smallest-feeblest-boggart:

darkandstormyslash:

fireandlifeincarnate:

look…………….. write as much shitty fic as you want. nobody can stop you. you’re learning constantly and it’s better to write hackneyed implausible ridiculousness than it is to not write at all out of fear of fucking up. you’re good

There was an experiment a professor did. I think it was pottery students. He did an experiment of “quality” vs “quantity”. One half of the class he told; you have to make as many pots as possible. Good pots, bad pots, shitty pots, whatever. The more pots you make, the higher your grade.

The other half of the class were told, “you can make only one pot”. But that pot had to be perfect. The quality had to be high; the highest quality pot would get the best mark.

But when it came to the grading, they noticed something weird.

All the best quality pots were in the ‘quantity’ group.

The guys who were literally churning out pots, trying to make as many as possible, not concentrating on the quality. But every pot they made, made them better at making pots. By the end of the month (I think it was a month) – they had some pretty awesome pots coming out, because they enjoying finding all the ways and all the things they could do to make all their pots. Where as the ‘quality’ guys had spent their time reading up on pots, and technique, and researching and planning; which was all great but they’d had no further practice at actually making pots.

The best way to get really good at something, the only way to be really good at something, is to make lots of shitty attempts at that thing several of which will fail. If all you create are perfect things then you won’t improve, because how can you improve on perfect?

tl:dr MAKE YOUR SHITTY POTS.

this is why i shitpost constantly 

cyanidechan:

Same energy

snwitch:

Hello everyone! As you may have heard, the United States recently legalized same-sex marriage, which is really exciting for all of my fellow LGBTIA+ people in the US. In honor of this, In honor of this, I decided to make a special spell specifically to help protect LGBTQIA+ people from harassment, outing, and the other problems that many of us have to deal with every single day. This spell uses the colors of the rainbow flag, though it is by no means the only flag to represent the LGBTQIA+ community. I just used it since it is the most well-known symbol of the community 🙂 Enjoy!

What you’ll need:

-1 thread or ribbon in each of these colors: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple

-1 small bottle, bag/sachet, or container (preferably clear). I actually simply tied the string onto my hairbrush rather than putting it in a container.

What you do:

Gather all of your materials.

Place the red string into the container. Say: “Red, color of strength, give me the strength to push forward even when those who oppose me try to bring me down and invalidate my identity.”

Place the orange string into the container. Say: “Orange, color of justice, may justice be on my side when people try to bully, invalidate, or hurt me. Keep me safe from those who may wish to do me harm because of my gender identity/sexuality.”

Place the yellow string into the container. Say: “Yellow, color of intellect, help to educate those who are ignorant to matters of sexuality and gender identity. Help them to understand, even when they have been previously taught not to.”

Place the green string into the container. Say: “Green, color of acceptance, help my friends, family, and peers to accept me for who I really am.”

Place the blue string into the container. Say: “Blue, color of trust, may those who I choose to reveal my true self to maintain my trust and never out me to others without my permission.”

Place the purple string into the container. Say: “Purple, color of governing powers, may my sexuality/gender identity never hinder me when it comes to matters of society, schooling, or business. May people see me as the equal that I am.”

Seal the container tight. Send your energy into it and say: “Colors of the rainbow flag, protect me from all harm. I am equal. I am valid. I exist, and I matter just as much as anyone else in this society.”

Place the container in a special, secure place, or carry it with you into places where you may be at risk for harm as a result of your sexual orientation or gender identity.

I hope you enjoyed! Please let me know if you would be interested in seeing modifications of this spell to utilize the colors of different LGBTQIA+ flags (for example, the pink, purple, and blue of the bisexual flag or the black, grey, white, and purple of the asexual flag.) If you have any questions, feel free to send me an ask. Thanks for reading,

Livi

applejuicewerewolf:

dracofidus:

When my Mum was pregnant with me she was in the pub and this random creepy elderly woman that nobody ever saw before or since told her that she was going to have a boy and when I was born everyone was like “the creepy lady was wrong” but it turned out I’m trans and THE PUB WITCH WAS RIGHT!

I WAS FORETOLD BY THE PUB WITCH

Witches are always pro-trans culture, transphobes cannot be witches.

jameshurleys:

wolfstarforever:

udon-doll:

Welcome to Ireland!

Where we accidentally legalised E.