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The process of getting published: tips from successful authors
As an aspiring author, getting published can feel like an elusive dream. But don’t let that discourage you. It’s achievable, and with hard work and perseverance, you can make it happen. To help you on your journey, let’s explore some tips from successful authors on the process of getting published.
First and foremost, you need to write a great book. As Stephen King once said in his book “On…
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#Author Branding#Contract Negotiation#Getting Published#Manuscript Submission#Promoting Books#Publishing Industry#Rejection Handling#Tips for Authors#Writing inspiration#Writing process#Writing tips
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What if your personal shadow demon was the world's saddest wettest cat? What then huh
#codacheetah#my art#isat#in stars and time#isat siffrin#isat mdp#mal du pays#isat spoilers#based on Changehold Discussion that MDP is just the saddest little beast ever with the party. absolutely abhorrent to siffrin#CANNOT handle rejection from the family. its like spray bottling a cat#hence uh. goop#as horrible as the mdp sequence was for siffrin i do think there's gotta be a point where it's like. come on man#you ever been there you ever been going thru sum shit and it's just like. we've been here before brain shut the hell up#yea <3
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romanceable custom followers shitting crying throwing up bc the dragonborn is so dense
follower: you saved me. you unmade what i once was and helped me pick myself together into something stronger. something truly me, and it's all thanks to you. you are my moon and stars, my sun and sky.
dragonborn: anything for a friend :)
follower: ...
#skyrim custom followers#divines forbid they are demoted to 'comrade'#should i do a tierlist of how well each cvf would handle getting rejected#think we all know who goes at the bottom tier
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thinking about moon knight having marc call steven the best superpower he's ever had during a really emotional moment and how that show handled DID better than just about any piece of media I've ever seen and. I'm sobbing actually. they equated his neurodivergence with being the greatest part of him after marc had spent so long trying to hide his DID out of shame. and maybe that sounds like bordering on glorification but it really wasn't. because they made it so obvious that what marc meant was that steven kept him ALIVE and that's the most he could ever ask for and anyway. whatever whatever it's fine
#moon knight#an extremely rare not daredevil post from me wowzers#that moment just really meant a lot ESPECIALLY#because i watched that show AS IT WAS COMING OUT#and waiting a WEEK to find out if they were about to make the ending of the episode before that one ableist as FUCK#only to see them do THAT??#taking the implication that in order for marc to be whole he had to get rid of steven at the end on one ep#and turning it into marc rejecting the field of reeds because he felt like it was impossible to be content without steven in the next ep#and then having him say THAT???#ill sob#fully sob#anyway#marc spector#steven grant#im aware the way they handled DID wasn't at all perfect. like the bar is LOW for DID rep. but they still did a decent job
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midst podcast really called moc weepe a "diabolical bastard" in the literal trailer description and is still leaving me with my jaw on the fucking FLOOR about him being a diabolical bastard. "oh haha cool glass man with the funny voice who runs a shady cabaret and commits petty theft in his first scene i BET he's diabolical :) wow he's killing the guy trying to blackmail him in a totally horrible way but the guy WAS trying to blackmail him so go king! :) hey what do you MEAN he's selling out dozens of his own friends and employees to the church corporation in exchange for a bunch of beads that mean basically nothing to him what do you MEAN--"
#it's a critical role property so i've decided it can go on this blog.#midst podcast#midst spoilers#midst#this is HIGH praise btw i'm having the time of my LIFE#the only moment i was more delighted was when phineas rejected the rich guy's offer to even his balance bc his pride couldn't handle it#i was CHEERING in my car for that one.#clapping and cheering and yelling 'YEAHHHH PRIDE!!!! YEAHHHHH BETRAYAL!!!!!!!!'#it does seem possible moc weepe has some sort of double cross scheme going on. i really hope he doesn't but even if he DOES that's SO many#people's lives to gamble without their knowledge......#everyone listen to this podcast i think it might be awesome for real.
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having the hc that minato is ace is incredibly funny sometimes when you think about how ryoji is oh so very bi because it's like. "ah. death stole my ability to be attracted to people," in the same way that ryoji stole minato's eye color and energy level. like wow, thanks ryoji, you just keep finding things to steal from minato!
#persona 3 spoilers#minato arisato#hc and au nonsense#lizzy speaks#happy international asexuality day to my fellow aces out there i hope you know that you are loved!!! 🎊🎉🥳#i like viewing minato with the lens of him being gay / ace. esp bc it stems from my own experiences so it's fun to look at-#him from that perspective even if that's not what was intended by atlus y'know?#and im sure others have other hcs from me that are informed by their own life experiences and i think that's great ^_^#something that i found interesting while playing FES was how. stilted? minato's animations felt when hugging the girls#you could definitely go with the perspective that it's a graphical limitation or they didn't have time to polish the animations#and that's def true!! but sometimes i see the hug @ yakushima beach + the other hugs and then i compare it to the sou/yo hug in p4#and there's like... a noticeable difference to me with how intimate and close together the hugs are...#that said i do know that the animations for reload are updated and the hugs are much more natural (good on them tbh!)#the other thing is (pensive sigh). the way you couldn't reject any of the girls when doing their social links in FES#objectively speaking i'm glad that they did away with that and i like how the rejections were handled in reload. it feels naturally written#but also a part of me enjoyed looking at the “hey atlus what the FUCK” moment and thought of how to interpret it differently#specifically with the idea of minato having like.. little to no autonomy and kind of going along with the relationship#it kind of reminded me of myself tbh with like going along with the rship without considering what you want bc#it's what others want or expect out of you... LOL. i dont think atlus intended for someone to interpret it this way but#eh i think that's the fun part of hcs and looking at characters with certain lenses!#regardless of how you perceive minato i do think there's something to be said about him being the kind of guy who molds himself-#into someone that is needed. not wanted. but needed. important distinction here.#the one caveat my brain runs into when im like “minato is ace!” is when i remember thanatos exists and i go#“you know what these ideas can exist simultaneously” GKLHFHDFHD when in doubt schrodinger's headcanons#anyway that's all i've had this thought in my brain in awhile and haven't sat down to share it properly until now 👍#have an excellent weekend everyone !!! lizzy loves you all lets all nurture our inner yippee!!! 🥺💙
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maybe it’s been said before but fuckkkk
i had known of course that just look my way had two versions, the og which was made by paranoid dj and the one sung by stolas’ VA, but i never really paid attention to the changes in lyrics??? well. until today.
(for reference, white background is the one from last december, the one in purple is the og version)
the first change i’ve noticed is the last two lines in both of these screenshots: in the og stols calls blitzø his ‘little impish plaything’, just like in truth seekers (fyi: the song was first dropped days before ozzie’s), whereas in the latest mv he uses a more affectionate petname- dearest- claiming also that he now “knows better” about the mistakes he made, about the nature of their arrangement (or at least what it’s based on), which is why he says he must let blitzø choose what he wants to do.
in the second change, there is a change in lyrics like before, but not just that; an entire part of the song (please bear with my lack of music-related vocabulary lmao) was taken off.
the main difference here is the broken heart≠ broken house line: it shows that, despite stolas surely caring for blitzø during s1, he doesn’t yet have strong romantic feelings for the imp, and instead he still views their relationship as something fun and carefree, a way to distract himself from the problems at home.
after everything that has happened, after s02e06, stolas has come to terms with being in love with blitzø, and he fears this rift between them will soon become permanent if he doesn’t act soon. he knows it’s not just about the full moon deal anymore, he’s putting his heart at stake.
the last difference is towards the end of the song; the pronoun changes (although i have no idea who stolas might be referring to when he says ‘she’ lmao), and now it’s clear to him that blitzø behaves the way he does because of trauma.
he knows he’s been hurt and left by those he cares about before, and he is aware that blitzø doesn’t believe his (stolas’) love to be genuine because he took advantage (even if subconsciously) of the fact that the imp needed the grimoire to make a living.
all in all, the song shows just how much stolas has grown. he understands and he cares for blitzø on a deeper level, which is why he doesn’t want to leave things as they are; or rather, stolas wants more out of their relationship than just sex, but he knows that if things stay as they are the two of them won’t work out.
he’s aware it might not end well, that blitzø might reject him and might not want to have anything to do with him aside from the deal. but he’s desperate, and he can’t stand this limbo in which their relationship has been thrown into, so he might as well try.
because the worst that could happen is being lonely and unfortunately he’s well accustomed to loneliness.
#helluva boss#writing the first part as i listen to house of asmodeus what a fucking coincidence lmao#stolas goetia#just look my way#stolitz#stolas with endless patience and willingness to try try and try because blitzø is the only person he has and could lose in the first place#blitzø who is afraid of trying and who will flee at the first sign of rejection because he can’t handle losing anyone else#these LOSERS are foils of each other#i hate them (lie)#blitzø#forgot to tag him too lmao
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Can we stop playing these stupid games?!
#you're so cold#S#vent art#venting#mixed media#i mean i can handle rejection#but at least reject me#don't keep me balancing on the edge#hoping and hoping but never getting anything in return
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So as we're thinking about the casting of Toph in the Netflix adaptation, please please please remember that Toph isn't REALLY blind representation. Like so many other 'blind' characters, the narrative gives them superpowers that let them operate in the world in ways an irl blind person can't (Daredevil is a good example of this too). So let's not put those expectations on irl blind (or visually impaired) actresses and say "well, they're blind, so they'll actually move like Toph does!!" No. They won't. And to expect them to interact with the world like a fictional, superpowered blind person does is, in my opinion, pretty abelist.
It's a disability - shying away from the fact that blind people don't have perfect echolocation isn't putting them down. Refusing to acknowledge that they need aids to help them get around the world isn't helping anyone, it's dismissing what they deserve to have provided for them.
I'm not saying no visually impaired person could possibly play Toph well, what I'm saying is that I've been seeing a lot of posts claiming that a blind actress would be the only one able to accurately (and safely) portray the way Toph interacts with the world completely forgetting that Toph uses vibrations in the earth to see....pretty much everything - something irl blind people CANNOT DO.
We of course need to see more visually impaired representation on screen, but I think the best way to do that is to write characters that don't have superpowers that negate their disability. Have characters be strong and badass without declaring that 'well it they were REALLY blind, then they would be weak - they're strong because their superpower NEGATES their blindness to a large extent' or god forbid 'irl blind people develop superpowers, so if they need aids of any sort, they're just lazy and not working hard enough to compensate for their lack of sight'.
Just something to keep in mind when thinking about casting - if they don't cast a blind actress for Toph, unless I see otherwise, I'm not going to assume it's because they just don't like blind people. I'm going to assume they took into account the entirety of making the show and what was a realistic way to portray Toph and what was reasonable to expect the actress to do.
#natla#avatar the last airbender#netflix avatar#atla#just be careful your desire for representation doesn't inadvertently harm the irl ppl with that disability#assuming ppl with disabilities have their other senses develop to a superpower level that negates their disability is shitty#can a bunch of visually impaired ppl get around just fine without aids - sure! But to expect ALL of them to without aids isn't a great look#i mean at the end of the day we just need better REAL representation for ppl with disabilities#Echo was a great one b/c her abilities did nothing to negate her deafness or her prosthetic#Nor can she read lips perfectly - she needs interpreters - and Fisk's tech way around the disability was shown to be a super shitty way to#handle it - she rejected that aid because it showed how little he cared about changing himself to learn ASL so he could communicate with he#Oracle's computer genius doesn't negate her need for a wheelchair (that I've seen) - she doesn't make a suit so she can walk again#so everyone take a breath before you jump to conclusions or fucking start harassing the child they cast for Toph
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Not gonna get into danganronpa another spoilers because this whole scene is something else that I’m still processing but I absolutely love this line. Like to bring up milgram I think this is an idea which can reflect on lots of the characters as well. The idea of basing your entire existence off of a certain thing/person/ideology and then for something to happen that completely destroys that. Your entire person has been stripped away and just what’s left? You can’t comprehend your own existence or meaning without that specific attachment and you start to question all of your actions based off that…
I can only really think of John, Kotoko, and Es here (and possibly Amane and Mikoto to an extent). And John bases his life off of Mikoto, Kotoko upholding justice, and Es being the warden.
John’s idea of his whole existence and reason for being is Mikoto. It’s the only reason he believes he exists and if he were to fulfill his role he’d “disappear” as he would be completely worthless without him. John tries to repress and ignore his humanity and reduce himself as a tool to protect Mikoto and that’s all he can see himself as. But now Mikoto’s starting to not deny his existence and feels pure hatred for everything about him. And what will happen to John, when the person he’s dedicated his entire life to and desperately wants praise from, denies his existence? What will he be but some worthless existence that is only a burden, to him.
Kotoko. An ideology of upholding justice and punishing evil that has completely overtaken her. She has pushed herself into a role of a “fang” for justice, protecting the weak and persecuting evil. But even so matter how much she tries, she knows her goals are unreachable. She denies relationships and attachments to other people based on this ideology. Kotoko admits that she does feel attachment to the prisoners, but has to deny them in order to fulfill the role as a tool. And believes that pain and violence is necessary to achieving a greater good. Trying to deny any regret because wouldn’t it be easier to believe you’re entirely in the right? She latched onto Es, believing them to be similar as the warden who carries out judgement on wether the prisoners are forgivable or not. But now, Es has denied her whole ideology, her whole existence due to the pain she’s caused. Kotoko wants to believe that what she did was right and that Es, another enforcer of justice would accept her, because that’s how it is.
And Es… they’re the warden of the prison. There’s nothing more to them than that they believe. Es has no memories of their identity or past before Milgram and immediately latched onto the identity given to them, of being the guard. Es took this role as their entire identity, an extension of the milgram system in order to interrogate and judge prisoners. I think Muu put this best.
“Warden-san, we call you "warden" because that's what you are, right? And I was assigned the role of prisoner, but that doesn't mean I'm now nothing but a prisoner at heart, too. After all, I'm still me.”
Es has an unstable sense of identity, to the point they latched on to the first thing they were given in order to give themselves a purpose and a meaning for existence. And Kotoko calling them “imperfect caused them to question their identity. But as the story progresses Es will probably begin to learn about the audiences control and the truth behind what they assumed to be their verdicts. That their will never was 100% their own. Who knows what Es’ past was, but eventually they’ll likely have to tackle it and their whole identity, the warden, the arms of milgram, is gone.
gonna think about Mikoto and Amane here as well. Mikoto, although may not seem to be as first, focuses his entire identity around other people. He’s the friendly sociable guy who’s easy to chat with. But that’s all he believes he should be, I guess. As perhaps this mindset is upheld by an inherent fear of other people rejecting him, so he focuses all his attention and identity on being a social person. He’s never truly friends with people, as perhaps that would be “too close” and open up the possibility for danger. He doesn’t completely deny his identity like the others, but he molds and shapes it in a way that is acceptable to others. He likes what everyone else likes and does what everyone else does so the fear of being rejected for being different won’t hurt him. But now he’s stopped denying John’s existence and his DID, believing himself to be crazy, and to be completely rejected from other people, his entire sense of identity to an extent. And especially with John scaring other people off with the mindset that will help Mikoto, he has now been completely distanced from everyone else and now has to come to terms with himself, but not the ideal persona he put on to be acceptable to other people.
Amane is a more different case as she in a way has rejected that idea, but not completely. Growing up in a cult it’s very likely that she was always conditioned that she was just a servant for god. That all the good things she did were actually god blessing her and all the bad things a fault of her humanity, herself as a person. She is in a unstable relationship with the whole submitting her personhood to her religion, as she sacrificed her ideologies in order to help a cat. But at the core, that wasn’t about herself and her identity, rather a focus on the cat’s life. Amane’s murder was her will. Rejecting everything and fighting for her life in direct opposition to what she has been taught her entire life and how her identity should be, a rejection of that and a glance into “herself”. But once again, this murder wasn’t entirely self motivated. She’s still broken enough that she can’t fully grasp herself as a person besides god and religion. And a large cause of her murder was out of the death of the cat, rather than simply protecting herself. Amane still slips back into the belief that her personhood is entirely dedicated to god. As she tried to convince herself and Es that the only reason she killed is because they deserved religious punishment and she is in the right for carrying out god’s will, once again denying her personal reason for doing so. Reducing herself to “we” on behalf of her religion, that this isn’t herself anymore. Amane is in a limbo between rejecting her personhood for god, but at the same time rejecting the suffering she’s been through in order to save “herself”. Amane’s case is so interesting, as there’s no clear answer of what she believes in here, and it is truly fascinating.
#milgram#Milgram theory#milgram analysis#amane momose#mikoto kayano#john kayano#john milgram#kotoko yuzuriha#es milgram#uhhhh this was meant to be a quick analysis how did this turn into an exploration of the identities of 5 characters#And comparing it to a scene from dra which focused a lot around the loss of someone’s beliefs completely destroying their identity?#May analyse that scene directly because the whole philosophical and psychological concepts coming into play there is just soooo cool#and man I was kinda figuring out stuff as I was writing this but like I said it’s so interesting how Amane isn’t completely dedicated to go#Like the other characters I mentioned who have dedicated their whole identities to something#And Amane’s at the struggling between her true self and her perfect religious self#But perhaps she doesn’t entirely realise this conflict going on within#Which is interesting as a realisation of their identities would probably cause the other characters to lose it#But Amane it’s coming to her in a different way#She’s so strong uahhhahhajajshshshs#Tw cults#Ok now thinking about this more I’m starting to see this whole ideology apply to other dra characters as well#Man this is just so interesting#Like Kinji although having nowhere near as bad of a situation of amane was in a way forced to repress his emotions his entire life#Due to religious reasons and to devote his life to god and reject personhood#Surprisingly he’s actually not a bad person but still is very stoic and avoids other people due to being taught those values#And kinji’s a whole parallel to Tsurugi so this would be really interesting#I would talk about Tsurugi here but this is primarily a milgram post so for everything he’s like kotoko with a dedication to justice#But handles it in a very different way#His story is just way to long to analyse now#But hey this is an invitation to play (or watch bc downloading the game is hard technically) danganronpa another
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I'm feeling a lot of feelings for the Doodler right now.
Like, this incomprehensible being found itself unable to cope with the complexity and weight of human emotions, so it locked those feelings away for its own sake. But now those emotions are coming back all of a sudden - so far in a very violent, unkind way.
After years and years of the gentle numbness of chaos, to have fear and love returned to you without a moment's notice, at the suffering of others... call me normal oak the way i empathize, but it just seems like a lot.
#dndads#dndads spoilers#dungeons and daddies#like it put those feelings away bc it HATED itself#hated the pain it was inflicting and the rejection it could not handle#so it made itself numb#and then loneliness - FEAR - came back suddenly#through pain and death#and now it feels love again; but again because of betrayal and heartbreak#i don't know. it must just be so overwhelming#its got the emotional maturity of a teen!#how can it *handle* this?
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Your name. Where have you gone? I miss you. Am I not good enough anymore!? What did I do wrong? I’ll fix it. I swear.
#actually obsessive#love#irl yan#obsessive#obsessive love#obsessive yandere#yancore#yandere#actually yandere#actual yandere#yandere thoughts#yandere blog#yan blog#yanblr#irl yandere#yandere community#yandere irl#obsessive thoughts#I can’t handle#rejection#don’t leave me#please#💜
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I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS ON LUKA AS A CHARACTER AFTER WISHMAKER AND I’M GONNA DUMP THEM HERE
Luka is such a cool character and he has been a rock for marinette when things got rough for her, but beyond just being a really good and supportive friend I’ve gotta say that if anyone was going to find out both ladybug and chat noir’s identities, luka was definitely the best person for the job. like Marinette better be happy she was basically stuck giving that boy the miraculous of the snake because he might actually be the only one who can handle that level of responsibility.
First of all, he’s ridiculously level-headed until it’s his friends or family who are threatened. I don’t think he’d be akumatized unless someone came directly after his family or friends instead of him- the dude’s ridiculously patient and even-keeled, and as we know from Silencer, a gentle soul. Still though, this guy handles the information of who ladybug and chat noir are ridiculously well.
Like ignoring the weight of the responsibility for a second, just look at how hard it’s got to be to keep his mouth shut on a frustration level- he’s got so much on his plate already and now he’s got to watch these two knuckleheads be the level of oblivious and awkward that they are as civilians knowing full well how close they are as superheroes and how in love both of them are with each other (without knowing it) with a patient smile? The frustration we feel from watching the love square? This boy is living it.
Plus we know from Truth just how important that honesty is to Luka- he values it so so highly and holds himself to such a high standard, but when ladybug asks him point blank to his face whether or not he found out their identities, he lies without hesitation. He literally says that they were never hit (side note: why would he have used second chance then? idk ladybug didn’t ask so she probably assumed something else went wrong or they got stuck since he did seem to let her know that they had used multiple chances so whatever).
He lied to this girl who he cares about so much and compromised his own principles so soon after them being emphasized in Truth without questioning it because he
1. obviously cares about marinette/ladybug and chat noir/adrien and wants to protect them but also
2. because he understands that the responsibility that has been given to him as Viperion has to come before his own principles for the greater good.
He takes his hero-ing seriously, which is what you need from someone who’s going to be given the ability to play with time and potentially be your last resort if everything else fails. He’s known this, but I think after having that responsibility really play out in this episode at the expense of his own principles, he probably understands Marinette and the pressure she was facing and the weight that comes with being a miraculous holder even better than before. He probably went home and rethought everything, especially what happened in Truth with Marinette.
And speaking of the RESPONSIBILITY? All that while trying to not get akumatized and not hint EVEN TO LADYBUG/MARINETTE HERSELF (his friend and the guardian who trusted him with that miraculous) that he knows her identity or chat noir’s? And not hint that they really know each other in real life? And not slip at all even though he hangs out with both of them as civilians all the time?
Like he’s just gonna sit on that information and that responsibility of being the only person in Paris who knows both of their identities and not physically implode from the stress or tell anyone? Knowing that if anyone finds out he will become Shadow Moth’s number 1 target? But he won’t jeopardize his friends by even letting marinette know that he knows so he can talk to someone about it? Like I know he isn’t getting paid but someone get this boy a raise 😭
#he’s not paid enough for this shit#all these children have too much responsibility but this child is insane#I’d start twitching having to watch Marinette fall all over Adrien and then be cool and confident as she rejects chat noir#same for if I had to watch adrien’s oblivious ass ignore marinette as he makes heart eyes at ladybug#the patience on this child#too much responsibility I might implode#I’d have to tell her because I wouldn’t trust myself to know how to handle that without discussing it#it was a bold move on his part really to not tell her he knew#luka couffaine#mlb luka#miraculous tales of ladybug and chat noir#miraculous ladybug#ladybug#mlb marinette#marinette dupain cheng#adrien agreste#mlb adrien#chat noir#mlb spoilers season 4#mlb season 4#mlb season four#wishmaker#mlb wishmaker#lukanette#character analysis#mlb character analysis#Luka character analysis#my thoughts
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Jake’s hard to write because like Dave he makes references to shit hes seen and slang. You have to be careful. One of the reasons hes reduced and misunderstood is because, as my boyfriend put it, he cant be pushed to an extreme or simplified. He IS middle ground. What’s beneath the surface is what makes him interesting.
Tomatograter emphasised so much about jake that was ignored. Which. God i want to live up to SOME of rads dirkjake image. people dont get with dirkjake is that theres a deep and confounding admiration that borders on idolisation of each others individual personas and how they overcome their own personal battles with themselves and portray themselves and nobody gets it. If they can only focus on the way they treated each other negatively then they’re missing the entire point
Jake gets dirk. He fucking GETS it. And the thing is it’s not the problem that Jake and dirk are clueless, they overthink the fuck out of everything.
Both dirk and jake experience this in different ways, but I feel like jakes is easier to explain. He has the potential to end up somewhere he's unhappy in, because he’s scared to step out of his comfort zone, but he'd also be too scared to leave that place because discomfort BECAME his comfort zone.
One of the things that is pretty realistic about homestuck 2 is jake getting stuck in a marriage that he's not happy in, he’d have to LEFT, rather than leave himself because. he doesn’t know what comes after leaving, so it’s scary.
With Dirk this whole process of becoming comfortable with discomfort has already happened, in his childhood, but even once he gets out of that little pond, he's so used to feeling bad that he doesn't know how to handle feeling good. so he never feels good. He continues to rebuild that discomfort chamber. Double down on his bad traits and keep at war with himself and at war with the care of others until he's dead, as a prince of heart would.
jake and dirk i think could either end up sticking together because they're both at utter rock bottom, OR because they both worked to become better and they're at the top of their potential .
#dirkjake#homestuck#homestuck meta#dirk strider#jake english#homestuck 2 mention (small)#frustrating bcus they love each other but refuse to believe it under any circumstances#dirk moreso but its like 90% of their problem they believe they cant be loved#they cant handle rejection#sorry for being insane tonight#borzoi talks#borzoi meta
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CUNO — “You look like shit.”
“That bad, huh?”
“Leave me alone, Cuno.”
“Astute observation. Real detective shit.”
CUNO — “Cuno’s always on that detective shit. Observant shit. Putting pieces together like nobody’s business.”
The boy sits down beside you with a creaking of old wood. He grimaces slightly, as if doubting that the steps to the shack will support both of you at once, but then shrugs and settles into the bowing plank.
“Saw your piggy friends pack up and leave. Ditched you, did they?”
PAIN THRESHOLD — His words cause an unexpectedly sharp pang, like a blade shoved between your ribs.
COMPOSURE — You try to breathe through the pain and the creeping dread. Your lungs feel shrunken and certainly not luminous.
“It’s none of your business. Fuck off.”
“They left me to die. I’m going to die here.”
“Maybe they’ll send someone for me. Maybe they’ll come back.”
CUNO — He laughs, but it’s not his usual cackle. It’s quiet and cruel. “You stupid, or something? Nobody comes *back* to this shithole. Fucking pit. You either get out or you die here. They’re gone.”
EMPATHY — Gone like his mother, his father, his only friend in all the world. Gone like his one chance to get out.
INLAND EMPIRE — You failed him, just like you fail everyone.
“You don’t know that. You don’t know anything.”
“I’m sorry. I’m such a piece of shit. Now we’re both gonna die here.”
“Kim might come back.”
CUNO — That gives the boy pause. “…Maybe,” he admits reluctantly. “If he doesn’t wimp out and die.”
PAIN THRESHOLD — Another pang, cold and sharp. It doesn’t bear thinking about.
ESPIRIT DE CORPS — Somewhere else in Revachol, somewhere that feels so very far away, the lieutenant is standing on a fire escape, fingers playing at a pack of cigarettes in his pocket. Thinking about another cigarette on another balcony with another person.
You do not know where he is. You do not even know if this image of him is the truth or just a fervent wish. You may never know, now.
FISHING VILLAGE — The sea is a soft roar in your ears, waves brushing the shore like your hand trailing through a dead man’s hair. It’s getting dark now. Dark and cold.
“I’m tired. Goodnight, Cuno.” [Leave]
“Why are you here?”
CUNO — “The Cuno goes wherever the fuck he wants, pig. Cuno’s town. Cuno’s village.”
LOGIC — He probably came to see if he could figure out a way to make you and the other officers take him with you. Then he saw them leave you behind and realized that there was no hope for either of you.
EMPATHY — And then he got scared. He’s afraid you’ll die and leave him all alone in the world.
CUNO — He wipes his nose on his sleeve, bundling his jacket more tightly around himself. “Cuno oughta trash your dumb shack while I’m at it.”
PERCEPTION — He said “I.” He’s still off the speed.
EMPATHY — He’s thinking about a lot of things. He feels small and sad.
INLAND EMPIRE — Like something that no one ever comes back to. Like Martinaise. Like you.
“You can have the shack when I’m gone. I won’t last long.”
“Fine, trash it. Kick me while I’m down. That’s all anybody does, anyway.”
“Please don’t trash it. It’s not mine, it’s Isobel’s.”
CUNO — “Only joking, baconman. The Cuno’s an honorable guy, you know? Not gonna pick on the elderly.” He glances at you briefly, and then away. “Or Isobel.”
DRAMA — Was that… a joke, sire? Did he mean to make you laugh?
“Fuck off, Cuno.”
“Har har.”
CUNO — Another brief glance out of the corner of his eye, and then away. His hands are restless in his lap, wringing themselves, tapping tattoos against each other. He’s rocking back and forth just a little.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY — On top of everything, the withdrawal is starting to hit him hard. You know the signs all too well.
COMPOSURE — He’s trying not to let on just how scared and alone he feels without Cunoesse. The world feels big and silent to him now.
VOLITION — He needs you. And you need him.
CUNO — “So…” He clears his throat, wrapping his arms around himself and shivering as a cold wind sweeps past. “What are you gonna do? Even the pigs don’t want you. Rotten meat.”
“I’m gonna die. They know I will and they left me anyway.”
“Fuck them. I’ll tear shit up, then. Burn this town to the ground. Fuck everything.”
“I’m gonna get so drunk I forget that I ever cared about them.”
“I’m gonna keep on solving cases without their help, just like I solved this one. I don’t fucking need them.”
“I’m gonna find change for the pay phone and beg them to come back for me.”
“I’m staying right here in Martinaise. I’m not going anywhere, Cuno.”
CUNO — He wipes his nose again, but says nothing. His expression is difficult to read.
EMPATHY — He doesn’t know what to say to that. Doesn’t know if he believes you, either. But he’d like to.
FISHING VILLAGE — Seagulls call to one another in the distance. The ocean continues its gentle ministrations. The sun sets and the day ends. Still, life goes on.
#disco elysium#harry du bois#cuno de ruyter#took me so long to get around to doing a cuno one bc 1) i still haven’t played his route bc i don’t wanna make him a cop 🤢#2) i just… have lots of cuno feelings. ough. my son who calls me slurs and has every disease#but anyway yeah imo the ‘’bad’’ end of disco elysium is probably actually the best one for harry#just by virtue of no longer being a cop 💀#ofc it depends on if he can treat his wound all right and whether he can handle being rejected…#most likely he won’t change but… somewhere in the multiverse etc
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No fucking way
Hello????? This is actually being openly acknowledged so early on???? I know Dragona turns him down but still????
#the jojolands spoilers#reading the jojolands#mine#jjba#jojos bizarre adventure#art#shipping#the jojolands#dragona joestar#usagi alohaoe#maybe this'll age like milk but for now I think I'm pretty happy with how this was handled#usagi was rejected but things are still good between the two and we get that nice moment of dragona inspiring usagi#he doesn't act out over being rejected and his feelings aren't treated as anything weird idk I'm just pleasantly surprised 👍#really hoping we get this subplot explored more and the two can properly talk about this later on I adore them sm#also usagi was so sweet this chapter omgggg 😭
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