#lotta plot

[hxstoryshift]

I did promise areas, did I not!

The biig biig wall of lore that comes with it:

Fall place -> Angel’s Descent Ruins -> Forgetta Snowdin -> Springwoods Snowdin Town -> Blossomin Town N/A - Frigid Peaks Waterfall -> Icicle Caverns Tem Village -> Spider Village N/A -> Fungal Retrocedes Hotlands -> Wastelands CORE -> POWER-PLANT N/A -> BCT New Home -> Fate City

[the-punforgiven]

Looks like we've got some official pngs for 4 of the Nightreign guys now

[moeblob]

"If I take out all the bad guys, that makes me a good guy, right?"

[marvelwitchergilmore]

Okay, so!

I have just binged all of My Lady Jane and

Oh

My

God

If you are looking for an epic, steamy AND spicy, sweeping enemies to lovers, arranged marriage, forced proximity, fantasy elements, and forbidden romance all in the same show with all the vibes and feels you get when having read a book and just WISHED someone could make it into a TV show so you can watch it and not just have it be inside your head? Then this, my friends, is THE. SHOW. TO. WATCH.

I seriously hope this gets renewed for Season 2 because I just want more. I need to see this story continue. Thankfully it doesn't end on a "Oh, I hope everyone is okay and there is no clear statement on what everyone is doing," kinda thing.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

PLEASE GO AND WATCH THIS SHOW IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY! IT IS SERIOUSLY GOOD!

Is it historically accurate? No, not entirely. But is it modern with all the historical settings and vibes, romantic, funny, at some times emotional and just INCREDIBLY EPIC?!

YES!

So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

PLEASE go and watch this show!!!

[onlytibki]

Iruma Ficlet: Meme

The Netherworld has an Internet, websites, social media, etc.

Eventually, as high schools do, Bablys becomes riddled with the equivalent of the worm meme:

Would you love me if I was a human?

Iruma… does not participate.

He listens, closely. He watches when others ask it, watches the shape of the word ‘human’ around their lips and the face they make with it. He watches the faces of the responders and memorizes their answers. Despite himself, he ends up making mental lists— lists titled maybe okay (laughter/maybe/I’d find a safe place for you/we can be humans together),

and maybe not (no/how would loving a human even work??/ew gross),

and definitely not.

(Sure I’d love you… for dinner!)

Iruma does his best not to let it all bother him, the questions, or the reactions, or the places various classmates and teachers have on his new lists.

He fails.

Iruma does not ask the question. Of anyone.

.

Someone scrapes together enough nerve to ask Balam-sensei in the middle of Iruma’s class. The teacher freezes.

Someone else takes the moment to cut across that Balam-sensei would eat them and write research on what they tasted like; Balam goes pale.

A third demon says Balam-sensei wouldn’t eat them, since it’d be like eating an endangered species. He’d probably keep them in a jar like a pet. Balam-sensei’s hands begin to shake.

He finally interrupts. And doesn’t look at Iruma. “I’d keep you safe,” he says. “I’d fight my hardest to keep you safe. Of course. You are my students.”

Balam-sensei gets teased by the class and his coworkers for how soft he is for the rest of the week. The next time they have tea, Iruma doesn’t even give a cursory squirm about the hug, and just squeezes back tighter.

.

Ameri does not participate. She serves anyone who does, in her hearing range, a debilitating axe-kick to the chest.

(Those who respond a… certain way receive kicks to the throat.)

People admire her dedication to spending school time on productive tasks and not foolish games.

.

Clara asks Iruma.

Iruma freezes, skin gone pale, hands gone shaky. He can feel his internal defensive beast starting to rise, but he squashes it.

Azz starts to scold her for wasting Iruma-sama’s time on foolish games (he was one of those who admired Ameri’s response), but Iruma doesn’t listen to him. Can’t.

Iruma takes Clara’s hands, gentle, still shaking. “Yes,” he says, immediately, fervently, looking her directly in the eye and all but pushing what he can’t say through his gaze and into her mind. “I’d love you, and Azz, no matter what you were, or what I am, or where we are. There isn’t anything that can change that. Ever.”

[giantkillerjack]

There is a horror in that moment

The kind that makes most folks look away

That moment

When you realize

The Pain

Will not be stopping.

I'm writing a book in which

The main character goes through the same thing

And I'm stuck because

How do you write a scene like that?

Where do you put it in the story?

When does it finally dawn on him?

Not only the knowledge that

dancing

running

skipping

jumping

walking

fucking

working

adventuring

Living

will never be the same.

But when will it dawn on him that his last day of painlessness was months ago, and he didn't even know it at the time? (didn't even get to say goodbye)

Maybe that's why they say dawn breaks.

Maybe I'm stuck because I've never seen it anywhere else.

(maybe that's why I felt all alone in my mourning)

(maybe that's why I'm writing a book)

I've never seen a story where there were days of pain and days of ease, and then the days without pain got fewer and fewer until one day, it was just

Pain.

And of course my character, he waits

And waits

And waits

And works

And searches

And begs

And pleads

And yet the rest of his life

Suddenly stretches before him

Horrifically long, unthinkably long, with the knowledge that, from now on,

Every Day Will Be A Pain Day.

Every second

Of every minute

Of every hour day week month year

For forever

For forever

For forever

For forever

For forever

For forever

For forever

How many scenes do I write

of him mourning?

And - before he finds the acceptance that even allows for mourning -

How many scenes of that horrific slow-sudden frantic-panicked suspicion of the truth?

How does one draw (it's a graphic novel) the face of a man (his name is David)

struck with that kind of strangling grief?that choking half-denial?

That silent scream of horror given sound?

How many people tell him they are sure it will be fine even as he feels himself falling further?

How many of them fail to understand until they are gone from his life?

How many times does he blame himself?

How many times is he right?

Don't get me wrong

It's a hopeful story

Really.

It has a happy ending

And that happy ending happens

On a pain day.

I just hope I can tell my story good enough to show

What that means and

Why it matters.

I just hope we can be seen.

[fixyourwritinghabits]

Hi!

I've recently finished my first draft and I'm ready to get to work on the second.

My autism makes it hard to use those "tips and tricks" people usually have, so I thought about working out a step by step for myself instead, but I have no clue where to start?

Hope you can help or point me in the right direction, as I'm at my wits end.

I don't have any grand secrets, unfortunately. I've attempted to read many, many books on editing, trying to discover the secret that I appear to be missing, but none of them really helps. Note the big changes first, they say. Fix the little things after.

But when everything seems like it's a mess, I don't know how to distinguish between big fixes and small ones. In the end, everything needs to be fixed, and I just have to slog through. However, there are some things that work for me, as frustratingly slow as they can be:

First make sure you're ready to edit.

Sometimes you have to trunk that book for a lot longer than you think. You have to give your brain a long enough break from it in order for new ideas to be formed. Put it away, as long as you can, and give your brain a break. Coming to your story fresh is the best way to start.

This doesn't sound like it works, and believe me, the temptation to dive right back into the book after a week or so is high, but give yourself decent break. Read some books, watch some movies. Shake up those weary creative drives in your brain for up to a month or more before you take another crack at it.

(If you're not tackling a large product, you can wait for a shorter period of time, probably. The longer the book or novel, the more of a rest you should have. If you're writing a fanfic chapter by chapter, the temptation to post immediately is high. Don't do it! Let it rest for a couple of days before reviewing it. You'll thank yourself later.)

Have an outline.

If you didn't start with an outline while drafting, laying out your plot where you can see it will really help you figure out what threads need strengthening. My favorite technique is flashcards and sticky notes that have a short summary of the chapter or scene. Both can be easily rearranged, removed, or shuffled about.

If you have a multiple POVs, color-coding your chapters can help you lay out how much progress each character has made and what areas of the story might need shoring up.

Another thing that can be of help is reworking character sheets or notes. I've been struggling with a particular character who I adore, but who's motivation I've been having trouble nailing. For this draft, I've been able to figure out what the thorn in their side was and write a much stronger story for them as a result.

Slog through from the beginning.

Yes, some people can dive right into those problem areas. Boo to those people, I say. Boo. For me, the only thing that works is to start from the beginning and work through each chapter at a time. Yes, this does involve getting stuck on how to fix things. There is a lot of dramatic lying on floors and pestering my completely bewildered cat when I hit a wall.

But starting at the beginning allows me to see where I need to slot in elements I only started to figure out later in the book. It allows me to weave in foreshadowing and pick up subplots at the right places, rather than throwing them in when I think of them. This method may mean you'll have redraft a few times, and yes, I have to start from the beginning each time. But it does work, even if it takes time.

Just don't ask how many drafts I've done of this damn book I'm working on.

[aratribow]

You can’t tell me that yanqing doesn’t play the arcade with silver wolf. It’s a fact not a statement,opinion,joke it’s a fact🤓☝️

Also, how does bailu react to being treated as a kid? Cuz you got me interested in your au your guilty. My therapist will be hearing of you/jk

Also,, (sorry for making this too long) I eat your art for breakfast , lunch AND dinner so pls don’t leave me starving I don’t know how to cook………..

Heehee~

Na OBVIOUSLY YQ AND SW PLAY GAMES TOGETHER, they are the twins that simultaneously hate each other but would 💯💯 cover for each other cause they are each other's to insult.

Also on the topic of bailu, in this au, yueshi being the oldest and an even more successful descendent of df gets the mantle of high elder. They were created during the hcq era, THEN POPSICLED (cryostasis if u will) DURING THE SEDITION (they were sentenced along with df for being a proof against the breakage of the sin of immortality) and then were de-popsicled after dh exile (preceptors got their greasy hands a lot later on yueshi cause jy did all he could to keep his kid safe)

Thus, bailu gets to be the kid she is and unless someone is underestimating her and her skills? She's fine with being treated as a kid, she surely loves all the candies and stuff she gets out of everyone for that.

On ANOTHER note, bailu is actually the middle child KABSJSBSJJ

And DON'T APOOGISE OP, M GLAD UR INTERESTED IN THE AU!! Have a good day/night!!

[swan2swan]

"You have got to be kidding me," Yaz snarled, not slowing her pace. "A girl can't even take a--" Sammy didn't catch the next word over another furious bellow from the Triceratops "--in the woods without some--" another bellow "--dinosaur showing up and making it her business?!?"

Despite her friend's rage, Sammy grinned.

"At least your leg's fixed!" she offered. "And...truth be told...I don't think this girl's heart's really in it. She just didn't want you--"

"Tell me all the farm stories you want later!" Yaz snapped. "For now, just run!"

[shiroikabocha]

Out of curiosity born from some very surprising conversations I had with friends while watching Contact (1997):

[ashenberry]

yeah yknow while i dont think portable ops serves that well a bridge between even mgs3 & peacewalker much less mgs3 & mgs4 I do think giving players more time w/ zero, paramedic, sigint, and even campbell to an extent was a good call given their increased importance to the story in 4 yknow, kind of give more of the hints to the roles they would play it wouldve been a bit jarring if they just had the 1 game that doesnt really hint towards any of thi[looks at the execution of the mgs1/2 casts inclusion] ah shit

[toby-du-coeur]

pt 7 scorch trials burn out at last: liveblog finale 🔥🔥

parts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

he hasn't ditched the turtleneck 😂 ig he just likes em

yes aris that is how we all feel abt ava paige

i feel like fry is here purely to give sarcastic commentary, from 'you mean besides a griever pancake?' on.

live frypan reaction

love janson in all black & ava paige floating in after the carnage, the only one dressed in white

min looks SO betrayed and hurt. minresa moment fr

sells the way be blows up at her later. this boy values loyalty ✨

dramatically reaching for fatal wound w my cozy hand knitted fingerless gloves

thominho moment of ALL TIME that look i am feral

SHES SO BEAUTIFUL 😭😭

love how jorge protects thomas during this scene. hes truly adopted him

NOO they're holding him all slumped over

love how bren has what look to be fake-worn jeans/leggings/jeggings when they are.. very much in the middle of a real apocalypse

jorge like i smell some heroic dumbassery that needs enabling

hes. running into the maze again. for minho again.

but this time he doesn't do it alone

in which newt imitates the classic tommy 'confused but slightly aroused' face

harriet and vince have a Thing. they're both fighters. jorge & brenda parallel

the way his eyes shift to the side and his whole expression just blanks out like i have no fucking ide - ROLL CREDITS

[pardiselost]

Starter Call ! Capping at 12 via COMMENTING ! ! ! Please Specify the muse when commenting !

[acaciapines]

plural lup&taako au is so funny bc. stolen century isnt super drastically different if taako and lup are sharing a body save for a bit more Conversations about blupjeans and becoming a lich. but during the voidfished years? shit goes WILD. all of this is to say that taako and kravitz's second date is taako inviting kravitz to his and barry's vow renewal. this idea delights me SO much you have no idea.

[clochanam]

gonna make the road trip open starter bc honestly, i did good with this.

[owlpero]

Have you ever thought of roleplaying?

hi so what does this mean anon