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house of ashes  - the dark pictures anthology  sentence starters change tenses/pronouns as needed !!  some lines have been edited for clarity / length / ease of roleplaying     tw ;  language ,  war ,  death ,  drug mention ,  religion mention 

‘I don’t know where i’d be without you.’ 

‘don’t you think it’s about time you came clean?’ 

‘all’s fair in love and war.’ 

‘I didn’t mean for you to find out like this.’ 

‘with all due respect, I think that’s the wrong call.’ 

‘quit being a bitch!’

‘I’ve got a real bad feeling about this.’

‘I wish you’d reconsider.’ 

‘it’s been a long time since we last saw each other.’ 

‘not a day went by when you weren’t on my mind.’ 

‘I’ve missed you so much, (name).’

‘how we left it … things weren’t so great between us.’

‘we’ve been through worse. a lot worse.’ 

‘I wish I shared your optimism.’ 

‘you wanna ask me something. I can tell by the look on your face.’

‘you’re fucking with me.’

‘you got any other surprises you wanna drop on me?’

‘that’s gotta be about the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.’

‘I don’t know about you guys but something doesn’t feel right about this place.’

‘so is that this women’s intuition I keep hearing about?’

‘I don’t believe in curses, the tooth fairy, or santa clause.’

‘fuck. we’re so fucked.’ 

‘I won’t do it. this is not right.’

‘stay the hell away from me.’

‘you better not miss.’

‘you’ve gotta be fucking kidding me.’ 

‘I fucking knew it. I knew you weren’t ready for this.’ 

‘you didn’t see shit!’ 

‘I flunked history at school.’ 

‘tell me you don’t feel something…’

‘I don’t feel shit.’

‘we need to get out of here right now!’

‘you want the good version or the bad version?’

‘what the hell are you? what do you want from me?’

‘are you okay? are you hurt?’

‘I’m pretty good at looking after myself.’

‘I guess we could classify this as ‘quality time’.’

‘doesn’t this remind you of old times, (name)?’

‘maybe you don’t know me as well as you think.’ 

‘after you left, I learned to deal with pressure.’ 

‘do you not watch horror movies?’

‘you didn’t hear that?’

‘I didn’t hear anything.’ 

‘you can’t blame yourself.’

‘we’ve both made mistakes.’

‘I didn’t make it easy on you, (name). I know that.’ 

‘I don’t think either of us expected to be out of each other’s lives for so long.’

‘I’ve missed you, like you wouldn’t believe.’   

‘maybe there’s hope for us after all.’ 

‘there you go, reading my mind again.’ 

‘you always were a good guy. maybe too good for me.’ 

‘I want you back, (name).’ 

‘we were pretty damn good together.’ 

‘I know you better than you think, (name).’

‘admit it, there’s someone else, isn’t there?’

‘give ‘em hell, buddy.’

‘you gotta stop struggling!’

‘do you believe in god?’

‘you wouldn’t believe me even if I tried. hell, I don’t believe and I was there.’ 

‘come on, you’re jumping at shadows!’ 

‘whatever you think you’ve seen, it’s bullshit.’ 

‘take a mental picture and snap the fuck out of it!’

‘you got us into this mess, you better get us out.’

‘you wanna repeat that? that’s what I thought.’ 

‘I’m not sure of anything anymore.’

‘in battle, these things are often difficult to judge.’ 

‘are you on fucking drugs?!’

‘we’ve lost enough today.’ 

‘we can get through this, but only together.’

‘I’ve seen their weakness. they burn in sunlight.’ 

‘like any living being, they can be killed. a stake through the heart.’ 

‘we do this together, okay?’

‘what the fuck are we up against?’

‘never before have I ever seen anything so vicious.’

‘do you believe in demons?’ 

‘if you had asked me that before, I’d have laughed in your face.’

‘like you, I also never believed. but look around you.’ 

‘I don’t want to hurt you!’

‘there’s no point in fighting. not anymore.’ 

‘after all we’ve been through? thanks a lot!’

‘we fought it together and we won.’ 

‘I hope you’re a believer. when those things come back, you’re going to need a higher power to pray to.’ 

‘if I gotta fight these things, there’s no one else I would want by my side.’ 

‘cut the bullshit, (name). I know you and I know you care.’ 

‘trust me, you wanna get that shit out in the open.’

‘why is it that no one ever tells it straight? everyone just makes up bullshit to get by.’ 

‘if we die down here? maybe that’s what we deserve.’ 

‘‘fuck’ doesn’t even start to cover it.’

‘there’s no such thing as luck.’

‘do you mind?’

‘I’m glad you’re here.’

‘how did I know you were going to say that?’ 

‘gee, thanks, (name). you ever think about going into motivational speaking?’ 

‘that’s gotta be about the dumbest question I have ever been asked.’ 

‘I guess I just wanted to let go. you know, be someone new.’

‘you think it bothers me what they call me? i wear that shit like a fucking badge of honor.’ 

‘you and I… we’re not so different.’ 

‘please. please don’t leave me down here alone.’ 

‘don’t quit on me now!’ 

‘truth is so overrated.’ 

‘if you turn, it won’t be you I’m killing.’ 

‘I know you can do it, (name). you just have to have hope!’

‘you’re screwed enough as it is! if you stay with me, there’s no hope for you at all.’

‘(name) could lose his own ass if it wasn’t pinned on him.’

‘embrace the suck.’ 

‘you follow me, or you stay here and rot.’ 

‘it’s good to see you, (name). I thought we lost you.’ 

‘that’s not (name) anymore.’ 

‘you worthless pile of shit!’

‘the enemy of the enemy is our friend!’ 

‘well this looks like the worst place in the goddamn world.’ 

‘I don’t mean you any harm. I swear.’ 

‘honestly? I’m just glad to see a human face.’

‘my father once told me that if something looks like shit, and it smells like shit, you don’t have to taste it to know that it’s shit!’ 

‘I think you need to give your mouth a rest.’ 

‘every time you say something smart, you follow it with something dumb.’ 

‘hope is all we got left.’

‘funny how you can know someone for years and never really know them.’ 

‘a time will come when you will deeply regret this manner.’

‘I don’t carry regrets.’ 

‘it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen.’ 

‘not exactly honeymoon material, is it?’

‘my sole objective, (name), is to make you happy. doesn’t matter where we are or what we’re going through, I’ll always put a smile on your face.’

‘I thought I lost you!’

‘thanks for looking out for me.’ 

‘I can’t pretend like this didn’t happen.’ 

‘I still love you, (name).’

‘I knew you would always be there for me.’ 

‘I wanna try us again.’

‘I can’t turn my back on my past.’ 

‘if I didn’t give you a chance, I’d always regret it.’

‘you fucking deserve each other.’

‘I can’t end up like this.’ 

‘we are being judged. god is punishing us all for the mistakes we’ve made.’

‘we all have our reasons, they don’t have to be profound.’ 

‘I don’t even know what the fuck I’m doing here.’ 

‘I can hear you thinking.’ 

‘start believing, (name). we’re gonna get out of here and see the sun again.’ 

‘we’ll stand together. it’s the only way.’ 

‘in this place, everything’s possible.’

‘I thought you were dead.’

‘keep your head clear of everything but the task ahead. it’s the only way we’ll live.’ 

‘secrets keep you sick.’ 

‘if you need me, I’m here for you.’ 

‘I’ll always love you.’ 

‘you’ve come to join the fun.’

‘we’re not out of the woods yet. but what I see in front of me, you’re the best. fuck that, the best of the best.’

‘there’s too many of them!’

‘it’s been interesting knowing you.’

‘you’re late and you look like shit.’

‘I’m going to make sure those things stay buried in that hellhole where they belong!’

‘I’ll have to live with that.’ 

‘I learned not to rely on anyone but myself. I was stronger than all of them.’ 

‘I’ll never get used to this job.’ 

[tobithefrogg]

Vampire thoughts ✨

They should have speech impediments, they got long fangs just chilling in their mouth, no way they don't talk with a lisp or a sort of whistle to certain words!

They should get sunspots that last, if they go out in sunlight it's the burning, that eventually calms down into sunspots on their skin! Just imagine how all vampires have this beautiful clear skin, now imagine... Sunspots on their shoulder or hand because didn't close the blinds all the way last night!

Ancient versus newer vampires! Just listen the dynamics would be fun!

Ancient vampire, rubbing Temple: If you wanted to kill something, why did you spill it on my, ANCIENT SILK WHITE CARPET!?

New vampire: My bad, just..we can go out and find another one!

Ancient vampire:.......WHAT PART OF ANCIENT AND SILK DID YOU NOT GET?!

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Ancient vampire: Ugh, you new vampires have it so easy these days! Y'know back in my day we were chased with stakes and got garlic thrown at us, do you know how hard it is to get the garlic smell out of clothing?? Now days everyone wants a vampire feeding off them

Newer vampire: I rather be chased than sexualized in toxic ways..

Ancient vampire:

Ancient vampire: Oh, oh you poor thing do you want to discuss it?

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They should definitely be explored in other tropes instead of love stories, (Most of them are badly written in my opinion that will make a good sum of people mad--) but can you imagine a sitcom of vampires trying to fit into their environments with the locals (Wanda vision style). Like Jack is trying to convince the other neighborhood homeschool kids he can only play outside at night, and they go through the most wacky events at night thinking they are hiding well but the neighbors are just suspicious because they never see them in daylight- anyways!

Vampire debunking common myths about vampires

Vampires should have brittle nails

Okay I'm tired now👍

[sillymanwithideas]

A, a vampire, rising from a tomb: I arise!

B, vampire hunter, hiding: Ah, shit!

A: I love the blood of fresh smell in the-

A: FUCK!!

B: PFFFT!! WHAT?!

A: SHUT THE HELL UP, I WAS TRYING TO BE INTIMIDATING!!

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hiii! i dont know if requests are open atm, so you can get to this whenever!

How would A and B meet under normal circumstances at night?

( A is a vampire and B is human. )

— 🥐

Normal Times to Meet a Vampire

at a concert - it's dark and loud so if they drink someone's blood, it's less likely someone will notice - maybe the vampire tried to lure you into a comatose state so they could drink yours

dark caven or other bar-type establishment - dark, no sunlight, and drunk people of different types. And especially if the vampire enjoys or enjoyed drinking, they might enjoy a drunk human's blood

a library - maybe a vampire likes to be around people they deem predictable. Maybe they tend to stick around certain aisles, finding bookwyrms that like specific genres to be more predictable than others - but there's also that little added bonus that a lot of bookwyrms are also homebodies

the mall - especially in a store like Hot Topic where people like dark grungy type topics... makes for darker atmosphere and victims more likely to be willing, so if a vampire doesn't like when a human fights back, this might be somewhere they go to fnd their prey

A museum - less likely to have natural sunlight, may feel more at home depending on the type of museum since a lot of them like to show old things from years past

Art gallery - hey, just because they aren't human, doesn't mean they don't enjoy art too

Ice cave - maybe you're a person that enjoys hiking and doing outdoorsy things; just make sure that cave you're about to explore isn't the home of a bloodsucker or you may not come back out

Nothing else is really coming to mind at the moment. 🤔 My inbox is always open to requests! I just make those "inbox is open" posts as a reminder because I know sometimes people can get nervous sending in requests and asks if they don't know my inbox is open, but since I'm switching gears on this blog to being request-only, I actually am gonna be relying on your requests for content ^_^ So send 'em in any time you have a request!

You can even send in several at the same time, just please send them in separate asks. It makes it much easier when I only have one request per ask so I can post them as I come up with them instead of having to wait til I have replies for all of the requests.

Thanks, croissant nonnie, and have a great week!

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Hello 💗 How are you? I'm crazy about fantastic fics and vampires are my favorite i guess. Can you make a post about vampires? Vampire x human or vampire x vampire prompts. It's both okay, it doesn't matter. Thanks a bunch 💖

Hi :)

I don't know that much about vampires, but I'll try my best! It's going to be a mix of different kinds of vampires.

Vampire Prompts

Not being able to see their own reflection sucks. But it sucks a little bit less, when a special someone puts a lot of hard work in to give them a very accurate painting of themself.

Being immortal, he had already seen his fair share of war and suffering in the world. But he knows it will never go away, so he does what he can do to help the people in pain. He uses his abilities to become a paramedic in an active warzone.

Vampires have avoided being hunted down like other monsters by blending in with regular humans.

The locals in the village had told them that the count and his family who were living in the dark castle on the hill are vampires. So they only had themselves to blame for not believing them.

A vampire doctor who loves to do blood work. Drinking the blood and tasting if something's off.

They are still wearing the clothes they used to wear when they were alive and people just assume it's a trend or for a cosplay.

It was part of his family's traditions to hunt vampires. So his ancestors would probably not be happy about his relationship with one.

Living in a big city where people are not particularly superstitious, so no one thinks you're a vampire, they just think your anaemic.

This was actually more fun than I thought. Hope you like them :)

- Jana

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𝐛𝒍𝐨𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝐮𝒔𝐭 ✩ 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗁𝗈 𝗑 𝖿!𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋

𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 ─ 𝗆𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝗉 , 𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗓 𝗆𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍 ✯

✩ ─ one , two , three , four

𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘁 ╴the vampire you meet just wants a little taste of your blood.

𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲 ╴vampire au, fantasy, suggestive, kingdom au, angst, thriller

𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 ╴she!her pronouns, FEM TERMS, blood, stalking, death mentions of past death

✩ ─ let me know if i missed anything!

𝘄𝗰 ╴n/a

“what if he bites you and turns you into a vampire, then what? or, oh my gosh, what if he bites you and you don’t turn into a vampire and instead you turn into a zombie vampire?!” your friend, ryujin, rambles on.

“you don’t turn into a zombie after a vampire bites you?” ningning looks at her.

“yeah, but like, you don’t know. anything could happen! and besides, it’s not the first time someone has thought of another person turning into a zombie vampire.”

“yes, it is.” ningning said as she took a bite of her food. “i don’t think zombie vampires are a thing…”

“so dragons can exist but zombie vampires cant? some world we live in.” ryujin mumbled. when she noticed your unusual silence, she tapped you on the shoulder.

“y/n? why are you so quiet? you’re the whole reason we’re having this conversation.”

“huh?” you snap out of your trance. “oh, nothing. i’m just… what happens if my brother doesn’t come back? i told our father not to send him on that trip, but he never listens to me.”

“here she goes.” ningning groans. “hasn’t your brother defeated a mage before?”

“that’s just a rumor and i told you two before, he’s never even held another girls hand besides mine and mothers. how could he have defeated a mage?” you laugh.

“well, i don’t know! that’s what wooyoung is telling everybody. he’s saying your brother defeated a mage!”

“you know wooyoung is a liar, right? he lied about marrying you for a good two weeks.” ryujin chuckled. ningning rolls her eyes in response.

“i still don’t want him going on that mission. he should stay here where the kingdom needs him. he’s the heir to the throne. if he dies, what then? i know father won’t consider me to be the heir. as smart as i am, i’m-“

“you’re a klutz and you used to think orange was spelled with a ‘j’.” ryujin interrupts.

“i was five years old, nobody told me it was spelled with a ‘g’, thank you. that doesn’t change the fact that i’m the heir if my brother doesn’t survive.” you sigh.

“i bet he’ll survive. he survived you for 19 years, i think this small little mission won’t put too much in his shoulders.” ningning laughs at her own comments. you throw a dirty, balled-up napkin at her, and she yelps, almost falling out of her chair.

then, two guards came over to the table you three sat at. they were your guards. you could never have a moment of silence with your friends without them following you around everywhere. of course, you were grateful that you even had someone following you around protecting you, but it felt suffocating. they followed you everywhere. there was never alone time with them around.

“m’lady, the queen requests your presence at the castle immediately.” one of them spoke. you narrow your eyes.

“i told you to call me y/n, not m’lady. it’s so… proper. and you know i don’t like being referred to like that. i’m not a stuck up royal like everyone thinks i am.”

“yes you are.” ryujin and ningning say in unison. you glare at them and they quickly avert their attention somewhere else.

“i am trying to be respectful, ma’am. now please, may we head to the castle.” the guard holds his hand out. you roll your eyes and hold it, standing up and pushing your chair in before the other guard had the chance.

“what if he bites you and turns you into a vampire, then what? or, oh my gosh, what if he bites you and you don’t turn into a vampire and instead you turn into a zombie vampire?!” your friend, ryujin, rambles on.

“you don’t turn into a zombie after a vampire bites you?” ningning looks at her.

“yeah, but like, you don’t know. anything could happen! and besides, it’s not the first time someone has thought of another person turning into a zombie vampire.”

“yes, it is.” ningning said as she took a bite of her food. “i don’t think zombie vampires are a thing…”

“so dragons can exist but zombie vampires cant? some world we live in.” ryujin mumbled. when she noticed your unusual silence, she tapped you on the shoulder.

“y/n? why are you so quiet? you’re the whole reason we’re having this conversation.”

“huh?” you snap out of your trance. “oh, nothing. i’m just… what happens if my brother doesn’t come back? i told our father not to send him on that trip, but he never listens to me.”

“here she goes.” ningning groans. “hasn’t your brother defeated a mage before?”

“that’s just a rumor and i told you two before, he’s never even held another girls hand besides mine and mothers. how could he have defeated a mage?” you laugh.

“well, i don’t know! that’s what wooyoung is telling everybody. he’s saying your brother defeated a mage!”

“you know wooyoung is a liar, right? he lied about marrying you for a good two weeks.” ryujin chuckled. ningning rolls her eyes in response.

“i still don’t want him going on that mission. he should stay here where the kingdom needs him. he’s the heir to the throne. if he dies, what then? i know father won’t consider me to be the heir. as smart as i am, i’m-“

“you’re a klutz and you used to think orange was spelled with a ‘j’.” ryujin interrupts.

“i was five years old, nobody told me it was spelled with a ‘g’, thank you. that doesn’t change the fact that i’m the heir if my brother doesn’t survive.” you sigh.

“i bet he’ll survive. he survived you for 19 years, i think this small little mission won’t put too much in his shoulders.” ningning laughs at her own comments. you throw a dirty, balled up napkin at her and she helps, almost falling out of her chair.

then, two guards came over to the table you three sat at. they were your guards. you could never have a moment of silence with your friends without them following you around everywhere. of course, you were grateful that you even had someone following you around protecting you, but it felt suffocating. they followed you everywhere. there was never alone time with them around.

“m’lady, the queen requests your presence at the castle immediately.” one of them spoke. you narrow your eyes.

“i told you to call me y/n, not m’lady. it’s so… proper. and you know i don’t like being referred to like that. i’m not a stuck up royal like everyone thinks i am.”

“yes you are.” ryujin and ningning say in unison. you glare at them and they quickly avert their attention somewhere else.

“i am trying to be respectful, ma’am. now please, may we head to the castle.” the guard holds his hand out. you roll your eyes and hold it, standing up and pushing your chair in before the other guard had the chance.

“i’ll see you girls later, okay?” you smile at your friends and they nod, continuing to eat as the guards led you away.

“i have to WHAT?!” you were in complete shock.

“instead of sending your brother, i’m sending you! i feel like it’ll be a good… a good learning experience for you!”

“that’s such a stupid excuse, you’re not sending me because you think it’s a learning experience. why are you really sending me? you do know i haven’t hunted anybody down before in my life? i’m bad at hunting too!”

“that’s the point. you’re bad at everything. i’ve tried helping you get better, but you refuse to get better. so, this is my last resort.” your mother stands, walking over and pushing your hair behind your ear.

“mother knows best. i know you don’t want to do this, but i need you to do this for me. you are the potential heir. if something happens to your brother, you’ll be his replacement. and if you don’t know how to do those things then people won’t trust you as their ruler. i’m just trying to protect you, my sweet angel.”

your mother kissed your forehead and caressed your cheek. you knew if you continued to refuse, she’d jus nag and nag until you finally agreed to do it so you sigh in defeat and nod.

“i’ll go, i guess.” you mumble. your mother squeals and pats you on the head.

“i’ll make sure you have everything you need by tonight so you’re ready to leave tomorrow morning! i’m so proud of you!” she smiles. oh didn’t know you were leaving tomorrow morning, but you were too bummed to ask. you turn and leaves the throne room, making your way to your bedroom.

on your way, you bump into your brother, seonghwa. he had icing smeared all over his face, which told you he had just been digging his fingers into cake not too long ago. his goofiness was the only thing keeping you sane in this castle.

“woah, what happened to you?” you snicker, lifting your hand to wipe some of the icing off.

“yuck, don’t touch me! i’ll wash it myself! anyway, me and the boys were just having an eating contest to see who could eat cake the fastest. i won, obviously, but now everyone teased me for having cake on my face. what about you? you look pale.”

“oh, um,” your mother didn’t even bother telling him about the change of plans. “well, mother said that i was going on the journey to find that vampire. y’know, the one who’s been terrorizing the village or whatever?”

seonghwa’s eyes widen from the information. “what? why would she send you? you’re not good at hunting.”

“that’s what i told her! but she said because i’m the ‘emergency heir’ or whatever, i need to learn how to do these things otherwise nobody will like me as their queen and they’re try to overthrow me.” slight exaggeration.

“huh. she didn’t tell me that. she just said people like thinking a strong man is leading them. i think…she’s just trying to get rid of you. it’s normal on her side of the family.” he mumbled the last part. you were completely taken aback.

“she wants to what?” your voice deepened as your gazed darkened. you’ve felt heartbreak before but this was a different kind. you didn’t expect your mother to do something like this. to stoop this low.

“i’ll go just to prove her wrong. who does she think she is?” you scoff.

“the queen.” seonghwa responds. “apparently the vampire that’s been wreaking havoc on the kingdom is extremely powerful. i wouldn’t recommend going by yourself, so i’m going with you. i can’t risk my little sister getting hurt knowing it was me who should’ve gone.”

“hwa, you really don’t have to. i said i’ll go, you can stay here and comfort mother or whatever.” you roll your eyes just referring to her.

“no, i’m coming. and you can’t do anything about it.” he nudged you in the arm. you, once again, roll your eyes and nudge him back.

“fine, you can come.”

it all happened so fast.

it went from you and seonghwa traveling alone in the woods, having a good time talking about embarrassing moments from when you two were children to him bleeding out on the ground.

what happened? whatever attacked him moved too quick for you to see what it was. all you heard were his last words.

“y/n…” seonghwa choked out, his vision blurring and his words slurred. you tried to stop him from talking but he wasn’t letting up. “y/n, p-please.”

“shut up! shut up, oh my god! just—just stay here and i’ll get someone to help!” you pulled him into your lap, holding him tightly. you ignored the blood that got on your expensive clothing, his life was so much more important.

“stop…” he croaked. “i-it’s easier… to die—“

“seonghwa, i swear to fucking god.” you cried, tears falling into his face. “don’t leave me, please! fuck, what do i have to say?! i’m sorry! it’s all my fault, i should’ve told you to stay at the castle where it was safe! it should’ve been me!”

he shakily reached a hand up, caressing your face gently to try and comfort you. the blood from his hands were now on your face, but you could care less. he was your brother, for fucks sake. he was the only person who ever believed in you and encouraged you to do things you really wanted to do, and now he was dying in your arms. tears were streaming down your face.

“leave me here,” he breathes out, grasping onto your wrist. “save yourself—and—and go back to mother.” he was gasping for air.

“no. i-i cant leave you here, you didn’t fucking deserve this! come on!” you tried to drag him, but he weighed so much more than you. it would be impossible to try and drag him away now. and then out of the blue, you heard rustling in the bushes. your heart was racing.

“y/n,” he calls out. you look back down at your dying brother, the blood on his clothing making you want to scream.

“please, stop crying. please smile for me.”

you tried your best to smile, but you couldn’t. your smile dropped immediately after trying. you couldn’t do this. it should’ve been you who was attacked, not seonghwa. not your brother. it could’ve been anyone but your brother.

“please, i need to take you home. i-i know i can help you! t-there aren’t any wounds in your neck! i-i can still save you!-“

“i…wont make it.” he coughed up blood into your clothing. “please, y/n. go.”

“but-“

“i will see you in heaven.” those words broke your heart. you held your brother close to you, his head in your chest with your arms wrapped around his body. even after his many warnings, you refused to leave. you heard him whisper ‘goodnight’ before finally feeling his body go limp. that was it. he was dead. he was gone. forever.

the rustling in the bushes caught your attention. you wanted to at least drag seonghwa to the town to bury him properly, but you didn’t have time for that. you stood, letting go of your brother and laying his body on the ground gently then looking around. you had no idea where you were, and your own injuries were starting to give you a headache.

when the rustling got closer, you ran without thinking. whatever was chasing you was extremely fast. you couldn’t run, even with the newly made boots you were wearing.

you were knocked to the ground after a while, hitting your head on a branch. it wasn’t enough to knock you out, but it was enough to make you feel lightheaded and weak. as you looked around, you saw a tall figure walking toward you. an abnormally tall figure. being unable to move, you just laid there waiting to die. there was nothing you could now.

or so you thought. another figure came from another direction and tackled the one walking toward you. you were so weak you couldn’t make out the fight scene. all you could make out were the screams coming from of them, and the blood splashing onto your face.

you refuse to move, now hoping if you pretended to play dead, they wouldn’t notice you. the tall figure stood over you now, blood from their hands dripping onto you.

“wake up.” the voice demands. you refuse to move. the man kneels down and grabs your wrist, making sure you were alive before picking you up and carrying you bridal style.

you didn’t keep track of how long he was walking and how long he was carrying you, but it didn’t seem long.

after minutes of walking, the man takes you to an abandoned mansion on the top of a hill. he brings you inside, kicking the door behind him closed and immediately taking you to a bedroom. he lays you on the bed then leaves, closing the door behind him. once you were sure he was gone, you get up.

what the hell just happened? everything was moving so fast, you couldn’t even remember half of what happened.

you and seonghwa left the kingdom early to find the forest. then once you two found it, you started searching to see where the supposed vampire lives. of course, it would be a huge mansion but neither of you knew where it was. all you two did was walk and talk.

that is, until someone began watching you from afar. a familiar feeling you’ve felt for the past couple days. you could swear someone’s eyes were on you, but you couldn’t tell who. all you did know was someone was watching you. and you just happen to be in the woods the day they were.

seonghwa could feel someone watching you two. he kept his hand on the handle of his blade, eyeing the area around him. though even prepared, he still lost that battle. whatever that—thing was that attacked you, it was crazy fast and smart. it tackled seonghwa to the ground, first clawing at his arms to make him weak, then at his chest.

you tried to help your brother, but the beast was too strong. it stood and grabbed you by the neck, shoving you into a tree and even scratching you up, but not as much as seonghwa. seonghwa looked like he was being cut into meat slices.

the monster bit seonghwa on his neck before finally leaving, but you hadn’t realized it. you just assumed that was the last you’d see of your brother; dying on the ground, drenched in blood. but you didn’t want to sit here and think about that. you would start crying if you did. you lay down on the bed the stranger put you on and began taking a nap, trying to forget about everything that happened.

“you’re okay now?” the man stood in the doorway. your body jerked itself awake. you looked at the man, staring him up and down.

his black, fluffy hair was the first thing that caught your attention. it was the same as the vampire in the description back at the village. tall, black hair, pale skin. this was him. but was he the same one who killed seonghwa?

“…who are you.” you tried your best to speak calmly.

“me? well, you might freak out if i tell you.” the man walks into the room. you scoot on the other side of the bed to avoid him, but it was clear he wasn’t going to take any more steps.

“where’s seonghwa? where’s my brother?” you looked around. “what the hell did you do to my brother?!”

“huh? i didn’t touch your brother. you seem to have me mixed up with another vampire. i didn’t kill your brother. in fact, i saved his life by biting him so you’re welcome.”

“w-what?” you stutter. “n-no… no, i saw someone attack him and bite him. it couldn’t have been you.”

“well, it was. yes, someone attacked him but i shooed them off before they mutilated him. i only bit him so he didn’t actually die. he’s kinda just…resting downstairs. but i don’t recommend going to see him. for your own safety.”

“fine.” you get out of the bed, noticing you were in a completely different outfit from your own. you don’t remember changing from your armor to a night gown. not only that, but your wounds were dealt with. you know you didn’t do any of that. you looked at the man who stood on the other side of your bed, breathing heavily through your nose. he changed you while you were asleep.

“that night gown is my wife’s. please don’t ruin it.” he backs up. “i’ll be making food for you and your brother downstairs if you want some. i’m not familiar with what humans eat so bare with me if you see blood.” and then he left.

wait, humans? this was the vampire you’ve been looking for. well, it was either him on the one who attacked you and your brother. it didn’t make sense to how it was him. he took the liberty of dressing you in a new outfit, both cleaning and wrapping up your wounds and making sure you had to place to stay while also saving your brother. if he was the vampire you were looking for, someone was lying to you.

you hesitated about leaving. you weren’t in the right shape to leave anyway, and you knew your brother wasn’t either. staying here for a while was fine, but you hoped it wouldn’t be for too long.

leaving the bedroom, you push past the large oak door that lead into the room and you slowly made your way down. the inside of the mansion was beautiful. fully furnished with a red carpet down every hallway. candles were lit, making the place smell like the forest and the whole red and black theme was pretty nice. it looked completely different from the outside of the mansion.

you walk down the stairs slowly, entering a hallway. as soon as you stepped down, you smelled something heavenly coming from the dining room, or you assumed the dining room. you follow the smell, entering the kitchen where the man was. he was going back and forth between counters trying to perfect this meal.

you poke your head inside, your stomach rumbling due to not eating anything since yesterday morning. the man heard this and his head perks up. he stops moving and stares at you for a while, gulping then continuing to cook.

“do you like cheese in your eggs?” he asked you. you furrowed your eyebrows at the question.

“people put cheese in their eggs?” you walk into the kitchen, standing on the other side of the counter.

“i’m not surprised a royal like you doesn’t know people do that. i assume you royals eat fancier food than this peasant food, yes? do you eat cake for breakfast or something? i haven’t been in the kingdom for ages.” he chuckles. you had to admit, his voice and looks were attractive.

“we do eat fancier food than this, yeah. wait, how did you know i was a royal? who and what are you exactly?”

“well, your family’s name is on the armor you wore. i know that family from a mile away. and others will too. your family is very popular. not because they're wealthy but because you guys are, y'know, vampire hunters." he mumbles the last part.

“and, my name is yunho.”

“my armor? where is my armor, now that i’m thinking of it.” you ignored the part where he mentioned vampire hunter. though hearing the man’s name, you couldn’t help but feel like you knew him.

“oh, it’s in the laundry room. i washed it for you.”

“you washed it?” you blink trying to process what he said. “that type of armor is supposed to be hand washed and if it wasn’t hand washed then it’ll be damaged!”

“i hand washed it.” he smiles. “can you relax?”

“relax? okay, i’ll relax knowing my brother and i were brutally attacked in the forest and then kidnapped by some dude who claims he’s a vampire. the same dude who also lives in a rundown mansion in the middle of the woods who knows how to deal with armory, wounds, knows how to cook and can somehow bring people back to life. yup! i can just relax with all of that happening!”

yunho narrows his eyes before chuckling lowly. he turns his stove off and stares you dead in the eyes, planting his hands on the counter and leaning over it. he may have been intimidating, but he was attractive.

“what makes you so confident that i’m not a vampire, hm? did you even decide to check?”

“with the way you were talking about humans and stuff, i would’ve assumed you were some crazy witch or wizard. it’s just—you don’t act like a vampire.”

“hm.” he nods, walking to your side. when he was right next to you, he towered over you. he was definitely the hottest guy you’ve seen.

“well, princess, how should i prove to you i’m a vampire?” his voice deepened. if you weren’t so classy, you would’ve pounced on him right there and then.

“i don’t know.” you shrug, rocking back and forth slightly. “bite me.”

yunho laughed. “what? i’m not biting you.”

“why not? you asked me how should you prove it, and i gave you an idea! bite me! are you not gonna do it because you’re married?”

yunho’s eye twitched. “that’s not the reason. and i’m not necessarily married.”

“but you said you had a wife?”

“she’s dead.” he answered blankly. he didn’t even hesitate to say that. you cleared your throat awkwardly and nodded. he could’ve said it better than that.

“oh, w-well,” you raise your eyebrows for a moment. “i’m sorry for your loss? i thought—i just thought—“

“you’re good.” yunho backs away. “well, breakfast is ready so if you want a plate, i’ll make you one. i get sick eating human food, so if you don’t finish anything, feed it to the animals outside.”

he turns around the counter, opening his cabinet to take out a plate and a glass. he was so clean. you could tell he was a germaphobe or something since it was utterly spotless in the mansion, and he didn’t even make a mess while he was cooking. you were impressed. he makes your plate; scrambled eggs and bacon with blueberries. you ardmore the food presented before you, smiling about the fact that he cooked it for you.

“well, thank you?” you slide the plate towards you, grabbing the fork he placed on it. you did feel hungry, you weren’t going to lie, but you didn’t trust him. what if he laced the food with something?

“are you alright?” yunho asked, noticing you spacing out. “do you need help eating?”

“well, i do, yeah…” you sit your fork down. you were going to explain why you weren’t eating, but his next move caught you off guard. yunho grabs your fork and picks up a piece of food, lifting your chin and holding the fork in front of your mouth. was he really going to try and feed you as if you were a baby?

“i-i didn’t mean help like-“

“eat.” he pushed the fork against your lips. for some odd reason, you opened your mouth and he puts the fork inside. you didn’t feel like the situation was awkward at all!… until your brother came in.

“i heard people in here-“ seonghwa paused, watching you and yunho. the look on his face made you back away from yunho, lowering your head and grabbing your plate.

“i-i was just getting my food-“

“y/n, what the hell…?”

i finally finish this after days and days of working on it bye. anyway, my requests are open. request something ❤︎

[quills-and-golden-ink]

"I was curious, you see?" The vampire - if that's what it was - grinned, and the hunter watched its canines lengthen into two long points. "Your scent... it is like nothing I have ever smelled before."

The hunter's blood went cold. The knife in their hands trembled ever so slightly. "So you followed me here? You're an unbelievable creep, you know that?"

Emerald eyes flashed red. The vampire's lips turned into a frown. "There's no need to be rude, little hunter. I'm not looking for a taste."

The hunter nearly threw up a little. "Stay away from me."

"And what if I don't want to?"

Before they could blink, the vampire's hands were on their shoulder.

[promptspa]

Random prompt #51

"Well, aren't you a pretty poison," Villain teased at the vampire currently pinning them against in alley wall, a low growling noise coming from the back of their throat. And then the hungry, predatory look on Hero's face had been replaced with one of amusement, the threatening rumble stopping. The sudden change in nature confused Villain, their brow raising in a silent question. "I'm venomous. Not poisonous," Hero corrected, moving one hand to point at their fangs. "There's a difference, pup." Villain gave an unimpressed glare and straightened their posture, about to squirm out of Hero's grip before the vampire had slammed their slightly clawed hand back to it's original position to keep the villain boxed in their arms. "I'm sorry." The apology was muffled with laughter and Villain scrunched up their nose, turning their head away. "Do that ever again and your biting privileges are gone."

[deity-prompts]

Supernatural Prompts Masterlist

Vampire x Human prompts and oneliners

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Monster x Monster Hunter prompts and oneliners

Ghost x Ghost prompts and oneliners

Angel x Demon prompts and oneliners

Seductive fallen Angel x Shy human prompts and oneliners

Goddess x Mortal prompts and oneliners

Guardian angel prompts and oneliners

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Prompts masterlist

[deity-prompts]

hi! i was wondering if you could make more enemies to lovers prompts? thank you ~

Hello! I’d be honoured to. (Let me know if you want oneliners too)

Enemies to Lovers Prompts

A and B have been cast as love interests in a play / musical / movie. This would be fine if they didn’t hate each other. Time for them to fall in love but think that they’re just confused because they’re pretending to be in love for the show (and they think that the other person is just pretending to like them for method acting purposes).

A and B both have detention after getting into a fight. They’re in the middle of biting each other’s head off in detention when there’s a power cut. The teacher is gone, it’s pitch black outside, it’s pitch black inside AND they’re the only two people locked in the room. (BONUS: A is afraid of the dark).

A spends most of their time at their best friend C’s house. Problem is, they despise C’s sibling, B. Cue A and B subtly fighting over family dinner, running into each other as they get midnight snacks, being forced to spend time together as they wait for C to get home and B finally asking A why they don’t spend time at their own house.

As a part of a social study, A and B (who, of course, hate each other) are forced to do the 36 Questions that lead to love.

(Building off of 4) To stretch that story out, have A and B ask each other only one question every day for 36 days.

A and B despise each other, but one thing they have in common is their burning hatred for C (who is really nice and likes them both). They pretend to be best friends (or dating) and flaunt their relationship to ‘make C jealous’, when in reality, they can’t remember why they hate C, they just like spending time together.

A and B are coworkers who both get assigned to the night shift. They bond over long, dark, lonely nights and a LOT of coffee.

Also see:

Enemies to Lovers prompts and oneliners

Enemies to Lover while Fake Dating prompts and oneliners

Enemies to Lovers high school prompts and oneliners

Leave requests for other oneliners and prompts!

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[thedogeveryonehates]

You cant have someones thighs out in the open like that and expect me to listen to a single word coming out of that mouth

[aishabellasbigblogofeverything]

While the proud family is good and all and it needed in this time more than ever, it drive me crazy with how penny and her friends are toxic. Like I heard and saw clips about episode 6 of season 2 of the proud family louder and prouder where zoey get ask out by a famous light skin black actor because he prefer white girl and the girls were so mean to zoey. Like they says the only reason noah was into her wa sbecause she white, implying she's not attractive. And they never explain further that that or that he's colorist. But Noah wasn't calling the black girls/ brown girls ugly or being nasty toward them. If the show had shown Noah being colorist toward the group and Zoey saw but did nothing to defend them and still went out with him then that would be different. But no, Noah wasn't means towars them. Plus Penny and Lacienga are light skin and usually pick more often. The episode would had have one of those 2 picks by Noah, but only because Noah like light skin girls and have his be mean to Dijonay because she dark skin and have Suga Mama call them out because she probably experience colorism growing up. I understand the episode was trying to bring up colorism which need to be done more but they did it the wrong way in that episode and depict the girls as just plain mean

The Proud Family is frankly so full of racism and colorism, not to mention giving Penny shitty friends.

It’s just annoying and obnoxious. This is why I don’t watch the show or the reboot anymore. A reboot is supposed to fix what the original didn’t do right but if anything it’s even worse with the toxicity and lack of self-awareness. I just don’t want to sit through that negativity, no matter how funny the show is otherwise. And it’s a shame because there is so few Black girl representation out there and I really did try to enjoy the show. But I just can’t. Sorry. And everything I hear about it just makes me want to watch it less and less. No thanks.

[scipunk63]

Watching now:

The girls automatically boot Zoey from the group because Maya heard from a third party that they've only seen Noah dating white girls. Penny brings up the possibility that he just likes Zoey for Zoey and that you can't believe everything you hear and they don't even consider the notion and shun Penny because of it.

The other girls don't even bring it up to Zoey. They just keep ignoring her and force Penny to pick a side at her own party. They even uninvited Zoey without consulting Penny first!

Zoey later breaks up with Noah and has to come begging to her friends to take her back and they start with the "You did nothing wrong!"

The problem is that this episode could have worked had they not done the "I heard from someone who heard from someone" bit. Just have the girls overhear it from the source!

[aishabellasbigblogofeverything]

Okay, so I’m watching reviews/reactions of/to the episode now after all this time because I kept seeing it in my YouTube feed and just went “fuck it”, and I’m not really invested in this discourse anymore but I’m just gonna give my two cents. 

The problem with this episode isn’t just how they handled it poorly, but how they portrayed Black girls in the process. It’s pretty clear from how they wrote the episode that the writers hate Black women, and you’re about to see why. 

(First off, it shouldn’t even BE called the “colorism” episode, whether by fans or by the episode themselves, because colorism is discrimination based on skintone, typically between members of the same race. This isn’t colorism, it’s racism/misogynoir. If Noah only dated lightskin Black girls then that would be different. But he only dates white girls so he’s not colorist, he’s racist.) 

Throughout the episode, the Proud Girls all take their anger that Noah is racist and not attracted to them because they’re poc out on Zoey. Not Noah, but Zoey. Without telling Zoey that Noah is only attracted to white girls(never mind the fact that they don’t know if it’s true regardless and Maya just loves to stir the pot), they just expect her to magically know and then they get angry, bitter, and jealous of her because she dares to think a boy likes her. Dijonay uninvites her to the Princess Party even though it’s being hosted at Penny’s house(like... excuse me girl?). They tear down her self-esteem and remind her of her status as the “ugly” friend in the group. And when she responds that Myron likes her, they merely say that she just doesn’t “get” it and leave the Princess Party(the only thing I liked about the episode). Then at the end of the episode when the rumor is proven right(off-screen, might I add), they make Zoey apologize to them first, and then they apologize to her. 

It’s bad enough that they’re bad friends to her throughout the episode, but this is also the embodiment of what Black men who hate Black women think of us when we complain about colorism and their “preference” towards white women, that we are just insecure, bitter, and jealous that we weren’t chosen, that we’re just mad because we wish we were as pretty as white women. Instead of asking Noah why he only likes white girls and exposing how racist that is, or instead of telling Zoey herself not to date Noah because he’s racist, the girls merely come down on Zoey. They’re pitted against each other over a boy instead of actually defending each other because that boy ain’t worth shit and the poc girls all attack the white girl because the racist Black guy showed interest in her and not them, turning it from a discussion of colorism into “Black women are jealous of white women”. Because that’s what it’s like when Black women call out colorism, right? We’re just attacking white women because they’re more desirable to our own men than us. It’s not THEIR fault that they got chosen before we did! And it’s not racist for Black guys to only go after white girls, nope, nothing like that! 🥴 

Even worse, what’s worth knowing is that Penny and Dijonay in this episode are colorist pick-mes themselves. Why do they want Noah to date them when they already have boyfriends? And notice how both boyfriends: 

Penny’s boyfriend, Kareem: 

And Dijonay’s boyfriend, the Haitian sensation, Darrius: 

are darker-skinned than Noah, who is lightskin: 

Like, Noah deadass looks like my cousin, who is biracial(half-white). 

And speaking of the boyfriends, I can’t believe this show had the nerve to shut down the idea that liking white girls is more than “just a preference” with the boyfriends saying “let’s go get some fruit punch...before they start throwing punches at us” after Maya questions Darrius for making this absurd claim. 

Despite this supposedly being an episode tackling colorism they reinforced it straightaway with this whole little thang going on, because both Penny and Dijonay are quick to ditch their boyfriends for the nearest piece of lightskin meat. So the episode portrays Black women as hypocrites who are just as bad as the men they complain about only liking white girls. 

This episode was supposed to be an episode about colorist, racist dating preferences, but all it did was tear down its own message by pitting the girls of color against the white girl and making them bitter and jealous that they didn’t get the attention because they merely were less attractive to him, and in fact makes them out to be just as bad as he is himself. If anything, it shuts DOWN discussions of colorism(actually racism) by telling Black girls that they’re just less attractive and nice than white girls who are going to be chosen before them and to suck it up. Get over it, it’s just a preference. 

Instead of justifying Black girls’ complaints about misogynoir in Black men when it comes to dating, it tells them to suck it up and portrays them as the bitter, insecure, jealous haters instead. 

And that’s unfair. 

[aishabellasbigblogofeverything]

While the proud family is good and all and it needed in this time more than ever, it drive me crazy with how penny and her friends are toxic. Like I heard and saw clips about episode 6 of season 2 of the proud family louder and prouder where zoey get ask out by a famous light skin black actor because he prefer white girl and the girls were so mean to zoey. Like they says the only reason noah was into her wa sbecause she white, implying she's not attractive. And they never explain further that that or that he's colorist. But Noah wasn't calling the black girls/ brown girls ugly or being nasty toward them. If the show had shown Noah being colorist toward the group and Zoey saw but did nothing to defend them and still went out with him then that would be different. But no, Noah wasn't means towars them. Plus Penny and Lacienga are light skin and usually pick more often. The episode would had have one of those 2 picks by Noah, but only because Noah like light skin girls and have his be mean to Dijonay because she dark skin and have Suga Mama call them out because she probably experience colorism growing up. I understand the episode was trying to bring up colorism which need to be done more but they did it the wrong way in that episode and depict the girls as just plain mean

The Proud Family is frankly so full of racism and colorism, not to mention giving Penny shitty friends.

It’s just annoying and obnoxious. This is why I don’t watch the show or the reboot anymore. A reboot is supposed to fix what the original didn’t do right but if anything it’s even worse with the toxicity and lack of self-awareness. I just don’t want to sit through that negativity, no matter how funny the show is otherwise. And it’s a shame because there is so few Black girl representation out there and I really did try to enjoy the show. But I just can’t. Sorry. And everything I hear about it just makes me want to watch it less and less. No thanks.

[scipunk63]

Watching now:

The girls automatically boot Zoey from the group because Maya heard from a third party that they've only seen Noah dating white girls. Penny brings up the possibility that he just likes Zoey for Zoey and that you can't believe everything you hear and they don't even consider the notion and shun Penny because of it.

The other girls don't even bring it up to Zoey. They just keep ignoring her and force Penny to pick a side at her own party. They even uninvited Zoey without consulting Penny first!

Zoey later breaks up with Noah and has to come begging to her friends to take her back and they start with the "You did nothing wrong!"

The problem is that this episode could have worked had they not done the "I heard from someone who heard from someone" bit. Just have the girls overhear it from the source!

[aishabellasbigblogofeverything]

Okay, so I’m watching reviews/reactions of/to the episode now after all this time because I kept seeing it in my YouTube feed and just went “fuck it”, and I’m not really invested in this discourse anymore but I’m just gonna give my two cents. 

The problem with this episode isn’t just how they handled it poorly, but how they portrayed Black girls in the process. It’s pretty clear from how they wrote the episode that the writers hate Black women, and you’re about to see why. 

(First off, it shouldn’t even BE called the “colorism” episode, whether by fans or by the episode themselves, because colorism is discrimination based on skintone, typically between members of the same race. This isn’t colorism, it’s racism/misogynoir. If Noah only dated lightskin Black girls then that would be different. But he only dates white girls so he’s not colorist, he’s racist.) 

Throughout the episode, the Proud Girls all take their anger that Noah is racist and not attracted to them because they’re poc out on Zoey. Not Noah, but Zoey. Without telling Zoey that Noah is only attracted to white girls(never mind the fact that they don’t know if it’s true regardless and Maya just loves to stir the pot), they just expect her to magically know and then they get angry, bitter, and jealous of her because she dares to think a boy likes her. Dijonay uninvites her to the Princess Party even though it’s being hosted at Penny’s house(like... excuse me girl?). They tear down her self-esteem and remind her of her status as the “ugly” friend in the group. And when she responds that Myron likes her, they merely say that she just doesn’t “get” it and leave the Princess Party(the only thing I liked about the episode). Then at the end of the episode when the rumor is proven right(off-screen, might I add), they make Zoey apologize to them first, and then they apologize to her. 

It’s bad enough that they’re bad friends to her throughout the episode, but this is also the embodiment of what Black men who hate Black women think of us when we complain about colorism and their “preference” towards white women, that we are just insecure, bitter, and jealous that we weren’t chosen, that we’re just mad because we wish we were as pretty as white women. Instead of asking Noah why he only likes white girls and exposing how racist that is, or instead of telling Zoey herself not to date Noah because he’s racist, the girls merely come down on Zoey. They’re pitted against each other over a boy instead of actually defending each other because that boy ain’t worth shit and the poc girls all attack the white girl because the racist Black guy showed interest in her and not them, turning it from a discussion of colorism into “Black women are jealous of white women”. Because that’s what it’s like when Black women call out colorism, right? We’re just attacking white women because they’re more desirable to our own men than us. It’s not THEIR fault that they got chosen before we did! And it’s not racist for Black guys to only go after white girls, nope, nothing like that! 🥴 

Even worse, what’s worth knowing is that Penny and Dijonay in this episode are colorist pick-mes themselves. Why do they want Noah to date them when they already have boyfriends? And notice how both boyfriends: 

Penny’s boyfriend, Kareem: 

And Dijonay’s boyfriend, the Haitian sensation, Darrius: 

are darker-skinned than Noah, who is lightskin: 

Like, Noah deadass looks like my cousin, who is biracial(half-white). 

And speaking of the boyfriends, I can’t believe this show had the nerve to shut down the idea that liking white girls is more than “just a preference” with the boyfriends saying “let’s go get some fruit punch...before they start throwing punches at us” after Maya questions Darrius for making this absurd claim. 

Despite this supposedly being an episode tackling colorism they reinforced it straightaway with this whole little thang going on, because both Penny and Dijonay are quick to ditch their boyfriends for the nearest piece of lightskin meat. So the episode portrays Black women as hypocrites who are just as bad as the men they complain about only liking white girls. 

This episode was supposed to be an episode about colorist, racist dating preferences, but all it did was tear down its own message by pitting the girls of color against the white girl and making them bitter and jealous that they didn’t get the attention because they merely were less attractive to him, and in fact makes them out to be just as bad as he is himself. If anything, it shuts DOWN discussions of colorism(actually racism) by telling Black girls that they’re just less attractive and nice than white girls who are going to be chosen before them and to suck it up. Get over it, it’s just a preference. 

Instead of justifying Black girls’ complaints about misogynoir in Black men when it comes to dating, it tells them to suck it up and portrays them as the bitter, insecure, jealous haters instead. 

And that’s unfair. 

[theplottery]

What the F even is Show not tell?

Show not tell is a very popular writing advice… But what does it mean?

The amount of advice about showing instead of telling that you’ll find out there can be very conflicting, and most of it focuses on the wrong things.

Really, you can apply the “show not tell” aspect to most elements in your writing.

You can apply it to:

Imagery: The wind was blowing. (Tell) → The branches knocked stubbornly against the window. (Show)

Narration: She was brave for as long as I knew her. (Tell) → Even when we were children, she’d stand up to the teachers who raised their voices at her. (Show)

Emotion: This caused him to feel sad and he didn’t know what to say. (Tell) → This caused his shoulders to sag, and his mouth emptied of any viable words that could fill the silence. (Show)

But you can (and should!) also think about applying the advice on a larger scale. Your chapters, for example. They shouldn’t just tell your reader what happens, but immerse them fully, and show them the moment you’re describing. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that your chapters should be designed as a whole to SHOW a certain point your story is trying to make, through the subtext of its scenes.

Your book as a whole, should also be one big Show not tell!

This means you should have an underlying message of what your story is truly about, and your whole book serves to show us that message → therefore no chapter and no scene is there for the sake of being there, but has a purpose.

[promptful]

what is best way to hug someone

Different Types of Hugs

I'm not even sure this ask is truly meant for me, but it sparked inspiration, so I answered it lol. and MAN I got poetic with it, lmao. Enjoy! (Tag me in it if you write anything, these are some of my favorites so far!) DO NOT ADD.

WARNINGS: Implied suggestive content. Violence? That's it. Implied dissociation.

1) The goodbye hug; a quick press of lips to cheeks and brief embraces before separating in your different ways. 

2) The long goodbye hug; arms wrapped around one another and refusing to let go. Their lips whispering reassurances in your ears until one of you finally separates. 

3) The reuniting hug; standing across from one another, frozen. Then, finally, they tumble into you and you can do nothing but hold on tight. 

4) The awkward hug; usually sideways, arms strung about shoulders with half-smiles that don’t reach eyes. A grimace on their face, and a grimace on yours.

5) The forced hug; similar to children forced to apologize, this hug is done underneath prying eyes. All warm on the outside, but actually glaring at one another on the inside, limbs stiff and bared teeth. 

6) The comforting hug; they wrap around you as you sink to the floor. Their breathing matches yours while they walk you through as many comfort methods possible, voice soft against your ear. 

7) The reluctantly comforting hug; although they don’t care for you—and you don’t care for them—they can’t stand to see you like this. It’s unnatural. Stiff as can be, they wrap around you and attempt comforting. 

8) The reassurance hug; one where you wrap entirely around them similarly to armor, but only fighting intangible enemies. Their words, strong in tone, combat your demons and insecurities, proclaiming their love with each syllable. 

9) The grounding hug; with permission, they wrap around you, keeping you tethered to this world while your mind spirals. No words are necessary. Their presence is enough. 

10) The safety hug; feet dug into dirt, arms wrapping around their waist so they don’t tumble headfirst into something stupid. At first, they try to fight, but eventually sink into your unrelenting grasp. 

11) The disarming hug; arms wrap, but they’re not warm. Their voice whispers, but it isn't safe. They want you to wholly trust them, no matter their intentions. 

12) The broken-hearted hug; a last ditch attempt to salvage relationships. You try to keep them close—convince them for a second chance. They don’t give you one. 

13) The crowded hug; usually on a packed train or concert, they wrap around you to keep you close, out of crowds, and safe. Breaths shared between one another, every word a zap of whispered electricity. 

14) The protection hug; their back shown to the threat, keeping you tucked against them. Their chin digs into your head, breathing rough while the shockwave/noise/yells tear through the room. 

15) The shielding hug; your back to the threat, they stare over your shoulder/around you at the threat, eyes narrowed into daggers. They won’t allow harm to come towards you. 

16) The guiding hug; a hand against the small of your back, waddling the two of you away from a horrible sight. 

17) The morning hug; sleepy eyes and warm limbs. They hold you close, eyes shut while they rake in the morning sun and thank the stars for this very moment. 

18) The nighttime hug; knowing that your lover doesn’t care if you’re sleep deprived and run ragged. Your arms wrap around them, and they reciprocate with hushed whispers and soft, chaste kisses, tucking you into bed and soon following.

19) The snuggle-hug; done in bed or on the couch, all limbs entwined with fingers carding through hair. Their head rests on your, or vice versa, and rest ensues knowing that one another is nearby.  

20) The heartbeat-hug; head pressed against their chest, you listen to each thump of their steady heartbeat and relish in that they’re here, with you. 

21) The warmth-hug; a hug only meant to share heat when it's cold. Skin to skin from head to toe. 

22) The frozen-hug; another hug meant to share the cold when it’s sweltering. Their hands skimming underneath your shirt to absorb the ice-cube-like skin. 

23) The distraction-hug; their arms wrap around your waist, head plunked against your shoulder blade/on top of your shoulder blade, slightly swaying. All in hopes of distracting you from what you’re currently doing. 

24) The kiss-me hug; a hug that feels like lightning in a dark sky. Eyes blown and lips parted, breathing hitched and stuttered while you wrap around one another. Desperate to feel the warm body of your SO. 

25) the stepping-stone hug; drifting fingers and lingering looks. Shed clothing and stumbling embraces down the hallway. This hug usually proceeds by the morning hug (17) some hours later. 

[lord-of-the-prompts]

HORROR/THRILLER/SUSPENSEFUL STORY SETTINGS AND PLOT IDEAS:

[Feel free to use any prompt that shouts out to you! I would very much appreciate a tag if you post a story that was inspired by a prompt of mine! Happy writing everyone!]

A

amusement park (where the ride breaks down with everyone trapped on them, and there is a killer loose in the park…)

art gallery (where paintings trap visitors inside the frame and force them relive the scene the painting was based on...)

aquarium (where the protagonist gets trapped inside one of the shark tanks...)

B

basement (where the basement floods, there’s no way out, and there’s something weird swimming in the water…)

blood bank (where a blood bank is run by a vampire cult…)

board game cafe (where a group of teenagers are forced to play a game of snakes and ladders in real life, with real snakes and real ladders…)

bunker (where the captor holds his victim hostage in an old bunker and convinces the girl that he is protecting her from a world apocalypse…)

C

car (where a taxi driver picks up the wrong person and fears he may never live to tell the tale…)

castle (where the gargoyles come to life and attack the royal family…)

circus (where everyone who is hypnotized by the magician turns into a member of his unholy cult…)

D

desert (where a group of travellers are swept away by a sand storm and wake up in a haunted oasis…)

dungeon (where the visitors pay to torture subjects and the subjects are paid to be tortured…)

F

farmhouse (where the scarecrow comes to life and attempts to create a new body for himself with the farming family’s bodies…)

forest (where a lone hiker is caught in a bear trap in the woods and unable to escape, the bear is close by…)

G

graveyard (where the dead buried at the local cemetery come back to life and all the living people in the town die, except for you…)

H

haunted house (where a house manages to kill anyone who enters it…)

hotel (where the concierge is a vampire with a thirst for his visitors’ blood…)

house (where the family home falls into a sinkhole that leads straight to hell…)

I

island (where a new species of insect is discovered, and when the travellers get bitten, they start mutating into bugs…)

J

jungle (where a group of explorers start disappearing one by one during a rescue mission deep in the jungle…)

L

library (where the ghost of character killed off in a series haunts anyone who reads the book…)

M

military base (where a group of soldiers end up face to face against their canines who have somehow turned into werewolves…)

O

opera house (where the killer murders the musicians with their instruments...)

operating theatre (where an unwilling subject wakes up part way through the operation and is unable to move no matter how hard they try...)

P

prison (where the inmates are released from their cells and the officers are locked up in their place, leaving them at the complete mercy of the prisoners…)

psychiatric ward (where patients are forced to fight to the death in padded cells…)

pyramid (where archeologists discover an ancient tomb and unleash an ancient curse…)

R

railroad (where a cowboy spends his final hours repenting his sins as he lays tied to a railroad track…)

research centre (where the subjects loose the ability to either see, hear, or speak…)

S

sewer (where a family takes cover in the sewers when a nuclear missile is headed towards the city…)

shipwreck (where divers explore an ancient shipwreck, but the pirates are very much still alive and do not take well trespassers…)

space (where there is an explosion on ship leaving the crew without enough oxygen, there are only four extra tanks left, but there are six people…)

submarine (where there's an unknown killer aboard and no way to escape the deep ocean...)

T

tavern (where a knight is seduced and kidnapped by a handmaid who plans on avenging he sisters murder in the most heartless of ways…)

U

underwater (where evil merpeople kidnap scuba divers...)

university (where a group of students engineers create an artificial intelligence that goes rogue and attempts to create a real life body out of human remains…)

V

virtual reality (where virtual reality becomes a true reality, and to escape, 10 players have to survive all levels of the game, but after every level, the loser dies…)

Z

zoo (where the animals turn into zombies and attack their abusers…)

[dumplingsjinson]

Jealousy prompts for characters who are enemies with benefits, character A realizing character B genuinely has no idea about character A’s feelings and thinks they hate them to the core.

List of “I need you to understand that I’m not hate fucking you, even though we technically are enemies” prompts

“Why were you with them?” “Why does it matter to you?” “It doesn’t. I couldn’t care less, but I’m also nosey.” 

“What are you doing?” Character A questions as Character B picks up the shirt they had discarded to the side while they were messing about. “Going home, since you don’t want me extending my stay anyway,” Character B says, throwing their shirt on, and Character  has to swallow down the urge to stop them from leaving. (Bonus: They end up crawling over to them, arms wrapping around Character B’s waist and pulling them into a back hug. “Don’t go?” they say, softly, cheek resting on their back.)

“We have business to get down to.” “Right here?” “Right fucking here, because I’m not about to let you go to someone else for something I can give to you twice as good.”

“Whoever else I fuck doesn’t have anything to do with you—” “No, it doesn’t, and it shouldn’t, but it doesn’t mean I have to be happy about you fucking around with someone else. What do they have that I don’t?” 

“You think I actually hate you?” “Well, you’re not giving me many reasons which tell me that you like me, are you? And no, fucking me into the mattress really doesn’t count as a good reason, at all.”

“You’re only allowed to say my name like that, you hear me?” Character A growls, delivering another hard thrust, and Character B whimpers, back arching off the bed; arms tightening around Character A’s neck.

“There are so many people out there you could be doing this with, so why me? The person you despise so much?” “…Thing is, I don’t despise you.” 

“I want you. I’ve… I’ve always wanted you, not just in this way. Don’t you get it?” 

“Can I be honest?” “You’re always brutally honest, but sure.” “I don’t actually hate you. Like, at all.” 

“Have I really been giving you the impression that I hate you?” “Yes. Yes, you have, and it hurts more than I’d like to admit.”