gaysails:

personally it truly amazes me that anyone could sit through all 38 hours of black sails and then read the interviews steinberg and levine did post series and come to the conclusion that their intention was NOT for you to read silver as subtextually bi but that’s just me

That’s just me too.

cassandrapentayaaaaas:

Send me a # (questions for OCs) or a letter (questions for creators) and I’ll answer

QUESTIONS FOR YOUR OCs

1. What’s the maximum amount of time your character can sit still with nothing to do?
2. How easy is it for your character to laugh?
3. How do they put themselves to bed at night (reading, singing, thinking?)
4. How easy is it to earn their trust?
5. How easy is it to earn their mistrust?
6. Do they consider laws flexible, or immovable?
7. What triggers nostalgia for them, most often? Do they enjoy that feeling?
8. What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child
9. Do they swear? Do they remember their first swear word?
10. What lie do they most frequently remember telling? Does it haunt them?
11. How do they cope with confusion (seek clarification, pretend they understand, etc)?
12. How do they deal with an itch found in a place they can’t quite reach?
13. What color do they think they look best in? Do they actually look best in that color?
14. What animal do they fear most?
15. How do they speak? Is what they say usually thought of on the spot, or do they rehearse it in their mind first?
16. What makes their stomach turn?
17. Are they easily embarrassed?
18. What embarrasses them?
19. What is their favorite number?
20. If they were asked to explain the difference between romantic and platonic or familial love, how would they do so?
21. Why do they get up in the morning? 
22. How does jealousy manifest itself in them (they become possessive, they become aloof, etc)? 
23. How does envy manifest itself in them (they take what they want, they become resentful, etc)? 
24.  Is sex something that they’re comfortable speaking about? To whom? 
25.  What are their thoughts on marriage? 
26.  What is their preferred mode of transportation? 
27.  What causes them to feel dread? 
28.  Would they prefer a lie over an unpleasant truth? 
29.  Do they usually live up to their own ideals? 
30.  Who do they most regret meeting? 
31.  Who are they the most glad to have met? 
32.  Do they have a go-to story in conversation? Or a joke? 
33.  Could they be considered lazy? 
34.  How hard is it for them to shake a sense of guilt? 
35.  How do they treat the things their friends come to them excited about? Are they supportive? 
36. Do they actively seek romance, or do they wait for it to fall into their lap? 
37. Do they have a system for remembering names, long lists of numbers, things that need to go in a certain order (like anagrams, putting things to melodies, etc)? 
38. What memory do they revisit the most often? 
39. How easy is it for them to ignore flaws in other people? 
40. How sensitive are they to their own flaws?
41. How do they feel about children? 
42. How badly do they want to reach their end goal? 
43. If someone asked them to explain their sexuality, how would they do so? 

QUESTIONS FOR CREATORS

A) Why are you excited about this character?
B) What inspired you to create them?
C) Did you have trouble figuring out where they fit in their own story?
D) Have they always had the same physical appearance, or have you had to edit how they look?
E) Are they someone you would get along with? Would they get along with you?
F) What do you feel when you think of your OC (pride, excitement, frustration, etc)?
G) What trait of theirs bothers you the most?
H) What trait do you admire most?
I) Do you prefer to keep them in their canon universe?
J) Did you have to manipulate or exclude canon factors to allow them to create their character?

Extremely useful tips for anyone with an OC kink

ashenpages:

momentsinreading:

“My cousin Helen, who is in her 90s now, was in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. She and a bunch of the girls in the ghetto had to do sewing each day. And if you were found with a book, it was an automatic death penalty. She had gotten hold of a copy of ‘Gone With the Wind’, and she would take three or four hours out of her sleeping time each night to read. And then, during the hour or so when they were sewing the next day, she would tell them all the story. These girls were risking certain death for a story. And when she told me that story herself, it actually made what I do feel more important. Because giving people stories is not a luxury. It’s actually one of the things that you live and die for.” –Neil Gaiman

Sometimes I feel like a selfish, useless bitch for using my life to tell stories instead of majoring in mechanical engineering or challenging sexism and brutality in the police force. Then something like this comes along and remember that while I may just be telling stories, I’m also creating comfort for people who need it, and a war cry to rally around in times of need.

Stories are really important, but the people who make them sometimes forget that. So keep telling them how much their stories have meant to you. It will give them the strength to keep telling them.

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