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THIS IS NOT A DRILL

I have finished the 1st Draft of the 1st installment of my AU and I could not be any prouder aaaaaah

this also means I will now put it aside for about 4 weeks, then do a 2nd draft and read through it once more until I finally upload it.

This will probably take alltogether 2 months from now...

BUT lets not distract from the excitement. IT IS COMING

I really, honestly, genuinely didn't think it was happening this life but IT IS COMING

I just reached 40k words of my current WIP which makes it my longest project ever yet yay

#my au #fanfic #aaaaaaaaaah

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the 'what if you played it a little risky' post literally Changed my life but i cant fujkign find it in my blog because its. a tiktok screenshot

#positivity

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why write a story if no one's going to read it?

Sometimes you don't want to share a story with others. Sometimes you do want to share it, but no one clicks on the title. So why bother writing it down if the only person you can guarantee will read it is you?

You need to get it out of your head. It just keeps replaying in your imagination on a loop and the only way to get it unstuck is to pin it down on paper.

You need to figure out what the story is. You have a lot of disjointed scenes or lines that you know are connected but you can't quite figure out how.

There's something in the story that's important to you, and you don't want to lose that thing by forgetting it. Future you might find that thing important too.

You want to be able to go back to the story again and again. Maybe to make adjustments over time. Maybe just to revisit a story that gives you the emotional release you need in that moment.

You want to be able to use text-to-speech to read the story aloud to you. Maybe it's a bedtime story. Maybe it's keeping you company while you do errands and chores.

You want to find out whether you can write a story (because not everyone can).

You want to be able to have almost the same story, but a little bit different, and you want to have it 15 times with slight variations. Then you can go through your own personal menu picking exactly the combination of beats that will satisfy you most on this reading.

You enjoy the process of finding just the right words or phrases or scenes to paint the pictures you want to shape the scene.

You want to find the exact rhythm and syllables and structure to make a sentence really sing.

You don't really have any particular reason, but you know you want to write that story down.

#i have this crossover au in my mind for over 5 years now #it needs to get out #and if its just for my own enjoyment #idc #fanfic

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I just reached 40k words of my current WIP which makes it my longest project ever yet yay

#personal #my au #fanfic #it is so rare i want to tag it: i am proud of myself

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One of the things that made Captain America: The Winter Soldier so good was that it really went out of its way to establish character’s competence before they fought the big climax of the story, so you really feel the stakes. 

Fury escaped a whole set of police cars and weaponized teams and being shot at from all sides, but then comes the Winter Soldier and bam just like that he’s down. Steve took out a set of pirates and Batroc at the start of the movie, then an entire elevator full of STRIKE agents, brought down a plane with his bare hands, but then bam the Winter Soldier slams into him like nothing else before. 

And with Winter Soldier we see him take out Fury twice, go toe to toe with Steve, hurl Natasha around, yank a guy from a car, jump from a bridge, he’s restrained in a room filled with people with huge guns and he slams a guy halfway across the room, and then Pierce goes ahead and slaps him, because he can.

#this this this this this #anti mcu #anti loki series #catws #catws best mcu movie cmv

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Rewatched Avengers 2012 last night.

Y'all remember when the MCU had sets with green screen instead of *just* green screen?

I never expected to rewatch this and have SO much fun with the practical effects (like Thor's old costume) and heavy use of practical sets that used CGI to enhance the realism, not create it entirely. It's truly the best campy, doesn't-take-itself-too-seriously experience.

Like, YES, there were green screen backgrounds in this movie — and BOY have they aged terribly (can't wait til Shitgame does the same and people stop drooling over it so much) But it was still *lively*, ya know? It still had character.

Okay yes that's a green screen background but on a SET. With PROPS.

Time went on and things turned into....

Barely a prop or set piece in sight. Costumes only, and you're lucky when they aren't CGIed too.

Listen if you like this stuff, do you boo.

But goddamn I wish we could get back the days of less green screen. It's fun.

#not to bring up lotr but i am bringing up lotr #it is aging so well because most of the effects are made with miniatures and models #cgi is awesome and some things can only be done like that #but the things that can be done with props and sets should be done like that #it makes the experience sooo much better #because it might look real but our brain notices something isn't right #anti mcu

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Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

#things to try #resources

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i do not know what tumblr intends to fuck up next but i can neither download any pictures in the app nor update the app to maybe fix the problem.

pls get your shit together

thank you

#tumblr #pls i want to enjoy it but it really gets hard

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Fascism sells a synthetic nostalgia.

#politics #his is so relevant right now #its sad #but important

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Having written a 200k+ word fic that I accept as my fanon (the TDW sequel one) is so weird because now I'm like u guys don't know what heppened then ;-;

#i practically live in a super complicated AU which only losely bases on the mcu #i feel this so hard #i have just recently started to finally write it out #and i need to remind myself that my characters are different and have different relationships to everyone else in the fandom #its so silly

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I’ve been watching a lot of big time rush the past few days and I wish my life was as animated and had whacky music and sound effects. I just think it would fix me.

#i believe so too

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Big Time Rush Reads Thirst Tweets

#big time rush #i saw that and it made me so happy #how uncomfortable carlos got while the others were wildin #peak entertainment

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I just love Big Time Rush so much

#btr #big time rush #the show #the music #love love love

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OH?

#neil newbon #what a slay

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vlad_shevchenko

#I WANTED EXACTLY THAT TWIST #i love this

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YOU hates terfs

#fuck terfs #all my homies hate terfs

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i actually feel like the bamfiest aziraphale moment that isn't getting enough love is the "you came to me. i said i would protect you. and i will." like hoooly shit. it's brave in a quiet way, in a kind way. and the way it's delivered too, it really feels like for a brief moment i got to see all the way through his soul to its shining core. anyone gif that bit?

#bamfy is such a cool word #aziraphale is so awesome #aziraphale #crowley #good omens #love how crowley looks in the back #he is conflicted #but he cannot stop his angel #he stands by his word