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John Oliver gets it, as usual. AI Slop is one of the best episodes of Last Week Tonight I've seen so far. Gen AI is theft. Those who use it are not authors or artists, they're grifters profiting from real creatives.

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The Princess and the Frog Wicked AU

I guess spoilers if you've only seen the Wicked film, but like, the musical is 20 years old and the album's online, and the book is even older, so...

Tiana as Elphaba (Tiana's magic activates with strong emotions like Elphaba, but it's also in her cooking, since Tiana puts her heart and soul into it)

Naveen as Fiyero (loves music and dancing, avoids responsibilities, but learns to care about more than himself)

Charlotte as G(a)linda (both pink and blonde and a little ditzy)

Since Charlotte is a genuinely good person, just spoiled, I don't think there would be animosity between Charlotte and Tiana the same way there is G(a)linda and Elphaba, or even Tiana and the rest of the Shiz University students in this AU. At most, Charlotte might be jealous of Tiana for getting the magic lessons and hurt by being rejected, because she's always gotten whatever she wanted before.

That jealousy and hurt might mean "What Is This Feeling?" still happens, but as the rest of the students say more and more ridiculously awful things, Charlotte gets a little frustrated with them, because Tia is not that bad. Yes, she finds she does mean it when she says "These things are sent to try us", because she does have to learn to share space and get over her jealousy and hurt, but she's a martyr? Tiana's a terror and a tartar? Really?

Charlotte is pretty and sweet and has money and is really into him, so she should be everything Naveen wants, they're perfect together, but... her best friend Tiana fascinates Naveen like little can.

"Popular" might actually happen before or during the visit to the Ozdust Ballroom rather than after, and it's when Charlotte gives Tiana a makeover by doing her hair and giving her the blue dress to wear. Charlotte still calls her a "magnolia in May", but there's also a joke somewhere in there about how Charlotte only wears pink.

Unlike Governor Thropp, Eudora genuinely loves Tiana, it's just that after losing James, it's hard to be both the governor and an active parent.

The way to make Nessarose and Boq happen would probably mean using Evangeline and Ray respectively, but in this AU, Ray genuinely loves Evangeline rather than it being something he fakes for Charlotte's attention, like the real Boq buries himself in lies for Nessarose to get G(a)linda's attention.

Louis might be a good match for Dr. Dillamond in one way (just wanting to do his thing with the humans despite being an animal), but Mama Odie would be in a different way (being a mentor figure to Tiana)...

Dr. Facilier is Madam Morrible, while Lawrence is the Wizard, except Lawrence is not Tiana's father like the Wizard is Elphaba's.

If Tiana is green, it's because Lawrence tried to peddle the elixir as some kind of fun drink or medicine, even though it was just a snake oil (although he may not have known what was going to happen).

Dr. Facilier kills both Evangeline and Ray, instead of Madam Morrible killing just Nessarose. He kills them because they are trying to protect Tiana, but also to try to goad Tiana.

It's Tiana that accidentally turns Naveen into a frog, instead of a scarecrow, when she's trying to protect him. Tiana gets turned into a frog when she initially tries to fix it because they aren't married, and that's how they're able to escape in disguise, but when they do get married, they both become human again. (Charlotte holding Tiana cupped in her bare hands as they sing "For Good", kissing Tiana on the head when they finally say the last goodbye, before Charlotte sets her down on the floor to hop away.)

Tiana still wants her restaurant, but it definitely evolves from just wanting to cook to her restaurant being a community and a safe haven and a place where others are treated equally. She ends up being able to create that with Naveen after faking their deaths and running away beyond the Bayou.

I can't draw, and I don't actually have plans to do anything with this beyond what I've written here, but I just have pictures in my head, you know? Charlotte in all those pink outfits, Naveen and Tiana in the bayou during "As Long As You're Mine", Ray wooing Evangeline by serenading her with "Ma Belle Evangeline" in the midst of all the chaos of Act 2, Naveen turning the library into a jazz party during "Dancing Through Life", Dr. Facilier and Lawrence both in their own ways trying to charm Tiana into trusting them, Tiana and Charlotte running around a Mardi-Gras New Orleans-styled Emerald City during "One Short Day", maybe "Almost There" somehow being adapted as a song about Tiana's acceptance into Shiz University, before they actually arrive at the school...

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Based off the Displacer Beast...

This series is a Dark/Fairy Type series!

Its first form is Displakit, which mostly looks like a six-legged black panther kitten but with glowing eyes and a glowing wing-like flap on either side. Young Displakit often haven't learned yet to disguise the light from their flaps by holding them closed to their bodies, so they can often be spotted by prey, enemies, or trainers while they are still learning to hunt.

In its second form, Displacate, the flaps have turned into full-on wings, with bright light on the front-facing side and soft black fur on the back and underside. Displacate has also sprouted two thin fairly-like antennae on its head by its ears towards the scalp with ovals on the end with glowing teeth-like structures. While the antennae can bite if you get close enough, Displacate mostly uses its antennae to help groom its fur. Displacate uses its wings to direct light at its enemies to distract them, and while they cannot yet fly, they can flap their wings while running to move faster. In fact, Displacate has learned to be much more agile, able to quickly jump when dodging.

In its final form, Displamenacer is a massive beast. Although still six-legged, its wings now allow it to fly, which makes it a quite stealthy hunter. It has also sprouted two larger versions of its antennae on its body, in front of its wings, which it uses to attack physically but also to do a more refined version of its previous light distraction, able to not only blind others but even make illusions to trick enemies, often by bending light and shadow to its will to make an enemy think it's somewhere else, or not there at all, so they're unprepared when Displamenacer goes to strike...

Idea: a series of Pokémon based on classic rpg monsters! You could blend the two genres into something very wholesome and adventurey.

Beeholder, the Surveillance Pokémon (Bug/Psychic) is an orb-shaped creature with gossamer wings. Surrounding it are smaller golden bees. This is a single stage Pokémon for now but might get an evolution in later editions.

I also think there’s some good potential with Wyrmilion, the Red Dragon Pokémon…

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Idea I came up with in the shower: ALL FUN AND GAMES

Synopsis: Our heroes are a hard-working family and their high-schooler part-time employees who run a small independent mini golf/putt-putt business on the same land that the family's house is on, and the plot of land has been in the family for like 3-4 generations or something. There are several scenes early in the film that show that this family business is as ethical as possible. One, their three courses have minimal environmental impact, using astroturf and the (Nevada/Arizona/New Mexico) desert, and all natural plants, and their three courses' themes reflect that: Wild West Cowboys(with multi-ethnic cowboys and no stereotypical portrayals of Native Americans, esp. as bad guys), Mars, and Wile E Coyote and Roadrunner(which either they spent an arm and a leg on official licensing or it's just poorly disguised for copyright because they made all the stuff before asking and then getting rejected). They are kind and encouraging to children and newcomers, and they often hold community events such as for charity, holidays, adult-only nights, booking out the day for kids' summer camps, and/or fundraisers for local schools. One of the family members works the concession stand, and aside from your typical candy and bags of chips, makes actually real food (if sometimes cooked in the air fryer). The family is shown to care about both relatives and teen employees, like sending home a sick teen, respecting the elderly grandparents and honoring their occasional contributions despite being "retired" and having handed off the business officially to the parents, and paying everybody the best wages they can.

Then we have our villians, the major golf course next door/across the street. They have major negative environmental impact, big fancy buildings to match their big fancy customers, and are generally assholes. They are angling to buy the family's plot of land either through a willing cheap sale or whatever form of eminent domain they can get, and if they get their hands on the land, would dismantle both the business and the house to expand their own business.

However, some pro golfers use this particular golf club as their training ground, so when the villains try to pull their newest and most evil version of buying them next, the family puts together a plan. They make a deal with the major golf course. See, Grandpa, Dad, and Oldest Daughter all played golf in high school/college, and were very successful, but for various reasons, none of them went pro. They challenge three pro/semi-pro golfers to a hole-in-one competition, with the holes at both the golf course and at the mini golf course. If the golf course wins, the family will sell, but if the family wins, the owners of the major golf course have to donate the golf course's land to the city for the city's choice of three options: schools, low-income housing, or a nature preserve. The villains, being smug bastards, take the deal, but add a condition that there must be hole-in-one insurance.

But, when the family tries to get hole-in-one insurance, they are either turned away for being a mini golf course or the insurance rates are so high they can't afford it. Here's where the insurance fraud comes in: Grandpa calls up a higher-up in one of these companies that he played high school/college golf with and explains the situation. Friend agrees to help, and the two of them make up a claim that is supposedly preexisting so he doesn't actually have to buy it and fakes like he's been making payments, and Friend bluffs that they were just asking about adjustments and they already have a claim, and no, they're not mini golf like putt-putt, they meant to say that they're a specialized micro-sized golf course meant for elementary-aged kids golf leagues and Special Olympics golf leagues because the players in those leagues may have lower mobility and/or stamina.

So the competition goes on as planned. It's open to the public, and the crowd includes both the local community and other pro golfers and golf course ownership groups. The family is doing really well, despite some of the people on the villains' side being ageist about Grandpa and sexist about Eldest Daughter. But, the pro golfers are also doing really well, but they do struggle more on the mini golf course(because it may or may not be rigged). However, the one young white woman pro golfer ends up missing her last shot, causing the major golf course to lose. She takes major heat for it, but then we see the villains reluctantly signing the pre-written contract over to the city in a public and live on TV setting.

The film ends with the family throwing a party at the mini golf course. During the party, that pro young white woman golfer slips in. She explains to the family that she won't invade their space too long, but she wants them to know that she thinks they're great golfers but also she lost on purpose, because despite having a fancy clean-cut angelic brand, she wasn't a snobby trust fund baby from generational wealth like the other pro golfers there. She grew up in an impoverished but loving family in Florida, and she fell in love with golf because her family couldn't afford to go to theme parks, but in the summer they could take beach trips, camping trips, and her favorite, day visits to mini golf courses and arcades using group-on and other coupons. She got a full-ride scholarship to college based off her high school play and loves pro golf, but this event forced her into a crisis of conscience where she didn't want to be part of closing a place just like the places she adored as a child, and because she sees a lot of herself in Eldest Daughter, and her family loves each other like the way this family does. She goes to leave, but our heroes invite her to stay and enjoy the party, and Grandpa promises her he will get her in touch with his insurance buddy if she loses any sponsors because of backlash from the villains or the media.

Also they never get caught for any of the fraud.

As far as I can tell there's never been a wacky caper movie about committing hole in one insurance fraud, and that honestly surprises me a little.

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I have decided that the sheep Pokémon are fantastic. Mareep? Would absolutely risk static shock to squish. Wooloo? What a smol round softie. Can't go wrong with either.

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Material Girl by Madonna Parody Idea: Particular Curl, about that one particular curl that doesn’t want to get with the program when you do your naturally curly hair

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Okay, so I mostly know Addams Family through like fan & social media content, and I know how dedicated they are to wearing black and being goth/Gothic, but I very much get the feeling that if there was ever a family member that was like "Yeah black is great but I kinda prefer red, it's so pretty, like blood", the rest of the family would totally support them in having a red aesthetic. They'd get red clothes, jewelry with beads/jewels that look like blood drops/blood splatter, and blood-red lipstick; walk into their room after a day of work/school to find everything is red; get gifted things with anatomical hearts, red roses, vampires, lines from the Les Mis song Red and Black, scarlet letters, etc.; have a trip to the hair salon paid for them so they can dye their hair like bright scarlet Ariel red or that burgundy/wine color, etc. There'd be all these family photos with people all in black and then one spot of red, someone so very delighted to have their favorite so supported.

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Ninjas don’t wear black. They used to disguise themselves as civilians. Unlike ninjas in movies, the real guys were smart enough to know that wearing a black outfit with a face mask wasn’t the best strategy for blending in. Source

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thank you! honestly I came up with this before there even was a trailer for the Snow White remake. it definitely has a different effect now.

Disney should stop doing remakes, BUT

The temptation of having about an extra hour to expand on the older movies is too tempting to not even think about, so if I was in control of a Snow White remake, here's what I would do:

Spend more time on the prologue, even just a few minutes, to show Snow's positive relationships with her parents, her mother's death, her father's remarriage to the Evil Queen (and say her name - Grimhilde, I think?), and her father's death and Queen Grimhilde's takeover

When the Prince shows up (and say his name - I think it's Florian?), actually explain who he is and give him a reason to be there - is he there because Queen Grimhilde is throwing a ball? Is he here to work on a treaty/trade deal on behalf of his neighboring kingdom?

Establish Prince Florian as a second son or son of the King's younger brother, so that if he theoretically married Snow White, he could become King or Prince Consort, which deepens Grimhilde's anger at Florian's and Snow's meeting

Change Snow's and Florian's first meeting so he doesn't sneak up on her like a creep and send Snow fleeing! She can still be singing I'm Wishing at the well or whatever, but have Florian come up to the well to get water for his horse and himself after their travels or something and have him strike up a conversation and have a proper meet-cute, maybe he compliments her singing.

Hell, if Florian's the neighboring prince, maybe he and Snow actually know each other! Either write them as an established couple and Florian's actually there to officially ask for her hand, or Florian and Snow are old childhood friends with no romance/chemistry between them until now!

When the Huntsman (and say his name!) is sent to take Snow's life, have the ruse be that there's an actual hunting or falconing/hawking trip they're going on. For one thing, nobles would actually do that with their guests as a past time, which means you could have Florian actually be there and notice Snow goes missing even if he can't stop anything and is fooled into thinking she died like everyone else. Two, it makes it harder for the Huntsman to get Snow alone. Three, there are cinematic opportunities in showing an actual hunt or hawking/falconing expedition.

When Snow White finds the dwarves' house, make it so the house looks abandoned and Snow decides to fix it up and start a farm or something in hiding, rather than knowing it's someone's home and deciding if she just cleans up, they'll keep her.

When the audience and/or Snow White actually meets the Dwarves, establish some basic dwarf lore: are they humanoids? Are they fae/fey? Are they somewhat common, rare, or are these the only seven dwarves in existence? Are they brothers/cousins or just seven unrelated dudes? Are the dwarves close to Snow's age, around her father's age, or much older than her, like beyond human aging?

Add a scene where we see Prince Florian either getting a little suspicious of everything or determining that he's going to go find Princess Snow White's body so she can properly be mourned by her people. Queen Grimhilde lets him go because she thinks he'll kill himself falling off a mountain or something because that's how the Huntsman led Queen Grimhilde to believe he "disposed of the body" after "taking Snow's heart".

Give Queen Grimhilde a villain song instead of that dumb washing up song the dwarves have.

Make the lead up to Someday My Prince Will Come involve Snow talking to the Dwarves about her friends and Kingdom and the good things about her life and include Prince Florian so the Dwarves start gently teasing her about her crush/love for him. Alternatively, have Snow talk about her mother and her mother's hopes for her daughter as she was dying (flashback?) that Snow would grow up to be happy and find love.

When Queen Grimhilde finds Snow, don't have it be the dumb decision of Doc directly telling Snow not to let anyone in and then Snow doing it anyway like in the original. Make it so Doc does warn Snow about answering the door for strangers, and Snow listens, but then have her hear a cry for help from the nearby road and have Snow go run and help because someone might be hurt. Of course, it's just Queen Grimhilde in her old lady disguise, but she actively is playing a ruse of being held up by a highwayman or bandit party or her cart or horse having taken damage. She offers Snow that apple as payment for her help.

Because of the earlier stuff, Prince Florian showing up to find Princess Snow White in the casket is explained by the fact that he was actually looking for her, and not just some random guy crashing a funeral. The kiss Florian gives her isn't so much romantic as it is like a goodbye gesture, only it ends up working as true love's kiss.

Instead of heading back to Florian's castle, Florian takes Snow Whilte back to her own kingdom's castle so they can let the people know of Queen Grimhilde's death and so Snow White can be crowned queen.

If the Huntsman is still alive, Snow White pardons him.

Queen Snow White finds the Magic Mirror and she or the Dwarves do something to free the spirit within.

Florian either proposes or starts an official courtship with Queen Snow White.

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Disney should stop doing remakes, BUT

The temptation of having about an extra hour to expand on the older movies is too tempting to not even think about, so if I was in control of a Snow White remake, here's what I would do:

Spend more time on the prologue, even just a few minutes, to show Snow's positive relationships with her parents, her mother's death, her father's remarriage to the Evil Queen (and say her name - Grimhilde, I think?), and her father's death and Queen Grimhilde's takeover

When the Prince shows up (and say his name - I think it's Florian?), actually explain who he is and give him a reason to be there - is he there because Queen Grimhilde is throwing a ball? Is he here to work on a treaty/trade deal on behalf of his neighboring kingdom?

Establish Prince Florian as a second son or son of the King's younger brother, so that if he theoretically married Snow White, he could become King or Prince Consort, which deepens Grimhilde's anger at Florian's and Snow's meeting

Change Snow's and Florian's first meeting so he doesn't sneak up on her like a creep and send Snow fleeing! She can still be singing I'm Wishing at the well or whatever, but have Florian come up to the well to get water for his horse and himself after their travels or something and have him strike up a conversation and have a proper meet-cute, maybe he compliments her singing.

Hell, if Florian's the neighboring prince, maybe he and Snow actually know each other! Either write them as an established couple and Florian's actually there to officially ask for her hand, or Florian and Snow are old childhood friends with no romance/chemistry between them until now!

When the Huntsman (and say his name!) is sent to take Snow's life, have the ruse be that there's an actual hunting or falconing/hawking trip they're going on. For one thing, nobles would actually do that with their guests as a past time, which means you could have Florian actually be there and notice Snow goes missing even if he can't stop anything and is fooled into thinking she died like everyone else. Two, it makes it harder for the Huntsman to get Snow alone. Three, there are cinematic opportunities in showing an actual hunt or hawking/falconing expedition.

When Snow White finds the dwarves' house, make it so the house looks abandoned and Snow decides to fix it up and start a farm or something in hiding, rather than knowing it's someone's home and deciding if she just cleans up, they'll keep her.

When the audience and/or Snow White actually meets the Dwarves, establish some basic dwarf lore: are they humanoids? Are they fae/fey? Are they somewhat common, rare, or are these the only seven dwarves in existence? Are they brothers/cousins or just seven unrelated dudes? Are the dwarves close to Snow's age, around her father's age, or much older than her, like beyond human aging?

Add a scene where we see Prince Florian either getting a little suspicious of everything or determining that he's going to go find Princess Snow White's body so she can properly be mourned by her people. Queen Grimhilde lets him go because she thinks he'll kill himself falling off a mountain or something because that's how the Huntsman led Queen Grimhilde to believe he "disposed of the body" after "taking Snow's heart".

Give Queen Grimhilde a villain song instead of that dumb washing up song the dwarves have.

Make the lead up to Someday My Prince Will Come involve Snow talking to the Dwarves about her friends and Kingdom and the good things about her life and include Prince Florian so the Dwarves start gently teasing her about her crush/love for him. Alternatively, have Snow talk about her mother and her mother's hopes for her daughter as she was dying (flashback?) that Snow would grow up to be happy and find love.

When Queen Grimhilde finds Snow, don't have it be the dumb decision of Doc directly telling Snow not to let anyone in and then Snow doing it anyway like in the original. Make it so Doc does warn Snow about answering the door for strangers, and Snow listens, but then have her hear a cry for help from the nearby road and have Snow go run and help because someone might be hurt. Of course, it's just Queen Grimhilde in her old lady disguise, but she actively is playing a ruse of being held up by a highwayman or bandit party or her cart or horse having taken damage. She offers Snow that apple as payment for her help.

Because of the earlier stuff, Prince Florian showing up to find Princess Snow White in the casket is explained by the fact that he was actually looking for her, and not just some random guy crashing a funeral. The kiss Florian gives her isn't so much romantic as it is like a goodbye gesture, only it ends up working as true love's kiss.

Instead of heading back to Florian's castle, Florian takes Snow Whilte back to her own kingdom's castle so they can let the people know of Queen Grimhilde's death and so Snow White can be crowned queen.

If the Huntsman is still alive, Snow White pardons him.

Queen Snow White finds the Magic Mirror and she or the Dwarves do something to free the spirit within.

Florian either proposes or starts an official courtship with Queen Snow White.

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Look, I can't draw, but if it hasn't been done, somebody needs to redraw a comic or something of the last conversation between Aragorn and Boromir during Boromir's death scene in Lord of the Rings - you know, the one where Boromir goes "I would have followed you, my brother, my captain, my king" - but Eddie Munson is Boromir and Steve Harrington is Aragorn

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Nothing is going to change. Americans love their guns more than they love people and after Sandy Hook we decided that killing over 20 children was acceptable and not outrageous enough to make reasonable restrictions on guns. This is America, a country that has been around for 200 years, a superpower, a 1st world nation, and one of the wealthiest countries on the planet and we refuse to protect our own people. We respect guns more than we respect the lives of people. 

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I don’t know much about the Addams Family other than what I see on social media and in memes and stuff, but they would LOVE The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Gomez and Morticia would adore Jack Skellington & Sally’s relationship. They would definitely be buying all the Nightmare Before Christmas holiday decorations at Hot Topic and throwing them all over their black Christmas tree.

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You CANNOT serve from an empty vessel but go off I guess

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Pro Tip: The Way You End a Sentence Matters

Here is a quick and dirty writing tip that will strengthen your writing.

In English, the word at the end of a sentence carries more weight or emphasis than the rest of the sentence. You can use that to your advantage in modifying tone.

Consider:

In the end, what you said didn't matter.

It didn't matter what you said in the end.

In the end, it didn't matter what you said.

Do you pick up the subtle differences in meaning between these three sentences?

The first one feels a little angry, doesn't it? And the third one feels a little softer? There's a gulf of meaning between "what you said didn't matter" (it's not important!) and "it didn't matter what you said" (the end result would've never changed).

Let's try it again:

When her mother died, she couldn't even cry.

She couldn't even cry when her mother died.

That first example seems to kind of side with her, right? Whereas the second example seems to hold a little bit of judgment or accusation? The first phrase kind of seems to suggest that she was so sad she couldn't cry, whereas the second kind of seems to suggest that she's not sad and that's the problem.

The effect is super subtle and very hard to put into words, but you'll feel it when you're reading something. Changing up the order of your sentences to shift the focus can have a huge effect on tone even when the exact same words are used.

In linguistics, this is referred to as "end focus," and it's a nightmare for ESL students because it's so subtle and hard to explain. But a lot goes into it, and it's a tool worth keeping in your pocket if you're a creative writer or someone otherwise trying to create a specific effect with your words :)

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Hey. Minors following me. Internet safety is key!! NEVER include these in your bio/byf:

Medical diagnoses - this is nobody's business but yours. You don't owe anyone an explanation for why you are the way that you are

Trauma - same reason as above

Triggers - people can use these against you! Don't give people tools to hurt you. No one has to know what tags you block. Just block tags to stay safe!

Age - age is okay for adults to include but is iffy when you're a teen. Predators want this information, don't give people more than they need. Just state that you're a minor, that's all that anyone needs to know.

In general: stay safe. If you're not comfortable with every stranger out there having access to this information, you shouldn't post it on the internet.

Play devil's advocate and ask yourself about what would happen if someone searched for your information with intent to hurt you. You do NOT owe anyone an explanation!