i made my character a human fighter who’s a housewife/empty nester seeking adventure and wholesome fantasy violence after discovering that her husband is having an affair
is this……
is this how you dungeons
is this how you dragons
im sorry, but is her age “it’s rude to ask a lady her age”?
yes. also her weight.
this is a million percent how you dungeons AND dragons
There is no joy like the joy of a writer who has just figured out that a throwaway line they put into the first few paragraphs of a story is actually the key to a major plot point and possibly even the theme underlying the entire thing.
Just…yesssssss.
like to charge rb to cast
Writing fanfiction is this except it was someone else’s throwaway line
when people are like “the hunger games just stole the plot of battle royale” like listen everything steals from the plot of everything the lion king is just furry hamlet westworld is jurassic park but sexier lost is edgy gilligan’s island there are no original stories and the only good piece of media is jennifer’s body
Michael crichton wrote westworld and jurassic park tho so he just pirated himself
michael crichton keeps TRYING to tell y’all about the evils of capitalism impeding on the progress of science when will y’all LISTEN
Maybe he just doesn’t like theme parks
michael crichton in line for a roller coaster at six flags: fuck this
Jesus Christ, that’s the height at which every rollercoaster and dark ride is a decapitation threat
I learn so much on this website
just so everyone is aware - one of the best ways for bird flu to spread is by encouraging birds to congregate. while the bird flu epidemic from 2022 continues strong into 2023, you should almost always stop feeding birds. this illness can spread between types of birds - you encouraging birds to feed in your backyard could cause the death of the person down the road’s backyard chickens. the disease RARELY spreads to other animals and humans, but it is zoonotic and CAN infect both pets and people, so be cautious and discourage spread of the disease. if you find a deceased bird do not handle it without protective wear and do not let pets interact with dead wildlife. im not going to launch into an outdoor cat spiel but if you have a cat that catches birds regularly, consider stopping them from doing so while this is going on for their & your safety.
quick hide the cringe we can't let people know we enjoy things unironically
Quick fun fact I learned in ASL class:
Babies can begin signing as early as a few months old. You don’t have to wait until they’re 9-12 months to start communicating verbally; the parts of the brain that process and use language develop before a baby is able to speak intelligibly with their mouth. Teaching your kid sign language early means that they can communicate effectively months ahead of schedule, when compared to peers that only speak a spoken language.
Additional fun fact: this jumpstart in language is thought to be a possible way to avoid the “Terrible Twos”; that phase of a toddler’s life is thought to be largely due to a toddler being unable to effectively communicate their needs. If a two year old has already been speaking for a year and a half, they’re far more able to communicate to you what’s wrong. Heck, they might also start reading earlier; languages with a fingerspelling component, like ASL, mean that any speaker needs to be able to spell unfamiliar words and ask about them. This can jumpstart a toddler’s ability to recognize letters as components of a word, and teach them to spell, read, and eventually write these letters to communicate.
Which, of course, lends absolutely zero credence to the theory that ASL will inherently stunt someone’s spoken language skills. If anything, sign language fluency makes acquiring any language, spoken or not, easier rather than harder.
I once babysat a baby around a year old who knew sign language, the other older kids knew it as well and the whole family was hearing. I asked, and they said nobody they knew was deaf, but it was better for the children to communicate earlier. They gave me a little babysitter translation guide with the different signs I should know and this absolutely tiny nonverbal one year old spent the night telling me exactly what he wanted to eat, when he had to go to the bathroom, what shows he wanted to watch. He even seemed kind of amused at how slow I was to understand his signing. I left feeling absolutely amazed. If I ever had a kid (unlikely) there’s no way I wouldn’t so this with them.
not to discourse on main but I think we will not know peace until people can come to terms with the fact that every person alive has a complicated relationship with sex & it means different things to different people & that is okay. like for some people it’s not something they ever want to do, or even think about doing. for some people it’s completely neutral, or maybe they’re fine with doing it when it crosses their mind but it doesn’t cross their mind very often. for some people it’s something they like doing a lot for fun, or it could be a very important source of intimacy for them, or they feel really strongly about doing it but only in certain ways. & none of those people are wrong! those are all perfectly fine ways to feel about sex! your feelings on the subject might stay the same or they might change over your life too, & that is also fine!
just like. please understand that “sex is bad/problematic/icky” and “you have to have sex every week for your health” are equally batshit stupid things to say. everyone has the right to pursue as much sex as they want, by themself or with other consenting adults, including when that means no sex. (key word here is consenting. you have a right to want sex but you don’t have a right to anyone else’s body. which should go without saying but y’know. your right to want sex doesn’t overrule someone else’s right to not want it & no one else’s right to want sex overrules your right to not want it either)
Hey hi I've run into some truly galling information on tiktok so like
Y'all. If your doctor prescribes you antibiotics FUCKING TAKE ALL OF THEM OH MY GOD
If you stop when you 'feel better' you are not only allowing the infection to grab ahold stronger and set deeper but congratulations! You just signed up to be the incubator for the world's next variation on antibiotic resistant strains of what the fuck ever! Good job.
I cannot begin to describe the sheer number of commenters I just saw on a tiktok where the person was explaining how they didn't feel well, where they were telling them to 'just take the extra antibiotics you have lying around your house' fucking NO
Different antibiotics are for different things, even IF you actually were infected with something antibiotics can treat you won't have the right one you won't have enough and you're already fucked regardless because there were never 'Extra's' to begin with! If there are pills left in the bottle you did it wrong.
Jesus h christ. If you're prescribed pills take them as instructed. Please.
fanfic writers will consume a whole ass franchise and be like "that was fun, now i will proceed to do it better"
neil-gaiman
hoard-sweet-hoard asked:
Hey Neil,
it's that same person who's mother would not let them watch good omens. I have a different, worse problem now
I'm trying to write a book. it's only at 28,000 words right now, but I have the entire plot planned out and everything. but I'm now banned from writing it. It's apparently too violent, too sacrilegious, too inflammatory for my mother. i've poured my heart and soul into this, and i've shared it with teachers and peers and I have had an immensly positive reaction thus far.
She says im not allowed to write my novel out of concern for my soul. she says it is only temporary, but every time she says that, it ends up being permanent. I don't want to give up on it. I love the character,s the ideas, everything, and I just can't leave it to rot.
do you have any advice? i need it.
How old are you? She won’t be in control for ever.
She can’t actually stop you writing, especially when she’s not there. She can’t police your thoughts or stop you plotting.
Don’t leave your book around. Normally I recommend paper and pens but you are much better off writing directly on the web in places she’s not looking and won’t be able to find.
There are places you can anonymously post things you write, and also make them private. Other people can give you more specific advice.
(And be a little bit paranoid. Remember that there are things like key-logger programs which will record everything you ever type.)
Remember, whichever God or Gods your mother follows are good with you writing. This is all on her.
