#sometimes at least when done well

[ao3-shenanigans]

I think this is often for a few reasons

- it leaves a lot less room for characterization errors (if thats something readers care about, which sometimes they don’t mind)

- most shows and visual media is naturally done in third person so to read fan works for that media in first is unusual

- most fan works are done in third person and so it’s sort of seen as a default where as books have a full mix

For clarification

1st person: I sat in the chair and looked over to the window. “What’s Jon doing here?” I asked.

2nd person: You sat in the chair and look over to the window. “What’s Jon doing here?” You asked.

3rd person: She sat in the chair and looked over to the window. “What’s Jon doing here?” She asked.

Which works together with Past, Present, and Future tenses too. They aren’t the same things, but they do go together.

Past (3rd): Jon pulled out a chair and sat down.

Present (3rd): Jon pulls out a chair and sits down.

Future (3rd): Jon will pull out a chair and sit down.

#I think this is so interesting #first vs third person #my sister prefers first person for books actually #which I can respect #it’s better for introspection in books #vs action #sometimes at least when done well #anyways #ao3 #archive of our own #fanfiction #English language #writing

[killjoy-prince]

House M.D. but it's when a character says the name of the episode

#house md #prince's talk tag #flashing #repitition #so as i was watching this show i noticed they'd say the episode title in the episode #so i wanted to see how many times they did it #the people on livejournal who made transcripts of the episodes are my saviors and without them this would of been so much harder to do #thank you all for your service and i hope wherever you all are you're having a great day #sometimes they would use a variation of the word like in the episode poison they would say 'poisoned' or 'poisoning' #i did not include those instances #there was an instance in 'merry little christmas' where they do play the song in the show #but since ella fitzgerald was not a character in the show i did not include it #where as in the episode 'joy to the world' the students are singing it in the concert so i did include that #i apologize for the tonal whiplash when you get to that part but it did make me laugh #one of the times kutner says 'locked in' is overshadowed by the POTW's voice over but i assure you he says it and thats why its in there #out of the main characters from the one who said the title the most to least are #House > Foreman > Wilson > Chase > Cuddy > Adams > Cameron and Taub > Kutner > Thirteen and Park #this took a bit to do lolol its probably been done already but i wanted my own #there is a chance im missing some on technicalities but idc. im fine with this #there are two more i wanna do but with a character saying another character's name but ill do that some other time #EDIT: When I was making this video I was unaware that the Pilot episode went by two names: 'Pilot' and 'Everybody Lies' #Basically everywhere I looked the first episode was only referred to by 'Pilot' #which I found weird bc i remember seeing somewhere that the last episode was paired with the first episode in terms of title #but i couldn't find hard proof so I decided to leave it out at the time #well i checked again last night and yea the pilot IS also called Everybody Lies so I updated the video #I also think it goes well with the fact that House does say 'Everybody Dies' in the finale so another reason to fix it #AND he says it without Wilson while he and Wilson say the title of the pilot sooooo yea hehehehehe

[raiiny-bay]

dhes vs. hair dye vs. scissors

#dhes loses #i've mentioned before that he changes his hair A Lot so #i thought i'd try some different styles on him #but i like his current one too much to actually change it. it's cute on him #he's probably done just about every color & style but he tends to prefer blonds blacks blues & silvers #sometimes browns but only when he's giving his hair a break & growing out his natural color #my favorite was definitely his mohawk. i think it was silver but he probably dyed it a few different colors tbh #i was supposed to write today but i did this instead :-) #:-))))) #well. there's tomorrow for that at least. #dhestyn #rainyrambles

[jamiethebeeart]

:D (I ramble in my tags about this)

#shuichi iguchi #shigaraki tomura #mha spinner #bnha spinner #spinaraki #spinneraki #ok now that the tags are out of the way LETS TALK #i was reading a webtoon when female lead did that whole laugh and cover it with your hand thing and i do it sometimes too #and i got to thinking about WHY and why its usually girls depicted as such and i know some people dont like their teeth/smile #and im like well shut the fuck up! im thinking fem spinner!!! like being self conscious about how she looks and developing it on accident #and shigaraki never really noticing until one day she DOES and wow spinner looks really pretty when she laughs and why does she hide it #like damn!!! i have a lot of thoughts about what spinner but female and the changes that would have on the character and why and agdjfkflg #ANYWAYS someone stop me from regressing to the old way i used to do hair bc its too damn time intensive but its so easy to zone out during #fem shigaraki #fem spinner #was going to properly do the background but i got done after forgetting the texture for spinner for the 4th time + went eeeh good enough #also!!!!!! the last “”panel“” made me realize how weird that angle is to draw spinner with his major proportions and also keep the soft 1/2 #2/2 smile reading as a smile and agdhfkfl am i adding “looks like a resting bitch face” to my spinner headcanons? maybe. #but imagine spinner trying so hard to look approachable and give a little smile but his face just????? doesnt do that very well (at least #not as easily as more human looking humans) and how that might play into his ostracization and then him leaning into that #as a defense mechanism (like if they think im an ass then I'll look like an ass on purpose) ahdndn he was so grumpy in the bar in the bg #mha jbee

[accursedthing]

Tbh I kind of hate those "NOT the same person. ARE the same person" Kingdom Hearts memes, not cause there's no humor to them but because most of the explanations for these things aren't actually that difficult, it's just possession or clones or spiritual connections most of the time, which are pretty common in fantasy stories (some of them like the Nobodies are kind of a can of worms but also not hard to understand in context and ANY fantasy story with multiple installments is going to have stuff like that), and yet people who aren't familiar with the series use these images all the time to support the running idea that Kingdom Hearts is like. Impossible to follow and makes no sense. Which I, of course, don't like because at its core it's just people calling a thing I like stupid. And I WILL take it too seriously because I have the kind of autism that makes you deranged about Kingdom Hearts

#i stand by that KH overall is not really particularly confusing to begin with. you just need to actually play at least most of the games #which isn't an unreasonable ask for a continual story. you wouldn't skip the middle book of a trilogy #and then act like the book is bad cause you're confused #but there also ARE some parts of KH that are not well explained or that were retconned #but people still insist on doing the 'KH is so confusing' bit about the things that half the story is ABOUT that are explained thoroughly #the stuff that's actually confusing sometimes are the things that DON'T get focus #and yeah I am taking it too seriously. i know. i also don't care if fans joke about all the lookalikes and shared hearts cause I do too #it's just come to bother me online how it plays into people making fun of my special interest #especially when the mocking is based on a misleading pretense #all done now goodbye

[guideaus]

honestly i feel like a lot of new dunmeshi fans lean way too hard into "I thought this was just a cooking DND show XD" with whatever memes they've seen, and then further project it onto the characters. i even saw some get upset there's gore/horror, and with the fandom making the last ep into a laios vs shuro thing, i feel like the fandom is on a steady track to actually becoming like those unbearable fandoms that just woobify everything/ignore whats actually happening in the story

#personal #uh idk if woobify is exactly just for viewing villains as cute and innocent or whatever but at least when fandoms reduce characters down to #like 2 traits and sometimes ones that arent even canon #u cant even say its bc they havent seen later things yet bc we have gotten bits of lore (why senshi is important for example) #and then the joke is interpreting him as a lost stranger to the dungeon. which might as well be the literal opposite of his character #they see laios and toshiro fight and make up and ignore toshiro's lore and villainize him and kabru (who hasnt done anything) #i dont think all fandoms do this! at least most of the ones i see?? idk i think its so weird to go that direction

[toastsnaffler]

sometimes I wish I was a more interesting + charismatic person just so I could keep conversations going bc I like sharing space with other ppl but they routinely lose all interest and leave once I run out of things to say/start talking abt things that don't concern them :-(

#and boy do I run out of things to say so fast when I'm talking to friends who ik dont give a fuck abt any of my interests... #theres only so much i can make small talk or ask them questions abt their own interests/lives yknow. man #it just makes me feel like im constantly competing with smth else for other ppls attention all the time + constantly losing #eg. when i say smth + my flatmate reaches for her headphones a little dark souls banner appears across my vision like INTERACTION FAILED #and i can feel my rsd + insecurities praying on it like the more i feel this way the more it prophetically fulfils itself #by making me less willing to try and take up space so i become a smaller and smaller person around others #it frustrates me a lot sometimes and i dont rly have the will rn to undo that and force myself to take up more space regardless #ik this sounds like a water is wet complaint like oh nooo woe is me people get bored of me when i talk abt boring things (!!) #but when im spending time w ppl i like i enjoy listening to them talk even if im not interested in the subject bc its Them talking #and if they care abt smth then its worth hearing abt!! to me anyway. but it rly feels like no one reciprocates that idk #oh well not that it matters. at least i like the shit im into so i can talk to myself abt it in my head or on this site lmao #and i like myself as a person even if other people dont so theres always that. ur no 1 should always be urself <3 #voicing this makes me feel so stupid + embarrassed urgh. i hate being anxious abt dumb shit i hate being the sort of person who worries #that their friends privately dislike/just tolerate them or whatever bc id never want a friend to worry abt whether i thought that abt them #and im not naturally a very insecure person!! i think im just feeling particularly vulnerable atm bc of the season + jobhunting so long #+ the fact im dissatisfied with my current social life + still feel very wobbly from not having other ppl i can trust or rely on etcetcetc #and thats just bleeding into other areas. and it sucks a lot. but theres nothing to be done abt it rn bc im not going to communicate it #to other ppl bc im not pathetic enough to make my anxieties someone elses problem + beg for pity attention im too proud for that 👍 #anyway. gonna play some noita + then i rly need to work out today bc thats probs part of why im feeling so shite #if ur reading this ignore me im just venting itll pass. i hope youre having a nice day :^) #.vent #.diaries

[6blackfilin9]

... i was thinking of him as Emhyr while drawing it

#emhyr #emhyr var emreis #Duny of Erlenwald #knight #i ve decided that i should publish at least something at all #i have time for shitty sketches only but god damn it i wanna show you the nice stuff #so uh #my good friend has asked me do draw him some knight avatar and i was like yeah sure #took two months haha #and while drawing it i was like damn i made no emhyr content for sos so long. even for myself too #i was trying to figure out how would his armour look like. like it's mentioned to be all spiky n stuff #and if i can allow the armour to be that shiny and sqeaky clean in those damned Cintra forests because there was a day when it was brand new #the spikes.. well you know.. i am quite a party pooper when something comes to how things work in real life #armour was supposed to be as smooth as possible to deflect the blows so that a sword/ axe/ spear would slide #and spikes by no means could allow that #it is absolutely impossible he'd have the damned spikes #but i still did it hahaha #sometimes you have to choose betwen logic and parts of canon that are done just for fun #i have decided that the spikes are lesser evil to leave. in comparison with.. some other things

[borbealis]

i've decided that i literally don't care about anyone else's opinion contrary to my own because i think Nora Sakavic did a pretty good job (actually a really good job) writing aftg and i will never not love that series no matter what hate people shit on it

#aftg #sincerely me who is taking a creative writing class and thinks that people are too fukcing nitcpicky #and without knowing what theyre talking about too #and even when they do why be so critical without also taking into acount the things done well? #and the complaints about how andrew never smiles or says i love you etc #i know not everyones experience is so shuttered and some people do learn to express their emotions in a way that likens common expression #but andrew doesn't #at least not in canon. and that's ok. canon sometimes disapoints us. that doesn't mean it is poorly constructed #also also also #anyway. back to my own writing project

[idrawgaystffs]

Oh yeah I remembered I can post whatever I want on here!

This is something I made last year for art class, it’s uh colored charcoal on cardboard, very smudgy medium with a limited color pallet

It’s of my study’s collection corner and desk, a right mess as it remains. Still fun though

#my art stff #traditional art #charcoal #cardboard #my art #they said I couldn’t post about any of the art online since we were submitting them to judges but now that that’s done! I can share this #just some personal art #second try using the stuff back then and oof my first time was just this but worse in color composition I just didn’t like the vibes #also I stained it with oil when i set my headphones down to take a break #sighh #even now I’m careful to keep my greasy headphones away from my art and use hand moisturizer if it’s a long session #well at least that was the last push to restart #sometimes you just gotta throw away your art #i scored well on the portfolio grading by the way!

[whysamwhy123]

I'm writing AGAAAAAAIN

And it's TRRAAAAAAASH

But I don't CAAAAAAARE

Because it's FUUUUUUNN

#What is wrong with you Sam you should not be allowed to write #I guess sometimes you just have to resign yourself to writing extremely trashy rarepair AUs that will only appeal to like three people #It is The Way #Y'all motherfuckers don't care about Chricky?! WELL GUESS WHAT after I'm done with this...you will continue to not care about Chricky!! #But I'll be happy! 😀 #On a more serious note I am dubious about the quality of this writing #Methinks this second chapter is going to expose how out of my depth I am with this AU 😬 #But I've wanted to write a proper multi-chapter fic for a long time now since it's been forever #And against all odds it's *this* idea that I've thought about the most and have something resembling a story taking shape in my mind #And it's FUUUUUUUUN for me at least so maybe that's all that matters? #Still need to actually complete that outline though #And perhaps a separate doc just to catalogue all of the superfluous smut ideas I have in mind for this fic #When I say I've thought about this AU too much and have an embarrassing amount of ideas for it I mean it baybeeeeee #And at this point it's like...I almost don't care if it's bad? Like what'll happen if it sucks - am I gonna get sued LOL #So perhaps I should just Do The Thing and not worry about whether The Thing is Good or not #IDK these tags are out of control STFU Sam JEEEEEZ

[magentagalaxies]

i have so much work to do for finals season which is frustrating bc on the one hand i'm very glad all my classes have project-based finals where i get to be creative instead of just doing an exam or a paper. however. i have a bad habit with every project-based final ever of accidentally getting an idea that's way too ambitious and creating more work for myself than i need to do

however this semester even tho i fell into that exact same trap my two most elaborate final projects each involve 1. editing a video essay which contains an interview i did with paul bellini and at least 45 seconds of it are bellini talking about why he thinks i have great potential as a comedian, and 2. editing a ten minute reel of the documentary footage i got on tour with scott. which of course involves rewatching various videos of me and scott being extremely chaotic together. so i stay winning ig

#my other finals include ''powerpoint presentation detailing the historical significance of mel brooks the producers'' #and ''live sketch show that i actually don't have a significant role in but that's fine i have a different sketch class next semester'' #(this sketch class was technically ''creating characters and solo performances'' and i really wish i could've done more) #(but also that whole interview-footage-debacle drained so much of my creative energy so sometimes doing the bare minimum is self care) #so i don't have a solo piece in the show. but i do get to say my favorite line in the whole show in a group sketch which is great #and i did sign up to perform an aubrey monologue in a sketch show in a suburb of boston next week #which is gonna be super interesting bc i've been looking to do more performing outside of my college #bc i've found that i don't think college kids are actually my target audience??? or at the very least i want to perform to a wider audience #it's frustrating bc for that show i have to trim the monologue down to 3 minutes but it's the tightest monologue i have and it's 5 minutes #so trimming it down feels like a game of jenga since it's so tight lmao #but honestly even if the performance bombs i'm mostly doing this so i can tell bellini about it lmao #he's so supportive of my comedy and he's been such a great help with my aubrey monologues i feel like this is bellini homework lmao #anyway i probably won't post the video essay publicly bc it's not the style of video essays i want to make #and it's too specific to the class it's for #but if people are interested in watching it i'll send you the vid when it's done #and for the tour video i'll probably post that or at least some version of it #bc that's just gonna be a fun teaser of ''here's the level of behind-the-scenes content you'll be getting from this doc!!'' #and also a fun way to be like. audiences don't know me nearly as well as they know scott #but they will definitely know me by the end of this bc there are so many wild interactions i have on camera of me and scott being chaotic #anyway this post was mostly to organize my thoughts of what i still have to do this week #i am so ready to be done with school lmao i'm gonna be spending a full month in toronto this summer #and it's shaping up to be such an exciting time i can't wait

[ricoka]

I looked through old art and I think I needed that

#the passion for the craft #the person i used to be #the steps I've made #even comparing between different times in my life #i will always regret those years in between where i barely touched a pen but it's also no use dwelling on it #i actually found something worthwhile in pieces from 2020 and 2021 as well #i struggled with colouring (as usual) but the lineart and the details and the ideas i put into those #i think i sometimes took the wrong turn when i pursued something i thought other people would want to see #instead of utilising what i was kinda good at #this whole stick of running after the approval of others really fucked with me #I'll never get everyones approval #I'll probably never even get a lot of approval lbr #but if i don't quit running after other people and trying desperately to please I'll never figure out what I actually want to do #what I'm good at and what i can say and portray with my art #i think i need to learn to follow my heart and my path #nothing else I've done has really worked out for me so i can at least make one person happy with what i do #maybe then I'll finally put something i made on my wall as well lol

[technicolorxsn]

I think ppl are missing the true appeal of starlo, which is hes a lameass dork, just a total loser

#he cried for days when his crush got married #he blames his own lack of negotiating rps on a child and then tries to kill them #he then compares this fuck up to the absolute mess ceroba has gone through and done #and his accent is totally fake. at least 2 me #his missions r dorky and cute and silly #hes just a silly pathetic lil guy!!!! my number one failbutch <333 #not quite the same but his appeal is similar to reigans appeal #hes dorky and kind of a jackass sometimes. but hes also a sweetheart who means well #uty spoilers #<- very minor but im also tagging this for a friend bc idk where he is

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#ay ay ay. i dont wanna do my job so bad. it makes me so unhappy also i fucked up a thing by letting someone take part of a culture when i #shouldnt have. it happened so many months ago that i fucking forgot abt it and then the person emailed me abt when we received the stain and #i thought it was someone from another project so i cc'd my boss who was like. wait. what the fuck is this? and now its like oops sorry but #like wtf am i supposed to do abt it now? she askrd me to take some when i was rushing out of someone else's lab and i was like what? sure. #whatever i dont give a fuck i feel like im dying every second i stand in this room. i didnt even think to ask to share it which is what i #should have done. oops. cant do anything abt it now other than feel abt abt causing drama between labs. ugh. #i just wanna cut all ties with my old work. theres no joy there. only pain and anger. which makes it hard to work with it but the sooner i #do. the sooner i dont have to fucking deal with it anymore. ugh. also i really need to find a therapist but my insurance changes in like 18 #days so i might as well wait for the semester to start. ugh. like i can feel the pull of my bad habits trying to drag me down and i dont kno #how to stop them. like its weird. i noticed while my parents were here. they can just do things and enjoy stuff. and everytime i do #something i feel like im holding my breath the entrie time waiting for it to be over and for what? its not like i had other stuff to do #i just needed to kno when things were gonna end and i dont deal well with flexible situations. which makes it hard to do things. so its #like do i succumb to my control freak lil bubble of not doing anything and being miserable or do things outside my comfort zone and be #miserable? one of those things is way easier. plus i dont even kno anyone here so its like wtf do i do? #try to make friends with my sometimes roommate maybe. i just need to corner her and be like hey i need to establish a dialog with u so i can #tell u that if i seem like a weird hermit im not trying to b standoffish i just dont kno how to do human interaction well. can we b friends? #id like to b friends but if i dont talk now then ill get stuck not talking ever. which is whats happened with past roommates... god my 1st #roommate must have thought i was so fucking weird. ugh. point is. these bad habits must stop. and i really need to get work done so i can #never think abt that shit ever again. at least now that ive moved i can run up the side of a mountain when im frustrated #unrelated

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

i love christmas in theory but its scary to me how little i remenber to do things

#im blaming it partially on work bc im so fucking tired when i get home but holy shit #ive had to write myslef multiple to do lists all over my apartment and i STILL dont remember to do things until last minute #what is happening to meeeee #i havent been sleeping well either like. consistently. for the last week and a half at LEAST #and im afraid to take melatonin bc it makes me sleep through my alarm sometimes and i cant risk thattttt #on my nightmare arc . in my memory loss era. its concerning but also. shrug emoji ! #ill be in the car like . i have to do x and x and x after work and then i get home and i KNOW i had those thoughts #but i cannot for the LIFE of me remember what they were. and then its 10pm and i need to go to bed because i wake up at 5am #and i dont actually fall asleep until 1am because of the mental illness so ive been running on 4 hrs of sleep for the last two weeks #im in pain theres so kuch stuff that needs done and i cant remember any of it