"All of us Wolves, All of us Angels"

friendly reminder that jean valjean holding a guinea pig is actual canonical words written by victor hugo

Close enough welcome back Chekov's gun.

Sorry no consistent theme here we're blogging minute to minute second to second even. The situation is dynamic

If you're a writer you're supposed to write a lot of bullshit. It's part of the gig. You have to write a lot of absolute garbage in order to get to the good bits. Every once in a while you'll be like "Oh, I wish I hadn't wasted all that time writing bullshit," but that's dumb. That's exactly the same as an Olympic runner being like "Oh, I wish I hadn't wasted all that time running all those practice laps"

So Morrowind has these messages that pop up when you level up that aren't just like "wow you're so epic" but actually kind of relevant to like aging and growing as a person. My favorite one, that feels really relevant (couldn't find a screenshot): "It's all suddenly obvious to you. You just have to concentrate. All the energy and time you've wasted -- it's a sin. But without the experience you've gained, taking risks, taking responsibility for failure, how could you have understood?" Like yeah, it feels like I've wasted a lot of time on projects that may never be finished, or pursuits that I ultimately decided weren't for me. But I've learned so much just by engaging with the process of creating, I wouldn't be the same if I hadn't.

real talk why do so many fantasy universes think giant spiders are necessary

wow fuck that one tarantula

“fantasy universes have too many spiders” factoid actually just statistical error. Georgs Spider, who bit JRR Tolkein & is to blame for menacing over 10,000 fantasy universes, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

people will criticize works for being heavy-handed and yet when you see how a lot of people experience these works, one can only conclude they're not too heavy-handed enough.

he has had like ten “final movies” and everytime i get sad about it. and then he makes another one. fucking love this guy

Comic strip by Boulet. You can find him on instagram.