Verne And Stansevain: Stanse Was Inspired By My Interest In What I Call The "horror Of Understanding".

Verne And Stansevain: Stanse was inspired by my interest in what I call the "horror of understanding". How some people drag each other further into the ground simply to know that they both can taste the mud. Verne was inspired by a desire to deconstruct the "damsel in distress" character type!

Young And Fremont/Aaron: I was inspired by a dream I had. I dreamed I was an otherworldly end of life duela to put it simply who had to convince Aaron with his wife and children to go into the afterlife. Everyone was rather simple except for Aaron. I then woke up. Since I desired to see the ending, I went back to sleep. I was finally able to convince Aaron to be reincarnated once I promised him that I would personally make sure that he and his family would be reincarnated together.

{WARNING: SPOILERS FOR OBEY ME GAME UP NEXT}

Kiri And Amoiel: When I was playing Obey Me casually, they started hinting at a special connection between Lilith and MC. I was thinking, "It would be strange to see the MC as Lilith since that's borderline incest soul-wise..." So I tried to explain this obvious connection in my head. So I went: Lilith fell down? Maybe she fell onto Earth! Then I concocted this wild theory where Lilith left a mark on the ancestors of MC. Combined with Junji Ito's "What Lurks Beneath the Sea", i came up with a story about a parasitic angel forced to harvest on the lifespan of this family generation.

Tag: @drivingmebonkas, @12-cluh, @foxgloves-garden, @blackhorsedances, @largestmothinnorthamerica, @startheoverseer, @loverboyxbutch, @procrazedfan, and literally anyone who wants to join in! I am always looking to support my mutuals :D

Writers Challenge#4

Author Interview:

Hi guys.

It's me again and I guess I have another challenge this time and this is too all writers who haven't found their title, even if you have a title you can join.

OC inspirations.

And book inspirations.

How did your book grow into it now?

Was a fanfic to original story?

Vibes?

Optional.

What inspired you to write your WIP? It could be a book, a show, a person or even a character.

My current WIP is based on a Wolfblood, Twilight and Avatar:The Last Airbender.

Wolfblood gave me the way to write controlled werewolves, Twilight gave me my protagonist, Thalia but she was a nameless Black girl who had a relationship with a vampire and Avatar for my panther shifters but slowly the book changed, and the Avatar gave me inspo for her abilities and she was a mortal who lived with supernatural creatures.

So yeah.

Thats it.

The vibe is a snowy winter wonderland filled with secrets and monsters and strange happenings after a strange human girl meets a tribe of Inuit werewolves.

The tone is quite dark at first.

Sorry for the tags.

@morganthepen @imbecominggayer

@imbecominggayer @wyked-ao3 @thehighladyreads @blue-endy

@furrywrit3r @loverboyxbutch @blargh-500 @jj-the-hobbit171

Text Excerpt From My WIP [IGNORE]

I'm just writing this since I got an amazing idea for this paragraph but it's not something I can write now so i'll write it here so I won't forget

"It would be incorrect to say that her death was the inciting incident to their (failed) suicide attempt. Not that it didn't weigh in on later matters but it's just not what caused the climatic failure that punctuated that evening. In actuality, the spark that lit the match was a thought that quickly fell away from my self-preservation's grasping hands. "I can't handle growing older anymore". From the moment my body was left to rot in that cold sterile prison, I was set apart from the human race through my brutality and immaturity. Dreams of riding our bikes to the waterfall framed by summer trees -- I wasn't meant to be there. Aspirations of wearing a champagne wedding dress with a cherised community cheering for my joy -- I wasn't meant to be loved.

"I want to die" as the curtains were mutilated

"I want to die" as I united with the ceiling.

"I want to die" as my feet were seperated from the chair.

I collapsed. Nearly landed on top of the corpse. It wasn't right. I was supposed to be falling into hell. Kissing the boots of Lucifer! Look, I don't know what you do in hell!? Anyway, that's not the point. I was alive.

I ran to door. Open. Closed. And stared into the mirror. It wasn't me. It was someone that was weeping as the tears stained their red cheecks. It was some monster with a mouth so stretched open and parted around a cry I was sure that this face of pure despair must have been etched in their birth. They looked like a baby crying for it's mom. I was a twenty-something with a mom who had been dead for too many years at this point. It wasn't me.

The specific post this is about is called "How To Write Characters With Addiction"

Hi,been a while.

So whats up.How you doing?I am curious if you give advice about writing people with addictions for example substance.I have resons my my male MC does it.But how can I describe the addictions the MC has correctly.

Thank you.

I finished it :)

BEAUTIFUL PERSON AWARD! Once you are given this award you're supposed to paste it in the asks of 7 people who deserve it. If you break the chain nothing happens, but it's sweet to know someone thinks you're beautiful inside and out <33

Hi!

My pairing is between my original characters named Yuuma Mochizuki and Jukka Virtanen.

Their foundational ship dynamic is Anti-Hero x Anti-Villain with Yuuma as a reluctant, cowardly, and hypersensitive superhero and Jukka as the charming vengeful force of nature supervillain.

However there is definitely an undercurrent of Opposites Attract with Yuuma being a hypersensitive compassionate yet intellectually "stupid" Hero and Jukka being an apathetic intellectuallly competent Villain.

What ultimately unites them is there mutual (reluctant at first) willingness to try and understand each other which is more than what anyone else has done for them in the past. They also share an adoration of the arts, media, mental illness, and comical stubborness.

💖community writeblr event alert...

💖 WIP ROMANCE WEEK IS SEPTEMBER 23-30 💖

the rules, as stated above, are to make a post a day about your chosen oc pairing that coincides with the day's prompt! i will be participating in this myself, and reblogging all the posts i find in the tag. i encourage participants to reblog others' posts, to encourage the sense of community i hope to build.

tag your posts with #lilasromanceweek24 !

THE PROMPTS:

tell us about your pairing(s) classic example of their love how they show affection (love languages welcome!) the lengths they'll go to for each other what outsiders/friends think a visual rep of your pairing

even if you're not participating, boosts are welcome!

GENERAL TAGLIST: @worldbuildng @muddshadow @nikkywrites @47crayons @directionoftime

@chayscribbles @magic-is-something-we-create @rodentwrites @notwritinganyflufftoday @rustywritessometimes

Obviously, when it comes to advice I can't give you 100% accurate advice since I don't know the entire philosophy of your characters nor do I know the specific worldbuilding details.

If this advice doesn't apply, think about it but don't try to force it :)

First Things First: Trauma Responses Are Complicated

Oftentimes, when it comes to coping mechanisms, they have two contradictory fears or desires for something which cause confusing behavior if you aren't aware of their struggles. A common fear combination is the fear of abandonment and the fear of engulfment. Or the desire to be unconnected and the desire to find belonging.

When it comes to Daxoril's characteristics, they already have some of this but I think an interesting quality to explore, if you haven't already, is the soul-sucking clinginess Daxoril could display towards Keya.

I think it could add internal conflict to both Keya and Daxoril.

Keya could feel guilty for feeling exhausted by Daxoril's constant clinginess while Daxoril could feel shame for failing to remain unconnected.

Second Thing: It's The Small, Dangerous Things

A big pitfall that writers often fall into is writing outward displays of a lack of trust or whatever a character is dealing with, and just ignore the inner complexity.

Trauma responses tend to become ingrained in a person's thinking behavior. It's not just social. It's not just physical. It's everything.

Daxoril expresses these fears throughout their profile:

Guilt over not being strong enough

Lack of trust

Fear of being simplified

Now, when it comes to establishing just how fundamental these fears are, it actually doesn't need many pages. Have a few establishing moments where a character notices something and then either have "backstory confession" or have the camera show what the character feels in the midst of trauma response.

Daxoril could try to work through their fear of not being strong enough through over-exercising (physcial) and pushing their comfort boundaries (emotional)

Daxoril could embody their trust issues through always having weapons next to them if that's within their character. Constantly searching a specific character's behavior for anything that reminds them of their original abuser.

Daxoril could turn into a huge people pleaser who constantly tries to establish a positive reputation. Heck, they could start using the same manipulation techniques that were used on them!

Last Thing: Consequences @melda0m3

Flaws only count when they have consequences. Daxoril's fears need to either physically manifest BECAUSE of their flaws or their fears need to be used against them.

How To Write Trauma With Humanity

This short post is for those who think that they might be so focused on writing trauma well that they accidentally forget to write an actual character.

As someone who has an "interest" (read: deeply passionate and completely consuming dedication) for psychology and character analysis, I feel like sometimes writers don't really know how to write a character with trauma.

To quote a quote:

Don't Write A Traumatized Character, Write A Character With Trauma

I'm just trying to talk about those situations where the only interesting thing that we ever learn about this character is the fact that they have trauma and that's sad.

People tend to think that PTSD and trauma in general is just:

sit in dark, crying inconsolably about death

have nightmares

hide the fact that you have PTSD with broodiness

try to revenge

die tragically or happy ever after

Remember: Nobody has time for that

These people have obligations, responsibilities, family members, loved ones, and dreams that don't allow for this type of lifestyle.

Many people with PTSD *seem* like standard members of society. They sometimes participate in community activities. They have hobbies and vague interests that they put on their dating profile but don't really care about.

People with PTSD and trauma are interesting REGARDLESS of their trauma and trauma-related bullshit, not because.

If the only thing that's interesting about a character is what something else did to your character, it's not really interesting.

What's their dreams?

What do they like to eat in the morning?

What's their values?

Stop Trying TO ANSWER These Important Questions With:

"don't care :3 trauma will make this character complete :D"