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No but the Hunger Games really said "what do you hate more- the atrocities or the people who commit them against you? Because like it or not there IS a difference. If you hate the people who commit acts of pure evil more than you hate the acts themselves, what will stop you from becoming just like your enemies in your pursuit of justice? What will keep you from commiting those very same acts against THEM when the opportunity arises? And what then? The cycle of pain and suffering will never stop. Round and round it'll go. Nothing will ever change. But. BUT. If you hate the atrocities. If you hate the vile, senseless acts MORE than you hate the people who did them to you. If you are able to see that evil is evil regardless of who does it... The cycle ends with you. No, you may never get justice. But you will never be responsible for making others, even your enemies, suffer the same crimes you have. The atrocities will never be committed by you, never by your hand. And that's the way you change the world. It's the ONLY way" and that's why I am sure it will never stop being one of the most relevant works of fiction ever created

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SHOCKINGLY YES

Alright.

You ready for a hard 'tag your oc' challenge?

Tag an oc who doesn't have childhood trauma. At all. Who's family is still alive.

I'll wait.

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I personally wanna see less 'you are not a burden/it's not work to love you' and more 'you are worth the work it takes to love you.' I KNOW I'm a burden sometimes. that isn't such a terrible thing! humans are strong. we can carry burdens. and it is work for me to be there for my friends, but it's work I'm willing to do.

we need to acknowledge this because pretending love isn't work will never make people like me feel less guilty for accepting love. we need to talk about it so people don't feel bad for having boundaries and not always being up to do the work. we need to accept it so we can properly appreciate what others do for us and what we're doing for them.

yes it does take work to love you. but guess what? you still deserve love, and you deserve people who are willing to do the work to love you. it doesn't make you bad. all love take work. and everyone is worth it.

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save me characters doing fucked up things out of self-preservation…..characters doing fucked up things out of self-preservation save me………..

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I am thinking about fan fiction writers, but anyone who writes any kind of fiction can answer. (As far as I’m aware, non-fiction is usually written in the past tense - but if I’m wrong do let me know!)

If you like, explain why in the tags!

When I was young I gathered that all serious works of fiction were written in the past tense (past tense third person to be precise) so that is what i did when I started writing. However my mind was blown by the power and immediacy of Margaret Atwood writing in the present tense so I started to experiment with it myself, and now i strongly favour it. I get the impression that past is still the most commonly used, but I’m prepared to be surprised!

Please share!

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the fact that tangled has a perfect set-up for major miscommunication between rapunzel and eugene to be the final emotional climax of the movie (“why’d you leave me”) but instead sidesteps that in favor of a beautiful battle between the two of them in which they try to out-sacrifice each other because they love and understand each other that much. the fact that they each try to save the other using the best means they’ve got at their disposal, the ones they’ve used their whole lives: rapunzel bargaining with mother gothel and promising away pieces of herself- this time all of herself- in exchange for his safety, Eugene pulling one final scam and trick when he feigns tenderly touching her face so he can actually cut off all her hair and set her free. the fact that Eugene’s plan works but as a result he dies, Flynn dies. (he told us this at the beginning, “this is the story of how I died” but remember- it’s a fun story.) The fact that the swashbuckling rogue and trickster and thief Flynn DIES so that rapunzel, the girl who never got to have a life, can LIVE. The fact that after one final successful trick Flynn dies so Eugene, little lost orphan boy, can rise again in his final and only role as a good man and as rapunzel’s husband- all of these make tangled the masterpiece it is. in this essay I will

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"Scrooge only changed because he saw how nobody mourned him after his death" NO NO NO NO. You don't get it! The last spirit only worked because of the spirits that came before softening him up! If the spirits had shown him dead and ungrieved only it would not work. As the night goes on amid the visits Scrooge is already visibly changing. He's different after the first spirit and even more so after the second. And it's because of how much he's already changed that the final spirit is able to succeed

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and also have this improved version of my Emmett and Rory drawing that I just realized I never posted.

I keep falling off the face of the earth but this little piece of my heart is out on submissions now so maybe I'll come wandering back...

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actually now i’m curious

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not to sound sappy, but i personally think that a happy ending that the characters bled, suffered and fought for is a thousand times more interesting than a bland tragic ending that the author clearly thought would be “subversive”

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When the romance has the girl whose mindset is I’m about to die anyway, may as well have some fun with it and the guy who accidentally falls in love and makes it his whole mission to save her

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anyways on a related note, articulated something last night to some friends.

yknow. thinking about writing and intent and Things It Is Important To Me To Be Clear On Because Im Unfortunately A Person Who Really Can’t Vibe With Oh The Labels Dont Matter In One Very Specific Way. ended up sort of meditating on like. working out/overcoming/dismissing a hang-up im always wrestling with but i was sketching out a scene for something in my head, as you do. thinking it through etc. and i was thinking oh this would be a good scene for an “i love you” huh. so character A says i love you, which is the first time they’ve said this, and then B is like Uh and A clarifies oh not like that etc and that just. wasn’t sitting right for whatever reason. and i eventually came to the probably very stupid and obvious epiphany but never the less an epiphany (to myself and my ocd at least)

that like. i can just… not clarify that. i can just leave it at ‘i love you’ and have the Intent of that be just. known and understood by the other party. i dont have to shadowbox the assumption that this is a default romantic sentiment. i can just label my work in a way that expresses my intent and then have the characters Understand that and that’s not outlandish or delusional or unreasonable or whatever. i can Be Free of having to drown the love i write about in clarifications and disclaimers and still have it be clear and direct and unambiguous in what it is and means and what it Isn’t. that’s like. allowed. and if anyone is weird about it that’s a them problem.

[thethistlegirlwrites]

anyways on a related note, articulated something last night to some friends.

yknow. thinking about writing and intent and Things It Is Important To Me To Be Clear On Because Im Unfortunately A Person Who Really Can’t Vibe With Oh The Labels Dont Matter In One Very Specific Way. ended up sort of meditating on like. working out/overcoming/dismissing a hang-up im always wrestling with but i was sketching out a scene for something in my head, as you do. thinking it through etc. and i was thinking oh this would be a good scene for an “i love you” huh. so character A says i love you, which is the first time they’ve said this, and then B is like Uh and A clarifies oh not like that etc and that just. wasn’t sitting right for whatever reason. and i eventually came to the probably very stupid and obvious epiphany but never the less an epiphany (to myself and my ocd at least)

that like. i can just… not clarify that. i can just leave it at ‘i love you’ and have the Intent of that be just. known and understood by the other party. i dont have to shadowbox the assumption that this is a default romantic sentiment. i can just label my work in a way that expresses my intent and then have the characters Understand that and that’s not outlandish or delusional or unreasonable or whatever. i can Be Free of having to drown the love i write about in clarifications and disclaimers and still have it be clear and direct and unambiguous in what it is and means and what it Isn’t. that’s like. allowed. and if anyone is weird about it that’s a them problem.

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Reblog if you're a writer who re-reads their own work for funsies.

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Tangled screenshot redraw with Emmett and Rory for reasons - yes, I did flip the pose so I could draw the side of Rory's face with her lichen fever marks.

(Yes I know I've vanished here all over again but I'm neck deep in editing this book...and occasionally making art because these people live rent free in my head with no signs of moving out)

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i always forget how much of a hell getting up in the morning during the cold months is until im trying to get dressed taking frost damage like ough augh ugha oagh uagh

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honestly I kinda see the dolphin here...

Hunter's Supermoon l Andrew McCarthy