pyroinquisitor:

This one’s for the writers who get ignored.

This one’s for the writers who get a maximum of two notes, both of them reblogs by you.

This one’s for the writers who feel like giving up. (Don’t.)

This one’s for the writers who didn’t get any messages on the 21st. (or any other time)

This one’s for the writers who don’t get tagged.

This one’s for the writers who don’t get recommended. 

This one’s for the writers who have the courage to keep going even when you get little to no feedback.

This one’s for the writers who don’t get curious anons.

This one’s for the writers who write amazing things and get hate because of it.

This one’s for the writers who are learning English as a second language.

This one’s for you.

marypsue:

hopelesslehane:

ladyeternal178:

saladmander:

ok but like when did self-sacrifice become synonymous with death? writers seem to have forgotten that people can make personal sacrifices for the greater good without giving their lives. plots about self-sacrifice and selflessness don’t always have to end in death. suffering doesn’t have to be mourning. you can create drama and emotional depth on your show without killing everyone. learn to explore the meaning of living rather than dying

Death. Is. NOT. The. Only. Way. To. Advance. The. Narrative.

Fun things to sacrifice for your loved ones in your free time that don’t include death and actually set up for a whole new season of high level drama:

– humanity (mostly applicable to sci-fi/supernatural genre)
– memories (mostly applicable to sci-fi/supernatural genre)
– love for that special someone (mostly applicable to sci-fi/supernatural genre)
– emotions (mostly applicable to sci-fi/supernatural genre)
– rank/position/
– yourself/your brain/your skills (give yourself over to bad guys and become their brainwashed agent so your loved ones live)
– years of bloody ruthless traditions to make way for peace (hi lexa and fuck jroth tbh)
– freedom (includes that of speech/mind/will)
– your grandpa’s fortune
– hell even material possessions have that girl sacrifice her goddamn house so they can pay off her gf’s student loans or whatever juST STOP KILLING CHARACTERS TO FURTHER YOUR PLOT

Other things to sacrifice:

– your most sought-after goal

– a strongly-held belief or conviction

– your own chance at happiness

yourplayersaidwhat:

Context: It was the first time playing for a lot of the players in our group, so very strange things happened constantly. Most notably, our Warlock started carrying a stool around everywhere, even into dungeons. Later into the session, everyone but the Bard managed to get arrested by the townsfolk we were supposed to be helping, and the Warlock tried to plead his case during their trial.

Warlock: The stool made me do it.

NPC: It… what?

Warlock: The stool. It’s haunted, and it possessed me, that’s why I’ve been carrying it around everywhere. It’s an eeeeevil stool.

NPC: Wh- This stool!? You know what, I’ll just take this and- *bashes the stool against the wall.*

The strangest part is, he was still one of the least problematic players present.