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when I was younger, i told my mother “i say, one day i’m gonna make you proud” now that I’m older, it’s so much harder to say those words out loud
when i was younger, i asked my father “why are we so human?” now that i’m older, i think i figured it out we’re just doing what we can
krolia is a big sexy lady but she also abandoned keith as a child and contributed to his turbulent emotional state, self-worth issues, trust issues, etc so like until she works to make amends and he decides to accept her in his life i cannot in good conscious stan krolia lol
krolia: hello
keith: you owe me like eighteen years of emotional reparations starting now.
Maggie Stiefvater is the author of The Raven Cycle series, published by Scholastic Press.
I did not know any of this, I had only read the first three book in her TRC series and I honestly admired her for a while but wow my eyes are open now. Can’t believe this, I am so disappointed. Especially with that whole Opal thing too.
My love shines as bright as your smile and it is as strong as your heart, thank you for all these years of support, Hoseok. You have made me who I am, thanks. Me duele mi corazón con todo el amor que siento por ti, y los cielos oscurecen cuando no te tengo aquí, pero esto es porque te amo. No como un novio, pero tal ves como un mejor amigo o un hermano mayor. Y yo siempre seré tu seguidora y te soportaré. Gracias por todo.
#GoldenHobiDay
on February 18th, 1994, an angel was brought from the heights of heaven into our world
he was named Jung Hoseok
and every day he lived, he became more
and more
human
and yet
i stand here and view him as perfectly imperfect, flaws adorn him and cling to him
and yet
i still see the beauty of the world within him
he is grace, a million and one suns within one smile
he is love, a hug warm with heart
he is protection, eyes dark with fury and a comforting hand on his brother’s shoulder
he is talent, his voice reaches others with a soothing tone of song, his body moves
with the movement of the world
in a violent,
yet soft dance,
he holds a microphone in his hands
and looks up
up
up at the sky,
he looks up at the sky,
eyes wide,
reaches out a hand,
palms wide,
and sings out,
his heart a wide landscape in which we all reside
He is loving, he is loved
He is human,
nerves and bones,
sweat and skin,
but
he is a beauty. #GoldenHobiDay
Grover is the true reason we’re not all dead yet
Art by Creatr @lilypadula
We asked Illustrator, Lily Padula:
What do you want in 2018 & how will you make it happen?–
To celebrate Art Action Day, I will be donating all proceeds from her print store through 1/31/2018.
The money will go to The Sylvia Rivera Law Project. The work they do is so incredibly important, and I hope that by raising some money we can contribute to their mission:
“The Sylvia Rivera Law Project works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. SRLP is a collective organization founded on the understanding that gender self-determination is inextricably intertwined with racial, social and economic justice. Therefore, we seek to increase the political voice and visibility of low-income people of color who are transgender, intersex, or gender non-conforming. SRLP works to improve access to respectful and affirming social, health, and legal services for our communities. We believe that in order to create meaningful political participation and leadership, we must have access to basic means of survival and safety from violence.”
Art Action Day was January 20th. We’re asking you to post about your vision for 2018, and—more importantly—how you’re committing to making that future a reality. You can sketch, photograph, write—whatever!
Remember to tag your post #ArtActionDay and #WhatWillYouDo or submit your post to action.tumblr.com/submit.
Do you ever just want to friend someone so much?? Like someone who you specifically want to friend?? Like you just meet someone and they are so cool and an amazing human and you just want to partake in their life and help them on their journey and be able to appreciate their existence properly and have them feel good about you and have them love you and you just want them to be your friend?? Because I do.
Friendly reminder to check you’re not holding tension in your body. Let your shoulders drop, unclench your hands and jaw. Take a deep breath. Much better.
Reblog every time
Read my new story on Wattpad! i n s a n i t y (lgbt) by I_DARE_BE_DIFFERENT (link: https://my.w.tt/UiNb/2pVHU5D9fI) Description: • l o v e c a n b e a dr i n k l a b e l e d p o i s o n a n d i w o u l d s t i l l s w a l l o w i t , i f f o r y o u • ____ Elias had always wished for his mate, for an undying love to take him from the mess that was his life, that was, until Kyle. Because when he met Kyle, he was completely driven over the brink of insanity. (Warning: Homosexual content, LGBT content, child abuse, violence, mentions of suicide, mentions of murder, death, gory scenes, corrupted governments, vulgar language, mental disorders and illnesses, interracial relationships, mentions of homophobia racism and sexism, black characters, Asian characters, non white characters, immigrant characters, strong, important female characters, and unstable relationships are all up ahead) You have been warned. Please note all the warnings. If you are sensitive to anything listed above, please leave now. Know that there will be some very descriptive gruesome, dark, and gory scenes. I do not wish to harm anyone or trigger anyone. I also do not want to see any ignorance in the comment section of my work. If you are prejudiced against any race, gender, sexuality, or do not like people that are not of your nationality, you should leave now. I do not want any racism, xenophobia, sexism, transphobia, or any form of ignorance near this work. Please review the warnings once again before delving into the story. Thank you. © All Rights Reserved 2017 María Ángela Please Do Not Repost Any Part Of This Work Elsewhere Without Crediting Me
Relationships, especially in beginner writer’s works, have a tendency to feel forced. Even in some popular and famous works of fiction, the relationship doesn’t feel natural. It seems like a boring afterthought which the writer added in at the last minute. Far too often, I find myself completely indifferent to a character’s romantic life. A good romance in a story will give the reader a bit of second-hand infatuation. They’ll root for the relationship, beg for it. If the romance is well written, you can make a reader smile and blush just by reading a few sentences. When done properly, it can even compensate for a weak and cliché plot.
But first, decide whether the romance is needed. If you’re adding a character to the plot simply for the sake of being a love interest, it’s probably not a needed romance. You can still add it, of course, but it will be much harder to keep your story focused on the central plot.
Step One Make sure the characters have chemistry.
The characters should compliment each other’s personalities. If he’s loud, stubborn, and aggressively opinionated, a more tranquil and soft-spoken love interest would suit him well. Two headstrong people wouldn’t be likely to have a lasting relationship in real life, unless they (impossibly) agreed upon every subject. But, there should be some similarities. While opposites do attract, polar opposites will not and the whole relationship will feel forced. The characters should have something in common. It could be morals, a parallel backstory, the same motivations, whatever. As long as there’s a reason for them to be drawn to each other, there’s potential.
Step Two Slow burn ships are fantastic.
Don’t make your characters fall in love right off the bat. There can be attraction, of course, but genuine feelings of true love don’t happen instantly. Your characters should become closer as people, feel at ease around each other, and truly know the other before they fall head-over-heels. The readers will crave the relationship far more, like dangling a treat right in front of a dog’s nose, but keep pulling it away. Teasing is a beautiful thing.
Find ways of showing (NOT TELLING) the characters are falling for each other. Have them stand up for one another, be protective. Have them break their own normal routine for the other. For example, a callous, guarded character could lower their walls for a moment if their love interest needs emotional support. These scenes can be awkward for the character changing their typical behavior and that discomfort can demonstrate how much they care for the other, altering their own selves for the other’s benefit.
Howeve, make sure that you combine these cute emotional moments with distance. Make the characters deny their true feelings or even distance themselves from their love interest upon discovering their feelings. The more the characters long for each other, the more the reader will long for them to be together. Build barriers between them for your characters to have to work to knock down. Keep them close, but maintain that distance until the moment is right.
Step Three “_____” translates to “I love you”
The first example of I think of when I think of this is The Princess Bride, where the male protagonist tells his soulmate “as you wish” when he really means “I love you.”
This falls under the category of show, don’t tell. Hearing a character say “I love you” has become so boring. Unless it’s done in a surprising confession or unique way, it’s boring and stale.
Come up with a phrase that you can repeat in moments throughout the story until it has a meaning of love for the characters and both know exactly what the other means when it’s spoken.
Step Four Taking a break can help create tension.
You know you loved someone if you leave them and feel awful. Apply this into the writing. Your characters can break up, then get back together in a joyous reunion.
Step Five Not every couple has a happy ending.
Sometimes, things don’t always work out for different reasons. An ending that leaves readers craving more can be a good move.
So I decided that, with the influx of people who are writing winged characters (and therefore the influx of errors that come with writing winged characters), I’d make a little thing to help you slap a pair of wings onto anyone!
This is also a bit personal, too, because the MC in my upcoming novel has wings!
Part of being a writer is the desire to take something (whether it be a pre-existing work or an idea in your head) and make it into your own. So, instead of just going with the classic bird wings, why not spice it up a bit? If your character is an angel, you certainly don’t have to stick to the classic depictions of angel wings. Why not give them butterfly wings or dragonfly wings?
Here’s a small list of different types of wings to choose from:
Note that these wings are for animals who can fly. There are also animals who can “fly” that actually glide, such as sugar gliders and flying squirrels.
Yeah, so the options are pretty limited, but feel free to make up your own kinds of wings that aren’t necessarily based on a pre-existing creature’s wings!
If your wings are completely unique, draw them out. A diagram or picture is key when it comes to things like description. I’m not gonna tell you what everything does and give you Animal Wing Anatomy 101, that’s for you to research. Know that there are different types of wings and that they have different uses, strengths, and weaknesses.
Surprise, surprise!
“But wait, Maddy!” you cry, writing utensil in hand and poised to stab me. “I thought we were supposed to were supposed to show our research!”
Well, you are. Technically that’s not wrong. But, readers don’t want to know ALL of it. Over-described wings are sometimes worse than under-described wings; what sucks more than not knowing what a character’s wings look like is having to look up wing anatomy in the middle of the chapter!
Only use the most basic of vocabulary when it comes to describing the parts of the wing. Most of the time, you just have to say “bat wing” or “feathery wing” and the readers get the basic idea. (Like seriously, do you think the readers know what a dactylopatagium brevis is????? It’s a part of skin on a bat’s wing btw)
Unless your character’s wings can fade away when they’re not needed, wings are a 100% real, 24/7 thing! It’s bothersome when writers mention the wings in one chapter and then only bring them up when there’s a daring escape that needs to be performed! Most of the time, I forget that the characters even have wings at all!
There is also the fact that wings aren’t all pros and no cons. If they’re functional, they’re probably big, and if they’re muscular, they’re probably bulky. If your character is clumsy, they’ll probably knock things over constantly, and if they’re not clumsy, they’ll still knock things over constantly.
Your wings are two (or four, or five, or six quintillion) extra appendages; they’re a part of your character! You don’t have to spend every second reminding the readers that they’re there, but don’t go long stretches of time without even mentioning them.
Why wouldn’t you want to describe the wings? I mean, you don’t want to describe every minute detail over and over again, but it’ll boost your word count a lot more than you think. They can also be used to convey your character’s feelings without explicitly telling the reader! It’s like a new set of facial expressions!
See? You can tell he’s wary and ready to fight from the movement of his wings! Also he’s crouching next to a dead body but that’s not relevant right now
Here’s a list of wing language (?) that you can incorporate into your story that will not only increase your word count, but will also add to the sustenance of your story!
Nervous
Angry
Happy
During Battle
Problems that may come with having wings
(gif courtesy of http://ilyone.tumblr.com/)
HOLY SHIT MY LAST POST ABOUT WRITING WINGED CHARACTERS (which you can find here) GOT A SHIT TON OF NOTES! SO I DECIDED TO MAKE ANOTHER ONE ON SHAPE-SHIFTERS!
There are a lot of shape-shifting fics and stories out there. Like. A lot. Whether they be about were-creatures or about characters that just have the ability to shape-shift, a lot of the times- like with winged characters- these shape-shifters are not written very well.
They may be unoriginal, or they may be super Mary-Sues/Gary Stus when it comes to the fact that they have an infinite amount of power or whatever. So I decided to tackle the issues that come with creating a shape-shifting OC or making a canon character into a shape-shifter.
Shape-shifting can be used for a variety of reasons, and that’s why it’s critical for you to figure out what your shape-shifter will mostly be using their powers for.
Here are some reasons why shape-shifters can use their powers:
-Battle (transforming into a bigger creature to overpower enemies)
-Disguise (transforming into something that blends in with the environment around them to hide from enemies)
-Forced to shift (AKA werewolves)
-Spy work (transforming into antagonist’s lackeys to infiltrate the base or even vice versa)
Shape-shifters are incredibly powerful, and in theory, they can be practically invincible when it comes to battle and hiding from enemies.
However, that should ONLY be in theory. Your shape-shifters CANNOT be all-powerful like their abilities can call for them to be. Here’s where Mary Sue/Gary Stu elements come in, because many writers just state that their characters can shape-shift and leave it at that.
That brings up questions like:
“If he was running from the Big Bad™, then why didn’t he just shift into a wall or a chair and disguise himself?”
“If she had to fight the Big Bad™, why didn’t she just transform into a dragon and deep fry him?”
“Couldn’t they just masquerade as the Big Bad™’s minions and get inside the secret lair?”
Then, the author tries to make up for the lack of rules by giving us some half-assed explanation halfway through the third book.
As soon as the reader finds out that the main character is a shape-shifter, you have to lay down the groundwork for the limits.
Can they only transform into animals?
Can they only transform a certain amount of times at any given point?
Is there something that distinguishes them from the object/person/animal that they’ve transformed into?
Can they only transform into inanimate objects?
Can they only transform into other people?
Does transforming take a lot of energy and therefore they don’t do it often?
Is transforming painful?
Take Beast Boy from Young Justice/ Teen Titans/ various other things as an example:
He can transform into a lot of animals, yes, but they’re all obviously green and unnatural, making it difficult for him to blend in with other animals. his means that his shapeshifting would be most used for attack than for disguise.
You need to set limits, or else your character will be all-powerful and the plot won’t be all that intriguing to the readers; they know that the protagonist will win, so they won’t bother to really get invested in the story.
Did you know that technically, a werewolf is just a subdivision of were-creatures?
The prefix “were/wer” means “man” and is usually followed by the name of an animal, ANY animal, to imply that the man (or woman) is transforming into it. Therefore, there could be werecats, weretigers, werelions, wereunicorns, and were[insert plural name of creature here]. You should really look up the different kinds of shifters from all different cultures and regions of the world. They’re actually quite amazing!
Here’s a list of some of my favorite shapeshifter creatures (Note that these are not all of the shapeshifters, just my personal favorites some of which I feel needed to be represented more in literature):
-Were[insert name of big cat here]
-Werewolf
-Skinwalkers
-Animaguses(Animagi?) (don’t use these they’re JK Rowling’s I just really like Animagi)
-Generic, run-of-the-mill shapeshifters
-Were creatures that are actually just the creature trying to masquerade as a human/ a creature that has a human form
-Transforming into huge gruesome monsters (it’s good shit 10/10)
Readers don’t want to have to go through long, agonizing paragraphs of description every time your character changes, especially if they change during a battle. They don’t want the bloody, gory action to be disrupted by a description of a transformation that they’ve read a hundred times before.
If you truly want to describe the transformation more than once, though I highly advise against it, never describe it more than three times, and make sure to make it unique every single time. If you don’t think you can do that, just describe it once.
You should, however, describe the symptoms that come with transforming. Is it painful? Is it uncomfortable? Does it feel incredible because it makes the character feel a rush of power? Gimme the deets, but not all of them.
Things that happen during transformation that you can describe:
Painful
- Fur/scales growing (stinging and itchy)
- Bones breaking and reorganizing, as well as new ones appearing and old ones transforming
- Muscles ripping and elongating/shrinking
- Fingernails/toenails turning into claws
Invigorating
- Heightened sense of sight/smell/hearing
- Adrenaline rush
- More power/strength/speed
“I would have preferred this writer explore these ideas” is an opinion. “This writer has trouble with certain aspects of story-telling” is a criticism.
“This writer sucks and is talentless” is a mean-spirited insult. “This writer should die” is a vile, shitty thing for which there is no excuse for saying. Please learn the difference and please don’t pretend you’re doing one of the two former when you’re doing one of the two latter.
I’ve included a very comprehensive list, organized by the type of body movement, hand and arm movements, facial expressions etc. In some cases, a phrase fits more than one heading, so it may appear twice. Possible emotions are given after each BL phrase unless the emotion is indicated within the phrase. (They are underlined for emphasis, not due to a hyperlink.)
Note: I’ve included a few body postures and body conditions as they are non-verbal testimony to the character’s physical condition.
Have fun and generate your own ideas.:-)
Eyes, Brows and Forehead
Place To Place, Stationary Or Posture
Head Movement
Mouth And Jaw
Nose
Face in General
Arm and Hand
Sitting or Rising
Recline
Entire body and General
-Sharla Rae
