lyralit:

questions to make each character unique**

** y'all you don’t need to be able to answer all of these for every single character. just things to think of :]

• have they / would they dye their hair?
• do they maintain eye contact when talking?
• what is their tell for lying?
• do they have an accent?
• what languages do they speak?
• what kind of music do they listen to?
• describe them in one word. what could happen to make them the opposite?
• do they have any ghosts?
• what is their worst fear?
• what is a secret they do not tell anyone?
• what motto do they live by?
• if they were a famous figure, who would they be?
• what great moment shaped them to be who they are? have they lived through the moment yet?
• what is their fatal flaw?
• how do they feel about jewelry? painted nails?
• what kind of art are they?
• do they play a sport?
• do they have a speech impairment? how would that translate across paper?
• what could you do to betray their trust?
• what makes them smile?
• if you had to choose something to make them go all john wick, who would it be?
• do they swear? in what language?
• how comfortable do they feel around strangers?
• are they extraverted or introverted?
• do they stand straight? what is their posture like?
• what is their sleep schedule like
• would they consciously invade someone else’s body space? even a stranger’s?
• how do they feel about contact with other people? do they flinch?
• are they the first to hug?
• what would make them kill / stop them from killing?
• how do they smile? do they have dimples?
• what about their teeth – braces? sharp teeth? dentures? yellow teeth? what about spots?
• how do they get others’ attention? clear their throat? punch them?
• do they talk with their hands?
• what is their final goal?
• how would they describe happiness?
• what is their biggest conflict? it doesn’t need to be big for everyone else, only for them.
• how do they react to death?
• do they cry? how do they cry – silent tears, sobbing, a swallow?
• how do they react when someone else is crying? can they comfort a stranger?
• how are they around pets? are they allergic to any?
• following up, do they have allergies?
• do they take off their shoes going into a stranger’s house? would they offer to do the dishes?
• do they call strangers by their first name or title?
• how do they show fear? trying to hide it? shaking? etc.
• what is their impact on other characters?
• how could any of these change by the end of the story?

damonsbitch:

I want you, nothing else, just ✨you✨

headspace-hotel:

I…tried to make a meme and got carried away and made A Thing that is like partially unfinished because i spent like 3 hours on it and then got tired.

I think this is mostly scientifically accurate but truth be told, there seems to be relatively little research on succession in regards to lawns specifically (as opposed to like, pastures). I am not exaggerating how bad they are for biodiversity though—recent research has referred to them as “ecological deserts.”

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bfleuter:

bfleuter:

homunculus-argument:

Hey btw, if you’re doing worldbuilding on something, and you’re scared of writing ~unrealistic~ things into it out of fear that it’ll sound lazy and ripped-out-of-your-ass, but you also don’t want to do all the back-breaking research on coming up with depressingly boring, but practical and ~realistic~ solutions, have a rule:

Just give the thing two layers of explanation. One to explain the specific problem, and another one explaining the explanation. Have an example:

Plot hole 1: If the vampires can’t stand daylight, why couldn’t they just move around underground?

Solution 1: They can’t go underground, the sewer system of the city is full of giant alligators who would eat them.

Well, that’s a very quick and simple explanation, which sure opens up additional questions.

Plot hole 2: How and why the fuck are there alligators in the sewers? How do they survive, what do they eat down there when there’s no vampires?

Solution 2: The nuns of the Underground Monastery feed and take care of them as a part of their sacred duties.

It takes exactly two layers to create an illusion that every question has an answer - that it’s just turtles all the way down. And if you’re lucky, you might even find that the second question’s answer loops right back into the first one, filling up the plot hole entirely:

Plot hole 3: Who the fuck are the sewer nuns and what’s their point and purpose?

Solution 3: The sewer nuns live underground in order to feed the alligators, in order to make sure that the vampires don’t try to move around via the sewer system.

When you’re just making things up, you don’t need to have an answer for everything - just two layers is enough to create the illusion of infinite depth. Answer the question that looms behind the answer of the first question, and a normal reader won’t bother to dig around for a 3rd question.

This is good advice on worldbuilding.

And also. 

I would really like to play a vampire-hunting sewer-nun and her pet alligator in a ttrpg.

Woops uh oh oops woops.

I should go to bed. I need to get a decent amount of sleep. But all my thoughts are full of the hotness meter of everyone in Arcane 🙃 I think I’m starting to simp…Vi. I mean -

(Insert pic)

COME ON! 😍🥵

counting-stars-gayly:

So do we think Cait and Vi are going to have their first kiss in one of those “bECAUSE I LOVE YOU, DAMNIT” scenes where both of them are trying to protect the other and then the one who didn’t say they the L-word ends up rushing in to kiss the other? Is that what’s going to happen? Because I need it to happen, and I need it to happen right now.

bipedal-sharkperson:

dreaminginthedeepsouth:

odinsblog:

redrola: