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HIDDEN BENEATH!

(You may know me from @snickerzanddoodlez or @crown-of-roses-thsc!)

Hidden Beneath is a book series- being written and posted on Wattpad and Toyhou.se by yours truly- following Felix Rubik, a disgraced geneticist who finds himself far past the apocalypse, in a world that was so destroyed it became something new….and full of magic, through a twist of fate that Felix himself may have something to do with.

Hidden Beneath as a series is about challenging myself to write new things, subvert clichés, and explore some of the trauma that isn’t always explored in-depth in different tropes (for example, the isekai trope)! I’m a self-taught artist and writer and earn nothing from my work (aside from the occasional donation or commission on Ko-fi!) so everything is a passion project!

#hidden beneath #oc #oc story #my ocs #oc art #oc lore #art #about me #oc artwork #intro post

Tempted to bring back Hidden Beneath, it’s never been “cancelled”, I just keep restarting it and putting it on the backburner.

I am no longer in contact with it’s semi-co-writer (someone who contributed enough to be worth mentioning, especially since she still owns some of its characters whom I know I have to replace, but who did not write the story nor create most of it), which does mean that I can do more with it now.

I think the biggest example is having openly queer rep? That was a big no-go before. Really split with how I want to go about that.

Maybe Yorgeborg and Altair can be a thing now, I always kind of shipped them. (Altair and Shellzie were going to be a pairing, but honestly them just being best friends could be great).

Yorgeborg originally ended up with Bittersweet (who will be renamed), I have to admit I’m really tempted to let her get with Yorgeborg’s ex-wife now instead. But I also really don’t want to further any “sexual assault causes homosexuality” stereotypes with soon-to-be-renamed. We’ll see.

For some reason I’m really hooked on the idea of Daleyza being genderfluid but I also can’t make it fully click in my mind. I could see her being trans, I’m tempted with that, but again seeing as her backstory is an allegory for SA, I, again, don’t want to further any “sexual assault causes people to be trans” stereotypes. (Which is the sort of dogma I’ve been fed my entire life.)

Maybe I’ll make whoever replaces Marble non-binary. I dunno!

I dunno. I’m honestly just excited to be writing queer characters at all? I like to represent things in my writing, it makes me happy to challenge myself and I feel more confident in my ability to choose what I do and don’t want to change as far as that topic goes now that I’m openly identifying as lesbian.

Uh, anyways. My random thoughts! It also may be a comic now.

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What do I do if my brain tells me to make feature film length animation of Hawaii part II

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you do it, coward

prophetic-writer

I might never be a notable writer and I might never get a huge book deal and my books might never get turned into movies but who cares? I've found absolute paradise sitting on my porch in the rain weaving words together and feeling the cool wind of an august storm on my face. No failure could ever take this sort of joy away from me.

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(shouting through megaphone)

LOUD REMINDER THAT IF U HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT MY OCs YOU CAN ASK THEM AT LITERALLY ANY TIME

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Helpful things for action writers to remember

Sticking a landing will royally fuck up your joints and possibly shatter your ankles, depending on how high you’re jumping/falling from. There’s a very good reason free-runners dive and roll.

Hand-to-hand fights usually only last a matter of seconds, sometimes a few minutes. It’s exhausting work and unless you have a lot of training and history with hand-to-hand combat, you’re going to tire out really fast.

Arrows are very effective and you can’t just yank them out without doing a lot of damage. Most of the time the head of the arrow will break off inside the body if you try pulling it out, and arrows are built to pierce deep. An arrow wound demands medical attention.

Throwing your opponent across the room is really not all that smart. You’re giving them the chance to get up and run away. Unless you’re trying to put distance between you so you can shoot them or something, don’t throw them.

Everyone has something called a “flinch response” when they fight. This is pretty much the brain’s way of telling you “get the fuck out of here or we’re gonna die.” Experienced fighters have trained to suppress this. Think about how long your character has been fighting. A character in a fist fight for the first time is going to take a few hits before their survival instinct kicks in and they start hitting back. A character in a fist fight for the eighth time that week is going to respond a little differently.

ADRENALINE WORKS AGAINST YOU WHEN YOU FIGHT. THIS IS IMPORTANT. A lot of times people think that adrenaline will kick in and give you some badass fighting skills, but it’s actually the opposite. Adrenaline is what tires you out in a battle and it also affects the fighter’s efficacy - meaning it makes them shaky and inaccurate, and overall they lose about 60% of their fighting skill because their brain is focusing on not dying. Adrenaline keeps you alive, it doesn’t give you the skill to pull off a perfect roundhouse kick to the opponent’s face.

Swords WILL bend or break if you hit something hard enough. They also dull easily and take a lot of maintenance. In reality, someone who fights with a sword would have to have to repair or replace it constantly.

Fights get messy. There’s blood and sweat everywhere, and that will make it hard to hold your weapon or get a good grip on someone.

A serious battle also smells horrible. There’s lots of sweat, but also the smell of urine and feces. After someone dies, their bowels and bladder empty. There might also be some questionable things on the ground which can be very psychologically traumatizing. Remember to think about all of the character’s senses when they’re in a fight. Everything WILL affect them in some way.

If your sword is sharpened down to a fine edge, the rest of the blade can’t go through the cut you make. You’ll just end up putting a tiny, shallow scratch in the surface of whatever you strike, and you could probably break your sword.

ARCHERS ARE STRONG TOO. Have you ever drawn a bow? It takes a lot of strength, especially when you’re shooting a bow with a higher draw weight. Draw weight basically means “the amount of force you have to use to pull this sucker back enough to fire it.” To give you an idea of how that works, here’s a helpful link to tell you about finding bow sizes and draw weights for your characters. (CLICK ME)

If an archer has to use a bow they’re not used to, it will probably throw them off a little until they’ve done a few practice shots with it and figured out its draw weight and stability.

People bleed. If they get punched in the face, they’ll probably get a bloody nose. If they get stabbed or cut somehow, they’ll bleed accordingly. And if they’ve been fighting for a while, they’ve got a LOT of blood rushing around to provide them with oxygen. They’re going to bleed a lot.

Here’s a link to a chart to show you how much blood a person can lose without dying. (CLICK ME)

If you want a more in-depth medical chart, try this one. (CLICK ME)

Hopefully this helps someone out there. If you reblog, feel free to add more tips for writers or correct anything I’ve gotten wrong here.

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How to apply Writing techniques for action scenes:

- Short sentences. Choppy. One action, then another. When there’s a lull in the fight, take a moment, using longer phrases to analyze the situation–then dive back in. Snap, snap, snap. - Same thing with words - short, simple, and strong in the thick of battle. Save the longer syllables for elsewhere. - Characters do not dwell on things when they are in the heat of the moment. They will get punched in the face. Focus on actions, not thoughts. - Go back and cut out as many adverbs as possible. - No seriously, if there’s ever a time to use the strongest verbs in your vocabulary - Bellow, thrash, heave, shriek, snarl, splinter, bolt, hurtle, crumble, shatter, charge, raze - it’s now. - Don’t forget your other senses. People might not even be sure what they saw during a fight, but they always know how they felt. - Taste: Dry mouth, salt from sweat, copper tang from blood, etc - Smell: OP nailed it - Touch: Headache, sore muscles, tense muscles, exhaustion, blood pounding. Bruised knuckles/bowstring fingers. Injuries that ache and pulse, sting and flare white hot with pain. - Pain will stay with a character. Even if it’s minor. - Sound and sight might blur or sharpen depending on the character and their experience/exhaustion. Colors and quick movements will catch the eye. Loud sounds or noises from behind may serve as a fighter’s only alert before an attack. - If something unexpected happens, shifting the character’s whole attention to that thing will shift the Audience’s attention, too. - Aftermath. This is where the details resurface, the characters pick up things they cast aside during the fight, both literally and metaphorically. Fights are chaotic, fast paced, and self-centered. Characters know only their self, their goals, what’s in their way, and the quickest way around those threats. The aftermath is when people can regain their emotions, their relationships, their rationality/introspection, and anything else they couldn’t afford to think or feel while their lives were on the line.

Do everything you can to keep the fight here and now. Maximize the physical, minimize the theoretical. Keep things immediate - no theories or what ifs.

If writing a strategist, who needs to think ahead, try this: keep strategy to before-and-after fights. Lay out plans in calm periods, try to guess what enemies are thinking or what they will do. During combat, however, the character should think about his options, enemies, and terrain in immediate terms; that is, in shapes and direction. (Large enemy rushing me; dive left, circle around / Scaffolding on fire, pool below me / two foes helping each other, separate them.)

Lastly, after writing, read it aloud. Anyplace your tongue catches up on a fast moving scene, edit. Smooth action scenes rarely come on the first try.

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More for martial arts or hand-to-hand in general

What a character’s wearing will affect how they fight. The more restricting the clothes, the harder it will be. If they’re wearing a skirt that is loose enough to fight in, modesty will be lost in a life or death situation.

Jewelry can also be very bad. Necklaces can be grabbed onto. Bracelets also can be grabbed onto or inhibit movement. Rings it can depend on the person.

Shoes also matter. Tennis shoes are good and solid, but if you’re unused to them there’s a chance of accidentally hurting your ankle. High heels can definitely be a problem. However, they can also make very good weapons, especially for someone used to balancing on the balls of their feet. Side kicks and thrusting kicks in soft areas (like the solar plexus) or the feet are good ideas. They can also (hopefully) be taken off quickly and used as a hand weapon. Combat boots are great but if someone relies more on speed or aren’t used to them, they can weigh a person down. Cowboy boots can be surprisingly good. Spin kicks (if a character is quick enough to use them) are especially nasty in these shoes.

If a character is going to fight barefoot, please keep location in mind. Concrete can mess up your feet quick. Lawns, yards, etc often have hidden holes and other obstacles that can mess up a fighter. Tile floors or waxed wood can be very slippery if you’re not careful or used to them.

Likewise, if it’s outside be aware of how weather will affect the fight. The sun’s glare can really impede a fighter’s sight. A wet location, inside or outside, can cause a fighter to slip and fall. Sweat on the body can cause a fighter to lose a grip on an opponent too.

Pressure points for a trained fighter are great places to aim for in a fight. The solar plexus is another great place to aim for. It will knock the wind out of anyone and immediately weaken your opponent.

It your character is hit in the solar plexus and isn’t trained, they’re going down. The first time you get hit there you are out of breath and most people double over in confusion and pain. If a fighter is more used to it, they will stand tall and expand themselves in order to get some breath. They will likely keep fighting, but until their breath returns to normal, they will be considerably weaker.

Do not be afraid to have your character use obstacles in their environment. Pillars, boxes, bookshelves, doors, etc. They put distance between you and an opponent which can allow you to catch your breath.

Do not be afraid to have your character use objects in their environment. Someone’s coming at you with a spear, trident, etc, then pick up a chair and get it caught in the legs or use it as a shield. Bedsheets can make a good distraction and tangle someone up. Someone’s invading your home and you need to defend yourself? Throw a lamp. Anything can be turned into a weapon.

Guns often miss their targets at longer distances, even by those who have trained heavily with them. They can also be easier to disarm as they only shoot in one direction. However, depending on the type, grabbing onto the top is a very very bad idea. There is a good likelihood you WILL get hurt.

Knives are nasty weapons by someone who knows what they’re doing. Good fighters never hold a knife the way you would when cutting food. It is best used when held against the forearm. In defense, this makes a block more effective and in offense, slashing movement from any direction are going to be bad. If a character is in a fight with a knife or trying to disarm one, they will get hurt.

Soft areas hit with hard body parts. Hard areas hit with soft body parts. The neck, stomach, and other soft areas are best hit with punches, side kicks, elbows, and other hard body parts. Head and other hard parts are best hit using a knife hand, palm strike, etc. Spin kicks will be nasty regardless of what you’re aiming for it they land.

Common misconception with round house kicks is that you’re hitting with the top of the foot. You’re hitting with the ball. You’re likely to break your foot when hitting with the top.

When punching, the thumb is outside of the fist. You’ll break something if you’re hitting with the thumb inside, which a lot of inexperienced fighters do.

Also, punching the face or jaw can hurt.

It can be hard to grab a punch if you’re not experienced with it despite how easy movies make it seem. It’s best to dodge or redirect it.

Hitting to the head is not always the best idea. It can take a bit of training to be able to reach for the head with a kick because of the height. Flexibility is very much needed. If there are problems with their hips or they just aren’t very flexible, kicks to the head aren’t happening.

Jump kicks are a good way to hit the head, but an opponent will see it coming if it’s too slow or they are fast/experienced.

A good kick can throw an opponent back or knock them to the ground. If the person you’ve hit has experience though, they’ll immediately be getting up again.

Even if they’ve trained for years in a martial art, if they haven’t actually hit anything before or gotten hit, it will be slightly stunning for the person. It does not feel the way you expect it too.

Those yells in martial arts are not just for show. If done right, they tighten your core making it easier to take a hit in that area. Also, they can be used to intimidate an opponent. Yelling or screaming right by their ear can startle someone. (Generally, KHR fans look at Squalo for yelling)

Biting can also be used if someone’s grabbing you. Spitting in someone’s eyes can’t hurt. Also, in a chokehold or if someone is trying to grab your neck in general, PUT YOU CHIN DOWN. This cuts off access and if they’re grabbing in the front can dig into their hand and hurt.

Wrist grabs and other grabs can be good. Especially if it’s the first move an opponent makes and the character is trained, there are simple ways to counter that will have a person on their knees in seconds..

Use what your character has to their advantage. If they’re smaller or have less mass, then they’ll be relying on speed, intelligence, evasion, and other similar tactics. Larger opponents will be able to take hits better, they’re hits may be slower depending on who it is but will hurt like hell if they land, and size can be intimidating. Taller people with longer legs will want to rely on kicking and keeping their distance since they have the advantage there. Shorter people will want to keep the distance closer where it’s easier for them but harder for a taller opponent. Punching is a good idea.

Using a person’s momentum against them is great. There’s martial arts that revolve around this whole concept. They throw a punch? Grab it and pull them forward and around. Their momentum will keep them going and knock them off balance.

Leverage can used in the same way. If used right, you can flip a person, dislocate a shoulder, throw out a knee, etc.

One note on adrenaline: All that was said above is true about it. But, in a fight, it can also make you more aware of what’s going on. A fight that lasts twenty seconds can feel like a minute because time seems to almost slow down while moving extremely rapidly. You only have so much time to think about what you’re doing. You’re taking in information constantly and trying to adjust. Even in the slow down adrenaline gives you, everything is moving very rapidly.

Feelings will be your downfall even more so than adrenaline. Adrenaline can make those feelings more intense, but a good fighter has learned not to listen to those feelings. A good fighter may feel anger at being knocked down or in some way humiliated - their pride taken down. Yet they will not act on the anger. Acting on it makes a fighter more instinctive and many will charge without thinking. Losing control of anything (adrenaline rush, emotions, technique, etc) can be a terrible thing in a fight.

Just thought I’d add in here.

bamonnineties

YES. YES.

stylincheetah

Such good writing tips! @myebi

juliawritesbooks

@jmlascar you’ve probably seen this already, but in case you haven’t, it’s got some good info on fight scenes :)

#writing bookmark

starbluethunder

by the way you are always allowed to treat my ocs like theyre characters in a popular fandom or something. tell me every little headcanon and idea you have for them and if you somehow even want to draw fanart of them (or of your headcanons for them) Holy shit i think i would die. youre literally allowed to do anything with my ocs ever

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MY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS EXACTLY

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Your writing will always feel awkward to you, because you wrote it.

Your plot twists will always feel predictable, because you created them.

Your stories will always feel a bit boring to you, because you read them a million times.

They won't feel like that for your reader.

WRITING TIPS:

1. Whenever you finish a chapter, read it out loud to yourself- doing it out loud is important! Just under your breath, not doing anything else- just reading it. This won’t magically give you super fancy prose, it won’t automatically fix every issue- but it’s very helpful to just smooth out the bumps in your writing.

2. Script it out! Sometimes, it’s hard to write natural dialogue when you’re trying to get from Point A to B, and when you’re writing all the actions-s and “said”s in between each line. So script the dialogue out and add the rest around it!

Something I personally like to do is use the Tupperbot on a private Discord server. I create little Tuppers for my characters, and then I just….well, roleplay to myself! It’s fun to do and I find it rather helpful!

3. Give your characters voice claims, or actor / character voices from different pieces of media that you imagine them sounding like. Then imagine that voice saying the character’s dialogue as you write them. This has really been helpful when I’m writing a character like Bramble or Daleyza! Though I bounce through a few voice claims for Bramble, imagining her as Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls) or Nikki (Camp Camp) is really helpful when I want her to talk like the hyperactive little goober she is! I imagine Daleyza sounding like Annie Oakley (played by Bernadette Peters), and that makes her dialogue so much easier to write!

These are just my own tips! People try and pinpoint a definitive way to write sometimes when things work differently for different people. I’ve had people insist that even if you’re a night owl, it’s better to write in the mornings- but that doesn’t work for me! My best inspiration comes at night, when it’s dark outside and I have nothing else to do.

#hidden beneath #oc #oc story #writing advice #writing inspo #writing inspiration #writing tips #writers on tumblr

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Me wanting to post my writing on tumblr

Also me:

✨Scared of criticism 🥲✨

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I TOTALLY GET THAT MAN 😭 but let me tell you something:

In my experience, the internet is much less hateful in creative spaces than you would assume. And especially on this site, when people ARE being hateful, you’ll usually be flocked with defenders, hah! Maybe I’ve just been lucky, but still!

And, you know what? Who cares?

I know it’s not as simple as that. And I know you can’t just….”stop caring” just like that. But you can’t get better without trying. And if posting it online motivates you to try, then you should do it!

Who cares what other people think? You’re telling your story. And as long as YOU enjoy doing it, it’s worth doing :)

sicksadlitbackup

The most frustrating experience as a writer is having a clear vision in your mind of the story you want to tell but being too afraid to put pen to paper for fear of failing to do the story justice. I’m so scared that my actual execution will fail to meet my expectations that I’m paralysed to even start.

prophetic-writer

You cannot fail to do the story justice more than if you never write it!

I spent so many years feeling this way and now I look back on it and I'm so glad I finally broke through that mindset because even if its the worst iteration of this story that could ever be produced, it's the ONLY iteration of the story that's ever been produced.

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I’m extremely glad that I decided to just…get my story out there. For the second time.

It’s not perfect. It really isn’t. I’m not a professional writer, I grew up on Warrior Cats and Wings of Fire- I don’t have the fanciest prose, and maybe I’m not great at actually telling the story I want to tell.

But I’m still telling it. And I’m glad that I am! Because it makes me happy. Because maybe even if my writing isn’t the greatest, maybe somebody will see the story I was *trying* to tell, and maybe somebody someone will be as passionate about it as me :)

#writers #writer #writers on tumblr #writers on writing #writing inspiration #writing inspo

FINALLY RELEASED ANOTHER CHAPTER WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you should read it if you’re feeling silly 😌

Daleyza finally appears in this one! I love Daleyza she’s so fun to write~

Also here’s her new ref compared to her oldest one! LOOK AT THE FACE ON THE OLD ONE 😭 😭

Also warning for the chapter I’m releasing next I did almost cry writing it

#hidden beneath #oc #oc story #my ocs #oc art #oc lore #art #oc artwork #oc ref sheet

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What’s your dream?

The sound of the camera starting fills the room, the bright flash it emits: pretty annoying but the blonde haired girl had gotten used to it due to the fact that her mother has this urge to record every little memory the family has.

The chair the girl sat on wasn’t unfamiliar to her, there were multiple chairs from the same company around the house; the chairs were simple and functional even though they weren’t the most ‘quote-on-quote’ attractive chairs, but who even cares about what a chair looks like…

“What’s your dream El?” the soft voice of a young woman spoke, the girl tilted her head in confusion hinting that she did not understand the statement that was just said, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” the girl’s face switches now that the question was simplified, she had heard that question being asked a million times in school: it’s the only sentence she could memorise and answer, “I want to be a boxing champion like dad!” the woman just sighs and the camera goes down, still rolling for some reason, the mother had probably forgotten to turn it off: it wasn’t something new.

The silence was loud, only the faint sound of the camera’s ‘anti-overheating’ fan could be heard in the background, “that league isn’t for girls Gisele, just be a model like your mother here.” the deep voice of a man broke the silence, “BUT YOU MADE HER QUIT AND SAID THE ONLY REASON SHE WAS EVEN SUCCESSFUL WAS BECAUSE BOYS WERE GETTING TU-“ the loud sound of a slap interrupted the little girl.

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The atmosphere was not in search for anyone talking, the air spoke in its own way. Gisele gripped the pencil in her hand but careful enough not to break it: it was clear to anyone who’d just take one look at her, that she wasn’t even trying.

Gisele stared at those who were skimming through the paper with no obstacles or distractions except if it was turning the page around just to make sure of something, she would’ve died to be on that level but there she was; squinting her eyes to pretend that she just read the question wrong to waste more time.

Hearing the clock’s continuous ticking sound brought some sort of comfort to the blonde, it wasn’t anything psychological or anything it was just relaxing in a way she couldn’t quite describe. She finally rested the pencil’s tip on the paper and started writing what felt like the right answer. Gisele had learnt that just writing an answer was way better than leaving the question empty and she always stood by that rule, regardless of what happens.

Though her streak didn’t stay for long as she paused right at the last question. The last one was always an opinion question that was open to any answer, it tested the student’s vocabulary and maturity and though it seemed useless, as this was during the finals: this was going to affect report cards due to the reasoning behind even having it in the first place be an important factor when going to high school.

Q-43)

What’s your dream?……………

The blank dots that posed as space left for the answer pissed Gisele off, it felt like they knew who they were asking because they knew she was going to answer it.

Gisele would always mock that last question but at that moment she was literally struggling over that exact thing.

“My dream is to have the opportunity to have my eyes look at her physical form again.”

It was a strange choice of words that just barely made sense and it looked like whoever wrote it just wanted the mark (which was true for the most part) but in Gisele’s opinion: it was everything she wanted to express but in a fancier way.

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The smell of the smoke was addictive yet horrid at the same time, it just depended on who was smelling it; it was raspy even though that word was mostly used to describe touch or voice but it was the best word to really show how the smell was. Gisele looked down at the lighter with her father’s name engraved on it, she had stolen that to keep it as a memory once she had to move out due to the divorce, then she looked at the river beneath her, the only wall between them being the bridge she stood on.

This was Agnes’ favorite place, it was perfect to play at, run around in (just be careful) and more. Gisele felt attracted to it, even more after the incident. It was a calm place and nobody really went there except for kids in the morning and smokers at night every now and then, it was only Gisele there most of the time.

The sudden sound of approaching footsteps erupted, Gisele didn’t mind it since it wasn’t an unfamiliar occurrence so she just continued on with her thing.

“You seem young, what are you doing out here?” Gisele turned her head to be met with the eyes of a man who looked no older than forty and no younger than thirty, “Grieving, I assume it’s just a few years more and you’ll be experiencing a ton of that.” that wasn’t a really kind thing to say but Gisele was too high to really be thinking about what she was saying, “Straight forward, you really are still a kid,” Gisele scoffed at the sentence and didn’t reply and just guided her eyes back to the river not taking them off to even glance at the guy again, “Let me ask you something,” there wasn’t a reply or even a nod of approval though the guy decided to continue, “what’s your dream?” Gisele suddenly lifted her head up still not turning her head to the guy but just staring far, maybe this was one of the questions she would’ve left empty for once in her exams; except the last time she saw it in her middle school finals, she didn’t leave it: she answered it but she didn’t quite remember what that answer was.

Gisele still deep in thought put the cigarette down and threw it in the river, “I wanna be like the girls my age, to actually have a dream like they do: that’s my dream.” Gisele spoke with no emotion in her voice whatsoever, “See I made you actually think about something, now can I have a hit? They’re peeking out of your pocket.” Gisele looked at the pocket the guy was probably eyeing and referring to, the drugs, they were fully out of her pocket and she hadn’t realized.

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HISHISHSHISHISHISIS COOL STUFF ALERT ‼️‼️‼️‼️

theboxfort

Unstoppable Force (my love of seeing other people's takes/stylization on my OCs) vs Immovable Object (my gripping fear of not doing other people's OCs enough justice when I draw them)

snickerzanddoodlez

Whether you’ve read the books or not, my world is almost entirely set up on Toyhou.se! This means you’ll have easier access to character and worldbuilding info, and my rules for interacting with the universe (which are almost entirely just…”be nice”, haha!)

I’m not a stickler for canon- and I LOVE headcanons, inaccuracies, or creative interpretations- there’s honestly a good chance I’ll end up liking some of those things better than what I had and ask to use your suggestions!!

Whatever the case- check it out! OCs are ABSOLUTELY welcome, I’d totally be down to RP- just- anything!

Trying to spread my creative stuff and make friends- two birds with one stone TvT

A community for collaborative character creation and trading, worldbuilding and roleplay.

#toyhouse #open rp #dms open #oc #oc story #oc lore #open species #hidden beneath #my ocs #oc art

A short comic I sketched from Book 3 of Hidden Beneath- Yorgeborg’s book.

!! WARNING!! Though this art is not at all graphic it contains a character being pinned against the wall, fantastical sexual harassment, trauma, and a character getting drunk. All negative events are portrayed as such.

For context, the woman is named Bittersweet- she’s a Paradisian (trigger warning before reading the page for allegories of aforementioned events and potentially upsetting implications). This scene is also not completely canon- I sketched it for fun and practice.

#read the trigger warnings #hidden beneath #oc #oc story #my ocs #oc art #oc lore #art #oc artwork #tw fictional alcoholism

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Cassandra Update!! I have redesigned Cass to be part abominable snowman/yeti. Her backstory is still the same, it’s just the species that’s changed. Which the backstory is down here ⬇️⬇️

tw: mentions of parental abuse

Being born as a half yeti and half human, Cassandra/Cass was born hidden away from the world. Her mother wanted her to go out into the Underworld with her to try and get more power and learn about her demonic side. However, Cass’s father didn’t like the idea due to how dangerous the underealm can be. Growing more bitter, Cass’s mother berated her daughter for being too weak and cowardly. The verbal abuse stuck with Cass, especially because she was homeschooled and stuck with no one. At 16 years old, they learned of their psychic abilities, this sparked their mother to drag Cass away from home and into the Underworld, in the hopes that the connection will help Cass grow. However due to the stress of being in a new environment and being with her mother, their ice abilities were either underwhelming or overwhelming. It wouldn’t be until one day, the two stumble into AZ’s place. Her mother played whatever games there was until AZ took noticed. He made an offer of betting the house over her soul, she agreed, believing she would win. However at the height of the game, she made an offer of betting Cass’s soul away instead of her own, which AZ accepted. Once she had lost the game, Cass was struck with the realization that her own mother betrayed her for not reaching perfection and leaving her at the hands of a cruel monster at 16. Cass lived in fear of AZ because of his aggressive and unpredictable nature, one moment he’s throwing his furniture at everyone and 5 minutes later, he’s laughing at a show only for 2 minutes to come by and he’s beating other employees. This environment had worsen Cass’s anxiety to the point of developing a perfectionist view point. If everything is done exactly how AZ wants it then she’ll be safe, after all their mother bet their soul away because they weren’t perfect so clearly perfection is key. Everything must be perfectly in perfect perfection. So once Raya got into power, Cass’s mentality never changed and continued this perfectionist streak. Not only does it keep them safe but also compliments and praise from the boss lady which brings her endless joy.

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