Harvest Mouse by Dean Mason.

being obsessed with a character is so fucking embarrassing like I'll be getting dressed in the morning like "I bet the 12th doctor would wear these socks" bitch shut the fuck up

Khan Noonien Singh and Severus Snape

Oh yeah!

I turn to Ares.

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Not really agreeing with this but I love the artwork and the story.

Come watch Hogan's Heroes, we have...

• Short king firecracker chef & self-proclaimed uncle of dogs

• Sweet goofy neurodivergent cinnamon roll who does the science & has the highest kill count in the show

• Fearless leader who definitely has favorite children & could probably convince you a brick was made of solid gold

• Lovably sleazy James Bond reject card shark who charms his way into your heart & your safe

• The quiet, capable sane one who holds everything together & has occasional bouts of sass

• Guy acting friendly & refined in an unfriendly unrefined business who wonders why he loses street cred daily

• Guy who can't always be bothered, but can always be bribed with food & we don't talk about how lowkey relatable that is enough

In a nutshell.

Paraglider and black vulture chilling

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I NEVER get tired of this video. It would be fantastic if the bird was just flying near him, but the fact it feels safe and comfortable enough to land ON his paraglider, isn't startled when he pets it, and is NIBBLING HIS SHOES... blessed moment, absolutely fabulous, 10/10 gold stars.

Okay but the bird isn't just nibbling

Note that it doesn't start nibbling until he starts smoothing its feathers.

They're grooming each other.

This is called parahawking! That vulture is tame -- it’s wearing jesses (a leather tie around the leg that a falconer will use to hold a bird when it’s on the glove). In fact that vulture is employed. Parahawking birds seek out thermals the same way they would naturally, allowing paragliders to follow them in the process.

Vultures are often used for parahawking both because of their attraction to thermals, and because vultures, as scavengers, are comparatively gentler and more sociable than birds of prey!

Enjoying the moment

Khan sleeps curled up in a ball with the heater on. He sleeps this way because it is the complete opposite of how he slept in the cryotube for centuries.

Headcanon accepted. ;-; *feels*

YUP!

I bet after Aragorn became king he would continue to be Just Some Chill As Fuck Dude. You go to the market and there’s the king of Gondor. Buying turnips.

I firmly believe Aragorn gave his minders the slip on the regular, seeing as he's a) Aragorn and b) knew Minas Tirith before anyone who's bothering to chase after him was born. He is absolutely Just Some Guy about town with a frequency that gives anyone in politics conniption fits.

Faramir is SO JEALOUS

What?!? Faramir is probably right there next to him! Don't forget that Faramir was also a Ranger (just of the South). And you know Faramir never got to do any fun stuff like sneaking out of the castle when he was a kid, because Denethor was such a hard-ass.

I bet they sneak out together and go to taverns, and then pretend to have loud arguments about weird things like Should Quenya replace Sindarin as the Official Language? Or who would win in a fight, a Cave Troll or a Mountain Troll?

And then Farmir would show him the new bridge they're constructing in Osgiliath, under the direction of a few dwarf friends.

The hobbits would be leading the way. They are the masters of knowing how to chill and pay attention to the simple things like home and friends and good food because those are the important things.

In a nutshell.

PACING IS ABOUT LOAD BEARING WALLS.

*staples violently to my own forehead*

This is such good advice.

All I will add is: WRITE THOSE BREAKFAST SCENES if you want to, they can be absolutely critical in getting a handle on your characters. Or even on the setting. Write them all to fuck. Go hogwild.

Then cut them. They're for you, and for the characters. Not the readers.

Lo these many years ago, in an elevator at some convention or other, Larry Niven gave me some of the best writing advice ever:

"You can always burn it."

Go ahead and write that stuff. The breakfasts, the staring-into-empty-space scenes, whatever. Then pull them out of your work if they serve too little useful purpose. If you feel the need, shove such material into a separate folder to examine for possible usefulness later.

Even if you don't put it where other people can see it, no writing is ever wasted. Every sentence will teach you something. But if a passage or sequence doesn't help illuminate character, build the world, or advance the plot, get it the hell out of your narrative.

Your readers' time is precious. Do them the courtesy of not wasting it.

But get that first draft done first. THEN edit.

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Okay, he just went to the spa.

Tidying the desktop* and ran across this just sitting there. Might as well post it.

*I had no choice. There was no more space for icons. :)

Oh soooo This!

Oh that line!