Having ADHD Is Fucked Up Because I Cannot Understand Audiobooks Unless I Can Play Them On 200% Speed

Having ADHD is fucked up because I cannot understand audiobooks unless I can play them on 200% speed so the narrator sounds like @#@O$@#$#@*$)(@#!!!!

Look in all seriousness you can't redeem a character without showing them being pathetic, deep loser energy. There are no cool redemption arcs. They have to be in the trenches. They have to hate themselves for the mistakes they made. They have to apologize and take whatever is given be it forgiveness or a punch to the jaw. ONLY then will the redemption arc be actually good because it will be cathartic. And then they get to see the good things, they get to be touched gently and held while they sleep.

These things can overlap, even into a circle but without the pathetic loser boy saga your redemption arc will feel hollow.

Places you should add to your little town/city in your fantasy world!!

Post offices. Wild, I know. But give me the unhinged kind. Pingeons and little postal dragons all over the place. You enter. The most disgusting smell fucking assaults your nostrils. You know what it is. Letter in hand, you go up to the counter. The postal worker is just a slightly bigger pigeon. You shed a tear.

PLAYGROUNDS!! Create the most dangerous kinds of playgrounds, the ones suburban moms would TRIP if they ever saw one. Monkey bars that are way too tall, swings that go full circle... The metal slide stays the same, it's already painful enough.

PARKS!! MAKE IT ALIVE!! Show people going on walks, reading beneath trees. C'mon most of them are already hundred years old (And are going to die after that CR 15 creature wrecks the town) anyways!! Show couples and picnics, show a family enjoying the sunday, give me someone picking flowers for their loved ones.

A bakery! Do you know how much these places are underrated? And do you know how much plot potential they have? Every good story starts with food poisoning or granny's recipe! Give me a place your players/readers are going to treat like home and, for once, it's not a tavern or a guild.

Government buildings! Give me a town hall that has a kilometric line in front of it. Give me a registry that is as old as this town. Give me police stations! Give me courtrooms! Make one of your players get arrested and now all of the party has to go through burocracy like a bunch of normal people!

(Who am I kidding? You don't need to make them get arrested. They are going to do that for you.)

Touristic attractions! Give me a full-on statue of the country's leader! Give me museums! Give me streets, ruins and whatnot that attract thousands of tourists everyday! Give me an annoying city guide that tries to get the party's attention everytime!

Magazine stands! Magazines don't exist? Newspaper stands! From the Queen's Journal to the most questionable new piece of Fox's Tailtracker, you have it all! Make your players doubt what's actually happening, sprinkle a little fake news... Or is it fake at all?

...Toy stores. OK HEAR ME OUT. Make magic toys; miniature skyships that actually fly, metal toy dragons that expel fire, little wands that make little light spells, wooden creatures that can move and make noises... Make children happy! And your players too because they will waste their money on these stuff.

Instrument store!! Make your bards happy with special instruments or just weird ones! Give me a battle in one of those that is just filled with funny noises and the worst battle soundtrack ever!!

Not exactly a place but... Cleaning carts!!! Show me people cleaning the streets, picking up the trash, cutting trees!! Make the town look clean!! Give me an old man that is really proud of his work!!!

(or ways to make your players feel even worse when the villain destroys the town later on :) )

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Earl Gray, English Breakfast, and Ginger for the tea asks?

— @sapphic-story

hellooo lee!! thank you for the ask

earl grey: favorite quote from your wip?

while this technically isn't part of the narrative, it is important and i like the style

Sometimes, when [Cuckoo] played with conjured light and sound and touch on her own, she imagined she was performing for the goddess, giving time, giving space that she never could in her first home. Cuckoo loved her magic, so she loved the goddesss.

english breakfast: favorite trope?

found family. everytime. there's something magical about choosing the people that mean everything to you, the complexity in the dynamics, the unconventional structure in loving everyone so completely because it was not chance, not fate, not blood that brought you together, but cherishing the people and giving the care all deserve

Tea Writing Asks

Chamomile: Do you prefer writing in the morning, afternoon, or evening? 

Pu-Erh: How long have you been working on your WIP? 

Earl Grey: Favorite quote from your WIP?

Rooibos: Pen and paper or computer?

English Breakfast: Favorite trope? 

Oolong: Plotter or pantser? 

Yerba Mate: Favorite writing snack? 

Lemongrass: Favorite genre to read?

Lavender: Favorite genre to write? 

Peppermint: What’s your favorite way to overcome writer’s block? 

Rosehip: First person, third person limited, or third person omniscient? 

Hibiscus: What inspired your WIP?

Ginger: Most challenging part of your WIP?

Chai: Favorite character from your WIP? 

Ceylon: Best writing advice you’ve ever received?