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i know complicated relatable villains are all the rage nowadays but i think there’s something to be said for a villain like skeletor who is just like “i hate fun. i hope bad things happen” like i respect the commitment

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Small point of positivity; I do like how Navaeli's voice evolves as she gets a stronger grasp of Gadhin over time.

#starts off with this charming but awkward formality #saying stuff like “Do they not educate the youth here?” when she really means “Shouldn't you be in school Crislie?” #and then her dialogue becomes a little more natural with each book #she never really stops being formal since she's just an overly polite (and cautious) person #but she starts sounding less cryptic and finds it easier to get her actual thoughts across #finally having consistent conversational partners helps #anyway reblogged this for the morning crowd since some of you like these goobers

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constantly torn between "i wish I could magically learn this language immediately and speak it perfectly" and "part of language acquisition is the process, and learning it immediately wouldn't have as much meaning or significance to me"

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ok but like. which of your ocs would unironically listen to hatsune miku. that's the real question

#Avery #from Mindhive #Luce too but Avery is the one who will tell you that Miku is a software (basically an instrument) and not an artist

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Future Crislie would also be mad at herself about some of the things she's saying, but luckily she will not remember it.

Small point of positivity; I do like how Navaeli's voice evolves as she gets a stronger grasp of Gadhin over time.

#Past!Crislie: *casually bringing up fey as a potential danger alongside bandits and wild animals* #Future!Crislie if she were witnessing this: *resisting the urge to punch her old self for her ignorance* #Mep (Future or Not) would also think about biting her #it's also fully in character though #yay character arcs! #tbh the thing that we need to edit is absolutely not anybody's characterization #it's just like #the redundancies that crop up on a sentence level #starting to become convinced that this stuff was left as is because we found it too painful to directly read our Oldest Stuff for very long #but it's a) not that bad aside from that and b) fixing it is fuckin' necessary to ensure full series quality #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #also. i think Crislie gets glass jaw over time. gets too many medically significant hits to the head #it's like looking at us as a teen these fuckers are so bad at considering their own wellbeing #love them to death no longer mad at them for Badly Written crimes #edit: actually we did adjust Ma's characterization #softening her slightly #she's not a shitty person so much as she is Not Understanding Her Daughter

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Navaeli why are you moving furniture you are injured. You almost died yesterday. Future You is going to be so mad at you later.

Small point of positivity; I do like how Navaeli's voice evolves as she gets a stronger grasp of Gadhin over time.

#it's so painfully in character for her #Crislie is distracted making tea and here Navaeli is being the guest and still being like “but i can be helpful!” #GIRL. UR LEG. NO WONDER THAT THING DOESN'T HEAL RIGHT. #Future Crislie would also be dismayed #Present Crislie too if she wasn't so deep in her teenage angst in the moment

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Small point of positivity; I do like how Navaeli's voice evolves as she gets a stronger grasp of Gadhin over time.

#starts off with this charming but awkward formality #saying stuff like “Do they not educate the youth here?” when she really means “Shouldn't you be in school Crislie?” #and then her dialogue becomes a little more natural with each book #she never really stops being formal since she's just an overly polite (and cautious) person #but she starts sounding less cryptic and finds it easier to get her actual thoughts across #finally having consistent conversational partners helps

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*aimless eldritch screeching*

#we were in such a rush with the last editing round w/ the first three HoR books when we were visually redoing the ebooks #i think WH and EW are fine but. SH. the first book. the one that gives everybody the series' first impression. #just badly needed another go-over #the thing about the first book is that it is inevitably the worst #simply because it was written with less experience #and each time we alter it we have more experience than the last alteration (and oftentimes a better sleep schedule) #this stuff will be finalized when Starlit Prince is out and not a day sooner #we love HoR dearly but in some ways we are looking forward to projects where we will simply start fresh with our several decades of skills #and not have to revise things over and over again #we have sworn a sacred oath (lifelong hyperfixation) to bring HoR to life to the best of our abilities tho so until then we hone

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#*licks the peanut butter jar excitedly*

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"We'll fix it in post" is a phrase from the film industry, but it is inherently funnier when it's spoken by a writer because--tragic--you are also the post-production team.

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I LOVE IT WHEN ENDINGS CIRCLE BACK TO THE BEGINNING!!!

I LOVE IT WHEN CHARACTERS MIRROR EACH OTHER!!!!!

I LOVE IT WHEN CHARACTERS SEAL THEIR FATES IN THEIR FIRST SCENES!!!!

I LOVE IT WHEN CHARACTERS' GREATEST TRAITS ARE ALSO WHAT DOOM THEM IN THE END!!!!!

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I am totally willing to accept unexplained light sources in movies if that means those movies won't be dark as fuck for the 90+ minutes they run

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One of my favorite phrases my Creative Writing professor had for when you’re writing fantasy is ‘giving your story a Flux Capacitor’.

Because it’s not real, it doesn’t exist. But the way it’s thrown into Back to the Future, at no point does it throw the audience off or suspend any more disbelief than time travel would. You believe Doc when he says he created the Flux Capacitor - the thing that makes time travel possible, because the universe never questions him. 

So it essentially means like, there are going to be elements to your universe that are just not gonna make any sense, even if you set up a whole system based on it. And the only way to make it work is completely own it. You cannot second-guess your system or else the reader will too. You can give it the strangest explanation, but write it like you own it.  

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It feels like such an unpopular opinion these days but I'd much rather a story take a big swing and miss than just be a tepid, lightly-tread path. I'd much rather writers take big risks, play with expectations, subvert tropes and ultimately maybe fail a little bit than have this constant stream of content that can be summed up in trite soundbites or carved up into 30 second clips.

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my gayboy friends lovingly call me "their dyke". my qpp called me beautiful for my intersex traits. my beloved transmasc friend got strong on t and he carried me up the sand dunes on the beach because my mobility aids wouldn't work climbing sand like that. the queens at the bar cheered me on when i got up on stage and i was scared in front of the crowd. we're here to love each other in our own little ways. there is so much beauty here

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