Happy Birthday Momo!

Happy Birthday Momo!

I need a fanfic of these two being the most unlikely of friends. STAT!

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Wanna write believable character in love (and make the readers want to ship them)?

Make them behave slightly different around their crush (but not too different because we don't want to completely change their personality). For example, if they're very extrovert make them act shyer around their crush (and the complete opposite). Or if they're not really in touch with their feelings, make them be more open about them with their crush. If they usually are big brain proud people, make them act kinda stupid with their crush. If they're super tidy people, make them be more chaotic around their crush.

Make them slowly fall in love. Love at first sight is bullsh*t (just look how Romeo and Juliet ended). Readers are going to hook on relationships that take their time to be constructed. How long does it take to fall in love (and not just being physically attracted to someone)? If you want to write a healthy relationship give them scenes (or time) to know each other. I know it sounds weird, but make them live around their crush. Make them be vulnerable together, be real together, be sad, happy, stressed together. Make them talk about their feelings, about their past, about their worries. HOWEVER, this is NOT an excuse to make your characters be the "psychologist" and the "patient". If one of the characters has mental health issues, do not make their love interest to be "in charge" of it. If one of your characters has mental health issues and you want them to get better, make them go to therapy/psychologist/any mental healthcare professional.

Make those two (A and B) interact with other characters. As Passenger once said "Only miss the sun when it starts to snow". This is really simple and helpful because it makes you think "Why does A like B and not C or D?".

This may sound contradictory, but DON'T make them need each other, make them want each other. If they need each other, there's gonna be an attachment red flag. Tbh, I don't know how to explain this, but want > need.

Make them be honest with each other. Please, another red flag is lying, so don't make them lie. A relationship is built on honesty.

Make them have (at least) one thing in common. Could be based on personality, on politics, on taste, on goals... You decide! Maybe make both of your characters be interested in science, or the pursue of happiness, their music taste, an experience they shared...

This is a very personal choice, but try to avoid the enemies to lovers trope (unless you're Jane Austen). I just don't quite like when character A and B hate each other to the core (plus they insult or hit each other) and then it's expected from me to believe that they actually love each other. Maybe this would work with kids that at first hate each other then grow up, become friends and eventually lovers, but not with mature adults.

Feel free to add more tips in the comments :)

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At this point I genuinely want to know what Bakugou antis and bakudeku antis want Katsuki to do. 💀💀 Like, yes in chapter one, aka 3 years ago in the story, Katsuki told Deku to jump off a building. It was shitty, it was fucked up, etc, etc, etc. He also bullied Deku 10 years previously which again is also shitty, fucked up, etc, etc, etc. Then over the next 300 chapters he grows the fuck up, learns about his insecurities, realizes why he bullied Deku, nearly died for Deku in the war and even fucking apologized in the next chapter and yet y'all still aren't satisfied.

Like this is a genuine question, what do y'all want him to do? And please genuine, intelligent answers. Not something like, "Ooooh he should kill himself!!" or "He should drop out of U.A!!" Let's not act like five year olds. 💀💀💀

The trend of queer people (especially young ones) glorifying relationships in media where there is consistent abuse shown and the abuser never shows any remorse for their actions is kinda scary to me. Like no y’all, emotionally and physically abusing someone for literal years and then saying sorry one time is not the foundation for a good relationship and you should not be defending it.

Like if you ship something unhealthy/somewhat “problematic” and can admit that it’s bad, that’s your thing I don’t really care, I’m not assuming you can’t differentiate fiction and reality or anything. My problem arises when you see people criticizing that ship for being abusive and unhealthy and go “actually it’s fine because” when that’s not true. You don’t get to ignore the reality of the relationship in canon. If you want to say “I work off my own version of canon where those things happened differently” go for it. But when you try to paint abuse dynamics in canon as healthy and a single verbal apology or minority changed behavior as “redemption” it shows you aren’t separating reality and fiction, you’re saying that you genuinely either don’t know what abuse looks like or think that abusive dynamics are fine. And that’s worrying.

As a writer on tumblr, likes are just noise to me. They are the polite nod from a stranger when you meet eyes by accident - it means something when you don’t get much interaction with others, but when you put yourself out into the world day in, day out, you’ll quickly forget these impersonal moments happened at all.

Impersonal is the right word. It’s nice to get them, yeah - but they’re a ticket stub, an ‘I was here’ that exists for the benefit of the person who keeps the ticket. Its funny how a form of interaction can feel so faceless, somehow.

I am grateful to everyone who has read my work, of course. But humans are hardwired to want attention, real attention, from others. Babies will die if they don’t get attention, even if they’re fed. I think I get feedback from less than 1% of the people who see my stuff, and that’s just on this blog.

I’m not asking you for pity or attention. I’m just saying… if you can think of someone who has written something you enjoyed, please send them an ask today and let them know you liked it. Just saying “I read ___ and I liked it, thank you for writing it” is enough. It means so much to writers, original or fandom, poetry or prose, reader pov, oc creators, whatever

Likes are white noise. Comments, reblogs, and asks are songs. Please show us your song.

[yes I would like you to reblog this]