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[image description: a printed out flyer with the picture of a sleeping grey tabby cat on it. It has text on it that reads:
Muffin disclaimer
So you’ve ordered a muffin! We hope you’re up for a challenge.
Our wobbly tabby cat Bea REALLY likes muffins so there are a few things to be aware of if you have a muffin in the cat area.
- She WILL climb you to try and get your muffin - She is not very good at climbing so she will claw her way up your body - It WILL hurt - She WILL NOT give up - She may try to eat the muffin right out of your mouth - She is not allowed to eat muffins
You may pick her up / move her away if needed and if you’re really struggling, come and talk to us and we will help. No matter how much she wants to, it is still very important that you don’t let her eat any muffin as it will make her sick.
Good luck and we hope you enjoy your muffin experience!
She may look sweet and innocent but we promise you she’s not
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Bea the muffin thief has come upon my timeline again and I am obliged to reblog.
I’m sick of people telling writers not to use an idea because it’s “overused” or “not original.”
A huge part of writing is making the idea your own.
Do you want to write about vampires?! THEN FOR GOD’S SAKE, WRITE ABOUT VAMPIRES!
Oh, dystopian futures are overused? PUT YOUR OWN SPIN ON IT!
Guys, don’t let people stomp on your ideas. A story is a bunch of puzzle pieces that everyone has access to - but it’s your choice how you put them together. How you put it together and how you present it makes that idea uniquely yours, even if it’s a familiar concept.
Your idea isn’t lame.
Own it.
Make it yours.
No matter how many people have ever written their take on an idea… no one will ever write yours the way you do.
And when you’ve spent enough hard work on your idea, it’s entirely possible that your idea will be better than all the ones that came before.
We’ll never know until you write it.
If you’re scared that you’ll spend a lot of effort on an idea and it won’t be any better…?
Welcome! You’re now suffering the same uncertainty that every writer ever born deals with, every day.
There’s no guarantee that you’ll win. But unless you start making the attempt, it’s guaranteed that you never will.
Putt your butt in the chair, start working, and begin the daily challenge of taking the same gamble that all of the rest of us take, every day.
im just laying down but NOT for a nap guys i swear im getting comfy cozy but im NOT GOING TO FALL ASLEEP my ass is NOT laying my head to rest bro im just getting snug as a bug in a rug. FOR NO REASON. ill be awake the whole time bro i swear. me and my stuffed animals are just hanging out dude i PROMISE ill be awake im not sle
Diane Duane’s Young Wizards books meant a lot to me
as a kid, and they still do. I’m rereading the series again for the first time
in years (specifically the New Millennial Edition ebooks, which I highly respect
Duane for creating). While writing this blog post, I’m halfway through the
third book, High Wizardry, and I’ve realized that while I have changed
in many ways over the years, my childhood self and my current almost-thirty-year-old
self have one thing in common: we both think that this is the best book in the
series.
That’s not to say that I don’t like the other books. But
there’s something about the third book – the one with the computers, the one about
the little sister, the one where they go to space for the first time – captured
me like none other.
But why? Is it because Nita puts on a WALL-E t-shirt in the
first chapter? I do love that detail – if you’ve ever interacted with me at all
then you’ll know I love WALL-E with all my heart – but it’s more than just
that.
Is it because I, too, am a younger sister and a too-bright-too-early
bookworm, and so I related well to Dairine Callahan? It’s certainly part of it.
I can be just as territorial as Dairine, and god knows I’m just as nerdy (if I
could tell Dairine that I was a writer for the Galactic Starcruiser…!).
However, my bookishness is much more Nita’s love of words and escaping into a
story than it is Dairine’s desire to know so much that the world can never hurt
you.
Is it because the Doctor shows up in this book? Nah, I didn’t
know what Doctor Who was yet when I read this book as a kid. But, again,
I do love that detail. Diane Duane really is one of us.
What truly grabbed me about this book is the idea that is
first put into words in this book – an idea that is central to the worldbuilding
in this series.
When the Powers offer wizardry to you, it is because there is
a problem in the world that you are the perfect person to solve. You will need
help to solve the problem, and you will receive that help. But the point is
that the world needs you, as you are, here and now. You don’t need to be someone
else. The world needs you – your mind, your heart, the decisions that you will
make. All you need to do want to help, and to say yes when the call comes.
And this is true of all wizards, all the people who serve
life and slow entropy. This isn’t a “chosen one” situation. Dairine isn’t “more”
important than anyone else. Nor is Nita, nor Kit. But their importance is undeniable.
This resonates with me as strongly now as it did then. I never wanted to be THE
chosen one as a kid. I never thought that I was more important than anyone, and
to this day, I hate the idea of someone else, anyone else, thinking that I see
myself as superior to them. But even when I was little, I wanted to know that I
mattered. I wanted to know that I was special and important in the same way
that all people who do good in the world are special and important.
As an adult, I have learned the power of being willing and
able to be the right person in the right place at the right time. I know I can
make the world better for the people around me with my writing, with my
thoughtfulness, or even just with my smile. I believe, more strongly now than
ever before, that anyone who wants to can do the same. It’s a power we are all
given, if only we choose to accept it. This is our wizardry.
i do not care if someone learned compassion from a cartoon or a comic or an anime im just glad they’re here with us now a better person fighting the good fight. should it have taken something so trivial? maybe not- but it’s in the past! and this is the now! and if they’re objectively better for it who cares
“it took gay shipping for this adult to stop being homophobic 😬” ok but they stopped being actively homophobic. that’s what you just said. that’s literally the only important part you understand that right? this is a win for everyone you get that?
we all start somewhere and im going to be real buddy i only care about the harm you did or didn’t cause on your journey and where you ended up. whatever set it off only matters as much as you want it too
Surely that is a major part of why we want more representation in mainstream media in the first place. It’s very weird to campaign for good portrayals and then get mad when they work.
This is what stories are FOR. What do you think Aesop’s goal was? NOT to impart lessons???
some people say there’s a red string that connects fated lovers
psa don’t look at the notes bc there are so many people completely missing the point that these are non-romantic strings of fate and making jokes about where the red string “must be” and it’s making me really angry bc we can’t even have a good artistic representation of aromanticism without people desperately grasping for a romantic interpretation somehow
like the artist has specifically requested that people stop making this about their fandoms and romance bc it’s a personal piece about aromanticism
An interview with a trans man named Peter Alexander, taken from the British Pathé archives. The interview was filmed in 1937.
[Transcript:] As the years passed on, it became very evident that the male side, and the male personality, was becoming dominant. So, after seeking medical advice, I decided to cast aside women’s clothing for those of a male. Although I no longer use lipstick and powder, which would be rather ridiculous when one has to shave every day, I don’t blame the modern girl for using it. But seriously, I do not consider that woman is inferior to man, as she has huge responsibilities, and a definite purpose in life. I left New Zealand because of the publicity which followed me wherever I went. And I hope to go to London at a later date. And when I return to settle down and marry here, and continue with my musical career. And finally, I have one advantage over you other chappies, and that is, I know both sides to every little ordinary story. [End transcript.]
I love his interview because he takes the time to defend the inherent worth of women, and separates his gender identity from his feminist perspective.
I feel the same way as Mr Alexander did. My transition has nothing to do with politics, or my view of womanhood. I think womanhood is beautiful, nuanced, and precious. I did not choose to be transgender, or to be a man. I did not choose my gender dysphoria. I also won’t apologise for being a trans man!
I tried, for a very long time, to be my assigned gender. I wasn’t capable of it. It was destroying my mental health. But that doesn’t mean I have a low opinion of womanhood, or women, or girls.
I think being a woman is wonderful. If you are a woman. I was not. So it nearly killed me. But! I recognise that I am a statistical exception. I recognise that many women have layered, complex, and unique experiences of their femaleness, and they will never arrive at the same conclusion I did (that I am a man). And I think valuing gender non-conforming women, and butches, is essential in promoting LGBT+ equality.
I am proud to be a trans man, and I am also proud to have been assigned female at birth.
