#solid foundations first

[dinitride-art]

The more I think about, the more I think that Karen has a chance of being Alice Creel. Even just looking at how she’s shot in the show, it’s not hard to argue that she’s more important than a lot of other characters. She’s given an entire character arc in season three. That doesn’t happen to one dimensional characters used to fill a space in the main characters story. And somehow she’s always dressed in some form of pink and blue, which represent forced conformity. The Snow Ball where everyone was dressed in pink and blue, the end of season four (im 100% serious about this I just haven’t gotten to it in my lighting analysis/mike Will and El season four analysis yet), Nancy when she was with Steve: all of these things are connected to that theme and have characters wearing pink and blue. Or purple, but that’s just pink and blue together.

And Karen doesn’t agree with her husband’s opinions. The way she treats Mike in season one shows that she knows something. She might not know what’s going on exactly, but she knows enough to tell him that he can always talk to her. When Ted says, “you see what happens?” Karen knows exactly why Mike leaves the table. She herself leaves the table soon after. Because even though her kids don’t tell her anything, she’s not oblivious. Her thoughts are written on her face and we are meant to see them.

And I know I’m just rambling here and spinning her around in my head but. I just went through the first three episodes of season one (high speed scrubbing because I needed pictures) and Karen’s in all three of them. And the way Karen’s shot in those three episodes is drastically different than Ted. She’s being shot like Mike and Nancy are. When they’re sitting around the table talking, we are seeing Mike, Nancy, and Karen. And Holly (but she’s two. So. Not much to glean from that except that she’s important and very confused why everyone’s so tense).

There is no reason to write a three dimensional character if they’re not important to the plot. Ted isn’t a three dimensional character, and neither is Dustin’s mom, or Lucas’s parents, or anyone else that’s in the same category as Karen is. We are looking at her for a reason.

And I’m not saying that she’s 100% Alice Creel, because really I can’t say anything for certain. But. She is important. And not in the way that she’s a representation of something else, or a placeholder, or a tool for the main characters. She’s her own character. Something is going to directly affect her because her actions are important to the story. And they’re important to the story, because she is. And I would very much like to know why.

[leonardalphachurch]

while i am OF COURSE sympathetic to time and budget restraints (this is why we’ve offered little critique on the pacing (even though it was atrocious)) our biggest critiques of the season were overarching decisions that were made, not their individual executions. writing tucker and sigma like that is not a budget issue. having the reds and blues act like they don’t know each other would not be fixed if there was more time.

[silverskye13]

I do be kinda bonkers nutso over RnS and I lobe poetry so..... RNS POETRY BASED OFF OF THE LAST CHAPTER AND FROM HELSKNIGHTS POV!!! (Plus a helsknight Doodle)

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Through flesh thine dagger breaks.

I mustn't flinch in the face of pain.

For I know my friend may cause death.

You hath protected yourself in panic.

I wonder what you had been put through.

For I know that the harm is not from our world.

The dagger back in your hands.

I send you to prevent rust.

For I know you don't want to, you must.

Pouding radiates through the house.

I rush in to more panic.

For I know you need help.

Wrapped in my shadow of strength.

I let you rest.

For I know that later, you must recall the pain.

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[redeliminator]

sometimes i wake up and thank whoever's up there that I didn't run into an Andre-like boy in my teenage years because I'd sure be dead right now, 17-year-old me would have thrown herself in front of a car for him and would have thanked him for that

[ravenwolfie97]

all pokemon games are good but they are not all equally as good

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[the-eclectic-wonderer]

For fannfic writer asks:

Do you ever read your own writing for fun?

If you could erase any three tropes from existence, what would they be?

Hello! And thank you for the questions :)

Do you ever read your own writing for fun?

YES. Absolutely 100% yes! I write for myself and my own enjoyment first and foremost; I know what I like and how I like it, so it only makes sense that I enjoy reading my works, haha! It's a lot of fun!

If you could erase any three tropes from existence, what would they be?

This is a hard one to answer, because I'm a strong believer in the fact that there's no capital sins in writing -- as long as the writer knows what they're doing, anything and everything can become the foundation for a wonderful, poignant story.

That being said... there are some common tropes (particularly in romances) I'm not too fond of. Love triangles are one of those (they mostly seem childish to me, honestly), and I also don't really enjoy love at first sight (attraction yes, interest yes, but love? at first sight? definitely not my thing!). Contrary to popular taste, I'm not a big fan of enemies-to-lovers, unless there's an extensive 'friends' phase in between. So yeah, if I had to pick: love triangles, love at first sight, enemies-to-lovers. :)

Thanks again for the questions, these were a lot of fun to answer!

[cowboyviolence]

I agree with the general sentiment on this website that you should utilize your local library but what they don't tell you I sometimes your local library sucks ass

[ghostinthegallery]

Can we get uhhhhh number 18, what's your revising/editing process? Either The Silence and The Storm or your process in general, whichever you prefer

It’s about the same for whatever I write! I plan out in my head more or less what I want a chapter to include. Scenes, POVs, any major beats I have to hit. Then I sit down to write. The first draft is pretty off the cuff, I try very hard not to edit myself during that step. Doesn’t matter if I think it sucks. A page full of bad writing is much, much easier than editing a page full of no writing.

Then I let things sit after the first draft is done, generally overnight if not more. Editing means increasing the font size (so things look different on the page to help my brain reset) and going through to check for flow, rewriting shakier sections, and fixing spelling/grammar (if you read my stuff you know the proofreading is the…least loved step). Yes, I read things out loud. It is super helpful for me to see how a sentence or paragraph feels for lack of a better term. I especially check dialogue this way.

For TSATS specifically I will check/update my spreadsheet to make sure I am balancing all the POVs and getting my overall beats in the right places. Luckily that’s the only story I have that is long enough to require that.

Oftentimes I will do one really in-depth pass, but if I rewrote a lot or if it’s a particularly important chapter, I will go over it again. Or sometimes I just get impatient. I live off that beautiful, delicious engagement XD (chapters and one-shot fics are short enough that I can get away with this!)

The final step is to post and then obsessively refresh AO3! What can I say, I love the comments and discussions almost as much as the actual writing! Which is to say I love it a lot <3

[hopeworth]

not even that big of a TXT fan but i always have to admit that they do kpop so good. some groups try to break out of the mould but TXT have taken kpop by the throat and made it their bitch fr. anyways this is just to say that deja vu is a banger.

[theheightofdishonor]

How do I explain that this lives in my heart? That looking at it makes me yearn and hope and grieve? That the phrase "this same spring will never come again" has burned itself into my brain and relights every now and then just for the hell of it?

It's hands down one of my favourite art from the series. Everything about it from the grim colours now that the sun has fallen, to the trash heap they're determinedly climbing, Kageyama leading in his partner's stead with the third years doggedly behind him, all with a hand on the Karasuno banner. The second and first years marching behind them in that order. The fallen bike in the front corner. The crow, for both Karasuno and for Hinata who can't be with them. Because truly, this spring will never come again and this team will never be the team that they are right here in this moment and isn't that so tragic? so wonderful?

[eggs-can-draw]

[maeo-png]

hinata rlly pulled a johzenji

[corpish]

would you & your man invite another person or couple into bed?

Potentially! Candidly, we first became more than friends through a f**rsome, but are currently monogamous

ask me things!

[starry-eyed-slime]

List of logical fallacies committed/flawed arguments used by my recent hate anon who I believe is one person. I didn’t publish some of the asks because of some of the completely off topic misdirects and vile things they said

Straw man

Ad homnem

False equivocation

Bandwagon fallacy

Red herring fallacy

Either/or fallacy

Fallacy of composition

The Texas sharpshooter (cherry picking)

Slippery slope fallacy

Burden of proof

Genetic fallacy

Fallacy of ambiguity

[henrybelly]

ik it's not a popular opinion but i think one of the reasons i still don't care for doveti-ger is bc i actually really liked how their arc ended in OOTS. i felt like there was a lot of maturity in dovewing's realisation that he thought her powers were 'cool' and they both got a thrill out of meeting up secretly, but that he didn't really understand her or share her values of what mattered--

but then the erins were like "lol first love is always true love, no exceptions" and then we regressed from there

[lovecolibri]

After 6 seasons in, how is it that these showrunners still can't make decent LI's for buck and eddie. All three main pairs have good relationship arcs. This episode proved that. If they want to push the het agenda with buck and eddie, do it with finesse. Kameron?? Lucy?? Brother lover?? I'd rather have Felicia if it had to be latinos for eddie.

But hey, Natalia still could be back and the boys get instant 2-3episode LI's.

Honestly, even Mavid had a better relationship arc than whatever they're throwing at buck and eddie.

Got this before the finale and