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lovecolibri · 4 months

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I just finally finished The Children's Adventure and I am a MESS 😭😭😭 This is ABSOLUTELY going to be my new warm hug comfort listen!

#worlds beyond number #the wizard the witch and the wild one #the children's adventure #please i love them all SO MUCH #the world building is PHENOMENAL #the sound and music production quality is off the charts amazing #and the cast + brennan are SO dialed in that the storytelling is even more magical than i expected and that bar was already HIGH #(plus brennan's podcast voice is a tad different than his d20 show voice and it is *chef's kiss* perfection and truly enhances the story)

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castles-crumbllng · 11 months

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Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) | Dir. Rob Marshall

#thelittlemermaidedit #disneyedit #filmedit #jonah hauer king #jhauerkingedit #jonahhauerkingedit #prince eric #the little mermaid #disney #y'all i just got back from this movie and got a little obsessed. it was good liked it but could've been soo much better.#THE WORLD BUILDING WAS PHENOMENAL but they left so many loose threads that had the potential to make it great #also i got seasick/motion sick SO MUCH during this #useralison #userjessica #usermarsy #useraish #userarry #*shale #userkarolina

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reigningmax · 9 months

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What Red Bull Lewis fic? 👀

THIS PHENOMENAL PIECE OF WORK!!

the entire history of us by supercup (Max x Lewis) “I think,” Max says, eyes fixed on his fingers trailing along Lewis’ skin. “You think about things too much.” He looks up, meets their eyes. “Don’t think about it so much.”

#asks #chit chat #Anonymous #4433 #fic rec #no listen where is this author who are they #I WANT MORE #phenomenal writing characterization world building etc etc

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captaindamianos · 4 months

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One day I'll try to make a coherent post about my ideas for the hunger games AUs 🙏

#i have so many thoughts #and rewatching all the movies and seeing a lot of posts about suzanne collins phenomenal world building #really reminded me of my love for thg #and how many thoughts i have on this

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lunar-gl1tch · 2 months

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i truly wish id loved kingoh but it just didn't hit

#phenomenal cast #deranged pacing #im a fic writer at heart i need the world building to have some semblance of working and #it just does not #amazing set pieces floating in a desolate cgi background #idk #i see people DEEP in it and im like are u winning son #I EVEN WROTE FIC. FOR A BIT I WAS THERE #and then it fizzled out

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lyriumsings · 1 year

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i don’t even know what to do with myself after that. live my life? how??? frank and bill were my life for like 57 minutes how do i recover

#truly don’t know what to do i feel so empty rn #LIKE HOW IS THIS SHOW SO GOOD #the emotional impact and character building in JUST AN HOUR #they can’t keep doing this to me they can’t keep giving me likable characters with phenomenal acting and killing them in the same episode #i’m going insane #what else am i supposed to watch right now #i feel SO EMPTY AND SAD AND YET SO HAPPY CUZ THEY GOT A WHOLW LIFE #TWENTY YEARS TOGETHER HAPPY AND SAFE IN A VERY UNSAFE WORLD #no one touch me #lyriumsings txt #spoilers #the last of us

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merrysithmas · 1 year

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sigh sitting alone in this chilis tonight thinking about how Good alden!Han was and no one even acknowledges the literal goldmine that was by FAR Disney's best star wars film Solo

#solo: a star wars story #GREAT movie #obv rogue one was good too but solo was more my style #a guy in a cape who wants to fuck robots? (lando)#a lady in red lipstick doing nothing but being fashionable? (qi'ra)#a perfect performance (alden)?#a scary villain (dryden voss)?#an ambiguous mentor? check #PERFECT MEETCUTE BTW HAN AND CHEWIE #han being drafted into the imp army? (using that when he becomes a general of the republic!!)#setting up an epic CrimeBoss story with Jabba that never happened RIP #star wars Crime Syndicate Underworld world building!!! with Crimson Dawn and fucking maul #SIGHHH #SOLO YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS (TO ME)#HAN BEING SHOWN TO BE A PHENOMENAL PILOT!!! that flight scene with the FALCON IS UNMATCHED ON SCREEN #sigh #han solo

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electracraft · 2 years

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Kaceytron was sapnaps love interest in protected thought you'd love to know 😊😊

i’m sorry i apparently do not remember the plot of protected that well..?

that aged so horribly my god 😭 fics truly are a product of their time

#protected is still awesome i haven’t read it in two years but i remember absolutely loving it #i don’t know if it would hold up with the current fandom but as for writing and world building its phenomenal #ask #anon

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potatoesandsunshine · 1 year

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like i'm just saying if i was in pjo it would take less than a day for me to be on team "let's kill the gods" i wouldn't even need the sales pitch i'd just look around and be like ok. seems like the thing to do.

#this is not hating i really do think it's a great franchise lmao listen that first series became my personality #but you can't look at that world and be like yeah. this status quo is good and works.#the characters dont think that either!! they just dont have any power!!#it's the powerlessness of being a kid and also yoh live in a world where fate is real and also there are literally dieties that live at the #top of the empire state building whit phenomenal power that just do not give a shit about you #like bro come on. come on.#idk why i am thinking about this kids series tonight i promise i am not a person who thinks my nostalgia picks are the height of all media #i SWEAR to you. it's just like listen. those kids have to start stealing more or something how are they supposed to live this way

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symbioticsimplicity · 2 years

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One of these days I'm gonna snap and turn into The Riddler.

#batman #the riddler #hes my favorite Batman villain #but also I would legitimately love to be him #green is my favorite color #i fucking LOVE puzzles riddles and mazes #i think terrorizing people is fun #and building a fuck escape room for someone to solve while i rob a bank sounds like a phenomenal use of my time #also I'm a feral little goblin and I love question marks #this is my destiny but how long will it take for the world to push me into it #who fucking knows #but I'm sure it'll happen #I also wanna cosplay him ngl #like a hybrid between to comic version and the Gotham version

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pagesnotebook · 4 days

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I need everyone to know just how insane I am about the Horizon games.

1) I bought a PS4 just so I could play Zero Dawn and Forbidden West. Nothing else. No other games. I’m good, thanks.

2) I spent over an hour geeking out over the world building in Horizon- specifically, the tribes and how fascinating and unique they each are, the way their cultures and clothing is informed by where they live (and then that took me onto a tangent about the Picts, who are very cool and work as great inspiration for Number 3).

3) Thinking up ideas about new tribes- what is there religion (if any) like? What relationship do they have with the Old Ones? Where do they live and how has that informed their culture? (I am a big fan of world building, y’all).

4) Even before I started playing Horizon: Zero Dawn, I was brainstorming ideas about how a ttrpg based on Horizon would work. There are some people who are also investigating this idea, and I honestly think that’s awesome. Also…

5) Purchased all of Modiphius’ Dreams and Machines ttrpg books because

a) It looks cool as fuck (although I will agree with other reviewers in that it is strangely aimed at quite young people and a little childish in some of its presentation (specifically, the “characters within the world annotating the book” sections)).

b) I like the easy style of the Starter Set (literally open the box and just start playing. I also like the use of cards to create your character).

c) Just from loose skimming, it looks like it would be pretty easy to re-skin as Horizon (although it is practically guaranteed that I’m going to mess about and Frankenstein the system a bit).

6) I am planning on running a Horizon mini-campaign for my parents using the Dreams and Machines system (they do not know much of Horizon except that the graphics are exceptional, I am madly in love with the games and anything I have gushed about to them. Unfortunately, I live with them currently, so they are my Guinea pigs. Alas).

7) So many AUs in my head. So many. Will I write them? Who knows. Least of all me.

If I could, I would spend my whole day playing these games. As it is, I manage about an average 2 hours a day (note: I am not a gamer. Horizon is literally the first non-Pokemon Nintendo game I have ever played).

Am I playing on Easy Mode? Yes. I want to explore and not frustrate myself and burn out my excitement of these games. Also, hand tremors and a processing disorder suck.

Have I only just started Forbidden West? Yes, and I am having the time of my life running around the Daunt ignoring the main plot for now. Although I am excited to go see Erend again soon. (Also, I am crying inside at not getting to spend more time in Meridian).

Will I be posting a lot of random things about Horizon? Probably. But I am notorious for not posting original stuff, so at least a lot of reblogs.

#page speaks #horizon #horizon zero dawn #horizon forbidden west #world building #dreams and machines rpg #look #I am a little too obsessed with world building in media and horizon does a fucking phenomenal job and I will never not be insane about it #anyway #this is probably my one actual me talking post of the month or whatever #if you take any message away take this one #Horizon is fucking awesome and if you haven’t played it you are missing out

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steviesunrises · 11 months

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i just watched andor its time to be insufferable about it to everyone around me

#riv rambles #i just love nemik #hes so earnest and optimistic #and the set design was phenomenal #the world building around ferrix?? the guy in the bell tower who just has the BEST time

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beescake · 4 months

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i am in love with your sollux i think

sollux love party :]

if you’re interested heres some of my personal fondness thoughts on him.. big warning for the mega long read ahead aye

as we alr know sollux's rejection of participation somewhat mirrors dave's rejection of heroism, but even without getting cooked to completion i still find sollux's character v compelling beyond the fourth wall

as someone who doesnt get a pinch of that Protagonist Sparkle to begin with, he can openly say he wants to leave anytime…. and unlike dave, he actually Can leave the scene anytime. but he can never be truly Free from the story via permanent character death like the other trolls.

his irrelevancy is indeed relevant - he’s there so u can point him out.

while his image is intended to be a relic of past internet subculture, his role is not only about hehehaha being a Chad or a 2000s cyberforum 2²chan haxxor ragequit gamebro.

his continued existence also happens to add a Bit to the overarching themes of homestuck! a Bit that gives him longer-lasting thematic relevance compared to the trolls who could’ve had more character potential but didnt get to survive beyond the main story.

the Bit in question:

his defiance contributes to the illusion of agency (treating characters = people with autonomy). he’s “aware” of it, and that recognition is worth noting enough to forcibly keep him alive as both reward and punishment.

considering how his personality & classpect is designed its definitely a very haha thing for hussie to do LOL. he’s made to be op asf so he's resigned to doing dirty work, gradually deteriorating along the way but never truly dying. as fans have mentioned before, him openly rejecting involvement after a while of grim tolerance is like if the sim u were controlling suddenly stopped, looked up and gave u the finger while u were step six into the walkthrough for Every Possible Sim Death Animation.

but since he’s just a sim… the more he hates it, the more you keep him around. if ur sim started complaining abt your whimsical household storyline you’d definitely keep that little fuck.

but yeah i like that sollux is just idling. the significance of his presence being that one dude who's always reliably Somewhere, root core Unchanged, no individual ambitions (possibly due to fear of consequence?), and design-wise: a staple representative product of his time.

compared to dirk's character, who has aged phenomenally well into the present (themes of control + AR + artificial intelligence, clearer exploration around navigating relationships/sexuality, infinite possibilities of self-splinterhood and trait inheritance), sollux's potential is really... contained. bitter. defeatist. limiting and frustrating in the way old tech is.

the world continues moving on to shinier, brighter, more advanced automated things - minimalist and metaverse or whatever but sollux is still here 🧍‍♂️ going woohoo redblue 3d. (tho personally i imagine his vibe similar to what the kids call cassette futurism on pinterest mixed w more grimy grunge insectoid influences eheh)

conceptually-speaking,

at the foundation of it all, the rapid pace of modern development was built off the understanding of ppl like sollux in the past, who were There actively at work while the dough was still beginning to rise

thats one of the cool things abt the idea of trolls preceding humans! the idea that trolls like sollux excelled back when lots of basic shit still needed to be discovered, building structures like networks and codes from scratch, and humans will eventually inherit and reinvent that knowledge in ways that become so optimized it makes the old manual effort seem archaic, slow, and labour-intensive.

but despite information/resources/shortcuts being more accessible now, much of the new highly-anticipated stuff released on trend still end up unfinished, inefficient, or expiring quickly due to cutting corners under severe capitalistic pressures

meanwhile, some of the old stuff frm past generations of thorough, exploratory and perfectionistic development still remains working, complete, and ever so sturdy.

those things continue to exist, just outside our periphery with either:

zero purpose left for modern needs (outdated/obsolete)

or

far too important to replace or destroy, bcs of its surprisingly essential and circumstantial usefulness in one niche specific area.

which are honestly? both points that sum up sollux pree well.

dramatic ending sorry. anw are u still on the fence or are u Sick abt him like me </3

#ask #anon #sollux captor #homestuck #hs2 spoilers #2023 #vioart #hs2 sollux explaining girls and bitches to john: 🗣️🗣️🗣️#mr foods‚ setting up the visuals: LMAO ok pause. cool story bro theyre all gone its just u n ur sandwich bro.#now that i think abt it sol's kind of a toaster? awkwardly takes up countertop space #lacks the versatility and sociability of an air fryer/pressure cooker. unwashed and littered w crumbs!#but sometimes the clear‚ frank simplicity of the toaster is a temporary lifesaver for ppl who struggle w low appetite / decision fatigue #or ppl who just have a habit of eating toast for breakfast LOL #and eh ¯\ _(ツ)_/¯ even if u dont feel like toasting today thats ok he's still gonna be sitting there 👍👍#a funnyman..... i curse him in my pan but root for him in my biscuit 🫶

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hemmingsleclerc · 5 months

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The Leclerc Family in the Paddock

-charles leclerc x fem!reader

Leave your honest opinion guys, this is my first imagine ;)

The sun beat down on the paddock as the sound of the engines filled the air. It was race day and the F1 teams had arrived at the circuit nestled in the hills. Among the drivers preparing for the Grand Prix, Charles stood out not only for his racing talent but also for the presence of two special people at his side.

Y/N, Charles's long-time girlfriend, walked hand in hand with him through the paddock. The couple had recently become parents to a beautiful baby girl and today was the first time they had taken her on a race. Wrapped comfortably in a Ferrari red baby blanket (Charles' request), little Emma Jules Leclerc was a little bundle of joy in her parents' arms.

When Charles and Y/N approached the Scuderia Ferrari garage, the media took notice. Microphones and cameras swarmed around them, eager to capture the family moment. Charles, with a huge smile, introduced Emma to the world.

"We're very excited to have Emma here with us today," Charles said, his eyes shining with pride. "It's a special day for our family, and we wanted to share it with everyone who has supported us."

Y/N added, "She's already a little racing fan, just like her dad. Maybe one day, she'll be in the driver's seat too."

The interviewers couldn't help but coo over the adorable family scene. After the initial baby talk, the conversation shifted to the race ahead. Charles Leclerc, focused and determined, was about to embark on a quest for victory.

Fast forward to the end of the Monaco Grand Prix and Charles emerged triumphant. Ferrari flags flew in the air and the team celebrated a well deserved victory. When Charles got out of his car, interviewers were ready to capture his thoughts about the career and the journey he had undertaken.

However, before delving into the race details, the interviewers couldn't resist asking about the significance of having his family present.

"It's an amazing feeling to win with Emma and my future wife, Y/N, here at my home race," Charles said, his eyes reflecting exhaustion and elation. "They are my biggest fans and having them in the paddock today made the victory even sweeter."

''¿Wife to be?'' the interviewers asked in surprise.

''Yes, we're getting married'' Charles said as he looked at you with love in his eyes.

Interviewers couldn't help but marvel at the couple's ability to balance the demands of a high-profile career with the joys of parenthood and, now, marriage.

Y/N, standing next to Charles, shared her perspective. "Charles is not only a phenomenal driver; he is an incredible partner and now a loving father. We are on this journey together, supporting each other every step of the way."

The interviewers, moved by the genuine connection between Charles and Y/N, congratulated them not only on the race victory and the beautiful family they were building, but also on the upcoming wedding.

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indie-ttrpg-of-the-week · 2 months

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Trans made TTRPGs

Due to… recent events that I would rather not talk about, today's post is a highlight of different tabletop games made by trans peeps! These games are fantastic in their own right, of course, but you can also know that they were made by incredibly cool and attractive people

(Also, these are flyover descs of the game, they'll get more in-depth singular posts later, this is because I am lazy)

Perfect Draw is a phenomenal card game TTRPG that was funded in less than a day on backerkit, it's incredibly fun and has simple to learn hard to master rules for creating custom cards, go check it out!

Songs for the dusk is fucking good, pardon my language, but it's a damn good post apocalyptic game about building community in a post-capitalist-post-apocalypse-post-whatever world. do yourself a favor and if you only check out one game in this list, check this one out, its a beautiful game.

Flying Circus is set in a WW1 inspired fantasy setting full of witches, weird eldritch fish people (who are chill as hell), cults, dead nobility, and other such things. It's inspired by Porco Rosso primarily but it has other touchstones.

Wanderhome is a game about being cute little guys going on a silly adventure and growing as the seasons change, its GMless and very fun

https://weregazelle.itch.io/armour-astir Armour Astir has been featured in here before but its so damn good I had to post it twice. AA demonstrates a fundamental knowledge of the themes of mech shows in a way that very few other games show, its awesome

Kitchen Knightmares is… more of a LARP but its still really dang cool, its about being a knight serving people in a restaurant, its played using discord so its incredibly accessible

https://grimogre.itch.io/michtim Michtim is a game about being small critters protecting their forest from nasty people who wish to harm it, not via brutal violence (sadly) but via friendship and understanding (which is a good substitute to violence)

ok this technically doesn't count but I'm putting it here anyways cuz its like one of my favorite ttrpgs of all time TSL is a game about baring your heart and dueling away with people who you'll probably kiss 10 minutes later, its very very fanfic-ey and inspired by queer narratives. I put it here because its made by a team, and the expansion has a setting specifically meant to be a trans "allegory", so I'll say it counts, honestly just go check it out its good shit

https://willuhl.itch.io/mystic-lilies

Mystic Lillies is a game inspired by ZUN's Touhou Project about witches dueling powerful foes, each other, and themselves. Mystic Lillies features rapid character creation and a unique diceless form of rolling which instead uses a standard playing card deck.

https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/141424/nobilis-the-game-of-sovereign-powers-2002-edition I… want to do a more general overview on Jenna K as an important figure in indie RPG design, but for now just know that Nobilis is good

https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/apocalypse-keys Apocalypse Keys is a game inspired by Doom Patrol, Hellboy, X-men, and other comics about monstrousness being an allegory for disenfranchisement. Apocalypse Keys is also here because its published by Evilhat so its very cleaned up and fancy but I love how the second you check out the dev's other stuff you can tell they are a lot more experimental with their stuff, this is not a critique, it is in fact a compliment

Fellowship! I've posted about this game before, but it is again here. Fellowship has a fun concept that it uses very well mostly, its a game about defining your character's culture, and I think that's really really cool

Voidheart Symphony is a really cool game about psychic rebellion in a city that really does not like you, the more you discover for yourself the better

Panic at the Dojo is a phenomenal ttrpg based on what the Brazilian would call "Pancadaria", which basically means, fucking other's people shit up. Character Creation is incredibly open and free, meaning that many character concepts are available

Legacy 2e is a game about controlling an entire faction's choices across time, its very fun

remember to be kind to a trans person today! oh also don't even try to be transphobic in the reblogs or replies, you will be blocked so fast your head will spin

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nanowrimo · 9 months

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How to Use Meal Scenes to Develop Characters, Relationships, and Your World

Worldbuilding can sound complicated, but why not make it a little more simple by focusing on food? It may be the domestic touch you need! NaNo Participant Lacey Pfalz talks about using meal scenes to develop your world and your characters.

There’s one thing that remains a universal human truth: we love food! While our perspectives on food might differ, people all across the globe gather together during mealtimes — and thus, mealtimes are made memorable.

Meal scenes can also help your story in a few key ways, especially if it’s fantasy, science fiction or historical fiction.

Meal Scenes for Worldbuilding

If we’re using food for worldbuilding purposes, does that mean we can say we’re worldcooking?

Just kidding! Worldbuilding, especially in historical fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, is an integral part of what you must do as a writer (In truth, it’s also important for writers from other genres, but we’re specializing in these three today).

Meal scenes can be an important part of the worldbuilding process. Food is intrinsically tied to a culture or a country, or even a small region. That’s why it’s important, when building your own world, to take time to figure out the bare minimum of what your characters will be eating.

Let’s do an example. Your world is fantasy, your kingdom set beside a wide river. Perhaps your capital city, where much of the action is located, is surrounded by wetland.

If this is the case, what types of food would likely grow there? Seafood, fished from the large river, might be your characters’ staple proteins, while rice might grow better than another grain because of your kingdom’s wetlands. Fruit, perhaps even coconuts, might be the sweet stuff your main character loves to devour.

Remember that your world directly affects what types of food your characters will be having: is there coffee in space? What about in Byzantine Turkey or your new riverside kingdom?

Shannon Chakraborty does a phenomenal job with this in her fantasy series The Daevabad Trilogy, which is set in the eighteenth century across the Middle East. Her first book, The City of Brass, is especially good at showcasing the often-fragrant dishes of the various cultures across this region of the world (some copies of the book even have a short list of recipes from the book that foodies can try whipping up for themselves).

While her book is set within the fantastical world of the Djinn, her food is based upon recipes that have been preserved for centuries.

There’s one small reminder with all of this: it’s important not to get too caught up in describing each dish so much that you end up taking the focus away from the characters in a meal scene. Meal scenes can be breaks from fast action, but they should also continue the plot.

Meal Scenes for Developing Characters & Relationships

Character development can be hard, especially if you have a handful of characters that you love! But in order to make your readers love them too, you have to show them interacting with the world around them.

That guy we love to hate? Maybe he’s a loner who has grown up eating by himself. Having him forced to sit and eat with a group of people who have known each other for years might be an awkward moment for him, but it helps readers to learn more about his own worldview — and it might just help get him out of his shell, or at least off the love-to-hate list.

Besides helping you develop a single character, writing meal scenes with some of your characters can also help readers learn more about the relationship between your characters.

Let’s say you have your main character, MC. MC leans over and steals a French fry from her best friend. There’s no issue, right? That’s because they like each other, and the best friend has likely eaten with MC before, and knows she enjoys stealing food from other people’s plates.

But when MC tries it again, this time with the guy sitting next to her, he whacks her hand to stop her from stealing. This sparks an argument that seems, at least to everyone else watching it, pointless, but readers will know from the rest of the story that they’re the enemies-to-lovers trope. This argument is just one of many before they finally acknowledge their feelings towards one another.

See how that worked? A meal scene wasn’t useless; it pulled the story along by giving readers another taste of the enemies-to-lovers trope that so many enjoy reading.

If you need a more visible example of how this can play out, try watching a movie like Pride & Prejudice, (the book is amazing, but I’m suggesting the movie as a visual aid). The movie does a great job showcasing just how different the members of the Bennet family are individually, how they act around each other, and how they act around company.

There’s often little action in meal scenes, so they’re not meant to be overused. The plot should also still be there — take the cringey proposal scene between Mr. Collins and Elizabeth in Pride & Prejudice, for example, which follows directly after a meal when the rest of her family abandons her. In this case, the plot (and Mr. Collins’ advances) ruin her meal.

Perhaps your meal scene is the much-needed respite in between battling fierce aliens for planet Earth, or the first time your main character’s enemy-to-lover has entered her home. Either way, meal scenes are an important way to immerse your readers in what kind of world they’re imagining as well as showcasing how your characters act and — more importantly — how they act around each other.

Lacey Pfalz is a travel journalist by day, hopeful author by night. She belongs to the class of graduates she dubs the Class of COVID-19, having graduated with a double major in history and writing at Wisconsin Lutheran College in 2020. Her writing passions include fantasy, science fiction and historical fiction (with a little bit of romance, of course!). As someone with a physical disability, it’s her dream to write a fantasy series featuring a main character like her. Header Image by Jack Sparrow

#nanowrimo #writing #writing tips #worldbuilding #characters #character relationships #by nano guest #lacey pfalz

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