#back to the writing board we go

[lynxgriffin]

Shot-in-the-dark guess about the prophecy: perhaps the monster hero is going to absorb the human soul, thus killing the human hero in the process, in order to attain a massive power boost to "save the world". If the monster hero was actually Noelle, then it could explain the "guided by love" phrase (hearkening the Weird Route) and the heart icon that appears on a later panel of the monster (the SOUL). All total conjecture, but that's half the fun in waiting for new chapters!

It's been such an important point so far that Susie is outside of our control. She's the one element that really does what she wants and will only do what the player wants if she wants it, too, and even then, she'll still do things her way.

And yeah, I do have this distinct scary feeling that that rule's going to be broken by the end of the game.

[moghedien]

Shipping Cassandra and Leliana is so funny because I feel like the only people who actually do it have either only played Inquisition or don't think much past "Well they're the Left and Right Hands of the Divine" because you KNOW they only get along to the extent they do in Inquisition because they've never had an actual conversation because the second Leliana opened her mouth about her theology in front of Cassandra, they would have been trying to strangle each other

[dangaer]

don't ship with me my reply time can be anything from 1 week to 4 years and when I write asks you'll have to deal with novellas 💔

[lith-myathar]

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[jojotier]

Reading Their Monstrous Hearts and genuinely why isn't the dead grandmother the protagonist. Why is it this fuckin guy

[orcelito]

Bought a stupid suit thing. Disgustang.

[stormyoceans]

HAPPY DAY WEARING MORK'S WORKSHOP SHIRT DAY FOR US WHO OBSESSED WITH THIS IDEA I'M SO HAPPY. MONICA CONTINUE TO MANIFEST YOU KNOW WHICH SCENE(S) PLEASE

Y'ALL NEED TO PROMISE ME RN YOU'RE GONNA COME VISIT ME AT THE PSYCH WARD BECAUSE WHEN I TELL YOU TODAY IS THE DAY MY COWORKERS FINALLY CALL AN ENTIRE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM ON ME IM NOT FUCKING KIDDING I STOOD UP FROM MY DESK SO FAST I SENT MY CHAIR FLYING ACROSS THE OFFICE AND BARELY STOPPED TO PUT IT BACK IN PLACE BEFORE LOCKING MYSELF IN THE BATHROOM LIKE

THIS IS IT. THIS IS WHAT SENDS ME OVER THE EDGE. MY GRASP ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS TOO LIMITED TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO PUT INTO WORDS THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL INTO MADNESS IN GOING THROUGH RN NO AMOUNT OF SCREAMING SHAKING CRYING FROTHING AT THE MOUTH THROWING UP BLOOD SPINNING COUNTERCLOCKWISE ON THE FLOOR BITING BARKING HOWLING CAN EVEN COME CLOSE TO DESCRIBE IT

NOT ONLY WE'RE GETTING DAY AT MORK'S GARAGE BUT HE'S ACTUALLY HONEST TO GOD FOR REAL WEARING MORK'S SHIRT. WITH NOTHING UNDERNEATH. IM BEING PLAGUED BY VISIONS LIKE WHAT IF. what if mork and day are out for a walk and they get surprised by a sudden downpour so mork takes day to his garage until the rain stops since it's close by, but by the time they get there they're both absolutely soaked so mork lends day one of his work shirt to change into. cue mork having to look away from day because all that skin in display is making him feel stuff and day getting home still wearing mork's shirt and he didn't really pay attention to it while he was still with mork, but in the quiet of his own room the smell of motor oil and cigarette smoke that clings to it is so strong it feels like mork is still standing right next to him and then. AND THEN!!!!!!!!! [GETS SNIPED OUT OF EXISTENCE]

[unnonexistence]

an important writing question to ask yourself is "how much time and effort do i want to put into figuring out what this character's legal documents would look like"

[kellystar321]

i think i might have been too friendly in my discussion board introduction, because two of my classmates have emailed me questions about finding the textbook and where i got mine.

on the plus side, i love going "hey lil guys. lemme tell you about. pirating textbooks. on libgen. :)"

[nyoomfruits]

not me coming up with most of the prompts for the lestappen week and now not having any ideas for ANY of them

[ladyseidr]

okay i've been having fun lately so! send me 🎨 for a pinterest board based on one of our dynamics! please specify said dynamic(s). feel free to request 1-3 in the same ask!! these can be any dynamic, not just romantic. these will obv be mutual-specific, so these boards will be separate from my character boards ( so that i can give them sections!! )

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

....honestly i think part of the reason i don't give readers the version of my manuscript i intend to Query is because at that stage i absolutely cannot stomach the idea of making more revisions based on feedback lol

[fruitbatvampiresociety]

get you a partner who hypes your work up so much that they delight in helping make critiques and listening to your frustrated editing process

[pepper-steam-milkshake]

my agenda of the angels being dilf-lovers continues <3

[itsclydebitches]

Something I don't think we talk enough about in discussions surrounding AI is the loss of perseverance.

I have a friend who works in education and he told me about how he was working with a small group of HS students to develop a new school sports chant. This was a very daunting task for the group, in large part because many had learning disabilities related to reading and writing, so coming up with a catchy, hard-hitting, probably rhyming, poetry-esque piece of collaborative writing felt like something outside of their skill range. But it wasn't! I knew that, he knew that, and he worked damn hard to convince the kids of that too. Even if the end result was terrible (by someone else's standards), we knew they had it in them to complete the piece and feel super proud of their creation.

Fast-forward a few days and he reports back that yes they have a chant now... but it's 99% AI. It was made by Chat-GPT. Once the kids realized they could just ask the bot to do the hard thing for them - and do it "better" than they (supposedly) ever could - that's the only route they were willing to take. It was either use Chat-GPT or don't do it at all. And I was just so devastated to hear this because Jesus Christ, struggling is important. Of course most 14-18 year olds aren't going to see the merit of that, let alone understand why that process (attempting something new and challenging) is more valuable than the end result (a "good" chant), but as adults we all have a responsibility to coach them through that messy process. Except that's become damn near impossible with an Instantly Do The Thing app in everyone's pocket. Yes, AI is fucking awful because of plagiarism and misinformation and the environmental impact, but it's also keeping people - particularly young people - from developing perseverance. It's not just important that you learn to write your own stuff because of intellectual agency, but because writing is hard and it's crucial that you learn how to persevere through doing hard things.

Write a shitty poem. Write an essay where half the textual 'evidence' doesn't track. Write an awkward as fuck email with an equally embarrassing typo. Every time you do you're not just developing that particular skill, you're also learning that you did something badly and the world didn't end. You can get through things! You can get through challenging things! Not everything in life has to be perfect but you know what? You'll only improve at the challenging stuff if you do a whole lot of it badly first. The ability to say, "I didn't think I could do that but I did it anyway. It's not great, but I did it," is SO IMPORTANT for developing confidence across the board, not just in these specific tasks.

Idk I'm just really worried about kids having to grow up in a world where (for a variety of reasons beyond just AI) they're not given the chance to struggle through new and challenging things like we used to.

[fazcinatingblog]

oh tumblr, they all know. all of them. two minds were blown today.