#so thats how submisions work

[grandhotelabyss]

Could you elaborate on your idea that in the current day one should actually have a presence if one wants to be an "author"? it goes against the common cliches, and I can see the logic, especially with art allways being beholden to the material realitys of commerce and patronage.

Still it kind of seems, and maybe this is to my own man-childish warped view of "authenticity" or "not selling out" that by becomming overly opinionatend and "brand consious" one kinda diludes the point of the work (no matter how trivial the work actually is)

Like what I mean is that it easily becomes more about trying to get an audience, one becomes a marketer that adjust the "content", for a lack of better word", and sells it, even if that takes compromises. But maybe thats too obvious of an argument - what may be worse that the authors get lost in the trill of becoming a personality, of "being in the process of writting the book" of reyifing the identity of "being an artist" in itself with the work becoming secondary.

Ofcourse this may be nothing new, atleast the dream of being a bohemian is hundreds of years old, with the modern form being a cliche for both the hippys and their grand children, so eh maybe I'm just wasting time. Still maybe what my point is, that atleast personally, I by engaging in the "discourse", by spreading scattered thoughts in hopes of raising some cache or clout, even if it is a self-justification for the audience of one, seem to just get further from the point of actually making the thing I wanted to make. Especially when direct arguments and snide remarks seem to lead only to problems and headaches in the end (but maybe thats my problem of being both hyper-confrontational and wanting to have my opinion heard and justified, while being thinner skinned than a butterfly, having a pavlovian submisive response to any scolding and naively wanting for everybody to get along, as if I was the stalker at the end wishing for peace and love for the whole world.) Anyways, enough auto-psycho analaysis, appreciate your posts, even if I don't allways agree - and if you don't reply do to enjoying easter with family or friends or even a good movie (or even a rauncy 90s comedy) - I won't carve a woodoo doll.

God Bless

Thank you! Ideally, your online presence is itself a work of art, shaped as any work is by carefully chosen inclusions and omissions, symbols and motifs, not the simple expectoration of your opinions. (I really try not to "opine" when I have nothing useful to add!) Even if you do opine a lot, though, I don't think this is that different from the model of literary celebrity forged in mass culture as early as the days of Dickens; it's just moved online. From a recent post by Katherine Dee:

Culture isn’t stuck. Old media is dead, and we under-appreciate the new forms because they’re somehow ‘less legitimate’ than the old ones. The collaborative storytelling that goes into creating an Internet persona, algorithms, mood boards, and even certain types of uniquely online sketch comedy are all new or evolved art forms. And they’re thriving. We just don’t take them seriously. 

I agree with this. I don't agree with Katherine's follow-up on X that, "Literature has been replaced by the role play nature of the internet," because, as I've said, the internet is too ephemeral, and we need to get some works deserving of permanence into book or otherwise solid form. I don't think literature (in the broad sense) can be replaced, not even if we are replaced by AI or aliens or whatever, but this is also where I disagree with McLuhan: language, whether spoken or written or printed or digitized, is not one medium among other media but the meta-medium that allows all other media to converge and converse. Literature in that sense is the highest art. Maybe not the prettiest or the most emotive or the most beautiful, but the one that contains and transmits all the others.

#internet #katherine dee #literature

[minzart]

Submitted by margorako

WHY DID I PRESENT THIS SCENE?

Jade: Yuu, I give you permission to end your shift and release you from work.

Yuu: release me ..?

Jade: huh ??

Yuu with a voice reminiscent of Dobie: Is Dobie / Yuu free?

Jade: what—?

Yuu happily shouts and runs away after the hug: DOBI / YUU IS FREE !!

sorry if you don’t understand, English is not my native language. if what i mean dobie from harry potter

Oh my God it realy be like that tho pfff

And don't worry it completely readable!

And your scenario just gave me the most adorable vibe version of yuu in my mind, little gremlin just happy to be free from work with big googly eyes

#twst #twisted wonderland #twst dialogues #so thats how submisions work #english isn't my native lenguage to! so don't worry about it #submission #jade leech #twst jade

[pens-swords-stuff]

Emotional Cocktail Tag

Tagged by @metaphors-and-melodrama, thank you very much!

Rules: Match from the list below one emotion from each taste to each character in your WIP and describe why:

Sweet: Intelligence - Reason - Love - Hope - Confidence - Delight - Curiosity - Patience - Kindness - Courage - Peace - Humility - Awe

Salty: Fear - Anger - Pride - Obsession - Envy - Regret - Shame - Guilt - Disappointment - Cynicism - Naivety - Emotion - Contempt

Spicy: Dominance - Submission (just a funny little extra taste for those who prefer it ;)

I’m not going to do dominance or submision for spicy, I think I’m going to replace it with leader or follower, which is kinda sorta maybe synonymous-ish, right? right??

CLARA WILCOX

Sweet: Intelligence — If there is one thing that Clara is known for and one thing that she prides herself on, it’s definitely her intelligence. She’s not a naturally gifted or smart person, so she tries to overcome that by learning as much as she possibly can. She’s basically known as a walking encyclopedia who probably has textbook passages memorized, and chances are, she’ll have some sort of answer to most questions. She’s also naturally inquisitive and skeptical of many things, so she has a scientific approach in a magical setting where science isn’t necessarily a priority.

Salty: Pride — Clara is a know-it-all and a control freak. She knows she’s smart and she knows that she’s usually the smartest one in the room. Therefore, she usually thinks that she knows the best, and is quite prideful in her intelligence. If she’s planning, if she’s working on something, she usually will not take kindly to people correcting her or questioning her.

Spicy: Leader — Clara is outspoken, bossy and a control freak. She’s also a fantastic strategist who is great at making plans and utilizing people, so she naturally falls into a leader position. 

Tagging @vhum @madammuffins @incognitxburrito @writingwitherebus @ellpri @necros-writings @pheita for this, feel free to do this or ignore!

If you see this and want to do it, you’re tagged too!

If you want me to tag you in tag games, click here!

Callisto, Blake, Vanessa, Aiden and Jess underneath the cut! Don’t forget to look here too ;D

CALLISTO ROWLE

Sweet: Confidence — Callisto knows exactly who she is and what she’s capable of, so she’s very confident in herself. She’s very skilled, and even when she sometimes is in over her head, her confidence can carry her through in a very ‘fake it till you make it’ kind of way.

Salty: Cynicism — Growing up in an evil corrupt upper society isn’t all glamorous and fantastic. Callisto has grown up seeing the dark underbelly of society, and she’s learned that people shouldn’t be trusted, and she’s almost completely on her own. It’s really difficult for her to reconcile this philosophy with the fact that good people do in fact exist.

Spicy: Leader — By leader, I mean she’s best as a second-in-command; capable of taking charge when needed, but operates best as the true leader’s support and right-hand man. She’s really good at making things happen, and finding/fixing flaws in various plans and the execution of said plans.

BLAKE PRESTON

Sweet: Courage — One of Blake’s greatest assets is that she’s willing to stick her neck out for people who are less fortunate. She will do what’s right, no matter the consequences that may befall her, and that takes a lot of courage.

Salty: Anger — I was really torn between anger and emotion for this one, but I think anger edges out a bit. Blake is passionate, and while her anger can fuel her, it can also blind her. In For Queen and Country, her anger and righteousness really gives her tunnel-vision and she has to learn the difficult lesson that sometimes, even the best intentions can cause a lot of harm.

Spicy: Follower — Blake has a lot of really big ideas, but she’s not always the best person to take charge because she tends to hyperfocus. So rather than the leader of an organization, Blake is the most suited to heading a small group that gives her creative freedom and also some trusted people to reign her in if needed within a bigger organization that she can report to and lean on for guidance.

VANESSA QUEEN

Sweet: Confidence — You’d have a difficult time finding someone more confident than Vanessa, she lives, breathes and sleeps confidence.

Salty: Pride — Vanessa is the best at what she does; that’s her entire thing. She’s power-hungry and extremely competitive. If her pride is wounded or challenged in any way, she will retaliate.

Spicy: Follower — She works best on her own, without any restrictions (with one notable exception of her brother). She’s also not committed enough to anything to be a leader, and prefers the flexibility of being rogue-y on her own. Give her an assignment, and she will report back with more than you could ever have hoped for.

AIDEN PHILLIPS

Sweet: Reason — Aiden is very level-headed and can be counted on to be a voice of reason in most circumstances. He’s pretty detached from a lot of situations, and has the ability to see it the big picture without being too emotional.

Salty: Guilt  — He has a lot of baggage, to say the least. He internalizes all of his problems and doesn’t deal with them a healthy way. Combine this fact with some major Wanderlust spoilers... He carries a lot of guilt and believes himself to be pretty worthless and terrible, which hinders him significantly.

Spicy: Follower — Being the occasional voice of reason, Aiden is the type of person to offer his thoughts and opinions but isn’t necessarily the person who executes it and takes charge. He’s pretty good at cleaning up other people’s messes and making sure things go smoothly.

JESSICA RIEGER

Sweet: Confidence — Jess is really confident in herself because she has to be; no one else will be confident in her, so she set out to prove to the world that she’s not just someone, she’s the Jessica Rieger, dammit!

Salty: Disappointment — Based in her severe trust issues and fear of abandonment, Jess is afraid of being disappointed by the people she cares about, she’s afraid of being disappointed when she actually makes an effort, so she doesn’t. She refuses to let people close, and often doesn’t try a lot of things.

Spicy: Follower — She may seem like a leader at first who pulls people along and suggests things to do, but she’s actually a follower! She’s a bit too selfish to see the big picture and see how people fit in where. She’s a reluctant follower too, but always comes through for her friends.

#tag games #my ocs #clara wilcox #callisto rowle #blake preston #aiden phillips #jessica rieger #vanessa queen

[taraaa512]

Your touch stays on my skin I feel it start sinking in Here come my insecurities I almost expect you to leave

well they just released the new album on friday and i didnt even knew just lucky to see it insantly...but well we waited for that for 5 fucking years, but yet i remember me discovering coexist like it was yesterday and loving every song every day of these 5 years..and well lets talk about the new album..there is a song a singer dedicated to.... well talks about her feelings about her parents which died..her mom when she was 11 and father when she was 20...i mean what about that..just every song is so full of emotions...and i like each one in their own way they must be loved...and as the critics said its a different style..well its is buts its still the xx...their dreamy flowy style...perfect for this snowy lazy sunday even though its not lazy cause i worked and i cleaned the whole flat and ofcourse had the xx on repeat at least 5 times the whole album so yea...

and lets talk about me now....as i listened to these nostalgic lazy sad bittersweet songs..i cried and overthinked myself into crying and bad mood like always...and ofcourse i think about him just all the time and as i jumped into this affair lets call it that...as i always jump to things not thinking and then when time passed when i am too deep into it..i start thinking...and overthinking...and analyzing...and being rational or just emotinall? i dont know...its just all these sides of me...i mean all of the interest...the whole world is out there waiting on me...but i feel a whole world of emotions with him...so what will be...utter submision or independence..welll the time will show..thank god i am leaving now for 3 months..so i will see how we feel when i come back...i dont want to feel but i do feel..and i wanted that..and i wanted him ....and now i do have him..or do i? i dont know...and thats the problem...i dont know but he does have me even if he does not know..he does..body and souls..rotten and dark and as in the song performance sings...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziI0FB7jEjU

#thexx #the xx #iseeyou #i see you #brave for you #utter nonsense #philosophy #love

[gainerboystories]

Football jocks now test subjects part 2: group two's forced weight gain.

"MORNING" dr Mike shouts while entering the room, "wake up boys, hello group one, how are you? Awww look boy 1 your huge cock and balls in that jar, your gonna miss them". Boy one lays high on painkillers not speeking or trying to move still in shock from him been nullified, the other boys who had been nullified do the same and start to accept their fate, as all night they been hypnotised to forget their whole lives, and its starting to take effect.

"Group 2, boys 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, its time you know what will happen to you. Well like i said we focus on muscle testing here, so me and the other doctors was talking and one doctor has made a new medical IV drip, this drip is supose to slowly remove all muscle from your body and turn it into fat cells, and then any muscle you try to gain after automatically becomes fat, but thats not all, they is a second medication. this medication duplicates fat cells so when you are pure fat from your muscles desolving, we duplicate them until were happy." The boys sruggle in the bondage and scream for help but nobody can help them, the boys in group 3 and 4 watch in horror as the group 2 boys are told their fate, and are stuck till they are told what will happen to them.

Dr Mike continues, "so boys theys something i need to tell you, when i said youll keep your penis, it wasnt a lie but something else will happen, your pebis is a muscle so it will slowly desolve into fat, and we dont know what will happen to that, we dont know if the fat will join the rest of your body or stay in the penis and grow with the second medication." Dr Mike stops, and watches as the boys beg and scream and shout for help and to be relised. But he watches the says "staff set up the IVs" the 5 doctors go to the bed side if each jock, and reads their indervidual stats to them; "boy 6, you are 6 foot 2, 260lbs and your penis size soft is 6 inchs and 9 hard " "boy 7 you are 5 foot 8, 250lbs, and your penis size is 4inchs soft and 7 inchs hard." "Boy 8, you are 7 foot 3, 350lbs, and your penis size is 9 inchs soft and 13 inchs hard, your gonna miss using that boy." "Boy 9, you are 6 foot 6, 320lbs, and your penis size is 5 inchs soft 8 inchs hard." "Boy 10, you are 5 foot 11, 300lbs, and your penis size is 3inchs soft and 5 inchs hard." Dr mike look at the boys as their stats are read outloud to them, and says "haha, lets start the drips, now boys you will feel a tingling sensation all accross your bodys for about 6 hours, after that your body will be fully changed from your pure muslce bodys to pure fat and when thats done we will start you on your first doubke of fat, yes your first."

All the boys star to twitch trying to stop the tingling sensation, but the sensasion just gets stronger as the medication digs deep into every muscle detroying them forever. Boy 8 the biggest boy of his group is now becoming the bigest boy, his huge pecs melt away and flaten towards his chest forming moobs upon his tall frame, his belly previously a sold set of abs is now a belly of fat drooping down his sides, and his previously huge cock has desolved completly and mixed eith the fat of his new fat pad leaving only his balls drooping between his legs.

6 hours later dr Mike renters the room passing the boys one group one, been hypnotised to be submisive nullified slaves. And after he passes group one he cones up to group two, all the boys lay unable to move from their new fat pinning them down not to mention the bondage. Dr Mike explains, "wow boys, you rally let yourselfs go. Anyways like i said, time to double your weight, doctors start the IVs" the doctors start them, dr mike continues "by tommorow morning you will be about double your current weight, i cant...weight to see you tomorrow" the doctors laugh. The boys feel another tingerling sensation across their body, two boys still have theur cock and they begin to grow like a huge siliconed dick, the others cocks have been absorbed by the rest of their bodys.

The clock ticks to 7 am and dr Mike returns, "MORNING BOYS, aw group one are your starying to come to terms with your new genitals, or lack of genitals?" All the group one boys are now fully awake and try to beg for their old life back with their cocks back on them, dr Mike comes up to one of the boys and looks into the jar now contining the boys huge cock and tennis ball size testicles, "i bet you use to be the fuck boy at college, fucking as many women as you could, now what do you wanna do? Worship men thats right" he moves to the next bed "aww look at that you dont even copare to your nabour hes was hung and look at what you had lets read your chart....... 1 INCH SOFT, 3 INCHS HARD, hahahahahaha, i guess we did you a blessing making you equill with the make next to you, well youll both be begging to woship every man you see by the end of your testing." Dr mike starts to walk to see group two, "wow you guys have blown up". From left to right all dr Mike sees is large ex-jocks covered from head to toe in a thick lare of fat. "Aww look at thos balls, your sacks are full of fat, not to mention the rest of you now pure fatty bodys."dr Mike took a closer look at his work, "wow those balls must be getting squished by all that fat", dr mike looks at the face of boy 7, "aww you in a little pain boy, at least your lucky you have your penis, you can not use it as its pure fat, and you can not feel anything, all the nerves are probably dead by now." The other doctors give a little seditive to the boys, and dr Mike says "boys although your so big you can not move anymore, we need you bigger, staff weigh them then see how big they are needed."

The beds auto weighing each boy display their new weights, each staff member reads the new weights and adds it to the biys charts. "Boy 6 you are now 460lbs", "Boy 7 you are now 510lbs", "Boy 8 you are now 630lbs", "Boy 9 you are now 530lbs" and finally,"Boy 10 you are now 470lbs".

"Wow boys you might be big but your new masters need you double your size, and staff mesure the penis sizes of the two boys who have them".

"Boy 7 your penis was 4 inchs soft and 7 inchs hard, now you are perminently 15 inchs long and 10 inchs around", and "boy boy 10 you was 3 inchs soft and 5 inchs hard, you are now perminently 10 inchs long and 7 inchs around". The boys in groul 3 and 4 watch as the jocks they was winning the championship with just yesterday are now, cockless and soon to be hypnotised slaves, or fat cockless or huge cocked men. And they have no way to escape, they just sit locked in perminet bondage untill dr Mike tell them their fate.

Now its 9pm and dr Mike is about to leave untill the morning,"night boys, group one hopfully you dont miss your manhood, well in a month when your recoved you wont worry about anything. And boys from group two you should be fat enough tomorrow, so we can start your hypnosis tonight, and boys in group three, hopfully your ready for tomorrow. NIGHT BOYS!".