#i agree with the previous tags

[19thcenturyfuck]

apparently "what if they had reddit on gallifrey" memes really resonated with people last time so here is some more

[vexwerewolf]

I am 100% okay with people forgiving Vriska for her bullshit, if and only if those same people also extend the same forgiveness to Eridan for his bullshit

[wisted-twonderland]

it’s going well

pt 1

[mokishy]

If Diomedes wins I'll draw him naked, its a promise

[essektheylyss]

Okay, there has been a quote from a blog post going around about the increase of visual description and decline in interiority in novels and prose more widely, which I do agree with, and I think the advice in the full post beyond the link and quoted section are sound and currently relevant. As a prose writer who took a long detour into screenwriting and is a spatial thinker, I do find myself getting caught up in the idea of conveying what's happening on a screen and needing to return to the affordances of the medium, even several years on from writing scripts, and knowing that scripts themselves often have very scant description.

However, I think many of the comments that I've seen going around on that post overcorrect into an idea that any description in prose should be eliminated, especially as they seem to ignore how setting, and conveying a sense of place, plays a role genre to genre. Many novels do not need much description, if they are not looking to create an atmosphere grounded in place, but other stories, and certain genres in particular, rely upon the grounding involved in describing the setting. In Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System, John Rieder notes that in its full-fledged form, when it began to be used as its own genre, sci-fi leaned substantially upon an "[a]ttunement to such a distinctive handling of the setting" to impart the norms of the world and conceit that satisfied the higher level of audience buy-in that was necessary for the story to function. I would argue that something of this ilk has long been a hallmark of genres in the more speculative realm, fantasy of course being another major one, but also those grounded in reality but in some way distanced, like historical fiction. To point to a few generic hallmarks, Hugo might've been getting paid by the word, but many of the descriptions of Paris and its systems are to an extent important to achieve audience investment in the plight of the poor of the city, and Tolkien's establishment of the feel of Middle Earth is crucial to creating in the reader an echo of the love the members of the Fellowship feel for their homes that drives them on their journeys.

I do think authors should generally be more willing to explore character interiority and not simply write out a blow-by-blow recount of the action that might be taking place on screen, but given how prone writing circles are to taking writing advice as all or nothing, I think it would be a mistake to run with the idea that interiority is the only way a prose format should or can convey the information needed to tell a story, and I'd encourage writers not to apply it unthinkingly or unilaterally to their own work.

[yourfaveisanavatar]

The onecler from the lorax is an avatar of the extinction

the onceler from the lorax is an avatar of the extinction!

[pnfc]

i will say my fav idea in that most recent thing i wrote is that in 'lotsa latkes' heinz got stuck out of time for a month and thinks this makes him a leo now. because i do think he should be a leo even if catu made him a virgo

[kaus-quietis]

my sideblog's queue is up and running again 💜💜💜 same as usual, automatically sharing 2 posts per day during the wholesome, aesthetic Eastern European morning expect a lot of skelebros to cure all illnesses and add at least 3 youthful years to your life. they soothe the overworked soul (me)

[splonkblonk]

my brother just gave me the bad news about doctor who. I knew vaguely that something happened that was really unpopular, but I didn't realise it was THAT bad!???

[frameconfessions]

I hope the protoframes remain relevant even after this story arc for the Drifter concludes, but I also recognize how complicated things would get with how many characters they could keep trying to make stay relevant, leading to a Konoha 13 Naruto type situation where we have too many relevant characters from Umbra & Ordis all the way to Kaya Velasco.

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[lestappenwdc]

You know what? Real talk, If Charles really could not attack after the pit stop like he is saying bc of tire degradation (he did have to go through half the grid after that pit stop) then I am happy there were team orders. Because if charles attacked with tires that were not doing OK and he lost against Carlos on 7 lap newer tires who have not seen an overtake the discourse of Carlos winning wheel to wheel would have been horrendous. It would have been worse than it will be now.

I am not undermining charles or anything. I think he didn't attack not because of the team orders but by his own decision. I think he would have attacked if he had a better grip on his tires. I think the grandiosity of Charles as a driver is exactly in the fact that he can read the situation and feel his car. Feel what he can and cannot do with the car. If the car felt like it could not pass Carlos in that moment I trust Charles that it is true. Any other driver in his position would have gone for it (cough Russel cough). He attacked in Monza but it was the last laps and he essentially had nothing to lose that year. This year he is in a fight with red bull and it was the beginning of the race so burning his tyres even more on a useless overtake would have put him in danger against the mclarens much faster.

If you think about it this was some brilliant management and decision making on Charles side. I am still his fan (shocker!!!) And I still love him to death and I think he made all the right choices today.

[generisydtoo]

🐍💜

[cupcakesinfedoras]

other choices I can (begrudgingly) see how you would write around but it is wild to me to act like who the Divine is doesn’t matter because we’re “in the north.” Maybe I wildly misunderstood the lore to this point but I thought all Andrastian chantries that aren’t in Tevinter are under the rule of Divine Victoria (who can be one of three WILDLY different people, including A MAGE) and you’re telling me that has zero effect outside of Ferelden and Orlais?

[sskk-manifesto]

Ep 4 :)

[heal2ninjagogirl]

I feel like people justify morro's action WAYYY more than it needs to be like we really don't need insane level lore on why he did what he did

Trust me, I eat those interpretations UP about morro however I feel like SOME (very important word of the day) people go out their way to excuse all that he did and just make him to be this TOTALLY INNOCENT GUY who DEFINITELY did NOT mean to do what he did and he's just a little blorbo scrubby skrunkly with sad backstory :((

In my opinion (emphasis on the MY part) I don't think the series gave him enough time to actually fully redeem his character at all so trying to make these excuses and interpretations just to justify what he did is kind of weird. But trust me i really do appreciate and love how yall manage to come up with these ideas and theories from how little we got of morros backstory.

Now I'm not saying that people CAN'T have their little headcanons and stuff about morro, like I said before I EAT THOSE UP EVERYTIME. All im saying is, not every villian has to have this terrible backstory to excuse all of their actions. Let morro just be a brat who kind of...?? Redeemed himself...?? Sorta...??? Idk I mostly put blame to the writers at that time writing season 5 and also day of the departed.

Also keep in mind this is coming from someone who hasn't watched seasons 8-15 yet so if like somehow he was redeemed more in those seasons than please tell me because I really don't want to look stupid right now. Idk I'm getting that feeling that MAYBE he was redeemed in future seasons and I'm just looking like a idiot right now...

[whatudottu]

Bestie I have got to tell you Mal TD totally listens to the Shadow the Hedgehog OST, and depending on the Total Drama timeline it would literally be perfect timing like- you can’t tell me this edgy teen nerd didn’t see a Sonic character with a gun and DIDN’T think it was cool, come on!