#chatter

[pinkpogiclub]

LMAO!!!!! they already hung up an elon doll upside down in the same exact place where mussolini was made a salami back in 1945

[barrenclan]

you've talked before about the effect twin peaks has had on your writing, so I have to ask how you're taking the death of david lynch :(

Oh, what a kind thing to ask. Yes, Twin Peaks and David Lynch's work and attitude in general has had a huge impact on the way I approach storytelling, and it really devastated me to hear that he had passed. He was such a visionary and created his stories with not just fascinating visuals, but so much genuine heart and emotion. There's not too many artists who are as popular as him that can approach their work with as much passion and boldness as he did.

And besides that, he was a really amazing person who treated others with a lot of kindness and respect, and had a very positive and affirming outlook on life. He did a lot for the queer community that I don't think enough people appreciated, especially in an era where so many people's rights and lives were under attack. You should watch Twin Peaks for many reasons, as a seminal piece of mystery writing and all around art masterpiece, but the casual and powerful representation of a trans woman while the AIDS crisis was ongoing deserves mention too.

All that to say that yes, it was hard to hear, so I wish him rest and all my gratitude for the career he's left behind.

[themetalhiro]

come back to us.. come back to the wanpiss fans!!!!!!! 😭

Ha i promise Im still a huge one piece fan! Ive just had to do alotttt of traveling in the last month and I’ve been listening to Stormlight during the drives.

This would be a good time to say though, even though i LOVE one piece and i LOVE making fanart in general- I hope people are alright with me posting non one piece art occasionally. Whether it’s for different properties or original works. I don’t ever want to be pigeon holed.

[bonni]

why is this manga so real

[same-pic-rick-roll]

Tbh I thought "chainsmoker" was an informal name for a niche species of anglerfishy

all of the anglers

[awakenedsylvari]

i was thinking about a commander who realised they were trans after getting the option to have an androgynous disguise in EoD

and then i was reminded that the commander's pronouns are basically always they/them in voice-acting post-EoD

so now i'm delighting myself with the idea of a commander who has a Realisation about themself mid-EoD. they'd met non-binary people (and dragons) before but never thought to apply it to themselves

[edgepunk]

the instagram algorithm has blessed me with these images of a freshly hatched duckling. this is what I imagine when someone calls a character scrunkly

[luminologism]

this is the state of affairs, yall

[businesstiramisu]

you obviously can’t have four nations at war that are all from the same culture,

OP I love your blog, this post is good advice, and I'm sure that quote was just an oversimplified throwaway comment, but as stated it's, um, pretty famously false for China itself

I always wondered 2 things. 1 what are and how many cultural influences avatar has. And 2 how and where do learn all of this cultural info from? I'm trying to learn about different cultures for my writing since stories are inspired by irl cultures like atla but I don't know where to start. Can u help me?

1. The foundational inspiration of Avatar is Chinese. The writing system is Chinese, the martial arts are Chinese, and many of the plot points of the story are references to events in Chinese history.

However, you obviously can’t have four nations at war that are all from the same culture, so each nation is inspired by other cultures in addition to the Chinese details. The tumblr user Kkachi95 has a great map of Avatar’s cultural influences and a video about it as well. I can’t really give you an exact number for all the show’s cultural influences, just that it takes from a lot of Asian and Indigenous cultures.

2. I think Wikipedia is a great starting place for any kind of research. Any website with .edu in the URL is usually pretty helpful and museum websites provide information in bite-sized articles that aren’t too intimidating. Google Books and Project Gutenberg provide many informative excerpts and even full-length textbooks; the only downside to them is you have to know what you’re looking for. It can be overwhelming to read a PDF of an entire book just to find a very specific piece of information. I also have a link to Tumblrs that cover various Asian cultures here and here.  Also, historical movies and TV shows from those cultures can really help give you an idea of how people within those cultures interact with each other. I also think the YouTuber Hello Future Me gives really solid advice regarding worldbuilding and frequently uses Avatar as an example.

You can also ask people from those cultures about those cultures. Not to say that every person existing within it is an expert about every aspect of it, but primary sources are always the best and will help you to depict other cultures respectfully and accurately.

I think the atmosphere of Tumblr also makes reaching out to people easier than on other websites or platforms. Many people will list their ethnic background in their description and, if you skim people’ asks & posts, you can usually figure out if they’re comfortable speaking about the subject.

If you think that they are, then you could try sending a respectfully worded ask. Something like, “Hello, I was looking through your Tumblr and noticed you sometimes talk about [insert culture here]. Would it be alright if I ask you about [some facet of the culture]?” And absolutely be respectful if they choose not to answer you or provide an answer that may not be convenient for your writing or in-line with your values.

https://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/ is a good starting place; it’s a Tumblr writing resource centered on racial, ethnic and religious diversity.

Good luck with your writing! I think as long as you’re patient with yourself, willing to learn about different perspectives and ways of living, keep a kind and understanding heart, and think logically about how different factors influence people, your writing will only continue to get better.

Like what I’m doing? Tips always appreciated, never expected. ^_^

https://ko-fi.com/atlaculture

[pinkpogiclub]

sir lewis hamilton a man named carlo conti will try to contact you very soon

[saturno-ah]

[barrenclan]

I've been reading all of the short stories you have gotten titles from, and I think "It's a Good Life" has been my favorite yet. Absolutely haunting.

OUHH this means so much to me, it makes me so happy that someone has actually been reading the recommendations. :D I absolutely ADORE "It's a Good Life" - I read for the first time as a little kid and it's captured me ever since. The Twilight Zone adaptation of the story is also an excellent version of it, and Jerome Bixby wrote a couple of great early Star Trek episodes to boot.

I'm a very well-read sci-fi short story fan, and "It's a Good Life" still stands as one of the most viscerally unsettling that I've read. The way it describes the constant terror and tension of everyone in the town, all the coping mechanisms they developed, and the dive into Anthony's actual mental state make for a wonderfully creepy read. And it's not without a slight sense of humor that mostly comes from Anthony's perspective, which in my opinion only adds to the unsettling nature. Highly recommend it to everyone who likes the kind of horror I write.

I hope you like the rest of the short stories I've got; they're all ones I love!

[businesstiramisu]

Yeah! It was down, and there were clone sites (some are still up) but the main one I knew had a buggy and annoying UI (you couldn't click your guesses to see all instances of the word -- it would jump around incorrectly). But sometime in the past year the original (I think?) site went back up with *even better* UI than it had originally!

For example, now it mostly fills inflections for you (so if you guess "write" it will also reveal all instances of "wrote", "writing", "written" -- it's not perfect but it's very satisfying when it works)

The other new tool that I use *a lot* is you can click on an unrevealed word and it will give you the letter count:

I used to painstakingly select the black-box characters one by one to count them so this is a huge improvement :P

Redactle is fun

HAH. Of course, "is" is one of their gimme words so when you open the page and see "Is-█████ ███████" there's a really obvious guess lol

(and yesterday I got the founder of the FBI with the minimum guess count, because I thought "haha █. █████ ██████ looks like J. Edgar Hoover, let's try that")

and a week or so ago I got Arthur Schopenhauer in 8 guesses....mostly because you guys were talking about him on here so he was near the top of my mind. I actually don't know shit about Schopenhauer

[themetalhiro]

Just stumbled across the Pokémon teams I made with my partner for all 10 of the strawhat pirates. Took like 3 hours and several bottles of wine. maybe I’ll draw them when I have the time?

[enfranchisement]

hello?