#I have to write it

[wytchsbrew]

Sometimes, when the kids asked Wolfwood if Heaven really did exist, he found himself pausing. Sure, he believed in it, but it felt hard to look at their little faces and give them an answer of something he could not back up with proof.

But, then, one day, he felt it. He felt it sharply.

Vash and Wolfwood were entangled with each other, kissing and touching and exploring, whilst wrapped in Vash's big, beautiful wings. They felt warm and soft against Wolfwood's naked skin, as he tossed his head back at the feeling of Vash's experienced hands wandering his body.

The cool, natural scent of the ethereal feathers filled his senses, mingling with the floral smell that always clung to Vash like a perfume. From the aromas, to the sensations, to Vash's hands and kisses, the taste of him on his lips, it became too much. Every different feeling hit him and filled him, until he overflowed and clung to Vash's body with desperate, trembling hands.

"Nicholas, Nicholas," Vash whispered, pressing lips softly to the corner of Wolfwood's mouth, as those pristine wings curled further around his shaking body, "I'm so in love with you."

That was Heaven.

His Heaven.

He smiled, and answered the children after that day with confidence. "Yes."

[46hasu]

The Sumeru Found Family but this time with Al-Haitham and Nahida in an Kotaru Lives Alone AU:

Al-Haitham is a tired grad student pulling all nighters to get his doctorate when he gets a new neighbor at his crappy apartment complex, Nahida, who is obviously a six year old living all by herself.

At first Nahida seems to be doing pretty great for a kid (almost better than Al-Haitham in fact.) She enrolled herself into the local school, cleans her apartment all by herself, and is almost eerily smart as an adult. But of course she's still a kid and is heavily neglected by her parents (whoever they are), so Al-Haitham goes "Fuck it, I guess I am this kid's guardian now" and starts to look after her and cue the found family fluffy shenanigans with heavy angsting about Nahida's past

[madeofbees]

I can’t stop thinking about Hannibal proposing to Will by somehow getting someone to swallow the ring (or even better a ring box but ?? anatomy ??), then taking Will out to hunt, and when he cuts into their prey…

Like a ring at the bottom of a glass of champagne, or baked into a little cake.

Or like Saw.

Y’know, the traditional way.

[curatoroffiction]

Backyard Scientist Quotes That Fuel My Creativity

-------------------------------------------------- "We're gonna pressurize everything with this OSHA violation right here. It's a propane tank but I refilled it with air."

- From “Blowing Fire Rings Underwater”

"For this next test, we're going to test what would happen if you fell into a volcano-"

- From “Pouring Lava In My Pool”

Shattering glass sound. "WOW! That just exploded!"

- From “Pouring Lava In My Pool”

"Literally no one here is wearing safety glasses except the squash."

- From “Claymore Roomba Hide And Seek”

"AHHHHHHH" Smashing sound. "That was good energy." "Thank you."

- From “Claymore Roomba Hide And Seek”

"We're gonna be turning off all the lights, filling the house with smoke, and this guy's gonna remotely control the Claymore Roomba and try to shoot us. Losers have to reload the claymore."

- From “Claymore Roomba Hide And Seek”

"We put a taser on it so he could communicate with us"

- From “Claymore Roomba Hide And Seek”

"This feels like a bad idea. Is this a bad idea?" "No, there's no such thing."

- From “Claymore Roomba Hide And Seek”

[aanabear2803]

Most of my fic ideas boil down to -> Why hasn't anyone written it? Guess I'll have to do that work out.

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[sylvies-kablooie]

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

[evidently-endless]

i think we should remind musicians they can absolutely make up little stories for their songs btw. it doesn’t have to be about them at all. you can invent a guy and put him in situations to music. time honoured tradition in fact.

[inkskinned]

please i love you i'm begging you bring back suspension of disbelief bring back trusting the audience like. i cannot handle any more dialogue that sounds like a legal document. "hello, i am here to talk to you about the incident from a few minutes ago, because i feel you might be unwell, and i am invested in your personal wellbeing." "thank you, i am unwell because the incident was hurtful to me due to my childhood, which was bad." I CANT!!!!

do you know how many people are mad that authors use "growled" as a word for "said"? it's just poetics! they do not literally mean "growled," it's just a common replacement for "said with force but in a low tone." it's normal! do you hear me!! help me i love you please let me out of here!!!

[werewolf-transgenderism]

keep seeing undergrads on social media saying “oh if a prof has a strict no-AI academic integrity policy that’s a red flag for me because that means they don’t know how to design assignments” like sorry girl but that just sounds like you’ve got a case of sour grapes about not being allowed to cheat with the plagiarism machine that doesn’t know how to evaluate sources and kills the environment! I have a strict no-AI policy because if you use AI to write your essays for a writing course it’s literally plagiarism because you didn’t write it and you’re not learning any of the things the course teaches if you just plug a prompt into the plagiarism generator that kills the environment, hope this helps!

[whatkindofnameisella]

can you believe that we have fanfiction. that we have websites dedicated to fanfiction. that there is a place that you can go and read tens, hundreds, thousands and thousands of pieces of writing that strangers have made. people who are not "writers". people who come home at the end of the day and have feelings and say, i am going to put that into words. i am going to share those words. short, long, sweet, sad, horny, funny, wonderful words. we are all just human and we all love to make and remake and share that with others. can you believe that.

[missyourflight]

[acorviart]

not to sound like a boomer, but I need some people to learn how to write emails in a semi-professional (at the very least) format so you're not cold emailing a business/potential employer/any other stranger about formal matters in the exact same way you'd DM a close friend on instagram

the formality/language can loosen up in the email chain once you've established a rapport and you match the other person if they're being less formal, but please don't have the very first email you send a stranger be written in all lowercase ultra-casual sms slang with no greeting or signature and a billion emojis

[sanguinarysanguinity]

Expanding a thought from a conversation this morning:

In general, I think "Is X out-of-character?" is not a terribly useful question for a writer. It shuts down possibility, and interesting directions you could take a character.

A better question, I believe, is "What would it take for Character to do X?" What extremity would she find herself in, where X starts to look like a good idea? What loyalties or fears leave him with X as his only option? THAT'S where a potentially interesting story lies.

In practice, I find that you can often justify much more from a character than you initially dreamed you could: some of my best stories come from "What might drive Character to do [thing he would never do]?" As long as you make it clear to the reader what the hell pushed your character to this point, you've got the seed of a compelling story on your hands.

[willowcrowned]

incredible how much housework you can get done if you take a chance and believe in yourself and also have fifteen other much more pressing responsibilities

[officialspec]

modern au but set in brisbane. is this anything