I'm Not Sorry

Why is it that the first thing I thought at the sight of this was "Is that an Underland Chronicles reference?"

how many angry female cows could you fight bare handed do you think

Cows? Those big ones? Realistically probably about 400 before I'd start breaking a sweat.

Beginning of session:

Hand out these leaflets, we're doing some campaigning

End of session:

Local robotic crusader fights 2 wendigos, a vampire and possessed friend

...um, could you explain a little bit? Please?

If Hamnet has 100 haters, im one of them

If Hamnet has 10 haters, im one of them

If Hamnet has 1 hater, its me

If the entire world is with Hamnet, im against the whole world

If Hamnet has no haters, i am dead

I swear to god, if I wasn't a procrastinator, and also fixed all my mental problems, y'all would be drowning in cringe-ass fics I've been daydreaming about since I was like 11.5

I'm not running out of HCs or silly scenarios, Just the energy it takes to blog them.

I love you all and I love this fandom I swear, I still think about it 24/7 I'm not going anywhere.

AU where Mrs Cormaci more-or-less adopts the Bane and he lives in Ares's cave and visits regularly in order to feed him and take care of him and he grows up in a safe and loving environment and he doesn't become a villain and everyone else has a heart attack when they find out.

Twirltounge manipulating the Bane into commiting mass genocide:

I'm sorry but if i do make pilot episodes/shorts for my TUC animated series, Gregor's going to know and use the language of kids today. why? it's funny.

and as the questers get closer throughout the series, others start picking it up. Luxa gets to look someone in the eyes as they lose a brutal fight, bleeding out on the floor, and say "Skill issue."

Slapstick romance

Domino and Adam are meant to be a toxic couple but in a very silly and unserious way. I did not expect people to accuse me endorsing abuse.

Well. My dash is starting to get empty because I’ve unfollowed so many people recently, so I guess I’m doing one of these?

(Also mutuals please reblog this so people see it? Thank you ily)

Reblog this if you post about:

Writing (esp. writing fantasy, memes, etc. I follow a few writing tips type blogs but would love to get some writing mutuals!)

Fantasy books in general, especially adult fantasy

The Underland Chronicles (please)

Mistborn (okay so I’m not done reading it yet but I’m WORKING ON IT and I’m chewing on these books, you might’ve noticed from My Entire Blog)

The Adventure Zone: Balance

TTRPGs

Original art! Especially fantasy OCs!

Crochet

Worldbuilding (This mostly ties into writing and TTRPGs I think, but wanted to add it anyway)

Please DON’T reblog this if you post about:

Harry Potter

MCYT

Any sort of hate speech (reclaimed slurs are fine!)

A lot of politics (occasional posts are fine, but I’m not on Tumblr to be reminded how many people want me dead, y’know?)

Shipping/fandom discourse (I’m too old for this)

Untagged gore

There is a good chance I will not follow everyone who reblogs this, as I am very picky about curating my dashboard. It’s nothing personal if I don’t follow you!

i needed this

Some Quick Character Tips

Here are a handful of quick tips to help you write believable characters! 

1. A character’s arc doesn’t need to grow linearly. Your protagonist doesn’t have to go from being weak to strong, shy to confident, or novice to professional in one straight line. It’s more realistic if they mess up their progress on the way and even decline a bit before reaching their goal.

2. Their past affects their present. Make their backstory matter by having their past events shape them into who they are. Growing up with strict parents might lead to a sneaky character, and a bad car accident might leave them fearful of driving.

3. Give reoccurring side characters something that makes them easily recognizable. This could be a scar, a unique hairstyle, an accent, or a location they’re always found at, etc.

4. Make sure their dialogue matches their personality. To make your characters more believable in conversation, give them speech patterns. Does the shy character mumble too low for anyone to ever hear, does the nervous one pace around and make everyone else on edge? 

5. Make your characters unpredictable. Real people do unexpected things all the time, and this can make life more exciting. The strict, straight-A student who decides to drink at a party. The pristine princess who likes to visit the muddy farm animals. When character’s decide to do things spontaneously or in the heat of the moment, it can create amazing twists and turns.

6. Give even your minor character’s a motive. This isn’t to say that all your characters need deep, intricate motives. However, every character should need or want something, and their actions should reflect that. What’s the motive behind a side character who follows your protagonist on their adventure? Perhaps they’ve always had dreams of leaving their small village or they want to protect your protagonist because of secret feelings.

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I understand that this is not my usual shitpost, so look away now regulars (if you exist), but the rules on r/ocpoetry are a bit overwhelming, so here ya go:

Can you see the devil?

Can you see the devil?

He's in a row of masks

Holding a baton

Behind a wall of glass

Can you see the devil?

He's pouring himself a drink

Polluting the crowd

Pushing them to the brink

Can you see the devil?

He's sitting in a leather chair

His footstools are starving

But he really doesn't care

Can you see the devil?

He's pounding the table

Preaching blood-red hate

From the bar to the stable

Can you see the devil?

Look across the gap

Find yourself a bridge

Then simply look back

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