#sir is getting IDEAS

[hallucinateonpaperspines]

if Ashley's for some reasons ever mentions/explains some human torture methods what would the cons thing of it ? Like are we more brutal then them ?

Well... this get dark. FBI Agent, I'm a writer I promise! This is all hypothetical! There is worse out here in the internet wilds!!!

I think for the most part, it's a game of orange-and-blue morality for a bit. There are things the Decepticons pull (Shockwave just existing) that immediately make human prosecutors start prepping the war crime cases and some things that humans do make the cons pause for a minute. At the same time, certain things the cons do, while horrible, just make humans nod because of course they would do that, and most human torture techniques just don't translate well to Cybertronian biology.

Like, the Decepticons would do things that are definitely against the Geneva Convention (and I think they would find our concept of a Geneva Convention laughable) so they would shrug off a lot of similar precedents humans have. Removing limbs, sensory depravation, experimentation, and electrocution are all familiar concepts so it is just a shrug of shoulders and a "why not?" attitude.

And then they look deeper.

In my mind, Cybertronians above all are efficient. Unless it's personal, or you are with someone who has a truly skewed brain module (Yes, Airachnid I am looking at you) the point of torture is to get information as fast as possible. Tortured to death, unless it's an accident, isn't efficient.

Humans, unfortunately, don't always care about efficiency.

They see the Human Centipede and the Terrifier, and bots are praying to primus like they've never done it before. It's entertainment, its art to mankind and it is some of the most protective vomit-worthy levels of shit they've ever seen. They see the Jigsaw franchise and Shockwave is joining discords and emailing directors to get notes.

It's fictional. It's fake. It's an unhinged level of creativity completely separated from ethics and morals, or in some cases leveraging those ideas to better stamp in some emotional torment. It's not just physically taking apart a victim, or trying to manipulate them mentally; it's full-on destruction. Complete evisceration performed in the name of delusional curiosity, sadistic glee, or self-righteous theatrics.

But, again, it's all fake! So what does it matter? Soundwaves says to himself as he bans any vore content from the Nemesis' servers and scrubs his drives

And then someone brings up Vlad the Impaler.

Imagine the horror as it just clicks. While Cybertronains may not produce excrement, they do have scraplets, so the concept of leaving someone in a tub to slowly rot or forcing rats to dig through bodies just sings a song of pain they are vulnerable to. Of slowly dying in a painful, inevitable method that's meant to leave a lasting mark.

And then a human starts thinking.

Art isn't efficient, but a masterpiece is never meant to be so mere as efficient.

Why not remove t-cogs? the element that helps these creatures transform, a crucible of their identity and self-worth?

Wait, that's not meant to be torture, that's just containment.

No. Torture is using small limbs to unwind and peel back layers of wiring. Torture is leaving portions of a frame to decay and rust, poking at the open wound, and flinging acid inside. Torture is pulling limbs off and reattaching them only to do it again. Torture is removing optics and turning sensors to maximum sensitivity before turning them off again.

Torture is taking those old methods and being creative enough to apply them on a blank canvas with new rules and no precedents.

The issue is not our brutality, it is our cruelty and creativity. And that's something that even the most vile Decepticon can respect.

They might even help you find a new muse, or canvas, to practice with.

[deadpoolsmom]

as far as one piece antagonists go Crocodile truly gets absolutely scooby-doo’d at unmatched levels

He immediately falls for a phone scam and from basically little garden to rainbase he doesn’t even know the strawhats are alive (and clowning towards him at incredible speed). As soon as he does, they’re in his house tearing at his walls and bringing marines into his villain lair.

He uses a literal floor trap door over a gator pit to catch them, gets phone scammed again, full scooby-doo chase scenes after Chopper through the streets while still missing him, and suddenly his prisoners have escaped his impossible cage, and his giant bananagators are dead. and Nico Robin saw it all happen.

He then spends rest of the arc complaining about those meddling kids and their dog “strawhat pirates and their weird pet” and at no point does he even know how many strawhats there are.

Like yeah he keeps having plans on top of plans to stop everything Vivi can do but also she keeps coming up with a new thing to do (Tom and Jerry ass dynamic).

Part of it is that he’s underestimating them and keeps grandstanding villain monologuing but also teens keep killing hundreds of his grand line bounty hunters and he straight up does not know what is happening.

Cause he IS trying to kill them he’s sending top assassins after them and ripping out luffy’s organs, the whole time he’s yelling HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?? DIE. as whack-a-mole Luffy keeps inventing new ways to hit him.

[inkiedraws]

[cinematicnomad]

THE TERROR ▸ every mention of "close"

[luniviravosshipper]

My favorite scene in this entire season by far

[ghostgirl-22]

anyone else find it absolutely diabolical the way Patrick snaps his fingers trying to remember Lily’s name. Bitch. Lmaooo.

[hazbingirliexoxo]

*Reader, Angel, and Husk on a heist together*

Reader: How do you think Angel will distract them?

Husk: He’ll probably, like set off an alarm or throw a rock or something. That’s what I would do

Angel: *moaning loudly and sensually at a nearby distance*

Husk: ….

Reader: ….or he could do that

[benevolenterrancy]

so I've started reading Journey to the West, and I more or less knew what to expect from Sun Wukong going in, no surprises there. Tripitaka, on the other hand, completely knocked my feet out from under me... I am enchanted

[sw4nfire]

so I made the mistake of listening to the character songs sung by the voice actors and it sparked a buggy centric mad max style musician/music au and I cant get it out of my head here is a google doc with all the details and my reasonings

I tried not to change much about one piece's wacky world since I love it so much

[almondcroissantsandink]

one year hence

[what-is-love-babey-dont-hurt-me]

💫 Dizzy! 💫

Sir Meteor character turnaround I put together for reference! Process and sprite sheet down below!

[fogdraws]

Guys I need help what do y'all think abt these colours are they weird

[kacievvbbbb]

I just know Crocodile brought on Mihawk because he thought he would be sensible, calm and collected, low maintenance. He thought it was going to be them against the idiocy that is buggy. And it is to a degree.

What he failed to calculate is that Mihawk is just as bad as buggy.

Worse even because at least Buggy can be bullied into doing paperwork. I just know everyday Crocodile is astonished by the absolute commitment Mihawk has to his aesthetic. Walks into his tent just to find that he has somehow converted this circus ass tent into a mid century gothic castle. Somehow carpeted the whole thing end to end is burning more that a 100 candles for “mood lighting”, has a fully open fire pit and a sewing machine in the corner.

Like Crocodiles essentially a mafioso he can appreciate the wanting nice things. Still won’t prepare him for the day Mihawk’s brings him a wine budget, a tailoring budget and an embroidery budget all painstakingly itemized.

Won’t prepare him for having to replace every single wine glass because buggy drank out of one and he can’t break up a set but refuses to use a cup that buggy’s put his mouth on.

He’s starting to think that the real reason the Warlords were disbanded was because they simply could not afford to pay for Mihawk’s upkeep anymore and decided they’d rather pay in cadet lives than see one more wine budget.

He is essentially being held hostage, in his own guild, by the whims of a bored middle aged vampire, and a fucking clown.

[escespace]

Merlin and Arthur in the part 3 of this:

Arthur hasn't let anyone treat his wound. It's not serious but he can't bandage it on his own either and, as always, the risk of infection (in an era where even minimal hygiene did not exist) is present.

Not that it matters because he basically feels nothing. He doesn't feel the voices of his knights moving around him as they tie up the rebel knights (remember we agreed to call them haters); he does not feel the damp earthen floor on which he is lying; he does not feel Leon hovering around him waiting for the right moment to pounce on him and bandage him like a spoiled child. And, above all, he doesn't feel as if his chest is compressing as if it wants to fold in on itself like a disposable scroll.

Isn't that on that scroll where all of his story is written? Oh, that story that includes Merlin, the Merlin he thought he knew better than anyone else, to whom he has told things he hasn't told anyone else, the one whom he believed that would be there for him even when no one else was. Was this his Merlin? His Merlin had no magic, his Merlin would know him and remember him...

But this Merlin has been in the farthest corner of the room since he tried to get close to Arthur and Arthur drove him away by attacking him with his sword. He was not the only one, really in his frustration and pain Arthur did not want anyone near him so he kept them all a sword's length away.

Only Lancelot has come close to Merlin. They have been whispering or, rather, Lance has been whispering to him while Merlin has limited himself to a couple of nods or grimaces that seem to be a language that only Lance knows

Before, he would have thought it was a language he knew too. Merlin is always expressive and his opinions, even if they don't come out through his lips, are expressed in his features. Now he doesn't know how to read him because probably never could before.

Hours pass, Leon finally manages to bandage Arthur when he became too apathetic to continue threatening with his sword.

They began to question the haters when they woke up, none of them spoke. While the fear of the Camelot crown was evident, it seemed that there was something they were more afraid of. That is until one of them, the one who had completed the most violently during the fight and who since they had awakened had been the most contemptuous, began to vociferate, spitting on the tomb of the already dead magical people or cursing those who remain alive.

He spat and thrashed around to such an extent that the knights of the round table had to stop trying to hold him back because he broke Elyan's nose. To the point that perhaps they saw some foam at the mouth like a rabid animal.

They understood something among the fanatical babbling he was throwing out.These haters served someone with power apparently and in return this person with power helps them go unnoticed in their rounds of clandestine executions. His tirade also included a lot of "monsters," "corruption," "abomination," "injustice," "imbalance," and other words that Arthur would never admit he had heard from his own father's mouth. (Nor would he admit that in a brief flash of thought it occurred to him that his father probably sounded just like that nutcase)

Merlin, at the end of his patience, ends up slamming his palms against the table, everyone's attention on him and it's as if they were seeing him for the first time. Squared shoulders, deadly gaze, even showing some teeth when speaking. It's like watching the biggest animal walk into the room without even having to make a move.

«Monsters you call us. Imbalance you scream and point your dirty finger at our abilities. But it's us those who heal the ancestors who have not yet understood which plants helped or how to treat conditions" and with that his eyes lit up and Elyan's nose was healed as well as the scratches from the previous fight In all of them except Arthur.

«And you, those born among silks and banquets, are the only ones with the right to learn to defend yourself»

«Say again, who is what »

Gwaine takes the initiative to gag the haters and the rest prepare to approach to plan their next move when Arthur interrupts the silence again

«After all that magic has done to Camelot, what it has done to me! You cannot deny that magic is, in fact, a power that disadvantages, takes from the defenseless, corrupts! Merlin, How could you learn magic after all?»

«You said it, prince, magic is a power, but it is not the only power and it is not what corrupts. Is magic what increases the tax to the point of not allowing the people to survive the winter? Is it magic that decides when to start a war that devastates the lands and innocent lives? Or is the one who wields with impunity the sword that has murdered so many people without trial, just because of false accusations? »

«Power is holding something above the heads of others, put them at a disadvantage, and decide what to do with it. Not many do anything good with it. Magic doesn't corrupt, the power it gives you maybe does, but the power has more than just one way. You have power, and Your lords and knights... Tell me, Arthur Pendragon, are these not your knights? Have they not exercised their power in a corrupt way?»

«That's not... We're not... I asked a question! How did you fall so low to learn magic?! »

«If you think I learned magic, then maybe we were never as close as you've been leading me to believe until now»

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[deniigi]

Heyy I just wanted to say that your writing style and stories have always been a favourite of mine, they always read really well and make me laugh especially when the characters take everything with deadly seriousness in a weird as hell situation lmao.

you and a couple other authors have inspired me to write my first fic but I am having trouble with it kinda reading awkwardly or a bit clunky at times? I think it's partly because I'm so unused to reading my own writing but I was wondering if you have any tips on avoiding writing becoming stilted since most other things seem to be going well apart from that ;)

Thankyou for all the stories!!

Hello Anon!!

I am SO EXCITED that you’re doing the damn thing!!! Hell yes, welcome to the flock, welcome to our wonderful club, our most mortifying and delicious hobby.

To hopefully set your mind at ease: the writing is just going to be clunky sometimes, and oftentimes it literally has to be so that your reader understands what you’re trying to convey.

I don’t quite know what’s going on to make your writing feel clunky, but here are some general things which might hel:

1. Use characters’ names more often than the prose, purely from an artistic perspective, might appear to require.

I am extremely guilty of going:

He looked behind him, and there he was, dallying. Probably dreaming of shrimp.

And I come back to read it later with my reader in mind and I’m like. Who the fuck is ‘he?’ There are 3 pronouns in this sentence, and they could belong to anyone.

So I rewrite that as:

Anakin looked behind him and there Rex was, dallying. Probably dreaming of shrimp.

BEHOLD CLARITY. Alas, we lost the poetry of ‘he, him, dallying, probably dreaming,’ but I want people to associate Rex with dreaming and shrimp, not Anakin, so the sacrifice is justified.

2. Use transitions.

I know it sounds like a highschool/college (if you’re British) thing to be told to use things like ‘then,’ ‘however,’ ‘unfortunately,’ ‘meanwhile,’ and so on, but I find that writing that moves without those types of transitions between big ideas can feel a little clunky.

If you don’t want to use direct transitions, you can link your sentences together by sort of repeating ideas that happened in the one before it. That makes the writing feel cohesive and like it is building on itself.

Here is an example of what I would consider clunky writing without obvious transitions:

Matt broke all the bones in his fist that night. He went home. He took some pain meds at the top of the hour. Foggy soon smugly joined him on the couch; he told Peter that he and Matt recently rewrote Matt’s will to have his brain pickled in the name of science.

Here is an example that is a little smoother (bold are obvious transitions, italics are moments of repeating ideas):

Fortunately, earlier that day, Matt had broken all the bones in his fist. He’d spent the last several hours marveling at the efficacy of pain medication and contemplating how one might test its upper limits. Foggy, satisfied with his current place in the universe at the side of his lightly maimed, but resoundingly not-dead husband, told Peter that he was having Matt’s brain pickled after his death in the name of scientific advancement.

Peter thanked him on Science’s behalf for his future donation and redirected both lawyers’ attention to the restraining order in his hands.

(Just as a reminder, transitions don’t have to be only 1 word, they can be clauses, which is why there the last sentence has bold and italics in it)

3. Use literary devices.

Genuinely: alliteration, similes, metaphors, allegories, allusions, ALL OF THEM THINGS.

I personally feel like using things makes writing feel more lived in, and they can sort of dispel some of the clunkiness and frustration that comes with trying to express an emotion or simple action.

Ex.

‘He froze when the door opened. When he realized who it was, he sighed in relief.’ VERSUS ‘When the door opened, he became a dead mouse. When he realized who it was, he came back to life.’

IT JUST FEELS GOOD. I recently realized that literary devices are the tastiest snacks in all writing. I know I’ve been doing this for years, but like it literally did not dawn on me that someone might use them purposefully until I read Moby Dick by Herman Melville. I wanted so bad to write like him and so had to like, actually sit with the text and think about it to figure out how to do it.

And that brings me to the last point, since I’m sure I’ve nattered on long enough:

4. Emulate the styles of writers you like.

For me? Tonally, nothing can beat the way that Toni Morrison describes things in Beloved. I love how Herman Melville uses alliteration in Moby Dick. I fucking adore the floral propriety and didactism of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

When I am writing, I’m trying to follow their lead and I’m thinking about how they string words together, and once I’m doing that, I find that I don’t feel like my writing is as disjointed or frustrating because I can see in my head what I am trying to emulate there.

WOW that was a lot. I hope something in there helped. Just so you know most people write like a billion drafts of smth before they hit on a way of telling the story that feels right. I wrote 6 versions of the last 2 chapters of my most recent Merlin fic. If nothing else, time will help.

[amanda-plays]

The stream probably reminded him of all the fires Mae started in both of their kitchens.