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“Oh yeah, of course. That’s the whole point.”

David Leviathan on Suzanne Collins // Revenge of the Sith novelization // Taylor Swift, Hoax // Aeschylus, Orestes // Paramore, Last Hope // Aeschylus and Robert Icke, Orestia // @sw_holocron & Tony Gilroy, Twitter

‘It’s like opening the fridge when you’re not hungry’.

-That’s Not What Happened by Kody Kiplinger

Possibly the greatest description of asexuality I’ve seen so far, at least for me.

The character then goes onto explain how she doesn’t hate ‘food’ or the prospect of eating it and if she did eat she might enjoy it but that she just doesn’t want eat, at least for now. And that if she ever did want to ‘eat’ in the future, it wouldn’t be because the food changed, but because she did.

Bill Nye for most of his career: Imma do science for kids. Science without politics. Nice, tame science for the kiddos.

Bill Nye now:

Laika: 1954-1957

Opportunity Rover: 2004-2019

thor ragnarok is literally 18x funnier when u realize the grandmaster knows what’s going on the entire time. he is telepathic and can read minds so he legit just let shit go down just for fun bc he’s such a drama hoe

When a person interrupts your reading:

When your pet interrupts your reading:

After Harry Potter came out, many videos surfaced online of people running into brick walls at train stations as a joke. While at one of these such train stations a friend dares you to run into a wall. They pull out their phone and start recording as you reluctantly run towards the wall. Expecting to hit it, you brace for impact but none comes— when you open your eyes again, the platform is empty and the train you see is most definitely not the Hogwarts Express.

The Foxes modeling their own merch because they’re all extra™️ Assholes

((Yes I know the names are wrong on dans jacket,, it was late okay,, I’m lazy))

big mood

Harry Potter + Percy Jackson and the Olympians chapter titles

CHAPTER TITLES 3 (extra long edition to celebrate 10k)

I Don’t Like This

I’m Trying But They’re Hot

The Circle Of Idiots

Thanks, I Hate It

My Icy Heart! It’s Melting!

It May Be Stupid But At Least Nobody Can Call Me A Wuss

That Was A Lot Easier Than Expected

How Was My Innocent Mind Supposed To Know That

Funny Story (Ben Drowned)

I’ll Go Down In History As The Worlds Biggest Idiot

The Fellowship of the Thing

At Least There’s A Dog

I Came, I Saw, I Left

A Paycheck’s A Paycheck

And Then I Didn’t

It’s Unnecessary But It Establishes Power

Boy, That Sure Was Weird

Interesting Concept But Poor Execution

You Should’ve Seen Their Face

I Defied Death For This

There’s Something Hilarious About Being Both A Perfectionist and A Procrastinator

Pasta La Vista

Its me. I am the April Fool.

Pure Unbridled Rage

Third Base Is Calming My Panic Attack

I Need Validation But Also Nobody To Know Me

Terrifying. I Love It.

Killed For Sport

Ironically Alive

[Character Name] and the Fortress of Trust Issues

Previously On: Chaotic Stupid

Scully, You’re Not Gonna Believe This

Capri Sun Captain

Cool, Im Outta Here

Cool, Cool, Cool, Cool, Cool

All I Do Is Wear Cool Outfits, Tell Jokes and Hide My Depression

Is That A Coping Mechanism?

Who Invited The Flock Of Seagulls

Power Move: No Skill Needed, Just Be Amused By Confusion

Is This A Cutscene

Welcome To The Trash House

Item: Doubt

Confrontation Scares Me

I Live For Destruction

Chapter 1: Yes, I’m Rewriting Everything

I Wasn’t Prepared For Parenthood

*The Pink Panther Theme Song*

I Regret Everything

The Dark Side Of Ambition

Patting My Own Shoulder

I’m Going To Make This Weird

Ability Acquired: Existential Crisis

Level Up

This Is The Sad Part

Not All Heroes Wear Capes

Begrudgingly Saving The World

Why What How

This Is Everything I Never Wanted

Why Did I Do That

This Is Too Intense

Tips On How to Write Characters with Wings (For both fanfic writers and original content writers)

So I’ve been reading a lot of fics lately where people are either

A) Putting wings onto canon characters

B) Making OCs with wings

So I decided that, with the influx of people who are writing winged characters (and therefore the influx of errors that come with writing winged characters), I’d make a little thing to help you slap a pair of wings onto anyone!

This is also a bit personal, too, because the MC in my upcoming novel has wings!

1. Know that there are a lot of types of wings to choose from

Part of being a writer is the desire to take something (whether it be a pre-existing work or an idea in your head) and make it into your own. So, instead of just going with the classic bird wings, why not spice it up a bit? If your character is an angel, you certainly don’t have to stick to the classic depictions of angel wings. Why not give them butterfly wings or dragonfly wings?

Here’s a small list of different types of wings to choose from:

Bat wings

Beetle wings

Bird wings

Butterfly/Moth wings

Dragonfly wings

Note that these wings are for animals who can fly. There are also animals who can “fly” that actually glide, such as sugar gliders and flying squirrels.

Yeah, so the options are pretty limited, but feel free to make up your own kinds of wings that aren’t necessarily based on a pre-existing creature’s wings!

2. Be familiar with the anatomy of your character’s wings and their limits

If your wings are completely unique, draw them out. A diagram or picture is key when it comes to things like description. I’m not gonna tell you what everything does and give you Animal Wing Anatomy 101, that’s for you to research. Know that there are different types of wings and that they have different uses, strengths, and weaknesses.

3. Never use the full extent of your research! 

Surprise, surprise!

“But wait, Maddy!” you cry, writing utensil in hand and poised to stab me. “I thought we were supposed to were supposed to show our research!”

Well, you are. Technically that’s not wrong. But, readers don’t want to know ALL of it. Over-described wings are sometimes worse than under-described wings; what sucks more than not knowing what a character’s wings look like is having to look up wing anatomy in the middle of the chapter!

Only use the most basic of vocabulary when it comes to describing the parts of the wing. Most of the time, you just have to say “bat wing” or “feathery wing” and the readers get the basic idea. (Like seriously, do you think the readers know what a dactylopatagium brevis is????? It’s a part of skin on a bat’s wing btw)

4. Don’t bring your character’s wings up only when they’re needed!!!!

Unless your character’s wings can fade away when they’re not needed, wings are a 100% real, 24/7 thing! It’s bothersome when writers mention the wings in one chapter and then only bring them up when there’s a daring escape that needs to be performed! Most of the time, I forget that the characters even have wings at all!

There is also the fact that wings aren’t all pros and no cons. If they’re functional, they’re probably big, and if they’re muscular, they’re probably bulky. If your character is clumsy, they’ll probably knock things over constantly, and if they’re not clumsy, they’ll still knock things over constantly.

Your wings are two (or four, or five, or six quintillion) extra appendages; they’re a part of your character! You don’t have to spend every second reminding the readers that they’re there, but don’t go long stretches of time without even mentioning them.

5. Your character’s wings can be a good way to indicate their mood or to provide for that little bit of description that you think you make be lacking

Why wouldn’t you want to describe the wings? I mean, you don’t want to describe every minute detail over and over again, but it’ll boost your word count a lot more than you think. They can also be used to convey your character’s feelings without explicitly telling the reader! It’s like a new set of facial expressions!

See? You can tell he’s wary and ready to fight from the movement of his wings! Also he’s crouching next to a dead body but that’s not relevant right now

Here’s a list of wing language (?) that you can incorporate into your story that will not only increase your word count, but will also add to the sustenance of your story!

Nervous

Twitch

Flutter

Ripple

Fold tightly

Fidget

Flap

Angry

Flare

Bristle

Fluff up

Ripple

Beat

Raise up

Snap open

Happy

Flutter

Curl up

Ripple

Wave

Flap

During Battle

Bludgeon

Smack

Bat

Clout

Whack

Kick someone’s legs out from under them

Snap someones neck (only for muscular wings like bat and bird wings)

Problems that may come with having wings

Poke out from under blankets and let all of the cold air in

Stepped on

Get pins and needles from being folded for too long

Squashed on chairs/ in beds/ in crowded hallways

Vulnerable in battle

Molting (for bird wings)

Hope this helped!!!

Technology is the answer, but what was the question?

Cedric Price (via inthenoosphere)

Well said.

This is the Dead Sea. The saltiest place on earth, second only to Nesta’s bitch ass.

— Feyre

Gay books you should read!

you over there! you want to read gay books? YA gay books? good, here’s the must must MUST read books, AND MOST IMPORTANT! when you pick one up and read it TELL ME!

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Silent by Sara Alva

One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva

Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

Gives Light by Rose Christo

Stranger Than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer

Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan

Tales from Foster High by John Goode

Half Bad Books (Half Bad, Half Wild, Half Lost) by Sally Green

Totally Joe by James Howe

After School Activities by Dirk Hunter

The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun David Hutchinson

We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson

The Boy Who Couldn’t Fly Straight by Jeff Jacobson

Haffling by Caleb James

The Red Sheet by Mia Kerick

The Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. Klune

Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan 

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan 

How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by J.C. Lillis

When Ryan Came Back by Devon McCormack

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Hero by Perry Moore

Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Play Me, I’m Yours by Madison Parker

Here’s to You, Zeb Pike by Johanna Parkhurst

Junior Hero Blues by J.K. Pendragon 

When Everything Feels Like the Movies by Raziel Reid

The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan

The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez

So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

Freak Show by James St. James

Ray of Sunlight by Brynn Stein

(In)visible by Anyta Sunday

366 Days by Kiyoshi Tanaka

Because You’ll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas

Fan Art by Sarah Tregay

Suicide Watch by Kelley York

if you have any questions need help picking something else, want to tell me about a book, really anything send me an ask I’m open 24/7 don’t be shy

Chuck: killing isn’t always the answer

Lucifer: right, but what if the question is killing

Lucifer: then the answer is always yes

Me: ok, time to sleep, tomorrow will be a very busy day.

My brain: just read a lil fanfic, some quality good night reading.

*800k and 20 chapters later*

My brain: that’s what I’m talking about.

Marvel Characters as Shit I’ve Said At School

Tony: I have anxiety and depression but no one fucking cares about that, they just want to talk about how fucking smart I am.

Steve: There are times I regret things. Like waking up.

Bucky: There are tears in my eyes but don’t think for a second that i have emotions.

Thor: I’m so happy until you get to all the reasons I’m not.

Clint: Two words: Mafia. Pigeons.

Natasha: [Completely serious] If I continue on the path I’m currently on, I’ll probably become an assassin.

Bruce: [Taking deep breaths] I’m fucking calm, I’m fucking calm, I’m fucking - [sCrEaMs in OuTrAgE]

Peter Parker: [window suddenly shuts without any breeze or outside force] the fucking ghosts are back.

Loki: To be honest, I should care, but then I remember… I couldn’t give a fuck about any of this.

I have no words

At the cosmic scale, liquid water is rarer than gold

I’ll never be that mature

This king’s ruled long enough—it’s time to tear his castle down.

Vivi come se stessi per morire, perché, sì, stiamo effettivamente, biologicamente, naturalmente, tutti morendo.

Elisa Priano (via unsolstiziodestate)

Vivi come se non ci fosse un domani, ragiona come se non dovessi morire mai

thealternativegirlworld (via thealternativegirlworld)

you: carpe diem

me, a goth: carpe noctem

spn writers: misha, we have a few different versions of cas this season

misha, who holds a wealth of accents inside of him and can't resist himself ever: hold my lemon-infused water