#excellent writing

[tall-glass-of-nope]

“I respect your struggle. I really do. But don’t advertise tactical opportunism as pious morality because that’s when you lose me.”

- Captain Mercer

(The Orville, season 3 episode 8 “Midnight Blue”)

[vavandeveresfan]

Ray Bradbury saw the future, and the future is us.

One of my 4 favorite novels. I first read it in 1975, and it becomes more and more prescient every year.

Don't bother with any of the film adaptations; they're horribly rewritten (they turn the 17 year old girl MC into the protagonist's lover. WRONG). Just stick with the book. It has amazing, beautifully, powerfully written language. I recommend this novel for writers who want an example of mastery in images, pacing, and emotions.

[dragonsir]

Guess 6 is spindlehorse's favorite number, huh?

[gotyouanyway]

i love this line so much.. not because they never would, but because he would know about it if they did

[jdetan]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Characters: Link (Legend of Zelda), Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Unnamed King of Hyrule (Legend of Zelda), Original Legend of Zelda Character(s) Additional Tags: Link (Legend of Zelda) Needs a Hug, Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Needs A Hug, Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Fluff, First Kiss, Trauma, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Legend of Zelda References, Parenthood, Grandparents & Grandchildren, Marriage, Married Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Talking Link (Legend of Zelda), Pink-Haired Link (Legend of Zelda) Summary:

Follow the progression of Link and Zelda's relationship after the events of A Link to the Past, through Link's Awakening and the Oracle games and into the rest of their lives. Link and Zelda have been through a lot, but they'll always find comfort with each other.

[thequeenofsastiel]

The further I get into Anne Rice's work, the more frustrated I become by the way people dismiss The Vampire Chronicles simply because they're about vampires. I'm currently devouring the fifth book, and her writing is honestly the most beautiful I've ever encountered, and I've been a voracious reader since I was a child. The mythology is complex and unique, the characters three dimensional and fascinating, and the prose! I could wax poetic about it for far longer than most people are willing to listen to. The imagery is vivid, and the emotions she can evoke with her words are profound. I've been on the verge of tears multiple times at the sheer beauty of it all. Yes, it's about vampires, and I get that people are sick of vampires by now, but I genuinely can't recommend this series enough. Each novel is better than the last. The one I'm reading now is almost overwhelmingly gorgeous. I just. It's mind-blowing that she isn't considered one of the greatest writers of all times.

[what-do-1000-swords-look-like]

Holy shit that was one freaking fantastic episode! What a mid-season premiere!!!!

Doug is back the next episode!!! Oh God =(

Hen crying!!!

Maddie about to burst into tears!!!

Chim not knowing him in his fever dream!!!

Buck stopping breathing!!!

[perrypicks]

SEE HOW THEY RUN Written by Mark Chappell directed by Tom George

An awesome homage to whodunnit movies. I've been a big fan of murder mysteries, especially whodunnits. And with the more recent releases like Knives Out and Murder Mystery (And See How They Run) they've began to approach whodunnits in a more creative tone. With Amsterdam, they've used a self-aware, clever, tribute-paying plot that works so well to their favour.

Brought together with the gorgeous set designs, creative cinematography and extremely clever, humourous and witty writing, See How They Run is excellent for all mystery lovers. I was extremely impressed with how they knew their audience with the way they set up and followed up the entire mystery. An example: I did assume Sam Rockwell was the killer from the beginning since I was already aware there was an interesting twist to the movie. The writers knew that the audience would assume this as the movie went along and instead of avoiding it / making it too on the nose, they put our perspectives into the amateur detective who made us really justify and think we could trust nobody. Excellent and clever!! As for the ending, I actually loved that there was some commentary about taking advantage of people's misery and using it for profit. (I think the writer had an agenda against Agatha Christie... gotta look it up and see if it's true) I loved how it all wrapped up even though I predicted that it would end like that. They surpassed the expectation with great use of music, acting and humour. I can't praise the writing enough, it was so clever :)

One thing I thought would have been great is if they used no-name actors. The script carried itself and the star studded cast became a distraction from the excellent plot. Also, Sam Rockwell's accent was dodgy but hilarious. The beginning was also a bit slow, but by the end I thought it was set up so well. Also, at some points I thought it was a Wes Anderson movie, the framing and set designs were so familiar, also the cast are Wes' entourage. I think it was well borrowed, not too explicitly obvious stealing!

Excellent movie for all audiences! Extraordinary job, writers. Can tell they're fans / studied up :))

5/5

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

[noxthesleepymoodyoverthinker]

She-Ra Binge

Binge-watching She-Ra and the Princesses of Power again because it is So. Damn. Good! <3 <3 <3

[maysshortmoviereviews]

American Fiction (2023)

🎬 A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.

📝An original, thought-provoking, and very funny take on stereotyping people and putting them in a box. If you are looking for something that will make you laugh non-stop, then this won't be for you. But if you enjoy original writing, good satire, and work that highlights the hypocrisy as well as the dangers of stereotyping, then this will be for you. It was just brilliant, and I absolutely loved it. Highly recommended.

Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown continue to impress with their versatile roles.

[vavandeveresfan]

My brain's been starving for the excellent use of words -- because, jeezus, no one writes any word-play or wit anymore --- , so I'm on a Shakespeare binge.

Shakespeare was an absolute genius in showing how a man who's basically a monster can seduce the woman whose husband he killed. It's like he knew some of us women want the vile villain, even if his hands are bloody.

We women in the audience should be saying

But by the end of the scene we're going

Compare how Lawrence Olivier did the scene to Ian McKellen's WWII version. I prefer Olivier's take, but I do love McKellan's.

Thinking of you, @victorianwestpiano, and your classes!

[heavenpierceher]

this post was poorly worded and ambiguous. sorry

[captain-flint]

something something Ed not being able to step in to protect Stede from physical and emotional harm out of fear of damaging Stede's reputation and instead letting it play out as he silently falls apart in the background

[fantastic-nonsense]

got a message out of the blue about that 'why Batman doesn't kill' explanation I left on someone else's post like two years ago but it was just "wait is Alfred dead????" and I sort of forgot that most of tumblr Batfam fandom doesn't actually read comics and so largely has no idea that Bane killed Alfred back in 2019 and he's stayed dead since

[novelconcepts]

The defintion of hell is knowing a show is incredibly well-received in its first season, but if people don’t become machines churning out tweets, content, and rewatching 24/7, there’s no likelihood it’ll get a chance to tell its whole story. This shit is madness. Shows in different genres shouldn’t have to pit-battle for dominance. First seasons are MEANT to be baselines establishing worlds and characters, not complete storylines. The idea that this golden age of television has turned into “get it done in one or get out” is revolting.