Fandom Fan

When people come to me asking whether they should read the Vorkosigan Saga, 1) I'm flattered thank you but 2) they're literally good, obviously yes. Truly the only people in my life I wouldn't recommend them to are those who don't read scifi, and there aren't many of those following me on here. It's like The Queen's Thief series where I'm really hard-pressed to pick someone who wouldn't enjoy them. (And if you have read one but not the other, boy do I have the books for you! If you love one liar who is desperately in love with a tall woman, why not more of the same great taste...) I will say that the Vorkosigan Saga takes a couple books to hit it's stride but every single one is still an engaging, fast-paced read.

Any educator who doesn't feel this on a visceral level has never had to experience the psychic pain of reading the phrase "Unused York City."

SHOW if it's story relevant. Setting the scene, conveying description, revealing something important about plot and character. TELL if you need to get from point A to point B. You can follow an argument with a boyfriend with "She got in the car." We don't need more than that, all the emotion and umph of the scene has come before. Don't drive yourself crazy thinking you have to describe everything in detail.

there’s a reason an orchestra isn’t just everyone honking their shit as loud as they can for as long as they can all at once. if you paint a canvas uniformly with every single paint you have, you do not end up with a picture. if you make sure every sentence of your story is equally dramatic, you don’t end up with drama or a story, just a hilarious pulp.

the only thing stronger than the gastric distress i get from eating cherries is my love for eating cherries

what

thank you. im once again reminded why i love tumblr because where else could i get content like this

not to be a pervert or anything but media should have more sex in it

but seriously why is it ok that i can watch an extended, minutes long animated scene of someone having their guts pulled out through their abdomen but even alluding to sex is seen as spicy

you can fantasise about extreme acts of violence and death but the moment you get excited about sex you must be a horrible pervert

actually i think being horny is a valid feeling and more art should make you horny

“i do not dream of labor” yes u do. labor is fulfilling. u dream of a world where ur labor isnt exploited and its that or starvation. i guarantee u dream of labor. labor is a necessity and in and of itself is a good thing.

if u dream of having a garden, of painting murals, cooking or baking for people, researching in a lab, or writing stories, u dream of labor. which is good! we all jus hate having our labor exploited and being underpaid for the value of our work. nobody wants to just sit at home and do NOTHING as quarantine proved! in and of itself labor is fulfilling and contributes to the betterment and advancement of society, too many people are just barred by arbitrary divides (class, education) and unable to perform labor they’d be best suited for, or that type of labor (arts, service industry) is undervalued and underpaid.