onewordshy

Wild that Phantom of the Opera is closing after 35 years on Broadway but I think the best adaptation of the Gaston Leroux novel is Scooby Doo! Stage Fright, specifically this scene:

bougiebutchbitch

my toxic trait is that I think it would’ve been better character development if Naruto realised he didn’t actually want to be Hokage (functionally a deskjob except in times of crisis) and left with Sasuke on his redemption roadtrip, after which they both became vigilantes protecting the underdogs of the world from the corrupt power structures enabled by the very existence of militaristic mercenary societies like Konoha who can hire out super-strong child soldiers to protect the rich, in this essay I will

magicmooshka

A glowing profile silhouette of the artist. Sparkling flowers bloom where their brain should be. Text reads: "Though I dream of sharing the many stories I have stashed away in my head... I often worry that I'm not the right person to tell them."ALT
Water overflows into a basin, spilling everywhere. Text reads: "Perhaps my passion overflows the basin of my skill and the story I tell falls short of what I dreamed it would be."ALT
The artist lies in a ginormous bed, visibly anxious. Text reads: "At night, the question echoes: 'What if the potential of this story is wasted on me, a total amateur?'"ALT
First panel: Comic pages are scattered. The artist is holding one, looking directly at the viewer. Text reads: "Well then, it's wasted. So what?" Second panel: More comic pages are scattered next to an empty mug. Text reads: "It's not the worst thing... that could happen." Third panel: An empty chair by a desk, lit by a single lamp. Text reads: "The worst thing might be that it never comes to life at all."ALT
Two splotches of paint contain illustrations. The upper one shows the artist reaching towards a bright star. The lower one shows the artist, upside down, bright colors flowing from her hair and around her. Text reads: Besides, it's more like this story found you rather than the other way around, right? The themes, the characters, the journey... all of it is born from how you experience the world."ALT
The artist floats in space, surrounded and partially covered by overlapping colorful shapes. Text reads: "It's the culmination of your interaction with every other person, and all your unique hopes and dreams."ALT
Blank figures stand in rows, a single one is colorful and filled with stars. Text reads: "You worry that you're not the right person to tell this story, but the truth is--you are the only one who can tell this story."ALT
A starry sky. At the bottom, the artist sits at her desk, drawing on a tablet. Text reads: "And after this, there will still be more stories to tell. Just write this one first."ALT

storyteller

sometimes I forget that I'm just a teenager writing a webcomic in my spare time, so I shouldn't hold myself to the same standards as, say, a feature film with an entire team of professional writers, or Hiromu Arakawa. Writing flawed stories is okay, and even necessary in order to write better ones :)

(if you want to read aforementioned amateur webcomic...)

writing-prompt-s

Instead of being a super villain like your parents, you ended up joining a company. Now you are wildly successful and quite frankly much more closer to world domination than your parents. Your parents can’t handle it.

writing-prompt-s

Everyone is born with a hole where their heart should be. This hole shrinks the closer you are to finding your purpose and grows the further away you get from it. Yours has been steadily growing for the past ten years, and soon you’ll disappear altogether if it doesn’t stop.

writing-prompt-s

The villain held your power ring in their hand, “With this out of the way your powers shall no longer work, relent.” You look at them and began chuckling before breaking out into maniacal laughter, “that doesn’t give me power, it gives me empathy dipshit.”