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Who is the most powerful person in your story's world?
#MS: Writing Questions#MSQ: World#writeblr community#writing questions#writing prompts#writeblr#writing inspiration#world building prompts#world building questions#world building inspiration
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Reflections
(not a pr0mpt)
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“I think I know what your problem is.”
Villain ignored the fact that Hero had snuck in. She was already there- no need wasting breath on how. “I don’t remember having a problem.”
Hero was sat on the windowsill as Villain now noticed. Her feet dangled against the wall, beside the sink. “You try too hard. You feel yourself slipping into a good mood so you destroy yourself for it. Darkness is comfort.”
“Poetic,” Villain remarked.
“I’m serious.”
“As am I.”
Hero sighed from her place in Villain’s home. “Why do you do it?” she asked finally. Villain could tell the question had been weighing on her. All those times she fell behind on his schemes- when she’d look him in the eye, and Villain could see there was something missing. It had been an answer. “What are you trying to prove to yourself?”
“You’re troubled.”
“I’m not,” Hero argued. “You are.” But Villain knew better.
He sat at the kitchen island. Putting an arm out in a welcoming manner, Villain invited Hero to sit, as well.
She shook her head at first. Expected.
“I won’t bite,” Villain assured.
Still, she seemed uncomfortable. Villain didn’t push any further in that regard, but he did say, “Tell me, then.”
"What?"
Villain blew a cold breath against the surface of his coffee before taking a sip. "Tell me what doubts you're having."
With a scoff, Hero kicked her feet against the wall, propelling herself off the windowsill and onto the ground. Her feet landed with a soft thud. She raised a finger but Villain cut her off-
"You're defensive. That means I'm right." He took another long sip of his coffee. Hummed. "Did you expect me to be bothered that you broke in?"
Given her strawberry cheeks, Villain imagined so. He shrugged. It wasn't his problem; he was just making coffee. What could Hero do to stop him?
"Listen," Villain said, "I'm not in the mood for an emotional interrogation, so why don't you sit down and I'll make you a warm mug of coffee."
When she didn't respond, Villain volunteered himself anyway. He stood from the kitchen island and abandoned his mug to pluck another from the cabinet. "French vanilla or caramel macchiato?" he asked, as he then opened the fridge.
"Neither?"
"You drink your coffee black?" Villain wasn't sure why this made him smile, but it did.
"If it's not a dark roast, yes."
"It's light."
She nodded. "Then nothing in it. Please. Uh- thank you."
"That means you'll have a cup with me?"
Hero nodded. When Villain placed the mug in front of her, she watched the steam rising from it- considered it as if it were poisoned straight from the pot. "Villain?" she said, and swallowed. "I have something to tell you."
#not a pr0mpt#Reflections#hero x villain#hero x villain story#hero x villain snippet#hero x villain drabble#heroes and villains#hero#villain#guys#i've been writing this one for several days.#my eyes are swollen. they burn. they itch.#my nose is stuffy and simultaneously runny. pouring snot the consistency of water.#my ears have so much pressure in them that it defies the ability of every god i've ever known.#ms sandy told me to pour peroxide down my ears. that will clear it all away she said.#but that scares me.#liquid? in my ears? ah? that just sounds like a no no. not to mention- i has no peroxide at work. and even if we did- i don't think they#would be okay with me using it to pour it down my ear holes. i feel like they would question that#anyway. i almost made an inside joke in this story. when villain asked hero what creamer she wanted- i almost said butter.#why did you almost say butter dee?#because my pappaw used to use butter as a creamer for his coffee.#he also fed one of the cats butter on a nightly basis. that cat's fur was ridiculously soft.
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help what is this called, i literally dont know anything about dancing and i dont know what im supposed to google for this
the crown and monocle are just so you know who is who (definitely not references to characters)
#dance#dancing#genuine question#ask tumblr#help me#pls help#what is this#what is this called#totally not radioapple btw (lying)#doodle#ms paint#writer#writing
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when you wake up in the middle of the night and realise you kinda "lost your place" in fandom little by little since you've had to start working full time
#listen i was probably still half drunk BUT. when i was still at uni I sometimes cranked out a chapter every 2 days#and now i have constant 'don't even look at me ms word' syndrome because i spend so much time at work in word already#yeah fixating on skinny probably doesn't help and neither does complaining but it just feels more and more like watching from the sidelines#and i don't like it here. i wanna interact more. but I've no idea how unless i start writing very specific stuff again maybe#but there's been so much shit going on in the last 1.5 years in particular that I can barely write the things I really want to#anyway. brought to you by midnight realisations and the question is it a hangover or do i have a headache from sleeping weird once again?#so yeah if anyone wants to chat about ddf stuff my inbox/chat thingy are always open#i'm aware it doesn't help not having the time and energy reading uther people's fics and i really wanna get into that again as well...#delete later
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Ugh. I hate seeing that I have a message in my inbox and getting all excited to see someone likes my fic just to get a spam message from someone profiting off of terrible world events. I hate it here
#ms lobotomy speaks#i have a function tonight but im in a writing mood#people ACTUALLY fundraising arent profiting theyre just trying to save themselves#im just pretty sure this one in question was a scammer#i saw a list once#also gofundme is complicit but i am already yapping enough in the tags#anyways free palestine
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IM SO SORRY I FORGOT TO COME TO CONFESSION ON SUNDAY YESTERDAY
anyway thoughts on an unholyverse au where jesus turns up and Gerard leaves Frank for him?
-waysus chrard anon
My son, Jesus would not have a second coming for....whatever "unholyverse" is.
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more of kai making an Executive Decision woop woop badoop
"…hey, Kai?"
Kai knew that tone of voice. That was the I have a question and it might make you mad tone of voice he knew all-too-well from when Nya was little.
He paused the game and glanced at Lloyd. "Yeah, squirt?"
"Why aren't you trying to be the Green Ninja like the others anymore?" asked Lloyd, his voice small.
Kai couldn't bring himself to tell the whole truth, but he could tell some of it. "Eh, once you've seen one Green Ninja competition, you've seen 'em all."
Lloyd's cheeks puffed out. "No, I mean, you wanted it a lot! Now it's like you don't even care! It's weird. You're weird."
Kai sighed and slumped forward. "I guess I just had a bit of a wake-up call or something. It was you, me, and the Fangblade in the volcano. Sure, we had our whole competition going, and if I got the Fangblade, I'd win, but…you didn't see your dad before we got there. The dramatics, his refusal to play nice? It was just like me the time he'd had the Skulkin kidnap Nya, except this time it'd been done to him."
Kai smirked and mussed up Lloyd's hair. "Plus I may or may not have been worried about you, too, so the Fangblade would've been a hollow victory anyway."
"Hah, hey-!" Lloyd spluttered.
"I just…" Kai went on, "…after seeing you and your dad together, I don't think it could be me. But even if it is, I promise you, Lloyd, we'll do everything in our power to find a way out of this dumb destiny thing and keep Garmadon around for you."
Lloyd took a shaky breath. "R…really?"
"Really," Kai said. "In fact, I'll do you one better. Whoever the Green Ninja is, he'll work the hardest out of all of us for it. I personally guarantee it."
Kai caught a glimpse of Wu's hat as he shifted just out in the hall. Wu must really be out of it if Kai just caught him eavesdropping.
"And no matter who it is, we'll have his back all the way, and we'll have your back all the way," Kai continued. "Your dad's surprisingly harmless when he's not being compelled to do great evil, y'know. Even if that harmless evildoing does get on my last nerve."
Lloyd managed a wobbly grin at that. "Yeah, heh, I know."
"Aw, don't get all mushy on me!" Kai complained with a laugh. He still lifted his arm in time for Lloyd to slam into his side and hold on for all he was worth.
Kai pretended not to notice the growing damp spots in his gi, instead silently rubbing little circles in Lloyd's back the same way he would for Nya.
The events of the day seemed to catch up to Lloyd as he Definitely Didn't Cry, Kai Would Back Him Up On That, and eventually he blinked blearily up at Kai. "You gonna make me go t' bed?"
"I mean, not if you don't wanna," Kai said. "You oughta know I stick it to The Man by now, you little gremlin. Bedtimes, shmedtimes. Live by your own rules."
Lloyd giggled sleepily and wriggled a bit deeper into Kai's chest and the couch. "M'kay. Th'nks, Kai."
And then he made Kai's heart swell and break a little at the same time.
"Hope it's you."
And then he was out like a light.
Kai's eyebrows shot up. Wow, show this kid the tiniest scrap of affection and he really became the cuddliest, most trusting little monster to ever monster, huh?
Destiny could wait until at least the end of puberty. If it had a problem with that, it could take it up with Kai's fists.
Kai carefully manuevered the controller up so he could use both hands to save the game and turn off the console, then set the controller aside entirely and reached blindly for the blanket that had fallen off the back of the couch during their tournament.
"Here," said Nya from behind him, pushing the blanket into his hand.
Kai tilted his head back to look in mild surprise.
It looked like Wu hadn't been the only eavesdropper- literally everyone else in the Bounty stood at the doorway, looking in solemnly.
"I hadn't thought of it that way," admitted Jay.
He didn't even have to say it out loud.
Zane shook his head. "Nor did I."
"Kai, you know we can't guarantee that we'll find a way," scolded Cole weakly.
"That's why I didn't," Kai countered. "I said we'd try. That much, I know we can do."
Nya chuckled sadly. "We'll probably have to give him self-defense lessons if we're planning to upend his father's fate."
Kai thought about it for a second. Since he knew intuitively what Lloyd's destiny was meant to be, he knew fighting skills were probably in the kid's future anyway.
"Yeah, probably," he said out loud.
"We can all teach him," said Zane.
"Never pegged myself as a teacher, but this would be worth it," agreed Jay.
"It'll be tough," Cole warned. "We'll all need to get better at taking responsibility. Remember, Lloyd doesn't have an element."
Kai pointedly did not look in the direction he'd seen Wu's hat in.
"If we're doing this, we have to be able to keep him safe, then to teach him to keep himself safe, even with how strong our enemies tend to be," continued Cole.
Kai nodded firmly. "And we will."
They had to.
Lloyd grumbled in his sleep and weakly smacked in the general direction of Kai's face. "…sh'ddup."
"You got it, tiny," Kai said without a moment's hesitation.
"Eh, it won't be the first time you've stepped up to the plate," remarked Nya in a whisper. She gave Kai's forehead a kiss, grinned smugly at his disgust, patted him on the head, and started ushering the other ninja out. "Sweet dreams, softies."
"Excuse you, I am the epitome of aloof!" Kai hissed.
"Sleeeeeeeep," groaned Lloyd.
"Alright, alright," said Kai immediately.
Nya shoved her hand to her mouth to stifle her giggles, but then she and the rest were back outside.
Only Wu was left, out of sight from where the others had been standing.
"You cannot keep his fate away forever," Wu informed him wearily. "Believe me, Kai, I have tried this before. This is not my first attempt at doing so for someone in my family. Destiny has spoken."
Oh, huh, right. Garmadon was Wu's brother just as much as he was Lloyd's dad.
"Then I refuse to listen. You'll just have to tell destiny to take a rain check or something," Kai declared. "If it wants him to fight his freaking father, it can at least wait until he's grown up some."
Wu searched Kai's eyes for something.
Kai just held his gaze with a firm almost-glare. "I figured it out in the volcano, Sensei. All my training to be the best ninja was never to become the Green Ninja. It was to protect him. If I have to protect him from whatever bull they're writing in the Cloud Kingdom, then fine. If I have to protect him from his own destiny, fine! I'm not letting the only one on this dang boat who can relate to Jay on Father's Day just lose that."
Lloyd chose that moment to sit bolt upright, his elbow jamming directly into Kai's sternum, and tell Kai with the utmost urgency, "Hurry, Kai, we gotta catch up to Fritz Donnegan and his crew! They're gonna leave for the Golden Planet Of Light without us!"
Kai wheezed and fought to get his breath back, then took a look at Lloyd's face.
His eyes were barely even open.
Kai smirked before he even realized it. "Well, you go tell Fritz I just gotta finish up here, alright, little man? I'll be right behind you."
Lloyd "looked" over his shoulder, then back at Kai, his eyebrows scrunching up worriedly.
"Promise. Won't be long," Kai said, guiding him back down.
After a long moment, Lloyd nodded. "…kay." He then burrowed back into Kai's side as if he'd never sat up at all.
Whatever Wu was looking for, he seemed to find it as he watched them, and he sighed in resignation. "Very well. I hope you have a plan for when the truth inevitably comes out?"
"I do my best work when I'm winging it," scoffed Kai. He glanced down at the sleeping Lloyd for a moment. "Besides, he's nine. It'd be worth anything to hold this off even a little longer."
"…good night, Kai."
Wu leapt up into the rafters, likely heading to his room to meditate.
Kai shifted in place with a sigh, tossed the blanket over himself and Lloyd, and settled in for the night.
(Unbeknownst to any of them, Nya stood just a few feet past the door, frozen in place with horrified eyes, her hands pressed over her mouth, and a shiver running up her spine.)
#rosie writes#ninjago#kai makes an Executive Decision au#kai smith#lloyd garmadon#wu ninjago#nya smith#jay walker#cole brookstone#zane julien#does it count as a fathers day fic if fathers day is mentioned one (1) time#also shshshshshshshs the og bounty has rafters now dont question it#me sprinkling in stuff from previous seasons and also 'a sane reaction to finding out the gremlin has to fight his dad who he loves':#you put the peeps in the chili pot and add the m&ms
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I need you to know that when I say, questionable and inexplicable choices that includes inconsistent dialects, as in a single character, might have up to three different dialects in the same episode. and also making the mixing of what the producers or whoever perceived to be the youth lingo at the time, which it was most definitely not, with the most archaic forms of phrases and idioms that I’ve ever heard a trademark of the dialogue. no 16-year-old has ever spoken like bloom does in the Norwegian winx dub she’s in a league of her own
#the rest of the cast is not mich better but wow ms bloom u have some lines#txt#The choices were so questionable and inexplicable that I for a not insignificant#Amount of time very seriously considered writing my thesis on the dub#I could’ve quite possibly have graduated with a degree in translation studies. Alas I did not as we all know.#a double have there for u mwah
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cons of writing for a fandom that doesn't exist is i have to mak all the executive decisions myself
#i say it like that instead of 'original characters' or 'small fandom' because like. they AREN'T original but there is literally no fandom#they are CHARACTERS FROM MY COMPUTER SCIENCE WORKSHEETS#what if i email the teacher i'm writing this for with my character questions /hj#'hey ms smith do you think tony from our app design worksheet likes to listen to fall out boy or-'
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Brent The Handsome Successful Everybody-Loves-Him Sandwich Making Guy has a game he wants to play with Ms. Question.
#wordgirl#brent the handsome successful everybody loves him sandwich making guy#ms question#questibrent#my writing
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If you title your chapters, which is your favorite?
#MS: Writing Questions#MSQ: Writing#writeblr community#writing questions#writing prompts#writeblr#writing inspiration
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Hi I hope you don't think this is stupid but what year does your rumor series take place
Not a stupid question at all!
Technically, its 15 years from Season 4 (minus part 2 I'm pretending that didnt happen) so 2001, but I've tried to make time as ambiguous as possible, so you cant really tell what time its based in when you read it.
So in this, Eddie's around 35-36.
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Just finished playing Rusty Lake Hotel and might I say... what the fuck
#not writing#rusty lake#rusty lake hotel#I mean it's very on brand for them#but dang#just imagine going to a hotel and they feed you the other hotel guests#were any of them willing sacrifices?#I mean Ms Pheasant maybe#and did Mrs Pigeon experiment on babies#ah yes questions I will never know the answers to
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Top five sentences you’ve ever written!
oh this took some thought...
"The only word she can come up with is elegy, some kind of sad, funerial poetry in the appearance of a dead woman to a dead woman walking." — from ny fic Til the hospital or american embassy
"Dying, Mulder discovers, feels a lot like falling." — from Though the Truth May Vary, the opening of Gurt's and my Little Talks AU. it was the first line that came to me for this AU and idk, man... I like the atmospheric vibes of it????
"(But he was burning up without Romana, it was the only choice he could have made. He would do it again and again and again, in every world, every timeline. He’s not just fallen into Romana’s ice sea, he’s jumped in and he’s been drowning for longer than he’s probably realized.) (He’s not afraid of the cold anymore.)" — from one of my older fics, a Gallifrey one (there must be something in the water)
"Hugo, writing so intimately about human nature and how relationships and interactions shape individuals and the world, understood this [that knowledge of a person or character comes not only from their personality, but from how they interact with others], and that is the key of why these core descriptions of characters doomed to tragedy function so well as a reference point for other analysis." — from a semi-academic paper (it's very badly formatted) i wrote for my mom about archetypes in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables
"Is it Rassilon who watches him from the corner of his own TARDIS, who asks him with a motive-ridden gaze if this is truly the only way, or is it the servant girl Jade? "— from That Good Night, another Doctor Who EU fic I wrote in 2020
these might not be my overall top 5 likes I've written tbh, bc a lot of my best lines have ended up in tag-rambles or meta posts, but these were the first ones I found/remembered feeling proud of. honorable mention for the beginning of my fic How To Bend, Not How To Break: "Her best friend kisses her under glaring flourescent lights in a hospital hallway, or maybe she kisses him, or maybe it's both of them at once that does it; her seeking refuge in him, feeling safer in his arms than she has since her diagnosis, him needing to convey and confess something he can't put into words." Can you tell i like long sentences/commas lol
ask me my top 5 anything
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evil toxic fools couple 😭
#it’s complicish#writing a fic for them… it’s really hard 😭#this was surprisingly hard to do because things obv change for a couple over time 😭#so at the start of the breakup MS is sad but within a few months he’ll be over it…#meanwhile SMS starts happy but he’ll get the worst depression on the planet 😭😭😭😭#so like 😭 it’s hard to pick a single moment in time for which to fill all the questions#i love ‘bruises like a strawberry’ yes you do babygirl ✍️
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What is Ms. Orange about?
After moving to a safer city, a woman finds out that she and everything else around her is fictional. Wishing for a peaceful life and wanting to be free from a superior being's control, Orange will try to stop the author from developing a story for the book, since a plot would mean that her whole life is already decided for her and no action she takes will ever be her own. With the help of a group of teenagers, she will try to achieve her goal by using her knowledge to subvert clichés. At the same time, the author will insert any conflict into the story with the aim that Orange eventually gives up and fully submits to the role that has been planned for her.
It's a fantasy novel with science fiction and metafiction elements, and it is mostly filled with comedy. The main themes are reality vs. fiction, obedience vs. rebellion and adolescence.
#my post#ms orange#novel writing#novel wip#novel premise#writers on tumblr#first translated post from the writing blog#the next post will focus on the setting#feel free to ask questions (as long as they don't imply giving spoilers)#i think i should mention that the novel has an episodic structure because most of the chapters have a self-contained story#but they are all loosely connected#if it were a cartoon each chapter would be its own episode
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