This here isn't singing I'm just screaming in tune

#my old phone looks like this on my shelf lmao #im too scared to touch it to throw it away #idk what trash this even goes into when its at this point

The pillow-shaped object here used to be the phone’s battery. It’s not a battery anymore. Now it’s a balloon full of corrosive, pyrophoric chemicals and hydrogen gas and it’s one puncture away from burning your house down. I am 100% serious. You should be scared to touch it.

But you gotta touch it, because you gotta get it out of your house before the pressure builds up to the point where the balloon pops. This isn’t going to happen soon – there is no need to panic – but it will happen eventually.

And, indeed, it doesn’t go in the ordinary trash. You put this in the ordinary trash and you’re gonna set the garbage truck on fire. Don’t do that to the garbage collectors, their job is hard enough already.

The first thing you need to do is get a fireproof container. The most common household item that qualifies as a fireproof container is a cast-iron cookpot with a cast-iron lid – often sold as a “Dutch oven.” Any other cooking container that’s unreactive, has a very high melting point, and has a lid made of the same materials will also work: enameled or stainless steel, Pyrex with glass lid, etc.

However: Do not use a pot with a PTFE-based non-stick coating. If the battery does explode, the fire will probably be hot enough to degrade a PTFE coating, producing toxic smoke. (Not that you should breathe the smoke from the battery fire either, but PTFE breakdown products are worse.) Do not use a pot made of aluminium or copper. The fire might even get hot enough to melt those.

Whatever container you use, you might have to throw away along with the phone, so don’t use your good Dutch oven for this. Go to a thrift store and buy a cheap one.

Once you have the fireproof container:

Gently pick up the phone and put it in the fireproof container. If possible, gently tape the phone to the bottom of the container to prevent it from bouncing around. Don’t put any padding in there, that’ll just make a fire worse if it does happen. Put the lid on and tape it shut.

Put a label on the container, something like “DEFECTIVE LI-ION BATTERY – FIRE HAZARD”.

It is now reasonably safe to move the container around. However, if the battery does explode, the container is very likely to leak smoke and get hot, so keep it in a well-ventilated area and away from things that will be damaged by heat. Don’t leave it exposed to the weather, either.

You need to find either a hazardous waste disposal site, or an e-waste recycler that will accept defective Li-ion batteries. I can’t help with that because I have no idea where you live.

However, your local fire department, if you have one, will probably be happy to help. Call their non-emergency number. Nothing is on fire yet, so this isn’t an emergency, but things that can easily start a fire are still within the fire department’s responsibilities. Tell them you have a phone with a bulging lithium-ion battery, you put it in a fireproof container, and you want to know how to dispose of it safely.

If the fire department tries to tell you this isn’t dangerous or it’s okay to throw it out in the regular trash (with or without fireproof container), hang up on them and write a cranky letter to your local government representatives, then keep looking for a proper disposal site.

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make sure its the right idea and right time

you might get a new exiting idea every day and start planning it, promising yourself “this is the one im going to finish” but still ending up abandoning it for another one by next week because it either stopped being exiting or you ran into an issue which convinced you its too difficult or just wrong

you can fix this by reflecting and using your revelations to choose the right project

what do you like? what do you like reading about? what do you like writing about? what do you know a lot about? what are you good at writing about?

accept that there may be ideas you like as concepts, maybe you’d like reading them but not writing it into a book yourself.

is there an idea/theme/anything you’ve had in mind for a long time and havent abandoned? why is that different? list things you’ve liked for a long time. doesnt even have to be writing related

there are many new exiting things to put your focus on for a week or maybe even month but if you truly want to be consistent, its time to look at what you’re able to be consistent about

at what point do you usually abandon projects? why? whats the furthest youve gotten? what got you there?

its really important to understand the reason behind abandoning your previous projects to do your best avoiding that in the future

whats your favourite part of the writing process? which one do you struggle with the most? which part do you simply dislike? is it possible that maybe you only like the idea of writing a book or having written a book? why do you want to be a writer

when choosing a project, consider how much you’d get to do the parts you like about writing and how much you’d have to face the parts you dont

what do you usually do when faced with a hardship during the writing process? what could you do better? if someone came to you and told you all of these problems, what advice would you give them? do you think you give up too easily? what makes you give up exactly (a feeling, a thought, a mindset, a trait, etc)? what would happen if you never changed any of this? would you even finish a book ever?

the writing process isnt easy. there isnt a single author that didnt go through writers block or a plot hole that seeemed impossible to solve at the time. this is why its inportant to have the right project that is worth fighting those hardships for while enjoying the journey

try to understand the difference between something not being right for you and something simply being difficult at the time

is this project you?

is this the project you’d like to be known for?

why this project? what does it mean to you? what do you like about it?

is this the project you see yourself writing about, every step of the way? it could be helpful to make a list of everything you’d need to do in order to finish this specific project—researching a specific topic needed for the worldbuilding, coming up with all the characters, etc

which parts of this book would you enjoy writing about? which parts would you not? is it worth it?

if you find that this project isnt right, revisit the first reflection list you made and choose some key elements you’d like to include in your books, be known for, and write about. revisit your book ideas and put together a book idea that includes these elements and do reflection on that one too

whenever you feel like giving up, ask why. is it because you no longer like the project or is it just difficult? why? maybe the problem is not the project but what it has become? try going back to the very start and core of the idea and seeing when it turned into what it has become? if this is true and you realise you dont like your project anymore, go back and change the entire thing. its totally okay and happens to writers all the time. this isnt wasted effort, this is you discovering yourself as a writer and what you want your project to be. its never too late to change up everything about your project.

to solve this, make a mindmap of every possible path your story could take. write down everything and choose 2-3 you like most. then write them all down separately and reflect on which one would be the best. list the pros and cons of each one. remember: reflection is so important in every step of the way

before giving up

lets say you found yourself stuck again. everything seems difficult and you want to give up. remember that you’ve come so far. remember that its okay. and remember how many times this has happened in the past. you’ll most likely run into this moment with every single project and multiple times at that.

do all of those same steps again. reflect. change it up.

what exactly is the problem and how could it be fixed? (yes, it can be fixed but you might be looking at the problem the wrong way. you need a fresh perspective)

if you still feel like giving up, tell yourself “i can give up if i still want to after this step”

let go of all pressure and think of whatever you’re stuck on. maybe its a plot hole, maybe you cant figure out what should happen next, maybe your characters arent working with you how you want them to. now, without any pressure (just let go, maybe take a break, meditate) just think of the stupidest solutions. think of this project as something that barely matters to you. like it belongs to your friend you’re giving advice to.

i was totally stuck on where i wanted my book to go because no matter what i chose, there was an impossible plot hole i had to solve. that was until i let go of all the pressure and a totally unexpected solution just found me. something id never have come up with if i kept on cracking my brains to the point of hating writing, myself as a writer, the project itself, and everything else for that matter. i took a break, i looked over what i had with a fresh perspective and the starting idea it all sparked from. i realised that i could just switch up some things that i never even thought i could change because they were part of the starting point of the idea. i did what i feared would ruin the entire idea but in reality, it saved the entire book.

remember youre not alone, there have been millions of authors feeling the same way you do now. and you can use that to your advantage. look for other peoples stories and advice. look at interviews of (your favourite) authors (or artists in general), look for tips, reflect on everything, learn through trial, error, and reflection

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Sumire/ Kasumi Yoshizawa: Daughter of Cinderella (Creative I know)

Sumire was always jealous of her sisters destiny. While Kasumi got to live her life out as a princess, while Sumire was left to die with the rest of her family. This jealousy eventually evolved into resentment, so when Kasumi somehow died in a freak accident, Sumire took her bow and said that she, Sumire, was that one who died instead.

Sumire suffers from immense guilt and fear that she’ll be caught. Luckily the Fairy GodFather, Maruki (the only one who knows about the switch) told her mind would be cleansed and she’d truly turn into Kasumi once she signed.

All she has to do it make it to Legacy Day and sign the book infront of everyone

Goro Akechi Shido: Son of the Beast

(The beast gets painted because I love drawing monsters)

Okay first I just wanna explain how I think the prince systems work: Princes aren’t born with the same destiny as their parents (because that would cause a lot of incest) and just have the role “Prince Charming” from there they just have to save whichever princess they were assigned to by destiny. This is usually figured out during their time in Ever After High, seeing which girl they click with the most and signing as their Prince.

Goro is Shido illegitimate child (big shock). Shido had him while he was still cursed, passing the curse onto him. Everytime Goro got the slightest bit emotional, he would turn into a beast (and since he was a child it happened a lot.) Both his mother and his reputation suffers from this. Everyone assumed Goro must’ve done something to deserve this curse since the King would never defy destiny.

Eventually Goro’s mother died and he was sent to a boys home, where he learned how to control his emotions, only becoming the Beast once a week or so, but since he’s suppressing his emotions so much whenever he does turn into the beast he’s completely consumed by his emotions.

Once Shido needs to get someone to take on his legacy, Goro is the only child he can trace (because of the curse), so he’s enrolled in Ever After High. Goro is ecstatic about this. Once he signs the book, Shido would need to acknowledge he’s his son in-front of the whole kingdom, and then he can reveal Shido’s true nature!

All he needs to do to get his revenge is to sign the book infront of everyone.

Ren Amamiya: Son of the Dark Fairy

Ren also always felt out of place, sure he was always invited to thing but that was because people were scared they invoke his “wrath”. Making him wonder if any of his “friends” were “friends” at all.

Once he enters Ever After High, rumors about him spread like crazy because of his destiny and magic. Since he is a Dark Fairy, Ren is only able to use his magic for selfish purposes, which sucks since Ren is a naturally people pleaser.

Morgana claims to be a formidable dragon that was cursed into the form of a cat by a young Ren, and because of this Ren has to serve him for the rest of time. (There is no evidence of this, Ren just likes having Mona around)

After doing some self reflection, Ren realizes that he really doesn’t want spend 100 years guarding a tower with some girl he doesn’t care about sleeping inside. So he decides go against his destiny and not sign the book. Even after doing investigations, he can’t find evidence of anyone who doesn’t find the book surviving, but he doesn’t find evidence of them dying either so it’s a risk he’s willing to take.

All he has to do is denounce Legacy for was it is and reject the book in-front of everyone.

(Also because of the order being alphabetical , Ren goes before Goro, and cancels Legacy day before he can sign it. Goro is so pissed about this, especially since he would’ve gone before if he was allowed to go by his mother’s name.)

As for a basic plot idea for before legacy day, I imagine a kinda mystery thing, where there a beast who shows up at night and destroys the school and injures students, and Goro is tasked to slay it (spoiler alert: he’s the beast)