— todos os cantos —
in death, sacrifice
I will just drop this here and leave and never look at it again lest I find more things to fix :’)
ava + the way she looks at bea
A coolio fuck-ton of female arm angle references.
Credit goes to melsrefs (on tumblr). You should flood Mel’s inbox with fanmail so s/he’ll make more of these epic references.
Dear [Agent],
[An optional brief introduction, no longer than 2 - 3 sentences, perhaps where you elaborate on the #ownvoices of your manuscript, or pointing out certain things in your manuscript that the agent asks for. I reiterate that this paragraph is optional. Unless you have a very specific reason to be querying this agent—for instance, if they tweeted an MSWL for a heist novel and you’re querying a heist novel—there is no relevance, so don’t include this paragraph.]
[The first paragraph of your summary introduces the world, the main character, and their Normal. For instance, Cynthia lives in the times of a pandemic and works to continue living in their new normal. Every day, Cynthia choose to get up and keep living and making the most of their situation while trying to find something to do to be useful.]
[The second paragraph of your summary introduces the plot. To continue with the above idea, Cynthia has been tasked with trying to find a cure to coronavirus, but all they have to work with in their home is duct tape, tangerines, Tylenol, and a never-give-up attitude.]
[The third paragraph introduces stakes, aka what will happen if Cynthia doesn’t discover a cure with the resources they have at home. Luckily for them, however, a woman named Jane they had a one night stand with needs a place to crash after she was evicted. Cynthia agrees to let her stay as their roommate, especially because Jane brings with her the missing ingredient to the cure for coronavirus, a magic bean she stole from a giant–but there’s only one magic bean. If Cynthia and Jane can’t find a way to make more beans, they might be sent to the realm of giants forever.]
[The closing paragraph goes like this: Complete at 89,000 words, THE MAGIC BEAN is an Adult contemporary fantasy with potential for a companion novel. I believe it will appeal to fans of Erin Morgenstern and Naomi Novik. Briefly explain who you are and share what you’re comfortable with about yourself—I say I’m 26, headed to grad school for archiving, and that the book is #ownvoices for genderqueer representation. Also mention if you have any connection to the publishing industry. I mention who I was previously represented by, why we amicably parted ways, and that I’ve mentored in many writing contests.]
[Final closure: Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you again!]
[Best,]
[My name]
[My phone number and, though optional, my twitter handle]
*i’ve been in the publishing industry for nine years now, have mentored many authors who went on to be published by the Big 5, and worked in writing contests to help writers, not only with their manuscript, but with their pitch and query letter and comps etc. i know what i’m about 😉
people trying to insist a fandom is tiny when it /only/ has a few thousand works on ao3 meanwhile my current fandom is a sixteen book series and has several hundred fewer works than goncharov, a movie that, and i cannot stress this enough, doesn’t even exist
#measuring the size of fandoms based on their goncharov index#this has been a useless text post you may now resume your normal programming#rote has a goncharov index of 0.63#for perspective ofmd has an index of 26.5#spn’s is 360.8#the cosmere is 2.26 for a fantasy book comparison#i am very normal
The Goncharov Index, everyone.
Lmao I’m loving this.
For reference the MCU which is one of the biggest fandoms I know of has a Goncharov Index of 687.
Supernatural is pretty huge at 360 as stated above.
OFMD is doing well for a fandom thats only a year old with 26.5
Good Omens, as a fandom that burst into popularity with the TV Show in 2019 has an index of 52.52
The Sandman (much newer but still based on older media) has a score of 8.26
Its a pretty good indicator for how creative a fandom is, and how much fanwork it inspires though we have to acknowledge that active fandoms do grow over time whereas I think Goncharov is probably the kind of thing that happened fleetingly and probably won’t continue to grow too much.
I think a good rule to adopt should be to acknowledge that a fandom is tiny if it has a negative Goncharov index, and if its number is less than 10 then its still considered small. If your fandom has an index of over 100 then you are blessed with content, but probably also cursed with rancid discourse and shipping wars. Good luck!
omfg I was watching this sound off but then I was like "wait what if they're making cute lil animal noises" so I turned the sound on and fucking lost it
sound on. no regrets
french recipes: if you’re not making this in paris then what’s the point. fuck you
italian recipes: use the left leg meat of a pig from one of three farms in this specific area of tuscany, or from this day my grandmother will begin manifesting physically in your house
american recipes: buy these three cans of stuff and put them in a pan congrats you cooked
chinese recipes, as handed down from mother to child: season it with a pinch of this and some of that. you want to know the exact amount? feel it in your heart. ask the stars. yell into the void.
English recipes: boil and salt it. Okay that’s it enjoy
Greek recipes: You followed all the right steps but this isn’t quite right. I don’t know what to tell you.
Australia recipes: chuck it on the barbie
Latinx recipes: you will never make it better than your abuela, face the facts
Filipino recipes: add rice and soy sauce and some more rice MORE RICE MORE RICE MORE
Serbian Recipes: everything is salad. Ajvar? Salad. A single whole hot pepper covered in oil? Salad. Cabbage? Salad. Kajmak? Salad.
Lebanese recipes: If you don’t have at least 3 family members cooking this dinner with you than you aren’t doing it right.
Indonesian recipes: have you added spices? Add some just in case. Eat with rice. It’s not a proper meal until there’s rice in it. You just had bread/burger/cake/pizza? Eat rice anyway or you’ll die of starvation
Bonus Javanese recipes: Have you added sugar? What do you mean it’s meant to be salty/sour/spicy/something else? ADD SUGAR.TO IT
Canadian recipes: Well part of the directions are in metric but you have imperial measuring cups. I hope you like math because we’re going to find out how many gallons in a litre and how many millimetres are in a cup.
Swedish recipes: Assemble all the beige items you have in your kitchen. Great. now add raw red onions, dill and salt and white pepper. if u prefer it blander, don’t do the last things. consider serving it with jam
Norwegian recipes: listen after three days skiing uphill you will eat anything so stop complaining.
Indian recipes: spend two weeks digging the required spices out of your cupboards. Chop onions until you cry. Fry onions with spices until evey pore in your body is open, let the fragrance seep into your skin, become one with the curry.
german recipes: this meal isn’t what you think it is. it has 164 different names in different regions. it’s either made of potatoes, served with potatoes, or it’s cake. there’s a 50% chance it’s actually austrian, but don’t tell anyone.
belarusian recipes: “cook over a slow fire until done”. how many degrees is a slow fire? when is “done”? what am i even cooking there’s no picture and the only ingredients are honey and cornflower
turkish recipes: “if you do this, there’s really -REALLY- good change that you’ll die because everything is too spicy or too sweet but here we go”
romanian recipes: if you don’t already know the ingredients and directions by heart then what are we doing here
Brazilian recipes: make an extra sweet (preferably with chocolate) version of other culture’s food (sushis, hot dogs, pizzas, kibes, sfeehas, spaghetti made of chocolate; strawberry sashimis, banana burritos…)
American South recipes: put a stick of butter in it. Oh, you already put butter in? Well, bless your heart honey, but go ahead and put another stick of butter in there.
Polish Recipes: potato? Potato.
Lithuanian Recipes : You’ll need mushrooms from THIS EXACT forest , and good luck knowing what spices you need because every version of this recipe is different ,you’ll either cook it too long or too little and it won’t taste the way you remember it from childhood ADD MORE MUSHROOMS FROM THE ROOTS OF THE TWELFTH TREE IN THIS FOREST
Croatian recipes: add vegeta. did you put some vegeta? i need you to put some vegeta there
Hungarian recipes: add more paprika and/or sour cream. More. More. MORE. And if you mention that you find it too greasy/spicy, you’re disrespecting our ancestors back to Attila the Hun.
Cajun recipes: go out to the bayou and kill three aquatic animals at random. make a roux. cook the aforementioned three animals in the roux with the entire contents of your spice cabinet
Bukharan recipes: get some rice, add some meat, at least 4 vegetables, and a dried fruit. Layer it. Do you have the cooking towel? What do you mean you want the recipe written down?
austrian recipies: start with meat. that’s not enough meat. more grease. more meat. you think that’s enough grease? ok but have you considered intestines…. blood sausage… who can afford to waste a single hair of this pig? if you can’t handle more meat, just grind it and mix it with bread before adding it to the dish. needs more grease. fry it. is it black yet? hmm needs more butter. try a cheese coating. fry these onions. serve with sauerkraut
South Indian recipes : fry onions, add spices, blend it and turn it into a chutney.
Remember: everything can be turned into a chutney or a curry. Make sure you add enough chili powder, incase you think it isn’t enough, add some more…and then some more….. Just empty the bottle of chili powder.
If it’s not spicy enough, eat a raw chili and onion with your meal.
Scottish recipes: Deep fry it to DEATH. What do you mean you don’t like mince & tatties?
person w adhd experiencing symptoms of adhd: why the fuck can’t I do this thing . I wish there was some explanation for this
“Kittens and $2 thrifts store find = Priceless”
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You were the one, you were the only one... And you are amazing.
GIA (1998) dir. Michael Cristofer
German: You capitalize the first word in a sentence, names and additions to names, nouns and nominalisations :)
English: You Capitalize the beginning of the sentence and that’s it! Except it’s a name. Or it’s a adjective that belongs to a proper noun that might or might not be capitalized except the adjective is deep enough in the language to not be capitalized. Days of the week and month of the year are capitalized. Names of planets are capitalized except it’s earth which is not to be capitalized but sometimes is, non-planet objects are not capitalized. Occupations are not titles and therefore unlike titles not capitalized. The Bible is capitalized. The national anthem is not. Landmarks are capitalized when they are manmade or outstandingly noticeable, so are territories and structures.
Chemical elements are not capitalized.
Things the government does are capitalized but not events as long as they are not historical. Brand names and companies are capitalized except the name they registered is not capitalized except in some cases where brand name is at the beginning of a sentence it might or might not be capitalized.
So was anyone gonna tell me Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson got top surgery or was I supposed to find out through a tumblr post?
For anyone wondering this is true. He spoke very publicly about it, so it’s not hard to find articles about.
they reattached his forearms during the surgery god bless
DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS - SACRED ASHES