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Hi everyone! With the recent wave of bad decisions from Tumblr and constant posts about shady stuff on other sites, this seems to be a good opportunity to throw another option into the rink.

https://waterfall.social Waterfall is a tumblelog platform, built from the ground up. There are no gimmicks, or attempts to be unique - just a pure, familiar style, catered to artists, adult (and otherwise) bloggers, and… well, everyone really. Tumblr’s style is familiar - why ditch it? It just needs a little love to make it worth using.

There’s a robust, constantly evolving system to ensure that artists are credited for their work. If you upload art, and someone tries to upload it later? It’s automatically converted into a reblog of your original upload. Someone steals it anyway? See something that breaks the rules? Don’t worry - all reports are manually reviewed, we’ll set things right.

More importantly, there’s no company behind Waterfall. That means no corporate hammer saying what we can and can’t do; it’s just down to a few trusted volunteers to keep things running smoothly, all checking each other’s work to make sure nobody does anything uncool.

Here’s some more of what Waterfall either currently offers, or is on the roadmap for inclusion in the next few updates!

Artist credit system.

Send asks and like from sideblog.

Seperate follow lists for sideblogs.

Want to make a different blog your main? Go ahead!

NSFW Content allowed.

Manual (not algorithmic!) report reviewing.

ZERO signup costs or waiting periods.

And more! The site is in heavy development, and we want to build a platform the way it should be, from the ground up. With that in mind, there’s a few things missing, or not working right yet - if you see one, or just have a neato suggestion, you’re more than welcome to join our Discord and suggest stuff. If you’re thinking of joining, go back up your Tumblr theme; we’ll be trying for 1:1 imports of them at a later date.

Our Terms of Service are here, our Privacy Policy here, and Community Guidelines here.

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Chris Sanders’ Style Surfing, made for the production of Lilo & Stitch.

 Don’t have them die of old age after a long, fulfilling life. Many people don’t even think of this as sad (note that this can still work if you have enough of the other factors).

 Leave one of their major goals unfinished. The more enthusiastic they are about completing the goal, the sadder.

 Give them strong relationships with other characters.

 Make them fight against whatever is causing their death. Their ultimate loss is sadder if they struggle.

 Kill them in the middle of their character arc.

10. have their loved one, broken hearted, tell the team to stop fighting because “its over.” 

11. have their pet come looking for them. 

12. have their loved one perform a popular song at their funeral so it makes the fans cry whenever it’s played.

13. family witnessing the death and/or blaming themselves.

14. kill the character in the middle of making a joke, smiling, or expressing/experiencing joy/happiness.

15. make the character’s death slow and painful, but make them unable to call out for help even though they can literally see the other characters nearby.

16. after killing the character, have others think the character had betrayed them so they’d always hate them and remember them as traitors and never say nice things about them… Give your readers no chance to have group-therapy with other characters by making them the only ones who know the truth.

17. right before their death, show a side of them nobody has seen. (someone who is always tough and brave being genuinely scared of dying alone; someone who is always laughing being in tears before dying, etc.)

18. make them the only person who knows a big important secret that would help other characters in the story.

19. have them being lied to before dying. (thinking they’ve been betrayed; thinking they weren’t loved; thinking they’ve lost their loved ones, etc)

20. make the character very enthusiastic/passionate about a certain goal, constantly put stress on their goal, have them die unexpectedly before they can reach their goal. 

and the best one…

21. have another beloved character kill them–better be a close friend to your character, one that absolutely nobody suspects, one that everyone can’t help but love, one who is always enthusiastic about things and encourages your character. THEN

reveal the truth only later when it’s too late and the a-hole character has already escaped.

have a cowardly character know the truth and never tell anyone else

have another character find out the truth and have them die before revealing it to others. 

have the said character ^ not actually die, but go through something so they’d forget the friend of the deceased character is actually an asshole. 

This way only your readers will know the truth, thus the frustration would be… most enjoyable for you.

Leave the physical shell walking and talking, but strip out everything that made that person who they were.  Make them forget all about their loved ones, themselves, their experiences and past, their skills, and have them have to start over completely from scratch.  Physical and mental disabilities bonus points.

30. Make it happen after an argument. Make them die before they had a chance to make amends. Cripple the surviving character with guilt over what turned out to be their last words to each other, now to be left unresolved forever.

31. Give the other characters survivor’s guilt.

I will face God and walk backwards into Hell

“I’ll do whatever you want” “then perish”

I have been through hell and come out singing

Do I look like the kind of man who dies

God’s dead and soon we will be too

This is hell’s territory and I am beholden to no gods

Hiding information from your readers on purpose will help you create tension in your novel. I know this doesn’t work for every novel, but if you’re writing something with elements of suspense and mystery, hiding details and revealing them later will improve your story. This also helps add dimensions to your characters and explore their motivations on a deeper level.

Here are a few things to hide about your characters to create tension:

Whether or not your protagonist is lying

Even good characters lie, especially if they feel like it will protect other people in the long run. There are ways to hint that your character is hiding the truth without actually revealing what the truth is. If your protagonist gets nervous or changes the subject when they’re asked about a specific detail, this will help show your readers that something isn’t quite right. If your character’s deception is hidden and then revealed at the right time, you’ll be able to add exciting tension and shock value to your story.

Who the real villain is

Some of the best tension is created when we’re uncertain about who the real villain is. In mystery/crime novels, for example, there’s often evidence that points to one person who ends up not really being the one we need to worry about. If you hide this information from your readers, you keep them guessing throughout the course of your novel and this will aid in creating suspense.

The truth about their past

When you hide your character’s past from your readers, you have the ability to use it as an explanation for something important later on. For example, if you character has these mysterious powers they can’t explain, you can use their parents and back story in order to reveal later on why it’s happening. Revealing past details slowly over the course of your novel helps build the mystery.

What their secondary goals are

Sometimes characters will have goals no one else knows about but them OR they will have a false goal that their using to cover up their real goal. For example, a character might say they’re rescuing another character because they want to help, but it really might be all about finding some hidden treasure along the way. There are many reasons why a character might want to hide their goals. Explore character motivations on a deeper level and you’ll be able to realistically include this type of deception in your story.

我遗忘了生前的记忆 只想找到解脱的方法 落难的人在我的手中沦为鬼怪 封闭的古宅里尸骸如山 这是我死后的记忆 而现在 这些都结束了 我闻到了属于生者的气息 来自我早该腐朽的身体 鬼怪们不再听命于我 他们蠢蠢欲动 想吞噬我最后的血肉   [X]

By:  Pakipaki趴趴趴

Tale of The Artist Who Photographs Beauties in Gowns Against Idyllic Backgrounds

Cappadocia, Turkey, Finolhu, Maldives, Poppies Field, Crimea, Louvre, Paris, France are few of the many scenic places where artist Kristina Makeeva has travelled to juxtapose elegant fashion against phenomenal architecture for her photographic compositions.