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writing prompts! actual dialogue edition
you know, between two people? not just a single quote? yeah. that.
– “Can you stand?” “I can try.”
– “They don’t scold. They don’t have to. If they look at you a certain way, you know you’re being scolded.” “Ah. So I’m definitely going to be scolded, then.”
– “Do they always follow what you say?” “No, actually. Almost never.”
– “Do you remember that conversation?” “I remember you saying you would explain. How much did you?”
– “I shouldn’t be here.” “Well, you are, and don’t think of leaving.”
– “You sound a bit like them, actually.” “Is that a compliment or an insult?”
– “Oh, so you aren’t looking forward to meeting them.” “I can’t think of many people who actually are.”
– “Look, I appreciate your hospitality, but I can’t stay-” “Yes, you can. Now sit down before you fall over.”
– “You keep being irresponsible and not taking care of yourself, of course I’m upset!” “I only collapsed on you the one time. The other times were only almost.”
– “If you’re not going to take what I say seriously, I’m going to tie you up and take you home.” “Good luck with that.”
– “Somehow you must not have heard all the bad things said about me.” “I’ve heard them all twice. But I’ll make my own judgments.”
– “They clearly want you dead.” “We knew that already.”
– “I don’t know why you expected anything else from me.” “I never expected much of anything. If you hadn’t turned out to be so clever, I might have given up on you years ago.”
– ”You’ll never have me by your side.” “I will, one way or another, no matter how long it takes. I will have you.”
– “You don’t know how dangerous they are.” “They don’t know how dangerous I am, either.”
– “Don’t try to talk. Save your strength.” “There’s not much to save.”
– “You don’t have to be alright.” “I have to get through the rest of this, though.”
– “You’re hurt.” “No! I’m okay! Really, I’m okay!”
– “Do you, uh, want me to come with you?” “You’re part of the team. We want you with us.”
– “Maybe we should hold hands. That way you won’t fall down any holes.” “More like if I fall down I’ll take you with me.”
– “What is it?” “Something’s wrong. I don’t know what. I just feel it.”
– “I can walk fine on my own.” “Yes, but I want to be close you. You know, as friends.”
– “Were you worried that I was dead?” “Of course not.”
– “Well this is not what I expected to happen.” “What did you expect?”
– “I had a bad feeling. Was I right?” “Depends on what you mean by bad.”
Just seeing Tumblr today I'm pretty okay with having stopped watching SPN after season 13
A:TLA Fics (Non-ship)
Zuko Gets Adopted (Frequently Against His Will), And Sometimes Does the Adopting Himself
A viper-lizard’s tales (by @crescentmoonrider)
Another Brother
black to blue (by @hersugarpill)
City of Prisoners
Dragon of the Yuyan (by @awkwardpenguinproductions)
Guilt
If I long for the world, just a bit, will you forgive me for it? (by @nvrlostword)
kintsugi (by @discordiansamba)
Salvage (by @muffinlance)
Show Me
The Best Path
The Crown of a Free Man (by @raikcaa)
there is a fire in me
To End a War
Wayward Flames, Come on Home (by @innogens-breadsticks)
Zuko & Father Figures
A Father’s Hand
A Journey, in many parts
A Matter of Trust
A Quiet Night In
After Daybreak (by @runrundoyourstuff)
Family Matters
Fire Nation Yacht Club (by @sword-and-stars)
goodbye to fathers
It gives a lovely light (by @elle-rosewater)
Never Look Away
Pride Is Not The Word (by @sword-and-stars)
put the weight on me (by @ta1k-less)
The Crown Hangs Heavy
There All The Honor Lies (by @shastafirecracker)
Unlikely Comfort
What We’re Given (by @sword-and-stars)
Zuko & the Gaang
all you have is your fire (and the place you need to reach)
Compassion For All Our Monsters (by @sword-and-stars)
count your blessings, not your sins (by @sky-mage)
don’t jump where i can’t catch you
dual
end-of-the-world-beach vacay (by @eternalgirlscout)
Falter (by @emerynn)
Family Is More Than Blood
Fueling the Flames (by @supernovaandtea)
Healing Properties of Cinder Sage (by @dawen-nightmaiden)
Justified
lessons in tea making (by @captainkirkk)
Male Bonding
new ways
One Big Happy Family
Perspective (by @waterandsilver)
ribs (by @gaycinema)
Rising Phoenix
sad songs in the summer (by @frutescence)
Safety First (by @sword-and-stars)
sightless yet seeing
Skin Deep
Terminal Velocity (by @balimaria)
the beginning of a new and brighter birth (by @captainkirkk)
The Festival of Lights
things lost in the fire (by @fyrelordzuko)
two truths and a lie (by @eternalgirlscout)
Unwanted Friends
We Ourselves Must Walk The Path
we’ve got nothin but time
What If…
what they did to your face (by @nothing-more-than-hot-leaf-juice)
What You’re Seeing On That Stage
When the Truth Gets Out
Zuko-centric
A Dark Night in Ba Sing Se (by @muffinlance)
All The Gentle Creatures (by @sword-and-stars)
Amends
Bracing
close your eyes & swallow the sun (by @gaycinema)
first rule of earth kingdom fight club… (by @gaycinema)
For Hearth And Home (by @sword-and-stars)
half in shadows, half burned in flames
Heat, Wait, Steep, Repeat (by @sword-and-stars)
heavy as a feather, when you hit the dirt (by @gaycinema)
Home We’ll Go (by @achievement-bender)
Let it Flow Through You
make the world safe and sound (by @silveryinkystar)
Perfection is Overrated
Sad Prince Tellings
The 41st
The best way to solve your problems (is to help someone else)
The [insert title here] and the Fire Lord
the occasional ghosts
This Barefoot Estate (by @snailwriter)
Zuko vs. Adults
(tagging some folks who might be interested: @hugs4zuko, @donvex, @meteor-sword, @sokkaseboyhair, @gayfireprince)
i’ve been laughing at this for ten minutes
bringing this moment back to bless everyone’s timeline
“Wei Ying.”
Never not heartbreaking
AT LAST! A NEW DOCTOR WHO COVER! This is the first one I’ve done in about a year, with original lyrics, and it’s especially surreal and cool because this is a cover of the as-yet-unnamed track I originally sang myself in the episode “The Angels Take Manhattan.” Music by Murray Gold, I did the words. I hope you like!
AMELIA (from Doctor Who: “The Angels Take Manhattan”)
The city roof is tipping down. The evening’s high, lights litter ground. I close my eyes. I pray to stone. Do angels weep when they’re alone? This is farewell, the last there’ll be. My waiting’s done now. Remember me. The smoky sky, the bullet stars… I walked them once, They seem so far. You call my name, begging me back. “Remember silence? Remember cracks?” Now that i’m here, Can I just say: I’d love to come back, But not today. This is farewell, the last there’ll be. My waiting’s done now. Remember me. Somewhere back there, before the world, beside a house, there was a girl. She ran away - at least she tried. He never came. She never cried. Since I am here, May I just say: I’d love to run now, but not today. This is farewell, the last there’ll be. My waiting’s done now. Remember me. (INSTRUMENTAL) If stories end, if we should fall, we fall together, or not at all. This is farewell, the last there’ll be. My waiting’s done now. Remember me.
Concern
When you have so little free time already, and one of your favorite fanfic authors, who has already sucked you into so many other fandoms/ships, starts posting and bookmarking yet another fandom:
𝑇𝐻𝐴𝑇 𝑊𝐴𝑌 𝐽𝐴𝐼𝑀𝐸 𝐿𝑂𝑂𝐾𝑆 𝐴𝑇 𝐵𝑅𝐼𝐸𝑁𝑁𝐸 𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑁𝐾𝐼𝑁𝐺:
𝑰'𝑴 𝑺𝑶 𝑭𝑼𝑪𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑰𝑵 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬 𝑾𝑰𝑻𝑯 𝒀𝑶𝑼.
“Do you know who I think is the ugliest girl in Westeros? Brienne of Tarth. You know what I’d give her on a scale of one to ten, with one as the ugliest and ten as the prettiest? I’d give her an [sinister pause] 8… 8.5… or a 9… but not… NOT over a 9.8. Because there is always room for improvement. Not everyone is perfect, like me. I’m holding out for a 10. Because I’m worth it.”
— Jaime Lannister, A Feast for Crows (via eiffeltowerofficial)
#relatable
Mood
Oh gosh I could’ve written this post myself XD
widevibratobitch replied to your post: if I can squeeze out 200 words of the thing…
It’s gonna be skyrim isn’t it
honestly I was actually kind of thinking “maybe I’ll let myself write fic” because I…haven’t done any of that at all today and I have at least a couple things I’m kind of excited to work on, but
odds are it’s gonna be skyrim, yeah
I’m terrified something is going to happen to Sam physically. They keep hitting him in the head and knocking him out. Dean even commented on it in the episode with the most holy man.
What if this is a real world kind of “harrowing and terrifying,” like serious head trauma. That’s scary stuff.
SPN spoilers for ep 13x21 & more!
TVLine is warning us to brace ourselves for episode 21. Jared says: “Sam deals with something pretty harrowing and terrifying and has a few owies” which goes along with the spoilers I posted here.
Also, co-showrunner Andrew Dabb assured TVLine that despite Sam’s recent crisis of faith, he and Dean are “charging forward” and “very much are on the same page.” As the brothers continue to gather the ingredients needed to open the rift between the worlds, they remain focused on the mission. Dabb says: “Once the rubber hits the road, once they’re on that path, they’re hellbent to get it done. That’s where we’re going to see our guys, really, for the rest of the season.”
Shipping is brutal
On Reylo after The Force Awakens
Reylo grabbing hold of me after The Last Jedi
I DIDN’T WANT TO JOIN IT. IT FUCKING BEAT ME OVER THE HEAD AND DRAGGED ME AWAY.
So damn accurate.
if you read an older fic and think “other people commented on this already and it’s old—i don’t want to seem weird by commenting now” rest assured, authors L O V E getting your comments on fics of any vintage. we are dragons and they are our hoard. anything you add to the pile will please us greatly.
More likely, Loki is trying to give Thanos the Tesseract to get him to leave their ship and the Asgardians/Rebels alone. He looks fucking terrified and the clip before this shows him stepping over bodies.
Plus on the bottom that isn’t Loki or his spear.
So Loki is gonna help Thanos // Him giving him the tesseract and then his spear taking the mind stone from Vision
The cross shaped blood stain on Jack is pretty poignant imo.
It’s 2:13 AM and I think I’m hilarious and also I really fucking miss Ghost
He took a knife in the heart for his people!
WHAT SEPTON IN HIS RIGHT FUCKING MIND WOULD ISSUE AN ANNULMENT FOR A LEGAL, VALID, CONSUMMATED MARRIAGE WITH ISSUE SO THAT A PRINCE CAN MARRY A BETROTHED NOBLEWOMAN WTF MAYNARD YOU ON SOME DUMB SHIT
I always thought she had good chemistry with Sam. Loved their scenes. So I sort of shipped them. In an angry!sexualtension! kind of way.
Okay so there are a lot of ships in the Supernatural fandom…
…I could go on… ;D
But I was wondering, are there any ships for our precious Rowena? If so who is she paired with?!
This is kind of a stupid argument because this was over twelve years ago, Sam had lost his girlfriend in the previous episode, and all he wanted was to find his dad and get his revenge.
Sam is a pretty different person now, with different priorities.
In like, numerous and more recent episodes Sam has been fully okay with watching out for people on a longer term scale.
Watching out to make sure Jack is raised to use his powers for good is completely in line with his character and history.
A little reminder for Mr. Dabb: Sam and Dean are not babysitters. Sammy already told us, in the second ever Supernatural episode, that he is not up for that. (￣ヘ￣)
GoT 7x01 (Spoilers)
I feel like Sansa is seriously just playing Jon. Like she was all angry and huffy because he didn’t listen to her, but as soon as he makes the comment about Joffrey and she realizes she went too far, she drops back into the more sweet, docile, flattering woman persona. She starts complimenting him and tries to tell him how well he’s doing, while still making it clear that she thinks he’s wrong.
It all struck me as very fake on her part, given what we’ve seen her learn. She’s becoming more like Cersei, and not just like her hair. Really playing the game of thrones and all, which I get is the point of her character and it makes sense with her arc. It just seems wrong/stupid to be trying to manipulate her way into power behind Jon the way Cersei always did. Cersei may have murdered everyone who wronged her but she’s still widowed, hated, and now all her children are dead and she can’t even bring herself to react with passion about it.
Like seriously learn from Cersei but don’t try to BE her.
gotta reblog for future reference.
Insider's Guide to USAF COT: Things you will need
I don’t know about anyone else, but I was totally unprepared for COT. Like. A lot. I didn’t know what to bring, I didn’t know what to expect, I didn’t know what was expected of me. It sucked.
Pictured above: basically the first week
So, I’m going to share my perspective and experiences in hopes that those of you who attend COT will kick so much ass that bald eagles and American flags will follow behind you everywhere you go. Note: this may not apply to Army or Navy COT, and the Air Force likes to change things up. Hopefully my advice will be timeless.
Congratulations! You’ve commissioned! You held your right hand up around a flag and said some words and now you belong to the government. Part of the whole deal you just signed up for includes spending 5 weeks at commissioned officer training (COT) in Alabama. You sign up for the June or July class and get your orders and suddenly it’s all real and happening.
Before I begin, it is crucial to know if you are HPSP, reserve, or active duty. Active duty means you are going to work at a base somewhere immediately after COT and you have all kinds of paperwork and good stuff to do. HPSP and reserve do not and our lives are somewhat easier as far as paperwork goes.
When you show up make sure you have: - You are wearing tennis shoes and nice shorts and a tshirt because you will be stomping around outside and it will suck. Also you have to be wearing tennis shoes and white socks. The military loves white socks. - You legit need 20 copies of your orders. You’ll give a whole bunch of them away and you need to have a copy of them on you AT ALL TIMES. - The cyber awareness certificate (link here). - If you don’t have a valid military id, you need your driver’s license and your social security card. Keep these with you at all times, I recommend a small wallet with zipper compartments. - $40 cash to give them right away for MREs and boxed lunches. They might ask for $15-20 later on for more MREs. - At least $300 for your meals. You buy your meals and it’s $10 a day. Active duty qualify for a meal card that they will get later the first or second week (so have cash anyway), HPSP and reserve will have to pay cash the whole time. - at least $1000 for your uniforms. Even better yet, if you are near an AF base or an Air National Guard base, go get your ABUs and dress blues ahead of time. Make sure you have your name and Air Force tape on there and your rank on your collar and hat. Ladies, do not get the skirt. You have to get the pants and I recommend one pair of polyester and one pair of wool (because if you have on your jacket you have to wear the wool pants). You will also need at least two sets of PT uniform- I recommend having at least three PT shirts and at least 5 or 6 sand shirts because you will not be able to do laundry every two days. - MORE money in the bank. On top of your uniforms and meals, there will be lots of little things that come up (class gift, flight commander gift, off-base dinners, maybe you want an AF sweatshirt, etc). If you are HPSP and your direct deposit is already set up, you will get paid during COT and it will rule. If you are anything else (active duty, reserve, National Guard) you will probably not get paid while you are COT. It has to do with getting your orders signed and faxed and by the time they get that done it’s past the window to get paid and you are SOL. You might get an advance if the paperwork goes through in time. Make sure you have enough money in the bank to pay your real life expenses (rent/mortgage, bills, etc) while you are at COT.
- loads of white socks. You need them for PT, which you have every day. I also wore white socks under my combat boots because the olive green socks we were told to wear gave me horrific edema. I also didn’t wear blousing straps for the same reason- you can tuck your pants in your boots and it looks fine. - not neon running shoes in good condition. You will have PT every day, a mandatory 5k, and a 4 mile heritage/prop-and-wings run. Make sure your shoes are broken in, but not the ones you use to mow your lawn (a mistake I made). Also they need to be as neutral colored (white, grey, black) as possible- if you wanted to express yourself through your attire you came to the wrong place. - civilian clothes. Does not have to be business casual. You will hopefully earn higher phase privileges and be able to leave COT campus and eventually the base. Civilian clothes will make you feel like a normal person again. - a black watch with a stopwatch feature. Nothing fancy now, and the wristband has to be black. It will help you for knowing what time it is (aka- how long until the next meal) and timing things during PT. - a black backpack with no logo or a very very tiny one. You will have classes and books and stuff to tote around. Spare yourself the heartache of waiting for a new shipment of black backpacks to arrive at the troop store (spoiler: it never arrives). - a printer cable. Maybe IT will get its act together by the time you go, but when I went having a personal printer cable was a must. Possession of a printer cable will also make you very popular among those who do not have one. - a personal computer. Again with the whole IT clusterfuck. You will have a laptop in your room that is chained to your desk and is essentially useless. Just bring your own. iPads will work kind of, but will make more work for someone else when you have to email them everything you have to print. - loads of pens. Always have at least two pens on you at all times. Like, your job is to pass COT and have a pen. - a large plastic envelope to put your welcome packet/important documents in. You get a wussy little paper folder that disintegrates almost immediately. Plus it might get rained on. - a big notebook. You will have 4-8 hours of lecture almost every day. You will have to take notes because you can’t bring your laptop to the auditorium and possibly not the flight room if your flight commander doesn’t want you to. - a small digital camera if you have one. There is a position called photographic officer, who has to take a metric crapton of photos (guess what my job was). Do not lose your charger, your SD card, or the cable necessary to upload photos. No one else will have the same camera and you will be sad. - small scissors. For cutting strings off uniforms and various other tasks that require cutting things.
- laundry detergent and dryer sheets. You have to wash your clothes because they will not smell nice, I promise. - hand soap, and all your shower stuff. There are no little toiletries in the bathrooms, guys. This is not a hotel. They provide toilet paper and trash bags and that’s about it. Also make sure you have a lot of sunscreen, preferably in small pocket-sized containers. And bugspray. The bugs are awful there. - white bath towel and hand towel. They didn’t have room inspections for us, but in the event they do… it is really important that your stuff is plain white. No stripes. No monograms. No embroidered dinosaurs. Plain white like your socks. - an extra blanket. Because it’s so hot, the AC is generally kept way down. And maybe you get cold at night. They provide bedding for you, but the comforter is not very thick. - lysol wipes. Your PT mat will be disgusting. Santize that shit, a kid in my class got staph from his. - pictures of your family/funny/inspirational things. Every flight room has a ‘morale board’ on which you are supposed to put things that motivate you. I put a picture of the Cute Boy, a picture from the Florida trip I took last year with Babe Squad, and some cards I got in the mail. Also this:
Because it really spoke to me. - a metric crapton of granola bars and instant coffee. Otherwise you might die. Other large items you might want to bring but probably won’t: - a printer - a coffeemaker - an electric kettle - a sleeping bag Ta-da! Now you will be more prepared for COT than I was!
au where killian made it back to storybrooke
hey, you two should kiss [23/??]
And they lived happily ever after ;w;
Finally finished this pic after suffering from final exams lol not sure if this could cure my broken heart from the final ep ;w;…
HQ
Which concept art post was this?? Totally still want to see it even if it isn’t real!
Apologize once again
I would like to sincerely apologize once more for getting hundreds of people’s hopes up because of some dumb concept art (I guess) and now we can actually have to say it…the show is over. So concludes the bittersweet tale of samurai jack the cartoon hero of the past who saved the world at the cost of love, faith, and his own sanity, may the team who worked so hard on this find better work and have long careers with a new age of cartoons. To the gabase who held on to this show I must say thank you from the bottom of my heart I have to say that sadlyife isn’t fair and it’s a lesson we all have to learn, but the moral of the butterfly was to show her memory lives on in one form or another. That’s what we learned. Thank you jack, and goodbye.