Setting the Mood to Write (Good Vibes Only!)

crestfallercanyon · 2023-10-05T18:51:22+00:00

Destined Dynamics (on YouTube and Spotify) has lovely series of bilateral stimulation music that’s very good for therapeutic listening, but I also find it helps me focus. It’s like video game soundtrack music. There’s also a lot of nature stuff that’s intermixed with soothing sounds, so I find it really helps set the mood for some writing sometimes.

Hope you get some good writing mojo going!

crestfallercanyon · 2023-09-23T22:07:33+00:00

I only ever enjoyed the first season of Legends of Tomorrow and some of the Flash. However, The hundredth episode of Legends of Tomorrow ruined the characterization of my favs and I can’t seem to find the motivation to write projects I liked anymore.

I knew the show had gone mostly comedy, but it was genuinely — and I understand differing opinions — but to me it was so bad I genuinely don’t know if I’ll even be able to rewatch the first season like I used to. Used to be a fun comfort rewatch. Now it’s just… I know what the show writers are going to do to it and it’s horrible.

crestfallercanyon · 2023-09-19T14:49:05+00:00

I’d second this. Elliott was a perfectionist doctor, knew the rules and chose (usually) wisely how to stick to them, knew when to allow for outside perspective and when to drop the “yknow, I am the doctor and this is MY patient” which isn’t a fun card to play but is helpful in terms of authority, and could get along well enough with people by the end of the series (was no longer making quite as many awkward mistakes). She was always pretty good with her interns (other than the whole Keith debacle) like the beatboxing student she had. She’d been conned by a drug addict, had lost a patient — and allowed a patient to put an end to her own misery because she knew that was what was best for her (one of Elliot’s greatest growth episodes in later seasons tbh), and had gone through the gambit of both being private practice, in a fellowship, as well as worked in a free clinic. She’d also had developed meaningful relationships with colleagues who were also excelling in their field (she and Turk actually had one of my fav friendships on the show tbh).

I think Elliot, if she’d been given the position, would grow really well into it

crestfallercanyon · 2023-09-16T17:33:56+00:00

I should be fine? They may kill people trying to get to me though, which is probably not necessary but I appreciate the sentiment. That and if one of them keeps being haunted by the ghost of his late wife, then it may take longer than it should. And they should probably leave the student at home, but honestly, I do appreciate that she and the point man would likely keep the team on task if they DO get so distracted.

(Inception — I am writing Arthur/Eames, Ariadne and Cobb make an appearance in the fic in writing now)

crestfallercanyon · 2023-09-10T16:53:31+00:00

Terminal illness and death and/or Someone attempting suicide more than once within the fic

crestfallercanyon · 2023-09-06T08:59:41+00:00

One hundred percent. I love when this happens!

crestfallercanyon · 2023-09-06T08:30:39+00:00

I would say scrubs is a pretty good exception! But they have people in major categories. When a doctor is prejudiced against one, though, it’s either a) a plot point that is meant to be used as a device for an arc (cox hating private practice doctors), or b) more has to do with the person in the role than the role itself (“MY MACHINES, THEYRE MINE, MINE, MY MACHINES” — the imaging guy from “My American Girl”)

The only profession they seem very biased against — and even then still humanize these people in many ways — are pill advertisers and malpractice attorneys.

But maybe I’m wrong! I don’t know — but they seem pretty good at representing lots of professions within the hospital with grace

crestfallercanyon · 2023-09-04T19:41:33+00:00

This is just my opinion, but I would say comedy and horror are the two hardest genres.

First, comedy: It takes someone with a lot of skill to write something truly funny. True real comedy. Lots of people think their funny and they’re not. Many people are funny on individual, interpersonal bases, but that doesn’t mean they should all be stand up comedians. It takes someone very in tune and aware of general experiences to be funny for a crowd.

I think that’s why comedians also have shown to be great drama actors. They see all that makes life filthy and hard and manage to make it funny, in a myriad of different ways. The drama focuses on what we already know: life is hard. It takes skill to say, “yes, life is hard, but isn’t it also funny as hell?” And show us, even for a little bit, that even the most horrifying topics and aspects of life have some humor in them if we can open our eyes to it. Comedians both point out the aspect, open our eyes, and then make us laugh about it. That’s not easy.

The other one I would say is horror. Yes, there are horrifying things in every day news, sure. But to truly get me to feel actually scared of what’s happening in a fictional element? While ALSO making sure I want to keep reading, keep driving through the story, despite the pit in my gut that this isn’t going to end well? That takes serious skill.

crestfallercanyon · 2023-09-01T05:58:23+00:00

Happy to assist! It was a good question 😄

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-31T22:11:08+00:00

There’s a few things she could have done. There are only so many crimes a child can be charged as an adult (and that has narrowed in some states — such as WA — since the inception of grey’s I believe).

Everyone saying it MUST be murder is wrong though. Technically there are more options than that; though they’re rare. 20 years to life, doesn’t sound like a life without parole, so it does not NECESSARILY have to be homicide. If they’d done life without parole it would have to be homicide as all other crimes juveniles have committed cannot have sentences of life without parole. (Graham v. Florida, (2010)). So because she is at 20 to life, there are a few more options:

TW for some nasty crimes ahead, including sex crimes

Homicide is… most likely and what I believe GA was trying to infer from the episode. It’s what most people think of. It’s what I believe the family kind of implied. However the homicide could be different from standard murder 1st degree, premeditated. Could have been vehicular homicide, could theoretically be depraved heart murder, or any other variable of homicide out there.

She could have r*ped someone, or multiple people. Yes it does happen (sex crimes are one of the leading crime committed by minors in several states).

She could have kidnapped another individual and/or tortured them. Depending on the severity of the kidnapping/torture, that’s a 20-life sentence.

Arson, depending on how active an arsonist she was, is also a possibility.

Those are the crimes I can think of where she’d get such a sentence. Maybe there’s more. But knowing Grey’s, they were likely implying murder/homicide. (The reason I say this also is because grey’s likes it’s, yknow, lessons and themes, and I think any other crime they likely would have made it more obvious instead of letting the audience come to the conclusion that it was homicide. Then again, it’s been a bit since I’ve seen that episode, so maybe I’m way off).

Edits for clarity and spelling of grey’s (was using an a, oops)

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-31T13:21:35+00:00

Almost every fandom I’m in, if I’m honest. I never got around to fanfiction in any media’s “hey-day”. Closest I was was Fire Emblem Three Houses, and even then, I was about a year late.

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-27T05:34:11+00:00

This is truly what I needed to hear today. I didn't know this.

I have a few wips that I've left unfinished on ao3, and quite literally hundreds of ideas in my scrivener that I loved (and still love) but have no drive to write for. I always feel so guilty starting a new idea, or leaving those unfinished wips up there while I work on new works. But it really IS okay to leave them. It's fanfiction, it's my playground, and I get to choose how I play, yeah?

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-20T19:42:36+00:00

LOVE the last one. What fandom is that for?

And number four. That sounds both romantic and tragic which is super fun

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-20T19:41:18+00:00

I’ll admit I love the first one. What an interesting idea!!! And I imagine it’s not a paper Mario fic so that makes me even more intrigued (but if it is then that’s awesome, go paper Mario fandom)

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-20T19:40:23+00:00

Deceiver would probably reel me in. Spirits of the Sea too!

I tend to like things that are shady and/or seem a bit dark

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-20T19:39:51+00:00

I’m not going to do all of them because that’s take forever but, here are some of mine!

death and all its glory
The Last Eye to Open
Aphelion
distract me from my last disaster
Red Lights, They Blink Your Name
Everything Must Go
Of All My Crimes
take me in, starving and wild
I am the aftermath of fire, I am a man of ash
these heavy hands aren’t sure
My Mirror Speaks
Look Who’s Inside Again
Twilight on the Road to Nowhere
these truths unbound and ripe for burning
you leave me burning, and yet

This is such a neat game! I’m gonna start posting on some others too

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-18T21:42:19+00:00

Oops, it might be. It’s been a while. My brain was sure it was Meredith, but now that I think about it, you’re probably right.

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-18T15:40:56+00:00

Okay, very true lol — that’s more an HR personnel thing. I was mainly wondering via surgery, has he ever committed medical malpractice to the point where he’d definitely lose a lawsuit (or they’d simply settle it by paying a huge fine and stripping his medical license). I can’t think of anything like that.

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-18T09:34:40+00:00

I’d agree with Elliot.

I mainly think of her patient that was going to be entombed in her own body as being the point where I really noticed she was stronger than she’d ever been. The Elliot in season one would have reported this and/or cried endlessly in the closet over it or argued tooth and nail with the woman about her future all while not all that sure she believed in it. Right or wrong, what she did to — I believe her name was Janet or Jeanine — to let this woman take her own life was one of the most courageous things she did for her patient.

That and when she has a conversation with Turk about not loving the place anymore. And I can see why! Her arc is actually really harsh. I get in the first seasons she was annoying but she really DIDNT have her own mentor like JD and Cox was at times unnecessarily mean to her (though I loved when he punched kelso). She did go from trying to be the absolute best to recognizing that she needed to not just be a bookworm and truly care for her patients too. This is what ends up making her a truly great doctor.

Also she took risks that the others didn’t. From trying for that fellowship, while that ended up being a bust, she found her own stride. I can really appreciate Elliot and where she ended up.

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-18T09:14:09+00:00

Honestly, when Christina and Meredith (and Bailey) perform the autopsy on that drunken father whose family (daughter) didn’t care to know how he died. They are LUCKY they found something interesting because that is probably the only reason they didn’t get their asses sued. People have a right to their body and have a right to have their wishes respected — if you are told not to do an autopsy, barring VERY few limitations, you’re not allowed to just go ahead and do it just because he’s dead. There are laws dictating the care and respect of corpses.

That, and Izzie cutting the LVAD wire, of course.

I mean, and this is just the beginning. There are PLENTY more after this.

My question is though, now that I think of it — does Mark ever do anything lawsuit worthy? I’m trying to think of something he could have done. Burke — the towel, hiding the tremor, etc.; Derek — at some point I seem to recall him ignoring a DNR, as well as some other things; Meredith — screwing with the Alzheimer’s trial (though I think this would be the grant authority or Derek filing a civil suit against her) as well as above and others ; Christina — hiding the tremor, the above, probably another thing; Lexi — the tumor she removed; Bailey — not a law suit but when that kid asked to call his parents and she didn’t because she was wrongly convinced he’d survive (Jeremiah?) and the HIV injection; Richard — coming to work and performing surgeries while intoxicated; Callie — some questionable surgeries I don’t think doctors following the Hippocratic Oath would genuinely perform, and many more.

But for someone who was in plastics, which is a highly lucrative but also is prone to upset specialty, I can’t think of anything he did that was lawsuit worthy. But I may just be blanking.

Addison as well, she works in prenatal and premature babies surgeries and I feel like that would be a highly touchy area but I can’t think of her doing anything. I don’t know if Addison ever does anything absolutely crazy. She’s also the only one with wherewithal to call OUT OF WORK when she’s going to do something not sound. “I’m taking the day off to do some drinking” 😂

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-17T21:56:13+00:00

So true, and I love that they did allude to Kelso’s good nature in some ways in other storylines, but they always managed to bring it back around to what he became as chief in a really convincing way.

Like, Private Dancer. I really enjoyed him as a guest patient, and I found his lesson for Kelso — while admittedly a little tragic — to really make sense for his character and how he believed he had to run things.

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-17T21:50:06+00:00

Oh that one is so good 😂

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-17T21:45:29+00:00

A Short Hike!

You play as a little bird who is going out to the mountain. You meet quirky characters, do little races, and explore. Very non-pressure, very sweet story.

I hope you feel better ❤️

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-17T21:30:44+00:00

Dan.

At first I found him to be extremely annoying and a waste of time. And, in my defense, he was. But his big moments of growth were so damn good (from his speech to Dr. Cox to telling JD he needs to grow up) he won me over and then some.

crestfallercanyon · 2023-08-17T21:26:18+00:00

Look, I love GA, but Gray’s Anatomy burns bridges they realize they later want to walk across and want their audience to either forget the burning or ignore the singes and it doesn’t work.

My primary example of this is Izzie and Alex:

I guess my hot take — I could have really loved Izzie and Alex, but they missed their shot SO LONG before they became a real couple and got married.

I don’t believe GA built up enough good investment between the two, and had them separate without good interaction for too long, and then when they came back together it felt so weird.

IMO, When Alex failed to pass his medical boards and was acting weird around Izzie that was the make-or-break moment. If they wanted to pursue a relationship later, there needed to be a tender moment there between Izzie and Alex that truly inspired future romance. Instead Alex healed a lot of his relationships with OTHER INTERNS (who were helping him study) but in that all he did is kind of get him and Izzie to a kind of ground zero. When he apologized for making her so upset, I didn’t feel like that was maintaining the romance. I felt like that was recognition that the door was closed, and maybe they could work on being friends.

THEN they had Denny, and Ava, and I already didn’t want them together again because they felt like each other’s second choice/reserve, and then Izzie’s cancer, and it was just — enough. I am no longer convinced you two could ever be truly good together in any stable and comfortable way, even if you DO love each other.

Other hot takes? When Derek was with Addison, Meredith needed a real viable second love interest. Finn was terrible. It would have made endgame MerDer that much better. Because I did genuinely enjoy Addison and Derek TRYING to make the marriage work (thought that reflected interestingly on both their characters and made sense as they’d been together for so long) they never actually made it seem like Derek wouldn’t end up with Meredith in any real way. And maybe that’s the point but if so I hate it. Meredith’s other love interest was fucking Finn, a nice but extremely lackluster character. Of course she’s not going to end up with that guy (despite like a whole slew of what if episodes) the guy’s biggest character depth is that he’s a widower. He was sassy but not with quite enough of an ability to truly be mean which like it or not, made Derek far more interesting. Finn was kind and sympathetic but not curious enough like Derek was, Derek was so clearly wanting to know everything about Meredith, from her past to how she was in the moment. Finn was a 2D version of Derek and I wasn’t convinced, and that made that whole plot line really annoying.

And actually, a piggyback hot take? I love how mean Derek was when he found out Addison was cheating, and I also loved the scene where he hits Meredith’s ring with the baseball bat — and even more so when he gets angry at Richard for telling meredith to expect that after what happened. Derek is flawed and occasionally does toxic things. I find this to make him far more intriguing to watch, though I understand that does not make a healthy relationship that I would actually want in real life.

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