#and every time i just think

[sarah-sandwich-writes]

Got a comment that said they liked the fic but weren't expecting to I guess? Bc while they like both, they thought soulmate AUs and slow burns were antithetical and I just

That's the problem!! That's why I wrote it!!!! Too many people think soulmate AUs are just a quick easy oh they found out they're soulmates so they're together now the end

No??? 1) that's not satisfying and 2) that's not how people work??

That kind of soulmate AU makes me so crazy bc like, if you're not going to do the work of showing what makes these people soulmates then what's the point? I want to feel it!! As the reader I should be able to read the story and then pinpoint the ways they fit together like puzzle pieces. If you quit at and they were soulmates then like lol what are we even doing here?

And people are messy! People lie people do things that make no sense bc they're scared or they think it's expected or they're trying to make someone they care about happy. You don't have to: their eyes met and they knew in their soul exactly how perfect this person was for them. Add some deflection. Add some confusion inherent to living. Add a barrier and some miscommunication and root it in who they are as people. There are a million ways to tell a satisfying soulmate story but very few of them end at the meet cute imo

[unforth]

Y'all I know that when so-called AI generates ridiculous results it's hilarious and I find it as funny as the next guy but I NEED y'all to remember that every single time an AI answer is generated it uses 5x as much energy as a conventional websearch and burns through 10 ml of water. FOR EVERY ANSWER. Each big llm is equal to 300,000 kiligrams of carbon dioxide emissions.

LLMs are killing the environment, and when we generate answers for the lolz we're still contributing to it.

Stop using it. Stop using it for a.n.y.t.h.i.n.g. We need to kill it.

Sources:

[pangur-and-grim]

alright, I’m annoyed with the class that I’m taking. it’s about writing novels, and I thought it would have cool stuff about balancing your narrative and developing themes etc, but instead she spent the first class talking about how every book fits into the Hero’s Journey (the monomyth template). and I was somewhat of a contrarian, and said “can you give us examples of books that don’t fit into this template?” and she said “no. because all books fit.”

but I dunno man, I just finished reading this Korean book where the plot is just the character having a string of hookups and reflecting on them without changing in any way. I don’t know if it’s possible to contort that into the Hero’s Journey.

[everchased]

THAT one's goin on the list too now!

[badolmen]

WARNING 18+

19

[stemmmm]

more people gotta try this shit where bill has not improved and will not change but he's just chilling so its fine probably. its great

[gongyussy]

(✿◕‿◕) die (ꈍ ꒳ ꈍ✿)

[birdmenmanga]

they are putting yaoi in the city art museum and censoring nsfw content with heat-responsive material so you have to put your hands on it to see dick

[mellosghosts]

in my heart this joke is in the movie, but unfortunately im afraid only we, hughjackmaniacs, would get it 🥀

[butchdarling]

[demi-pixellated]

Werehog...

[noodles-and-tea]

Just some more thoughts on that jayvik dbh au

[lazylittledragon]

dndads s1 you're so special to me

[aleatoryw]

getting blazed as fuck in public, thinking "boy I sure hope no one knows how high I am right now", and then having the jumpscare of your life when duolingo gives you this notification

[bluegiragi]

messing around with simon's face again...

[magicicephoenix]

i finally finished reading I see you, Sundrop! by @shirajellyfish and IT'S SO GOOD I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK ME THIS LONG TO FINISH IT RAAAAAAA

i will be gushing about it in the tags but here's a lil animation i made based on the below paragraph in chapter 6 that gave me such a strong mental image that i had to make it real :)