#nittygritty

[eric-sadahire]

That awkward moment when you look like you’re listening but really, you’re thinking “I was so stoned when I had my ears enlarged in Amsterdam.”

Often, when we think we’re listening, what we’re actually doing is planning our response. You can’t do both of those things at the same time.

[unkillability]

bitches on couches as always

[syrinq]

thinking about the fact that i do like forgotton realms-adjecent (fantasy equivalent of star wars-sized ip) games but then i have to grab a broom and hit anyone appearing out of the shadows who goes "now play dnd (or any ttrpg) with me" extremely violently so they remain in the dark for another 5 million years

[reggaevibesmedia]

ANOTHER BAD 80s DANCEHALL MIXTAPE (Tenor Saw, Sugar Minott, Little John,...

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

speaking of, what's a good book/series to start with if you wanna get proper into the lore side of things? i wanna get into the nittygritty of the setting more, but there's like 30 years of contradictory bullshit to get through i ain't reading all that.

I mean, the setting is so sprawling and messy that you can’t really get “proper into the lore” through one book or series.

Like, the Horus Heresy is a (questionably written) series that covers a lot of the context for the way different space marine chapters and elements of the Imperium are in 40k. But it’s also over 50 books that do in fact contain multiple decades of contradictory bullshit.

If you come at me with specific factions or events you wanna dive into, I can go from there, but one book/series doing a generalist deep dive? Ain’t a thing, I fear.

Honestly, the lore sections of codexes are a good way to brush up on the respective factions and their general history, if you can get your hands on ‘em. Don’t purchase them, though. Codexes are not worth money. Books yes, codexes no. Especially if you just want lore.

[toh-proship-positivity]

#CharminglyProBelos an event by and for Belos fans!

Welcome to the #CharminglyProBelos event! An all year round event for the TOH fandom and more specifically Belos fans. What is this event you may ask: A hastag for Belos fans to let loose and post as they want, post all the dark topics you can think off, do you want to post about Empgold? Bellector, Philuz or Belos horribly torturing someone? This is the event for you! Any and all Belos art is welcome regardless of subject or content. Some examples of what is allowed: Any and all ship content, doesn't matter what the ship is violence gore murder any and all dark or what is deemed problematic themes pretty much good Belos stuff (reformed aus, good uncle aus you name it) edits videos crafts nothing is off the table, go buck wild! Why is this event?: Sadly many fans for some reason do not understand that liking a fictional villain does not mean you agree or condone with their actions or want to see it happen in real life. This goes for fiction in general, there are many bad things in fiction, murder, torture, people being violently punched to a bloody pulp, drugs, alcohol you name it. However just because people enjoy dark themes in fiction does not mean they think this is okay in real life. We do not stand or tollerate any kind of harassment, bullying doxxing or sending death threats. This behaviour is not okay not even from other Belos fans, please do notify me of such behaviour if it does happen, there is an alternative hashtag for only clean Belos content so if people don't want to see the nittygritty then that hashtag is for them. Rules, yes there are a few: - Please make sure anything is in line with Tumblr's/Twitter's Guidelines, as much as I'm not a fan of it myself but it can't be helped. We don't want anyone to get their socials nuked, for those seeking to really post the hard stuff, Bluesky, Aethy and Baraag are places to do that. If anyone else knows other sites then let me know so I can add them. - Please tag everything accordingly! Do not censor trigger warnings, this isn't tiktok, censoring things isn't going to get filtered out so if your work includes gore please make sure to tag it for that, does it contain blood? tag it for blood, violence? tag it for violence etc etc. I could be mistaken so please do correct me on what is the most preffered/used tag for content/trigger warnings! - Do NOT use this hastag to spread hate or negativity, if you don't like problematic content, or don't like Belos that's fine. Just block this tag and if you see someone posting in the wrong tag just point them to this tag. - If you are an anti or anti supporter, do not interact with this tag at all, you don't like ANY problematic (including but not limited to: gore, murder, violence, etc) content that's fine, this is not for you. Again there is an alternative hastag for only strictly unproblematic Belos content use that one if dark themes aren't your thing. Remember: Liking villains isn't a crime, liking dark fiction isn't a crime, liking dark themes isn't a crime. You are not a bad person for enjoying any of this regardless if it's to cope or just to explore taboo topics, this is a safe space.

[orchidyoonkook]

Formatting a book is hell. Not all of the nittygritty stuff. No that’s easy. It’s trying to figure out which page goes where.

[sxnyarostova]

thinking about the radical difference between downton abbey season one and suffragette (2015)… both are set (or at least partially set) in 1912 and yet the england they depict is vastly different

downton abbey season one would’ve been so much better if they drove sybil up to london and had her realise the like extent of the horrors she would be subjugated to if she actually became a full fledged suffragette instead of dojng whatever the hell she was doing back in ripon

like canonically the crawleys go to london for the season in 1914 so… surely they would’ve seen things happen. surely. you are lying if you’re telling me that sybil didn’t try to attend a rally at least once she was very very Very political after like episode 4??? anyways julian fellowes was a coward for denying us this plotline

and like i guess this just shows the difference in historical media; you’ve got the piece that clearly longs for a time before and you’ve got another that accurately (or at least semi-faithfully) retells a historical story without shying away from the dirty and nittygritty bits

[jaystephevents]

One month until

JaySteph Winter Solstice!

December 21, 2022

And don’t forget

JaySteph New Year’s Eve

December 31, 2022

The only prompt is JaySteph + New Year’s Eve. The rest is up to you!

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Time flies! Happy JayStephing!!! We can’t wait to see everyone’s hard work!

Here’s the post with all the nittygritty event details

[jaynovz]

13 and 37 for the get to know your writer ask game

13. What’s a common writing tip that you almost always follow?

That practice really does make you better. You're not going to get better unless you continue to write.

And to not wait til you're "in the mood" to write. Just set a time, sit down, work on it. If I let myself be dictated by "the muse" as far as when I "felt" like writing, nothing would ever get finished.

37. How do you choose where to end a chapter?

I outline and structure the beats of a story pretty extensively. Story structure and pacing as like, nittygritty technical craft, are some of my strengths as a writer, probably from all the years spent reading and analyzing other ppl's work. I'm exceptionally good at knowing what a story needs, though every story needs something different.

For Break Up AU, the first two chapters were always going to be all from the present timeline, starting with the Silverflint reunion at a holiday party. And these two are broken up into Chap One as the Holiday Party and all the Building Tensions and Unsaid History and Bullshit Smalltalk with no real communication finally reaching a boiling point, up til the moment they finally touch and acknowledge that they were always going to fall back into bed. That chapter ends with:

They’ve been careful not to touch all night, so when Flint reaches out to grasp Silver’s hand, it's like a spark on a powder keg. Flint squeezes Silver’s hand firmly, once, eyes still married to each other, and his tongue flicks out to wet his bottom lip. Silver gasps softly as Flint lets his fingers drift up and along the inside of Silver’s wrist, far too deliberate to be an accident. He caresses the skin there lightly, fingertips warm, far more intoxicating than the alcohol. Flint's touch ignites, sizzling along that small contact. It consumes all the oxygen in the room until Silver can't breathe. It is so much and yet nowhere near enough and Flint’s eyes—all night his goddamn eyes—he’s given up any appearance of restraint, staring at Silver like a ravenous shark scenting blood. Long moments pass and still Flint doesn't let go, tracing the veins of Silver’s inner wrist with his fingertips. It’s maddening, lighting up every nerve from his palm to his elbow to his cock, surging to life in his slacks. “Do you want to–” Flint begins in a rush, voice husky. “Yes,” Silver whispers before he can finish the sentence.

Chap Two is the desperate reunion sex and morning after.

And then after that reunion, chapter 3 begins with the first flashback to the pre-break up timeline, the night they met.

The reason for these specific breaks are because an in medias res start for something with two timelines is always going to be more interesting to read, and having those timelines be interlocking is going to create echoes and parallels and pain and juxtaposition that won't hit as hard read in chrono order. So for Break Up you see the reunion party and sex directly followed by the first meeting party. You can already see where they're headed in their beginning.

Specifically, breaking Chap One right after the moment they sort of crack composure completes an arc within the chapter itself, a tipping point, as well as sucking the reader along to the next chapter like a gravitational pull. We're right there with the boys, falling headlong back into each other.

That was a really long answer and I could keep talking about structure, with textual examples from Break Up, infinitely lmao

Thanks for the ask friend <3

[bennizone]

4, 8, 21?

4: Fav character/subject that’s a bitch to draw

nothing comes to mind that's a BITCH to draw, so idk if I've got such a thing that I still consider a Favourite Thing... but, my OC Tjeeto is actually kinda hard to draw LOL idk her hair always takes a few tries but i love her and would do anything for her

8: An old project idea that you’ve lost interest in

HMMM idk i feel like I often circle back to projects after a while, I have ADHD and i often abandon stuff too early to even call em projets...... there's this two-part videoseries i wanted to do, only managed to do one, but tbh i still plan on making the second video ONE DAY.... Also, I made an "unfiction"-ish site like.. YEARS AGO, i lost motivation.. honestly, i wanna revamp it..

21: Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways

illustrations for cute 80s toys, sugary retro shoujomanga, 70s-80s fantasy illustrations,.. and as for artists, im in love with @jayrockin 's art, my work is all about stylizing and simplifying, whereas they get into nittygritty speculative-biology realism

[nittygritti]

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[thatawkwarddork]

What do you think lesbians are attracted to in women that we can’t be attracted to in men?

It can’t be anything about femininity or masculinity obviously. That’s both sexist, and cultural so can’t be what drives woman-only attraction.

It can’t be anything about stated identity because someone could lie just as easily as they could tell the truth in such a statement, and it makes no sense because homosexuality and heterosexuality exists in other species with no stated identities. It’s not like other animals without gender are all pan.

Saying idk it’s the vibes or some indescribable trait women have that men can’t but “I can’t explain” is a nonanswer.

Soooooooo what is it? Or do you think any sexuality but bi/pan is just cultural performance or an identity rather than an inborn orientation?

I'm gonna be real with you anon, I have absolutely no idea what the heck prompted this ask.

I'm not certain this ask was even in good faith tbh, your phrasing is a tad antagonistic jsyk.

I'm not an expert on human sexuality, nor do I claim to be. I presume with the millions of lesbians that exist that they would all have different answers to this. The same to bi/pan individuals. It's an incredibly complex topic that I'm not gonna approach with an anon on tumblr.com. I don't wish to have a conversation that was not started in good faith, nor attempt to get into the nittygritty details with someone who I am unaware of their prior knowledge/beliefs.

However, I have consulted the Council of Lesbians, their answer was thus: The Hivemind

[mundetiam]

I finished Breath of the Wild, finally. The main quest progression and exploration was great but overall it wasn’t a game I could enjoy when it came down to the nittygritty. It ran out of compelling things to do at roughly half my playtime, and I still picked away at it for 3 years but it had the same problem most open worlds do.

Elden Ring was a really good example of one done right, and I hope the eventual sequel beats my expectations, but this took long to beat and less to enjoy.

I started this at the beginning, and it took all the way to the close to finish.

[fuckyeahgirlsinmenswear]

[annikaheikinheimo]