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Coming to terms with the fact that the kid characters that I had a crush on when I was a kid didn't age and grow with me. And now the affection I have/had for them is probably not okay, since, you know, those characters are still kids.
They remain immortal at whatever age they are in their story. It's like falling in love with an elf or a vampire: they will remain that age forever while you age and wither.
#i still love you#because i loved you for a reason#and because you never changed#i never had a reason not to#i just hope that you still love me#i'm not the same person i was#other than my love for you#just thinkin#anyway this is about hogarth from the iron giant#husband is workin on some homework for an art class#and in my efforts to help i'm looking at a bunch of frames of hogarth#he's got great hair#but yeah
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Father uses sons’ drawings as inspiration for anime transformations
By: Thomas Romain (twitter | instagram | youtube | patreon)
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Nothing to see here, just a street corner in New Orleans…..
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i understand the appeal of publishing "fic with the serial numbers filed off" as original work but i also feel like. what makes something a good fic is at odds with what makes something a good original story.
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“My story has so much gay rep in it!” Awesome. How are you treating your female characters btw
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ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to be a stressed adult male protagonist splashing water on his face in the bathroom
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DO IT!!! WRITE FANFICTION OF YOUR OWN STORY!!! MAKE CRACKSHIPS!! MAKE ALTERNATE UNIVERSES!!! WRITE OOC SMUT!!! DO IT!!!
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I'm turning 30 this month, and for some reason have become suddenly interested in material possessions. like what if,,,,,,,,my couch was nice. what if my sheets were nice. is this what happens to you??
#we've experienced this a few times#finding things to replace during moves#deciding what to donate/trash/leave behind#determining what is good at the secondhand store#what is good at the 100yen store#etc
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Messy Twilight Princess screenshot redraw except I give ganon long hair for no reason
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*laying on the floor, staring into space*
...The books never acknowledge how attractive Drizzt must be by drow standards.
His mom was Matron "the envy of her generation" Malice and his dad was Zaknafein "hot enough to defy God(dess) and live" Do'urden. The first drow gal who spotted him in Starless Night immediately wanted to tap that. He MUST be hot, logic and evidence demand it.
But the books don't say it. Catti-Brie's beauty is praised nearly every time she's mentioned. Wulfgar gets acknowledged as a looker at least a few times. But does anyone ever tell Drizzt he's pretty? That he's a handsome young man? Does the narrative ever note his appearance beyond his mane of hair and his lavender orbs?
No. Never. No one on the surface OR in the Underdark appreciates that the master swordsman/strategy genius/golden hearted hero is also a total smoke show. This is a travesty. I demand justice.
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I'm just curious of other writers use similar forms to me/if anyone has any helpful ways to do this! If you guys are willing to reblog for greater sample size I'd be grateful but no pressure! <3
#i picked#i don't/not a writer#but i don't visualize my characters#because they are almost always just a list of traits#not visual traits#but like Kind/Nervous/Willing to sell their soul for one corn chip/etc#these make up my characters#zodiac characters almost always have at least their animal descriptors#but otherwise#aphantasia i guess
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you ever read a fanfic and just sit back and think…someone wrote something THIS good… and then just….published it on the internet….for free…..
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#i get so tired of men being The Enemy#saw a conversation skit on the clock app that was like#woman: i felt like you disrespected me at the party#man: that's because you were ignoring me all night!#woman: i'm sorry you felt that way let's talk about it#then the creator cuts in with SEE WHAT WENT WRONG HERE?#the man made it about himself instead of acknowledging and apologizing#and my first thought it#after he gets his anger and frustration out#there is room for him to say something like#yeah that's why i was rude and i'm sorry i took it out on you instead of finding a way to communicate that more effectively#there are so many times when an argument gets flipped#but sometimes it's because people don't know the root of their problem#or they don't know how to articulate#and once they understand themselves better#they can acknowledge how they hurt you#men aren't always the enemy#men need basic love and affection too#they aren't mindreaders#they might need more training#my husband refuses to learn how to cook#but that doesn't mean he lets us starve#and he always thanks me when i cook#he tries not to make me cook when i'm tired or overworked or any of that#he used to do all the laundry and helped with dishes#because he was unemployed and i worked#when i was a hosuewife i made sure to handle that stuff#because he was very tired when he got home#its a partnership#i will sometimes do a thing and be like HEY BABE CHECK THIS OUT
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Something that literally changed my life was working with a friend on a coding thing. He was helping me create an auto rig script and was trying to explain something to me but his words were just turning into static in my brain. I was tired and confused and there was so many new concepts happening.
I could feel myself working toward a crying meltdown and was getting preemptively ashamed of what was about to happen when he said, “Hey, are you someone who benefits from breaks?”
It broke me.
Did I benefit from breaks? I didn’t know. I’d never taken them.
When a problem frustrated or upset me I just gritted my teeth and plowed through the emotional distress because eventually if you batter and flail at something long enough you figure it out. So what if you get bruised on the way.
I viscerally remembered in that moment being forced to sit at the table late into the night with my dad screaming at me, trying to understand math. I remembered taking that with me into adulthood and having breakdowns every week trying to understand coding. I could have taken a break? Would it help? I didn’t know! I’d never taken one!
“Yes,” I told him. We paused our call. I ate lunch. I focused on other stuff for half an hour. I came back in a significantly better state of mind, and the thing he’d been trying to explain had been gently cooking in the back of my head and seemed easier to understand.
Now when I find myself gritting my teeth at problems I can hear his gentle voice asking if I benefit from breaks. Yes, dear god, yes why did I never get taught breaks? Why was the only way I knew to keep suffering until something worked?
I was relating to this same friend recently my roadtrip to the redwoods with my wife. “We stopped every hour or so to get out and stretch our legs and switch drivers. It was really nice. When I was a kid we’d just drive twelve hours straight and not stop for anything, just gas. We’d eat in the car and power through.”
He gave a wry smile, immediately connecting the mindset of my parents on a road trip to what they’d instilled in me about brute forcing through discomfort. “Do you benefit from breaks?” he echoed, drawing my attention to it, making me smile with the same sad acknowledgement.
Take breaks. You’re allowed. You don’t have to slam into problems over and over and over, let yourself rest. It will get easier. Take. Breaks.
#i have found this works for me#if for no other reason than doing something i hate makes me never want to do it#so if i can somehow make it more fun#browsing the internet#faffing about on my phone#wander around the room#i'm gonna be moving back in with my husband soon so rummaging through all the stuff already in the house#things like that help me focus#breaks are great#i also let my niece do it#she has a bunch of homework but i don't try to make her get it all done in an hour#i keep after her#but she has adhd and can't focus on anything anyway#especially if the due date has already passed#but i still ask#you have 7 essays due what's the plan to get them done?#do you need help?#how many are you gonna try to do tonight?#do you want help?#sometimes there's a powering through that has to be done#but that's times like spring break is coming up and the teacher won't accept any more late work after the break#but until the deadline#that thing will still be there tomorrow#learned that from mmo recovery#the game will still be there tomorrow#go do some chores#go shopping#go to bed#it'll always be there tomorrow
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The best piece of advice I ever got was not meant as advice, but as an edict. If I was going to threaten people as a joke, it had to be so far out of proportion with what happened that it would be obvious I was joking. This changed how I expressed frustration with others. It then changed how I expressed frustration with myself.
Not “I’m going to hit you” but “I am going to buy a tuna sub from the gas station and hide it under the seat of your car”
Not “I’m going to kill myself” but “I am going to walk into the desert and let the scarabs take me”
The other side then happened. When I mess something up, instead of saying it’s bad and perpetuating negative thoughts, swing hard the other way.
Not “this art is terrible” but “this shall be framed and mounted on the wall in my museum exhibition as testament to the suffering I had to overcome”
Have been doing this since high school. It was my drama teacher who asked me to please stop scaring the actors. The other half of the edict was that I had to say it in a polite tone, and end it with either please or thank you.
Life changing. 10/10 Mr Muëller. Highly reccomend.
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