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Harry Potter AU where Lockhart with memory loss gaslights himself into thinking he's a powerful dark wizard and ends up being a bigger threat than Voldemort

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My current character

Sam Sun, the bane of seven Pirates in that one Caravel next to Frostmill Island

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Trans ppl were right bruh gender NEEDS to go 😭

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Kid me had ZERO chill when playing Pokemon

NO buff moves, only pure damage and harm to the enemy

It was either victory or DEATH

And I beat the Elite Four EVERY TIME

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While walking through the old forests of Aratha's southeast is usually safe, every once in awhile, a shadow will fall onto the canopy. These days are known as the Weavings, and although rare in this part of the world, many write them down and keep good track of when they occur.

Since the road through is the fastest route of travel to the capital for flightless Wyrm, Windwyrm locals always give some advice to travellers hoping to walk among the trees:

- Always stay on the trail.

- Always travel with a group of more than three. If alone or in a pair, just go around the forest.

- If you see a giant shadow among the trees right next to you, no you don't, keep pushing forward.

- Never kneel down for ANY reason. That thing you dropped is not worth the risk.

- Ignore the humming and singing, no matter how beautiful it is, no matter what direction it's coming from. No matter WHO IT SOUNDS LIKE. It's a trick.

And finally,

- Don't look up, eye contact aggravates them.

[traumatised-mum]

you ever just sit and realise u can’t remember 80% of your childhood? like … what happened? who am i ..?

[anisetheapothecary]

Many people in the comments are saying “trauma”, but this is actually a very normal occurrence. It’s called Childhood Amnesia, and it’s a process which, as the brain reorganizes itself for cognitive thought that is developed in late childhood, it changes the Accessibility of those memories during recall. Many childhood memories are available to the person, but they will not be remembered during regular recall activity, you have to “trick” your brain into remembering with different tactics.

This is because there are two parts to memories - their encoding and their recall. The encoding determines their availability, their recall determines their accessibility. The reason why trauma memory and childhood amnesia are different is in this distinction. Trauma memory is often encoded differently, bypassing to the limbic system where it is stored as intrinsic memory. It can’t be recalled because it was never encoded. Childhood amnesia, however, seems to indicate that the memories are encoded, but we lose access to them as we age. This is most likely due to the development of brain structures that fundamentally change our encoding and recall of memory as we get older.

This is an important distinction, because trauma memory is “stored in the body”, i.e. you get triggers that send your body into a cascade of uncontrollable feelings, sensations and reactions. Whereas childhood memories won’t generally do that, they are just recalled at odd times with odd associations.

[malcolmcooks]

reblogging this because I’ve legit seen people freaking out when they realised they can’t remember some of their childhood, thinking they might have some repressed trauma.

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While it's most commonly just amnesia, if you can't remember a majority of stuff, and only vividly remember bad memories (along with a myriad of other symptoms), it might just be trauma.

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So uhhhh here's my series character of the day

Castor, he's the aura factor for my series

He's a dragon

And stuff

Hope yall fw the art

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"Why are you drawing gay people"

My dearest parental figure, what do you think Michelangelo was painting when he wasn't painting stuff for the Catholic Church?

[footlongdingledong]

love when theres a character whose entire existence is spoiler tagged by default. go behind the curtain boy

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Aratha lore drop!

While dragons have only one king (who is refered to as such) in Aratha, there's a few semi-to-entirely-independent vassal nations that are all under the management of lords who directly serve the King, and partake in the Grand Council yearly.

These nations are:

Arborith, the city-state of Errtdrakhen (Earthwyrm). Located in the mountains near the heart of the continent. A popular location for many who travel there seeking education in science and martial arts.

Shiangyún, the independent territory of the Stormwyrm. It's capital is Storm's Edge. Separated from the rest of Arathan Kingdoms after the war.

Northern Pathways, the Frostwyrm Domain, it's capital being Herth. Not much but snow, trees and rock here, which somehow led to it becoming a place where many famous artists hail from.

Krey'll, the capital of the Tanahri (fire dragons). Situated in Weaver's Desolation, the largest desert on the continent. It is considered the religious center for those worshipping the goddess Six-Head.

Hyakuyama, the other Earthwyrm capital. It is an underground city that never stops moving. It keeps changing it's location every day, and only few know it's route patterns, and thus, how to find it. It is a popular location of research and science.

King's Eyrie, the royal capital, and the defacto capital of the entire continent. It was formerly the Seawyrm capital, but in modern times it's population is mostly mixed, with civillians being from all over the continent, and even other kingdoms outside Wyrm rule.

As for the Windwyrm... They don't have a true kingdom, nor one specific ruler. Will explain eventually.

Next post will be about the lords themselves, so stay tuned!

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I'm back!

Been awhile since I last posted, here's a quick sketch.

I've revamped the story and alot of the things in it, and have quite high hopes for it.

The worldbuilding is also nothing short of fire, I have taken the time to write everything I could possibly think of.

Anyways see yall in a year lul

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I decided to start posting about my verse on Tumblr, hopefully it becomes popular or some shit.

Basically, DRAGONS. But people.

Dragons (or Wyrm), in my verse, live in the human world (alongside other fantasy creatures, but they are irrelevant lmao). They take on a humanoid form, due to reasons explained in the story.

They have an organization secretly protecting mankind (and the entire planet) from corrupted dragons (Darkwyrm) who are afflicted by a mysterious force of evil. At the same time, they have to fight Dragon Hunters, an organization that consists of a select few families of humans who remember the ancient war between mankind and Wyrm, and for them, humanity winning it wasn't enough. They want to exterminate Wyrm.

Story 1: Amulet of the Wyrm.

Meanwhile, a girl named June, alongside her younger brother, Castor, is thrown into this conflict after a mysterious amulet merges with her right arm. She learns that she is a Wyrm too, and that the amulet picked her as it's vessel. This amulet holds a multitude of souls, all being the previous vessels. And June's next. Unless she finds a way to stop the amulet's power, her soul will get absorbed into the amulet, and her body will become an empty husk.

Determined not to let that happen, June embarks on a mission alongside Castor, and Dromeus, a young Wyrm who has his reasons for helping her. However, she must also protect the amulet from those who may covet it.

With her life, if necessary.

[kineticpenguin]

Any setting where the elves have weaker booze than the dwarves isn't committing to the bit

[kineticpenguin]

I mean, we're talking about people whose lifespan is Yes.

"Oh, the weak wine? That is for children. I am two thousand years old, and I daresay one sip from this highball would knock you on your ass for a week."

[kineticpenguin]

Look, there's this weird thing people do with high fantasy where they want elves to be immortal/extremely long-lived snooty aristocrats and also somehow incapacitated by imagining the taste of salt too hard. "Orcs and dwarves have the hardest booze" no they don't, they have work in the morning! In any of these settings, elves would pregame harder than hobbits party and everyone else has shit to do tomorrow.

[onion-souls]

The average high elf builds up the drug tolerance of a mid-70s Hollywood producer and then spends three centuries studying alchemy. While humans seek immortality, the Immortals seek the elusive "philosopher's cocaine."

[phaeton-flier]

Elf Fentanyl works exactly the way cops think human fentanyl does

[shadesofmauve]

The key here is in the name: high elf.

(This is also how I dealt with playing a 300+ year old elf in a standard D&D campaign with the standard starting gold. She didn't have hundreds of years of accumulated investments from when her parents invested three nickels at her birth because she spent her entire adulthood high as a kite).

(Also the elfroot she smoked was illegal because it kicked the ass of other humanoids).

[marlynnofmany]

The "weak booze" thing is just dwarven propaganda.

"Those fancypants with their delicate crystal glasses of sparkling starlight nonsense -- that can't be real liquor! Nah, they'd pass out if they took a shot of our stuff. But, uh, don't taste theirs. It gives you the runs. No other reason."

[thecaptnoname]

Okay, but let's imagine for a second - just for the fun of it - that elves can't, or rather won't, drink other species' alcoholic beverages and stick to their own booze for a plethora of different reasons.

* Dwarven stout - straight up poison. The human equivalent would be chugging a can of jet fuel spiked with an equal dose of paint thinner. The only dwarven drink that anyone can stomach is their corporate beige basic-level ale brewed from a local equivalent of yer earthen grains, some bitter lichen and those strange glowing cave mushrooms, but even then you'll feel like you've swallowed stones and licked a salt crystal an hour or two after drinking it.

* The Humans' stuff is too sour and plainly unappealing to the refined tastes of these nearly-immortal junkies. Will do as a hand sanitizer and as an emergency supply of moisture during the drought when the clean water supplies are short, but nothing more. Although, some of the drinks are valued for the variety they bring in, but those are top of the game and very far and few inbetween, therefore the "elf of approval" mark is basically free marketing for anyone smart enough to incorporate it.

* Da orcs. No, just NO. Fermented meat chunks, blood beer and some shrub swill - are you fucking kidding me?! Even some of the Human arctic tribes are able to come up with something better - up your fucking drink game!

Now, elves, with their millennia for a lifespan and hundreds of years of expertise, are able to conjure a drink that can feel like drinking a puffy cloud dry, tasting like a nebula from parsecs away and giving you the bliss of ascending the universe - all in just one strangely shaped shot glass, carefully weaved from this brittle airy material to let the drink open up just right.

This is why no one dares drink what elves so easily drown themselves in during their decadent orgies - because when you get even a sip of this ambrosia, you'll forever miss those tastes and sensations and you will immediately get repulsed by all the regular drinks and beverages, seeking to replicate this ethereal nectar on your own.

That or it hits you so hard into your head that you turn into a crazy babbling hermit obsessed with getting his fix.

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LITERALLY TOLKIEN'S ELVES

Tolkien took this and amped it to 100 with Dorwinion and their strong ass wine. Hell, if it knocked an elf's ass out for hours, imagine how long it'd knock out a human 😭

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How dare you try to eat my fucking dragons

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NEED HELP WRITING? (a masterlist)

I have likely not added many that I've reblogged to this list. Please feel free to roam my blog and/or ask/message me to add something you'd like to see on this list!

Synonym Lists

Look by @writers-potion

Descriptors

Voices by @saraswritingtipps

Show, Don't Tell by @lyralit

Tips & Tricks

5 Tips for Creating Intimidating Antagonists by @writingwithfolklore

How To (Realistically) Make a Habit of Writing by @byoldervine

Let's Talk About Misdirection by @deception-united

Tips to Improve Character Voice by @tanaor

Stephen King's Top 20 Rules for Writers posted by @toocoolformedschool

Fun Things to Add to a Fight Scene (Hand to Hand Edition) by @illarian-rambling

Questions I Ask My Beta Readers by @burntoutdaydreamer

Skip Google for Research by @s-n-arly

Breaking Writing Rules Right: Don't Write Direct Dialogue by @septemberercfawkes

Databases/Resources

International Clothing

Advice/Uplifting

Too Ashamed of Writing To Write by @writingquestionsanswered

"Said" is Beautiful by @blue-eyed-author

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Writing Tips Master Post

Edit: Some posts may be deleted

Character writing/development:

Character Arcs

Making Character Profiles

Character Development

Comic Relief Arc

Internal Conflict

Character Voices

Creating Distinct Characters

Creating Likeable Characters

Writing Strong Female Characters

Writing POC Characters

Building Tension

Plot devices/development:

Intrigue in Storytelling

Enemies to Lovers

Alternatives to Killing Characters

Worldbuilding

Misdirection

Consider Before Killing Characters

Foreshadowing

Narrative:

Emphasising the Stakes

Avoid Info-Dumping

Writing Without Dialogue

1st vs. 2nd vs. 3rd Perspective

Fight Scenes (+ More)

Transitions

Pacing

Writing Prologues

Dialogue Tips

Writing War

Writing Cheating

Worldbuilding:

Worldbuilding: Questions to Consider

Creating Laws/Rules in Fantasy Worlds

Book writing:

Connected vs. Stand-Alone Series

A & B Stories

Writer resources:

Writing YouTube Channels, Podcasts, & Blogs

Online Writing Resources

Outlining/Writing/Editing Software

Writer help:

Losing Passion/Burnout

Overcoming Writer's Block

Fantasy terms:

How To Name Fantasy Races (Step-by-Step)

Naming Elemental Races

Naming Fire-Related Races

How To Name Fantasy Places

Ask games:

Character Ask Game #1

Character Ask Game #2

Character Ask Game #3

Miscellaneous:

1000 Follower Post

2000 Follower Poll

Writing Fantasy

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What the absolute fuck