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alright, Iām annoyed with the class that Iām taking. itās 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 Heroās Journey (the monomyth template). and I was somewhat of a contrarian, and said ācan you give us examples of books that donāt fit into this template?ā and she said āno. because all books fit.ā
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 donāt know if itās possible to contort that into the Heroās Journey.
#I think the class will still be worth it because she assigns a lot of exercises#and basically all I want is for an external party to force me to write about things that I wouldnāt otherwise#Iāll still come out of this improved in the ways that I want to be#but every time she says something definitive about story structure Iām just like ššš
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The SFTH Rules of Improv
Sam's Rule of Improv: Any scene that can become sexual, will become sexual and most likely problematic (typically via unnecessary moaning sounds)
Tom's Rule of Improv: Avoid getting SFTH cancelled by begrudgingly taking the role of the group's Disappointed Father⢠(typically involves unsexualizing and sanitizing Sam's contributions)
Luke's Rule of Improv: Play innocent, then shock your audience AND fellow improvisors by revealing your complete lack of shame and filter when their guard's down
AJ's Rule of Improv: If the plot is clearly going in one direction, take the soonest opportunity to steer that shit off a cliff
And of course the most important SFTH Rule of Improv: If someone makes a mistake, never EVER let it go. It's a plot point now.
#alternate sam rule: if someone's forced into improvising a poem make sure to mention its impeccable rhyming structure#sfth#shoot from the hip#sfth luke#sfth sam#sfth tom
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being aromantic is like. hey btw you're going to live a life that is the culmination of most of society's worst nightmares. sorry lol āļø but then you turn around and take a really good hard look at it and it turns out that living in that nightmare is fucking awesome and you get to wake up every day and take that fear that other people have and laugh and hold it close until it's a great joy for you instead. and being happy is a radical act that you define instead of someone else. and you're sexy as fuck that's just a fact of life i don't make the rules on that one
#aromantic people are just sexy i'm not making the decisions here it's just facts#course ur hot as fuck. it came free with the aromanticism#being sexy is just default settings for aromantic people š#hope this all helps. anyway i'm on my 'i hope i die alone <3 i can't wait to die alone <3' kick rn#i think the existential fear that people have of Not Partnering specifically is so. well.#obviously that shit is strong and it is SO awesome to be free of it.#realizing you're aro and you don't Want a partner can be such a hit to the solar plexus#cause society says that's the only thing that'll make you happy. so either you go without that thing or you force yourself#into doing something you don't want which would make you unhappy anyway.#so you think it's a lose lose situation and you have to come to terms with what amatonormativity presents as the worst possible situation#but then! whoa! turns out personhood is inherently valuable in and of itself and romantic partnering is just a construct!#and that nightmare is now your life to do with as you please... define as you will... structure as you want...#best case scenario. is what i'm saying.#every day i wake up ready to spit all that amatonormative rhetoric back in life's teeth by being alone and being happy#and it's so fucking satisfying. every day.#fucking JUBILANT being by myself. and i love being a living breathing 'fuck you' to the romantic system#you need a partner to be happy? oh that's sooo fucking crazy guess i'll go be miserable then. in my perfect fucking dream life lmao#yeah obviously it's the worst possible outcome on earth to die without a partner. so terrible. can't wait for it :)#aromantic#aromanticism#aro positivity#aroace#arospec#sorry to bitches who are sad about not having a partner. i could not give a fuck though get better soon#you couldn't EVER pay me enough to go back to a mindset in which my inherent value wasn't enough by myself.#FUCK that shit. absolutely miserable and a bad life outlook in general. like genuinely do the work w/ amatonormativity and get better#life is something that can be so fulfilling whether someone wants to kiss you or whatever or not#i'm on antidepressants and i have people i care deeply about. what the fuck would i need a partner for lmao
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Soulmates are inherently amatonormative and it's so wild how many people refuse to acknowledge that and instead go around trying to "make it more inclusive" which mostly just leads to then forcing aspec characters into a amatonormative narrative.
#text#aro#ace#aromantic#asexual#aroace#amatonormativity#soulmates#soulmate aus#Like no allowing QPRs into ur soulmates stories does not fix the core issue#you just put QPRs into a amatonormative role that the story relies upon#no saying friends can be your soulmate isn't inclusive it's still putting aspecs into an amatonormative structure#Soulmates at their very core are inherently amatonormative. they do not work if they aren't#you trying to force aspecs into the mold of soulmates will never fix the main issue.#it's not that there are no aspec characters in soulmate content its that the world around soulmates is inherently against aspecs in general#it's not that Aspecs don't show up. it's the fact the universe itself is inherently hostile to the idea of aspec people#it's the fact that the reason aspecs dont show up is because it goes against what the soulmates trope dictates to be true#the soulmate trope erases us from existence completely. because no matter what we will never fit into it's ideal narrative.
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gretchen sees dylan g as a version of her husband who is motivated and competent while her husband has never been able to hold down a job. but dylan g was literally created to do that job and only exists to do that job. he isnāt a version of her husband who has managed to āfind his thingāā he just never had a choice in what his thing would be. heās been robbed of the freedom to try to find something heād be passionate about, even if it wouldāve meant failing a bunch along the way
#severance#dylan g#dylan george#gretchen george#im sad now#dylan g manages his adhd because the environment heās in is hyper-structured and built on operant conditioning/other behavioral learning#and only has one thing he has to do all day#i wonder if weāll see gretchen realizing how sheltered and one dimensional this life is that dylan g is forced to live
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Me, writing the parts of my fanfic I want to write: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me, trying to string those parts together into something that resembles a narrative: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
#writing#i have just spend an entire ten minutes thinking about the plot/structure of my fanfic and i am in agony#(possibly. it's also possible it was only 3)#usually i just write a bunch of scenes and then force them to go together like a chimp doing a jigsaw puzzle#you'd be surprised at how successful i have been at this#anyway for reasons i can't do that this time plz pray for me
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one of the most important things terry pratchett has taught me is that it's okay to be angry. no one has ever said that to me before. he taught me that anger was an engine. that you can use that anger. that it goes hand in hand with love. he taught me to never underestimate my anger, because it's one of my strongest points. he taught me genuine anger was one of the worldās great creative forces. he taught me i shouldn't be fighting my anger, but what caused it. he himself said rage underlines everything he wrote. i never heard anger talked about so openly like that before and it's freeing, i suppose, to realize you are truly, truly not alone in your rage at the world. you never were.
#āGranny Weatherwax was often angry. She considered it one of her strong points. Genuine anger was one of the worldās great creative forces.#But you had to learn how to control it. That didnāt mean you let it trickle away. It meant you dammed it carefully#let it develop a working head let it drown whole valleys of the mind and then - just when the whole structure was about to collapse -#opened a tiny pipeline at the base and let the iron-hard stream of wrath power the turbines of revenge.ā#not a moment goes by that im not thinking of that quote#ill stop going on about anger and pterry i promise it's just that im angry all the time and he's the only thing that has helped so far and#you dont get over that sort of thing#gnu terry pratchett#discworld#terry pratchett
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I've been taking a script analysis course and using the knowledge to draft stuff for a GG20s pilot adaptation. Here are my very messy and unorganized notes/outline.
#personal#still lots to work out. i'm forced to work with a more unconventional film structure of introing real stakes +antagonist in the end of act#since i'm trying to adapt a 2-part tv special into a film outline#anyways hope this is a fun read regardless of any glaring issues and missing sequences
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thinking about how chosens and darks existence and crimes were perceived in the internet and outernet. did they become a regular occurence there or something. JUST WHAT did other sticks think about them
if the timeline of golds death combined with darks supposed destruction of the internet this is probably how king would react
#animator vs animation#alan becker#animation vs minecraft#no but seriously WHERE WAS HE when the events of the showdown and tdl&tco terror in general were happening#based on what we've seen there are power structures in the outernet and specifically stickcity#where are the supposed forces that wouldve tried to deal with them#did the government of the stickcity just see that they cant compete with them and went#ugh whatever#were gonna pay them to stay away from the city and let them live like hermits as long as they dont bother us#avm king orange#avm king mango#avm king#ava the dark lord#storgesinsaneramblings
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With great power comes with great need to make skin creatures
HELL YEAHH

#mushyrt#asks#svsss#tw: body horror#yāknow unironically itās been such a fun way to practice animal anatomy#because they specifically have to be āskinā creatures#Iām sometimes forced to take a deep dive into these animals#since photos of these species being featherless or hairless just donāt exist#of some of these*#so I have to extrapolate based off of skeletal structures and other biological features#Octobing#sv creature
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Any The Book Of Life (2014) enjoyers here? Ramble in the tags lol Reminder that commissions are open and I'm making art for your donations and we are raising money for an AAPI charity through this zine, if you or someone you know likes Watcher, check it out!
#F1#checo perez#max verstappen#daniel ricciardo#chestappen#maxiel#my art#sleepless art#the book of life#listennnn I think manolo fits checo better BUT daniel retiring -> manolo dying so Checo is Joaquin#rlly like max as maria tho like the rivalry revolves around her -> goal of being maxās teammate and RB's second driver#but like maria is her own force and she stands up for her values and chooses the best path for the city's welfare#->Max's loyalty to RB while standing up for checo and daniel's performances and focusing on winning the championship#also she's badass <3#Joaquin -hero of the people- has to contend with the expectations tied to the Medal of Everlasting Life n being in the shadow of his father#->medal is the car and it comes w/pressure from RB to deliver top results within RB's structure+facing the constant rumors and RB being RB#Manolo ābetrayingā the Sanchez family legacy -> RB legacy -> Daniel leaving#Manolo being tricked by Xibalba making him think he was gonna be with Maria + his path through the Land of the Forgotten n all that#-> Daniel experiencing all kinds of setbacks + VCARB + contending for the position in RB + fucked up retirement#Xibalba's trickery to control the outcome and win the wager + straight up killing Manolo grdgfdh#RB's general orchestrations + competitive mindset + being shit to the drivers specifically making Daniel retire LIKE THAT#formula 1#formula one
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I've been thinking about LEP uniforms again.
My personal design for the LEPrecon uniforms is a "fake" jumpsuit with trousers and jacket, with an additional vest on top, for combat missions. Wings either attach or are part of the vest. Tool belt, and vambraces that have their wrist computers. (Holly as Captain, Trouble as Major).
The Traffic uniform is brighter than normal LEP uniform for the sake of visibility and the vest has a screen on the front and back as officers on traffic duty are described as "walking road signs". The commander's uniform is blue, but otherwise the same as any other LEPrecon uniform. (Holly as Corporal, Trouble as Commander).
Tool belt includes: Moonbelt, gun holster, buzz baton, handcuffs + additional zipties, pheromone spray (read: pepper spray), ammo, omnitool, first aid kit, camouflage foil. Optionally knife and flashlight.
The uniforms have rank insignia as well as name tags. The ranks in the books are... weird, so far we have: Cadet, Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Commandant, Captain, Major, Commodore, Wing Commander and Commander (roughly in that order). I've also given different acorn clusters to different ranks; from Private to Commandant one acorn, from Captain to Commodore cluster of two acorns, and for Wing Commander and Commander cluster of three acorns.
#af#artemis fowl#holly short#trouble kelp#my art#val talks#i'm once again absolutely baffled by the ranks in LEP#so many lower ranks#so few senior/ general ranks#why is no one in this police force a detective or an inspector#if they are military where are colonels and generals#fucking HELP#anyway I put them roughly in order cause most of these don't appear in the same command structures so if it doesn't make sense blame Colfer#for example in book 1 as a Lieutenant Cudgeon was in command of a Captain even tho Captain is a higher rank#also some of these only get mentioned once like sergeant and commandant#anyway i tried#also about the pheromone spray don't look at me Colfer is the one who put it in the books#I might add the rank insignia later#if i draw them#posts that are ⨠just for me āØ#af headcanons
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Sonnets of Euclydia - I.
In all Euclydia were none so dear
As two triangles of the Cipher name:
Scalene and Euclid lived in comfort here
Without the knowledge of their future shame.
An equilateral, a baby boy,
An unassuming child of yellow hue,
Lit up his parentsā lives with all the joy
Of anyone observing something new.
But something had gone wrong, that much was clearā
Poor Billy had a strange deformity:
Heād spend his hours lost in joy and fear,
Distracted by the great enormity
Of millions of stars, both great and small
And nobody but Bill could count them all.
Part II. >
Part III. >
Part IV. >
Part V. >
#gravity falls#bill cipher#book of bill#euclydia#sonnet#poetry#writers on tumblr#what better way to ease anxiety before finals#than forcing yourself into a fixed syllable and rhyme structure#and writing about a triangle's tragic backstory
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I really like the idea of Marcus being a "failed android". His programming isn't seamless; he has odd reactions to certain events, he gets confused easily, he's overemotional. His internal world/self-esteem is entirely based on others' direction and approval. He's messy and disorganized while also having a perfectionist, compulsive personality. He gets fixated on odd things. His hearing is sensitive but not good at picking out distinct sounds; his vision is 70/20 but he's incapable of seeing 'the bigger picture'. He can't recognize faces. He can't see or touch screens that well. He's not a programming whiz or math genius; he actually hates technology.
He may be a feat of engineering and a mechanical marvel, but for all intents and purposes he's a fairly average autistic dude with a personality disorder.
#marcus davenport#lab rats#lab rats disney xd#lref#lab rats elite force#this started as a post abt marcus' superintelligence & why i think troy doesnt have it#long story short: troy is a genAI & so sees everything as a language. numbers confuse them#Douglas found a way around that w Marcus bc hes a supergenius#but probably had to compromise. thus marcus not being a supergenius like chase#(i mean marcus is still a giant calculator so hes way smarter than the average person. but lacks the creativity & ingenuity to solve math on#the fly. while still being able to handle complex social situations unlike troy who needs more structure)#troy west#giselle vickers
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I really love how the reveal about the origins of the gods in Pillars intertwines the games two major themes so perfectly. The game is obviously very concerned with religion and the role it plays in people's lives. It can provide the devout with a sense of purpose, a moral compass, rules to live by, and comfort... With the knowledge that the gods are manmade, Pillars is stating that morality and purpose (and religion) are also manmade. These things come from humanity, even the metaphysical and spiritual is something we create and perpetuate. But the gods aren't just manmade, they are the final and most lasting legacy of the Engwithans, created with their souls. Literally a tangible manifestation of the past controlling and haunting the present. the gods aren't "real" in that their history is fake. They covet the past and mythologize it.
#I'm tearing my hair out trying to explain what I'm feeling about this game#literally feel like that ''ogre barely even literate'' image every time I try to write anything#I just really like how this game mixes history and religion#like the past is a literal force we are both shackled to and uplifted by. much like religion.#The Pale from Disco Elysium is still my all time favorite depiction ever of the past as a ''tangible'' force though#not sure anything can top it.#also just to be clear I'm an atheist#its just worth noting that even for atheists religion can still provide one comfort (community. culture. structure... history!!!)#logbook#pillars of eternity#I need to go take my gayass blood bank exam now. wish me luck everyooone :(
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D A T A L O R E š¤š
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#a little ode to the tng episode that sent me into a year long hyperfix :)#i tried something new with the colouring and im actually really proud of how it came out lawl#it really forced me to consider lighting and structure more >_<#i had a lot of fun w this TEEHEE#art#my art#my drawings#star trek#tng#star trek tng#star trek the next generation#st:tng#lore soong#star trek fanart
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