Shadows Write

(29/F/She/Her) WARNING: THIS BLOG POSTS 18+ NSFW CONTENT MDNI. A shadowy corner where I reblog a bunch of writing posts as well as post some of my own writings and prompts! My main blog is kuudere-raia.

[shadowswrite]

Welcome to my Shadowy corner!

Welcome to my little corner where I'll be posting a few of my writings and some writing prompts I can come up with! I go by Shadow (29/F) but if you're from my main blog you can also still call me Raia. Anyway, here's a quick rundown of stuff I write about. Right now they fall under one of maybe 3 categories but anything can change. I might do reader inserts and stuff if I feel the inclination but this is mostly for my self-indulgent stuff that I don't really expect people to look at...Please feel free to send me requests and questions though! Anyways, onto the categories:

My DnD characters- This is a pretty big one since I'm currently in 3 different campaigns right now. I might post writings about hypotheticals my characters could be in, actual events that happened in the game, backstory stuff, post-campaign stuff, shenanigans, AUs, etc.

My OCs for various fandoms- I'm a multipurpose kinda person so keep in mind some of my OCs are used in multiple fandoms it shakes things up! Plenty of AUs and frequent mentions of my friends' OCs. Fandoms include Monster Hunter (World, Wilds, Rise), Naruto, Inuyasha, Bleach, FMA: Brotherhood, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, What in Hell is Bad, etc.

Original Characters in Original storylines! - This could be a blend of options 1 and 2 but instead of putting them in campaign or fandom situations, they are in completely original storylines that me and my friends have created.

I could write literally anything depending on how I feel but I will do my best to keep things tagged up so people don't get NSFW content if they don't want it. But uh, consider yourself warned.

My list of DnD characters that I have written...an obscene amount for (not complete this list has exploded and i write so much dnd based content its not even funny):

Beltrim Runefall - Neutral Good/Red Half-Dragon(homebrew race)/Glory Paladin/Soldier background

Solstice of Summer - Chaotic Good/Tabaxi/storm sorcerer

Anya Sevarovna - Chaotic Neutral/Shadow Sorcerer/Urban Bounty Hunter background

Snow of the Mountain (Mother of Solstice) - Chaotic Neutral/Tabaxi/Thief Rogue

Clover in the Field (Father of Solstice) - Chaotic Good/Tabaxi /Storm Sorcer

Page of a Book - Chaotic Good/Tabaxi/Light cleric

Savina - Chaotic Neutral/Werewolf (homebrew race)/War Cleric (in the campaign she was in she was originally Trickery domain)

My actual OCs are (Note the fandoms I write for them can absolutely change)

Xiomara Ruiz (I write her in Obey Me and What in Hell is Bad) - she's the Horseman of War, the oldest of 6.

"Raia" Amara - My og OC that I had written for Diabolik lovers, Ikevamp, she's my go-to OC and my self-insert. If I don't have an actual OC yet, it's usually Raia. In some renditions, she's part demon!

Anais Mercier- Hakuouki/Ikevamp she's a goldsmith turned blacksmith!

There are plenty more but I'm not gonna list all of them. But these 3 are the ones I've definitely written the most for thus far...but I'm always willing to write for quite a bit because by the power of my overactive brain and Wikis I can do near anything

[ackee]

sigh. i miss everyone's ocs. can everyone update me on what their ocs are doing rn. or if you've made new ocs in my absence. thank you

[ackee]

"oh this must be for OP's close mutuals/followers" wronggggg. i'm nosy about everyone's ocs. so lets hear it !

[shadowswrite]

Oh boy where do I start...uh...

Everyone is trying to give Tobias a heart attack before he hits 30.

Anya has given Tobias 50+ minor heart palpitations because she doesn't use doors. No matter the door he has to wonder if shes on the other side.

Snow got a smite to the face that nearly sent her out the window because she picked the lock to Tobias' office

Clover just poked his head in the shower to ask Tobias if he wanted pancakes or waffles but he keeps screaming "Howthefuckdidyougetinmyhouse" instead of answering.

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[narrettwist]

Homie gonna share this

[captainkirkk]

What they don't tell you about writing is that as you write, you discover scenes and entire plots that you hadn't accounted for that need to be written. So you can spend two hours writing and editing only to realise you're further away from the finish line than you thought you were when you started

[brainstreams]

When you're writing, what's your biggest distraction?

[shadowswrite]

My dog. My cat. This hellsite. The doomscrolling of finding the PERFECT song for the scene/character. And of course, deciding what the hell to write.

[bythelynx]

You create the characters.

You design their personalities, their past, their dynamics.

And then they refuse to behave

the way you planned.

At some point you stop arguing with them

and just take notes.

[shadowswrite]

Ah yes gather round and let me tell you the story of these characters as they absolutely tear through this carefully crafted world just because someone drank their coffee.

[ghoztreader]

fiction writers this always gets me

you ever have an idea that sounds perfect in your head… but the second you try to put it down, it just won’t come out the same?

like you can see it, you know how it should feel but getting it there is a whole different fight

and somehow you keep going back to fix it over and over

tell me I’m not the only one dealing with this

[shadowswrite]

You're not! I do it all the time. In fact, I go so far as to entirely delete a WIP just to completely redo it. Drove @chimeracollective nuts because if I hit writers block? Plot holes?

Straight up delete and rewrite. Lost a lot of stories that way 😅

[markerofthemidnight]

you 🫵. make a self-indulgent au now

[shadowswrite]

I...I have pairings with over 10 Au's....

BUT I WILL MAKE ANOTHER.

[the-reblog-squad-deactivated202]

Reblog if you don't use Generative AI to write fanfics/original fics or to create fanart/original art.

[the-bedheaded-league]

Reblog if you’d rather give yourself papercuts between each of your fingers and then rub hand sanitizer all over your hands than use generative AI to write or draw anything ever

[shadowswrite]

Again, I will sooner write my stories by hand with a stick and dirt, poke letters into leaves with a sewing needle ans string them together with thread to read it by sunlight before I use Ai.

[conindiundrum-writing]

They who see this shall get out of their writing rut.

[2ndhandcrazyy]

Converted my main WIP to Ellipsus today 🩷 it's so pretty here 🥹

[shadowswrite]

LOOKS SO GOOD!!! I love Ellipsus.

[adhdwannabewriter]

Writers, what's your main character's hobby?

Ironically, the once mentioned side characters have hobbies, but my mains don't lol. Too busy hunting and being hunted and we had no time to figure it out.

[shadowswrite]

Tagging @chimeracollective in case she wants to do the other halves >.> the main character(s) change depending on the arc (or hyperfixation whatever you wanna call it):

Anya, the half dragon shadow Sorceress, likes to play the flute, shopping, going out to parties or to hear gossip, and hoard her mate/husband's attention (depending on when in the storyline it is shes likely getting bred.)

Kazir, the Royal commander General, is a workaholic but when he's pried from work he retreats to a lake cabin with his younger sister where he bakes breads with his "son" (its his starter he has no kids lmao) He's a decent cook and baker, a decent dancer, enjoys a swim every now and again, and loves a nice expensive alcohol along with either a good book or an entertaining game. And of course sleeping in. (and being in his partner)

Iona, her royal highness, does not get a lot of free time. Her hobby is primarily donning a disguise and sneaking out. Its how she meets her husband so honestly not bad. She loves festivals, good food, and being able to laugh. She likes going to the beach, and is adept at many instruments and is well read. Just just dont interrupt her one on one time with her consort okay?

For their mini arc and because I can't say no to him, Beltrim is a simple man. (Half dragon but still) he likes to cuddle his wife, wood/stonecarving, and he likes to cook and be a house husband because i absolutely adore this man he can do no wrong and UGH. Honestly he's more concerned when there's nothing to do that means someone (aeris) has gotten into something and he hasn't realized it yet.

Solstice of Summer, my baby, loves to make biscuits (get it? Because shes a tabaxi??? *dies*) she also likes to sew and has made an abomination bag (no context just know it exists), journal, she adores her pet mouse and sews pockets in all her clothes for him, baking pastries, dancing, and playing in freshly fallen snow.

This will probably be edited because I forgot something but yknow. Its okay. Its why I write.

[thecharmingwraith]

The Four Horsemen of the Writer Apocolypse

and on the day of judgment, the beta readers were raptured first.

[thecharmingwraith]

I thought writing would feel like;

Turns out it’s herding cats. Half of them are on fire, and the other half are narrative choices I don’t remember making.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

reblog if you would never let ai write fanfics for you

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

reblog if you have found comfort in writing ♡

[shadowswrite]

Ah yes instead of fistfighting my inner demons I'll just torture some poor character and make them wish they were dead.

Wait. WAIT WAIT WAI-

[tokkibean]

when youre stressed about your current wip, start a new one! now you can be stressed about two wips instead!

[shadowswrite]

Instructions unclear I now have 20+ WIPs and I'm stressed about them so I am going to create another.