#was phenomenal

[paper-starz]

⚠️‼️TADC SPOILERS

GANGLE GOT FUCKING ISEKAIED?????

[morningstargirl666]

what is your writing process with the rewrite?

Honestly? An unholy mix of spite, inspiration and utter madness.

It's important to note I didn't start this rewrite because I completely hated the original draft. I mean, sure, I'm struck by imposter syndrome sometimes like any writer and the old draft is cringey as hell to me now, but as a first draft? It was fine. Certain things needed fixing, sure, but it wasn't awful. So originally, I started editing The Litte Wolf first (intending to move onto TBBW after), wanting to fix any grammar inconsistances, tighten up the lore, get rid of any plotholes, and as a whole create a more consistent, well-rounded fic with better, fully-fleshed out characters. It has been a few years since I had started the series, and my ideas had changed---it needed a refresh. And I knew by this point TBBW was going to be such a long fic, so stopping at the old chapter 35---the halfway point---to change things was sensible. I could change and edit, before moving on.

...Yeah, so, it's the understatement of the century to say things escalated quickly.

Here's why: I saw some writing advice on tumblr once and gotta say, it stuck with me. I'll link it here if you want to read the whole thing, but essentially, the writing process is this: do NOT edit. Rewrite. As in, I literally divided my laptop screen in two and set up an empty word document on the left and tbbw's old draft on the right. I started with a blank word document and re-typed. Every. Single. Word.

And you're probably thinking huh. But there are scenes in the rewrite you didn't change?

Wrong.

I re-typed them too. Every. Single. Line. I found myself changing their sentence structures, the description, dialogue---even the god damn grammar. Nothing in this rewrite has been left completely untouched. When you just re-read your work, editing as you go along, you don't change much. You let things slip by, your eyes miss things. We all do it---ever posted a chapter only to spot a spelling mistake right after?

When you're editing, it's often a tedious process and a lot of the time, you give in and you think, eh, good enough. But when I rewrite? I'm in writing mode. I'm immersed in my fic---without the intimidating blank page holding me back, because I've got my first draft right next to me. I can use it as a template and copy it out, but more often than not, I'm changing things as I go along. I'm reformating entire paragraphs, adding new scenes, cutting old ones out and oftentimes---reorganisning the entire order of said scenes. I discovered flaws in my plot and whole characters arcs that needed reimagining, and I rebuilt them in the best way. So not only did I add 125k+ of new content to what was originally there already, technically, I also wrote over 530k in little over a year?

And you're probably now thinking that's the insane part of my writing process.

Nope.

I also don't write in order. And when I say this, I don't just mean I ping-ponged between chapters, working on whichever ones struck my fancy at the time---because I did also do that---but I wrote chapters out of order. As in, I didn't always start at the beginning of the chapter. Sometimes I started rewriting in the middle. Or at the end. Sometimes, the first scene of a chapter was the last thing I wrote---it's the case of chapter 33, which is why I haven't posted in a few days. The rest of the chapter is written and good to go, but the first scene is not finished. Because I left it till last. I have generally more than once started at the end of the chapter and worked backwards, one scene at a time.

Insanity. Madness. Completely unhinged behaviour. Whatever you want to call it.

But hey---it works.

[duramaters]

reigniting old female friendships and finally having someone to go and see austin butler movies with has made 2024 for me

[missroserose]

Currently taking odds on this guy showing up as Sam Reich’s evil twin in the next season of Game Changer

[dragondroid]

Yeah, dunking on Drake is fun, but I don't see a lot of people talking about the rest of the halftime show.

The dancers emerging to form a divided American flag. Uncle Sam telling Kendrick he's "too loud, too ghetto" and that America wants "nice and calm." Ending the performance telling everyone to "turn the TV off." And the fact that all of this is being very deliberately done at the Super Bowl, the most televised yearly event in the country???

This show was a beautiful celebration of Black American culture, a clapback against racist anti-rap rhetoric, and another chance to clown on a rapist, but it was also a condemnation of the bread and circuses of media that the Super Bowl represents. People want to stick their heads in the sand and ignore everything happening in this country, so Kendrick did something impossible to ignore.

[flooding-your-timeline]

odysseus actually saying the word rape in the song freed me of all the discomfort hold them down made me feel

idk why but it's just so. sexual assault has always been something that should have clear boundaries - and instead, you see the people in power, people who should punish and uphold the law, shift around definitions and wordplay.

as if it isn't a disgusting violation of a person, of their life, of their trust.

metaphors are beautiful, they're my favourite figure of speech. but metaphors, skirting around the topic, when it comes to rape, is what, to me, truly makes that feeling of disgust and discomfort, and yes, even panic, rise.

because the truth is? i know there are people who can excuse and disregard "taking her love and more". not consider it rape. not consider it assault. there are, unfortunately, people who can disregard a metaphor this clear. justify it, even.

but most of those people can't justify the word rape.

I dont know if this makes sense. forgive me if it doesn't. but to me, the intense nausea that hold them down brought about was erased and hell, even comforted, by the rage and protectiveness and bluntness of that one line in odysseus.

jay did a fucking fantastic job.

[lil-lemon-snails]

sometimes you just need to hear it v some stills below the cut v

[hiort]

perfectly normal love interests to perfectly normal mc that cooks human soup

[mintybagels]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! This was an idea I had several months ago and having gotten the chance to work with all these amazing artists has been such an honour. Everyone did a tarot card inspired design based on the magnus archives fears and OH MY GOD they turned out so good.

feel free to check out each participants work and socials as listed! :D

The Lonely - @mariibeann

The Hunt - @oceanichymns

The Vast - @vpstrange

The Stranger - pencilshavings13 (IG)

The Flesh - @mintybagels

The Extinction - @wolfythewitch

The Desolation - swing_byforest (IG)

The Spiral - @mistspelt

The Dark - raven_and_rook (IG)

The Eye - @lailas-in-space

The Slaughter - eggbench (IG)

The Web - @mossiistars

The Buried - @teafromthemicrowave

The Corruption - @jouxlskaard

The End - @yelloartt

[friendly-jester]

chappell roan being told by a photographer to "shut the fuck up" and then her turning around and telling him to "shut the fuck up" is iconic. nothing but respect for my queen.

[bottlecap-joe-spooky]

Guys they eated it all

Both of them have the same (wet cat meme) vibes

[ghostbird-art]

Sleepover Gothic

[hamletshoeratio]

I loved the Zeus - Posedion conversation so much because it is the most sibling tm scene in the show so far (after Posedion intervened and stopped his brother from literally murdering his son). They're literally at war one second, there's some levity a second later when they decide they're on the same side and then the youngest brother has to rub in the fact that he won and that he's going to tell everyone else in the family ASAP much to the older brother's absolute annoyance as he rolls his eyes. Not to mention "Who knows about father?" "... Hermes " "So... everyone knows?" Hermes canonically being the biggest blabber in Olympus lmao.

[kings-robot-swooning-blog]

Lil panel redraw from @zorangezest personality swap comic

It's living in my head rent free and the vibes of this scene are immaculate (swap Star is kinda scary ngl) so am humbly offering this little appreciation piece

[frownyalfred]

I love that identity reveals between Jim Gordon and Bruce in fic almost always go the same way. Bruce goes "How did you know? Was it my acting?" and nine times out of ten Jim says something along the lines of "No, your acting was phenomenal. You gave yourself away by caring too much, Mr. Wayne."

Because the billionaire playboy cover was perfect and damn near airtight until one Bruce Wayne leapt in front of someone else during a holdup at a gala and "accidentally" got shot. No self-involved airhead with that much money riding on his life would ever -- ever -- let himself think of someone else in that moment.

[threehorncircus]

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