Just read the ‘making of’ behind the scenes regarding the second season of House of the Dragon.
Taken from r/houseofthedragon
In between this, Eric Kripke’s gross behavior in regards to assault on The Boys, and, well, the behavior of the staff running the last season of The Bad Batch….
…I’m convinced it’s a combination of glue huffing, hubris, nepotism, and low bars that get people hired to write shows these days. I’m not even talking about The Witcher, which violated the Geneva convention with how much the writing gave fans physical pain.
Christ, during my dissertation process, I got annihilated by my committee over each word choice. I had to get rid of whole chapters*. I had to write memo after memo about chunks of word selections.
It was hard and brutal.
Still, I ended up with a PhD, and my work ended up being published in different journals when all was said and done. It was solid.
Why don’t mainstream writers deal with this?! FUCK!
*= I ended up taking one, polished it up, and sent it to a publisher. It’s now a chapter in a major textbook so there’s fucking that.
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Pre-race-jokes
Just a random Cal & Bobby & Lightning scene:
"Not a good day?" Bobby asked, a bit worried as he saw Lightning’s tired gaze.
"No, I'm fine. Just a bit stressed, I think,” Lightning said.
"Hmm, then I have just the right thing for you." Cal pulled out a small book from under the bench.
"Oh, please, please don't! Have mercy!" Bobby begged.
"What is it?" Lightning looked curiously at the small colorful book on Cal's lap.
"1000 jokes for everyone," Cal said with a smirk on his face.
"Yeah! And I've heard at least 700 of them today. And they're not even good! Cal follows me with the book all day," Bobby groaned dramatically.
Lightning chuckled and raised an eyebrow expectantly.
"So...," Cal began, still grinning.
"Please don't" Bobby started one last try, but in vain.
"What's red and bad for your teeth?" Cal looked at Lightning and waited for an answer.
"Uh...I dunno."
"A brick!" Cal grinned at his fantastic joke.
Bobby rolled his eyes but also had to smile a bit.
Lightning chuckled again. "Seriously? That doesn't even make..."
"Wait, I've got another one here. What did one ocean say to the other ocean?”
"Oh, I know," Lightning said. "Nothing, they just waved..."
"Aw, why did you know the answer already?" Cal asked disappointed.
"Maybe because everyone knows?" Bobby replied.
"Okay, okay, let me tell you one more." Cal flipped through his book again. "What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?"
Lightning took a few sips of water from the bottle that the others had provided for him. He shrugged questioningly.
"A stick!" Cal laughed out loud and nudged Lightning with his elbow in the side.
Lightning spewed water a few feet wide.
Bobby laughed and Lightning had to laugh too. The whole situation was very funny. Probably more Cal's enthusiasm than the jokes. But still funny.
They laughed and a few people were already looking in their direction with raised eyebrows.
I’ll always be proud of you (posted June, last year)
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A steddie au but it's just the plot of Meet Cute (2022).
Steve, a young man grappling with suicidal thoughts, discovers that a tanning bed in a nail salon is a time machine. Traveling back 24 hours, he relives the best date night of his life over and over, only to decide that his date, Eddie, needs some fixing. Unaware that meddling with the past could ruin the future, Steve goes even further back in time to turn him into the perfect man and free from trauma -- even though he was already pretty perfect.
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