It started like this:

@rapid-oxidization sideblog | OC/world building scrapbook | everything here is subject to potential reworking!

[brainworld-reblogs]

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

[?], the Late King of Betia, deceased

VETRA, the Queen of Betia, deceased

STERINA, their daughter, and exiled Princess of Betia

SIUS, their son and New King of Betia

LERO, his lover and heir to the Duchy of Collis. 

DALIA, his betrothed.

DIMAS, a geologist

HACELIA, a geologist

MIRA, a botanist

TYTO, the Chronicler

LEYAN, his brother

ABOUT

this is a sideblog for a worldbuilding/ocverse project! it’s set on an alternate world, primarily in a kingdom called Betia, and follows the circumstances around a conspiracy to dispose of Sius Avum, its ruler. 

there are discussions and mentions of dark themes in this blog, and the content/commentary here is curated and written by an adult. this blog does not go out of its way to be kept “child appropriate”.

beyond character mentions, i do not tag specific topics on this blog as it is not intended for an audience so much as it is a scrapbook that others are welcome to look in on and interact with. this being said, please be wary of that you may encounter discussions of: 

murder & death

this centres around an assassination plot

abuse

emotional

manipulation

neglect

whatever it’s called when you send your daughter into the literal tundra

state violence and systemic injustices

class-based injustices

imperialism- and colonial-related injustices

environmental injustices

sex and kink

[hoofpeet]

(In the cuck chair)(starts booing)

[hoofpeet]

(Wife looks over)(I do a roman emperor thumbs down)(she executes the other guy)

[tlirsgender]

I heart prey animal rage I love when characters are fucking insane with terror

[tlirsgender]

When they're not dangerous like a hunter but dangerous like a spooked horse kicking your skull in

[tlirsgender]

Let's hear it for prey animal rage let's hear it for killing everyone else in the world before you'll let them catch you

[darkaviarymc]

Tragedy alignment chart. Feel free to use, but please reblog if you do.

[mikkeneko]

And of course the second part of the tragedy, which is: which quadrant did you think you were in vs. which one you were really in

[mynameisrocks]

[ilynpilled]

trope i really like is self-loathing characters desperate for the catharsis of punishment for frankly rather selfish reasons who r also obsessed with repeatedly pressing others into hating them and hurting them as essentially a method of self harm. yes baby continue making it worse for urself and everybody around u instead of doing an actually productive and effective journey of improvement and redemption

[belovedgamers]

The BEST trope is when a character tells another “let’s run away together, we can leave all of this behind and start a new life somewhere” and gets rejected. And then the rest of the tragedy unfolds

[subaru-copilot]

[lypsys]

"Write character relationships that are normal" WRONG ☝ CODEPENDENCY BEAM 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[gauntlyt]

oughhhh the sinking visceral horror of "I did it all for you" when what they've done is appalling. the look of fierce devotion with their hands bloody, standing in the sickening viscous mess they've made. "I've done everything for you" oh god

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

it is always narratively correct to make your characters sleep together before they sort through the hundreds of lies and misdirections between them. make things worse make things worse make things worse #i love betrayal #i love lying #i love people feeling bad about themselves

[yamalvr]

i have a personality flaw that always positions me on the side of characters who are hiding everything and refuse to accept help. like do NOT confide in people. confiding in people is the enemy. REAL winners lie and lie and continue lying until they ruin every single thing theyve got going for them & didnt fix a single goddamn thing. keep digging grandpa youre almost there

[nohoperadio]

You know that thing would eat you if you died, right? *pointing to the false image of you that others perceive*

[casgirl]

Characters who are like “let’s run away together let’s get away from all this” when it’s already too late!!!!!!!

[happilyhadesbound]

underrated ship dynamic is 'they deserve each other /derogatory'

[unalivejournal]

Im probably a bad person but I'm a bad person so idrc about that rn

[trashboat]

my fear of abandonment? well that comes from my experience of being abandoned

[muninnhuginn]

love it when characters do a sacrifice play ostensibly to save others but mostly so they don't have to face themselves