Creative Writing Professor at a former college: Welcome to creative writing! By the way,
you will not write fantasy, ghost stories, pranormal, or science fiction
in this class, as this is a creative writing course.”
What the ever loving fuck is with “creative” writing professors who think that speculative fiction of any stripe ISN’T CREATIVE?
I still remember my own creative writing teacher telling me this because he saw the Terry Pratchett book on my desk and got this smug smirk on his face like “aha, gotcha”. He had the nerve to pick it up and call it “popularist fiction”, like somehow being popular and easily accessible made it less inherent in intellectual value.
I had it in my back pack because I did my final thesis on the evolution of mythology and folk tails into fantasy and sci-fi and the societal importance of telling stories (before anyone asks, no I don’t have it, I lost it when I moved continents), and I used Terry Pratchett because there wasn’t a single humanitarian issue the man did not touch on.
Which I told him. And then he kind of floundered and went “ah, well but, it’s…well I mean it’s not exactly high brow”, like neither the fuck was Shakespeare or Dickens you self-important turnip. Dickens was literally selling his stories by the chapter. He was the popular author of his time. Shakespeare was too, he fucking made up words and phrases all the time because the language he needed to express himself didn’t exist in the way he needed it too.
Intellectual elitism is nothing more than a hold over from class warfare and the belief that only certain people should get to be truly educated. And it needs to be smashed.
The international criminal just got away with it yet again and the angry FBI agent goes
FBI Agent: You maybe gotten away with it this time but I will get you. No matter where you go, what you do I will be watching you. Sooner or later you will slip up
Lawyer: How dare you? This is clear harassment. I will
International criminal(who has a huge crush on her FBI agent): Shut up. She can follow me anywhere she likes. Like for example I am going to the theater tonight. So many rich people. Who knows what might happen. You better keep a close eye on me. Oh look I just happen to have an extra ticket
Confused FBI Agent:...Ok
Next week:
International Criminal:
So I am going to this cute Mexican resort for the weekend. Who knows what shady people I could be making deals with. Better follow me to make sure. And look there just happens to a vacant room right next to mine. Better book it quickly
FBI Agent: What the fuck?
Next week
International Criminal: So I am going to this French restaurant tonight. So many rich people. Better come keep an eye on me
FBI Agent: You are aware that we are not dating right?
International Criminal: Of course not. I booked us a table under Scully and Mulder. I thought it would be fun
Next week
International Criminal:
I am going to Paris. Do you want the window seat?
FBI Agent: Again we are not dating. I am hunting you down just waiting for you to slip up
International Criminal:
So…
FBI Agent: Of course I want the window seat
Next week
International Criminal:
Boy the Louvre sure is crowded. So many tourists. I can easily slip away from you and do some crime. Better hold my hand to make sure I don’t get away
FBI Agent: I will kill you
Twenty Years Later
International Criminal:
I am going to the store. Better follow me to make sure I don’t steal anything
FBI Agent: We have been married for fifteen years. When are you going to stop this?
International Criminal:
Never
And of course they are played by Amy Acker and Sarah Shahi
I made cosplay clothes of TARDIS. Women’s version. For my friend. She is going to go to the Tokyo Comic Con in this dress. I am excited very much !!!!!
One of the most original TARDIS dresses I’ve seen, and I have seen quite a few! Great work!
Do you design a lot of characters living in not-modern eras and you’re tired of combing through google for the perfect outfit references? Well I got good news for you kiddo, this website has you covered! Originally @modmad made a post about it, but her link stopped working and I managed to fix it, so here’s a new post. Basically, this is a costume rental website for plays and stage shows and what not, they have outfits for several different decades from medieval to the 1980s. LOOK AT THIS SELECTION:
OPEN ANY CATEGORY AND OH LORDY–
There’s a lot of really specific stuff in here, I design a lot of 1930s characters for my ask blog and with more chapters on the way for the game it belongs to I’m gonna be designing more, and this website is going to be an invaluable reference. I hope this can be useful to my other fellow artists as well! 🙂
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