[irisbleufic]

growlystars-deactivated20230112 asked:

The detail and characterization with which you nourish every sentence of your writing is so beautiful and enamoring. Do you have any guidance on how to write like that? I'm making my way through CoT and I can't get enough of it, and it inspires me so to write more!

Hello there! I’ve been pondering this since last night, as explaining how I approach the emotional dimension of my writing varies from piece to piece. I’ve always found thinking as the character, whichever POV I’m in at the moment, is a lot like the heavy emotional-recall and method-acting training I had for two years before I changed my undergrad major from Voice Performance to English. Feeling any significant depth of emotion while writing doesn’t work for everyone, but I push myself wherever I need to go in order for a scene to turn out right. Sometimes music is the most effective way to do this.

Now, what I overlay on all of this is my background as a poet. I’m particular about single-word choices to a degree that’s almost neurotic. Word-choice becomes even more specific when you’re experiencing a situation through the lens of a character. What’s their speech-cadence like, and how does that translate into thoughts? What are some known trigger-situations from canon that pitch them into the aimed-for emotional state? What tics and thought-pattern spirals result? How can I replicate that, but tailored to the circumstances?

There’s a lot going on, in other words. I’m simultaneously shifting my emotional state as close to the POV-character’s as I can and running scripts on word-choice and reactions. For me, this all happens very fast; it seems to be seamlessly integrated. I realize that won’t be the case for everyone; I also realize that an approach as intense as that isn’t good for everyone. Still, that’s the best I can do, as far as explaining a process that I’m not accustomed to picking apart!

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wyrm - Romancing Saga 2 (Square - Super Famicom - 1993)  

[good-omens-fanart]

[littlestlegacy]

i drew anathema

[niceprophecies]

@neilhimself

Michael Sheen

“Acclaimed Welsh actor Michael Sheen has become a focus of fan adoration after his turn as the angel Aziraphale in Good Omens.

A month ago, I might’ve said that Sheen was an unlikely pick to be dating the entirety of the Internet.[…]

But Sheen’s nuanced and thoughtful embodiment of Aziraphale in the Amazon Prime Video adaptation of Good Omens means that he crossed a sort of fandom cultural Rubicon.[…]

Seemingly overnight after the adaptation dropped, the 30-year-old Good Omens fandom (with its roots in the beloved book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett) exploded with thousands of new members, excitement, and activity. Fan art abounds; it’s impossible to keep up with the stream of fanfiction; cosplayers are hunting down the ideal pair of dark sunglasses.[…]

Throughout this frenzy, fixation on Sheen’s performance as Aziraphale has risen to the top. There’s certainly no lack of love for Sheen’s co-star David Tennant, who plays the demon Crowley with flair and panache, but the Internet has dated Tennant before. […] Tennant is an old flame to web denizens.

Sheen, however, is a newfound delight for many in fandom despite his long-established status, with admirers brought in via Good Omens now out to get acquainted with his body of work. What’s happened with Michael Sheen is a perfect storm of circumstance, the kind of fan-created alchemical recipe for devotion that’s impossible to replicate or PR firms would be first on the line.

It began when Sheen made Aziraphale a complex, multi-faceted character with a performance so convincing he disappears entirely into the role. Aziraphale is equal parts a being of soft, pure love and hard-edged stubbornness, an angelic hedonist, naive and calculating, repressed and indulgent.

A dozen mixed emotions can flit across Sheen’s face in a single reaction from Aziraphale.[…]

Add to this a dash of Sheen’s joyful energy in promoting the idea that Aziraphale is in love with Crowley and that Good Omens is a love story as much as a buddy comedy, and he becomes the celebrity avatar of fandom’s penchant for the odd couple angel/demon pairing.

The ship is at perhaps peak popularity, dominating Tumblr’s official fandom-metrics tracking site for the last three weeks straight, with Aziraphale/Crowley, or “Ineffable Husbands,” as they’ve come to be called, and Good Omens receiving the most attention on the social blogging network.

Stir in a pinch of Sheen good-naturedly interacting with fans on Twitter, retweeting all manner of fan art and, yes, those emerging memes. It’s an endearing delight when an actor seems to “get it” and doesn’t shy away from fandom interpretation and dedication.

Finally, Sheen has a variegated catalog of work to explore. It’s exciting to fans eager for representation that he has a history of playing LGBTQ+ characters with sensitivity and style, dating back to 1997’s Wilde and 2003’s Bright Young Things. He seems more than glad to continue to contribute his support herein. Returning to the idea of an actor “getting it,” it’s evident he understands how much Aziraphale, Crowley, and Good Omens mean to many in terms of identity.”

the Mary Sue

[drachenmagier]

It is known among healers that nothing is as dangerous as corrupt life magic. To counter the madness, hunger, and craving of what was once alive, new artifact weapons were forged: sentient blades that feed on reversed healing. They were given the ironic name Thief of Life.

A3, mixed media and that was a TON OF FUN to work on~! :D
Inspired by the book Age of Tyranny 1 - The Traitor God.

[zetabrarian]

Brinn wrote fluff, I’m writing comedy. The world’s gone mad.

[niceprophecies]

[pidgydraws]

i read /this/ post by @rainydaydecaf earlier and couldn’t get it out of my head…

[a small excerpt - but please go read the full post - it’s very lovely]

C:  “ I mean, clearly the Almighty wants these children dead, what with their capacity for evil and stuff; so by saving them all, I’m actually going against the Ineffable Plan.”

A: “…You’ve clearly outwitted me this time. I must accept my defeat with grace…”

[zetabrarian]

[mutilatedmemories]

I will never understand girls who throw their bras at guys on stage those things are fucking expensive and he has no use for it like what do you want him to do pass it down to his first born daughter

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

I thought this was going to be slut-shaming but it’s glorious

[demigirldemigoddess]

Then there’s Hayley Kiyoko

[microminutes]

We Got A State Microbe!

We did it, after 2 years of intense lobbying, hundreds of emails and letters from people throughout New Jersey and the world, the governor signed into law that the official State Microbe of New Jersey is Streptomyces griseus.  We are the second state to have an Official Microbe, but the first to have an Official Bacterium!  Thanks to everyone who participated!

This footage is from the news broadcast New Jersey Matters, where I talk about microbes and science with the host, Larry Mendte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgvPK8_Pus8 Please take a look!

Cool tie, huh?

And please don’t forget the book: https://tinyurl.com/Warhol-Small-Guide

Twitter @WarholScience

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[thekittymommy]

“He could think in italics. Such people need watching, preferably from a safe distance.”

- Terry Pratchett