If you have twin OCs, which one makes a bigger deal out of being the older/younger twin and which one points out that it doesn’t matter cause they’re twins?
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If you have twin OCs, which one makes a bigger deal out of being the older/younger twin and which one points out that it doesn’t matter cause they’re twins?
concept: I’m rich enough to buy art from freelance artists, commission artists to draw my ocs and i can frame them and put them up on my wall.
concept: all the art is done in the style of fancy portraiture and all the frames are gilt. when guests come to my manor i introduce them to my OCs as if my OCs were actual members of my family.
‘did you say he was a starship captain?’ my guests may enquire timorously.
‘yes,’ i will say, sipping my cognac. ‘a very gay one.’
50 Wordless Ways to Say “I Love You”
Holding their hands when they are shaking.
Tucking the sheets around them when they stir during the night.
Traveling long distances just to see them.
Making their favorite meal when they are having a hard day.
Giving them a kiss before going to work and they are still in bed.
Tucking your head into their neck during a hug.
Lightly kissing on top of a freshly formed bruise.
Buying them something unrequested because it made you think of them.
Participating in their hobby even if it doesn’t personally interest you.
Sitting in comfortable silence while eating a meal.
Telling them a dumb joke just to see their smile.
Following their family traditions that they enjoy.
Playing your fingers through their hair while sitting next to them on the couch.
Singing and dancing to their favorite song.
Calming them down when they have a bad dream.
Having a tickle fight until you’re breathless.
Folding their clean laundry and putting it away.
Sharing a soft smile across a crowded room.
Bringing them a plate of their favorite sliced fruit.
Washing their back/hair in the shower.
Sharing your umbrella with them in the rain.
Listening to them while they vent.
Taking a picture together to print and hang later.
Tracing your names together in the sand.
Wearing clothes in their favorite color.
Doing a chore for them that you know they aren’t fond of.
Leaving a plate of food in the microwave for when they have a late shift.
Sharing a drink with them from the same straw.
Tucking their hair behind their ear to help them get it out of their face.
Helping scratch that itch on their back they can’t reach.
Pulling a chair out for them to sit down at the table.
Wrapping a blanket around them when they are sitting on the couch and watching a show.
Throwing away their piles of tissues when they have a cold.
Mending an item of their clothing that was ripped.
Running out in the middle of the night to get a food item they’re craving.
Helping brush their hair after a shower.
Making sure to be quiet while they’re taking a nap.
Letting them warm their cold hands under your shirt.
Giving them your dessert when you eat out because it’s their favorite.
Making a goofy face until they notice and laugh.
Giving them space when they express wanting to have some time alone.
Holding their hand while walking, even if there isn’t a crowd.
Holding shopping bags that are too heavy for them.
Standing between them and a busy road.
Rubbing the back of their hand with a thumb.
Giving them a back massage when they flop on the couch or bed.
Staying up half the night to finish a game with them.
Getting them a coffee just the way they like it.
Giving them a tight hug that makes them lose their breath.
Buying them a special treat when you go out shopping.
this persons so weird “DO NOT INTERACT IF YOU HAVE THE SAME INTERESTS AS ME I WILL BLOCK YOU” like. ok i guess
not making this shit up btw
I don’t care if you write as a hobby or a career. You’re a writer. You’re valid. You deserve support
Theory
Tall writers make taller characters, short writers make shorter characters.
So, reblog with your height and the most common height range for your ocs (not counting deities, otherworldly beings, etc who are tall because of that)
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Don t make a character lgbtq Without a reason
Don’t worry I have a reason
I’m gay and I do what I want
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Photos of women of color from the Victorian era are hard to come by.
Gosh, I love this.
My writing process is a lot of “that’s a problem for future me!” Past me is an ass and should not be trusted
And men said that the blood of the stars flowed in her veins.
C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia (via the-book-diaries)
Someday I will actually contribute helpful writing advice to the community.
Today is not that day, have a meme instead.
And what a meme it is. Bless your funny heart.
A Swedish woman hitting a neo-Nazi protester with her handbag. The woman was reportedly a concentration camp survivor. [1985]
Volunteers learn how to fight fires at Pearl Harbor [c. 1941 - 1945]
Maud Wagner, the first well-known female tattoo artist in the U.S. [1907]
A 106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AK-47. [1990]
Komako Kimura, a prominent Japanese suffragist at a march in New York. [October 23, 1917]
Margaret Hamilton, lead software engineer of the Apollo Project, standing next to the code she wrote by hand that was used to take humanity to the moon. [1969]
Erika, a 15-year-old Hungarian fighter who fought for freedom against the Soviet Union. [October 1956]
Sarla Thakral, 21 years old, the first Indian woman to earn a pilot license. [1936]
Voting activist Annie Lumpkins at the Little Rock city jail. [1961] (freakin’ immaculate)
Now with more awesomesauce!
Female pilots leaving their B-17, “Pistol Packin’ Mama” [c. 1941 - 1945]
The first basketball team from Smith college. [1902]
Filipino guerilla, Captain Nieves Fernandez, shows a US soldier how she killed Japanese soldiers during the occupation. [1944]
Afghani medical students. [1962] (man, screw fundamentalism.)
A British sergeant training members of the ‘mum’s army’ Women’s Home Defence Corps during the Battle of Britain. [1940]
and just to wrap up…
Nina Simone, one of the most talented vocalists of the 20th century.
Experiment with political systems
Sure, having a king/queen is simple, but have you ever tried:
Democracy
Multiple nobles and they all have the same amount of power (lot of conflict potential)
You can become ruler by defeating the current ruler in a fight
The merchants run everything
A noble and a parliament rule
The most intelligent people rule
…
There are thousands of possibilities, be creative!
Older post, but I highly encourage it! Try out the weirdest stuff! Try things you think would never work in the real world because this is your world and if you say (insert political system believed to not work) works then it does
Here’s a list of Society and Government types I’ve stolen directly from the worldbuilding section of some rulebooks:
Anarchy: the social conscience maintains order, but there are no laws
Athenian Democracy: Every citizen can vote on every new law
Representative Democracy: Elected representatives form a congress or government
Clan: Pretty much whoever is older is in charge, traditions are strongly adhered to, and society as a whole is split cross many tribes that are generally similar (and usually allied) but with their own quirks and traditions
Caste: A lot like a Clan structure, but each clan has a set role in society that usually renders them co-dependent. These Castes usually follow a social heirarchy
Dictatorship: One person controls everything, and they will later pass the right to rule to someone else, whether by inheritance, election, duelling, or some other method. Not all dictatorships are bad, especially if they are formed in times of crisis or rebellion, but even those started with the best intentions may quickly corrupt.
Plutocracy: Whoever has money is in charge.
Technocracy: A group of scientists and engineers have complete control and do everything they can to run the country at maximum efficiency. The more competent they are, the more likely this is to be viewed as a good thing.
Thaumocracy: Like a technocracy, but run by a science-like form of magic (like wizards and arcanists rather than shamans and witches)
Theocracy: The Church controls everything, and their religious law is civil law. Whether this religion is real, is fake but knows it, or believes its own lies is up to you.
Corporate State: Powerful mercantile organisations have taken control of entire regions. This is a lot like a Technocracy, but with a corporate structure and a focus on maximum profitability (and no-one else is going to set them a minimum wage)
Feudal: A lot like a dictatorship, but subsidiary lords are assigned their own local power and can enforce their own law without notifying the larger state.
***VARIATIONS***
Bureaucracy: Government runs very slowly and the public has effectively no control. There is a lot of red tape and taxation is high.
Colony: Government is dependent on a mother society
Cybercracy: A computer system is the state administrator. Hopefully the programmers did a good job…
Matriarchy: Positions of authority are female-exclusive.
Meritocracy: Positions of authority require rigorous testing to qualify for.
Military Government: The Military control everything, usually but not always totalitarian
Monarchy: The person in charge may call themselves king or queen, but fundamentally this is either a dictatorship or a feudal society.
Oligarchy: A small organisation is in control, and it elects its own members.
Patriarchy: like a matriarchy, but for guys. what a novel idea
Sanctuary: A society that protects the people other societies hunt (that may be considered criminals or terrorists by other nations)
Socialist: The government directly manages the economy, education is easy to get, the government intervenes to get everyone possible a job. This is likely to collapse quickly without good technology or magic to assist it.
Subjugated: The society as a whole is completely controlled by an outside force.
Utopia: A perfect society where everyone is satisfied and nothing sinister is happening behind the scenes we swear.
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