look out for yourself

“why’s he always covered in blood” he needs enrichment. What’s not clicking

it’s been talked about a million times but way too many books now have a problem with telling and not showing. a character in the book i’m reading rn said “my therapist says my anorexia and drug use is my way of gaining control” girl i don’t want to hear that i want to see you starving yourself and snorting coke every time something goes wrong

the idea that a sex scene in fiction is fundamentally useless/simply for audience titillation UNLESS they’re fucking infodumping exposition while they bone or something is so funny and myopic to me. like, you really genuinely believe for real that there is NOTHING to be gained about your understanding of a story or characters simply from how they approach and engage in sex? really for real?

Do u remember when Mando actually used to take some damage. He gets squashed by a two-thousand pound HUTT in the movie and pops right back up like it’s barely an inconvenience, whereas the entire second episode of the whole series asks the question “How much crap can we put this guy through and how much mud and gak can we coat him in before he physically can’t move anymore.” The only thing that didn’t happen to him was that he wasn’t gored by the prehistoric rhino and the Sandcrawler didn’t run him over but like. Only just

*cranky old timer voice*: “well back in MY day Star Wars would stuff all their heroes into a trash compactor with a tentacle monster and cover them with schmutz aND WE LIKED IT”

There’s no canon information on him TO YOU. I know everything tho

i think abt anne rice’s answer to “what are your work habits for a novel?” probably every single day

When the female character meets her male love interest and you watch in real time as the writers hollow her out and zombify her with tradwife spores

man this guy is my favourite character (throws rocks at him) (throws rocks at him) (throws rocks at him) (throws rocks at him (thr

man this guy is my favourite character (throws rocks at him) (throws rocks at him) (throws rocks at him) (throws rocks at him (thr

Not attracted to that character i just want him to experience being scared for his life and panicking

for every incel white man star wars dudebro there is a teenage lesbian with a slightly deeper and more obscure knowledge of star wars who will one day defeat him in battle

the truth is that characters who are extremely unwell about each other are more compelling than characters who have a healthy relationship

there is something so crazy and powerful about having art of your oc that was made by anyone other than yourself. like oh my god you actually exist outside of my own brain that's WILD