#savvy writes
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
one of my favourite aspects of supernatural that you very rarely see in paranormal shows is that sam and dean are already versed in the world they live in. thereās no sudden discovery of ghosts and demons and now they have to learn about them along with the audience; they are born into it and already know all about it. it allows the audience to follow their personal story instead of also trying to figure out this new world and its rules
the first season is full of knowledge we never see them learn; āw*ndigoes are in the minnesota woods or- or northern michigan. iāve never even heard of one this far west.ā [ā¦] āgreat. well then this [his gun] is useless.ā (1x02), āyou donāt break a curse. you get the hell out of its way.ā (1x08), d: āitās a god. a pagan god, anyway.ā [ā¦] āthe annual cycle of its killings? and the fact that the victims are always a man and a woman. like some kind of fertility right.ā [ā¦] s: āthe last meal. given to sacrificial victims. d: āyeah, iām thinking a ritual sacrifice to appease some pagan god.ā (1x11)
almost every episode in the first season is a monster theyāve faced before that they then explain to the audience in a way that should feel patronising; like itās the same speech given over and over again but instead, the audience almost feels included in the knowledge. itās stated with such an innate confidence and comfort in said knowledge that it feels like we already knew it too; āspirits and demons don't have to unlock doors. if they want inside, they just go through the walls.ā [ā¦] āthe claws, the speed that it moves; could be a skinwalker, maybe a black dog.ā (1x02), āit's biblical numerology. you know noah's ark, it rained for forty days. the number means death.ā (1x04), āno no no, not the reaper, a reaper. there's reaper lore in pretty much every culture on earth, it goes by 100 different names.ā [ā¦] āyou said it yourself that the clock stopped, right? reapers stop time. and you can only see 'em when they're coming at you which is why i could see it and you couldn't.ā (1x12)
they already know and, at least in the first season, already have what they need to kill whatever theyāre hunting; already know to salt and burn bones for spirits, fire for a w*ndigo, exorcisms for demons, a silver bullet to the heart for shapeshifters. thereās only three times in the entire first season that they run into something new to them; 1x14 when sam gets his first vision that leads him to another psychic, 1x16 when dean calls caleb for help on the sigil he put together and he tells him about daevas, and 1x20 when they find out vampires are real- and they only donāt know that bc john thought they were hunted to extinction and not worth mentioning
(thereās also technically two half instances if you count one of them knowing something the other doesnāt - sam figuring out the tulpa in 1x17 and dean already knowing about the shtriga in 1x18 - but those still rely on sam and dean having prior knowledge)
even when theyāre uncertain about facing something, itās not bc they donāt know what it is; itās precisely bc they know what it is and acknowledge that itāll be a difficult hunt (āi don't know, man. this isn't our normal gig. i mean, demons, they don't want anything, just death and destruction for its own sake. this is big. and i wish dad was here.ā 1x04)
so much of the tension in paranormal shows typically comes from the main character(s) not knowing what is happening to them/the people around them and having to find out how to resolve it. supernatural is unique in that it operates more like a police procedural. the tension comes from solving the clues and identifying patterns to figure out who (what) the killer is and intercepting before they can take another victim
itās such a different tone to go for when compared to other shows that came both before, during, and after its run. it sets sam and dean on even footing with each other since they both have the same knowledge going in, and it puts them in a place of authority usually reserved for an outside character
the shows i compare spn to most is charmed, buffy and teen wolf; every main character in those shows are brought into the paranormal world knowing nothing, putting them on the same level as the audience, and they have their mc interact with others already knowledgeable about that world in order to overcome their problem/monster of the week. the audience organically learns about this new world as the characters learn about it. itās a sound writing strategy that prevents āas we already knowā-style exposition but something that complicates it is if your world building isnāt unique or intriguing enough, this slow introduction can become boring
weāve seen shows like these before; sitting through the same tropes of characters learning to use their powers, struggling with no longer feeling normal/relating to the regular world around them, and not knowing how much they can trust the people already involved in this new world gets repetitive. all three shows eventually reach the same level of comfort with their new world that spn starts with but if the characters arenāt enough to draw you in, you can end up dropping it before they reach that point (and often, before the overarching plot can really kick in and evolve the show beyond the villain of the week format)
itās the superhero origin movie in tv format; dragged out and overplayed. dropping the audience into an established world of course comes with its own problems but you also have the benefit of pre-existing established character dynamics that let the audience slot in like theyāve always been there instead of just getting to know all the characters while the characters also get to know each other
sam and dean already knowing about the supernatural lets the audience immediately get to the core of the story; the conflict between sam and dean, the search for their father, and the mystery of what killed their mother
#i could go on forever theres literally so many examples#dean figuring the ātwo dark doublesā is a shapeshifter sam figuring out the changing ghost is a tulpa#also peak how many of these examples come from dean despite them pushing so hard for sam to be the one knowing hunting theory#this format is why i cant stand watching the first season of charmed despite loving it so much#i just cant be bothered watching them have the same struggle ive seen a hundred times play out again#different genre but sons of anarchy does this well too; all the characters are already in the club life and already have inner conflict#spn having such a natural introduction makes me so glad they didnt go with the original plan of sam not knowing about hunting#that wouldve been Painful#watching spn so young has really shaped my view of media bc i legit cant stand things with a learning curve#give me an established world damnit#lord of the rings never stops to explain what a dwarf is! you just go with it! and it rules!#dean is just as theoretical and lore savvy as sam and id go as far to say he actually knows more#instead of trying to do this bullshit brains v brawn divide they shouldve done new tech vs analogue#sams laptop is famous and he also knows how to hack thing where the second dean doesnt know something he defaults to books#have dean be the one where if its written down he can find it almost like a proto bobby#they even kind of support that by him being the one to find the phoenix in s6 when they go through all their books#but this was 2005 and characters could only be so conplex and theyd already decided dean needed to be the hot one and sams the nerd one#side note how many of these metas am i going to write on this rewatch? tbd#side side note included all the quotes and episode numbers makes me feel so academic#coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt#carry on my wayward son#talk meta to me#meta#supernatural meta#spn#supernatural#dean winchester#sam winchester
114 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
oh boy !! ! ! ! !!! ! thANK y0u all for the kind words on my last art posts. you all get it and i was/still am so happy about it
as promised, here's some close-ups of the comic for image quality's sake, and other screenshots i rescued from the community whiteboard (and something else)
first up another sketch of mystery gender-ambiguous being. (please send me more name ideas for them if you got one- i like to hear em! (reminder it's the side character that appeared for <10 seconds in AvM Ep. 30))
a few fav scenes
emotional support cwab
they weren't meant for this purpose exactly, but i do have countless "fluffy sticks" loose in my notes and homework sheets from the school years.
papery critter.
even when i wasn't confident in fur or feathers, they helped me practice posing and create some satisfying gradients/flowing poses. (im a sucker for good tail poses) (oh yay! i found a good pic...)
and finally, little sneak peak for you for reading so far ;3
i realized that whiteboardfox is pretty great for my working needs. simple and to the point and all. feels nice with the mouse and the tablet.
so i started hashing out a big project idea just to see if it holds up and
[
several hours later ...
]
oh
oh man
it's a little bigger than i expected
<next>
#--/ art#alan becker#animator vs animation#animation vs minecraft#Minecraft bed#ava the dark lord#ava the chosen one#me when the project that obviously wasn't going to be done in one night isn't done in one night: D: !?!?!?!?#kudos to whoever routed the Speedrun actual short because that one is so fun and clean and savvy#clever made up time-savers? includes orange's TNT shield-jump?? nonlethal dragon dispatch??? sweet#ithink you can see where i tried to head with this#turns out that turning up the complexity 98 notches higher makes things trickier to parse hmmmmmm?#in fact i might need some help with this one ;>v>' like a lot.#i had a bit of a story and route set up already i just... wanted to make sure everything was at least kinda there...................#we'll see#the pie joke. i was trying to categorize which foodstuffs chosen should be able to make on the fly. with their flame hands.#ex. cooking meats makes sense because flint and steel works for the same purpose (you can kill a burning animal to get cooked meats)#but baking bread or drying kelp seems way more involved or whatever -> needs a proper furnace environment#HOWEVER... i noticed that Steve can just summon pumpkin pies from his bare hands if he wants to without even a workbench. so. sure! lol.#this is scraping the surface of the minutiae i want to consider#(ALSO KUDOS to everyone who RUNS/works on all-advancements. of course. riding on your shoulders here)#final joke is that chosen didn't know how crazy this undertaking would be to learn#but dark is very literally programmable. so you could maybe just plug some TAS instructions into him and off he goes#or even more open-ended than that just give him the list of advancements + stipulations + the wiki and similar result#it'd get done but. i dont think he'd find that fun at all. prefers to write his own instructions if you see what i mean#i might be forgetting some context. it is rather late you see. please ask me questions about this! ;P#tco aa
73 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
ngl if they end the season with the battle of the gullet after wasting harry collet's time and talent by completely cutting out jacaerys' storyline and having him do nothing the entire season i'm gonna lose my mind i think
#the writers hate him lowkey like#they completely cut his plot with cregan and the north#and have relegated him to the background ever since#like it'd be a complete waste to kill him off at the end of the season after refusing to do anything with him as a character#we get to watch criston and gwayne do shit that isnt entertaining and doesnt do anything for them as characters#meanwhile main characters baela and jace get 2min of screentime per episode no character arc no storyline#they led the council in rhaenyra's absence and we were TOLD we didn't even get to see it#everything abt team black that isnt abt rhaenyra or daemon has to happen off screen#but we need another alicent/criston sex scene. criston and gwayne marching through the forest. gwayne talking. aemond in the brothel again#i am clawing at the walls give jace and baela SOMETHING give them a valyrian wedding i beg. jace is politically savvy have him do SOMETHING#jacaerys velaryon#hotd#house of the dragon#harry collett#the writing choices have been truly baffling like. go off i guess#this show is like a really expensive fanfic that hates the source material. kinda like got
38 notes
Ā·
View notes
Note
Where did mechi get his mechlink?
In my idea for his background, Mechi applied for a mechlink on his homeworld (one of the more developed urbworlds) and, after what probably felt like an achingly long period of review, was approved for it!
Probably the only person more excited about it than Mechi was his baby sister Yamka.
Also, the description of mechlinks on the RimWorld wiki made me grimace at how uncomfortable it sounded. I bet Yamka had a ball teasing Mechi about it, and I'm sure he had one hell of a headache for a few days after it was first installed.
#asks#rimworld#gracie plays#A Mechanitor's Message#art#my art#traditional art#rimworld art#unpolished art#Yamka is so proud of her big brother#but also likes teasing him#I'm told little sisters enjoy that#I wouldn't know#I'm the eldest sister and therefore perfect so#But yeah#Mechi has a government-issued mechlink lol#though I guess it's not impossible that he tweaked it to his own liking before or after installing it#he's very tech-savvy like that after all#you guys have gotta stop sending asks that make me wanna write whole comic books!!#I'll never get around to doing the main story at this point lmao#jk jk these asks are so fun and I LOVE them!#send more pls :3#thanks for the asks!!#have a splendid day! xoxoxo
33 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
Rohan Masterlist:
rohan x reader
coming soon
rohan x savannah
coming soon
#bella writes š¤#bellaās tig masterlist Ā°āā.ą³ąæ*:ļ½„#savannah grayson#rohan#rohan tgg#savannah tgg#the inheritance games#tig#the grandest game#games untold#the brothers hawthorne#the final gambit#the hawthorne legacy#savvy + british
22 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
haha twirls hair ... would anyone be interested if i opened writing commissions? i'd set different prices for locals (malaysians lol) and non-locals bc even i get tired of getting shit for pricier than i should just bc inflation is a thing
i'll think of more details if people show interest but for now i can say i'll write original stuff and fanfiction. no smut or omegaverse. canon x readers and canon x canon both welcome
edit: completely forgor. actually showing my works
#i'll put this in the main tags of anything i like ig#reverse 1999#style savvy#hades#hades game#stardew valley#sonic the hedgehog#sonic#arcade spirits#arcade spirits the new challengers#papa's games#papa louie#needy streamer overload#a date with death#spiritfarer#monster prom#monster camp#our life#ai the somnium files#ai the somniun files nirvana initiative#saint spell#saint spell's love guide to the magical student's spellbook#writing#writblr#writers on tumblr
18 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
Happy Early Thanksgiving! Let's celebrate by watching Dave lose his mind for over a thousand words! It's the spirit of the season!
And, of course, we can't have an update without some new cover art, so here's what I made under the cut!
That sky sure is blue! And that grass sure is green! And Dave's... there. Hooray! This was a fun one to draw, and a simple one, which is great for me! It's very succinct, too; right to the point. Anyway, have fun reading! I'll see you next Monday!
#thsc#the henry stickmin collection#writing#fanfiction#my art#dave panpa#the backrooms#I really do wish my drawings weren't so bright#technically I could try using more muted colors#but like#I'm already using muted colors for most of these cover arts#I wanna be colorful#but I also don't want to set people's eyes on fire#the struggles of a not tech savvy creator
13 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
Ugh gag. I'm sorry but Bryce is not worthy of being Queen of the Fae. Everytime a character comments/thinks something like "Bryce looked so regal, she looked like a Queen, she wound make a good Queen" ect. I cringe. It's so forced. It's definitely a case of telling, not showing.
If anyone at all was to be Queen/King of the Fae it should be Ruhn, who's kind and compassionate and actually cares about the Fae in a way Bryce never has
#I'm sorry but I'm supposed to believe that bryce#who literally only moments before this... at the adult age of 25... only just had the realisation that 'hey maybe not all fae are bad?'#'maybe things aren't black and white'#'maybe i can't judge an entire people based on a few'#deserves to be queen of the fae#I'm supposed to believe that someone who has unobjectively hated the fae#with no critical thought#and no seperation of good fae (ruhn dec flynn) female fae (who are subjugated) from the bad fae (her father morven some male fae noble's)#should be queen of all fae#you've got to be joking me#if you want to make out that a character has the intelligence the maturity the sensitivity the authority the understanding#the political savvy#to be queen/leader#you have to actually write a character with those qualities#(and that is not bryce)#you have to show us not just tell us#hofas#house of flame and shadow#hofas spoilers#crescent city#lisa reads hofas#still really missing my hoeab bryce
34 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
I don't think I'll keep this scene because I feel like I may be too much of a disservice to rhaenyra's character? but it is a really fucking funny dynamic lol
#reader: *trying so hard to act stupid*#daemon: i know what u are#i do not think rhaenyra is a savvy political player but i cant decide how bad she is because the show makes her successful anyway? lol#daemon is comically bad too though i just think he can sense when theres another machiavellian targaryen nearby#like a sixth sense#writing this scene also made me realise jacaerys is probably somewhat disturbed by this reader lol#anyway. how is grrm writing this kinda shit all the time#egg.txt
15 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
Writing wizard smut on your work laptop is all well and good until you must return said laptop and all of its sins to your employer
#this laptop is haunted by Sebastian Sallow's cock#i am not tech savvy and dont know how to confidently wipe a laptop#nor do i know how 'the cloud' works#had to replace the keyboard about 6 months ago from typing filth too vigorously#personal#i got a new job š#probably going to write wizard smut on their devices too
21 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
gerard way ur simultaneous love and resentment of popular commercial culture and ur place/complicitly in it is so INTERESTING can i PLEASE eat ur pussy
#barry.txt#crazy what kind of shit that mct gets away w that wld flop embarassingly if someone else did it#just bc gerard makes it work thru sheer force of will#complete and utter earnestness combined w savvy business and marketing accumen#and a weird resentment of that savvy marketing and what it does to the art but it also IS the art sometimes#like i DO think gerard having passionless art like doing inbetween for sheep in the big city#and figuring out what to do with an overstock of spider man action figures with as little money as possible#is genuinely important to how mcr survivied and thrived in the batshit insane 00s music industry culture#a skillset that came with having soulless art based jobs and dealing w major companies like DC and CN and their fucking execs#gerard write a wan little husk of a biography plssss#bc like we KNOW gerard was in the shit w mcr business and marketing wise even in 2014 they seemed to still have final say on a majority#if not all of mcrs moves pr-wise#and before they had that power they kept a close hand on mcrs merch bullets thru to it seems like the beginning of TBP#and never left it fully#idk im tired but im thinking
13 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
Mask Maketh The Man
Another Sav fic so soon?! What is this productivity? Anyway! This is another request from my good pal Bunny! @lovesickrobotic I hope you enjoy Bun! <3 Btw my requests are openhttps://www.tumblr.com/sweetums0kitty/717181379533815808/requests-are-open Shoot me an ask!
Warnings: None just pure fluff
He was beautiful, regal, and powerful, so different in his fearsome regalia than when he's just your mild-mannered Edward. He had finally assembled the complete outfit after months of searching Edward was finally the Riddler. "Wellā¦ How do I look?" came his modulated voice sending a cold shiver down your spine. His already piercing gaze was heightened by the way the clear frames of his glasses were set over the bridge of the mask. He looked like death, he was an angel of vengeanceā¦ Edward was everything. "You're- oh my god, this is really happening!" laughing as you pushed your hair out of your face with a deep sigh. Eddie stepped forward and you instantly stepped back from his hulking form. Arms hanging lamely by his sides he lifted his hand to scratch the back of his neck but stopped when he was reminded of the plastic wrap at the back of his skull. "Do I scare you like this?" he insinuated taking a step back with a forlorn tilt of his masked head. quickly you stepped forward attempting to soothe Eddie. "No, no! I'm notā¦ You don't scare me! I'm just worriedā¦ What if you get caught?" beginning to pace back and forth in front of where the Riddler stood. He snorted and you turned quickly to glour at the masked man before you. "It's a perfectly valid concern!" Sighing the hot breath fogged the lenses of his mask making Eddie look a bit less fearsome. "C'mere" gesturing for you to come into his long protective arms. Obediently you stepped forward and instantly the warm, comforting presence of Edward enveloped you. Resting your head on his chest you could breathe in the familiar scents of coffee and old paper that made Eddie your Eddie. He was so tenderly soft it was hard to imagine the hands that gently stroked your hair, shushing all the niggling doubts that plagued you could be used for such gruesome violence.
Gently he bent forward hooking leatherbound gloves under your knees and bringing you almost effortlessly (He was a bit out of breath, he did always say he wasn't physically gifted. But for you! An effort was made) to the couch before sitting down with you snugly perched in his warm lap. The old futon groaned under the combined weight but held fast. Sitting curled up in his arms you felt truly safe, like nothing in the hellish streets of Gotham could take you from Edward. Still like a child afraid of the monster under the bed, you needed reassurance. Turning to face Eddie you hesitated to touch his face. Emerald eyes held your gaze and you could just see the way his brows were furloughed with the crinkle of the skin around his eyes. "Angel?" one gloved hand reached up to touch your cheek and instantly it clicked. "Can I touch your mask?" the words flopped from your lips in one undignified lump. "Of course, you can.." a bit incredulous that you would even ask to touch him. Even so, your hands gingerly met the vinal of his mask in an exploratory touch. Ghosting fingers over the shapeless face covering you could feel where his gorgeous nose was encased, down further and there were his cherubic cheeks and down once more and you were brushing over his lips. "See I'm still me, just better." whispering as you worked the hooks of the facial covering off so you could properly hold the reddened cheeks of your beloved. Letting the mask flop between the two of you as you bent forward to press a kiss into the plush petals of his lips. Instantly you melded with Edward. Lips dancing together as you cradled each other's cheeks. Finally pulling away to rest your foreheads together. "You're already amazing Eddie." gently kissing his nose. Snuggled under his chin you felt like renewal could be found within your love.
#paul dano#edward nashton#the riddler#danonation#savvy speaks#my writings#riddler#edward nashton x reader#edward nashton x y/n#edward nashton x you#edward nygma x reader#edward nygma#edward nigma#edward nygma x you#paul dano riddler#dano!riddler x reader#dano!riddler#the batman (2022)#the batman imagine#the riddler imagine#the riddler year one#i love him#requests open
102 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
What if I asked for sokka x zuko requests ........ what then .... (I am asking for sokka x zuko requests :3)
#ćsavvi shouts!ć#it's like 10am but I don't leave for classes until 12 and even still have a 1.5hr break between them sooooo I wanna write!!#and have atla brainrot haha#and overall want to improve my character writing so I'll try and maybe do a study of sorts??#zukka#atla
15 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
itās probably a sign that one of the things i do while half asleep in bed is tinker with phrasings for how i want to explain the massive canon divergencies i have planned for rhaen.yra and dae.monā¦
#pay no attention to the man behind the curtain / ooc.#rhaeās first 3 sons are trueborn bc i think itās interesting to explore the kinda doomed nature of her position.#I write her as much more politically savvy but in a way it doesnāt matter bc westeros doesnt know how genetics work#So the boys are white passing and basically get their looks from rhaenys but ppl like otto dont care about that#The boys dont look as ppl think they should so they must be bastards. And how can she contest it? Thereās no paternity tests#And daemon has 3 bastards with a targ cousin oc before he ever even marries laena#I am building a lore that is so impenetrableā#Itās the elryses all over again but itās sometimes you do things just for you lol
6 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
i just spent three hours writing a 2k outline of a fic. am i back.
#WEāRE SO BAAAAAAAAAAAACK#AND THE CROWD GOES WILD#RAAAAAH#<- the crowd going wild .#anyways :)#my mind is unbelievable iām sauuuur clever and savvy and creative#<- me manifesting the confidence iāve lost after not writing in um. two years at least#iām actually so happy rn iām giddy :D iāve MISSED this i feel so GOOD#h.txt#um. anyways. you know me. or you donāt ? if ur new here. hello. i wonāt be posting anything for a while#while*#when i say i wrote an outline for a fic i mean a 12 chapter massive fucking angst rollercoaster#so lemme ruminate ā¦ do more research ā¦ get my thoughts in order ā¦#iāll be back.#IM SO BAAAACM
12 notes
Ā·
View notes
Text
this fuckass self-indulgent style savvy fanfic is becoming longer than i expected
10 notes
Ā·
View notes