i really really mean it please write muslim characters, it’s really not that daunting literally all you have to do is throw in a few casual qualities.
have them squint uncertainly at the meat options in a restaurant and ask if there’s pork in the sandwich. have them mention on the phone “oh, i’m gonna stop by the mosque first for prayer but i’ll be there soon.” have your hijabi girls squeal over cute scarves in mall store windows and swoon over sparkly pins. have them kindly reject a glass of water and say “oh, i’m fasting today.”
just don’t make their religion their only defining aspect. like??
for most women, wearing hijab is about as casual as wearing a shirt or pants. give me a badass woman on a mission to save the world just like you’d write literally any other badass woman on a mission to save the world— this one just happens to keep her hair in a headscarf and is careful not to eat certain foods?
and not all muslim women wear scarves, a lot of them just choose not to or they decide not right now but they’ll do it later? like, give me a girl who’s absolutely determined to break a world record and halfway through the story she shows up in a headscarf for the first time and it’s no big deal.
give me a kid who’s on the search for an ancient magical artifact and also they get anxious at some point cause they’re busy but prayer’s gonna start soon and they don’t wanna miss it. have them whip out their phone and search for the nearest mosque. have them find some quiet place to pray alone, like in the corner of a hotel room they just booked while their travel companion’s watching TV with the volume turned down low.
just?? do a bit of research (when are the prayer times, when is ramadan, what are halal foods, mosques in texas, etc.) and write!!! muslim!!! characters!!!
Okay, remember when a few months ago I said smth along the lines of “I’ve got one more thing to do, and then I’m free to write”? Well, now that thing is successfully completed.
I’m going to rest for this week – I’ve been neglecting my own health pretty badly, too busy working too much with too little rest, to the point where I had a bit of a health condition yesterday. So, I’m going to take this week off and rest. And then next week I’ll start writing and updating again.
I have four projects I’m currently working on: ITTR, TTN, FTH submission, and a Drarry fic that I should have completed and posted a long, long time ago.
For the weeks 12 and 13, the priority will be for TTN and the FTH submission (I was commissioned to write a TTN-spinoff, which I want to do my best for).
Weeks 14 and 15 I’ll work on the Drarry oneshot, and publish it sometime mid-April.
Week 16 I’ll be attending seminars and signing contracts and generally sorting out my upcoming living arrangements etc, so I won’t be writing much then.
Week 17 I’ll get back to ITTR after long last, and will work on that fic for the majority of the summer.
So, see you next week, hopefully with a new TTN update.
I just received acceptance to the Ph.D. program that was my first choice. I am stunned, and incredibly happy.
pretty fucked up how christian beliefs are referred to as “stories” but indigenous beliefs are referred to as “mythology”
im gonna start calling it all “christian mythology” now and watch people literally melt in fury
I call it Christian mythology and the amount of angry looks I get from old people in public when I say it is honestly baffling and hysterical.
how come everyone here saw a post clearly meant to point out how people treat indigenous peoples’ religions with disrespect and decided to make it all about pissing off Christians?
the point of this post was very obviously “treat indigenous peoples better” but you have chosen to read it as “treat Christian religious beliefs more poorly”. i wanted people to reflect on the language they use to talk about the religions of indigenous peoples but that intent was apparently lost on many people.
i want you to ask yourself why you are more willing to make the effort to treat certain people unkindly than to treat other people with respect.
not to sound like jane austen or anything but if ur fic is labelled slow burn those two fucks better not even touch pinkies until like chapter 57 by the time they are even in a room alone together i want to be half dead of blueballs and i want their heated gazes to revive me im js
why would you say “not to sound like jane austen” and then quote her directly
Hi! Thank you for msging me abt this, I really don’t mind people asking me about my fics with matters like these.
Unfortunately my life got really busy again recently, just as I thought things would calm down a bit. Luckily, however, I’ll be done with my current project around mid-March, and I’ll be able to write and update TTN (and other fics) around that time again.
From now on I will only accept love triangles if they end in:
Polyamory
The main character rejecting both love interests and staying single
The two love interests giving up on the main character because how hard is it to make a damn choice?
4. The two love interests realizing they love each other more than the main character and the main character getting together with someone that wasn’t even part of the triangle proper.
5. All three characters realizing they’re better as friends and going go kart racing
6. Main character is in a loveless political royal marriage and her philandering yet handsome husband doesn’t want her until halfway through the book, in which time she’s fallen in love with a brave commoner boy. The conflict is resolved when they both die and she goes on to rule her new kingdom with grace and compassion.
7. Main character Frankensteins the shit out of the two love interests because why not combine the best parts that you love in each?
marlowfication 