#Smart Blocks

[prototechsolutionsblog]

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[keferon]

Don’t mind me I just like to see him go bananas about cartoonish Autobot rules

Maaan…..if Prowl was in tfp he would spontaneously combust at least once a day

[cozylittleartblog]

"content creator" is a corporate word.

we are artists.

[dukeofthomas]

I find the fact that the confrontation at the end of UTRH is often summarized as Jason asking Bruce to kill the Joker for him fascinating.

Because that's not what happened.

Jason holds a gun up to Joker's head, gives Bruce another, and tells him that if Bruce doesn't do something (shoot Jason), he will kill Joker.

Jason doesn't give the gun to Bruce so that he would shoot Joker. He isn't expecting Bruce to pull the trigger on the clown. He's asking Bruce to do nothing. To be inactive. Because that will still be a choice, and despite having done nothing, everybody clearly agrees that Bruce would still, at least in part, be responsible for Joker's death.

...And to me, this moment is a kind of- microcosm, of the rest of Jason's point. Because after being captured and carted off to Arkham, the villain will escape again, and will kill more people. The only way to truly prevent that from happening would be to kill them; Bruce refuses to do so, and I respect his right to choose such a thing for himself, but it is still a choice, and if we agree that Bruce's inaction during the confrontation would leave him at least partly responsible for the Joker's death, then we must also agree that his inaction in permanently preventing the Rogues from killing more people means he is also, partly, responsible for all of those deaths.

[floral-comet-whump]

Whumpee that deceives Whumper

They rack their brain to memorize every little movement, every indicator of Whumper's mood, every pattern. At some point, they even learn to predict Whumper.

They know what Whumper likes to see. They know what they want within a few minutes, what's going to happen to them. They're powerless to stop it.

Sometimes Whumper wants them to silently cry on the floor, so they do. It would be foolish not to conserve energy while they can.

Sometimes Whumper is already in a bad mood. They probe, both because the knowledge is invaluable and because then Whumper will take it out on them.

Whumpee has a little internal guide to how to take punishments. Begin as defiant, but still shake. Look like they're trying to conceal their fear. Gradually break. It starts off as a yelp or sob or whimper followed by an immediate insult, then Whumpee goes quiet for a bit until it's “too much,” begging quietly. And then it's as if a dam has been broken, frantically pleading for mercy, for a reprieve. They look at Whumper with wide, teary eyes, and both their true self and their facade just want it to stop.

Their cries turn quiet as their energy runs out, until they can't bear to look at anything. Their flinch at Whumper's hand on their chin doesn't need to be faked. Their distress is real, and they let themselves whimper. Whumper likes displays of exhausted weakness, it makes them feel as if they've won.

They lean into the little coos and pets Whumper gives after, trying not to gag. Alarms of panic ring through their head, and they acknowledge them.

It would be easier to lose themselves in the comfort after the torture. It would be so much easier to become a shell of a person. They already act like one. Why can't they give up?

The emotional exhaustion after they've been left alone. The dark quiet. Their steadying breath. The scent of both blood and anticeptic. The locked door. The pain.

They can escape once Whumper deems them broken enough to let out unsupervised. It's just a matter of time, just a matter of maintaining this act. A matter of trust from a sadistic torturer that keeps Whumpee in a basement for no reason other than their own pleasure.

They have to keep going.

[overwhelmedfernfrond]

Writing Advice: How to Write a Smart Character

- or, the possibly accurate Ramblings of a smart person

* originally wrote all this as a reply to the question this is entitled as, but thought I’d post it here as well. Do with this information what you will

Without further ado, my Advice

Talk to smart people. As a smart person, I’m getting particularly annoyed at certain portrayals that make their way into literature from people who think we never struggle, that we’re always satisfied with ourselves, that we know everything, etc. A lot of smart people struggle with self-worth, and use their intellect as a kind of compensation to gain accolades and feel like they’re worth something. They might pretend to not be struggling to keep up their reputation of being smart, to varying degrees of convincing. Also, most smart people don’t just stay smart without any effort; show your character practicing, solving problems, thinking critically for a while before coming up with a solution. Show your character being wrong sometimes. Show them being unable to do something they previously could easily, and being crushed. Show your character being exhausted from no sleep and being dull the next day by comparison. Show their frustration. Show them lacking in knowledge in some areas as a result of zeroing in on a particular subject or skill; for example, I could make a good case to prove virtually anything, but I cannot for the life of me open child-proof containers. Show your character being upset that everyone sees them as the “smart one” and nothing else, or, conversely, show a younger them having to work hard to prove to everyone that their mind is worth something, amid a sea of doubts. For that matter, show your character having to prove to *themself* that their mind is worth something, that they’re actually capable, and not that everyone around them is just exceptionally dull. Show your character having to learn to take a break and rest. Or, show them learning to care enough to use their mind for something productive, rather than for their own amusement. Show them seeing other people’s varying skills as worthy, or not.

Make them human.

Hope these help, good luck!

[coldbrewpup]

"hmmm you blocked me instead of refuting my points, curious" have you considered it's because you were annoying and i didn't want to see you talking anymore. am i supposed to have rigorous debates about transmisogyny with mosquitos too?

[non-plutonian-druid]

[ID: a comic about Voltron characters set in a Gravity Falls au.

Keith, outside the mystery shack, picks up a stick and throws it. A large canid runs after it.

Pidge, sitting inside and looking out the window, disturbed, asks "Is that a wolf."

Lance leans over her and says "This is why I keep telling you to investigate Keith."

Pidge shoves him away, saying "This again? Keith's not an alien, Lance."

Lance says "What? I'm serious!" Pidge looks unimpressed, and he adds "Not about the alien thing." He presses his face to the window and says "But he's so mysterious. Why's he so weird."

Pidge opens a can of soda and asks "How old are you?"

Lance, counting on his fingers, lists "1. Nobody knows where he lives."

Pidge interrupts, "I don't know where YOU live."

"You're just antisocial. Matt's been over," Lance tells her, and continues "2. Does he even work here."

Pidge hides her face in her soda and says "uh."

In flashback with a much simpler style, Pidge asks Coran "DOES Keith work at the Mystery Shack?"

Coran: Why, I couldn't say!

Pidge: One way to tell is if you pay him.

Coran: Oh yes, I suppose so!

Pidge: WELL?

In the present, Pidge continues, "I still haven't been able to figure that out."

Lance narrates a few one-panel scenes of Keith being weird. He says, "Remember that time Hunk found him in the woods at night?" Hunk, carrying a telescope and looking spooked, says "H-hey, dude." Keith appears to be dripping wet, is all in shadow, and has glowing eyes.

Lance continues, "And that time he robbed a convenience store?" Lance in the past spots Keith emerging from a store and says "Oh, hey Keith." A cashier says "Stop! Thief!"

Lance adds, "And that time-" before being cut off by Pidge, who waves her arms through the scene, dissolving it. She says "OK, OK, I see your point." Looking thoughtful and a bit evil, she continues, "We'll have to stalk him on his next day off..."

Lance, startled, says "I didn't say STALK!" End ID.]

For those of you who don't remember, which I imagine is everybody, i made a gravity falls au of voltron a while back! Pidge and Matt are Dipper and Mabel, Coran is Grunkle Stan and is actually a family friend of their parents and not their uncle, the rest of the paladins sans Allura are collectively Soos and Wendy, and I went with the name "Mystery Shack" for the building instead of Castle of Lions because Castle of Lions is too cool for a tourist trap.

The vld gravity falls au tag, which i haven't updated in one hundred thousand years and which i should get around to talking more about, especially because i have the entire main plot planned out and never talk about it

[jimjamart]

Drawing nonbinary characters during pride, because I can. As an enby I like representation. Sue me. Here's a bubblegum renegade.

[tiger-balm]

mitch breaking down the play that lead to the game winning goal in the 4nations final

[melljam]

hello??? i love everything about this???

[punkeropercyjackson]

Thalia Grace:*Is a black british punk*

Percy Jackson fans who've watched 1 blackcentric media and only came because it has Spiderman:Hmmmm,getting a lot of Hobie Brown vibes from this

[sofitai28]

im mad stressed over school which means more ben whishaw!!! enjoy :3

[wugblogs]

i hate talking about politics here but some of you just are way too sure that your vision of how kamala's campaign should have gone would have worked. like yeah it's not *un*reasonable but cmon. she's a black woman running for president on a campaign that was incredibly short on time, without the benefit of being a real incumbent but enough responsibility to take the blame for the current administration. even if she did pick whichever policies would have been the most popular/increased turnout, it's absurd to think it somehow would have been *easy*.

[nyaskitten]

If you're gonna send me anon asks about how annoying you find me why don't you literally just block me and move on with your day atp 😭😭😭 girl I don't want your musty ass here !!! go on !!! get out !!! skedaddle !!!

[aretarers]

WHAT