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Here's an idea:
Rather than being one of the hundreds of people replying to this by going "FUCK YOU, STOOOOP, NO, I WON'T DO IT," even in jest,
get off tumblr and write.
Now.
Sincerely,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Professional Full-Time Writer Who Got There By Writing
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WEIRDLY SPECIFIC BUT HELPFUL CHARACTER BUILDING QUESTIONS
What’s the lie your character says most often?
How loosely or strictly do they use the word ‘friend’?
How often do they show their genuine emotions to others versus just the audience knowing?
What’s a hobby they used to have that they miss?
Can they cry on command? If so, what do they think about to make it happen?
What’s their favorite [insert anything] that they’ve never recommended to anyone before?
What would you (mun) yell in the middle of a crowd to find them? What would their best friend and/or romantic partner yell?
How loose is their use of the phrase ‘I love you’?
Do they give tough love or gentle love most often? Which do they prefer to receive?
What fact do they excitedly tell everyone about at every opportunity?
If someone was impersonating them, what would friends / family ask or do to tell the difference?
What’s something that makes them laugh every single time? Be specific!
When do they fake a smile? How often?
How do they put out a candle?
What’s the most obvious difference between their behavior at home, at work, at school, with friends, and when they’re alone?
What kinds of people do they have arguments with in their head?
What do they notice first in the mirror versus what most people first notice looking at them?
Who do they love truly, 100% unconditionally (if anyone)?
What would they do if stuck in a room with the person they’ve been avoiding?
Who do they like as a person but hate their work? Vice versa, whose work do they like but don’t like the person?
What common etiquette do they disagree with? Do they still follow it?
What simple activity that most people do / can do scares your character?
What do they feel guilty for that the other person(s) doesn’t / don’t even remember?
Did they take a cookie from the cookie jar? What kind of cookie was it?
What subject / topic do they know a lot about that’s completely useless to the direct plot?
How would they respond to being fired by a good boss?
What’s the worst gift they ever received? How did they respond?
What do they tell people they want? What do they actually want?
How do they respond when someone doesn’t believe them?
When they make a mistake and feel bad, does the guilt differ when it’s personal versus when it’s professional?
When do they feel the most guilt? How do they respond to it?
If they committed one petty crime / misdemeanor, what would it be? Why?
How do they greet someone they dislike / hate?
How do they greet someone they like / love?
What is the smallest, morally questionable choice they’ve made?
Who do they keep in their life for professional gain? Is it for malicious intent?
What’s a secret they haven’t told serious romantic partners and don’t plan to tell?
What hobby are they good at in private, but bad at in front of others? Why?
Would they rather be invited to an event to feel included or be excluded from an event if they were not genuinely wanted there?
How do they respond to a loose handshake? What goes through their head?
What phrases, pronunciations, or mannerisms did they pick up from someone / somewhere else?
If invited to a TED Talk, what topic would they present on? What would the title of their presentation be?
What do they commonly misinterpret because of their own upbringing / environment / biases? How do they respond when realizing the misunderstanding?
What language would be easiest for them to learn? Why?
What’s something unimportant / frivolous that they hate passionately?
Are they a listener or a talker? If they’re a listener, what makes them talk? If they’re a talker, what makes them listen?
Who have they forgotten about that remembers them very well?
Who would they say ‘yes’ to if invited to do something they abhorred / strongly didn’t want to do?
Would they eat something they find gross to be polite?
What belief / moral / personality trait do they stand by that you (mun) personally don’t agree with?
What’s a phrase they say a lot?
Do they act on their immediate emotions, or do they wait for the facts before acting?
Who would / do they believe without question?
What’s their instinct in a fight / flight / freeze / fawn situation?
What’s something they’re expected to enjoy based on their hobbies / profession that they actually dislike / hate?
If they’re scared, who do they want comfort from? Does this answer change depending on the type of fear?
What’s a simple daily activity / motion that they mess up often?
How many hobbies have they attempted to have over their lifetime? Is there a common theme?
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Something I wanna talk about real quick as a writer is enemies to lovers in revolution novels. (Sorry this isn't my usual content). This is something I've been seeing more of and I think it's important to talk about. Often times fantasy novels, sci-fi novels, dystopian novels, etc, are about a "hero" who is overthrowing someone or something corrupt and often this person, place, empire, etc, is often corrupt because they have engaged in colonization. So, often when there is the "enemies to lovers" trope in these novels it's often more like "colonizer and victim of said colonialism" which I feel is something people often overlook and are negligent in handling it.
Now, often the "colonizer" character undergoes reform and realizes the evil they've been apart of. However, that does NOT erase the trauma of the colonized person! While it's good to show this reform and character growth, it does not mean that these characters should jump straight into a romantic and intimate relationship. Colonization leaves long lasting trauma for generations. My family is Irish and fled to America because of British colonization. My great-great-grandfathers are the ones who fled, but the resentment of what our ancestors have suffered has not disappeared. My grandmother had a friend, I'll call her Jane, Jane's grandparents also fled Ireland (like my grandmother's grandparents) because of British colonization. Jane still is not a fan of Britain.
At my brothers wedding, when someone brought up England to Jane she proceeded to go on a rant about England, English people, and what they did to Ireland (granted she was tipsy). And Jane had been born in America. Colonization has a lasting impact for generations and resentment will not just disappear when the colonizer has finally decided to do the right thing after the colonized people have already suffered for GENERATIONS! My great-great-grandfather is the one who fled Ireland and I (sadly for reasons outside of my control) have not been able to go to Ireland, and yet I still am influenced by the history of my ancestors. One of the reasons I am such a staunch supporter of Palestine is because my ancestors are also victims of colonization. My ancestors died or had to flee and watch the liberation of their country from afar. It's not a snap of the fingers and everything is fixed like writers often interpret it (white writers specifically) and I need people to understand this.
If you want to have an enemies to lovers romance in your novel that is your prerogative, however if your characters are a colonizer (even if they're reformed) and a victim of that colonization then you must handle it with CARE! Jane, who was born in America and so were her parents, still holds onto that trauma. She definitely is not interested in going to England anytime soon, let alone being in a relationship with an English person. Also, often in these novels the colonizer has some sort of high position in the colonial entity (like a prince or general, etc) which further adds to the uneven power-dynamics and also adds another issue.
The world is not all happy, go-lucky once the colonizers finally are defeated or grow a conscience. If the colonized character enters a relationship with a reformed colonial prince, for example, do you not realize the implications of that? That would mean the colonized character now is with someone directly tied to the government that once killed and subjugated their people. One day, if the characters marry, she might literally be a leader in that country. Do you really think a colonized character wants to spend their life serving and rebuilding the country and/or people that oppressed them instead of helping and rebuilding their own home, people, and culture? Not to mention the dehumanization that colonial powers spew about their victims. The colonized character would likely face extreme discrimination and prejudice in the former colonial country. Don't even get me started on if the lover is a former general who probably commuted WAR CRIMES against her people not that long ago.
If you are going to delve into this storyline you must do it with extreme care and do your research. It's not something simple or something that ends immediately when the evil is "defeated" and it frustrates me to see so many authors treat this topic in such disparaging ways. It's something that is aggravating me more, especially as we watch the genocide of Palestinian's happen before our eyes at the hand of their colonial oppressors. This is not a topic to take lightly and I'm tired of authors treating it that way in favor of sexual tension, smut, and a fun trope. Treat the topic with the grace and honesty it deserves.
#authors#author#writers on tumblr#fantasy#colonialism#enemies to lovers#this is something I'm very passionate about#people who do this makes me RAGE#writing#scifi#dystopic#irish history#irish solidarity with palestine#authenticity#anime#avatar the last airbender#the hunger games#i'm not conservative or liberal. i'm a leftist so you should really just not give me any election ads because i legitimately hate all of u
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There's this weird tendency among fandom types where they'll take a character, and insist that they are fans of them, before changing their design, age, pronouns, backstory, blood type, species, hometown, favorite color, zodiac sign, medical history, and every other facet of their being.
They will then violently insist that this version is superior to the canon one and act like they "fixed" them and it's like. Buddy that's not the same character anymore. That's just your own oc commiting identity fraud. Like. I get the desire to experiment with different interpretations of a story. But first of all it's okay to just make an original character if that's what you really want to do. And second of all, are you even really a fan of the character you "fixed" if they're a completely different person afterwards?
Like. Idk dude for somebody who claims to be a fan you sure don't seem to like them as they are :/
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I am so so so so so TIRED to see people fatshaming two perfectly healthy girls because they have round faces. It’s disgusting.
The actresses of Mai and Azula are on point for their roles. Hell, if they were chosen there must be a reason, it’s not like there’s no Asian actresses out there they could choose from.
People can’t accept that Azula can have a characterization beyond “crazy and sadist sicko”. She’s a perfectionist. She’s an asset to her father. She’s jealous of Zuko’s birthright and of how it might take what she has away. Those are things that OG Azula too had. The only difference is that we actually see it in season one and have a background on her, rather than writing it in a rant. And what has been added only makes her a more complex character, given the change in the family dynamic as well.
And Mai? The actress is talented, she delivers a good Mai, and does justice to the character. She’s 17 and at the beginning of her career, of course it won’t be perfect. She gets to grow. Thing is, you guys won’t let her, because a square jaw scares you so flipping bad that you feel the need to shame her for it.
Everyone is a body positivity advocate until a girl with a rounder face shape is cast as a character in a live action you are NOT forced to watch? Seriously?
I’ve seen so many people on the internet calling them all sort of names, fatshaming them, insulting their work without even focusing on the acting. And I’m like, what’s to fatshame there? Let me tell you: nothing.
If I have to put it through your thick head like this, so be it. Even though I hate talking about and comparing bodies.
This below is a picture of Azula’s actress.
She has the face card, she has the jawline, and she has a fit, enviable body. And you still have the audacity to “fat-shame” her?
These two pictures are in costume. Again, face card and an enviable body. She even has the expression for Azula. You see a girl with a rounder shape of face and will automatically go “no she’s too cute to be Azula!!” Dude. No. When she will actually deliver as the crazy girl we know, she will devour. She will, and you all will switch back because that’s what you are, slimy switchers.
And now, onto Mai’s actress, a very beautiful girl with talent and looks. She is literally so pretty, and you dare hate on her? You dare shame her for how she looks? From what I’ve heard she’s a minor, too, so this makes you 100000% more slimy and undeserving of any sympathy in my book.
This is her, this is the girl.
She’s literally so pretty. Maybe she hasn’t got the same facial structure of Mai, but she delivered all her lines she had in the little screen time and with the discutibile scenes she was given. She was good. But you see a square jaw, a rounder shape of face, and are immediately triggered.
And you can’t even use the stupid argument of “she’s fat”, because this is literally her.
A very normal, very healthy young woman. Not as skinny as OG Mai? So what? She’s still a fricking thin girl. Nowhere as “fat” as you haters make her to be.
I shouldn’t have to explain common sense and basic decency to grown adults, and yet here we are.
This is honestly so frustrating. In the year of 2024 you can’t possibly justify insulting girls like this, with no shame. It’s absolutely idiotic and shows very a big lack of brain cells. I see you, haters, behind your device, with your insecurities and shame for yourself, laughing at two girls who made it farther than you ever will. You can critique the acting once you’ve seen it in full potential. Until then, shut your tramp up. This is very small dick energy of you.
I don’t see why I should treat you with kindness when you are so eager to make this kind of jokes about pretty and in shape girls you are very obviously jealous of. Go touch some grass, incels.
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"you miscalculated—i love Zuko more than i fear you” 🤝 "give me one reason to think you might hurt Aang, and you won't have to worry about your destiny anymore. Because I'll make sure your destiny ends, right then and there. Permanently."
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genuinely one of the worst things that’s happened to television in the last few years (exacerbated by streaming services) is death of Filler. going from 20 episodes to 8 because “we didn’t really need that episode where the main characters went to the beach right? it had no long lasting effect” but we DID!!! we needed to see how they act without the Big Bad Plot and to establish the dynamics between the characters and lay in the sun (do they forget sunscreen? how do they react to a thieving seagull? do they get buried in the sand or do they do the burying?). the plot isn’t everything. the action doesn’t hit as hard without the quiet moments. give us character development and our little scenes back
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show makes sokka less sexist -> sokka is now an underdeveloped character -> show compensates by emphasizing sokka's leadership trait -> katara now responds to sokka as a follower -> congratulations, your show is now more sexist than it was in the first place
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