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I know nobody really cares about my ocs but this is my breakdown and i get to choose my coping mechanism. This is very obviously a capture prompt but whatever. Also this was written on tablet again, so...
Characters: Minos, Devo
TW/CW: burning, kidnapping, threats, mUrDeR attempt, just general arson.
get ready for a gaaame changerr
OH YES OH YES OH YES
Brennan Lee Mulligan in Generation Loss would slap tbh
I wrote a thing. It's literally two chapters long so far and I may never finish it, but here's the thing.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Go check it out maybe?
I have checked it out 👍
AHHH thank you :)
I wrote a thing. It's literally two chapters long so far and I may never finish it, but here's the thing.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Go check it out maybe?
Ok serious question how do y’all post writing, especially if it’s ocs????? Like how do I get people to care about that?
Yeah, what everyone else said. If you get lucky by creating fandom or general writing, maybe even original oneshot or short stories, you can build up a following and maybe get people to engage.
But in the end, OC stories just don't get that much engagement, especially in smaller genres. The best thing you can do is just kinda accept that you're doing it for you to enjoy, and that engagement is just a bonus on top of that.
I love putting my daughter in situations. Look at her. She's a mess on the floor having a mental breakdown over fruit with symbolism. Is there blood? Probably. This girl has like 3 morals and way too much access to vodka. Her only friend is the Man of All Time™️. She got stabbed by her girlfriend. She might be god. What a lesbian.
Some highlights from my OC inccorect quotes repository:
They have fun :)
(you can tell how old they are because Nero is just Neo now lol)
Strong urge to just go out in a suit tie dress shoes and slacks.
I'm a cis female i just think it's hot.
Foreshadowing.
Type "I am" in the tags and whatever follows is your gender today...
(This has been saved in my drafts for several months, but you know how it is.)
(TW: Torture, mentions of torture, threats.)
(Part 1)
"Minos? What is he talking about?"
"Nothing." Minos muttered. "Nothing at all."
"What-"
"Shut up Eris." How did he know? How did he-
"Devo thinks I'm an idiot. Which, fair. But you win some, you lose some."
"I don't think you understand the position you're in right now, Accuri." Eris said quietly. "We have the two things you need to win this war."
Accuri laughed, a cold, menacing sound.
"I don't think you understand the position you're in, Eris. I could kill all three of you now, no sweat."
"How, exactly?"
Accuri grinned, and raised a hand. Pain exploded across Minos's face.
No. He couldn't have.
That's impossible.
Blood trickled down Minos's face, and he stumbled back.
"How?" He croaked. "How did you-"
"Oh, it's simple really. I just took a fraction of that power, and combined it with my own limited ability. It was honestly kind of enjoyable."
"That ability has been lost for…" Eris trailed off.
"Three years, two months, and six days." Accuri finished for him. "I'm just as aware as you are"
Lily glanced between the three of them, fists clenched. "Are we not fighting? What's happening?"
"What's happening is that Minos and Eris are just now realizing the gravity of this situation."
"What do you want?"
"What I want should be very obvious by now."
"Ultimate power, yeah, we get that-"
"No. I just want what was rightfully mine. The knife."
"That can't be it," Lily challenged. "I know people like you, and they always want more. So what else do you want?"
"Well, I also want you to surrender. I want my brother back. I want to bring in a quarter of your people for lawful execution. I want a lot of things, Ms. Spectere. Most of all, I just want back what I had long ago. I had power. I had my family. That's all I need."
"Okay, no," Eris growled. "The knife, fine. I could care less about that piece of junk, it's not like there's much you can do with it right now-"
"Eris, he could kill all of the Godlings. He could kill the gods. He could even kill sources. He can bring Ghosts back from the dead, potentially killing their hosts. Make even more Phantoms-"
"Yeah, but it is not like he has a reason to."
"Eris, this whole thing was a revenge trip. From the beginning," Minos said, turning to the Godling. "You're going to bring back Tanner. Then kill Orem."
"Yes. I'll bring back Horus too, of course."
"So it's true. You never killed her." Accuri narrowed his eyes and sighed.
"No. Why would I kill such a useful asset? Not to mention one of the most powerful mortals still alive. Who wouldn't want to control that?"
"Control?"
"Yes, Minos, I mean control. I have no need to kill anybody."
"How do you intend on doing that then?" he challenged.
"Attachments are interesting things, don't you think?" Accuri mused.
“Devo doesn’t care.” Minos snapped, impatient.
The man laughed. “But you do.”
Minos said nothing, hands clenched, mind racing.
Eris glanced between the two, sighed, and returned his gaze to Accuri. “Please tell me you’re not doing this, because that’s a really, really bad play, Accuri. As in, bad for everyone in this dimension, type bad.”
“I don’t see why. It would be. Unless you mean I’ll win-”
“I mean everybody is going to die,” he said flatly. “Because you decided to play with fire.”
Lily scowled, looking confused. “What the hell are you talking about?”
“He knows, he’s just in denial. Doesn’t want to admit that he messed up. Badly.”
Accuri stayed quiet, and Minos’s head started burning. It wasn’t pain, no, this was worse. Somebody was about to die, he just couldn’t decide who yet.
It didn’t really matter, did it?
“So you decided it would be a good idea to come here, of all places, to antagonize me, and then proceed to do so further by threatening one of the very few things I care about right now. Great idea. Brilliant.” Eris and Lily both took a step back, eyes wide. “Accuri, who the hell do you think you are? The most powerful mortal in this universe? Well you’re wrong.”
“Minos,” Accuri said hesitantly. “I don’t think you know what you’re doing.”
“Don’t I? After all this time, you’d think I’d get a little respect, but no. I might be a short, idiotic teenager, but I’m a very powerful one, and people always seem to forget that I can drive them insane with little to no effort. Hell, I do it by accident sometimes! People always forget that until they piss me off. So congratulations! I can’t kill you. But I will torture you in your own personal hell until you tell me what I want to know. Sound familiar?”
“How do you-?” And for the first time in his, admittedly short, life, Accuri was absolutely terrified.
“Goodbye, Accuri.”
The man fell to the ground, clutching his head and started screeching. Minos smiled.
He turned to the pair behind him, probably looking completely insane, but it was a very stressful day and he was tired of caring. “So what do we do with him.”
“Uhh…” Lily trailed off. “You said you had questions?”
Minos waved dismissively. “Oh that’s already been taken care of. He’ll probably break at some point.”
“And until then?”
“That’s what I’m asking y’all?”
Eris shook himself, blinking a few times. “Okay. I would say take him back to Devo, but he’d just kill him, and if you’re trying to get information out of him, the best thing we can probably do is restrain him and keep an eye on him here.”
“It might take a while,” Minos warned. “And what would we even- Oh. Right. Yeah, okay.”
“I’ll grab the rope!” Lily said cheerfully, digging around the dust covered piles of torture equipment and restraints. “Ooh, can we use the barbed wire?”
“I don’t see why not.” A few minutes and some heavy lifting later, Accuri was secured to the chair in the center of the room, with a combination of heavy metal and barbed wire.
“So now what?”
“You guys should report back to Devo. I’ll keep an eye on him,” Minos said firmly. “I’ll find what I need, let you guys know, and head out.”
“Sounds like a terrible idea. You’re going to get yourself killed.”
“Oh, yeah, definitely,” Eris agreed
“I’m not going to get myself killed!”
“What’re you doing this for anyways?” Lily asked curiously. Eris and Minos exchanged glances.
Eris sighed. “Friend of ours disappeared a few years back. Turns out, she was taken by Accuri and presumably is currently being held god knows where.”
“Oh. Sounds fun.”
“Not really,” Minos muttered.”She was one of Devo’s old friends though. So you might know her.”
“Name?”
“Uh, Nero Arisma.”
Lily immediately made a face, like she was eating something sour. “Seriously? You have got to be kidding me. She is literally the worst person I have ever had the displeasure of interacting with.”
“Sometimes yeah,” Eris admitted. “But I’m obligated to put up with her because of Minos, so…”
“You act like I’m not obligated to put up with her too,” Minos muttered under his breath.
“That’s not the only reason and you know it.”
“The only other reason is that according to both of you, I'm incredibly self destructive and shouldn't be left alone for more than 5 minutes at a time’.”
“And so you’re going on a suicide mission to save her?”
“Familial obligation.”
“Liar. And I quote, she’s ‘one of the very few things you care about right now’. WHich I am absolutely telling her by the way.”
“Don’t. I will get laughed at for the rest of my days.”
“Yes. Yes you will.” All three of them froze at the familiar voice. “Honestly, I’m kind of impressed. Kinda concerned too.”
Minos let out a bitter laugh. “Seriously?”
Nero grinned. “What can I say? I enjoy being overly dramatic.”
Lily groaned. “Oh you have got to be kidding me. WHy do I even bother?”
“You look terrible,” Eris commented.
“I was just tortured for a good 13 percent of my life.”
“How did you do that math that fast- Never mind, I don’t want to know.”
“Probably best if you don’t ask that, yeah. So. Who all has gotten themselves killed out of sheer stupidity?”
“Nobody, as far as I know. Couple of people got turned, but nobody you know.”
“Okay. Minos, you good?”
“I was better until you showed up.”
“Love you too. And Accuri?”
“He’ll wake up in a few hours.”
“So you let him go?”
“For now. So how long have you been out?”
“A few months. I’ve just kinda been lurking, finding some intel. Piecing some stuff together. You know the drill.”
“So you’re the person who told Devo about today.”
“I tried to make it obvious.”
“Well, you failed.”
Writing Tips
Scene Checklist
Does your scene include everything it should?
「 note: this is for the editing stage; remember, first draft is for the writer & editing is for the reader; get it down before worrying about these things unless it is just for practice 」
✧
ACTIONS
↦ are the actions necessary?
↦ are the verbs as descriptive as possible?
↦ do the actions match the character? why did the character take those actions?
↦ are the actions clear?
DIALOGUE
↦ what is the purpose for each statement?
↦ does each statement move the story forward?
↦ are the dialogue tags as descriptive as possible?
↦ does the dialogue match the character? why did the character say those things?
EMOTIONS
↦ are each character’s emotions clearly stated or implied?
↦ are the character’s emotions justifiable?
↦ how does the character’s emotions affect their actions?
LANGUAGE
↦ are you showing or telling?
↦ does the scene have clarity & coherence?
↦ does the scene have the desired tone, mood, & voice?
PURPOSE
↦ is this scene necessary? (if removed, would the story still make sense?)
↦ are there stakes at risk in this scene? is there tension?
↦ has something changed from the beginning to the end of the scene?
↦ possible purposes: advance the plot? reveal character goal? increase tension? develop character? reveal conflict? react to conflict? explain backstory? foreshadow? build world? reinforce theme, tone, or mood?
SETTING
↦ will your reader clearly know the setting throughout the scene?
↦ room? house? city? state? country? planet? galaxy?
↦ time of day? season of year? weather?
↦ chronologically within story?
STRUCTURE
↦ is there a distinct beginning, middle, and end?
↦ is the chronological order of events clear?
↦ does the scene smoothly transition from one to another?
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DWIGHT SWAIN’S SCENE VS SEQUEL
↦ Swain believed scenes should repeat these sequences in order to keep the interest of the reader piqued
↦ Swain says “a scene is a unit of conflict lived through by character and reader” & “a sequel is a unit of transition that links two scenes”
↦ scene: goal, conflict, disaster
⟿ goal: character’s decision to do something for a purpose
⟿ conflict: something opposing the character’s ability to achieve goal
⟿ disaster: a disruption or turning point to keep the readers hooked
↦ sequel: reaction, dilemma, decision
⟿ reaction: character’s emotional/analytical reaction to the disaster
⟿ dilemma: what should the character do now
⟿ decision: what does the character do now
↦ does your scene have one of these three-part patterns?
DWIGHT SWAIN’S MRU
↦ MRU: motivation-reaction units
↦ these are for alternating sentences or paragraphs
↦ motivation: objective thing your character externally senses (what happens?)
↦ reaction: subjective response your character internally has (how does your character react? feeling, reflex, action, dialogue?)
↦ this is very difficult to follow, especially without practice, but it is a way to guarantee your reader’s interest & attention
"You know," Minos muttered, breathing heavily. "It's rude to try to kill your soulmate."
Accuri sighed, clearly exasperated. "Minos, for the last time. Soulmates implies a romantic relationship. We're brothers. And you tried to kill me first."
"Only after possesing my mortal body to try and kill Devo."
"That was me being reasonable. He was in our way! You want our revenge, don't you?"
"Your way. Your revenge. I have nothing to do with it."
Accuri let out a cold laugh. Minos flinched, reaching for the knife in his belt, before remembering it wasn't there.
"I'll go in alone. Unarmed. He wouldn't hurt me, he's not stupid."
"He has before."
The man rested a hand on his shoulder. "Minos. Listen to me." He looked him in the eyes, purple meeting blue. "You left them for a reason right? You wouldn't come back to this place if you were given a choice." Accuri gestured to the rusty iron pulley, which was strained with blood and pus. A simple wooden chair sat in the middle of the square surface, silver shackles attached to the legs.
"I wouldn't," Minos agreed. "Never."
"Do you remember what happened here?"
"How could I forget?
"Remind me." Minos glanced past him, staring straight at four eyes, one set grey, and the other green.
"Why is it important?"
"Because if there's one thing I know for certain, it's that our pasts seem to catch up with us more often than not." He knows, Minos thought, clenching his fists. He knows, and even worse, if I refuse he'll kill all three of us.
While in the dark, Lily's eyes looked just like His. Bright green, full of confidence and pride.
And she reminded him of Her, too.
Loyal to few. Slow to trust, but if you earned that trust, you had it forever. Even if you don't deserve it anymore. Kind only in fleeting moments, but those moments are everything.
"Minos?" Accuri asked impatiently. "You alive?"
"...Yeah."
"Now, would you awnser my question?"
"It wasn't a question."
"Excuse me?"
"You didn't ask me a question. So I'm not answering."
Accuri dragged a hand through his hair, glaring at Minos. "This is why I don't associate with children. Look, I just want to kill Orem, Devo, and Nero, maybe Raymond Miller and Rita Call while I'm at it. Is that so much to ask?"
"You're trying to kill innocent people."
"Everyone I just named has killed at least two people," he deadpanned. "Except maybe Devo. Does Devo keep a body count? Maybe Ms. Spectere knows. Right, Lily?" Minos froze instantly, reaching for his knife again.
"Just get the information we need, and get out."
"How did you even know about this?"
"I know a guy."
"Somebody's been slipping him notes."
"Lily, I swear-"
"This guy's good," Lily admitted, jumping off the rafters and landing with a soft thump. "Eris, come on, I have a date after this."
Eris groaned. "Lily, I swear, one of these days-"
"Shut up, Bays. I've been doing stuff like this long before you." Eris jumped down after her, rolling his eyes. "What is this place anyways? Looks like since mine of post modern torture chamber."
"It used to be my temple, though, it was used as a torture chamber once."
"Your temple was an old abandoned warehouse? Also, who the heck were you torturing?"
"Ask Minos." Lily glanced back at him and he groaned.
"Accuri, shut up."
Prologue (Shatter)
Hi. Hello. How're yall?
This is the first time I have posted anything Canon for my hurt/comfort, disillusionment. So please enjoy.
TW/CW: None
"Minos?" Too far away, like it was underwater. "Can you hear me?" His ears were ringing, is skin hot, the smell of...
Burning flesh. That's it. The smell of burning flesh flooding his nose. Somebody grasped his shoulders, shaking him.
"Face forward, don't let them see-"
"Oh my god, Is he-"
"Dev-"
"Who the hell are you-"
"Ember no-"
"Why do you do this to us, Evenso-"
"Dad, no I didn't know please don't-"
"Orem isn'-"
"We can win! We can actually wi-"
"You two okay? You seem off toni-"
"Hyperion! We're here to-"
"HORUS-"
"Take care of him for me, will you?"
"What are you doing?"
"I'm sorry."
"This isn't funny."
"See you on the other side, I guess."
"No-"
"YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS-"
"I love you both. I hope you know that."
"Hey! Are you okay?" No smoke. No fire. No traitors. Just pavement, and stinging pain in his left leg.
"Are you hurt? Do I need to call somebody?" A boy who couldn't be older than eighteen stood over him, looking down with worry.
"Dude, seriously, are you okay?"
"Kid?" Minos inhaled.
"Yeah, sorry. Just... Zoned out, I guess." The boy above smiled, and held out his hand.
"Hey, it's fine. I do that too sometimes. Just wanted to make sure you're okay." Minos took it.
"Thanks. I appreciate it." With the stranger's help, he pulled himself from the ground. Pain shot like lightning through his left leg. "My name's Minos."
I finally have chapter 1 written thank GOD
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Up Close & Personal Writeblr Ask Game (Emoji Edition!)
As writers, we often bring a piece of ourselves to every character and every work-in-progress. In this writeblr ask game, I want to encourage all of us to explore the more personal aspects of our writing with one another. To play, just send the person who reblogged this game an emoji (or 2, 3, 4…); feel free to answer in as much or as little detail as you feel comfortable and have fun!!!
❤️ Which of your OCs is most like you? Which is the least?
💝 Are any of your OCs based off of people in your own life?
🧡 When a friend or family member in real life asks you about your WIPs, do you feel comfortable talking about them?
💘 List 3 traits you admire in one of your OCs (preferably ones that you’d like to emulate in your own life).
💛 Do you and your OCs have any hobbies or interests in common?
💖 Have any of your WIPs helped you through a difficult time in your life?
💚 If you had to trade lives with one of your OCs, who would you pick?
💗 Share a single sentence from each of your WIPs that you think best describes the relationships you most cherish in real life.
💙 Which of your OCs would be your best friend (if they were to exist in real life)? Which would be your worst enemy?
💓 Are any of the plot points in your WIPs inspired by real life events?
💜 When your WIPs are best-sellers (because they absolutely will be!!!), who do you think will be happiest for you?
💞 List 3 tropes that you feature in your WIPs and explain why they’re important to you as a person.
🖤 Do you and your OCs have any backstory elements in common?
💕 Have any of your WIPs (or the research you’ve done for them) changed the way you view the world around you?
💔 If you published any of your WIPs under a pen name, which would be most likely to be positively identified as one of your own by a real life friend or family member?
❣️ Share a single sentence from each of your WIPs that you think best describes your emotional state at this current point in time.
hi so if you want to ask me stuff then please do
How R U?
First off, Fault In Our Stars is my new favourite movie, never cried harder for any other piece of media, can't wait to read the book.
Second, does anybody else take a group of their ocs and a book or movie or tv show or fandom and forcibly smash them together like a self insert fanfiction except it's more like a crossover episode between your story and some random story you enjoy.
Is that normal or am i just too deep into the fanfic community that it feels normal.
