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"it was in 2020" oh so like a year or so ago. a couple years. im sorry 5? did you just say five? five years ago ?

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One of the things that makes writing hard is that different people have different levels of visualization. Some people cannot for the life of them picture something unless given a direct description, some people don't care that they can't picture something, and others will picture something without any prompting from the author, building up their understanding through characterization and one-of descriptions.

Descriptions are vital for the people who need them. They can't picture anything without them! If you don't tell them someone's hair color, they can't get a fix on that character in their mind. The degree to which their reading suffers varies, but it can nag at them.

Descriptions are useless for people who have vivid imaginations. You only have to say that someone slammed a laptop shut and they can tell you what this person in their mind's eye is wearing. They give a character dimples that are mentioned nowhere in the text. Descriptive paragraphs get skimmed, unless they're very entertaining or seem plot relevant.

I think that to some extent, readers don't understand that this variety exists: people assume that their way of experiencing the text is the way that everyone experiences it.

As a writer, it's pretty vital that you understand the breadth of how people read, because without that, you can't calibrate on what you're showing and why, particularly when it comes to characters.

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dykes at 1997 NYC pride. flickr

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usamericans, do you remember in the incredibles when syndrome made the robot go haywire just so he could swoop in and 'save the day'

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I've never wanted to have sex with an airplane but I think it's cool how some people want to have sex with airplanes. I think the world is a richer and more colorful place for it.

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"Happy photos of people reading Neil in the bath"

"Neil. Nakedness. Books. Bubbles. Baths." This is the blurb of a 2012 blog dedicated to reading Neil Gaiman's books in a bubble bath, taking a photo and sending it to the blog for Neil to appreciate. No, I'm not kidding.

I just discovered this and ugh. At the speed of the internet, indeed. This man couldn't wait long enough, for people to send him photos of them reading in a bathtub. On that blog there's photos of what looks in all effects, minors. Who thought this was a good idea? A 50 years old man reblogging photos of fans in bathtubs, almost all of them young women. The more I learn of this man, the more disgusted I become. Apparently a fan took the initiative: I wonder if it was actually a fan.

I don't feel comfortable putting the direct link to that blog, but it's still visible, I'm not inventing anything. Neil Gaiman was definitely monitoring the blog, because he reblogged and put a like on some of the most "explicit" ones.

"I bet he did".

As I said, a 50 years old man was actively liking and reblogging photos of his young female fans, naked in bathtubs. Some of them look way too young for comfort, that's why I censored them: even if it makes little sense since they're still on that blog, it still felt right.

As of February 2024, no one still saw it as weird, included Neil "Simpler Times" Gaiman. It's been under our noses this whole time.

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same sex marriage? actually we're having all kinds of different sex

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tbh i think the funniest phenomena that’s been happening in the last couple years is “youtuber, having gone too deep into the research hole, has been made an investigative journalist against their will”

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These posts are cousins to me.

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Still feels weird that the same band made "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" and "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"

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🤯 wowwww she's so pretty!!! ...u-uhm but I don't have a skinniness fetish or anything 😨

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the progressiveness leaving a leftist body when you tell them that disabled people should have sexual rights/have sex, homeless people deserve human rights and autonomy, corporate pride does nothing but bank off the work of queer people while sanitizing them, hrt should be accessible to everyone, and yes I mean *"EVERYONE**

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This is one of the funniest things I've found on tumblr and I've seen some shit

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black tboy!!! AKA ME!!!

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If you are currently sitting or laying down this moment ask yourself if you are resting or rotting. Change your behavior accordingly

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the swordsman 💜🐇🏳️‍⚧️🗡️

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