Everyday Im On Tumblr, Everyday I Find A Sickass Writing Idea. I Have The Ability To Write, I Was Given

Oh look it’s Gayuu

Drew this random or whatever.

Do people still like this guy?

Heard his name was Gayuu or something.

HAHAHA-

Odysseus: *gently hands Athena baby Telemachus*

Athena: …you were PREGNANT AND YOU DIDNT TELL ME?!

Odysseus: what?- no-

Athena: DO YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THAT IS?! I WAS TRAINING YOU!

Odysseus: no I wasn’t the one-

Athena: THAT POOR BOY WAS PROBABLY SO SQUISHED IN YOUR HELMET! LOOK AT HOW SMALL HE IS!!

Real

non-human character: *moves their ears/wings/tail to indicate their emotional state and for emphasis when communicating*

me:

I remember seeing something similar to this (credits to the original)

Tim: *(texting after Jason just reappeared from going mia or something idk)* You haven’t died, have you?!

Jason: Bold of you to assume I was ever alive in the first place.

Jason: Don't go picking a fight with me. I could make your life difficult.

Tim, sarcastically: Wow. I wonder what it'd be like to have a difficult life.

I miss the days when kids didn’t need to worry so much.

Instead we got kids crying because of war.

Because of social issues.

Because of the pressure from people around them.

Because of the ethical decisions they are forced to make.

Like, dude this kid is 11 or smthn. They don’t to have an opinion abt abortion or politics. Give them time and help them figure it out. Forcing people to take sides sucks, let alone forcing a child to choose if they believe something is right or not.

I really really miss the days when a child’s biggest decision was choosing between baseball teams.

I don’t know, I think I’m just venting at this point. I’m just sick of people forcing opinions onto others and forcing everyone into a war and taking sides. It’s not good to ignore the problem but at this point, it might be the best.

😭

Google maps/any other kind of maps app: Your only together because he’s a compass and your a worm in a paper bag (lost).

Social Media As boyfriends:

Facebook/WhatsApp/Instagram: Toxic, has over Paranoia, discards your opposing views, will accuse you of cheating, spies on you 24/7, knows everything about you because he used to stalk you, doesn't care about your feelings and would spit out harsh comments.

Telegram: Allows you to do whatever you want, but he is very suspicious, maybe, because he is a criminal in disguise, yet you don't care because he is the sweetest boyfriend in the world, and treats you like a queen.

Character AI: Was really caring at first, however, over time, he began to become lazy and stopped improving himself, and also he hates violence and is an asexual.

Janitor AI: Slut.

Wattpad: You hate and love him at the same time, but in reality, you are only with him for fame.

Ao3: He loves you despite not always being by your side, and he accepts you for you even if you were weird and creepy, he doesn't mind at all.

Twitter/X: You asked him to change, but he changed to the worst.

Youtube VS Tiktok: Both fight for your attention, they will take desperate measures to make you theirs and love them only.

Tumblr: the best out of them ' I' m not saying that under the threat of gun'

Best tumblr story that i know of

I wish lesbians were as easy to find in real life as they are on tumblr

As an eldest daughter,

I want to cry and I will because God this is me

Eldest Daughter by Isabela Pless 😭 (on spotify btw)

I’ve been reading nothing but Nightwing angst the past week. Those fics that have Dick crumbling under the weight of his eldest daughter syndrome and then the rest of the family has to take care of him *chefs kiss*

No comment but this is gold. English is one hell of a language.

How To Make Your Writing Less Stiff 6

Part 5

Part 1

Adverbs

Gasp! Oh no. Dare come yet more writing advice burning adverbs at the stake? Vindictively, gleefully, manically dancing in the ashes?

No.

This is not about whether or not you should use them, but their frequency and obvious places to replace them. Most bad adverbs are the common ones that could be replaced by verbs we all know.

“She ran quickly” // “She sprinted”

“He said angrily” // “He snapped” “He chided” “He chastised”

vs.

“He ate voraciously”

“She swayed solemnly”

“She laughed sadly”

Bonus if you can add in some alliteration like ‘swayed solemnly’

If you can come up with an obvious verb to replace your verb + adverb combo, do so. If it would take more words or the closest applicable verb doesn’t hit the same vibe, then leave it. Adverbs should enhance the verb, not be redundant. Verbs shouldn’t be pretentious just to avoid them.

“She smiled happily” — most smiles are happy. Happily is redundant.

“He ran quickly” —a run is, by nature, quick

vs.

“She smiled sourly”

“He ran erratically”

Also!

The adverb need not always be after the verb.

“C accepted gladly” // “C gladly accepted”

But also

“Glad, C accepted”

“A shook their head resolutely” // “Resolute, A shook their head”

“The child skipped excitedly away.” // “Excited, the child skipped away.” // “The child skipped away, excited.”

English is flexible like that.

Which is what I mean with managing your adverb frequency. As most end in the -ly, too many in succession, on top of the repeat syntax of Subject - Verb - Adverb looks boring and dull (and so does beginning every sentence with the subject). It helps with your cadence and flow if you don’t have entire paragraphs at a time all starting with “He [verb]” or “She [verb]” or “They [verb].” We don't speak like this in natural conversation.

But at the end of the day, there are some juicy adverbs that have no equal without busting out the thesaurus for some obscure lexical nugget that no one would understand anyway.