Loki: I’m sorry brother.
Siege #4
Right now I’m reading a book from mega-selling fantasy author George R. R. Martin. The following is a passage where he is writing from the point of view of a woman — always a tough thing for men to do. The girl is on her way to a key confrontation, and the narrator describes it thusly:
“When she went to the stables, she wore faded sandsilk pants and woven grass sandals. Her small breasts moved freely beneath a painted Dothraki vest …”
That’s written from the woman’s point of view. Yes, when a male writes a female, he assumes that she spends every moment thinking about the size of her breasts and what they are doing. “Janet walked her boobs across the city square. ‘I can see them staring at my boobs,’ she thought, boobily.” He assumes that women are thinking of themselves the same way we think of them.
“When she went to the stables, she wore faded sandsilk pants and woven grass sandals. Her small breasts moved freely beneath a painted Dothraki vest …”
That’s written from the woman’s point of view. Yes, when a male writes a female, he assumes that she spends every moment thinking about the size of her breasts and what they are doing. “Janet walked her boobs across the city square. ‘I can see them staring at my boobs,’ she thought, boobily.” He assumes that women are thinking of themselves the same way we think of them.
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AWWWWW TEDDY AND BILLY
I was reading back through Siege, because I’m in a…Thor mood. Got to the Young Avengers issue in it and- FFFFF. Reawakening all sorts of old and semi-recent feels over here.
GO ON ANON AND ASK ME THE MOST AWKWARD QUESTION YOU CAN THINK OF. IF I CAN’T PUBLISH IT, YOU WIN.
omg do this i will cry
Nobody has ever won this. Ever.
Game on.
bring it on!!
come at me <3
“Play Skyrim on the PC,” Boyfriend insisted.
“No,” I said. “I played it on the console. I’m done with Skyrim now.”
But Boyfriend persists. “It’s so much better on the PC! I have so many mods ready for you.”
“No thanks,” say I.
“What kind of mod would get you to play?”
“I’d need a unicorn.”
- 15 minutes later -
“Okay, fuchsiaprose. Done. Skyrim has unicorns now.”
I’m coming to find you, unicorns.
30 day novel meme - 3 & 4
I missed a day, so I’ll do a couple.
3- Explain your PoV and Style of writing used
The POV is third person limited. The style is… I dunno. A bit in my POV character’s (Eliza’s) voice, I suppose. Sort of casual and colored by low self-esteem.
4- Describe your inspiration and what message you wish to bring across
Inspiration and what I try to get across are two entirely different things. I get inspired by the most mundane shit. Usually, I see something that inspires a character or a moment. I build off that and make a story and/or world. I don’t notice any sort of message in the story until I’m well into or nearly finished with it.
In this particular project, I was inspired after seeing some video that featured a character with a mouth full of sharp, pointy teeth. I started wondering how that would even work. Could they talk or even close their mouth normally?
Hush ended up being created out of that train of thought, and a story and world ended up being created out of Hush.
I’m beginning to realize the theme/”message” is sort of an existential one. It’s about belonging. Belonging in the universe and belonging with people. It’s about self-worth and figuring out what it is that makes you a worthwhile individual.
YOU OTHER READERS CAN’T DENY
WHEN A BOOK WALKS IN WITH A GOOD PLOT BASE
AND A BIG SPINE IN YOUR FACE YOU GET SPRUNG
WANNA PULL OUT YOUR PENS
‘CAUSE YOU NOTICED THAT BOOK WAS DENSE
READING, HALF-RIMS I’M WEARING
I’M HOOKED AND I AIN’T CARING
OH BABY I WANT AN E-READER
AND A MEANINGFUL METER
MY TEACHERS TRIED TO TRAIN ME
THAT BOOK YOU GOT MAKES ME SO BRAINY
OH MY GOD.
And then I died…
