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tenderness is in the hands ― Carolyn Forché, L’Avventura (1960), Ocean Vuong, The White Ribbon (2009), Hart Crane, Gelatin Silver, Love (2009), Ingeborg Bachmann, Les amants du Pont-Neuf (1991), Sylvia Plath, Psycho (1960), Rod McKuen (stills by @forhandsthatsuffer)

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Slow Dance with Sasquatch, Jeremy Radin

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hello again! :D

okay, top five favorite miles' costumes/looks/designs? hope ur having a nice day :)

omg sorry i never saw this <3 i’ll just list some more suits since i already really talked about my favs

1. of course i gotta include my beautiful daughter, lightning phenomena. look at his smile !!!

2. i know he was in a horrible situation right here (hope kletus kills himself) but the drip is crazy and it gave me one of my fav comic covers (not the pic below)

3. cosmic miles suit but i haven’t read this comic yet (comic spiderverse stuff intimidates me) so i don’t know if i truly like it outside of the “autism blast” and “fly’s worst nightmare” jokes i can make

4. most fashionable new yorker

5. also this first pic technically is miles but also isn’t, it’s his evil twin Selim who i could’ve saved and changed. trust me. i still think of an au where he and Mindspinner were able to forgive quickly and be given the Billie Snot treatment (maybe a little less gross but still) anyway this design/look is GORGEOUSSS. it’s tied with the second pic, i cannot remember which artist this was but they drew miles and rio sooo beautifully.

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The Spectacular Spider-Men #2 - "Community" (2024)

written by Greg Weisman art by Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba, & Edgar Delgado

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Op just want to ask you this cause I'm now really curious

🤍what's one fic of yours you think people didn't "get"?

And what were you trying to convey through it?

It's a bit hard to imagine people not getting your work since characterization and character driven stories are your speciality and all, but then again sometimes everything only ties up in the end so maybe someone didn't stick long enough to understand??

I don't know and now I'm curious

I don't think I've had works people don't get? Also thank you! If anything, I'll have a lot of complex ideas about characters I find difficult to verbalize in a essay or post, so I put all of them through various fics instead! Which people pick up on! It's very delightful, haha! ( 〃▽〃)

I think the closest I've come is for people just not commenting on my first attempt at heavily setup symbolism in my bruce wayne de-aged fic, which I think I've talked about it briefly? Maybe? ┐(´ー` )┌ I won't say it's perfect, but I'm very proud of it. But managed to pull together a nice little arc of unpacking 9 year old Bruce's way of coping with grief; to make a long story short: Bruce used literal distance to cope with both positive and negative emotions, but finally closes the distance between himself and Alfred (guardian/dad)by being the one who initiates a hug (huge), and thus physically closes the distance by doing so. Again, I won't say it's perfect, I don't plan so it's 20k of me trying to figure out how to enclose this mini-emotional arc (like usual), but it was disappointed I didn't hear anything specific about it. I don't know if it even landed! Σ(O_O)

But I've been very lucky to have chatty commenters for the most part who pick up whatever I'm trying put down! ( ´ ▽ ` )/ Tysm for the ask!!! I love rambling, haha ✧˖°

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Op i have a question about your writing process

I'm trying to make a project rn, and one of the problem I'm stuck at is making characters feel more than just a few trait. Like, characterization wise, what I'm trying to do is make them more,,, humane??

I'm not sure how to describe it but in your writings, characters always feel like their own selfs? Like, they have words they repeat more than others, they notice certain things faster than other certain things, and even the way they talk is /them/

The way they anger or react to things and all of that is usually unique to their own selves and what I'm trying to ask is, how do you characterize your characters? How do you add more than one layer to them? What exactly do you ask yourself to understand more about these characters?

Just, how do you characterize?

(also bonus question how do I find a destination to my writing? Cause there is several ending in my mind and all depends on a specific character, so what one should I choose and why??)

I’m flattered I can hopefully be of assistance!! (*´▽`*) All of these are difficult questions, but I’ll do my best! And thank you kindly! ♡ This got long, but I wanted to make myself clear!

For characterizations, I think about a lot of things that I'm condensing into the main question(s) of:

How and how often do they get in their own way? What do they fear, what do they want, and how do they act upon both? Are they actually successful in both? Either one? Do they think they're successful in either? How do they cope with failure? With victory? What's their mood? And then how would that mood impact their goal, like how their fears will impact their pursuits of xyz.

"Want -> but fear -> so act" setups help me keep characters in character! Like how Mark wants to save lives, but he's scared of confronting his father, so he's convinced someone else should handle his Dad. MK also wants to save the day, but he's scared he isn't worthy, so he's trying to prove himself by dealing with the enemy (mostly) on his own. Steven 2.0 (more fear driven) wants to prove his way of thinking is correct, but is scared his way he's lived was never necessary, so he doubles down to avoid thinking he was wrong. This helps gives their general goals way more shape, as their fears narrow down their decisions, and in turn, makes them feel more human, especially when they make mistakes (getting in their own way)!

Wanting this, but they fearing this, so they do this, also what helps me just destinations! Imma use how much can you fit under your skin as an example again, considering it's actually completed! Keep in mind I am a "chapter by chapter with vague plot points or scene(s) in mind that are barely connected" kind of author, as I am not a detailed planner and will never be ＼٩(๑`^´๑)۶／

Anyways, MK's main problem is he doesn't think he's worthy (via above), and his mood is notably anxious (he has his worst enemy in his head), desperate (to somehow succeed in doing this on his own), and irritable (from stress), SO he's more prone to make mistakes (which he’ll beat himself up about) and thus get in his own way. Now we can guess where the story will go (failure and desperation), because as more things fail, the more MK will unravel, worsening his moods until uh oh! Breaking point. ٩(× ×)۶

It’s also way easier to guess where the story needs to end, emotionally, by how they start. If MK starts the fic thinking he’s not good enough/unworthy, he needs to remember that he always good enough by the end (for a happy ending at least). If he doesn’t depend on anyone to help him, he should succeed only because they are helping him (lesson learned, huzzah!). How this happens depends on how you set this all up and how much you’re gonna bring back. Like, in this fic, MK constantly compares LBD to ice, painfully cold, so by contrast he needs warmth, which meant I needed to bring in something to create that warmth, hence bringing in the trigun furnace in the last chapter!

In terms of specific narrative characterizations from pov, like what words they use, what they repeat, what they stress, paying attention to their dialogue and guessing what they would say, are much harder for me to explain tbh (″ロ゛) !!! I write dialogue by literally imagining whether or not I can hear them saying this (mostly, and I'll re-watch clips of them speaking to help with this). I also consider whether this character would be this honest? This blunt? Additionally, do they ramble? When do they ramble? Do they choose their words carefully, or more loosely? And internally, what do they misunderstand? What do they miss? Do their thoughts contradict their feelings/actions? Are they trying to convince themselves something? And again, mood! Do their fears/anger/pride get in the way of what they understand?

I think misunderstands, misconceptions, limitations help make them feel human. What do they miss? How do they limit themselves? What mistakes do they make? Which sounds incredibly negative, but I found it very compelling, haha! (///￣ ￣///) Failure and success are equally important for characters, especially what it takes for them to accomplish either.

I hope these are helpful? Again, I've never really reflected on my own process beforehand, and I'm certainty not an expert by a long shot! ヾ(。＞＜)シ A lot of my writing is constant re-working, rewording, complete overhauls and scrapped chunks, if not whole chapters. I pride myself on focusing on consistent characterization (on top of being very flowery and descriptive since it's what I would want to read), as it's infinitely compelling thinking about putting a mf in a situation. If they act out of character, why put them in this situation in the first place?

Again, hope this helps in any way possible! (´꒳`)♡ Please let me know if I need to elaborate on anything, I'll do my best. (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡

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i know the mortifying ordeal of being known ect ect but what about how much of a gift that can truly be?

people are reminded of you when they see something you love the same way you are reminded of them, the baristas at the coffee place remembering your order, getting to be the kind stranger that made someone feel a little better on a bad day.

each time you go out, whatever you touch, whatever you do, can have an impact on someone. while that can sometimes feel like the scariest thing in the world it's a huge part of the gift of being alive

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someone I follow on the bird app just announced they're starting a very exclusive private fic server because they and a bunch of other people want to talk about how much they love the fics they're reading, and as an author can I just say that a really great place to talk about a fic you love is in the comments for that fic

I understand that people are trying to create safe spaces, but as the number of comments that I get on my fics dwindles with each passing year, knowing these spaces exist where my fics are being discussed, places that I am excluded from, makes me want to write fic LESS

I mean I guess who cares, right, because if I stop writing, there's 10,000 other people that will continue...but if you participate in a fic "book club" server and you say nice things there about a fic you loved, maybe copy and paste that into a comment on AO3?

the only thing fanfic writers are asking for in return for hours of hard work is attention. please don't rob us of the one thing that we hope for when we hit "post"

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“average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

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Haha.... you guys see Kabru as his own person right....? you acknowledge the nuance to his personality and actions....? you understand how his backstory influences his perception of the world.....? promise? promise you see him beyond his relationship to other men?

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How i sleep knowing I’ll never bring a child into this world

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if you wanna start reading comics don't start with the first issue! don't start with the best issue either. don't start with the issue your favorite character is introduced. don't start. don't read comics

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"have you learned how to drive yet" i have the spirit of friendship in my heart. the joy of lifes little things in my soul. the whimsy of magic. the beautiful enjoyment of nature. the answer is no though