seizethe-memes-ofproduction:

anachronic-cobra:

Alien: You’re telling me that in times of great distress humans have been known to suddenly gain the strength necessary to lift objects more than a dozen times their own weight?!

Human: Yeah, it’s called “hysterical strength” and it usually happens in life-or-death situations, like when someone gets stuck under a car or something and someone lifts the car to get them out. We can’t really test it though, ‘cause it only happens spontaneously.

Alien: Humans have the ability to tap into untold strength and power and you don’t even know how you do it?

Human: Pretty much, yeah. We think it has something to do with temporary analgesia, so we just don’t feel the pain we should when we pick up a 3000-pound car.

Alien: YOUR PAIN RESPONSE JUST SHUTS OFF?

Human: Yeah, it’s like an adrenaline thing? Do you not have that?

Alien: Fuck you and your entire species of tiny juggernauts.

Did this post just use a dialogue format to trick me into learning science

seizethe-memes-ofproduction:

anachronic-cobra:

Alien: You’re telling me that in times of great distress humans have been known to suddenly gain the strength necessary to lift objects more than a dozen times their own weight?!

Human: Yeah, it’s called “hysterical strength” and it usually happens in life-or-death situations, like when someone gets stuck under a car or something and someone lifts the car to get them out. We can’t really test it though, ‘cause it only happens spontaneously.

Alien: Humans have the ability to tap into untold strength and power and you don’t even know how you do it?

Human: Pretty much, yeah. We think it has something to do with temporary analgesia, so we just don’t feel the pain we should when we pick up a 3000-pound car.

Alien: YOUR PAIN RESPONSE JUST SHUTS OFF?

Human: Yeah, it’s like an adrenaline thing? Do you not have that?

Alien: Fuck you and your entire species of tiny juggernauts.

Did this post just use a dialogue format to trick me into learning science

Characters & Relationships We Need to Write About More

yourlocalwriterblog:

  • Healthy, strong sibling bonds
  • Two supportive, active parents
  • Men who are open with emotions of all kind
  • Women who have no weak spots for romantic love
  • Hardened characters who (professionally) care for kids, animals, or the elderly and are sweet with them
  • Pansexual and lesbian characters in sci fi
  • Intense newly-formed friendships
  • Lust at first sight, reluctantly (& eventually) in love
  • MCs who aren’t naturally or easily athletic 
  • Lazy do-gooders
  • Unlikely cat people
  • Someone who’s known for being a good singer/musician but would rather pursue math or science
  • Men who are rough but aren’t condescending to women
  • Non-humans who live in a human world and have a cultural identity crisis
  • Characters that willfully go to a therapist
  • Women with careers AND a rich, full family/social life
  • Dedicated teachers
  • A character that got a degree in business/finances/tech to have a secure job and save up for a lifelong dream
  • A woman who lives in an isolated area/home alone and prefers it that way
  • Divorced parents and step-parents that care about each other and work hard to be a loving support network for the kids involved
  • Sex workers that are not angels or demons, but complex characters like everyone else
  • Stay at home dads
  • Recovering alcoholics/addicts that have been clean for years and help other trying to get clean
  • A deadbeat, unemployed female character
  • Rough characters who are also bookworms
  • Kids who are just as emotionally intelligent as the adults