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#looking for signs in the snow
blackcoffeewrites63 · 2 months
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People are going to come for me for this, but I know I'm not alone.
I keep seeing on Goodreads reviews readers coming after authors for things that weren't flat-out explained. In most instances, the author hinted at the answer previously in the story. Yet, the readers were upset because the author didn't explain it in that exact scene.
To me, the reason was clear. This author is a new favorite of mine because she leaves clues throughout her stories that lead to answers later on. For me, that's half the fun of reading. Another thing they attacked her for was not explaining how they broke the curse. Again, with a little imagination and thinking, it was obvious. It was the entire theme of the story.
I'm seeing reviewers tear another author apart because of inaccuracies in the industry in which her story takes place. Some are fair, but a lot of them are people nitpicking over things that, unless she was a professional in the industry, she wouldn't have known.
I'm not saying research isn't necessary. I spent months learning about motorcycle riders for Darcy and Sebastian. I watched videos and read articles about bike safety, maintenance, and proper gear. For Darcy's dance history, I took my experience, combined with books, watching performances, reading professional dancer's blogs, and learned as much as I could. For that car chase scene between Daisy and Stephen in Looking for Signs in the Snow, I watched dozens of videos of cars drag racing against each other, read stats, learned what they meant, and researched how to drive a stick. Regardless, I will never know a subject as well as the person experiencing it firsthand. As writers, it's our duty to research, but it's never going to be perfect. And if we only write what we know, we're going to run out of ideas pretty quickly.
In my opinion, social media has created a monster in the publishing industry. They're churning out dumbed-down, poorly edited carbon copies of the same book. Meanwhile, we have these amazing Indie authors whose stuff never gets seen because it doesn't meet that criteria. I'm over the moon that people are reading and buying books. But seeing two books I've enjoyed get ripped apart for things that require a tiny bit of imagination and critical thinking worries me.
I started writing again because I was tired of seeing the same books over and over. While fanfiction is a great opportunity for me to practice my craft, writing and publishing something original is terrifying in this current industry. And frankly, I refuse to write a carbon copy of everything else that's selling. If that means I never publish anything, so be it.
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greywoe · 2 months
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"The she-wolf laid into the squires with a tourney sword, scattering them all. The crannogman was bruised and bloodied, so she took him back to her lair to clean his cuts and bind them up with linen."
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ilikebooksanstuff · 5 months
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So, you know that masterful tweet about how Katniss is a huntress in a performance while Lucy Gray is a performer in a hunt? Where I find this the most applicable is with their respective renditions of the hanging tree-
While Katniss' is beautiful, it's simple. No extended lyrics, no vibrato, just clear, sweet music. That's honestly a pretty good representation of Katniss herself (w/o the sweet part). No embellishment, gets the job done. And then there's the fact that Katniss only sang when she was asked to by someone she cared about. (Rue in the 1st book, Pollux in Mockingjay)
But Lucy Gray, though using the same lyrics, takes as much time as she wants to, not cutting anything short, packaging the verses with a perfectly tied bow. Her's is the kind of thing you would expect from someone who enjoys adding their own spin on something that could be done with much less effort. Though we see Lucy Gray singing for herself and the people she cares about more than anyone else, she's not closed off to singing for the sake of giving others entertainment.
Lucy Gray enjoys even the superficial parts of singing done for added melody and to her own liking. Katniss only does as much as she needs to, for the people she wants to sing it to.
Another important thing is that while singing is Lucy Gray's escape, it's something Katniss avoids as much as she possibly can.
Thank you for reading<3
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comickergirl · 3 months
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Every year I like to do an illustrated ''List of Comics I Enjoyed'; I missed last year due to work deadlines and this year I likewise had a bit too much IRL stuff to take care of to make a full list. So! Here is but a small selection representing my goal to read more Shoujo and Josei! I liked some of these more than others, but overall, had a good time with 'em. :)
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and-corn · 6 months
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I am following you because of your recent dragon comic, and I want you to know that saw it and was like “oh shit I should probably go outside”
I did and immediately infinitely felt better, thank you for helping to drag me out of my cave
hell yeah!!
go get that fresh air my funky dragon friend!
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seafoampuddings · 9 months
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Signs Of The Past
A @carry-on-big-bang collab with @palimpsessed
Find the art here
Rating: Teen and up Word count: 11k Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical, late 1890s England, not historically accurate, cursed!baz, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, haunted house vibes, Insomnia, mentions/discussions of death
Simon lifted his shaking hand, pointing the switchblade at the man slowly backing away. “That man—He—The cabinet—” Simon stumbled over his words, unable to get a coherent sentence out. Ebb’s gaze followed the pointed tip of the blade, but as she turned back to him, her brows only creased with worry as she slightly shook her head. “Simon, calm. There’s no one there,” she said, her voice meek as lowered his hand. “What, no—He—” As Simon’s gaze snapped back to where the man had just stood, all he had been met with was an empty kitchen.
Simon is a down on his luck twenty year old, struggling to survive on the streets after he was thrown out of the orphanage with no higher education or a job to fall back on. So, when he stumbles onto an ad, promising a handyman job at the Pitch Manor, one that offers him not only money but also a place to stay, Simon takes it without a second thought. But as he begins his work for David Cadwallader, the owner of the estate, things quickly begin going sideways; the house is never quiet, groaning at night as if it is alive, lamps lighting up with no one around, and most unsettling of all, a ghostly figure that seems intent on scaring Simon into an early grave.
A massive massive thank you goes out to Pal, who created incredible art for the first chapter, as well as the cobb mods for putting this entire even together. Putting this together has been a pleasure :)
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abirddogmoment · 1 year
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bitches love an empty trailhead parking lot and other shots from our lunchtime 12km walk
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elegyofthemoon · 4 months
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wait actually this one post makes a good point i wish there was actually tags to separate between hsr and hi3 bronseele and on that note actually any of the overlapping characters alskdjfha but the search engine sucks ass on this website so you'll always have overlap either way i think :I
#LIKE !!!!! OK!!!!!! I DO REALLY LIKE BRONSEELE!!!!! BUT ALSO!!!!!! I LIKE HI3 BRONSEELE AND WISH TO LOOK AT STUFF FOR THEM NOT HSR!!!!!!!!!#whhhh i was running into the same problem with cocolia before too T _ T#and its fINE because i saw some servalia while doing so but whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh T _ T come onnnnnnnnnn i just wanna look at hi3 stuuuuuuffff#ok maybe this is also like. the worlds sign for me to STOP JUMPING INTO THE TAGS INSTEAD OF PLAYING THE GAME AND STOP SPOILING YOURSELF#but T _ T#i could also just go bother my friends as well about hi3 but i also dont wanna be a bother#... so i decide to. bother? everyone???? by posting????#illogical.#IT IS DISTRIBUTED ANNOYANCE#anyways point is: i like bronseele's dynamic a lot in hi3#it actually made me appreciate the bronseele dynamic more in hsr bc i can see where it takes inspiration from#though i feel that the dynamic got switched around for hsr bronseele#but ill spare talking about that LAKSJDFALKSH#snow plays hi3#i /guess/ im starting a tag on that its fine lmao#anyways if anyones interested i have plans to finish ch 11 and 11 ex tonight.#'but snow thats like 3 hours long and its near bed time' listen i am on a mission. the only thing stopping me right now is the fact that#i told myself i should finish reviewing (but am Very distracted)#and the fact that the game Also is like 'girl you need to STOP YOURE OUT OF STAMINA'#watch me down all these energy drinks (idk what they are) THEN TELL ME I NEED TO STOP#besides i had a pretty good day re: studying today and ive been doing good with my questions ^u^#so im bout to beat the holy shit out of this exam. whether the exam likes it or not i Will Eviscerate You.#that and i need to recuperate because I was burned out pretty bad today but when i came back from getting lost (wandering around) for like#hours i did fine so weehee#break day and then we'll be in the long haul till tuesday myeheh
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dirt-str1der · 1 year
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What ive learned about the yakuza community is that you guys are way too hung up over that scene in y4 where he pinned haruka to the ground then started panting really heavily , that didnt happen for me , that scene wasnt real to me i forgot about it.
#Yakuza loveblog#it literally didnt happen for me like the game could have been perfect without it so i took it out#like how could you not like saejima he... he would be the perfect man if not for that scene#but it WOULD be funny to make haruka have beef with both majima (kidnapped her) and saejima (lowkey assaulted her)#saejima wouldnt do that .. he loves kids ...#i adore saejima i think hes super cool and extremely hardcore. more hardcore than kiryu even and kiryu is extremely hardcore#saejima was the first to almost die in the snow but unlike kiryu he didnt even get frostbite#well he did a bit but it wasnt that bad ... kiryus fingers were one hard press from having the flesh slough right off#anyway HOW CAN ANYONE NOT LIKE SAEJIMA HES SO COOOOOOL#Hes so charismatic and you can tell the depths of his empathy are unfathomable ... he looks at someone with sorrow and you know his heart#is breaking. he always gets so serious and sombre when hes trying to convince someone not to go down a dark path#my stomach HURTS. see saejima could have given me medicine because he is so kind#you have got to forgive him for pinning haruka to the ground with his knee between her legs like you need to forgive him#that was a slipup he was never planning on doing anything and he was very sorry for it ... i swear to you he just froze up he wasnt planning#on touching her or anything ... you know whos truly to blame ? kiryu. for standing there once again like a stone starue and letting it happe#hey ‘suzuki’ (lol thats a good one i might steal it later) i know youre an escaped convict because of the animalistic look in yout eye when#you pinned my twelve year old daughter to the ground and slobbered on her. and not the other telltale signs like you wearing a prisoners#outfit when you washed up on shore (lol) no there were no other clues. that was what tipped me off#hated kiryu in y4 he is useless. i will never forgive him. see saejima was panicking because haruka was going to call an ambulance. kiryu#had a cool head and he still decided to do some stupid shit. too bad i badly want men who make bad decisions and want to fuck kiryu so much
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hauntingblue · 10 days
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Why only kiku against kanjuro??? They should gang up against him I don't believe in fair fights
#NAMI NOOOOOOO BIG MOM IS AFTER HER NOW NOOOOOO#jinbe telling robin she frightens him with a smile on his face... incredible... she wants you btw#the blood from zoro's slashes on people being white does not help with the censorship ajdjaksn#red hawk..... of course.... ace wantes to kill kaido too?? i mean of course after seeing tama... but why did he leave....#talking tag#watching one piece#episode 991#so yamato wants to be oden!!! i thought that bow looked familiar ajdhaka#momo standing up against orichi.... you tell him#kiki calling law torao and he doesn't even fight it 😭😭#kiku and izo... that was beautiful.....#also they gave marco his cunty ankle bracelet back.... hell yes#kaido is on the move.... what big announcement...... him saying momos execution is boring ahdhaksjsk#yamato that was such a reveal. i think luffy's brain is too simple for all that. he said HUH two times now. not a good sign#episode 992#luffy got a lip tremble when she said ace spoke about him omg nooooo#kiku in some scenes is just... 👁👄👁#kiku dont cry!!!! put on that sick ass mask and cut his ass in half!!!!#WASNT EXPEXTING KAIDO TO GO FETCH THE ANCESTRAL WEAPONS#episode 993#they want the ancestral weapons AND the one piece???#also i was right... i didnt know uranus was the third one but i assumed it had to do with the sky to complete the trifecta hehe#uhuhuhu kaido realised one puppet from wano gave him trouble and turned to momo to make him the next one.... and he is holding his gaze#GOODBYE ORICHI.... WELL DESERVED!!! ONE LESS THING TO WORRY ABOUT LETSGO#KIKU HE IS LYING!! DONT FAULTER!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! ASHURA FINISH HIM THEN!!!#NO FUCKING WAY!!!!! FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!! THAT WAS SUCH A COOL SCENE!!!! OH THE SNOW!!! JUST LIKE HER!!!!#AMAZING!!!!!!! KANJURO IS SO THEMATICALLY COEHERENT!!! AN ACTOR WHO DRAWS COPIES OF HIMSELF!!! PERFROMER!!!#and kiku who literally grew up with him had to finish him.... oof#and the mask!!! another performance!!! oof..... they left a hat on his head and everything.....#episode 994
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has-brain-rot · 2 years
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Another secret spamton/mike mystery page?
This is a bit of an walk-through on how to get to it, some things that might be important, and some thoughts, but I haven’t seen anyone mention this yet either so here we go!
SO if you go onto the TV page (https://deltarune.com/d_a_m_n_y_o_u_t_e_n_n_a/) and click on the TV it’ll bring up all the static. The webpage title is “DELETE THIS!“
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Next (I’m using firefox so it might be different on chrome) you need to inspect the page. Inspecting it will give you the option to remove the static image from the background. Then do ctrl+A to select everything. Doing that results in this:
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Then scroll down to the bottom of the page (it’s a long page). It will give you two options. The webpage title is now “YOU’RE EARLY!”.
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By pressing one of these it’ll take you to more hidden pages. The bottom one takes you to here, ramb/the Green Room. (other people have found this already. From what I could tell there was nothing new here).
The top one takes you to here (same link as the TV, so I can’t link you to it). The webpage title is now “AREN’T YOU FORGETTING SOMETHING?
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Interestingly, the class titles for these various screen options are “Tenna” (at the very start with the TV), “Snow” (with the static. Another interesting note is that Snow can refer to both the weather and the visual or audio static tvs get!  There’s also a vision condition called snow vision, or static vision.), and “Ocean”.
The “Ocean” page has a background image to it called “ice.png” and also has a different background static noise than the other pages! The audio is set really low so you need to turn it up to listen. (Link here: https://deltarune.com/assets/audio/ocean.mp3)
NEXT (bear with me here I know it’s long) if you click the black rectangle (code refers to it as “Entrance”) it brings you to Noelle’s page: https://deltarune.com/icepalace_glaceir/
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I checked the page out and there wasn’t any additional hidden links other than https://deltarune.com/code/ (which other people have covered)
The last thing I’ll mention is that Noelle brings up “eating too much fruitcake“ here and here, perhaps that’s important in some way?
(feel free to share around! or don’t, I’m not your [parental figure])
#spamton sweepstakes#spamton#noelle holiday#deltarune sweepstakes#deltarune chapter 2#spamton g spamton#I thought this was interesting!#Maybe noelle and spamton are a bit more related plot-wise than what we thought?#it's possible tenna/mike/??? was the one that was putting all those doors into noelle's game#but for what reason?#spamton also has direct interactions with noelle based on the whole pepis thing#which means that noelle was actually interacting with the dark world earlier than kris was (whether she knew that or not)#also what's up with the fruitcake???#did something happen that involves fruitcake?#knowing the series either it's some deep level lore or it's a reference to a non-serious prank lol#also because the tenna/mike/??? page also links to the ramba green room page#that means that tenna/mike/??? will be somehow related to that location (and the two weather characters we got from there too?)#since snow can refer to both weather and static/tvs it's possible there's a link there?#the ramb room door on the right brings you to a TV which so far seems to be a reference/sign of tenna/mike/???'s presence/influence#the left door in the ramb room brings you to a page about the weather enemies who also look like presenters of some kind#maybe they're based on weather-man reporters? they'd have to be on TV if that was the case#tenna/mike/??? could have helped them there?#idk I'm just putting ideas out because there's so much to think about!!#but my best guess is that tenna/mike/??? (tenna and mike might be the same person or two different characters) did something similar with#the weather duo characters that tenna/mike/??? did with spamton BUT instead of finding them after tenna/mike/??? abandoned them#they were able to hold onto their fame and/or are still within that fame period#tenna/mike/??? helped them become big/well known weather reporters on TV and ig tenna/mike/??? got entertainment??? idk#sorry for the wall of tags alerkgmlakermg anywho hopefully someone reads/finds this!
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firingbeams · 1 year
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you seem very cool and all around pleasant to be around tbh
it's all thanks to viewers like you 🫰
this being anon makes me feel some ways
mostly curiosity about why you felt like you had to be anon to send it
love u......... take care..................
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narutomaki · 2 years
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where did the concept of the snow leopards being Tobiramas summons come from?
any way makes them Choose Sakura and comes up with an au for all of it
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sanguinaryrot · 7 months
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I’m so excited. I know how to have one (1) extremely specific interaction in Irish now. someone ask me how I’m doing and what the weather is like quick /j
#looking into tapping into things I have been curious about in the past#(this happens every once in a while)#again. my family is Irish so I decided the learn the language#but I’m also exploring spirituality#I don’t think I believe in any of the major religions (though I’ve been standing from afar gazing at Judaism#I am extremely fond of a lot of their ideas and culture. beautiful stuff#and frankly I feel like I’ve been getting signs that I should convert for years now#but I’m not in a place where I feel like I can commit to it so I am just admiring from afar#while I foster what I think ‘god’ is#there’s this concept that some people have that like#god is not a dude who has a beard and lives in the clouds#but rather is the feeling you get when you connect with another person#the sense of wonder you feel when you see something beautiful#and I think perhaps even the ability to hope/wish/manifest/pray/etc something into existence#my mom calls this ‘energy’ but I do not vibe with this term#idk how to explain it other than like#when you’re watching a movie and you see those lines they draw to represent wind and it’s blowing around leaves#or snow#and it’s meant to represent this idea that there is Something affecting the word but it is not corporeal and incredibly vague#that’s what I believe in#it is unknowable but it can be influenced with good intentions#and it permeates your body when you connect to another human in a meaningful way#that’s what it’s like for me. doesn’t have to be for you! but that’s what I’m working with right now#there’s this prayer that saint augustine wrote that I edited lightly to more suit my needs#and I try to say it once a day#I believe it is called Watch O Lord#I edited some of the words to more suit how I view the world but I really like the intention#anyways#Tá sé fuad ach tá sé tirim. It is cold but it is dry. thank you New York!!!!!!
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othercrossee · 1 year
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WHAT DID RHEY DO TO HIS SWAG!!!!!!!!!!!
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novelconcepts · 2 years
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the fact that amazon cancelled both the wilds & paper girls despite their popularity, acclaim, diverse cast, and sapphic characters makes me worried for a league of their own
I dunno. The assumptions for Paper Girls are that Amazon didn’t want to foot a bigger S2 budget (I call bullshit, they fully could have afforded that, but whatever) and the claim that PG never broke the top ten Nielsen Ratings in its first few weeks (I dunno anything about that, but it WAS in the top ten Prime shows for the first month, so). If ALOTO doesn’t need a crazy budget, it might be safe; I know it’s been getting a decent amount of attention. Fingers crossed for y’all.
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