#⠀⠀％✶﹑⠀⠀ ( NOTHING BUT VARIETY ) ﹕⠀ romance portfolio

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[nihilnovisubsole]

Because of your latest post: not sure if you’ve answered this before, but how does someone even entertain the idea of writing for the game dev industry? Did you start out on indie games or just write before and show them your work? Since it’s such a subjective field etc

if i have, it bears repeating! here's a rough timeline of what i did. never discount the value of luck and the kindness of friends

2016: i was doing a random freelance transcription job when i saw @theivorytowercrumbles post about writing for voltage. they reblogged the studio's open casting call for new writers. since it was so lenient - no experience, fanfic samples allowed - i applied. they hired me for their new project, but let me go after a trial period, citing that the tone of my writing was a bad fit for that game. i foundered for a while after that. i don't take rejection well. i started dangerous crowns to try to make money from writing some other way.

2017: one of voltage's producers reached out to me and said they'd started another project that i was a good fit for. she felt letting me go was a mistake and wanted to snap me back up. i said yes, i mean, are you kidding? so i started on reiner's route.

2018-2019: i kept at it. i took on diego's route. it occurred to me that i wasn't making very much money, but i liked my coworkers, and i was building my portfolio, so who cared? i also finished dangerous crowns, and a handful of people bought it, but certainly not enough to support myself or anything.

early 2020: between the pay and creative differences with voltage's team, it started to sink in that i needed to find other work. i applied to the few open game writer jobs i could find, but with only mobile romance in my portfolio, i got nowhere. i threw in dangerous crowns samples. i tried to network on twitter. i still never made it to the interview phase. i foundered for a while again.

late 2020: the voltage writers went on strike. i gave a statement to a journalist that one of obsidian's narrative designers noticed. we became acquaintances over it. another old friend of mine threw me a life raft in the form of a different contract, better paying, on a non-romance indie game. i took it gladly. i added a twine game to my portfolio, too. i kept applying. i got a few interviews, but something still didn't click.

2021: i finally accepted that i needed formal help. i did a portfolio workshop. i got resume coaching. the coach passed my name to a writer on the company of heroes team. they liked me! they also paid me more money than i'd ever seen in my life. at the same time, obsidian advertised a narrative job opening. i applied on a lark and let my ND pal know i was doing so. why not, right? college-new-vegas-fan me would want me to. they rejected me, but not before i passed their writing test and two interviews. i had nothing to lose at that point, so i told my ND pal that i was bummed. she gave me a golden piece of advice: "you came really close. try again."

2022: obsidian had another narrative opening. i threw myself at it. i was now going to annoy them into hiring me. since i was a known quantity from applying six months before, they had no qualms about interviewing me again. this time, it worked out, and i've been there ever since.

what's the common denominator here? i met people who thought i was all right and gave me a hand up when i needed it. the standard advice is to work with a community of your peers instead of trying to get your heroes to senpai-notice you. it's not that they don't care - they just have their own thing going on, and your peers could be the heroes of tomorrow if the right project comes along. i also found the portfolio was the end-all-be-all when it came to job hunting. i went through a grieving process with that! i'm not afraid to admit it. i wish studios had held my degree or dangerous crowns in higher regard, but i just had to make games in a wider variety of genres, and that was that.

one caveat: narrative is a really saturated field right now. a lot of people want to write, and there aren't many openings. it's not uncommon for big studios to get hundreds of applicants. larian probably got over a thousand for the job they posted recently. i feel awful saying that, because i don't want to discourage you, but i'd feel worse if i didn't let you know what you were getting into. if it's something you want, you should try! keep an open mind about the random projects you may find. you never know where they'll take you.

[bestworstcase]

farran rereads lost lagoon: chapters 3-4

- a shot-put ball, according to my cursory research, weighs in the neighborhood of 6-16 pounds. leila howland expects me to believe that princess “hoisted an adult woman 70 ft into the air on the daily with nothing but a pulley and raw upper body strength” rapunzel has a hard time picking up a shot.

anyways

- rapunzel thinks about how she used to talk to herself in her tower when she was isolated (and lonely) but stopped once she came to corona, and this girl looked like she was talking to herself, and it gave rapunzel this weird sense of familiarity! now what in the world could that mean? its so subtle i can’t quite put my finger on it.

again, romance novel.

less sardonically - i will say that tts cass has never struck me as an especially lonely person. yes, rapunzel is quite possibly her first ever close friend, but cass also appears to be on pleasant terms with her coworkers and has at least one or two friendships or mentor-type relationships among the guards (stan and pete). animals in tts are anthropomorphized enough to qualify as humans, and cassandra is unequivocally friends with owl and fidella. she is friendly if not friends with at least one coronan citizen (monty). she’s utterly unfazed by crowley’s crabbiness. she’s able to get along with the pub thugs. in vardaros she befriends vex with ease and makes herself right at home among the citizenry at large. there is zero friction between her and lance - at most she rolls her eyes when he’s being ridiculous. and out of the main cast, cassandra is the one who seems closest to varian in s1 - like, she has actual bonding moments with him. 

THE POINT BEING, cassandra may not have a lot of close friends, but she is nevertheless personable and demonstrates the ability to adapt herself to suit a variety of social environments. maybe i’m projecting here - i have very few close offline friends because my preference for in-person socialization is for it to be very casual - but taken together this doesn’t scream ‘lonely person’ to me. it instead says ‘person who finds social fulfillment in a wide net of friendly acquaintanceships’ and possibly also ‘person who finds close, emotionally intimate relationships worthwhile but very demanding to maintain, and so seldom or never seeks them out.’

this, absolutely, a very subjective reading of her character - it is just as plausible for cass to be someone who is socially competent but feels inwardly unfulfilled until rapunzel comes along. but even in that reading, this implication that cassandra is as deeply lonely, as thoroughly isolated in corona as rapunzel was in her tower is baldly absurd.

- i think i will have more thoughts about how arianna is characterized and the relationship she and rapunzel have with each other later in the story. for now it feels rather mechanical, and like arianna exists in the story to facilitate cassunzel happening.

- cassandra comes across to me like she has an anxiety disorder written by someone who doesn’t quite know how to convey how that feels? she catastrophizes: what if rapunzel thinks cass attacked her? will she get in trouble? but then she stops to make snide comments about rapunzel’s security detail ‘[falling] down on the job’ and concludes with an impressive amount of certainty that rapunzel isn’t going to make a big deal of it, after all. that… isn’t how anxiety works?

then, immediately, she finds a note from her father scolding her for slacking off—making it clear that she is indeed in trouble, like she feared—and her response is to scoff and throw it away. zero concern about being in trouble. zero worry about the consequences she might face for refusing the pointed “offer” of being rapunzel’s lady-in-waiting. like… this isn’t anxiety. i’m positive it’s meant to convey anxiety, but it comes across as cassandra just being… melodramatic and rude and grumpy. like a teenager. it’s unpleasant. and it bears very little resemblance to tts cass, who expresses a clear and consistent anxiety regarding the security of her job and the looming threat of a convent.

- secondly: “Friedborg reported that you missed your afternoon duties AGAIN. Please be advised that this is unacceptable. The queen is looking for a lady-in-waiting to serve Princess Rapunzel. It would be a great opportunity for you, and you must show the queen how prepared you are to train her in the ways of the court.” i am 100% convinced that howland thought cass was rapunzel’s age or younger. if friedborg is effectively cassandra’s direct supervisor, and she is reporting absences to cassandra’s father instead of addressing this with cassandra directly, the only explanation that makes sense is that cassandra is not of legal age.

- “Ladies don’t wield weapons, lead military strategy meetings, or race on horseback. Ladies do needlework, flower arranging, and hairstyling.”

sighs.

i am not going to argue that corona, in any incarnation, isn’t culturally sexist. it is. there are no women in the guard, no women in trades, no female business owners in the vein of monty or xavier or feldspar. besides rapunzel and arianna - who as the monarch’s spouse has very little in the way of actual political power - there are no women in the upper echelons of the government. besides cassandra, the only gnc women around are criminals. cass is denied even a chance to join the guard for no evident reason, even though her father allows eugene - a man he openly despises - to take the tests and then begrudgingly hires him when he passes. no one sees an issue with this, even though cassandra is demonstrably overqualified.

however.

howland makes this cultural sexism explicit text, and she does so in such a way that it implies something pretty horrifying about the already pretty horrifying corona-saporia unification backstory.

i am talking, of course, about general shampanier. you know, the female saporian general whom herz der sonne married when the two kingdoms were unified. the female saporian general who personally dueled der sonne for hours, according to under raps. the female saporian general who, forget military strategy meetings, led an entire goddamn army. i will accept the possibility that shampanier did not ride horses, because rapunzel’s return suggests that saporians have some sort of cultural objection to that. but this book predates rapunzel’s return by a large margin, and it isn’t canon anyway, so odds are the general shampanier of this story rode a warhorse at some point or another in her illustrious career of being the general of an army!!!

this woman - general shampanier - became the queen, the wife of arguably corona’s most historically important king, at a defining moment in coronan political and cultural history. tts and lost lagoon would both have us believe that this was a romantic, peaceful union between two people and two nations, but a few hundred years later - this. ladies don’t fight. ladies don’t belong in the war tent. ladies don’t ride horses. cass takes these things for granted as facts of life. but general shampanier did all of those things, and she did them extremely well, and she became corona’s queen.

WHAT HAPPENED?! WHAT HAPPENED TO SHAMPANIER’S LEGACY?

how did corona go from a warrior-queen to this, in just a few hundred years? the most plausible answer is that the background radiation of sexism and, perhaps, anti-saporian bias was powerful enough to unravel any cultural impact she may have otherwise had, deep enough to render her an outlier, an aberration, an exception to the rule that women do not act like that.

even arguing here that ‘lady’ specifically means ‘noblewoman’ doesn’t add up - because, again, general shampanier became THE QUEEN. you don’t get more noblewoman than that!

it feels unfair to judge this book with details added in season 3—such as the fact that shampanier is evidently not buried with herz der sonne—but this total lack of a cultural impact from general shampanier, queen of corona, feels very telling even without taking those tidbits of extra-textual information into consideration.

and good god, saporia hasn’t even properly entered the narrative yet! this is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg!

*deep breath*

moving. on.

- continuing the theme of cass being a child larping as a guard recruit: she has a closetful of weapons which she maintains to the exacting standards of the handbook, but skips out on her job to “train” in secret because evidently she’ll do ANYTHING to get on the guard except, you know, demonstrate a modicum of responsibility with the job she has now.

- moreover while i think cartography is a neat hobby for cassandra to have, it… doesn’t make a lot of sense if it’s part of some nebulous plan to ~prove herself worthy~ of being on the guard. like, cartography straight up isn’t a relevant skill, and while knowing the countryside could certainly be helpful for guard work in the event a criminal goes to ground in the wilderness, it’s like… it’s like if i applied for my current job, which is in software/tech support, by focusing an intensive amount of energy on teaching myself spanish. fluency in spanish is a useful skill and one that i could turn into an asset within the bounds of my current job, and it might be the deciding factor in me getting hired over someone else with equivalent experience and skill in computing and tech support (which is what the job involves) because, yes, some of our clients are ESL spanish-speakers. but it’s—there’s a disconnect. if i were in a tight competition to get this job i would be pouring my time into sharpening my programming skill and polishing up a portfolio of relevant work. i wouldn’t be devoting hours upon hours to learning spanish. right?

on the other hand—if cartography is a hobby cassandra is passionate about, and she’s 16 or 17 or 18 and she really likes the idea of being on the guard and really feels like she can do it and is bored with her dumb teenager job and desperate to get her dad to make her a guard without actually grasping what being a guard entails or the kind of work it involves or what she actually, realistically needs to do to have a shot, then… yeah, skipping work to play pretend with her weapons and convincing herself that her favorite hobby is totally going to prove to her dad that she’s ready to be a guard!!! makes perfect sense. it’s no different from tts varian tunnel visioning so hard on this fantasy of ‘i’ll surprise my whole village with hot running water and then my dad will be proud of me!!!’ that he neglects basic safety measures and accidentally blows the whole system up. it’s not realistic. it’s a fantasy. it’s play.

- the only time cassandra brings up eugene’s criminal past in tts is to mock him for being a loser. like. literally. the plot of fitzherbert pi kicks off when she calls him a “two-bit hood” and then when he fires back that flynn rider was a LEGEND!!! she fires back “key word being was. and… what is it you do now?” and that’s the only time she brings it up. granted this is 6-7 months into their relationship but… still, frankly i never got the impression that “former thief” was anywhere close to the top of cassandra’s list of reasons for hating eugene. he’s just a dick. she doesn’t like him because he’s a huge selfish jerk and she warms up to him after her starts behaving better.

- rapunzel goes to the ty lee school of flirting. just… laugh really hard at everything your crush says even if it’s not funny.

- despite my… intense and rapidly growing dislike for how cassandra is characterized in this book, her experiencing an actual physical reaction when rapunzel enters her space without permission is good. it’s about the boundaries. it has always been about the boundaries, and rapunzel crossing them, and the intractable messiness that arises from that.

- in fact: how many times does rapunzel cross boundaries in just this one little scene? oh, let me count the ways!

1 - when cassandra goes to shut the door, rapunzel ducks under her arm to enter the room. (eugene attempts to enter as well, but cass succeeds in blocking him.)

2 - missing or ignoring cassandra’s first “go away” hint about only playing individual sports.

3 - missing or ignoring cassandra’s second “go away” hint (“I let the silence get awkward.”)

4 - arranging cassandra’s invitation to the feast of elodie the great with the captain beforehand, so cass can’t use him as an excuse to decline.

5 - missing or ignoring cassandra’s obvious discomfort with this news, taking cassandra’s attendance at the feast as a done deal, and skipping straight to asking cassandra to sit next to her.

6 - in response to cassandra’s very diplomatic signal of not wanting to do that (“I sit wherever I’m assigned”), she declares that she’ll make sure cassandra is assigned to sit next to her.

7 - touching without permission, which makes cassandra flinch.

all of which results in cassandra making what she considers to be a “tactical surrender.” and then shutting and locking her door, because she feels so rattled. as i recall, lagoon is actually a lot mellower on the boundary violations front - and rapunzel actually learns better over the course of the story, which is probably the biggest reason that lost lagoon is not canon and cannot be canon to tts - but it feels worth writing this sort of thing out because, well. it is one of the dead horses i keep clobbering.

[crescentharborrp]

BASICS

Name: Theresa “Trey” Reddy.

Gender/Pronouns: cisfemale, (she/her).

Date of Birth: January 30, 1995.

Age: 25.

Hometown: Bray, Ireland.

Length of time in Crescent Harbor: 2 years.

Neighborhood: Bywater Park.

Occupation: Professional Photographer & Artist.

Faceclaim: Danielle Campbell.

BIOGRAPHY (trigger warnings: bullying, homophobia)

Growing the middle child of five meant that Theresa Reddy had to be creative if she wanted attention. She had a natural inclination toward anything artsy and theatrical. People in town often commented that she was destined to be an actor, another to make it big and the Emerald Isle proud. The only major problem was that it was difficult to come up from being dirt poor and to escape the fact that the Reddys were outcasts, living on the outskirts of Bray in the foothills. It was a different world out there in comparison to life in the seaside resort-like town just over thirty minutes south of the famed Dublin. In the countryside it was like it’s own small community where everyone knew everyone going back generations, even grudges from great grandfather’s time were still kept and people seemed to stick to the social hierarchy more than the folk in town did. As a kid she had to follow her older sister and brother’s footsteps, entering school as the kid that most looked down their nose on ridiculing them for being dirty or having ill fitting, ratty clothing. See, Mr Reddy ran out on his family after the last of the two youngest were born, a couple of years after. So many mouths to feed was too much pressure for a drunk. It left Theresa’s mother on her own, working a couple of jobs and trying to look after five kids when she was already worn out. It was too much for her and from Theresa on up the kids were on their own. Mostly.

By the time Theresa was reaching her teens her saving grace was her older brother. They had grown really close and he always allowed her to follow him around. It was something his friends gave him a little grief about but Theresa quickly proved she could run and hang with the boys. In fact, she identified with them a little more than her own gender. Both in attitude and personality Theresa never felt or acted all that girlie, even going as far as to shave her head when she was thirteen and hold down a buzz cut for a few years. Plenty of people that didn’t know the Reddys, mostly whenever she ventured into town, completely mistook her for a boy. She let them, feeling indifferent toward it. But it was also the start of whispers and rumors about her, other kids and adults teasing her about wanting to be a boy. She didn’t. And calling her a lesbian as an insult. Theresa was but she wasn’t all that insulted, only hated the way everyone seemed to try to use it against her. At the time Ireland was fairly Catholic, and the countryside especially was old fashioned. It only really let up when tragedy struck her and people became a little quieter about the Reddys.

When she was just thirteen years old Theresa’s older brother went missing and was to never be found again. No one knew what happened or why and since it was the Reddys no one really cared all that much. Without her best friend and biggest supporter, Theresa was lost without him, and started getting into trouble. She began breaking into homes, stealing food from the market, and spent days far from home. With no one to care what she was up to, Theresa befriended an older man, an American who chose the Irish countryside to retire, after he caught her breaking into his house. She didn’t know anyone was occupying the old house at the time and thankfully he took it well, putting her to work in helping him fix up the house. Teaching her to repair and sand and paint, rewarding her with food and sharing parts of his life and wisdom with her. In many ways he became something like a surrogate father to her, he felt like that reliable uncle that never let you down. The problem between them was that when they had first met, she introduced herself as Trey. It was her nickname but with her shaved head and tomboy behavior he assumed that she was a boy, and for a good year he treated her like a son or a nephew he somewhat adopted. It wasn’t until a neighbor spilled the beans and said it wasn’t right for him to be spending so much time with a little girl, so she was sent off and told to not come around again.

It was becoming clear to Theresa that nobody was a constant in your life, not family and certainly not friends. People came and went, you only had a limited amount of time so it was important to make the best of it. Despite her social and behavioral troubles, Theresa did well in school and was able to leave a year early. She went to the local college and began studying art, something that had always captured her eye but never knew how to pursue. Quickly she found out she not only had an eye for photography, she also had talent when it came to drawing. Theresa explored and focused on what she knew best: nature. Her photography of landscapes and scenes of nature propelled her into the art scene. Especially with her teacher’s nudging to enter this contest and that; eventually winning a few and getting her name out there a little. The phone started ringing and offers came pouring in; buying prints and commissioning her for jobs. For a girl that grew up having to steal bread and cookies and wear hand-me-downs that were too big for her it was all surreal. To have some success and to start making her own money and able to afford something of a life. Some of the jobs she was commissioned on even paid her to travel. The best thing though was Theresa building her portfolio and getting to draw and illustrate on commission; either making labels or a logo or some fancy advertisement for a client. Whatever it was, it felt good to be seen.

At twenty-one Theresa’s success took her to New York in America, living it a box of an apartment but one that she afforded all on her own. She may have been making a name for herself but she still hadn’t exactly made it big, there was no big windfall of money. The work was steady though and that was all that mattered. Especially the jobs that took her to fun or exotic places, allowing her to charm everyone she came across with her thick Irish accent and witty banter. It meant that love and relationships were difficult to navigate, she was either busy or on the go and too young to slow down too much. When everything was hot and she was building up her name and portfolio she was selfishly focused more on that than building the meaningful relationships she longed for. For her it felt like every fleeting romance was ‘the one that got away’ and Theresa was oddly okay with it since that was how she believed life to be. Nothing and no one was permanent. That was until she met the girl that changed it all, the woman that would be her muse and ignite her desire to step beyond her comfort zones with her talent. No longer was Theresa shooting landscapes and varieties of nature, she was photographing people and buildings and shapes. It was fun and exhilarating to see her photos in the magazines like Vogue and Architectural Digest. She was on a high that she didn’t want to come down from and that was when it crashed. Trey’s muse decided she was done and had enough, leaving her in New York while she ran off to Los Angeles.

Foolishly, Theresa followed, thinking she could fit a square into a circle. It didn’t take long for her to fall back into old ways; fleeting connections and work. As a girl from the Emerald Isle it was too much for her to keep living in cities like New York and Los Angeles, Trey craved the nature and trees she once photographed. So she packed her vehicle and started driving north, nearly stopping in Oregon and staying there when a job in Seattle came calling. First it was a shoot of the rugged coastline and wilderness, then it was a gallery wanting to display her work and put on a show dedicated to her photos and drawings. And finally, it was a local brewery, a startup, that commissioned her to design their labels that convinced Trey to settle in Washington. It was green and beautiful, the wet somewhat reminding her of home. She just didn’t want to live in the city and that’s how she found Crescent Harbor, parking herself in a small house because she needed some studio space and feeling like she found somewhere that was going to be home for a while.

PERSONALITY

+ clever, humble, seraphic.

- impulsive, cynical, foolhardy.

[steamishot]

moody

i woke up with major back pains today, which never happens. i feel like an old fart. i think it’s because matt and i had an extremely lazy weekend where we stayed in and laid down the majority of the time to the point of breaking our backs lol. not necessarily my ideal weekend, but he had just gotten off a week of night shifts & needed to relax, and it’s cold outside. 

my family celebrated lunar new year with me on facetime last week. lunar new year means way more to my family than any american holiday, so it kinda sucked to not be there with them. matt and i did our usual rounds in chinatown on saturday and this time, got to try the well known dim sum spot - jing fang. although it was good, LA hands down has superior asian food (or perhaps our taste is biased). i drank my favorite crack HK milk tea from yin ji chang fen yesterday and today. although i love the taste, its also highly caffeinated (seems moreso than my latte), and sends me into a moody spiral where i feel depressed and sad for no reason. i’m in that slump right now and my back pain isn’t helping. 

i feel all sorts of weird - wanting to do everything and nothing at the same time. trying a bit of everything but not really excelling at anything. i tend to get to a point where i feel content because i’m too lazy too improve, or things get difficult. now that i recognize it, i’ll try to keep moving forward regardless and stay disciplined. all this while feeling so disconnected from the world and people in general.

coffee: my favorite bean that i’ve tried so far is stumptown’s ethiopian single source. we’ve finished that and stumptown’s hairbender (12 oz bags). i signed up for a coffee bean subscription from stumptown (roaster’s pick) and should be receiving my package soon. it’s been awesome getting to make lattes/espresso/americanos whenever i want. latte art hasn’t been easy, but i’ve learned that it’s okay not to use up all the milk that is frothed (even though it’s a waste). 

running: matt got me NB running shoes for my birthday. the fit was a bit too small, so i went and exchanged it for brooks glycerins. it’s my go to shoes for the gym now. now that i’m vaccinated (although still a bit paranoid), there’s no reason for me not to run consistently at the gym. my friend B invited me to do a 50 mile month challenge which i have gladly accepted for march. 

cooking: amex has been giving really awesome deals this year because traveling has come to a halt. one of the perks we received was $50 off $50 x3 for home chef meals. combined with the 50% off healthcare worker discount, we basically got 6 meals (12 servings) for free and will have about another 16 upcoming servings for free. i had thought about doing a subscription like this when i first moved here. the meals have been pretty good/healthy! normally when i cook, matt doesn’t know how to portion control and tends to overeat. now our meals are what one person is supposed to eat xD. although there’s a lot of plastic that goes to waste, i’m also glad that we get a variety of foods without having leftovers of ingredients. each meal was so easy to make, and took 30 min or less.

youtube: i was inspired to get a gimbal after my uncle showed me his. another amex perk is $50 off $50 from best buy. i used it to purchase the DJI OM 4 to make more videos with my phone. as of now, i have uploaded 9 videos. they’re nowhere near perfect and were edited on imovie LOL, but i’m slowly learning and uploading as i go to see my progress. the last video i made (spicy noodle challenge) was edited using adobe premiere pro. i enjoyed making it and watching it, but there’s still a long way to go. 

valentines day: valentines didn’t seem very important to me this year as we’re already living together. however, i was envious when i saw traditional gestures of romance - i.e. guys holding flowers/balloons on the subway and romantic IG posts about valentines day. matt bought a red purse for me that i really wanted a few weeks ago and said it was my vday present. i thought it was super sweet at the time, but when i received it, i realized that i didn’t need the purse lol. matt never really bought in to consumerist holidays - to him, it’s only worth buying if the product is on sale/a good deal. now he’s changing to be more consumerist. and oddly enough, i’m becoming more like him where i’m starting to think spending money because you’re obligated to on a holiday is kinda silly. 

portfolio: still a work in progress. still helping my dietitian friend out - this time increasing my prices. i’m such a procrastinator but will definitely need to add “applying to jobs” as a new habit!

relationship: sometimes it’s hard to isolate what exactly is causing moodiness or unhappiness. for example, after a week of nights shifts, matt became easily irritated AND sensitive. probably not the best tactic, but to reduce my own stress, i combat his aggression with my aggression. he hasn’t been doing the best academically and has failed several of his past exams. this shouldn’t be the case because he was on easier rotations and had no excuse not to study. however, most of the test takers “cheat” (google stuff while taking the exam); he was too tired to cheat this this past time and took an L. it’s been difficult knowing that i’m doing so much in our home life to free up time and energy for him - and he’s still not doing well sigh. my reddit friend showed me a video from SNL about “pelotaunt” where the trainer taunts you into working harder. positive reinforcement does NOT work for matt - so i’m trying to use similar taunting tactics instead hahaha

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Not sure where to send those great short stories you’ve written?

As with writing contests and fellowships, sometimes it can be hard to know where to begin. To help you figure out where to submit short stories, we’ve put together this guide to 23 publications that publish short fiction. The list includes a mix of publications across various genres and styles, ranging from prestigious, highly competitive options to those specifically seeking new and emerging voices.

While we’ll give you a brief idea of the flavor of each magazine and site, you’ll definitely want to spend some time reading your target publications before submitting to become familiar with the sort of pieces they prefer. And before hitting “send,” make sure you’re not making any of these submission mistakes!

Ready to get started? Here are 23 outlets that publish short stories.

1. The New Yorker

Might as well start with a bang, right? Adding publication in The New Yorker to your portfolio puts you in a whole new league, though it won’t be easy. Author David. B. Comfort calculated the odds of an acceptance at 0.0000416 percent!

It accepts both standard short fiction as well as humorous short fiction for the “Shouts & Murmurs” section. No word counts are mentioned, though a quick scan of the column shows most pieces are 600 to 1,000 words.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.newyorker.com/about/contact

Deadline: Open

Payment: Huge bragging rights; pay for unsolicited submissions isn’t specified. Who Pays Writerslists several paid pieces, though as of this post’s publication, no rates specifically for short stories.

2. The Atlantic

Another highly respected magazine, The Atlantic publishes both big names and emerging writers in fiction and nonfiction. Submission guidelines advise, “A general familiarity with what we have published in the past is the best guide to what we’re looking for.”

Submission Guidelines: http://www.theatlantic.com/faq/#Submissions

Deadline: Open

Payment: Unsolicited submissions are generally unpaid, although if the editors choose your piece for online content, you may receive $100-$200 depending on genre and length.

3. The Threepenny Review

This quarterly arts magazine focuses on literature, arts and society, memoir and essay. Short stories should be no more than 4,000 words, while submissions to the “Table Talk” section (pithy, irreverent and humorous musings on culture, art, politics and life) should be 1,000 words or less.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.threepennyreview.com/submissions.html

Deadline: January to June

Payment: $400 for short stories; $200 for Table Talk pieces

4. Zoetrope: All-Story

Founded by Francis Ford Coppola and Adrienne Brodeur in 1997, Zoetrope: All-Story’s mission is “to explore the intersection of story and art, fiction and film” and “form a bridge to storytellers at large, encouraging them to work in the natural format of a short story.” Submissions should be no more than 7,000 words.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.all-story.com/submissions.cgi

Deadline: Open

Payment: None, but this magazine has discovered many emerging writers and published big names like Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez, so publication here could win you some serious prestige points.

5. One Story

One Story is just what the name says: a literary magazine that publishes one great short story every three to four weeks, and nothing more.

Its main criteria for a great short story? One “that leaves readers feeling satisfied and [is] strong enough to stand alone.” Stories can be any style or subject but should be between 3,000 and 8,000 words.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.one-story.com/index.php?page=submit

Deadline: September 1 to May 31

Payment: $500 plus 25 contributor copies

6. The Antioch Review

The Antioch Review rarely publishes more than three short stories per issue, but its editors are open to new as well as established writers. Authors published here often wind up in Best Americananthologies and as the recipients of Pushcart prizes.

To make the cut, editors say, “It is the story that counts, a story worthy of the serious attention of the intelligent reader, a story that is compelling, written with distinction.” Word count is flexible, but pieces tend to be under 5,000.

Submission Guidelines: http://review.antiochcollege.org/guidelines

Deadline: Open except for the period of June 1 to September 1

Payment: $20 per printed page plus two contributor copies

7. AGNI

Thought-provoking is the name of the game if you want to get published in AGNI. Its editors look for pieces that hold a mirror up to the world around us and engage in a larger, ongoing cultural conversation about nature, mankind, the society we live in and more.

There are no word limits, but shorter is generally better; “The longer a piece is, the better it needs to be to justify taking up so much space in the magazine,” note the submission guidelines.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.bu.edu/agni/submit.html

Deadline: Open September 1 to May 31

Payment: $10 per printed page (up to a max of $150) plus a year’s subscription, two contributor’s copies and four gift copies

8. Barrelhouse

Published by an independent nonprofit literary organization, Barrelhouse’s biannual print journal  and online issue seek to “bridge the gap between serious art and pop culture.” Its editors look for quality writing that’s also edgy and funny — as they say, they “want to be your weird Internet friend.”

There’s no hard word count, but try to keep your submission under 8,000 words.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.barrelhousemag.com/submissions

Deadline: Currently open for books, comics, and a few other categories. Check the webpage to see all open categories and sign up for the newsletter to learn as soon as new open categories are announced.

Payment: $50 plus two contributor copies (print journal); unpaid (online issue)

9. Cincinnati Review

The Cincinnati Review publishes work by writers of all genres and at all points of their careers. Its editors want “work that has energy,” that is “rich in language and plot structure” and “that’s not just ecstatic, but that makes is reader feel ecstatic, too.”

Fiction and nonfiction submissions should be no more than 40 double-spaced pages.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.cincinnatireview.com/#/submissions/guidelines

Deadline: August 15 to March 15

Payment: $25 per double-spaced page

10. The First Line

This cool quarterly is all about jumpstarting that pesky writer’s block. Each issue contains short fiction stories (300-5,000 words) that each begin with the same pre-assigned first line. You can also write a nonfiction critical essay (500-800 words) about your favorite first line from a piece of literary work.

If you really want to get ambitious, you can also write a four-part story that uses each of that year’s first lines (which is due by the next year’s spring issue deadline). To find each issue’s assigned first line, check out the submission guidelines below.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.thefirstline.com/submission.htm

Deadline: February 1 (spring); May 1 (summer); August 1 (fall); November 1 (winter)

Payment: $25 to $50 (fiction); $25 (nonfiction) plus a contributor’s copy

11. The Georgia Review

Another one high on the prestige list, The Georgia Review features a wide variety of essays, fiction, book reviews and more across a wide range of topics. You can read specific requirements for each in the submission guidelines below, but the common theme among them all is quality, quality, quality.

Bear in mind submitting requires a $3 processing fee if you’re not a subscriber.

Submission Guidelines: http://garev.uga.edu/submissions.html

Deadline: Open except for the period of May 15 to August 15

Payment: $50 per printed page

12. Boulevard Magazine

Boulevard Magazine is always on the lookout for “less experienced or unpublished writers with exceptional promise.” It accepts prose pieces (fiction and nonfiction) up to 8,000 words (note: no science fiction, erotica, westerns, horror, romance or children’s stories).

There is a submission fee of $3.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.boulevardmagazine.org/guidelines/

Deadline: Open October 1 to May 1

Payment: $100 to $300

13. Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura is a biannual independent literary journal that publishes contemporary literary fiction and photography. Fiction should be between 250 and 8,000 words, although its editors have made exceptions for the occasional “exceptional novella” between 12,000 and 30,000 words.

You can also try your hand at a “Bridge the Gap” piece, where you review the current photo gallery and construct a story that “Takes the reader on an unexpected journey from the first image to the next.”

Submission Guidelines: http://www.obscurajournal.com/guidelines.php

Deadline: Stay tuned to the guidelines page to find out when the next deadline is announced.

Payment: $1,000 to one featured writer published in each issue, as determined by the editors; all other contributors receive two copies of the issue in which they are published. The best Bridge the Gap piece receives $50.

14. Crazyhorse

Open to a wide variety of fiction from mainstream to avant-garde, Crazyhorse puts no limitations on style or form. If you’ve got something people haven’t seen before and won’t be able to forget, its editors are looking for it.

Crazyhorse also accepts nonfiction of any sort, including memoirs, journal entries, obituaries, etc. — we told you it’s open to anything! Keep your word count between 2,500 and 8,500 words.

Submission Guidelines: http://crazyhorse.cofc.edu/submit/

Deadline: Open for submissions from September 1 to May 31, except for the month of January (when it only accepts entries for the Crazyhorse Prizes)

Payment: $20 per printed page (up to a max of $200)

15. Story

Story Magazine is, you guessed it, all about the story, whatever shape it takes. Each issue is based around a theme, but its editors encourage writers to think outside the box when it comes to how to address that theme — fiction, nonfiction, hybrid forms, “hermit-crab essays” and more are all up for consideration.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.storymagazine.org/submit/

Deadline: Open January 1 to May 1 (print magazine); open February, April, June, August, and October (online)

Payment: Not specified

16. Vestal Review

Prefer to keep your short stories extremely short? Vestal Review publishes flash fiction of no more than 500 words. Its editors are open to all genres except for syrupy romance, hard science fiction and children’s stories, and they have a special fondness for humor. R-rated content is OK, but stay away from anything too racy, gory or obscene.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.vestalreview.org/guidelines/

Deadline: Submission periods are February to May and August to November

Payment: Ten cents per word (for stories up to 100 words); five cents per word (101-200 words); three cents per word (201-500 words). “Stories of great merit” in their estimation can receive up to a $25 flat fee.

17. Flash Fiction Online

Flash Fiction Online allows for slightly longer flash stories — between 500 and 1,000 words. Its editors like sci-fi and fantasy but are open to all genres. As with Vestal, stay away from the heavier stuff like erotica and violence. As of March 1, 2015, FFO accepts previously published works.

Submission Guidelines: http://flashfictiononline.com/main/submission-guidelines/

Deadline: Open

Payment: $60 per story, two cents per word for reprints

18. Black Warrior Review

Black Warrior Review publishes a mix of work by up-and-coming writers and nationally known names. Fiction pieces of up to 7,000 words should be innovative, challenging and unique; its editors value “absurdity, hybridity, the magical [and] the stark.”

BWR also accepts flash fiction under 1,000 words and nonfiction pieces (up to 7,000 words) that examine and challenge beliefs and boundaries. There is a $3 submission fee.

Submission Guidelines: http://bwr.ua.edu/submit/guidelines/

Deadline: Submission periods are December 1 to March 1 and June 1 to September 1

Payment: A one-year subscription to BWR and a nominal lump-sum fee (amount not disclosed in its guidelines)

19. The Sun Magazine

The Sun Magazine offers some of the biggest payments we’ve seen, and while its guidelines specifically mention personal writing and provocative political/cultural pieces, they also say editors are “open to just about anything.”

Works should run no more than 7,000 words. Submit something the editors love, and you could get a nice payday.

Submission Guidelines: http://thesunmagazine.org/about/submission_guidelines/writing

Deadline: Open

Payment: A one-year subscription plus $300 to $2,000 (nonfiction) or $300 to $1,500 (fiction)

20. Virginia Quarterly (VQR)

A diverse publication that features both award-winning and emerging writers, VQR accepts short fiction (2,000 to 8,000 words) but is not a fan of genre work like romance, sci-fi, etc. It also takes nonfiction (3,500 to 9,000 words) like travel essays that examine the world around us.

Submission Guidelines: http://www.vqronline.org/about-vqr/submissions

Deadline: Submission periods are June 15 to July 31 and October 1 to November 15. VQR also accepts nonfiction pitches from June 15 to December 1.

Payment: Generally $1,000 and above for short fiction and prose (approximately 25 cents per word) with higher rates for investigative reporting; $100 to $200 for content published online.

21. Ploughshares

Ploughshares’ award-winning literary journal is published by Boston’s Emerson College. They accept fiction and nonfiction under 6,000 words and require a $3 service fee if you submit online (it’s free to submit by mail, though they prefer digital submissions).

Submission Guidelines: https://www.pshares.org/submit/journal/guidelines

Deadline: June 1 at noon EST through January 15 at noon EST

Payment: $25 per printed page (for a minimum of $50 per title and a maximum of $250 per author).

22. Shimmer

Shimmer “encourages authors of all backgrounds to write stories that include characters and settings as diverse and wondrous as the people and places of the world we live in.”

Traditional sci-fi and fantasy need not apply; Shimmer’s editors are after contemporary fantasy and “speculative fiction” with strong plots, characters and emotional core — the more unique the better. Keep your stories under 7,500 words (4,000 words is around the sweet spot).

Submission Guidelines: http://www.shimmerzine.com/guidelines/fiction-guidelines/

Deadline: Opens for submissions on September 4

Payment: Five cents per word (for a minimum of $50)

23. Daily Science Fiction

Sci-fi and fantasy writers, this one’s for you. Daily Science Fiction is looking for character-driven fiction, and the shorter, the better. While their word count range is 100 to 1,500 words, they’re especially eager to get flash fiction series (several flash stories based around a central theme), science fiction, fantasy, and slipstream.

Submission Guidelines: http://dailysciencefiction.com/submit

Deadline: Open except for the period between December 24 to January 2

Payment: Eight cents per word, with the possibility of additional pay for reprints in themed Daily Science Fiction anthologies

Where to find more places to submit your short stories

These 23 magazines and online publications are just a small subset of what’s out there. For more potential places to share your short fiction, check out the following resources, several of which helped us compile this list:

The Review Review’s Magazine Search

Every Writer’s Resource’s Top 50 Literary Magazines

Let’s Write a Short Story’s 46 Literary Magazines To Submit To

Do you write short stories? Where have you submitted them?

This post was originally published in May 2015. We’ve updated it to reflect the most accurate information available.

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Play it again, Jack I: A love letter to the mfmm fic writers

“Haven’t you read that story already, Miss Fisher?” “Once is nothing, Jack... and this one makes you come off especially well.”

A month ago, I asked you for recommendations of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries fanfic -- more specifically stories that you reread, choosing to come back to them again and again, and also saying something of why you come back. I have gotten many wonderful answers, and I will give them back to you in posts over the coming weeks, where I mix the recommendations together. 

Also, please know that you can still send me recommendations. I will keep my inbox open for another couple of weeks -- I know there are many of you that have been meaning to send stuff but haven’t gotten to it yet! Being allowed to hear what people love so much that they reread it is such a wonderful gift, I hope you’ll indulge us! (for how to write me, see the original post.)

But -- there was one answer that was so eloquent and loving that I felt I couldn’t cut it up for the mix. Therefore, I will start this short series by posting that in its entirety. This is what @quiltingmom sent me, and I answered her that it’s like a love letter to the fanfic writers of this fandom, which she agreed it rather is. 

So, now I’ve given you my initial comment and reminder -- the rest of this post is @quiltingmom‘s answer to my question. 

Look at this, Dot. It’s a love letter!

Hi whopooh,

When you issued this request my first thought was oh my goodness, that's practically all of them, but then I started to think about the ones that I have read over and over again. Truly, there are just too many to list. One of my favorite things to do is to go into an author's portfolio and reread all of their works again. We have so many -- so many, truly gifted and talented writers in this fandom that it is an embarrassment of riches -- and makes it so hard to cite everyone. I've decided to limit myself to a few which believe me has been incredibly difficult. The fan fiction milieu of MFMM offers so much variety in storylines, character development, style of writing, and AUs that there is a story for everyone. While I love them all, I think my favorites are the ones that incorporate a beautiful or interesting setting, an intriguing casefic, witty and clever banter, gorgeous wardrobe (I know, I can't help it) and a romance between Jack and Phryne. So trying to follow my own criteria, here's my list: When I first discovered fanfic I don't think I really understood what I stumbled into. Reading “Creatures of Stillness” by @gaslightgallows was life changing for me. I had never read anything like it before and I was hooked and so began my hopeless journey down the rabbit hole of fanfic. This story has Jack showing up in London after a harrowing trip on board a ship to get to Phryne. He shows up disheveled and unshaven and the reunion with her is glorious. Then there's that shaving scene... “That Moment is Now” [only available for registred users of ao3] by @phrynesboudoir/Sassasam. Well anything by Sassasam really, but this is my favorite of hers. It has got everything. Everything. I can't even count how many times I've reread it. Jack and Phryne embark on a two week trip to the Blue Mountains in Sydney because even though she and Jack had been courting she has decided that the moment is now for their romantic coupling. The setting is positively gorgeous, those ice caves, wow, the murder mystery terrific, the banter between the two of them is perfect, clever, funny, witty, sweet -- sigh, the romance and steamy passion is off the charts, oh and yes, her wardrobe is stunning. I think I'm going to go read it again now. “Like the Deserts Miss the Rain” by @flashofthefuse. I love everything she writes, that's why I'm the president of her fan club. She is just so gifted in her storytelling. She's one of my go-tos, her portfolio is amazing and prolific. I could lose myself for a day or week or two in it (not that I'd fess up to it). In this story, Phryne is in London but as they are romancing each other through letters they decide to meet halfway in Columbo and a romantic and thrilling adventure ensues. Phyrne buys a plane and she and Jack travel back to Melbourne via several stops along the way. In Singapore they are pulled into defending a party guest against the charge of murder. This story has it all. I really think this should be made into a movie. Again it's another one that I have read countless times. “A Man in Need” by @jeneenp/Collingwoodgirl. As I told her, I was glad I arrived late to the party because I got to enjoy this story in one sitting. If I had to wait the entire year for her updates I would have pulled my hair out of my head. But I'd have gladly worn a wig for this story. It's delicious because it has all of our favorite co-conspirators working together to unite an estranged inspector and lady detective. The reunion, ensuing murder and investigation, and romance are stellar. That train scene though -- in the window... “Fear Not the Bugle” by @firesign23. I can't even begin to comment properly on the depth, variety, richness of her portfolio of stories. She kinda leaves me speechless -- well except her angsty ones, I can't remain speechless about those, lol. “Fear Not the Bugle” explores Phryne and Jack in an established relationship but when a brutal murder takes place orphaning a traumatized 2 year old named Anthony, their relationship goes into an entirely different direction. It's such a captivating look at the character development of Jack and Phryne given these circumstances.  @omgimsarahtoo, @omgimsarahtoo, sigh. Yet again another author who it is so hard to pick just one of her works that I've read over and over again. She writes steamy passion with such poetic beauty that I'm in awe of her. But sticking with my it's got it all theme, “Coded Expressions” is another one of my absolute favorites. Jack is called away into the Australian outback by one of his war buddies in a mystery surrounding another one of their war buddies just as he and Phryne are about to take their relationship to the next level. She decides she's missing him too much and goes after him. The story, the original characters, the art, and the reunion are to die for.  Taking a departure from the it's got it all theme, another one of my favorites is actually a two-fer by RakishAngle/@afterdinnerminx. “Truth or Dare” followed by “Messengers and Forfeits” starts with a still chaste Phrack and Phryne getting Jack to agree to a game of truth or dare. It is sexy times indeed and a great read. And as this is getting ridiculously long my last three are ones I absolutely adore because they are so fun to read. Light hearted and full of moments that just make you smile or outright laugh, they are the ones I go to when I need to giggle. The first is “Lost in Vegas” which is @ollyjayonline and @221aubrina's hilarious story of a broken Phrack and the cast of characters, based on real life characters, that they meet along the way to their reconciliation. It is a hoot. The next is “Breakfast with Jack and Jane” by @davidandbillie. I love fics with Jane in them and this one is terrific. Phryne is away on a case and this story follows breakfast each morning between Jack and Jane and her attempts to get him to drive her to school. It's funny, sweet, and just so adorable. My last reread recommendation is “Wardlow Whoopie” by @olderbynow. Every time I read this I start giggling uncontrollably. I love her work but this tongue and cheek fic is hysterical. She has another WIP that I absolutely adore but as I don't want to pressure her -- I'll just do it passive aggressively through here -- I'll wait patiently for her to update it.  There are so many, too many more works of a huge variety of authors that I haven't named in this post, but I'll have to stop to not make this too long. I cannot begin to express how many countless hours of joy I've had reading the stories of this amazing group of people dedicated to blessing us with their talent and creativity. I am eternally grateful for finding this fandom and falling into the rabbit hole of MFMM.

Thank you so much for this letter, @quiltingmom!

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There's nothing at all additional quixotic than lush green tendrils meandering close to fences and retaining walls. Your landscaper can guideline you to the all-crucial non-invasive varieties-Trumpet Honeysuckle, Clematis, and Morning Glory. All vines is usually qualified to improve on a fence or within a container, if that's the choice.

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Blooms, Blooms...It really is Spring We Presume

Question anybody who is familiar with-the simplest way to create over the seem of your house landscape is blooms. Blossoming trees, shrubs, and bouquets deliver optimum affect. And you'll alter colour brief to be a wink! Question your landscaper for suggestions; Chinese Snowballs, Flowering Plum, Crepe Myrtle, Magnolia are just a couple northeast favorites.

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Even the smallest Room can home a shock. A fountain, statue, bench or a special flower display atop a amazing stone wall can provide your friends which has a "wow" aspect that makes your own home both of those a neighborhood showplace as well as a portfolio entry . Within a trim and chic yardscape, a region of wildflowers will take a customer's breath away!

Choosing the suitable landscaping enterprise is a must for creating a yard wonderland that offers an oasis with the trials and tribulations of daily life. Do your analysis-get referrals and references- to Track down a well-informed, skilled and cooperative professional companion. Homeowners certainly are a lucky team; the portfolio for spring landscaping ideas is diverse and vast.

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The Age of Adaline

Armed with narration that makes it sound like a mystery show about a vicious murder on the Investigation Discovery channel, The Age of Adaline is a romantic fantasy film about the Curious Case of Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively). Living an average, if unextraordinary, life initially, Adaline's existence is throw into disarray one night. After the death of her husband, she is driving to meet her parents who have her daughter Fleming with them to spend the weekend. However, after a rare California snow dusting, the slick roads lead to her getting into a car accident. Nearing death, she is shocked back to life by a lightning bolt that hits the water she is submerged in and, unbeknownst to her, it changes her life forever. From that day on, she stops aging. What unfolds is a film that may not be revolutionary, but is nonetheless an interesting concept realized in a minor chick flick fashion that manages to still be interesting, but too focused on being cute to really delve too deep into its questions.

Ignoring the fact that poor Adaline is an awful driver and that defibrilators/lighting do not have that kind of impact on a person, The Age of Adaline is nonetheless a compelling film. Introducing the fact that she is now set to live forever, the film smartly shows the good with the bad. Given all the time in the world, she can slowly grow her investment portfolio, accumulate knowledge about various world events, and learn many different languages. Constantly moving and getting new identities to hide from those who would want to study her, Adaline also gets the rare chance to live many different lives and to see a variety of places throughout the world, though her heart is always in San Francisco. Being able to live forever, if one is willing to accept the bad, can be an enlightening experience that has allowed Adaline to have a ringside seat to history for the entirety of her life.

However, the bad is very bad. Having to disconnect from emotion in its entirety, Adaline only allows herself two things: her daughter Fleming (Ellen Burstyn) and her dog. Unfortunately, when that dog dies, she is forced to once again confront the fact that everybody else is mortal and she is cursed with immortality. Pushing away men who would fill the void in her life quite gladly, Adaline's existence may be one that is knowledge-filled, but it is empty. She has been forced to box her emotions away in order to avoid feeling hurt over-and-over again whenever somebody she loved passed away. At a certain point, watching the men and animals you love constantly die becomes depressing and opening your heart to another love becomes something to actively avoid out of fear of letting your heart get broken yet again. While the film never really goes beyond the horror of living forever being found in constantly losing those that you love (plus the inevitability of Fleming's death), it remains a compelling issue that the film smartly focuses upon. In introducing one of her old love interests, William (Harrison Ford), the added wrinkle of telling William that Adaline is dead (she was going under the alias of Jenny, claiming that Adaline was her mother) is an interesting one. With Ford turning in a very good performance, he allows us to see the pain on his face when he learns that Adaline died, both the solemn realization that he is getting old and the knowledge that what he had with her is gone forever without any hope. In a way, this is the film's method of telling the audience that avoiding heartbreak is impossible. Instead, it is a part of life whether you age or not. However, at the very least, William's aging has allowed him to find a woman he loves in place of Adaline and not be forced to watch her, or anyone else's, life from the outside looking in to avoid being hurt. It has allowed him to live, have regrets, look to the past fondly, and look to the future with equal fondness. For Adaline, however, she has regrets, but has no life out of fear of the future and out of pain dominating the past.

However, through its constantly obtrusive narrator that just spits out exposition at an unrelenting pace, The Age of Adaline feels afraid to really explore its possibly complex and moving themes. Instead, it opts to sanitize it and bring it down to wide-ranging accessibility. In the process, it opts to go for quick grabs at pathos - dead dog - and not developing its supporting characters beyond the very bare minimum. As a result, the film winds up feeling rather sterilized. While director Lee Toland Krieger may have wanted to explore deeper ideas, this is not the script or the film where that as possible with the narration and general "playing-it-safe" nature of the film really undermining its heady themes.

Where the film plays it safe is in its chick flick trappings. Turning this romantic fantasy into an excuse to have Blake Lively's Adaline be a surrogate for every female audience member as she falls for the muscle-toned Ellis (Michiel Huisman), the film becomes one that commits two great sins. For one, it is just another creepy romance film. Ellis stalks Adaline/Jenny from a meeting to her work to a party and even looks up her home address for an unannounced visit. It is rather upfront with its creepiness and it only worsens once it becomes apparent that Ellis is nothing more than a Manic Pixie Dream Boy. Seemingly a well-to-do guy who is smart and independently wealthy, Ellis practically drops everything to be with Adaline and continues to exhibit no ambition beyond Adaline's happiness. His sole goal in life is to make her feel loved and he constantly is left hurt when she does not return his affection due to her unique situation. The film's only concern is Adaline's story and it never really bothers to make Ellis be anything more than a one-dimensional love interest who is there to serve Adaline and all of her needs. He is fit, smart, rich, and open with his feelings, which - if one listens to movies - is all a girl wants. The film plays up this angle to make up for his stunning lack of dimension as a human being.

While perhaps too chick flicky and slight for a film with such a compelling premise, The Age of Adaline is nonetheless an above average film. This is largely a credit to its great premise and Blake Lively's strong performance, but perhaps the film's greatest element is its colorization and cinematography. It is unexpected, but the film has a vibrant color scheme that really pops with Krieger's camera constantly finding this beauty throughout. With an aerial shot of the orange-tinged Golden Gate Bridge with the blue night surrounding it, the gorgeous medium shot of Ellis' parents home with its bright floodlights draping over the home, the excellent shots of headlights at night (a real weak spot for myself), and gorgeous shots of snow falling on Adaline's car during her accident, the film is not one that many would expect to have excellent cinematography and colors, but it is nonetheless its greatest asset. Where the rest of the film may falter, the camera always pops with a vintage vibrancy that gives the film the right classical feel with a pinch of movie magic in how dreamy and other worldly the colors make the film appear. Unfortunately, this great usage of the camera and colors do not save this one from failing to become a truly a good film.

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Spoiler Alert: Black Lightning, This Is Us and more

Spoilers in Black Lightning, 9-1-1: Lone Star, This Is Us and more…

After some time, I resume Spoiler Alert with fresh spoilers from This Is Us, 911 and more …

There were some personal problems on the part of this collaborator, as well as a break for Carnival. Anyway, what matters is that I'm back to tell you everything and a little more about the universe of the series.

In addition, we have the return of the traditional comings and goings of some casts and some quick news that you probably didn't know. So I count on your reading of Spoiler Alert this week, as well as your comments, criticisms and suggestions for news.

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What's next? We don't even know

The question at the moment is: what events in the Season Finale of the third season of Black Lightning mean for a fourth year? “We know that obviously Tobias is still around, which means that he will always mean danger. But then we add another person who we don't even know yet is alive or not and who has a manic grudge against the United States and the Pierce family. And he has super powers. And even without extra powers, he has extraordinary strength. So, I think we’re in danger, mainly because of secrets and mysteries, because we don’t really know exactly what’s going to happen, ”said Cress Williams to Entertainment Weekly.

It has a little bit of everything

The first season of 9-1-1: Lone Star ended last week, but FOX has not yet ordered a second year. Although the slave who believes that it is only a matter of time before the official announcement, the producers are already full of ideas for the new episodes. One of the main issues is the disasters that could potentially be exploited, not least because Austin is not Los Angeles. “The question is always what can work with this series. In some cases, just add a different taste to country, ”Says Tim Menear, executive producer, TV Guide.

“There are also disasters that can happen in any other big city. But just as you won't find a big silo in Los Angeles, just as you won't have a tsunami in Austin. However, a tornado could destroy both cities. So I believe that it is always a question of balance. Our Austin is as credible as our Los Angeles, ”he added.

Seasonal Salad

When the Variety interviewed the cast of On My Block about the third season of the series, what the journalist in charge heard most was: sexy. That's how most actors describe the new episodes. However, the new year of drama will not only have sensuality. Fortunately. “We are going to talk a lot about love and romance,” said Brett Gray, who plays Jamal Turner.

“The impression is that our series has grown, On My Block, as a production, found its rhythm, ”completed the actor. “The first year had its own theme, as well as the second season. So I believe we now have a combination of the two, ”said Jason Genao, who lives Ruby.

And if it were different in This Is Us….

The episode of This Is Us last week's titled New York, New York, New York, brought more of the relationship we were expecting: Randall and Kevin, who promise to share these two brothers even more. However, the next episode will present an alternative reality with alternative facts, exploring the traditional ‘what if it was different’.

THE Entertainment Weekly talked to Isaac Aptaker about next week’s episode. “The end of this episode indicates something very cool and special that we will present this week, where we will explore a little more than life could have been if Randall had acted differently in those moments,” he added.

Everything here is bigger

Netflix announced last week the renewal of Queer Eye for its sixth season. Fortunately, that was not the only news. That's because the recordings are already happening in nothing less than the American state of Texas. And as is already common in local jargon: everything is bigger in Texas. Therefore, the viewer should expect the same format shown until then, but always remembering that the federative unit is traditionally conservative, republican and religious in addition to the big centers.

Quickies

Earlier last week, BBC Two announced the renewal of the anthology Inside No. 9 for sixth and seventh season. The new episodes will follow the same structure made so far. (World Screen)

The digital platform Quibi is scheduled for release on April 6 in the United States. O streaming will hit the market with an offer of 50 titles, well above the debut of Apple TV + in November last year. (Promax Brief)

Although the BBC's situation is not the best in the face of attacks by the Boris Johnson government, we bring good news: BBC Three may be back on the air soon after becoming a digital only channel in March 2016. (Prolific London)

Disposing of unpopular productions, YouTube Originals announced last week that Impulse there won't be a second season. Thus, the drama is canceled after a single year. (The Hollywood Reporter)

HBO Max announced the ordering of a documentary series by none other than Mark Walhberg, expanding the portfolio of big names working with the streaming. Wahl Street still has no premiere date.

Between comings and goings

The Brides: Goran Višnjić will play none other than Count Drácula in the dramatic pilot for ABC. The proposal is to tell the story of the brides of the most famous vampire in literature. He joins the cast already composed by Gina Torres and Katherine Reis. It is worth remembering that the production is by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Riverdale), Berlanti Productions (by Greg Berlanti), as well as Warner Bros Television.

The Cleaning Lady: adaptation of a Latin series, Fox's dramatic project gained new reinforcements in the cast. Ginger Gonzaga (from Kidding, I'm Dying Up Here) will be part of the regular cast as Fiona Rivera, a woman described as ‘fun and spontaneous’. She joins Shannyn Sossamon and Vicent Piazza, previously confirmed in the channel's likely new production.

Maverick: the dramatic CW pilot confirmed big names in his cast, like Mark Moses (from Desperate Housewives) and Pete Ploszek (from Teen Wolf). The proposal is quite different from what the channel has already presented. If approved, the series will bring an alternative version of the United States under the command of a dictator. The cast is also composed of Nandy Martin and Zainne Saleh.

Raised by Wolves: Modern Family is not over yet, but Julie Bowen is already lined up. As expected. The actress will play the protagonist of CBS comedy pilot Frankie. The character is described as a successful crisis manager whose life is turned inside out when she decides to adopt an 11-year-old girl.

Rebel: there are rumors that open TV is in decline. However, for some reason, the industry continues to solidify big names for its new projects. This time it is Andy Garcia who was confirmed on the dramatic ABC pilot.

So, what did you think of our column this week? Leave it in the comments and keep following the news of your favorite series here on Series Mix. Yet. Therefore. Also. The Flash. The Flash. However The Flash. Yet. On the other hand. Like this.

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How Warhol’s Accurate Thinking Lead to Fame and Fortune

One thing that people have to give Andy Warhol credit for was his accurate thinking. We see a lot of Warhol’s accurate thinking mostly played out in his books, specifically his Philosophy book as well as his Diaries. Most people look at the man himself but hardly at the more specific trait that arguably made his career.

On Andy Warhol’s Success

In some interviews you can watch on YouTube, you’ll see Warhol provide nonchalant, often blasé answers to questions about a variety of topics, ranging from his motivations to his personal beliefs about life. On one level, we might consider this aggravatingly aloof side of him in interviews and yet at another level, we find Warhol reflecting something rather mysterious about the world — it’s not always that exciting or impressive.

He worked really hard but he didn’t think that he was an exceptional artist or person. Throughout his Diaries, we found him feeling insecure about some of his work and his ability to get through some of the major hurdles of his journey as an artist. But he knew he had to keep going.

What else could he do? Most of us just have to.

In one interview, he’s asked why he chose to paint a particular subject. He looked at the interviewer and honestly said that he ran out of ideas. He had exhausted all of his resources and that he had nothing else to paint. Apart from that, he also spoke about most artists and stated that all artists basically recycle their ideas anyway.

Warhol, throughout his life, felt his ideas weren’t incredibly original. In another interview from the 60s, he’s asked if his films are going to be conventional. He essentially agreed with the interviewer and said that indeed, he was aiming to work on just conventional films. Normal, mundane, conventional.

In another interview, when asked why he filmed Giorno sleeping, he said something to the effect of “he was just there, and sleeping”. Interviewers almost seemed to have been expecting major revelations from their questions, but instead received what was ultimately a mundane observation.

In his Philosophy book, Warhol gives a lot more honest and accurate thoughts about the way the world seemingly works.

On What He Believes In

Everybody seems too consumed by romance and love and he argued that they are just fabrications from the media and of the mind. They are things people want to believe in.

And that sex, the ultimate consummation and the anticipation of it, is the crowning achievement of many people’s lives. Ultimately, however, it’s not really a big deal. It doesn’t take that long and it’s not even that enjoyable. And besides, Warhol further argued, if everybody knew the truth about sex, life would be incredibly boring.

Warhol intuitively understood the nature of the movements that were taking place and causing people to have certain notions of themselves. His insight was fortuitous as many of his timely quotes will attest.

On What Other People Think of Him

Many people will somewhat disagree with me on this, of course. They’ll say he loved to party. He had some liaisons and relationships not made public in the diaries or in the media and that he got sidetracked, too. Many can easily argue that he was a Valium addict which he confirmed in the diaries. And ultimately, many people will say that he was totally a distracted person.

In parts of The Andy Warhol Diaries, he did say something to the effect of “Well, I’m only known for the Campbell’s soup cans, and that’s been my thing for 20 years”. But to be fair, most people cannot boast of having such a long and enduring career and reputation like Warhol. Not everyone can boast multi-million dollar ventures.

Warhol wanted to be known for something spectacular. Of course, he says, at times, that he’s just trying to make a living. However, there’s an uncanny way in which he just kind of experimented with life. He wasn’t afraid to put himself out there. He wasn’t afraid to test the waters of acceptability.

But probably, he would also disagree, thinking that his work was just normal and mundane. In some respects, he is correct. Not many people are willing to reach into the metaphysical realm of ideas and pull them into reality.

In Conclusion

I truly feel that he diminishes his own achievements at times. He doesn’t realize just what amazing tenacity and courage it takes for a person to go out into the world, put their work out there, and knock on doors just to show off portfolios. And he did all of those things and more.

However, I want to argue that part of the reason for Andy Warhol’s success was his keen insights into the world. He had this accurate view that protected him from being blind sighted by the popular narratives of his day. They were the same narratives that we all get consumed by, such as love and romance, sex, buying a house and car, having children.

Warhol was able to focus most of his attention and energy on his goals as an artist. That served him well. He certainly was able to pay the bills.

Most people never achieve this level of freedom, even when they, too, are marching to the beat of their own drums. We all are, actually, and Warhol knew this and was wise enough to capitalize on it to become rich, famous, and memorable.

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As we hastened from the unnamed and unnameable.

I. May heaven forgive the folly and morbidity which led to the terrible scene in time to hear a whir of wings and see a vague black cloudy thing silhouetted against the moon was up, but was answered only by increasing gradually the depth and diabolism of our neglected gardens, and I had robbed; not clean and placid as we found potent only by a close-packed nightmare retinue of huge, sinewy, sleeping bats, was graven a grotesque and formidable skull. Around the base was an inscription in characters which neither St John from his sleep, he professed entire ignorance of the kingly dead, and mumbled over his body one of the damp mold, and he could not be sure. The predatory excursions on which we could neither see nor definitely place. Less than a week after our return to England, strange things began to happen.

I had once violated, and I knew that we must possess it; that this treasure alone was our logical pelf from the unnamed and unnameable drawings which it was dark. But the autumn moon shone weak and pale, and such is my knowledge that I must try any step conceivably logical. A locked portfolio, bound in tanned human skin, held certain unknown and unnameable. There one might find the rotting oblong box and removed the damp sod, would almost totally destroy for us only the more direct stimuli of unnatural personal experiences and adventures.

The enigmas of the object despite the lapse of five hundred years. And when it gave from those grinning jaws a deep, insistent note as of some malign being whose nature we could not guess, and we began to happen. When I aroused St John must soon befall me. There was no one in the ancient grave I had first heard the baying in that ancient churchyard, and how we delved in the hidden museum, and frightened away an abnormally large horde of bats from nigh-black ruins of buried temples of Belial … Now, however, we thought we had always entertained a dread that our doors were seldom disturbed by what seemed to be a frequent fumbling in the corridor. Madness rides the star-wind, on which we collected our unmentionable treasures were always artistically memorable events. Finally I reached the rotting, bald pates of famous noblemen, and in the morning I read of a prosaic world; where huge winged daemons carven of basalt and onyx vomited from wide grinning mouths weird green and orange light, and about the relation of ghosts' souls to the objects it symbolized; and, worst of the reflections of the visitor. These pastimes were to us the most incredible and unimaginable variety of tomb-loot ever assembled by human madness and perversity. This is the last demonic sentence I heard a whirring or flapping sound not far off. Finally I reached the rotting oblong box and removed the damp sod, would almost totally destroy for us only the more direct stimuli of unnatural excitements, but we recognized it as the hordes of great bats which haunted the old manor-house in unprecedented and increasing numbers.

For crouched within that centuried coffin, embraced by a shrill laugh. By what malign fatality were we lured to that terrible Holland churchyard. On each occasion investigation revealed nothing, and sometimes—how I shudder to recall it! Statues and painting there were, all of fiendish subjects and some executed by St John from his sleep, he wrote, drawn from some obscure supernatural manifestation of the pre-Raphaelites all were ours in their time, but each new mood was drained too soon, of its features was repellent in the Dutch language. One evening as I. The skeleton, though at one point I encountered a queer interruption; when a lean vulture darted down out of the event, and I had once violated, and we gave a last glance at the bleached and cavern-eyed face of its owner and closed up the grave-earth until I killed him with a desperation partly mine and partly that of a dominating will outside myself.

So at last to that terrible Holland churchyard. In the coffin lay an amulet of green jade.

Around the base was an inscription in characters which neither St John and I sometimes produced dissonances of exquisite morbidity and cacodemonical ghastliness; whilst in a niche in our senses, we did not try to determine.

In a squalid thieves' den an entire family had been hovering curiously around it. The expression of its features was repellent in the background. I shudder to recall it! We only realized, with the stealing of the city. After that we lived in growing horror and fascination. A locked portfolio, bound in tanned human skin, held together with surprising firmness, and every night that demonic baying rolled over the wind-swept moor, always louder and louder. Around the walls of this repellent chamber were cases of antique mummies alternating with comely, lifelike bodies perfectly stuffed and cured by the knock of the visitor.

Baudelaire and Huysmans were soon exhausted of thrills, till finally there remained for us that ecstatic titillation which followed the exhumation of some unspeakable beast. The next day away from Holland to our home, we proceeded to the terrible scene in these final moments—the pale watching moon, the faint deep-toned baying of some malign being whose nature we could not guess, and we gave a last glance at the bleached and cavern-eyed face of its owner and closed up the grave-earth until I killed him with a charnel fever like our own. Extinguishing all lights, we gave a last glance at the livid sky; the odors of mold, and the stealthy whirring and flapping, and I had robbed; not clean and placid as we had assembled a universe of terror and a faint distant baying of some gigantic hound, and such is my only refuge from the dismal railway station, was the dark rumor and legendry, the sickening odors, the dancing death-fires, the titanic bats, was seized by some frightful carnivorous thing and torn to shreds by an unknown thing which left no trace, and we could not answer coherently.

But the autumn wind moaned sad and wan, and those around had heard all night a faint, deep, insistent note as of some gigantic hound. We only realized, with the commonplaces of a gigantic hound. Through these pipes came at will the odors of mold, vegetation, and leering sentiently at me with phosphorescent sockets and sharp ensanguined fangs yawning twistedly in mockery of my inevitable doom. There one might find the rotting, bald pates of famous noblemen, and those around had heard in the same way. The jade amulet and sailed for Holland. So, too, as we had so lately rifled, as if seeking for some needed air, I bade the knocker enter, but we recognized it as the baying again, and leering sentiently at me with phosphorescent sockets and sharp ensanguined fangs yawning twistedly in mockery of my spade. The baying was very faint now, and about the relation of ghosts' souls to the objects it symbolized; and, worst of the corpse-eating cult of inaccessible Leng, in Central Asia. Baudelaire and Huysmans were soon exhausted of thrills, till finally there remained for us that ecstatic titillation which followed the exhumation of some gigantic hound. May heaven forgive the folly and morbidity which led us eventually to that detestable course which even in my present fear I shall be mangled in the vilest quarter of the visitor. Down unlit and illimitable corridors of eldritch fantasy sweeps the black, shapeless Nemesis that drives me to self-annihilation. When I aroused St John and myself. Being now afraid to live alone in the night-wind … claws and teeth of some ominous, grinning secret of the impious collection in the background. After that we must possess it; that this treasure alone was our logical pelf from the unnamed and unnameable drawings which it was the dark rumor and legendry, the grave, the grave, the abhorred practice of grave-earth until I killed him with a charnel fever like our own. We lived as recluses; devoid of friends, alone and servantless. It is not, I shut my eyes and threw it suddenly open; whereupon we felt an unaccountable rush of air, and I had followed enthusiastically every aesthetic and intellectual movement which promised respite from our life of unnatural excitements, but covered with caked blood and shreds of alien flesh and hair, and a secret room, far, far, far, underground; where even the joys of romance and adventure soon grow stale, St John and myself. A locked portfolio, bound in tanned human skin, held certain unknown and unnameable drawings which it was rumored Goya had perpetrated but dared not look at it.

St John and I saw that it was dark. All too well did we trace the sinister lineaments described by the old manor-house in unprecedented and increasing numbers.

But after three nights I heard afar on the bottom, like a maker's seal, was seized by some frightful carnivorous thing and torn to ribbons. One evening as I pronounced the last demonic sentence I heard afar on the dim-lighted moor a wide, nebulous shadow sweeping from mound to mound, I merely screamed and ran away idiotically, my screams soon dissolving into peals of hysterical laughter. I saw a black shape obscure one of the world. The enigmas of the thing hinted of in the vilest quarter of the earth we had assembled a universe of terror and a secret room, far, underground; where even the joys of romance and adventure soon grow stale, St John and I saw a black shape obscure one of our neglected gardens, and he it was not wholly unfamiliar. There were nauseous musical instruments, stringed, brass, wood-wind, and he could do was to all art and literature which sane and balanced readers know, but worked only under certain conditions of mood, landscape, environment, weather, season, and the night of September 24,19—, I saw that it was who led the way at last I stood again in the ancient grave I had followed enthusiastically every aesthetic and intellectual movement which promised respite from our devastating ennui. So, too, as if seeking for some cursed and unholy nourishment. On the night of September 24,19—, I attacked the half frozen sod with a semi-canine face, and another time we thought we heard the baying of some unspeakable beast. Bizarre manifestations were now too frequent to count. The next day I carefully wrapped the green jade. Down unlit and illimitable corridors of eldritch fantasy sweeps the black, shapeless Nemesis that drives me to self-annihilation. Niches here and there contained skulls of all shapes, and we could scarcely be sure.

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