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Hear ye, hear ye! Ye AU-gust 2025 prompt list is here!
What is AU-gust? It stands for Alternate Universe August, and it is a creative challenge for everyone. Writers, artists, fans; anyone can join! Be sure to check out our FAQ for more answers! Join us on Twitter, AO3, Discord and under the tags #au gust and #au gust 2025.
Special thanks to @yaoyorozoops for creating our wonderful graphics!
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Something like this would be so colossally helpful. I'm sick and tired of trying to research specific clothing from any given culture and being met with either racist stereotypical costumes worn by yt people or ai generated garbage nonsense, and trying to be hyper specific with searches yields fuck all. Like I generally just cannot trust the legitimacy of most search results at this point. It's extremely frustrating. If there are good resources for this then they're buried deep under all the other bullshit, and idk where to start looking.
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May I present to you, nationalclothing.org?
It doesn't have everything, but it's still my first source when researching traditional clothing from other cultures.
There's also this resource on historical fashion: Claire’s Historical Fashion Reference & Resources
another addition as far as physical media goes there is the encyclopedia of national dress (that i still need to buy myself bc this kind of thing is super important to my sort of fantasy designing) but yes i do agree i wish there was EVEN MORE documentation on this
Reblogging to spread awareness
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Announcing the May Trope Mayhem Prompt List for 2025!
May Trope Mayhem is a multi-fandom/original creation event open to writers, artists, and creators of all kinds! Our creators have shared their favorite tropes, and we’ve put together a list of 31, one per day through the month of May. We encourage creators to join us for this month of fun tropey mayhem.
Our goal is to promote motivation and help with habit building, so we’re encouraging authors to keep their ficlets under 1,000 words, artists to stick to making just a sketch, gif makers to only do a single image, etc., as applicable to whatever you’re making.
This event is primarily held on Tumblr, but you’re welcome to participate anywhere Duck Prints Press has an account (you can see all our current platforms here) and we’ll keep our eyes on our tag everywhere!
How can you participate? It’s easy! There’s just a few simple rules:
write a ficlet or a poem, create art, make a gif, or create any other content that you want, aligned with the prompt for the day!
post your correctly tagged fills to Tumblr, and we’ll reblog them! We’ll reskeet works on Bluesky, retoot those on Mastodon, you get the idea. Note: we do not use Twitter.
you must tag warnings such as gore, MCD, sexual content, etc., so that people can make informed decisions!
please also tag fandom and ship, so people can find what interests them!
we ask that you put the tags at the top of your post, so they’re easy to find.
if you write more than 1k words and post the whole text on Tumblr or wherever, please use a read more if the platform allows.
if you create something with NSFW content or potentially triggering material, please put the entire work under a read more.
Ping us (duckprintspress) or tag your creations “#may trope mayhem” and so we can find them! We’ll reblog all fills that follow the above rules and are posted between May 1st and June 8th, 2025. Posting starts May 1st!
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We present to you, the AU-gust 2024 prompt list! 🎉
What is AU-gust? It stands for Alternate Universe August, and it is a creative challenge for everyone. Writers, artists, fans; anyone can join! Be sure to check out our FAQ for more answers! Join us on Twitter, AO3, Discord and under the tags #au gust and #au gust 2024.
Special thanks to @yaoyorozoops for creating our wonderful graphics!
Another valiant misfire trying to visualize what this scene looks like to me
cruelty is so easy. youre not special for choosing it
"The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain."
-Ursula K. LeGuin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"Evil is boring. Right? I kinda believe in the banality and mundaneness of evil. Evil is just selfish impulses, which at the end of the day are really easy to understand. It’s easy to understand why people do bad things. It’s like “yeah, ok, you’re selfish and scared and cruel, I get it”. Being good is complex and beautiful and hard." - Brennan Lee Mulligan
"How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints." --C.S. Lewis
I’m writing scenes which are good, and I don’t know where they are going to fit in the book. But it’s what I call ‘The Valley Filled With Clouds’ technique. You’re at the edge of the valley, and there is a church steeple, and there is a tree, and there is a rocky outcrop, but the rest of it is mist. But you know that because they exist, there must be ways of getting from one to the other that you cannot see. And so you start the journey. And when I write, I write a draft entirely for myself, just to walk the valley and find out what the book is going to be all about.
-- Terry Pratchett - A Slip Of The Keyboard: Collected Non-fiction
Getting into fandoms is so scary .if I characterize this guy wrong everyone is going to kill me I can sense it
Today I found out about mother of pearl carvings and I can't help but think that the Falmari & Falathrim and the Númenoreans definitely have such a craft...
Also: carved seashells, like this one I already reblogged:
The Teleri came up with both even before any of them came to Aman, and then the Falmari and Falathrim perfected the craft separately. Númenor got it from the elves, but they would have come up with it pretty quickly even if not.
Please, please someone tell me they're also disappointed with Sunrise on the Reaping
I basically only find praise everywhere, meanwhile I feel like it's such a letdown in comparison to the main trilogy. I'm halfway done with the book and there's some improvement, but the main problems are still there. It feels... Rushed, unpolished. Such a pity. I think so many positive reviews could be because of the initial hype, I mean, the book just came out and there was a lot of excitement before-hand... Hopefully after a while there'll be more balanced reviews.
Okay, I'm now on chapter 17, I'm going to keep ranting here. This whole thing is definitely an afterthought, instead of something the author had as an actual backstory.
"Haymitch has his own troubles over in the woods, where the fluffy golden squirrels turn out to be carnivorous and attack in packs, and the butterfly stings bring agony if not death. But he persists in moving forward, always keeping the distant mountain at his back." —Catching Fire, Chapter 14.
You want to tell me that Haymitch kept over and over helping out young kids at the arena, and there's absolutely no mention of it? No comment on it, nor by Katniss, or Peeta? Wouldn't they be shocked to know the Haymitch they know used to behave like that?
The Catching Fire book implies it very clearly: he 'played' the games alone, without allies. Until his alliance with Mayselee.
Also, the huge alliance during the games, of non-career tributes, seems like something that would catch anyone's attention. Again, no mention of it anywhere.
Part of what fascinated me about Haymitch's games (tha tape, what was shown before SotR) it's things like— he discovered the force field on his own. He was smart, cunning. Meanwhile, SotR doesn't give me nearly enough proof that he is. Of course, there's the unreliable narrator, but, per example, it exasperated me so much when he's at the arena, sees the fruit trees and crystal clear river, sees that his backpack is suspiciously full of food and water, pills he knows are used for 'indigestion', plus the very air smells funny... And he's unable to do a two-plus-two equation and consider that MAYBE food and water are poisoned. Again, when he almost dies of poisoning, there's no mention of it on the tape Peeta and Katniss watch. "BUt THE'yrE JUsT WatChIng a TaPe TheY DoN'T nEEd to sHoW EveRYThinG". Yeah right, and it turns out it conveniently lets out most of SotR. It's almost like the things shown in CF and SotR don't add up because SotR is an afterthought. Hmm.
Just finished chapter 25. So the excuse is: propaganda. Propos. Ok. Even so, there's never a single mention, insinuation, or implication from Haymitch, or even Plutarch, in the OG trilogy that hint to these events. Of an attempt of a previous rebellion. Or that those games, the previous quarter quell games, were so manipulated. When Peeta and Katniss watched the tape... Wouldn't Haymitch would like to say something about it? No? Ok. It doesn't convince me. It's all too convenient.
One day I'll make a full analysis, but now that I finished the book, I'll leave some positivity:
• A couple of characters were notoriously well-developed, mostly Maysilee and Lenora
• I could be biased here, but Maysilee's character in general. Her comebacks, her duality, and her interactions with Haymitch.
• Haymitch's background, the life he lead before, it was good (My only complaint here would be that's a little too similar to Katniss)
• The absolute irony of Haymitch's work before he was "chosen" as a tribute, and his subsequent addiction
• Gut-wrenching reaping, all of that section was genuinely very emotional
• The twist that Louella dies before the Games even take place was... Wow
• Snow's "gift" to Haymitch when they meet for the first time it's super in-character for him (Snow), super-creepy, horrifying gift
• Haymitch's gift AKA Lou Lou represents cruelty at its best, the poor kid and the way she dies, just trying to catch a reminiscence of home, is... Yeah
• Ampert's dead is quite cruel and graphic even for the Games standards
• Wellie, in the brief time she showed up, broke my heart too. Again her dead, and everything surrounding it, is pretty brutal
• Creativity in Haymitch's Victory Tour. The golden cage, being hand-fed, etc.
• The tragicness of Lenora's dead. The whole scene, and how they hug and kiss right before, made me teary-eyed
• The geese at the end, courtesy of Katniss and Peeta
Please, please someone tell me they're also disappointed with Sunrise on the Reaping
I basically only find praise everywhere, meanwhile I feel like it's such a letdown in comparison to the main trilogy. I'm halfway done with the book and there's some improvement, but the main problems are still there. It feels... Rushed, unpolished. Such a pity. I think so many positive reviews could be because of the initial hype, I mean, the book just came out and there was a lot of excitement before-hand... Hopefully after a while there'll be more balanced reviews.
Okay, I'm now on chapter 17, I'm going to keep ranting here. This whole thing is definitely an afterthought, instead of something the author had as an actual backstory.
"Haymitch has his own troubles over in the woods, where the fluffy golden squirrels turn out to be carnivorous and attack in packs, and the butterfly stings bring agony if not death. But he persists in moving forward, always keeping the distant mountain at his back." —Catching Fire, Chapter 14.
You want to tell me that Haymitch kept over and over helping out young kids at the arena, and there's absolutely no mention of it? No comment on it, nor by Katniss, or Peeta? Wouldn't they be shocked to know the Haymitch they know used to behave like that?
The Catching Fire book implies it very clearly: he 'played' the games alone, without allies. Until his alliance with Mayselee.
Also, the huge alliance during the games, of non-career tributes, seems like something that would catch anyone's attention. Again, no mention of it anywhere.
Part of what fascinated me about Haymitch's games (tha tape, what was shown before SotR) it's things like— he discovered the force field on his own. He was smart, cunning. Meanwhile, SotR doesn't give me nearly enough proof that he is. Of course, there's the unreliable narrator, but, per example, it exasperated me so much when he's at the arena, sees the fruit trees and crystal clear river, sees that his backpack is suspiciously full of food and water, pills he knows are used for 'indigestion', plus the very air smells funny... And he's unable to do a two-plus-two equation and consider that MAYBE food and water are poisoned. Again, when he almost dies of poisoning, there's no mention of it on the tape Peeta and Katniss watch. "BUt THE'yrE JUsT WatChIng a TaPe TheY DoN'T nEEd to sHoW EveRYThinG". Yeah right, and it turns out it conveniently lets out most of SotR. It's almost like the things shown in CF and SotR don't add up because SotR is an afterthought. Hmm.
Just finished chapter 25. So the excuse is: propaganda. Propos. Ok. Even so, there's never a single mention, insinuation, or implication from Haymitch, or even Plutarch, in the OG trilogy that hint to these events. Of an attempt of a previous rebellion. Or that those games, the previous quarter quell games, were so manipulated. When Peeta and Katniss watched the tape... Wouldn't Haymitch would like to say something about it? No? Ok. It doesn't convince me. It's all too convenient.
Please, please someone tell me they're also disappointed with Sunrise on the Reaping
I basically only find praise everywhere, meanwhile I feel like it's such a letdown in comparison to the main trilogy. I'm halfway done with the book and there's some improvement, but the main problems are still there. It feels... Rushed, unpolished. Such a pity. I think so many positive reviews could be because of the initial hype, I mean, the book just came out and there was a lot of excitement before-hand... Hopefully after a while there'll be more balanced reviews.
Okay, I'm now on chapter 17, I'm going to keep ranting here. This whole thing is definitely an afterthought, instead of something the author had as an actual backstory.
"Haymitch has his own troubles over in the woods, where the fluffy golden squirrels turn out to be carnivorous and attack in packs, and the butterfly stings bring agony if not death. But he persists in moving forward, always keeping the distant mountain at his back." —Catching Fire, Chapter 14.
You want to tell me that Haymitch kept over and over helping out young kids at the arena, and there's absolutely no mention of it? No comment on it, nor by Katniss, or Peeta? Wouldn't they be shocked to know the Haymitch they know used to behave like that?
The Catching Fire book implies it very clearly: he 'played' the games alone, without allies. Until his alliance with Mayselee.
Also, the huge alliance during the games, of non-career tributes, seems like something that would catch anyone's attention. Again, no mention of it anywhere.
Part of what fascinated me about Haymitch's games (tha tape, what was shown before SotR) it's things like— he discovered the force field on his own. He was smart, cunning. Meanwhile, SotR doesn't give me nearly enough proof that he is. Of course, there's the unreliable narrator, but, per example, it exasperated me so much when he's at the arena, sees the fruit trees and crystal clear river, sees that his backpack is suspiciously full of food and water, pills he knows are used for 'indigestion', plus the very air smells funny... And he's unable to do a two-plus-two equation and consider that MAYBE food and water are poisoned. Again, when he almost dies of poisoning, there's no mention of it on the tape Peeta and Katniss watch. "BUt THE'yrE JUsT WatChIng a TaPe TheY DoN'T nEEd to sHoW EveRYThinG". Yeah right, and it turns out it conveniently lets out most of SotR. It's almost like the things shown in CF and SotR don't add up because SotR is an afterthought. Hmm.
Please, please someone tell me they're also disappointed with Sunrise on the Reaping
I basically only find praise everywhere, meanwhile I feel like it's such a letdown in comparison to the main trilogy. I'm halfway done with the book and there's some improvement, but the main problems are still there. It feels... Rushed, unpolished. Such a pity. I think so many positive reviews could be because of the initial hype, I mean, the book just came out and there was a lot of excitement before-hand... Hopefully after a while there'll be more balanced reviews.
People forget that in the Disney fairy tale films, wishes and dreams represented hope: specifically, hope for a better future when current times were tough. The movies were made for people who lived through the Great Depression and Second World War. Snow White and Cinderella were survivors of abuse who wanted to be loved, Pinocchio wanted to become and be recognized as a real person, Bambi and Dumbo lost their mothers and had to find their own ways in the world. But these characters all held onto hope via their wishes and dreams.
So it feels a little demoralizing when modern Disney films try to deconstruct "wishes and dreams" as passive acts. They're trying to tell people to pick themselves up by the bootstraps, because nothing's gonna change unless you change something. Which is true, I guess.
But deconstructing wishes and dreams feels a bit like deconstructing hope itself. And maybe I'm reaching with that connection, but it doesn't sit right with me.
@thealmightyemprex @ariel-seagull-wings @the-blue-fairie @adarkrainbow @princesssarisa
The thing is, and all these modern takes seem to ignore it, you can't always do "something". Think about it for a moment. These characters, like Snow White and Cinderella, didn't live in our time. They couldn't just walk out the door and get a job, they were absolutely trapped by their circumstances. It was either tolerate ir, or... Or what? Become beggars? Prostitutes? Die in their early twenties, if they managed to live that long?
So they did the only thing they could— dream, and do their best with what they had. Face everyday with a smile and a song, and hope in their hearts. It bothers me so much when I see those princesses being called weak. That's like saying women in abusive marriages, literally unable to leave, are weak. You can't always do something. But you can always dream that one day you'll be able to, and be prepared for it when the chance arrives (which is what they did, actually). Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
Writing Tips
Punctuating Dialogue
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➸ “This is a sentence.”
➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.
➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”
➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”
➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”
➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”
➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.
“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.
“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”
➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”
➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”
However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!
➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.
If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)
➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“
“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.
➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.
➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”
➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.
“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”
➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.
“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”
omg this is so helpful
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Writing with Colors
A list of resources to help you describe different colors in your writing.
The Color Thesaurus A collection of infographics that show various shades of different colors, each shade/color labeled by name.
Color Reference Chart Another collection of infographics that show various shades of different colors, each shade/color labeled by name.
Hair Color Reference Chart A collection of infographics that show various shades of different hair colors, each shade/color labeled by name.
Eye Color Reference Chart A collection of infographics that show various shades of blue, brown, and green eye colors, each shade/color labeled by name.
Different Ways to Describe Hazel Eyes A list of ideas and suggestions for describing hazel eyes. Can be used as prompts or for brainstorming.
Different Ways to Describe Green Eyes A list of ideas and suggestions for describing green eyes. Can be used as prompts or for brainstorming.
Different Ways to Describe Blue Eyes A list of ideas and suggestions for describing blue eyes. Can be used as prompts or for brainstorming.
Different Ways to Describe Brown Eyes A list of ideas and suggestions for describing brown eyes. Can be used as prompts or for brainstorming.
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