#forever perplexed

[professor-scribbls]

Ive been doing some thinking lately and it hit me that Snape probably would treat Harry entirely different is he was born a girl and had more of Lilys qualities, like could u imagine if instead of James, Snape saw Lily.

[good-wine-and-cheese]

I was flipping through an old sketchbook and found this cute unfinished thing so I took it to my computer to finish off for valentine's day

[necromycologist]

HEART SURGERY. HEART SURGERY...

[a-most-beloved-fool]

see I do like soulmate AUs, but I exclusively like slow-burn soulmate AUs. I need there to be pining and angsting about it, is the thing. love at first sight means nothing to me, and predestination is boring if it's easy.

[floral-hex]

woke up at 4am feeling the weight of my life crushing me, so I’ve been sitting out in my car for the last couple of hours because I just need. to. be. somewhere else.

[luv-again]

okay but lowk I NEED to know why ppl prefer writing sonic fics based in station square as opposed to central city

I've seen the vast majority of people lean the station square way and having both now played sa1 AND games set in central city... I just gotta know: why the overwhelming bias ? I am so so curious actually

[gravedigest]

Thinking about how San doesn't know Doc's driving and just talking with Dei and saying how he doesn't want to be in a car with Doc while Dei agrees. However, it's for entirely different reasons. Sanford because doesn't trust Doc and think he'll Do Something (lol) if San takes the offer. And Deimos because holy shit this guy's driving sucks so much ass who taught this guy, why is he like this. I don't know if they think they share the same opinion or not but I just think it'd be funny if San also thinks Dei is super suspicious of Doc and Dei thinks San has experienced the Doc Express even thought they're both wrong about this. Although Dei I'm p sure he is also kind of wary of Doc but not to same degree as San

Comedy gold: Deimos and Sanford are on the same wavelengths all the time, but sometimes on different channels.

Like, they’ll respond the same way to a question but their reasoning will be wildly fucking different when asked to explain why they answered the way they did.

But since they usually are agreeing with eachother, they think the other one has the same idea, ergo; they never really communicate further than the surface level.

The eventuality is that at some point they come to a topic where they have to actually explain why they hate the idea of Doc being near a car.

“Wait, you’ve never ridden with Doc? Then why d’you have a problem with him driving?”

“Because I think he’s going to put me in the trunk. If you’ve ridden with him, why do you have a problem with it?”

“Because the BD in 2BD stands for Bad Driver, it’s like hitting a pedestrian is the goal.”

This obviously does not make them realize they need to communicate more and they just do this song and dance over and over ad nauseam.

[justalittlebluetiefling]

I sort my music by putting it into folders based on "which character do I like that this resonates with" and then whatever the hell my computer decides to default sort it into after that.

I'm the character music anon- it has taken me a full twenty minutes since I saw your post to see the word "books" (I mostly just skimmed over the text, read it as music somehow, and decided that you were just kinda weird for calling a musician an author)

This was a VERY funny follow up and I often have to make myself read things multiple times to make sure I'm actually processing it correctly (and still don't) so I get you.

But also, what if you want to listen to a specific song??? How do you find your music??? Do you associate that song with the character enough that it reminds you that it's in that folder?

[rebornofstars]

* I know I’m technically a focus on art but I also want to chat as writer—what’s one of your favorite troupes that you rarely write whether it’s because you feel you can’t do it justice or just because you don’t? Me personally I am an AVID fan of mind bending/un-reality fics, but I can never write them to a satisfactory level. They’re so fun to read especially when they’re multi-chapter and you’ve gotta theorize on wtf is going on!!! It’s quirky and fun!!!! No one knows what’s going on and I ADORE that type of confusion. Learning to write is fun but I’m not at that level yet and I’m excited for when I can GGHRAAAHHH!!!!

OH BOY. oh boy. hello there thank you so much for the ask i absolutely love it. this took me a while to respond to because i had to get my thoughts in order 😅 i like a good never-say-never attitude, but there are many many things i write that are not as good as the blurry versions of themselves rotating around the inside of my head! the potential, u know? i can never do the potential justice. somehow i don't think that will ever change.

one thing i definitely struggle with is long-term character development - whether it's romantic, like a slow burn, or platonic or just in terms of narrative structure, whatever. i can't seem to get it happening to my satisfaction. i am so comfortable collecting snapshots of specific points of a character's journey, but when i try to slowly allow them to grow and change, it always feels cheap idk 😬😭 i'm also not so good at writing stories which span a longer period of time and/or have timeskips. it's mostly due to lack of practice with longer stories, and i'm working on improving!

in terms of more specific tropes or genres, though.... mysteries. i can never figure out how heavy or subtle the foreshadowing should be. comedy is also hard, although i've been practicing that one and i think i'm slowly getting the hang of a few different styles that are more humourous. and sometimes i read, like, Feist and Wurts' Empire trilogy, or Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind, and realise all over again i have a looooong way yet to go when it comes to introducing worldbuilding into a story naturally and intuitively. also, this might be silly, because the LU fic i'm most known for is literally about this, but reveals? i'm not so confident i can live up to the hype or satisfactorily fulfill the tension i've built. i hope my cursebreaker readers are not going to be disappointed by the payoff/reveal i have planned 🤞🤞😁

that being said, though, i keep writing all of those tropes and genres anyway, and it's really an honour to have the space and encouragement to be giving it a shot. i'm so grateful that all my recurring readers have put their trust in me and my ability to deliver a good story. throughout my childhood writing has always been a very solitary endeavour for me and i cannot express how much fun i've been having on ao3 over the last year, and tumblr the last few months. i've never had a fandom community like this before 💕 and i like to think that while i'm still growing my skills, i also have the potential inside me for anything, if i give it a good shot and keep at it. i think we all do.

i'm very sorry for all of this word vomit 😁 i guess, to chat as a writer, all i can say is i also LOVE reality bending stories, and they're SO FUN and you're SO RIGHT, and i don't have so much one problem writing as i do a lot of smaller more general ones, because i like to throw myself into my problems head-first, and i believe that you too have a million potentials inside you if you keep at it, and i for one am very, very excited to see where you go. i guess this whole answer was a gesture of enouragement, in the end. 🤩🥰

[fubbytime]

new friend!

All things considered, they arrived in better condition than i thought and faster (Canada to U.S.A. shipping)(why did they go from one side of canada to the other to the side of the us farthest from me. to me. was there nothing closer?) So far just some battery box corrosion, also i nicknamed them "mr grumpy and stinky fub senior" due to having an issue with one side of their mouth not closing, having a birthday of Jan 4th, 1999 (almost 25!), and coming with a peculiar smell I'm pretty sure is coming from the motor. Currently this little guy is getting a nice, long bath (the 3rd bath)(VERY stinky n still dirty) and I'm working on getting the corrosion out (so far my isopropyl alcohol isn't helping much). Very excited to do the naming and gender reveal ritual once I fix the battery box! I almost hesitated to share them so early since they need to be in their best condition for the ritual and i KNOW i can get them working. Also doing a push start just in case so I'll know for a fact what's wrong when the batteries go in. Wanna be on the safe side and troubleshoot to prevent. SO excited cannot wait to see what I can do for them.

[duskandcobalt]

Everywhere everything is my roman empire haha. Can’t wait to see how the story plays out :)

Another one 😭😭😭 why is everyone being so nice to me 🥹

I’m so excited for you to see how it all comes together ✨

[rachymarie]

There are two wolves inside of me, a millennial:

[mirmidones]

i like giving gifts, i like looking for something that the other person will actually appreciate, but most of all i like making gifts with my own clumsy hands. i pour my love into it. it's my affection made tangible. so then naturally it means the world to me when i find out they really like it like i hoped they would :')

[galaxae]

i wantto infodump about my game and my plans for it sooo bad

[midnightcaptions]

rattling at the gates of discords like lemme innnn

[greedbent]

❛  are ya sure yer okay, bro?  ❜ HAHAHAHA

@yukikorogashi || Five Word Sentence Starters

Did this...? Did this child just refer to him as "bro"?

Momentarily, Kaz is bemused into silence. A man with such strict control over his expressions—guaranteeing he give nothing away he does not intend on giving away��trips in more than just one instance here. He's messy, first in giving the girl any reason for concern at all when his lips involuntarily twist in discomfort, and second in the present, as he's left blinking in disbelief at what he swears he's heard correctly—

Which somehow doesn't make it any more believable she actually said it.

He shifts where his shoulder's pressed against the alcove, missing his cane now more than ever. As a hand discreetly massages the muscles in his thigh, Kaz sets his jaw and shakes his head. "I'll be more 'okay' once you've scurried off," he exhales through his teeth, simultaneously straightening up to test his weight on that leg again. "So be a good girl and run along, now."

And it's not a suggestion.