Most of the writing rules we're taught aren't to impress readers, but to catch agents and editors. Actual readers frequently love books that break all the rules. Just look at fanfic. People will gleefully read something 100k with hardly any plot and a slow pace.
@TheWyrdSmyth @SugarbugJive Oh love.
"The hardest thing in this world is to live in it."
Breathe.
Process.
And then be brave.
I love you and I've been thinking of you.
*huggles*
The autistic urge to choose the most precise words when you speak - so there can be no confusion - only for some people to pay little attention to your words and pay more attention to your atypical facial expressions, tone and body language, and still end up misunderstanding you.
@TheWyrdSmyth I love you.
Today took strength. I do not know how you did it, but you did.
I would hug the crap out of you but you're out of melee range.
I love you. Again. And a lot. ❤️
@IwasntInvited Maybe make up something about not cooking meat or having super restrictive dietary requirements. If he's made it clear that cooking is a thing for him, take the idea of that thing and destroy it. With graphic, detailed descriptions of what his favourite foods do "on the way out."
@IwasntInvited Oof. What an oaf.
Yay for the right-minded co-worker but damn.
My first impulse is to keep responses to a yes or no and ignore suggestive or intrusive questions entirely. Redirect to the problem at hand. But trying to remember to keep to that in the moment can be hard.
❤️
@IwasntInvited Oh damn I hadn't considered that. Best plan B I can offer is delivering a comprehensive lecture on the life and times of Bucky Barnes. And if he still doesn't give up, insist on reading him the fanfiction. With voices.
@IwasntInvited But when it goes for over an hour?! Fuuuuuuck that noise.
It's genuinely worth calling the company customer service and making a complaint. Even if it goes nowhere, they need to know what their employees are up to in their customer's homes. Odds are you're not the first.
@24FPSUK Elektra was slightly better but it's not a wide margin. And the issues I saw with them were more about writing and poor decisions. The performances were the thing that stood out despite all that. Which is why I'm excited for Garner to come back. Even if it's just a cameo.
@24FPSUK A fandom remembers something like that. I absolutely admit to looking back through rose-tinted glasses. I appreciate what it was, I'm grateful for what it led to (Netflix Daredevil/Punisher was genuinely good) and I'm looking forward to seeing it revisited somehow in Deadpool 3.
@24FPSUK The early oughts era of comic book films is a mixed bag. This is absolutely one of the weaker ones but yeah, if Deadpool 3 handles it well it could be great fun. The 2003/05 films were badly written and nowadays a slog to watch. But at the time they were the best we had.