#what is rock salt

[rocksaltpaperscissors]

mentally rotating the notion that arthur sort of subconsciously regains control of his left hand in moments of pure instinct. when he plays piano, when he gauges out uncle's eyes. like he lost control of it when he felt overwhelmed/outside of himself in the first place, and that same phenomenon now occurs in the same circumstances but in the opposite direction

[anneapocalypse]

Also I am begging the people complaining that the Warrior of Light should have had more of a central role in Dawntrail to consider, why, maybe, it's a good thing that this wasn't their story. That, you know, maybe it was pretty important that we were a sidekick on this journey and not a Fantasy European Savior figure crossing the seas to save the indigenous people of another continent and solve all the problems they were obviously incapable of solving for themselves. Why, just maybe, it was really important for a Turali character to be the hero of this story and for us to take at most supporting role.

[kedreeva]

I've been cleaning all day, I think you should get up and do a chore, too. we're in this together.

[kindlyfunkn]

Mine is the dense biozone, i love the unique plant-life (especially the big leaves that lift you up) + the big brain rocks, also the colour scheme is the most pleasing to me and it's cool when you dig and the dirt has red and blue on different facets it makes it look shimmery.

ALSO also the winding pits I like traveling up and down them making paths on the sides (also the thrill of one wrong move, and i plummet to my doom (THOSE WALLS ARE SLIPPERY)).

[girl-hwat]

THE IMPLICATIONS

THE IMPLICATIONS

THE IMPLICATIONS

[weedle-testaburger]

i would say i can't believe i saw someone saying 'if you don't like rap you're racist' on tumblr yesterday but i absolutely can bc it's exactly the kind of brain dead take you get on here from time to time

[korrasamibottles]

i really like your writing advice, especially around repression and emotions!💗 do you have any tips for writing sexy stuff?🫠

YAY I'm glad you liked it😊 I'm putting the whole thing under a cut this time because uhhh because I feel like it.

Firstly, writing smut is really really difficult (for me, at least), and what's considered "good" is so sooo subjective--the exact same sentence could be hot to one person and completely cringe to another. There's really no way to make everyone happy, and there's "right" or "wrong" way to write, so just have fun and do what feels right to you!

Second, I think what I said here about emotions and repression also applies to writing about sex--to me, describing what a particular sensation feels like or how someone's body reacts to something makes the story feel more immersive.

Here are some other things I've found helpful:

1. Trying to avoid overly-clinical terms for body parts. I don't want people to feel like they're reading somebody's gynecological health chart instead of smut (that might kill me. actually.) so I don't go for words like "vagina" or god forbid "mons pubis." Personally it's really easy for me to think of words I don't like, and a lot harder to find words I do like, so at this point I just try to get away with not actually giving the genitalia a name at all--I just describe them. Not sure how effective this is, or if people like it, but I'm doing it anyway🤷‍♀️

2. Remembering that it's about the entire body, not just what's going on between the legs. Skin gets extra sensitive, people get flushed, they sweat, their heartbeats accelerate. Adding little details like that make sex scenes both more realistic AND hotter, at least in my opinion. Like I said, everything is subjective, and opinions vary wildly!

3. Keeping track of where the limbs are at all times!! It's really easy to get carried away and accidentally give characters extra hands or make them bend in ways that aren't possible for the majority of humans. I usually pick through sex scenes with a fine-tooth comb several times to catch any stray legs and fingers, and have been known to pace around making various obscene hand gestures until I'm confident that the logistics make sense. Don't worry about it👀

4. Remembering that unless they're total strangers just hooking up for fun, there's going to be some sort of emotion involved. Maybe the characters love each other, maybe they hate each other, maybe they hate themselves, maybe one of them has unrequited feelings and it's tearing them up inside. I think that describing the emotional aspect of sex goes a long way in making things feel realistic without subtracting from the Hotness Factor.

I hope this helps!! And remember that I don't really know anything about anything, I am but a mite living on a grain of sand floating through the big dark universe, so you don't have to listen to me. Also you're the only one who gets to decide if your writing is good💖

[foreveranevilregal]

I (half-jokingly) told @therubbleoroursins that I put a salt circle around my car to protect it from the snow demon and she didn’t know whether I was kidding.

[elizabethrobertajones]

well I can't be the first person to point at this and go "superwho!" but the spirit of 2010s tumblr possesses me nonetheless :D

[rocksaltpaperscissors]

love how harlan very deliberately had arthur and john do inventory in part 41, had them exclaim and puzzle over the glass of leng. he took the audience by the hand and said "see this thing? bet you didn't remember it. but look at it. look at it real good." just so he could set us up for part 43 when john uses the "object" of leng (wink wink nudge nudge) to blow the witch's brains out. king

[anneapocalypse]

"I get annoyed having to explain obvious mechanics"

"you're either playing your job or sabotaging"

Some of you really need to learn to accept the fact that there will always be new players who don't know things and that this is not only okay but necessary for the game's survival.

[brokorokokoro]

And god said , you may have salt and ishgard people decided to all lick it together

[fumifooms]

Shogun 2024 is really good holy shit

[heres-to-all-that-is-mine]

I may have led you to believe Chip is some kind of straightman (in the comedy sense), boring little guy but I need you to know that is misleading. He is very capable of being like that, it’s kinda part of the job, but in truth - off the clock - it’s just a little weirdo

[hrina]

and then the next day i sent him a very polite text being like “i don’t think we’re a good match but it was nice to meet you and i hope you find what you’re looking for ☺️” and he had the AUDACITY to tell me that he wanted a better answer.. like okay fine ITS BECAUSE YOU SUCK AT SEX

[captainsparklefingers]

Doing a quick review in anticipation of CR tonight and man. It is weird and sort of funny seeing Delilah here, because on the one hand she's being her typical manipulative power hungry ambitious evil ex-Assembly wizard self, taking full advantage of Laudna's hurt.

But on the OTHER hand, she also has... weirdly good advice given out about love and how (even though it's born from a place of selfishness) it's not bad to take something for yourself every so often, and that love is pain, etc. Like, Delilah Briarwood is NOT a good person, and everything she says has a second meaning that benefits her but at the same time there is another way to look at what she says and say 'fuck you delilah im gonna take your manipulative bullshit and take it at face value and find something positive from it'.

And then on the third hand she just really, really wants to eat that rock. She wants to eat all the rocks of power. She craves that mineral real bad and I refuse to take her seriously because that's what she wants. No, Delilah, you will sit in the back of Laudna's mind and sulk while she goes through character growth and you will just have to deal with not having any tasty magic rock candy.