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Hello :) More wof au stuff

Lil worldbuilding things for wof au headworld to put all my accumulated fantribe ocs in :)

Culture is so obsessed with the idea of lone geniuses that it doesn't really appreciate that most of the progress of science (and likely every other discipline) occurs collaboratively, in babysteps, and usually through a lot very tedious, utterly unsexy, work.

this still only has like 1k views even though it’s a fucking masterpiece, so i’m posting it here because I’ve watched it like 10 times, seriously go check it out—

I think I'd appreciate hearing this from a professional

"came back wrong" but it's food that you heated up in the microwave

dealing with the worst case scenario

your condom breaks

you feel a lump on your breast

your friends are ignoring you

you’re stranded on an island 

you got rejected by a crush

you get into a car accident

you got stung by a bee/wasp

you got fired from your job

you’re in an earthquake

your tattoo gets infected

your house is on fire

you’re lost in the woods

you get arrested abroad

you get robbed

your partner cheated on you

you’re on a ship that’s sinking

you fall into ice

you’re stuck in an elevator

you hit a deer with your car

you have food poisoning

your pet passed away

you fall off of a horse

you or your friend has alcohol poisoning

you have toxic shock syndrome

your house has a gas leak

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

Petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards

The previous government proposed changes to the NHS constitution which would mean transgender hospital patients in England may not be treate

Well fucks? Get to it!

another (checks notes) nine months, another page! I wanna start posting this more.. I always say that haha but I really really like Tinyclan and Boughpaw, and I’m excited to show off her story no matter how long it takes.

I decided to write the text so it’s easier so I’ll add a transcription incase my handwriting is illegible lmao

“Boughpaw manages to steal prey from a grey fox.”

*Boughpaw is wishing Asterstar could see her.”*

I might end up trying to make refs for Boughpaw and Asterstar so stick around for that >:3

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Grandma is happy people like her so she is currently screaming and waking up my entire family

She suspects the ghouls have taken her sight

Grandma has been declared an enemy of the state

She saw that

She is overseeing major overseas operations

Hi everyone so glad you could make it

This page is dedicated to my old girl, Stella (Grandma)

She is currently 16 years old and has freaky blind eyes

Her favorite color is red and her favorite activity is screaming

Hi everyone this is Grandma

Everyone say hi grandma

Some Grammy throwback pics

Idk how to use a Tumblr but this is my cat, Grandma

absolutely just plugging my own clan but

maybe boughkit from @tinyclan ?

Alright let’s do this again! Except a kit version! I wanted to at 1500 followers so let’s count this for that

Now that I have kits to draw I’m realizing I need some PRACTICE drawing those things, so give me some clangen kits to work with!

and when every blog is sensitive content. no one will be

I've already said that my number one piece of writing advice is to read.

But my number two piece of advice is this: be deliberate.

Honestly this would fix so many pieces of bad writing advice. Don't forbid people from doing something, tell them to be conscious and deliberate about it. This could help stop people from falling into common mistakes without limiting their creativity. Black and white imperatives may stop a few annoying beginner habits, but ultimately they will restrict artistic expression.

Instead of "don't use epithets": "Know the effect epithets have and be deliberate about using them." Because yes, beginners often misuse them, but they can be useful when a character's name isn't known or when you want to reduce them to a particular trait they have.

Instead of "don't use 'said'" or "just use 'said'": "Be deliberate about your use of dialogue tags." Because sometimes you'll want "said" which fades into the background nicely, but sometimes you will need a more descriptive alternative to convey what a character is doing.

Instead of "don't use passive voice": "Be deliberate about when you use passive voice." Because using it when it's not needed can detract from your writing, but sometimes it can be useful to change the emphasis of a sentence or to portray a particular state of mind.

Instead of blindly following or ignorantly neglecting the rules of writing, familiarize yourself with them and their consequences so you can choose when and if breaking them would serve what you're trying to get across.

Your writing is yours. Take control of it.

It probably sounds like I'm preaching to the choir here because most of my mutuals are already great writers. But I'm hoping this will make it to the right people.

do u have a set of little brain tools u like to use to think about things? here are some of mine

grass sheep: based on the story of an ai who identified photos of sheep correctly, but then it turned out it was recognizing photos with grass in the background. i try to find the grass of a sheep when i'm thinking about the "proof" of something to identify possible other things that could produce that result other than the thing that is assumed to be being proven

hot swap: when thinking about something's place in the world, i like to try to imagine what would need to be different about the larger context for something else to take its place. what would need to be different? what would follow as a change? i often do this to two things that are presented as opposites.

sterility vs bioactivity: there's two solutions to reptile husbandry, one of having sterile and frequently cleaned items to manually remove waste and kill disease, and the other of creating a small ecosystem to reduce and process waste and prevent disease by having other things living there. i use this to think about what alternate routes of solutions could be other than manual control/reduction/elimination of problems

third axis: if i get stuck on a problem that seems to have only two answers, i try to move "vertically" away from it. if something must be either true or false, what would it mean for it to not matter either way? if something must be either supported or fought against, what would it mean to make it irrelevant entirely?

: The Bird Song by Noah Floersch

cough casually plugging this new animatic i made hehe

i discovered who brennan lee mulligan was today

HEY, FELLOW HATERS OF INSANELY-BRIGHT CAR HEADLIGHTS, SOMEONE HAS STARTED A PETITION TO REGULATE THEM.

It's an official petition through the Australian Government's e-petition page, which means if it gets enough signatures, it will be tabled in government.

You do have to be an Australian citizen to sign it, BUT!!! PLEASE REBLOG THIS EVEN IF YOURE NOT, because these kind of things have a roll-on effect, and if Australia legislates LED headlights, then other countries may follow.

FYI, the petition asks only for your name and email, and once you've clicked the sign button, they'll send you an email to confirm your signature --- you need to click the confirmation link in the email to have your signature counted.

To all my writers who have a tough time with smut terms and not knowing which ones to use, I have found the holy grail for us.

This reddit user took a poll of 3,500 people and went really in depth with asking their favorite terminology, along with actual pie charts on what the readers preferred to see in their smut.

Here's the direct link to the Google doc with all the info!

- A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers // kagonekoshiro