I love the amount of hatred the 2021 car is drawn with. because I agree
Puggification of the modern car
Why make light where you and everyone else can see when can make light that can cause more crashes? Thats how we can increase our car insurance preminiums!
2. 'I didn’t account for the rotation of the planet and how that affects the constalations while my characters stargazed at different times of year, I have failed as a writer, and this entire thing is trash’
When you pick up a sword for the first time you will be slow and awkward. This is frustrating, but refuse the temptation to try and become a “faster” fencer. Chasing after speed is like trying to catch smoke. If you try and pursue speed, all you will accomplish is haste. Haste is the enemy of 1st class fencing.
Speed is a lie the untrained mind tells itself when it sees an action it cannot follow. The truth is a combination of timing, control, and fluidity. Fluid motion, even done slowly, will always arrive before a hasty strike. Control will allow you to move without wasteful motion that will slow you down. Timing will eliminate the need to move fast almost entirely. There is no need to get somewhere fast so long as you get there at the right time.
Tip for mymutuals who engage in bladed armed combat
signal boost
This is true for plenty of other things too!! When you’re learning anything that involves moving your body, don’t forget that quality of movement is more important than speed!
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast
THEYRE LYING JUMP AT YOUR OPPONENT JUMPSCARE JUMPSCARE BACK FOOT FORWARD AND LEAP AT THEM!!
I’m a staunch believer that although sensitive and authentic representation is vital, it should never strangle your story. What I mean by this is that sometimes the most “politically correct” choice is going to be the worst one possible for the story you want to tell. Is writing a deaf evil scientist in an erotic and complicated relationship with their test subject politically correct? Probably not. Does that story sound thoroughly compelling to me, a HoH person? Absolutely it does. (In reality, my reaction would depend on how the narrative handles the evil scientist’s deafness, but I’m pretending for the purposes of argument that it’s a brilliantly written work).
Similarly, I once received a question about whether it would be offensive to have an antagonist rip out a protagonist’s hearing aid during a fight. My answer can be summed up like this: sometimes a story needs characters to be really shitty to one another. Shittiness generates conflict, and conflict is an essential driving force in any narrative. The key is for you, the author, to construct the conflict with intention and awareness of what you’re doing. In the ripping-out-the-hearing-aid example, the way this scene is framed would be everything. If the author makes the antagonist rip out the hearing out purely to show how evil they are, I would strongly suggest the author find a different action beat for the scene. Using bigoted and ableist behaviour as a shorthand for evilness tends to generate shock at the expense of any marginalised audience members – and it doesn’t actually tell your audience anything interesting about the villain or antagonist.
some snippets from a thing i’m writing about how to do the initial research when creating d/Deaf and HoH characters.
This didn’t make the final cut for the essay – but! I’ve shifted it into the draft of something else, which is specifically about my thoughts on what “sensitive representation” actually means. fingers crossed that one becomes a published post and doesn’t stay in my drafts for one william years
not the “its a moral good to reblog art” posts again 😭
I really genuinely want to write, have for days, but every time I get the opportunity I’m actively not doing it. not even like “I want to have written” I just want to enjoy the process of writing! whyyy brain what are you so afraid of
I really hate this influx of new “writers” and “artists” in creative spaces who only have now become creatives because AI exists and so instead of dreaming of writing a book, they now “write books” (give AI prompts to write for them). because they couldn’t get past all the mental hurdles you have to go through to actually sit down and write a book. and there’s nothing inherently wrong with that! but like, if you don’t do it, don’t call yourself someone who writes books?
and now these ai users are looking for writer and artist communities, and when they’re called out they’ll be like “no why can’t we call ai generation art”. shoo! we don’t want you here!
