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[witterprompts]

Prompts for my two main mc's who first meet? A is a earth bender and B a fire bender, they meet after A goes to look for their father after he never returned from war. I just love your blog, thanks for the help!

“Hey, why don’t I come with you? You could use all the help you can get.”

“Oh, sorry, I wasn’t watching where I was going and I ran right into you.”

“This is my business, not yours.” 

“Whoa, what’s the rush for? Slow down, you could get hurt.”

[wondrousworldbuilding]

Hi there, first off I love your blog!! Second, I have a question. I'm working on a fantasy story, where the zodiac signs and their elements (earth, fire, water, air) are connected. Like born in May, you get the element of Earth and control it. But I wanna add gods to each element. What is the best way to do so? Also I'm not sure how to make them part of my world and the daily life of my characters..

Hello there!

In case you haven’t seen it, I talk a bit about developing deities in my Belief Systems & Religions brainstorming post. 

There is really no “best” way to do it. The best way is going to be subjective to your story and your world that you’ve already established. You can consider these additional things as you create them:

Read up on some other gods (Greek, Norse, etc) and get a sense of how such things were done historically. Then break out of that box and consider using the status of “god” to do something new with your characters. You have complete freedom in your own world to make these gods what you want/need. 

What established their tie to the zodiac? An even higher deity? Or themselves? Or their own birth dates? Did they have a choice at all?

How long have they existed? If they’ve been around since long before anyone’s remembrance (or since before Time), then they will be just a fact of life. Their nature and involvement will heavily influence how people talk about them and how much influence the people let the gods have on their decisions and actions. 

Are there shrines, temples, statues, monuments, etc. built to them? 

Are there seas, land formations, cities, etc. named in their honor? 

How are they tied to the elements they represent? Is the god of water made of water? Reside in the ocean? Or is her tie to her element a title, and little else?

Does each god’s element show through in their personality? In their relationship? (i.e. fire and water don’t get along) OR you can go in the opposite direction. The elements don’t effect them on a personal level and fire and water are BFFs and it’s a running joke. That kind of thing.

Ultimately, I can’t tell you what’s best because I don’t know your world and your story. Do some reading and then let that inspire your creations. 

[raiidens]

Hi there, first of all I love your themes! Second, I'm using theme 21 and I haven't found this problem in your FAQ or the theme tag. I noticed that when I liked a post on my own blog, the heart isn't inside of the outlining. Is there a fix for this? Thanks for making these themes!

Hi, thanks a bunch! Turns out they’ve gone out of alignment (again). It’s a pretty quick fix though. There’s a part of the code that looks something like:

.like_button {    position: relative;    left: 0px !important;    top: -6px !important;}

Change those last two lines so they’re:

  left: -1px !important;   top: -1px !important;

And that should do the trick. I’ll put out an update for this later. Readers, let me know if other themes are doing the same.

[scripturient-manipulator]

For the WIP Ask Game, I was wondering about 2, 14 and 17 about your story! :)

2. Post a line from your WIP with no context

His dress snagged on his foot, tripped him, and like always Ariana rushed to help before Ooma’s reflexes realized she needed to.

14. Have you chosen birthdays for any of your characters? If so, what are they?

Nope! I know there’s lots of talk about knowing every molecule of your character, and there’s a lot of truth in that. But I get bored. I can’t fill out forms, or do interviews with them, because I learn who my characters are and things about them primarily by writing them. So the only reason I’d know someone’s birthday is if it got brought up.

17. Does your WIP have any themes or motifs?

Nah, I don’t really go for those. Like maybe there are? People can read anything into a story if they project their views/what they dread hard enough. I mean, I don’t have any real-world-brand bigots in my stories, and polyamory and all that is always seen favorably, so maybe a motif could be there’s no reason to be a dick about this stuff? I dunno man.