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SciFiMagpie
Author of off-kilter sci fi/fantasy books. Queer. Writing, fandom, politics, spooky things. http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00BGWZRCW
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IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A sign for Miette Patisserie in the San Francisco Ferry Building.
You bake Miette? You mix her into the pastry like the ingredients? Oh! Oh! Jail for confectioner! Jail for confectioner for one thousand years!
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@thirteens-pocket-watch you can't just say things like "snake!crowley but miette" and expect me to do NOTHING about it
[Image ID: The Miette tweet, which has been edited to say 'me, lightly touching crowley with the side of my foot: crowley move out of the way please so I don't trip on you
crowley, his eyes enormous: you KICK snakey? you kick his body like the football? oh! oh! jail for angel! jail for angel for One Thousand Years!!!!'
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You STAB caesar? You stab his body like the salad? et tu? et tu? jail for brutus! jail for brutus for One Thousand Years!!!!
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"average cat owner spends 3 years in prison" factoid actualy just statistical error. average owner spends 0 years in prison. Miette's mother, who kicked her body like the football and went to jail for One Thousand Years is an outlier adn should not have been counted
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Me about 100 times a day.
Later, when I read my notes.
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Yay, unsolicited advice time! Or, not really advice, more like miscellaneous tips and tricks, because if there's one thing eight years of martial arts has equipped me to write, it's fight scenes.
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Fun things to add to a fight scene (hand to hand edition)
It's not uncommon for two people to kick at the same time and smack their shins together, or for one person to block a kick with their shin. This is called a shin lock and it HURTS like a BITCH. You can be limping for the rest of the fight if you do it hard enough.
If your character is mean and short, they can block kicks with the tip of their elbow, which hurts the other guy a lot more and them a lot less
Headbutts are a quick way to give yourself a concussion
If a character has had many concussions, they will be easier to knock out. This is called glass jaw.
Bad places to get hit that aren't the groin: solar plexus, liver, back of the head, side of the thigh (a lot of leg kicks aim for this because if it connects, your opponent will be limping)
Give your character a fighting style. It helps establish their personality and physicality. Are they a grappler? Do they prefer kicks or fighting up close? How well trained are they?
Your scalp bleeds a lot and this can get in your eyes, blinding you
If you get hit in the nose, your eyes water
Adrenaline's a hell of a drug. Most of the time, you're not going to know how badly you've been hurt until after the fact
Even with good technique, it's really easy to break toes and fingers
Blocking hurts, dodging doesn't
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Just thought these might be useful! If you want a more comprehensive guide or a weapons edition, feel free to ask. If you want, write how your characters fight in the comments!
Have a bitchin day <3
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Grad school is lying to you. You can indulge fixations on obscure topics on your own time. You can sit in a library color-coding notes on articles printed from JSTOR for free. You can argue with dead philosophers in essay format whenever you like. Academia is a state of mind.
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Hey writeblr :)), I'm Leah, and I'm looking for other writers to follow and interact with! My dash has been kind of bland recently, and I'm hoping to participate in some tag games with fellow writers! I don't mind reading works of any genre, as long as you're willing to discuss WIPs and swap ideas.
Some deets about me:
I write mostly fantasy
My main project's Mind of a Mercenary, a novel following the antics of cult-leader-turned-convict-mercenary Luna, after she gets caught trying to take over as major city with mind-magic
I also do a lot of short stories
I really, really, reeeaaaallllyyy love villain protags. Luna's one, for starters
Aroace and she/her
I live in Asia so my timezone is basically 12h apart from the US's
Reblog or like this if you want me to check you out and give you a follow ;) Or just tag me in a game, I don't mind
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