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Truth be told, that scene I'm trying to get to is usually the scene I write first now when I start a story. (Or very close to first.) That way, I get that scene out of my head and don't have to worry about it again until the story begins to take more shape.
Then, if I honestly don't have a full plot (or story structure) in mind for the scene, I'll work backward from that scene to see if one can be put together that makes sense. And, when I do that, I usually find that the scene I'm trying to get to either gets better than I first imagined due to rewriting and making sure it fits the plot and structure I've come up with . . . or the scene gets cut and one even better takes its place.
When I was first having trouble writing my fic Now or Neverland, I couldn't get inspired to write past the opening scene of that fic for a long time (a few months). It was hard at first to make myself do it, but instead of just staying stuck and not getting anything done, I jumped ahead and wrote two scenes I had more passion for and that I wanted to get to more than writing the stuff before it. (Which was feeling like a slog at the time.)
After jumping ahead and writing those two scenes, writing that fic became much easier for me to do, as I became less and less afraid to write out of order. And scenes I had skipped ahead to write first became even better as I rewrote them when the plot and structure started taking more shape (and it all became better than I first imagined it).
So yeah. I say, don't be afraid to write out of order. At least for me, I feel it makes my writing better when I do so. And I don't have to wait around to find a plot and structure that gets me to the scene that might have inspired the work. Nor do I end up trying to rush through the boring exposition scenes either. Instead, the scene will inspire the plot and structure, and the scene will usually end up being even better than I first imagined it when I'm done with the story. (And those more boring scenes, oddly, don't become so boring to write anymore either, when I can just do it later after the more fun stuff.)
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#and don't be afraid to cut that scene either#because usually an even better one will end up replacing it#and that inspiration scene -- if it stays in -- might not even end up being your favorite scene in the end as well#I just wrote a scene that I didn't even plan for#for my next fic#that I ended up *loving* when I finished it#and for#Now or Neverland#that happened a lot as well#and if I remember correctly it was the phone call scene between#Daniel and Armand#that first inspired that fic#and that scene didn't even end up being my favorite scene when I finished that fic#also#it isn't so much the plot as it is the structure of it that I always end up having to figure out when I writing#because I usually have a plan before I start#which inevitably all goes to shit when I actually start writing#hell I just restructured the plot of my next fic *two days ago*#after writing a detailed outline and writing one scene already for it#so yeah#it's not usually a plot problem but structuring the story of the plot for me#writing#creative writing#fiction#fanfiction
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#good omens#go s2 spoilers#good omens s2#good omens season 2#good omens memes#aziraphale#crowley#aziracrow#aziraphale x crowley#ineffable husbands#lmao ive seen a lot of these going around idk if this has been done yet anyway heres my take#it is literally the reverse that happened#i joked about it before the season released that what if after every crowley gies to super mega hell whatever 😭😭😭😭😭#did not age well
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favourite moments of bg3 -> (5/?)
#baldurs gate 3#bg3edit#bg3#gale dekarios#gale of waterdeep#gamediting#dailygaming#gamingedit#the way he goes “yet you chose me” makes me insaneeee#ngl at that point i was like fuck i can NOT choose between gale or sh so whoevers romance scene pops up first ill go with it#and then one night later i got the copy of this dork with an exclamation mark#i wouldnt mind if sh's scene came up first i love her a lot as well and making her into a wlw relationship with my third tav yayy#favebg3edits#myedit#also yeah the gifset is ass unfortunately during this talk he frowned A LOT so it looks like he doesnt speak at all sdfghjk AND#because i play the game with the lowest settings the texture quality is toilet bruv#also something about the shapen tool makes his cheek weird? idk it only happens with colours red brown orange so idk
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Pikmin comic
#pikmin#captain olimar#louie pikmin#olimar pikmin#ms paint#beebfreeb art tag#I've really been enjoying the tags I've gotten so far#A lot of ''this is real. this happened'' and so on!#Well you see. That's because I'm always right<3
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For the twins in time AU, I genuinely wonder what kind of people the young twins grow up into because of Stan’s/Ford’s influence. Especially if it takes years for the portal to get fixed.
(Sorry if it seems like I already sent this question, I don’t know if it got sent the first time I asked)
I haven’t fully fleshed out how Ford grows up in the past but I do have thoughts on Stan presently
#he’s still his goofy brash self as well#but I do think he gets an outlet for all that through monster hunting and trips and stuff#he does get comfortable here though…#I’m thinking we have something play out that’s similar to the science fair#where they get close to being able to send him home and he breaks something or maybe even purposely sabotages it…#and I think he sneaks out a lot too#maybe he uses the secret identities in that way like when he’s in town he’ll pretend to be Pinley pinington#and that’s how he develops his scammy/improv skills#FORD ON THE OTHER HAND#I think he might actually be MORE emotionally stunted because Stan tries so hard to protect him#that it goes the other way#they kind of become reliant on each other in a really unhealthy way or maybe Stan sort of steers ford away from his smart stuff#to prevent the future from happening#not maliciously but yk#like I said I haven’t fleshed his story out as fully yet so I will get back to you#but there are some interesting possibilities#my art#ask#gravity falls#twins in time au#Stan pines#Stanley pines
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Amity is a Dimensional Dump
So! Amity Park is a hub of weirdness of all sorts, mostly undead, but there are also a bunch of Multiversal oddities connected to the small town.
There are the minor anomalies. 5th Street has a bad habit of slipping into the Backrooms, Old Lady Jenkin's House sometimes has snow in summer, and of course the Night Sky had a 20% chance of swapping views to another Galaxy. Danny likes that one a lot.
But the biggest Anomaly is how many Multiversal Travellers get lost there.
They are always finding somebody wandering the streets with no idea where they are, and have to help them find their reality of origin. Other times they decide to stay for various reasons, ranging from a bad home life to being the only survivors of a Dead Universe. Half of the population if Amity was made up of the descendants of Lost Travelers, so their DNA was really a mixed bag.
Danny was flying over town when he spotted a Blur on the ground below.
He flew down to intercept, and found a boy in red and yellow panicking over his situation.
"Hey! Can I help you?" He called out.
The boy looked up, and gasped "Are you a Hero? I need help getting back to the Justice League!"
Danny chuckled, "Which one?"
The boy looked confused, "The Adult One? I guess?"
"Not what I meant, sorry. I mean, which Dimension are you from?" He clarified.
"Dimensions? What is going on!?" He shouted.
"Okay, let's calm down and restart. My name is Danny, who are you?" He introduced himself.
The boy took a deep breath, calming himself, before saying, "Okay, my name is Kid Flash, but you can just call me Wally."
#Dpxdc#Dp x dc#Dcxdp#Dc x dp#Danny Phantom#Dc#Dcu#Amity Park is like the Multiverses Runoff Channel#Lost Dimension Travelers and the like are always showing up there#It got worse after the Portal opened but it still happened a lot#Half of the people who got stuck there just decided to stay and start a family#Amity Park is filled with the Descendants of other Dimensional Travelers#Danny finds Wally West after his Death#Whether this is Comics Wally or Young Justice Wally is up to you#There are a lot of other Lost Heroes there as well#An Amnesiac Batman was Danny's Great Great Grandfather when he was thrown back in time#Constantine is sometimes thrown there when a spell goes wrong#Brain and Mallah decided to live there after leaving the MAWS dimension#The GIW was reformed to be the “Greetings Interdimensional Wanderers” Committee to help manage them#Dr Fate shows up sometimes to drink with the Observants#Spider-Man is a regular visitor#Suprisingly#This is a DC Prompt so...#They'll just ignore that for now
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Burning Rotten Bridges
[First] Prev <–-> Next
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#mianmian#nie mingjue#jin guangyao#JGY is nothing but outwardly calm and carrying on his duties as the chair for the meeting#but in that small pause after Nie Mingjue commemorates Mianmian for leaving...you can feel the tension.#Because Nie Mingjue comes from a place of privilege. He's always been in a position where his legitimacy and political standing-#-were never challenged. He didn't have to fight for respect. He was born into this world respected.#For people like Mianmian and JGY who clawed their way up from the bottom...this is a huge deal.#Truth be told I have a lot of things to say about what it means and feels to be in a position where leaving is messy.#There are times where the situation is bad but to leave means that those years of your life will have been for nothing.#That all the other suffering incurred will be fruitless. So you just *keep going*. Because it *has* to be worth it.#Because going back to what you were before is even more terrifying than the hell you are boiling in.#My concrete example for this is post-grad academia.#Because that cohort will have spent over a decade pursuing a goal and leaving means...well...it means throwing away those years.#It means losing (likely nearly all) your connections. It means going into debt you'll never pay off.#It means putting up with some pretty heinous abuse from your supervisor because what are you suppose to do? Leave?#Leaving is for those with the privilege to have options.#And even if you do have options...#Ultimately we would rather love the pain we know than risk the unknown. Hoping it's worth it one day.#With that mindset established; never say JGY should have just left like Mianmian. He couldn't. This was what he dedicated his life to.#He never had the option. Even if it seemed like he did - no he did not. He never conceived this ending ever happening for himself.
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Day 22 - Candy
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#myherotober2024#himiko wants to eat ochako bc she's the sweetest girl part 2 electric boogaloo#if I got a nickel every time I drew Himiko eating tiny Ochako#i'd have two nickels#which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice#anyway me try to say consistent with artstyle/aesthetic challenge FAILED#again#eh well I'd be boring to always draw in the same way#bnha#mha#my hero academia#boku no hero academia#togachako#himiko toga#ochako uraraka#fanart
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Since book 7 part 5 (the part where we meet Meleanor/Maleanor 👀) is coming to EN this month, i would love to see your take on lilia’s proposal to meleanor! i mean they were like little kids right? it couldn’t have been that serious…i think the only reason she even brought it up again is because she could tell lilia still genuinely loved her…(even if he didn’t realize it himself?) but, oh well! Let’s think about silly childhood shenanigans to numb the pain! ^_^ (orz)
oh shit?! get ready for a doozy guys, it's comiiiiiing ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
I chickened out of posting the whole thing (look, I get VERY carried away when it comes to these wacky kids and their Tragedy), but I do believe that it probably ended with Lilia getting embarrassed and just shoving the first thing he sees into his mouth to try and cover for it.
(we're just lucky it wasn't a frog this time)
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland episode 7 part 5 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 part 5 spoilers#please excuse the Dissertation that's about to happen (i have too much headcanon about them)#they've been ambiguous about most of the fae aging/developmental stages (plus lilia and mel's species age differently)#so this is entirely me assuming based on context#but i think that lilia being ~99 was probably about the equivalent of 9-10ish?#(i don't think his age maps perfectly onto 'human age times 10') (if only because i absolutely do not believe general lilia is 29)#(but in this case it feels right to me)#and i think of meleanor as being just slightly older (like ~11-12ish)#so like...kids but not LITTLE-little kids#so i think lilia was serious in a 'i have a huge crush on you and i haven't thought beyond that' kind of way#and meanwhile mel was more cognizant of how their dynamic was basically#lilia: i would die for you#meleanor: that's dumb#(lilia 600 years later: man she was right. that was dumb.)#but yeah I think she might've assumed (or hoped) he would grow out of it#except whoops oh no it just got worse#and then raverne made things MORE complicated and you know honestly maybe getting murdered was kind of a relief#meleanor in heaven: well at least he won't accidentally raise my kid to have the exact same -- are you kidding me#(i have too many thoughts to express properly i'm sorry) (i just. love these morons a lot okay.)
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me every day of my life.
#frank iero#my chemical romance#mcr#mcredit#lotms#life on the murder scene#making of i'm not okay (i promise)#gifs*#*#i figured out why premiere pro was exporting my videos weirdly???#so now my gifs don't look really weird if there's a lot of movement#so ignore all my gifs before this one AHHHH#well the lotms ones anyways#because for some reason it only happened to those
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Valentine's Day!!
The boys finally get a happy moment after going through the canon events
This was a commission for @i-am-as-normal-as-you-are so thank them for the cuteness!
The bonus is completely my fault though:
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#dbda#dead boy detectives#payneland#palasaki#reverse verse#after the hell confession charles wants to experience his teenage romance#unfortunately he was kind of rejected#but it doesn't matter because edwin will always give him as much of himself as he can#as he always has#they're a bit fucked up huh?#not as much as Niko though#losing crystal has been hard on everyone but...#well niko is very lonely now#at least she's finally getting along with charles!#now that he's not perpetually angry/stressed/jealous#also yes charles dressed up for the date#that tiny kiss took a lot of courage so everyone congratulate edwin#he has a long way to go but he's progressing!#charles didn't really expect anything romantic to happen#which makes the fact that he didn't just ask to spend the day with edwin even more silly#but he's being considerate in his own way#doesn't want his mate to be uncomfortable
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secrets to keep. to take. to never return
(foolish elf)
#plume art#plume dnd au#ooooooof#i liked this but i'm not sure if it's good anymore#that happens a lot when i work on it for a long time#oh well#please be nice haha
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the choice between Edward & Jacob is not a question of which relationship is healthier or which partner is best suitable for Bella. neither is correct. neither is best. neither produces a happy ending for Bella. at the end of the day this is still a vampire novel. any choice Bella could make would yield, at best, a bittersweet happily ever after.
if she chooses Edward, she gets the terrifying Breaking Dawn ending: a girl who rejected her call to grow up has hung her love & her eternity on an emotionally stunted partner who hates himself marginally less than he loves her. she's a teen mom with a kid she never wanted who perpetuates the generational trauma passed down from her parents. by keeping this child, the Cullens have set the stage for an uprising/cold war against the Volturi who are likely to take revenge in order to maintain power. Bella is living in a tenuous "dream come true" wrapped in a nightmare & doesn't realize it.
choosing Jacob is the true coming-of-age ending that rips the stitches out of a wound that never fully healed. even if we ignore the fact that she ends up with a man who sexually assaulted her (we must bear in mind Jacob's character is influenced by smeyer's racism, but it did happen), they can't have a secure romantic relationship. based on the high imprinting rate of the pack, Jacob will likely find his imprint in his lifetime & will lose himself to the imprintee. he will no longer be her Jacob. he will inevitably abandon her (whether he wants to or not), & she must reconcile with the reality that she will always be inadequate to Jacob's imprint. & say he never manages to escape the vampires? he will presumably not age for a long time, meaning the relationship Bella always feared with Edward (her being an old grandmother while he stays forever young) remains a possibility. this is the story of a girl who slaps a Band Aid on an open wound & calls herself healed while flinching every time she sees the shadow of the knife that cut her.
if she chooses neither (team therapy), her healing requires her to lose or be at least partially disconnected from everyone she cares about. Bella must spend the rest of her life shut out from one world while never fully existing in her human world ever again. she must always keep secrets. she can never go back home. even in the unlikely event that she manages to escape the Volturi, the threat of being hunted by vampires will never leave her. in addition, she must face her worst fears (aging, losing Edward) while always keeping in mind the immortal life that could have been hers, if only.
even the "healthiest" option produces scars that will never quite heal.
Twilight is a horror. Twilight is a vampire novel. Twilight is gothic. Twilight is fiction. neither Edward nor Jacob is a "bad" choice because neither will give Bella her happily ever after. the choice between Edward & Jacob is simply a matter of which horror story you prefer to read.
#twilight#twilight renaissance#bella swan#the twilight saga#edward cullen#twilight saga#twilight meta#not to be a downer but the edward/jacob feud is silly#i understand this feud will continue in perpetuity because controversy & drama will always garner attention in online spaces etc#but the idea that either of these men will provide the happy story some people in this fandom want is an illusion#because no matter what happens The Twilight Saga still operates in the context of the vampire/gothic genre which by design can't produce#a 100% happy ending.#'oh but it's a YA romance so-' yeah so the black walls get wallpapered. they're still black underneath & nothing changes that#'this story is a romance' and 'this story is a horror story' are two ideas that can coexist.#i wish we were able to debate the choice between Edward & Jacob while still bearing in mind neither choice is wrong#i think this fandom would be a lot less toxic & mean to each other for no fuckin reason but oh well
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straight up how have y'all been managing the alectopause for 2 years now. i've been a fan of these books for 3 weeks and not even done NtN but already feeling like i'm gonna knaw my own leg off if i can't warp to the alecto release date
#now OBVIOUSLY i want muir to take all the time needed to make book 4 the best it can be. writing is a lot i know all too well#but man#i see why the fandom has reached such a delightful level of delirium#tlt#gideon the ninth#alectopause#nona the ninth#also ive got 6 hours left in NtN and im SCARED#i miss harrowhark so much. need to see her again in alecto shes everything#but i also adoreeee nona and ik she is abt to Have Things Happen To Her
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#fruits basket#furuba#tohru honda#yuki sohma#my art#rats#hello! it has been a long time!! i am so sorry!!! \;O;;/#a lot of things happened including that i got a job so now i am considered slightly more of an adult (not that this determines adulthood)#and i never ended up watching season 2 and 3...#but now i have to bc there are spoilers everywhere when i try to look anything up about the series!!#i did a full reread of the manga recently and im sobbing bc i understood the later parts a lot more than i did when i was younger..#i feel like i understand more about it every time i reread it as i get older#when i was younger i definitely gravitated towards rereading parts with my favorite characters over and over#i also recently managed to find a tokyopop vol. 22 and 23 so i completed my collection!! \;;-;;/ (i should have done this earlier..)#i am so happy people liked the zine picture! thank you so much for the kind tags!! ;;w;; i see them and they make me so happy!!! \>////</#i hope everyone is doing well!!!
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During the post dark cream arc where Cross was pregnant with Aim, is it possible for Aim to mive and kick while in the soul…? And if so is it painful for Cross+
continuing @clownyclowns' comic's topic <3
#zu art#comic#post dark cream#cross!sans#preg!cross#dream!sans#undertale#undertale au#utmv#''I'm no longer who I used to be'' [pregnancy edition]#my defensive reaction to Cross' ex-crush was to draw more of him being pregnant with Dream's child /jjj#if I had a nickel for every time I drew a multi-page comic about the issue of roles & self-esteem in a same-sex family I'd have two nickels#which isn't a lot but omg it happened twice :'D#well I love me some preg!Cross with nesting syndrome & emotional swings ;w;#(or is this also a midlife crisis? >:/ gotta learn—)#little Aim in Cross' soul be like: dad is mad at papa?? not on my watch— *kicks*#a lil defender <33#I really like how their love languages work cause Dream's is an act if service and he tries to show his love the same way by offering help#but Cross' is physical touches so he reacts sharply to the help but relaxes (breaks :'3) after hugs (Dream does to calm them both down)#men... ;w;☆#be back soon! ;3
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