Hugh Dancy as Cal Roberts, The Path – Blood Moon (S03E13)
Don’t you hate when the baby they hand you won’t act? You have to keep acting like you’re both having a great time, even if the kid just sits there. Dumb babies.
For me, it made the scene all that more bittersweet. Here’s Cal, trying desperately to have a last bonding moment with his son, and Forest is just all “I DO NOT LIKE THIS MOVING FAST IN THE COLD WHAT IS THIS FEELING I DO NOT LIKE IT I WILL CALL IT MOTION SICK.”
Is that what you want people to think about you? No. You want them to think you’re great! And you are!
Stop telling people about how crappy your art is or how bad your writing is or how you’re stupid at math. Stop apologizing for not being perfect. No one is. You don’t have to apologize for being human.
The next time you type, “Sorry this sucks, but-” or “I know it’s not any good, but-” or “You don’t have to look at my stuff because it’s awful but-” delete that part of your sentence and leave whatever’s left. Give people the chance to enjoy what you made or be proud of what you accomplished before you tell them they should be disappointed.
Something I’ve been enforcing on a Discord server I’m on (the r/fanfiction server, it’s really nice) is The Jar™.
Think of it like a swear jar. If you say you “suck”, or anything along those lines (to be interpreted however your friends like), you have to pay the jar.
The payment? One (1) positive thing about your writing, or writing 100 words on your current wip. I tried to bump it down to “a sentence”, coincidentally (hah) after the “should be writing” jar got implemented too and thrown at me, but that got vetoed. >.>
So, either you say something to counter the negativity, or you have to make more stuff (and thus improve).
Also works for art btw, just swap out the 100 words for an art equivalent.
Concept: Goosebumps style choose-their-own-story thing where you post two versions of exactly the same fic in which the only difference is who tops and who bottoms so that people can read whichever one suits their current headcanon/mood.
“I am in this position because I want to. I have this sensation of eternally falling toward myself. I cross through pain to discover the strength of sacrifice. Little by little, I undo everything in me that could be called “me”. I own nothing, I know nothing, I want nothing, I can do nothing.
However, the entire universe passes through me, filling me with its whirlwinds before leaving. I am the infinite sky that lets the clouds pass by. I am nothing more than the beat of a heart that propels beauty toward the borders of creation. I become the peaceful gentleness in pain, the ceaseless gratitude, the door that leads victims to ecstasy, the sloping path on which we slide toward the heights, the living light that circulates in the darkness of blood.“
Finally, The Hanged Man is here! I have always loved this particular Arcanum: this card represents a moment of suspension that can be turned to our advantage to refine our plans. It can also refer to a block or an inability to take action; it often indicates that the time is not right for making a decision. It can also symbolize self-punishment, illness, sacrifice, gift of oneself and tendency to be manipulated. I chose to draw Will Graham in this card, hanged as in Digestivo, seventh episode from @nbchannibal Season 3. Hope you like it!
A while ago, I promised you all an ebook of Ladders. Two lovely people volunteered to do cover art for, and, as a result there are two versions of the ebook!
The cover on the left is by @theseavoices and the one on the right is by @cm-taylor, and they are both fabulous and I could not be more pleased or grateful or excited!!! Thank you so so much, guys, you are both fantastic. ❤
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