ScyllaRei

Writer | Gamer | Weeb | Trans | LGBT

[scyllarei]

6 Easy Steps to Having Friends:

Step 1: Find new friends

Step 2: Slowly obsess over friends

Step 3: Realize you're obsessing

Step 4: Realize the obsession is one way

Step 5: Have constant anxiety about being unwanted

Step 6: Abandon the relationship and have no friends.

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[justintaco]

Top 10 anime betrayals

[thunder-kate]

“You’re beautiful…” 

[writersblockbecomesunblocked]

How Long Your Stories Should Be (And What Publishers Want)

First of all, thank you so much for over 8,000 followers!!

Short Story

-Under 500 Words is described as flash fiction. It’s one scene

-Between 1,000 and 8,000 Words is a short story

-Between 5,000 and 10,000 Words is as long as a short story should ever be

Novella

-A story between 10,000 and 40,000 Words

Novel

-Anything over 40,000 Words is considered a novel, but 50,000 should be the minimum amount of words you should have (If you’re trying to get published)

-Most novels are between 60,000 and 100,000 Words

-Publishers generally don’t like more than 110,000 words, unless you’re already established

Adult fiction

-Between 80,000 and 100,000 Words

Science and Fantasy

-Generally Between 90,000 and 120,000. Not abnormal to reach the 150,000 range. (It takes time to build a whole new world)

Romance Novels

-Between 50,000 and 100,000

Crime, Mysteries and Thrillers

-Between 70,000 and 90,000

Young Adult

-Between 50,000 and 80,000

Children’s Novel

-Between 25,000 to 50,000

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“Extremely detailed character sheet template”

Character Chart Character’s full name: Reason or meaning of name: Character’s nickname: Reason for nickname: Birth date: Physical appearance Age: How old does he/she appear: Weight: Height: Body build: Shape of face: Eye color: Glasses or contacts: Skin tone: Distinguishing marks: Predominant features: Hair color: Type of hair: Hairstyle: Voice: Overall attractiveness: Physical disabilities: Usual fashion of dress: Favorite outfit: Jewelry or accessories: Personality Good personality traits: Bad personality traits: Mood character is most often in: Sense of humor: Character’s greatest joy in life: Character’s greatest fear: Why? What single event would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil? Character is most at ease when: Most ill at ease when: Enraged when: Depressed or sad when: Priorities: Life philosophy: If granted one wish, it would be: Why? Character’s soft spot: Is this soft spot obvious to others? Greatest strength: Greatest vulnerability or weakness: Biggest regret: Minor regret: Biggest accomplishment: Minor accomplishment: Past failures he/she would be embarrassed to have people know about: Why? Character’s darkest secret: Does anyone else know? Goals Drives and motivations: Immediate goals: Long term goals: How the character plans to accomplish these goals: How other characters will be affected: Past Hometown: Type of childhood: Pets: First memory: Most important childhood memory: Why: Childhood hero: Dream job: Education: Religion: Finances: Present Current location: Currently living with: Pets: Religion: Occupation: Finances: Family Mother: Relationship with her: Father: Relationship with him: Siblings: Relationship with them: Spouse: Relationship with him/her: Children: Relationship with them: Other important family members: Favorites Color: Least favorite color: Music: Food: Literature: Form of entertainment: Expressions: Mode of transportation: Most prized possession: Habits Hobbies: Plays a musical instrument? Plays a sport? How he/she would spend a rainy day: Spending habits: Smokes: Drinks: Other drugs: What does he/she do too much of? What does he/she do too little of? Extremely skilled at: Extremely unskilled at: Nervous tics: Usual body posture: Mannerisms: Peculiarities: Traits Optimist or pessimist? Introvert or extrovert? Daredevil or cautious? Logical or emotional? Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat? Prefers working or relaxing? Confident or unsure of himself/herself? Animal lover? Self-perception How he/she feels about himself/herself: One word the character would use to describe self: One paragraph description of how the character would describe self: What does the character consider his/her best personality trait? What does the character consider his/her worst personality trait? What does the character consider his/her best physical characteristic? What does the character consider his/her worst physical characteristic? How does the character think others perceive him/her: What would the character most like to change about himself/herself: Relationships with others Opinion of other people in general: Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others? Person character most hates: Best friend(s): Love interest(s): Person character goes to for advice: Person character feels responsible for or takes care of: Person character feels shy or awkward around: Person character openly admires: Person character secretly admires: Most important person in character’s life before story starts: After story starts:

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+ 100 Exquisite Adjectives.

(SOURCE) Adjectives — descriptive words that modify nouns — often come under fire for their cluttering quality, but often it’s quality, not quantity, that is the issue. Plenty of tired adjectives are available to spoil a good sentence, but when you find just the right word for the job, enrichment ensues. Practice precision when you select words. Here’s a list of adjectives:

Adamant: unyielding; a very hard substance

Adroit: clever, resourceful

Amatory: sexual

Animistic: quality of recurrence or reversion to earlier form

Antic: clownish, frolicsome

Arcadian: serene

Baleful: deadly, foreboding

Bellicose: quarrelsome (its synonym belligerent can also be a noun)

Bilious: unpleasant, peevish

Boorish: crude, insensitive

Calamitous: disastrous

Caustic: corrosive, sarcastic; a corrosive substance

Cerulean: sky blue

Comely: attractive

Concomitant: accompanying

Contumacious: rebellious

Corpulent: obese

Crapulous: immoderate in appetite

Defamatory: maliciously misrepresenting

Didactic: conveying information or moral instruction

Dilatory: causing delay, tardy

Dowdy: shabby, old-fashioned; an unkempt woman

Efficacious: producing a desired effect

Effulgent: brilliantly radiant

Egregious: conspicuous, flagrant

Endemic: prevalent, native, peculiar to an area

Equanimous: even, balanced

Execrable: wretched, detestable

Fastidious: meticulous, overly delicate

Feckless: weak, irresponsible

Fecund: prolific, inventive

Friable: brittle

Fulsome: abundant, overdone, effusive

Garrulous: wordy, talkative

Guileless: naive

Gustatory: having to do with taste or eating

Heuristic: learning through trial-and-error or problem solving

Histrionic: affected, theatrical

Hubristic: proud, excessively self-confident

Incendiary: inflammatory, spontaneously combustible, hot

Insidious: subtle, seductive, treacherous

Insolent: impudent, contemptuous

Intransigent: uncompromising

Inveterate: habitual, persistent

Invidious: resentful, envious, obnoxious

Irksome: annoying

Jejune: dull, puerile

Jocular: jesting, playful

Judicious: discreet

Lachrymose: tearful

Limpid: simple, transparent, serene

Loquacious: talkative

Luminous: clear, shining

Mannered: artificial, stilted

Mendacious: deceptive

Meretricious: whorish, superficially appealing, pretentious

Minatory: menacing

Mordant: biting, incisive, pungent

Munificent: lavish, generous

Nefarious: wicked

Noxious: harmful, corrupting

Obtuse: blunt, stupid

Parsimonious: frugal, restrained

Pendulous: suspended, indecisive

Pernicious: injurious, deadly

Pervasive: widespread

Petulant: rude, ill humored

Platitudinous: resembling or full of dull or banal comments

Precipitate: steep, speedy

Propitious: auspicious, advantageous, benevolent

Puckish: impish

Querulous: cranky, whining

Quiescent: inactive, untroublesome

Rebarbative: irritating, repellent

Recalcitant: resistant, obstinate

Redolent: aromatic, evocative

Rhadamanthine: harshly strict

Risible: laughable

Ruminative: contemplative

Sagacious: wise, discerning

Salubrious: healthful

Sartorial: relating to attire, especially tailored fashions

Sclerotic: hardening

Serpentine: snake-like, winding, tempting or wily

Spasmodic: having to do with or resembling a spasm, excitable, intermittent

Strident: harsh, discordant; obtrusively loud

Taciturn: closemouthed, reticent

Tenacious: persistent, cohesive,

Tremulous: nervous, trembling, timid, sensitive

Trenchant: sharp, penetrating, distinct

Turbulent: restless, tempestuous

Turgid: swollen, pompous

Ubiquitous: pervasive, widespread

Uxorious: inordinately affectionate or compliant with a wife

Verdant: green, unripe

Voluble: glib, given to speaking

Voracious: ravenous, insatiable

Wheedling: flattering

Withering: devastating

Zealous: eager, devoted

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Art by:  青丸

[fungoidfred]

And as the smoke cleared, Papa John rose above the countless robots remaining. Pizza Man was wounded, low on energy, struggling to remain standing as Papa John ordered the final attack.

[pusheen]

[scyllarei]

I came out to him today. I came out and told him that I used to be a boy. He hasn't said anything since. I know we only message once or twice a day, but I can't help but to feel like he thinks I'm a freak now. Of course he's right. I am a freak. I hate myself for being this way. Being gay is somewhat okay in society now, but changing genders is so unfathomable to people that they'll never see me as anything but a boy.

So I don't blame him for ghosting me, but it still hurts. It hurts to know that I fell for someone, that I obsessed over just to know that when they found out who I really am, they left.

I keep hoping, wishing that I'll see a message from him, asking about being trans, wanting to learn more about me, but so far there's nothing but disappointment. I shouldn't expect anything else. He's from a super conservative state, so to him I probably have a horrible mental illness. Sometimes I wonder if I do. Maybe feeling like a different gender does mean that there's something wrong with me. I thought that it didn't, I listened when they said it was fine, but the reality is that everyone will always just see me as a boy. I'll never be seen like the cis girls, I'll always be that girl "that was a boy". I'll only be seen as a freak or a fetish, and maybe that's just something I need to accept.

I guess all that's left to say is goodbye. Goodbye to my gorgeous prince. Goodbye and just know I wish you could have seen me for who I really am.

[drinkyourjuiceshelby]

[ausimilation]

K. But I’m crying

[chillin-likeavillian-bb]

Im also crying. People need this

[sockdreams]

In case you’re having a down day…

♥Lucy

[beastyteeth]

Beast Mode Eva 02 pencil & watercolor (i’ll get a good scan when it’s 100% dry!)

[scyllarei]

"I'm sorry I'm such an inconvenience."

The words felt bitter as she said them. They weren't the words she wanted to say, the ones she wanted him to hear. But what else could she say?

"It's fine."

A short response as usual. He was never rude, but every casual message felt like knives in her heart. She wanted to know him, to be important to him. It was a stupid dream.

"So how was your day?"

The ellipsis at the bottom of the chat blinked before disappearing. She waited anxiously for his response. She didn't know anything about his personal life and she desperately wanted to learn more. Maybe she wanted it too much. Maybe she was just being a creeper.

'Read'

The word glared at her from her phone. It taunted her, letting her know he'd seen the question and chose to ignore it. It laughed at her and told her that the only response she would get was a message saying "Sorry, I was busy." That was her reality.

"Hey, I've got a busy day tomorrow so I'm going to head to bed."

"Ok, have a good night!"

She tried to make her response sound cheerful even though he had completely ignored her question. It was just another day he hadn't noticed her the way she wanted. Maybe if she were prettier he'd give her more attention? Maybe not. It probably had less to do with her looks and more to do with the fact that, to him, she was just another random stranger from the internet. And that simple fact made it impossible for her to express her feelings to him. No matter what she did, she would just come off as creepy.

Just another creeper.

[scyllarei]

omg Velka is cute af. . . . #catsofinstagram #cat #petsofinstagram #pets #blackcatsofinstagram #blackcat #familiar #sleepingbaby https://www.instagram.com/p/BouYgUnHHxn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=aml990yifs3n

[eggramenart]

“As long as the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth exist, everything will be alright.”

[a-hedgehog-s-dilemma]