xochiquetzl:

(Yes, this is a response to a post going around how maybe it’s okay if adults are in fandom as long as they understand that fandom is for ickle kiddie-boos and walk on eggshells.  Um, no.  Back in my day, we kicked y’all off our yahoogroups so we could post adult material, and rigorously didn’t post adult material if the list allowed you.)

So, back in the day, several of the authors of an LJ community that posted NSFW fic met up and had a group photo, which they posted.  Apparently, some of the 18 year olds said, “Ewwwwwww!  They’re all, like, oooooollllld!” 

There’s actually a good reason for that. 

Writing is part being good with words and part being good at turning your life experiences into something that other people want to read.  Remember my previous rant about how you can’t assume a mystery writer is a homicidal maniac, and you can’t assume that a reader who likes a character has the same personal flaws as that character?  There’s a reason people assume these things about authors. 

See, if you’ve never fallen in love, you might think romance is when the other person brings you a dozen roses and a box of chocolates.  And that’s fine!  That’s romantic, too!  But if you have fallen in love, you might remember the time that you woke up and went to go to class and found a bunch of wildflowers and a plastic ring from a bubblegum machine tucked under your windshield wiper.  And you might remember the half touched, half about to burst out laughing expression on your sweetie’s face when you showed up to class wearing that tacky plastic ring.  You might think that love is thinking the other person is the best-looking person in the world, or that love is wanting to spend your life with someone else.  That’s love, too! Well, at least the second one is (the first is probably just infatuation). But if you’ve been in love before you’ll know that love is also hurting all over because your sweetie’s abusive parent died and they’re unexpectedly destroyed over it.  The latter is worth a million flowery declarations. 

Now, I’m not saying that no one under 30 can write.  Some young people have had very full lives.  And some young people have a natural talent for extrapolating from their own feelings.  Virgins can write convincingly about sex, even.  But the more life experience you have, the easier it is to extrapolate, and the easier it is to come up with the specific details that make things feel real and true.  

If you want to become a better writer, the best things you can do are write a lot, share what you write, and live a full life.  And remember, before you say adults should be banished from fandom:  your favorite author is probably over 30. 

lonelymountainson:

tsundereforcoffee:

captainsnoop:

how the human brain works:

electricity tickles the meat so that different slimes come out. sometimes the slime feels good sometimes bad. some people make more bad slime than good slime. that’s called clinical depression.

my biology textbook said it was more like a sauce

What is a sauce but slime with a purpose?

delightfullyautomaticgoatee:

afro-elf:

afro-elf:

marvel where’s my ten minute video of thor teaching earth etiquette to the asgardians???

“this is a dog”

[a bunch of hands fly up]

“you cannot ride it, it is too small”

[all hands go down]

“This is a cat”

*excited whispering*

“They do not use them for weapons, despite their sharp teeth and claws. They often laugh at them and dress them up in ridiculous garments.”

*disappointed muttering*

quantumbees:

scorpiogy:

no more toxic friendships in 2018, no more toxic relationships in 2018 and no more toxic thoughts in 2018 

only toxic by Britney Spears in 2018

thegirlinthebyakko:

itsallavengers:

itsallavengers:

Tony Stark is the person who could wield Thor’s hammer in one hand and the Infinity Gauntlet in the other and still be like ‘lol this is fake I’m a terrible person Actually’

Tony Stark: *donates millions into a women’s shelter, reveals his Top Secret identity as Iron Man because a puppy was In Danger, anonymously rehabilitates criminals who’ve fought him, literally just goes into orphanages to holds babies to make them feel loved* 

Also Tony Stark: I’m irredeemable! Can’t save my soul! Awful person, remember thirteen years and four days ago when I was rude to that lady?? 0/10 stay away. What a waste of oxygen. 

Tony has a lot of faults -but he’s got a LOT of heart.