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[robomad]

Django Middleware: What, Why, and How

Django is a robust web framework that provides a variety of features to simplify web development. One of these powerful features is middleware. Middleware is a way to process requests globally before they reach the view or after the view has processed them. This blog post will delve into what Django middleware is, why it’s essential, and how you can create and use your own middleware in Django…

[tahbhie]

Creating Emotionally Devastating Scenes.

Crafting a scene that earns the total sympathy of your readers can be challenging, but it's not impossible. Most emotionally devastating scenes fail at two things, but when these are done right, the results can be powerful.

⚪ The Important Concepts for Writing an Emotionally Devastating Scene

1. The Build-Up,

2. Breaking the Dam.

Before I explain these concepts, let me share a case study.

⚫ Case Study

I wrote a story about a young orphan named Jackie and her younger brother. Their village was burned down, leaving them as the only survivors.

For the next few chapters, readers followed their painful journey and their struggle to survive. The younger brother had a heart problem, and Jackie vowed to become a cardiologist to save him.

She was very ambitious about it, but at the time, it was very ironic. Later in the story, when they encountered a tragic living condition with a family, the brother died while telling his sister how much he missed their parents.

When her brother was fighting for his life, she was sent out of the room, only to be let in again to see his cold, lifeless body.

⚪ Explanation of Concepts

1. The Build-Up

The build-up is extremely important when you aim to convey strong emotions. Here's a secret: if you plan for a scene with strong emotions, start leaving breadcrumbs from the very beginning of the story.

Take the previous case study. I carefully built up their journey so people could easily relate and feel the pain of the older sister during her brother's sudden death.

You need to give the situation enough reason to feel utterly hopeless and devastating. Gradually cultivate the tension until it's ready to let loose.

⚫ Understanding the Use of Breadcrumbs.

Breadcrumbs in stories ensure you utilize the time you have to build up certain emotions around your characters.

At the beginning of my story, Jackie’s fate was already pitiable, but she survived every hurdle. This gave the readers enough to feel for her while still leaning away from the outcome. When I built enough, I introduced her brother's sudden death.

Hence, leave your breadcrumbs while leaning away from the outcome.

⚪ How to Properly Leave Breadcrumbs

When building up your story, consider these elements:

☞⁠ Character Relatability: The characters need to be realistic to draw readers into the story. This helps readers invest themselves in your story.

☞⁠ Realistic Emotional Pain: Just as characters need to be relatable, their emotions need to be realistic and not appear forced.

☞⁠ Create a Strong Emotional Attachment: Give them something they care about or that has the power to ruin their lives in any way. It could be something that makes them happy or something their happiness relies on. When it's time, snatch it away without remorse.

☞⁠ Have a Backstage Struggle: This struggle keeps readers occupied, so they won't see the outcome coming. For example, Jackie’s constant struggle to find food and shelter keeps readers engaged while the impending tragedy looms in the background.

☞⁠ Attach Believable Elements: For a realistic character, emotion, and struggle, attach believable elements. It could be death, ailments, sickness, disorder, disappointment, failure, etc.

Now that we've covered the build-up, let's move on to the next crucial part.

2. Breaking the Dam

This is when you make your readers feel the strong emotions alongside your characters. All the tension you’ve been building up is released, making all emotions come into play.

☞⁠ Break Your Strong Attachment: Cut off your strong attachment from your character when they least expect it or at a point when they couldn't use more struggles (i.e when they are helpless).

This will not only evoke readers’ emotions but also pique their curiosity as they wonder how the character will survive the situation.

☞⁠ Description of Sensory Details to Invoke Emotions: The advice of "show, don't tell" will be really helpful here. It's crucial to ensure that the final execution matches the build-up.

A well-crafted build-up can fall flat if the emotional release isn't handled effectively. To avoid this, blend the climax seamlessly into the narrative, making it feel natural and impactful.

Reblog to save for reference! 💜

[candycatfalls]

I love your ford and Mabel art! Would you take a request for a Stan and Dipper one? :)

I do love stan and dipper <3 I like to think that dipper's grief and anxiety over stan's memory being erased during weirdmageddon manifested as him being super micromangagey about stan's recovery and trying to track everything

teehee :]

[0039pf]

can i get a kiss?

and can you make it last forever?

i said i’m ‘bout to go to war

and i don’t know if i’ma see you again

[ins0mnia-owy]

if your requests are open.... I request five pebble and/or moon? :]

Here they are!

[ file (in good quality, i hope so?) ]

[lizardbrainlabs]

Your interpretation of Hector talking with Bauhauzzo post-game (if you can see that happening) would be neat!!

oh the horrors of knowing no one can fix the problem except for you

[lcs-scar]

Same anon as before! Thank you for responding!! I would love to see your doodles for these boys I can’t wait!! But I have a request in mind!

Do you think you could draw The Eltingville Club in certain sketches or just them meeting their past and/or future selves?

Thank you for responding and have an amazing day/night!!! 💗💓💞💕💖💖💘🩷

Aaaaah!! Sweet anon from before!! Hi hello!! :D💕💕

This request took me a bit since I wasn't sure how I'd make them interact with their epilogue self (I only have one joke idea, maybe drawing that soon), but I then remembered the "past" selves bit, and immediately thought of the drawing idea I did here for Jerry, and then everything came naturally.

It was quite fun to think and come up with their design, it's also sweet to think about what could have been...

[jae-in-a-trenchcoat]

Still hurting over this.

[gods-banshee]

commissions here

dms open for commissioners

Emperor Mark aura farming

my twitter

you can use my art if you CREDIT me

[gomzdrawfr]

latest tattoo works

shameless plug | ko-fi | track your request

[rhiangalaxy]

XL and SQQ are trying their best <3 Thanks for the request @saltactivity ! :D

[ID: A reply to a tumblr post. saltactivity states "Mxtx trio making flower crowns!!!" End ID]

[ID: An MXTX Doodle. Shen Qingqiu sat down on his knees looks determinedly down at the half-made flower crown of White Lotuses that he's making. In the middle Xie Lian, is looking down at his flower crown of red camellias with his don't know whether to laugh or cry expression as petals fall from it onto his lap. Wei Wuxian, wearing his flower crown of peonies, looks to the others with an amused expression as he leans back on one arm. End ID]

[weirdglassthing]

You could draw pyke and rett kissing under the space mistletoe 👉👈 if you want

Got carried away on this one… pykerett guys <3

[qdkdraws]

Guitarspear request!

Could you please do Adam using Lute’s wings like a blanket/pillow?

Thank you so much, I love your work!

Not only a blanket, but also an umbrella :D

[littlelouprophetjohn]

famous last words - fitzier

[0ann3]

a redraw of this shared if twisted ever has an outerspace then floyd would look good in Mona's space attire kissing riddle in front of others plus they did a tmnt 2012 x twisted audio with riddle being Raphael falling in love with floyd being Mona Lisa saying what a women cause Kalim being mikey was pointing out that riddle was taking a liking to Floyd

https://youtu.be/dMnyH7_eABk?feature=shared

AKJSHAKJ I may have misread/misunderstood some parts of the request so just imagine that this is a revise version of the scene - (｡>\\<)

[nightclawduke]

Hello! Hey, I dunno if you'll be down for this sort of request, but would you be so kind to draw a crossover drawing? Basically with Vinnie Dakota (fella with sunglasses) eating a piece of bread alongside Guilmon (since I believe they would get along really nicely) and Balthazar Cavendish (mustache fella) looking at a Patamon oddly?

Cavendish and Dakota are from Milo Murphy's Law btw

They really look like Phineas & Ferb characters, I didn't knew the creators made another cartoon. Thanks for stopping by.