Voidbeer

Character blog of Mel 'Frowny' Silentsky, Void elf of Wyrmrest Accord (Under construction)

[koloocheh]

forget about touching grass, i need to touch THE SEA I NEED TO GO INTO THE WATER I NEED TO DIVE INTO THE SEA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[maxxie-or-smth]

i am an unreliable narrator both because i do not remember and also i love to lie

[shitpostingkats]

Shoutouts to characters that don't know the facade isn't their real self. Shoutouts to characters who put up a front so long ago that they have now forgotten it's all an act. Shoutouts to characters who no longer know who they are because they think they're being sincere. Shoutouts to performers so good they fool even themselves. Shoutouts to characters who fall for their own lies.

[voraciouspangolin]

[inthenimtime]

trasgerdner

[viruie]

[subatoism]

Love love love characters that present themselves as emotionally open social butterflies but the more you see of them the more obvious it is that they’re the most closed off fuckers in the story. Sure, they want to help you with your personal problems and messy emotions, but if you turn that shit back on them, they’ll shut down or deflect every time. Why are you sticking your nose in their business anyway? It’s not like it matters. They’re not a person, they’re just a role being played. They’re the guy who fixes things and saves people. Please ignore the man behind the mask, he’s fine. Everything’s fine.

[valtsv]

i like sailing myths and superstitions because most of them can be boiled down to "if the ocean doesn't like you it will chew you up and spit out your bones. and if it really loves you it will swallow you whole and keep you forever. good luck 👍"

[valtsv]

[notemily]

best use of the underwater filter on this app

[bunchashapes]

exploring new frontiers of twitch integration

[redstonedust]

guy i saw in traffic today that i felt compelled to draw

[oshadefiant]

Saw a comment saying character X can't be a pervert because he's ace. Bro. Bro. Bro. BRO. BRO. BRO. BR

[boingmann]

THIS

[n0k0]

[official-cephaloposts]

official cephalopod post

[sanitymakesposts]

Dude come drink these vials I found at the bottom of the ocean with me

[redstonedust]

guy i saw in traffic today that i felt compelled to draw

[barbwirebutch]

me *coughing up blood, black eye, pinned underneath you, shit eating grin on my face*: wanna make out?

[escuerzoresucitado]

[sarahmackattack]

Fact check: true.

[acheemient]

Banana Shenanigans. Bananigans.

[shapeshiftinterest]

transcript under the read more

blue: this is a banana

white: mm hmm

blue: this is the top

white: eh

blue: this is the bottom

white: technically, that's actually the opposite but okay, go ahead

blue: already, you've pissed me off

white: (laughing) okay

blue: i was going. i'll ask the questions

white: yeah

blue: top. bottom.

white: mm hmm

blue: where do you open this thing?

white: traditionally.

blue: don't. where do you open it?

white: it depends on my mood, honestly

white: if i'm in the mood for, like, i'm reckless, i got to go quick. bah bah bah. i don't care. i open if from the stem

blue: this thing (holds stem)

white: yes

blue: okay

white: but i've learned that monkeys open it the opposite way, and there's none of those stringy things that everyone hates in there

blue: cool. let me ask you a question

white: mhm

blue: you a monkey?

white: sometimes i also just rip it in half

blue: you don't open bananas that way

white: yes i do

white: like what? there's a banana. i go 'oh alright cool' (takes banana and smoothly pulls it apart into 2 perfect halves) and i eat a banana

blue: two things

white: mhm very quick

blue: one. i did not expect that to happen. that was pretty cool

white: (laughs)

blue: two, you're a fucking idiot, who opens bananas that way

white: no i don't ruin bananas. it's a perfectly good...

blue: BUT WHY HAVE 2 BANANA?

white: look at that, i have 2 perfectly sized bananas

blue: that's kind of impressive

white: i told you!

blue: BUT WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

[homunculus-argument]

A tip for excellent writing I just learned: Don't introduce a character with their Dramatic Backstory. It makes readers go "oh alright this is the Dramatic Background Story Character" and establishes a baseline of Tragic, either for the story as a whole or this character in particular. With no contrast of light and dark, pure darkness isn't impactful, it just looks like the absence of anything to look at.

If you really want someone's dramatic backstory to hit the audience like a gut punch, let them get to know the character first. That way the dark backstory doesn't come off as a description of who they are, but an explanation to why they are the way they are. Bonus points for connecting it to something that's already been established as a part of the character - what a devastating blow to suddenly put together that hold on, that funny quirky thing that they always do is a fucking trauma response.

[celiaro-bottomtext]