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theweirdwanderingbadger replied to your post: msfcatlover asked:Hi, um, I could...
.22 Short or .38 Special. Usually fired through revolvers.
cisbasher replied to your post: msfcatlover asked:Hi, um, I could...
I don’t have a ton of experience with guns, but my ex’s brother had a Colt M1911, which is a .45 handgun. Then again, he was in the military, so I don’t know how readily available they are to civilians, but it may be a good starting place.
carolxdanvers replied to your post: anonymous asked:Hi I'm writing an...
Retractable wings are also a good option.
And another somewhat relevant thought - I remember in one of the newer X-men movies there's a girl who can fly and who has pixie wings. They're never visible to the naked eye unless she's using them because they sit on her back in the form of tattoos.
starvingstarling reblogged your post ... and added:
maybe something with static/electricity? like when a magnet gets too close to a computer and stuff shorts out? and yeah,...
Ooh, that's a good one. I was wondering, in that situation, how the anxiety attacks would be induced, but magnets would be a perfect cause because I know that I've personally accidentally damaged several electronic things by playing with magnets too close to them when I was little. Great idea!
kashispuppies replied to your post: ...
I’m having trouble knowing what i am to. I seem to be only attracted to fictional men and never to a real guy. I like them to be there, but I never want them to look at me in a sexual way because I don’t to them.
That's the problem I've had for my entire life and still have sometimes. I think I fall in love with characters so often because I fall in love with their personalities (as a demisexual often does), without having to think about or do anything sexual. I had to take it very slowly with my first few real life relationships because I wasn't used to anything sexual/had no idea what I was doing and I still wasn't that attracted to my partners, so they often ended badly because the other person was impatient/didn't understand. The trick, I think, is to find someone who will fall in love with you first instead of just your body and who won't pressure you into doing anything you're not comfortable with until you're ready.
- Grace
zacharybosch replied to your post: ...
you could always just ask about on tumblr, sex workers are more common on here than you might think. do a bit of smart tag-searching and above all, ask politely and respect their choice to say no
Great advice!
ehhh… i mean for a general source you can watch a lot of movies with clubs and such. but even I’m at a loss for this one s:
Same here. I'd suggest looking for interviews on the Internet with real sex workers, actually. I'm not sure where to find those, but the best you can do is to go straight to the source.
frillyfacefins replied to your post:“Also, pet peeve: when there are no female characters and it’s obvious the writer is sexist/has issues with strong female role models(coughcoughstevenmoffat)”
Just imagine the horror that would have been a female doctor written by Steven Moffat………….
I actually didn’t even think of that! To be fair, now that you point that out, it might be for the best. No matter which side of the debate you may be on, it has to be admitted that Moffat doens’t have the greatest track record with female characters. I’m open for debate, however.
the problem with that argument is when do we get a female doctor/strong female companion/etc? if you use the argument “so and so is too sexist to write a good female character” then it just goes and on and on. “wait for this/wait for that”. If you use that argument, we’ll never get anything.
Stop waiting and just do it. Let moffat write a female doctor. if he messes her up, that’s on him, not women. I’m tired of people making excuses because the situation sucks. It’s not going to change unless we stop saying “well just wait for this”.
I don’t care if he doesn’t have a good track record, that’s no excuse for why there shouldn’t be a female doctor.
There’s been this really good post going around regarding this:
Also, ‘If he messes her up, that’s on him, not women’: that’s not how it works. If we take a franchise that’s so HUGE as Doctor Who and let Moffat put a character as outlined in the post I linked, and this doctor is not successful with the audience (for obvious reasons), the media world will not think ‘Oh, Moffat is a bad writer’ - they’ll think ‘Oh, no one wants a female doctor’. That’s how it works always and everywhere when there’s a woman who doesn’t function in a field which was previously male dominated. ‘Oh, this person wasn’t up to the challenge, I guess, women just don’t have what it takes’ - this is how it works when it’s about money and about areas with little female representation.
I agree 100% that we need to support female characters (did you read gingerhaze’s great post on that topic?); but if I have the choice between waiting it out until Moffat leaves the show and Moffat ruining it for every possible future female doctor ever, then I’d rather wait in this instance.
and it’ll keep working that way until more people stand up and say no. I don’t care if that’s the way the world works right now, it’s not the way I, and many other women and men, want it to keep working.
Listen, just so you understand where I’m coming from - I’m an active feminist, I’ve studied first and second wave and read as much on third wave as I can, it’s not as if I didn’t know this. Of course WE need to make a difference. But it’s two different things to take an existing series and take a risk which everybody knows will turn out not working and maybe even doing more bad than good to a series that is unlike any other series ever for the sheer amount of time it has been running following the same concept (like Moffat trying to write a female doctor) and generally supporting and writing more female characters.
All I’m saying is that, if we finally get a female doctor, I’d hate to see Moffat with his ‘All women hunt for husbands’ and ‘there is no respect for male things’ opinions destroying the very chance of this character becoming anything but a flat, sad stereotype with jiggly boobs and short skirts (not that jiggly boobs and short skirts aren’t okay when an actual character is featured with them, but if it’s a poor cardboard cutout of a character, it just highlights Moffat’s preferences in women characters.)
In the end, I agree with both of you, and here's why - yes, we do need more strong female roles. Yes, a female Doctor would be beyond amazing. Yes, people do need to stand up and change the way things are concerning women in Doctor Who - but Moffat is not the person to do it. I would have given him a shot a few years ago, but when you combine his views on a number of topics, such as:
...Moffat's female Doctor would be an absolute disaster. Now's the time for change, yes - but unforunately, he's not the person we need to do it.
frillyfacefins replied to your post:“Also, pet peeve: when there are no female characters and it’s obvious the writer is sexist/has issues with strong female role models(coughcoughstevenmoffat)”
Just imagine the horror that would have been a female doctor written by Steven Moffat………….
I actually didn’t even think of that! To be fair, now that you point that out, it might be for the best. No matter which side of the debate you may be on, it has to be admitted that Moffat doens’t have the greatest track record with female characters. I’m open for debate, however.
the problem with that argument is when do we get a female doctor/strong female companion/etc? if you use the argument “so and so is too sexist to write a good female character” then it just goes and on and on. “wait for this/wait for that”. If you use that argument, we’ll never get anything.
Stop waiting and just do it. Let moffat write a female doctor. if he messes her up, that’s on him, not women. I’m tired of people making excuses because the situation sucks. It’s not going to change unless we stop saying “well just wait for this”.
I don’t care if he doesn’t have a good track record, that’s no excuse for why there shouldn’t be a female doctor.
There’s been this really good post going around regarding this:
Also, ‘If he messes her up, that’s on him, not women’: that’s not how it works. If we take a franchise that’s so HUGE as Doctor Who and let Moffat put a character as outlined in the post I linked, and this doctor is not successful with the audience (for obvious reasons), the media world will not think ‘Oh, Moffat is a bad writer’ - they’ll think ‘Oh, no one wants a female doctor’. That’s how it works always and everywhere when there’s a woman who doesn’t function in a field which was previously male dominated. ‘Oh, this person wasn’t up to the challenge, I guess, women just don’t have what it takes’ - this is how it works when it’s about money and about areas with little female representation.
I agree 100% that we need to support female characters (did you read gingerhaze’s great post on that topic?); but if I have the choice between waiting it out until Moffat leaves the show and Moffat ruining it for every possible future female doctor ever, then I’d rather wait in this instance.
Exactly! That's what I was trying to say about how although in reality, it is "on him", that's really not what it's going to look like. Fans can critique and discuss and enjoy even problematic material all we like, but to the casual viewer, the entire franchise will seem biased and unwelcoming. It's a tough situation, especially with a program as enormous and widespread as Doctor Who is.
Also, I read that post you just linked, and I agree and disagree with some parts - I don't believe Moffat would make the change THAT horrible (I could be wrong, however). BUT, and this is the big one - I 100% agree with the last point that OP made about the casting being rage inducing. And before anyone says that Moffat wouldn't be biased in casting, I'd like to remind them that during the casting for Amy Pond, he admitted to overlooked a very talented and qualified actress for the role because she was "unfortunately a bit dumpy". Chances are that if he were to cast a female Doctor, looks would be a factor, and while they'd be a factor with a male Doctor as well, I'd bet you anything the new Doctor would be sexualized to no end.
I'd rather wait it out as well. Not "wait it out" as in complain at everything Moffat does until he's run out of town, but "wait it out" as in recognize the problematic things he DOES do and point them out when they happen. I'd like to see a FEMALE writer write the first FEMALE Doctor, actually. I don't think that's such a crazy idea.
frillyfacefins replied to your post:“Also, pet peeve: when there are no female characters and it’s obvious the writer is sexist/has issues with strong female role models(coughcoughstevenmoffat)”
Just imagine the horror that would have been…
I think people are over looking the power of the actor or actress in that sort of situation. In my opinion, Matt’s understanding of the Doctor has helped this be less painful and he coasts right through bad writing decently, really owns and corrects some of it. I think an actress could do the same!
Matt definitely has done a fantastic job! This is a great point, too, because I think a lot of people (including myself, actually) often forget that Moffat is NOT the only writer of the show. In fact, he barely even writes a third of the episodes - in Series 7, out of fourteen, five are his ("Asylum", "TAtM", "The Snowmen", "The Bells of Saint John", and the finale). Also, although he does have an enormous influence on the script, the way the lines are delivered can definitely change the entire tone.
frillyfacefins replied to your post:“Also, pet peeve: when there are no female characters and it's obvious the writer is sexist/has issues with strong female role models(coughcoughstevenmoffat)”
Just imagine the horror that would have been a female doctor written by Steven Moffat.............
I actually didn't even think of that! To be fair, now that you point that out, it might be for the best. No matter which side of the debate you may be on, it has to be admitted that Moffat doens't have the greatest track record with female characters. I'm open for debate, however.
towerofpimpz replied to your post:“does anyone have any huge pet peeves relating to writing/reading in general? i feel like so many things annoy me and i wonder if i'm the only one.”
i hate when i can't read something because they use too many adverbs. i picked up a really good sounding novel but every other word was an adverb so i gave up on it.
I would actually like to send this ask to almost every single one of my grade school English teachers. Most of mine were fantastic, of course, but there were some who insisted that every sentence be as descriptive as possible.
Imagery is great and all, but I once had a teacher who insisted that if you used the word "said", you HAD to add an adverb after that. Sometimes, IMO, less is more!
imperiousqueenofexecutions replied to your post:“do you have good advice or guides to writing from the point of view from a blind person? im currently writing a character whos blind but im having a bit of trouble with it”
You could do some studying and research online, or even try and go (at least) an hour with a blindfold on and try to function. But be careful and make sure you aren't home alone? Then again, my methods may be a little strange...
I'd never even thought of that! But yes, be careful and don't run into things! Also, the obvious best resource would be to speak to someone who is blind or legally blind, but that may be difficult to find.
mosspigletsandguineapigs replied to your post: ...
Reference a prior boyfriend? Or just have him say “When I get a boyfriend…" the same way a straight man would say “When I get a girlfriend…"
thetruekilleroftheweek replied to your post: ...
For sexuality, if it has to baring on the story, they can elude to it in the character’s down time. It can be something simple like thinking back to a date they had or whether the person buys nudey mags, Common stuff that you can quickly get over.
You all have excellent advice! Thank you!
lord-zalzabar replied to your post: D...
newpages.com for all of your submission needs. The post contests, magazine submission deadlines, etc.
johnismadeofawesome replied to your post: D...
a google search will give you good results! there are numerous such magazines here in the UK, there are probably many more in the US and other countries. they don’t pay super well, though. -John
Thanks, John!
ajsavestheday replied to your post: D...
Yup! What happens is the skin’s temperature drops, so the vessels open up more to allow blood to try to warm the skin.
Thank you for the reason behind it! I'd forgotten exactly why it turns that color.
