18 OF THE MOST POWERFUL QUOTES ON HEARTBREAK IN LITERATURE

There we go

one time i was hanging out with these two friends of mine, women i admire very much, and we reached this twilight zone moment where we realized that each of us had, at one point:

dated a man who treated us very badly

and for whom we made many sacrifices

and who we defended to our friends

because we needed to be supportive

of his “genius”

yes, he treated us badly but he was so smart and talented that maybe it was unfair to expect him to play by society’s rules, we told ourselves

and it felt kind of embarrassing to demand something as gauche as kindness (ugh) or maturity

from a “genius”

we lived in fear of being The Nagging Girlfriend/Wife Who Doesn’t Understand Her Man’s Unique Vision. 

you know, the woman from the first half of any biopic about a great man. the first wife, the one he divorces before act two.

instead we dreamed of being The Good, Supportive Girlfriend/Wife Who Knows Sometimes You Must Make Compromises. 

you know, the woman from the later half of any biopic about a great man. the second or sometimes third wife, depending on how long he lived or how many affairs he had.

it was genuinely chilling, because the longer we talked, the more it felt like all three of us had been handed the same invisible and very detailed script. we are all extremely liberal feminists and yet we’d still bought the whole narrative hook line and sinker, and i don’t think any of us fully realized how fucked up it was until we heard it from each other’s mouths. 

i should note, maybe, that these two friends of mine are two of the most brilliant, talented, competent people i know. they were, in both cases, just as brilliant as the boy they sacrificed for. also they were, in both cases, capable of maintaining this brilliance while still tending to their own needs like an adult and treating the people around them with a fundamental level of respect.

so in case it helps anyone out there right now, struggling white knuckled to last into the second half of an imagined Great Man biopic: there is no level of intelligence or skill high enough to exempt a man (or a woman or anyone anywhere else on the gender spectrum) from the basic requirements of human decency. i don’t care if he is moving shit around with the power of his mind like matilda, he still has to say “please” and “thank you” and consider the feelings of the people around him. if he cannot or will not do these things, he is not a genius, he is a baby. AT BEST.

also, you are not the love interest of this movie. you are the fucking protagonist.

Vampire Knight x Mystic Messenger CROSSOVER

The idea comes from here  by @victuuri-on-ice-is-gay (Go check her tumblr ! She writes very good fanfics about Mysme and analysis ! >w< )

bnbnlnbal I thought I would never finish this. I drew everyone with the uniform ! I don’t know how Matsuri Hino can do it every time… (Sooo much detailed my god. ) 

I drew Saeyoung, Zen and Jaehee with the idea to when they were younger, (Idk why only them) I think that Saeyoung and Zen were more hostile (Zen would be more like Wild in this case and Zero for Saeyoung)  and Jaehee with her long hair because she doesn’t have to cut her hair. MC and Saeran are the only humans !

i made somethinggg cuz SEVEN IS LOVEEEE //kicked

lyric based on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkMRzbB0Xlk and it’s BETTER IF U READ WHILE LISTENING TO THE OP hehehe

i hope there’s no typo OTL ive recheck many times but who knows– _(:’D

           "We are not bitches, we just love us for what we are that is it.“

            "Nous ne sommes pas des salopes, on nous aime juste pour ce                     qu'on est c'est tout.”

Beaucoup trop de personnes s'amuse à insulter les heroines en disant qu'elles n'ont pas de personnalité, vous vous croyez mieux que tout le monde ou quoi ? Ce genre de personnes j'ai juste envie de les claquer par terre ! C'est normal que l'héroine n'est pas non plus une putain de personnalité puisque que c'est tiré d'un otome game ! Si vous n'aimez pas les harem inversé alors ne regarder pas au lieu d'insulté ! … Désolé je me suis lâché ! x)

English (by google translate) : Far too many people likes to insult the heroines saying they have no personality, you better believe that everyone or what? What kind of people I just want to slam down ! It is normal that the heroine is not a fucking personality since it is from an otome game! If you do not like the reverse harem so do not look to be insulted! Sorry … I let go! x)

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About Otome Game heroines

Okay, I’ve been an otome game player for more than six years and as many people know otome games are one of my favorite game genre. I’ll play anything as long I have the money and if I am interested in the plot and the characters. This said, I never thought much of the heroines in otome games.

Disclaimer: What I say in this post relects my opinion and does not in any way represent the views of other otome gamers.

I personally do not understand the hate the heroine in these games get. The heroines get critized for often being bland, clumsy, stupid and naive. Having read these opinions so many times I found myself asking: What is wrong with being clumsy? What is wrong with being naive? Is naivety a sign for lack of intelligence? I wonder what is wrong with being a little clumsy. 

Another word caught my eye as well and that it “weak”. How do people define weakness and what makes otome game heroines weak? I wonder how people define this. Many otoge have very unrealistic plots and the heroines face a lot of very strange situations that we as the player do not experience in real life, so I wonder how the ‘weak’ comments come from. 

There are a lot of women who are very clumsy and naive. Are they bad examples of women if they are this way? Are clumsy and naive women naive? Does are woman have to fit into the picture of the out-spoken, extroverted and confident woman? Isn’t there otoge heroine who stand up for themselves? Are clumsiness, naivety and shyness a sign for the lack of independence? Isn’t it possible to be naive, shy and clumsy and be strong and independent? 

I really wonder why otoge heroines are hated?

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Do you have any tips on writing really great mutual pining? It's a pretty big part of my next fic but I can't seem to get the emotions across in my writing ;-;

Plotting Great Romance

While “pining” implies an almost lack of romance, I still think the same goals of writing a great romance apply. You develop each of the two characters separately, and you develop a basic story for each of them separately, and then you see what happens when you bring them together. Think of it like clapping - each hand is capable of accomplishing a lot on its own, but when you slap your hands together, it creates a unique sound that one hand cannot produce on its own.

You could plot out the scenes/tension/suspense between them before developing each individual character, but I think it can be more challenging that way. So I would try to imagine the backstory, the characteristics, the wants, the needs, the goals, the motivations, the quirks, the interests…figure out who each of these characters is first.

Once you have that, you can start to think about how each character affects the other. What new characteristics do each bring out in the other? Are they good or bad? What ways do they challenge each other? What impact does each one have in the other’s life? Don’t think in terms of romance at this point. Just imagine your characters together, and imagine them separately. What’s the difference? What aspects of their personality do they suppress around the other and which ones do they set free?

Then, consider what qualities they each admire in the other. Why does each of them like being around the other? And counterpoint - what things frustrate them about the other?

When it comes to pining…

…make the reasons behind their unrequited romance good. A reader can quickly get frustrated by two characters who are simply too shy to admit their true feelings, or too naive to recognize chemistry and affection that is obviously mutual.  This is easier than you think. Imagine what obstacles a relationship between them might have, and then have your character foresee this obstacle as too troublesome to deal with.

For example, in a Romeo/Juliet type storyline, two characters might pine for the other but fail to act on their feelings due to family expectations. An artist might never pursue art because their parents expect them to be a doctor, just like a person may not pursue another romantically because their parents wouldn’t approve. 

Geography might be another potential obstacle. Two characters that meet unexpectedly while on vacation may hit it off, but knowing they each live on separate coastlines, they anticipate a stressful long-distance relationship and hold back on confessing feelings. 

An existing relationship is a big one - a character might not feel fully committed to their current partner, but their partner has never treated them poorly and for all intents and purpose, they seem perfect for each other. So they hold back feelings for another person because they don’t want to hurt the person they’re currently with, who they do still care about deeply. Their life might also be comfortable with this person, or even well established, with a nice home and kids, and not wanting to hurt your children with a divorce is a big reason someone might hold back on feelings for someone else. 

Basically, you need to consider what is stopping each character from confessing their feelings. Fear of rejection is implied - there needs to be more than that in order to carry mutual pining for an entire novel. There need to be other obstacles, and they need to be ones that your characters can predict, and ones they care about. 

Let me put it much more simply. Instead of each character asking, “What if they don’t love me back?” have them ask, “What if they do love me back?” And consider what the answer to that question is. Once these feelings are requited, what are the consequences?  What is each character afraid of? 

So I think that would be my biggest suggestion - make their hesitations be about more than rejection. And when it comes to describing their emotions, don’t try too hard. Tell your story, and see what emotions naturally unfold. We convey emotion by putting ourselves into the shoes of our characters and imagining how it might make us feel. I think once you have the story well plotted and the characters well developed, it’ll become easier to describe what each of them is feeling. 

Good luck!

-Rebekah

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