#where are the romance classes

[theloveinc]

read so many books as a kid that i basically taught myself how to write... and now i always run into the exact same problem in every single writing class i’m ever in, which is that.... i genuinely want someone to pLEASE teach me how to write using a formula😔😔😔😔😔😔😔and no one ever will :((( 

like... i don’t wanna write conceptual, interesting, thematic, literary short stories ... i wanna write janet evanovich style harlequin fanfictions. that’s IT. 

[mx-misty-eyed]

I really hope mcr5 gets released with no previous warning just like foundations. Imagine how fucking funny it would be to wake up and look at your phone to see the album you've waited 10 fucking years for just randomly dropped

[hoomanbeaning]

"... afraid she was no longer there, and eager to see her, the lover turned his eyes. in an instant she dropped back, and he, unhappy man, stretching out his arms to hold her and be held, clutched at nothing but the receding air. dying a second time, now, there was no complaint to her husband (what, then, could she complain of, except that she had been loved?) ..."

ovid's metamorphoses / orpheus and eurydice

[nobodysdaydreams]

If you love the plot of the musical “Newsies” but wish it was less serious, didn’t have a happy ending, was set in a fictional dystopia instead of New York in 1899, had more murder in it, and was about a drought, then boy do I have the musical for you.

And on the flip side, if you love the plot of the musical “Urinetown” but wish it was less comedic, didn’t have a sad ending, was set in New York in 1899 instead of a fictional dystopia, had less murder in it, and was about newspapers, then boy do I also have the musical for you.

[theofficialuriel]

does anyone remember that one Naruto fanfiction from 2019 called “I’m a God!!!” where the male oc gets hit by a truck and wakes up to Saiki K. just… dumping all his powers onto the OC? and then he woke up in the womb with Sasuke and he kicked the fetus so much that people in the comments thought it would come out deformed.

then the author posted a chapter that announced that they were abandoning the fic because they wrote it when they were 10

[notasapleasure]

every day I wish tumblr culture had glommed onto any fucking ballad other than tam lin

[spittyfishy]

What did you think of Season 5 of ML, if you have seen it?

So, I have seen season 5 and frankly… I wasn’t a fan.

Season 5 was just chocked full of missed opportunities, because there were some interesting ideas there but the show's writing fumbled the execution so hard it was difficult to watch at times. Just seeing character assasination after character assasination unfold on screen was so unpleasant. I don’t think a single character came out of season 5 unscathed, I’m wracking my brain for anyone that got better this season, or at least didn’t get worse in some way, and I can’t think of any.

To be fair, there were a few bits I liked. A couple akuma designs were good (Hoaxer, Dark Humour, Queen Mayor, and Ryukomori). I thought the Ryukomori episode was well done, I’d probably say it was the best of the season (which is a low bar). But everything else with Kagami was bad. Full honesty I hate Felix and what his role in the story has been so far, but I especially don’t like that Kagami got brought down with him. Felix is the entire reason Hawkmoth got EVERY OTHER MIRACULOUS and it seems like everyone forgot that?? He didn’t get any consequences At All, and yet when Chloé worked with Hawkmoth (when he already had the miraculous for the record) she was painted as the worst person on earth.

I know I’m not the only one who’s pointed out the double standard between how the girl characters are treated compared to the boys, but it really got highlighted this season. Male characters like Andre, Jaggedstone, Felix, and even Hawkmoth himself can do any number of horrible things and still be ‘sympathetic’, but the two fourteen year old girls are irredeemably evil?

I’ll admit I'm biased, Chloé has been my favourite favorite character since I started watching in season one, but she really deserved better than the show gave her. I don’t have an issue with her staying a villain, in fact I think she worked really well as a minor antagonist in season one, she moved the story along and was entertaining to watch. But the last two seasons they’ve made her out to be this giant threat, but haven’t let her actually do anything! She’s been nothing more then a lacky to Lila and Hawkmoth, as far as having Lila in her ear telling her exactly what to say. If Chloé is as bad as the show claims then she shouldn’t need other characters to hold her hand and tell her how to be mean.

But the writing is just like that. They really need to get better at ‘show don’t tell’, and even more importantly, consistency. Because they keep adding things after the fact and retconning things from the earlier seasons to try and clap back at fans criticisms, and it’s just sad. I’ll never stop complaining about the absolute train wreck that was Derision. They made Chloé worse then she was in season one, and made Kim so much dumber then he needed to be. At the beginning of season one Kim was characterized as a bully, he antagonized Ivan in Stone Heart and helped Chloé willingly in episodes like LadyWifi. But for Derision Chloé had to trick him into pranking Marinette? Why?

The pacing in that episode was even worse, because so much of it was dedicated to a flash back everything else was rushed at the end. And Marinette saying she’d never crush on anyone again if she didn’t know everything about them was clearly just the writers trying to justify her frankly creepy actions in earlier seasons because people pointed out that it wasn’t cute or funny it was just weird. And her whole line and issues in that episode flat out don’t work as a retcon because A: why even crush on Adrian at all if she vowed not to like anyone associated with Chloé, and B: we’ve already seen her in a relationship with Luka where she didn’t show ANY of the obsessive behaviour she showed Adrian OR freaking out about going on dates. AND ON TOP OF THAT there’s been two other timelines where her and Adrian have started a relationship (Chat Blanc, Ephemeral) and she hasn’t had any of the issues that come up in Derision.

It’s just such a lazy way of writing the story, and that’s really the core issue with this season. It feels lazy, like the writers couldn’t be bothered to watch their own show and make plots that fit in the world they’ve already built.

Miraculous is a franchise that’s dear to my heart, it’s how I met my best friend and really became comfortable sharing my art online, and I still really like creating content related to the characters, but I’ve been very disappointed in the show since about the end of season three. I still have a small amount of hope that maybe the show will turn itself around and improve, but it’s dwindling.

But at least when cannon goes off it’s rocker that’s what fan works are for!

[mimiruku]

Rather not in a romantic sense possibly, but I saw a mention of it here, so… Miruku and Xanxus!

How did they first meet?

What was their first impression of each other?

An unexpected question between Miruku & Xanxus ! ⸻ it's sort of silly, cause I admittedly bring them up as a JOKE, but here is some introspective view on their relationship thus far base on those questions. ( thank you for making me think this over. )

╰┈┈➤    How did they first meet ? Years  after  the events of the varia arc.  They've only heard of each other in passing before hand, though ultimately Miruku did not have value enough to be remembered by Xanxus at that time and Miruku doesn't have the best of memory either   ❝  Who tried to kill Tsunayoshi-kun again? The one that put his dad, like Tsunayoshi-kun's granpa ?? in a can ?? or was it a container van?? What was his name again? Annus?? You know, I think that's a horrible name, no wonder he tried to kill his dad! Wait, doesn't that make him Tsunayoshi's uncle ?   ❞

This is a much more preferable time of meeting as well,  a much calmer - more tolerant version of Xanxus ( only in comparison to his youth of course, he still remains volatile and dangerous to most of the population, especially the vongola faces. )   What I'm saying is, Miruku's survival likely would have gone severely down if he met him any earlier.   LUCK is on his side with this one !   Also!  As always, these meetings would not have occurred not for work reasons, the mafia world is small after all, run ins like this are inevitable.

╰┈┈➤     What was their first impression of each other? For Xanxus. It was   HATE AT FIRST SIGHT.  Miruku smiled at him the first time they've met,  candy sweet ⸻  sticky with something he can only describe as annoying. He is a blightful thing, standing along the hallway swaying to and fro, not a care in a world, humming some off tune hymn under his breath and when he spoke to greet him, Xanxus' name laid misplace in his tongue, syllables spoken in severe geniality. Miruku is polite, but he did not enjoy the cadence in which he carried himself and when that giggle escaped his parted lips, the irritation only grew twice fold  ;  his laughter echoing unpleasant inside his skull. ( He remembers it long after they've met, the way that bitch laughed  at  him. )   ❝ Wipe that shit off your face. ❞ And briefly, he imagined his hand around Miruku's neck, snapping willowy bones into a satisfying crunch.

For Miruku. It was BEWILDERMENT and FEAR.  Xanxus is an imposing thing, fear came natural ( even if he had smiled, even if he had laugh, that tension bubbled in the pit of his stomach. ) but Miruku is slow, blinking wide eyed and confused.   ❝  The what off?  ❞  What language did the varia leader spoke in? The pause is thick, Xanxus' frown deepens, unimpressed.   ❝ So you're fucking stupid too. ❞

⸻  Miruku stares, meet his gaze ; he takes note that they have the same hues of dry blood red in their eyes, but his is much, much nicer.   ❝ SÌ ❞   Miruku replies,  lips drawn into a defeated frown.   Xanxus laughed then, cruel insulting sound blistering into his amusement.      It seems like the neo-vongola are just a bunch of circus clowns.      Fuck them all,  especially this bitch. 

[anxrroz]

Law sketches except its for a Modern AU where he'd be able to listen to emo music

[triviareads]

sometimes I think about Lady Melbourne and how the running joke re her kids was "haha who's their dad?" but she was just too hot(?) and popular to care, and wonder how I can translate that into a historical romance heroine.

[saeshiraw]

tired girl hours i’m just ranting bcos i don’t have enough time to cry

[thenookspace]

Girl help I'm having aroace Miguel O'Hara thots

[theshadowrealmitself]

I’m so mad, I had another fun dream with a semi-coherent plot but I forgot most of the plot aaaaaahhhhh

What I do remember: being “held hostage” in a creepy hotel with two other people (I can’t remember if there was another reason why we felt we couldn’t leave other than the feeling that something bad would happen if we tried)

And I can’t remember the specifics of it but the hotel was creepy because it was odd and unsettling, especially the workers, who seemed like they all had something wrong with them, and the guy who ran the hotel kept checking on us to “make sure we had a pleasant stay” but it seemed more like he was dangerous and making sure we didn’t leave

The main thing I remember is the end of it, where our group was like “fuck it, we’re leaving” so we try to quietly get out of there without even grabbing our stuff and head down in the elevator, but when it opens up in the lobby, there’s that guy standing in front of the doors, staring right at us with that “pleasant” smile

So we start to close the doors, mentally agreeing that we’ll just go one floor up, then take the stairs, and hopefully be able to sneak by him because he won’t be expecting us to do that hopefully, but before the doors finish shutting, his arms (and he was far from the elevators) shoot into the elevator and start holding the doors open

And then he starts to turn into this large yeti-like monster that was so huge he couldn’t even stand in the elevator and his entire body blocked the doorway and he just kept looking at us with that “pleasant” customer service type smile that became scary looking as his teeth sharpened, and we’re all just like “oh this isn’t a serial killer hotel, this is a supernatural hotel and there’s no way we’re getting past these workers”

Anyways, he let us all go back to our rooms, it was obviously just a show so we could understand that he’s always going to supernaturally know when we’re trying to leave, and I just remember being super into the horror aspect of it and I think it’s been awhile since I’ve read a good monster romance, and now I can’t write it myself because I really struggle with having outlines to stories and I can’t remember half of what that plot was 😭 and that beginning part is really important because it’s the buildup to “that’s a supernatural monster” when you’re expecting a normal situation that really makes it

[microwaving-tesilid-argente]

sorry im going crazy over reed's mirror dungeon chapters. banger after banger of lines from this guy's mouth. if you had so much as looked at the bug from the 17th i would have killed it. it's been a while. would you believe me if i said i came to see your face? would you like a seat? if you call my name so desperately, i'll want to hear more. why are you with him? if it was only pity, you would be with me, right? since you feel more sorry for me. it's enchanting, the way your eyes turn gold when you look at me. you're more divine than before. god is indeed fond of you. but i want you to fall - to where i am. get off each other so i can finish talking. i'd prefer if you refrain from such antics in my presence. i've decided - i'll save you. i can't let you live as god's puppet like i have. i hope you'll come to see me next time.

[daincrediblegg]

You know… I think I’d enjoy bridgerton more if it engaged in its stakes more than it engaged with its payoff. You know. Like all the jane austen’s novels it’s trying to chase through charm

[thelivingdeceased]

Andre knows why I’m asking these questions now and he knows that I’m looking for an answer I won’t get. I can hear it in his words as he mentions the grimy part of romance—the kissing and more—as if he’s a fourth grader describing a romance movie he saw on TV. And I don’t hate him for it and I don’t find it silly. Because I’m nauseous and hearing about the romance part of romance would likely send me over the edge. I lean back onto my elbows and sigh.

my favourite excerpt from a short story i wrote this week :3