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emikomusubi · 3 years
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"ethan winters is boring" yes hes just some dude but hes also so stubbornly full of love for his family that he could not let himself die. Up until the very end when he was literally crumbling to pieces he made sure he could hold his daughter and personally i find that beautiful and ridiculously hard not to root for
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homosapiensapiens · 4 years
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Introduction...
Hello, and thank you for visiting my currently crap-ass blog! My name is Evan Line, I am from Ontario Canada and as I am writing this I am 17 years old. All my life I have been fascinated by the world around me, and taken a great interest in nature. As I have grown up, my interest in the planet that I live on has only grown more and more each year.
I remember being in second grade and being introduced to the idea of "Global Warming". Our teacher made us do an assignment that was pretty much just a bunch of 7-8-year-olds shittily drawing posters of endangered animals we liked (mostly polar bears) and putting some words on it. I remember talking in fourth grade about melting ice in the Arctic and how natural disasters seemed to be getting worse after every occurrence. Moving on to the sixth grade, and learning about the "Greenhouse Effect" and how we (humans) were essentially burning a hole in the ozone layer. This one really fucked up my class. I remember everyone being absolutely shocked, terrified, and confused. The greenhouse effect was all anyone talked about for about a month....but of course, the obvious panic died out. I think when you are a kid, you don't really give a damn about anything other than having a good time, and what you can't see, doesn't bother you. Fast forward a few more years to grade nine, the climate crisis is really starting to heat up, teachers are starting to tell us how to watch our carbon footprint and more people are talking about "Climate Change".
To be super honest, I never really took anything from school too seriously but I really should have. My point here is that the Climate Crisis is something I have known about for my entire life up to this point, and it is the same for pretty much anyone under the age of 20. It is the same for all those companies who knew about it as early as the 1970s but decided to stay quiet to earn a few bucks (looking at you Exxon).  I woke up way too fucking late but I'm glad I at least woke up.
I am alive. You are alive. Do you know how rare that is???? We have been searching for years to find life on other planets, but we haven't found jack shit. It is absolutely mind-blowing to think that we are really alive. We live on a planet in space that just so happened to accidentally be in the right place at the right time for an explosion of life. We have water!!! We have millions of different plants! Animals! "Intelligent Life"!!!!!!! I don't know how much the average person knows about the cosmos but......we as a species know a shit ton about it......its fuckin HUGE bro it's MASSIVE. Our tiny brains would explode if could comprehend how large the universe is, and how ridiculously small we are. Here is a link to a video that will give you some sort of idea. In all of this observed universe, we are completely alone. There are 100 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, most of those stars have solar systems (including planets). STILL, WE ARE THE ONLY LIFE.
And we are throwing it away as if we can afford to lose it. As if we are not some crazy astronomical miracle.
It blows my fucking mind that the most (supposedly) intelligent life ever observed is destroying its one and only home. That goes against every rule of nature???? We are not the only life on this planet!! This planet is not ours to take over and destroy!! We just happened to be here because of this planet and we! are! ruining it!! Earth has lost over HALF of its animals in the past 40 years!! There are 30 million people currently suffering directly because of the climate crisis and more than 200, 000 people die as a result of the climate crisis each year; a number that won't stop climbing! Since the 20th century, global temperatures have risen over 1 degree Celsius...1 more degree and that puts another 30% of all species at great risk of extinction. Not to mention there will be no more coral reefs, which house more than 25% of all marine species. The fishing industry is driving fish to near extinction which......over a billion people depend on as a source of food but....no big deal I guess...Wildfires are more rampant than ever. Another terrifying fact considering trees are one of our best defences against the Climate Crisis and not only is there not nearly enough now, but the ones that are on fire, have been absorbing CO2 for years and are now releasing it back into the atmosphere......for those of you who learned about greenhouse gases, have fun freaking out about that. (I'm going to stop putting links in because I think by now it is kind of obvious I'm not spouting bullshit) People don't seem to understand that freshwater is not in fact, a renewable resource and we are literally running out ???!!!?? I could go on and on and on and I will. I fucking will write huge ass things about all of this because nobody else is doing it and I'm freaking the fuck out because I want to have a life! At the crazy destructive rate humanity is going right now, I won't have a future. I will die because of the climate crisis.
And that is the most bullshit reason to die I've ever fucking heard of because it is so EASILY preventable if anyone actually cared to do anything. That is why I am starting this blog. People hear about these awful things but for some reason make no effort to learn how to change their lifestyle (and yes, that is a very very good place to start it makes a huge impact if everyone does it), so I will post a shit ton of things about how to live more sustainably and give you straight up tips on how to improve your life (and everyone Else's) in pretty much every possible way. You're welcome I guess.
Go binge watch BBCs Planet Earth and then Blue Planet and then Our Planet to get an idea of how beautiful this planet actually is, but be cautious because you will feel like hot NYC garbage afterwards for being part of a species that literally? does not fucking care at all. But you can :))
-Evan Line, a living being on planet earth
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themildestofwriters · 5 years
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Writing Ask Game
Thanks to the magnificent @gottaenjoythelittlethingzz​ for tagging me in this wonderful little tag.
I don’t think I’m going to choose one WIP rather just the universe itself – The Divine Intervention universe. By that, I mean I’ll be doing it for these two novels I’m working on: Divine Intervention or: What Comes After Immortality? & The Trials and Tribulations of a Virgin Goddess.
1. Describe the plot in one sentence.
Divine Intervention or: What Comes After Immortality? 
A goddess and a girl meet at a bus stop and while things are a bit awkward at first, they soon begin hitting it off and begin regular correspondence, however, there’s something more lurking under the surface that neither of them wish to peruse and that one thing is forgiveness and love respectively.
The Trials and Tribulations of a Virgin Goddess
Sex and Babette go together as well as water and oil, yet it was not always this way and in this story she decides to heal herself, to improve herself, and to choose love over her almost selfish desire to dwell on the past and wallow in a pit of guilt and suffering.
2. Pick one sight, smell, sound, feel, and taste to describe the aesthetic of your novel.
Divine Intervention or: What Comes After Immortality?
Flashes of blood, death and gore in the small hours of the night. The smell of petrichor as rain descends. The sound of deathly silence. The feel of soft arms holding you tightly. The metallic taste of blackened blood coughed from the lungs.
The Trials and Tribulations of a Virgin Goddess
Bodies intertwined in a lover’s embrace. The smell of lust in the air. The sound of ceaseless screaming. The feel of suffocating pain and smooth stone. The bittersweet taste of lip balm.
3. Which 3+ songs would make up a playlist for the novel?
Because I’m not very knowledgeable on music myself, this list is filled only with songs I have on my phone.
Divine Intervention or: What Comes After Immortality?
“Viva La Vida” by Coldplay; “Accidentally In Love” by Counting Crows; “Superman (It’s Not Easy)” by Five for Fighting; “Stressed Out” by Twenty-One Pilots; “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran
The Trials and Tribulations of a Virgin Goddess
“Somewhere Over The Rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole; “All of Me” by John Legend; “Let Her Go” by Passenger; “Like A Virgin” by Madonna; “A Thousand Years” by Christina Perri
4. What’s the time period and location in which the novel takes place.
Both books take place in the modern era and mostly in Salisbury/Adelaide, South Australia. WCAI? takes place in 2016 and TTVG takes place in 2017. However, at least specifically in TTVG, it does take place in other countries with Babette visiting Japan, America and perhaps even England as either a part of her job (Street Performer) or as the plot demands.
5. Is this a standalone or a part in a series?
Well…
6. Are there any former titles you’ve considered but discarded?
For WCAI? I only had Divine Interruption and for TTVG there was “Babette Visits A Sex Shop” “Babette Visits An Adult Shop” and The Weird and Wonderful Sexual Awakening of Babette Mewlyn.
7. What’s the first line of your novel?
I have a tendency to only have a single line to begin a book.
Divine Intervention or: What Comes After Immortality?
“The sky was a dark crimson haze.”
or
“It was supposed to be a bright and sunny Saturday morning in suburban Adelaide.”
The Trials and Tribulations of a Virgin Goddess
“We had planned this for nearly an entire week now and today was the day.”
8. What’s a dialogue you’re particularly proud of?
“ “心配しないで,” she said, a devilish smirk twisting onto her lips. “少なくとも 見る かわいく 、ジョセフィーン様.” “ – Divine Intervention or: What Comes After Immortality? Chapter 2(draft)
If you’ve got a problem with my Japanese, please tell me because I’m winging it on Google Translate and outdated information.
“ “It—it hurts.” It took all my power to just say that and once I did, I was hit by a new wave of grief—of agony—of heart-rending guilt. ” – The Trials and Tribulations of Babette Melwyn Chapter 3(draft)
9. Which line from the novel most represents it as a whole?
“It—it hurts.”
10. Who are your character faceclaims?
Babette… well, I’m tossing up between these girls: Jaimie Alexander; Abbey Lee Kershaw; Amanda Seyfried; Astrid Berges-Frisbey; Zoey Deutch; and Willa Holland.
For Josephine, she’s a bit difficult to find a face claim for. If you’d like to help, that would be appreciated but so far, I’ve not found anything that fits her yet.
11. Sort your characters into Harry Potter houses!
Babette Melwyn – Slytherin
Josephine Williams – Hufflepuff
Henrietta Phillips – Ravenclaw
Maria Camhain-Schmidt – Gryffindor
Kurt Schmidt – Gryffindor
Flynn Camhain-Schmidt – Hufflepuff
Adrien Williams – Hufflepuff
Samuel Meric – Gryffindor
Sofía Meric – Hufflepuff
Harrison Williams – Ravenclaw
Alyssa Williams – Gryffindor
Samantha Bailey – Ravenclaw
12. Which character’s name do you like the most?
Respectfully, I love them all, specifically the girl’s names. Henrietta, Josephine, Babette, Alyssa, Maria, Sofía.
13. Describe each character’s daily outfit.
Babette Melwyn; Babette’s daily outfit could be summarised as well cared for rags with a history with radioactivity. By this I mean, Babette hasn’t changed out of the dress she wore when a group of revolutionaries decided to nuke her. While incredibly old, magic makes a great cleaner and preserver for the cloth and during the course of this novel, she’s usually seen wearing it often. It’s a plain black form fitting V-neck dress with long sleeves that reach up to her hands. The skirt used to be long and flowing, but since being nuked, it’s much shorter, ending around her calves—jagged and looking like some kind of tattered flower blooming from her waist down.
Aside from the dress, she wears leather strapped calf-high sandals and her ruby necklace—her ruby necklace is a constant with every single last outfit she wears.
After settling down on Earth, she finds herself wearing other bits and pieces. She feels comfortable outside her tattered remains and has a small wardrobe filled with a verity of clothing. Her aesthetic could best be described as gothic and Victorian gothic. Expect lots of lacy black dresses of varying lengths along with several sundresses and perhaps a few gowns. Hats are usually wide-brimmed and floppy, and she will not wear heels.
Josephine Williams; Josephine doesn’t have a daily outfit because she’s a normal person who doesn’t have a set outfit and often changes as the clothes she wore previously gets dirty. However, she has that kind of… art student vibe to her, befitting her artistic inclination, though she does were certain jewellery or outfits that have a certain Hellenic aesthetic. What you’ll mostly see her around in is either some kind of cardigan, perhaps a really large jumper while wearing a dress, whether short or long with some leggings underneath. She mixes it up, shirts and shorts, pants and with different colours as well. She keeps her options wide and varied but if you spent enough time with her and paid attention, you’d notice similarities.
Heels, like her girlfriend, is a no-no, but her outfits are certainly more colourful then Babette’s who prefers black and occasionally other colours.
14. Do any characters have distinctive birthmarks/scars?
Babette has a lot of scars but specifically there’s the scars across her heart—two, specifically, one on her back and on her chest, both from being impaled by a weapon that wiped out all life in a galaxy. It wasn’t fun getting that one.
Josephine once had a scar on her calf, but I think she might not have any major scars nor any tattoos—yet. I might give her a distinctive back tattoo that’s basically a string of astronomical symbols which relate to the Underworld in Greek Mythology.
15. Which character most fits a character trope?
I wouldn’t be able to say for sure but I’m sure that Babette and Josephine both fit into a character trope/archetype.
16. Which character is the best writer? Worst?
Babette, hands down. Babette’s not so good at writing songs and whatnot but she’s an academic and a Bard, having transcribed ancient texts, her own stories and a few she’s plagiarised from Earth because Earth Copyright doesn’t exist outside of Earth. Out of the main characters, I’d say that Josephine isn’t so good at the writing of things and prefers visual art. Like, she could write a story, but it’d read like a synopsis.
17. Which character is the best liar? Worst?
This entirely depends on when we take the characters. Before Babette was unceremoniously dethroned, she was a magnificent liar who would often use the skill in her youth on the run. However, at the same time, she’s spent literal aeons alone and her skills at lying have atrophied. She still does it, she’s just noticeably worse. I would say the worst liar would probably be Adrian because out of the children characters, he’s younger and got the biggest tells out of the lot of them. And yes, I have to pick children because everyone else are massive liars whether it’s lying to themselves, their parents, or others. In my experience, everyone lies at least once and their skill isn’t proportional to how much they
18. Which character swears the most? Least?
Henrietta swears like a fuckin’ sailor, Josephine can swear but only does it rarely—or at least where people can’t hear her.
19. Which character has the best handwriting? Worst?
Babette, again due to living for millions of years and the necessity she had to perfect her handwriting. So far, I’ve described her handwriting thusly:
‘…it was clear that it was one-hundred per cent handwritten, and it was a masterpiece. Each letter, each word was written in a way that made reading it clear and easy to read, but also incredibly pleasing to the eye. Cursive, almost like calligraphy but written in clear bull-point pen, as if someone managed to distil handwriting into an artform then decoded to perfect it because why not?’ – Divine Intervention or: What Comes After Immortality? Chapter 4(draft)
Unfortunately, she’s not so good at art unless it’s literally putting the image in her mind onto paper using magical means. Nevertheless, I could see her girlfriend asking Babette to do some calligraphy for her blog.
Flynn has the worst but honestly you can’t blame the kid… he’s a kid!
20. Which character is most like you? Least like you?
I’d probably have to say Babette, but it’s a close tie between her and Josephine because both of them contain facets of me but are also their own people with different desires and personalities.
Least like me are the other characters, pretty much. Henrietta, Maria, Kurt, Samuel, Sofía, Flynn, Harrison, Alyssa, I’m not really like these characters at all.
21. Which character would you most like to be?
Josephine. Hands down, Josephine. Listen, I like Babette and all and she’s an extension of myself in some ways, and, honestly, I’d feel a lot more comfortable in her skin then my own, but Josephine is just a quiet suburban girl with her own slice of the Earth doing her own thing. She’s an artist, she’s got a loving family, a healthy online presence, a healthy sleeping schedule, and… yeah.
To tag some folks, I think I’ll tag: @randomestfandoms-ocs; @rose-writes-and-drinks-tea; @ariellaskylark; @focusdumbass; @i-tried-and-i-loose; @undinisms; @alixismad; @sweet-scribes; @sunlight-melodies and literally anyone else who wants to try it!
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