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If you’re scrolling through tumblr trying to distract yourself from something you don’t want to think about or you’re looking for a sign that everything will be okay, this is it. So, breathe. Relax into this moment. You’re alive & that’s all that matters.
Hey Carol… Had the same feeling a few years back… didn’t turn out to be carpal, but I still went to the doctor anyway! HAHA… Tell the kids I say Hi, and check your email! I fwded you some Minion pictures I saw on Facebook yesterday… Coleen and I were on the floor laughing…. LOL…
It’s so weird to think how five years ago Despicable Me started out as a passable but enjoyable movie about a super-villain raising three little girls but has literally devolved into nothing but an unforgiving minions franchise
today my army friend was telling us about basic training and drill sergeants and there was this kid in her battalion who asked so many stupid questions that the drill sergeant made him carry around a potted plant all day to replace the oxygen he wasted
women grow hair on their boobs and their butts and their legs and their arms and their stomachs and their face and really anywhere their genetics decides to have hair and it is perfectly normal what isnt normal is men who have never touched a razor trying to shame women for not looking like a hairless baby
Even though I know it’s not true, I can’t shake this thought out of my head… It keeps coming back to me… What if escalators were invented before stairs
These basic plots are from the Tennessee Screenwriting Association, but I thought it would be useful to share them with you all. Many writers believe that there are only so many “basic plots” that make up a story, 20 of them to be exact, and that it all depends on how you develop these plots. This is the same idea that there are only so many story arcs, and that all of our stories fit into a certain category. This is not to say you can’t create something that is uniquely yours, because you can mess with these elements, but when cut something down to the bare bones—nothing is really original. These recognizable story forms work and that’s why they’re used over and over again. Here are the 20 basic plots—
1. QUEST – the protagonist is searching for something (person, place, thing, or idea) and is on a journey to find it.
2. ADVENTURE – the protagonist searches for their fortune, but has to leave home to do it.
3. PURSUIT - hide-and-seek plot, one group or person chasing another.
4. RESCUE - the protagonist is searching for someone or something that needs to be saved—this usually involves protagonist, victim, and antagonist.
5. ESCAPE – the protagonist wants to escape some sort of situation, on a quest to get away.
6. REVENGE - retaliation against someone else for wrong-doings.
7. THE RIDDLE - the protagonist’s search to find the hidden meaning of something.
8. RIVALRY - the protagonist is competing for same object or goal as another person.
9. UNDERDOG – the protagonist has a great disadvantage and faces overwhelming odds while trying to reach his or her goals.
10. TEMPTATION – the protagonist is tempted into doing something that is unwise, wrong or immoral.
11. METAMORPHOSIS - the physical characteristics of the protagonist actually changes from one form to another.
12. TRANSFORMATION - the protagonist journeys through a stage of life that moves them from one significant character state to another.
13. MATURATION - the protagonist faces a problem that causes them to learn from it and mature into adulthood.
14. LOVE - the protagonist overcomes the obstacles that prevent him or her from engaging in true love.
15. FORBIDDEN LOVE – the protagonist overcomes obstacles that prevent him or her from true love, but sometimes find the outcome too high a price to live with.
16. SACRIFICE - the protagonist is motivated by a higher purpose such as love, honor, and charity or for the sake of humanity.
17. DISCOVERY - the protagonist, having to overcome a life-changing event, discovers a deeper meaning of life that changes their outlook.
18. WRETCHED EXCESS - the protagonist pushes the limits of acceptable behavior to the extreme and is forced to deal with the consequences.
19. ASCENSION – this rags-to-riches plot deals with the rise of the protagonist due to a dominating character trait that helps them to succeed.
20. DECISION – this riches-to-rags plot deals with the fall of the protagonist due to dominating character trait that eventually destroys their success.
It’s easy to see that some stories can fit into a few of these categories and you can build your story up around several of these basic plots. Generally, a story will fit into one category more than another. There are many references on basic plots, and not all writers have the same opinions on it, so it helps to research them yourself. I just thought this might give you a little motivation or help you structure your story better.
-Kris Noel
me: *is sick* aha i'll just sleep it off me: *is sad* aha i'll just sleep it off me: *is stressed* aha i'll just sleep it off me: *thinks about life in general* aha i'll just sleep it off
“In 1968, I discovered a very eccentric pronunciation of Hebrew blended with the dialect of Provencal. There was only one man remaining who spoke it, so I met him in Monaco and recorded his voice. And I did it all without Google.”
I’m so detached and distant and cold at times, but I swear if you spark my interest, I can become so clingy and you’ll become so important to me and I will put so much of my time and effort towards you.
Important fact I learned somewhere that has been a serious life safer:
Your own saliva will remove a stain of your own blood.
I learned this in costuming as a tip for in case a male actor gets a bit of blood on his shirt from shaving and MY first thought was ‘what about menstruation blood tho’?
it totally works
if you are a uterus-owner please PLEASE remember this tip! You get a sudden stain on your pants? You got a spot on your fave white undies? You out in public with your friends and you spot and you can’t elegantly bail to change clothes cause you happen to be in fucking disneyland? (seriously it happened to me)
while the blood is still wet literally spit as much saliva as you can on the spot and work it into the fabric with your fingers then dab with toliet paper. This obviously works best with small spots but can lessen the darkness/colour on a larger spot if you do it right. Obvs your clothes will still need to be washed but its a LIFESAFER in tight situations!!! Pass this info along!!!
Reblogging to help a sister out.
Reblogging to help a sibling out. Remember there are boys and nonbinary ppl who also menstruate
Whenever I see a post on tumblr suggesting aliens don’t have gender, I always think–‘but what if also the reverse. What if aliens also have some fundamental social construct we don’t’.
Like, they come and meet us and they’re like ‘hey this is an awkward question but what’s your gooblebygark?’
And we’re like what.
‘You know, the… the thing. Your goobledygark. The thing that dictates whether you’re gnarfgnoovles or brubledoopes’
What. What. What the fuck, those words don’t even mean anything??? What are you talking about?
‘Look, your ridiculous human languages don’t seem to have the words for these! But they’re totally a thing, they’re like, fundamental aspects of social life for our species, just… just let us lick you so we can know what verb tense to use when we speak to you.’
What does one thing have to do with the other??? That makes no–
‘UGH, nevermind, you’re totally brubledoopes, I can just tell, I don’t even need to taste your bacterial skin colonies.’
And then another alien overhears and is like ‘holy shit, you can’t stereotype like that, that’s SO NOT COOL’
