One weird and specific thread that I’ve seen flow through a wide variety of tumblr conversations is that you people have no fucking idea what women in our 30s are like: you don’t know what we do for fun, you have no idea what we look like, our media interests puzzle and frighten you and the whole vibe is that every time you find out a woman is over, say 33, you gasp that a wizened hag has again managed to slip in among you. Surely she must be a secret immortal or a terrifying ghoul.
– you just had a brilliant idea. it’s 3am
– bonus: you have something important the next day
– “wow I wrote so much, let’s see the word counter” 350 words “LIES”
– when your worst work gets the most attention
– “[AO3] You’ve got kudos!” emails are your lifeblood, water your crops, and clear your skin
– B L A N K P A G E S O F D O O M
– playing the entire story out in your head. never writing it
– watching or reading anything ever and imagining an au
– making playlists to write to. never writing
– getting an “[AO3] Comment on ______” email and doing the thing. you know the one
– headcanons. so many headcanons
– spending days or weeks on a piece
– watching the hit count rise and the kudos count stay on said work
– when will the kudos return from war
– You have a great idea for a new fic. You have seven half finished fics already.
– Your story idea is no longer relevant/appealing because of things that happened in canon.
– You have a great idea for a story and no idea how it should end
– You have a great idea for a story and know exactly how it should end and how it should begin and in the middle is a vast wasteland of ????????
– Trying to figure out an appropriately literary way to say “and then they do that thing, you know, that thing they do on the show where they make that face and it’s just adorable?”
– Worrying your headcanons reveal way too much about your deep dark secrets as a person.
– Writing down a headcanon that DEFINITELY reveals too much about your deep dark secrets as a person and editing it to make it seem a little more subdued.
– Having to decide between what you want for your faves and their happiness and what’s actually in character.
– Being stuck on an idea for 9000 years and then taking a shower and figuring it out instantly.
– Seriously what is it with being in the shower did you make a deal with one of the fae where you’re only a good writer while you’re naked??
– “What are you writing?” “Oh, you know…just…a thing….”
– What the hell you can just copy/paste formatted work on Ao3 you don’t have to put the html in yourself WHY DID NO ONE TELL YOU THIS, WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO FIGURE OUT?
– Wanting to tell your non-fandom friends about your story ideas, but they can’t understand a word you’re saying.
– Wanting to tell your fandom friends about your story ideas, but they’re all reading your fics and you don’t want to give them spoilers.
– when the plot decides to do is own damn thing and suddenly you have to add three more chapters to accommodate it all and fuck it all, this was supposed to be a one-shot
– spiralling down wikipedia hole in the name of research
– what’s that word? The one that means, you know, the thing?
– When someone reads your back catalogue and leaves a nice comment on Every Single One
“Wanting to tell your fandom friends about your story ideas, but they’re all reading your fics and you don’t want to give them spoilers.”
can tongues in fanfiction stop fighting each other for dominance, let them come home from war
it’s really fucked up because the guy who did that study found out that tongues only do that in captivity and that wild tongues are actually much more sociable with each other
as an indian classical dancer i support you 100% in your endeavor but please please please do not under any circumstances draw her doing classical dance things while wearing shoes!!! i know it sounds stupid and something insignificant to get this worked up over but wearing shoes while dong indian classical dance is highly disrespectful and sacrilegious (especially if the dancer in question is wearing their gungaroo/gajjalu/dance bells and shoes at the same time) and also inaccurate as far as the traditions of india go too so please be aware of this! and as for why you absolutely do not ever wear shoes while dancing: i’ve talked about it here and here but i am more than happy to answer any other questions people may have about it as well! :D)
i’ve seen a ton of beautiful dancer!symmetra art out there but literally just seeing her wearing shoes in the art in question just breaks my heart so uh yeah just consider this your generic public service announcement from your local indian classical dancer and symmetra fan 😀
(and yes this is okay to reblog!)
please reblog this even if you’re not into overwatch: there’s already so much misinformation and ignorance and so many misconceptions about indian classical dance and culture out there – even within the indian and classical dance communities – and i just don’t want such a beautiful, lovely character who already shows having autism and disabilities in a positive light to haver other aspects of her character suffer just because something “looks cool” or “exotic”
Up to 5K= before work in the morning
5K-15K= before bed on weekdays
15K-100K -Friday night to Sunday night weekend read
100K plus= planned time off reading
221-200K plus=anything goes when desperately in need of escape and avoidance of all stressful real life situations
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Me:
Up to 5K = while waiting for the water to boil for tea
5K-15K = between classes
15K-50K = free afternoon
50K-100K = bedtime reading
100K-200K = sleep is for the weak
200K+ = fend for yourselves kids, mama’s on a mission
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