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If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

Crack fic idea inspired by an edit that described Katarina’s farming as her cultivating.

Katarina is in fact cultivating when she is farming, it’s a form of moving meditation for her and she does it religiously. She is also inadvertently following a dao that espouses ideas of growth, connection and empathy. This is a large part of why her dark magic is so strong, she accidentally powers her magic spells with her cultivation base resulting in Pochi’s existence.

The Claes estate has so many lighting attraction rods everywhere, everyone is pulling their hair out trying to resolve whatever issue is making Katarina so lightning conducive. No one dares to say anything like ‘lighting never strikes the same place twice’ around Katarina. The harem notes once that Katarina seems to get more attractive every time lighting strikes her but attributes it to their own bias and her getting older and growing into her features. Katarina is getting more attractive because her cultivation realm is increasing.

Katarina barely acknowledges any of the changes, however she adores being significantly stronger and faster than everyone else because she can flee her doom easier like this. People only figure it out when Katarina starts ‘dual cultivating’ with them. Katarina’s dual cultivation is just her solving their trauma, but it gives them a noticeable power boost that the early harem members didn’t get because her cultivation was very weak then.

#my next life as a villianess all routes lead to doom #my next life as a villainess #katarina claes #catarina claes #mnlaav

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Fortune Lover’s Nicol route fascinates me, we know so little about it compared to the Keith or Geordo routes. Thinking about it I like the idea that Sophia is still drawn to Katarina because of their whole soulmate thing, but is never able to establish a friendship with how consumed Katarina is with maintaining her engagement. It would be the perfect tragic love story from Sophia’s perspective.

#MNLAAV #katarina claes #sophia ascart #nicol ascart #Fortune Lover #my next life as a villainess #my next life as a villianess all routes lead to doom

Wind Breaker Omegaverse

Edition 1

The focus is on the different instincts people have , due to having different animals as the “ base” of their biology.

Sakura is the only prey animal in Furin - but he is a horse. Makochi is primarily made up of feline and canine people who have no idea why he acts the way he does because it makes no sense for their social structures.

For those who don't know horses need to have a herd. Not having other horses to help look for danger and act as a community causes horses to become agitated, flighty and even aggressive. Horses also have a distinct social hierarchy with a strictly enforced pecking order. The leader of the herd is typically a mare but geldings have been known to fill the role. Stallions are never the boss.

Omega Sakura is determined to become the top and struggles to understand why anyone would follow an alpha who should just be there for the omegas scenting needs. As he gets used to having a herd he becomes far more comfortable and calm. He also fills the dominant position in his herd which makes him slightly more accepting of affection.

On the other hand Furin has no idea how to interact with Sakura, because they are all predators who are terrified of the only prey amongst them because he is in another weight class to them. Once someone tries to comfort Sakura by dominating him and he sends them flying across the room and is totally confused any attempts to care for him like a typical omega. Truthfully a number of the others are obsessed with being bossed around and cared for by an omega who believes that he is the most socially conventional omega in terms of instincts. He grooms others but only if they groom back. As another horse fact that fits well horses often have an enforcer who ensures that the lead mare isn’t challenged and Nirei has no idea that he fills that role in Sakura’s mind. But Nirei always ensures that people listen to him and handles everything without teasing Sakura unlike Sou.

#wind breaker #Sakura