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writtenonreceipts Ā· 1 year ago
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Hi friend! How are you today?
I have an idea for a multichapter fanfic but I've never written one before and usually my fics are are more or less 1.5k words long and oneshots. I wrote a oneshot of around 3k once, but that's it. I don't know if it is because English isn't my first language and because I've been told once that I tend to focus too much on descriptions instead of narration, but it looks like to me that I have some sort of "summarizing style" šŸ„² also, I write with fear of commitment to long-term fics, as I tend to loose focus and feel drained by the idea of writing so much. Even if I enjoy sitting with my laptop and write a lot (it's satisfying reducing the zoom on Word and watch how many pages I've completed šŸ™ˆ)
Please, do you have any tips about not fearing a project? How did you stay focused writing FTLOTG and any other multichapter fic you have? And which is the minimum word count for a chapter, in your opinion?
Thank you for reading my ask!
Hey friend! Iā€™m doing well, kept thinking today was Monday when in fact, it is not, haha! So I kept being pleasantly surprised tomorrow is Thursday, thus almost the weekendā€¦any ways
Thanks for reaching out!Ā  As usual once I start talking I donā€™t shut up.Ā  Made worse that this is written and no one is here to physically restrain me from continuingā€¦take what I say as it works best for you!
First and foremost, all the encouragement and excitement I could possibly rain down on you, I am right now.Ā  Multi-chapters are so much fun, but it is a bit terrifying to take the plunge with.Ā  I think the most important thing to remember is making your style your own and using that to your advantage.Ā  Thereā€™s no right or wrong way to tell a story and finding what works best for YOU is the most important part.
Admission timeā€”I am always terrified. Ā I have been writing for a long time nowā€”not just fic.Ā  Iā€™ve written a few OG novels in between fic and such and really?Ā  It is scary!Ā  Especially when itā€™s a longer project that you are excited about and really want to share but worry about how well youā€™ve written or if anyone will like it or if youā€™ve just wasted time.Ā  (Spoiler: I donā€™t believe youā€™re ever wasting time when youā€™re creating/writing.)
The more Iā€™ve written the more Iā€™ve come to the unfortunate conclusion that plotting is actually really good for your story.Ā  I usually love starting with my random idea (Aelin is a journalist and has to put up with Rowan being a jerk and the tension that flares between them) and just going for it.Ā  FTLOTG mostly came around by me flying by the seat of my pants, only planning when I had to.Ā  When I knew how it was going to end, thatā€™s what gave me a little better direction on the in between.Ā  But if I had taken more time to actually plan that story and work on expanding the plot and characters, I think I would have been more satisfied.
Plotting and outlining also are great ways for you to stay excited and see where the story comes together.
SWAK is one that Iā€™ve plotted out a bit and I can see where different development points have to come in.Ā  Feyre and Rhysand bridging the gap of hating each other?Ā  A hurt comfort scene of Feyre having a nightmare can help with that and open up more ways for them to be vulnerable together.Ā  So now I know how to make the next few chapters a bit more interesting while working with the main plot of the stalker.
Finding these side plots and development features can be a lot of fun and add to the main story so much!Ā  I love the little scenes that at first donā€™t seem that important but in the end really show off a characterā€™s development.Ā  Like in FTLOTG, Aelin taking Rowan to Malakaiā€™s shop for the first time, how vulnerable that made her but left room for the two to grow together in that moment.
I donā€™t think thereā€™s any proper word count limit for a chapter, really.Ā  Each chapter can serve as a mini story arc and when the arc is done, itā€™s done.Ā  I usually tend to aim for 3k words though.Ā  For stories like WWB WWG when Iā€™m trying to get a lot more in (and trying to move plot along a little quicker) I extend that to 5 or 6k words.Ā  But really?Ā  Itā€™s what feels right to you.Ā  I would suggest not cutting off without giving a certain lead in to a fade to black.Ā  Unless itā€™s a cliffhangerā€¦if that makes sense.Ā  Sometimes abrupt endings just leave a sour taste when thereā€™s nothing BIG happening.Ā  Make sure things are cohesive and work together within the chapter, you could almost consider a chapter a mini-oneshot. Ā If a chapter feels complete at 1k, thatā€™s it.Ā  If you need to expand some scenes and it gets a little longer, great!Ā  Generally I would say no less then 1k, thought.
But really, and I cannot emphasize this enough, do what works for you!Ā 
Again, sorry, I probably just dumped so much on you that you donā€™t even care aboutā€¦I just like talking about writing, haha.Ā  Anyways.Ā  You are going to do great!Ā  The most important thing is to have fun and write for yourself.Ā  If you are proud of the story your telling, thatā€™s all that matters.Ā  Also, your English is great <3
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moon-andstardust Ā· 5 months ago
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That scene. That scene right there is soo telling. We've known since the beginning that Blitz has commitment issues, but we're only now starting to see just how deep they ran and just how much they affect his relationships.
I feel like these words, "I love you," trigger blaring alarms in his head, a panic reaction. Remember what happened the first time he dared to love someone? The first time he tried to confess his love?
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He just permanently disfigured his crush, killed his mother and ruined his sister's life*.
This accident, this event lies in the core of 90% of his issues and problems.
This is why he runs the second things get serious. This is why he dumps Verosica the second she says she loves him.
In Blitz's eyes, his love is destructive. His love only ruins. So if he cuts ties before things get too complicated, maybe the other person won't get even more hurt, even more damaged. It's a twisted and fucked up desire to protect not only himself and his heart but also his loved ones**. It has turned into a self-fulfilling prophecy and a never-ending cycle: the more he pushes and pushes and pushes, the more people push back. Because no one likes getting hurt. No one likes having their heart broken. And when these people finally snap, when they've had enough of Blitz's bullshit? He can point and say, see? I told you so! They are better off without me!
Blitz's cruelty doesn't stem from outright malice. It stems from Blitz being deeply broken and damaged.
Before he can start a stable romantic relationship of any kind, he needs to forgive himself for that accident. Otherwise, that deeply rooted self-loathing will continue to get in the way and cause him to repeatedly self-sabotage. And he has to do it himself, Verosika can't do it for him, M&M can't do it for him, Stolas can't do it for him.
The good news is that he is already taking the necessary steps. Making up with Fizz: a step in the right direction. Genuinely apologizing to Stolas and Verosika: a step in the right direction. Letting go of Stolas, realizing that his actions have serious consequences on his loved ones, owning up to his mistakes: all steps in the right direction. I don't know about ya'll but I'm eager to see where this is going and what happens next.
*it was an accident. Wrong place, wrong time, but Blitz sure as hell doesn't believe that.
**I belive this last bit is fully subconscious and Blitz isn't much aware of it. He says it himself: he buries all of it deep in his mind, avoids thinking about it at all costs
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lovelyrotter Ā· 2 months ago
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ill probably delete this in a minute but ive just been fuckin boggled by what ive seen across tumblr in the last few days in particular. its why i havent really been around. like holy fucking shit, its really like some of yall just dont want a chunk of the trans community to exist. like some of yall are thisclose to saying it verbatum. way too many already have. 'shut up sit down be quiet and smile for us' type shit, gee where have i heard that before. oh yeah my entire life cause i was forcefully gendered as someones daughter. shock horror i know. you might be surprised to remember and/or learn that very few trans folks know theyre trans before we're 5, or even 10, and that that gendered experience stays with all of us in both/either small or large ways. either bc we literally dont have a solid identity yet (bc we're very small children), dont have the words, we're repressing it out of fear from how others will treat us, we're actually enjoying or enjoyed being another gender in our childhood, or we just genuinely didnt fuckin know until shit lined up later in life. weird isnt it that transmascs dont pop out as 6'1 brick shithouse cis men when we're born so yall know for certain that we're confused lost girls/women oops i mean big dangerous scary men. its almost like we're transgender too. none of yall actually know what intersectionality is or means
#my t#transandrophobia#yeah ill tag it why tf not#i just dont understand why transmasculinity is scrutinized and dissected like this within the trans community#when its just not the case for other gendered trans folks amongst themselves more often than not these days#which is a good thing! a really really good thing! but why are we scapegoating transmascs#''we need more weird trans people!!'' yall cant even handle like. a pre-everything trans guy coming out for the first time#yall cant handle a pre-everything tguy wearing a tshirt without tearing him to shreds & calling him shit like afag/theyfab & ukelele boy#im tired of my identity being treated as a debate. i had enough of that in highschool as#very literally. **the only trans kid in my grade** surrounded by cis teachers & peers USING ME AND MY BODY AS A TALKING POINT#i was the only one who wasnt deeply closeted that is. and holy fuck do i still not blame anyone for being closeted in that school#why is it only okay to try to separate trans ppl from our gender when we're not fem/me#why is one celebrated and the other treated like radioactive waste **within our own community**#god i need to find an irl community fuckin badly online trans circles are hell on earth#ill be describing smth that happened to me as a clocky tguy and someone else will say TO MY FACE#that what happened to me wasnt bc i was a clocky guy but purely bc i was trans#like i. what. how. how does that make any kind of fucking sense#i wouldnt be clocky if i wasnt trying to look like my gender. like i. hello?#would u say that to any other trans person or am i just that special?
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front-facing-pokemon Ā· 5 months ago
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#why do you need this many legs sir#toedscruel#woah holy shit i just looked outside and it's super dark out. i'm queuing this up at noon why is it so dark#lemme look#yeah it's. dark. there's a bunch of dark evil clouds in the sky lookin like it's gonna storm oh i just heard thunder yeah it's gonna storm#uh oh. good thing i'm queueing this guy up before the storm so my power doesn't go out. this happens frequently#anyway toedscruel. it's definitely an evolution of toedscool. it definitely looks like tentacruel#if it's a different pokĆ©mon why does it evolve into something so suspiciously similar. i can understand wigglet and wugtrio being#different pokĆ©mon. just based on how different they are from diglett and dugtrio. even though their names are a typo away#but this guy is. it. really should've just been a regional formā€š i think#unrelatedā€š but on random occasions seemingly whenever someone new finds the blog and reads my tags#i'll occasionally get folks asking me how i type commas in the tags#the answer is that this character ā†’ ā€š ā† is not a comma. it just looks identical to a comma because of tumblr's font#it's actually a lower quotation mark. so for a language that does ā€šthis kindā€™ of quotation marks#and i use it as a comma because i have a fancy linguist keyboard that can type all kinds of fancy symbols. and it's easily accessible#some of my favorites include the single-character ellipse: ā€¦#the degrees symbol: Āŗ and Ā°#small A: ĀŖ#fractions: 1ā„2 2ā„3 1ā„4 etc#and obviously IPA symbols and various diacriticsā€š so that i can type the word pokĆ©mon without having to copy-and-paste the E#currency symbolsā€š too. Ā£Ā¢$Ā§Ā„ euro is on here somewhere but i don't know where bc i don't use that one really#i just like being able to type things the way they're supposed to be. like it's 80Āŗ outside. the stopwatch costs 15Ā¢ in the shop#andā€š of courseā€š pokĆ©mon. it's the linguistics and computer 'tism combining together i think#it's storming harder now but i found the euro symbol: ā‚¬#oh fuckin hell my lights just flickered. this is gonna be rough..!
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hplonesomeart Ā· 4 days ago
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Hey. Sorry about the inactivity, but pretty sure no one cared that much anyways lol. Been a looooong time since I kept that distant from Tumblrā€¦at least now I know Iā€™m able to survive without checking posts every day/being chronically online! Iā€™ve got an intense love-hate relationship with this lifestyle Iā€™ve dug myself into. Think Iā€™m getting a little bit better with the balance even if school isnā€™t really giving me an option. Got a load of work I need to keep catching up on if I donā€™t want to disappoint my professors. Weā€™ll survive somehow. Here take a quick batch of Puzzle doodles k bye
#the hell am I so anxious about? maybe itā€™s just overstimulation stuff#hoping itā€™ll die down because I canā€™t keep enjoying myself when Iā€™m like this#seriously is starting to mess with my flight responses over the tiniest things#like yea obviously I needed to stay logged out of Tumblr so I would focus more on schoolwork#but uhhhh gonna be transparent and say a huge part of it is the jolts of anxiety :(#like even the thought of logging back here has caused me to feel like sweating#my brain kept saying ā€˜no I donā€™t want to I canā€™t do thatā€™ even when I felt bad for missing out on others posts#like I want to be here so I can support my mutuals dammit!!!#Iā€™m a mess. Iā€™m such a broken mess oh great lovely spectacular#maybe the culminating stress of final exam deadlines is worsening stuff as well#I canā€™t tell you why Iā€™m like this I just am šŸ™ƒ#anyways thinking Iā€™ll start adapting to the distance. Sorry but being a shut-in is more appealing right now#I just need time to be with myself and not be so invested in the lives of others#anyways whatā€™s something mildly positive I can wrap this up with so I donā€™t seem patheticā€¦.#ah yes the final Puzzle sketch here was drawn today before a class period#one of my fellow classmates noticed and audibly asked me ā€˜is that Mr. Puzzles?ā€™#IT TOOK EVERTHING IN MY WILLPOWER TO NOT LET OUT A GIDDY SHRIEK#Felt like my eyes bulged and I jolted in enthusiasm jskjsksp spontaneous happiness?? actally experiencing the feeling of fitting in??#anyways I responded with a very normal ā€˜WAIT YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM???ā€™ while trying to suppress grinning or going ā€˜teeheeā€™#anyways now itā€™s my personal mission to keep initiating conversations with her because AUUUUUGH SHE KNOWS WHO HE IS Iā€™M LOSING IT#proceeded to talk about Murder Drones & TADC like holy SHIT I didnā€™t think I would ever find animation peeps in my psychology class auuu šŸ˜­šŸ’œ#itā€™s a MIRACLE man this may be a sign that college wonā€™t be isolating anymore yaaaaayyy#PUZZLE IS SINGLE HANDILY HELPING ME TALK TO PEOPLE BOTH ONLINE AND IRL THIS IS WILD#all hail the best comfort character seriously holy shitā€”like imagine she never noticed me drawing Puzzles!! Iā€™D STILL BE LONELY AS HELL#okay sorry Iā€™ll stop typing like a teenager and go back to pretending to be well-versed in speech & conducting myself ā€˜normallyā€™ :3#doodles#sketches#not tagging with Puzzles because hahaaaaa donā€™t look at me
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lethologicaee Ā· 7 months ago
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reveal of the assignment that took over the last month of my life. for a star wars film class of all things..... well. sorry for the shitty notes app scans it is what it is
sketches and stuff under the cut šŸ˜ø
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writing-hat Ā· 10 months ago
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4 AM midnight thoughts on polyninja's ways of kissing and holding each other!! in honor of valentine's day tomorrow (aka the biggest fucking note that was on my app jfc)
ways the ninjas kiss each other:
Kai
jay kisses Kai on the lips! a big smooch! mwah! electrifying
cole kisses the top of his head often, just to mess with his hair
zane kisses his cheeks, sometimes both, or his hand to see him become an absolute mess
Cole
jay kisses him on the cheek with an evil laugh
zane kisses him on the lips, with passion!
kai kisses him on the lips, the cheeks, the neck, the-
Jay
cole kisses him everywhere because he can and it tickles him!!
kai kisses the top of his head! then ruffles his hair
zane kisses his cheek, and and then lips, and then lips again and he ends with the nose!
Zane
cole kissing lips with passion too! and cheek, while holding him (idk why it seems important to add this here but well)
kai kisses the back of his hands in an attempt at flirting, and his cheeks, before going for the lips
jay kisses him on the cheek! lil shy and bold at the same time! then lips mwah!
idk why but zane = lip kisses for me. sue me.
ways they pick up each other:
Jay
zane picks up jay on his arm like like he's sitting on it but zane's very strong so he's like sitting on his arm like a gremlin/bird does this make sense idk
cole piggybackride / koala // or bridal style (looking at that one moment in island season (i think))
kai picks him up like he weights nothing/like a gremlin, but also let's him climb on his shoulders
Zane
jay picks up zane bridal style AHA! showing them muscles!
kai picks up zane by his hips, and then twirl!
cole holds him, before picking him up with a single hand to get him a bit flustered
Kai
jay picks kai up koala style! again, jay just loves to show his muscles to his partner
cole just holds him like he'd hold a precious egg, with kai's head on his shoulder, enjoying being pampered by him
zane would like. twirl him around as they both wear the most magnificent dresses ever. and then he'd hold him up by the back thighs/hips depending on the comfiest pose
Cole
KAI CARRIES HIM ON HIS BACK ZQGHJGZHJZHJRHZJ
jay loves to surprise hug him! and catches him like that! and then kicks the back of his knees to get cole leaning backwards
zane picks cole bridal style. do you see the picture
bonus of vampire cole's way of biting the others (because of course):
he bites kai's wrist. he bites jay's collarbone. he munches on zane's shoulders while kinda falling asleep because the metal feels good to his teeth or something, like baby tooth? idk
jhzgoizrhjkh melting away iam fine I AM FINE LET ME BE
happy pre-valentine
ALSO WE ALL HAVE OUR HEADCANONS AND ALL! SO YOU CAN COMPLETELY DISAGREE, in the reblogs as well!! I'd love to see people's thoughts uOu)
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highly-flammable Ā· 2 months ago
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Streets are saying TROP S3 will cover the fall of NĆŗmenor, so we are getting evil sorcerer/priest of Morgothā€™s temple Sauron next season in his cultish camp glory?! I just know he will SERVE in a red robe while gaslighting people into making blood sacrifices šŸ˜‚
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iwritenarrativesandstuff Ā· 4 months ago
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I do kind of want to briefly ramble about Akechiā€™s rank 4 scene though because it kind of pleasantly surprised me?
So Akechi takes Joker to the jazz bar, which is his place to get away from it all, kind of his safe spot. His best options are when you give responses that show excitement and enthusiasm about the place, which isā€¦ aw.
Then the conversation segues into Akechi asking if Joker has a place like that, where he feels at ease, and all of the responses obviously reference Leblanc. First of all, thatā€™s really sweet to have a kind of confirmation of that - Joker and Sojiro had a rocky start to their dynamic, but now heā€™s feeling like itā€™s a safe spot for him, and with Morgana there too, and the Thieves having come to visit a few times, maybe even more of a home than the one he left (though perhaps thatā€™s pushing it?).
Secondly though, alarm bells were going through my head, because nowhere in all of this business does it seem a good idea to tell the detective investigating me where I live and am now operating my heists from. (Even though he probably could find that out easilyā€¦ but still.)
So I picked the vaguest option, to be on the safe side, but little did I know that it doesnā€™t matter.
Because Joker tells Akechi about Leblanc anyways. Completely without player input. And at first I was a bit taken aback, but then it made a lot of sense.
For one thing, it confirms that Akechi is being genuine about this being his place to feel at ease. Not that I doubted that, but Akechi often says one thing and means multiple; heā€™s quite good at controlling the flow and direction of a conversation to get the info he wants. But thatā€™s not the vibe I got here at all. Heā€™s justā€¦ sharing it. Wants Joker to enjoy it the way he does. Itā€™s actually a fair amount of openness, especially in that heā€™s never shared that place with anyone else before. And so Joker returns that openness with an honest answer and his own place of comfort - prioritizing returning Akechiā€™s honesty with his own instead of potential repercussions. Wild. I love it. And it tracks from their previous interactions.
Akechi downplays his skills by using his non-dominant hand, which Joker notices. Joker returns that (whether intentionally or inadvertently, I canā€™t actually say) when he puts his glasses on Akechi - the fake glasses that he wears, ostensibly, so as not to draw attention to himself. Thereā€™s a sense of honesty for honesty here, openness for openness, particularly from Joker. Itā€™s just interesting.
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hopelittledreamer Ā· 21 days ago
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LOOSING MY DAMN MINDšŸ˜ƒ WHY DID SJM WRITE ACOTAR SO SHITTILY????? WERE THERE NO EDITORS OR ANY PERSON WITH A DAMN BRAIN TO RETHINK THE SHIT SHE HAS WRITTEN???? MY CHILDHOOD IS RUINED.
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essektheylyss Ā· 1 year ago
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I found the spell Circle of Death while looking at Arcanums for kicks and I need to ask: does ANYONE use this in regular play and if so, are your PCs on trial for war crimes?
Circle of Death
6th-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 action Range: 150 feet Components: V, S, M (the powder of a crushed black pearl worth at least 500 gp) Duration: Instantaneous A sphere of negative energy ripples out in a 60-foot-radius sphere from a point within range. Each creature in that area must make a Constitution saving throw. A target takes 8d6 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
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valkyurii Ā· 28 days ago
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itā€™s funny how things have gone full circle with malenia. she was so hated when the game first came out, but then people grew to like her. then the dlc came out and now people hate her again lmao
#i mean itā€™s hardly surprising given what we now know#she did all that awful shit and wasnā€™t even charmed#like i see people talk about how stupid miquella is because of this plan to essentially trap radahn#but that also makes malenia look stupid af too#ā€˜go to caelid and kill radahn so i can marry himā€™ ans she was like sure#miquella wanted the one guy in the lands between who loves war and fighting to be his consort for his age of peace and compassionā€¦#what a genius he is.#makes me wonder why he even needs some heavy weight to keep order for him when he can just charm people into submission#was radahn just there as a ceremonial position?#oh wait i forgot miquella thinks heā€™s super kind so thatā€™s why he wants him#miq learnt about the gravity magic horse thing and swooned#honestly still canā€™t get over how incredibly stupid the twins look after the dlc#i think people like to imagine malenia was charmed just because it makes it all look slightly better on her part#like they are just making excuses for her#but holy shit the fact she was all but willing to fucking die so miquella could bag radahn..#what a thing to die for lmao#and he was apparently present after the battle? but didnā€™t do anything to help either radahn nor malenia?#instead he was helping a random redmane?#he obviously knew malenia had bloomed but ultimately didnā€™t care i guess#kind of like ā€˜oh well if sheā€™s still alive when I get back iā€™ll deal with it thenā€™#honestly wish miquella had just died in that cocoon at this point#tbh he doesnā€™t really do much in the dlc anyway they could have made it more about messmer and marika#hell bring melina into it please that would have been more interesting at this point#we didnā€™t need the dubcon incest plot micheal you could have left that one in the drafts#i gotta get this out of my head itā€™s driving me nuts#seriously need to move on from this game for my own sanity
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bugsbenefit Ā· 10 months ago
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all i'll say about Noah's video is that i think it's weird people are calling it a "bad apology", because it's not even an apology video. the only thing he says is that his opinions have been misconstrued and that he doesn't want people to die, which, yeah, he already said before. there's no sorry, from the video alone you wouldn't even know if he's aware of what he did that made people turn on him so fast in the first place
i know the norm nowadays is to call any response to an issue/a situation an "apology" but sometimes it's just a statement, which is what this is. if he was genuinely "apologizing" he'd have to address the actual things he did, like keep misinformation up, even after it's been disproven and worst of all the "zionism is sexy" thing. what he's doing is just cautious backpeddling by saying everyone got him wrong. just a pretty obvious pr nothing-statement sadly
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head---ache Ā· 9 days ago
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i wasnt prepared for arcane to get THIS fucking crazy
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semiotomatics Ā· 3 months ago
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WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS
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