#and i am sticking to my guns

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

going fishing - another segment from the beast of loch broom!

because my blog is a Mess this part happens after the argument between Haddock and Tintin and before Ramo Nash's studio in this post

[bruciemilf]

in relation to the past posts ab bruce going absolutely apeshit over his kids being harmed, what are your thoughts on a bruce who doesn’t kill not because of hope, but because he thinks death isn’t a punishment? because he wants those who are evil to live a life so full of pain they’d beg to die.

:)

YEAH. THEY BOTH CO EXIST. THEY'RE BOTH IMMACULATE.

That's why the " murder is a no go, but brain damage is okay?" Line makes me snort because -- YES? YES. Would you rather drown once or drown everyday for the rest of your life? Exactly

[compacflt]

hey! i was just going through your blog, and i saw a post about ice&carole and mav&goose. i looked a bit more but i couldn't find a post about your take on mav and goose's relationship, so i wanted to ask what it was. if you have answered this, i'm sorry about asking you again. imo i think what they had was wayy deeper than friendship but complex and probably not romantic, but again, i just wanted to know your thoughts on it.

thank you! and this blog has probably been one of the best finds i have ever come across on tumblr, i'll be sad to see you go.

yeah, i was really trying to be suave and subtle and mysterious about it with this parallel

like, you should be able to figure it out for yourself.

but luckily for you i looooove beating dead horses. to a problematic degree.

the full story of my vision of mavgoose (moose?) is in the completed draft of the extras that are coming out on Saturday. about halfway through. But i want to bring it back to the internal craft-of-writing debate i brought up yesterday—my inability to summarize, or to cut superfluous sections that don’t really matter.

I’ll stick it under the cut for spoiler reasons, but i wanna show the simple first draft of this scene versus the complicated, heavier final draft. And I want to ask any of you, if you’re interested—as a reader, which is more impactful? which should i end up publishing?

the simple first draft:

then i kept turning it in my head thinking of different ways to edit it to say something slightly different, to get a little more specific, coming up with things to add, and ended up adding like five extra paragraphs. which is this:

about 1/4 of the final draft (by which i mean, this is about 1/4 of the whole final discussion scene, but the goosemav-specific content only goes on for about another graf [omitted bc spoilers]):

(so to answer your ask explicitly, i actually don’t think they were anything deeper than good friends. imo there’s no evidence that they were anything deeper than good friends, especially with maverick blowing goose/goose’s wishes off soooo many times [‘she’s lost that lovin feelin;’ volleyball; refusing to do the responsible thing at least twice even after goose tells him it puts his & his family’s livelihoods at risk…bro all he does is blow off goose]. see me bitching in the tags for more on this)

obviously in my head the complicated in-depth version ⬆️ is the True version, the version of events that really Happened. i think the writing is in some spots much more compelling. But it just doesn’t make for a particularly good reading experience when it’s surrounded by like 3/4 pages of other discussion of history! sometimes too much of (what i think is) a good thing turns that good thing bad! & this is a major keystone dynamic of my whole series so i just want to get it right, for my own peace of mind. I guess im asking you to be the harsh editor i wish i had sometimes, if ur interested in doing so—this is genuinely a major major problem i have with my writing, i can’t ever just leave well enough alone 😭 please let me know if simpler is better/less is more in this case! do i publish the short vague “the reader fills in the blanks” version or the long boring “here’s EXACTLY how i see it” version?

[auspicioustidings]

Trick or treat!

🍁🍂🍂🎃����🧟‍♂️🧌🧞‍♀️

YOU FOOL IT'S AN AWFUL TRICK, FULL ANGST AHEAD (you can blame the Halsey song Ya'aburnee for this one)

CW: implied reader death

The thing about Simon Riley is that he always knew he wasn't built to last. He was past his warranty, by rights should have been dead five times over already, just pushing until the wheels finally came off. So it was selfish of him to love you and he knew that. Selfish to know that one day you'd get a knock at the door with the news he was KIA. Selfish to find it a relief, because he loved you so strongly that he couldn't risk a life in which you went first. Simon Riley could not bury any more loved ones.

He let himself love you with that knowledge always lowering his defences, the knowledge he would never lose you. He knew you were it for him when you so stubbornly refused to run whenever he tried to push you away, always understanding and patient and so gently in love.

There was going to be a wedding, he wanted to at least survive long enough to marry you. It would make it easier when he went, mean that legally you'd have full claim over what he left behind.

You had been a little out of sorts when he came home with the ring in his pocket, but he held you tight and cooked you your favourite dinner and made love to you on the sofa slowly and reverently. It was that evening with the soft glow of love that he got down on one knee in the warm embrace of your home together.

And you knew then that you had to tell him the news you had gotten 2 weeks ago. You only had 6 months left.

[unorcadox]

Lazarus Diamond is a song i've made and remade in different forms a bunch of times across my discography. it's always been one of my favorite melodies just because it reminds me of riding a train :)

[munamania]

also ok maybe had a weird little freak moment yesterday :/ i was with lydia and needed to eat my godawful shitass sushi before going to the library so anyway who do i spot but the roommate with some random guy naturally and im like lydia pause i need to be a stalker but so casually for just like a sec. (this is in a downstairs like cafe/hallway/elevators area) so i stall and then we go to check for a free room to sit in and when there r ppl in it we just go back near the cafe area and theyre over in this little. alcove. of a sitting area. lounging. and im so normal and rlly naturally glanced over a couple times hoping to god the guy didnt see me cause luckily roommate was faced away. anyway. but lydias screenaging it up so im just sitting there awkwardly. and i have to walk past them at one point to get soy sauce to drown the sushi in and maybe that made me look like a weird little stalker too. well again this is if the guy even knows who i am and prob not so whatever its like fine. but like yeah and then i def saw them getting up and then on the elevator to leave so i think my skittish little creature tendencies scared off the vibe from across the room even... and i didnt just wave like a normal person bc i wasnt sure they saw me but we've spotted each other at much greater distances there's simply no way. i was treating them like what the kids call an 'opp' kinda... me when im an anxious little beast...

[ghostoffuturespast]

For the longest time, I always thought I wanted to be an artist.

[atlasshrugd]

the dots are connected

[britcision]

So like it’s not gonna be soon or consistent but I’ve done it before and I’ll do it again so this is your One Warning Delicious in Dungeon crowd

Magic Lube Thursday may be making a comeback.

We even get the new anime episodes on Thursdays it’s perfect

[orcelito]

I think the #1 thing to make writing good is to just. Stick to your guns. Take yourself seriously. If you treat your writing as if it's serious, even if you're doing some crazy shit, people are willing to believe it. The moment you doubt what you're doing in your writing, it's gonna shine through. So even if you're scared, pretend you're not until you get the hang of it & no longer feel so scared

It's worked for me so far 😅

[kohakhearts]

taylor in an au where goh had to pick a kanto starter (as his first pokemon, like in place of scorbunny/in place of mew), which one do you think he would choose?

oh this is SUCH a good question. flashing back to episode one of the anime when ash is thinking about the pros of each starter…LOL. i think goh would be INCREDIBLY turned off of the idea of raising a bulbasaur bc its “good for beginners,” but i do think even if only for symbolic reasons (jn003, it's no.1 in the pokedex, etc.) it’s the best pick for him?

like ok this SOUNDS kinda out of pocket and i have a hard time imagining him actively Picking bulbasaur bc he's definitely more like...energetic, and that does reflect in the pokemon he has in the show? his first pokemon is a fire type. but it's also one he bonded with because of its Circumstances. like obviously goh saw some of his loner outcast self in scorbunny - as well as a lot of his stubbornness and determination to prove his worth. this alone makes me think he would Want to pick charmander. it's harder to train, which makes it more of a challenge. and charizard is an impressive pokemon! i think he would be compelled by that.

but. BUT. i think he wouldn't really be Able to choose based strictly on the merits of the species. like...he would be drawn to a certain kind of Personality. would a bulbasaur exhibit such a personality? tbh, probably not! but i'm standing by this because i feel like it Makes Sense. like bulbasaur is a very lax pokemon. generally more social than certain other starter pokemon. in many ways very opposite to goh, which is why i think they would make a good pair. i can see the union happening only one of two ways, however

1 - he's like. i dont care i'll just take whatever one. i only need a pokemon so i can catch mew anyway doesnt matter as long as it can battle. [trying hard not to care but caring deeply] OR

2 - bulbasaur is foisted upon him largely against his will and he's initially very put-off by that because like. this isn't what i asked for wtf BUT THEN...they have to learn to Communicate with each other and it's a very eye-opening experience that makes him appreciate how different pokemon are from each other and like. reinforces his motivation to study more pokemon and learn about them...bulbasaur being a social pokemon would ultimately be very valuable, because in his goal of Catching Every Pokemon, there are going to be some times when he gets over-enthusiastic and fumbles a difficult catch or w/e so having a pokemon that is a good communicator with other pokemon would absolutely be a huge asset to him. but like. again. he'd need to See the benefits before he would actually pick bulbasaur. idk how it would happen other than someone forcing him to do it LMAO

so anyway. tl;dr i think he'd want to pick charmander. but the most suitable choice for him would be bulbasaur :p

[clonerightsagenda]

Spent yesterday working on TLC and discussing FMA with Gill. We really regressed 7 years.

[articianne]

Friends!! Happy New Year!! commissions are now open. I have held off on public commissions for a few years now but recently I've had to go part-time at one of my jobs to take care of my mother, and I need to make up the income as a result. I am also a professional game dev and concept artist, so the more unrelated art to my job I get to tackle, the better!

Most details are in the photoset above and in the Request Form below. feel free to dm me with questions or specifics but I ask that all formal requests go thru the form.

4 slots/month

any character, ship, or topic is fine

Request Form!

I'm not expecting heavy traffic on these and I'm definitely not ever expecting to be booked up all the way, but any and all reblogs are appreciated!

[paris-geller-was-straightwashed]

'I just don't believe in/understand it!' well unfortunately for you I just don't stop existing as an agender person bc you don't believe in it. I'm not fucking tinkerbell.

[brown-little-robin]

I’m having kind of a hard time :/

[mkstrigidae]

Apparently, the solution to my APWH writer's block was just opening up a new word document and rewriting the whole damn next chapter.