#just going to say it now

[maydays-medbay]

All of these are fantastic tools! I use them when I'm in a writing rut lol. Because I am who I am I figured I'll throw in some of my own tips as well because writer's block can suck and this is what helps me get through it - Something that helps me is to seriously remind myself that if I don't like where my writing is going, or if I get a better idea part of the way through what I've got down, that it's okay to restart or put that idea on the backburner. It's okay to write for an idea, even if you're unsure of whether or not you'll like it. I'm the kind of person who gets overwhelmed by ideas and what-ifs when looking at a blank page, all the prose and possibilities and directions I could take an idea of mine hitting me like a towering brick wall, and it really helps me to realize that I can just take one of those ideas and try to write something for it, ignoring the other ideas and whether or not it's the "perfect" one. (I'm going to use an analogy here so forgive me if it's hard to understand) With the brick that we take from that wall (the initial idea), we can try building a new one with that brick as the base. If the brick fits and creates a stable wall that we're happy with, the original wall won't be an obstacle anymore as we build up a new one with the brick that we picked from it. If we aren't happy with the brick we chose, if it's misshapen or plain just not fitting right, we can try a few things. We can reorder the bricks, see if there's somewhere where the idea does fit, or we can take a different brick from the initial (or current) wall and try to create a new wall from that brick. We can keep doing this until we find something that works because the old wall is always there for us to take a brick from. If you run out of bricks, that's okay! Just pick up any you find and save them! You never know which one will be the one you're able to successfully build something off of! TLDR: Take an idea, run with it, and if it doesn't stick you can always try a new one or rework it to fit your vision better as the writer. You won't know if you really like an idea more than another if you don't write it down first and try it out. And, if you run out of ideas, just allow yourself time to think of some new ones (or try to bounce ideas off of someone else) and write them down so you'll have them for later.

unprompted advice segment over, I am sorry, my brain wouldn't shut up this morning lol

Anybody else got that Evergiven sized writers block

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x03 - “Finally Got The Name Right”

[wardensantoineandevka]

is that piece of media actually bad, or is it just not following the blueprint you projected onto it? is that work actually not good, or are you just demanding something from it that is absolutely antithetical to its themes, genre, tone, and narrative goal? is that story actually poorly written, or do you just dislike that it is not the specific things you wanted from it that it never set out to be, never was, and never is going to become? is it actually bad, or is it actually well-executed and you just dislike the story it chose to be because it isn't catering to your specific desires and expectations?

[symphonyofsilence]

Let the poor man rest.

[stil-lindigo]

lead balloon (the tumblr post that saved me)

if this comic resonated with you, it would mean the world to me if you donated to this palestinian family's escape fund.

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no creative notes because this isn't that kind of comic.

I know I don’t owe any of you anything but I still felt compelled to write about my long term absence. And I feel far enough away from the dangerous spot I was in to be able to make this comic. I have a therapist now, and she agreed that making this could be a very cathartic gesture, and the start of properly leaving these thoughts behind me. I am still, at seemingly random times, blindsided by fleeting desires to kill myself. They’re always passing urges, but it’s disarming, and uncomfortable. I worry sometimes that my brain’s spent so long thinking only about suicide that it’s forgotten how to think about anything else. Like, now that I've opened that door for myself, I'll never be able to fully shut it again. But I’m trying my best to encourage my mind in other directions. We'll see how that goes.

I am still donating all proceeds from my store to Palestinian causes. So far, I've donated over $15K, not including donations coming from my own pocket or the fundraising streams which jointly raised around $10K. In the time since I made my initial post about where this money would be going, the focus has shifted from aid organisations to directly donating to escape funds.

If you'd like to do the same, you can look at Operation Olive Branch, which hosts hundreds of Palestinian escape funds or donate to Safebow, which has helped facilitate the safe crossing and securing of important medical procedures for over 150 at-risk palestinians since the beginning of the genocide.

[hinamie]

to moving forward

[gongyussy]

"we know how to move our bodies, but i didn't know how to manage my heart, so you need help for this"

hi we need to talk more about judo gold medallist christa deguchi.

[andstuffsketches]

um, can you play a song with a beat?

[eydilily]

would you bite the hand that feeds you?

[inkskinned]

having good & true friends will literally save and protect you in a million unfathomable ways. like okay we have written so many times about lovers. but the way a platonic friend laughs and cries with you. the way they hold your hand at 14 years old and at 34. the way they keep a little silver tie to you, touching base over and over and over. how you can go years without talking, only to re-meet and discover: oh shit! you're still cool!

there are people who have been in my life for more than half of it, and i have loved every version of them. do you know how fucking beautiful that is. yeah love will save the world. but the way friends love you is gonna save the you.

[egophiliac]

2025 is the year of the DRAGON SLIPPERS

[glow-in-the-dark-death]

Ghosts Tell Me

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Ghosts gather near the place where something bad is going to happen,

Danny with his ghost sense tends to notice before anyone else and tends to react outwardly before the danger even happens, gaining a reputation of seeing the future,

Ghosts also tell Danny things, causing Danny to know more about situations and the people around him, it comes of as suspicious.

~

Danny pulling away a snack from his coworker: "Careful your allergic to these ingredients!"

Coworker: "How the hell...I've never mentioned that to anyone."

~

Danny on a phone call with his friends while doing his nightly walks in Gotham: "Yeah so apparently the second Robin who is now Red Hood has very personal beef with the clown here cuz he got killed by him after being sold out by his bio mom, which really sucks for the poor guy."

Oracle who has been keeping an Eye on Danny cuz he's very suspicious from an outsiders pov: "Hey B, I think we have a problem."

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Danny notices that the ghost in Gotham tends to gather where something bad is going to happen, the more they are the worse the situation will be: *glowing smoke leaves from his mouth* "Yikes! Very bad vibes here, nope!"

Gothamites who at this point recognize him and know the drill and quickly pack up their things to leave:

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Just an Idea

[lylahammar]

the way that this page in particular was adapted just OOZES studio trigger tbh. like I know everyone likes to joke about studio trigger being the horny studio, but the quick jerky animation direction is what truly makes their work recognizable to me. I can practically see Lio Fotia bleeding through the pixels in that 5 frame animation of Falin peeking through her fingers

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

It's just guys night talk! Don't worry about it!

(Read Tiger Tiger and shake this man awake so he can finish that thought!)

[lgbtlunaverse]

"How did Shuro think he could marry Falin when he hated her brother?" you have to understand. Toshiro is from a whole different country. In his head he and Falin would move back to the Eastern Archipelago and they'd see Laios twice a year tops. You can pretend to get along with in-laws you don't like for a few days a year, people do that all the time.

The actual flaw in his plan– which shows he doesn't really understand either of the Touden siblings– is the fact that if the plot hadn't happened and Falin had for some reason said yes to his proposal, Laios would have packed his bags and moved away with them instantly.

[hinamie]

post-graduation trip airport looks