Found my cat.
AUDIBLE GASP WHEN THE CAT CAME OUT
THE WHOLE VIDEO I WAS WONDERING HOW THAT CAT LOOKED AND HOW CUTE THE MEOW WOULD BE AND I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED.
I’m drowning in Boromir feels and I’m going to take as many people with me as I can.
aka a list of things I want to read, some of which I can’t be bothered to write because I have too many projects already
disclaimer because i know someone is going to complain: this is my personal wishlist that i’m sharing to help inspire some story ideas so if something you want is absent from this list then make your own damn list and remind yourself that i am not a robot servant who caters to your every want
- An accurate portrayal of a banshee
- Gay and bi male characters who have strong friendships and emotional connections with other men without being attracted to them/in love with them (half of this is dependent on how fans (especially female fans) interpret the relationship)
- Medieval fantasy inspired by the Gaels, i.e. the actual Gaels, not the crap you see in the “Celtic” tag on tumblr
- Slavic-inspired medieval fantasy
- Related to #3, I’d like to see tanistry in medieval fantasy because I’m sick of primogeniture-based conflicts
- Something with ancient Carthage
- A hunter-gatherer population with ascribed status, i.e. people are born into different social classes (this is uncommon for nomadic, foraging populations)
- More detailed world building, e.g. people choosing the more expensive yet less functional/weaker material to build their house because it reflects that they have money, or gardens in a dry/desert environment being a sign of status and wealth
- Masculine gay male characters who don’t [insert super-feminine thing here] in one scene so that the writer can introduce some comic relief/prove to the audience that he really is gay
- Straight male characters who are feminine
- Lgbt+ characters who are apathetic about being lgbt+
- Gay/bi male characters who don’t have any love interests/romantic subplots
- Welsh-based names in a fantasy that are actually Welsh-based and not just English names or keyboard smashes with excess Ys and DDs and Ws and Fs.
- A male witch in a contemporary setting who isn’t dark and mysterious and who doesn’t have to be feminine to believably engage in something typically associated with women
- True gray morality. I want to be fighting myself over which side I agree with. Every side should have really good and really bad reasons for doing what they’re going. They should have both positive and negative consequences if they reach their goal. All sides should have characters we love and characters we hate. No character should be wholly or mostly “good” or “evil”. All of their reasons, their goals, their actions, and their consequences should differ and should have both negative and positive effects.
- I want the “chosen one” to lose. Badly. I want them to get their ass kicked and I don’t want them to have a comeback.
- A fight to the death where the reader desperately wants both characters to live. And none of this “oh, we found a way for both of them to live!” crap. I want someone dead.
- I need some antagonists that I actually hate. Like Umbridge. Or Delilah (Dishonored). Or Joffrey.
- Overweight male characters WHO AREN’T SUPER TALL.
- I want the Hagrids and the McGonagalls and the Mr and Mrs Weasleys of the world to betray the protagonist. Give me that character who is obviously trustworthy and rip my heart out.
- I need fantasy worlds to give actual names to places. “The Great Sea” and “The Dark Forest” and “The Central River” and “West Plains” and “Southwestia” are crap names. I know that there are some places in our world that are actually called stuff like this, but when you’re writing fantasy you have every chance in the world to come up with something better.
- Why is everyone always late to something at the start of a story? Stop being late. Wake up earlier. If your little brother is holding you back then say “sucks for you” and go on without him.
- Your grandfather’s sword is rusty and dull and the pommel fell off. Just let it die. Just get a new sword. A better sword.
- I want a protagonist who has already left home. They’re not on an adventure yet or anything. They’re just “in between” places right now. Or maybe they just like to always be on the move. Or maybe they’re a hunter and only have temporary homes.
- Dwarves without beards and elves without pointy ears.
- I want the protagonist to upgrade as they get better at whatever it is they do. Sure, there’s sentimental value in The First Sword or The First Horse, but there are better things out there. Longer-lasting things. Play some video games and take a damn hint.
- Good, detailed world building. I want the world to feel real yet unfamiliar.
- Worlds that exist with little context. They just are. They’re just magical, nonsensical places that still seem to make sense by themselves.
- Put the magic back in fantasy. I want rare magical plants with glowing sap within the stem that hardens and shatters into a few precious gems. I want these gems to have a 10% chance of granting a small wish before turning into a rainbow diamond and a 90% chance of exploding into a pinch of orange dust that, once you’ve gathered enough, can be used in a healing cream.
- Happy sci-fi.
- Fat characters who aren’t dumb/evil/killed off immediately/portrayed as pathetic losers.
- I want things to change within the story. I don’t want them to be magically resurrected.restored because the author can’t seem to let go.
- YA that takes place during a long school break, like summer break or winter break, so that nothing takes place during school.
- Flip the trend: male characters use stealth/non-violence to settle conflicts, women use violence.
Reminders
- you’re cute af
- i mean it
- that thing you did that was a little awkward? no one remembers it
- you deserve to feel loved and appreciated
- school is tough but so are you
- everyday you’re getting stronger
- that outfit looks adorable on you
- sometimes everything hurts
- but that’s okay
- your mental health is always a priority
- if you can’t get up and do that homework give yourself some time and rest
- drink some hot tea (it really helps!!)
- or make yourself a healthy smoothy (here are some recipes)
- you are the only person you need to be good enough for
- you are breathing
- you are alive
- you will be okay
- and you will be happy
- i love you
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HE LOOKS SO JEALOUS AFTER THE DOG DRIVES AWAY
How do y'all teach y'all dogs to do this ?!!!!!
She told him, “Move” and he just took off… CRINE
Happy Little Translation Error?
So I lent my friend my mainland Chinese copy of Good Omens, and she’s been commenting on various stuff in the book to me as she read along. One day she messaged, “Crowley’s so cute, chasing after the hedgehogs like that.”
And I said, “……………..what?????!?”
So she told me where in the book it was, and it was the part after Cr&Az realized that Warlock isn’t the kid, talked to the nun, and got out of the hospital. It did say that Crowley was “trying to hit a hedgehog and missing”, but I soon realized that the “second line” she told me that’s about the hedgehog is, “The angel stared out at the rushing hedgerows.” Apparently the Chinese translator read “hedgerows” and thought it was “hedgehogs” again. Obviously it didn’t make a huge change to the plot line, but basically, in the Chinese version of Good Omens, Crowley chased a hedgehog while convincing Aziraphale, “drove in silence for a while”, and then chatted with Aziraphale some more. Meanwhile Aziraphale saw everything but decided to let Crowley do his thing.
So…yeah.
You know, between life and what’s happening in politics and work and too much travel and missing my baby son (he and Amanda are at a conference in Canada and I am hiding to try and make a deadline) it’s been a rotten week.
This, for the record, suddenly made everything really good. It may be my favourite ever Tumblr post.
’Markiplier Leads the People to Cake’
Happy Birthday, Mark ! And congratulations on the Diamond Play Button !
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