#I feel the urge to draw but then VIDEO GAMES
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[Oh the woe between wanting to draw or write later later but also wanting to play video games at the same time 😩]
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himh I'll make a Dark Urge that's so fucking scared
big scary bloodsoaked killer, tearing through armies with her literal bare hands? nah. a quiet, scared girl who doesn't understand why she does what she does, why she can do what she can, but is, at the same time, deeply disgusted by herself because she has just enough self-awareness to know to be repulsed.
maybe it's because I'm a tiny bit obsessed with clinging to the thought that people, at the end of the day, are fundamentally good, no matter what. that there is a fundamental human goodness in all people that makes them worthy of redemption, or at least of the opportunity for atonement.
maybe the way I want to play a story like that is with someone who, stripped from indoctrination and free for the first time to think for herself and embrace and be who she is, finds that in the deepest, most hidden pits of her soul, she is not the strong, kind, resilient person she might want to be. try as the might, she is not someone who can bear the weight of her own past, she's just a... a terrified, broken little girl, cowering in the shadows and unable to look herself in the eye. (which also gives me ideas for her relationship with Orin but that's a little bit beside the point)
cathartic self-insert who. therapy? what is that. is it on Steam or Epic.
#video games are cheaper than therapy i know from experience#squirrel plays bg3#oc: mara#watching my partner play his durge last night i had Thoughts#so far i'm thinking that this intense fear will be what initially draws my girl to Karlach#because karlach is so.... bright. and exuberant. and even chivalrous in her way#she's so LOUDLY good that her presence is louder than even the fear and... there is something really sweet about that#it'll be a bit of a change of pace for me to REALLY lean into playing a character who... isn't a protector in any way#someone who doesn't put their feelings last#not even out of pure obligation or self-preservation#but rather they are someone who NEEDS comfort and protection#and at the same time IS the danger itself yknow#(my default boys Arvid and Ray are sort of different flavors of a “kinght” archetype)#(the former is the “courage is overcoming fear”-type)#(the latter is the “fate's puppet; thrown at ever-increasing horrors until one finally kills him [and maybe he'll even welcome that]” type)#(Iona may be the most emotionally intelligent but she is in survival mode for a long time which complicates things)#(Petyr is selfish and kinda.... phlegmatic; performatively indifferent until he's yanked from it)#(but Mara will be... feeling ALL of her feelings. and I think Karlach will make her feel the closest to what she can think of as “normal”)#(there's perpetrator guilt. and shame. and fear. disgust at her own urges. intrusive thoughts and bodily reactions that disturb her.)#(i think she'll be pretty fascinating to play)#(holy tag novel dang)
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#aaah every now and again i get the urge to draw arknights fanart bc obviously i love the game so very much#but due to the sea of ppl on yt stealing art to use as their thumbnails or for meme videos#it turned me off drawing (or at least posting) AK fanart for good#which is unfortunate bc lumen is really scratching that itch for me#(i did draw one thorns/elysium art a while back but that went on one discord server and a few doodles)#feels bad but i am reminded of why i abstain every time i search for gameplay videos#who gives a hoot#funny how ive been playing feh since launch but almost never look up gameplay of it only PM1 and a few others#but for AK ill continuously look up clears of the latest event bc of how many strategies one can concoct
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struggling !! to find motivation !! both for writing and drawing!
i feel stumped/bored and want to Decompose
#feeling touched starved aint helping my ass sdoigjkfd#might try to draw blorbos? or possibly play some video games#the vibes are not set right atm and not being able to find smth that I wanna listen to on loop got me frustrated#the urge to lie in bed is real (despite not feeling tired/sleepy)! but I do not wish to remain unproductive#ash chats
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having the beginnings of interests and desires again
#thank GOD.#did you know that if you tell your best friend you're actually suffering a lot#they will help you implement changes to your schedule and life#that will reduce your suffering#and they wont even resent you for it.#3 consecutive nights of good sleep and i can feel my brain turning back on a little bit. phew.#i want to listen to music...... draw....... play video games...... READ even....#idk when i will have the energy but it's a relief to at least have the urge.#izzy.txt
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#tw vent#i didnt want to dump this all under the prev post soo#venting that got out of hand but the side hustle culture has ruined my relationship with my art and i am not joking btw#i literally feel like I waste time if i'm making self-indulgent art 'for fun' and not something 'marketable' or 'to sell'.#plus the feeling of it taking too much time to justify doing it. which is objectively stupid lmao.#plus feeling like 'everyone else is soo much better and now Ai is doing it too so whats the fucking point'#sooo anime n video games n books/comics and writing I never post seem much more appealing than literally feeling sick every time I draw#even when I'm having fun I inevitably get this drop when I finish like 'oh... i spent all this time on this and it looks like shit so-#why did i even bother' sorta thing#oh and i hate that sometimes I only want to urge myself to draw so I can post something online. which again. is STUPID. and I KNOW it's dum#but I literally dont know how to stop stressing about it other than deleting all of my art related social media so I have no site to post t
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Been feeling like a zombie all week, so I decided to just doodle whatever came to mind first to try and get back into the swing of drawing digitally lol--
#doodles#digital art#my art#forcing myself to draw SOMETHING so I can try feeling alive again-- XD#I had to resist the urge to look up references#because I'm just drawing for fun dangit it doesn't have to be perfect :'D#Also there's a big mix of ocs and assorted video game characters here so I won't tag all of them--#But try and guess the more obscure ones if you'd like :D#ocs#fnaf#cat doodles
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i can feel the old remnants of banjo kazooie knocking about in my brain. will it resurface or will it not?
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I feel like the 11th doctor’s run is literally impossible for me to liveblog because I just get too hyperfocused on the episodes 😭😭
#the main reason WHY I liveblog is cause I have this insatiable urge to like ???? SAY stuff about what I’m seeing#idk why !! not commentating on shit feels like I’m holding too much inside me !!#I like mumble to myself if I’m playing games or watching a movie by myself#BUT FOR SOME GOD DAMN REASON#THESE EPISODES JUST???? GRIP ME.#LIKE I CANT LOOK AWAY EVEN TO DRAW 😭😭😭#I be eatin me mangos like a baby watching a sensory video with them floating strawberries#entranced by this absolute anomaly of a [REDACTED GENDER]#🏜huevo watches shit
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Imagine riding a needy nagi seishiro whilst shotgunning him ♡
✩ ˛˚ . NAGI SEISHIRO ; — nagi doesn’t think he’s ever felt as relaxed as he does beneath you.
warnings: f!reader, weed use, all characters written 22+, shot-gunning. note: i will forever remain obsessed with this agenda i am not normal about it <3 also this is v sloppy written i’m sorry sob i just bashed this out in 20 mins :<
“does it feel good, sei?” you gasp as nagi watches you, hes all bated breathes and flushed cheeks, sweating hard as he lets your words roll around his clouded mind. he feels fuzzy, his mouth suddenly dry as his head drops back against the back of the couch when you sink down onto his cock again, pulling a dreamy, needy whimper from the snowy haired striker beneath you as you bounce on his lap.
good—was an understatement, the tingling along his limbs is only exaggerated by the weed mixed with how perfectly your pussy is hugging around the length of him, pressing him deeper along the swollen spots inside of you that make you bear down on him eagerly.
nagi liked having you like this, half clothed and lazy as you take another long draw of the joint hanging between your pouty lips, the smoke of your exhale curling into the room before it thins out. he gives you another starry eyed look before he moans, half lidded and blown out gaze meeting yours as his toes curl against the carpet beneath him.
“sei~ don’t be mean, answer me.” it’s such a pain how fucking cute you look right now despite how well you’re taking him, you’re like a demon in one of his video games as you lean back but still manage to lure him in. your pretty breasts bounce with every intoxicating roll of your hips and he can’t help but reach out to take a handful of them, pinching and kneading before your fingers are brushing through the messy bangs across his cloudy, bloodshot gaze and he finally speaks.
“fu—uck, angel. yeah..” nagi begins before his train of thought trails off, suddenly too enamoured by the press of your body underneath his palms as he squeezes at you, easing you along the length of him despite the way he feels like he’s full of cotton and so fucking close already. “jus’ don’t wanna cum yet, g’na give you more first.”
it’s needy and a little desperate the way he’s still managing to roll his hips up into you, slow and languid but still making your insides curl and ache with how deep he feels like he reaches — throbbing inside of you as you press him even deeper into the cushions below you both.
“do you want more of this?” you purr as your fingers graze under the neckline of his hoodie and nagi’s never felt so warm in his life, he’s flushed to his chest but he still nods with a slow blink before he’s knocking his head against yours drowsily, although managing to smear a kiss along your cheeks before he’s mumbling out a “y-yeah. share w’ me though, please.”
the white paper glows as it crackles, cherry eating away at it before you’re slowing your pace to a roll as you inhale — but your boyfriend’s greedy when he moves to curl his hand around the back of your neck to draw you into him. your fingers twist naturally into the snowy peaks of his bed head before you pull and it’s almost erotic the whimper that pours from his lips as you kiss him.
“mffff—pretty thing.” it’s slow and messy as the heat of your exhale floods his mouth and senses, urging him to inhale instinctively as you press yourself closer — rolling your hips lazily against his as his free hand curls and kneads at your ass and hips. nagi feels utterly consumed by you as he loses himself in the dreamy tightness, his lungs trembling with how enthralled he is by the press of your lips and the hug of your body.
the room feels like it spins and his cock throbs when you lick into his mouth, gliding your tongue along his own until he’s grinding himself up deeper into your warm cunt and he feels like he’s fucking melting beneath you. you only pull away to breathe and he already misses the thrilling tightness in his chest as he exhales, allowing the kiss to break wet and smokey despite the way he dreamily follows you forward as you pull away.
“hey— no fair, why’d you stop.” nagi’s eyes are still closed when he asks, smoke trailing from his lips as he speaks but his gaze is sleepy and lidded when he leans back to blink up at you. he pouts through his heavy, lustful expression before he’s letting his hand smooth through his hair — even more mused from your own touch before he’s haphazardly—and clumsily—pulling his hood up over his head.
“to breath, seishiro.” you giggle before you’re leaning back to rest the remaining joint back in the ashtray on the coffee table. but the movement only seems to press his cock even deeper into you when you fall back into his arms and another dreamier, sweeter moan falls from his lips this time when they part.
your arms hook around the back of nagi’s and you let them graze underneath the neckline of his hoodie, making him shudder as goosebumps trail along his skin at your touch — his senses heightened by the weed in his system and the warmth of you. but it still feels natural the way he lets himself curl into you, face pressing into the crook of your neck as he smears wet kisses along your collarbones between slurred grumbles and drowsy, drawn out whines as his body rocks seamlessly with yours.
“eh, breathing’s so bothersome. can go again, come on. gimme more.”
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#݁ . ࿓ : sealed#cw weed#blue lock x you#blue lock x reader#blue lock smut#bllk x reader#bllk x you#bllk smut#nagi x you#nagi x reader#nagi smut#nagi seishiro x you#nagi seishiro x reader#nagi seishiro smut
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Period Care HC
Pairing: Vox, Mysta, Luca, Ike, Shu x fem! reader
Category: Fluff, comfort
Warning: None
A/N: For my buddy chum pals who gotta endure this type of pain every once in a while :)
Luckily for me, my periods aren’t that serious and they last very short
Vox Akuma
Would definitely cook the finest foods for you to help with your cravings
He loves to see your expression lighten when he cooks for you, especially during this period of time where you had to endure this cycle again
Sometimes he would offer to help you change your pads/tampons, which always got you flustered as heck.
But who are you to deny him when he worked this hard for you? And so uhh yea we don’t need the details on what happened after that
At night he loves to cuddle you in bed
He’d leave soft, gentle kisses all over your cheeks, forehead, lips, neck, shoulders… you name it (that’s because he knew that you crave for his kisses during your period)
He’d also whisper affirmative words in your ear as you sleep soundly in his arms :)
Mysta Rias
He didn’t know much about periods but even so, he’d still do his best to take care of you
He’d even take a few days off his detective job just to accompany and look after you
He’d go out to buy takeaway, snacks, pads/tampons etc…
Though he wouldn’t wanna leave your for too long since he didn’t want you to feel lonely when you’re at home by yourself
He made sure not to do stupid things to piss you off (he thinks you’re terrifying when you get pissed off during your period)
Would send you a ton load of cursed memes to cheer you up :)
Luca Kaneshiro
Would not allow you to move a single muscle
Bro had you sitting in bed, back propped up by a pillow while he rummages through your house getting you snacks, tea, painkillers you name it
Honestly, he would act as if you caught a severe illness
You’d occasionally try to get off the bed to let your muscles loosen up a bit, but Luca would rush over to you, urging you to get more rest
“Babe! You have to rest! I’ll take care of everything in the house! So don’t worry and get some sleep”
“Luca, I’m not sick- “
Your protests would fall on deaf ears as he literally carries you back to bed :)
Ike Eveland
Bro’s the sweetest when you’re on your period
Much like Luca, he’d take good care of you everything in your home so that you wouldn’t have to work yourself (but not as dramatic and overexaggerated as Luca)
He’d help you buy all the items you needed. Would also either order you takeout or make you something to eat
Usually on the nights of your period, he’d have you laying comfortably on top of him on the couch as you watch something on TV
Feeling him stroke your hair and listening to his heartbeat as you had your cheek pressed against his chest always soothed your period pain
It wouldn’t be long before both of you fell asleep on each other (while the TV’s still playing)
Shu Yamino
Bro loves to do various things with you to take your mind of your annoying period
Sometimes you two would play video games together
Sometimes you’d draw little doodles together
He always made sure to help you feel as comfortable as possible on your period
Which was why he loves to cuddle you on your period
You’d lay your head on his shoulder as he’d rub circles on your lower abdomen to soothe your cramps
He’d also rant about his recent streams until you fall asleep on him :)
bro you do not understand how much I love the Mysta fanart here
#riyugu writing#yorutenshi riyugu#nijisanjien#nijisanjien x reader#luxiem#luxiem x reader#nijisanji#nijisanji x reader#luxiem x reader fluff#vox akuma#vox akuma x reader#mysta rias#mysta rias x reader#luca kaneshiro#luca kaneshiro x reader#ike eveland#ike eveland x reader#shu yamino x reader#shu yamino
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47, rejanis?
47. “No one needs to know.”
Janis has always processed through art—drawing, painting, embroidery, her brief foray into stop-motion animation.
Rebuilding her friendships with Cady, Gretchen, Karen, and Regina in the summer after junior year is... a lot. Even after apologies and long conversations (and Damian's attempt to facilitate a restorative justice circle), there are some days that Janis feels angry, or sad, or guilty, or confused.
She's particularly confused about how she feels about Regina.
So she opens a new sketchbook, just for drawings of her friends. Some of them are just simple sketches of their picnic in the park or afternoons at Gretchen's backyard pool—and some of them are more elaborate, from the late nights when she can't stop replaying everything that happened in sixth grade over and over again in her mind.
Tonight, her sketchbook is forgotten upstairs in her room. Everyone has gathered in Janis's living room to watch movies and play video games—a pretty standard Saturday evening.
What has also become standard: intense arguments about whose turn it is with the controller.
"Oh my god," Regina shouts over Cady and Damian heatedly debating whether Cady's brief turn taking over the controller while Damian was in the bathroom counted as a full turn, rolling her eyes. "You're giving me a headache. Do I need to write your names down and put them in a hat?"
Janis snorts, Cady pauses. "That's probably a good idea, honestly."
Janis waves vaguely towards the stairs. "Grab some paper out of my room. It's in my desk."
It's a testament to how far they've come that Janis trusts Regina to go into her room, albeit only for a moment.
However, several minutes pass, and Regina doesn't come back.
"Did Regina die?" Damian asks, and Cady whacks him on the arm.
"Don't say that!" she scolds. "Regina did almost die. Like, recently."
"That was one time."
"I'm gonna see what's up," Janis cuts in, jogging up the stairs.
"Regina?" Janis calls, pushing the door to her room open further. And then freezes.
Regina's head whips up from where she's looking at Janis's sketchbook.
"I'm sorry!" Regina says quickly, taking a step back. "It... it was open. And I saw a picture of me. I wasn't trying to snoop."
Janis's first urge is to slam the sketchbook and tell Regina to get out of her room, out of her house. But Regina looks a little frightened, a little embarrassed, and Janis takes a deep breath and decides to give her the benefit of the doubt.
"It's fine," Janis says.
"These drawings..." Regina looks at the book again. "They're really beautiful."
Janis's cheeks heat a bit. Not every drawing in the sketchbook is of Regina but she is the subject of a lot of them.
"You're a good subject," Janis says, not realizing how flirty that might sound until Regina's eyes widen. But she doesn't take it back.
Regina taps a page, and Janis comes closer to see that it's a drawing of Regina from one of their pool days, from the beginning of the summer, seated on the edge of Gretchen's pool with her feet dangling the water, a soft smile on her face.
"This day," Regina says. "I hadn't been that happy in a long time."
Janis doesn't know what to say to that.
"Can I have it?" Regina asks softly, tentatively.
"I... I guess," Janis says "But can you not, like, show this to anyone? It's personal."
It might be a strange thing to say about a drawing of someone else, but Regina nods like she understands.
"No one needs to know," she says, reaching out and squeezing Janis's arm. "Thanks."
Janis's skin tingles where Regina's hand is and her stomach flips over, and all she can think is how she needs to draw this moment later.
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can i pls request hcs for dating robin and being hopper’s daughter/a part of the byers-hopper family
dating robin headcanons
LOVEEEEE this ask
pairing: robin buckley x byers-hopper afab reader
content: fluff! smut towards the end (labeled) 18+
summary: what its like dating robin <3
joyce and hopper have always been supportive of you
they first notice you hanging around with robin and her friends more often and theyre like oh that robins very sweet what a beautiful young woman
they first notice you hanging around with robin and her friends more often and theyre like oh that robins very sweet what a beautiful young woman
joyce telling you to invite her over for movie night
hopper asking when you’re gonna hangout with her next
they’re such pot-stirrers
but you brushed it off always bc theres no way she’d ever like you like that
but she DID !!!!
robin always gushing to steve about you like she never stops talking about you
steve kinda set you guys up bc he couldnt stand your pining eyes and robins rambling any longer
you guys have a very soft and sweet relationship
you find comfort in each other and have lots of similarities
you guys can always ramble to each other about the most random things and it always makes sense
her stealing movies from family video picking ones you’d especially like
you visit her all the time at the store
she steals your clothes
robin draws on your converse
writes her name on them <3
robin has one of those nameplate necklaces with your name on it or maybe just your first initial
she wont admit it but she loves flowers and she blushes profusely whenever you get her a little bouquet
i think even though she met joyce and hopper before you guys started dating she’d be so nervous to see them for the first time since you started dating
little does she know they were trying to spurr your relationship
“god they’re gonna hate me”
“babe, can i remind you that you’ve already met them? like 50 times?”
“this is different”
you just hold her hand because above anything that would help
she puts on some frilly blouse she pulled out of her moms closet and you make her change because “no you dont have to impress my parents, they already love you. and i think they’d hate that top as much as you do”
needless to say joyce and hopper love her just the same as before she was dating their daughter
robin is quite charming despite the word-vomit
her quirky little one-liners make hopper laugh
joyce can tell how much she loves you
will, jonathan, and el love having her around more too, of course
she says ‘i love you’ first
immediately surges into a long winded declaration of how she thinks the world of you and how much brighter you’ve made her life and shes going on and on despite how nervous she is
and you just cut her off with a kiss
and you say it back
tears in your eyes a little because you seriously feel in your heart how much she loves you
and she teases you for it
so you tease her back for the proclamation of love she just got into
robin isnt big on physical touch besides when it comes to you
with you there are no boundaries
50 seats in the room and she’s practically in your lap
sweet kisses
nose kisses
forehead kisses
she likes playing with your hair
and she asks you to paint her nails because she sucks at it
you guys go on picnic dates and ride your bikes around town and hold hands when no ones looking
robin needs your presence
sleepovers !!!!!
popcorn and candy and fuzzy socks and reading magazines and card games
snuggles
shes your favorite band nerd
you go to every game to watch her play her instrument
you urge her to practice in front of you and you just love watching her focus
i like to think maybe hopper teaches her how to drive
even if she cant afford a car he insists that she knows how
you sit in the backseat while hopper instructs her and it just makes you want to cry because you’re so thankful for your family and so happy that they love her as much as you do and treat her like their own
you guys hangout in your room and she loves to look through all your knick knacks and add her own notes and drawings to the posters on your walls
joyce gets hopper to recind the 3 inches rule for you guys
“they’re 18! do you remember what we were doing at 18!?”
and hopper cant argue with her even if he tried
warning: smut ahead! 18+
another warning hey
ok lets get into it
robin is very gentle and loving with you
i think you’re both pretty inexperienced so you kinda figure everything out together
robin is a pleaser.
god she just loves touching you and hearing you and making you squirm
robin takes control a little
i wouldnt go as far as saying dom vibes or anything unless you’d like that moreso that she kinda leads you
teases you a lot
takes her time
kisses your entire body before even going near your pussy
and she loves how wet you get for her
always calling you cute pet names and saying you always do so good for her
constantly just whispering dirty words in your ear
she knows how to use her fingers.
likes when you pull her hair
she can get very vocal so you put your fingers in her mouth to keep her quiet <3
she gives you boob hickies
fingers you while you sit in her lap
she likes riding your thigh
face sitting !!!!!!!
69 !!!!!!!!
she will cum from you saying her name thats a promise
you guys make love
she scrunches her nose up when you call it that
but she takes care of you
puts her heart and soul into how she fucks you for sure
i think she has ideas and will come you like !!!! i saw this in a cosmo magazine and we should try !!!!
aftercare aftercare aftercare
cleans you up ties your hair back
gets nice and wrapped up and under the blankets with you
lots of cuddles
shes the little spoon
shes the perfect girlfriend and she loves you dearly
#robin buckley#robin buckley x you#robin buckley x reader#stranger things x reader#stranger things#stranger things imagine#robin buckley imagine#robin buckley fluff#robin buckley girlfriend#robin buckley smut#stranger things girlfriend#steve harrington#jopper#joyce byers#jim hopper#hopper reader#byers reader#will byers#jonathan byers#el hopper#robin buckley headcanons#stranger things headcanons#eddie munson#st4#st4 volume 2#stranger things smut#stranger things fluff
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7 Considerations for Characters
Of all the topics on how to write, I suspect more books have been written on how to create solid characters than on anything else. So there are a lot of great resources out there on how to create characters, and I can’t even touch on every topic that I would like in the space of an article this short.
Let me just say a few things, though. We are often told that our characters should be “round,” rather than stick-figure drawings. If you were an artist and you painted a picture with stick figures, people would say, “Well, that’s not very realistic. It is hardly recognizable as human.”
In stories, we usually don't want that response either. We want our characters to have dimension. Such characters have (but are not limited to) the following attributes:
Character Consideration #1: Specific Physical Bodies
Real people have physical bodies with inherent limitations and strengths. These bodies get hungry, hurt, and have urges all their own. They also have a history of ailments and injuries, various scars, and of course plenty of traits that we may or may not want to include in our tale—including things like foot size, ear size and shape, and so on. Trying to describe some of these traits is danged near impossible.
Character Consideration #2: Relationships
Real people have families and friends. For a while in young adult literature, just about everyone was an orphan. That’s because editors didn’t want authors to have to deal with family issues. Yet far too often, authors don’t create extended families primarily out of laziness. Similarly, each of us has various levels of friends, business colleagues, people we are attracted to, and people who are attracted to us at some level. We might include in this list of associations things like pets and plants. Does your heroine keep African violets around the house, and tenderly nurse her geraniums? A likeable character is usually one who shows kindness to others, who seeks out deep and lasting commitments—even if it is just to her flowers.
Character Consideration #3: Vocation
Real people have jobs—usually a history of them. For example, I’ve been a meat cutter, a prison guard, a missionary, a movie producer, novelist, video game designer, technical writer and editor, grocer, gourmet ice-cream pie maker, and farmer. In the modern world, we tend to develop large skill sets as we age, but there was a time when a person started life as a farmer and ended up buried out by the grape vines.
Character Consideration #4: Social Status
Real people also have a place in society. These societies might include political groups, religious and civic organizations, and so on.
Character Consideration #5: An Internal Life
Real people have an internal life, invisible to the naked eye. This is a good category for a lot of things—emotional needs and phobias, ideals, and so on. These might include secret beliefs, hopes, desires. It also includes our own personal way of seeing the world, and includes how we cope with it. Sometimes our personal ideals are at odds with our public affiliations. For example, while most people profess some sort of religion, very often our personal beliefs might vary in some way from the official doctrine of the church that we espouse.
The internal life of a character is of course where we get the “meat” for our novels. A movie can easily capture the exterior of a character, but novels do a better job of capturing the internal feelings, moods, and beliefs. Yet that’s only part of the reason why novels are so popular and are often said to be better than the movies they inspire.
I’m convinced that we have an innate need to get to know one another from the inside out. . . . So we spend a great deal of time analyzing the motives, beliefs, and actions of others.
The internal lives of our characters are the most fertile ground that an author may plant his story in.
Character Consideration #6: Internal Conflicts
As we explore the internal lives of our characters, one of the most important areas to explore is that person’s internal conflicts. What happens when a person loves and fears the same thing? What happens when a man’s conscience won’t let him carry out his boss’s (or wife’s, or master’s) orders? Most people are filled with interesting contradictions, and usually that provides the best material for our novels.
Character Consideration #7: Voice
Each character has a unique way of speaking. Finding a character’s voice and accent is often a key for me when writing a book. The character never comes alive until I can hear him talking in my own imagination.
In Conclusion
Please note that people are not stick figures. In a good novel, the author creates a number of characters who are put in opposition, and each of them is satisfying and believable. Your imaginary characters never really quite come alive, but at times it can feel like they’re taking over your story, bent on achieving their own ends.
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Raphael Romance Event
Reminder: To celebrate the 1000 signatures for our Raphael petition some weeks ago, there will be the Raphael Romance Event.
WHAT IS THE TASK?
Create a romance scene/moment between Raphael and your Tav/Dark Urge/OC of choice.
It doesn't have to be romantic in the very sense of the word. Of course, it can be, but there are many options. Make it sappy or make it bitter, make it happy or sad, sweet or heavy, a bit spicy or very vague, make it a cocky exchange, something dark and threatening, anything that works for you. Is he only toying with the MC? Manipulating them? Struggling with genuine feelings? Showing a softer side? Something else entirely? It's up to you!
Once I have gathered the submissions, I will make a google doc with our collected pieces and send it to Larian via the known channels I used for the petition too, showing them how much we love that devil, thanking them for giving him to us and maybe inspire them, who knows.
I will also post it here on tumblr for anyone to enjoy. 💕
UNTIL WHEN?
The last day to post it or to send it my way is May 31, 2024.
HOW DO I SUBMIT SOMETHING?
By posting it on tumblr, using the tag makeraphaelromanceable and tagging me, or by sending it to me directly, either here on tumblr or straight to my Discord account.
WHAT FORMS OF SUBMISSION ARE ALLOWED?
stories (around 1500 words maximum, please not much more to not overwhelm them with text)
paintings, drawings
comics (not more than an A4 page of content)
edits (not more than an A4 page of content)
videos made from in-game material or using mods
WHAT ARE THE RULES?
The piece must include your Tav, Dark Urge, or OC of choice and Raphael (not Haarlep alone, though of course, Haarlep can be part of it).
Originally, I said one submission per person but I think we won't be too many to handle the material, so you can submit a second piece if you can't decide.
It doesn't matter if you already posted or published your submission anywhere else or how old it is.
Not more than 1500 words of writing.
Not more than an A4 page of content for comics and edits; I know this is vague, I don't want to limit things too much but I also try to keep things balanced.
No NSFW, no gore.
No dead dove topics, no insults.
No AI-created writing or art.
Post it with the tag makeraphaelromanceable and at me in it (dmagedgoods) so I don’t miss it or just send it to me directly here on tumblr or on Discord.
#bg3#baldurs gate 3#raphael#bg3 raphael#raphael bg3#baldur's gate#baldur's gate 3#haarlep#larian#larian studios#makeraphaelromanceable
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For a while—after being exposed to the antiship movement, because goodness knows I didn't care about this when I was younger—I wondered *why* fiction and reality were so different in my head. Why I could happily see things depicted in fiction that would make me sick to my stomach or upset me to tears just from thinking of it happening in real life. I couldn't come up with a reason for this for a while, which caused me distressed and made me worried that I might secretly be a terrible person after all.
But I've done some thinking and I've figured it out. Or, rather, I've returned to the mindset that came so easy to me in the past and probably did to a lot of people before the well was poisoned.
When I see a fictional character, I don't see a person. I don't see a person like *me*, anyway. I see a person within that piece of fiction's universe; a plane of existence that is wholly different from my own. Lines and colour, words on a page, virtual drawings being played sequentially at a speed that simulates movement. Sure, the written passage, 'He had eyes, ears and a mouth' is a representation of what *I* am, and what other people around me are, but it is fundamentally a plane of existence that is *alien* to me.
An alien is something that is decidedly not human. I feel empathy for other humans because I can relate to them. I have no desire to hurt them because I either know what it is like to be hurt in that way, or I can imagine what it would be like. I know the harm it would do to them, which illicits a reaction of disgust and apprehension in me. 'That's terrible,' I think, which simply kills any desire to cause any harm to a real person or do any disgusting actions.
This is why predators are such terrible people. They are fully aware of the harm their actions will cause and then go ahead with them anyway.
But with a fictional character, it's different in these ways:
1. First of all, we have to remember that they AREN'T human and so whatever I feel towards them cannot accurately mirror whatever I feel towards real flesh and blood individuals. They're projections of humanity from OTHER people in whatever medium they choose, but fictional characters are—and I cannot stress this enough—NOT HUMAN. If I pull off the head of a Barbie doll, does that mean I have the desire to behead someone in real life? Does it mean that I MUST have the urge to behead someone in real life, because a barbie doll is a 'representation' of a person? Your answer, I'm hoping, is no. Because Barbie is not human.
2. And because fictional characters are not human, I don't have empathy for them. Not REAL empathy, anyway, the type that stops the desire to cause harm. When I 'violate' a fictional character, it illicits at most only superficial disgust because I know that character will not live with the lasting consequences of my actions. They're a projection, a facsimile.
So that might bring you to another question, 'Even if they're not real, why would you WANT to do that to them, anyway?'
That I can't answer. The human brain is weird. Sometimes, people have dark urges. If a kid tosses their Barbie onto the ground and seems to take pleasure in it falling, can that accurately say they want to push a real person onto the ground? If someone seems to enjoy a violent video game like GTA where they can run people over and shoot them to their heart's content, is that a surefire way to know that they want to do those things to real people? I wouldn't say it is. Would you?
The final thing to remember is that it's not completely black and white. A serial killer might have been 'inspired' by a violent horror story, whereas the actual author of that story is a nice, well-adjusted individual. People with the desire to hurt actual humans might make do with projections, but it does not change the fact that they actually want to HARM people. The fiction didn't make them want to do that. They already did, and probably would have even if they didn't discover said fiction. And horrible people CAN make their own 'projections'.
Generally though I believe it is obvious when someone is just playing with dolls, and when someone is exhibiting an actual desire to hurt somebody.
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