#love problem advice

[chalkrub]

saw some mangy dog on the outskirts of town

[nondelphic]

every writer has that one piece of media that crawls into their brain, rearranges the furniture, and leaves its fingerprints on everything they create. for me, it’s "white noise." the way it takes the mundane and makes it absurd and meaningful at the same time? yeah, i’m still haunted. years later, i’m here writing about random nonsense with an existential crisis tucked neatly into the subtext. genius.

[includedisco]

Protect your joy as a fanfic writer

Any job gives you a job description and it's only right that you follow through because you're getting paid to do so, right?

But when your boss starts calling you to work at midnight, dictates when and where you can take a bathroom break or lunch break, when you can take your vacation days... it gets ridiculous and you lose your sense of freedom, right?

In the same way as a fanfic writer, you owe your audience some decent grammar, punctuation, vocabulary and a good story if you expect them to sit down and read your story, right?

But when your audience starts to dictate that you change your writing pace, style, fandoms you should write for, and most especially the type of stories you should write... it gets ridiculous and you lose your sense of freedom, right?

NEVER abandon your peace, fun, comfort and joy for anything or anyone. For as long as you're putting in the effort and love, someone will appreciate it.

Don't go the extra mile in the name of "casting a wider net" to capture a wider audience. You're better off with a few, loving, loyal readers than a wide range of fools who will complain anyway and are always ready to ditch you even if you work hard for them

[luna-loveboop]

Currently obsessed with the idea that the boys go to Time for love advice, since "he's married so he knows this stuff right?"

I mean they couldn't recognize a wedding ring??? And neither did he???

And time was saying this in his youth I mean cmon

Twilight: So ancestor. What would you do if like. Malon left to another world and never came back

Time: ... bro Malon called me fairy boy and then we were married like what

Hyrule: So uhh old man. How does one. Meet a girl.

Time: By speaking to her I guess? Or not, Malon did the talking for me

Hyrule: riiiiight...

Wild *no tact*: Hey so like... what if your redheaded wife who's name started with M died.

Time: what?!?!

Wild, undeterred: but like before she proposed.

Time: ...

Wild: and you don't remember if you would have said yes. What's your advice for dealing with that?

Time: ... vent to a fairy?

Warriors: hey old man

Time: no no no not this one asking me please

Warriors: how do I get women to stop coming after me. So I can ya know. Choose without war trying to force me into relationships

Time: I can safely say I've never had that problem captain

Wars: of course not *smirks*

Wars: ok but seriously how do I make them go away

Time: ... wear a wedding ring so they think you're taken, I've got a shiny extra

Time: no no why- they won't stop, I don't know how to do love!

Time: ok well at least I have legend. That kid would never ask for advice, I'll sit by him.

Legend: so old man.

Time, looking forward to a normal conversation: yeah?

Legend: hypothetically, what would you do if you found out Malon didn't exist.

Legend: And her whole world didn't, but it did, and now it doesn't

Time: ...Excuse me for a minute.

Time, writing a letter as fast as he can: MALON HOW DO I GIVE LOVE ADVICE THEY THINK IM WISE

Malon: lol

Happy Valentine's Day guys, have a headcanon :P

The boys go to Time for love advice and Time spouts whatever wise-sounding bs he can, before shoving them all on Malon for therapy when they visit the ranch

Art and comic by Jojo @linkeduniverse! :D

[aardvaark]

i don’t think we talk enough about how sophie copied her life philosophy from a kenny rogers song lmao. how many times do the leverage team pick her up on trying to pass off song lyrics as advice? or plots of films and books as Definitely Real Anecdotes. like they’re all at the bar telling some scary stories that happened to them and suddenly someone interrupts her like "ohhh fuck you that’s The Cask of Amontillado" and everyone groans. hardison sees parker’s notes from being mentored by sophie and about half of it is (admittedly applicable) paraphrased song lyrics.

[lemony-ink]

I wonder if systems know that engaging in syscourse or in discourse in general can be a form of self harm

Subjecting yourself to ableists, racists, ect. knowing that you won't change their mind can really fuck you up

Stay safe x

[ajmonarch]

Reminder...

Loving them doesn't mean you have to tolerate the choices that hurt or dismiss you...

We all need this reminder now and then.

[ae-cha08]

[nikki0606]

ME: sees an interesting post on Tumblr highlighting something I generally experience ME: gets motivated and clicks reblog, then begins to add my views upon it ME: gets bored midway and saves as draft for later ME: deletes draft four days later

[nondelphic]

no offense because i love this band but cigarette after sex’s discography is proof that if you write the same theme enough times, people will call it iconic instead of repetitive. meanwhile, my manuscript gets side-eyed because i reused the word “glistened” twice in one chapter.

[includedisco]

Whether you're a slow or a (too) fast fanfiction writer...

Going forward, let go of the ill feelings you have about the pace at which you write. Remember that your beautiful works are a product of your pace.

As fanfic writers, we're too hard on ourselves. If you really think about it, we're our own biggest critics. No one is really complaining about your pace but yourself. I understand the excitement to share a work right away and not being able to write it fast enough; or writing too fast and regretting not having taken more time to flesh the story out.

Truth is you can't change your writing process. You'll feel better when you accept it and just do your best. Beating yourself about it only makes the pain worse.

Note for slow writers: If you have readers complaining about your pace, they're not real fans of your work. Just as fans wait patiently for years for their beloved music artist to release an album, your fans can wait for your updates.

Note for (too) fast writers: It's YOUR story, so you can go back and make adjustments even if it's already posted. Alternatively you can rewrite a longer, more detailed version of the exact same story. I have done that. It's not shameful or weird. I even explained to my readers that a different version was available for them to go read. Both versions got love.

[s-aint-elmo]

no thoughts head empty the oppressive stagnancy of legacy in ever after high dragging me round the block yet again

it's such a shame that we get so little explanation about the actual mechanics of destiny, which is the entire premise of the show, bc it's so juicy. like what power does destiny hold when you rip away milton's lies and centuries of assumptions and traditions. esp bc despite raven signing herself as the evil queen in the real storybook of legends, when the snow white fairytale actually happens in dragon games she's playing one of the seven dwarves and her mother has reprised her role. like how much of that was because of the characters' actions and how much was destiny pulling on old, familiar threads. keeps me up at night.

a lot of this is probably just like, plot holes and writer hot potato but i like making it that deep, that's half of the fun. my personal interpretation is that fate is a wild thing that desires repetition and they developed the system of fairytale legacy bloodlines to keep those repetitions predictable and contained, instead of wreaking havoc whenever and wherever they please. 

which lends itself to some really juicy exploration of how legacy is a duty as much as it is a privilege, and how to be a princess or a witch or a hero or a dragon is to be the same thing in the end: the lamb destiny slaughters on the altar to sate the ever-ravenous narrative. to keep the flock safe. keep the unknown that prowls beyond the beaten path at bay. because if a there is always a mother who will be cruel, or a maiden who will fall into a sleep like death, or a child who will become a bird, isn’t it better to know who, and how, and when? isn’t better if it’s you, who has known your whole life that you must be eaten, be poisoned, be stripped of your humanity, rather than anybody else, who wasn’t raised to see it as an honour instead of a great and terrible injustice?

[see1ngst4rs]

June 6th, 1861

Hello my darling. Did you hear about the skirmish? With the confederates? My troops might’ve attacked a small confederate force, and don’t worry, we won, but I imagine you want to know what I've been up to. Being the love of my life and all. Apparently, this is one of the first major events of this war. I wonder how many more there are to come, my love. I know we say this alot, but I desperately hope this war is over soon. The cornbread you snuck with your letter was delightful. I'm rationing it of course, but dear lord, Florence, you make good cornbread. I know I probably should remember this but the lack of food has made my brain a bit foggy, when is Heather’s birthday? God that child is funny.

I want to run my fingers through your hair, Florence. I want to be your left-hand man. I love you.

I think it’s great that the postal system lets me send letters without stamps right now. It’s more cost-effective.

You want a house with a staircase? Well, of course darling. And the ceilings painted like the Sistine chapel? With large opening windows? Of course! What color do you want the windows? Pink? Vermillion? Chartreuse? I’ll paint them any color you can imagine. I’ll play the piano while you bake, and Heather runs around. Yes, just like you want. Oh, how that sounds wonderful. It will be my own personal heaven. Well, any place with you is my own personal heaven, but that's besides the point, my love.

Oh, I've got to go- Love you, darling! I’ll see you soon, and of course, keep me in your prayers.

Love you,

Henry.

hey you! reblog this, pretty please! you're ever so kind!:)

[long-distance-love]

I can pretty much promise you that the day you move together and stop long distancing will be just as memorable an anniversary as any other in your relationship.

[sweetfreedom2107]

Our love will break, inevitably it'll break. It will shatter, it will cry for help, it will bleed out on the dance floor where we first met. But oftentimes we forget how resilient it is. It will prevail. Don't be afraid to hate me a bit, my love. You'll grow to love me again. Don't be too afraid to lose this. We can get through it. Let's ride this storm out together. Don't be afraid of a short separation when we have forever.

[aster-draws]

YOU.

I cant even begin to formulate a sentence to convey how much i adore better halves. I even started writing my very first fic beacuse of it.

On that note: i have no clue what I'm doing. Any tips for writing? I'm thinking specifically when it comes to dialogue, but any and all advice is appreciated!

consider me pinned to the floor like that one cat with the onions (sorry it took so long for me to reply- work school adult responsibilities ect)

Wow I'm so happy to hear you started writing! Genuinely it brings me so much joy and to know I'm inspiring others is like. you know. tear jerking or whatever.

I don't really have many tips apart from like, the fact that it's the same as any other skill, right- you're gonna suck at it a little at first. I wrote so much crap by volume it's insane. If you don't believe me there is evidence way back on my a03 page (and there's a lot more that isn't. hundreds of thousands of words in my google docs). Sometimes I still feel like I'm just writing trash. so you just keep on trucking and then it gets more and more decent. until eventually it's like. good. ish.

As for specific advice with dialogue- I talk through my stuff all the time. i read it out loud to myself and also anyone who will listen. I feel like better halves specifically takes a lot of cues from like early 2000's rom coms, specifically in dialect, most of MY favorites of which are adapted from shakespeare, and so I wouldn't exactly call the way they speak natural, if that makes sense? People don't talk like that. But I think it's fun and genre. But even with that, there's a lot of more of it that is? I just hear them in my head.

So yeah moral of the story is to just write all the time and read it out loud if you're not sure. It's gonna be a lot faster to figure out what's wrong than to figure out the way to fix it. The best advice I have for how to develop an ear about it is to read. A lot. The more you read and the more variety you read the better your ear/eye will get for it. unfortunately this means reading a broader variety of stuff. i read a lot of fanfiction, but also literary fiction, classics, non fiction. don't get stuck by genre and push to read more difficult things because it really can change the way you think and approach your own work

yeah xo you're gonna create amazing things I believe in you.