This is a hill I’m willing to die on.
Oh hey tomorrow is Wolfenoot.
and if i said yukio okumura…
The one thing both of them have in common...They suck in art
they are just babies
Gil: my kink is when people care about my feelings and what I have to say.
Harry: too unrealistic. Settle for bondage like the rest of us.
I don't ship Malvie because Mal canonically put her hands on Evie, and even when they become friends Mal was codependent in an unhealthy way & Evie reduced to her therapist/minion. So no, Evie deserves way better than that grape soda gremlin.
Palace attendant: The Queen of Hearts has declared a coup at Auradon Prep. King Benjamin: Does... does she know what a coup is? King Benjamin: Auradon Prep is a high school. King Benjamin: That's like going to the Grocery Store, barricading the door, and declaring yourself the Mayor.
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Ares in the Percy Jackson show: *hates his kids*
Mythology Ares the millisecond he heard his daughter was assaulted:
“I’m not a violent dog, I don’t know why I bite” fits Ares a lot in my opinion.
This one's for the scenes with multiple characters, and you're not sure how to keep everyone involved.
Writing group scenes is chaos. Someone’s talking, someone’s interrupting, someone’s zoning out thinking about breadsticks. And if you’re not careful, half your cast fades into the background like NPCs in a video game. I used to struggle with this so much—my characters would just exist in the scene without actually affecting it. But here’s what I've learned and have started implementing:
Not their literal job—like, not everyone needs to be solving a crime or casting spells. I mean: Why are they in this moment? What’s their role in the conversation?
My favourite examples are:
The Driver: Moves the convo forward. They have an agenda, they’re pushing the action.
The Instigator: Pokes the bear. Asks the messy questions. Stirring the pot like a chef on a mission.
The Voice of Reason: "Guys, maybe we don’t commit arson today?"
The Distracted One: Completely in their own world. Tuning out, doodling on a napkin, thinking about their ex.
The Observer: Not saying much, but noticing everything. (Quiet characters still have presence!)
The Wild Card: Who knows what they’ll do? Certainly not them. Probably about to make things worse.
If a character has no function, they’ll disappear. Give them something—even if it’s just a side comment, a reaction, or stealing fries off someone’s plate. Keep them interesting, and your readers will stay interested too.