Angsty (ideas) on Main

time to make a post on tumblr. surely no one will interpret it to be as offensive and bad intentioned as possible.

Real thing that changed how i write: I started asking "what does this character think is wrong with them" and separately "what is actually wrong with them." Those two things are almost never the same. She thinks she's too much. She's actually terrified of being too little. He thinks he's bad at commitment. He's actually just never met someone he trusted enough. The gap between their diagnosis of themselves and the real thing, that's your character arc right there. you don't have to explain it. just write both.

one of the most annoying ripple effects of fandom culture is the way so many people can’t seem to keep it in perspective that at the end of the day they’re just talking about art. it feels like i am trapped between people who are like “if you dare criticize the thing i like you are basically personally coming into my house and stealing my dog and shooting my jewelry” and people who are like “global communism is being stopped from succeeding because steven universe is on the air.” and call me a centrist but i don’t think either of those things are true

in fact, steven universe has been off the air for some time now. that’s why i’m confused

it’s never a normal temperature anymore it’s always some fucking bullshit

love the word fruitless. arguing with you is like if there was no apples involved whatsoever

you're bountiless you stupid bitch

having a headache while hydrated is so unfair. you were supposed to protect me.

Actually, no, I don't think that friendships dropping like flies in your late 20s and early 30s because no one has time for that between overwork and family obligations and marriage and kids and partners and the ritual of the time slayer is normal and ok. No I don't think deep conversations and spontaneous adventures being replaced with a tired coffee every six months is a normal part of growing up. I don't think that emotional intimacy and soul bonds disintegrating in the face of practical inconvenience is a fact of life. I think that means something is deeply deeply wrong with our society and I will never forgive it for the friends I've lost

i hate how much people care about their ships being "canon" now. spirk fans didn't publish zines full of fanfics in the 70s only for modern fandom to grovel at the knees of corporations and beg for things to be canon. use your imaginations, don't allow billionaires to think for you.

If anyone is looking for ideas, Chicago Bird Collision Monitors has done decades of advocacy work in this area and fought for real improvements in saving birds. Their work on lights-out and preventing window strikes have had a big impact on the local ecosystem.

the most satisfying skill you can learn as a visibly disabled person (especially a YOUNG visibly disabled person) is to stare right the fuck back. I know it’s scary because people are judgy af and you want to avoid the attention but I PROMISE YOU. people are awkward as hell when they get caught. it is SO worth it to watch a man who’s like a foot taller than me, at least ten years older, and really buff, duck his head and look away because I refused to break eye contact first.