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KILL BOKSOON (2023) | Jeon Doyeon as Gil Boksoon

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Dealing with my fear of rejection by never asking for anything, and my fear of being a burden by never doing anything that involves other people. Foolproof.

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Ain't my circus but I would know my monkeys anywhere.

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forced to say “it’s ok” instead of throwing a chair at them

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I love getting older i don’t know what anything means

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all of leia’s Looks, ranked from perfect to perfect

classic. unmatched. perfectly iconic. femininity without being flashy and paired with flat-soled boots so she can MOVE. rosy cheeks and red lips but not ones that try too hard. 10/10

BRAID CROWN!! comfortable and flattering–even the heels arent impractically designed but theyre SILVER so u know its a Statement Outfit. 11/10

H A I R .  S PA CE J E WE LRY . SUBTLE SHIMMER OF A SOLID GREY ENSEMBLE. sheer perfection, peak general Lewks. 12/10

no human being has a right to pull off a camouflage poncho but here she is doing it!! must be those skywalker genes. 13/10

skipping this one

matching her rouge and lip to the dress but its just effortless. waist SNATCHED and pleated vest works somehow??? the circle braid symbolizes my love for leia: ENDLESS 14/10

100% butch realness out here lookin like ur frontierswoman aunt abt to teach u how to drive stick shift and introduce u to her goats. iquonicc 15/10

classic hair with a Twist for the modren era. professional af and a perfect blue w/ the collar details, OOH BABY 16/10

this is the I Am Giving You Orders outfit and made me gay 17/10

this is the I Am Rescuing You outfit and it made me even gayer when she took the helmet off 18/10

absolute nature dryad fairy royalty surrounded by tiny furry dudes. this is the state of being i hope to transcend to in the afterlife 19/10

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RHAENYS + RHAENYRA TARGARYEN, throughout the years.

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Hadestown // Severance, 2x03 “Who Is Alive?”

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me: after image! that's so smart! what a cool untraceable idea to communicate. damn what a good idea mark

asal: burning your retinas? stupid as hell and won't even work bc ur pupils dilate, dumbass

me: oh. well.

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this has probably been said out there before but if i want to get angry instantly, i think about how rhaenys (or her line if any of you critics want to be book-specific) got discarded from her right to the throne TWICE just because she was a WOMAN

first, her father aka the heir (aemon) died and she, as the heir's firstborn, was passed over for the heir's brother (baelon)

second, baelon has also died before becoming king and rhaenys' line (laenor, her son) was passed over again for baelon's firstborn (viserys)

both rhaenys and viserys are the firstborn of the heirs at the time and survived before their parent ascended the throne but only the one with a penis got what was rightfully theirs

if i could transport to any fictional world, i would specifically travel to jaehaerys' time and kill that son of a bitch myself. preventing aemon's death would be the smart move but i am fuelled by my loathing for his father more and it would be more satisfying to take the life out of that old fart.

if not, i would become a maester and condition young jae to shit his pants before even bothering to think, say, or do anything sexist and make sure that this gets ingrained in him even in his deathbed

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May Kier's mercy follow you into the eternal dark.

SEVERANCE 1x07 | "Defiant Jazz" \ SEVERANCE 2x04 | "Woe's Hollow"

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SEVERANCE | Season 2, Episode 4, "Woe's Hollow"

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the way that irving and helly's body language INSTANTLY switched from conflict to comfort as soon as helena switched out was INSANE. he cradled her so fiercely AND SHE CLUNG BACK. irving knew he wasnt going to come back from that, but helly was worth more to him than his life was at that point. all she knows is that she's cold and wet and that irving was there, and of course irving wouldnt hurt her, so she embraces him back! anyway they love each other theyre family and i need to bite something

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Honestly, if you see an angel that’s all eyes and wings and wheels of fire, you should be worried. Like, not because it’s going to hurt you or anything, but because scripturally, angels invariably appear to ordinary people in human form. In general, they only show their inhuman true forms to prophets – which means if you’re seeing them like that, they come bearing responsibility.

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SISYPHUS GETS A 9 TO 5

[spoilers for all of severance season 1. words by northernlion, brain worms by me]

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the maiden of tarth

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my 10 holy grail pieces of writing advice for beginners

from an indie author who's published 4 books and written 20+, as well as 400k in fanfiction (who is also a professional beta reader who encounters the same issues in my clients' books over and over)

show don't tell is every bit as important as they say it is, no matter how sick you are of hearing about it. "the floor shifted beneath her feet" hits harder than "she felt sick with shock."

no head hopping. if you want to change pov mid scene, put a scene break. you can change it multiple times in the same scene! just put a break so your readers know you've changed pov.

if you have to infodump, do it through dialogue instead of exposition. your reader will feel like they're learning alongside the character, and it will flow naturally into your story.

never open your book with an exposition dump. instead, your opening scene should drop into the heart of the action with little to no context. raise questions to the reader and sprinkle in the answers bit by bit. let your reader discover the context slowly instead of holding their hand from the start. trust your reader; donn't overexplain the details. this is how you create a perfect hook.

every chapter should end on a cliffhanger. doesn't have to be major, can be as simple as ending a chapter mid conversation and picking it up immediately on the next one. tease your reader and make them need to turn the page.

every scene should subvert the character's expectations, as big as a plot twist or as small as a conversation having a surprising outcome. scenes that meet the character's expectations, such as a boring supply run, should be summarized.

arrive late and leave early to every scene. if you're character's at a party, open with them mid conversation instead of describing how they got dressed, left their house, arrived at the party, (because those things don't subvert their expectations). and when you're done with the reason for the scene is there, i.e. an important conversation, end it. once you've shown what you needed to show, get out, instead of describing your character commuting home (because it doesn't subvert expectations!)

epithets are the devil. "the blond man smiled--" you've lost me. use their name. use it often. don't be afraid of it. the reader won't get tired of it. it will serve you far better than epithets, especially if you have two people of the same pronouns interacting.

your character should always be working towards a goal, internal or external (i.e learning to love themself/killing the villain.) try to establish that goal as soon as possible in the reader's mind. the goal can change, the goal can evolve. as long as the reader knows the character isn't floating aimlessly through the world around them with no agency and no desire. that gets boring fast.

plan scenes that you know you'll have fun writing, instead of scenes that might seem cool in your head but you know you'll loathe every second of. besides the fact that your top priority in writing should be writing for only yourself and having fun, if you're just dragging through a scene you really hate, the scene will suffer for it, and readers can tell. the scenes i get the most praise on are always the scenes i had the most fun writing. an ideal outline shouldn't have parts that make you groan to look at. you'll thank yourself later.

happy writing :)