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smithsparker · 2 years
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happy one year anniversary to BUILD A PROBLEM by dodie (7th of may, 2021)
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dropinart · 2 years
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Dodie Poster I made :)
Fun fact: I gave this to her and she loved it :') she also sang a song for me which still feels unreal. I love living in a country where she's not well known haha
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mood-board-machine · 10 months
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All Worked up for Something Dead
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Dodie- Hate Myself
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Pinterest Pics for the BAP Leads (1/3): Emma Gardner
Shoutout to my mutual (you know who you are even though you keep changing your URL) for cultivating OC boards from which I could take these pictures.
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artist-issues · 2 months
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Having more thoughts on BAP...the handling of Theo, as I mentioned in the reblog to my last ask, is a rather delicate one. I think I want him to have made something of an effort to protect Celeste. He just makes the mistake of assuming too soon that his efforts automatically protect her; under that assumption, he doesn't realize that their interactions threaten his resolve. The matter is also complicated by the fact that Thomas' isolation of Celeste puts her in a position where she can really only get into her more personal discussions and be honest with Theo--in Thomas' head, a best friend (Emma) is a bigger threat than a math tutor. This isn't something Theo took advantage of; it's something he didn't know how to draw the line around because he doesn't want to leave her without any support. (It's a failure on his part to prioritize his responsibilities--he is technically not responsible for supporting her in this way, but he is responsible for avoiding temptation.)
AUGH. This might be turning into "nothing is wrong, just misunderstood," but I really do want him to try. I want to be clear that he's wrong, but I want him to have tried as well, if that makes sense.
Or maybe I'm the careless one for trying to write that, I don't know. Maybe I'm afraid to make him more outwardly careless because I know I'm sadly the same.
But it could also be truthful? That's a major could, but I feel like it's just as true to try and fail as it is not to try. I suppose that could make him a Thomas foil. Thomas doesn't try, doesn't care to try, and so fails Celeste; Theo cares enough to try, but doesn't go far enough and this is how he hurts her.
(OH GREAT I'M SURE I'M MAKING EXCUSES FOR HIM. Look at me. I am trying with writing truthful stories and I am not going far enough. Just the same. My goodness. Other people can do cautionary tales with a bit of sympathy. I might have overdosed on the sympathy. I'm sure you'll tell me as much.)
My advice is, lean into the thing you’re afraid of. You said you’re afraid to make him outwardly careless because you’re sadly the same? Writers and artists hit that wall without realizing it’s what’s holding them back all the time. You can feel like you’re not “breaking through” with a characters motivations or what they’re going to do in the story, only to find out that your lack of a breakthrough comes from our age-old habit of shying away from exposing our own character flaws or fears. They call it “being afraid to go there.”
So, yeah, you could choose to make him more outwardly rationalized, or try—or you could choose to make him more outwardly careless. You could do either, and depending on how well you do it, the story will be okay either way. But I say, out of those options, choose the version of his flaw that is most uncomfortable for you to explore. Especially and for sure because it’s a flaw you’re afraid you have. You know what that is? It’s genuine. You’ll infuse the story with what people in the business call “something real.” But you can’t do that if you’re afraid to—this is going to sound weird—admit you’re flawed by exploring that flaw in a character. Calling it he flaw what it is.
I don’t know what your church situation is like, but have you ever been in a small group, or even a conversation with s close friend, and they admit to doing or thinking something wrong? They just come out and say it, they don’t make excuses, they don’t spend all their words on explaining how they got there, they just call the sin what it is…and then suddenly, you find that it’s easier for you, the person listening, to notice that same wrongdoing or tendency in yourself? Because they said it, they explored it out loud, they were vulnerable, it made you introspective. It made you able to look at the flaw and recognize it wherever it might be found—even in yourself? All because somebody called it what it is, exposed it, dug into it, went there, and you BELIEVED them, and BELIEVED what they were saying was real—how could you not? Who would make up and then explore something so repugnant? Nobody; when you call character flaws and wrongdoings and bad motives what they are—which is sin, something to hate and get out of, evil—your audience’s response isn’t to give you positive attention. So why would you admit to the flaw and call it what it is? To get help. The doctor can’t scrape the infection out of the wound if he doesn’t know it’s there under your hand.
Anyway. That’s what good storytellers do. We go there and get vulnerable and infuse our stories with that real stuff, stuff that’s nasty, and we have the ability to do it because we’ve lived it—and we’re kind of sacrificing ourselves in that way. So that the audience might be served by you, exploring your flaws through your own characters, and warning the audience not to make the same mistake—or better yet, showing them hope beyond the flaw.
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“We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.”
Now, of course, it’s not wrong to show Theo “trying,” somewhat. You could keep that in there. Like we said in that Christian Need For Redemption post, you could tell a good story with either—an unredeemable monster or a sympathetically flawed, misguided character. But pick the thing that’s going to be real, AND is going to support your story’s main theme the best.
Just my two cents. If you work hard enough you can make either version of the character great.
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newtness532 · 9 months
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i absolutely love this album ♡
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dodie is my most listened to artist of the year let's goooo
I kissed someone (it wasn't you) is literally the best song stg
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moomincafe · 2 years
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As It Was - Harry Styles | Cool Girl - dodie
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ericthelemming · 11 months
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happy bap day! 🥳
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artofoverflowing · 1 year
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moment of appreciation for the absolute fucking devastation of the fact that When appears on Build a Problem - 5 years later. the fact that it isn’t the same recording slapped onto a new album, it’s recorded softer, in such a hopeless way. showing the listener that she’s STILL asking when. me too dodie
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bozuri · 6 months
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what i love about build a problem especially listening to build a problem all at once is that the end of before the line always always makes me cry but then guiltless plays and i start laughing cause holy shit there really is no use getting angry at the way that theyre wired
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jusongb · 1 year
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okay now that @doddleoddle is back on tumblr i guess this is the perfect place to showcase my dodie fan art progress over the years! from 2022 all the way back to 2015 - it’s so cool to see how my drawing skills and style evolved over time :’)
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Petition for dodie to make clean versions of songs because I want “Monster” on my Misguided Torchbearers playlist and “Before the Line” on my Elizabeth playlist.
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Pinterest Pics for the BAP Leads (3/3): Emma Gardner/Celeste Anders (jointly)
Shoutout to my mutual (you know who you are even though you keep changing your URL) for cultivating OC boards from which I could take these pictures.
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