mandakatt:

I am unsure of how to word this question though. So, pardon me if this gets wordy. [I’m a writer, it happens.]

See, I’m sure as you’ve seen with recent posts that I’ve included a photo of me, that I’m white. [Even more so cause I hide in inside all the time but …more on my basement troll tendencies later.] 

But I am a writer that loves to write reader-insert. 

And I ADORE catering my writing to someone else. I really do, and I love making the writing feel that anyone – no matter their skin color, weight, height, hair type, whatever can read it, and feel like they belong in that story. 

That is my ultimate goal as a reader-insert writer. 

But I know POC are left out of the loop sometimes. Because well, some of the things that I write are very catered to the ‘common white female’. The typical MC you think of in most Otome games. Meaning also the person that I am most familiar with that stares me in the face in the mirror. 

Me. 

SO my question is this – What can I do, to improve as a writer to include everyone in said reader inserts?

I have fallen away from using Y/N and E/C and what not because that pulls me out of the story sometimes. So, for an example, would it be better for me write ‘pet over your hair’ instead of ‘pet through your hair’?

I’m ignorant beyond what I am familiar with. But I want to change what I am ignorant about if that makes sense…I know that there are many things that, because I don’t know or understand them in a certain way, is pulling YOU from a story. 

Help a writer out here? Help me understand? 

itshigh-boop:

Possibly 🤔 I’m not sure if this is already established out there, but I wonder if there’s two types of Omnics in Overwatch – the ones that seem to have gained true A.I. levels of consciousness and those that seemed built to be more subservient in mind. Since BOB was built before the crisis, he might be one of those types. I wonder if that would affect Junkrat’s opinion on him, since he seems to despise Omnics that have more freewill, like the ones in Null Sector, Zenyatta, or Maximilian. 

Either way, Ashe would not take lightly to anyone disrespecting or harming BOB in any way. She’d sooner blast their head off than let anything happen to him. 

If Jamison were to understand that, he’d probably do just fine with Ashe. But it might very well be an issue at first! 

mandakatt:

I’m gonna rant for a second. Pardon me, for just a moment, then I’ll get off my soap box. [You can blame the wine if you want.]

To Quote Arin Hanson – “You do not pop out the pussy making shit like Mozart.”

For you to tell someone that they should give up on their writing, or their drawing because ‘They’re not any good’ or you tell them things like ‘That’s not even good enough to be a standard for fanart/fanfiction’. 

I have something to tell you: How fucking DARE you take away someone’s spark to create. 

How dare you make someone feel bad about something they put effort into. Something they like to do, or wants to learn how to do, just because you think it’s not any good. 

It takes balls to share what you create, what you make on the internet, and if you’re new at it, you want Critique. HELPFUL Critique. Not cynical criticism.

You started at the bottom, just like everyone else.  

So, let me quote someone else for you –

“Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do.”
― Bob Ross 

Keep trying. Keep Writing. Keep creating. 

Keep doing what you love because you love to do it. Not because some asshole gets an internet boner making you feel bad.

itshigh-boop:

Since he was shown buying that cake in Reflections, I’m sure Hanzo would have no problem trying new confections. The holiday season is probably dangerous to his self-imposed dietary restrictions, given all the baking going on. Either way, sharing a pie/cake is much better than eating alone, as he finds out.

aycebasketcase:

Like, my writing isn’t good but I love it. I love it because hating my writing has gotten me nowhere, has gotten me absolutely nothing.

So even when I don’t particularly like or enjoy my writing, I love my writing, because I’ve put so much time and energy and soul and love into it.

Nothing can stop me from loving my writing; nothing can stop me from writing.

imagined-comfort:

My Flower, 

I am saddened to hear that your sleep lately is plagued with Nightmares, but do know that I am never far from you to help ease your fears. Know that you can come and speak with me about any fears that you may have that still haunt you upon waking. 

Would you believe that I dream too?

It is said that our dreams are ways our minds tell us things that we normally cannot comprehend. Sometimes, they are letting us know that something is bothering us that we refuse to deal with, but that is where, if I must remind you, that you do not have to shoulder this burden alone. 

Perhaps we could take some time soon to discuss our dreams. I would like to hear what you think that mine might truly mean.

The Iris embraces you, as do I. 
Zenyatta

ultraprocrastinatingwriter:

Hugo: Where’s Lucien?

Damien: oh. One moment. *Gets up and pressed the G cord on the piano*

Lucien: *cries from the kitchen*

Damien: Found him

hlkproductions:

BLU AND VIERA?? IN MY FF?? 

ITS MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THINK

imagine-your-fav-character:

Imagine your favorite character being really clingy when they sleep beside you in bed. They often wrap their arms around your waist and clutch tightly at the fabric of your shirt, pressing themself against you with their legs intertwining with yours. Whenever you readjust yourself, they whine softly, and they complain when you try to get up.

kristalliankka:

Dear Blizzard,

Let Ashe and Junkrat have a nice interaction where they talk about their love for dynamite.

itshigh-boop:

Good question. I think at first, most would be surprised that Rose’s mother is Sombra. With how cheeky and curt the woman can be, Rose is completely the opposite. She’s laid back and minds her manners. She’s mostly only mischevious and really curious in her younger years before she settles down in her teens.

Both Sombra and McCree would want to keep any member of Talon far away from Rose as possible, mostly because they both agree that they’re capable of hurting Rose and using her as leverage against them if they cross paths. The last thing they want is to put her in any danger.

I’m sure most of Talon would see her as just another child (and not worth their time) or someone who can be used to coerce their rogue hacker to comply with their whims. Rose would find them fascinating (interesting to look at) but quickly change her opinion once she knew they weren’t out to be friends with her. Reaper would most likely remain silent about the girl, still wondering how and why the ingrate and the brat got together long enough to have a kid, but perhaps he’d feel a bit sad about just how much Rose resembles Jesse and dealing with those memories.

As for most of Jesse’s acquiantances and friends, at least from Overwatch, I can see most, if not all of them being friendly toward Rose – she’s just a child, after all. They’d especially be glad that she turned out more like McCree than Sombra. I could see Rose admiring Pharah: she respects her strength and her bravery. However, beyond being somewhat scared of Soldier 76, Rose has a healthy admiration for everyone. Likewise, most are delighted to meet her, eagerly telling her about the dumb things her father has done when he was younger (much to McCree’s chagrin).

The other person who might possibly meet Rose would be Ashe and BOB. By this time, Ashe and McCree have a healthy respect and amount of distance between them. McCree always wanted to make up with Ashe but she took his leavings from Deadlock to heart too much to truly forgive him. Even so, meeting McCree’s spawn does have the Deadlock leader lifting her eyebrows. She definitely has no maternal instinct to speak of and thinks kids are noisy and smelly…but Rose just seems so enamored by her that she can’t help but soften up. Just a bit. She’ll even have BOB carry the girl around on his shoulders, much to Rose’s delight.

Rose thinks Señora Ashe is beautiful and looks cool, just like her mami and papi. Later on, she especially loves Ashe’s shotgun – she thinks it’s badass. She might not understand why Ashe and her dad had a falling out (neither of them talk about it) but she knows that she really admires Ashe’s outlook on life.

itshigh-boop:

Oh my gosh, just imagine Ashe trying to order Roadhog around? 😂

Ashe: You! Do something!

Roadhog: …

Ashe: …F-fine! I’ll do it myself! *grumbles*

agayworthfightingfor:

cutespoonie:

the two bad fatigue moods:

• gets super emotional, cries over the smallest things, empathetic™, can’t handle anything, irritable, overstimulated™, anxious
• can’t feel anything, barely able to think, apathic™, can’t relate to anything, emptiness™, can’t cry, slow™, dissociating

extra fun mode: both at the same time

Spyro in the first game: touch a water and I will dead
Spyro in Ripto’s Rage: I’m going to the bottom of the ocean y’all want anything