HOW TO DONATE TO BLM WHEN YOU HAVE NO MONEY

Coming from a state champion baker:

If y’all use a decent box mix and use melted butter instead of vegetable oil, an extra egg, and milk instead of water, no one can tell the difference. I sure as hell can’t. 

Also, if you add a little almond extract to vanilla cake, or a little coffee to chocolate cake, it sends it through the roof. 

This concludes me attempting to be helpful. 

14 yrs Tim Drake, finally had a good night’s sleep, enters the cave only to find Batman and Nightwing lashing out at each other:

"You can't change nature." "Change is nature." is kind of a raw line to be from ratatouille

i don’t know how to format my thoughts without a meme anymore so here. Daily brain fungus

FIC REC FRIDAY

That is technically a Saturday….

But we managed to circumvent the technical difficulties and now we offer you the Mod Picks of the week :D

This is a short one, sorry guys! 

Mod Aurora:

To Be Enough by graysonsflight ( @gothamsgrace) Rating: Teen and Up Audiences | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply | Pairings: Dick Grayson/Barbara Gordon, Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd| Words: 2952 | Chapters: 1/1 | Status: Complete| Summary: She and Dick didn’t talk about it often, but Barbara knew that whenever Dick and Bruce fought, Jason’s adoption was the elephant in the room. She wondered if Bruce knew it too. Commentary: I love everything this author writes - and she is especially spectacular when it comes to a Bruce who cares for his children, but doesn’t always know how. And when it comes to a Dick Grayson that only wants love.

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Sydnee Recommends: FANTASY BOOKS

Young Adult

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (are you shocked?)

ragtag group of misfits

an impossible heist

bi, pan, gay, poc, and disabled mains (amazing)

its literally the breakfast club meets ocean’s eleven

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

ancient rome inspired

gladiator trials

a rebellious slave girl

an ancient evil spirit

This Savage Song by Victoria Scwab

actual monsters vs humans

warring families

beautiful writing

no romance

Adult (ish)

A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab

blood magic

parallel londons

pirates

literally no one is hetero

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

what if the dark lord won?

alchemy magic

group of misfits perform a heist (sound familiar)

Graphic Novels

Rat Queens 

elven mage, dwarf warrior,  atheist cleric, and halfling theif fight monsters

queer

the sass

its great

People on this website… Have no idea what a baby boomer actually is…

in the wake of yet another black person being murdered by police, here’s a list of relevant fundraisers and organizations that could use your support right now. 

this is specifically a call to action for fellow white people. if you’re white and you’re in any way able to, donate.

George Floyd’s memorial fund

Minnesota Freedom Fund: “We value a society that values its people, their freedom and recognizes their contribution to the greater good. A society that does not condition pretrial freedom on class or identity, that has ended mass incarceration, and that invests in restorative and transformative justice.”

Black Visions Collective, an org that strives to “shape a political home for Black people across Minnesota. We aim to center our work in healing and transformative justice principles, intentionally develop our organizations core DNA to ensure sustainability, and develop Minnesota’s emerging Black leadership to lead powerful campaigns.”

Reclaim the Block, which “organizes Minneapolis community and city council members to move money from the police department into other areas of the city’s budget that truly promote community health and safety. We believe health, safety and resiliency exist without police of any kind. We organize around policies that strengthen community-led safety initiatives and reduce reliance on police departments.”

Black Lives Matter National

How to write a character-driven plot

The Character-Driven Plot Wheel

1. Emotions drive actions.

Make your hero act on their deepfelt emotions. This not only adds meaning to their actions, but also helps communicate to readers your hero’s core emotional struggle.

2. Actions trigger consequences.

When your hero acts, give their actions consequences that affect the plot, themselves, and/or the surrounding characters. For example, driven by curiosity, maybe your hero opens Pandora’s box; maybe they act recklessly and someone dies; or maybe they stand up for what they believe in, but at great personal cost. Consequences raise the stakes and empower your hero with agency.

3. Consequences compel change.

Use the consequences of your hero’s actions to create a crucible of growth — challenges and situations that force them to take the next step on their character journey. That step may be forward, or backward, and it may be large or small; but something inside them changes.

4. Change influences emotions.

When a character goes through a change, even a small one, allow it to affect them emotionally. Maybe they feel increasingly frustrated or guilty. Maybe they’re afraid, having just taken another step closer to abandoning their old way of seeing the world. Or maybe they finally feel peace.

Regardless of the form it takes, remember to reflect your hero’s change in their emotions. Then let their emotions drive action, to trigger consequences, which will compel further change.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

And there you have it! That’s how you write a character-driven plot.

So what do you say?

Give the wheel a spin.

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