GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands

At some point in the development of Nanyang Archives they realized they cast a lead who does a killer "manic smile with mouth full of blood" and they really capitalized on that

This DMD lineup has everything! ✅ lesbians ✅ two beautiful international productions ✅ 2 Zombies 2 Survive ✅ social commentary on gender ✅ mermaids ✅ the power of god and anime ❌ zee pruk manhandling my daughter post-coitus

The immense frustration of reading a book that I could have loved if it'd gotten some strong editing

Singaporean artist Leia Ham reimagined LotR as Tale of the Middle Kingdom, since Chinese name for China (Zhōngguó) means "The Middle Kingdom." Her concept art includes the Fellowship, armors, buildings like Bag End, props like Aragorn's banner and Fellowship brooches, and more. #TolkienTrewsday

For every person that's said the neopronouns in TCOE (for just one character!) are confusing, there's another person who said how happy they made them. I'm delighted to write for the second group, and if the first group find their next neopronoun encounter slightly less confusing, all the better.

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Slowly learning to ask myself: do you want to stay in contention for the imaginary prize of "nicest person in all the world" or do you want [other thing]?

The very first draft of TCOE had a completely different plot - shortly after her arrival to Earth, Tempe went missing (sort of) and Kilo and Vi had to team up to find her. It wasn't working, for a few reasons, but I have at least 30k of that draft on the shelf. #pretendpanel

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There are few things I enjoy more than watching a young man develop a canine devotion to an older man who is played by Shin Hakyun and is, objectively, a nightmare

even if libraries caused readers to buy fewer books* it would be worth it, in order to live in the kind of society that produces readers and books. *they don't, and this survey doesn't successfully demonstrate that they do

*looks at outline with 'trio heist' hanging out right around the midpoint* Funnily enough the only one of them that hasn't ever been arrested is Kilo, the career criminal

I'm deeply uninterested in any question about why authors are making less money that doesn't start by asking, "so how much money are publishers making?" they're charging libraries through the nose for those ebooks, after all. if anyone was worried about authors we'd get 50% net minimum on that

Hosting a big event this weekend so keeping my writing goals relaxed. I've been playing with the zero draft of a mystery story, so the goal is to keep having fun with that. #LGBTQWriteAThon

From Eastport book 2: "Kilo would not have the patient dedication that Vi had always imagined Tempe’s lovers must require." (Vi is in the middle of learning... several new things) #LGBTQWriteAThon

I have so many Saturday shows to catch up on but also I am in the middle of a Great Men Academy rewatch and what if I just watch that...

A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.

Rereading some early Wimsey books and I can't believe how much I was sleeping on Charles/Peter in my youth

Doing weekly meal planning makes me feel like someone's personal chef: What has madam ordered for dinner tonight? except that madam is also me

the reveal - the absolute and total fumbling awe of Grant and Sattler as they see dinosaurs for the first time, just as John Williams’ greatest score kicks into full gear - is one of the best scenes in all of cinema

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WHAT DAY IS IT

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

Working on learninf to distinguish the brain-states of "I need to relax a bit before can I get this thing done" and "I need to get this thing done before I can relax"

Love to be mad all over again about an interaction I had years ago. Great use of mental energy. (Seriously though: if someone is reluctant to share the name of a show they were recently enjoying, and you push and pry and coax it out of them, you are then honor-bound to be cool about it.)

I have accomplished my primary goal for today: getting to the farmer's market before the strawberries sold out

If you want a serial killer crime drama that says ACAB with its whole chest, liver, and guts, this is a strong rec. (It does get pretty brutal in parts, so fair warning.)

This is something I come back to a lot as a writing coach. Many writers I work with are looking to level up their game; but as many are searching for ways to do things like re-find joy in their work or shut up their inner editors long enough to get a draft down. (cont'd)

AI always calling your ideas “fantastic” can feel inauthentic, but what are sycophancy’s deeper harms? We find that in the common use case of seeking AI advice on interpersonal situations—specifically conflicts—sycophancy makes people feel more right & less willing to apologize.

I wonder if my ex (whose phone plan I used to be on) is ALSO getting a bunch of home-buyer spam addressed to their deadname, or if it's all coming to me

This. God, this. It is such a manufactured panic and it started the moment they lost the fight over gay marriage. Support trans rights because it’s the right thing to do and also because this is all just a fascist push

Blessed to have BOTH a BL and GL series with "we're workplace enemies but we're fucking and mutually pretending we don't already like each other" going on

Some cool news: it looks like HBO has picked up the streaming rights for four queer Thai series, including "4 Minutes" and "Shadow," both of which were on my big ol' recommendations list last year!! reactormag.com/ten-more-que...

One of the best things you can do as an adult is realize that you didn’t actually have to stop drawing, coloring, painting, playing with clay, doing whatever else you loved as a kid. Even if you’re bad at it. Maybe especially if you’re bad at it

In this kind of weather I DO feel that I should be allowed to have ice cream with/as every meal

I don't remember which of you posted about dishwashing gloves and inspired me to get cotton gloves to deal with MY sensory foe Mr Cardboard, but thank you. It's soooo much better

Love You Teacher just finished and is maybe one of gmmtv's best series? Certainly the most grownup, alongside Moonlight Chicken. Handles some extremely difficult material with great tenderness, stays funny and hopeful throughout, made me ugly cry at least once.

No one's gonna mind if Eastport book 2 is like 40% heists by volume, right?

never forget when Ayanga and Zheng Yunlong duetted I'll Cover You and the producers apparently were like "we can get away with this as long as we stand them on boxes six feet apart"

if you buy my book you’re allowed to tell people im your friend

The Fluke Pusit-led BL Your Dear Daddy is finally here and I gotta say, after recent Other Shows it's lovely to see the main character hook up with two different guys in the first ep also lovely to see FLUKE PUSIT HI WE MISSED YOUUUU

You can say sooo much about character and relationship through how they have sex, and you should

Wuju Bakery is finally airing and I knew it was going to be bad, but thankfully it's SO bad it's actually hilarious I recommend approaching it like you're having a B movie watch party, or like you're watching a series someone made in a single weekend on a dare

Artists! Quote with a femme fatale art 🔥

"what do you remember?" "a wife" that's it. that's every nolan film summarised.

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