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I've been wondering for a while- how did you start getting into all the colour stuff?? I would love an origin story <3 what got you into your passion for deciphering colors and how did you figure out what they mean??
sorry ik it's a lot but ever since I started following you I see colors everywhere and I'm curious of where you started noticing them ((: it's so fun and intriguing to me! I'm usually more of a "foaming at the mouth for the lighting" girlie but it's been a heap of fun figuring out colors with the lights ^^
thanks for everything you do to show us your eye for color btw ♡♡ your blog is so fascinating and I love reading all your theories and notes
@overrgrown, never apologize for asking questions, but I've actually been asked this before by bengiyo. You can find my write up HERE, but the short version of that post is I've always seen colors; therefore, I've always attached meaning to them, even if the meaning was not valid.
TLWR: Appreciate the artists who work on these shows, not me.
In bengiyo's ask, I stated that when I was younger, I thought the colors were showing me what was good and what was bad. That's it. In my defense, I was a kid, so everything really was good or bad in my book with no in-between.
Even though I've always seen colors, and it comes very naturally to me, the meaning I attached to them when I was younger was very much based on who I was rather than what was being shown to me. Five-year old me thought if someone was dressed all in red that they were the devil. Adult me now knows that isn't always the case. Adult me also knows that red in American (United States) culture means something different than other cultures.
Not a flex, just a fact, but I have several degrees in languages, linguistics, and rhetoric. What they are in is not super important, but, in general, a formal education has greatly helped me infer meaning from what I'm visually seeing in the media I consume. My degrees are not in film or communications, yet I've taken undergrad and grad-level courses like Visual Media, Multimedia and Visual Communication, Language of Film, Digital Narratives, Cinematography and Lighting, Film Theory & Criticism, Queer Cinema History, Spanish Film & Feminism, and many more all because under this great big academic umbrella of rhetoric and composition lies storytelling.
And that's what this is really about - How do we tell a story? Regardless if that story is a simple flyer for a school bake sale, a 30-second commercial advertising cleaning wipes, or a 12-episode BL series, how do we get the message across? We can't just rely on ONE thing! We have to use as many things as possible! So when I'm watching a BL series, I'm just not paying attention to the words being spoken or the acting alone. No, I'm paying to the background noise. What do the clothes tell me about the character? What does his apartment tell me about him? And what do the colors mean?! All of it is important!
I've mentioned this before but I serve on a screening committee for a queer film festival. I actually got involved with the film festival as an undergrad because of one of the film courses. This has allowed me the opportunity to speak to several filmmakers about their process, and all of them have confirmed that the colors were intentional. People who deal with props and costume design have spoken to me about trying to find very specific items that reinforce the story being told. Oh, and theater is a whole different level. Because of the nature of the stage versus film, if it is on the stage, it must have a reason for being there.
Basically, people who work in visual media work really fucking hard, which you probably know since you love lighting. Most times, 12-hour days are the average, if not longer. This video does a good job of briefly covering the work that goes into costume design, and I timestamped it to begin at the part that covers colors.
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I love seeing colors. I love deciphering them. I love the story they tell.
But they wouldn't be there if the hardworking people behind them didn't do their job, and those are the people who I appreciate.
So, as always, I'm thankful that you let me know I'm helping you see the beauty is in the details, but I'm really just here to admire the beauty with you.
#the colors mean things#colors are universal#so the fact that everybody color codes is a magical humanistic connection#even if we don't all recognize them#they still exist#and people work hard for us to see them#I'm just here to admire them with you
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Again I know it's supposed to be a haha reference to the turns into a bear when he's too aroused thing, but in again refusing to brush just over the surface of this character: "I must be careful or I'll lose run of myself again. An Archdruid should show *some* restraint." comes across to me as more melancholy than perhaps intended when a. You take it into consideration that several lines imply that Halsin has issues with self control and self servitude, and presenting an "acceptable" version of himself as an outwards facing authority figure, to the point where he brushes over his own feelings, or pushes things that he wants down in the effort to reflect better what others want from him.
And b. Remember that Halsin was essentially just an apprentice when he was forcibly situationally promoted to Archdruid - he wasn't taught *how* to be an Archdruid or trained for it, or mentored; he was thrust into it because they didn't have any other choice. But they needed someone, so he stepped up. Halsin has spent the last century studying and learning things on the fly or through trial and error, and in a position of leadership like that, he is aware that every failure to uphold that mask *counts* and others *are* very much affected. How many times has he muttered that same mantra? Or heard it thrown around? An Archdruid not having control over their own magic is a big deal. Even when he is no longer Archdruid, he still grumbles it to himself. He's been at it over a century and he *still* doesn't feel like he's gotten it right. Even when he is in a place of progression, of trying to gain hold of himself again, those wisps of failure and self doubt still creep into everything. And that's sad to me.
#BG3 Musing#Halsin Posting#haha funny line in response to saucy line that man is about to go feral ooh se- HEY TRAUMA#it's like a med student being promoted to the head of emergency#or an admin assistant suddenly being put in a ceo role#like i know it's a meme scene!! but halsin sounds *humilated* when he accidentally wildshapes during his romance scene#he sounds flustered and embarrassed and is so quickly launching off excuses with a tone that indicates *he thinks it's over*#like he fucked up he fucked this up just when he was *starting* to come into himself again and it never stops#i keep thinking of that one lyric from big thief 'i can't find surrender/and i can't keep control'#and again i'm reading too deep into it but halsin's struggle with failure really is embedded here you just have to...like listen to him#Even when he *says* that there's little point in denying oneself#he does it literally all the time - he did it for a *century*#and i'm not saying he doesn't have fun or not enjoy things but he cuts himself off so early at the root#or buries himself so thoroughly in a self indulgence until it wrecks him and neither of these things are healthy#note that he says as long as others aren't affected - he doesn't say as long as i'm not affecting *myself*#anyway i'm unwell#maybe i was never meant to be archdruid - you weren't! you were meant to protect nature's spirit and roam with the wilds#and yet he still did the best he could and people *admire* him and followed him but he may never come to see it that way#you ruined a perfectly good wood elf - look it's got trauma and anxiety (and larian turned him into a meme and i won't forgive them)
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Ignore all logistical considerations of "would they ever meet each other under these circumstances". If you don't think Jules Bashir would have chosen to join Starfleet, imagine he is on the station for some other reason, or they meet in some other location.
I wanted to make this poll because I've seen various fics where Garak reassures Julian that far from being upset over him being augmented, Garak is grateful for it, either explicitly because (he thinks) they wouldn't be able to have their usual conversations if it weren't for the augmentations, or simply because he likes Julian "just the way he is" and wouldn't want him to be "different". I disagree that Garak would think like this (or at the very least, I think Julian would react negatively if he did, rather than be reassured), so I wanted to hear everyone else's thoughts.
#garashir#Star Trek: Deep Space 9#this is not just a shipping question btw so please answer whether you view them platonically/romantically/whatever!#Julian Bashir#polls#Starky's original posts#I'll admit. to me there is a very clear right and wrong answer here.#again not in terms of Garak's characterization so much as in terms of JULIAN'S.#I would be fine if Garak said this and Julian felt at least somewhat conflicted about it but I've never seen even that........#I've wanted to make this post for SO LONG but it's a very common thing in a lot of fics that I otherwise REALLY LIKE#from authors that I REALLY LOVE AND ADMIRE#and I have no idea if I'm just being completely insane and oversensitive OTL#but I just read yet another fic where Garak was like ''I have no choice but to be grateful you were genetically enhanced#because Jules would never have joined Starfleet so we never would have met.''#and I just want to yell WHY DO YOU ALL ASSUME THAT#like not even getting into assuming that Jules would be permanently significantly intellectually disabled#based on limited information about his early childhood developmental delays#but more importantly assuming he wouldn't (read: couldn't. because I KNOW that's what you mean.) end up on the station#You! Star Trek fan! Do you think people with intellectual or learning disabilities are allowed in Starfleet? Answer quickly! :)#sorry I told you I've held onto this for too long. and now I'm a deranged bitch about it :|
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Things that aren’t red flags but are flags nonetheless
#Chakotay & T'Pel: Why Are We Here....? Just To Suffer.....???#My jaw DROPPED when Janeway called her dad 'daddy' in that episode ...ilaughedso hard....#more power to ppl who call their dads daddy into adulthood - I'm a no dad haver so I cannot imagine#sorry Tuvok this drawing is really a prime example of 'buddy system responsible for additional death'#mutually assured destruction: If Janeway brings up that Tuvok calls his mom that he's gonna bring up that Janeway calls her dad that#Chakotay calls his parents 'mom & dad' while T'Pel calls her parents 'ma & pa' <- vulcan version of this#something I notice about watching voyager is everyone calls their parents 'mother & father' which is incorrect - sorry v_v#anyway this made me laugh todraw....hope you enjoy#bea art tag#Chakotay#T'Pel#Janeway#Tuvok#st voyager#st voyager art#DON'T @me if Janeways dad wasn't an admiral#Chakotay wants to make fun of them so fucking bad especially Janeway but he KNOWS she'll get mad HHEHEHE
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bunny mask is literally the living embodiment of songs like ' dog days are over ' by florence + the machine and ' rebel girl ' by bikini kill. and no, i will not be taking criticism
#SOMETHING FEELS AMISS: musings.#LET ME TEACH YOU: headcanons.#HEAVY on dog days are over though. because the dog days of summer are often the most hot and miserable... so saying that they're over means-#that even though it may seem like these days are never going to end... they will and your spirit of happiness will return.#i don't think there is a solid interpretation out there as to what it's about but it is VERY MUCH a song that is about overcoming-#something difficult and / or overcoming depression to me. and that represents bunny mask pretty well i think. she was literally trapped in-#cave for what felt like FOREVER and wasn't sure whether she'd ever be released but she was + she was given a new start with her life in a-#way because of that. and i'm not trying to overinflate bunny mask's character here but... hey. whenever it comes to ' rebel girl ' -#bunny mask is VERY much a girl's girl so i feel like it's equally as likely that she feels the same kind of admiration for other women that-#the singer does and firmly believes that women should lift other women up rather than bring them down. plusss... this song kind of has-#an underlying message in it about the confusion between friendship and sexuality whichhh i could kind of see bunny mask experiencing?#because she is still trying to wrap her head around the different kinds of love that exist and whether if you like someone so much that you-#want to BE THEM... does that mean that you just really like them as a friend or that you're in love with them?? idk but i just love#bunny mask being unapologetic about defending and loving her friends. so yeah. bunny mask is just very special to me okay
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I started making a fake book cover for @firstelevens latest amazing fic sugar pie, honey bunch and then I got kind of obsessed with making book covers in Canva, so I decided to make covers for a few more of my favorite sambucky fics of hers to show my appreciation for her writing keeping me sane the last few months ♥️
by land, by sea, by dirigible [18K words, 6 chapters, complete] - Sam and Bucky team up with the dynamic duo from Marvel's Cloak & Dagger (RIP) and magic, literally, ensues. 🔮⚜️
sugar pie, honey bunch [AU, 55K words, 17 chapters, complete] - the plot of TFATWS except it's behind the scene of an all-star season of The Great British American Bake Off. Alliances are formed, conspiracy theories come to life on twitter, and whisks (and hearts!) are stolen. 🥐💖
a friend of any sort [AU, 3K words, 2 chapters, Part 1 in a series, complete] - Sam needs a fake date for Thanksgiving at his sister's and brings Bucky along to be the most unsuitable, obnoxious boyfriend ever, so his family will leave him alone about being single. Things do not go to plan. 🥧🦃
you can sing me anything [AU, 4K words, 1 chapter, Part 2 in a series, complete] - sequel to a friend of any sort, in which Bucky needs Sam to return the favor and pretend to be his boyfriend to get him out of an awkward situation (and into a better, but still kind of awkward situation). ☕😻
#not a graphic designer by ANY means#i'm paying for canva pro as part of my job hunt and i have decided to try to use it for joyous things too#and not just resume stuff which is soul sucking#anyway we like to have fun here at birdhapley incorporated and that includes making weird art for our friends#check out zainab's writing she's so talented and cool she deserves all the praise and flowers#and zainab congrats on completing the bakeoff AU it's a masterpiece and you are the GOAT#alsooooo if anyone has any snarky comments about canva book covers keep them to yourself 🥰 i'm a beginner and I'm having fun#their app is so annoying though that to download these I had to screenshot them#because when i downloaded the actual PNG files they were all fucked up#if anything looks wonky that's why#fic rec#fanart#(right?? technically??)#sambucky#tfatws#cloak and dagger#mutuals admiration society#firstelevens
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how to write vent post title that does not come off as self-pitying and or accusatory (because it's NOT !)
#sorry tumblr is like a diary to me idk what i'll do w this blog after i (sigh) inevitably move on#either way#im convinced everyone hates me again :3 but realistically no one cares about me even enough to hate me im just stupid and self centred 💔#if anything me TYPING these posts is actuvely turning people against me#again with the assumptions that people care enough to read these 😭 fhskfbhsjfkg#i hate that i care so much what people online think of me cuz irl it's like. whatever#but here there are so many cool people who i admire and would love to be friends with im always hyperparanoid of everything i do#and still i manage to overstep and come off as annoying#like obvs you're allowed to hate me even if you're someone i look up to like that's your perogative#but i hate worrying about IF anyone hates me#oughgh this is easier irl because usually people send off pretty clear signals if they dont like you#but online (esp with how prickly this fandom is) i don't know whether im being insecure and reading into things or whether people just don't#like me (which again is fine i would just rather know if anyone gets it)#i figure art is the one way i can get people to like me 💔 which sounds kinda pathetic because irl i KNOW im liked and capable!#fandom has just become such a big part of my personality that i cant detach my self worth from it#and i do love art and drawing and such i hate that even if i know people my stuff EYE dont and it doesnt mean anything or act as a signifier#of my friendships#wow .... i really am my own therapist ..... i should shut up#the industrial revolution and its consequences (jofandom)#i think these posts are half self exploration half ... almost self harm? because sometimes im so derogatory about myself on purpose in a#'you're worthless' way. but at the same time it's cathartic and i always feel better having probed at my feelings and gotten them in order#not to do a complete 180 but it's MY post and JO LONDON IN *12* DAYS!!!!!!!! AHH i'm sooo excited if it doesnt live up to my expectations i#may cry a little. and there will be another vent post from me !#sometimes i wonder if anyone actually reads these 😭#vee rambles
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I may be late but I never forget. Two months ago @dmagedgoods tagged me to fill this template out and at last I finally have. I’m... not much of a digital artist, so I’ve tried to compensate how I could. Unfortunately, resolution issues may undermine my efforts. I did my best though!
Due to having been tagged on this two and a half months ago I will not even be making an attempt to send this anywhere.
#I'm trying to hit that like middle school girl notebook doodles aesthetic here#to cover up the fact that all my photos were taken with a cell phone camera and obviously very little of this was filled digitally#gosh this took more time than expected!!#I'm very sad the little faces aren't showing up very well maybe I'll have to edit them out#digital artists often do these cute little faces I admire#I wanted to do that too!#I was really torn on whether to post this here or on the side blog since I usually put art there first#in the end just went with what had been tagged. partly because I'm not sure how I feel about how this looks ^^;;#anyway time to grab what sleep I can. It's five in the morning. help.#pfkm#pfkm spoilers#at this point sphinx I have given up on keeping them from you#balthazar lucienne#tristian#balthazar and tristian#I could explain the things where someone is occupying two spaces simultaneously but I don't think I will right now#anyway#dmagedgoods#emi art
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those past few days are really testing my patience with some of the takes and opinions i've seen on the internet and i'm so fucking done with all of this i just want to delete all my accounts from everywhere and live somewhere in the woods (as far away from russia as i can) and to never come in contact with another human being again
#i'm so exhausted i just have to rant even tho nobody will care#i have some trouble sleeping because i'm either waiting for another attack to happen#or reading the news about dozens of missiles flying at my country#or hiding in the bathroom while listening to explosions because it's supposed to be the safest place in our appartment#and then i open social media and see all the destruction and casualties and deaths that happened overnight#and at the same time i see people adoring and praising and defending russians and their culture and language#and creaming themselves because of their “mysterious russian soul”#and telling ukrainians that they are stupid and toxic and that what they feel about their killers and occupiers is wrong#well newsflash y'all#russian culture is nothing but blood and death#russian language is nothing but blood and death#it's not just fucking putin doing all of this shit#he wasn't there when ukrainian nation and culture and language were oppressed for literal fucking centuries#did russia invent human cloning for putin to be all those soldiers at the frontline and all those people building drones and missiles?#open your fucking eyes and think for a fucking second#i go to sleep every night fearing that i may not wake up#and then in the morning i see people admiring russians and foaming at the mouths defending them#and then also fucking michael sheen of all people sending his love to them#and i become so insanely pissed#get a fucking reality check#i'm so sick of people excusing russia and its actions#once again guess i'm a walking big bad angry ukrainian stereotype#well that's what war does to you#i won't wish for anyone to experience this but also it may be the only thing that makes some people aware of what a rotten thing russia is#i'm so done and i don't want to feel all of this and i don't want to be a human and i don't want to have thoughts#maybe it's for the best if a missile flies into my room so i won't have to be here any longer and witness all of this shit#(it's a thought i've been having lately and ngl it kinda scares me)#ukraine#russia is a terrorist state#btw i've just discovered there's a limit of 30 tags
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playing off of that though on an inverse almost when ppl act like u love someone so much they're just stripped of all appeal to you is so fucking weirrrrd and you do not have any sort of moral high ground just bc u don't personally find a character hot like that. or whatever. like people finding characters hot will always happen and people appreciating them for other things will also happen but you know you can house many schools of thought I KNOW SO CRAZY and being like "he's hot" doesn't ... TAKE AWAY FROM your ability to access these character depths 😭😭. you're absolutely fucking insane and you sound like those douchebags who go oooh i love her so much i just don't see her sexually anymore :( like it's not the same at all But you do sound like that. and you're annoying. people can be hot and also your little marshmallow get .. a grip.
#🐾#like yeah i do think some ppl r crazyyy but that's fine i don't really care#and the weird ones aren't doing it around ME and i'm not doing that so like whatever there's no fabricated quarrel here!!#like i get it bc no i personally me don't want to ?! Date any of the characters i like but i do think they're hot and go CRAZY about it and#i also think about them in every other context imaginable because i am a normal human being#and also nothing against people who DO want to think abt that stuff bc like again I Get It.. i just find it SO STUUUPIDD#the way people act against it i mean#literally the most basic of human emotions ie thinking someone's cute having a little crush on an actor or soemthing appreciating#aesthetics admiring basic beauty or wahtever . AND PPL ACT LIKE THATS CRAZZZYYY 😭 or like ur not actually Above it all bc u fall to that#''level''.... ugh whatever#just my thoughts stream of consciousness etc etc if you send me anonymous hate i will tell you to kys etc#also to me and surely to everyone else being objectively like he's so pretty here he looks so nice is different from -> he's so hot is#different from -> he is my little boy is different from -> some other unexplainable emotion portrayed#like st the end of the day a character is going to be appreciated by many people in different ways and your way is not actually Better#unless it's me and my mutualsa nd then in that case yes we do appreciate them in a bette way than everyone else but that's also different#and i'm joking#UGH
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Hi 👋
after seeing the last art and amane's sad look when he was young because of the loss of his brother 😭😔😭 ٫ how did he feel now that hanako and his little brother who was waiting for him were tormenting him now???
Hi.
Really emotional art, isn't it?
Now,
I'm afraid I have no answer for your ask. Since the term "torment" or whatever that's connected to it is simply nowhere to be found in the twins' relationship.
But, If I were to answer how Amane/Hanako feels about Tsukasa now, then well...
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I wonder what we get from there?
Maybe the feelings between the 2 of them are more like 'love and adoration'?
It's much more worth it for us to be thinking about the beauty of their love, I assume?
Have a nice day.
#this will be the last ask I answer with such themes#if you have any negative views regarding the twins' relationship#please know I'm just not the right person to be talking about them with#if you're here to admire the beauty of the love they share#come join me#otherwise please feel free not to share your feelings with me#any ask saying the twins 'hate/any similar thing' each other or Nene for that matter will be deleted
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Hiiii it’s been a lil while since I did this here... so uh!!!! Send in some doodle requests!!!!!!! Some characters from things and such. Hopefully I’ll get back to more than one this time ahaha ^^’
#Just finished a thing that's due soon so I wanted to do something cool and fun!!#the definition of 'doodle' will probably be stretched teehee#obviously I'd prefer characters from media I'm into!!!!!!#If you can my own OCs would be FANTASTIC#I know like 1% of my followers here know ANYTHING abt them#So vague OC requests work!! Like naming a trope of smth yknow!!#ALSO!! if we're mutuals........ you may send in an OC of your own >;;]#(No guarantees I'll draw them ofc but I'll certainly admire and appreciate them!!!!)#((Also if you want to up your chances of getting picked I always prefer drawing creatures and critters hehehe!!! ;;] ))#ALSO FEEL FREE TO SEND MORE THAN ONE idk how many I'll get!!
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@nicxan has dragged me back into crossover ship hell and now Kai has a new mom :’)
#samaru#samarukai family#? :3#guys girls besties you have no idea how much kai loves samus he admires her so much it's very sweet and i cry#if you were to rank takuto ships by how well kai would react to them samaru would definitely be in the top 3#i love them so much :')#they're peak girlboss/malewife & boyboss dynamic for real#deni's art#deni's stuff#oc tag#oc art#kaito maruki#phantom thief kai au#p5r au#not putting this in the main tags bc i don't really go here (met/roid) and i don't want to give people the wrong idea :)#i'm just really in love with this crossover specifically ok#please go read A Listening Ear and Holding Up the World they're very very fun :3
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Hi Sam!
Do you mind sharing how you write your fics? Do you have a process? A starting point?
Also, I know a lot of ppl talk "show not tell" in writing, but how do you know if you're telling instead of showing (& vice versa)? That's the part of writing I struggle with most, cause I never know if I'm showing or telling.
heyo roshie! i've answered a similar ask before but i don't mind sharing how i write/my process! in all honesty it isn't much of a process but more of a 'what concept can i daydream about while doing stuff that'll evolve into a solid idea' type of thing lolol.
i guess my first step is getting inspired? this can look like many different things, but to me it looks like talking to friends, consuming media outside of the fandom you're writing for, deriving from your own experiences, stuff like that. a really good example of this is the ficlet i have on here, time, which is based off of personal feelings but twisted enough so it fits the von hagen dynamic.
if i like the concept enough, i'll start developing it in my head or ping pong it with friends to build it. i guess this is my 'outlining' stage even though i don't actually get down and write an outline myself. you know how every story has a beginning, middle, and end? well, if i can get 2/3, i'll start writing. like for the current fic im writing! i have the beginning and middle, but i haven't planned for the end yet. (i have an extremely vague idea where i wanna go with it tho, so i'll count it as a win) ((actually, most of the times i rarely have fic endings planned and if i can be my own worst critic, you can clearly tell. my openings are usually pretty good but some of my endings, to me, fall flat)
from there? i just write. i do a lot of editing while i write and the one thing i swear by is using a tts (text to speech) reader parse though my fic and read it for me. (i need to go back and edit the first chapter of return to sender bc i posted it without bc i was anxious but also wanted to go to bed lol). it's why my writing has a lot of commas. i like the pauses in tts lolol. after that i just chuck it onto gramarlly and post when i feel like i'll start to nitpick at myself. it's a habit i have with a lot of my academic papers but this reminds me that what i write doesn't have to be perfect. my target audience is me (and my friends), this type of writing should be met with liberty and warmth. i don't have to follow a rubric or a guide. it doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be.
as for your second question, i can tell you what i think seeing and telling is based off of what ive picked up reading other peoples stuff. i think 'showing' has a lot more metaphors, actions, and implications/inferences. let's say you wanted to convey that it was cold. you might not put that it was cold, but you could put that a character shivered and burrowed into their blanket. you're implying that it's cold with an action. showing, to me, looks more like cause and effect and blunt statements. here you state that it's cold, causing your character to shiver. or it's so cold that your character's breath is showing.
im in a weird third camp that is 'talking'. a lot of my fics are dialogue heavy but they do get a lot of points across, so there's that option LOLOL
but yeah! i hope this answers your questions! thanks for dropping by!!
#roshie-writes asks#roshie-writes#sam answers#i honestly get so flattered when people ask for my advice bc like#i haven't been on the writing scene for long and you want lil ol *me* to help you? golly sure!#which now that i think about it makes sense bc i haven't been here for long so i'm also still learning the ropes hehe#*points at galena and zak and ace/quarterweeb* those are peoples writings i thoroughly enjoy tho and i wanna write more like them#they just feel like proper book writers and idk bro but that's the goal#have u seen that sandy cheeks meme that goes 'he has such a way with words'#yeah that's me @ all of them LMAO#i really admire them as u can probably tell LMAO#if someone ever asks me for a fic rec list 90% of it is gonna be filled with the#their fics#bc i like their fics a lot and could probably write wax poetic about them lolol#anyway im getting carried away i hope i have answered your questions!!!
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I feel like the human brain was not meant for parasocial relationships
Like, the internet and tv and movies allow us to see people we otherwise never would have interacted with IRL. There's a person out there who was born at a different time and place from you, lived their entire life in another area where you won't see them, and yet you know their face, their voice, their name, their mannerisms and maybe even some facts about them like how old they are, what work they've done previously, etc. Maybe you even have seen interviews and you know their favorite foods, their hobbies, what their kids' names are. But you don't know this person, and you never will.
But to your brain? That's a person. That's someone you know, someone you have seen many times before. They've talked to you, says your brain. You know what their voice sounds like, so they must have talked to or around you. Maybe, your brain says, maybe you will run into them when you go out today. Because they're around, right? And if they're not, then go visit them! Because that's what you do with people you know, people you like. And your brain can't really tell the difference between the repeated stimuli of "people who are around you and talking to you" and "people you see and hear talking regularly, although they are not actually with you".
Evolutionarily, there is no parasocial relationship. There's the people you see, the people in your community or another community nearby. That's it. There is no "people I can imagine clearly in my brain, but I have never met them and they've never met me". The brain is not prepared for this scenario. Why would it be?
#anyway I'm sad that I'll never be friends with my favorite comedians#parasocial relationships are brutal#even like... a streamer I follow#she knows my username and knows my art and says hi to me when I join chat#but I don't *know her*. I'd recognize her on the street but she would not recognize me#the parasocial relationships with celebrities are even worse#there's more content there to look at but the distance is wider. more interviews and behind the scenes pics to look at...#but even less of a chance of any direct interaction between you#parasocial relationships#brain keeps telling me to go interact with the people I admire and Im like!!! I cant!!! they dont actually exist here in my world!!!!!#they exist. just.... not here#maybe it's more accurate to say I don't exist? theyre real to me but I will never be real to them
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