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Way to go dad!!

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if cats aren't meant to be kissed on their heads then what's that little space between their ears for

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I am a WHORE for “the love is requited, they’re both just idiots”

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sometimes you just gotta read something and say “i literally don’t care” aloud and move on

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hmmm

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So many cultures looked at dancing and singing and went "but what if it was colorful and had fun jingling things on the clothes" and every single one of them was RIGHT

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Actually, can we talk about how Garbage a lot of ubiquitous writing advice in the late 2000's was?

Like "you have to begin in the middle of the action! your first line has to be a 'hook' that draws the reader further into the story!"

This is the bullshit responsible for the amount of books that begin in the middle of some sort of pointless fucking action scene that I care nothing about because I just got here.

Like I guess this makes books easier to "sell" or whatever on some level of the process, but it's garbage storytelling advice because setup and establishment of the Way Things Are is almost always necessary.

On some level I don't think it's actually possible to begin a story right on top of the "inciting incident" because...you don't have the raw materials to "incite" anything with. If you have to set up basic things about the characters and world after the "inciting incident," it's not really the inciting incident anymore, is it?

The event that "launches" a character into their plot line is something that follows from the character's established situation, desires, traits etc. It's a follow-up to a situation that makes a Story of some kind inevitable.

It is, by definition, an event that makes no sense and does not matter to the reader at all unless the "setup" already exists.

If you try to begin right in the middle of the event that "sparks" the plot, you're going to end up including a second, "real" event that actually does the job, because you can't do the job if the character, the stakes, the rules, etc. are not there yet.

Now the action scene you stuck to the beginning of your story is probably dead weight that is getting in the way of the setup.

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Oh so he’s doing eugenics now

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Something about The Rise of Skywalker feels hollow, but not completely hollow.  Solo felt hollow, but I couldn’t figure out why.  Rogue One didn’t feel hollow.

Part of that is probably a personal factor.  Would I have felt differently about Solo at age 12, or would I have forgotten it as not sufficiently transcendent to be worth that portion of my remaining lifespan?  I certainly wouldn’t have phrased it that way, but would I have that as some indescribable feeling?

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this is my favourite poem

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Okay i know i myself have made jokes on Mr Darcy hating to spend time with Mr. Collins but. I feel like of the two of them Darcy is probably significantly less annoyed than Lizzie by Collins simply bc 1) he never received The most obnoxious proposal in the world from him 2) the combination of Darcy's superior rank and his not being an Elegant Female puts him in a position to just tell Collins to stop talking and probably be thanked for the privilege. Darcy probably just lets him talk for five minutes and then is all "hm. I'd like to meditate on that in silence for a while. Very intriguing." And gets like an hour of peace

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for what purpose 

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https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/r9nec5/reposting_for_context_buried_our_dog_in_the/

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i hope your onions caramelize. i hope my onions caramelize. i hope we both sauté our root vegetables to perfection. slow cooked onions in loving pan.

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Ah yes - the post-holiday anxiety attack, as I return to my real life and responsibilities and realize that I am 30, overweight, working a menial job, spend too much for what I make, am a horrible roommate and pet owner, and have no idea what I’m doing with my life. Good. Excellent.

#just crying in bed nbd #that crippling moment when you can’t fathom your life having meaning #and even the thought of all the people who love you just makes you feel guilty for letting them down and disappointing them #god I need a therapist

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