#an open book → sts

[aether-wasteland-s]

Happy STS! Just stopping but with a writing question for today :) How do you conceptualize a scene? What do you start with when trying to craft a scene?

I am going to be fully honest here, most of the time I have absolutely no idea how to conceptualise a scene or how it happens. That is a strange magic that I am yet to understand. Sometimes I've reached an interesting part of the story, and I take a moment to pause and see what I've done and where I want to go next. That is a fairly reasonable approach, because then I can get my head around the direction of the story and what I want the characters to be doing in this specific setting.

But, at heart, I am a pantser, and so most of the time, "conceptualising a scene" is literally just putting one word after the other and hoping that something sticks. The only good thing about that one is the fact that I am normally willing to rewrite the entire scene if something doesn't feel entirely right.

#the void → askbox #an open book → sts #• friends/mutuals

[astrobei]

in my heart of hearts mike wheeler is absolutely an athena kid but i also have to offer up a concept that i think has extreme comedic and dramatic potential aka: repressed gay teenager mike showing up at camp half blood unsure of who his godly parent is and feeling insecure about not having powers and one day when he’s making not-so-secret heart eyes at his best friend and son of apollo will byers is when a bunch of glowing floating hearts show up above his head. and that’s how mike gets claimed by none other than aphrodite, the goddess of love and sexuality, and is in full denial about it for three days because he thinks it’s some kind of sick and twisted JOKE

(on aphrodite’s end, she’s upset mike is throwing away the gift of true love and keeps trying to trick him out of repression by making more and more improbable and hilarious gifts appear when he and will are hanging out. mike hands will a book and it turns into a box of chocolates and he has to fling it away like a frisbee before will sees it. they’re having lunch and romantic music starts playing. she gives mike the same blessing she used to claim piper and will can’t even look in his direction for a full day because he starts blushing so hard. fifty bouquets of flowers show up at the apollo cabin’s doorstep with a note that says love, mike and by the end of it, mike isn’t even repressed and unsure about his sexuality anymore — he’s just trying to not throw himself into the bonfire out of sheer embarrassment)

#also shoutout to piper mclean bc i think her arc of not believing she is an aphrodite kid bc she doesn’t fit the model for it and having #been teased and made an outcast of sorts kind of jaded her and made her actively rebel against being an aphrodite kid #i just think that is very mike wheeler of her #n then she spends five books learning what love means and what being an aphrodite kid means #again. very mike. to Me #credits to abby bc i said ‘what if mike shows up at chb and he is repressed and gay and immediately gets claimed by iris the rainbow goddess #and she said i see this and raise you aphrodite #and i said oh my fucking god. #anyways might write this. (is opening a google doc) #but we will see. #again like in all actuality i think he is super an athena kid to Me anyway. although i think a pjo/st au is one that is very open to inter #*interpretation #i just think this hc has a little kick to it #before anyone gets MAD and says no that’s STUPID and he would totally be Blah Blah Blah. i don’t want to hear it #byler #mike wheeler #/astro posts #pjo

[kenobihater]

of all the star wars movies, which of them do y'all 1) enjoy the most 2) consider the best quality and 3) think you've rewatched the most. add your answers in the reblogs or replies, i'm genuinely curious how much of an overlap there is within everyone's three answers. mine don't overlap at all! they're revenge of the sith, empire strikes back, and the force awakens :^)

#len speaks #star wars #revenge of the sith #empire strikes back #the force awakens #not tagging more films than that bc i cant b bothered. incoming tag ramble ahead bc i have sw brainrot rn and im making it everyones prob❤️ #i rlly struggled 2 remember if id watched tfa or aotc more. i went w/ tfa bc it was formative to me as a teen and ive seen it probably 6ish #times? whereas aotc was the first sw movie i remember (specifically the scene of obiwan serving c*nt in the bar lmao) but i've only seen it #for sure 4.5 and maybe 5.5 times. the .5 is from when i got bored after obi-wan's scene ended and ran off to go play in the mud or smthn 😭 #i'm sure tfa will eventually get surpassed in number of rewatches by aotc and rots bc i don't fw the direction of the ST but that's my #current ballpark estimate of my total number of rewatches #as an adult tho if i just wanna watch a star war i'll go with aotc bc it's fun and ends semihappily and i can turn my brain off for the #spinny lightsabers. it's great background noise or for if you're sick or whatever. rots on the other hand? i won't talk through that unless #i'm quoting it with my brother and i am LOCKED IN 100% entirely entranced by it all #i almost picked rogue one for the best quality answer but i think the character writing is weaker and the facial cgi is creepy. esb beats #it by a hair imho bc of that. the vader hallway scene goes hard tho!!! #also i'm not covering shows or games or books or anything else in this post - simply the films. might ask abt shows later but that might #also give me hives bc so many of the shows suck ass and i don't rlly want ppl extolling the virtues of t.bb in my notes 💀 #and yes i do think one's enjoyment and one's opinion of quality are two things that often overlap. but sometimes you just like something #bad and that's awesome. like rots is the best of the prequels by a large margin and i adore the opening and characters and many of the #scenes but that doesn't mean it's the best star wars has to offer ykwim? it's my specialest most favoritest sw movie but that doesn't blind #me to the dialogue lmfaooo

[bumblingbabooshka]

Rate My Professor . Com

#Tuvok #this outfit was originally more monochrome but then I was like no that isn't his heart #I've seen his off duty robes - there's gotta be some secondary color or clashing pattern #bea art tag #st voyager #st voyager fanart #I can so see him turning and just being silent as he waits for everyone to quiet down. Pointedly putting down his futuristic chalk. #Then once everyone's quiet he's like 'Because you took 4 minutes from our lesson I have added 4 minutes to your [undesirable activity]' #<- He was also a cadet trainer #POV: You're dozing off in class and Tuvok knocks on your desk #POV: You're secretly playing a game in class and Tuvok's hand reaches out from the corner of your vision - waiting with an open palm. #You can get it back after class. #His score in my book? 3/10 for actually teaching (He'd scare me) but 10/10 for The Appeal <3 #Tuvok fanart

[micahruiz]

“And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him.”

#a little life #jude st francis #willem ragnarsson #peter hujar #a little life book #contour drawing #line art #queer art #commissions open #hanya yanagihara

[the-case-book-of-fanfiction]

The Case-Book {Masterlist}

Hey, I'm Case! My blog was getting a little crowded, so here's a masterlist for the stuff I write.

And here's an {Updates Page} for when I finally make myself a schedule I think I can stick to in terms of posting & to "announce" upcoming work.

Some of this will be a liiiiiittle empty until I edit my work and decide to post it.

Organized by fandom!

Your Favorite's Here {Masterlist} — Eddie Munson Eddie and his band bask in their success over a drink at a restaurant he's never been to before. But Eddie gets far more than he bargained for when he stepped through the front door.

1989 — Eddie Munson Returning to Hawkins after years of helping Eddie through English class (and specifically poetry assignments), you make Eddie watch a new film with you called Dead Poets Society.

Not Quite Dead — Eddie Munson You find yourself alone in Hawkins, a town ripped to shambles despite the sacrifices made to save it. Is it better or worse that Eddie doesn't live to see it? He'll tell you himself.

Like Another Tattoo — Eddie Munson Eddie learns to appreciate the scars he's covered in, one comment and show at a time. His friends also manage to make him cry.

A Kiss Kiss — Eddie Munson The Hellfire Club is one member short, but Eddie refuses to let the campaign slow down. That's where you come in, Eddie's "tutor" turned into his muse.

The Graduation Lineup — Steve Harrington Billy Hargrove comes between you and Steve at graduation—but only by last name. Additionally, you finally find out Steve's middle name (among other things).

Rain-Soaked Kisses — Steve Harrington Steve hates storms but loves the rain—just another oxymoron of his life, like the secret the kids are trying so very hard to dig up.

Bob Seger — Steve Harrington Is there a handbook for what to do when your crush walks into your store to buy a gift for his girlfriend? There should be!

Eddie's Girl — Steve Harrington Steve finds himself pining over the one girl he can't have, and he has no idea how to handle it. It's a good thing you notice before Eddie does, and, by God, is Steve's timing perfect.

The Only Tally Mark — Steve Harrington The 'You Suck' tallies are getting pretty high, but there's a girl in Scoops Ahoy who knows Robin in wrong. If she can just get the courage to open her mouth, Steve's luck is about to change.

steve harrington hcs (pt. 1) corroded coffin setlist detective harrington au idea

(more coming soon...)

Burns Like Rum — Astarion (Baldur's Gate 3) Astarion's hunger worsens every day and you don't have any blood to spare—but that doesn't stop you from inadvertently tempting him at every turn. Luckily for both of you, you've both got the same idea to cure him of his hunger.

Sweet Like Wine — Astarion (Baldur's Gate 3) Your monthly bleed is over—just in time for you and Astarion to find yourselves with a bit of alone time. You might not be able to feed your vampire as easily, but there's another hunger for the two of you to satiate.

Crawl Home to Her — Astarion (Baldur’s Gate 3) As awful the feeling of blood on the skin is, sometimes it can be helpful, you have to admit. At least, when it comes to Astarion, blood is always helpful. You'll have to take his word for it—and that's oh so easy bathing with him.

astarion ancunin hcs (pt. 1)

(more coming soon...)

A Job Unfinished — Santiago "Pope" Garcia It's been days since you last saw Santiago, days after he promised he'd be back. One last (very illegal) mission in Colombia, and then he'd be yours forever. But Santiago is five days late.

(more coming soon...)

Hmm... It's a ghost town in here.

(there's a multi-chaptered Poe Dameron fic currently sitting in drafts)

Operatives One-O-Three — Barty Crouch Jr. Knowledge is a curse, and we know all. Lord Voldemort's regime grows stronger on the daily, and it's up to a ragtag group of teenagers and an undercover operation to stop him: Operatives 103, otherwise known as Operatives One-O-Three (one-oh-three in the official Ministry log books). But there's more trouble than Voldemort for the undercover spies, and the root of it starts in the home. (available on A03 or Wattpad)

(more coming soon...)

Looks like this part of the museum isn't open yet...

(yes that's a hint at my current marvel wips)

Well, uh, I think we'll be in purgatory for a bit, folks.

These are probably hidden in a locked desk in Ketterdam.

I, uh, hate all the old ones I wrote, so I won't be linking those, and I'm gonna sit in my mind palace for a few hours until I can come up with some better ones.

No, no, don't panic! They're in here somewhere. I just have to remember which room...

I need a section for my random stuff! This is it.

(Baldur's Gate 3 content is now under its own label, underneath Stranger Things. Go back up!)

I'm bound to write the strangest one of these at some point, so might as well be prepared.

It's a bit empty in here, isn't it?

REQUESTS ARE OPEN as of May 7!

Check out the... ☟

Have something you'd like to ask me to write? Don't hesitate! Here's what to do.

DM me to make your request and include the fandom & charcter(s) you'd like me to write for, as well as the general "premise" of the fic (such as a prompt). Answer any clarifying questions I send to you and wait for your fic to arrive! I won't be able to get to every request, of course, so please be patient with me! If I can't think of what to write or have no inspiration, I will let you know. Sometimes, the fic just doesn't come to me.

Additionally, chances are I can probably write for more fandoms than are currently on this list. There's a Miscellaneous section for a reason. If you're not sure, it doesn't hurt to ask!

If requests go over well, I'll start making some prompts to make requesting easier for you guys.

Happy reading & requesting!

#masterlist #the-case-book-of-fanfiction #marauders #stranger things #star wars #triple frontier #oscar isaac #marvel #mcu #st #bbc sherlock #eddie munson #doctor who #supernatural #miscellaenous #the mandalorian #six of crows #shadow and bone #grishaverse #requests #requests open #request policy #baldur’s gate 3 #astarion bg3 #astarion ancunin

[iero]

May or may not have filled out a request form to get a Stranger Things tattoo by a well-known artist in Pittsburgh when I go to Pittsburgh in like three weeks this morning... 

#personal #Dude only opens his books one month ahead of time and ONLY a month in advance so perfect opportunity. #He has like 45k followers so there's a chance my request could get denied but it's whatever. #I just want a ST tat so bad! #Actually ANOTHER ST tat if you count my Eddie bats I already have LMAOOO #Honestly I just want another tattoo in general... It's gonna be a year since I last got one and believe me I'm feeling the NEED. #*It's gonna be a year soon

[autistic-katara]

when the music ur listening to’s got vibes enough for u to forget the fandom ur in rn cannot write for shit

#someone stop me before i open stranger things ao3 again i need to find a different way to ride this angst high #maybe i should write something #or continue my rewatch #or if i rlly need to read read one of the st books i have #idk none of them r as good as reading a fanfic but i cant do that until someone here develops writing skills #WAIT #i just remembered that one podficcer who both manages to find good fics to voice and is good enough at it to make it feel 10x less ooc #gonna listen to her rn hope i haven’t subconsciously raised my standards above her bcz if i have i gotta pull them down #ryan shut the fuck up

[pagesandpixelsamy]

Happy St Paddy’s Day ☘️ ☕️

#Starbucks #coffee #coffee shop #matcha latte #girl blogger #hobbies #anime #hi #hello #gaming #booklr #cozy aesthetic #bookstagram #fiction books #book life #coffee lover #me #lifestyle #redhead #blue eyes #twitch streamer #twitch #driving #art #travel #inbox open #messages #st patricks day #st paddys day #uk

[goingxmissing]

"One day you're watching a stupid Netflix documentary, and the next you're making Christian Lundgaard bracelets" - @strawberry-daiquiris in pre-Florida prep mode 🥰

#she just said 'oh my god I'm going to have to make James Vowles bracelets' #😂😂😂 #would recommend booking to attend the Indycar season opener on a whim on a cold January day with your fiance #st pete 2024

[aether-wasteland-s]

Happy STS! What’s your favorite part about being a writer? Least favorite?

Hi!

God that's really interesting. My favourite part has to be being able to put my imagination into words. It's always been rather active, and I like being able to put what I think into different little universes of their own. I also really like the process of character creation, because they can all have little parts of your personality and it's a way to express yourself in parts, if you know what I mean

Least favourite part... Oh, I hate knowing I've been distracted from something important, so I'm gonna have to say the research process is my least favourite part, only because there's an endless number of rabbit holes and webs that are easy to get lost in when you start looking stuff up. Then, before you know it, you've wasted time and you know stuff you never needed to know

#the void → askbox #an open book → sts

[emblazons]

One of the things that always makes me squint when processing people and their byler doubt is how they’ll say things like “how you felt after the van scene / confession is how you’re gonna feel at the end” (disappointed, upset, angry)…but the Duffers themselves said the end of S4 was the low spot before the resolution (because it was the 2/3 point between that and the end) and was supposed to make you feel like you lost?

Like. If The Duffers are literally telling me (i need to find the interview, but once I do it will go here) that this point in the story was meant to leave me dejected and worried for the next phase…shouldn’t feeling like “all is lost” at this point with Byler (rather than saying “oh Mike confessed, he did the thing, now the romance is resolved” as some other people do) be a good thing?

All I'm saying is this: Will and Mike's relationship feels fractured in every romantic sense (though they do seem to have repaired the platonic side of it to much affect, if the last several scenes are anything to go on), which (dare I say it) remains as upsetting narrative point for Will as Vecna being back, and on-par emotionally to El losing Max...and that's a good thing. It means that the high point of the issue has yet to come, and there is still more to the story to be addressed...unlike Mike "finally saying I love you" other plot points that perhaps seem like more "positive" resolutions, where the only place they can go is down.

Thinking Will will never have his happy ending, Mike is suddenly at his full resolution because he confessed, & El is just "set" now that she got an "I love you" two-thirds of the way through the end of the narrative (not to mention Max, Lucas, and Jonathan/Nancy/Steve etc) makes no sense—and it’s really only the E-M-W triangle people are doing this with, because no one is saying “oh, Jonathan and Nancy smiled at each other and stood by each other end of S4, so the Steve thing will never come up again.

Basically: the idea that its a bad thing you felt bad for Will / felt upset about Byler at the end of S4 is actually a misunderstanding of the purpose of the story they told...if you're listening to what The Duffers said about what they were trying to accomplish with this little section their show. They want you to worry, feel bad and empathize with the characters--and freak out a little, because their lives (and happiness) truly are in danger.

I'd be more concerned if the couple / person / moment I was betting on was meant to be a full resolution (or painted in a positive light) in the part of the volume where the creators told me they were "going low," if I'm honest...especially with how much we know about them being rebellious/writing for themselves, making clear points about their feelings on racism, homophobia + bullying, and their love of subverting expectations. But...idk. Maybe thats just me lmao

#byler #like. it just feels like an open misunderstanding of how longform narratives work #if you're convinced that even having a negative and visceral first reaction to an event in a story means the whole thing is shit #if you've ever gasped out loud at a book #or even yelled at a chapter in an 'angst with happy ending' fic #you know what the duffers are doing LMAO #anyway. just my ongoing thoughts tbh #the duffer brothers #st commentary #the me tag #my st commentary #duffer brothers

[pjshermann]

The autistic urge has overcome me after scrolling through your account and now I wanna tell you all my headcannons bc Omg I have so many

PLEASE DO I LOVE HEARING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLES A LITTLE LIFE HEADCANNONS I LIVE OFF THAT GOOD SHIT

HAND EM OVER

#my ask box is always open for A Little Life headcannons #just fucking toss them in there #don’t be shy #I beg of ye #a little life #jude st francis #a little life play #een klein leven #a little life book #Jude st Francis is a permanent tag at this point

[bugsbenefit]

something something ST making a play about the events preceding the main plot and calling it The First Shadow

and something something the book It by Stephen King that's verbally listed as a reference for the show multiple times and has inspired major plot elements having it's opening part, that lays the groundwork both for the 1958 and 1985 storyline, be titled The Shadow Before

#the it references in ST drive me so crazy #can you tell i just started reading the book again? #flipped it open and got reminded of the major shadow parallel theme those two have lmao #stranger things #stranger things the first shadow

[redshift-13]

Tomorrow is their big store launch.

#bookstores #st. paul #minnesota #books #openings #store openings

[christinadickinsonwrites]

A librarian in St. Mary Kansas is refusing to give up the LBGTQIA+ books that the city is trying to ban. In response, the city authorities are trying to close the library entirely.

#library #st mary kansas #book banning #petition #lbgtq+ #keep books on shelves and libraries open #hero librarian #librarians #librarians are badasses