#my mans just wanted to write plays

[hypostatic-oath]

I've started playing Honkai Star Rail and I love how dramatically silly it lets me be. So far I have stolen mail, searched garbage cans, entered a closet to become one with the darkness, waxed on about how life is just a road to death to a terrified guy (somehow that seemed to make him less terrified), bowed in respect to a dumpster, investigated an inconspicuous lamp so many times it got mad at me, investigated a trash can so many times it insulted me, and felt bad for two different trash cans and several sandbags (I believe my Trailblazer is going insane from putting up with me). All this not counting with the countless dialogue options with NPCs around the world that allowed me to be incredibly dramatic (think almost Fischl style) for no reason (you can bet I took them). However, I cannot jump or climb, and fights are turn-based... we respect our opponents in Star Rail (and die. A lot).

What I conclude from this is that while the Traveler has a moral code (and some standards) when dealing with interpersonal interactions but isn't bound by physical restrictions or conventions (stairs? The Traveler does not understand that concept. Fair fights? Please, they don't have time for that), the Trailblazer is the exact opposite. The physical rules may hold them but their only ties to social rules or convention so far have been March and Dan Heng saying "hey, maybe don't fight the guards" and "hey, you can't just accept random jobs".

It also might be because the Traveler is a thousand year old entity that has been through A Lot (has learnt the power of friendship, but is too tired to take the long route) and is on a serious mission while the Trailblazer was quite literally Born Yesterday with the sole purpose of housing a massive problem inside their body (walks and fights like a Normal Person bc they're mimicking everyone else, but is absolutely unhinged) and is just having fun with tjeir newfound existence.

Either way I love both of them and they're basically cryptids but in different ways.

#the Traveler gives off ''i'm too old for this'' enegry but also ''If I don't fix it who will'' #while the Trailblazer is the most chaotic neutral mf I've ever seen and I love them so much #hoyoverse mcs my beloved #When I started genshin I expected a soft game with silly moments and was instead met with pain #Also I love how powerful the traveler has become (I like to believe they're just recovering the power they used to have) #The Traveler holds the braincell between these two btw #I want to understand Star Rail lore better so I can write smth abt the two of them meeting in like a dream sequence kind of thing #when I started genshin I expected haha funny colorful game but was met with pain and post-apocaliptic worlds and cataclysms #when I started star rail I expected pain and apocalyptic worlds and cataclysms and was met with THE ABILITY TO BE SILLY #I CAN HIDE IN CLOSETS #fun fact: i started playing both games for the Hot Dragon Men #also: in mondstadt there's a goth hotel (the hotel is named goth but doesn't seem to have ties to goth culture) #and in star rail there is a goethe hotel that is pronouced rather similarly. both are family establishments and both are ran by an old man

[saltplane]

Business meeting

#pizza tower #pizzahead #my beloved #saltsart #this is based on my entire mood today all I wanted to do today was go home and play and have fun but I had to write essays and make appoint #let a man be whimsical and full of joy #he would play with toys still I think #doesn’t want to deal with his responsibilities just wants to go play #he’s just like me fr

[shannonsketches]

Why is the anime so weird, it's not even the same series dude?? It's like,

Anime:

GOKU: I have a great idea to bring peace to the universe, and my leadership and compassion alone will unite us all. I have No Flaws and am A True Relatable Everyman :)

VEGETA: NO! I AM THE BEST AND I WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS UNTIL I AM RECOGNIZED AS SUCH!!!!

Manga:

GOKU: Vegeta what's cornmeal made of? I know it's what the corn eats, but what's it made of? VEGETA: Hey Kakarot let's play the quiet game until one of us dies.

#silly hours #I do not understand this writing it's so bad aklsdlkasjd #Toei wants Goku to be Clark Kent SO bad and he SO isn't lmao #they're so good and dumb and rounded and complex in the manga what is the anime so afraid of #Toriyama said 'no no this man is a detached faux-immortal who has a dear pure heart but he's childlike and selfish even though he's kind' #and toei went 'got it goku's never done anything wrong ever in his life' #toriyama said 'Vegeta's gone through a lot and he's finally settling into his more mature leadership role with the confidence he's earned' #and toei said 'got it vegeta has the confidence of a high school bully except now he can interact with his family as a comedy bit' #girl hWHAT #Toei trying to group Goku and Vegeta as two people who would rather train than be with their families and Toriyama said NO Vegeta wants #to be HOME this is the first time in years that he's HAD ONE and it makes him HAPPY to be with his wife and children!! #Vegeta trains so that he can protect the things he doesn't want to lose again and Goku trains because it's the thing that makes him happies #They are NOT the same lmao And yeah Vegeta still wants to beat Goku but he also knows that Gohan could dogwalk both of them if he wanted #He also knows Trunks and Goten are going to surpass them it's not about being the best anymore he's past that he just wants to Not Need Gok #He just doesn't want to have to rely on Goku to save the day he wants to be Enough on his own he just wants to know he can be #because every time it's mattered he WASN'T and people he loved were lost to his inability to protect them and he carries that #Like Whis diagnosed him with anxiety and cptsd out in the open and Beerus said he was self-centered for feeling guilt #+ he lowkey enjoys the rivalry it keeps him goal-oriented so he can't get complacent and lazy which is what triggered his Buu Saga breakdow #realized how Fucked Up it was that having a home and loving family made him feel like he was failing and went 'wait no I won actually??' #now he's chill as fuck in the manga. cool confident leader. #and sometimes he is childish and dumb with Goku as a treat #you know what rocks about his rivalry with Goku in Super though is that it's Playful. Vegeta is learning how to Play. #You ever seen a shelter dog get introduced to a really playful dog and it takes a minute for the shelter dog to understand it's safe here #And then they're both running around the backyard playing hot potato with one braincell?? That's Goku and Vegeta's relationship #and the way the anime sleeps on that dynamic is so fucking criminal especially when it's literally canon it's in print it's out there #you had the playbook how'd you fumble it this bad #anyway that's my 25+ year blorbo thoughts I love Geets a lot okay #And I love Goku in the manga a lot I'd forgotten that he's actually a great character when Toei's not fucking up his whole vibe

[fightwing]

the implication some version of animated teen tita.ns vaguely like ttg exists in comic canon.... i desperately need to know who in dick's life is a die hard show fan and how many times he rants he's 'not like that'

#the titan.s: is this fucking play about us??? like do they ever watch it did they sign off rights so many questions. #especially tt/g rob.in. i find him very amusing. silly little man. i want ten of them. #titans spoilers #tuesday spoilers #comic spoilers #interesting they'd make dick infected so quickly either that was (monologue incoming) apart of his plan all along #or babs is gonna lead the plan #i hate titan.s fighting titan.s but man do i love a good 'this isnt you' plot #like having to fight but you cant hurt the other because youre trying to save them UGH okay fine youve caught my interest current tita.n ru #also i know this art style has never missed but dick and gar.th are too handsome. like im not fighting you two whatever you say handsome #also also MOST IMPORTANT MERRY KORY CONTENT TUESDAY #very upset she yet again has to relive trauma but the panel of kory and donna hugging in the explosion will help me last the winter <3 #* i'd love to write but it's just not realistic / ooc.

[zlobonessa]

what i do lack honestly is re zero university au. maybe even with all the magic stuff kept there. like. most of the characters are just old enough for that. subaru is at the perfect age to go to university in another city where depression hits him like an isekai truck. his ability could be Return After Failing An Exam And Thinking You Are Gonna Die In The Ditch. reinhard and julius' shenaningans in the cruel and unforgiving academic setting could be just as gay and insane. royal election could be transformed into some stupid academic rivalry now much more full of desire to tear each other troats. in between all the witchculting archbishops could've had just as evil alter egos as the worst uni professors known to humankind who pick on the every little error and do speeches about the failng morals of the youth in the middle of the lecture and do not know how to switch to the next slide in powerpoint because they're hundreds years old. do you get my vision.

#re zero #i kinda did write about some of these stuff but only briefly and only some #and i have a shitton of fic drafts now so i can only wish to see the day when i can full commit to the idea #but like. i extremely need this actually. #i dont want to play with hs aus anymore i dont want be reminded of these horrid horrid days i need to see my current suffering represented #in my mind it's a kind of a comedy horror #your professor is evil and kills people. if you gonna kill him now how are you planning to pass the exam young man #yknow all these superhero secret identity tropes but there is no secret #just subaru and petelgeuse staring at each with pure hatred during the physics lecture #nobody notices that something is off because that's just how higher education sometimes is

[writeouswriter]

Had a great time playing Sims today (spent 3 and a half hours searching for and downloading custom content and never once turned on the game)

#sims #the sims 2 #the sims #ts2 #this is just how it is now #not writing #sims 4 #I guess I’ll tag but sims 2 is the only sims that matters my man 😭 #you will not catch me tagging 3 #sims 2 my beloved #I’ve been playing it for like 13 years now downloading cc is the only thing that still gives me meaning #I just wanted a round slightly worn wooden table that’s it 😭 #I only found one (1) vaguely close item after 3 hours! and it was refusing to even download at first 😭 #I had a list of 6 items to look for that at the top... I downloaded about 50 things... only got 2 of those items #like walking into the grocery store to buy one thing and then leaving with a whole shopping cart full #mostly got hair didn’t need any of it again just needed that table and some recolours of items plus a lamp and some plants but nooo #still didn’t really find a table recolour I liked just closest thing I just want worn wood recolours of things! 😭 #I’m building a bar/kind of dingy pub but I don’t want it to look like abandoned for 100yrs after a massacre just want some wear and tear #yes it’s 2am ignore me #yeah I’m gamer™️

[atlantic-riona]

full offense but if you write a book about Neverland or Peter Pan and have there be a romance between Wendy and Hook I am sending you outside to consider your crimes. don't bother coming back inside until you repent

#'ooooooh captain hook is so sexy let's do a love triangle—' #do you hear yourself? why are you sexualizing a story meant for children #really think about that for a second #because you could go and write an original story about a woman who travels to a magic land and meets a sexy pirate or whatever #so why do you want to take a character who is a child and hook her up with a character who's an adult #and is also directly thematically tied to her father #(if you consider that in stage productions and movies hook is always played by the same actor for mr. darling) #(AND FURTHERMORE) #(one might argue that Peter Pan Hook and Mr. Darling represent the boy who won't grow up #the man who didn't grow up and the man who did grow up) #so if we're going down that road why are you simplifying those themes to 'hook sexy peter immature #literally do not talk to me until you have reread the original and considered the actual themes and takeaways from it #I rank this as a worse crime than taking a beloved magic land like Wonderland Oz or Neverland and going #'ooooh what if it was DARK and EDGY and ACTUALLY EVIL' #just stop #go make your own edgy original world #leave the beloved classics that you clearly do not understand alone #but anyway back to my original point: do not do this #if you think to yourself that children's classics need more sex or edginess they don't!! that's the devil speaking #hope this helps #peter pan

[justafriendofxanders]

sorry for the meme format that's apparently nearing a DECADE old but i unironically feel a shiver down my spine any time someone mentions buffy being rebooted

#i can SEE the fucking netflix machine stamping it into the LA winx club/wednesday mold and it makes me want to tear apart #a chain link fence with my teeth #i've watched too much bad tv recently and i don't know who to blame but it fucking sucks out here man #can we stop writing tv like it's a bad novel and/or a collection of Funny Tweets xd #there's no fucking SUBSTANCE these days it's just one nonsensical twitter draft after another #if there's a tiktok plot i will kms in front of the writer's room and forever change the trajectory of their bond. for better or worse idc #also if they cast an actor younger than me to play spike i'll- i'll- i'll oh boy you don't even KNOW how worked up i can get about #this imaginary scenario i just made up in my head #buffyposting #btvs #*specifying 'gen z' here because if the main thrust of your reboot pitch is that the show is the same but less universal i will eat you ali

[snailfen]

so my little sister's school had a raffle fundraiser last night, and my little sister didnt win so she came home crying; something i completely understand cus the exact same thing happened to me whenever my school held raffles. EXCEPT there was one time i won a raffle! me and my sisters had 10 dollars worth of raffle tickets and we put all of them into one thing: a pack of three webkinz. and we got em! i think we still have two of the three to this day.

but anyways my mom took me to the thrift store today, and i wandered around the houseware/toys section and found three webkinz all at once! we ended up buying them for my little sister since she didnt win, and i explained to her how me and my sisters used to play with them all the time, and my other younger sister brought her old ones out and they played for some time and i just sat downstairs (cus i was busy) like this as i heard them playing whole time

#THEYRE PLAYING MAN. <:) #i held the webkinz in my arms while we looked around the store and the feeling just hit me with a childlike wonder i havent felt in YEARS #it got me petting them and smiling nd shit #it reminded me of the good old days of walking back and forth between the bedroom and the living room #carrying armfuls of my webkinz out to play with my older sister #these were in really good condition too! like their fur was still soft and stuff #they were a steal also. it was 2 lil kinz and one normal webkinz. the lil kinz were fucking 95 cents and the normal one was $1.21!!! #anyways i could write an ESSAY on how webkinz were like. the ULTIMATE stuffed animals #but im not going to #i just wanted to ramble about this cus it was sweet <:) #mossball.txt #webkinz

[deus-ex-mona]

a n y w a y s listen to nagisa’s new song it’ll change your life

#this new v tuber singer dude is excellent at singing ngl. his voice is very upbeat and goes well with the song #[​enojun version waiting room intensifies] #ok but. is it s e r i o u s l y just me or did they actually use a ukulele for this song #idk but that ukulele-sounding instrument reminds me of this guy who would walk around playing his ukulele at school back in the days of yore #the backing track also sounds familiar somehow… like one of those kindness movements/life insurance commercials maybe? #no idea wh y but i can picture nagisa singing this by the beach. y’know. nagisa singing at the nagisa— #this song is def gonna make me laugh or cry (or both) when it gets an mv… #it could be either hilarious or heartbreaking with no in-between #but man. nagisa. his long time crush comes back home looking (presumably) like a maiden in love and he’s just. #‘:( i’m not the one who made her like this :((( but she’s super cute though’ #i m mad coping with the thoughts that hiyoko started to fall for nagisa with the distance between them (absence and the fonder heart or sth) #a n d that she only seemed fine when she went back bc she didn’t want him to see her upset about having to leave for the city b u t. #auasusuxuxuxuxhaughhhhhshhshshshshsh im c o p i n g #if hiyo ends up with one of the lips im gonna write a nagisa x the leftover lip enemies to lovers manifesto d o n t t e s t m e o k— #aaaaaaauauaaaaaaaaaaa im sorry i lied when i said i was done with my 2k23 nagisa crisis i’ll be done after this. maybe. #the dude from gamushara

[fucktheroyals]

I just want a dreamling fic of Hob getting Dream to do terribly human and mundane things. Sometimes Hob's just inviting Dream to do something he was already going to do. Sometimes Hob realizes Dream hasn't done something boring human thing and wants Dream to do it so bad. Sometimes Hob doesn't know whether Dream has done a boring human thing before but he just wants to see Dream doing it. It'd be so cute if whenever Hob doesn't have access to something, upon becoming better and better at navigating the dreaming, he just dreams up the situation there.

—OKAY WAIT THIS LITERALLY JUST FLEW INTO MY HEAD!!! Okay, you know how wives sometimes go with their husband's to golf courses and they literally just sit in the cart. CAN YOU IMAGINE— Dream's with Hob at Hob's place of work and Hob's coworkers/work friends invite Hob to play golf with them and Hob agrees for whatever reason and then Hob's work friends invite Dream along too and Hob didn't even think about it but now he NEEDS Dream to go and Dream reluctantly agrees. In true wifey fashion Dream shows up in full golf attire like he's going to play but just sits in the cart the entire time. I think it could be hilarious.

#I just want scenes of Dream being ///Hob's/// boyfriend/husband/lover #sometimes without him actually being Hob's yet #(for anyone wondering if the wifes do anything else while sitting in the cart. they watch their husbands play and slide into the driver's #seat when their husbands tell them to bring the cart over 👀) #I used to work on a golf course is why I know this. they honest to god looked like they were going to play but never leave the car. I would #need to figure out if they were playing bc I needed to know if they were going to hit or if I could continue working or not #In true Dream fashion he would know everything going on and how to do it but he wouldn't want to upstage Hob and I'm sure he wouldn't wanna #act as if he were bad at it either #I gotta write this fic man jeez. it twirls in my brain constantly. #dreamling #we've gone from conceivably cute and soft fic to dipping our toe into the crack fic waters but no fear all fics I write are crack #at least a little bit

[musicalcompanions]

Do you know a character I'd love to see in Good Omens? Lilith.

#good omens #Write her right and you could have great discussions about how twisted heaven truly is and showcase a manipulative Satan #It would also create a mirror character to Crowley #they'd both question their assigned roles by God #find their rebellion in Satan and then pay the price for it. #and when i say lilith i dont mean like make her satans wife #but show that more people have questions #and are just playing for their own team #after being disappointed by both hell and heaven #this is almost a fic plotted out in my notes lol #ive always wanted to see her portrayed as a woman who just refused to lay with a man she didnt love #then got somewhat deluded by lucifer as he was the only whod listen #and ended up cast out of eden and turned into the first demon

[paimonial-rage]

The biggest recommendation I can give on writing dialogue that sounds in character for the character to say is, not to read the quests they are in, but to listen to the English dub whenever you get the chance. This may seem difficult especially if you are used to playing it in another language, but listening is key to getting the vibe of a character down. What you pay attention to is, not what they say, but the cadence in which they say it. Pay attention to the emotion in their voice, the speed at which they say things, the volume, etc. Once you get this down, it becomes easier to get an idea of what “sounds” right and what doesn’t. Cadence is an especially powerful thing. By training your ears to a character’s cadence, you can get a better idea of which words they would prefer to use, the lengths of their sentences, and things of the sort.

For example, reader asks Zhongli to dinner and he accepts. How would he respond? “Hmm, I’m not busy this evening, so I accept. Thank you for the invitation.” But that doesn’t sound right, does it? Is Zhongli the type of person that uses many contractions? I don’t think so, so let’s fix it. “Hmm, I am not busy this evening, so I accept. Thank you for the invitation.” But would he say “I accept?” Perhaps, but it still doesn’t sound right. How has he accepted proposals in the past? A bit of research shows he has said “sure.” How can I mix that in? “Hmm, I’m not busy this evening, so sure. Thank you for the invitation.” But hmm… the second sentence doesn’t sound right. What else could he say instead? “Hmm, I’m not busy this evening, so sure. It would be my pleasure.” That sounds a lot better.

Some people may ask why you can’t do these things while listening to another language. Personally, I don’t believe you can. If you are not fluent in those other languages, your ears are not properly trained enough to understand the nuance of the ways they speak. The correct emotion and tone will come through, yes, but you still won’t be able to intuitively know what sounds right and what does not. You only will get this sense by listening to it in the language you choose to write in.

The only downside to this is that your writing will become based upon the English translation of the game. As many people know, the portrayal of characters in English often does not completely match the portrayals in Chinese. This is especially so for characters like Zhongli, Xiao, and Kaeya. A lot is lost in the translation and dubbing process. Characters do not vibe the same. Thus, your portrayals will be more true to English, but not how it technically is “supposed” to be. Personally, I don’t necessarily believe this is a bad thing. However, it is something that can bother people. The only way I can imagine getting around it is by playing the game with the Chinese dub and by following accounts that speak Chinese and can give insight on the literal translations and what they mean and imply.

#personal #advice #character analysis #i personally dislike the idea that bc the en translation and dub aren’t parallel w/ cn they did a bad job #yes there are cases where the translation is terrible but it’s impossible to do a 100% true translation #when you translate a work the translation eventually becomes its own entity #it is the job of translation to change the text so that things sound natural #add into this communication misunderstandings between the translators and the writing team and things can become skewed #i’ve completely given up on zhongli but what i do try to do when writing xiao is to follow the notes of fan translators and ppl that play c #i do have it in my plans to eventually open an asian account and replay the whole game in cn too #but yeah training your ear to a character’s cadence is a real cheat way to learning character advice #this is bc it’s less rigid and more open-ended than memorizing straight speech patterns #the only junk thing is that eventually you’ll try writing for a character you haven’t listened to in a while? #and then you are forced to reserve two hours in your day to listen to a character or event quest with them in it #pain peko #also if you’re still here i’m gonna complain a bit like why do ppl always default to the jp voices when the cn voices are right there? #why not listen to cn? that should be the default if you want the best experience #idk man #maybe i’m just tired of listening to jp voice acting. they’re all the same

[beatcroc]

listen. i love pizza tower with my whole heart & mind. you know this. you Know. but first and foremost i am a character design bitch, and the pizzas are, frankly, very bland. this is not a critique or a complaint, because obviously That's Not The Point and more importantly i would be horrified if anyone tried doing that much animation with anything more complex than what's there. but also it means when i get a taste of some truly whack ass insane design work again it is like fuuuucking catnip

#ive been DEPRIVED...... #pizza business is on hiatus i need to play lethal league for 50 hours and make a surely ill-fated cosplay about it #it really is unfortunate fake pep could have been a fun cosplay for the way i wanted to go about it #but for all the schematics i had sketched out it was never a thing i wanted to get up and actually try to Make #and then i wake up the next day after playing llb once and go like oh. ohhhhhh. i need to be doombox irl #and because of that realizing. oh that was misplaced idle thoughts before; i never actually wanted to do fp for real #i was just on that train bc 1. very passionate about the game obviously [and he was kind of my only option to rep pt] and 2. #i think it was a lot of leftover inertia from my PREVIOUS cosplay idea [baozhai from indivisible] that i also never pursued #lots of Makin Stuff drive still existing but not having a place to go. #fp was certainly more doable than baozhai so it was easy to latch on but #still not....really the kind of thing i actually Enjoy making #this one though. ohgghhgh i feel it. i feel the cosmos #i still dont think i'm actually going to complete it. the current projection is that i just make a shitty prototype and then #realize how impossible and unfun this is gonna be and then drop it. [but its fine bc i still got to make stuff and got the idea out] #however. that first pizza comic was also originally a single-image prototype to get the idea across bc #i didn't think i would actually draw out that whole thing either. #so i guess we'll just see what happens. now won't we. #poor fuckin noisette comic 2 man i put it off for so long and then finally get into it and then this happens #ill get back on it eventually this is just something i have to indulge while i have it and get it out of my system #its like evangelion. sometimes you have to write 8k words of analysis. and sometimes you gotta make a really stupid cosplay #anyway hey i should post the fp cosplay schematics huh. i meant to back when i first did them but then didnt. whoops #bweeeaaahh

[hadesdancehall]

happy wip monday bc i can't wait for wednesday

my mom brought miss rona home from a coworker after i posted the first ch of @lemon-wedges phantom au which brought everything to a halt where instead i was watching yt clips of cdrama palace intrigue. did numerous mini drafts on paper of something i thought i'd use but then decided to use later on (how did this grow from two to four planned chapters aaaaa) so now we're going in a completely new direction

also after a bit of back and forth with myself i made the Very Important Decision of having barok at a pub

#my wips #somehow i didn't test positive but still got coughs that never really went away bc weather changed so much that my lungs couldn't keep up #former asthmatic problems strike once again thanks to east coast weather #i've also been trying to trick my brain into saying fuck it let's just write self indulgent shit head empty #while every instinct wants polish and layers in every sentence #and i mean there's gonna be layers bc man did i spend a lot of the downtime researching noh plays #but maybe not everything has to be full dgs levels of crafting mysteries #i've also slowly been getting through the dunmeshi manga which is fun i'm in the ch 70s now #baroryuu

[seijorhi]

Rhi, I must tell you that I went full detective mode trying to figure out who the black haired man was. Immediate google search: haikyuu blue eyes. Useless. I'm squinting, trying to determined if Kageyama has gray or blue eyes. Okay google, what colour is Kageyama's eyes? BLUE. It's him right?! No, his hair would never be described as messy. Google, what is Akaashi's eye colour? BLUE. Hair? WINDSWEPT. Closer in age to Oikawa. 😤 I was so proud of myself -🍚

YES THANK YOU! this is what i wanted to read haha.

i debated about whether or not i wanted to include akaashi's name, but as the fic was from oikawa's pov and he was incredibly in the dark about who this interloper was and what he was capable of, i liked leaving you guys a little in the dark too.

i was also gonna include the glasses, but that'd make it too easy. gunmetal blue eyes tho? had to be akaashi haha

#though it is kinda funny #cuz once i settled on semi as her big bro #and obviously oikawa as the big bad #i had an idea of the personality type that i wanted to write for the 'other man' and the role he was gonna play #which i ultimately decided fit akaashi best #and it was at that point #i realised i was halfway to making my pretty setter squad fic gfhdjkbvfndj #i just love the idea of normal looking akaashi coming in to fuck everything up #course #he's no saint either #reader's piiiiissssseeed hehehe #rhi answers #fic asks #🍚 anon #bby i adore you thank you for this