this, too, is information literacy

I think it’s actually iconic that even though Xie Lian lost his entire family and kingdom and friends and everything that felt familiar 800 years ago and he’s been healing and growing from that ever since, he still never even considers forgiving and reconnecting with his technically alive cousin. He still fucking hates that bitch.

having ADHD means you know a person who also has ADHD but it's somehow the most debilitating ADHD of anyone who's ever lived and they smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day and drink 3 double-shot espressos by 10 am with more to come by noon and when they see you take your adderall they're like "my doctor prescribed me that but i don't want to become dependent on medication to function."

me @ my friend while they down their 5th can of monster energy before 6 PM: wouldn't it be cool if scientists could somehow distill stimulants into an easy-to-swallow once a day package that won't Harm you

*touching his extremely defined six pack* who did this to you.....

*gently lifting a cup of water to his lips* it's going to be okay. *choking back tears* just a few more sips and then we'll get you a sandwich...

Reblog to give a glass of water to every dehydrated actor with shrink wrapped abs whose life was endangered for a shirtless scene

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 have also written 101k words in 11 days. Which has a not insignificant impact in my "this is shit" meter, I GUESS

Sometimes the best fic you’ve ever written isn’t on ao3. It’s in 50 frenetic discord messages sent over a fifteen minute span where you and your friend yes and each other into a perfect story that will never actually be written.