xmas good, I now have the next 5 Black Company books (two omnibuses - The Books of the South [shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, The Sliver Spike] and The Return of the Black Company[Bleak Seasons, She is Darkness])
alas I'm Still on WoT so it might be a while till I get to them
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How much occult shit can I purchase through the family amazon before my estranged mother starts taking it as a microaggrassion
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you'll have one joke post complaining abt old misogynistic scifi blow up and years later you'll still get people reblogging it with tags like "why i don't touch scifi." hey. im at your door with a pile of scifi in my hands. i'll lovingly read ursula k le guin or octavia butler to you aloud myself. let me in let me in please please please please hello
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Low level/continuous pain tips for writing
Want to avoid the action movie effect and make your character's injuries have realistic lasting impacts? Have a sick character you're using as hurt/comfort fodder? Everyone has tips for how to write Dramatic Intense Agony, but the smaller human details of lasting or low-level discomfort are rarely written in. Here are a few pain mannerisms I like to use as reference:
General
Continuously gritted teeth (may cause headaches or additional jaw pain over time)
Irritability, increased sensitivity to lights, sounds, etc
Repetitive movements (fidgeting, unable to sit still, slight rocking or other habitual movement to self-soothe)
Soft groaning or whimpering, when pain increases or when others aren't around
Heavier breathing, panting, may be deeper or shallower than normal
Moving less quickly, resistant to unnecessary movement
Itching in the case of healing wounds
Subconsciously hunching around the pain (eg. slumped shoulders or bad posture for gut pain)
Using a hand to steady themself when walking past walls, counters, etc (also applies to illness)
Narration-wise: may not notice the pain was there until it's gone because they got so used to it, or may not realize how bad it was until it gets better
May stop mentioning it outright to other people unless they specifically ask or the pain increases
Limb pain
Subtly leaning on surfaces whenever possible to take weight off foot/leg pain
Rubbing sore spots while thinking or resting
Wincing and switching to using other limb frequently (new/forgettable pain) or developed habit of using non dominant limb for tasks (constant/long term pain)
Propping leg up when sitting to reduce inflammation
Holding arm closer to body/moving it less
Moving differently to avoid bending joints (eg. bending at the waist instead of the knees to pick something up)
Nausea/fever/non-pain discomfort
Many of the same things as above (groaning, leaning, differences in movement)
May avoid sudden movements or turning head for nausea
Urge to press up against cold surfaces for fever
Glazed eyes, fixed stare, may take longer to process words or get their attention
Shivering, shaking, loss of fine motor control
If you have any more details that you personally use to bring characters to life in these situations, I'd love to hear them! I'm always looking for ways to make my guys suffer more write people with more realism :)
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cant stop thinking about Turtle because oh heavens he's so so sad i love him, i wish everything good upon him.
i keep thinking about My Love, Mine All Mine about him because he really only felt useful and real when he had his gift, but oh my gosh. the. ending.
SPOILERS FOR BOOK 9 BELOW vvv
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT ENDING THERE'S NO WAY, it singlehandedly made me hate Darkstalker, i dont care if he's a good character, he took the one thing away from Turtle. the whole book was so agonizing and so sad and just. oh my gosh. my heart is broken.
im struggling thru Book 10 rn bc Qibli is so annoying i really don't like him that much and everytime he says smth bad abt Turtle, i go crazy. 😭😭
no one talks abt it but Qibli is like? super self centered? idk, i might like him but it's hard.
i would destroy everything for Turtle tho.
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