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Help a beginning writer out?

Hi everyone! :) I am writing a fantasy book, and my main characters are poc (indigenous and black). My fantasy concept gets pretty complicated over their identities, so I would love to have someone look over my shoulder to give ethical (if that's the right word) advice or have conversations with them about this. Ideally, I would be able to do some research on my own but this gets so specific that it's hard to find sources. Would anyone be interested in this, or know any sources, or have any other tips? :) Thank youuu, have a good day and I believe in your writing/art :-) You got this! (it's loosely based on Peter Pan and is wlw if that helps convince anyone :D)

#beginning writer #dutch writer #sensitivity reader #research #writers research #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #female writers #writblr #writerscorner #writers and poets #artist requesting help #please help #help #poc characters #lgbtq+ community #lgbt writing #lgbt writers

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What do you fear?

Hi Tumblr! Have a question for you :) I was wondering if you could help me with an art project by answering "What do you fear?" and keep asking "Why?". I am trying to create a new type of monster to write a short story about, and monsters are reflections of what we as a society fear, to give a body and shape to the unknown, so I'm collecting some data.

So it'd be so awesome if you could answer that question, what do you fear, and try to get to the core of it by asking "why?". For example, one of my chains is: I fear growing old. Because I don’t want to lose my physical and mental abilities. Because I want to be able to trust my brain. Because I don’t feel like a person when I can’t trust my brain, not like a person that’s here anyway. 

If you do so. You're amazing, I'll love you forever, I'll send my short story to you <3. Have an amazing day!! Be kind to yourself!

#monster #what do you fear #question #please help #please answer #survey #fear #what are you scared of #new monster #short story #writer #artist #artist requesting help

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“I think fanfiction is literature and literature, for the most part, is fanfiction, and that anyone that dismisses it simply on the grounds that it’s derivative knows fuck-all about literature and needs to get the hell off my lawn. Most of the history of Western literature (and probably much of non-Western literature, but I can’t speak to that) is adapted or appropriated from something else. Homer wrote historyfic and Virgil wrote Homerfic and Dante wrote Virgilfic (where he makes himself a character and writes himself hanging out with Homer and Virgil and they’re like “OMG Dante you’re so cool.” He was the original Gary Stu). Milton wrote Bible fanfic, and everyone and their mom spent the Middle Ages writing King Arthur fanfic. In the sixteenth century you and another dude could translate the same Petrarchan sonnet and somehow have it count as two separate poems, and no one gave a fuck. Shakespeare doesn’t have a single original plot—although much of it would be more rightly termed RPF—and then John Fletcher and Mary Cowden Clarke and Gloria Naylor and Jane Smiley and Stephen Sondheim wrote Shakespeare fanfic. Guys like Pope and Dryden took old narratives and rewrote them to make fun of people they didn’t like, because the eighteenth century was basically high school. And Spenser! Don’t even get me started on Spenser. Here’s what fanfic authors/fans need to remember when anyone gives them shit: the idea that originality is somehow a good thing, an innately preferable thing, is a completely modern notion. Until about three hundred years ago, a good writer, by and large, was someone who could take a tried-and-true story and make it even more awesome. (If you want to sound fancy, the technical term is imitatio.) People were like, why would I wanna read something about some dude I’ve never heard of? There’s a new Sir Gawain story out, man! (As to when and how that changed, I tend to blame Daniel Defoe, or the Modernists, or reality television, depending on my mood.) I also find fanfic fascinating because it takes all the barriers that keep people from professional authorship—barriers that have weakened over the centuries but are nevertheless still very real—and blows right past them. Producing literature, much less circulating it, was something that was well nigh impossible for the vast majority of people for most of human history. First you had to live in a culture where people thought it was acceptable for you to even want to be literate in the first place. And then you had to find someone who could teach you how to read and write (the two didn’t necessarily go together). And you needed sufficient leisure time to learn. And be able to afford books, or at least be friends with someone rich enough to own books who would lend them to you. Good writers are usually well-read and professional writing is a full-time job, so you needed a lot of books, and a lot of leisure time both for reading and writing. And then you had to be in a high enough social position that someone would take you seriously and want to read your work—to have access to circulation/publication in addition to education and leisure time. A very tiny percentage of the population fit those parameters (in England, which is the only place I can speak of with some authority, that meant from 500-1000 A.D.: monks; 1000-1500: aristocratic men and the very occasional aristocratic woman; 1500-1800: aristocratic men, some middle-class men, a few aristocratic women; 1800-on, some middle-class women as well). What’s amazing is how many people who didn’t fit those parameters kept writing in spite of the constant message they got from society that no one cared about what they had to say, writing letters and diaries and stories and poems that often weren’t discovered until hundreds of years later. Humans have an urge to express themselves, to tell stories, and fanfic lets them. If you’ve got access to a computer and an hour or two to while away of an evening, you can create something that people will see and respond to instantly, with a built-in community of people who care about what you have to say. I do write the occasional fic; I wish I had the time and mental energy to write more. I’ll admit I don’t read a lot of fic these days because most of it is not—and I know how snobbish this sounds—particularly well-written. That doesn’t mean it’s “not good”—there are a lot of reasons people read fic and not all of them have to do with wanting to read finely crafted prose. That’s why fic is awesome—it creates a place for all kinds of storytelling. But for me personally, now that my job entails reading about 1500 pages of undergraduate writing per year, when I have time to read for enjoyment I want it to be by someone who really knows what they’re doing. There’s tons of high-quality fic, of course, but I no longer have the time and patience to go searching for it that I had ten years ago. But whether I’m reading it or not, I love that fanfiction exists. Because without people doing what fanfiction writers do, literature wouldn’t exist. (And then I’d be out of a job and, frankly, I don’t know how to do anything else.)”

— “As a professor, may I ask you what you think about fanfiction?” (via meiringens)

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In case someone needs a good daily online game list, this is my routine:

framed.wtf - guess movie based on 6 screenshots Wordle (NY times) - guess the word in 6 tries Spelling Bee (NY times) - make as many words as you can with the given letters Letter Box (NY times) - Use up all letters by creating words Binairepuzzel.net (Dutch, maybe there's an English version?) - binary puzzles, kind of a sudoku but with only 0's and 1's (very addicting) Colorfle.com - create the right colour in 6 tries Worldle.teuteuf.fr - guess the country in 6 tries Mastermind number game - guess the 5 digit code Contexto.me - guess the daily word by association, unlimited guesses (also veeery addicting and perhaps a bit frustrating at times)

Have fun! :-)

#daily games #online games #daily online games #puzzle games #puzzle #online #games #takes a bit of time #word games #contexto is so frustrating

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This is lovely. I wish I could send it to Terry.

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Wait. Wait a second.

How many of you knew that Our Flag Means Death is based on TRUE EVENTS.

#loosely but still!!! #Edward Teach #Steve Bonnet #They really existed #They really met #The gentleman pirate #Blackbeard #Our flag means death #Blackbeard was actually captain on The Revenge for a while and Steve Bonnet walked on deck in his pyjamas #important information #steddie

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Man, that comment space is limited.. So another reblog :)

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this. Honestly it is already so nice for someone to listen and care, so thank you! I watched the video, thank you for suggesting it! I always feel the need that I have to defend myself in situations where someone sees the texts as anti-queer (though it’s hardly fair to have to defend your identity), and this video was really helpful to actually understand the text in a different light. It’s what I’ve been looking for and trying to do, so this is a great start. Thank you.

I’m really proud of you for being able to admitting to being queer (if it’s my place to say)!! It sounds like it did a lot of good. Internally I’ve never been able to wrap my head or heart around God not loving the part of me that’s queer. Like, how would that work? It has made no sense to me that it’s a part of me that should be ignored or changed. It’s simply an ability to love. So I’m hoping to find this kind of acceptance within my faith too :) 

It kind of warms my heart that at your seminary many people there look weirdly at queerphobia. It gives a bit of hope for the future of the church :) And I’m very happy for you your family is on your side of the fight!

Thank you so much :,) I hope to find that too. Honestly, I would really love that. Thank you for offering, I’ll pray for you too if that’s alright!

PS hehe go Good Omens fandom :—) 

I'm a queer Christian.

Here comes a rant!

(This is a queer-safe space; hate comments will be deleted)

So I've been in a rollercoaster lately. I've always been comfortable with being bi, even though I've been raised Christian. I was under the assumption that my environment was ok with it too; why wouldn't they be? I've never heard something bad and I haven't hidden me being bi. My family supports me and never thought of it as bad, though nobody can vouch FOR the LGBTQIA+ community on behalf of the bible.

And I've been struggling with being associated with Christianity, for obvious reasons. Most queer people get cautious when they hear someone is Christian, and we can't blame them. Christianity has a big, I might even say the biggest, group which includes people hating on queer people, thinking they shouldn't exist and actively professing their hate. I can't be part of that. I don't want to say I'm Christian and immediately saying "BUT I don't hate queer people! I'm one myself!" which I felt the need for and which I did. I don't want to believe in the God for me and being included in a group where a big part has values against me. But I still want to believe in God.

Cause the Bible is a tricky thing, you have to read it with care, from my point of view. It has been translated and it has metaphors and it's very context base. So I've learned to read the seemingly anti-homosexuality parts as a text against cheating, in any form. How can a book about love be against people healthily loving each other?

So. Under the assumption everyone was good with me being bi. Then, I was talking to my friend of 9 years about being associated with Christianity, when she casually dropped the bomb of not supporting it. She knew I was bi. I did not know she didn't support it. That hurt. I genuinely was scared for my safety for a split second. (I was still physically safe). We talked about it a lot then, and shared our point of views. I was shocked not everyone in my direct environment who I really care about was against such a big part of me. I told her it was a surprise. She said she can love me and still not support me seeking out that part of me. Compared it to drinking alcohol excessively. I really looked up to how steadfast she is in her faith, but I started to question everything. Does my God love me but simply not support that part of me? I thought about it a lot, came to the conclusion I couldn't be part of a religion that doesn't support love, that doesn't support these people, even when I wouldn't be one of them, even when I really want to put God first. I got emotional in church two days later and sought out the pastor, who then also told me it stood in the Bible clearly that it's not okay. I made a big "eh..." gesture, thinking about reading stuff in context. I didn't agree. I think the Bible can still stand for love, and the kind of inclusive love I want to support.

Then! My friend of two years who I also look up to in faith, and who is kind of feministic and agrees on a lot of point of views with me, told me the same three hours ago. "I can love a person and still not support that part." What do you even do in a friendship like that? When they are against such a big part of you, can the friendship exist? It'll always be in the back of my mind now, whenever I meet with either of them.

Can anyone (Christian or not, queer or not, but keep it queer-friendly!) please share their point of view on any of this? I am so lost here.

Waiting on the day I can find people who can vouch for the queer community on behalf of the bible with me. The only argument I have heard is passive or against. In favour I've had to figure out myself. I still have to figure it out. But I want to get there.

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I'm a queer Christian.

Here comes a rant!

(This is a queer-safe space; hate comments will be deleted)

So I've been in a rollercoaster lately. I've always been comfortable with being bi, even though I've been raised Christian. I was under the assumption that my environment was ok with it too; why wouldn't they be? I've never heard something bad and I haven't hidden me being bi. My family supports me and never thought of it as bad, though nobody can vouch FOR the LGBTQIA+ community on behalf of the bible.

And I've been struggling with being associated with Christianity, for obvious reasons. Most queer people get cautious when they hear someone is Christian, and we can't blame them. Christianity has a big, I might even say the biggest, group which includes people hating on queer people, thinking they shouldn't exist and actively professing their hate. I can't be part of that. I don't want to say I'm Christian and immediately saying "BUT I don't hate queer people! I'm one myself!" which I felt the need for and which I did. I don't want to believe in the God for me and being included in a group where a big part has values against me. But I still want to believe in God.

Cause the Bible is a tricky thing, you have to read it with care, from my point of view. It has been translated and it has metaphors and it's very context base. So I've learned to read the seemingly anti-homosexuality parts as a text against cheating, in any form. How can a book about love be against people healthily loving each other?

So. Under the assumption everyone was good with me being bi. Then, I was talking to my friend of 9 years about being associated with Christianity, when she casually dropped the bomb of not supporting it. She knew I was bi. I did not know she didn't support it. That hurt. I genuinely was scared for my safety for a split second. (I was still physically safe). We talked about it a lot then, and shared our point of views. I was shocked not everyone in my direct environment who I really care about was against such a big part of me. I told her it was a surprise. She said she can love me and still not support me seeking out that part of me. Compared it to drinking alcohol excessively. I really looked up to how steadfast she is in her faith, but I started to question everything. Does my God love me but simply not support that part of me? I thought about it a lot, came to the conclusion I couldn't be part of a religion that doesn't support love, that doesn't support these people, even when I wouldn't be one of them, even when I really want to put God first. I got emotional in church two days later and sought out the pastor, who then also told me it stood in the Bible clearly that it's not okay. I made a big "eh..." gesture, thinking about reading stuff in context. I didn't agree. I think the Bible can still stand for love, and the kind of inclusive love I want to support.

Then! My friend of two years who I also look up to in faith, and who is kind of feministic and agrees on a lot of point of views with me, told me the same three hours ago. "I can love a person and still not support that part." What do you even do in a friendship like that? When they are against such a big part of you, can the friendship exist? It'll always be in the back of my mind now, whenever I meet with either of them.

Can anyone (Christian or not, queer or not, but keep it queer-friendly!) please share their point of view on any of this? I am so lost here.

Waiting on the day I can find people who can vouch for the queer community on behalf of the bible with me. The only argument I have heard is passive or against. In favour I've had to figure out myself. I still have to figure it out. But I want to get there.

#queer christian #christianity #safe space #safe queer space #rant #christian #what do i do #looking for queer christians #opinion #pls share opinion #feminism #queer feminist #feminist christian #pls help #big rant #queer #Christian #bi #Bi christian #LGBTQ+ community #No hate pls!

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The typeface Comic Sans used in them is so painful to me.. But who am I to judge, they tried their best (worst), I'm sure!

these are some pretty well-written posters for demons who can’t spell

Unfortunately they were designed by Demons who couldn't design.

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How to make friends

How to make friends, when you move to a different area or in general:

Find a group of crows that live nearby

Show them kindness: feed them regularly, help them out when you can, respect them

The crows will remember your kindness, they will come up to you and maybe even bring you stuff..

You look super cool to other people now, I mean, you've got your army of crows when you go outside. They will come up to you and you don't have to go up to them!

#I am not a professional #I just thought about it #Should try it myself #Introvert tips #dont approach them let them approach you #Crows #kindness #I am not responsible for any crows behaviour... #crows remember kindness #thats a real scientific fact #they also hold grudges #and remember peoples faces #arent they awesome #crows are better friends than most people...

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New "Our flag means death" fan

So! Finally watched "Our Flag Means Death" yesterday. Stayed up until 2am to finish it, then started rewatching today... This is so Good Omens coded and I'm all here for it. So many characters that have my heart. Would highly recommend.

Also, a plus for keep stalling to finally watch something... I only have to wait 19 days until I can see new episodes! :D

#ourflagmeansdeath #goodomens #blackbeard #ofmd2 #stede bonnet

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A post ..

My best friend told me I should post. So here's a post! Someone give me a speed course Tumblr because it took me 10 minutes to find my account page.

#Tumblr can't say I'm minimal anymore #new here #first post #speed course Tumblr #pls