#throw some ideas if you have

[frownyalfred]

Alcohol tips for newbie writers (or non drinkers!):

At bars, people who order “chasers” after their shots are ordering something to wash down the taste of their shot with. This can be juice, soda, more alcohol, or even pickle juice

Hard liquor is generally sold in stores as shots (tiny bottles), fifths, liters, and handles or in ml (50, 100, 200 etc)

Most people can’t finish an entire fifth of hard liquor (vodka, etc) on their own without being very ill

Conversely, many people can finish an entire bottle of wine on their own without being ill

Liquor can be “bottom shelf” or “rail” or “well” -- all synonyms for the cheapest version of alcohol a bartender has. Bars generally keep several “levels” of alcohol stocked

You order a drink with the alcohol first, then the mix -- e.g., a “vodka soda” or a “Tito’s and tonic”

When you “close out a tab”, you pay for all of the drinks you’ve had that night. Either the bartender already has your card (you “opened a tab” earlier) or it was quiet enough that they just kept an eye on you and tallied your bill up at the end

“Doubles” are drinks or shots with double the standard pour of alcohol

In the US, most shots (pours) are 1.5 oz by default. 

Mixed drinks (gin and tonic, vodka lemonade, cosmos, etc) are generally made up of 1-2 shots and a mixer 

If you don’t specify which type of alcohol you’d like in a mixed drink (vodka cranberry, for example) the bartender will put whatever the “house” liquor is -- and this depends entirely on the establishment. A dive bar will pour rail by default, whereas a nicer tavern might make all vodka cranberries with Tito’s

PLEASE TIP YOUR BARTENDERS THEY WILL REMEMBER YOU I PROMISE

#especially if you throw up #please tip the hell out of your bartenders they have amazing memories #tips #writing tips #writing #fic #fic tips #fic ideas #alcohol #tw: alcohol #cw: alcohol #fandom #tips for newbie writers #or people who don't drink #but want to write about a bar scene #these are just some points I think are handy #and aren't really taught anywhere #they're just sort of learned along the way #am I missing anything? #add to this

[musubiki]

danmarch 🐉💎

#honkai star rail #dan heng #march 7th #danmarch #fanart #hsr #what else do i tag. i have no idea #anyway. im breaking my VERY LONG oc art streak to post my one(1) contribution to star rail #i care them very much #ive been playing this game so religiously and they have not left my team #tragic past(emo) vs tragic past(girly pop) #theres NO WAY with marchs very teenage girl mind that she does not have a crush on the hot cool mysterious yet caring dragon guy #who stays in the room right next to her #and the fact that he teases her so much........ #the whole ass belabog quest he throws in little harmless march roasts every so often #he fucking CARE her #i bets shes like a filipino mom with that camera. every oppertunity (picture!!!!) #and dan heng gets dragged into it #he is honing his photography skills against his will #any nice place? shes like (lemme pose can you get a photo of me?) #dan heng just sighs #they bond over silently judging stelle rummaging through the garbage #cast each other that best friend glance as half her body is sticking out of a trash bin #i like to think you see them hanging out on the train together #with dan heng reading some obscure 8th century book on civilization pattern and development #and march is humming and putting stickers and aesthetic shit in her scrapbook #taping a piece of antimatter legion loot in the middle of a page #and with bubbly handwriting (we beat some bad guys today!!! <333 so fun!!)

[redmarqar]

ever wondered what happened to the blu team in my au?me neither

anyway BEHOLD (AGAIN)- THE TEAM FORTRESS 2 ROCK AU: POST-BLU TEAM

drew some of them in pairs so they'll be going out of the usual class order!!

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 scout #tf2 soldier #tf2 demoman #tf2 pyro #tf2 heavy #tf2 medic #tf2 engineer #tf2 sniper #tf2 spy #tf2 rock au #tf2 au #was whining about how they need to have their job somehow related to music #made like only one-third of them some kind of musicians #you can throw rocks at me from now on #also if someone gets the idea of blue shirts wrapped around their waists tell me immediately

[wovenvessel]

They really put the dork in stagedorks

#be more chill #bmc #be more chill musical #my art #jeremy heere #christine canigula #stagedorks #doodle #doodle dump #you guys actually have no idea how obsessed with them I am #I think about them to hard sometimes and start vibrating #he loves her so much guys #it makes me wanna throw up #threw in some transfem Jeremy in there too #Jeremy’s gender is so interesting to me because how is it all of them simultaneously

[puppetmaster13u]

<- A/B/O Anon

HI- *coughs* well, they aren’t exactly headcanons, just ideas I have that I wanna chat about.

I’m on a big Omega!Bruce kick so here they are. (these can or can’t be connected but I do love the idea of them being connected)

1. Brucie Wayne is a known Omega, one that flits from date to date. The thing is, Batman is known as an omega too. This time he’s the embodiment of an Omegan Mom protecting their nest Territory from all threats. Like Omegas used to do in the Olden Times™️, feral behavior and scenting is common >:3

2. A/B/O Dynamics don’t actually exist outside Gotham. Sure, some Gothamites have moved out so A/B/O is known, but isn’t seen outside Gothamites.

So when Dick Grayson came to Gotham he was very confused and didn’t really understand what was going on.

When Bruce eventually scoops him up and brings him home, Dick is even more confused. Atleast in Juvie the A/B/O behaviors were stifled except for posturing, but now outside of Juvie? In the home of an Omega? He’s gonna get the full brunt of Bruce both fussing over him and trying his best to not cross the line of Bruce being his Pack Guardian and not Pack Omega. (Either way, for Dick it’s very much smothering)

It doesn’t click for Bruce or Alfred until Bruce comes sulking to Alfred about his pup being broken and not even accepting being scented! Doesn’t Dick want to feel safe??? No one’s going to touch Dick if he’s smothered in Wayne Scent!!! (Maybe eventually Dick gets startled when he starts to instinctively responding as a pup would/is able to smell scents/feel pack bonds)

3. When Jason gets tossed into the Lazarus pit, it actually repairs his pack bonds. Sure, it’s not perfect, Jason can’t actually reach out through the bonds to respond- but he can feel his Pack’s love, not to mention their desperation to get him back as soon as they realize Jay’s bonds are back. (Talia, meanwhile, is still trying to convince Jay that Bruce doesn’t love him and how he replaced him, but that doesn’t quite work as Jason can feel his Pack’s love- not to mention the absolute adoration coming from the newest, weakest, and youngest link in the pack)

4. And finally four- One of the Robins vanish from the Teen Titans for quite a bit- and when they come back, they’re questioned on where they went. Robin sighs and just says Batman was being broody again, and the Teen Titans just think that Batman was brooding.

In actuality, the Robin had to deal with Bruce being broody in the chicken sense. AKA, “You Are My Child And I Will Keep You In My Nest And Focus Entirely On You And Your Well-being. ..What do you mean taking care of myself? I have to take care of my PUP!”

I absolutely adore all of this. Love the idea of it being a Gotham thing because Gotham is just Like That. Like there's so many curses and magic and who knows how many chemicals that they're like, still human but also just built different.

Gosh, if heats are a thing I like to think they're more platonic. Just, fussing over pack members and being the Broodiest Thing Ever with every family member and will get Upset if one tries to leave the Nest where they are Safe and can be Taken Care Of.

Pfft, the poor Justice League are not prepared for Batman to get broody on a mission and force them all to take care of themselves with no context. They're not his pack, but well, they have fought together and they're sort-of friends, depending on the timeline.

Poor Damian is going to get smothered, Bruce is going to get Very broody the moment Jason returns, and with Another Pup. Tim & Dick get yoinked back from the Titans Tower to be smothered and snuggled and absolutely covered in the family's scent.

Absolutely love the idea of them learning how to be a pup and pack together and am vibrating in utter glee at all of this.

#batman au #batman #dc #dcu #ask answered #omegaverse #alpha beta omega #feral behavior #do you think some people who have better senses can smell the differences like the gothamites can #like do you think superman or beast boy could pick out the difference between them #or at least realize the robins/nightwing/etc are covered in the same scent #I hope you know i am open to more headcanons and ideas #love this #absolutely love the idea of everyone in gotham knowing that Batman is the Mom of Gotham who will rip people apart if they threaten the nest #I feel like Brucie starts with a playboy-esque civilian cover until he gets Dick and then he just flips into doting dad #Have to leave a gala? Dick to the rescue asking to go home while giving puppy eyes #Need to get away from someone? The pups are about to throw a fit if they don't get their nap time #etc etc lol

[blumineck]

How about the grenade arrows in RRR?

I'm sorry, but you've seen my videos, right? What do you honestly think my budget is?

(Seriously though, there are /so many/ topics I'd love to cover and try but can't for time/money/space reasons. I've not even covered fire arrows yet!)

#fwiw I think grenade arrows would suffer the same pitfalls as any other really heavy point on a regular arrow #unless it's a VERY stiff-spined war arrow shot from a heavy draw bow #it's basically going to either have no range #or break the arrow #or both #which is not a good day for you if it happens with a primed explosive #there's a reason some things are designed for throwing #but I think under the right circumstances you /could/ do it #but it's still a BAD idea #fun in a film though!

[squuote]

if I made a dumb little coffee shop au of my own and had stanley throw a drink at the narrator, would that be too much or am I allowed to go wild with it. serious questions here. so serious

#delete later #/SILLY #nah but fr would that be unrealistic to do? #it’s in character for certain like I want to make stanley do it and I think he would #but I know you can’t exactly. do that to customers lmao #so would it be too much to have him do that at some point? #like example situation. the narrator is pulling some bullshit and Stanley gets fed up #and he throws (splashes?) the drink on him (cold drink don’t worry) to get him to shut up #would that be cool okay to do. I guess my fear with this decision is that Stanley would just immediately get fired lmao #which I don’t want to happen lol #i figured maybe it would be alright if he had reason to? like if he was trying to diffuse a situation #sorry I know coffee shop aus are cheesy as hell but I rlly love the idea of an enemies coffee shop #no lovers. just enemies. frenemies maybe? sure lol #anyway I just think the idea of coffee shop au where they both fucking despise each other is very funny and fitting for them lol

[quarterprioritymidnight]

happy 3rd birthday to the hottest thing bastille has ever done anyone but me x nightmares (24.08.2020)

#mine #bastille #i talk about bastille all the time irl but mentions of blond dan will not pass my lips #i am boygenius not strong enough #to this day i do not understand it #i dont usually like blond guys and hes basically wearing an emo hawaiian shirt #but ive seen this video so many times and every time i end up blushing and smiling to myself like a fucking teenager LORD #someones commented something like 'great cover dan has no sex appeal' on the youtube vid #and like first of all what a thing to comment absolutely hilarious #second like fair ig each to their own but like THIS is the video you chose to comment that on???? #anyway anyone but me x nightmares u will always be famous lives were truly changed forever #i hope that one day u will be allowed on oph so we can have u on spotify #i am once again asking rockstille album when also like maybe dan should just bleach his hair again for it #idk would that be such a bad thing while were out here brainstorming just throwing some ideas out into the universe nothing serious idk

[butterfliesornauseous]

Could you please do some dialogue prompts for a caretaker trying to comfort a sickee while they're throwing up?

This is quiet old so I’m not sure if you are still around anon but if you are sorry it took me so long to get to this one :)

1. “You’re going to feel so much better after this, the worst is nearly over”

2. “Don’t focus on the mess/others, focus on getting through this, you got this”

3. “Don’t worry, nobody could even tell you are sick”

4. “You’re not dying, you are doing extremely well”

5. You are actually pretty quiet when puking, no one will hear you”

6. “That came out of you… that’s impressive”

7. “See, there you go, throwing up isn’t as bad as you thought”

8. “Shh you aren’t disgusting at all sweetheart, it’s only natural”

9. “It’s okay, it happens to the best of us”

10. “Easy now love, there we go”

11. “I promise we will get you all cleaned up and feeling like new once you are done”

12. “You are so strong love, you’ll get through this”

13. “Get it all out, you’re being so brave for me”

14. *gently humming while rubbing their back*

15. “I know, I know it hurts, it’s nearly over love”

16. “Oh you poor thing, I got you”

17. “It’s okay to not be okay”

18. “Let it all out dear, I won’t leave you”

19. *while wiping their mouth/ forehead in between rounds* “there’s my lovely girl/boy/partner, still just as lovely as always”

20. “We all get sick sometimes, there is nothing to be ashamed of here”

#emeto #emeto/ #emeto tw #emeto prompts #sickfic prompts #i don’t know why I struggled with this one so much so sorry if it’s obvious I didn’t have many ideas 😭 #i don’t even know if some of these would actually work while they are throwing up and not after but hope they give the gest :) #thank you anon :))

[oobbbear]

Me today

I’m too emotionally attached to these witches

You have no idea how much this means to me

#ask #save #you have no idea how many time you pick me back up and throw me back into this story #:’) #you gonna love the video #I tried my best #it’s going to answer some questions #and I hope the emotional beats are effective enough #<3

[phynoma]

Since I saw an artist's rendition of Jon as a ginger I can't get it out of my head. It's perfect. Jon as a scraggly sad ginger. Martin is a fat British Indian man. Tim has Central Asian ancestry. Melanie is tiny and Swedish. Basira's family is from France. Sasha is chubby and Black. Elias is still just white middle aged management. Georgie is unidentifiably mixed race with gorgeous black hair. Daisy is literally anything but blonde

Please I'm begging you I need VARIETY

#every time i see an artist who posts they just started TMA #and their art of thr characters looks EXACTLY LIKE EVERY OTHER RENDITION #and it's not that that rendition is bad!!! #but what did YOU think they looked like?!?!? #they have no canon appearances!!!! #we should have a million different versions instead of one fanon version!!!! #i dont want a canon appearance I was VARIETY #thats what makes podcasts so great!!! #its like shakespeare #where you can basically throw anyone into the roles and it DOESN'T MATTER because the performance is the thing!!! #some of fanon's ideas DO match what I imagined and some don't and I want to see other people's imaginations!!!! #tma #the magnus archives #jon sims #martin blackwood #the archives crew #rant

[sleepinglionhearts]

here, have some of the things that have been in my sketchbooks for a while

#doodles #non fandom stuff #there's everything from doodles to d&d characters #and silly comics that i'd make if i was making a comic about a bookstore #and drawings that would be covers for a manga about philosophy but also baking also it's BL bc that sells well at bookstores #according to the coworker who came up to me with the idea about it in a rush #and this isn't even counting the fandom-y stuff i still have yet to post #but those i like to post in groups now so i wait until i have a certain amount of work and then throw it out #unless i decide it's nice enough on its own #what else do i have... #ah yes some fire emblem things as usual #stuff about touken ranbu in various noteebooks and of varying amounts of sense #arknights nonsense if you believe it #uhh some more devil may cry stuff but it is all cringy silly oc shit that may never see the light of day #and then like a ton more of those lil work comics that i keep meaning to post but i think i'd have to properly scan them #because of how they are in the notebook i drew them in... hmmmmmm #anyway here are some things to look at it please enjoy

[writer-room]

I think that we, as a society, need more mcyt mer aus. I’ll go first: desert duo where Scar is the mer that scared the shit out of marine biologist college minor Grian just trying to keep his part-time job. Grian proceeds to help him once (1) and now Scar won’t leave him alone ever. Also he has a pet seal named Jellie. Do we have any takers.

#text post #mer au #desert duo #goodtimeswithscar #jellie #grian #mermaid #ideas #mcyt #its MOSTLY life series based but we're throwing in some hermits. for flavor #and a tiny bit of empires #also for flavor #i realize i could make jimmy a cod regardless if empires is involved but have you considered. i care them

[bhaalsdeepbat]

Like the way Astarion lights up at the prospect of killing the Githyanki patrol and his excitement when Ethel runs and he's all "now it's a hunt !!"

Heroic Astarion who still fucking FROTHS at the mouth at a good chase because anything worth eating is a little dangerous. He's still sweet and emotionally available, but he also still needs to hunt to eat and that prey drive gnaws at him regardless of if he hunts innocents or bandits. He might as well try to enjoy himself (and he does. Without guilt. Durge is actually quite into it)

#bat rambles #astarion #im sorry i am not ok about this vampire twink #durge who also still has some prey drive instincts bc theyre still made from the body of bhaal #i promise im trying to be normal #bg3 #astarion is durge's princess and durge throws their body across running water for astarion to step on so he dont get hurt #he's still pathetic but he is also a predator #i also like the idea of that being part of the me vs them dynamic he constantly has to work through #cus can you imagine? e #everyone you meet is a propsective meal and he just got out of his “arrangement” where that was part of the deal #he HAS to see himself as better than the cattle and Cazador kinda #reinforces that kind of thinking #but redeemed durge or a good tav helping guide him away from thinking like that #i think hed still have those moments of #awe is the snack trying to fight back #and be intense abt his bloodlust and hunger #but he'd move away from being like GNOMES DONT COUNT AS PEOPLE BUT POULTRY RIGHT

[watzuu-lmk]

Silly lil headcanon

In my head, Wukong is the best when it comes to dealing with children. He like, engages with them more than he does with adults.

Whereas Macaque who i think would be really awkward around children, but he is great when it comes to dealing with like,, adolescents and young adults. People who are mature is easier for him to deal with.

#Bam. Throws erik erikson's stages of development on you #I have been thinking abt this since I've learned it at school. Which is kinda a weird way of using what I learned but we'll roll with it #Idk i just like the idea that wukong's more carefree with children #Not to say that wukong can't handle adults. Its just that he's more natural with children. Same thing with macaque and him being natural #Around adolescents and young adults #Wukong can easily give out encouragement and praises which is smth children want #While also herding them to be more competent. Independent and aware of their actions so to say #Macaque handles the intricacies of decision-making and how it affects u and the people around u #He'll prolly dabble in relationships and self improvement and identity and allat jazz #With them both mentoeing mk. He'll be in good hands. With like... Some slight turbulence but good hands nonetheless

[daincrediblegg]

#y’all I am. literally so unbearably unwell about new meat prison hari for some reason #couldn’t tell ya how but he’s really doing something for me #is it the prospect that he might change his thinking on emotions being insignificant? that in his century in the time out box he might have #figured out something of how he fucked up just a little? how he’s softening up to gaal a little and maybe starting to feel bad??? #is it the idea that a man so absorbed in math can finally understand the balance he needs in his own life not only for his plan to be #successful but also to allow himself feelings for individuals that he’s been repressing the whole fucking time??? #is it the prospect of this man being as tender as a chicken strip??? yeah you bet it is #hari seldon #foundation #I’m gonna go throw up I’m too emo about it #I love it when an idiot like that goes soft and it’s such a rare thing I really hope they let jared do it #and not yoink it away from me this time