best not to think about it

where is my favorite painting i need to find my favorite painting

Something neuroscience-y that helps with prose: attention is selective. A character will not notice everything in a room. They will notice what matters to their goal, fear, desire, training, wound, or obsession. A jealous character notices hands. a hungry character notices food. A soldier notices exits. A lonely character notices pairs. Description becomes character when attention has a bias.

i think very often about how simon is probably the scary one

i should elaborate—baz’s neutral face is a little haughty, but elegant and still technically approachable. i think simon’s neutral face when he’s zoning out looks like he’s waited his entire life to track you (his mortal enemy) down and now he’s mere seconds away from doing something that’s going to land him in prison.

house of leaves is the perfect book for people who love wikipedia but wish it could be scarier

mind you before sinners we didn’t have definitive proof that it was possible to successfully make a movie in 2025

gothic horror is when there's a location. cosmic horror is when there's an unauthorized fucking Thing. folk horror is when you're outside.

i wish swimming was something you could do alone in your bedroom.

citationless behavior

sourceless behavior