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[inky-duchess]

Writer's Guide: Hand to Hand Combat

Your character is unarmed and all they have left to fight with is their bare hands. If they hope for the enemy to catch their hands, you will have to write an effective scene. So how can we write a good hand to hand combat scene?

Most Common Moves

Now, I'm not going to list 30+ martial arts moves. Most of your characters will not be masters of kung fu or mixed martial arts. Most people who get into fights are novices.

Punch: a punch is probably to go to strike. Try not punch anybody in the face because one, they will expect it and two, it will hurt your hand. If you can aim for the soft parts of an opponent, kidneys or gut.

Kick: Kicking isn't pretty but it is effective. A good swift kick to the back of somebody's knee will fold them like a lawnchair.

Go for the groin: Man or woman getting kicked in the nether regions is no picnic. A good swift kick with your foot or your knee can incapacitate your opponent. Its not the most honourable of moves but it works.

An Elbow strike is effective: The elbow is your strongest point of attack. Drive it in to a windpipe or a gut and you can but yourself valuable time to retreat or stall your opponent from answering back.

Eyes: they are weak points. Jab somebody in the eyes with a thumb and they will stop in their tracks.

Throat: You can end any fight by going straight for the throat either grasping it in a headlock or jabbing it with a fist which can collapse the windpipe.

Bite: If you are unable to snack your opponent, use your teeth. The human bite is perhaps not as strong as a hyena's but it is strong enough to shorten your opponent by a finger or two.

How to Escape from Grips and Holds

Pinned from behind with your arms pinned: You have to stop your opponent from getting to a headlock. Move your hips to one side and strike backwards toward the groin or gut. This should weaken the hold of your opponent. Once the grip is loosened, turn toward your opponent and snack them into the nose with the heel of your hand.

Held from behind: Bend forward as far as you can making it more difficult for your opponent to lift you. Jab with your elbows back into your opponent's chest or face. Turn toward your opponent once the grip loosens and strike at the face or the groin again to subdue your opponent.

Headlock: If your opponent has you in a headlock, DON'T STRUGGLE. You could break your own neck. Turn into your opponent's side as close as possible. With your hand that is furthest away, hit your opponent into the groin or gut.

Pinned down on the ground: Most likely your opponent is using their own hands and weight to keep you down. If you can move your knees, try to jab them in the side or the groin to unbalanced them.

Things to Remember

1. The whole 6-10 minute bout only happens in films or controlled sporting events. Fights are usually over within a few minutes. (when writing effective fights, keep the pace short.)

2. Girls are vicious. I've worked in nightclubs and broke up a fair few fights. Boys will knock the shit out of each other but girls will tear shreds out of each other. I have known grown men to break up fights between guys but nobody wants to break up a catfight.

3. One wants the fight to end quickly. If you keep slugging at each other, you'll get tired pretty fast. Have your character try end the fight as soon as possible.

4. Nobody emerges from fights unscathed. Even winners may come out with black eyes, broken noses or at very least a broken lip. If you punch someone, you will likely bruise your knuckles if not split them.

5. If your character is fighting to survive, they don't have to stick to etiquette. They will have to do anything to survive even if it means doing something unpleasant like fishhooking or hairpulling.

[inky-duchess]

Writer's Guide: Guns

I'm not the biggest fan of guns but I need them in my new WIP. Guns are probably one of the most used tools within most medias, besides being one of the most misused tools. So how can we write them? (my other post on guns focuses on the damage guns can do to a body so go there if that's what your looking for)

Part of a Gun

Action: The action is the brain of the gun. It is the part where you load, fire and eject the casings.

Stock: The stock is the handle of the gun. It is made up of the butt and the fore-end.

Barrel: The Barrel is the nose of the gun, the point where the bullets are fired from. Once a bullet is fired, it travels through the barrel and out the muzzle.

Muzzle: the muzzle is the hole the bullet exit from.

Bore: The bore is the inside of the barrel

Cylinder: The Cylinder holds the rounds in a revolver. It rotates as the gun is fired, pumping bullets into the chamber.

Grip: The Grip is where you hold gun.

Hammer: The Hammer on a revolver is a pin like instrument that strikes the primer which fires the bullet from the gun.

Clip: An clip stores the rounds of ammunition on a single line-like device that can be placed into magazine.

Magazine: The Magazine is a container that is spring activated, which can be detachable of fixed. It holds cartridges for a repeating firearm.

Trigger: The Trigger is what you pull yo fire the gun

Trigger Guard: The trigger guard is the loop that fits in front of the trigger to shield it from accidental firing.

Ammunition

Bullet: is the projectile that exits the gun.

Cartridges/Shell: This is the case, primer, propellant and projectile (bullet). The bullet sits in the cartridge case.

Shotshell: Are rounds of shotgun ammunition, containing pellets rather than a bullet.

Gun Safety

1. Keep the muzzle pointed downwards (not near your feet or others) when not using the gun.

2. Unload gun when not in use

3. Always check the safety.

4. Be sure of your aim. Don't fire blindly because you'll end up wasting bullets and you might hurt somebody

5. If the gun is jammed, don't look down the barrel to see why it's blocked. Point it away from you, open the action and remove the blockage safely.

6. Keep your barrel clean. Any excess cleaning fluid even dirt can mess up your shot or even cause blockages that can burst the barrel

7. Don't alter your gun in any way on your own. Even if you're a self proclaimed expert, don't touch the gun. You can fuck up the intergrity of the weapon.

How to Hold a Handgun

1. Your dominant hand should grip the gun, high along the back strap (back of grip). This will give you better leverage and handle the recoil better.

2. Place your other hand against the other side of the grip. Four fingers should sit snugly under the trigger, while your index finger should rest against the trigger itself.

How to Hande a Rifle/Long barrelled Gun

Hold the rifle with two hands, hold the grip of the rifle with your dominant hand. Your fingers should wrap about the base of the rifle, under the trigger guard.

Your non-dominant hand should be wrapped firmly around the base of the grip. Holding the gun right will help reduce recoil and ensure better control.

How to fire a Gun

Align your sights. Your gun has a sight at the front and at the rear. Aim and align your sights through these points. There should be equal space between the sights.

Set your sight. When you’re aiming a gun, you’re you are looking through the front sight, the rear sight, and your target. When you're aiming at the target, it will look blurry. The sights should but clear.

Press rather than pull the trigger. You should squeeze it, applying constant pressure until the weapon fires.

Things every Writer should know about Guns

Hollow Point Bullets are not more deadly than full metal jacket bullets. Though a hollow point will cause damage, full metal bullets are actually more likely to over-penetrate and move when with the flesh, causing a more devastating wound.

Guns are really loud. How loud exactly? Most heavy duty guns could cause hearing loss. It simply isn't possible for two characters to have a lovely chat while firing weapons.

Rifles with scopes make it easier to shoot but they won't make a beginner a sudden genius marksman. Scopes help but they don't perform miracles.

Shotguns shoot shells not bullets.

Your character should not tuck a just fired handgun into their waistband or else they will get a nasty burn.

Silencers or better yet, suppressors do not silence your shots. They actually lower the sound by a few decibels.

Don't have your character fire gun sideways. They will fuck up their wrist and look stupid while doing it.

Most rifles and shotguns aren't pump action

If you drop your gun, if won't fire itself.

The clip and magazine are two different things. They can't be used as synonyms.

When somebody is shot, they don't go flying back. They crumple on the spot.

The exit wound of a bullet is larger than the entry point.

Most beginners will have trouble with recoil. Bloody noses and black eyes are common is one doesn't know what their doing.

[inky-duchess]

Writer's Guide: Guns

I'm not the biggest fan of guns but I need them in my new WIP. Guns are probably one of the most used tools within most medias, besides being one of the most misused tools. So how can we write them? (my other post on guns focuses on the damage guns can do to a body so go there if that's what your looking for)

Part of a Gun

Action: The action is the brain of the gun. It is the part where you load, fire and eject the casings.

Stock: The stock is the handle of the gun. It is made up of the butt and the fore-end.

Barrel: The Barrel is the nose of the gun, the point where the bullets are fired from. Once a bullet is fired, it travels through the barrel and out the muzzle.

Muzzle: the muzzle is the hole the bullet exit from.

Bore: The bore is the inside of the barrel

Cylinder: The Cylinder holds the rounds in a revolver. It rotates as the gun is fired, pumping bullets into the chamber.

Grip: The Grip is where you hold gun.

Hammer: The Hammer on a revolver is a pin like instrument that strikes the primer which fires the bullet from the gun.

Clip: An clip stores the rounds of ammunition on a single line-like device that can be placed into magazine.

Magazine: The Magazine is a container that is spring activated, which can be detachable of fixed. It holds cartridges for a repeating firearm.

Trigger: The Trigger is what you pull yo fire the gun

Trigger Guard: The trigger guard is the loop that fits in front of the trigger to shield it from accidental firing.

Ammunition

Bullet: is the projectile that exits the gun.

Cartridges/Shell: This is the case, primer, propellant and projectile (bullet). The bullet sits in the cartridge case.

Shotshell: Are rounds of shotgun ammunition, containing pellets rather than a bullet.

Gun Safety

1. Keep the muzzle pointed downwards (not near your feet or others) when not using the gun.

2. Unload gun when not in use

3. Always check the safety.

4. Be sure of your aim. Don't fire blindly because you'll end up wasting bullets and you might hurt somebody

5. If the gun is jammed, don't look down the barrel to see why it's blocked. Point it away from you, open the action and remove the blockage safely.

6. Keep your barrel clean. Any excess cleaning fluid even dirt can mess up your shot or even cause blockages that can burst the barrel

7. Don't alter your gun in any way on your own. Even if you're a self proclaimed expert, don't touch the gun. You can fuck up the intergrity of the weapon.

How to Hold a Handgun

1. Your dominant hand should grip the gun, high along the back strap (back of grip). This will give you better leverage and handle the recoil better.

2. Place your other hand against the other side of the grip. Four fingers should sit snugly under the trigger, while your index finger should rest against the trigger itself.

How to Hande a Rifle/Long barrelled Gun

Hold the rifle with two hands, hold the grip of the rifle with your dominant hand. Your fingers should wrap about the base of the rifle, under the trigger guard.

Your non-dominant hand should be wrapped firmly around the base of the grip. Holding the gun right will help reduce recoil and ensure better control.

How to fire a Gun

Align your sights. Your gun has a sight at the front and at the rear. Aim and align your sights through these points. There should be equal space between the sights.

Set your sight. When you’re aiming a gun, you’re you are looking through the front sight, the rear sight, and your target. When you're aiming at the target, it will look blurry. The sights should but clear.

Press rather than pull the trigger. You should squeeze it, applying constant pressure until the weapon fires.

Things every Writer should know about Guns

Hollow Point Bullets are not more deadly than full metal jacket bullets. Though a hollow point will cause damage, full metal bullets are actually more likely to over-penetrate and move when with the flesh, causing a more devastating wound.

Guns are really loud. How loud exactly? Most heavy duty guns could cause hearing loss. It simply isn't possible for two characters to have a lovely chat while firing weapons.

Rifles with scopes make it easier to shoot but they won't make a beginner a sudden genius marksman. Scopes help but they don't perform miracles.

Shotguns shoot shells not bullets.

Your character should not tuck a just fired handgun into their waistband or else they will get a nasty burn.

Silencers or better yet, suppressors do not silence your shots. They actually lower the sound by a few decibels.

Don't have your character fire gun sideways. They will fuck up their wrist and look stupid while doing it.

Most rifles and shotguns aren't pump action

If you drop your gun, if won't fire itself.

The clip and magazine are two different things. They can't be used as synonyms.

When somebody is shot, they don't go flying back. They crumple on the spot.

The exit wound of a bullet is larger than the entry point.

Most beginners will have trouble with recoil. Bloody noses and black eyes are common is one doesn't know what their doing.

[idonawtexist]

is anyone still alive in this mf

[idonawtexist]

The Foxhole Court (2013)

“Hope was a dangerous, disquieting thing, but he thought perhaps he liked it.” 

[idonawtexist]

does anyone have any aftg prompts.. i’m in the mood to write

[eponinemylove]

Ok so I get why Aaron and Neil aren’t friends, and with the way their relationship unfolded in canon I didn’t really expect them to be, but consider:

With Andrew and Aaron going to dual Betsy appointments, their relationship starts to slowly but surely improve

Aaron’s not happy about it, and he’s definitely not happy about how or why this all happened, but he grudgingly does realize that he has Neil to blame thank for this

Aaron is quite possible the most important person in Andrew’s life, alongside Neil and Kevin. And, despite every fucked up thing, Aaron has to admit that he cares a lot for Andrew too

So, when Aaron and Andrew get someone in the vicinity of almost-kinda-somewhat normal, Aaron realizes just how important Neil really is to Andrew

That doesn’t mean he likes or even trusts Neil with his brother tbh. But he gets a little closer to understanding

It takes… a while. But Aaron starts to see how much Andrew is to Neil, too. It’s gross and pathetic, really. Neil is a cold-hearted, dumbass bastard who’s almost definitely more trouble than he’s worth, or so he tells himself. But he knows that the absolute last thing Neil would do is hurt Andrew.

Fuck, he hates Josten so much

Keep reading

[berry-muffin]

poor baby is a little bit overwhelmed.

during his next turn kevin goes with “never have i ever actually kissed neil” and everyone has to try to take the knives away from andrew when nicky reluctantly takes the shot as well.

everyone is at least tipsy at this point which is as good an excuse as any to draw them all flushed.

[insp.]

[bluevsargent-deactivated2020090]

Riko was supposedly handpicking the future US National Team. He called it THE PERFECT COURT, and even though it was unofficial and unbelievably arrogant, his talent and upbringing gave some credibility to the idea.

[imperfectcourt]

Hc that Andrew is actually CONSTANTLY blushing over Neil but nobody has any idea bc he only blushes w his ears and his hair has always been just a little too shaggy so nobody ever sees it happen (except for Neil who is constantly running his hands through it and smiling down at Andrew from above when they’re lying in bed)

Everyone accepts andreil’s relationship for what it is and it’s all good and fine and maybe Matt thinks that Neil deserves someone who is a little more affectionate and open with their feelings but w/e Neil’s obvs happy so he tries not to say anytying

And then during Neil’s second year, right before the Christmas banquet, Andrew finally, finally gets a really nice haircut that might just be a style Neil offhandedly liked when Allison had been hounding him about cuts for his own atrocious hair.

Now, they’ve been together for a year and a half/almost 2 years by this point. Neil’s scars are light pink and soft bc of the creams Andrew rubs into them every night and it doesn’t hurt to smile anymore inside or out so that’s what he spends the whole banquet doing- smiling at the upperclassmen, smiling at Nicky, smiling when Kevin chokes on his drink around a cute bubbly goalie from Atlanta, smiling smiling smiling at Andrew all night, tickling his palm with the short sides of Andrew’s hair, tracing the shell of his ears with light fingertips, kissing his knuckles when nobody is looking, mouthing off at an asshole from North Carolina.

And God his ears have just been red all fucking night. It takes a while for anybody to notice and Nicky is first bc he’s always looking over his shoulder for his family. At first he thinks it’s the alcohol, but then he sees Neil snag Andrew’s belt loop for a quick tug and release and his ears practically glow as his eyes track Neil from an impassive face. He nearly spills his drink trying to snack Matt’s shoulder to get his attention and point it out

Nicky and the upperclassmen all make a pact to never ever mention it bc they know how private and defensive those two can be and they don’t want to risk Neil toning down his obvious flirting or Andrew cutting off his own ears bc he probably would

[andrewminyardamiright]

Matt and Aaron walking onto the field as the two starting backliners

[foxerice]

gru cru discussing aaron’s demise

[offbrandcornflakess]

neil's relationship w/ the foxes on the internet as seen through the eyes of the fans

neil's a constant feature on allison and matt's social media. every time allison drags neil to go shopping with her on their bimonthly "dates", she posts cute selfies on them on instagram: a sunny picture of neil smiling softly at the camera in a cafe booth, eating pancakes with chocolate smudged lips and allison's heel clad feet on his lap, captioned: pancakes & shopping w this cutie or a selfie of her winking with neil behind her holding half a dozen shopping bags, looking slightly confused.

matt is a more casual poster with normal everyday snapchat stories of neil and him at the gym, snaps of their shared breakfast orders or once, hilariously, a picture of neil glaring at the freshmen at practice w/ the caption, "my buddy's sharp tongue isn't just unleashed at the unsuspecting media"

nicky is obviously a twitter addict and CONSTANTLY entertains the people with ridiculous updates of the foxes, especially neil. he has a "neil josten is fine" thread which he continues to add to every time neil does something adorably stupid:

@neiljostenexy caught his fingers between the door and the latch when it closed and he just stood there staring at his bleeding fingers muttering "i'm fine" until @andrewjm threw his toast at him.

neil has never eaten a smore before, i am devasted

@neiljostenexy: i'm fine dw just have a concussion but i can still hold my racquet

dan is an absolute fan of compilations of the foxes on youtube and keeps sharing them on her socials:

ten times the foxes were literally the most wholesome team ever?????

reacting to the buzzfeed quiz: is this neil josten or a fox?

psu or hollywood? all the fox controversies in the past month (47 minutes. wymack blinks and then decides to get drunk)

renee mostly just reblogs or retweets wholesome content from sweet messages to aesthetic moodboards of the foxes whereas aaron literally doesn't give a shit except to occasionally post screenshots of the foxes group chat where neil is being especially dumb (but, like, in a funny way. aaron couldn't care less).

kevin is too deeply disturbed by the PR nightmare that the foxes are to contribute to this himself but he ocassionally posts long winded posts on facebook (yes, he's a facebook guy don't @ me) on the importance of proper diets and health, to which neil once replied with a picture of andrew eating from a huge tub of ice cream and staring at the camera blankly. it quickly became a crowd favorite.

as for andrew, he doesn't really post anything but the minyard-josten rivalry is one of the most famous dramas on the internet, even outside the exy sphere. basically, it's just andrew straight up declaring, "i hate neil josten" every opportunity he gets during press interviews and neil countering with a shrug and saying, "he just really hates every inch of me." the foxes, obviously, love this and instead of denying the rumors (again, their PR team hates them), they add to the drama by commenting, "yeah those two are constantly at each other's throats, literally can't pull them apart" (matt didn't recover from that one for a week).

someone posts a hilarious video of a collection of neil and andrew clips of them bickering on the court, roasting each other on social media and interviews, andrew glaring at neil during games (it's actually just a really intense eyefuck tbh) as the background music of GET DOWN FOR WHAT keeps getting louder and louder. dan reblogs it for over a week.

the fans are absolutely confused as fuck over the rivalry and the team's super open and frank approach to it. are they actually enemies? is this a huge private joke?

and then one day andrew joseph minyard posts for the first time: a picture of neil in andrew's infamous black hoodie asleep in the passenger seat, his feet on the dashboard, with the soft morning sunlight filtering in through the window, painting neil in a warm, cozy light, captioned: "nothing to see here" (it's an inside fucking joke and only neil gets it)

the internet explodes.

[sienaries]

[sienaries]

Mr Minyard, his bed hair, and his disgusting boyfriend 

[storyalchemist]

Andrew, showing a rookie on his profesional team pictures on his phone: I went to pride. Neil and I went in Germany. here’s me with a rainbow painted on my face. here’s me with pink hair dye. here’s me holding hands with Neil. here’s me on a float.

Rookie, amazed: why are you telling me this?

Andrew, deleting all the photos: because no one will ever believe you.

[clowns-international]

If your child is smiling at their phone, that doesn’t mean they’re texting their boyfriend/girlfriend, maybe they’re just watching the leap of faith scene from spider man into the spiderverse (2018)