#lauren makes things

[thelaurenshippen]

you there! do you want to make audio drama? well have I got a deal for you!

hi, I'm Lauren, I made a handbook that walks you through how to make an audio drama and you can have it for free, plus it now comes with bonus! tumblr guide and I'd love for y'all to read that and then drag me on how I'm using tumblr wrong, okay love you bye

#audio drama #podcasting #fiction podcast #atypical artists #lauren shippen #resources #lauren writes things #directing #lauren makes things

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

This is a Jon Matteson appreciation post. From Paul to Wiggly to Boy Jerry to Richie to everyone in between, his range and specificity are incredible. His work is so lived-in and nuanced without losing any of the zany humor at the core of Starkid. I always love watching him and I can't wait to see what he does in the future.

#jon matteson #starkid #hatchetfield #paul matthews #wiggly #richie lipschitz #boy jerry #gary goldstein #roman murray #daniel stopwatch #watching the core four of Jon Lauren Joey and Corey turn in such wildly different but consistently excellent performances #from musical to musical is one of my favorite things about Hatchetfield #I know we can say that about Starkid in general but something about Hatchetfield being part of the same story makes that feeling stronger?

[mechadria]

im honestly still just as wary about the next season of the witcher even after the table read -

because it was never about liam's acting skills.

do i think henry cavill was a spectacular match for geralt?

yeah. but not only because of his looks or his acting: he GOT geralt and the witcher in general. he's a massive nerd who knows the franchise like he wrote it himself and was a big reason (not the sole, but a big one) that the show kept on track and was even somewhat faithful to the original material.

but i don't believe cavill did a regé jean-page and like. left to seek stardom or whatever. this was a passion project too for him, you could tell.

no, I'm wary of the future of witcher because of the higher ups involved.

so what DID the people who disagreed so hard with him he quit the project do? well, they needed a 7000 word letter from joey batey and the fanbase pleading just to allow jaskier to be queer like he (pretty much) canonically is. didn't need incentive from anyone to create fake gay motives for the worse villain of the story, though. didn't need incentive to completely ruin one of the most beloved characters of the franchise, or let his actor get harassed on socials after the swap without ever saying shit.

i do not trust that these people, who have proven callous, arrogant and ignorant about both the source material and the opinions of the fanbase (and have made some choices nearing bigotry) and who disagreed so heavily with the actor who knew the source material best are capable of producing a good season 4. liam or no liam. am i hoping he's a good geralt? yes, the series and other actors don't deserve to have their performance harmed by him. can it be as good as the seasons cavill was in? for the reasons cited above: fuck no.

#the witcher #the witcher netflix #twn #witcher #geralt #henry cavill #liam hemsworth #adding tags because apparently yall cannot be trusted with critical thinking #i dont like henry cavill #but if you think actors read the books their roles are based on i will be making fun of you #i apologise for not having consumed every single piece of interview abt this show #i do that thing where i go outside instead its pretty nice #every single contrary comment is like “well i dont like cavill SO” #ok neither do i? #doesnt change the fact that he did more than a lot of hollywood does (the bar is in hell people bffr) #and that the less power and influence these actors have over lauren and co the absolute fkn worst it is for the show #yall are embarrassing fr

[hipsternumbertwo]

Cinderella's Castle Cast Reveal (Part 2) [Part 1] [Kickstarter]

#jon matteson #lauren lopez #joey richter #mariah rose faith casillas #jeff blim #cinderella's castle #starkid #team starkid #hfgifs #i don't know if i should just add this to part 1 or make a new complete set #it's been 10 days lol #BUT i already made ANOTHER complete cast set from the instagram thank you vid so... #this is a mess #what i did not have in my calendar for April is that I am gonna be promoting one thing or another for the rest of the month #my girl Ang needs some rest lol #because MY WALLET NEEDS A REST hahahaha #this is a rare 3 post day

[boygerbishart]

im not immune to .desert bluff.

#wtnv #wtdb #kevin wtnv #wtnv lauren #wtnv fanart #welcome to nightvale #welcome to desert bluffs #this is probably a poor thing to make my first post because my artstyle is wildly different

[blaithnne]

I’m literally fine I don’t care its not even that big of a deal it’s whatever who’s Hilda

#me watching the entire trailer: right but what does this mean for Lauren #I think I’m gonna end up making her story a whole much more canon divergent au if I wanna keep it the same lol #I’ll only be 4 chapters into Plenism when it comes out tho so #i can always do a quick rewrite I suppose? #I’ve kept things as vauge as possible but it does rely on Hilda being johannas biological kid born via a regular pregnancy #the time the dad left would have to be altered anyway if he had left after Hilda was brown #cause the whole premise of the what if au is ‘what if the show was written with lauren in mind from the start’ #so things would be p different anyway #ANYWAYS #hilda #hilda the series #netflix hilda #hilda netflix #Hilda spoilers #Hilda season 3 spoilers #Hilda (Hilda) #Hilda johanna #Johanna hilda #Hilda david #David hilda #Hilda frida #frida hilda #Hilda twig #twig hilda #raven Hilda #Hilda raven #the great raven #aunt astrid Hilda #Hilda aunt astrid #aunt Astrid

[vvienne]

I literally woke up in the middle of the night like God will dark rise is so fucking screwed. The line that’s like. “Everyone wanted to kill the Dark King.” What’s the part where he looks at Violet helplessly, haunted, almost pleading for mercy? But of course he reveals nothing of substance to anyone. Elizabeth is too young to understand but the reader knows what “Her relationship with that boy was…unnatural” can mean. Tying him to bedposts? Failing to strangle him? What else? Never not even once seeing beyond a mythological identity Will himself didn’t know he had? What did he think was the reason? That he was just intrinsically hateful? Of course he says nothing. Of course Violet can’t trust him- he’s given her nothing as painfully real as what she’s given him. So he gives her the sword hoping at least he can die at the hands of someone he loved, but even that doesn’t work out - she gives the sword to a Visander still furious at SARCEAN. The pattern continues; no one looks at Will, who vomits when he realizes what’s happened to James, Will who is much of a liar and killer and sneak as Elizabeth accuses but nonetheless wants to be different. Even when he doesn’t remember his own past. There’s no way out for him that doesn’t hurt. Hope this obsession passes soon given the one and a half years of waiting required for book 3

#dark rise series #dark heir #rarely does a cliffhanger pain me so much #bc rarely am I ever THAT invested in a plot I am sad to say #nona the ninth was so cathartic in of itself I’m content marinating before alecto #BUT PACAT ONLY EVER GIVES EMOTIONAL CRUMBS #have any of these bitches ever known peace fr #maybe this is what reading princes gambit and not immediately having the follow up might’ve been like #honestly it’s possibly damen and Lauren just generally had less problems tho #more than his relationship even with James. will/Violet is perhaps the genuine source of like. I WISH HED GIVEN HER A REASON. #the narration that describes Violet as Will’s star in the night…….. like fuck fine #will can’t reach any level of genuine intimacy with James bc the mess of fraught noncon dynamics is this massive unspoken horrible thing #wills identity is personal w James in a way it is with no one else but James is so fucking oblivious of undercurrents it comes unbalanced #and will knows it. but (as far as we know) violet isn’t reborn has no history with sarcean the dark king she’s literallt just Some Guy #and that almost makes it worse???????? that they are so loyal to each other even as he’s keeping a massive secret? #they weren’t dated or destined to entangle the way will is w characters like James and Katherine #and I think that makes his rship with Violet possibly the realest and truest experience of trust and love will has ever had #like it’s nothing bro. truly she knows nothing about him other than his lies of omission and her faith in him goodness which may or may not #beiltimately justified. but that was probably as honest and close will ever got to anyone. and him to her.

[leconcombrerit]

Getting out of my semi-eternal slumber to share this priestess Lauren redraw. Old version below yay

#for those who follow me and my lovely mutuals : #I won't make a health update post cause it must be getting boring however #I am not dead yet just experiencing an underground mood roller-coaster #among other things like looking for a job quite desperately #so fear not #lauren mallard #welcome to night vale #wtnv #welcome to desert bluffs #strexcorp

[lauronk]

there’s a gap in the middle that needs filling

and lots of edits still

but i would think that y’all might have the final chapter of busfic in your grubby little paws tonight or tomorrow

#don’t make promises you can’t keep lauren #but seriously #i wrote the final words last night and got the stamp of approval from my vibe checker #so now i just gotta filter through 26k words and make them nice #don’t worry though this ain’t the last you’ll see of them #because after a brief break to reset my brain and work on other things #i have missing moments to share #cutscenes and bonuses and alternate plots and near misses #so many things #the last of us fanfiction #the last of us #tlou fanfiction #joel and ellie #on the road again (there i go)

[thelaurenshippen]

I spent a chunk of yesterday making a bunch of these trope memes for atypical's shows and when I tell you I BLANKED on how to describe a show I spent the better part of my twenties writing...

I'm really curious, TBS listeners, what tropes/identifiers/hooks would you use to get someone to listen to the show?

#the bright sessions #audio drama #do I like that media is being boiled down to tropes that can fit onto a graphic? #no #am I going to use whatever tools i can to get people to listen to independent art? #yeah #the ISW already has 13k views on tiktok! #idk if that's good but I want more people to listen to and love that show! #anyway i am geniunely not asking y'all to do my marketing work for me #I am truly just curious as to what stands out for people #bc unlike with the other shows #I have NO objectivity or outside POV on this one lol #I also might make individual ones for TAMA and TCT even though they're just later seasons? #just bc I feel like those are all distinct #lauren makes things

[itsjusteds]

Spies are forever has completely consumed my brain, similar to a parasite but much more enjoyable. It's not my fault that if something has Curt Mega in it my brain just grabs hold of it for months on end. This is a very long winded way of saying that I'm drawing every saf character daily until I've drawn all 55 characters.

Today's character is the Russian goon that corners Curt and Owen, who's played by the queen Lauren Lopez, Day 53/55

#2 DAYS LEFT BRO #ONLY 2 #THIS IS MADNESS #MADNESS GERALD MADNESSS #ik thats not saf but if i can make a reference i will #anyway FIAKGNRKJANFR SAF AND ONLY 2 DAYS LEFTTTTT #spies are forever #tcb #tin can bros #tin can brothers #saf fanart #saf #spies are forever fanart #tinlightenment #eddies daily thing #lauren lopez #eds draws

[mwagneto]

the fact that almost every character in ofmd is specifically a gay man is seriously so fucking special like usually a show will have 1 character from a minority group and then that character has to be every single thing - a person the straight/homophobic audience can accept and even like, someone that deals with their issues the way they "should" be dealt with, someone who's not too much of anything but simultaneously everything because every expected trait has to be displayed at some point or another.... versus this show with its massive cast of characters who are all able to embody specific (and extremely varying) ways to be a gay man where all of their journeys and personalities and approaches to their sexualities are so unique to them but so true to people that exist in real life........ i wish i could express this better coz it's such an incredible thing to see it genuinely makes my chest hurt with how much it means to me

#I'm literally forever thinking about that interview lauren faust gave abt how cartoons will #usually only have 1 girl and then that 1 girl has to be every single thing #like she has to be smart and kind and athletic and loud and pretty and cool and funny and every other trait ever #so when she got to make MLP she finally got a chance to have an all girl main cast and that #gave her the chance to make them really feel like unique people because they finally #had the space to just exist as girls without having to be The Girl. so they could have like. specific personalities #LIKE IT'S LITERALLY THAT BUT W GAY MEN IT MAKES ME SO ILL...... IM GATHERING ALL OF THEM IN MY ARMSSS #i really really wish i could explain this better #like omg when izzy is telling lucius how to deal w his issues they're both gay. when ed is reminiscing w fang they're both gay. #literally clawing at the walls they all mean so much to meeeeeeeee #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 #ofmd spoilers #ofmd meta #i guess ???????? #also YES i know there's characters that arent gay men but that's kinda part of my point too #like even in media where there's more than 1 token lgbt person they're always #different identities coz the writer needs 2 different things to explore #instead of exploring how 2 people with the same identity might differ in a thousand little ways #and they also always lose that sense of belonging together that's so essential here #like ohhhmy gof oh mygod they're literally all gay in some way. massive found family of gay ppl.... #it's just that i think this show is mostly abt exploring themes of masculinity and mlm so most of the cast being gay men makes cents

[creaturefeaster]

Is Elliot trans?? I saw on a post that it said "pre transition elliot" and that got me curious to whether it was about gender or some magical thing I missed knowing

Technically both heehee.

Yeah he's a trans dude. Him being trans doesn't have anything to do with magic, but the way he physically chose to transition was via magic :3

#that's what that necklace he wears is btw #i dont really have a name for it but it's just like. a change rune of sorts. #as long as it's on the body #it alters the body to what the rune is atuned towards #lauren made it for him #it's also what holly's host has. that star strap on her arm. #it's definitely more of a privileged thing to have because you have to know a magic user #which means being fortunate enough to live in a magic-using area of the world #hence why april and other trans characters don't have them #well. also because it's more of a choice thing #april's happy with how her body is and doesn't care to change. for example. #but even coming across lauren rachel and elliot all as magic users #having the opportunity to get one. she still doesn't. #well. elliot isn't knowledgeable enough to make one. butttt still. #sorry rabbit trail as always lmao #brambleramble

[pinkninja236]

So like image that the world goes Wrong. You have no idea how, or why, or where everyone else has gone but you are stuck with your annoying coworker who you hate but you also kind of dont. And this is sort of good for you because you may be wanted criminals! Except that its you and the person you wouldnt be caught dead agreeing with and shes insufferable but you live together because there is no one else in the fucking world and you cant do this alone. And you know that you can work well together because youve done it in the past! But every time its happened you are back at eachothers throats the next day and ngl shes kind of attractive and you cant pretend you hadnt thought about it. But anyway you live together for 6 years and its kind of domestic, you do the repairs and fix up a typewriter for her, she gardens and gets books from the library that she thinks you would enjoy and cuts your hair when it bothers you and stops making blackberry pie because it reminds you of your mother and makes you upset. And you still bicker and argue over everything and cannot get along to save your lives but the two of you play card games together in the evenings and have a long drawn out will-they-wont-they and when it finally seems like the answer might be that you will, you get into a massive argument because you still have fundamentally different viewpoints on if the remains of the outside world are safe or not and if that even matters so you leave. And thats where breaker whiskey starts

#bw #breaker whiskey #HSAR #spoilers ig #this podcast does things to my brain #ty lauren for managing to distill absolutely everything that I think makes ships interesting into one neat package #some of this is interpretation but most of it is direct from canon

[endiness]

that people are actually trying to drag the show for getting renewed for a final season and coming to its natural conclusion as if that's some proof of how bad the show is and how horrible lauren is as a showrunner though lol. like, please tell me you have never read the books without telling me tbh. (genuinely, 5 seasons makes the most sense anyway. chances are s4 will adapt bof for geralt etc and ttots for ciri and then s5 will be ttots/lotl.)

#the witcher #!txt: the witcher #you're not serious people.gif #the witcher spoilers #i guess in an abundance of caution #also just fyi but the whole '7 seasons' thing rumor wasn't really real in the first place #lauren basically just threw out a random number bc she was so hype abt making the show lol

[blaithnne]

Every Sonstansil Lauren makes it her mission to personally find, chop down and decorate the biggest Sonstansil tree she can find, entirely alone (except for the decorating).

Moving to Trolberg does not stop her, Mr. Ostenfeld has to call in sick to work because there’s a massive pine tree stuck blocking the stairwell.

It doesn’t even stop there, she starts volunteering to get other people trees too, and acts like it’s a personal attack when someone says they’re just going to get a synthetic one.

#she also loves making wreaths #she’s rlly just the parent who spends all of December going way overboard to make Christmas perfect #except she isn’t rlly stressed #she’s rlly excited about it #she stays up ridiculously late the night before getting things done and is vibrating with excitement the whole time #johanna is stressed as hell that things are gonna go wrong #and Lauren keeps suggesting MORE things #Santa isn’t a thing in the hildaverse but I think Lauren still puts the presents under three tree for the morning #sneaks around sos not to wake Hilda #who tries to stay up because she’s so confused abt how the presents get there #Lauren insists it’s her magic trees #hilda #hilda the series #netflix hilda #hilda netflix #Christmas #Hilda (Hilda) #Hilda johanna #Johanna hilda #lauren hilda #Hilda lauren #textpost #hildacanon #hildacanons #headcanon #headcanons