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PSA: i will no longer be using this blog. if you’d like to keep our mutual on my new blog, just like this post or message me and i’ll follow you from there!
Writing a runaway/homeless character?
It’s very possible that one day you’ll want to write a runaway, or someone living on the streets, or someone who is just up to no good, or all of the above! You need some good old research. Well here; I did some of that work for you!
Obviously not all of these characteristics/actions are interchangeable so use discretion (i.e. I’m not implying that all homeless people jump borders or shoplift, but some may if they get desperate. These are just suggestions).
Runawayguide - Yep, this guy ran away from home when he was 16 and is currently traveling the world. My favorite posts of his:
- How to Eat Cheap Around the World
- How to Sleep on the Street
- How to Avoid Being Robbed
- How to Hitchhike
- How to Jump Trains
- How to Jump a Border
- How to Sneak into Anywhere
- Runaway Backpacker Jobs
(Also make sure to read through the comments on his posts because a lot of his visitors tell plenty outrageous stories to get your ideas rolling.)
Wikihow - You know it. Like Wikipedia, I wouldn’t put my full trust in them, but they’re pretty thorough. Runawayguide already discusses some of this stuff, but these are good “big idea” articles.
Other articles - I can’t guarantee that any of these are 100% accurate or trustworthy, so if you’re having your doubts try to get a few more sources to back it up.
- How to Live Life on the Run
- How to Steal a Dead Person’s Identity
- How to Steal from a Vending Machine
- Tips for Shoplifting
- Working Without a Social Security Number
- Ten Things Novels Get Wrong about Homeless People
- "My First Night Homeless"
- How to Live in a Boat
- "A Message to Homeless Teens"
- Hygiene on the Road
- Interesting Chart Differentiating Between Poor, Middle Class and Wealthy
- Spent (Can You Make It Through the Month with $1,000?) - Interactive Game
Also, FYI, it is legal for adolescents in most states to run away. I wasn’t aware of this at all before my research and thought it was a cool tidbit.
Please feel free to add your own references/resources!
Royal Hierarchy
EMPIRE
- Emperor/Empress, Kaiser/Kaiserin, Tsar/Tsaritsa: rules over everyone
KINGDOM
- High King/High Queen, Maharajah, Pharaoh: rules over other kings
- King/Queen, Sultan/Sultana, Shah/Shahbanu, Raja/Rani, Rex: rules over everything (Europe) or leader of a large area or province (ancient Egypt, Persia, India)
- Crown Prince/Crown Princess, Emir/Emira, Dauphin: also called the heir apparent, next in line for the throne
- Prince/Princess: other children of the imperial or royal family
ARCHDUCHY
- Archduke/Archduchess: ruler of an archduchy
DUCHY/DUKEDOM
- Duke/Duchess: ruler of a duchy; highest rank under the royal family; While some duchies have their own lineage, members of the royal/imperial family can also be dukes (ex. Queen Elizabeth II is the Duke of Normandy)
MARQUESSATE, MARGRAVIATE, OR MARCH
- Marquess, Margrave, Marquis/Marchioness: the ruler of a marquessate, margraviate, or march
COUNTY
- Count, Earl/Countess: ruler of a county; known as an earl in England, but their wives are still countesses
VISCOUTY
- Viscount/viscountess: ruler of a viscounty; rank below counts/earls
BARONY
- Baron/baroness: ruler of a barony
OTHER
- Baronet: British title ranking below baron and above knight
- Seigneur/Knight of the Manor: rules a small local fief
- Knight: basic rank; used to denote someone who owned land and fought on behalf of their overlord
- Baron/baroness (Scotland only): ranks below a knight and above a laird; hereditary position
- Laird (Scotland only): ranks below a Scottish baron and above an esquire; landowner’s title
- Esquire: indicates someone who attends or is apprenticed to a knight
- Gentleman: the lowest rank of gentry; owns a small manor or plot of land
anyway 😒😒😴😴
Here is a Skype group chat psd inspired by the movie Unfriended. Including 6 interchangeable slots, this psd is meant to be used for multiple characters or events, not just one! The bottom three pictures should be around 75-100 in width, and the top ones should be around 150 in width! if you use this, or are an rph a like or reblog would be appreciated.
- Don’t repost.
- Don’t take the PSD and claim it as your own!
You can download this psd [ HERE ]
being so in love with myself started out as a joke and i didn’t mean for it to progress into me being so self absorbed but it did and now here i am beautiful glowing and wonderful
First rule of Weed Club: Always talk about Weed club. Make sure everyone know how much you smoke weed. Here’s your complementary weed socks and weed beanie.
me when I sit down to do my replies:
Embrace yo inner butterfly no matter what you look like. by lizzza
when someone turns off uptown funk
if you drag someone’s appearance into the argument you already lost
Then vs. Now
character development level swift: 1989