#breaking the limits

[wagingmywarsbehindmyface]

…in a world of boys, he’s a gentleman… 💫

JAKUB GIERSZAŁ during Najlepszy (Breaking the Limits) premier in 2017 (being adorable while not trying to step on Anna Próchniak’s dress)

Have a nice Friday! ☺️

[keepingupwithjakubgierszal]

JAKUB GIERSZAŁ as Jerzy Górski in Najlepszy [Breaking the Limits] (2017) 🌟💫

[ohnonotthehorrors]

Can I... talk about the theory that winners help craft the next game?

Because, and I really can not say this enough, it puts So Much into perspective.

Everything starts out Normal. Three lives, simple, cut and dry, there hasn't been a winner yet. No one to help craft the game. (And there's something to be said about how simple it really was. Not even a real expectation of the world becoming pvp or combative. No idea of the war to come)

Then Grian wins. The green killer, the man who vowed his first life to the one whose life he took. The next game the boogie man is born. A mechanic that allows and, in fact, demands, a green kill. People can trade lives back and forth, currency and debt wrapped up in one. (can we still be friends? Said the red partner. A life time later and reds are hostile, alone. Maybe it's an answer: No. Not anymore)

Scott wins this time. He refuses to play the game. He will not kill his team, he will love and he will do so fiercely and with all of himself. The next game people are attached through to their very souls. Every bit of damage to one soul is done to its twin. There is no boogeyman. (There is no way for a widow to be left without their love)

Pearl wins and she wins a blood bath. Spent the game draped in red, only wolves for company. Sitting in her tower, shivering in ice, maybe she wanted it to end. To see where it would. Limited life rewards you for killing, limited life has a clock tick tick ticking down, you always no how long you have. A curse yes, but a blessing too.

Now It's Martyn's turn.

And what a turn it is.

Keep your secrets, says the disloyal man, keep them well. Everything hurts, everything Matters, says the man fracturing with every loss. (What if we could love each other without hurting? Says The Hand, who never wanted to be coated in blood)

More importantly, Martyn has always seen the watchers below the surface. Now, they're right here in front of him. Something that could almost... be rebelled against, no? Something that someone else could finally point to and say: hey, hey isn't that familiar?

[violent138]

When the Robins were too young to convincingly pass as drivers, they'd always insist that Bruce drive them to school or anyplace they were running late to, because Bruce's extensive illegal racing experience meant they were guaranteed to make it there on time. Or even early sometimes.

[meltedmush]

This is definitely the largest bulk post I’ve ever done,,,,

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hello Madam. Sorry Madam.

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[elumish]

One way to build your writing skills--a way that I would argue is necessary if you ever want to write original fiction for publication--is to write from the point of view of, and with the focus on, a wide range of different characters.

it's really easy to fall into a rut when writing the same character or characters all the time, or even the same type of character all the time, where characterization tends to become muscle memory as much as anything else. You know what that character will do, so you know what characters of that type will do, so you know what characters will do, so that's what your characters do.

And when you don't have to think about it, you don't build--and can start to atrophy--those muscles required to do detailed, specific, engaging character building. What does it mean for this character, in this time, to do or experience this thing. What are the myriad of things that have built your character up to being who they are, and how do those things (individually and in aggregate) impact the choices that they make, the actions that they take, the reactions that they have, and the people that they engage with.

What can end up happening--and I see this all the time in published fiction--is that authors end up only being able to write 2-3 character types of each gender, and it all feels a bit samey.

Without opening a book by so many authors I have read, I can predict with a fair amount of accuracy what most of their characters will act like, because it's kind of the same across the board. Even when they start distinct, they end up drifting towards the same personality/character types like carcinization.

Writing from the point of view of/focusing on a range of characters (especially if they are different genders, of different backgrounds, with different wants and fears and habits and interests and personalities) forces you to actually be specific in your writing, if you want it to be any good.

Your 15-year-old B-student who really wants to spend their time playing rugby shouldn't sound like your 45-year-old businessman with a penchant for collecting Star Trek action figures who is trying to plan the perfect anniversary for his wife and neither of them should sound like the 23-year-old who spends their time going out at nightclubs and showing up a little bit hungover at work and worrying about finding a job that will let them move out of the apartment they're sharing with three other people.

Practice, and then practice some part, and then keep practicing. Write different characters, ask yourself if you're writing a character a certain way because you think they would be that way or because it's just habit, and be specific.

[green446004]

Blitzen in number 16: Falling Short

For the color challenge, please and thank you ♡

color palettes

[wasyago]

the brainrot won

[egophiliac]

(incoherent bird soldier screeching)

okay, I'm ready, I'm totally ready, I --

(even more incoherent bird soldier screeching)

[carrotchipper]

The final set of my Tarot Life series!

Grian - Scott - Pearl - Martyn

JImmy - Scar - Joel

Lizzie - Ren - BigB

Skizz - Impulse - Etho - Tango

Cleo - Bdubs - Gem - Mumbo

[shinotail]

totally haven't been hyperfixed on this game for the past two weeks ahaha

+ some sif portrait redraws under the cut

[ex0toxin]

part timers

jsys week'24, day 1

[fudgecake-charlie]

I support martyn’s rights as well as his wrongs <3

[actuallyjustabiscuit]

PART ONE of some quick random notes/ fun screenshots that I took from episode 3 that I would like to bring attention to!

This is really disturbing, they can’t die but they can still feel the sensations that come with death. Their bodies can withstand a lot of damage because it’s all essentially code, but if their minds believe they’re in pain then they will feel pain.

That’s why Kinger’s method of “not thinking about it” works.

Jax trying to flex when his character model has string bean arms is hilarious.

Sorry Bunnydoll shippers, but all I see is a bratty younger brother getting huffy at his older sister trying to get in the way of his fun.

Much like how we got some foreshadowing at the beginning of Ep 2 with Pomni and the blocks, here we’re shown how Kinger becomes a literal guiding light for Pomni towards the end.

Just Ragatha being a cutie pie

Like most bullies, he doesn’t want to give anyone the opportunity to make fun of him.

The fact that you can actually see how there is nobody in front of him in the reflection of his eyes. Makes you wonder if this is Jax’s way of losing his mind because we know he’s directly addressing us, but to the others, he looks downright insane.

Long shot, but Ragatha’s little reaction here makes me think that’s her favorite color. Until said otherwise, I’m choosing to believe this is the case.

And since Ragatha is a confirmed horse girl, this also implies that Applejack is her favorite pony, thus cementing her status as best girl (No I will not be taking notes, this is a closed argument)

[keeperofoverlookhotel]

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