#the muse is strong

[butscrewmefirst]

so uh I’m probs gonna be writing lucy gray tbh >.>

#❛ out of character || … cannibal mother. #the muse is strong #and I’ve recently finished the book #just gotta see the movie now #hopefully this weekend! #and the url??? absolutely FIRE #thanks to the bae Marie tbh

[bilbosmom-belladonna]

I like the way some fanfic authors (myself included) describe how their ideas hold them hostage:

"This fic wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote it"

"This idea hijacked my brain"

"My muse held me at gunpoint until I finished this"

"This plot bunny handed me a mask and an envelope, pointed me at a bank, and told me to demand $78,000 in small bills"

#meta #writing #writing fanfic #plot bunnies #the muse is strong #maybe too strong #ao3 #fanfic authors

[stlispenard]

not to toot my own horn, but i think @andthe6 and i slayed with this enjoltaire casting

#summer is killing me #anyway grantaire is a thrill for me to write #the muse is strong #noora speaks. #andthe6

[eiikyuu]

i wanna make a blog for ruka

#the muse is strong #everyone needs more vamp girls in their life right? #i’m still working through yori’s drafts rn but i mean like 👀👀 #ooc

[vcnusians]

what  if  i  introduced  an  oc  who’s  actually  a  cursed  demigoddess  /  daughter  of  venus  who’s  been  stripped  of  her  divinity,  either  completely  or  partially  and  every  time  she’s  fallen  in  love,  it’s  been  in  the  wrong  place  and  the  wrong  time,  they  had  someone  else  and  she  never  had  a  shot,  or  when  she  vibed  with  someone  something  would  happen  and  an  iceberg  would  crash  every  potential  ship  and  she  has  to  learn  to  overcome  whatever’s  been  done  to  her  experience  and  change  her  fate?

#the muse is strong #𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐰𝐬 / ooc.

[wanderingsongbird]

Boot chucking, snack stealing gremlin aside, I do promise that I'm a serious role player. I just like my memes too much.

If ya wanna plot or plan a thread feel free to drop an ask or a DM!

#ooc #the muse is strong

[madamemiz]

sad: falling out of a hyperfixation

tragic: watching your beloved friends and mutuals fall out of the hyperfixation while you're still in it

#oughhhhhhh #this is about the dca fandom but also about every other strong fixation ive had over the years lol #i know it's normal and inevitable esp for less popular works or minor characters with little canon content #and there's nothing wrong with smaller communities of course those rock #but there’s just something special about getting into something at the same time as a lot of other people all at once #and existing in this chaotic fandom space that's just bursting with creativity and passion #i've been in fandom spaces for as long as some of you have been alive and i've only come across that sort of unbridled joy like #a handful of times at best #it's just a heartbreaking feeling to see real lightning in a jar fandoms like that wither away as people drift away #(understandably so!) #anyway don't mind me i'm just having thoughts #musing about fandoms past as well #that i too eventually moved on from but remember fondly even if im not active in anymore #also my music just aint hitting right so im just sitting in silence which makes me more Contemplative(tm)

[shivroy]

kendalling in oil

#KENDALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #art #traditional art #painting #oil paint #portrait #succession #succession fanart #kendall roy #jeremy strong #eye contact #art school is crazy because youre learning super fundamental concepts that make ur work stronger #but its so hard to apply those concepts in action #like tried to define and simplify the shadow shapes in this as much as i could #and theyre STILL mushy. but so much better than previous paintings have been #art growth is so slow and non-linear and fiddly #but i love his face so so so so much #succ critters are my muses

[ride-a-dromedary]

"Halsin shouldn't be that big or muscular or look middle aged because he's an elf and the lore sa-"

I actually think he should be bigger and look more middle aged, personally.

#BG3 Musing #Halsin Posting #the man has been non-stop stressed for a century like i'm surprised that didn't prematurely age him MORE #i think he *should* have silver hairs peppered throughout from the endless stress he's been under #and be built like a professional strong man with a significant healthy layer of fat because he *hibernates* and is *practically strong* #and because he says he likes sweet things and doesn't find any point in denying himself things he likes #so you're telling me that man is chiseled and cut like an unhealthy bodybuilder? #no i don't think so #'elf lore says-' this game is literally all about curbing your expectations when it comes to what people are 'meant' to be #elf lore says a lot of things that halsin fits *to a t* - his appearance being out of the 'norm' is not a flaw #but it doesn't matter then does it? only when he physically fits the species paradigm? #'that's not how elf aging works!' why not? you've seen how human's age yeah? different people age in different ways #you can line up ten 50 year olds next to one another and not a single one of them will look the same #the thing is that under every single umbrella there is diversity of experience #people will look and age differently from others - that's just how life and genetic diversity *works* #anyway this is a gripe at two different things at once don't mind me

[canisalbus]

Okay I just realised this but Vasco's two moles under his eyes reminded me of this old saying that two moles directly under the eyes mean you get bad luck in relationships. Intentional or not, this detail is a nice little easter egg to his relationship with Machete and any he had beforehand!

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#facial mole/beauty mark placements have had specific meanings in the past that much I know #I tried to look into this and see if it's a well known thing but couldn't find anything #so I can't verify or refute it but if it's true that's a fun coincidence #answered #anonymous #is Vasco unlucky in relationships though? #well maybe in a way that his favorite person is kind of a mess and not an easy individual to love #Vasco has the looks pedigree and stellar personality realistically he probably could've done better #but I like to think their relationship is strong and mutually fullfilling and despite their differences they work very well together #it's cliche but you could call it a soulmates thing #maybe the unlucky part is how precarious their situation is #and how despite their best efforts the world continuously tries to get between them #and then Machete gets murdered unexpectedly and Vasco has to continue living without him #I don't know I'm just musing

[lyralu91]

Sometimes when I'm struggling I go "give me strength... 🤦‍♀" - then I think of this picture and I'm good. All good.

#tom hardy #facepuller #my muse #strong af #beautiful beast #piggy back? #lemme nibble that neck

[barkbrained]

Thinking about how the poison drips through tonight

#been trying to draw more humans #and Jeremy strong has such an interesting face. he was my muse for tonight #my art #kendall roy #succession #succession fanart #fanart #Jeremy strong #kendall roy fanart #succession art #digital art #digital illustration #digital painting #art

[origami-trust]

Dracula, May 28th: Here he caught sight of the strange symbols as he opened the envelope, and the dark look came into his face, and his eyes blazed wickedly—"the other is a vile thing..."

Dracula, Sept 25th: He opened it, and for an instant his face fell. Then he stood up and bowed. "Oh, you so clever woman!" he said.

a quick contrast here in how the opposing sides view shorthand, a message they cannot read: Dracula is furious, he is cruel; how dare Jonathan withhold information, how dare he think he has any power in his situation, how dare think he have anything beyond what Dracula chooses to give him. He promptly burns the letter, in front of him, to show Jonathan how helpless he is Van Helsing, in desperate need of this information, and though upset - gracefully accepts this joke, and asks for help. He acts charmingly, he doesn't use his Stern Talking to Women Voice (c) to tell Mina she must not do this, they part as the start of dear friends

#dracula #dracula daily #no strong points here just musing on this being the second time somebody else saw shorthand #Mina: I played a joke on the wonderful professor I showed him shorthand #Jonathan: ...and what did he do? #Mina: told me I was clever and asked for my help in translating it #Jonathan: oh he *is* wonderful

[ruthlesslistener]

idk if i've said it before, but another aspect about Hollow Knight's lore that compels me is that its a tragedy, but it's told through the story of the victims. The Pale King is a sterotypically tragic character in that the road to his damnation was paved by his own love, hubris, and damnation, but we don't deal with that downfall directly, and the game offers no sympathy for his situation. Instead, the characters who drive the story are the ones who would normally be the silent casualties accompying the downfall, or the victims of the protagonist's fatal flaw. We're given a story where for once, the focus is not set on the agony of the main character, but of the lives of the people he hurt, and we are privy to that pain and anger and sadness that was inflicted on the voiceless victims. We see the story unfold from their perspective, we watch them deal with the aftermath. And while they were discarded by the main plot of the tragedy of Hallownest after it was all over and done with (that being the fall), their pain isn't depicted as any lesser just because they were forced to be silent. Obviously they too are tragic characters, but they were forced into such circumstances because of their father's hubris and inability to concede defeat, and we see the refuge of his actions change the whole world despite it all, specifically because they loved their sibling too much to let them go.

Idk. It just hits different when you read it from that perspective, especially since it really drives home the fact that no matter how much the Pale King regretted his fall from grace, his emotions meant nothing because it still lead to his children suffering when they didn't deserve it. Hollow Knight is a story about the shadows of what many others would consider to be the main characters, and I love it for that

(Radi might also be a tragic character, as someone who was betrayed by her own people and then came back a monster when trying to chase her own glory, but we don't know enough about her side of the tale to say for sure, but I can say for certain that she makes a terrifyingly good antagonist)

#it gives off a very strong feeling of 'just bc they were silent victims does not mean they were any less valuable' #hollow knight #musings