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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.
#Karen wheeler#I am making actual posts to explain myself here#but I’m also still in the gathering dots phase#I can’t connected them until I’ve got enough to make an actual picture#and right now the picture is still a bit fuzzy#so I need to do some thinking out loud#or I guess into the void#for a little bit#I can’t just say oh she’s alice creel without saying that she has importance either way#solid foundations first#and analysis#and then wild ass theories#there is in fact a method to my madness#it’s just hard to get past the analysis step sometimes#because I get lost in the symbolism and meaning sauce
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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.
#like. i DO think there were issues with the script itself#a lot of people saying this feels like a first draft. yeah.#but that IS explained by time constraints#if you don’t have time to edit you don’t have time to edit.#but unlike 15– where the foundation is solid but the execution completely fails#i think the very foundation here is flawed#i disagree with core decisions that were made with the plot#rvb19 spoilers
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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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#redstone and skulk#submission#artemfluid#putting my commentary in the notes because i want your work to stand alone#firstly [excited noises] YOU WROTE A POEM#AH. AH. POETRY. POETRY IN MY INBOX.#I love the staggering structure#every stanza has a different count of syllables#it feels like someone off-balance someone trying to offer comfort when they have no idea what they're doing#especially near the end#the first two stanzas are so solid#they feel like he at least knows a little of what hes doing#'i mustnt flinch in the face of pain' so the stanza has a foundation#and then the second panic and offering protection and the syllables progress#also the doodle <3#thank you for the submission!
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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
#don't get me wrong I love him and this love is immeasurable#I just know that if I were in a scenario like this at 17-18 years old I'd happily let him drag me to the bottom#I absolutely wouldn't be immune to whatever insane thing he'd come up with#there's a solid chance I'd have been dead by 18 if I had met someone like him#also if I had died I'd never have had the chance to see mcr live and almost choke on my tears upon the first notes of foundations of decay#and that's a solid argument to keep on living#zero day#zero day 2003#andre kriegman#ver mumbles
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all pokemon games are good but they are not all equally as good
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#pokemon#as a person who has played pretty much every main pkmn game in some capacity#i can find things in them that are worth praise#but like obviously they can't all be the same level of good. there are so many factors to a pkmn game to be balanced#some have a great region. some have a great story. some have just a solid gameplay experience. all of them have great music lol#i could even play devil's advocate and praise bdsp for being a truly faithful remake and pretty incredible for a studio first Real game#but mainly i keep thinking like. everyone has shat on the new pkmn games ever since gen 5 especially#but then over time people are like Huh they aren't so bad after all#like once you get out of the gamehate wormhole generated by inflammatory social media posting you can appreciate a thing more#and there may still be people out there who think red/blue are the best ones. and y'know they have a point#even though objectively those games were littered with bugs to the point where some normal mechanics were not correct#and things just got more complicated and sophisticated with abilities and new types and better moves and stuff#the original games are absolute Miracles to have been made at all and for what they're worth they were Revolutionary#it was a simpler time but the ideas put forth were still pretty complex. especially considering this was the First One#this is the foundation all pokemon games thereafter rose from. and it's a pretty solid foundation despite all the hardships#anyway. i love pokemon. and i love that even after all this time - over 25 years - its spirit from back in 96 still remains in some form#it may not be about catching em all anymore. because physically that's really hard to do with over 1000 guys now#but it's still about finding joy in following a dream of adventure with a bunch of cool animal friends#and sometimes you save the world a little bit. that's p cool
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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!
#you know that post that's like#'re-reading my own works because the author has my exact same understanding of the characters & themes and loves my exact same tropes'?#yeah that's me lmao#i definitely recommend re-reading one's works to anyone who writes! it's a *lot* of fun (and also a good way to improve!)#i'd never actually erase any of those tropes because we'd lose some incredible stories like Romeo & Juliet and the mere thought pains me#but they are very popular (esp. in fandom) and not often well-done imho#so maybe i just dislike them out of excessive exposure idk#but yeah if i had to pick it wold be those#i think they all share the same fundamental problem for me. which is that i think true deep love comes from friendship and affection first#might be because i'm on the ace spectrum#but i strongly believe there's a solid foundation of friendship behind every great love story#so tropes that try to bypass that foundation of mutual understanding and trust aren't really my thing#no shade to those who enjoy them ofc this is just my personal taste#writing
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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
#weirdest collection ive ever seen#they dont have some pretty popular books but they do have... the sequels to those books?#like the first in the series isnt checked out its just straight up not in the catalog#and they also just dont have a lot of what i consider classic works of literature?#i get theyre not as popular but what kind of library doenst have those#its a huge building but the actual place for books is really small and pushed to the side to make room for random displays#i feel like they just buy whats popular at that moment and dump everything else which i guess makes sense#but it means they dont have a very solid foundation of books#idk it just sucks when you go to the library with a list of books and you get to check out 0 of those books#its just not worth it to go if theres nothing there for me :(
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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
#Answering asks#writing#behold the process#My first drafts are generally pretty solid foundations luckily#They take time but that time is saved in editing#I have my editing tricks tho
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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.
#it was okay on the first listen but the second and third one just gets better and better. it’s sooo kpop and it’s so GOOD.#they just have such solid foundations in every category needed to be a kpop group and they do it so well#solid ass group fr.#TXT#tomorrow x together#ace.txt#music rec
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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?
#karasuno#haikyuu!!#haikyu#if yall are wondering it's because between tohru + the last episode title of fruit basket's first season i couldn't stop thinking about hq#like like like#its kageyama leading the way because ofc it is#because hinata's been in front of him urging him to step forward this entire time#and it's his turn to pick up when his partner can't#don't look away from me-not for a single second he says and is that not just their positions reversed?#kageyama even admits to as much#that sometimes no matter how hard he tries he cannot look away from hinata shoyo but now there is no hinata shoyo to demand that the world#look at them and never look away and so kageyama does it for him#and then the third years as the solid foundation to help kageyama along-daichi and suga and asahi- without who this team would never have#reached the heights they did#unshakable and fearless and brave#the second years who have found their place right on their heels and then the rest of our new first years years bringing up the end#anyways i have so many feelings about this as you can possibly tell#such as tanaka standing tall at the rear
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#eggs can art#naegamigiri#byakuya togami#makoto naegi#kyoko kirigiri#shuichi saihara#nagito komaeda#hajime hinata#every time I draw nagito his hair gets longer#he’s combating with Hajime for who can grow his hair faster#tumblr glitched so bad when making this so if the alt descriptions on the pics look like they’re misplaced it’s because I had no idea#what I was putting it on#just know that naegamigiri we’re on hyper survival mode when the future foundation scooped the#m up#the first week was a solid: only togami is even willing to talk to anyone who isn’t a survivor and the only thing he’s willing to say are#threats#I have so many feelings about naegamigiri immediately postgame#big sad but in a hopeful way#it’s funny because pregame they’re big happy but in a kinda sad way#I’ll go into it one day I promise
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hinata rlly pulled a johzenji
#like#johzenji only practiced by doing 2v2 and 3v3 right?#he goes to brazil where he does pretty much exclusively 2v2 for two years#after 3 (ish) years of solid constant 6v6 matches#and comes back to 6v6 (how he learned volleyball in the first place)#so he’s not only athletic as shit after having to play in sand for 2 years#he’s used to the reflexes and reaction speed of having to do nearly everything himself#he didn’t have the problem johzenji did because they didn’t have a solid foundation as a team#but hinata did#it’s genius#txt#haikyuu
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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!
#we've discussed the possibility of opening up the relationship in some form in the future#but for now we're focused on trying to lay a pretty solid foundation first between us before jumping into that#so TBD#anon
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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
#that was fun but I’m bored now#i really hope anon learns an actual moral theory#prima facie duties and the categorical imperative are pretty solid moral foundations#I’d recommend those first though utilitarianism has some good points too#and of course we can’t forget about Aristotle and virtue ethics#although Aristotle also pushed for merit based justice systems#I blocked them anyway so whatever
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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
#i don't want to shit on anyone who finds dovetiger cute though :) i know they're usually written better than most canon couples#it's just my feelings i still harbour from the fourth arc#dovewing#tigerheart#not gonna tag the ship because i don't want to bother anyone looking up the tags#i dunno i just feel like realising you can find someone attractive without having a solid foundation for a relationship#was a level of nuance we very rarely get from warriors#so i felt like we kinda backslided into PSYCH it IS a solid relationship foundation#ok i guess. glad theyre happy. but cmon now#especially because dovewing was imagining a future where he joined thunderclan 😐 and tigerheart was like whoa are you crazy?#so dovewing had to give up her family and clan for him#and tigerheart makes 0 sacrifices for the relationship#Disappointed But Not Surprised#then tigerheart spent the rest of last hope fuming and threatening ivypool because dovewing put thunderclan first#i dunno. kinda feel like this guy just sucks and maybe if he's not gonna prioritize your relationship it's not fair of him to expect you to
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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
#my sweet nonnie friends#911#911 spoilers#evan buckley#eddie diaz#it's frustrating because we KNOW they can do good romantic relationships!#bathena madney and henren are all GREAT relationships that I LOVE and want to see MORE of#and buddie have the same solid foundation as ALL of them soooo WTF are we doing here wasting screentime on these random characters?#they already can't manage the cast they have and have ALWAYS struggled to integrate the non-first responders into the show#in a satisfying way so like now we have that x2? again?! didn't we just do this in s4 & 5?#make it stop!#abc fire kr challenge
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