I think marvel movies would be a lot better if they were less focused on setting things up for the next installment
Werewolf by Night was very much a contained story, and while Guardians vol 3 was more connected to the rest of the mcu you don't have to watch anything past endgame to know what's happening
Comic book universes don't tell one massive story, they tell a bunch of smaller stories that happen to exist in the same universe, and occasionally collide
Do you like dragons?
Yes. 👉 Great.
No. 👉 Look away.
Do you enjoy graphic novels?
Yes. 👉 Even better.
No. 👉 Look away again.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Look buddy, i’m just trying to make it to Friday.
reblog if its friday and you made it
:)
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Howl Jenkins Pendragon (Howl's Moving Castle) vs Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
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[“Many of us remain in difficult relationships because of the fantasies we have about our gaslighters and about ourselves. We see a gaslighter as our soul mate, the man we can’t live without, the great love of our life. Or we have a romantic notion of “friends forever” and precious memories of a longstanding friendship. Maybe we have fantasies of climbing the career ladder and feel that if we leave an employer gaslighter, we’re selling out our own hopes for professional advancement and growth.
And when it comes to families, our fantasies are especially powerful. Many of us have intense feelings about the parents or siblings who have known us from early days, seeing them as people we owe everything to, should be able to depend on, or can be especially close to. Even after we grow up and move out, we may feel lost because we’ve left them but not the fantasy that we should have an all-powerful person in our lives who can take care of us and love us unconditionally.
For all of us, fantasy plays a powerful role in gaslighting relationships, though we may not recognize it as such. When my patients, friends, and acquaintances make passionate statements about their gaslighters, they believe they’re only stating facts. Here are some examples.
- “It started so well. I can’t believe we can’t get back there.”
- “He’s my soul mate. No one has ever made me feel the way he does.”
- “I think about him all the time. I love him so much. I can’t imagine life without him.”
- “She’s my best friend. She’s always been my best friend. She’s always been there.”
- “She knows me so well. Nobody knows me the way she does.”
- “She can see right through me. I need someone like that in my life.”
- “I have so many wonderful memories of her. We’ve been through so much together.”
- “This is the best job I ever had. I owe this man everything. I can’t let him down.”
- “I’ll never get another job like this one.”
- “No one will ever take a chance on me the way he did.”
- “He’s so talented, and he’s really going places. I don’t want to lose my chance to benefit.”
- “She’s my mother. She’d do anything for me. How can I let her down?”
- “I’ve always been able to depend on my father. Even if he does yell at me, he always comes through for me in the end.”
- “My sister is like my best friend. Even if we fight all the time, I know I can count on her.”
- “I’ve always looked up to my big brother. Even when he seems to belittle me, I know he’s really on my side.”
I believe that my patients and friends are sincere when they make these statements. But I also believe—whether they’re aware of it or not—that they’re not quite telling the whole truth. What is really going on when we cling so hard to relationships that leave us exhausted, miserable, and confused? And why do we give up so much to remain in them?”]
robin stern, the gaslight effect
Writing Burnout and Helpful Tips
Hi yall, it’s been wonderful seeing ask-the-prose posts going around writeblr and I’m so happy to see that some of these guides are helpful. If you have a specific topic you’d like me to cover, send in an ask!
What is burnout?
Burnout is incredibly common and nothing to be ashamed of! If you find you are too exhausted to do what you love, running out of ideas, or perhaps not wanting to do anything, you may be burned out. Burnout can pose a serious block to your writing, and it’s just not fun.
Burnout can happen when you’re stretching yourself too thin, spending more time and energy creating than taking in creativity, or not taking care of yourself the way you need.
Step 1: Put out the fire
One of the number one ways to fast-track your way to burnout is to forget to care for yourself. We’re writers! Sometimes we get in the zone, or maybe a little obsessed, and we forget to eat, hydrate, and maybe even put off sleep. But ignoring self-care is unsustainable.
We all see posts all over reminding us to hydrate, eat well, sleep, and even stretch, but these are genuinely great tips to remember when you’re not feeling well. I’d like to add a few ideas to try when you’re feeling down.
- Exercise. Walk, run, play a sport, do anything that helps move your body, whatever you can do to help your blood flow, even if it’s just a few push-ups or a good stretch.
- Find a new set of walls to stare at. I get in a rut going to the same places or staying home when I have nowhere to go. But hanging out at a coffee shop or cafe helps me often. It’s a chance to observe people, see new things, and get some sunlight. If you need to shake it up, try a new cafe!
- Socialize. Sometimes burnout looks like loneliness. Socialize! Talk to a friend or family member, or make a new friend! New perspectives help.
Not all of these work for everybody, but they’re friendly suggestions to try when you’re feeling burnout coming on.
Step 2: Replenish your reserves
As creatives, we get stuck always wanting to create, but that’s not sustainable either! Creativity is not just an internal process, we need external stimulation to replenish our creative reserves. When you feel like you just can’t come up with ideas or anything new, maybe it’s time to read.
Reading can help, though I personally understand the struggle to read (and finish!) books. Start with short stories or novellas if you struggle to read novels. Read within the genre you’re trying to write, and then step out of your genre and try something new. You never know when inspiration will strike.
Watch movies, listen to new music, play a video game, or do anything that can give you a creative boost. Reading is critical, but learning about other mediums is just as important.
Step 3: Self-indulgence is key
You may find as you’re recovering from the burnout that your wip may just be what’s causing the problem. Ask yourself some important questions:
- Am I writing for myself?
- Am I writing something that I want to write?
- If not, what do I want to write about?
- Do I like what I’m writing, or do I feel like it’s what everyone wants to read?
Answer these questions for yourself, and if you find you don’t like those answers, take a look at your project and see what you can or want to change. Remember, if it’s not fun and it’s not what you want, then it might not be worth it.
Take what you need, leave what you don’t
As always, this guide is meant to be helpful, and as with all writing advice, it’s entirely subjective. I believe these tips work because they worked for me. But if you find that something isn’t helping, leave it! Move on or adjust to what you as an individual need to recover from your burnout.
Remember that no writing is ever wasted and that your writing matters. We need your voice too!
– Indy
I'm gonna rant.
I find it offensive when people use AI to write for them, because it's spitting in the faces of everybody that has worked hard and spent hours, months, years over one wip or a couple of wips.
The beauty of art is you get to create it yourself. You get to work hard and get rewarded with something beautiful in the end.
And for people to just come along and use AI to cut corners? Its a fucking insult. You can't replicate someone's style of writing, you can't replace everything by AI because AI will fuck up, lie and cause chaos. AI is not hard work, it's insulting and uncreative. It's going to cause problems in the industry and I cannot even begin on where to start with explaining it all because I could go on forever about it.
If you support AI in art or writing or any of that shit, unfollow me. You're taking the joy out of creating, you're saying you don't value the hard work of others and you think we're nothing to you
Well I think you're despicable if you use AI.
Write your own shit using your own brain, or don't fucking write at all
Modern Sherlock Holmes but he’s a 27 year old, drinks energy drinks only, is astonishing polite and has no idea how the solar system works because it was never relevant to a case but can name every every person involved in making Super Mario Bros because he did need that for a case once.
Watson is continuously appalled about his eating habits and makes vague posts on Twitter that ends in threads like
Watson: “My roommate noticed only today that he can label his email inboxs but took apart his entire bloody laptop two weeks ago.”
Person: “This reminds me of the post about the roommate who couldn’t turn on the coffee machine but remembers like 500 numbers of pi”
Watson: “I’ll be delighted to inform you that this is the very same roommate.”
Epistolary Sherlock Holmes told through Watson’s social media posts about his unhinged roommate
Hello, Spidey Fandom!
I hope this new year has brought you health and happiness so far, and that it continues to prosper throughout 2023. The best news to announce is that our beloved MJ Watson will be celebrated for an entire week again, for the third time! I can’t believe it’s already the 3rd official MJ Week. This is an event that is so special to me, and I’m excited to share the new prompts with you for the year.
As always, this week’s purpose is to highlight the importance and depth of MJ, to emphasize her character as a whole person. The prompts are to encourage writers and artists and MJ-lovers of all kinds to express your thoughts and feelings through fanfics, moodboards, artworks, graphics, gifsets, etc.
If you post your work on AO3, make sure to add it to our ongoing collection, MJ Week. When you post on Tumblr, make sure to tag our blog so we can boost your work!
Prompts
Monday, April 10th: Between the Reveal and the Spell - Fill in the gap between Far From Home’s ending and the first act of No Way Home (the first spell). A lot of the footage was not included in the final cut, so what do you think should have been added, too?
Tuesday, April 11th: Quiet Moments - Amidst the mayhem of living in a superhero-filled world, what are some of the moments in between that are…quieter? What are the slices of life that MJ experiences?
Wednesday, April 12th: Free Day - Anything you want!
Thursday, April 13th: College AU - Our girl got into MIT! What is her life like? What does she major in? Any extra-curricular? Who does she meet? Will Spider-Man come back to her life…?
Friday, April 14th: MJ Remembers - The final spell of No Way Home caused MJ to lose her memories of the existence of Peter Parker. How would it be like for her if when she remembers who he is?
I hope you are all excited to participate and good luck!
Disclaimer: No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, pedophilia/age in-appropriate ships, non-con, etc. We reserve the right to deny any creations that we feel can cause harm.
Dear "Marvel fans",
You bodyshamed Chadwick Boseman saying he looked ''too skinny'', not knowing he had cancer
You bodyshamed Sebastian Stan in FATWS, for being ''too skinny'', not knowing how he was pressured into losing weight for a different show which caused him body dysmorphia
You bodyshamed Brie Larson in the end of Ms Marvel, calling her ''anorexic''
You bodyshamed Tenoch Huerta, calling him fat and saying he should've ''hit the gym'' for Wakanda Forever
Now you're bodyshaming Anthony Mackie after just one set photo of him in CA4 was released, saying that he ''didn't get as buff as he should have to play Captain America''
From the bottom of heart, fuck you.
- an actual marvel fan
Is it me or does Jupiter in this also look like calcifer from howls moving castle
I love the Original Flavor Vader. Like, subsequent stuff made him ridiculous by giving him a backstory and world building and shit and I love it, but just imagine
He’s the Emperor’s goth Space Rasputin who you all have to let hang around, even though he’s really killing the vibe, has absolutely no real authority over any of you (Tarkin is the one giving the orders!), and likes to spew vague threatening mantras while you try to strategize and shit. None of you know where he comes from, Darth may or may not be his real name, and that religion he likes to lecture you about is Extremely Illegal
So one day you tell him his esoteric dying faith–that, like, two old men and a twink from Desert Bumblefuck still take seriously–is old, weird, and not as powerful as your fash wetdream planet-destroying laser–and also kinda useless, dude, it hasn’t exactly fixed that Rebel Problem you have going on
Unfortunately, he is also a seven-foot-tall laser-sword-wielding robot wizard of death, so in response to this, he gets mad and chokes you out with his mind
Your other boss (Tarkin, is Probably In Charge) treats this like it’s normal and tells both of you to play nice while you make sure your trachea is intact and The Magic Death Cyborg sulks in the corner because he wasn’t allowed to murder the non-believer
TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU CAN REBLOG THIS
YAS BINCH
MISSION REPORT
IVE BEEN WAITING 364 DAYS FOR THIS
READY TO COMPLY
Woooooooooooooooow