#i will bring them here

[captainfantasticalright]

Sir Terry Pratchett: on writing Good Omens with Neil Gaiman

I love the whole interview but this little snippet most of all:

Terry: “You can usually bet, and I’m sure Neil Gaiman would say the same thing, that, uh, if I go into a bookstore to do a signing and someone presents me with three books, the chances are that one of them is going to be a very battered copy of Good Omens; and it will smell as if it’s been dropped in parsnip soup or something in and it’s gone fluffy and crinkly around the edges and they’ll admit that it’s the fourth copy they’ve bought”.

You can never own enough Good Omens copies.

[daisywords]

One of my biggest nitpicks in fiction concerns the feeding of babies. Mothers dying during/shortly after childbirth or the baby being separated form the mother shortly after birth is pretty common in fiction. It is/was also common enough in real life, which is why I think a lot of writers/readers don't think too hard about this. however. Historically, the only reason the vast majority of babies survived being separated from their mother was because there was at least one other woman around to breastfeed them. Before modern formula, yes, people did use other substitutes, but they were rarely, if ever, nutritionally sufficient.

Newborns can't eat adult food. They can't really survive on animal milk. If your story takes place in a world before/without formula, a baby separated from its mother is going to either be nursed by someone else, or starve.

It doesn't have to be a huge plot point, but idk at least don't explicitly describe the situation as excluding the possibility of a wetnurse. "The father or the great grandmother or the neighbor man or the older sibling took and raised the baby completely alone in a cave for a year." Nope. That baby is dead I'm sorry. "The baby was kidnapped shortly after birth by a wizard and hidden away in a secret tower" um quick question was the wizard lactating? "The mother refused to see or touch her child after birth so the baby was left to the care of the ailing grandfather" the grandfather who made the necessary arrangements with women in the neighborhood, right? right? OR THAT GREAT OFFENDER "A newborn baby was left on the doorstep and they brought it in and took care of it no issues" What Are You Going to Feed That Baby. Hello?

Like. It's not impossible, but arrangements are going to have to be made. There are some logistics.

[bread--quest]

visitor at our museum made a comment today that made me question a lot of things so i'm making a poll about it

the scenario: it is a beautiful day outside and by beautiful i of course mean "cloudy with a chance of rain". sky is gray. smells rainy. possibly already drizzling. you don't really know How rainy it's going to get, but there will definitely be Sky Water happening for a good portion of the day.

also feel free to mention where you're from, if you think it's relevant or just want to give a shout out to your location

[chloesimaginationthings]

Y’all think TikTok exists in the FNAF universe

[princeoxca]

game night

[okartichoke]

hi i drew more characters here :D !!

me and the gang pulling up to the function (we are filled with joy and full of whimsy)

(this is all on the same canvas as this moody ahh godot LMAO

individual transparent pngs for all your (my) reaction image needs:

[linipik]

Another miraculous escape

[forgettable-au]

FORGETTABLE-AU (page 82-85)

THAT LAZYBONES!!

[BEGINNING] [PREVIOUS] [CONTINUE]

[abstractfrog]

Happy 1 year anniversary to Mr Sherlock Holmes! Here's a litttleee celebratory comic from me

[souphamsters]

I've been hopelessly fixated on drawing one (1) sweetheart butchfemme couple ... they're all I think abt ... HELP !!!

(silly lesbian ocs that I love , chae🍓and lucky🍋!!!)

[peace-hunter]

For the haunted au I had an devilish little thought. Has Optimus ever had a really bad time and when the primes try to give him advice he just shouts "you guy's FAILED!" Like for all their wisdom they couldn't beat the quintisons or see Sentinels betrayal coming?

He feels bad but in his spark he wishes HE didn't have to do what THEY couldn't.

absolutely evil thought that was inflicted upon me months ago and that i finally get to inflict upon the rest of y'all OTL

i can see it happening with the caveat that he immediately regrets saying it. but it's too late. it's the kind of thing you say in the heat of the moment and then feel the ground drop under your feet because you never meant to say it out loud. but now it's out there and you can never unsay it.

it's just. a bad situation all around :(

haunted au

[lucabyte]

"So what's the weirdest possible first (second) impression Loop could make on the party in postcanon?" "Yeah, that, probably."

+ Bonus

theyre just standing there in direct party order while this happens. normal tuesday.

[professional-rat-eater]

I genuinely cannot believe anyone still uses Twitter. Guys… just stop looking. Nothing they say about IWTV matters.

- Devil’s Minion is coming (and has already happened perchance???)

- LBF is still employed so we’re getting more young Daniel regardless.

- It’s still the Loustat show. They’re endgame. So are DM. Both are happening. That is an irrefutable fact. Long live the diabolicule.

- The entire cast and people who aren’t chronically online adore Eric. Also he’s seventy years old, incredibly self-assured and also employed so he doesn’t give a fuck about what anyone is saying about him in general, but especially not jobless people on Twitter. He has had seven decades of learning to not give a fuck. It’s fine.

- Lots of Lestat coming in the near future. Doesn’t matter how many people who don’t get the show complain about him.

- Lots more Armand too. People can misunderstand him all they want. It does not matter.

- Lesmand is going to happen. Fight it if you want, but they are messy and they are coming.

- More Louis and Daniel too! Ships aside, they aren’t going to virtually vanish like they did in the books.

- No one in that cast is looking at Twitter if they know what’s good for them. It’s a hellscape and they’ve mentioned that they know that so you shouldn’t look either.

Literally the only actual issue that I can recall rn is how weird AMC are being about Assad, and their iffy marketing and Emmys strategy. There are some real problems. Mostly everything else is unimportant. Don’t let it get to you. They enjoy being miserable over there. If it wasn’t this show, they’d just be complaining about different one.

And delete that stupid fucking app. It’s evil (and owned by someone infinitely eviler.) You will feel better once you do. Speaking from experience. Get out of there.

[artashipatrick]

“We wanted to make it clear that Tashi was in charge,” says Guadagnino. “And that she knew in advance what was underneath [the two men’s friendship], and she pulled it out in order to manipulate and hold them, but also to release them and herself.” It’s a scene that sets the erotic energy that powers the rest of the movie. “The only person that brings out that real fire from both Art and Tashi is Patrick.” Says Zendaya. “And it drives them fucking crazy.” — challengers cast for empire magazine

[cordiallyfuturedwight]

rapline in their solo eras for @raplinenthusiasts ✰

[thebrightestwitchofherage]

More on how Anti-Zionists use the word "hostages"

There are no "Thousands of Palestinian hostages held by Israel". Please stop spamming every post about the 98 Israeli hostages currently held captive by Hamas with bullshit like this.

Cmon, we all know this is just cheap dog-whistling and wring, considering that there are 98 Israeli hostages held in Gaza right now. Anyways, here are some facts: Israeli news outlet Ynet just made an initial report on this matter, I'm transcribing it to English and will provide any additional detail if provided. Israel's supreme court demanded the state to provide information on how many Palestinians are held under custody in different correctional facilities. There are currently 3,464, and 151 were released for various reasons. The update was provided due to a petition by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel

Why are they held captive? The majority of them are Illegal immigrants & felons, and many are terrorists. That's it. That's extremely different from being kidnapped from your bed for being Jewish after seeing your family slaughtered.