Canon Laws Change (and Nobody Tells Me)

Canon laws change (and nobody tells me)

@the-wip-project Day 33

What kind of gestures are your characters often using?

When I read the question today, the answer had been immediate. "Of course, they both typically do this and that!", all the more so since these gestures come directly from canon and it is commonly expected to see them appear in fanfic. Not that it is a hard rule, mind, but still, they do appear on a regular basis (besides, I find these gestures lovely and so in-character that I transpose them into my writing without a second thought)

And yet, I should have had this second thought because, as I was looking for this canon material to complete this post and hand in my homework like the serious girl I am, I've come to realise that these gestures have become rarer in canon! Like, whaaaaaaatt 😲? Where's my favourite tongue-in cheek?

One of them is famous for rolling his tongue against his cheek to show a certain degree of confusion, to the point of annoyance even. He can also be caught rubbing his nape whenever he's embarrassed or flustered .

The other character also does something out of reflex (which the other character never fails to make fun of) in the way he brushes his hair back and parts it sideways. He's also often caught licking his lips all. the. time.

I still use these gestures in my fics, but maybe it's a sign that I should let them go...

Day 1

Welcome! Welcome!

This is the first day of the storybible project so let me give you a short explanation how I think this could go.

For 14 days I’ll make a post on this blog with a little homework. These will be short assignments, I don’t think you’ll need to spend more than 10 minutes on it. It’s up to you how you’ll use these assignments and how public you want to make them. Use the tag #WIPstorybible and mention this blog if you want more people to read them. 

I don’t plan to reblog all your posts but I’ll try to read them all. If I reply to one it will be with my main @barbex​, just so you know. 

I want you to think about a new or an underdeveloped WIP as you write down your notes. In the end, you’ll have the beginnings of a storybible that you can expand and refer to as you work on your story. 

Sounds good? Then let’s get started. 

Today’s assignment is about worldbuilding. 

Weather. 

What kind of weather is normal in your world? Does your world have seasons?

Make up a weather event in the past that people in your world still talk about. 

Me as a writer: It must be perfect, or they will all know I am a fraud, and no one will love me.

Me as a reader: Give us your tired verses, your poor prose, your half formed 2am conceptions yearning to be realised-

@the-wip-project Day 39

What kind of traits make a character interesting?

I've read a bunch of answers to this question, and like @sayonaramidnight, multi-layered, complex, conflicted characters are the most appealing to me. Especially if this complexity is non-apparent from the start. It automatically pulls me to the edge of my seat, expectant of the moment when they'll jump that plot-cliff. I'll be ready jump with them!

One collateral answer could be this, I live for the moments when this character is making THE DECISION™. The one that's going to flick the first domino of the series and trigger the course of actions they didn't know they needed. It might come with some collateral damage, some violent life-changing upheavals, heart-breaks, the end of important relationships even.

Such decisions require a determination that doesn't come easily for some types of characters. It can take a few chapters to bud and grow; it also can the spur of a instant. In any case, it's a beautiful thing to witness, as a reader and as a writer (*sniffles* proud) But the courage that comes thereafter to face the consequences is what makes a character a hero to me!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Park Jimin (BTS)/Original Character(s), Jung Hoseok | J-Hope/Park Jimin, Kim Seokjin | Jin/Park Jimin, Kim Taehyung | V/Park Jimin, Min Yoongi | Suga/Park Jimin, Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin, Park Jimin (BTS)/Everyone Characters: Park Jimin (BTS), Jung Hoseok | J-Hope, Kim Seokjin | Jin, Kim Taehyung | V, Min Yoongi | Suga, Kim Namjoon | RM, Jeon Jungkook, Original Characters Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Ancient Greek Religion & Lore Fusion, Explicit Sexual Content, Sex Intervention, Oaths & Vows, BTS as Greek gods and goddesses, Polyamory, Arranged Marriage Summary:

Since the disappointing loss of the Trojan war, Jimin’s sexual appetite has admittedly been a little more voracious than usual. Still, there’s nothing wrong with getting some good dick in. It shouldn’t be an issue.

His husband and best friends apparently disagree. They take it upon themselves to trap him to his marriage bed mid-affair and bind him just as tightly to a no-sex vow for three months. But even beaten, Jimin doesn’t go down so easily. Will his tenacity win out or will his friends finally succeed in getting through to him?

OR

A retelling of Greek mythology inspired by the tale of Hephaestus trapping Aphrodite and Ares during sex and having the other gods and goddesses come in to laugh at them, except it’s a well-intentioned intervention instead and the only one laughing is Jin at his own jokes. The story follows Jimin as Aphrodite as he struggles with a sex addiction and navigating his relationships old and new.