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[soulrph]

prompts for those with a reputation.

“ i heard you were back in town. ”

“ you’re not nearly as quiet as you believe yourself to be. ”

“ discretion was never as strong a suit for you as your… other, talents. ”

“ when they first said you were back, i thought they were delusional. now i worry that i’m the insane one. ”

“ they tell me you’re the one to go to for… well. my particular problem. ”

“ you were great. are great. but… you could’ve been legendary. ”

“ people are rather interested in making your acquaintance. ”

“ you know the police are still after you, right? ”

“ look at you. smirk and all, like we should be kissing your feet for existing. ”

“ you’ve gained quite the reputation, you know. ”

“ i’ve seen you. in the news… ”

“ is it true? what they say about you? ”

“ i don’t believe any of it. how can one person manage to pull that off? ”

“ i… i thought you’d be taller, for some reason. ”

“ you might tell me how you did it, some day. perhaps over drinks? ”

“ people would give their right arm just to have a chance at talking to you. ”

“ the entire world knows your name. and still, we whisper it. ”

“ you’re both renowned and a complete and utter mystery. ”

“ goodness. all the rumors about you, and you look… nothing like what i was anticipating. ”

“ everyone who’s anyone knows the story about you. but do we know the truth? ”

“ you really should hear some of the rumors about you. comedic gold… ”

“ well, the stories are obviously all fake. right? ”

[wondermemes]

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA, I’m Gonna Start A Fight!

Send a symbol for drama! Send “wildcard” for mun to pick!

🤐 for my muse to accidentally say too much out of anger

👁 for my muse to ask or pry for answers in a confrontational manner

💋 for my muse to say something passive aggressive towards your muse

💣 for my muse to drop a truth bomb on yours

😡 for my muse to say something about yours that’s been bothering them

👂 for my muse to have heard a comment from yours that they didn’t like

⭕ for my muse to disapprove something yours is doing or does

👎 if your muse has authority over mine, and mine is disobeying

☝️ if my muse has authority over yours, and yours is disobeying

💢 for your muse to touch mine (on the shoulder, poke, ect) to test them

🖐 for your muse to shove mine

👊 for your muse to either punch or slap mine

⚠️ for your muse to push mine against a wall

🛑 for my muse to react to being stopped physically by yours

🔺️ for my muse to react to being grabbed (by the hand, shoulder, ect) by yours

👀 for my muse to say a comment about yours, while mine thinks your muse isn’t around to hear

❌ for your muse having told mine something they need to hear but don’t want to

[promptfairy]

𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓   ♡   𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒

𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄

“  let’s go home.  ” “  um,  excuse me?  ” “  you broke it.  ” “  need a hand?  ” “  please,  help me.  ” “  i missed you.  ” “  i’m not sorry.  ” “  tell the truth.  ” “  what happened here?  ” “  got a minute?  ” “  life’s a bitch.  ” “  you’ve done enough.  ” “  i’m still learning.  ” “  don’t touch me.  ” “  was that you?  ” “  there’s no god.  ” “  you deserve better.  ” “  you’re a saint.  ” “  you are enough.  ” “  maybe you’re right.  ” “  this will pass.  ” “  you complete me.  ” “  you got this.  ”

𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑

“  don’t be so dramatic.  ” “  no guts,  no glory.  ” “  i’m calling for help.  ” “  run away with me.  ” “  it’s always been you.  ” “  some things take time.  ” “  you’re being awfully quiet.  ” “  please don’t hurt me.  ” “  snap out of it.  ” “  did you miss me?  ” “  how do i look?  ” “  i wanna get better.  ” “  whatever floats your boat.  ” “  i’ll love you always.  ” “  what are you waiting for?  ” “  at least i tried.  ” “  give me a kiss.  ” “  what’s the fucking point?  ” “  god,  i love you.  ” “  i’m doing my best.  ” “  i waited for you.  ” “  you woke me up.  ” “  stay with me tonight.  ”

𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄

“  you can’t keep doing this.  ” “  i think i love you  …  ” “  you make me feel special.  ” “  are you upset with me?  ” “  you need to heal first.  ” “  let me see the wound.  ” “  is your brain even on?  ” “  don’t give up on me.  ” “  you are perfect to me.  ” “  i can’t take this anymore.  ” “  you are my favorite person.  ” “  you had me at  ‘  hello.  ’   ” “  i wanted to see you.  ” “  don’t give me that look.  ” “  you’re a work of art.  ” “  i’m not scared of you.  ” “  i have  …  so many questions.  ”  “  do you think i’m stupid?  ” “  just tell me what happened.  ” “  i just want to help.  ” “  we need to be careful.  ” “  what did you just say?  ” “  i miss talking to you.  ”

[getmeclean]

Anonymously tell my muse what the fuck is wrong with them.

[glittermilk-rp]

Send 👄 to hear my muse’s thoughts about yours!

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[angelprompts]

without checking first, send me a number from 1-20 and I’ll write you a starter for our muses based in the setting of the image you picked !

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[smollmikey]

“secretly we all love angst” Sentence Starters

dont deny it DONT DENY IT 

“It never works for us, and it never will.”

“I’m done. I’m done trying so hard only for you to never even look in my direction.”

“I can’t fall in love with you.  I don’t want all the pain that comes with it.”

“My roommate had to go into my room and throw the sheets away because I haven’t been able to sleep in that bed since you left.”

“I keep asking myself “why isn’t the sun bright anymore” but then I remember you’re not in my life anymore and realize it’s just my own eyes.”

“I regret it all.  I really do, I swear.  Please, please– let’s fix this, please.”

“Remember when you promised we’d always be together?  Because I remember when I thought you meant it.”

“I can’t move on from something that wasn’t supposed to end!”

“The phone calls aren’t the same… I can hear in your voice that it’s not the same anymore.”

“I’m trying to avoid talking because I know what it’ll lead to, and I don’t want that to come.”

“Don’t you think you can fall back in love with me?”

“This whole time I’ve been using you to make me feel better, and you never caught on.  You never caught on.  I want you to hate me now, but I don’t think you’re even able to.”

“Kissing me breaks the promise… remember?”

“Every time we fix things something else ends up breaking.”

“Why don’t we stop pretending we’re not on a road to destruction?”

“It wasn’t even fun at first, honestly.  It was just like… Morphine.”

“You’re just not enough anymore.”

“It’s been too long since you’ve really smiled.”

“Ah, it was all my fault.  Wasn’t it?”

“To think, we thought just the sex would be enough to keep us in love.”

“Back then, I lied when I told you I didn’t love you.  You needed to move on from me– I needed to protect you from me.”

“You never had that shine in your eyes when you were with me.”

“Quit trying to fix me when you need to just fix yourself.”

“I’m so tired of everything about us, and about how we thought we were in love, and how we think forcing it can make us be in love– I’m so tired of it.”

“This whole time you’ve still been in love with him/her… Not me.”

“I couldn’t make you fall in love with me.  I thought I could do it, I really did, but… But I know you… And this isn’t love.”

“Did you really think I needed that kiss back then when all that you conveyed in it was pity?”

“To think I’ve changed so much to get you to like me, and you still never really look my way.”

“I know I deserve better than you.  I realize that, but you were so broken… I didn’t want to be the one that made you shatter.”

“All of this was to protect myself.”

“I feel like I’ve been looking for who you used to be… Back when you were actually happy.”

“I never want to even hear your name during my life anymore.”

“Your lips used to be sanctuary, but now I just feel trapped.”

“Isn’t it time we both stopped pretending we make each other happy?”

“The thing I regret the most is giving you so much hope by agreeing to this date.”

“We have the kind of history anyone would never want to think about again, and you’re hear asking me on a date?”

“What makes you think I’ll be any different this time?”

“I’ll let you down.  I will always let you down.  I’m not enough for you to be satisfied.”

“Are you satisfied with the mess you’ve created out of me?”

“I should have listened to everyone who told me this was a bad idea.”

“I’ve never met someone who can so gently destroy me the way you do.”

“I can’t forget about him/her!  It’s not in my power to forget how he/she felt when they loved me.”

“The saddest thing is that when I told him/her I loved him/her, he/she thought I was lying.  He/she never believed someone could fall in love with him/her.”

“Listen…  You’re his/her best friend… and I completely fucked up– it’s over between us, but… please, punch me, or punish me, or do something to me because he/she just… cried.  He/she wasn’t even angry, they were just so sad– Please, be angry at me, please.  Give me what I deserve.”

“It would have been better if we never met.”

“You’re my regret.”

“I’m not angry at you, just at myself… Because I knew this would happen, but I let myself fall in love with you anyways.”

“Don’t tell me to give up like everything is meaningless.”

“This is why I don’t let myself fall in love.”

“Somewhere deep inside me, I still have hope that you’ll fall in love.  How pathetic.”

send a sentence and a name xx

[littlelovelymemes]

𝐚𝐬𝐤  𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐞 :    𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔  𝒒𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔

‘  i’ll  find  you  again ,  wherever  we  end  up  next .  ’

‘  the  enormity  of  my  desire  disgusts  me .  ’

‘  please ,  one  more  kiss  in  the  kitchen  before  we  turn  the  lights  off .  ’

‘  i’ve  been  lost  but  i’m  here  now .  you’re  the  only  person  who  has  ever  been  able  to  find  me .  ’

‘  almost  dead  yesterday ,  maybe  dead  tomorrow ,  but  alive ,  gloriously  alive ,  today .  ’

‘  you  are  not  broken .  ’

‘  you  can  love  and  be  loved ,  despite  what  may  feel  like  the  eternally  brutal  nature  of  the  world .  ’

‘  i  did  violence  to  my  own  heart .  ’

‘  will  i  be  forgiven  for  the  sins  i  did  not  commit ,  but  created ?  ’

‘  i  would  never  kiss  anyone  who  doesn’t  burn  me  like  the  sun .  ’

‘  i  would  rather  break  the  world  than  lose  you .  ’

‘  i  think  you  and  i  have  known  each  other  in  a  few  lifetimes .  ’

‘  i  didn’t  know .  i  had  no  idea  how  greedy  my  heart  really  was .  ’

‘  is  that  why  the  idea  of  losing  you  torments  me  so  much ?  ’

‘  how  long  have  i  been  without  you ?  ’

‘  am  i  foolish  for  wanting  this ?  it  will  end  in  flames .  it  always  does .  ’

‘  sorry  about  the  blood  in  your  mouth .  i  wish  it  was  mine .  ’

‘  if  i  love  you ,  is  that  a  fact  or  a  weapon ?  ’

‘  tell  me  how  all  this ,  and  love  too ,  will  ruin  us .  ’

‘  and  you  realize  the  one  person  in  the  world  who  loves  you  isn’t  the  one  you  thought  it  would  be .  ’

‘  it  cannot  be  a  mistake  to  have  cared .  it  cannot  be  an  error  to  have  tried .  it  cannot  be  incorrect  to  have  loved .  ’

‘  finally ,  i  plead  guilty  of  adoring  you .  ’

‘  a  child  weaned  on  poison  considers  harm  a  comfort .  ’

‘  without  realizing ,  i  find  it  in  myself  that  i  cannot  stop  thinking  about  you .  ’

‘  tomorrow ,  when  i  wake  up ,  i  promise ,  i  will  be  better .  ’

‘  someone  has  to  leave  first .  this  is  a  very  old  story .  there  is  no  other  version  of  this  story .  ’

‘  when  i  imagine  myself ,  i  am  always  leaving .  i  couldn’t  draw  my  own  face  if  god  asked .  ’

‘  do  we  simply  stare  at  what’s  horrible  and  forgive  it ?  ’

‘  i  wanted  to  let  go  of  the  pain  even  though  it  was  the  last  thing  that  felt  alive  from  you .  ’

‘  have  i  endured  loneliness  with  grace ?  ’

‘  i’ll  be  your  slaughterhouse ,  your  killing  floor ,  your  morgue  and  final  resting ,  walking  around  with  this  bullet  inside  me  ‘cause  i  couldn’t  make  you  love  me  and  i  am  tired  of  pulling  your  teeth .  ’

‘  and  then  my  soul  saw  you  and  kind  of  went ,  ‘ oh ,  there  you  are .  i’ve  been  looking  for  you . ’  ’

‘  sometimes  it  feels  like  someone  else  is  wearing  my  body .  ’

‘  i  spent  my  life  arguing  how  i  mattered  until  it  didn’t  matter .  ’ 

‘  who  knew  my  haven  would  be  my  coffin ?  ’

‘  dead  is  the  safest  i’ve  ever  been .  ’

‘  i’ve  never  been  so  alive .  ’ 

‘  you  know  what  i  was  gonna  tell  you  before ,  but  didn’t  have  the  nerve ?  you  got  your  name  written  all  over  me .  i  got  my  name  written  on  you ,  too .  ’ 

‘  you  already  are  something .  you  always  were .  and  you  still  have  time  to  be .  ’

‘  you  know  me  by  heart .  it  infuriates  me  that  you  know  me  by  heart .  ’ 

‘  why  am  i  waiting  for  you ?  hungering  and  thirsting  for  you  in  every  cranny  of  my  soul  and  even  in  my  ribs ?  ’ 

‘  you  came  with  a  handful  of  pain  and  a  smile  which  broke  the  ground  under  my  feet  as  the  earthquake  does  when  two  people  meet .  ’

‘  the  only  good  thing  is  that  i’m  getting  used  to  suffering .  ’

‘  the  return  to  time  was  not  my  choice .  ’

‘  we  are  built  to  live  inside  each  other .  this  means  we  are  built  to  ruin .  ’

‘  time  does  not  bring  relief ;  you  all  have  lied .  ’

‘  time  does  not  know  how  to  keep  our  hopes  safe .  ’

‘  you  needed  me  so  much  that  you  had  to  end  me .  ’

‘  there  are  days  where  i  am  morbidly  in  love  with  you ,  and  this  is  one  of  those  days .  ’

‘  i  know  no  end  to  desiring  you .  ’

‘  i  fear  that  i  am  both  too  much  yet  not  enough .  ’

‘  yes ,  yes ,  yes ,  i  do  like  you .  i  am  afraid  to  say  the  stronger  word .  ’ 

‘  a  heart’s  a  heavy  burden .  ’

‘  life ,  as  i  see  it ,  is  all  about  farewells  rather  than  reunions .  ’

‘  heaven  is  real  and  you  only  had  two  minutes  to  prove  it  to  me .  ’

‘  it  was  already  love .  ’

‘  everyone  desires  love  but  also  finds  it  impossible  to  believe  that  they  deserve  it .  ’

‘  i’ll  love  you  until  i  forget  how  to .  ’

‘  i’ll  love  you  until  i  forget  how  to  and  then  i’ll  fall  like  my  knees  aren’t  already  bruised  from  doing  it  and  i’ll  remember  why  you’re  worth  the  ache .  ’

‘  of  course  i’ll  hurt  you .  of  course  you’ll  hurt  me .  of  course  we’ll  hurt  each  other .  but  this  is  the  very  condition  of  existence .  ’

‘  nothing  makes  me  sadder  and  nothing  makes  me  happier  than  you .  ’

‘  i  love  you  and  i  do  not  want  to  love  you ,  it  is  too  much  and  too  difficult .  ’

‘  grief  is  just  love  with  no  place  to  go .  ’

‘  i  felt  my  life  with  both  my  hands  to  see  if  it  was  there .  ’

‘  you  do  this ,  you  do .  you  take  the  things  you  love  and  you  tear  them  apart .  ’

‘  i  hope  it’s  love .  i’m  trying  really  hard  to  make  it  love .  ’

‘  if  you  touch  me  again  i  might  burn  up  in  the  cold  air .  ’

‘  i  asked  you  not  to  leave  several  times .  ’

‘  i’ve  only  adored  you  lifetimes  ago  and  here  we  are .  it’s  nice  to  see  you  again .  ’

‘  all  time  ever  does  is  pass  and  all  i  ever  do  is  remember .  ’

‘  i  feel  as  though  we  were  never  strangers ,  you  and  i ,  not  even  for  a  moment .  ’

‘  i’d  choose  you ;  in  a  hundred  different  lifetimes ,  in  a  hundred  worlds ,  in  any  version  of  reality ,  i’d  find  you  and  i’d  choose  you .  ’

‘  nothing  about  this  is  soft  but  we  pretend .  ’

‘  maybe  you  and  i  are  just  a  dream .  ’

‘  i  know  you  loved  me  too ,  you  knew  me ,  and  it  gladdens  my  heart .  ’

‘  i  promise  i  shall  never  give  up  and  that  i’ll  die  yelling  and  laughing .  ’

‘  i  don’t  do  anything  with  my  life  except  romanticize  and  decay  with  indecision .  ’

‘  the  world  was  made  so  that  we  could  find  each  other  in  it .  ’

‘  you  don’t  meet  the  people  you  love ,  you  recognize  them .  ’

‘  i  think  you  and  i  have  known  each  other  a  few  lifetimes .  ’

‘  this  body  knows  fear  like  a  front  porch  knows  welcome  –  it  is  always  coming  home .  ’

‘  i  miss  you  more  than  i  remember  you .  ’

‘  if  i  could  have  done  it  all  again ,  i  would  have  loved  you  better .  but  i  could  not  have  loved  you  more .  ’

‘  we  could  have  been  happy .  i  know  that ,  and  it  is  perhaps  the  hardest  thing  to  know .  ’

‘  you  want  a  better  story .  who  wouldn’t ?  ’

[littlelovelymemes]

𝐚𝐬𝐤  𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐞 :    ’ 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄  𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 ’  𝒍𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒄  𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔

–     WTF  DO  I  KNOW  :

❛  i’m  not  tryna  have  another  conversation .  ❜

❛  i’m  completely  naked ,  but  i’m  making  it  fashion .  ❜

❛  am  i  wrong  that  i  moved  on  and  i  don’t  even  miss you ?  ❜

❛  though  that  i’d  be  you  until  i  die ,  but  i  let  go .  ❜

❛  what  the  fuck  do  i  know ?  ❜

❛  i’m  alone .  ❜

❛  what  the  fuck  do  i  know ?  i’m  alone .  ❜

❛  i  couldn’t  be  somebody’s  hero .  ❜

❛  you  want  an  apology ?  ❜

❛  you  want  an  apology ?  not  from  me .  had  to  leave  you  in  your  own  misery .  ❜

❛  think  that  i’m  the  problem ?  i’m  the  solution .  ❜

❛  am  i  wrong  that  i  moved  on ?  ❜

–     ANGELS  LIKE  YOU   :

❛  won’t  call  me  by  name ,  only  ‘ baby ’ .  ❜

❛  the  more  that  you  give ,  the  less  that  i  need .  ❜

❛  everyone  says  i  look  happy  when  it  feels  right .  ❜

❛  i  know  that  you’re  wrong  for  me .  ❜

❛  gonna  wish  we  never  met  on  the  day  i  leave .  ❜

❛  i  brought  you  down  on  your  knees  cause  they  say  that  misery  loves  company .  ❜

❛  it’s  not  your  fault  that  i  ruin  everything .  ❜

❛  it’s  not  your  fault  i  can’t  be  what  you  need .  ❜

❛  angels  like  you  can’t  fly  down  here  with  me .  ❜

❛  i’m  everything  they  said  i  would  be .  ❜

❛  a  little  more  hurt  won’t  kill  you .  ❜

–      GIMME  WHAT  I  WANT   :

❛  careful ,  you  might  hurt  yourself .  ❜

❛  pleasure  leads  to  pain .  ❜

❛  you  might  be  insane ,  but  maybe  we’re  the  same .  ❜

❛  tonight  you  came  here  cause  you  know  what  i  need  and  no  one  likes  to  be  alone .  ❜

❛  no  one  likes  to  be  alone .  ❜

❛  i  just  need  a  lover .  ❜

–     MIDNIGHT  SKY   :

❛  it’s been  a  long  time  since  i  felt  this  good  on  my  own .  ❜

❛  i  was  born  to  run .  ❜

❛  i  don’t  belong  to  anyone .  ❜

❛  i  don’t  need  to  be  loved  by  you .  ❜

❛  it  ain’t  so  bad  if  i  wanna  make  a  couple  mistakes .  ❜

❛  you  should  know  right  now  that  i  never  stay  put  in  one  place .  ❜

–     HIGH   :

❛  sometimes  i  get  a  little  too  hurt .  ❜

❛  i  did  my  very  best  saying  goodbye .  ❜

❛  i  don’t  miss  you  but  i  think  of  you  and  don’t  know  why .  ❜

❛  sometimes  i  stay  up  all  night  cause  you  don’t  ever  talk  to  me  in  my  dreams .  ❜

–      HATE  ME   :

❛  go  ahead ,  you  can  say  it’s  my  fault .  ❜

❛  i  thought  one  of  these  days  you  might  call .  ❜

❛  i  thought  one  of  these  days  you  might  call  when  you  were  feeling  small .  ❜

❛  i  know  i’m  not  on  your  mind .  ❜

❛  would  it  be  too  hard  to  say  goodbye ?  ❜

❛  i  hope  that  it’s  enough  to  make  you  cry .  ❜

❛  maybe  one  day  you  won’t  hate  me .  ❜

❛  go  ahead ,  you  can  say  i’ve  changed .  ❜

❛  one  drink  and  i’m  back  to  that  place .  ❜

–     NEVER  BE  ME   :

❛  i  know  i  do  this  every  time .  ❜

❛  i  don’t  wanna  push  you  way  too  much .  ❜

❛  i  don’t  wanna  lean  that  way  too  far .  ❜

❛  i  don’t  wanna  ever  learn  the  hard  way .  ❜

❛  if  you’re  looking  for  stable ,  that’ll  never  be  me .  ❜

❛  if  you’re  looking  for  faithful ,  that’ll  never  be  me .  ❜

❛  if  you’re  looking  for  someone  to  be  all  that  you  need ,  that’ll  never  be  me .  ❜

❛  dry  your  tears  now ,  don’t  you  cry .  ❜

❛  i’m  by  your  side ,  at  least  for  awhile .  ❜

–     GOLDEN  G  STRING   :

❛  i  did  it  all  to  make  you  love  me  and  to  feel  alive .  ❜

❛  i  should  walk  away .  ❜

❛  i  should  walk  away ,  but  i  think  i’ll  stay .  ❜

❛  there  are  layers  to  this  body ,  primal  sex  and  primal  shame .  ❜

❛  i  was  trying  to  own  my  power .  ❜

❛  you  dare  to  call  me  crazy ,  have  you  looked  around  this  place ?  ❜

❛  if  you  can’t  make  ends  meet ,  it  must  be  your  fault .  ❜

❛  i  can’t  walk  away .  ❜

[littlelovelymemes]

𝐚𝐬𝐤  𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐞 :   𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔  𝒍𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒄  𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 .

❛  i’ve  got  a  bad  desire .  ❜

❛  is  s/he  good  to  you ?  ❜

❛  i  can  wish  all  that  i  want ,  but  it  won’t  bring  us  together .  ❜

❛  who  am  i  to  ask  for  more ,  more ,  more ?  ❜

❛  you’re  the  gun  in  my  lips  that  will  blow  my  brains  out .  ❜

❛  i’ll  be  the  best  you  ever  had  if  you  let  me .  ❜

❛  i  felt  alive  for  a  little  while .  ❜

❛  i  felt  your  love  for  a  little  while .  ❜

❛  i  said  that  i  could  just  be  what  you  wanted  as  if  i  could  keep  a  promise .  ❜

❛  you  won’t  see  me  walk  away .  ❜

❛  i  don’t  like  myself  when  i’m  awake .  ❜

❛  you  keep  your  love  just  out  of  reach .  ❜

❛  i  know  that  if  i  touch  it’ll  make  you  feel  weak .  i  think  you  can  take  it .  ❜

❛  what  has  this  all  done  to  you ?  ❜

❛  i  just  wanted  to  love  you .  ❜

❛  i  didn’t  want  all  this  trouble .  ❜

❛  i  just  wanted  to  be  your  baby  sometimes  too .  ❜

❛  i  just  wanted  to  love  you ,  i  didn’t  want  all  this  trouble .  ❜

❛  tell  me  about  the  others  and  i’ll  carry  the  weight .  ❜

❛  please  never  leave  me  alone .  ❜

❛  i’ll  never  leave  you  alone .  ❜

❛  i  think  i  need  you  to  make  my  body  work .  ❜

❛  a  year  from  now  we’ll  all  be  gone .  ❜

❛  nothing  is  as  it  has  been  and  i  miss  your  face  like  hell .  ❜

❛  i’m  afraid  of  change ,  guess  that’s  why  we  stay  the  same .  ❜

❛  tell  me  to  leave ,  i’ll  pack  my  bags ,  get  on  the  road .  ❜

❛  find  someone  that  loves  you  better  than  i  do .  ❜

❛  you  remind  me  every  day  i’m  not  enough  but  i  still  stay .  ❜

❛  feels  like  a  lifetime  just  tryna  get  by  while  we’re  dying  inside .  ❜

❛  i’ve  done  a  lot  of  things  wrong  loving  you  being  one ,  but  i  can’t  move  on .  ❜

❛  i  want  you  more  than  i  need  you .  i  need  you  so  bad .  ❜

❛  are  you  coming  back ?  ❜

❛  if  you  hadn’t  come  over  i  would  be  so  much  colder .  ❜

❛  without  you ,  i  am  surely  the  last  of  our  kind .  ❜

❛  you  catch  me  when  i’m  falling .  sometimes  i  wish  you  wouldn’t .  ❜

❛  i  know  there’s  something  waiting  for  us .  ❜

❛  i’m  sick  of  the  chase ,  but  i’m  stupid  in  love  and  there’s  nothing  i  can  do .  ❜

❛  i  mistakenly  called  them  by  your  name .  ❜

❛  i  feel  no  need  to  forgive  but  i  might  as  well .  ❜

❛  pay  for  my  coffee  and  leave  before  the  sun  goes  down .  ❜

❛  i’ll  never  see  you  again  if  i  can  help  it .  ❜

❛  please  stay  with  me .  ❜

❛  i  don’t  wanna  be  alone .  ❜

❛  i  won’t  stop  you  from  leaving .  ❜

❛  i  know  i’m  not  what  you  wanted ,  am  i ?  ❜

❛  i  don’t  argue ,  it’s  not  worth  the  effort  to  lie .  ❜

❛  nothing  turns  out  like  how  i  pictured  it .  ❜

❛  how  can  i  want  you  a  little  bit  more  than  i  did  before ?  ❜

❛  you  didn’t  need  me  no  more .  ❜

❛  i  knew  that  you  didn’t  love  me  no  more .  ❜

[mrgankingston-blog]

Plot This: Structure Guide

Alright so if you’re a writer then you’ve probably familiarized yourself with plot…and the structure it provides to a novel. There are countless articles online on “how to plot a novel” or the like. Which is fantastic for you writers because it’s at a fingers reach from us. Not so great when there’s about…a billion ways one can go about plotting a novel. It can seem daunting and overwhelming and more important confusing! 

I want to break down this massive task bit by bit. Starting with the very bare bones and working into more detailed parts. Making it more manageable.

 Now, I know some of you might roll your eyes and say I know all there is to know about plot. I was you. I went into every workshop and craft class thinking the same thing. And yet, when I started plotting my recent WIP ( The Cost of Defeat ) I realized I didn’t know jack. I thought every story I ever wrote would adhere to my system of structure because of sheer will and blunt force. Yeah wrong.

It wasn’t until just recently I started diving into the structure ( because I like pretty diagrams and being organized way more than I should) that I discovered there are a lot of different Plot Structures out there. No one bothered to ever teach me let alone discuss these things. My mind was blown. 

Some worked better for me than others. Some mesh better together than others. It’s all about experimenting and figuring out what works for you. And I’m hoping that this will also help others, or at least give a jumping off point. Now it’s not a whole list ( there’s a lot of elements that I could probably talk about by themselves) but it’s a good overview of the popular ones that reoccur a lot.

1) Freytag’s Pyramid

Freytag’s pyramid is the most basic plot structure I know. It’s the one we’ve all seen in school when we start learning about story structure and analysis.

This bad boy is the simplest plot structure used to dissect and understand Greek and Shakespearean Plays. 

Pros     x Simplistic. Makes it easy to understand      x Great for those just starting ( or those who want to understand film and literature analysis.     x Great for AP Literature/Comp papers

Cons     x It creates simple stories     x Not super awesome for modern novels or anything longer than about 25K words

Uses     x Children’s Literature. Picture books mostly. Children are still learning to understand things like conflict effect on characters and having such a long falling action allows for that.     x Short Stories. Since short stories are compact for punch, this structure allows you to get the most done without boring the reader in 25K words or less.   x Analysis. This structure is the easiest and most common to apply to plays, film, tv and even in classic literature. It’s a great way to dissect plot and events in order to better understand the pieces working parts 

Examples: Shakespeare's Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet                    Sophocles’s  Antigone                    Henrik Ibsen  A Doll House

2) Three-Act Structure

The Three-Act Structure is probably the most known. We all know this intuitively as storytellers. Everything needs a beginning middle and end, after all.

This structure is very similar to Freytag’s Pyramid but adds elements that beef up and create points of interest. Obstacles, for example, add conflict and build up suspense for the climax. It’s also important to note that the falling action and resolution is much more compact.

Pros    x  basic building block for all good stories    x  Roadmap-like so you can be systematic about things    x  Good “big-picture” visual

Cons    x  Pacing is super important for this    x  Bit rigid and formulaic

Uses     x  Literally anything. Because it’s versatile it works on  a plethera of stuff, let your imagineation run wild.     x Film analysis. This struccture is like the holy grail in almost any film class ( sometimes they call it the four act structure)

Examples:  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes                    Alfred Hitchcock’s  Vertigo                    Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice

3) The Fichtean Curve

The Fichten Curve Is really unique in that it starts right with the rising action. There ain’t no time to build up or nice slow introductions, you’re dumping the readers right where it hurts. But you make up that lost time with the small bits of exposition

This is one of the most popular plot structures for modern novels.

Pros     x  A lot of opportunities to ramp up the stakes, bit after bit     x Good for pacing     x  Great for Overcoming Monster & Quest stories     x Translate over almost any genre

Cons     x Not a lot of time to slow down, breathe     x Not suited for Voyage and Return, Comedy or Rebirth stories

Uses    x Thrillers/Mystery novels. You need something to keep readers in the story, chomping at the bit. here’s the plot structure for you.    

Examples: Max Brooks’s World War Z                  

4) Plot Embryo/Hero’s Journey

The Hero’s Journey is also super common in the literature (namely western literature) With this plot the protagonist ( the hero of hero’s journey) undergoes a literal or figurative death-like transformation that changes him. 

The protagonist must venture from one state into another. To take it a step further there’s a variation called the Ploy Embyro. Dan Harmon takes the hero’s journey a bit deeper and modernizes. [ here’a great video on it by youtuber Rachel Stephen x] 

As you can see, the Hero’s Journey and Ploy Embyro are both cyclical. This baby comes full circle in both plot and character. They have similar plot points. But if I were to gush about this the post would be waaay longer than it already is. This is one of my preferred methods because it just makes sense for me and allows me to have some freedom and wiggle room while still adhering to the 3 acts.

Pros     x Character development holla, cause this is where it’s at.     x Visually appealing     x  Simple 8 point outline ( for those who might not enjoy long-winded outlines)     x  Works alongside A beat sheet ( if you use that sort of thing)     x  The holy grail for myths.

Cons     x Overdone ( but it doesn’t have to be a bad thing)     x Not suited for those who really detailed outlines

Uses     x Adventure Stories. It is all about the adventure and journey with this     x Myth Retellings. I mean it’s based on the myth structure of the Odyssey and the like so it makes sense

Examples: Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird                    Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief                   J. R R. Tolktien’s The Hobbit

5) In Media Res

A literal translation to “In the Middle”. This plot structure dumps you right in the middle of the story.  Think if you were to open a story on the second of third crisis/pinch point. there’s still a lot of upward trajectory to go before the climax.

Don’t confuse this with simply opening a story mid fight/action. Media Res starts well deep into the story itself, close to the climax but with enough room you can still build up to it.

Pros     x High Actions     x Simple and fun to play with     x A good use for flashbacks     x Hell of a hook for readers

Cons     x  Can be confusing for reader’s if not done right     x  No build up     x takes some finessing to get just right

Uses      x Mysteries. This is a great plot if you want to start a story perhaps where the killer has already committed the murder.    x Epic Poems. Maybe you wanna write the next epic poem, this is great for that.       Examples  John Milton’s Paradise Lost                    Homer’s Illiad                    George Lucas’s  Star Wars 

Now I could go on and on but this monster of a post has carried on long enough. If there’s a certain structure you’d like me to go into more detail about feel free to leave a comment on this post and I’ll be sure to add it to my line up!! As always happy writing/creating!

        XO Morgan

[rockinrpmemes]

Handy dandy chart to tell the difference if you don’t know:

CHARACTER BEING NORMAL:

Playful flirting.

Flirting that goes “nowhere,” since the muse uses their prowess to trap and trick.

Their muse saying they want/like your muse.

Their muse complimenting and coming onto your muse.

Getting rejected from advances, and BOTH muses reacting IC.

Muses that use terms of endearment like: “honey”, “baby”, “sweetie”, “kitten”, “darling”…

A sexual or flirtatious muse being sexual or flirtatious with everyone/your muse.

Any N.SFW character being N.SFW.

Communication. IE: Their mun tells you in PMs they’re 100% ok with your muse not returning feelings/attraction, and asking you to tell them when to stop.

CHARACTER ( MUN ) FORCING A SHIP:

Nonstop romantic/sexualized attention from their muse even when you told their mun: “NO.”

Telling the mun that their muse is dating/is family of their muse when you don’t even know each other, let alone never asking permission.

Hardcore Fanon or Canon shippers that believe because THEY ship “the thing,” you better too, or else no one will rp with you, so you give in ( even if you don’t ship it ) just to have rps.

Spreading foul rumors and lies about the mun who won’t ship with you in order to ruin their reputation and cancel them in the rpc because: “if I can’t have them, no one will.” 

Muns that project through their muse onto you as if it’s your responsibility to satisfy their weird personal fantasies, or else.

Sending creepy, sexual anons even though the mun never answers them, and has tried blocking you.

WHAT GETS CONFUSING:

When a muse flirts back, and acts as if they want the romantic advances of the other muse—then suddenly the mun posts passive-aggressive ooc posts on their dash about being uncomfortable with X and Z, shaming you publicly.

Dropping a ship out of nowhere, then coming back later because the mun is bored and wants the ship after all, but then drops it all over again.

Muns that don’t communicate in general; you can’t accuse people of forcing anything unless you post in your rules, or tell your partner you don’t approve of the interaction. NO ONE here is a mind-reader! 

It’s your own responsibility to set clear, verbal boundaries.

[saintedfury]

Send me a ship and a number and I'll tell you

susurrusilous:

- How do they fall asleep? Wake up? Any daily rituals?

- How’s their team work? Do they share well?

- Are they open about their relationship? How do they feel about public displays of affection?

- First impression of each other? Was it love at first sight?

- Nicknames? Pet names? Any in-jokes?

- Any tasks that are always left to one person?

- What annoys them the most about their partner? Would they change it if they could?

- What do the like best about their partner?

- Do they discuss big issues? Religion? Marriage? Children? Death?

- Who drives? Cooks? Does the handiwork? Cleans? Pays the bills? Handles the public?

- Do they celebrate holidays? Anniversaries?

- Is there a wedding? What was the proposal like? Any kind of honeymoon?

- What do they do for fun? Do they have a favorite activity or do they like to switch things up?

- Anything they both dread?

- How adventurous are they?

- Do they keep secrets? Lie? Cheat?

- What would make them break up? Would it be permanent?

- What are their dates like? How long do/did they date? Do they ever feel the need to take a break from each other?

- What do they fight about? What are their arguments like? How do they make up?

- What does their home look like? Their room?

- Do they share any interests or hobbies?

- Does their work ever interfere with the relationship?

- How do they hug? Kiss? Tease? Flirt? Comfort?

- Any doubts about the relationship?

- How much time do they spend together? Do they share their feelings, or hold things in?

- How do their friends feel about their relationship? Their families?

- Do they have kids? Grow old together? Split up?

- What are their vacations like?

- How do the handle disasters or emergencies? Minor injuries? Sickness?

- Could they manage a long distance relationship?

- Do they finish each other’s sentences? Pick up any phrases or habits from each other? Know when the other is hiding something?

- Do they ever get into trouble? Is it serious, or are they just mischievous?

- What kind of presents do they get each other? Do they only do it on special occasions?

- Do they have any pets?

- Do they bring out the best in each other, or the worst? Do they have a fatal flaw?

- What’s their greatest strength as a couple? Their weakness?

- How much would they be willing to sacrifice for the other? Any lines they refuse to cross?

- What are they like in the bedroom? Any kinks/fetishes/turn-ons? Anything they won’t do?

- Who initiated the relationship? Who kissed who first?  When did they realize they were in love?

- Any special memories? Do they have a special place they like to go to?

- Are they party-goers? What are they like when they’re drunk? Does it happen often?

- Do they let each other get away with things that would normally bother them?

- Do they talk often? What about?

- Are the comfortable with each other? Anything they have to have their privacy for?

- Any special dreams or goals they have as a couple? Any heartbreaks? Regrets?

[trainstationgoodbye]

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[elumish]

How to Write (US) Government Clearances

Step 1: Not like that (please, please, please)

Step 2: Like this:

1) What is a clearance?

A security clearance in the US is an official determination by the government that a person is allowed to access classified information or a restricted area. It comes after a pretty extensive background check and is basically the government deciding to trust that the person won't misuse, reveal, copy, sell, etc the data or access.

2) Who gets a clearance?

Because a clearance is to access classified information/restricted areas, people get them if they need that access for their jobs. That basically boils down to: government employees or contractors who work with classified information, and government employees or contractors who need to access restricted areas. The janitorial staff at the CIA have security clearances. In fact, at least some government janitorial staff workers are also government employees in other low-level positions (analysts, etc) because they already have a clearance.

3) What kinds of clearances are there?

There are three main levels of clearance (Secret, Top Secret, and Top Secret/Compartmented) and then there's what's known as a Public Trust.

Public Trust allows access to sensitive but not classified information, and it is what many federal government employees and contractors have. It is agency- or department-specific, so an employee or contractor switching from one agency or department to another will likely need to go through another background check and obtain another Public Trust. This can be moderate-risk or high-risk depending on the type of information that the person would have access to, such as tax data or law enforcement information.

Secret (S) allows access to Secret classified information.

Top Secret (TS) allows access to Secret and Top Secret classified information.

Top Secret/Compartmented (TS/SCI) allows access to not only Secret and Top Secret classified information but also Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). This is generally what we think of when we think of "codeword" clearance.

4) What does getting a clearance look like?

It depends on the level of clearance. It requires filling out either the Standard Form (SF) 85 for Public Trust or SF 86 for S/TS/SCI, which is done electronically on e-QIP. There is then a background check which involves a credit check, employment check, and investigators speaking to listed references for all places of employment, education, and domicile. For more stringent checks like a high-risk Public Trust or S/TS/SCI, an investigator will talk to the person.

A short clearance process may take a couple months. A long process may take over a year.

For high level clearances, a polygraph may be required. There are a couple main types of polygraph: Counter Intelligence and Full-Scope (Lifestyle).

An individual can't apply for a clearance on their own. This either happens through employment with the government or through a contract with the government. Because a clearance doesn't automatically expire when a person leaves their position, someone can get a clearance at one place and then take it with them to another. This is really common and, because clearances take a long time

There are a lot of things that can cause someone to be rejected. Poor financial history is the main one, along with foreign activities and a criminal record. They don't want someone who can be blackmailed into sharing classified information or access, they don't want someone who might do it inadvertently, they don't want someone who is so desperate for money they would sell it, and they don't want someone who is loyal to somewhere/something other than the United States who might willingly choose to give that information over.

What does it mean if you character has a clearance?

They can access classified information, but only the classified information have a job-related reason to access. It's not actually allowed to go randomly poking around in classified networks to find interesting stuff.

They can't legally tell classified information to people who don't have both a high enough clearance and a job-related reason to know.

If they work with SCI, they do so in a SCIF

They either work for the government, used to work for the government, or are/used to be a government contractor

They likely wouldn't go around talking about their clearance. It's generally frowned upon

[fixyourwritinghabits]

I’ve had Top Secret clearance before (hi I’ve been in the military, don’t ask), and this point here is really important:

They can access classified information, but only the classified information have a job-related reason to access. It's not actually allowed to go randomly poking around in classified networks to find interesting stuff. 

Any level of security clearance will not give you access to things not related to your job, and other agencies are out of the question. Period. You certainly can’t use it your DOJ clearance to poke into files from the FBI unless you are already working on said files. Clearance levels are not freebies.

Also this may or may not be obvious, your duty to keep to that clearance does not expire after you leave said job. If you have knowledge of something Top Secret from twenty years ago and it has not been declassified, you are not allowed to discuss it or face possible prosecution.

You know what your character can do instead? Use the Freedom of Information Act to find stuff out. It’s not a magical fix and it can be slow, but there is a goldmine of information the government is required to give you. Journalists benefit from this all the time, and if this is what your character needs, research into what they do to get information.

[vaememes]

𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠  𝚊𝚗𝚍  𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎  𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚜.      ( feel free to change pronouns, potentially triggering, read & reblog with caution. )

’ i look like my mother and she looked like the enemy. ‘

’ i’ve never been welcomed here. ‘

‘ keep a pencil in your hand. or else someone will put a rifle in it instead. ‘

‘ i spent years thinking i’d find a way out. ‘

‘ i’m old enough to know the only way out, is through. ‘

‘ well, i need someone to take the fall for my petty crimes, that’s all. ‘

‘ we learned some good life lessons back then. ‘

‘ one: don’t cry in public. ‘

‘ she/he/they isn’t like you. no one is. ‘

‘ you’re the one of us who believes in a higher power. ‘

‘ when i get the nerves the night before i like to have a good tumble with a stranger. ‘

‘ you don’t seem like the type to do what they should. ‘

‘ well, turns out they do need me, so. ‘

‘ you’re a terrible shot. ‘

‘ when i was young, i had nightmares about it. ‘

‘ if it goes wrong, come back. you’ve lost enough already. ‘

‘ i’ll find my way back to you, promise. ‘ 

‘ don’t you want to know if you’re grisha? ‘

‘ if i can’t crack this, none of us are going anywhere. ‘

‘ maybe i won’t be here when you get back. ‘

‘ what are you? ‘

‘ that’s why i’m here, isn’t it? ‘

‘ they’re all gone. it’s my fault. ‘

‘ is it true? can you summon light? ‘

‘ when they realize their mistake, what do you think they’ll do to her/him/them? ‘

‘ i know her/him/them better than anyone does. ‘ 

‘ i don’t know where this letter will find you. but you must’nt worry about me. ‘

‘ i am perfectly capable of washing myself. ‘

‘ don’t change my eyes. ‘

‘ i’m almost as rare as you. ‘

‘ sentimental. we’ll work on that too. ‘

‘ i can’t go in front of the king, i need more time. ‘

‘ know that when i told you about true north, i was talking about you. ‘

‘ black is his color. not mine. ‘

‘ tell me, are you so anxious to be like everyone else? ‘

‘ it would be nice to know what the feels like, someday. ‘

‘ time for a heist. ‘ 

‘ you managed to win us over, didn’t you? ‘

‘ training is good. well, i think it’s going well. ‘ 

‘ where you are doesn’t matter nearly as much as who you’re with. ‘ 

‘ when there’s something you want, better to act without thinking than think without acting. ‘ 

‘ i’ve always wanted to travel the world. ‘

 ‘ i like seeing you this way, i want you to be careful. ‘ 

‘ you never compliment anyone to their face. ‘ 

‘ aren’t you supposed to be scouting our way out? ‘ 

‘ what do you think i’m doing? ‘ 

‘ i think you’re flirting with that stable hand. ‘ 

‘ tell me, what makes one carriage faster than the other? ‘ 

‘ the right answer is their is no right answer. ‘ 

‘ it’s the horse that makes the difference. ‘ 

‘ no human being should be as proud as you are right now. ‘ 

‘ you think that’s what it is? just a trick? ‘ 

‘ you don’t want to keep it in your pocket for too long. ‘ 

‘ i’m sorry that it took me this long to see you. ‘ 

‘ i prefer to travel alone. ‘ 

‘ i’m afraid we can’t let that happen. ‘ 

‘ you stick with us, everybody gets what they want. ‘ 

‘ i’m not being anyone’s captive ever again. ‘ 

‘ it was my power keeping you warm. ‘ 

‘ you won’t get far out here without it. ‘ 

‘ if i wanted you dead, i would have slowed your heart instead of speeding it up. ‘ 

‘ you intend to kill me! ‘

‘ why would you save me? ‘ 

‘ so there is a brain inside all that muscle. ‘ 

‘ you used to call on me, on times like this. ‘ 

‘ when your table was messy and your bed was neat. ‘ 

‘ i am a witch hunter and you are a witch. ‘ 

‘ you made him afraid. now he wants you to fear him. ‘ 

‘ you’re the one who taught me how to kill, mother/father. ‘ 

‘ i taught you so you could protect yourself. ‘ 

‘ we need to teach them how to fight. ‘ 

‘ i forbid it. now, do you hear me? ‘ 

‘ it’s dangerous to go looking for the dead. ‘

‘ what you see may haunt you for the rest of your days. ‘ 

‘ maybe. just maybe. greed is a poor motivator. ‘ 

‘ true wealth is the friends you make along the way. ‘ 

‘ i should just tear this down now. ‘ 

‘ i will go north in the night. ‘ 

‘ no. this can’t be it. i’m not done tormenting you. ‘ 

‘ i will keep you warm. ‘ 

‘ i can’t wait to introduce you to my truest love. ‘ 

‘ when i got older, i learned that darkness is a place and it’s full of monsters. ‘ 

‘  they aren’t the monsters. they’re just boys/girls. ‘

‘  we can’t hide forever. we can run together. ‘

‘  no businessman worth his salt bargains for what he can take. ‘ 

‘  our enemies are threatened by your mere existence. ‘ 

‘  never make decisions out of fear, only out of spite. ‘ 

‘  well greed always worked for me. ‘ 

‘  the bone road ebbs and and the bone road flows. ‘

‘  handsome decoy is also not a [NAME’S] talent. ‘ 

‘  i’d rather starve than be a traitor. ‘ 

‘ needing anyone is weak. ‘ 

‘ you and i are going to change the world. ‘ 

‘ so, who actually saw what happened? ‘ 

‘  it came from everywhere, because you called upon it to come. ‘

‘ i have been waiting a long time for you. ‘ 

‘ there are no others like us and there never will be. ‘ 

‘ not many people surprise me. ‘ 

‘ fine. make me your villain. ‘ 

‘  they are traitors who tried to kill you. this is retribution. ‘ 

‘  i’ve survived for centuries. did you really think you could kill me. ‘

‘ you are quite valuable, you know. ‘ 

‘ the deal is the deal. ‘ 

‘ i’m just trying to keep warm. you should join me. ‘ 

‘ i’ve been warned off the job. ‘ 

‘ i know that look. he’s a man consumed with vengeance. ‘ 

‘ please tell me you have a plan. ‘ 

‘ i’m not against the occasional light roleplay. ‘ 

‘ i’d miss me too. i’m fantastic. ‘

‘ no one is ever going to believe i’m that old. ‘

‘ why does this concern me? ‘ 

‘ well of course certain death pays a million. ‘ 

‘ unlike a spider, i only need one leg. ‘