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pride as in pride 😎😏 or pride as in pride 💅🏳️‍🌈 ???

something I really love about Riordan’s writing style is his ability to vividly describe environments.

Like look at this excerpt of Artemis’s tent from Titan’s Curse. In one paragraph he:

1. describes the general feeling that the setting gives off

2. notes a few major defining features of the space to help the reader picture it

3. describes a few minor details that make it feel nuanced and believable

4. draws a conclusion about the characters inhabiting the space

5. throws in a surprising magical feature to draw the reader further into the enchanted world

And through it all, it furthers our understanding of Percy, the narrating character — what he notices, how he relates it to his understanding of the world. It’s really well done and something I admire a lot about Riordan’s writing.

something about percabeths height difference is so personal to me

Villain stumbled forward. “No—oh god, no.” Their blood turned to ice, horror spearing through them. Anything but this.

Hero dragged Villain’s sidekick behind them, a finger hooked through the protégé’s metal collar— a suppressor for their abilities, but tightened to the point of bruising. Hero kicked Villain’s sidekick into the ground, nodding to Villain. “Found them a few weeks ago. Lost and drunk and hating the world.”

Villain took a shaking step forward, eyes on the pile of trembling clothes that was Sidekick.

“A pity that someone so young is already trying to destroy the world.”

“Sidekick?” Villain whispered.

No answer.

Then. “What did you do to them?” It came out as a snarl.

Hero grabbed Sidekick’s jaw, forcing them to look up. They turned their face towards Villain, allowing Villain a good look at the bruises. At the black eye. At the open gash that ran across their forehead. At the sharp cut that sliced from lip to chin. Smaller knife-cuts down their throat.

Sidekick sobbed, closing their eyes. They mouthed, I’m sorry. Again and again. I’m sorry i’m sorry i’m sorry—

Hero smiled. “I re-educated them.”

Villain things I want to see more of

Actually funny. Not making jokes at other people's expense, not the butt of the joke, just villains that have absurd senses of humour and top-notch intentional comedic timing,

CHARISMA!!! Please, can we have more charming villains, villains that can sway a crowd, villains that get away with things because their too polite, too well-spoken, too funny to possibly to evil.

Respected. Villains whose villainous deeds have led them to success and made them widely respected members of society. To be clear, this isn't respected person who is secretly evil. No. I mean, the bad things they've done are the reason they're respected.

Let them win. Let them win because their plan succeeded. Not because the protagonists fucked up, not by pure luck. Let them earn their victories.

Supporters! Lots of them. The more powerful your villain is, the more supporters they are going to need. If the evil king is unpopular with everyone he's not going to stay king for long. He needs allies, lots of them, especially if he's a tyrant.

Knows how to play the game. Manipulative villains who say whatever they have to to get their way, chose their allies and enemies carefully, bribe and blackmail, play the victim, the hero, or even the innocent when it suits them. Make it hard for your protagonists to convince anyone they are a villain at all.

Cold Steel. Give me villains that don't get angry easy, that laugh things off, that kill because it's efficient and for no other reason.

Clever and creative. Strategists who always have a trick up their sleeve and problem solvers with personal flare.

Show other characters reacting with fear. Nothing rams home how terrifying a villain is quite like watching other powerful characters fall to their knees--fast--when they walk in the room.

Irredeemable despite their tragic backstories. For the love of god people, tragic backstories do not justify a villain's actions. You can have empathy for what they've endured while still expecting them to take responsibility for what they've become.

Unconventionally attractive. Take this however you want. I, for one, would like to see more tortured bad boys who aren't white and shredded. But also, villains whose attractiveness lies in how they talk, their body language and facial expressions, and their outfits. Why do y'all think smirking is such a popular word??

Love. Let them love their spouses, their children, their friends. Not in an abusive way either. Let them have healthy relationships with their still living wives, daughters, sons, comrades in arms etc.

Kind. Give me villains who tip well, who put their own garbage away even though the servants could do it, who remember their henchmen's names, who are good with kids, who donate to charity and not just for the tax incentives

my mum asked me what i was reading & i had to explain to her the plot of this 180k word hetalia fanfic i think she's a fan <3

THE BBYY

Saving this for myself 😊😊

whump generators i have found

these were saved in my bookmarks so idk which account they were made by, feel free to add on to this post if they are yours or you know of any more

fantasy generator

random generator

random generator 2

torture generator

for when your brain is smashed banana 🍌

Fucked up 😐

I want this to be an actual poll, so I'm gonna need a REALLY big sample size, so do ANYTHING you can to get this around! Reblog it! Kung-pow-penis me, if you have to! Wreck my notifications! Just do ANYTHING!

..I was enjoying the video until the ukulele appeared. I play ukulele and this was torture to watch

How dare you do that to a ukulele

I am not a Canadian, and have no ties to it, but this is horrifying. I hope all children and First Nations that were forced to go through that terrible treatment are at peace. I hope the survivors are living happily now. This is truly disgusting.

so can we start hunting down white liberals now or what

AHHH!!! I love this sm for some reason (probably because I am from Uzbekistan)

I’m not Muslim but my friend invited me over to eat nishaldo

So good ugh

Dreadfully late to the game as ever, but eid mubarak <333 smth came up which meant i wasnt able to go all out as much as I wanted to on this, but I wanna say thank you to everyone following me in these past two years

And thank u esp to both my friends who provided resources for eid traditions in their countries, and @letttalias for helping me with coloring this and on Pakistan's henna!!! I wouldnt have been able to finish this without her help 💞

From left to right, top to bottom:

Egypt, w a fanoos lantern

Bahrain, w a bucket for girgaon (where children dress up in traditional clothing and trick or treat during the 15th night of ramadan)

Uzbekistan, making nishaldo (a type of Uzbek dessert once exclusively eaten for Ramadan)

Senegal, all dolled up for the big night

Maldives, singing raivaru (a type of Maldivian traditional singing)

Algeria, hands full with pastries

Pakistan, bedecked out with henna

Indonesia, having some nasi lemang

This is actually really helpful for me lol

😈 controversial ask game 😈

for a ship, platonic friendship, or family dynamic. don't be afraid to be raw, divisive, and decisive. do your best to answer each question.

who makes the important decisions? not who's generally more dominant, but life-or-death situations, who's calling the shots?

more likely to have a criminal record? petty crime included.

on that note, who's most likely to kill and get away with it?

who would die to save their spouse/relative, and who would put themselves first?

who's more level headed, and who's the emotional wreck?

who's objectively more intelligent? it's okay, you can be honest.

who's objectively more attractive and has the other worried that they're not good enough?

who's more manipulative?

who's more of a gossip?

more selfish? not superficially vain, but actually self-centered.

who was a bully in high school?

who's more likely to be physically violent?

overall, who's got the worst mean streak?

who's better with money and who's a reckless spender?

who's the drunk and who's the enabler?

who's more forgiving? (i.e. when they shouldn't be)

what are their MBTI types? (16personalities.com if you're not familiar. if you have multiple characterizations, go with canon.)

feel free to add!!!

I personally do 4

but I didn’t know people wiped their tears on their sleeves????

I was rewatching Hetalia and oh my god I was reminded of when I shipped Switzerland and Austria 😭😭 I think I ship it again THEY’RE ADORABLE AND LIECHTENSTEIN IS UNINTENTIONALLY TALKING ABOUT THEM AS IF THEY’RE GAY OR SUMMIN

AGHHHHHHH Switzerland and Austria are little bbys <33

edit: spelling mistake

Me and my girlfriend had a very serious discussion about omegaverse today. We determined she’d smell like rainwater and would be an alpha, me, a beta :) We have some strange conversations.

I randomly had a small oneshot idea for Poland and Hungary lmao

I ship HunPol and because both countries are quite homophobic there is is internal homophobia. I was eating dinner and randomly thought of a little scene where they’re being so incredibly gay and refusing to recognise that they aren’t being very platonic.

Just imagining a party and Poland is THIISSSS 👌 close to being on Hungary’s lap from how close they’re sitting and everyone is just side eying these oblivious bbies <33 Idek that’s all I thought of rn.

I’m Ludwig in this 😭😭

GerIta on a date, but Vene would take a pic of Ludwig and the food to post on his IG story n write something like: lovely night out with the amor of my life😇😇😇💕💕💕💕 hundreds of years and we’re still here, together. Thankful everyday!!🙏🤲 you never know what God has in store for you, take every opportunity! #divinelove” Meanewhile Ludwig would post a picture of primarily his food and a peek of Veneziano in the background to his IG story, with the text: “medium rare beef was just medium. Still good tho but wouldn’t go again”

My ex-friend and one of my favourite songs :D

NO CHEATING: You’re starring in a movie with the last person saved in your camera roll and the last song you listened to is the title. Who/what is it?

thank you for the tag @https-stay 💕💕💕

tagging: anyone who wants to play along!

I’ve made up my mind that when I’m like 30 I’m going to be the most stylish, beautiful person ever who drinks vodka in a wine glass surrounded by cats while wearing the most pretty clothing.

Lmao this is me ♡

Wdym? Those are the best books

You’ll read a classic and it’ll be 3 pages of pure dialogue but it’s just one dude going on and on in paragraphs about one minuscule detail