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Out of Touch

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alright, here's the first chapter of ol isekai comic again, but this time it's readable. title and legibility fix courtesy of @swiftactionrecovery, I'll edit in links to the other chapters when I post them

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I still do just love the total dichotomy between LoZ games when it comes to the green tunic. In some games getting the green clothes is like this super important and hype story beat that shows Link is going to (or already has) become a legendary hero. Then you have the games that start with a non-heroic, average run of the mill Link getting out of bed adorned in green and being like "These are my jammies :]"

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Something that happened at work, a couple nights ago.

He was fine, and got out eventually, but the store stayed open a little overtime because I did not want to spook him into flight again.

(there's a food court near where I work, so he probably had plenty of crumbs to snack on after this event, at least).

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I need to know

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there should be a special place in hell for those who renovate victorian houses to have modern interior like what the hell is wrong with you. i hope the ghosts kill you fr.

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The Carroll Herald (August 24, 1897)

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This map is the most up to date version as of 3-4-2023 and takes into account all recent movement on anti-trans legislation

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BREAKING NEWS: CAROUSEL BAT EXISTS

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if you want art made by weirdos again you’re gonna have to accept that some of those weirdos will be non palatable to you

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Spicy-brained friends, I would like to propose an update to the very useful ‘if you hate everyone, eat, if everyone hates you, sleep, and if you hate yourself, shower’ mantra to live by

Have you suddenly become a petty, hateful little gremlin who thinks people should face the firing squad for (checks notes) leaving teabags on the counter, breathing loudly, or daring to exist in the same space as you? Perhaps mundane and reasonable requests like ‘hey, we agreed to hang out now, let’s hang out’ make you want to scream and move to a yurt in the woods.

You. Are. Overstimulated.

People talk a lot about being overstimulated, and the physical/mental effects of it. What I haven’t seen is people talking about what it does emotionally, and it took me an embarassingly long time to link up those nitpicky, resentful emotions with the state of overstimulation/meltdown/shutdown.

These feelings do not mean that you’re a bad person! They probably aren’t how you actually feel about the people around you. They probably do mean that your nervous system is at its absolute limit and any request/demand/stimulus is Too Much and taking you into fight or flight territory.

Go lie down in a dark room for an hour, or find somewhere safe and familiar to stim for a bit. If it’s happening a lot, schedule yourself regular low-stimulation shutdown time

Signed: someone who moved in with their nearest and dearest only to have a massive crisis of faith about Suddenly Hating All of Them. I don’t hate them, it’s just overstimulating living with people. If I can spare anyone else a similar 9 months of suspecting that they may actually be a bit of a shit person, then this post is worth it!

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Thanks to trans men donating their tissue, we know the exact number of nerve fibers in the clitoris. Read about it here.

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my secondary job is teaching eng lit to grades 5-12. something I've taught my students, that I think could fit here, is the 3X3 method. I have made this up, and it works really well as a basic skill for describing the scene/characters/or other.

3 things you obviously see

this is your direct approach to the description! ie. tall grass; snowy mountain peaks; heavy mist touching the tips of the verdant forest; a thick scar above their lip; reddish rugged beard -- think of what you literally see right in front of you

3 things you can assume based on evidence

this is your indirect approach to describing! ie. my pants stopped fitting in the spring; no matter what, he couldn't open a book without being put to sleep; the sickeningly sweet smell of fallen leaves made her nose crinkle in disgust -- think of what you want your reader to deduce from your descriptions

3 things you want to add (realistically)

now, what are the things that fit in the scene that you want to add that might be a little less obvious ie. the characters don't see a figure watching them; the scene changes suddenly for the worse; what are the characters thinking?; how do they assess their surroundings?

Usually, I give my students a picture, and I ask them to use the 3X3 method. Something like this:

3 things I obviously see: a man in a boat, a body of water, the setting sun

3 things I can assume based on evidence: he's spent all day fishing (the rod in the back), far away from land (an island in the back), could rain soon (clouds creeping in)

3 things I want to make up (realistically*): the man is worried he won't make it back in time, there's a creature watching him, the man is exhausted

And the descriptive paragraph could go something like this:

Time passed the lake mindlessly, and before long, the orange haze of the setting sun painted the sky, and everything it touched, a pumpkin hue. The small waves rocked the man's boat, which pulled him from his slumber. It was then he realized how far he had drifted out from the safety of his home. He frantically reeled his bait in; the whizzing sound of the wire burned against the guides as he set the hook safely at the highest notch. He pulled the oar from his feet and shoved it into the lake, splashing the water up against him. He paid no mind, steering for home. The warm summer sun made him so tired, but how could he fall asleep knowing the stories of these waters? He had been debating their legitimacy when something bumped the belly of his canoe. He stilled, waiting and listening to any movement in the water. Then suddenly, he was submerged in the dark depths of the water; no cry could be heard as the liquid muffled his screams.

This is just how I efficiently/effectively write descriptions! Try it out and lemme know <3

*When I say realistically, I mean to say not adding something unrealistic like "rubber duckies in the sky" -- this might also just be something for young students ahaha!

Enjoy~

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you, reading this. you're a creature now. reblog to creature your followers

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Wtf do u even mean “the thread of prophecy is severed” if the grand design is so fragil as to come unraveled by th severing of a single thread then maybe there’s a better Destiny in store for those who hold tha scissors -_-