timelordthirteen asked:
Trope rating: Hate sex
No | rather not | I dunno | I guess | Sure | Yes | FUCK yes | Oh god you don’t even know |
I feel like there should be some options further to the left of NO because I’m thinking Siberia. I really don’t like it.
Are we supposed to say why? Yeah I can say why. Sex sounds to me like its being very vulnerable (because you know naked) and therefore requires great trust – hate is like the opposite of that. So yeah not for me. Won’t read.
jackabelle73 asked:
For the time-themed asks… Thursday, September, ancient.
Wheee thank you for the ask! 🙂
Thursday: have you ever written a high fantasy concept?
*googles high fantasy for definition* ok google says that its fantasy that is set in a different world, rather than being part of Earth.
Erm I guess maybe my pure Enchanted Forest stuff might count? I don’t have very much of that written. I have a lot in my head (I like to tell myself stories when I can’t sleep).
I’m going to say maybe?
september: share a comment or review which still warms your heart?
Hmm well what touched me most recently was @mariequitecontrarie comment on my Timeless fic. It wasn’t anything they said, it was the fact that they read and commented at all! Because I happen to know Marie doesn’t watch Timeless so they read the fic just for me, because they like my writing (I hope?) and because we are friends. I just thought that was an incredibly kind thing to do. It really meant a lot.
ancient: the first fic you ever posted online?
I think I’ve answered this one. Yup found it!
Basically TLDR it was getting on for two decades ago, I was 11 and it was embarrassing.
Question for the world.
Why am I always most inspired/ambitious about projects when I’m engaged in manual labour e.g. ironing, or doing something where I’m trapped and can’t even take notes e.g. driving?
Can’t I have that impetus when I’m sitting at my desk please?
Post One (4:46pm)
Why is Instagram so popular?
I ask because I just tried to create an account to see what all the fuss was about. It didn’t like the usernames I was putting in and then it kept saying “something has gone wrong, try again later”. Then when I tried again later it said I had already connected my facebook (even though facebook said no) and just put me in this endless loop of login-create account over and over.
Annoyed I tried a different email and username. It kept saying “something has gone wrong” so I left it and did as it suggested and “tried again later”. Now it is saying both accounts have been created but they have been disabled for breaking the terms of service.
I would dearly love to know how I can break the terms of service just trying to sign up – I haven’t even logged in yet!
Also I was doing all of this on the PC which I thought would be less buggy than an app. I did download the app as it seemed to be the only way to get any support and I filled in the “I think you’ve made a mistake form” although at this point I just want them to let me delete it and I can pretend this whole adventure never happened.
Seriously why do people like instagram if you can’t even create an account?
Post Two (4:57pm)
You have got to be fucking kidding me?
I got an automated response to my “you’ve made an error” and they want a picture of me with my face? Like seriously?!?! I haven’t even used the damn account and I wouldn’t put my face on it anyway. It even says that in this stupid automated thing, that it doesn’t matter if there are no pictures of you on the account, but that they have to have it anyway.
This is complete lunacy.
Seriously I am flabbergasted. This makes zero sense. All I was doing was trying to create an account. I’m speechless really in how stunned I am.
Google reckons Instagram is worth about $100 billion. That much and somebody who is reasonably tech savvy can’t create an account. I’m stunned, really I am, and also they are not getting a picture of my face. Ok they have two of my emails on their blacklist but I will live with that. It’s not like I was doing anything wrong, I was just trying to create an account.
Post Three (5:20pm)
Ok I’m sorry I know this is my third post but I’m just ???? at Instagram.
I googled and it suggested I tried the “I forgot my password” login link to gain access to the account. I put in the email and it said “no account exists” so I tried the username and it said “no account exists” but if I use those details on the create account page it says “no already in use”
Like there is no winning with this stupid service.
I’m really thrown. My cousins all use instagram constantly and I was curious. Now I’m just pissed off. I honestly can’t believe that service is so popular and yeah I’m going to stop ranting now. I know this is my third post about it. I just can’t believe the… *deep breath* I will stop, I’m sorry.
This morning I looked on wowhead to see when the Legion invasion was (I’m still levelling an alt at a time up to 110) and I saw this post about the Zandalari racials. The poster was complaining and demanding that Blizz nerf them.
Now I don’t know anything about the combat racial (blessing of the loa I think it is?) and to be honest don’t care. The targeted racial that got my attention was Regeneratin because it made me even more excited to roll a Zandalari.
Years and years ago, way back when Swtor was first released which was … oh crumbs, 2011, anyway pretty soon after that I wrote a post on my blog called “Why my Paladin is jealous of my Bounty Hunter” and one of the reasons I gave was the out of combat regen that all Swtor classes have. They are themed, so Bounty Hunters are ‘lock and load’ I think? with an animation of reloading the gun. The sith have seethe so they turn red and look menacing. Anyway the point is they can regen out of combat.
Yesterday quite by chance I was doing the ‘Zandalar Forever’ scenario on my Demon Hunter and I accidentally went through the blue flames and my health dropped to 5%. Demon Hunters don’t have any heals except in combat when they can kill a mob and pick up a soul shard. I never ever remember to have any food in my bags, so I just had to stand chilling on the top of the pyramid for a few minutes while my health passively regenerated – that was boring!
I mean my pally can boost health with Flash of Light. I suspect other classes with healing specs have similar boons, and mages can of course conjure food on demand, but other classes don’t have that.
With the Zandalari blizz were implementing something I’ve wanted for years – a great quality of life improvement! Rather than nerfing it, I think they should expand it to all races! It doesn’t provide buffs so people will still have to craft food if they want any ‘well fed’ boosts. Just for questing or non-competitive combat, why can’t people just have a Regeneratin ability? It makes for less annoying pauses in gameplay.
So anyway that’s my thought of the day.
#in which I reckon there’s still stuff warcraft can learn from swtor
jackabelle73 reblogged your post and added: “WIP Wednesday”
OMG, you articulated my feelings exactly!! Can’t work on Fic A b/c it’s too precious to risk me screwing it up, but also can’t work on Fic B b/c of guilt over not completing Fic A. It’s an effin’ vicious circle.
Do you ever feel like you’re letting down your fave character or OTP, if you don’t do their story justice?
I’ll say to you, what you said to me… you’re not alone in this. I feel the same things you described in this post, and I bet others do too.
You’ve probably seen that post about the pottery class, where the students who went for quantity over quality ended up producing the best quality pots anyway, b/c they were actually doing the thing, instead of making endless plans to do it.
You and I, my friend, need to do the thing. I will if you will. Last one to post an update is a rotten egg!!
*throws down gauntlet*
Oh man, “last one is a rotten egg” I haven’t heard that in years hehe. Yes it is definitely an expression over here 🙂
*hugs you* I have seen that post about the pots! I know, I know, it’s like intellectually I know it but then my heart/my subconscious just doesn’t pay attention /facepalm
I am terrible at following my own advice, I am always repeating the advice about the pots, and saying just do the thing, and then do I do the thing? We definitely do need to do the thing! Listen to Belle’s advice perhaps and “do the brave thing” 🙂
So I wasn’t going to do this today buuuuut I can’t stop thinking about @jackabelle73 post which was so honest and it made me think that I missed something. See my original intent behind WIP Wednesday was to foster excitement, to talk about our ideas and build them up and remember why we loved them so much. The old ‘fake it until you make it’ kinda thing.
I confess I was having a very bad day when I came up with the idea and I was just flailing around because I wanted to feel good about writing again. I wanted to rediscover my passion, to remember why I love my ideas and to actually get some progress going. I envisaged a community, where we could bounce off one another, foster a spirit of positivity. But the thing about communities is that they take the rough with the smooth. I said to Jackie that we are all in her corner, that part of what makes the fanfic community so great is that there are less barriers, we can admit when we’re hurt and know we are among friends.
Anyway, that brings me to what I’m going to talk about today. Jackie bared her soul and I think I’m going to as well. I have two competing demons – fear and obligation. I’m terrified of working on projects I care about because I feel that they will never be good enough, that I’m wasting my time, who am I kidding with this shit, that I’m an utter loser etc. Etc. Continue ad-nausem BUT I also can’t work on anything else because it’s like somebody bashing cymbals together in my brain the whole time screaming “you should be working on the other thing!!”
To put that in context:
– Painting Layers of Love scares the shit out of me because it’s become too important and I’m terrified of messing it up. So it’s hard to sit down and work on it and even if I do, I’m paralysed because everything I type I delete as it’s all so awful and bad.
– If I try and work on any other fanfic project I’m instantly paralysed and usually wind up pacing my room in agitation because I feel like I’m doing the wrong thing. I should be working on PLL.
The easy love for projects is just completely strangled. I feel like I can’t invest myself in any fanfic project because I feel far too guilty. If I look at what I have posted since PLL it’s mostly been little oneshots that I dashed off in one sitting. The Timeless fic was the exception and that was a prompt fill, and so the whole ‘waiting for the prompt’ thing obviously managed to convince my brain it could jump the queue.
My Creative Resolutions for 2019 (which I never posted on here out of embarrassment) basically boiled down to “be nicer to yourself” and in writing this post I’m confirming that it’s February and I haven’t learned a thing. You see I don’t know how to get past my utter terror of never being good enough, I don’t know how to let go of my guilt long enough to pursue something else.
I said last week that In Your Arms 3 was planned and intended for this months AMR. Still haven’t written a word and I’m beginning to think I won’t. That’s another verse I’m scared of screwing up.
So yeah this is a shitty WIP Wednesday really because all it does is explain why there has been zero progress on any of my WIP’s for 2 years. Not positive at all and I’m sorry for that, I’m sorry for all of it.
#I used to follow the maxim I can fix a bad page I can’t fix a blank page but somewhere along the road I lost my way#in which I explain why I’ve forgotten how to word
Just read this post about Irene Adler (last thing I reblogged) and me being me I immediately remembered when Sophie dressed as Irene Adler for the Murder Mystery Job (I forget what it was actually called). It suited her because those virtues of Adlers praised in the post Sophie had in spades.
Then it made me think of HG Wells (most thoughts lead back to her to be honest) and how she embodies Irene Adler in all aspects to be honest. Victorian Woman, dressed as a man to have freedom, had many romantic partners and is incredibly intelligent.
I don’t think this post has a point except I guess Irene Adler does exist in media, just possibly not in Sherlock adaptations (I haven’t seen them so I don’t know for sure).
Watching the early 2000’s Fantastic Four movie and I’m only 10 minutes in and I’ve already remembered what my favourite part is.
Ben Grimm.
His loyalty to Reed, to his friends, is just incredible.
It made me realise that actually I find friendship and loyalty to be key traits in characters, it’s often what makes me like them so much.
Sure I’m a shipper but whomever the characters are they have to be friends too and so I guess what I’m saying is I’m all about friendship in any form.
And while this movie is the butt of a lot of jokes, there is a fair bit of good too, and Ben Grimm and his amazing loyalty to his friends is a big part of that.
OMG I completely forgot the part about his wife leaving him! What a way to repay his loyalty.
Completely breaks my heart when he can’t pick the ring up and then Reed helps him. I like how Reed defended Ben as a hero when the journalist mocked him but I didn’t like how he said “I won’t rest, you’ll be Ben again” because he’s still Ben! I suppose Reed hasn’t come to terms with his own powers yet, they are still calling them symptoms.
That’s the point of this film I guess, growing as people, learning to accept themselves and each other. This film isn’t half-bad really.
Shit I need another max level Horde as there’s two exclusive questchains to do with Saurfang. I like to see everything! /headdesk
Honestly I’m torn because part of me super loves this kind of choice and compelling gameplay. Nobody was more excited than me I swear on learning about Class Halls. I’d wanted class specific quests for forever. On the other hand not being able to do everything on one character is a little annoying.
*snorts* and it might be a while. My closest is a Level 90 Tauren Pally and with the announcement of Zandalari Pallys I’ve lost interest in leveling it. My next closest is a Level 30 Goblin Rogue (I talk a lot about levelling but I’m very slow at actually doing it).