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i cant believe i didnt notice her hair was braided until today
i guess i was too distracted for whatever reason idk ^^;
I see a lot of new writers struggling with pacing dialogue so here's some tips. First off, unlearn your distaste for "said." If you need to quickly remind readers who is speaking without distracting them, put "said."
Second, if the dialogue is meant to be happening rapidly, cut tags out for several lines. Example:
"Give me the map."
"What map?"
"Don't play dumb with me. Hand it over."
"Not until you give me the keys."
"What keys?"
See how quickly this moves? Every beat is another piece of dialogue, feeding the exchange back and forth. We can slow this down by adding tags that carry some description. This makes the reader spend longer on the passage. Example:
"Give me the map," she demanded, holding out her hand.
"What map?" he asked, face a picture of perfect innocence.
"Don't play dumb with me," she said.
See how much slower this exchange feels now? We didn't add any new information and yet the beats have totally changed. Think of description as something that adds time. To demonstrate, consider this example:
"Don't play dumb with me. Hand it over."
He didn't answer right away. "Not until you give me the keys," he said finally.
How do we make the reader pause in a more natural and effective way? By adding description and tags. Example:
"Don't play dumb with me," she spat, voice dripping venom. "Hand it over."
He stared at her outstretched hand, palm empty. Somewhere in the distance, a coyote howled.
"Not until you give me the keys," he said with a sigh.
See? Without using a single time indicator, we showed a pause, by slowing down the reader and filling those beats with description. Remember that people visualize at the same speed they read. If you need to slow them down, make them read more words. For faster, more intense exchanges, skip all but necessary clarifying tags, as in the very first example.
Lastly, consider the rhythm of your passage. See this example:
"Give me the map," she spat, hand outstretched.
"What map?" he asked, shrugging.
"Don't play dumb with me," she said, narrowing her eyes.
This is repetitive. Avoid using the same pattern of tags and description two or more times in a row. You can fix this by reworking your passage to include more or different descriptions, but for a quick fix, try changing the tags into stand alone sentences and/or moving them before the dialogue. To fix the passage above, we might try this:
"Give me the map," she spat, hand outstretched.
He shrugged. "What map?"
"Don't play dumb with me," she said. Her eyes narrowed.
See how much more natural that is? And we changed nothing but the order and punctuation. Removing the repetition helps you avoid pulling the reader out of the story by reminding them that they're reading. A good dialogue passage should be remembered in your reader's minds as a movie scene.
Encanto's indigenous identity and why it is so important; thread
First of all, I will make it clear that I am a latino indigenous person. Afro-native brazilian tupinambá with also unknown indigenous descent on the mother's side.
And everything from this thread was used movie sources, links at the end of it.
Whenever I say that Encanto and the Madrigals are indigenous, someone always comes to say: "But it's in Colombia, they're not really indigenous, they're "mestizos".
well, yes, so what?
mixed indigenous people exists and that does not make them any less indigenous.
Or say: "oh, it's just Bruno", "it's just Alma y Pedro", "it's just Isabela" - No. It's the whole family AND the whole village.
The only ones that probably not indigenous is Agustín y Félix, and any person who came to live in Encanto, and didn't born there.
Starting with many Zenús crafts in the film, not only that, but with a Zenú artisans person himself participating and guiding designers every step of the way to create an authentic representation of Zenú crafts:
Also, the film's producers works with six different Indigenous communities across Colombia to promote the vitality of Indigenous arts including woven bags, hats, and ceramic.
And speak of bags and clothes, there all was inspired by Wayúu crafts:
Now, about the plot of the movie, the miracle has a sacred meaning. But the concept of the miracle does not come from something christian or from fairy tales.
"Magical realism does not consist of taking gratuitous magic and putting it in the context of a jungle" - Espinosa
“I don’t invent anything, I’ve seen it all or I’ve been told about it.” - also said señora Espinosa
The miracles it's not an imagined idea, it's a belief.
It came from earth, it can be given by God or Gods, but it's a natural sacred.
Also, the miracle canonically come from the river:
Now
We gonna talk about Bruno
yes, yes, YES!
"The indigenous people are there, they have been made invisible and nobody talks about them, but they are the sacred part of Colombia. It has become fundamental to understand this, and it is very well-represented in Bruno” - Espinosa
Bruno is very superstitious.
Throwing salt or sugar, not touching or stepping on cracks, knocking on wood, reciting mantras such as "sana, sana, colita de rana"
It is very common for us indigenous people to be superstitious and doing this kind of thing protects us from evil.
Second, Bruno's room inspired on the precolumbian tombs of Tierradentro.
Bruno's room it's a thing, huh?
Knows as the place where you go to see your future, it's literally a sacred tomb, with many indigenous factors, and I believe that the only place Bruno had his visions before get destroyed by Mirabel.
And speaks in visions, Bruno do a whole shamanic ritual to have his.
Making a circle of sand, protecting himself with salt and burning four piles of leaves every time before having a new vision.
It's just the traditional and the sacred of a Shaman.
Now, why?
Why all those things matter?
Why not just watch the movie?
Well, I never had indigenous latin representation before.
This is the first time i see characters who look so much like me, and I could, even that's not my country, see so much of my culture there.
And of course I am not the only one.
The Madrigals and Encanto are indigenous, and the fact there so many mixed people in the film is the best part, I love this movie beside some "low spots" they have. This still one of my best representation in media.
Sources:
I Will Not Apologize
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what does it say about us as a culture that most of our microwaves have a dedicated popcorn button
adult hood is just
*buys a half gallon of milk* *uses it all within a few days* *decided to buy a gallon of milk to not run out before next shopping trip* *uses a teaspoon of milk that week and it goes bad somehow* *buys a quart of milk instead so it won’t go bad* *uses it in one day* *buys a quart and a half gallon of milk because the gallon was too much but the half gallon was not enough* *only uses the half gallon* *gives up on milk for a few days in general* *buys a gallon of milk again just to tempt fate* *somehow uses all of it without realizing and then has to eat sad cereal with like the 5 drops of remaining milk*
“wouldn’t you rather earn something than have it just handed to you?”
Yeah when it comes to actual awards and fancy goods, but when it comes to basic needs, basic human decency, and accomodations, those things should always be handed to people. No one should have to “earn” those things.Value people as people, not base it on how much they produce.
I made a baby blanket for a pregnant woman at work and I went back and forth about it like “is this weird? To like hand make something for someone when we’re like friendly acquaintances not like bffs. God why are you so fucking awkward.” Anyway I gave it to her and she said she loved it and in the back of my head I’m like yea she’s nice and probably just humoring the weirdo. Well she texted me a picture this weekend of a scrunchy faced newborn at the hospital wrapped in the blanket I made her. And I’m like. Wow. She loved it so much she took it with her! To the hospital! To give birth! She wrapped her newborn it! I am just so filled with love and joy right now.
People will love the things you make them. Because you thought of them and you cared.
Lunar eclipse/full moon tonight 😎 therefore it’s enid’s day
Tomorrow night? 🤔 technically morning rn ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ oh well
cue the orchestra in the back
one of the reasons i love wednesday/enid so much is how much enid respects wednesday’s boundaries without her having to say much (or more accurately, nothing at all)
we see this they first time they meet, when enid accepts that wednesday isn’t a hugger. she doesn’t push wednesday or try to change this fact (something we see the boys do when they try to make wednesday do something she isn’t interested in/not ready for)
and although enid does try to hug wednesday later in the episode, she does nothing more than hold her arms out and step forward. she repeats her earlier statements and leaves wednesday be
this is also after their balcony talk, where enid shares about her vulnerabilities with not being able to wolf out, and wednesday shares in return. they’ve gone from being at each other throats (hyperbole) to enid wishing wednesday safe travels. enid also recognizes how wednesday sharing, in a attempt to comfort her, is her being vulnerable as well, and without prompting she promises not to tell anyone
during the window shots, we can see how enid keeps her distance from the divide between their sides, and it is wednesday who steps closer to enid, even if it just a small bit
in episode eight, as they are packing wednesday’s things and enid goes to try and hug her one last time, when wednesday retreats, enid takes a step back as well. (wednesday also steps closer when enid moves away)
the final moment that solidifies that when it comes to bridging the distance between them, although enid tries more often, it is wednesday who fully closes that cap. in the hig, wednesday doesn’t just return the hug, she pulls enid back in and gets as close to enid as she can (burying her face in enid’s shoulder, something enid doesn’t really do). enid is assuring herself wednesday is safe. wednesday is seeking comfort. she closes her eyes and moves her hand against enid’s back
there are other small, and some may say insignificant moments (like in episode two when enid jokes that wednesday can just ‘glare uncomfortably’), but one moment that did stick out to me was when enid returns to their room
it’s obvious that enid missed wednesday (and vice versa) but she is willing to put in the boundaries wednesday had previously set. she wants to be closer to wednesday but not to the point where wednesday is uncomfortable, and she’s willing to wait for wednesday to become comfortable on her own timeline
the point im trying to make through all my incessant (and probably incomprehensible, given i just spat this out) ramblings, is that ENID RESPECTS WEDNESDAY’S BOUNDARIES in a way other characters don’t seem to
@pizzaboat this made me smile. I love them. 🥹
uh oh! you misunderstood a social cue and said something mildly awkward. you will think about this and cringe everyday for the next 20 years
just girl-best-roommate things part two a follow-up to wenclair kafka quote my beloved
Who cares what society thinks relationships should be like. Don't be afraid to have strange and unusual relationships with the people around you. Ask someone if they wanna pretend to date for fun. Kiss your homies goodnight. Buy your friends flowers and nice things. Who cares. Love your friends. Be a flirt. Be a whore. Be silly. Be free.
Hey, hey! Friendly reminder to make sure your supposedly “fearless” character gets their darkest fear revealed in the worst way possible so they break down into a vulnerable shaking mess in front of all the people they care about
recent commission! monster Wednesday being protective of Enid from hunters 💛
I deserve SCALES, and HORNS, and TALONS, and FANGS, and THICC TAIL
a little practice with colored lineart, used pink for this one!
commissions open!
“I’d kill for you. Please ask me to kill for you.” “No.” Is a top tier ship dynamic no I do not take criticism
that one fucking concept art of the dragon age races that depicts dwarves like this:
you suck and i defy you