Culverton Smith: What’s The Worst Thing You Can Do To Your Very Best Friends?

“Maybe I love too much and maybe I show too little.”

—  r.m drake (via difficult)

But like, what if there was an alternate universe with soulmates and when you come of age, your soulmate's name appears on your wrist. And the name 'Holmes' appears on Molly's wrist and when she meets Sherlock, she jumps to the conclusion that he's her soulmate. She's confused and hurt when he consistently rebuffs her advances. How can he be so cruel if he's her soulmate?

But plot twist--her soulmate is the other Holmes brother: Mycroft.

Just once, can you two behave like grown-ups?

you really think so? well, it's good to know. i've always wondered.

I hate when you have the rest of the story drafted, but just can't get through the final edits of ONE scene to post the chapter

When writing a character struggling with shame

Shame isn’t guilt. Guilt says I did something bad. Shame says I am something bad. It’s corrosive. It rewrites self-worth. And most of the time, it whispers, not screams.

✧ Start with silence. Characters carrying shame don’t confess it on page one. They avoid. They deflect. They joke. They become perfect. Shame thrives in secrets. Let it fester before it speaks.

✧ Show the disconnect. They don’t feel lovable, even when they are. Compliments bounce off them. Praise feels like a setup. They think kindness is a trick. Show them flinching at affection.

✧ Give it a backstory. Shame doesn’t appear from nowhere. Maybe they were told they were too much. Not enough. A mistake. Shame is always planted by someone else, then internalized. Find that origin moment and make it hurt.

✧ Let them sabotage good things. They get a healthy relationship? They run. They succeed? They downplay it. They get seen? They shut down. Shame convinces people they don’t deserve good things and they’ll act accordingly.

✧ Body language matters. Hunched shoulders. Arms crossed. Averted eyes. Shrinking into themselves. Shame has a physical posture. Write it.

✧ Watch their inner voice. Shame doesn’t sound like “I’m the worst.” It sounds like “Why would they care about me?”or “Of course I messed it up.” It’s casual. Constant. Cruel.

✧ Make healing slow and clumsy. Shame doesn’t vanish after one pep talk. It takes safe spaces. Relearning. A lot of awkward baby steps. Let your character accept one small good thing and then panic about it later.

✧ Let them rewrite their own story. Eventually, they’ll have to look at who they were and say, “Even then, I was trying. Even then, I deserved love.” Let them get there. Let it be earned. Let it feel impossible and then let it happen anyway.

The British Government himself is so done.

Mind Palace Mycroft: “There must be something in this ridiculous memory palace of yours that could calm you down.”