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Well now, after a… Rather heated bracket, it appears we’ve reached the end of it all. The winner of the Final Match, and therefore the ultimate winner of the Men’s Tits Bracket is none other than…
Shockwave, from Transformers! Congratulations to the… Goodness gracious, over three-thousand people who voted?!
Well, that means in second place is Dennis Reynolds from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, third place is S’chn T’gai Spock from Star Trek, and fourth place is Chidi Anagonye from The Good Place. Y’all put up one hell of a fight, I’ll tell ya what. So, thank all y’all that took time outta your busy days to keep this bracket afloat!
Although… Just one second.
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a list of the most names of all time in transformers
- Lord Imperious Delirious
- Shreddicus Maximus
- Railspike
- Erector
- Ultra Magnus
- Drill Nuts
- Big Daddy
- Sky Garry
- Fortress Maximus
- Overmegasixwave
- Bozo
there are definitely more
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how do you tell someone “i’m not ignoring you i’m just disconnected from reality right now and the days are all blurred together and i feel completely apathetic towards everyone/everything around me so it’s really hard for me to maintain a conversation” without saying that
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https://at.tumblr.com/trashcanalienist/happy-new-year/vtj5635jba6h
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forget baby fever, the perceived need to grab any piece of free furniture you see in your 20s is unreal
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my favorite free tools for writers
hello, hello! hope you're doing well.
today i am bringing you another list with my top 3 favorite (free!) tools that I find helpful for each phase of writing a novel.
brainstorming phase
Fantasy Names Generator - not only for fantasy (you can also generate real names). this website is just... amazing! it helps you come up with names for characters, places and locations, descriptions, generate traits, outfits (yes, outfits!!), and probably something else you could ever think of.
The Story's Hack - this one is so cool! you can generate names for everything, create your own generator, and practice writing through writing exercises! plus, you can save your generated names to see later, and you earn coins for each idea generated (you can later buy themes - dark, snow, forest, etc)
RanGen - my last favorite generator on this list is RanGen! you can generate plots, appearances, archetypes, love interests, cities, worlds, items, and more.
developing the idea phase
Bryn Donovan - in this blog you can find master lists under the tag "master lists for writers". it is so helpful when you first start developing the characters and need to find the right words to describe them and to find some quirks and flaws!
Writers Write (350 character traits) - again, this is so helpful!
Story Planner - ah, the number of times I've talked about this website... please, PLEASE take a look at it, you won't regret it. this website has literally everything you need to fully develop your idea with outlines for you to fill in step by step.
writing phase
Colleen Houck (80+ barriers to love) - need more romace conflict? there you go!
Cheat Sheets for Writing Body Language - so, you know how your character's feeling, but don't know how he'd physically act? check out this list!
Describing Words - honestly, this is a lifesaver. don't you struggle to find the right word to describe something? well, with this website all you have to do is to type the object you're trying to describe and see which description fits better to you!
revising phase
Language Tool for Google Docs - i know we all have heard about google docs before, but the truth is, it's almost impossible to find free softwares to check grammar and spelling. so, google docs is useful, because it automatically revises it for us, and it's completely free. plus, you can add adds-on, such as "language tool".
Unfortunately, there's only one (free) tool that I actually enjoy for the revising phase. if you know some others, please let me know so that I can try them out and feature in this list.
exporting phase
Google Docs - i find google docs very easy to format and export to .epub, so i'd recommend using it as a free tool.
Reedsy - this is also a free tool available online. all you have to do is to write down each chapter (copy and paste) or import your word document. it will format the document to your liking and export it to pdf, epub and mobi.
that's everything for now! i hope this post was somehow helpful or inspiring!
if you want to see more master lists full of resources, check these:
WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}
BEST accounts to follow as a writer
BEST SITES & SOFTWARES TO WRITE FICTION
DIALOGUE IDEAS TO GET RID OF THAT WRITING BLOCK (masterpost)
Useful Resources & Tips for Writers
also, if you are a notion lover just like me, check the free template I just released with everything you need to develop and write your novel!
thank you so much for reading! hope to see you around, and have a nice day <3
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Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP
(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)
An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:
(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)
I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:
IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.
You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:
HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:
First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.
Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.
Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.
In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.
In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:
I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.
In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.
Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.
Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!
NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!
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Dance Party Ratchet and the Challenges of Socialising as a Cybertronian Medic
I sure had Some Kind of Day at work today lmao, ranging from dumb stuff to “oh shit we need to find more trauma nurses RIGHT NOW”, as is often the case, sigh
and it got me thinking: that Cyberverse scene where Ratchet is partying and scaring the shit out of everyone on the dance floor just by talking about his day at work?
that’s so fucking real. like, it’s funny, but also, fuuuuuck lmao
at this point I’m pretty sure I’m only capable of chilling with other healthcare people because how the fuck do we even start talking about our day with other people LOL
“how was your weekend”
“two gunshot casualties, one stab casualty, really fucked up the floor in there. pointless loss of life. we did what we could. think I’ll go to the park tomorrow for new years. how about you?”
this is a VERY censored version of an actual conversation I had with one of my co-workers who works in the A&E dept today.
but it’s like, normal shit. you help each other out and vent and support each other. shit’s hard. medicine is hard. we all feel that. <3
(and of course I grew up with my dad telling me (in immense detail) his stories from when he was a deployed Army medic, which probably prepared me for life better than anything else ever has and definitely prepared me for going into health service myself in terms of having the right general mindset for it, lmao yikes)
so like, I really feel for Ratchet in the dancefloor scene
because this is how he’s used to socialising; I think it probably sounds really fucked up to a lot of people who aren’t used to it, because of course it would, but you really do have to get used to the pace and situations and everything going on when you work in or even just adjacent to healthcare services of whatever kind.
and as that happens, a lot of people in whatever roles in healthcare often, over time, start to feel a sensation of distancing from others specifically because it can be hard to talk about work with other people who don’t necessarily understand all the ins or outs, or who aren’t prepared for an honest conversation about the immense shit that goes on in health and care service work.
sometimes there is literal poop. there is often poop, actually. more often than anyone thinks. and not a lot of people want to hear about it!!! lol
a common concern is the possibility of traumatising others by simply talking about some of the fuckery that goes on, sometimes. it’s reasonable to be hesitant when talking about stuff, if opening up might hurt the person listening. nobody wants to cause problems for anyone else, and that’s a normal first instinct.
but it’s really important to not let a sort of invisible wall start to build up; I know plenty of people who struggle with this. it’s a common issue, and not everyone realises it’s happening. people start to censor themselves or shut down, or not even try to find alternative ways to debrief themselves if they feel they can’t talk to anyone else in their lives (therapy services specific to healthcare staff do exist, at least where I am).
so I really like that Ratchet is clearly not struggling socially in that regard; he’s out with everyone else, he’s chillin, just talking about work. maybe he’s had a little engex, his filters aren’t as strong as they usually are.
but the nature of the work is just not stuff that most other people are prepared to hear about.
and it still sucks; even though Ratchet is obviously confident enough to try socialising, it’s clearly still difficult for him to find an appropriate audience. understandably, but it still doesn’t feel good to put off people by talking about stuff that is relatively normal for you– and that can be the case for a lot of professions, not just medicine!
for example, I have a friend who is a knife maker, and even when he gets orders from professional chefs who need specific cooking knives to be made, they don’t want to hear about whatever else he has on offer– even if it’s other sets of cooking tools! knives have a lot of negative connotations; it can be hard for him to find people to talk with, either because of negative ideas around knives as being inherently dangerous etc. or because it’s a specialised trade and it can be difficult to find other knife makers to converse with.
but also, he doesn’t want to risk upsetting someone by talking about knives in general— knives are his job and passion, but they’re also potentially weapons. you never know what someone else has been through, or what someone will associate them with emotionally or in terms of memories, etc.– nobody wants to hurt anybody by talking about things that might bring up bad feelings or trauma, which is understandable!
so it’s not just medicine that can create this problem; whatever you do, it’s important to find “your people”, but it’s also important to not let yourself withdraw too much. <3 it’s really hard to do, sometimes. it can even feel bad or weird, to try to pull back and not talk about what seems totally normal to you, since it feels normal to you! but it’s important to re-centre yourself every now and then.
with Ratchet in this scene, we don’t hear the conversation beforehand; it could be that others were also talking about stuff they were doing that day, and Ratchet decided to chime in with his own day’s work, and it’s just very hard for medics to do that. for a lot of reasons, but also because of reactions like this: it’s easy to freak people out.
or it could be that Ratchet was just excited about not having to work after hours (god do I feel him on that lmao) and was glad to have an opportunity to actually get out and talk to people for once. it’s a hard job, an isolating job, and generally in most TF media we tend to see the medic characters portrayed as at least reasonably sociable, but when there’s more than one medic around, they’re usually together in some way– same faction, same trauma team, etc., so there’s a general air of cohesiveness.
most of the time, when we see medical bots, they’re fairly social, in one way or another. Ratchet is the same way, in almost all forms of TF media, despite his gruffness in the more modern content, lmao <3
I’ve had this long running sort-of-headcanon that the medics in the TF universe mostly (or at least historically, pre-war) generally may have existed within social and cultural circles that are specifically medicine-dedicated.
in IDW 1, this would have possibly been a Functionist thing. after all, Functionists would want their brightest medical minds to mingle, right? professionally and otherwise. but, perhaps, largely amongst themselves and those permitted to access them.
you want your medics to be loyal to you, and the lineage of Primes, and the high caste to provide the best of care to the upper classes. it won’t do if you have medics running around, seeing the real detriments of Functionism as an ideology. it wouldn’t serve the interests of the Council if your best medics were fixing miners or builders or gutter mechs, because the lower classes are deemed a wash by default, not worthy of the supplies or clinical time, in the eyes of those who run Functionist society.
it’s a way of segregating people based on profession, among other things, and when it comes to medicine, that is a fatal approach for a vast majority of the population. you end up with shit like the American healthcare system, where the vast majority cannot afford or access decent treatment, and the “best” clinicians are often from upper class rich backgrounds themselves, due to the extremely high barriers involved in even trying to get into medical schools or programmes in the first place. which leads to an inherent lean towards discrimination; it pervades all aspect of thought. including clinical reasoning, unfortunately.
when you make your medics isolated among the upper classes, of course they will prioritise the upper classes, because that is all that they know to value, and it is the only society they get to participate in.
so in Cyberverse, we don’t see much of Ratchet because he’s typically busy. and when he’s not, the one time we see him reach out to other bots, just talking about his day is enough to scare them away.
it had to feel shitty for him. I know it felt shitty for him.
but in other TF media, like TFP or IDW 1, I wonder about how relatively socially isolated most medics probably were, under the system of Functionism or the general caste/class system.
medical professionals are generally almost always deemed “high priority” people. most clinicians, especially those in certain speciality fields, are almost always from upper class backgrounds themselves.
I feel like this had to be mirrored to some degree in IDW/TFP. every now and then we see a little bit of a stuffy edge to TFP Ratchet (how he initially treats organics, how he reacts to Wheeljack who is coded as a relatively lower class/caste individual, etc) that hints at his previous possible social privilege, and in IDW 1 I’ve mentioned in a few prior posts how I think IDW Ratchet’s pre-war social circles may have influenced his thinking far more than he realised (or realises, even later on, to some degree).
anyway, I’m tired as hell, I hope this is coherent at all LMAO, I didn’t edit this whatsoever– it’s all stream of consciousness, so thank you if you read all (or any) of this!!! <3 <3 <3
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