Hey Btw, If You're Doing Worldbuilding On Something, And You're Scared Of Writing ~unrealistic~ Things

Hey btw, if you're doing worldbuilding on something, and you're scared of writing ~unrealistic~ things into it out of fear that it'll sound lazy and ripped-out-of-your-ass, but you also don't want to do all the back-breaking research on coming up with depressingly boring, but practical and ~realistic~ solutions, have a rule:

Just give the thing two layers of explanation. One to explain the specific problem, and another one explaining the explanation. Have an example:

Plot hole 1: If the vampires can't stand daylight, why couldn't they just move around underground?

Solution 1: They can't go underground, the sewer system of the city is full of giant alligators who would eat them.

Well, that's a very quick and simple explanation, which sure opens up additional questions.

Plot hole 2: How and why the fuck are there alligators in the sewers? How do they survive, what do they eat down there when there's no vampires?

Solution 2: The nuns of the Underground Monastery feed and take care of them as a part of their sacred duties.

It takes exactly two layers to create an illusion that every question has an answer - that it's just turtles all the way down. And if you're lucky, you might even find that the second question's answer loops right back into the first one, filling up the plot hole entirely:

Plot hole 3: Who the fuck are the sewer nuns and what's their point and purpose?

Solution 3: The sewer nuns live underground in order to feed the alligators, in order to make sure that the vampires don't try to move around via the sewer system.

When you're just making things up, you don't need to have an answer for everything - just two layers is enough to create the illusion of infinite depth. Answer the question that looms behind the answer of the first question, and a normal reader won't bother to dig around for a 3rd question.

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1 year ago

Matsuda: let’s all agree that going up the stairs on all fours is actually the best experience on earth.

L, on thirty-five cups of coffee with eight sugar cubes in each cup: conversely, going down the stairs on all fours is actually the most terrifying experience on earth.


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1 year ago

Percy and Annabeth convincing Charon that they died in a bathtub at age 12, vs. Percy and Annabeth convincing Nyx they are tourists at age 17. They come up with the best excuses. 10/10, no notes

2 months ago

Body Language

When someone is...

Sad

Body Language

Face/Body:

Avoidant/reduced eye contact

Drooping eyelids

Downcast eyes

Frowning

Raised inner ends of eyebrows

Dropped or furrowed eyebrows

Quivering lip/biting lip

Wrinkled nose

Voice:

Soft pitch

Low lone

Pauses/hesitant speech

Quiet/breathy

Slow speech

Voice cracks/breaking voice

Gestures/Posture:

Slouching/lowered head

Rigid/tense posture

Half formed/slow movement

Fidgeting or clasped hands

Sniffing or heavy swallows

Self soothing gestures (running hands over the arms, hand over heart, holding face in palms, etc)

1 year ago

HEY DISCORD USERS!!

unfortunately, discord continues to be the Worst Messaging Company Of All Time with its updates, and this time, its one that is not only a privacy violation, not only enabled by default, but ROLLED OUT SILENTLY, MEANING YOU MUST KNOW IT EXISTS TO TURN IT OFF.

i am talking about "clips", an exciting new feature /s that allows people to record you in voice chat without your knowledge or consent! Wow!

fortunately, you can turn this off, but its kinda shitty how they didnt tell you this existed at all, yeah?

settings > clips> the button should be clicked to turn it off

a screenshot of the sidebar of discord's settings screen, reading "my account, profiles, privacy & safety, family center, authorized apps, devices, connections, clips, family requests"
a screenshot of the menu that appears when you click the 'clips' tab, describing it as a beta feature that allows other users to record your voice in voicechat. it is on by default, but turned off in this image.

(note that it should be ON by default, you will have to click the button to turn it off)

thanks, discord, for Telling Us This Violating Setting Exists In An Update And Making Sure It Is Off By Default. /s.

reblogs are appreciated to spread the word.

1 month ago
On Tragedy, Fate, And Inevitability.
On Tragedy, Fate, And Inevitability.
On Tragedy, Fate, And Inevitability.
On Tragedy, Fate, And Inevitability.
On Tragedy, Fate, And Inevitability.
On Tragedy, Fate, And Inevitability.
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1 year ago

My ringtone is just Light Yagami laughing and so the looks I get whenever I'm out in public and my phone goes off are absolutely priceless

1 year ago

friendly reminder that Harry didn't know his mother's maiden name until he saw it in Snape's memory :)


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2 months ago

If u want to write a story about a character that's just you but hotter with a dark twisted backstory and magical powers and a pet falcon or something, I think u should just go ahead and do that. Who's gonna stop you? The government?? Fuck the police.

1 month ago
Achillies Playing The Lyre For Patroclus For The 100th Time And He Never Gets Sick Of It

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1 year ago

You are a god with no followers nor enemies, yet you still persist. No god had ever lived without worship before. The other gods are stumped as to why this is so…until you tell them what you are the god of.

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