#I don’t watch any tv shows so this was kind of hard for me💀

[vampiredraws]

@amochi tagged me to show my top ten tv shows as gifs!!! thank you for the tag <3333

Tagging: @madwickedawesome @frutigeraeri and anyone else that wants to do it <3

[honeyhotteoks]

do you have any advice on like getting better with writing?

hey! i definitely do!! i’ve talked about this before but i have a lot of new readers, so ill start off by saying i’ve been writing for my entire life, and im 30 so thats a lot of years. if you’re a new writer, trust me i used to be there and good god if you guys could see the stuff i published in old fandoms 💀 really, really bad haha

i only say that because i by no means consider myself a great writer, there are fic writers in this space alone that i’m always so floored by and look up to…. but people have been very kind about my writing style and it’s something that took time to develop it’s not something i just “had”. outside of fic, i was a literature and creative writing major, and got very used to writing and workshopping pieces.

now! onto some actual advice —

1. read a lot and read more, but read stuff you actually like and not stuff you feel pressured to read. i love high brow litfic as much as the next pretentious english major, but i started writing a ton after reading a bunch of kindle unlimited romance because it was fun and it got me inspired

2. watch well written television for dialogue and pacing. people do not talk in proper english, they don’t say things eloquently, and there’s a lot of filler and fluff. that’s good! that’s real, so i love well written tv to show me how it’s done

3. get comfortable writing in weird ways. for years i used to sit down and be like “ah okay so chapter one” and then i was stuck, stalled out, and just felt bad about the process. when i started writing both aurora and tnt, i started in the middle. i had an image of a scene in my mind (for tnt it was actually the claim attempt) and i just wrote it out and then bounced around later

4. outlines are your friend! sometimes i’ll get a random line of dialogue in my head or an image but that doesn’t mean i’m ready to write it. i throw it in one big outline so i don’t lose it.

5. if you’re wanting to write really good smut i have two suggestions but please only do this to your personal comfort level. this is what works for me but do not make yourself uncomfortable— for good smut, i watch porn for reference and for good dirty talk, i listen to nsfw audio. i like to really write the visuals for smut and make it immersive but lol i haven’t experienced everything ive written about and logistics of the body are hard!! i usually find a video or an audio and let that help guide the imagery im writing.

6. be comfortable with the editing process. i know the temptation to post something the minute you finish it is there, but sleep on it. come back and edit it, read the dialogue out loud if you have to. i swear you’ll make the piece better just by leaving it and coming back.

7. don’t be afraid to post. most people are kind, and the worst thing that will happen is you don’t get a lot of notes. that’s okay, it’s a process.

8. research! as i’m writing anything, even a silly little oneshot, im doing research on something. i am hyper aware that im not korean and have never spoken korean or lived in korea, so for my fic i try my hardest to ground elements of that in reality. i truly cannot tell you how many hours ive spent reading like korean case law on revenge porn just for like 3 lines of dialogue. and you don’t have to go that crazy, i’m arguably too intense, but i do think some of that helps the story and the dialogue feel real.

9. describe something real- every place in my writing is based on something real. every apartment, hotel, cafe, venue, etc., they’re all either something i’ve found online or drawn from my life and use that to my advantage. i use apartment listings and save photographs, i do google map walks to see what neighborhoods look like, anything to get the feel of a place or an experience. for the christmas chapters of aurora, i watched hours of gwangju walking tour videos on youtube while i was writing just to understand how to describe their walk in the snow. it really helps me to have a visual that i can put words to.

10. find your weak points and see what other writers do differently. if you want to improve, you should find a small place to start. is it dialogue? overall plot? smut? etc. - i’ll never forget being on a creative writing retreat, and a very important writing professor said to me “everything you write is very pretty but you haven’t said anything. you have to decide to say something.” that feedback hurt, but sent me down a much better writing path when i realized where i was falling short and not challenging myself.

okay i hope some of this was helpful and if it’s a mess im sorry im on mobile. i really just love writing so deeply and will always talk about it, so i hope this was helpful 💗

[alphinias]

Nah but that anon saying the ND writers should be at mcdonald’s during a huge writers strike is wild 💀

Obviously we all can have different opinions, I’m actually enjoying this season so far. I do hope they break the curse before the finale and we get some episodes of them together but if they broke the curse soo early on in the season I’m kinda like…then what was the point?

The last episode was a bit slow for me and I wish they didn’t push Tristan so hard, but I feel like the episode was a set up for the rest of the season

The ND writers overall have been very good and very kind to us over the season. I’m gonna wait until it’s over to judge the show/them too hard

I know a few people are having extremely negative opinions of this season but personally I’m also not one of them. I don’t think it’s perfect by any means but it’s still one of the only things I find worth watching on tv, so… yeah. I’m here to try to have fun at the end of the day so I’m trying to enjoy it and see the positive parts, which there are many of in my opinion.

I think the repetitive love interests for Nancy and being way too obsessed with making her sleep with everyone and sidelining ace is extremely old, but overall I’m eating the angst of this season up. And we got confirmed ace has had a crush on Nancy since high school? Otherwise soulmate things? An AMAZING first kiss? Yeah I’m having fun.

It’s also ultimately not the writers’ fault that the show got cancelled after they already started writing this season, either. I’m sure they had an idea it could happen, but I’m also sure it wasn’t what they were hoping for. And on another note I’d take the epic angst any day over something like the shit with chenford where they just randomly got together in the least memorable way possible.

[dulcewrites]

Someone asked for a part two to aemyrah in their break era. This towards the end of the break. Also I was listening to Renaissance while writing lol

Virgo’s Groove

Aemond answers the phone after the first ring.

“Are you watching?”

He frowns, looking up from his computer and over at his blank tv. “Watching what?”

A disappointed groan leaves Myrah’s mouth.

“The Vanderpump Rules reunion,” she sounds aghast that he doesn’t get what she means. “Duh.”

“No, I catching up on work.” And you’re not here. What is the point of me watching if you’re not here to run your mouth through it? He doesn’t add the last part. Not wanting to push his luck; she called because she wants to speak to him. She could’ve called on of her girlfriends but chose him instead.

“Boo, you whore,” she sighs. Then she brightens. “You keep working, and I’ll give you the play by play.”

She doesn’t wait for him to agree or say no, just launches into a bunch of events and people Aemond frankly doesn’t remember. But hearing her voice does so much for him that he bites his tongue throughout.

“And like, I don’t advocate for violence but if Scheana did hit her, I kind of understand, ya know?”

Aemond just hums in agreement. He is much more of a tlc reality show type of guy. Even after the reunion ends, she stays of the phone. Tells him about her day at the gallery. How Hilary in marketing is indeed still ‘so fucking rude’ and ‘needs an attitude adjustment’.

It feels normal, not exactly how he would want it, but he revels in feeling closer to her than he has in months.

His eyes start to burn from the brightness of his computer around midnight.

“Don’t let them work you too hard, baby. It’s not worth it.”

Baby. He’s still her baby.

They are still on the phone by the time he finally crawls into bed.

“How you going to spend the rest of the night, any more cheating scandals?”

Myrah giggles. “No, probably just gonna be me and my pint of salted caramel ice cream.” She pauses more a minute but giggling again. “Then Roxanne and I.”

Aemond brows furrow a bit. “Who is Roxanne?”

There is a moment of silence.

“One of my vibrators.”

Aemond blinks. Before muting the phone, turning over to scream into his pillow. Something about Myrah naming her toys makes Aemond want to laugh, as much as it makes him want to melt into a puddle of want and desperation and frustration.

He is not a stranger to how open Myrah is with her sexuality or how in tune she is with herself. It’s one thing he find attractive about her. But it still came as a surprise at times. He grew in a family that would talk about anything but two things: their true feelings and anything to do with sex.

It’s why Aegon’s promiscuity as a teen came right on the heels of him trying to break away from the tight leash both their parents kept on all the kids.

The first time Myrah sent him a nude, he didn’t answer immediately. It was the first work trip he took right after they started dating. He vividly remembers the text messages he sent when he got back to the hotel.

Did you mean to send that to me

[no, I meant to send it to your mom]

[of course I meant to send it to you. Who else 😭]

Oh…

thank you. you’re beautiful

[You’re welcome?? 💀]

Myrah wasn’t the first woman Aemond had sex with, but she was the first he has that kind of the sex with.

“Aemond?”

He heard Myrah call out. He unmutes the phone with a frown.

“Sorry, I dropped my phone.”

“Hmmm.”

Aemond can hear the smile in Myrah’s tone.

“Rhaena and I are taking a hot Pilates class on Saturday,” she goes on. “Then maybe go to bar later on that night. Apparently I am an excellent wing woman.”

Aemond purses his lips but stays silent. He had no right to question it while they were dating, and surely not now. But the various scenarios of Myrah and Rhaena surrounded by guys leaves a nasty taste in his mouth.

“Maybe… you can come afterwards?”

“It might be late.”

“Yeah Aemond,” she sigh softly. Girlish and warm. “That’s sort of the point.”

Oh.

“Umm yeah - I can, I can come over. If that’s what you want.”

“Great, I’ll see you then.”

Aemond wants to tell her he loves her… like a lot before she hangs up. But this conversation has gone far better than he pictured. He didn’t even picture the conversation to begin.

He sleeps better that night than he has in weeks.

I would like to know more about aemyrahs break, I love seeing Aemonds overdramatic side shine 😅

I’m writing a little thing about post break that I will put up soon BUT in terms of how it happened. Like I hinted at, it started with myrah going back home while her aunts are visiting. She loves them to death but they are very much traditional nosy/pushy aunties. Tradional women in general. They hear she’s dating to a rich man, that very much wants to take care of her and they’re like ‘when’s the wedding?? Where are the babies??”

We’ve talked about the issues or baggage, for lack of a better word, Aemond brings to the relationship. Myrah’s handup is commitment issues. It’s the sort of messy cycle of wanting to be serious and feeling like she deserves better (compared the shit guys she’s been around in the past) but also being terrified of being ‘stuck’ with someone. Terrified of codependency. I think the financial piece of things scare her a bit too. Aemond will always have/make more money than her. He already goes out of his way to pay for things while they date. Big and small. Something about being financially bound to someone is :/// for someone as independent as her.

Anyway, she voices the aunt thing as sort of joke the next time she sees Aemond, a passing comment. And Aemond is like ‘??? But we are the real deal right???’ And she’s like ‘yeah… I guess’. That sort of sets him off. In the end, myrah suggest some space may be best for her to get her head right. She doesn’t want to hold Aemond back or waste his time. Mind you, Aemond has decided this is his person.

And it sort of catch 22 of myrah telling Aemond to be more open in about his feelings, and now she’s the one kind of running scared. They are both valid in their feelings: Aemond feeling like he’s getting spurned for doing the thing he finally willing to do (open up) and Myrah being scared. It is easy for Aemond to forget myrah is a fallible person too bc of how she holds herself. Aemond pretty miserable the whole time :(. Myrah isnt going great either but she a much better poker face in situations like this.

[whyhereiam]

Ok so I saw someone else’s blog and they have like an ”introduction” post and I guess I wanted to do one too so here it is

‼️But first a disclaimer that homophobes/transphobes/rascist of any kind/discrimination etc are not allowed here and I will block you if you express any of those sentiments :) ‼️

So my real name is Matilda (like the movie I know..) I’m 19 and I mostly started using tumblr to just reblog stuff and seeing other’s amazing and hilarious posts about the fandoms im in. Pronouns are she/her and I have a minor hearing impairment (I use a hearing aid) so I occasionally reblog activist-things or things about hearing loss/hard-of-hearing-things so it’s either that or about fandoms you’ll see on my blog (though it’s mostly fandoms bc I love them)

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Fandoms i’m in are a lot but here’s the ones I remember:

- One piece (Tekking101 is included in this lol and yes I read the manga so spoilers for that)

- Marvel (Everything marvel but mostly MCU)

- Pokemon (mostly the anime and journeys specifically rn)

- Merlin (TV) (also: Go read A Warlocks Wish by Vividpast on ao3 RIGHT NOW if you like the merlin fandom, you will not be dissapointed)

- Good Omens

- The Sandman (Netflix - go watch it now!!!)

- Wednesday (also other Addams Family stuff since i’ll probably go watch everything about then now lol)

- Doctor Who

- Encanto

- Game theory (all the theory channels tbh but MatPat stuff- anyway FNAF, Bendy and the Inc machine, Cuphead and a lot of other fandoms are included in this)

- Jacksepticeye (I mostly watch playthroughs of his so like Undertale, Life is Strange and Detroit:Become human are included here)

- Julie and the Phantoms (watched first time 2022, two years late I KNOW)

- Six of Crows (i’ve read the trilogy and duology but this book is my favorite, planning to watch the netflix series and read Kingdom of scars duology soon)

- probably more

I also have some show’s that I’ve watched and really liked but i’m not as active in those fandoms even if I might have been at some point:

- Sherlock

- Thomas Sanders (i guess mostly Sander Sides)

- Fairy Tail (watched it a looong time ago)

- Rick and Morty

- Rise of the guardians (I watched it like 5 times in a row i was so obsessed😭 it’s a great movie though go watch it!)

- MLP generation 4 (I recently - autumn 2022 - got so nostalgic and now I’m thinking of rewatching the entire thing💀)

- Musicals like Dear Evan Hansen, The Waitress, Heathers and Hamilton (i listen to the soundtrack and watch animatics on yt basically💀)

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Anyway so the above is something you have a chance of seeing me reblog at some point. Also probably student/science stuff bc I’m apparently in love with physics/chemistry and don’t have any artistic or music talent whatsoever.

I just admire others amazing talent😍

I don’t plan on posting a lot like this and mostly just keep on reblogging but if you want to you can ask me about anything!🥰