#the ability to follow through!

[actual-corpse]

I.

Want.

A.

Fucking.

CHEESEBURGER

[another-goblin]

Dr. Ratio: Just tell me if you can't hold on any longer.

So what exactly does this mean? Yes, he worries about Aventurine and can't hide it. But it's not like Ratio to just give empty encouragements.

To me, it looks like an offering of help: "Things went awry; you are in much more danger than we expected; I can help you if you want."

So what was he going to do if Aventurine said yes? Did he have an emergency plan? A way to remove Sunday's curse? To abort the mission and safely extract Aventurine from the Dreamworld and Penacony despite the absolute control of the Family?

[yb-cringe]

man how was i not supposed to walk away from empires s1 and not see the wither rose alliance as the worlds most fucked up if true polycule

[undead-moth]

I'm also just thinking about how people's frustration with The Bear this season in general and not just with SydCarmy is so indicative of how little people understand about story writing.

I got my BA in fiction writing which doesn't make me the world's leading expert or anything but I know enough to know that The Bear is exceptionally well-written and most of the complaints about this season stem from not knowing anything about writing a story.

And on top of this, the same people who don't know anything about writing a story are used to consuming really bad stories because right now, we're in one of the worst eras of television and honestly, writing in general, ever.

Because right now there's no expectation or requirement for a show or book to be well-written before production or publication. There's no requirement for it to actually be good, or for it to even make any sense at the writing level. All that matters is that people will watch it or read it and since people can't tell the difference between good writing and bad writing and largely aren't watching or reading for that reason anyway, who cares?

It's just an endless cycle.

Audiences don't recognize nor want good writing > Producers and publishers don't require nor pursue good writing > Writers that ultimately become successful can't nor need to write well > And the cycle starts over.

And because people are so used to bad writing, and can’t tell the difference between good and bad writing, and don’t want good writing anyway, when a show like The Bear comes around, a show that doesn’t hold their hand and explain everything to them or doesn’t spoon-feed them exactly what they want, a show that isn’t going to sacrifice the narrative through-line just to cut to the romantic chase - people are not only confused but pissed.

And then the most frustrating part of all this is that people then come to the conclusion the writer’s are bad at writing.

It is so bleak to be an aspiring writer right now, I swear.

[cheezyharu]

Spitefully redesigned Pupa in a single day cause I can do that now I guess.

[petit-papillion]

Charles wrote a column after the F2 race in Baku in 2017. He gives some interesting insights into how his racing mind works. However, proceed with caution (and bring tissues!).

Some bits that stood out for me:

Strangely, it was also probably the most difficult moment of the weekend emotionally. After the pole lap, it was quite bad sitting in my car with my helmet on, because I was thinking about my father, and it was tough. It was qualy laps every lap to try to get back as many positions as possible, to try to win the race. When I saw the gap in front after passing Artem, I knew it would be very hard, perhaps impossible. I had to push like crazy, and that's what I did; I took huge risks every lap to catch up as much as possible and try to get two wins. I'm glad [the Austria GP] is coming up soon, because I think racing is helping me a lot to go through these difficult times. Obviously it will never bring my father back, but at least I can try to do my best on track, try to honour him the best way I can. I think I'm working harder than ever to try to make the best results as I can, to thank him, in a way, for everything he has taught me, for the making me the driver I am today.

[toytulini]

me, stupidly and weirdly resistant to listening to audio books vs reading a physical book for no real reason: man i wish there was a way to like, read a book while i crochet like i do with tv shows and movies and podcasts

[gulava]

hm. parallels and what not

[obessivedork]

Man I keep thinking about how well written The Mechanist quest in Fallout 4 is, how it is so in spirit with the original games AND what 3 and New Vegas added to the Fallout Lore in the best most horrific way.

[hesperidia]

tbh i really want Atsushi to be the one that gets transferred into the PM. Not only bc he would be an important asset for Mori and not only for the sskk potential content. But because the latest arc wasn't very focused on him, and i also want the PM cast to have the spotlight for a second.

(Them interacting with Atsushi seems the best way to do that + it'd be interesting to see Atsushi's pov in an organization that does not care about principles and justice, with dynamics so different to the ada).

I'd like to see Atsushi befriending Chuuya, HIM BEFRIENDING HIGUCHI (this would be the funniest thing ever but if it actually happens it would be done very badly because it might turn out as a "jealousy" competition over Akutagawa) But think about it: Higuchi has a little sister she cares for and that's the reason she's in the mafia, Atsushi has Kyouka. They could be the poor underlings that have to be under Aku's command at first and have to put up with his nonsense. There's so much potential for bonding between them i could go on.

It would also be an opportunity to see more of KOUYOU (+ Kouyou thanking Atsushi for taking care of Kyouka pretty please??)

Plus, Mori canonically has some kind of an interest in Atsushi. If we remember chapter 15-16 he gives him advice when they get out of Anne's room (when he didn't have to at all).

Bonus situation i'd like to see: Someone pointed out that both Mori and Atsushi both like chazuke, so imagine Mori recruiting him and treating him to some chazuke like a mirror image of when he was recruited into the ADA by Dazai. But this time in a way that's off. that's uncomfortable and feels so wrong to him.

[twinklefantasia]

on one hand wanting them to bring over features from style savvy

on the other hand wanting fashion dreamer to be able to be its own game....

[j-august]

I'm the well-trained fruit tree, he thought. Full of well-trained feelings and abilities and all of them grafted onto me - all bearing for someone else to pick.

Frank Herbert, Dune

[unopenablebox]

unfortunately i think another part of why i kind of hate reform services is because i don't speak hebrew. and when i have to actually say the prayers out loud in english instead of in hebrew that i have separately read translations of, it suddenly becomes clear that i think submitting to god is, like, kind of cringe

[chr0n1c-ag0ny]

⬥⬦ Sigma fall date outfit ⬦⬥

⬥⬦ Description ⬦⬥

⟢ Short green dress with a soft tan coat, grey wool gloves, and a yellow kitty scarf

⟢ Heeled Mary Jane's with white ruffled socks

⟢ Layered rosary-esque necklace, star shaped pearl chocker, and silver heart locket

⟢ Silver chunky patterned bangles and assorted maximalist rings

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⬥⬦ HC's ⬦⬥

✧ Curtsy's and offers her hand to be kissed when you meet her

✧ Will hold onto the crook of his dates arm with both hands

✧ She expects her to open doors for her and pull out her chair

✧ Giggles at all of her dates jokes, even the bad ones

✧ Their nose scrunches when they laugh

✧ Plays with his hair when nervous and uses it to true and hide his blush

✧ If the date went well, they leave their date one of their rings

✧ Always manages to attract a random cat as your walking back to your car at the end of the night and her date gets to watch as she majestically befriends and seems to be one in the same with the feline. she jokes about taking them home and raising it together.

✧ Will barter for food off her dates plate or a sip of their drink

✧ Will find a way to stay out all night so he can see the stars with his date

✧ Holds his dates hand whenever possible

✧ Likes to have his waist held onto

✧ Layers a cologne oil with a perfume mist and smells down right edible (also uses those pheromone things, so like, her date always wants to bite her)

✧ Their incredibly flirty in a soft and faux naive way, forcing their date to make the first move

✧ Melts into that first kiss like butter on a warm skillet

✧ She loves to go dancing, so long as the music is slow and her date holds her close

✧ Wants to be spoiled

✧ Will shamelessly destroy his date in any sort of game, whether it be poker, chess, darts, pool, etc. He will win and enjoy every second of it.

✧ Will use being cold as an excuse to cuddle up to her date

✧ He's wearing lingerie under the dress:

[godsfavoritescientist]

So there's this webserial called 'worm' about a world where superpowers started suddenly showing up in the 70's, and I'm trying so hard to think of a way to merge it with the stans-and-fidds 70s-and-80s plot events. The thing is, powers are caused by going through a traumatic event, and the powers are tied to both that event and to the person's various issues in ways that sometimes seems cruelly ironic. So you see my dilemma here, with there being so many options for events that could've given these guys powers

[sculptambitio]

/ What gets me about D.iavolo's ending is just;; how decisive it is- stories where the end is a silent capital dot drive me insane, like there's a melancholy to it that I can't put into words, it feels like a real scary dot you know? scary because it is so definitive- there's no sentence forward, no pages forward, it's also why (and this will sound insane) humpty dumpty's story makes me feel some kind of poetical and melancholic way, the way it ends as

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again.

theres no 'coulds' nor 'might' , there is no hope at the end, he just can't get put together again. and that's it, IT DRIVES ME INSANE!!! it's the way humpty or d.iavolo cant fix this themselves, and no one can fix it for them either, its once again, a final dot, there's no future to it