Every 21st Century Piece Of Writing Advice: Make Us CARE About The Character From Page 1! Make Us Empathize

Roger Ebert just destroying some specific kind of nerd(s). 

hey! donate to uk trans charities today because it’s gonna be a rough one

Tamara's Transition Fund, organized by Tamara McKenzie

Hello! My name is Tamara and I'm a trans woman here in the UK. As you may know, the waiting … Tamara McKenzie needs your support for Tamara's Transition Fund

Hey all! I finally caved and made a transition GoFundMe. Any share is appreciated, thanks for taking the time to read this!

Some of you may already be aware of this, but I figured I should make a proper and official announcement:

White Bear Red Rose will soon be removed from AO3 to be self-published.

I have wanted to publish a book since I was a little girl and this is the first time in my life that I ever felt so utterly gripped by a story that it feels like it might burst out of me if I don't write it down. I have never been able to get past chapter three of any novel I've tried to write in the past. Twenty-eight chapters of WBRR later - I knew I had something special on my hands.

And I knew I owed it to that little girl dreaming of being an author to get it out into the world.

I can't thank the readers who have stuck this far with WBRR enough - you guys have been such an inspiration for me to keep writing, knowing that there was even just one person out there who was interested in this "what if" story of mine. I'm truly sorry that WBRR will no longer be freely availble for you to read, but I do hope you will keep your eyes peeled for it if you're interesed in purchasing an ebook or paperback version of it in the future - I'm aiming for a summer 2025 release! I will post updates on my WordPress blog and public socials if you'd like to follow along.

That being said, I didn't want to blindsight you guys, so WBRR will remain up on AO3 until 31 October 2024, after which it will be removed. If you do download it to keep, please be mindful that the published version will be edited from its form on AO3 and of course please do not repost this story anywhere else. The AO3 version is yours to enjoy, but strictly for private use only. As for things I've posted on Tumblr, there will be some content removed from here as well, depending on how much of a "spoiler" they are.

And yes, I do intend on continuing the story with Book Two (Mary's Reign) and Book Three (Elizabeth's Reign), but, naturally, these will be directly published rather than going on AO3 first.

Thank you all again for joining me on this journey!

Just a lil announcement toward my new following as an artist who is now contributing to the monsterverse fandom 🐋

as they were mentioned, @ridicbird has some very neat comics and artwork (especially of their oc) and you should definitely check them out!! but yeah! Asks are open, fire away!

Tbh, the only rules to this is to keep it sfw and not to ask anything personal. I’ll only do the kaiju oc doodles for mutuals (people I follow who also follow me!) Other than that, free reign!

The POV is that you dream about that guy you killed twenty years ago. I had this twisted idea that Stephen has nightmares about the people he had a hand in killing, and a headless Thomas Cromwell always pops up in his nightmares - or sometimes just his head.

colored versions of this wip under the cut

what if i told you there was one user on the russian social network/ video sharing website odnoklassniki/oднокла́ссники that has uploaded nearly every movie ever from 1896 to the current day, mostly with subtitles. and including that has uploaded every criterion collection film in full hd with subtitles. for free. all hail ok.ru user fleurinna guta

they keep their films in unlisted folders so you cant just see them all on their profile unfortunately but ill provide links. also don't ask me why this user separates their films in this way, i don't know and frankly it confuses me too.

EUROPEAN FILMS (sometimes includes west asian films?)

JAPANESE FILMS

CLASSIC FILMS (aka american and British films)

"MISC FILMS" (aka films from everywhere that isn't the usa, europe, japan. sometimes films from the GDR are in here which is confusing again because communist germany was still part of europe)

this is a much better alternative to stuff like 123movies or bflix because there are no hot singles in your area or games that you wont last 5 minutes playing. hope u enjoy and let us all praise and embrace user fleurinna guta

Doing an experiment: I have made a new nonfandomspecific blog for reblogs and conversations and etc. because I've come to be dissatisfied with my general internet persona being tied to the gimmick of 'LOTR character I didn't realize was quite that unpopular until it was too late'.* This blog will be reserved for its original gimmick from now on (such as: reblogging Grond), unless I give up. if you want the url to my new blog send an ask!

LOTR stuff will all stay here.

*there are things I saw when the game came out that I have never quite forgotten. Don't read YouTube comments

I just learned that once during a council meeting in 1546 John Dudley bitch-slapped Stephen Gardiner and I’m just … wheezing with laughter

I understand you don't care for King Shadow, but the idea of that made me think of a scenario where for whatever reason, Shadow was somehow forced to become a ruler (For at least a certain period of time) out of a particular kind of necessity. So my question is...

Q: What kind of ruler do you think he'd be?

Probably one that would take his responsibilities as seriously as possible but those very same responsibilities would make him wanna crawl out of his skin. Guy just wants to stand in a forest and stare at a tree, y'know. Can't do that with a buncha people yapping at you about the state of the farms in his kingdom after a particularly harsh winter.