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Peter’s Dads

Peter: these are my dads

*points at Iron Man*: Probably Bio Dad

*points at Dr. Strange*: Magic Dad

*points at Thor*: God Dad

*points at Loki*: Stabbey Almost Dictator Dad

*points at Bucky*: Gay Amnesia Dad

*points at Steve*: Gay Terrorist Dad

*points at Black Widow*: Assassin Dad

*points at Hawkeye*: Bird Dad

*points at Banner*: Science Dad

*points at MJ. Hesitates. Starts sweating*: Not Dad.

Deadpool: Either she’s Daddy or I am. There’s no compromising here, Parker.“

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because apparently this needs to be said AGAIN

in the most general aesthetic terms possible

1600s: most witch-hunts ended in this century. no witches were burned in North America; they were hanged or in one case pressed to death

1700s: the American Revolution. Marie Antoinette. the French Revolution. the crazy King George. most pirate movies

1800-1830: Jane Austen! Pride and Prejudice! those dresses where the waist is right under one’s boobs and men have a crapton of facial hair inside high collars

1830-1900: Victorian. Les Miserables is at the beginning, the Civil War is in the middle, and Dracula is at the end

1900-1920: Edwardian. Titanic, World War I, the Samantha books from American Girl, Art Nouveau

1920s: Great Gatsby. Jazz Age. Flappers and all that. most people get this right but IT IS NOT VICTORIAN. STUFF FROM THIS ERA IS NOT VICTORIAN. DO NOT CALL IT VICTORIAN OR LIST IT ON EBAY AS VICTORIAN. THAT HAPPENS SURPRISINGLY OFTEN GIVEN HOW STAGGERING THE VISUAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ERAS IS. also not 100 years ago yet, glamour.com “100 years of X” videos. you’re lazy, glamour.com. you’re lazy and I demand my late Edwardian styles

I just saw people referencing witch burning and Marie Antoinette on a post about something happening in 1878. 1878. when there were like trains and flush toilets and early plastic and stuff. if you guys learn nothing else about history, you should at least have vague mental images for each era

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How to make a character's death sadder

 Don’t have them die of old age after a long, fulfilling life. Many people don’t even think of this as sad (note that this can still work if you have enough of the other factors).

 Leave one of their major goals unfinished. The more enthusiastic they are about completing the goal, the sadder.

 Give them strong relationships with other characters.

 Make them fight against whatever is causing their death. Their ultimate loss is sadder if they struggle.

 Kill them in the middle of their character arc.

 Don’t describe their funeral in detail. Maybe it’s just me, but I find that long descriptions of funerals kill the sadness.

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Is Said Dead?

Is it time we said our goodbyes?

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April’s Competition

This month’s prompt is ‘Mechanical World’. For more information, read here.

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What is a Writer?

Is the definition really so simple? Read my opinion!

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“Read, read, read and WRITE!”

Write This Way’s exclusive interview with Scottish author Janice Brown!

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Write This Way is finally online!

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Interview with Janice Brown!

Write This Way will be interviewing Scottish author Janice Brown tomorrow. Stay tuned for all her writing tips!