Tattooed Hearts and Black Dogs

"We are the granddaughters of the witches you failed to burn." Side blogs: @luckyroguepickle, @eldritch-boss, @silent-rebellion | Currently reading: The Testament of Loki by Joanne M Harris

[hecateblack]

I will be spending the rest of the night filling out extensive Character Creation lists instead of writing

[plotsjotsandespressoshots-deact]

Remember in 1993 when Jurassic Park was like…the end all, be all of special effects?

[suicunesrider]

not gonna lie that still looks intimately real

[drtanner-dickery]

I’m still somewhat convinced that someone sold their soul to create the special effects in Jurassic Park because that shit is over 20 years old and it still really, really holds up, better than the stuff in a lot of current movies, even.

Fucking witchcraft, man. 

[fanboyingoverdemigods]

fucking look at this shit though

[mauridianhallow]

Literally see this post flying around with a few different responses added to the bottom each time so I’ll say it for this one myself:

THEY ACTUALLY BUILT A GIANT MASSIVELY DETAILED FUCKING ANIMATRONIC T-REX FOR ALL OF THIS THAT’S WHY THE EFFECTS ARE SO GOOD. CAUSE IT AIN’T CGI. AND IT AIN’T GUY IN A COSTUME. IT’S A BIG FUCKING ROBOT DINOSAUR. AND EVERY PART IS DESIGNED TO MOVE. IT COST LIKE HALF THE BUDGET OF THE FILM.

[mizushimo]

amazing

[shadowthorne]

And they had the film it in small increments, especially in the outdoor scenes, because the rain fall kept soaking into the ‘skin’ of the rex and would slow down and mess up its movements. So they would stop filming and have a crew out there drying off this massive, fake dinosaur, and then they’d start filming again until it was too wet. Repeat until the end of the scene.

[mad-dyspunktional]

They used animatronics and detailed costumes for most if not all of the dinosaurs in the first movie.

The triceratops for instance, was also animatronic.

And the raptors were dudes in suits. I shit you not.

[datneeks]

One of my favorite anecdotes I’ve read on tumblr is how the t-rex robot from Jurassic park would malfunction while it was drying out. How did it malfunction, you might wonder?

Motherfucker randomly started moving.

So apparently if you were on the jp set you would sometimes hear people screaming bloody murder even though they were all well aware that it was a giant animatronic puppet and wouldn’t actually, you know, eat them.

[muck-raker-deactivated20181222]

(link to said post about malfunctioning t-rex)

[alessariel]

Did not know this, had to reblog for awesome movie history insights.

[brainsforbabyjesus]

So, I knew about the animatronics bit but I did not know the raptors were guys in suits and the malfunctioning t-rex sounds terrifying.

And i just googled malfunctioning t-rex and was not disappointed. Apparently in order to put the skin on over the steel frame a guy had to crawl inside the t-rex while it was turned on and glue the skin down. And if somebody turned the t-rex off or the power went out the guy in the t-rex stood a very real chance of getting mangled and killed by the hydraulics.

So of course, the power goes out.

And this guy is still in there gluing the skin down.

Apparently the way to survive getting sheered to death by huge sheets of metal while you’re inside a giant t-rex robot is to curl into a ball and hope for the best.

And this guy hoped for the best and got it.

Some other people on stage pried open the t-rex jaws and glue guy crawled out of its mouth and was totally okay.

[alessariel]

This is getting better and better.

[red-dirt-roads-deactivated20161]

I think they only had like 6 minutes of CGI

[teslasturtle-deactivated2023011]

I’m just waiting for the T-Rex to come to life and leave its stand.

[perspectivemax-deactivated20181]

@spinosaurus-the-fisher is this the kind of content you love?

[myloverhammurabi]

Realism comes at a cost, it seems.

[gorsime]

i mean ok but why has nobody posted this:

[myloverhammurabi]

It’s a three piece raptor suit.

[flamingbluepanda]

Old movies had the best special effects

[skafuller-deactivated20180122]

The thing about this that gets my special effects nerd going is the fact that EVERY single dinosaur was sculpted by artists based on the current existent archeological evidence of the time.

[witwitch-deactivated20160508]

@jurassicparkandrecreation

[senkirowolf]

@shepfax

[prettyarb]

Even better than that, this movie ADVANCED our best understanding of dinosaurs at the time.  They were blowing out a budget bigger than anything Hollywood had ever seen, and along with employing almost the last hurrah of incredible physical FX, they had a bank of those newfangled digital SFX computers.  Nobody’d ever really created convincing dinosaurs in a movie before.  It’d all been stop-motion animation, and even when the models were exquisitely crafted, you could just tell there was something OFF about them.  Spielberg wanted THE BEST DINOSAURS EVER, and he figured on using the cutting edge of digital modeling and animation technology to build them for him.

So they got hold of some of the best paleontologists they could find and said, “We want you guys to take this tech that your labs could pretty much never afford and use it to build us the most realistic, accurate dinosaur models the world has ever seen.”

The paleontologists knew an opportunity when it bit them in the ass.  They plugged in everything they knew about dinosaurs, all the skeletons and their best guesses about soft tissue and all that.  And when they’d created those dinosaur models, they had the computer start moving them as they realistically would with anatomy like that.  One guy took a look at those walking t-rexes and velociraptors (really utahraptors, but whatevs, fam), and he said, “Wait a minute, I’ve seen movement like that before.”

He called up film of a chicken walking.  Everyone in the room said, “Holy shit.”

Prior to 1989, the idea that birds were descended from dinosaurs existed–we knew about archaeopteryx, we knew there was some minor connection there–but the idea that DINOSAURS LIVE IN THE MODERN WORLD AND THEY ARE CALLED BIRDS was not pre-eminent.  Jurassic Park changed our scientific understanding of dinosaurs.

[bastlynn]

That paleontologists’d be Kevin Padian. Who is awesome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Padian

[thistherapylife]

This post just gets better and better with time

[evilsquirrel18]

Always reblog this and it hurts my soul when they say old movies because I was like ten when this came out and… THIS WAS MY CHILDHOOD.

[fawkesfire]

@inyumenxibalba

[mizmarrs]

Ima be honest and say Jurassic Park scared the shit out of me as a kid (I was almost 4 when it came out) and reading all of this amazing information I don’t feel nearly as self conscious about it. 😂

[hecateblack]

This post makes my science heart happy <3

[hecateblack]

Is it crazy to write the first draft of a novel in three months?

[racheldotgov-deactivated2016123]

i personally love to over analyze everything and suffer

[kingbellamy]

DO YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF WRITER’S BLOCK WHERE YOU ALREADY HAVE A PLOT, YOU KNOW WHAT TO WRITE BUT YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO WRITE IT AND YOU JUST STARE AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN FOR HOURS UNTIL YOU FINALLY CLOSE THE DOCUMENT AND CURSE YOUR ENTIRE EXISTENCE 

CAUSE I DO 

[hecateblack]

OH MY GOD YOU PUT IT INTO WORDSSSS

[theplantpoweredwriter]

About Me Tag

Many thanks for the tag, @kussmichwrites! I enjoyed reading yours. :D

rules: answer the 20 questions and tag 20 followers.

name: Lyssie (For writing purposes anyway, I use this as an online pen name!) 

nickname: Lyssie

zodiac sign: I am a cancer too! 

height: 5′1.

language(s) spoken: English only. 

fav. fruit: Peach and avocado

fav. scent: Horses. Yes, may sound a tad bit odd, but yes, it is my favorite smell ever! 

fav. season: Summer!!

fav. colour: Black and pink

fav. animal: Horses again, and guinea pigs! 

coffee, tea or hot chocolate: Hot chocolate! No question about it. 

fav. song: Here Comes the Sun from the Beatles 

average hours of sleep: around 8-9 hours perhaps? 

fav. fictional character: Don’t make me pick just one! Ginny Weasly, (Harry Potter) Sam (LOTR), and Finn (Fictional Skin.) *Deep Breath* But many more of course! 

no. of blankets you sleep with: one

fav. artist: Building 420 and Of Monsters And Of Men

fav. book: Wait for me by Caroline Leech

I’ll tag, @spacebrick3, @pixel-letters, @eyelessfatdragon, and a few random followers: @timelordwolf10, @ofvisitorsthefairest, @hoqwaarts, @sincerestaffect, @pizzajohngreen, @justfangirlfeels, @austinjrblogs, @jess-winters, @ellabelllaxxx, @wingsofpsyche, @schallwedance, @curlyfriesbeforeguys, @hecateblack, @bookwormpunk, @emiliaboone, @reaganpotter, and @slow-dancing-in-the-snow! Hey, I actually got to twenty! As usual take the tag or ignore I won’t be offended lol, my apologies for bothering you. <3 

[hecateblack]

Finally answering this on my ‘official’ writeblr. 

Rules: Answer the 20 questions and then tag 20 followers! 

Name: Hecate Black (at least on here it is)

Nickname: You may call me ‘Goddess’ ;)

Zodiac sign: Ox/Taurus

Height: 5′7

Language(s) spoken: English and Sarcasm

Favorite Fruit: Bananas 

Favorite Scent: Cigarette smoke, old books, Dawn, the deep forest after rain

Favorite Season: Fall or Winter

Favorite Color: Purple and Black

Favorite Animal: Dragons

Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: ALL

Favorite Song: At this very moment right now? “Writing On The Walls” by Aviators

Average Hours of Sleep: 4 or 5 on a good day

Favorite Fictional Character: Loki, The Doctor, any ‘Trickster’ character ;)

Number of Blankets You Sleep With: 2 quilts

Favorite Artist: I couldn’t possibly choose.... Favorite writing artist? (as in, whom I listen to the most when writing), Two Steps From Hell

Favorite Book: Top Five: 

The Misfit’s Manifesto by Lidia Yuknavitch

The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M Harris

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

[hecateblack]

Ohmygod I can’t believe I haven’t posted anything in over a month!

I am so sorry for vanishing off the grid like that! I didn’t even finish Camp NaNo back in April! 

After Infinity War dropped I created a new Loki blog to help my fellow Tricksters deal with that damn movie! 

But I’m back and I’ll hopefully be posting some things more frequently. 

I’m still mostly up to my neck in fanfiction, but a few original things are making their way to the surface. 

Mostly my story project “Runes”, which I’m going to be fully dedicating myself to (when I’m not writing fanfic). 

So look forward to more posts and updates about that! 

[dajo42]

if you dont have me on facebook you are probably not missing out on any posts but the comment section is important too lmao

I went to the Renaissance faire dressed as a warrior.  I had a real sword with me, too.  I was standing (in character) next to a sword-fighting ring, where kids of all ages got the chance to pick up a sword and challenge the champion.  Some woman walks by, with her little girl.  The girl starts walking towards the ring, saying she wants to fight.  But the mom pulled her away hella sharply, and was like, “That’s for boys.”  You don’t want to be a BOY, do you?”    And the girl looked around and saw me.  I think she thought I was a boy; I had my hair in a ponytail, and was wearing a hood.  So she comes up to me and asks me, “Do you think girls can be fighters, too?”  And her mom looks like she’s silently gloating.  Like she thinks I’m going to say no.  So I take off my hood, untie my hair so that it flows freely, and kneel before her.  And I’m like, “Milady, anyone can be a fighter.”  I swear, the look on that mother’s face made my day.

[maneth985]

[luxgalador]

This post was good but then it got better

[celticshenanigans]

Okay, this is a slight topic diversion, but in response to the above comment. I’ve volunteered at the CT Ren Faire for years now. For the last 5 or so I’ve worked in the game section, and we have a game similar to the above comment called “Smite the Knight”. I’ve been in the ring before, it’s a ton of fun getting to run around with the kids. The main goal is entertainment. Have a good shtick, keep the crowd engaged, and let the kids have a good time.

In both work and observing, I have learned something about kids. A lot of parents try to get their boys to go fight. Of the young ones that do, they tend to be shy. You get the ones who just swing the boffer swords around with no regard for life, but, mostly, they’re reserved. It’s adorable. I mean, they’re kids.

But the girls. THE GIRLS. Holy crap. I swear, the pinker the dress, the more taffeta and glitter…the more intensity. I remember, the first year I worked there, one girl came in, grabbed the biggest sword she could, and WENT TO TOWN on our knight. Lifted it over head, let out this primal scream and mowed him down. Homeboy is 6′2″, she was FIVE. And once he was in the fetal position (He was fine. It was for show.) on the ground, she stopped, put her foot on his chest, and yelled “I AM A FIERCE PRINCESS!!”. Later in the day when she walked by a couple of us yelled “Ah! It’s the fierce princess!” and she stopped and flexed. It was the best, and I will never forget that girl.

[complete-in-ix-deactivated20230]

OH MY GOD IT’S BACK YES

[the-ironhobbit-deactivated20170]

This has improved since last I reblogged.

[tinierpurplefishes]

I taught karate for like 5 years, and the girls were always, pound for pound, better than the boys. Even the girls who didn’t really want to do it and were only there because their parents made them were better than like 95% of the boys.

[shadesofmauve]

I was playing fiddle at a ren faire, and two little girls were really enjoying our set. After quite some time one of them walked up to me and shyly offered me her star tinsel tiara, because she “didn’t have any money. And this protects you from trolls!” I said “Thanks, that’s really sweet – but what about you? Don’t you need protection from trolls?”

At which point this six-ish-year-old girl whips out her certificate from the axe throwing booth and says “Nah, I’m fine.”

I still have that tinsel tiara. It’s draped over my modem. I figure it’ll protect me from the most trolls that way.

[callmebliss]

I am not in the habit of reblogging a post and slapping an “it got better” on there BUT I SAY GOTDAMN

[hecateblack]

Faith in Humanity Restored! 

[shock]

ever wanted to know what your name might be if you were a villain using the common thematic structures of ridiculous DC villains? 

wonder no more.

i am King Egg.

[hermannco]

I got frucking ‘Lord man’

[justnoodlefishthings]

Captain Man

[morishiges]

KITE RAT             JFKMGDGNFM

[sigmabunny]

Monarch Beef

[ceescedasticity]

…Mister Peanut.

[shadowwood]

The Terrible Weather XD

[roachpatrol]

RADIOACTIVE RENEGADE, that is excellent

[jumpingjacktrash]

i had to click a few times because ‘wandering pencil’ sounds honestly cute actually and i wanted a villain name dammit

PROFESSOR CHILL i will take and run with

[kazaore]

Junkyard Virtuoso is disturbingly accurate

[jumpingjacktrash]

excuse me i don’t know you but you got the best villain name and you should know i envy you immensely

[rainbowbarnacle]

I guess it’s not wrong…

[bunjywunjy]

STAND BACK EVERYBODY, HERE COMES

CRIME STORM

[sirladysketch]

Big Wolf

…so… I’m Solas?

[tsu-anti]

I…I don’t understand?

Am I a flying whale?

What’s happening

[ohsuchastory-blog-deactivated20]

Doctor Heart

[redshield-waits]

I am…

Conductor Chill!!

[theplantpoweredwriter]

The fierce dreaded……

  …….Poison Rubber Duck 

Lol okay. ╮(︶▽︶)╭

[pixel-letters]

Oh, come on, why does everyone gets cool names and I literally only get “The Devil”?

[hecateblack]

Glass Chill

[swamp-roo-deactivated20230128]

how the fuck do people just stay motivated their entire lives? what drives you? I got out of bed once and i’ve been exhausted ever since.

[vampire-punk-deactivated2017051]

You need to learn to hate life to the point where you want to get revenge on existence itself 

[castielismycherrypie]

Best advice ever

[hecateblack]

Succeed out of spite

[zombieheroine]

The real writer experience is standing in the shower and coming up with the most authentic dialogue with perfect phrasing and raw emotion in your head, then stepping out and drying your hair, putting on some clean pajamas and opening a word document to write down all your perfect ideas only to realize everything has evaporated. 

[monzterzack]

[kdxart]

I FEEL CALLED OUT

[thelibrarina]

Never lose a perfect shower line again.*

*Remember to erase promptly if you share a bathroom with anyone.

[survivablyso]

I’ve used these to outline term papers. nothing like a bath to get your brain to finally kick into gear and figure out your damn thesis

[polyhorde]

[thebibliosphere]

WHAT

[romancingthebookworm-deactivate]

OMG I need them. 

[thatwriternamedvolk-deactivated]

I have a mighty need!

[hecateblack]

[1000storyideas]

10 outline techniques for writers

With this post I listed 10 outline techniques to help writes move their story from a basic idea to a complete set of arcs, plots, sequences and/or scenes. Or to simply expand whatever you have in hands right now.

If you have a vague story idea or a detailed one, this post is for you to both discover and organize. A few technique will work perfectly. A few won’t. Your mission is to find the one that works best for you. That said, I advice you to try out as many techniques as possible.

So, are you ready? Open your notebook, or your digital document, and let’s start.

1. Snowflake method: Start with a one-sentence description of the novel. Then, develop this simple phrase into a paragraph. Your next step is to write a one-page summary based on the paragraph, you can write about characters, motivations, goals, plots, options, whatever you feel like. From this point on, you can either start your book or expand the one-page summary into four pages. And, at last, four pages into a brief description of known sequences of scenes. Your goal is to make the story more and more complex as you add information, much like a forming snowflake.  

2. Chapter by chapter: List ten to twenty chapters, give each chapter a tittle and a brief description of what should happen. Then, break each chapter into three to five basic sequences of scenes. Give each sequence a title, a brief description and a short list of possibilities (possibilities of dialogues, scenarios, outcomes, moods, feelings… just play around with possibilities). From this point on, you can either create the scenes of sequences with a one-sentence description for each or jump straight to writing. Your goal is to shift from the big picture to a detail-oriented point of view.

3. Script: This might sound crazy, but, with this technique, you will write the screenplay of your story as if it’s a movie. No strings attached to creative writing, just plain actions and dialogues with basic information. Writing a script will take time, maybe months, but it will also enlighten your project like no other technique. Your goal is to create a cinematic view of your story. How to write a script here. 

4. Free writing: No rules, no format, no step, just grab a pen or prepare your fingers to write down whatever idea that comes up. Think of possibilities, characters, places, quests, journeys, evolutions, symbolisms, fears, good moments, bad moments, clothing, appearances. Complete five to ten pages. Or even more. The more you write, the more you will unravel. You can even doodle, or paste images. Your mission is to explore freely.

5. Tag: This technique is ideal if you have just a vague idea of the story. Start by listing ten to fifteen tags related to the story. Under each tag, create possible plots. And, under each plot, create possible scenes. Grab a red felt pen and circle plots and scenes that sparkle your interest.

6.  Eight-point arc: With this technique you will divide your story into eight stages. They are Stasis, Trigger, Quest, Surprise, Critical Choice, Climax, Reversal and Resolution. The Stasis is the every-day-life of your main character. Trigger is an event that will change the every-day-life of your character (for better or for worse). Quest is a period of your main characters trying to find a new balance, a new every-day-life (because we all love a good routine). Surprise will take your character away from their new found every-day-life. Critical Choice is a point of no return, a dilemma, your character will have to make the hardest decision out of two outcomes, both equally important. Climax is the critical choice put to practice. Reversal is the consequence of the climax, or how the characters evolved. Resolution is the return to a new (or old) every-day-life, a (maybe everlasting) balance.

7. Reverse: Write down a description of how your story ends, what happens to your characters and to those around them. Make it as detailed as possible. Then, move up to the climax, write a short scenario for the highest point of your story. From there, build all the way back to the beginning. 

8. Zigzag: Draw a zigzag with as many up and downs as you want. Every up represents your main character moving closer to their goal. Every down represents your main character moving further from their goal. Fill in your zigzag with sequences that will take your character closer and farther from the goal.

9. Listing: The focus of this technique is exploring new ideas when your story feels empty, short or stagnated. You’ll, basically make lists. Make a long list of plot ideas. Make another list of places and settings. Make a list of elements. And a list of possible characters. Maybe a list of book titles. Or a list of interesting scenes. A list of bad things that could happen inside this universe. A list of good things. A list of symbolism. A list of visual inspiration. A list of absurd ideas you’ll probably never use. Then, gather all this material and circle the good items. Try to organize them into a timeline.

10. Character-driven: Create a character. Don’t worry about anything else. Just think of a character, their appearance and style. Give them a name. Give them a basic personality. Give them a backstory. Develop their personality based on the backstory. Now, give this character a story that mirrors their backstory (maybe a way to overcome the past, or to grow, or to revenge, or to restore). Based on your character’s personality, come up with a few scenes to drive their story from beginning to end. Now, do the same thing for the antagonist and secondary characters.

So, when is it time to stop outlining and start writing?

This is your call. Some writers need as many details as they can get, some need just an basic plot to use as a North. Just remember, an outline is not a strict format, you can and you will improvise along the way. The most important is being comfortable with your story, exploring new ideas, expanding old concepts and, maybe, changing your mind many times. There’s no right or wrong, just follow your intuition.  

[sk-lumen]

Writer Talk: Basics of Querying

1. Always address the agent by name. “Dear Agent” is a rookie’s mistake, it shows a lack of interest, research as well as effort. It’s akin to addressing someone as “Dear person”. They have a name, let’s show courtesy and use it.

2. Do your research. Make sure you know what a query implies (hook, summary, author bio), what each agent asks for in their query, and your work’s details (word length, genre, target audience, to readers of what books/writers it would appeal to) which you add in the query. Know your genre and target audience so you can target the right agents that rep those categories, otherwise you’re wasting everybody’s time including your own.

3. Stay professional. This means be yourself, but don’t exaggerate with gimmicks, jokes, getting too cozy with the agent (for all intents and purposes you’re a stranger so it’s creepy), being humble to the point of begging (my friend give yourself some credit), or being confident to the point of arrogance (“this is the best thing since sliced bread”, you know what I mean). We’re all human, just doing our best, but remember this is first impressions. You can be your witty and wildly enthusiastic self afterwards.

4. Be calculated. Is this your dream, and are determined to spend as many months or years necessary to get your book out there? If you just nodded, I applaud you. Or is it just a hobby and you’d enjoy seeing your name in print, but would give up after a couple of rejections? (If you just want to be famous, the world needs a better motive.) Furthermore, what’s your querying strategy? Do you want a small or major publishing company? Print or e-book (or both)? What’s your back-up plan, if any? In short, just make sure you know what you want and how much effort and time you’re willing to invest in this.

[loquaciousliterature]

Nobody bad-mouths Hagrid on Hermione’s watch! ᕙ( •̀ʖ•́ )୨

(Thank you to lizmaryr and zexionlikesmuffins for suggesting this glorious scene from the Prisoner of Azkaban!)

More HP goodness on my Patreon!

[hecateblack]

Nobody fucks with Hermione <3

[erkhyan]

Medieval Fantasy City Generator by watabou

Not a game

[plantkat]

Some example maps for folks to see

theres several other palettes and style options, options for adding and removing elements, and a separate site hosting this generator as well, where you can edit the size and seed in the address bar

[pheita]

Might be helpful for my newest WIP 

[astrohussy]

I keep fantasizing about how cool it would be if humans were supernatural creatures and their powers and physical features were based on their sun, moon, and rising sign.

Hear me out: sun signs determine the basic physical features like nails that are strong like claws or goat horns or gills that can be activated and deactivated. Moon signs determine what powers you have; Aries moon can have pyrokinesis, Gemini moon can multiply, Leo moon can manipulate heat and fire solar beams, etc. And the ascendant can determine your color scheme, physique, and secondary characteristics like hair and eyes. Hehe sorry, excuse my brain fart

[dragonsongdreams-deactivated201]

If that were the case, I’d be a psychic centaur with water and empath powers with a gryffindor color scheme. ….Write a book about this. Now. I want to read it.

[motherofmoonthread]

okay no maybe not a book but like make a chart!!!!! with all the stuff!!!! please!!!!!!!

[astrohussy]

Alrighty as promised I’ll make a chart of this

Aries

Sun: Ram horns regardless of gender, strong foreheads, and bones are stronger than average since they’re prone to injury

Moon: Pyrokinesis, quick self healing factor, or precognition 

Rising: Red and orange color scheme, hair often curly but can be any “natural” color, eyes are either a warm red or a bright orange, most are average height or smaller

Taurus

Sun: Bull horns regardless of gender, large hands in proportion to their bodies, and stomachs and immune system allow them to eat anything without harm

Moon: Super strength, stone manipulation, or can communicate with any mammal 

Rising: Brown and green color scheme, eyes could be either color, hair often thick and usually black, green, or brown, often either chubby or beefy physique (some more or less thick than others)

Gemini

Sun: Second set of arms, eyes can zoom in and out of long distant range, and have a much easier time learning other languages than others

Moon: Super speed, can shapeshift into any human form, or physical duplication

Rising: Color scheme is light blue and yellow, eyes can be either color, hair can be any “unnatural” color, physique varies but they have long legs proportionate to their height

Cancer

Sun: Hands can morph into crab claws (color determined by rising), skin glitters when exposed to moonlight, all of them are empaths

Moon: Lunar abilities ( produce and shoot lunar beams, control tides; however this can only be accessed at night), psychic absorption (can absorb and use one power at a time, this only tires the victim) , or producing force fields

Rising: Silver and shades of blue color scheme, eyes can be either color and are very glossy, hair is either blue or black, tend to be short

Leo

Sun: Feline like canines, nails are long and strong like claws, skin glitters when exposed to sunlight

Moon: Solar abilities (produce and shoot solar beams and control heat; this can only be accessed during the day), laser eyes, or sonic boom roar (explosive, can physically push away anything in its close range)

Rising: Gold and red color scheme, eyes are often gold, hair almost always big no mater the length, can be any “natural” color, either really tall or really short

Virgo

Sun: Large feathered wings (color determined by rising), they look human otherwise 

Moon: Portal creation, telekinesis, or poison manipulation

Rising: color scheme is green and yellow, eyes can be either color, hair is either brown or black base with any second color, physique varies but all have longer than average fingers

Libra

Sun: Skin on the hands and forearms are metallic gold or silver, have glowing eyes (color determined by rising), can always tell if you’re lying

Moon: Plant manipulation, siren song, or sonic scream (not explosive but can stun any living being in its range and break close enough objects)

Rising: Green and pink color scheme, eyes are either pink or yellow, hair is either white, brown, or pink, are often tall with wide hips regardless of gender

Scorpio

Sun: Fully functional scorpion tail (proportionate to their body), can easily see in the dark, very silent walkers who can sneak up on anyone

Moon: Shadow manipulation, mediumship (includes the dead and powerful spirits), or selective mind reading (can’t communicate mentally)

Rising: Black and red color scheme, eyes are either dark blue or bright red, hair can be any dark color, can easily blend in with their surrounding 

Sagittarius 

Sun: Can switch from biped to centaur and back, keeps their tail in any form, hair grows long and fast

Moon: Can shoot energy arrows or spears, light manipulation, or power jump (can leap as high as 50ft off the ground)

Rising: Orange and brown color scheme, eyes can be either color, hair is red or dirty blond, often tall but short ones are faster runners

Capricorn

Sun: Goat horns legs and hooves, pretty much satyrs 

Moon: Ice manipulation, telepathy, or temporarily slow time

Rising: Brown and black color scheme, eyes are any shade of brown, hair is black but can have any secondary color, often average height and have a very fit physique but that varies, they throw some of the hardest punches

Aquarius

Sun: Are the most human looking of the signs but they always have at least one robotic body enhancement, can retain more information than the others

Moon: Electric manipulation, technopathy, or wind manipulation

Rising:  Electric blue and black, eyes are any shade of blue, hair can be any bright “unnatural” color, often tall but body type varies

Pisces

Sun: Can switch from biped to mermaid and back (scale colors determined by rising), have a set of gills that closes on land, often have scales grown on stray parts of their body that shows even on land

Moon: Water manipulation, aura manipulation, or invisibility 

Rising: Sea green and lavender color scheme, eyes can be either color, hair can be any shade of blue or purple, physique varies but they have large glossy eyes

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Maturing as a writer doesn’t mean writing every day, it doesn’t mean the writing process gets easier, it doesn’t mean you’re actively finishing projects, it doesn’t mean you have hundreds of adoring fans.

Maturing as a writer means that your characters limp and stutter, it means that your characters have acne and moles and scars, it means that your characters don’t always get what they want, it means that your characters aren’t always right.

Maturing as a writer means that you are willing to write imperfect people, that you are willing to write imperfect stories.

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