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[patientno7]

the suffering never ends

[sinksanksockie2]

This is the real process

[thewritingbeast-blog]

Resources for you!

Character Ideas:

Character creation masterpost

Character Alignment Chart

More character alignment descriptions

Muslim Character questions

Characters with magical powers

Building a new character advice

How to create a character for an online or tabletop RPG (also a good guide on creating characters in general)

Royalty/nobility TV Tropes page

Basic character profile

OC masterpost

Random character generators - (1), (2), (3), (4)

D&D Character Building Tool

Character Design Ideas:

How clothing affects a character’s personality

Character Design Inspiration blog

Concept art, fan art, cool art to be inspired by

Character design references and inspiration

Sources for POC character design ideas and models

Create your own character model using HeroForge

For horned characters

Body and hair types guide

Random outfit generator

Naming Help:

Amazing site with an endless amount of naming resources

General advice on avoiding naming appropriation

Hispanic Surnames

Gothic Victorian names

Huge master list for character things in general

Masterlist of names of all types - including but not limited to ancient/old world names, Celtic, African, Northern European, Southern and Central American Native names, Japanese, Chinese, Mongolian, Polynesian, and more

Another name masterlist

How to pick a character name guide

Yet another names masterlist

Creating Background/backstory:

Character Sheet/Development Sheet

Another character development list

In-depth character personality, motivations and traits sheet

320 talents and passions for characters

On writing likes and dislikes that aren’t frivolous

Why you should write non-human characters non-conforming to the gender binary

Stereotypes, tropes, and archetypes

Random backstory generator

Assassin and thief character tropes to avoid

Character Interactions and putting your character into your world/story:

Comparing character height/height references

Characters who are scientists and writing about them doing science

Describing what different voices sound like

Describing skin tones

Writing friendship interactions that are platonic

Why having one character knock their friend unconscious to prevent them from doing something is a bad idea

Advice on shipping OCs with canon characters and what to avoid doing

Sweet Polly Oliver and Sweet on Polly Oliver situations (think of Disney’s Mulan for an example)

How to write multiple viewpoints/juggling a main cast of more than 4 to 6 characters

How to make readers care about your morally gray hero/anti-hero

On platonic OC and canon character relationships

How to avoid Godmodding in RPs

When it’s cheap to kill off a character

Writing dialogue

Things you shouldn’t do to canon characters

Avoiding purple prose in writing and RPs

Slang resources

Dialogue tips

Websites to chart your story/plot/character relationships

Bonus art masterlist!

[brucewayneright]

BLESS EVERYONE IN THIS POST.

[jasmehraj]

Oh my God!

It’s amazing, some links aren’t working for me but those who are, are spectacular.

[tamsinswriting]

Reblogging because NAMING IS HARD

[writing-prompt-s]

!!!!!!!

[danielsarmand]

Malcolm in the Middle S01 + 🏳️‍🌈

[freedomanddisorder]

My Math Teacher and her Umbrella

Once again @chaoticdumbassrogue has hit it out of the park with a zinger of an amazing chapter. ‘Of Manhattan’ keeps seeing me coming back again and again for rereads.

I love this canon deviation of Mrs. Dodds and the interesting character interaction between her and Percy Leia Jackson than our canon Percy Jackson. I had to draw the moment where Mrs. Dodds shielded little baby Percy with her wings and all Percy saw in the mist was a very nice umbrella.

I love the inclusion of the furies purpose as judge jury and execution of the guilty. I love the Mrs.Dodds pov. I love her being a Good teacher! I love all of this!

I love the depth that Bird gave the furies and the Underworld deities in their characterization. From Styx to Hades to even the Furies! The depth given to these admittedly side characters to our protagonist (Percy) is amazing. That kind of writing is what turns something good into something Great.

Perseleia isn’t just missed because she’s ’The main character’. She’s missed because she is ultimately good . She’s a good person and she cared. Which is leagues better treatment than 90% of the Cthonic gods got in the OG myths and in book canon.

Canon more often than not treats Hades and the rest of the Underworld as an afterthought at best and antagonistic at worst (admittedly in accordance with typical Grecian myth treatments of Cthonic gods but Still Uncle Rick!)

I love every part of this and recommend everyone who loves the Athenide AU give this a read! It’s so good!

[ladydeath-vanserra]

rhysand to bryce: we won't hurt you

rhysand to nesta: you should have killed her the moment you saw her 😡

rhysand i can't STAND you

[litnerdwrites]

Let's not forget how he tells Ember that Amren's insult towards them being human wasn't an insult at all, and that they have a lot of respect for humans in his court. All while knowing, not only what he did to Clare Beddor, but how he treated Nesta and Elain, as humans, in their own homes, upon meeting them. And that's just him. Not even considering Azriel and Cassian.

P.s, didn't Feyre consider mind controlling her sisters to do what she wanted if they said 'no' (justifiably so) to helping them?

Oh, and then they just proceed to threaten Nesta, a former human that Bryce chose to trust, right in front of them.

May I ask if the respect for humans is in the room with us?

[darrowfortnite]

darrow: i have something to confess.......... I brutally murdered your brother in the passage and I've been lying about it this entire time

cassius holding a "BISEXUAL IS OKAY" sign: 😧

[fanboy7794]

I’m still shocked there isn’t hundreds of fics of them being a throuple with mustang like come on they were all THIRSTY

[fanboy7794]

What a douche man no wonder the fandom is so toxic. Why is he always beefing with kids

[draftscollide]

daughter, you deserved so much better than they gave you

[hopeyoustayfics]

Rhaenyra, Rickon, Jacaerys, and Cregan by @chillyravenart for my fic for want of a song!

[tamlinmybeloved]

I will never not find it amusing that Rhysand just decided to make Feyre High Lady by "swearing her in" with a priestess when the established in-world explanation for why there aren't any High Ladies is because the magic itself has to choose.

Has Rhysand become "the magic" now?

Yeah, the last couple chapters in acomaf are supposed to be this dramatic reveal, this feminist moment for feysand and a huge dunk on Tamlin when it's really all just a bit of posturing on Rhysand's part to give Feyre an honorary title.

it further baffles me that the rest of the IC aren't more confused. No one's had a High Lady before and when Rhysand announces it, they just accept it? Like it's the normal way for someone to become High Lady when it's been established that it's more complicated that smacking a crown on someone's head, saying vows, and calling it a day.

[tamlinmybeloved]

and yet

and yet

and yet

and yet

and yet

and yet

and this isn't even all of it.

[room217prayer]

What upset me the most in the whole discourse around Tamlin is how he's subjected to real-world standards in comparison with his actions.

The same is done towards Nesta, and all the characters they dislike, but to no other.

Not toward Feyre, nor Rhysand, nor any of the IC.

For them, trauma or it's a fantasy book is enough. Their reasons for their actions are enough.

But for the other ones? Nono, it's real world comparison they have to face. A utopian one, nonetheless.

Context doesn't matter anymore. The setting, their role in the narrative and story? Naaaaah, who cares? None of that matters anymore.

It's even more funny how the same people, who are pointing fingers at these characters or their fans (with heavy real implications) are then the ones who are acting like what they accuse them of.

[ennawrite]

I think that’s what made me such a strong Tamlin & Nesta (and Chaol) fan. It’s abhorrently ironic the way some characters are treated with such vitriol hatred (and are expected to abide by these real world standards as if we’re not reading a fantasy book? 🤔) while others are treated like gods because “ermmm trauma and ermmm mates 🥺👉👈” when they’re actually only “bad” because it drives the plot forward. None of them are the villains in the story, and we actually see SJM backtrack to uplift this ~horrible~ character’s story all the time.

and I will shoot myself if I ever hear “well as an older sister, I would NEVER” again cause it’s like you would never be in this situation to begin with because we’re not in a fantasy world made up of a patriarchal fae society??? Was yo daddy a merchant? Did man-bear-pig destroy your cottage? Did your sister skin some dude and sell his fur to some mystery lady who was attacked my an evil demon fae entity? WERE YOU THROWN INTO A SOUP POT??? ARE YOU HANSEL AND OR GRETEL???? BITCH IS YOU A HOBBIT?????

[ymustutortureme]

Me every time someone describes Mor as a girl's girl:

Hasn't advocated for the oppressed women in HC or the CoN

Sees them all as barbarians who deserve what they get and are happy with it

Does nothing politically and just drinks wine and sleeps with people but then shames Nesta for coping with her trauma in the same way

Didn't tell Feyre about her fatal pregnancy because she puts Rhys first

Said Nesta belonged in the CoN despite knowing women are abused there

Exchanged lingerie with Cassian when she knew he had something going on with Nesta

Yes she has trauma but that's not an excuse to wish the same thing on another person. And you'd think someone who wants to be in control of their own body would tell their 'friend' if her pregnancy could kill her.

[falsemneme]

My sister, it seemed, had managed to find the only thing relatively close to a slum. And insisted on living there, in a building that was older than Rhys and in dire need of repairs. There were only a few blocks in the city like that. When I’d asked Rhys about them, about why they had not been improved, he merely said that he had tried. But displacing people while their homes were torn down and rebuilt … Tricky.

ACOFAS, Chapter 4.

Sooooooo... this didn't apply to Nesta's block of flats, I take it? "Man, repairing a derelict 500+ year old building without displacing people is tri-- JUST KIDDING! TEAR IT DOWN, BOYS, I'M GOING TO EVICT MY SISTER-IN-LAW! NO NOTICE!"

Also Rhys and his "trying" lmfao I swear if we see the Illyrian wing clipping issue solved with a snap of the fingers I will snap the whole book in anger.

[limeandorange]

The whole “Tamlin did nothing Under the Mountain” take is so weird to me.

He was literally the captive. Feyre was the one who chose to rescue him, and after she does, she acts like Tamlin failed her for not helping while magically bound, powerless, and constantly watched?

Imagine being saved from prison, then blamed for not saving the rescuer. Make it make sense.

[lady-selenee]

I'm starting to wonder how on earth did the ic manage to keep Velaris a secret. I mean, look at them:

Mor almost immediately tells Feyre about Velaris. They're supposed to be protecting this secret but she almost says it. And to a stranger! And then Rhysand takes Feyre to Velaris after a day in his court after she leaves Tamlin! One day!

The only time you'll be seeing me agreeing with Amren. They're acting like children! Aren't they 500+ years old? Are they supposed to keep acting like children for the next 500 years? Do they reach maturity at 1000?

Probably Alis' nephews are more mature than the inner circle!

[sapphic-agent]

Listening to the original Don't Go Breaking My Heart and it's kind of funny to me how Finn and Rachel thought they were so good they were gonna sweep everyone else in the duets contest.

Don't get me wrong, they were good. DGBMH is actually my favorite duet of theirs. BUT, it wasn't the stellar performance they thought it was. Especially compared to Mercedes & Santana and Mike & Tina. Finn's vocals lack and he couldn't make up for it by putting on a good show like Mike did by dancing. Even Kurt had a more interesting concept than they did.

I think it really speaks to both their arrogance. They assumed they would blow everyone else out of the water, underestimating their teammates and overestimating themselves. That Sam and Quinn absolutely needed their help to win, that Sam would just abandon ship without their interference. Sure, Rachel has a justifiable reason for her ego, but it's always been so interesting to me how Finn perceives himself.

He sees himself as not only the leader, but such a necessary star part of the team. So much so that he lashes out whenever that image is threatened. In season 2 when Will decides Sam and Quinn will get the duet for sectionals, Finn says that making others feel included shouldn't matter when it comes to wanting to win the game. But he admits to putting less effort once Will puts more spotlight in Jesse in season 1 and treats Blaine like garbage in season 3 because he's jealous of his talent.

Honestly, I wish they would have explored Finn's ego more instead of trying so hard to make him into the nice golden boy. It would have made him a more interesting character imo. Then trying so hard to hammer that image in while having him continuously be shitty just made him inconsistent and irritating

[nestababe-deactivated20250819]

If my husband prioritised my sister over my own feelings and well being I’d leave his sorry ass.

I’m looking at you Cassian