One of the ballsiest things Tolkien ever did was write 473k words about some hobbits called frodo, sam, merry, and pippin and then write in the appendices that their names are actually maura, ban, kali, and razal.
Schwul????
Natürlich. Immer doch.
doctor who textpost (doctor who as ao3 tags) 🧍♂️
ao3 tags from @thefunniesttags
Obligatory disclaimer: writing ‘rules’ are all arbitrary lists of opinions and are nothing more than the personal preferences of the people composing them. These are things that annoy me as one reader in a sea of many (though I think several of them are fairly common annoyances, judging from my conversations with other readers). If you read this list and see that some of it applies to your own writing, it does not mean that you are wrong or a terrible writer; simply that our views on storytelling do not mesh. (Although I am right, and you should listen to me.)
So here are some things I’ve run across rather frequently while reading that make me feel very crotchety.
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Excerpts from Alex and Henry's emails
+ Bonus:
some sandman bits and bobs about siblings (comic ver.)
My friend keeps asking me if I'm dating someone because I'm "constantly smiling at your phone" and i don't know how to break it to her that I'm reading about dead gay wizards
holy trinity of going to school in germany:
"don't throw snowballs, there could be stones in them"
"can i become a steak =/= can i get a steak"
mitternachtsformel
*then
but yeah
mostly reblogs - honestly, I can’t keep this organised. 🇩🇪🏳️🌈(they/she) Doctor Who - ??? - Maurauders - Merlin - Wednesday - and loads more
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