.

Damn, getting that off her chest felt good.

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HELLO please look at this beautiful art that I commissioned from @emegustart of the little rarepair sailboat that could: Varric x Bethany :) I could flail for hours but I will keep this caption civilized.

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REBLOG IF YOU THINK FANFIC IS JUST AS IMPORTANT IN A FANDOM AS FANART

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God, did you nail it on the head! I experienced this sort of bull in a video game—“Criminal Case: Mysteries of the Past”. Kill off a member of the core team? I can deal with that. Make the killer another member of the team, who has NO good reason to do the deed beyond some bullshit reason that even a moron would see through? Congradulations, you just fucked up a lovable character and have me theroizing his fate. From the original rendition in Grimsborough to Mysteries, Criminal Case has had a martyr (someone on the core team who ends up dead) and a Judas (someone who has beatrayed the team). For the first two seasons, the martyr and Judas were the same person; the next two were not, but it is what happened in Mysteries, in the writers’ trying to keep the pattern and keeping us fans from trying to predict the story. All they did was cause a member of the team to revert to worse than he was when he was first introduced and destroy a very good redemption arc. I often wonder if others were just as outraged at the outcome as I am, since in the fifth season of Criminal Case (called Conspiracy), there was no Judas. Either way, sacrificing story integrity for shock value? Not cool. At. All.

I hate this “no spoilers” culture that we live in right now. Producers and writers are so terrified of fans predicting the ending to their works to the point that they’re making nonsensical endings to their narratives. They’re messy, out-of-character, and outlandish, but, hey! at least they’re unpredictable!

Rian Johnson, The Last Jedi — completely ignored & disregarded the 3-film narrative arc J.J. Abrams has planned out for the sequel trilogy, and instead developed his own messy narrative full of subversions for the sake of subversion, and completely disrespected the legacy of Luke Skywalker’s character (Mark Hamill himself has reported several times that he doesn’t recognize the character).

Russos, MCU — give out fake scripts, actors play against green screens and are cut & pasted together in post, show fake/edited scenes in trailers, throw away previous character development (Thor, Ragnarok vs Infinity War and especially Endgame).

D&D, Game of Thrones — throw away a decade of foreshadowing and character development for shock value, not to mention they missed a whole ass Starbucks cup in a shot in 8x03 (either on set or in post, somebody should’ve noticed this).

I’m sick and tired of this. It’s not good writing, and it’s no longer entertaining to fans when the characters they know and love become complete strangers. There’s good shock value — “No, I am your father,” for example — and then there’s ignoring years of character development and turning a kind and caring character into a murderous maniac. There’s a difference, and I think writers still know what that difference is, but they’re pressured to create an ending that fans can’t predict because of this mass panic over “no spoilers”.

This needs to stop. Give me a happy ending. Who the fuck cares if we guess what comes next? That means the writers have done their fucking jobs. If we can guess what comes next that means the writers have successfully developed their characters and foreshadowed future events as you’re supposed to do in a well-written narrative.

No spoilers? Sure. I like to experience narratives without being spoiled. But don’t make the narrative unrecognizable by the ending. It’s just not good writing.

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God, did you nail it on the head! I experienced this sort of bull in a video game—“Criminal Case: Mysteries of the Past”. Kill off a member of the core team? I can deal with that. Make the killer another member of the team, who has NO good reason to do the deed beyond some bullshit reason that even a moron would see through? Congradulations, you just fucked up a lovable character and have me theroizing his fate. From the original rendition in Grimsborough to Mysteries, Criminal Case has had a martyr (someone on the core team who ends up dead) and a Judas (someone who has beatrayed the team). For the first two seasons, the martyr and Judas were the same person; the next two were not, but it is what happened in Mysteries, in the writers’ trying to keep the pattern and keeping us fans from trying to predict the story. All they did was cause a member of the team to revert to worse than he was when he was first introduced and destroy a very good redemption arc. I often wonder if others were just as outraged at the outcome as I am, since in the fifth season of Criminal Case (called Conspiracy), there was no Judas. Either way, sacrificing story integrity for shock value? Not cool. At. All.

I hate this “no spoilers” culture that we live in right now. Producers and writers are so terrified of fans predicting the ending to their works to the point that they’re making nonsensical endings to their narratives. They’re messy, out-of-character, and outlandish, but, hey! at least they’re unpredictable!

Rian Johnson, The Last Jedi — completely ignored & disregarded the 3-film narrative arc J.J. Abrams has planned out for the sequel trilogy, and instead developed his own messy narrative full of subversions for the sake of subversion, and completely disrespected the legacy of Luke Skywalker’s character (Mark Hamill himself has reported several times that he doesn’t recognize the character).

Russos, MCU — give out fake scripts, actors play against green screens and are cut & pasted together in post, show fake/edited scenes in trailers, throw away previous character development (Thor, Ragnarok vs Infinity War and especially Endgame).

D&D, Game of Thrones — throw away a decade of foreshadowing and character development for shock value, not to mention they missed a whole ass Starbucks cup in a shot in 8x03 (either on set or in post, somebody should’ve noticed this).

I’m sick and tired of this. It’s not good writing, and it’s no longer entertaining to fans when the characters they know and love become complete strangers. There’s good shock value — “No, I am your father,” for example — and then there’s ignoring years of character development and turning a kind and caring character into a murderous maniac. There’s a difference, and I think writers still know what that difference is, but they’re pressured to create an ending that fans can’t predict because of this mass panic over “no spoilers”.

This needs to stop. Give me a happy ending. Who the fuck cares if we guess what comes next? That means the writers have done their fucking jobs. If we can guess what comes next that means the writers have successfully developed their characters and foreshadowed future events as you’re supposed to do in a well-written narrative.

No spoilers? Sure. I like to experience narratives without being spoiled. But don’t make the narrative unrecognizable by the ending. It’s just not good writing.

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I considered suicide, but I felt a strange fondness for my body, my life. Scarred as they were, they were mine.

Charles Bukowski (via purplebuddhaquotes)

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This totally deserves a reblog, and I dedicate this to ALL my friends who need to hear this!

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How women prepare for first dates

Bonus: How men prepare for first dates:

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Please, reblog! IIt’s called self defense. Apart from having here, in the US, one of the highest cases of homicide and rape in the world and high rate of GBV, think about how this could help your mother or sister

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cinderella: redo

so i was watching cinderella while doing my nails and waiting for them to dry which was clearly a Mistake because now i can’t help but think -

the evil stepmother was always evil, okay. say her abuse of her own daughters was different than that of cinderella’s - but it was still abuse. giving them impossible expectations, telling them they were never good enough, never pretty enough, never smart enough. and then she gets married, and anastasia and drizella are ecstatic because this man seems kind and warm and maybe just maybe he can temper their mother, maybe with him around she won’t be so cruel. so they’re on their very best behavior in the beginning, they do just as their mother taught - they trot out their best upper court manners in an attempt to get their new stepfather to like them. but it just comes off as cold and snooty and they’re trying, they are, they’re just bad at it. and they see how he is with cinderella, the smiling girl their own age, and they are jealous. they don’t mean to be, they try not to be, they know it isn’t becoming of young ladies. but she gets hugs and kisses and affection and they get rulers slapped on their hands when they reach for desert and sharp jabs to their sides when they slouch and - soon they hate cinderella, not for anything she’s done, but for what she has and they dont

but then her father dies. and it’s all a tumble of things and cinderella is crying and they’ve lost their only chance at escaping their mother’s clutches and it’s terrible. and everything settles and there’s no reason to be jealous anymore but resentment is hard to let go of and they don’t know what to do. they’re only kids too after all. and they’re so terribly bad at comforting people, they can do flowery words and know all the right bows but cinderella is so sad and they just don’t know what to do with that, because they’re supposed to be sisters but they’re not even friends

and slowly but surely their mother starts abusing cinderella, starts making her a maid in her own home, and she’s their mother, what are anastasia and drizella supposed to do? she rules them with an iron fist, and cinderella doesn’t even like them anyway, it’s none of their business.

except one night anastasia crawls into her sister’s bed in the middle of the night and wakes her up. “i was thirsty,” she explains, eyes wide and shiny, and they’re bad at this with other people but drizella has no problems with pulling anastasia into her arms. the younger girl clutches her sister and continues, “i was thirsty and i went down to the kitchen to get some water and - and cinderella is still up! she’s doing the dishes, and she should be asleep, mom is going to make her make breakfast in the morning and -” she cuts herself off with a hiccup and whispers, “it’s not fair.”

“life isn’t fair,” drizella says, echoing one of their mother’s favorite phrases. but her sister is staring at her with wet eyes, and it’s not like their mother is likely to get up before sunrise anyway, she hates waking up, so she pulls herself and anastasia out of bed and off they go.

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send me a pairing and a number and i’ll write you a drabble

(Part one: 1-50)

51. “What the hell are you wearing?” 52. “Can I kiss you?” 53. “Who crawls through someone’s window at 4am to go for ice cream?!” 54. “I don’t hate you. I could never hate you. That’s the problem.” 55. “Our first date is a picnic on a beach under the stars? Have you swallowed a romance novel? Do I need to call a doctor?” 56. “I can’t stand the thought of losing you.” 57. “Teach me to fight.” 58. “I’d die for you. Of course, I’d haunt you in the afterlife but really, it’s the thought that counts.” 59. “Tell me to go and I will, but if you ask me to stay I’ll never leave you again.” 60. “Before you decide to murder me, let me explain…” 61. “I love you. I’m completely and utterly in love with you. Please don’t get married.” 62. “It’s only one night, we’ll just share the bed.” 63. “Stop running from this. I know I’m not the only one who feels it.” 64. “Are you ticklish?” 65. “I wish you could see yourself the way I see you.” 66. “The only thing I want is you.” 67. “Of all the people I could’ve gotten stuck in an elevator with and it just had to be you.” 68. “PILLOW FIGHT!” 69. “Why the hell are you bleeding!?” 70. “You’re so beautiful.” 71. “Kiss me, quick!” 72. “I will knock you on your ass if you even think about it.” 73. “We shouldn’t be doing this.” 74. “Don’t let go.” 75. “I’m going for a swim. Do you wanna join me?” 76. “I need you to pretend we’re dating…” 77. “There was never a choice.” 78. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have kissed you.” 79. “That’s the third time I’ve saved your life!”  80. “How can you think I’m anything but hopelessly in love with you?” 81. “I need you to leave.” 82. “This is all your fault! I can’t believe I listened to you!” 83. “It’s always been you.” 84. “I’m dying.” 85. “I will never apologize for saving your life, even if it costs me my own.” 86. “I guess dying with you isn’t the worse way to go.” 87. “You were never just my friend.” 88. “Don’t panic but I think we might have accidentally gotten married…” 89. “I’m not leaving you!” 90. “I can’t do this anymore.” 91. “I remember everything.” 92. “What do you want me to say?” 93. “I tried, but I just can’t stay away from you anymore.” 94. “I bet I can make you scream my name.” 95. “There’s no going back if we do this.” 96. “I never thought you’d hurt me but I was wrong. You hurt me the most.” 97. “I want you and I know you want me too.” 98. “I can’t watch you with someone else. It’s tearing me apart.” 99. “We’re in an abandoned lodge in the middle of nowhere. Sure, you’re totally right, nothing bad could ever happen here.” 100. A quote of your choice.

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Damn...this is something every aspiring author should know.

I cannot emphasize enough how much you need to read thoroughly through the terms of any publication before you send your writing to them. It is mandatory that you know and understand what rights you’re giving away when you’re trying to get published.

Just the other day I was emailed by a relatively new indie journal looking for writers. They made it very clear that they did not pay writers for their work, so I figured I’d probably be passing, but I took a look at their Copyright policy out of curiosity and it was a nightmare. They wanted “non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license and right to use, display, reproduce, distribute, and publish the Work on the internet and on or in any medium” (that’s copy and pasted btw) and that was the first of 10 sections on their Copyright agreement page. Yikes. That’s exactly the type of publishing nightmare you don’t want to be trapped in. 

Most journals will ask for “First North American Rights” or a variation on “First Rights” which operate under the assumption that all right revert back to you and they only have the right to be the first publishers of the work. That is what you need to be looking for because you do want to retain all the rights to your work. 

You want all rights to revert back to you upon publication in case you, say, want to publish it again in the future or use it for a bookmark or post it on your blog, or anything else you might want to do with the writing you worked hard on. Any time a publisher wants more than that, be very suspicious. Anyone who wants to own your work forever and be able to do whatever they want with it without your permission is not to be trusted. Anyone who wants all that and wants you to sign away your right to ever be paid for your work is running a scam.

Protect your writing. It’s not just your intellectual property, it’s also your baby. You worked hard on it. You need to do the extra research to protect yourself so that a scammer (or even a well meaning start up) doesn’t steal you work right from under you nose and make money off of it.

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Small fic I made recently, to commemorate Brigitte’s debut.

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Both Hanzo and Mei for the character thing! :D

Okay then!

Mei

Sexuality Headcanon: Heterosexual but often unsure about herself in intimate matters due to her body shapeGender Headcanon: Plucky Heroine (feminine, but not TOO girly)A ship I have with said character: Hanmei (Hanzo/Mei) my OTPA BROTP I have with said character: Winston and Mei--Scientific bestiesA NOTP I have with said character: Meihem (I can never picture this without Hanzo beating the crap outta Junkrat)A random headcanon: After her return to civilization, the world tries to get Mei to blame Overwatch for what happened to her and her colleagues in Antarctica; Mei counters by asking where the UN was after they shut down Overwatch.  That superstorm did not last nine years and the least they could’ve done was send a salvage crew.General Opinion over said character: She is sweet and optimistic, moving forward with steadfast determination.

Hanzo

Sexuality Headcanon: Heterosexual, and has a firm belief that a man shouldn’t approach his marriage bed without experienceGender Headcanon: A total ornery studmuffin (which means he’s hard and gruff on the outside, but it protects a very soft center inside that he denies the existance of)A ship I have with said character: Hanmei (Hanzo/Mei), my OTPA BROTP I have with said character: Genji and Hanzo (need I say more?)A NOTP I have with said character:  McHanzo (people overdo it with the cliches and for every one I see get this right, there’s at least ten that makes them OOC to the point it is ridiculous)A random headcanon:  While Hanzo was considered the next master of the Shimada clan, his elders have manipulated him so much that he never developed ideas of his own, thus allowing them to control the clan through him and do as they pleased.General Opinion over said character: He has some serious issues to deal with, and if the Twitter leak is true about everyone picking a side and he picks Talon, Blizzard and I WILL have words.

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SEND ME A CHARACTER AND I’LL DO THIS;

Sexuality Headcanon: Gender Headcanon: A ship I have with said character: A BROTP I have with said character: A NOTP I have with said character: A random headcanon: General Opinion over said character:

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Reblogging in celebration of completing Merchant’s Fortune! It’s all epic!!

Have you ever read Merchant's Fortune (probably did, it was made for you) or The Dragon Tamer? I just read the 2nd one and its super good! It seems to take inspiration from your stuff but maybe I'm just imagining it. The author posted only 3 chapters but their so good! I love every Healing Arrow fanfic and your comics but out of all the fanfics I found on Healing Arrow those two are the best! They really capture the emotion of Hanzo and Mercy

Hello, anon!

I have indeed read Merchant’s Fortune. The author is a friend of mine and let’s me know whenever a new chapter is updated.

I’m not familiar with the second title though. Is it on AO3? If not, care to share the link? :)