#this was a delight from start to finish
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Especially the lies.
#garashir#ds9#deep space nine#garak#elim garak#bashir#julian bashir#artists of tumblr#my stuff#back at it again in the krispy kreme#LISTEN#I liked the orchid from the last piece so much that i wanted to do more art with it and then this happened#am i melodramatic and extra? yes always#also i had the absolute delight of starting and finishing on the same song (florence and the machine for whoever's asking)#and dear god did it influence the vibes lolol
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i love ethan so much. so dog motif he is the dog
#started rewatching s1 right after finishing s3 and it reversed all the psychological damage i got from that season#s1 is so delightful!!!! hes trying so hard to be a mysterious cowboy and its not fucking working !!!!!!#s1 and s2 i genuinely think are amazing pieces of tv#theyre so good#just a shame that s3 sucks balls !!!!#penny dreadful#ethan chandler#vanessa ives#fresh catch#sketchbook
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found Classic Who on Tubi so I’ve just got to say: I love you long hallways that are obviously just painted walls I love you miniatures that look like plastic children’s toys I love you props that look like paper I love you shaky camera shifts I love you Thals I love you ridiculous 60’s space costumes I love you media that was clearly never meant to be seen on an HD big screen I love you Ian Chesterton I love you fade-in teleportation effects I love you Classic Who theme I love you I love you I love you ❤️
#doctor who#classic who#had to start from the Daleks arc#because Tubi does not have the actual first episodes#and I only recently finished them#so I’m not very far yet#but before this I have only seen a scattering of probably <10 classic episodes#so right now I am just the most delighted
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Do you have any writing advice for a new aspiring writer of smutty tiefling fanfiction? I just want to smash my barbies together and share the results with the world!
First things first, I’m very flattered to be asked for writing advice! Thank you so much ❤️ And smut in particular? Hell yeah.
Before we proceed: all of this advice is given with a heavy dose of what I like to write and read, so if you think “but I like stories that do that!” then that is entirely valid. I can only speak from my own perspective.
Disclaimers out of the way, let’s get started!
1. First things first, and perhaps most vital: write what turns you on, without apology. When I started writing Sharp Teeth, I felt kind of embarrassed about how dominant I (and thus my reader insert) felt towards Rolan. So I hedged. After writing that Tav wanted to pull Rolan’s hair, I wrote that she wanted him to do that to her too; when I wrote her wanting to throw Rolan on a counter and fuck him, I appended that she wanted to be possessed by Rolan too. Looking back on it now, it’s a testament to how much more comfortable I’ve become talking about my kinkiness, but it definitely diluted the vibe of what I was truly wanting to portray, and readers could probably tell it was half-hearted. I wanted Tav in CONTROL damn it.
(Note: before this comes off as “don’t write switching”, that is not at all what I mean. It goes for all flavours. If what you want to write is soft sensuality, don’t get embarrassed, feel like it’s too sickly and shove in a “take it, slut” or whatever. If you want to write your pairing switching like mad, do that and don’t water it down! Basically, listen to your own feelings. Embarrassment will try to creep in and hold your fingers from the keyboard at just the moment you find most exquisitely hot, because sharing that is vulnerable. Notice it, and write the thing anyway - delete that diluting sentence about how she only wants to pull his hair gently, if you want her to pull it hard!)
2. Horny daydreams baby. If it gets you off, write it down. What’s the moment in your fantasies that makes you feral? That is MATERIAL. (This is a beneficial loop: daydreams beget writing beget daydreams. Whether you ever think about anything else again is up to you.) It doesn’t have to be a complete story, just the moment that makes you go… nnnhhh. This is kind of just an addendum to the previous one but truly, this is just how my process works. Prompts are harder to write than the contents of my own fantasies, in my experience.
3. In terms of planning/working on an idea: I tend to have a “climax” point in mind for my smut, then work out how this scenario is kicking off in the first place, and then fill in the gaps. (That’s just the planning though, I write fairly linearly).
Somewhere between the flirting/lead up to sex and the sex itself, there will be a point of no-horny-return, and if you try to take the tension down a notch after that point the story will lose its sizzle. Fortunately, this is usually easily fixed by moving bits around!
(This happened to me in Combat Training C2: it was a fic with a lot of sparring and role play, but I returned to “serious” sparring after turning the tension way up and the scene immediately fell flat on its face. But with a little reworking, I managed to both convey the character beat (that Rolan and Tav had learnt from each other and would be more prepared for their next battle) and dial up the sexual tension smoothly.)
4. Beware of writing overly mechanically. I’m saying this because I have totally done it! Yes, you generally want to avoid the “three hands” situation that gets joked about a lot (where you haven’t accounted for a character’s limbs and suddenly it seems like they’ve got an extra one). But sometimes it’s ok to just mention them flopping onto a bed or chair in a room without accounting for the fact that it’s there first, or simply say that a character has undressed if you don’t want to linger on them stripping. You don’t need to write in specific limb movements if they’re not super sexy (but technically happening), and you don’t need to write a character picking something up before they use it. Context can do a lot of work!
(… if they’re out in the forest, THEN you need to explain where that bed came from).
(Although I will say, trying to picture the scene in more accurate detail than you’re writing can create some juicy inspiration. Wondering if Rolan’s horns would allow him to rest comfortably in that position? What if they rip the sheets or scratch the floor or catch his lover’s cheek?)
5. Related to “write what you want”: Do not feel like you have to write sex correctly. Smut is gloriously untethered from the bounds of real life, and if you love a bit of cervix pounding, stomach-bulging filth, have at it and don’t apologise. You don’t need to care about contraception and safe sex unless you want to: this is not a sex ed class. You do not have to write SSC BDSM: this is not a sex ed class. Tag and go forth.
(Relatedly, these topics are also make or break for character and vibe sometimes. Health-anxious character in cute first-time fluff? Probably going to want to use protection. Two lovers fucking the night before they think they’re going to die in battle? Probably do not care, and it will spoil the reckless, feral vibe if we stop for a PSA about condom use.)
Consent is often implied through context and subtext. It can be made very explicit, if you want, but it’s also fine to simply show how into it your characters are, how they tease each other and nod and offer up suggestions. If it’s an established relationship, this goes double; it’s easy to infer that this is something the characters have done before without explicitly discussing that! (This is also assuming you’re writing consent; the long history of ravishment in published romance speaks to the fact this is not required lol).
6. Back to more mechanical-level writing stuff: linger in a mood, moment and action. A smut fic can encompass several different moods and sex/kink acts, but pay attention to how you transition between them. If you're oscillating between sweet and nasty ever other sentence, you probably want more consistency. It's an oft-repeated writing tip, but the five senses are your friends, and get specific. The gentle give of ridged skin beneath probing fingers; the sweet smell of campfire smoke; the gloss of tears over jet-black eyes and the taste of red wine on someone else's tongue. (… don’t necessarily do ALL the senses at once but you get what I mean!).
7. And finally one more: feelings. Give this filth feelings. How long have they wanted this? How hot do they think their partner looks right now? Are they feeling romantic or sadistic, feral or cuddly? Did they expect to feel this way, and what do they think it says about their relationship? New love and pent-up tension is obviously great and popular, but I also love exploring shame and conflict, illustrating characters taking risks, trusting each other, exploring new things…
Sex sits at a nexus of all sorts of beliefs our characters have about themselves and what they want. How do they react? Does the sex reinforce those beliefs or change them? It is possible to write hot smut without much of this at all but generally, give your readers a reason to care. (YES this spanking is an expression of Rolan’s character arc, goddamn it.)
Those are my best tips, I think, abstract and rambling as they may be. I hope this was helpful; the no1 writing tip of all time is, of course, to JUST DO IT. Good luck!
#cabbage answers#cabbage writes#writing advice#truly THANK YOU asker#I was so delighted to get this ask!#and whoops I loosed it from containment before I finished formatting lol#does this boil down to ‘have a wank and write down whatever you thought about’?#not quite but it’s an excellent place to start lol
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Is tvd turning into one of my favourite books? Yes
Did it take me over a year and more to read through it? Also yes
Am I going to finish it these days? Most likely
Am I scared to do so? YOU BETCHA
#aqua talks books#CHAPTER 36 I'M-#I am sooo close to finishing it and starting ove#but also#fearTM#Spoilers:#ROMA GET YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM YOUR NECK THIS INSTANT#these violent delights#chloe gong#secret shanghai
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Just finished Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
loved it!
#stoned uncle recommends#the kingdom of the planet of the apes#delight from start to finish#kill all humans
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can’t believe i missed it. happy belated birthday to my first born!
they grow up so fast 🥹
#i know it’s so corny but i’m so incredibly grateful for this fic and what it’s brought me#a year ago i found a passion that i’d long ago forgotten about#a year ago i met one of my now closest friends (casper a kiss for u)#a year ago i found a whole community where i belong#and i think that’s just amazing#all from one silly little romcom about pirates#and yeah there are certainly things about the writing in this fic that i don’t do anymore#but i wouldn’t change a thing about it#it wasn’t beta’d - it was barely even edited#i just vomited these massive chapters every day because i was so thrilled to be making it#it was an absolute delight from start to finish#and it’s always going to be important to me i think#sorry im a massive sap#thanks for being here#and thanks for all the support#im astounded and humbled and so grateful#love you all love this place#MWAHHHHH!!!!#chasing storms
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I should clarify that I saw this happening in the notes of another person's post; but for simplicity's sake let's say that:
Me: *reblogs a post*
Person: *reblogs the post to complain about the subject matter*
Me: *reblogs that reblog with additional commentary about why the subject matter isn't as simple and black/white as that person thought, complete with evidence and links to more information*
Person: lol that's too long I'm not reading all that
Me, reaching through the internet to take that person's face gently between my hands and inexorably bring them close to my own face, so that I might whisper: Then perish.
#again this is not me; it's me being outraged at someone else#my life#critical thinking#Sure tell me to f off or end myself as some delightful people on the web are always wild to do#But don't you DARE tell me you're not going to read something#you started this so you had better damn well finish it#and that 'then perish'?#both a threat and an inevitability if you don't employ critical thinking#you've got to read and work your brain and look at things from different angles
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Ended up adding that third row of double crochet, but now...
I think I can safely say I'm done. All that's left to do is tie it off, weave in the tail, and then trim a few imperfections, & then it'll be complete.
Compare this to the blanket Without the border ^ and it really does look much fuller now.
It's *very* big, and it's very heavy, but that's its purpose. It's essentially a weighted blanket. But crocheted entirely by hand. By Me.
Hefty. It does take up a lot of space, but it folds up quite nicely. I enjoy how uniform the crochet pattern of it is.
And with how big the overall blanket is, I don't think the third row of double crochet border looks strange. In fact, I like the texture of it all together. Very uniform & wonderful to run my fingers along.
And, most notably, this entire thing was finished in exactly a week. I'll take that as a real accomplishment.
#speculation nation#crochet shit#dont mind the mess in my room lol. for i am a slob.#and now that i have finished this blanket. i will work on my infinite scarf thing.#and by that i mean it's not an infinite scarf. it's just going to be a really really long chain of 20 stitch rows treble crochet#i have a big ball of yarn and i just kinda wanna see how long i can make it lol#essentially a crochet 'project' that's just an excuse to Keep On Going.#u can see the ball of it peeking out from under the finished blanket. the teal and white thing#and you can see the start of the scarf-thing in the second to last picture. i was working on that last night.#ah scarf-things. my favorite thing to make. i dont even wear scarves. but i do like making long chains of crochet and Calling it a scarf.#i just like the feeling of crocheting. keeps my hands occupied. wonderful to do while watching things.#and thus the true purpose of the scarf-things: something for my hands to do while im watching shows.#truly the adhd delight.
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PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WATCH THE LATEST TOMSKA VIDEO
#god i just realised the- iceberg. let us- part akdjakj#is pass the. supposed to be pasta also ?#this wasn't even my favourite part of the video it's a delight from start to finish#I'll post more screenshots if it will make you watch it#it becomes so much more unhinged.#tomska#tomska and friends#thomas ridgewell#woes of emily
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#started the day grumpy and tired and sad#slept badly woke to rain and then had a farewell with the first of the friends i will really miss#it went fairly badly tbh. didn't manage to move myself to do any work. had my lecture in the afternoon which was necessary distraction from#my bad mood but also i was distracted during.#but i finished it with a study session with my dear friend - long chats about class and what we are thinking about and what we are noticing#and reading out loud together#and that was good. and i am so delighted to be near her again.#rowena adventures
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wips are going great
#mostly im trying to cleanse myself of year old ideas so i can move on#but also. i do so wish to make this comic#itll probably not be very fancy? just a challenge to make myself create something from start to finish#just simple black and white lineart#a disjointed little snippet of a story#yeag#ill leave you with that and also#wip#duck in the jarchives what delights will she bring
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wooo another one!! i have been thankfully feeling this way for a while now, but i am so happy with the direction my art is going. it doesn’t really show in this reflection, but i’ve been trying lots of new things stylistically, and it’s been so refreshing. this year was the busiest i’ve ever been by far but drawing has been such a relief, which is good, because i was secretly terrified that an art degree would kill my love of casually making art. it did not. i still really, really like drawing. so imma keep doing that. happy new year, everyone 💙
#also new icon header!! we'll see how long it lasts. i stuck w the old toooo long. i don't my face to be a critrole anymore slkdjf#now i am an as of yet unposted drawing of my best friend meg reanimator. i don't change icons often but it feels so nice and fresh to.. mm..#summary of art#mildly cheated on some of the early months because school! was! hell! and i only made like one thing per month that wasn't school related#and actually january's is school related. i think i finished it in early february but!!! i had started it in january so don't talk to me!!!#i think more than anything my takeaway from this year was that i like drawing blood i guess.#and also that my love of horror movies is worse than i ever imagined and probably permanent#i want everyone to know that the last four months could have all been reanimator. having it be two months was restraint.#and also that my brother got me a DELIGHTFUL and NASTY reanimator SWEATER patterned with DEAD CATS and SEVERED HEADS and i LOVE it DEARLY
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Lately during work I've been playing Backyardigans episodes in the background and its been really fun — I've gotten through most of season one so far — but also I've had to restrain myself multiple times from making a spreadsheet about it, lmao. It would be pretty cool, though! I have quite a few ideas for what data to collect…
Regardless, its been a nice trip down memory lane! This show was one of the first things i remember really being "obsessed" with; it might have been late elementary school/early middle school, maybe? I used to scour the library for DVDs all the time, determined to watch all 80 episodes of it even though I'd been pretty sure I was too old for the show, haha
#for context in 2018/2019 i made a spreadsheet for a different kids show (Bubble Guppies)#that was 44 columns wide and 66 out of 80 (pre-season 5) episodes deep#sometimes i wonder if i should go back and finish it...#but then i'd have to start the necessary rewatch from the beginning because i was adding columns as i was collecting data lmao#(loved making the associated graphs and charts tho ngl)#anyway making a Backyardigans spreadsheet is too time consuming and i have other things to do#i have a lot of thoughts though. like how season one is very cute and delightful. and how season four is weirdly hit-or-miss for me#and how all these kids are adorable and how i'm pretty sure this show is where most of my humor comes from whoopsies#mlv.txt
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space...what a film
#rewatched it for like the fifth time while I was working on a jacket and it is a delight from start to finish#textual abominations
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ough maybe its bc i rly didn’t expect it but i kind of hate that good omens s2 ended with a setup for another season 😭
#i just finished it and im. argh#good omens#also not that it wasnt delightful to watch for the most part just for the dialogue and characters!!#but also. in terms of story. what were we doing here#like im not generally someone to care abt plot more than character dynamics#but its not exactly making me want a whole other season. or worse multiple without a set ending or PLAN in sight blease……#this is why i prefer self contained one season tv shows tbh#or shows that planned how many seasons theyd need to tell their story from the start and then STICK to that#that number should never exceed 5 btw. if u cant tell the story you wanna tell in 5 seasons you’re doing sth wrong and also wasting my time#kill your darlings etc#idk i just dont like not knowing when a story will end i guess
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