a week or so ago my sister and mom got covid so my dad couldn’t come up to see bruce springsteen for fear he had covid. well he never got it. and come to find out my other sister knowingly had covid the same week and got in a car with them for several hours and then later that week went on an airplane. with covid. and no mask or anything.
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In 2022, seth weaponized his history with Roman against him, and it uh. Didn’t go so hot for him, it ended with Roman murdering him with a steel chair.
In 2024, seth does the same trick again, and Roman’s ready for it! Hits him before he can even really get in the ring. But Seth’s learned in ways Roman hasn’t. He knows now that if Roman has the chance to get him back, to hurt him, he can’t resist (i am thinking about how Roman went back to hit Seth in 2022, even after everything was over). And Seth uses his own self destruction to help Cody.
It’s a fabulous character arc/moment: jn 2022 he selfishly tries to manipulate Roman, in 2024 he unselfishly uses the same strategy because he knows Roman hurting him will save Cody.
Big fan of incredible lack of self preservation and willingness to do himself harm here!!! And the fact that Seth very very literally recreated his initial betrayal as an act of penance. There’s no way he brought that steel chair to the ring thinking he was going to be able to use it.
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I think I should cry at work
I went home and cried on my lunch break after a coworker’s jab at me, and I should’ve just angry-cried on the spot instead
one of these days I’m just going to lose it and start sobbing openly in the middle of the library
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5 Things You Never Get Tired of Writing!
I was tagged by @shai-manahan ! (thanks Shai! <3) This is an interesting question... hopefully my answers won’t be too boring haha
1. Character Work. This one is probably a bit of a cop-out, as I’m sure all writers probably could say this one, but honestly, showing subtle character development over time is just. One of my favourite things. IF is such a great medium because you can use decisions made by the player to take that development in different directions, and really lay a character bare and pull them apart in a way that you can’t with traditional writing where there’s no variation; it’s one of the great strengths of the medium, in my opinion.
I won’t give spoilers, but… I don’t think I’ve explained a character backstory or motivation to my friends that hasn’t resulted in a storm of crying/shocked/mind blown emojis lmfao
2. Low-tech Beats High-tech. This one is a bit more niche, but I’m a real sucker for any story where “we’re better equipped and have them outgunned” is Not an advantage. The dragon takes down the US military helicopter, Kalross defeats the Reaper on Tuchanka, the zerg lay waste to Korhaal, the Undine rip the Borg in half, the arrow fired from a longbow punches right through Kevlar… *chef’s kiss*. I even like the ending of Avatar, a movie that nobody but me remembers lmao
3. Cultural Worldbuilding. This is also probably quite common, but I really enjoy writing in little cultural quirks for fictional cultures that make them seem fuller and more fleshed out. There’s a lot that you can do and build with seemingly small details about food and history and so forth to make cultures seem more real.
4. Healing (both Emotionally and Literally). I almost always play as a healer in videogames if the choice is available; I’m not generally as interested in partaking in the story of the lone wolf assassin or unbeatable badass as I am in someone whose entire mission and goal is to support and uplift others. Weirdly, this is an aspect of videogame writing that is almost entirely overlooked, as most games just assume that you’re playing A Hero and anyone healing is doing so because they were forced to or it’s somebody’s girlfriend lmfao
I’m obviously not saying that the other type of story is bad by any measure, it’s just something that I’ve noticed is rarely explored all that much, and the other type of story just doesn’t really grab me as effectively. I also probably don’t ever write any story that doesn’t at least have the potential for healing and growth from an emotional perspective if the right choices are made lol… I suppose that’s just who I am as a writer.
5. Romance. This is another reason why I like IF so much as a genre and a medium… I just really like romance. Just a big fan of Love. I do like to incorporate romance into A Plot, as you can probably tell by my games, but, yeah. I just think it’s neat.
Thank you again for the tag Shai! I’ll just tag a bunch of people lmao (sorry if you’ve already gotten one) @northern-passage @nyehilismwriting @virtues-end @oscarwrites @attollogame @magiciansvoyage @midnighthopegames
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Just watched Across the Spider-verse AND LORD I love this unhinged man, so glad he’s getting more attention
I read the comics in advance and I feel bad for Miguel tbh….he had it rough 💀
The movie was amazing btw, got me outta my art block lol, as you can see
I haven’t drew anything for a whole month or something so my art style might be a lil goofy
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