#am i fuckin missing something.

[prehistorictriforce]

i love finding drama in fanbases im not a part of. i love reading online drama abt things that dont pertain to me. i am a nosy little bitch first and foremost 

[doubledyke]

i had some absences at work recently and my job used the pre-approved PTO for my trip to the convention in houston that i requested literally 6 months in advance. the real kicker is that they didn't even bother to inform me that they were doing it. no heads up at all. i only found out cuz i excitedly brought up my trip to my manager and she was like "erm... about that..." 😂

i spent nearly $300 on the tickets and the rental car is even more. i'm genuinely so pissed off that i have to sit my big ass in this chair and continue working like they didn't just put my whole shit in jeopardy like.... but then again after the scathing message i just sent to HR, maybe i won't have to worry about it for long lmao.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Phullo there, I’d like to ask you a question! I hope I won’t be such a bothersome.

So, I’m planning to write a story about Laughingstock and since I find your storytelling very pleasing I figured it’d be a great idea to ask for your advice about the writing!

My Idea in general for this story is just Howdy taking a day off from working in his bodega. And basically, he’ll be just wearing normal clothes.. shocking truly.

And thennn, Barnaby and Howdy accidentally stumbled into each other’s path. They later then of course had a very long conversation that lasted until evening maybe.

Of course there’ll be some fishy moments like them looking at each other with goggly eyes and other cheesy romantic nonsense- but it’s just mainly them having their usual conversation with a ‘couple’ of jokes here and there. It’s supposed to be a sweet memory for them to remember basically.

So, what I’m really trying to ask you for is- how the heck do you start a story exactly and not make it into just the dialogues? Like, I want my story to be kind of long but I’m afraid it’ll be just them, y’know, talking and I really don’t want it to be boring.. therefore, I really need your help.

I am so sorry if it’s such a bad timing considering the fact that you just had an interview which I am very proud for you for that! Even if it didn’t go as expected at least you did good half of it.

Soo, yeah! I’d very much appreciate your advice and I am sooo sorry that this was soo long!!! And again, a bad timing too.. but hey if you got any time, please consider answering. Thank you..

Also any response yet? On the interview of course.

hmmm... in my experience and Knowledge Accumulated Over The Years via reading And writing... the best place to start is to just drop in. no story introduction, no "it was a dark and stormy night", just Start. it sounds like your story begins with Howdy taking the day off, so maybe kick off with him getting ready / choosing an outfit, or w/ him reflexively almost opening the store before he stops and chides himself for almost forgetting that he's taking the day off

to combat the dialogue, maybe detail him leaving the bodega to go into the neighborhood. what does he see? hear? feel both physically and mentally? is there anyone else out and about? set the scene! ive been struggling with this too lately since i haven't seriously written in a while and i haven't been reading actual books

WHICH! IMPORTANT TANGENTS!! read well-written books, Not fanfic! im not saying dont read fanfic ever or i'd be the world's biggest hypocrite, but also read actual books. it's important to study how published authors write, how stories are structured, dialogue and action. because these books have more often then not gone through a Rigorous screening process. multiple drafts, beta readers, publishers reading it with great scrutiny before agreeing to publish - of course there are exceptions, but a lot of books are the highest quality they can be, and will outshine most fics. because, and i say all of this as good things, fics are unregulated. most dont have beta readers. a lot are from amateur authors new to the scene. there will be spelling mistakes, weird grammar & sentence structure, etc - most fics have Entirely different writing styles from each other. so if you only read fanfic, That is what your brain will learn, and it's gonna be harder for you to write. published books have less variation in styles, and the styles are subtler. there's less spelling mistakes if any, so your spelling will improve. your internal vocabulary will expand. even if you don't consciously study what you read, your brain will pick up on & internalize patterns, how action works, how dialogue works, how to structure a story, all that good stuff. if you want, i can recommend well-written books! i've been an avid reader since... like, ever. i've got recs galore! you can tell me your preferred genre & literary interest and i'll probably have something for you! and if you're not big on books, well... get out of your comfort zone lmao, books are fucking awesome and i guarantee there are plenty out there that you would love.

and when you're writing dialogue, intersperse it with little actions or the main povs' internal dialogue. if there's a natural lull in the conversation, explore that lull! what do the characters do in this moment? what's going on around them? sprinkle bits of setting in so that your reader knows where they are and what's going on.

plus, exploring the non-dialogue sections of your story can, and often will, spark inspiration in your brain for scenes and actions to fill out the story if you want it to be long (but also! if you just want to write the scene of their conversation, that's the beauty of fanfic - there's no requirements. do whatever you want lmao). when Howdy is going into town, maybe Wally calls him over for a quick pose - does Howdy say yes or no, and how does that decision change the story? maybe Julie invites him to join her in a game, or Eddie stops to talk to Howdy about him being out and about. maybe there are some complaints over the bodega not being open. what's the lead-up to Howdy and Barnaby running into each other? do they literally run into each other? what happens when they do? those are just a few possibilities of many!

remember, when you're writing, you're that story's god. you can do literally fucking anything. you decide what the characters do, where they go, what happens in their world. that mindset should help you bolster the plot instead of just "these two characters have a conversation", yk?

i hope this helps!

[rainbowangel110]

@hecateisalesbian I am mashing my granola bars into the phone screen in hopes it somehow magically teleports to you

[feral-ass-raccoon]

the hardest part of losing touch with someone, i think, is knowing you wouldn't recognize them now

were your eyes brown or hazel? you had bangs, but was the rest of your hair short or long? what did your voice sound like? what does it sound like now? do you still love sweaters? is your favorite color still orange? are you still the person i knew? am i the person you remember?

[pleasedontcareaboutme]

i think i finally realized why ive been feeling so damn depressed lately again

sorry for writing this here. im really hurting actually. im not good. i feel a bit helpless too. idk who to talk to bc i dont want to burden anyons and i donf feel like anything could console me right now

Like. fuck me man. thanks for saving me but. why the hell are you not here. i dont want to do this without you. i hate only being able to remember you. i was supposed to grow old with you, not without you.

And. honestly. even with all this bullshit i say here, all the endless times i spend trying to write down my feelings, abt you, about all the pain ive felt my life, it doesnt get better. not at all. and no words, no poetry takes it away and i truly feel like nobody will ever truly understand how suffocated i felt all my life.

and i want to change thanks to you but. i dont know. nothing's satisfying enough.

no matter what, i truly only feel great when im in that daydream like world you created.

and these past days ive been thinking a lot that. i really wouldnt mind dying right now. not at all. because at least i know what happiness feels like. and i want to stay in that state. probably, even in this life your music will bring me happiness, but i want to be trapped in it.

im tired of being so unseen, and even when im seen, im hurting. but i dont know whats hurting. i think im just really tired thats all.

and. ye. i feel brave tbh. i still havent posted my video to instagram, bc im not brave for that. i dont know. and i feel like a hypocrite bc everything is true that i wrote there but at the same time these are my thoughts currently

in a long while i looked up suicide methods again. i feel so hopeful, but im not really sure if really for the future. jm sorry this is probably alarming. i will probably not kill myself but. idk. im not sure actually. i dknt know what to say. i wasnt cut out for this wordly shit.i feel unlovable but even if im loved, i donf want to be. i dont want anything. just let me stsy in this quiet place snd just. disappear. i wouldnt want my family to hurt if i die but i wont know about it anyways. idk man. i feel strongly i could die calmly this time and thats nice. bc 6 years ago i was terrified, and hurt. but now im content and kind of ready idk man. its not a terrible feeling, its a "this is it, it was nice while it lasted" ig.

there are no clouds in my head actually. i truly dont feel like im thinking irrationally, i feel like this would just be like. the end goal i was looking for. to feel true love once. it was nice.

no goodbye yet bc idk how id kms even if i do. But ill tell u guys if i found something.

[natureismynature]

Foolish was so desperate not to continue building the titan that he decided to just not stream the day he knew nothing would happen to distract him away from it-

[bibleofficial]

went to the beach w kp & 4 other indian friends & 3 of us had NEVER surfed before girl WHEW it’s SO fun literally only 20quid to rent a wetsuit & board & i fucking smashed my toes on the sand so much, but also we 1) got the wrong tickets so we got off 1 stop early 2) went to find a bus & the bus that was supposed to be 15 min turned into an HOUR 3) on our way to find a bus back everyone’s phones are dying or dead bc it took us 3hrs longer to get there, cigarettes are out 4) all of the shops in town are closed & the town seems to have ONLY a tesco extra & 1 off license that sells a PACK FOR 15.65 A PACK WHICH IS FUCKING CRIMINAL ITS CHEAPER TO BUY IT FROM TESCO ARE U INSANE 5) the bus back to the other town kept skipping us bc the bus stop wasn’t the ACTUAL bus stop - i had 1 bowl since literally 11a & we got back at fucking 11p 😭😭😭

[variantia]

BELLUM. good morning I am here to ruin everything

... by talking abt villain Elsa and how even tho she feels like she belongs with the League, despite everyone's best efforts she's still TERRIFIED of herself and also feels like she has no real common ground with the others at least for a long time

she hates fighting, she doesn't hate heroes, she would rather starve than shoplift food

she doesn't feel like society failed her, she feels like she failed herself

and she is so far inside that shell of "you're going to hurt everyone without meaning to because you can't control your power" for that first month or two that she has difficulty connecting with anyone else

oh, and add to that the fact that she thinks she killed her sister

villain Elsa is basically Elsa post Hans telling her she killed Anna except she never gets better because she never sees that Anna didn't die, because Elsa is now in a different country and only had Hans' call to go on

she's so depressed and withdrawn from the rest of the League that I'm sure some of them are convinced that she doesn't even want to be there ; she has no bite in combat because she doesn't want to hurt anyone so she holds back, she has no animosity toward heroes because doesn't see it as 'I needed help and they didn't help me', and unlike some of the others, she has IMMENSE guilt about doing something criminal like stealing

but of course, if any of them ask "you're obviously not into the whole villain thing, why are you even here?"

her response is just a tearful "I have nowhere else to go"

and it's like, yeah okay one of us one of us one of us

[xxfabulashxx]

Hey quick question

How do we know Spamton and Jevil are divorced?

Like the way we know they were together was cus in the Q&A Spamton referenced the meme of the guy yelling at his ex's cartoon hot dog husband but he didn't specify an ex-spouse he just said "to my ex"

Am I missing something

WHERE DID THE MARIG BIT COME FROM

[neverendingford]

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[arcenergy]

every time i remember that im an adult that lives by myself and is financially independent my brain crashes like a lenovo laptop running windows 7

[a-concert-just-for-me]

No cheese for you

I’m white. This is like, a critical hit, man.

[drumlincountry]

has tumblr made it so u can’t reblog things from ppls desktop username.tumblr.com pages any more???????? it’s also not letting me add more tags to an old post??? exqueese me?

[eepybogboy]

It’s probably a bit of an out-of-left-field weird comment, but, well, you should know a bit about japanese first-person pronouns, right? Just, I can see Reese using “boku” in his everyday human mode but switching to “ore” in monster mode.

T-That’s it, that’s the comment. Please excuse me. *walks awkwardly out the door*

no come back. your mind.....

that would be a cool way to really drive home the Change that happens. how much stronger and confident he feels after he's allowed to be his true self 😳

[giantkillerjack]

Oh I have consumed too much Christian discourse I need to have gay sex immediately