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New year writing goals
Trying to write more often is self-care. We write because we love it. Let's not make it a chore.
There is more to writing than getting words on the page. Research, plotting, outlining, daydreaming, making moodboards... all that is writing.
Not being able to write some days is NOT failure. Breaks are essential to refill your creative energy. Maybe just listen to your writing playlist and relax a bit or read a book or watch a show that inspires you.
Word counts are not absolute. If you realize you can't achieve your word count in the set timeframe, revise it. It's NOT failure, it's being efficient and aware of your own energy.
Be kind to yourself. Not finishing your goal is okay. Just engage with your creativity. Your mental health is more important.
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looked up celebrities with my sun moon and rising and didn’t recognize anyone so i guess i’m the most famous of us all
okay but also, they give us river and he isn’t just....a lil gay?
my least favorite part about cyberpunk is not being able to romance takemura.
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the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” is actually not the full phrase it actually is “curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back” so don’t let anyone tell you not to be a curious little baby okay go and be interested in the world uwu
my least favorite part about cyberpunk is not being able to romance takemura.
its what he deserves
some much needed positivity
a little list of some positive projects coming out of the spnfamily right now:
- The Castiel Project: A fundraiser for The Trevor Project, an organization for suicide prevention for queer youth. The Castiel Project is a positive outlet for the outrage at the CW’s homophobia. Donate here if you have the means. Reblog this to signal boost.
- Ramble On: A WIP rewrite of s6-15 of SPN by @rambleoncas and @thiscastielhasflown along with the team they’re assembling. Find details @rambleonspn and drop an ask if you have questions or words of support.
- Superior Natural: Similar concept to Ramble On, but from the beginning. Find them @spnrewrite and on their discord linked on the blog if you’d like to support or contribute. I don’t know as much about it or the people involved but I’m happy to signal boost as it seems like a positive effort.
This is by no means a complete list! I encourage you all to rb and add anything you want to signal boost as well!
so get this, they had a perfect script, destiel endgame, full gay fest in Heaven, but then the ultimate shitstorm of 11/5/2020 happened and they chickened out, cut Cas off and had to shoot the whole “after Dean died” montage fiasco in two week and that’s the only justification for a dead possum wig and blurry Eileen I’ve got
i was gonna wait until tomorrow, but here it goes: castiel deserved better. he deserved a spot in that finale. a physical spot. a chance to see him at peace. even if he wasn’t with dean. just a moment to see him happy in the “Heaven he deserved.” two mentions in the finale episode for one of the MAIN characters is not satisfactory. it’s lazy storytelling. and cowardly.
it literally doesn’t make any sense. family became MORE than these two brothers over the seasons. it became MORE than their relationship. i’m sorry. it just did. and ALL of that beautiful work j2 did in the barn scene was ruined by that ending. sorry.
ALSO. WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF CAS’ BIG SPEECH ABOUT LOVE AND HAPPINESS IN 15x18 IF WE DON’T GET DEAN’S RESPONSE??? SO WE HINT AND JOKE AT THEIR RELATIONSHIP SINCE S4, BUT NEVER FOLLOW THROUGH??? WHAT WAS THE REASON? HOMOPHOBIA??? GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK, CW. FOR FFS.
somebody in that room should’ve said IT’S BEEN OVER A DECADE. MAKE THE HUNTER AND THE ANGEL CANON, YOU COWARDS.
it’s infuriating. every scene. every word. every theme. and for what? THAT ‘bros4life/super-het/we mention the angel twice’ ending?
how disappointing.
the thing I can’t get over about you’re the most caring man on earth, you are the most selfless, loving human being is that the narrative really decided that yes, in fact, this deserved to be acknowledged, out loud, definitively, as an absolute truth. this singular man, out of every person in every universe, is constructed of such a deep wellspring of tenderness and love that the mere act of speaking the fact of it, with no expectation of return, could be a moment of pure happiness simply because it needed to be said. that this man who has had practically everything stolen from him, been manipulated, battered, betrayed, abandoned at every turn; who has endured and witnessed darkness that would swallow anyone else whole, who tries to mold himself to whatever others require or any situation needs, who lives with the constant weight of the evil of the world, and the impossible fight, and the mistakes, and the abuse, and the sacrifices and the catastrophic self-loathing, that he still stands there and radiates such a powerful love that it causes other beings to love the entire world through him and because of him.
that the other emissaries of heaven were threatened because they can’t comprehend that love; that certain agents of darkness were drawn in because they’re deprived of and crave that love; that it could cause an angel to break ranks and choose him, that it would scream from his skin like a siren song, that it would keep time in his heart and measure the beats through every action. that his love is alluring and irrevocable and galaxy-defining. that this story’s God would be petty and jealous and deceiving, act as a puppet-master, and not know love at all, be an almighty moving his chess pieces dispassionately, and that even he would see Dean as nothing but a weapon, his blunt instrument to wield, and because this God can’t fathom what this one man is capable of, he fails to control him. because the rage and the loss and the responsibility was foisted upon him unfairly, was part of the plan, but the spark of his soul was not. the capacity of his love and compassionate courage is all his, is all him to the essence.
and so he’s more than everyone, even the author himself. more acutely human. more radiantly holy.
and as someone who’s argued this point for years, waxed poetic about it and wept over it and clung too closely to his character because of it, been frustrated when the narrative tried to sublimate it and yet knew it always burnished his being, hearing it spoken aloud was like exhaling and then catching your breath when you didn’t even realize you were drowning a moment earlier.
I’ve used that Siken quote (do I apologize for being that girl, that cliche? never) forever - Love, for you, is larger than the usual romantic love. It’s like a religion. It’s terrifying. and it his religion, his true faith, his freedom and authenticity lives in it. it’s a transcendence. it’s so big that Cas, a soldier meant only to serve that controlling, capricious God, looked at that love and saw actual divinity, and it was transformative. love is Dean’s religion - but Cas’ religion is Dean, and then the story’s underlying text is that, because it’s an act of free will, everyone else’s faith should be rooted there too. you can die for love, they all have. Dean deserves to live for it, because the world needs it and is better and more beautiful because of it.
it’s such a profound concept in the narrative and so huge and metaphorical, and such a radical departure from any stereotype that stories usually rely on for heroes like Dean, that Dean becomes something else altogether. he’s a unique being not only in his own universe, but in ours. it’s. whew. it really is the beginning and the end of everything.
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looking through my folders and seeing all the chella man gifs i made. i think it might be enough to post and share at some point???
what do you mean i haven’t reached out to you i literally manifest you in the fake scenarios i create in my head each night before i fall asleep
a list of quirks for characters to make them a little more interesting
doesn’t like to wear shoes
always has a piece of sugarfree gum in their mouth
has a collection of cartoon dvds
walks everywhere they go
only wears pastel colors
won’t go anywhere without three hairbands on their wrist
refuses to wear any shoes except red converse
has a crippling fear of something mundane like mushrooms
has a dream notebook filled with every dream they can remember
has a really loud sneeze and goes into sneeze fits
only wears vintage clothing
has damaged hair from messing with it too much
super good at advanced math but can’t do addition for shit
believes in the supernatural, like ghosts
likes to go on midnight shopping trips and run through stores
gets too emotionally attached
loves dogs and has three of them
has hallucinations, but not scary ones
works at a fast food establishment in their free time
always carries a musical instrument with them
always carries a sketchbook with them
likes to name inanimate objects
strictly against drug use
excessively polite
excessively indecisive
can recite the first 200 digits of pi
can only play clocks by coldplay on the piano and plays it 24/7
gets itchy skin when anxious
has to move things around in a certain pattern before going to sleep
worries that if they do one thing wrong they’ll die
obsessed with puzzles
obsessed with rpg videogames
texts with one thumb
always has red painted nails
an amazing runner with super toned legs
has a beautiful voice
has restless legs, especially at night
has terrible performance anxiety
doesn’t like to turn assignments in because they’re afraid they’ll fail
loves science but is really bad at it
can/can’t make friends easily
likes to lie in fields and stare at the stars
believes that wishes can come true
falls deeply in love
bruises super easily
beautiful/horrible handwriting
ambidextrous
only likes nintendo games
only drinks sparkling water
doesn’t watch tv/listen to music
goes to concerts every week
likes slam poetry
likes to study in coffee shops/libraries
doesn’t understand politics but tries nonetheless
wears the same sweatshirt every day
collects sweatshirts
works three part time jobs
crazy intelligent but super shy
likes to memorize phone numbers instead of writing them down
loves to calculate probability
gets homesick very easily
wants to leave home very badly
trips a lot
can’t dance but tries anyway
brushes their teeth seven times a day
incredibly honest to a sometimes brash extent
only draws with mechanical pencils
only writes with pens
collects pens from hotels
wants to believe in heaven but can’t
watches a ton of anime
makes people cute nicknames
makes people origami
uses origami as a coping mechanism
owns a ton of t-shirts from hot topic, but has never been inside
makes all their own food
vegetarian/vegan/pescatarian
eats rice krispies every morning
does everything “for the aesthetic”
watches kids shows
goes to a private school
short term memory loss
loves disney movies
makes lists of random things in their free time
only eats foods with a spoon
only likes to wear skirts
never has their hair down
dyes their hair every two weeks
likes to collect pokemon cards
gets obsessed with games really easily
gives up too easily
gets their heart broken too often
has a mysterious disease
has a big social media following
tries too hard to be popular
likes to draw everything and everyone
can eat a whole lemon
listens to “edgy” music all the time
i aspire to be one of those people who are known for always smelling good and treating people kindly
pick-me-ups for writers
for the self-conscious beginner: No one makes great things until the world intimately knows their mediocrity. Don’t think of your writing as terrible; think of it as preparing to contribute something great.
for the self-conscious late bloomer: Look at old writing as how far you’ve come. You can’t get to where you are today without covering all that past ground. For that, be proud.
for the perfectionist: Think about how much you complain about things you love—the mistakes and retcons in all your favorite series—and how you still love them anyway. Give yourself that same space.
for the realist: There will be people who hate your story even if it’s considered a classic. But there will be people who love your story, even if it is strange and unpopular.
for the fanfic writer: Your work isn’t lesser for not following canon. When you write, you’ve created a new work on its own. It can be, but does not have to be, limited by the source material. Canon is not the end-all, be-all.
for the writer’s blocked: It doesn’t need to be perfect. Sometimes you have to move on and commit a few writing sins if it means you can create better things out of it.
for the lost: You started writing for a reason; remember that reason. It’s ok to move on. You are more than your writing. It will be here if you want to come back.
BREONNA TAYLOR’S CASE IS FINALLY GOING TO BE PLACED IN FRONT OF A GRAND JURY
After almost 200 days since Breonna Taylor was murdered, her case will be presented to a grand jury by Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
— WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
It means that it’s time to go harder than ever before for Breonna Taylor.
1. GET OFF YOUR LAZY *** AND SIGN THIS THIS AND THIS PETITION
2. DONATE TO BREONNA’S FAMILY IF YOU CAN
3. MAKE SOME CALLS DEMANDING JUSTICE! Numbers are included in THIS Twitter thread.
MORE INFO INCLUDED IN THIS TWITTER THREAD.
It’s time to show everyone that WE CARE ABOUT BREONNA TAYLOR. We want JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR.
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Additional Resources:
• black lives matter carrd • issues in the world carrd • US CITIZENS: vote in your upcoming Presidential election :)
Kelvin Harrison Jr. photographed by Georgie Wood for Port Magazine, April 2020.
CHARACTERS OF COLOR MEME — FIVE PROTAGONISTS
justice smith as tim goodman in detective pikachu
MASON GOODING IN LOVE, VICTOR
By clicking the source link below, you will be redirected to a total of #93 gifs of actor Mason Gooding as Andrew in season one, episodes one to three of the show Love, Victor. Mason is of African American & European descent (I found this on one source, so I can’t be positive, so if anyone knows for sure the specifics, let me know!), please cast him accordingly. All gifs were made from scratch by me and are intended for roleplaying purposes. Please do not repost/claim as your own. Please like or reblog this post if you find these helpful, as this lets me know to make more in the future.
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disgustingly cute domestic scenes to imagine your otp in:
getting slightly too drunk in the middle of the afternoon and slow dancing to dumb cheesy old music and kissing in a way that’s more laughter than actual kissing, mouths clumsy and hands gripping tight and sunlight slanting over them as they move lazily together
curling up on the sofa together, feet tucked under thighs and arms around shoulders, watch the kind of crap tv that only airs at 3am because they don’t want to go to untangle themselves to go to bed
hectic mornings when they each need to be somewhere and they’re rushing around each other, ducking into bathrooms and bedrooms and kitchen cupboards, pausing to straighten tops and press kisses to cheeks
going through old photos together and collapsing into laughter every three pictures, and zooming in on ones where they’re pulling awful faces or ones that were taken at just the wrong moment
getting ready for nights out together, standing shoulder to shoulder as they brush their teeth or get their faces ready or style their hair, knocking elbows and hips as they try and hog more space
standing quietly together in the kitchen after long, exhausting days, leaning into each other for support, breathing in the smell of home, fingers carding through hair and stroking down spines, until they feel like they can relax and smile properly again