I think on the events of the last day and I am reminded of that one fic I read on my car ride to school that sent me into a spiral and actively questioning whether I was alive and if reality really existed.
Character death and grief so brutally honest it shook me to my core.
In some way, losing access to AO3 has tapped into that raw emotional state (without the existential crisis lol). I've been on AO3 for...almost half my life. Undoubtedly, the space allowed for an exploration of self I would never have gotten elsewhere. The freedom to participate in another's reality and appreciate a different viewpoint of "set in stone" media.
imo the best way to interpret those “real people don’t do x” writing advice posts is “most people don’t do x, so if a character does x, it should be a distinguishing trait.” human behavior is infinitely varied; for any x, there are real people who do x. we can’t make absolute statements. we can, however, make probabilistic ones.
for example, most people don’t address each other by name in the middle of a casual conversation. if all your characters do that, your dialogue will sound stilted and unnatural. but if just one character does that, then it tells us something about that character.
bought a hoodie that amusingly has the coordinates for tokyo on it so when aliens abduct me they’ll think it’s like when a dog has an address on its collar and drop me off in tokyo when they’re done fucking me
psa: if you’re learning a language on Duolingo you can use it for your resumé on Linkedin, it now gives you a certificate of fluency at different levels depending on how advanced you are in your lessons
The myth of Achilles, but instead of holding him by the heel, Thetis sumberges him fully so that Achilles is completely invulnerable and Thetis has one invulnerable hand.
im extremely nosy but i dont have loose lips and thats the best combination tbh im not here to spread rumors or hurt anyone im only in it for the knowledge of everyone’s business i wont tell anybody but i NEED to possess ALL of the secrets
i cant even read the news any more and function as a person without being paralyzed by dread. it really feels like the world is going to end in the next decade and im supposed to just have a career and pay taxes