Post-Goo Gaster!

Post-Goo Gaster!

I thought I'd make a design for the royal scientist, yes he still wears his lab - coat I just would like to give him formal wear.

Photoshop Tutorial: How to paint water in 10-ish steps. Reblog to save a life.

idk if anyone will find this useful, but this is how i go about planning my stories. i mostly write fantasy, so that’s what this is most applicable to. but it could work with other genres too.

so there’s three major components to a story: the characters, the plot, and the world. creating them individually is the easy part, but they all connect and affect each other in different ways. (like you can’t have a character who loves peaches and eats them every day if they live a peasant in a region that doesn’t grow peaches, for example.)

so i created a cheat sheet to help connect all three components together.

1) the world creates the characters.

this is related to the peach example above. the characters should be a direct result of the environment they grew up in and the environment they currently live in.

2) the characters are limited by the world.

also related to the peaches. characters can’t do anything outside of what the rules of their surroundings and universe allow, such as eating peaches when they’re not available. this also applies for magic users. they can’t have unlimited magic, so keep in mind what you want out of both the characters and the world when creating magic systems.

3) the characters carry the plot.

we’ve all heard it before: “bad characters can’t carry a good plot. good characters can carry a bad plot.” but we all like a good plot anyway. try to make sure you’re not giving your characters too heavy or too light of a plot to carry.

4) the plot pushes the characters.

if nothing in the plot happens, your characters will remain static forever. if you struggle with plots, try starting with what character development you want to happen, then go from there.

5) the plot depends on the world.

you can’t overthrow the evil government if there isn’t one. think of what your world needs most and what your plot is centered around, and fit those two together.

6) the world is changed by the plot.

even if your plot is centered around something most of your world would call “insignificant”, the world will still experience some change from the plot. either the evil government will be gone, or maybe that one teacher is now way more careful about keeping an eye on the test key. either way, the world will be different from now on.

final note: usually people will be able to write one or two of the components with ease, but don’t know where to go from there. i personally can’t write plots, but thinking this way has really helped me actually make a story out of the world and characters because i looked at what i needed from what i had. i really hope this can help you too! happy writing!

tl;dr this is a cheat sheet to help anyone who struggles with writing one or two of what i consider the three major components to a story.

Coming into a fandom late

A Shimeji (しめじ) is a little desktop buddy that roams your screen. The original site actually calls it “the world’s most useless mascot”, which will probably give you a idea of it’s purpose. It is a cute, but also useless program — This version of this Shimeji WILL work on Windows 10 64-bit computers! So long as your Java is up to date! — How to download him! 1. First, and most important! You MUST have an up to date version of Java downloaded on your PC! The Shimeji won’t run without this feature. You can get Java here java.com/en/download/ 2. Go to this link here drive.google.com/file/d/1676_k… 3. Download the .zip file onto your desktop 4. Extract all the files 5. Go to the new file you’ve extracted and open it 6. Run his .jar file 7. Wait 5-10 seconds. He should drop from the top of your screen! 8. This step is optional but I suggest it! You might want to disable their duplication settings. Trust me, it can get out of control fast! To do this, click on his Shimeji icon on your taskbar. Right click > Allowed behaviours > and uncheck the ‘Breeding/Cloning’ box — SOME NOTES YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS GASTER SHIMEJI! - Depending on the dimensions of your PC’s screen, it might be hard to see him when he climbs on top of your PC (THIS WILL BE FIXED IN LATER PATCHES) - When you pick him up, if you don’t move him around, he will go back to his default pose - This is a calm Shimeji, so he will not throw your windows around - He’s smaller than the average Shimeji! But this is to optimize his cuteness - If there are issues using or downloading him, please personally notify me and I will do what I can to help! — character belongs to Toby Fox art done by me

A few resources to help, learn, and promote:

TO HELP AND DONATE:

Black Lives Matter carrd with info, petitions, donation sites they recommend, and readings they suggest

President Obama’s List of orgs to help, things to read, and ways to get engaged

Black-led LGBTQ+ Organizations posted by Alexis Michelle

TO LEARN AND UNLEARN:

5 Ways to Take Action for all non-black people by The Conscious Kid

10-Steps to Non-Optical Allyship by Mireille Cassandra Harper 

How to Be Actively Anti-Racist by Good Good Good Co

Victoria Alexander’s recommendations on Anti-Racist Literature

TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE:

Abelle Hayford’s #drawingwhileblack Directory of Black Creatives to hire

Author Oge Mora’s List of Children’s Books by Black Authors - also check out Oge Mora’s beautiful books!

A Twitter Thread from Melissa See on Black YA novels

Karina Yan Glasser’s 100 Must-Read Children’s Books by African-American Authors

10 Black-Owned Online Bookstores to buy all these lovely books from!

Bookshop.org’s List of Independent Black-Owned Bookstores