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rozmorris · 6 months

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The hidden shapes in stories and why drama isn't what you think it is - interview with @EHeathRobinson

This is a massive headline, I know. A massive headline for a massive and far-ranging conversation about storytelling. My host is Heath Robinson, whose YouTube channel has seen a stellar line-up of story nerds, including Christopher Vogler, author of The Writer’s Journey, Christopher Vogler, Matt Bird, author of The Secrets of Story, John Truby, author of The Anatomy of Genres, and Vic Mignogna,…

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suddenly-frankenstein · 2 months

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his guardian angel

#im sure that none of the vampires are after Daniel for writing a book and actively outing them on television #because Armand is always lurking somewhere around #another oil pastels on a cardboard piece!! i think im starting to understand it a little bit better (but honestly just a little bit lmao)#specifically love how Armand's hands turned out #i think i put the most effort in them lmao #everything else was just yaaay i don't have any idea what im doing #iwtv #interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #iwtv daniel #iwtv armand #iwtv fanart #daniel molloy #armand #armandaniel #vampire chronicles #amc interview with the vampire #devil's minion

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lotus-pear · 11 months

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i think you guys are onto smth..

i unironically got invested in this HELP

#WHERES THE FIC AT IF SOMEONE WRITES THIS I WILL PAY THEM A HUNDRED DOLLARS😭😭#kunikida serving the country while dazai's serving cunt😔#dazai was born to malewife but forced to manipulate and i think that's the greatest tragedy of bsd #anyway some facts i would like to share abt this au thay i came up w while drawing!!#takes place in 1939 (start of wwii) and there was a mandatory draft that required one male over eighteen from each house to serve #both of them are still twenty two and had been engaged for abt two years before getting married that year #newlyweds! unfortunately kuni had to go fight and they were seperated :(#before the war kunikida was a math teacher at the local high school and dazai obviously managed the household and didn't work #he's hopeless at cooking and meal prep even w recipie books so they either get those prepackaged meals or kuni makes dinner when he gets ba #so like when he's making lunch for kunikida he normally just packs a basic sandwich w raw fruit #kunikida always appreciates the effort even tho hes probably sick of having the same thing everyday but he won't complain abt it #when kunikida joined the army he was relieved that the mess hall had better food than dazai #he was the only one in his platoon that never complained abt the food so his fellow soldiers assumed it was bc he came from a tough bg #when in reality he was just used to being poisoned on a daily basis from his dumbass husbands cooking and was hardly fazed from army ration #they write to each other although its more dazai sending and kuni receiving bc hes off fighting and doesnt have time to write back #dazai talks abt life on the homefront and how he has to grow a victory garden (everything is DYING HE CANT EVEN RAISE TOMATOES)#and kuni writes abt his fellow soldiers and how the war is going and when he thinks he'll be home and how he misses sleeping in a bed #ANYWAY yea thought i'd share sry for infodumping in the tags again #this post is for like the four ppl that care abt this specific flavor of knkdz so hopefully this gets four notes at least #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #kunikida doppo #doppo kunikida #kunikidazai #knkdz #lotus draws #bro sry for posting at two in the morning i couldnt sleep until i got this out of my head they have infested my brain

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ronsenburg · 13 days

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because I’m curious:

I’m primarily interested in your opinion as a reader (please answer the poll from that angle), but if you’re a writer and want to chime in on your experience writing from alternating POVs, that’s cool, too!

This could be alternating every chapter, every book, at seemingly random intervals… however you want to interpret it.

Explain in the tags, please!

#the ever world books conditioned me to love this at a young age #I think it’s such a cool way to really show off the differences in how your characters perceive the world #but I’m also concerned that it gives too much away #the flaws and misinterpretations one character makes drive the conflict of the story you know?#so if you’re getting both sides right away does that devalue the process of working through it?#does it work better in some genres than others? in some reading levels over others?#polls #writing stuff

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baejax-the-great · 24 days

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Really have to assume that anyone saying hector didn't deserve to die the way he did didn't actually read the Iliad

#i mean first of all none of them deserved to die so jot that down #entire book is about how pointless and tragic war is #but beyond that hectors slaying of Patroclus #was just as dishonorable as Achilles killing hector #just because he failed to decapitate pat and feed him to the dogs #doesnt somehow make him morally better #also the fight over pats body did mutilate him to an extent #that corpse went through it #did hectors end up going through more?#probably #doesn't really change much #the iliad #tumblr showing me lukewarm takes at six am #my kryptonite #morning me does not know how to not write an essay about it #afternoon me is better at letting it go #homer #tagamemnon

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hyacinthsdiamonds · 24 days

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Ted saying that no driver has had this level of attention on them since Michael Schumacher...

Gentlemen, a short view into the past; Max's debut season, his Red Bull debut, the literal rule changed as a result of his debut in the sport... oh and everyone and their mother calling Kimi Max 2.0 and Toto's second chance at signing debut!Max since he failed the first time around...

#max verstappen #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #the sky sports commentators were literally clutching their pearls when max debuted 😭✋️#and practically screaming crying throwing up after the red bull switch was announced #gleefully questioning whether he was ready for it #him then winning his debut red bull race was chefs kiss #also... you can't really compare the attention schumi got #we've seen glimpses of it no question with the attention max & charles get #especially Charles as he is the predestined son of ferrari #ferrari is a religion after all #but schumi was on a whole another level #i can see max & charles reaching and exceeding it #but it was an insane level of attention #in the peak of paparazzi #the 90s and early 2000s were something else #not to say it's gotten better because it really hasn't but the way its done has changed #adapted to better suit the world of digital media so to speak #schumi was a cultural phenomenon to a lot of people including baby me he was f1 he was ferrari #i'ma stop before i start writing an essay about how Michael was F1's Diana because i feel thats where my head is at the moment lmao #also not ted also forgetting seb #my man got a penalty 6 seconds into f1 career 😭✋️#and was quickly dubbed the crash kid #max was crashtappen #max seb michael were all labelled aggressive #seb & michael only got appreciation when they were leaving/ when they left the sport #the history book on the shelf is always repeating itself

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jalluzas-ferney · 1 month

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I don’t think this is an unpopular opinions but lowkey fannon kailor is sm better than cannon kailor.

(Read the tags)

#I’m not even huge on kailor but I this thought just came into my head as I thought ab Sky #cuz I was thinking ab how it would be awesome if we got Skylor to come back at least for a cameo #but then I thought ab how sucky it would be if the show tried to keep on trying to push Kai and sky to be together #because it would feel so forced atp #the show just writes them so bad it just feels like everytime they bring Skylor back to the show #which is like- whenever there’s BIG emergencies #the writers remember that ‘hey! Skylor is also Kai’s love interest! let’s give them some cute moments together!’#it’s like they’re not even trying 💀#and even in the book ‘quest for the lost powers’ they were *KINDAA* cute but tbh the way Kai acted w Skylor pissed me off #and I love Kai btw but damn reading their part made me feel like she deserves better 😭#but if they really tried #they could actually make a great couple #srs #which is why fannon content for them is sm better #but I feel like usually that’s the case for most fandoms or shows #so that’s why I doubt it’s an unpopular opinion #and tbh it would also be interesting to see Kai just admit that his past relationship failed and that’s ok #portray a healthy breakup that would be awesome 🔥🔥#but that’s just my personal opinion and my desire to see more complex relationships and stuff like that lol #lego ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago #dragons rising #ninjago dr #Ninjago Kai #Kai Ninjago #skylor ninjago #ninjago skylor #kailor #kai x skylor

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hanzajesthanza · 5 months

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oh man, i'm clearing off my desktop and i found this .txt from when i had reached a breaking point of annoyance about the fandom (mostly netflix, sorry about that show) constantly referring to jaskier as "bard" ...

this bothered me because, as i recalled, he is most often referenced as "poet" or "troubadour," whenever mentioned by his profession. especially for what he calls himself, what others who esteem him well (e.g., geralt) call him, or what the narration calls him.

(then there's also the titles of lesser frequency, like "musician," "minstrel," "singer," "poetaster," "rhymester," but these are less frequent, e.g., geralt bof 5 "a poetaster with a lute," regis ttos 3 "our minstrel," rience boe 1 "nasty rhymester" ... rience sucks, but he was right about that one, you gotta admit).

asides from the fact that dandelion seems to self-identify with "poet and musician," (eternal flame i) i just find "bard" so generic, like it's just a catch-all term for someone in a fantasy setting that sings, like the d&d class. it doesn't actually reflect the full roles of his profession: that he writes, he is connected with the concept of poetry and writing, and as such, aspects of his character can be considered a satire of writers. and that his poetic personality runs contrary to geralt's banal realism.

so, in my annoyance i used went and counted all the times in the last wish that he is referenced by his profession (i apparently only cared enough about this to do the first book). i noted what word was used and who said it.

anyways guess what. my hypothesis was right 😎 coming in at over half his mentions by profession, he is called "poet." so hah! he is a poet, i remembered correctly.

(fwiw, this is using the english translation, and just calling to attention that it might have been different in polish. after all - i recall from the lost in translation series something interesting about "poetaster" in a little sacrifice, drouhard almost calls him this, like "one who strings rhymes together" (edit: got it: "He was originally going for “wierszokleta,” or roughly “one who carelessly puts rhymes together.”))

Poet Voice of Reason 2, Narration Voice of Reason 5, Nenneke Voice of Reason 5, Geralt Voice of Reason, Narration Voice of Reason, Narration Voice of Reason, Narration Voice of Reason, Narration Voice of Reason, Narration Edge of the World i, Narration Edge of the World i, Narration Edge of the World i, Geralt Edge of the World i, Dandelion Edge of the World i, Narration Edge of the World ii, Narration Edge of the World ii, Narration Edge of the World iii, Narration Edge of the World iii, Narration Edge of the World iii, Narration Edge of the World iv, Narration Edge of the World iv, Narration Edge of the World vi, Narration Edge of the World vi, Narration Edge of the World vi, Narration Edge of the World vi, Narration Edge of the World vii, Narration The Last Wish i, Narration The Last Wish i, Narration The Last Wish i, Narration The Last Wish i, Narration The Last Wish i, Narration The Last Wish i, Narration The Last Wish i, Narration The Last Wish ii, Narration The Last Wish ii, Errdil The Last Wish iii, Geralt The Last Wish v, Narration The Last Wish v, Narration The Last Wish vii, Narration The Last Wish vii, Narration Voice of Reason 7, Narration Voice of Reason 7, Narration Troubadour Voice of Reason 2, Narration Voice of Reason 5, Narration Edge of the World i, Narration Edge of the World iii, Narration Edge of the World vi, Narration Edge of the World vi, Narration Edge of the World vii, Narration Edge of the World vii, Narration The Last Wish i, Narration The Last Wish i, Narration The Last Wish ii, Errdil The Last Wish ii, Chireadan The Last Wish v, Narration The Last Wish vii, Yennefer Voice of Reason 7, Narration Bard Voice of Reason 5, Narration Edge of the World i, Narration Edge of the World ii, Narration Edge of the World iii, Narration Edge of the World iii, Narration Edge of the World iv, Narration Edge of the World vii, Narration The Last Wish i, Narration The Last Wish i, Narration The Last Wish vii, Narration The Last Wish vii, Narration The Last Wish vii, Narration Musician Edge of the World vi, Toruviel Edge of the World vi, Toruviel The Last Wish iii, Geralt Lutenist Edge of the World vi, Toruviel

just to say that jaskier IN THE BOOKS is a poet. n*tflix jaskier is a bard. this is a trifle in the broader sense of things, yet another element which distinguishes the characters and everything else between canons

#the witcher books #c: dandelion #jaskier #sorry the way i write my thoughts out is insufferable. i really am not as serious as i seem. i just dont know how to present myself better #also btw i think about 'blow on a cow's horn you savage' like biweekly if not weekly

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smartsxylacyy · 4 months

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The "Lavender Fields" fanfic of Nick and Charlie is the absolute best N&C fanfic ive ever read and now my standards are WAY too high on what fanfics should be. Like why is it written so well HOW WILL I GO BACK TO THE 1 PAGE FICS 😭😭

#im just gonna reread it again #how dare they write a fanfiction better then most books?#heartstopper #nick and charlie #nick nelson #charlie spring

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cerise-on-top · 7 months

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Hank with an Eldritch Horror Reader

Here's another thing I wrote two years back! It was an interesting concept which I really liked, so I actually really enjoyed writing this request!

Hank J Wimbleton was a grunt of many things, but not one to be scared unless he had a good reason to be. There were many things in this world he did not understand, you were one of them. Upon meeting you, his first instinct would have been to either fight or run away - who could blame him, it was all he knew. No matter how many times you reassured him that the very last thing you wanted to do was to harm him, he’d draw his weapon, uncertain of whether or not he should believe your words.

Once you show no resistance towards him whatsoever and simply restrain him using your powers or other methods, that’s when, thrashing around as much as he could, he would start listening. You may or may not have seen a grunt up close, but this was your chance to finally examine one. As you scrutinise him from every possible angle Hank realises that you were simply curious about his being and finally lowers weapon.

Your voice would likely hurt his head and freeze the blood in his veins, so you might have to resort to telepathy or speak through a marionette, if you can find one. Though, once Hank’s interest in you has been piqued, he’d be more than happy to find you one. A lot of people in Nevada seem to be redundant in the first place. Regarding telepathy: You will be able to have a two-way conversation with Hank like that, but, for the most part, he doesn’t think in words. Still, he can do so, if needed.

If you’re on the rather small side, he will make an effort to pick you up, or hold you, and bring you back to base. Depending on whether you can float or not, this might be rather difficult, but he’ll try. If you’re large, however, then he will simply “tell” you to follow him. As an eldritch being you could likely either change your form or scare away anyone in your path in the first place, so he doesn’t particularly worry about anyone being stupid enough to attack you.

Spend time with him, he’ll get used to you more and more and, eventually, grow a bond with you. Proud, he’ll show you to Doc so he can figure out what you are, but do not be fooled. Hank wants to know what you are to some degree too. Once comfortable with you and certain you won’t harm him, he’ll start observing you, touching you to some degree. See how you react, how you feel, how you are.

Despite your conversations being, for the most part, one-sided, Hank will ask you directly what you are and if you’re some form of eldritch deity. Since you’re an amicable creature he can’t exactly wrap his head around, it’s worth a try.

Although he would like to do so to some degree, he won’t take you with him on missions. It’s his way of saying “I care a great deal about you, I don’t want you to die or worse even if you are capable of defending yourself.” If you really insist on aiding him, he will let you, begrudgingly. But beware that he will have your back. In fact, having you around will give him a greater reason to fight and improve his overall performance. Though, it will also be a major stress factor to him if something were to happen to you, so choose wisely.

#madness combat #madness combat x reader #hank j wimbleton #hank j wimbleton x reader #I've been into eldritch horrors and stuff ever since I was a teenager #although I don't condone his beliefs in the slightest I really like Lovecraft's writing style #at one point it influenced how I wrote as well since he was rather descriptive in a pleasant to read way #I have an anthology at home that I might wanna reread again at some point #celephais was always my favorite story and I think it may be one of my favorite stories of all time #I know it interests no one but my favorite book is No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai #and yes I did get into classic literature because of a certain anime I don't wanna tag in this post #but another book I really enjoyed reading was Clockwork Orange I read it with someone I used to be close to and it was a really good read #it gave me nightmares but I really enjoyed it! gave me something to talk about with my father as well #Hier kommt Alex by Die Toten Hosen is also a really good song! as is 1000 Gründe by the same band!#those songs are based on Clockwork Orange actually!#I never watched the movie and I don't think I ever will because eye gore disturbs me but the book was good! I read it bc of tboi!#I have quite a few classic at home! but I think I wanna finish reading Paradise Lost! That's also a really interesting story so far!#reading and writing are some of my favorite hobbies!#I'd also love to finishe the price of salt at some point as well! Because I have to all things considered!#I just wish I could juggle all of my hobbies a bit better! I wish I had a bit more time for everything! but oh well it be like that!

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saphira-approves · 7 months

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I’d love to know Rhünon’s thoughts on how Riders name their swords. Does she have a no-judgement policy? Did Vrael have to sit her down for a chat when her bluntness reduced twelve new Riders into tears because of their terrible name choices? I mean, just look at Brom and Morzan:

Morzan: I name this blade Misery, for misery it shall bring to all my enemies!

Brom: And I’ll name mine Void-biter, for its edge carries the bite of death!

Rhünon, bribed copiously by Vrael to keep her thoughts to herself: Who let these edgelords have dragons—

#inheritance cycle #brom (inheritance cycle)#morzan (inheritance cycle)#rhünon (inheritance cycle)#rhunon (inheritance cycle)#yeah in case you didn’t know undbitr means void-biter. if i’d known this at 12 years old i’d have been much more obsessed with brom.#hmmmm i could write something about that actually #how eragon and murtagh name/rename their blades to be positive #while their fathers named their swords so negatively #and how eragon never even SEES undbitr because it’s lost #while murtagh has to/chooses to carry that legacy of misery and make something better of it #something something eragon was sheltered from the darkness of his own history while murtagh is almost smothered by it #it’s little things like this that remind me why i’m obsessed with these books

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otaku553 · 1 year

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My brother recently got into Demon Slayer so I wanted to make a kny oc for him since I did it before with both me and my sister and never got around to my brother :)

But I started by refreshing my own design because wow?? It’s been 4 years since I first made my kny insert character and a lot of things are now outdated! Not to mention my art has improved a lot, I hope. More details under the cut!

Meet Ebisu Koharu: youngest of the Ebisu family and physically the weakest. They only barely passed Final Selection by hiding for the entire week and surviving off tips from their older siblings. Nonetheless, they still want to contribute, which is why they hold onto a thick, leather bound book that records every demon they’ve ever met in precise detail, with labeled diagrams and scribbled calculations in the margins of different strengths and weaknesses.

After spending a few years on the job, and properly seeing their data contribute to the successes of other demon slayers, they’ve come a bit more into their own as a competent researcher and fighter, though they still do tend to request paired missions with friends and family to act more as a support role rather than a fighter.

The Ebisu family is one of scholars. The eldest daughter Kaoru is a doctor, and the eldest son Shougen is a chemist. By nature, fighting is not necessarily their strong suit, which is why their family breathing style and techniques are all poison-assisted. Of the three, Koharu is the weakest and most averse to combat— they wield a short half-length blade, with more of a smooth ceremonial hilt and sheath than any practical weapon.

#kny oc #kimetsu no yaiba #demon slayer #it’s so much fun seeing my brother be so late to the party for kny lmao #I love him but his takes are kind of shit ngl.#his character will be absolutely hilarious to do as well #because you better believe I’m going to lean far into how much he simps for giyu #looking for names is so much more fun when I can read some kana and am not using google translate #I found out that the combination of me and my sister’s names form kanari which i will not stop thinking about for ages #four years of improvement and four years of character development! Better character design and research skills #it’s a lot of fun thinking more about details when designing now #I.e. brushes are wildly impractical tools for writing on the go so koharu’s main choice of stationery is an imported fountain pen that cost #a decent amount of their savings #and they wanted their records to last longer so they also invested in a proper leather bound journal (also imported) rather than #a normal string bound book like their normal daily journal. this is also why the books open in different directions #in the event that their fountain pen breaks they Will Cry but they will also commit the details to memory and write them in with a bruh #with a brush after the battle ends

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trailerparkdad · 4 months

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welcome to the life of a quiet lab technician

#i started a not so berry save <3 #this is my 10th nsb save i need serious help #im having so much fun she hates ppl and has no friends and stays inside all day ordering takeout and watching tv like i get her #she's mean but will soften eventually #wanted to pursue criminology but her passion for the extraterrestrial was stronger #degree in computer science so she can write a mean code!!!!#always been morbid and just overall weird (in the nicest way possible)#def the b*tch of the workplace 😭#its summer rn so maybe she’ll make some friends by the fall time <3 #its hard to see her having friends bc of how jealous and mean she is but it wouldnt be realistic gameplay without-#-your sims having character development so im excited to see her change for the better when she decides to start a family for example #not exactly following nsb by the book but rather making it my own style/story and having fun with it 😊#nsbsave #nsbgen1 #ts4 #sims 4 gameplay

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sugume · 8 months

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sfw only!! Tired of seeing you minors write smut..you aren’t supposed to be writing smut don’t you get that?

I deeply apologize DEEP down so so very deep in my minor heart and soul and body. Anyways posting smut hc’s later today, if you said this off anon I could’ve tagged and dedicated the post to you pookie :(