for a quick change of pace–i know we’ve all seen a thousand posts about voting, but what i haven’t seen (not yet) is one saying thank you.
thank you for those who made it out in the rain and the cold, who organized and canvassed and took on the onerous task of working with non-voting & conservative friends/family to change their stance if at least just this once. thank you for those who stood in line for hours, who had to travel because your voting place was moved, who had to jump through ridiculous fucking hoops to register, who weren’t inspired but showed up anyway for the disenfranchised and the greater good. thank you as well to everyone who voted early, absentee, and provisional.
it mattered.
I got bored while grinding in Ragnarok M: Eternal Love so I started going through @theshitpostcalligrapher’s posts…and my hand tripped and pulled out my very old calligraphy pen and a random notebook and this happened whoops.
I haven’t done any kind of lettering in a decade………..
Asimov invented the three laws of robotics and spent most of his robot books pulling them apart and exploring why they wouldn’t work but why they couldn’t really be improved, either.
Most robot revolution stories assume the danger is when robots stop obeying us and start thinking for themselves.
Asimov’s stories suggest that the real danger is robots doing exactly what we tell them to.
I think that’s both more realistic and actually scarier.
films watched in 2018 » Frida (dir. Julie Taymor)
I hope the exit is joyful and I hope never to return.
“Oh no people who don’t conform to gender norms will confuse the children!”
Kid who comes in regularly: How come you’re working today? You’re not usually here on Wednesday!
Me: The other girl who works here needed the day off so we swapped.
Kid: Oh no! I thought she was a boy!
Me: Nope, she’s a girl.
Kid: She looks a bit like a boy.
Me: Yeah, that happens to some people, but she’s a girl.
Kid: Are you sure?
Me: Yep, she told me she was a girl when she started working here.
Kid: Oh, okay! She’s nice. She gave me a lollipop once.
It was seriously that simple. Give kids the benefit of the doubt.
I feel inspired to re-tell one of my favorite stories.
Several years ago, I read an excellent novel-length fanfic in what was then my main fandom. I was so blown away that for a couple of weeks I seriously felt that there was no reason for me to continue writing in that fandom because nothing would be better than that fic.
I got over it and kept writing, mainly because in the words of Amos Starkadder, “The word burns in me mouth.”
Eventually I met the author of that amazing fic. She told me that she had been in Sentinel fandom for a while, but had quit writing for it because there were so many good writers in that fandom that she didn’t see much point.
Write your fic! Draw your pics! Your idols are as insecure as you are!
This is getting reblogged all of a sudden so I’m bumping it.
If I ever meet @mottlemoth I think I’ll faint. Her fics are the best in the whole fandom (in my opinion)
Remember, the fans are excited about two cakes! Only you can tell your story
Reminder that building a fanbase for your wip is really hard and that a lack of notes does not translate to a lack of talent. The internet is a large place and it’s extremely hard to capture an audience. Look at J.K. Rowling and the stack of her rejection letters. Even Stephen King almost gave up. His wife dug his manuscript for Carrie out of the trash. Allow yourself to be terrible. Write those bad ideas. Finish that oneshot you think sucks. Give yourself the opportunity to create cool stuff because if you don’t you’ll never improve.