acolyte-of-the-creature
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some fucking resources for all ur writing fuckin needs
* body language masterlist
* a translator that doesn’t eat ass like google translate does
* a reverse dictionary for when ur brain freezes
* 550 words to say instead of fuckin said
* 638 character traits for when ur brain freezes again
* some more body language help
(hope this helps some ppl)
Spacebattle and Reddit try not to victim blame Taylor about her bullying challenge: Impossible.
Seriously why is it every time I look at those sites when the topic is brought up about Taylor’s bullying does people try to take all the responsibility for the mess from the culprits and give it to Taylor.
Why does Gadly and Blackwell continue to be protected by those sites like they did nothing wrong.
Also I am sick and tired of people saying Danny would be useful in solving the issue with the bullying especially because from what we’ve seen in text he completely fails.
kill the shift manager in your brain
HOW TO WRITE A CHARACTER WHO IS IN PAIN
first thing you might want to consider: is the pain mental or physical?
if it’s physical, what type of pain is it causing? — sharp pain, white-hot pain, acute pain, dull ache, throbbing pain, chronic pain, neuropathic pain (typically caused by nerve damage), etc
if it’s mental, what is the reason your character is in pain? — grief, heartbreak, betrayal, anger, hopelessness, fear and anxiety, etc
because your character will react differently to different types of pain
PHYSICAL PAIN
sharp and white-hot pain may cause a character to grit their teeth, scream, moan, twist their body. their skin may appear pale, eyes red-rimmed and sunken with layers of sweat covering their forehead. they may have tears in their eyes (and the tears may feel hot), but they don’t necessarily have to always be crying.
acute pain may be similar to sharp and white-hot pain; acute pain is sudden and urgent and often comes without a warning, so your character may experience a hitched breathing where they suddenly stop what they’re doing and clench their hand at the spot where it hurts with widened eyes and open mouth (like they’re gasping for air).
dull ache and throbbing pain can result in your character wanting to lay down and close their eyes. if it’s a headache, they may ask for the lights to be turned off and they may be less responsive, in the sense that they’d rather not engage in any activity or conversation and they’d rather be left alone. they may make a soft whimper from their throat from time to time, depends on their personality (if they don’t mind others seeing their discomfort, they may whimper. but if your character doesn’t like anyone seeing them in a not-so-strong state, chances are they won’t make any sound, they might even pretend like they’re fine by continuing with their normal routine, and they may or may not end up throwing up or fainting).
if your character experience chronic pain, their pain will not go away (unlike any other illnesses or injuries where the pain stops after the person is healed) so they can feel all these types of sharp pain shooting through their body. there can also be soreness and stiffness around some specific spots, and it will affect their life. so your character will be lucky if they have caretakers in their life. but are they stubborn? do they accept help from others or do they like to pretend like they’re fine in front of everybody until their body can’t take it anymore and so they can no longer pretend?
neuropathic pain or nerve pain will have your character feeling these senses of burning, shooting and stabbing sensation, and the pain can come very suddenly and without any warning — think of it as an electric shock that causes through your character’s body all of a sudden. your character may yelp or gasp in shock, how they react may vary depends on the severity of the pain and how long it lasts.
EMOTIONAL PAIN
grief can make your character shut themself off from their friends and the world in general. or they can also lash out at anyone who tries to comfort them. (five states of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and eventual acceptance.)
heartbreak — your character might want to lock themself in a room, anywhere where they are unseen. or they may want to pretend that everything’s fine, that they’re not hurt. until they break down.
betrayal can leave a character with confusion, the feelings of ‘what went wrong?’, so it’s understandable if your character blames themself at first, that maybe it’s their fault because they’ve somehow done something wrong somewhere that caused the other character to betray them. what comes after confusion may be anger. your character can be angry at the person who betrayed them and at themself, after they think they’ve done something wrong that resulted in them being betrayed, they may also be angry at themself next for ‘falling’ for the lies and for ‘being fooled’. so yes, betrayal can leave your character with the hatred that’s directed towards the character who betrayed them and themself. whether or not your character can ‘move on and forgive’ is up to you.
there are several ways a character can react to anger; they can simply lash out, break things, scream and yell, or they can also go complete silent. no shouting, no thrashing the place. they can sit alone in silence and they may cry. anger does make people cry. it mostly won’t be anything like ‘ugly sobbing’ but your character’s eyes can be bloodshot, red-rimmed and there will be tears, only that there won’t be any sobbing in most cases.
hopelessness can be a very valid reason for it, if you want your character to do something reckless or stupid. most people will do anything if they’re desperate enough. so if you want your character to run into a burning building, jump in front of a bullet, or confess their love to their archenemy in front of all their friends, hopelessness is always a valid reason. there’s no ‘out of character’ if they are hopeless and are desperate enough.
fear and anxiety. your character may be trembling, their hands may be shaky. they may lose their appetite. they may be sweaty and/or bouncing their feet. they may have a panic attack if it’s severe enough.
and I think that’s it for now! feel free to add anything I may have forgotten to mention here!
the suffering never ends
I made these as a way to compile all the geographical vocabulary that I thought was useful and interesting for writers. Some descriptors share categories, and some are simplified, but for the most part everything is in its proper place. Not all the words are as useable as others, and some might take tricky wording to pull off, but I hope these prove useful to all you writers out there!
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Australia
go to this random coordinates generator and say in the tags how you would fare if you were dropped where it generates without warning. i’ll go first i’d be dropped in the middle of the fucking south atlantic ocean and perish
other cool stuff i found scrolling through the layout files
Fae? Brian could embody the polite and respectful rules-oriented part, with Aisha being more of a trickster.
I have a high-fantasy Worm AU floating in my cranium (about which I reblogged about some time ago). I probably won't actually write it, but it still doesn't give me peace for one specific reason: I have not an idea what to do with Laborns.
Well, I do have an idea, which is to interpret them as some sort of tieflings, demon theme and all. But it ain't a good one, because:
It's vaguely racist
It's too basic for me
I incidentally have already an Undersider who is linked to Hell
I need ideas.
just run one(1) precog blocker in every deck. it sucks for bloat but its better than being shanked by an infinite setup Coil deck
let's see another "parahumans card game" post please
sorry i took so long to respond to this one its just really hard to get excited about the game right now. the post-gold morning precog meta is almost as bad as it was after the vikare ban. you dont even play the game half the time because you both already know whos going to win the second you start.
and glaistig uaine keeps reviving capes whose cards i already shredded!! it just seems like no one cares about us gamers anymore
also one uber&leet card, but it wasn’t the yaoi one so who really cares
got a brockton pack and it was just leets. why are there are 30 versions the same guy. AND WHY DID I GET ALL OF THEM
got a brockton pack and it was just leets. why are there are 30 versions the same guy. AND WHY DID I GET ALL OF THEM
What Prodecktorate decks the undersiders would play:
Brian: Protectorate New York starter deck, unmodified
Taylor: Ward Control with one conspicuous max rarity Alexandria
Aisha: Myrddinlock strategy that works maybe 5% of the time
Alec: Triumvirate pile thats purposefully unoptimized
Rachel: C53 Beatdown with a shockingly high winrate
Lisa: There's a kill order with her name on it ready to be signed if she ever so much as touches a card again
got the new Brockton booster pack and the text on the Skitter card is so small i genuinely need to use a magnifying glass. i’m sure someone can make a deck centered around this card that can win turn 3 95% of the time but that person is not me.
can’t believe that people still hate wet tinker decks just because of the Nilbog meta. (bonesaw being broken rn doesn’t help either) like i know those were really annoying but get over it. people don’t hate regular tinker decks because of the “machine army” meta. i can barely run Blasto without getting people mad at me
Soon they're going to make it illegal to sing a haunting siren song that drives people to the brink of madness 🙄 because of woke
call me jpeg the way i. hm.
im free from the Time Prison
how about a Creature
if it’s not capitalized, it’s not a problem. these are just regular beasts
by the way ive unleashed the creatures upon you 🤣
THERE’S MORE THAN ONE?!?!?!?!??!!
Reblog this post to turn the previous user into a Creature
hey does anyone know why The Creature wants me to “stay away from the stars”? It said it was because “It will see you” but that’s vague
when you can’t use a Geiger counter properly because The Creature makes it transmit accursed messages in morse code :/
the creature tells me that we never die, only forget.
The Creature was once punished like the snakes, but it too was freed by god’s biggest mistake.
you would undo God's punishment?
the creature is in the pit and says that there will not be a fourth year
I got voted "most likely to be thrown into The Sacrificial Pit" for the third year in the row ^_^