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OC Ask Game

Thought I’d take a crack and make one you guys can reblog and enjoy and play amongst your mutuals.

does your oc have any motifs?

describe your character's voice. do they have a voice claim?

is your character an indoor or outdoor person?

what's your character's favorite recreational activity?

what was your character's dream job as a kid? is it different than what their career ended up being?

what is the thing your oc likes the least about themselves?

what is the thing your oc likes the most about themselves?

what book genre is their favorite?

what book genre is their least favorite?

what kind of music do they enjoy?

has your OC ever fallen in love and with whom?

how well does your OC do in school?

where would your OC like to go on a honeymoon?

An embarrassing secret about your OC?

who is your OC’s best friend?

how does your OC feel about their parents?

how does your OC feel about their siblings?

a memory that still makes your OC angry?

a memory that still makes your OC sad?

a nostalgic memory from your OC’s childhood?

hobbies your OC enjoys?

what is holding your OC back to achieve their goals?

what are your OC’s biggest flaws and biggest strengths?

how does your OC handle death of someone they know?

favorite food and color for your OC?

least favorite food and color?

your OC’s zodiac sign?

is your OC a dog or cat person?

when was their first kiss?

does your OC wish to be married someday?

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Stripping away Supports

                In classic outlining structure, the midpoint is where your MC loses all the advantages they’d relied on up until that point—allies, resources, powers, etc. In fact, this structure is used in so many films that the ‘characters fight at the midpoint’ is an easily found cliché throughout media.

                However, there are other ways of stripping away your MC’s supports to achieve the same effect.

They fight

Okay I know I just implied we might want to avoid this, but why fix what’s not broke? The important part about following the ‘characters fight at the midpoint’ trope is to ensure the fight doesn’t start at the midpoint, but rather starts from the very moment the characters are seen with each other/meet. The fight should be about something that’s been brewing underneath all of their interactions from the beginning—the one thing they should’ve talked about but didn’t. The ‘elephant in the room’.

                This fight is less of a fight but an unearthing of feelings, thoughts, and problems that have always been there, but have been ignored or avoided up until then. What’s the event that unearths these truths? Typically, something threatening or scary causes people to speak ‘out of turn’…

2. The protagonist chooses to go on alone

Something big happened, something so dangerous and scary that the protagonist intentionally pushes away their allies in order to protect them… Of course, later they might realize that they are stronger together anyway. This is also a bit of a cliché, but done thoughtfully can be very impactful.

3. The allies are in over their head

The reversal of the last trope, instead of the protagonist pushing their allies away, the allies decide this quest is far too dangerous and risky for them… The protagonist is abandoned by their allies. Later, these supports may return, their love for the protagonist stronger than their fear of the situation, but whatever happened must have spooked them bad enough to lead them to betrayal.

4. An integral piece they’ve been relying on has been destroyed

The hideout was found and torched, the old man’s journal was tossed into the sea, the leader/mentor/keeper of information has been kidnapped or killed. Maybe the allies and the protagonist are still together, but one important thing that’s been keeping them together or leading them has been lost, now they have to adapt and improvise on the fly if they wish to continue their quest.

5. An integral piece they’ve been relying on turned out to not be true or important

Similar to the last but with a bit of a twist. They’ve been following the wrong lead all along—where to go next now that the very foundation of their quest is crumbling beneath them?

          

What are some other ways of fulfilling the midpoint reversal?

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masterpost of horror lists

here are all my horror lists in one place to make it easier to find! enjoy!

sub-genres

analog horror

animated horror

anthology horror

aquatic horror

apocalyptic horror

backwoods horror

campy horror

children’s horror

comedy horror

coming-of-age horror

corporate/work place horror

daylight horror

death games

domestic horror

ecological horror

erotic horror

experimental horror

fairytale horror

folk horror

found footage horror

giallo horror

gothic horror

historical horror

holiday horror

home invasion horror

house horror

indie horror

isolation horror

japanese horror

korean horror

lgbtqia+ horror

lovecraftian/cosmic horror

medical horror

meta horror

monster horror

musical horror

mythological horror

neo-monster horror

new french extremity horror

paranormal horror

psychedelic horror

psychological horror

religious horror

revenge horror

romantic horror

science fiction horror

slasher

southern gothic horror

spanish horror

splatter/body horror

survival horror

techno-horror

vampire horror

virus horror

werewolf horror

western horror

witch horror

zombie horror

decades

silent era

30s horror

40s horror

50s horror

60s horror

70s horror

80s horror

90s horror

2000s horror

2010s horror

2020s horror

settings

summer camp horror

other lists

horror literature to movies

video nasties

female directed horror

my 111 favorite horror movies

horror movies critics hated because they’re stupid

horror remakes/sequels that weren’t bad

female villains in horror

horror movies so bad they’re good

non-horror movies that feel like horror movies

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PSA: bot comments are taking over ao3

The above examples have been provided with the authors' permission to demonstrate what these look like.

Basic rundown:

They are all 3 sentences long

Perfect grammar, capitalization, and punctuation

Like absolutely flawless English teacher-style writing with only a single exclamation mark, ever

No mentions whatsoever of character names, settings, situations, or anything that could be tied to the story

The usernames may be identical to people who exist on ao3, but the name is not clickable, and no profile is associated with it EXCEPT when you directly search for that name. What this means: the comments come from an unregistered (not logged in) reader, bots scrape the site for real usernames, attach that to the comment, and post

Please spread the word about this so authors can filter comments and report them accordingly

There has been some speculation about why this is happening at all, and the best guess is that this is a feature that AI-training story-scraping tools are implementing to try and make their browsing traffic look legitimate

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POWEROUS

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So, let me guess– you just started a new book, right? And you’re stumped. You have no idea how much an AK47 goes for nowadays. I get ya, cousin. Tough world we live in. A writer’s gotta know, but them NSA hounds are after ya 24/7. I know, cousin, I know. If there was only a way to find out all of this rather edgy information without getting yourself in trouble…

You’re in luck, cousin. I have just the thing for ya.

It’s called Havocscope. It’s got information and prices for all sorts of edgy information. Ever wondered how much cocaine costs by the gram, or how much a kidney sells for, or (worst of all) how much it costs to hire an assassin?

I got your back, cousin. Just head over to Havocscope.

((PS: In case you’re wondering, Havocscope is a database full of information regarding the criminal underworld. The information you will find there has been taken from newspapers and police reports. It’s perfectly legal, no need to worry about the NSA hounds, cousin ;p))

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I am so sick of people shitting on A/B/O and Omegaverse just because it’s weirdass cringeworthy lady smut. You know why it turned into a lawsuit in federal court? Because it’s BIG BUCKS because A TON OF PEOPLE READ IT. Mostly women and AFAB trans people. And not because we’re all regressive antifeminist dumbfucks.

Omegaverse is a coded way of exploring gender and desire, of navigating identity and sex and relationships in a world where the people you desire and the kind of sex you get off on are part of the system that oppresses you politically, and your own biology is at once the instrument through which you live and achieve sexual fulfillment, and a weapon that can be used against you.

Wolf dynamics don’t work that way because IT’S A FUCKING METAPHOR. 

It explores these dynamics in a way that is just unfamiliar enough that it isn’t like being smacked in the face with memories of the entire rest of the world. You don’t read it and think in the middle of a sex scene, “Jesus, guys like this make up most of the government that decides whether I get to have abortions.” It’s a fantastical framework that you can shake off when you stop reading, because it’s not actually real.

You better damn well bet a lot of A/B/O actually explores queer and trans and intersex experience and sexual autonomy and impaired consent and domestic violence and reproductive rights, and manages to be hot as hell while it does so.

I am just. So sick. Of people taking potshots at it for easy laughs.

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So, let me guess– you just started a new book, right? And you’re stumped. You have no idea how much an AK47 goes for nowadays. I get ya, cousin. Tough world we live in. A writer’s gotta know, but them NSA hounds are after ya 24/7. I know, cousin, I know. If there was only a way to find out all of this rather edgy information without getting yourself in trouble…

You’re in luck, cousin. I have just the thing for ya.

It’s called Havocscope. It’s got information and prices for all sorts of edgy information. Ever wondered how much cocaine costs by the gram, or how much a kidney sells for, or (worst of all) how much it costs to hire an assassin?

I got your back, cousin. Just head over to Havocscope.

((PS: In case you’re wondering, Havocscope is a database full of information regarding the criminal underworld. The information you will find there has been taken from newspapers and police reports. It’s perfectly legal, no need to worry about the NSA hounds, cousin ;p))

Want more writerly content? Follow maxkirin.tumblr.com!

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this user wants to lay down in a field of flowers for a bit.

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(source)

Unsplash -  photography, illustration, and art

Pixabay - same as unsplash

Pexels - stock photos and videos

Stockvault.net - stock photos

freepngimg - icons, pictures and clipart

Veceezy - vectors and clipart

Kissclipart and kissPNG - more vectors and clipart (often transparent!)

Getdrawings - simplistic images and drawing tutorials

Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)

Canva - needs login but has lots of templates

Library of Congress - historical posters and photos

NASA - you guessed it

Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie

Even Adobe has some free images

There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without infringing copyright! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own. 

Please add on if you know any more sites for free images <3

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hi! im looking for a fic where Peter has a daughter called April and she inherits his spider dna but they dont know it until she is about four maybe, and she's on the ceiling. i have a screenshot and i remember april going "can i have a cool suit" and Peter goes "NO" while tony goes "yeah, probably".

Here you go! If you or anyone else are ever in a similar situation regarding a lost fic, try using these Google search tips to find it. It’ll be much faster then waiting for us to respond. <3

a sticky situation by ciaconnaa

“Hey, Tony, look what I can do!”

Of all the things he expected in the grand adventure that is babysitting Peter’s daughter, Tony did not expect to turn his head to find the kid stuck to the ceiling.

Like father, like daughter, it would seem.

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Hello! I usually bookmark fics and save their URLs, but for some reason, I cannot find this one that I want. It has May stuck somewhere overseas because of COVID and closed borders, and Peter is staying with Tony while she can't get back to New York. I think there's a scene where he freaks out. Do you know which one this is?

I’m not entirely sure this is your fic because May is in Tampa, not overseas, but the rest all fits:

when everything's wrong (you make it right) by parkerxheart

“Kiddo?” Tony said quietly, touching Peter’s shoulder. “You okay?”

All the emotions seemed to hit Peter at once.

“Hey, hey,” Tony whispered, catching Peter as his legs crumpled under the sobs that broke free.

OR

May gets stuck in Tampa due to the borders getting shut down.

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Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who Rating: Mature Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Tenth Doctor/The Master (Simm) Characters: Tenth Doctor, The Doctor (Doctor Who), The Master (Simm), The Master (Doctor Who), Martha Jones, Jack Harkness, Original Time Lord Character(s) Additional Tags: Sensory Deprivation, Telepathic Bond, Telepathy, Post Mpreg, mentions of branding, Rope Bondage, Voyeurism, Non-Consensual Voyeurism, Alien Biology, Time Lord Biology, sort of non-con, Mentions of Murder, References to Depression, Episode: s03e13 Last of the Time Lords, Post-Episode: s03e13 Last of the Time Lords, Thoschei Summary:

The Master has the Doctor right where he wants him.

All he has to do, now, is show Jack and Martha who the Doctor really is.

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by Madu

Blood is denser than water. Vongola Blood is even more dense than that. Maria Stark, formely D'Antonio, dies without knowing who her father is and leaves behind a single son with her unknown blood mixed with Howard’s Stark bloodline, and things stay that way until the day Tony is dying alone in an ice and snow hell in the far north of Russia.

He doesn’t want to die. He’s too stingy and spiteful to go without at least pulling some teeth out Rogers’ mouth with his fists, even if one Tony’s arms isn’t responding as it should.

Anthony still has things to invent, business to take care of and people to torment. He wants, wants and wants so hard that something inside him breaks and makes a spark.

Will, especially the Will of someone with Vongola Blood, is flammable.

Tony gathers all the willpower he has and, despite the pain and blood seeping out of him like water, he crawls and sits down.

He doesn’t see it, but on his head is a crown of fire and blood.

Or the one in which blood calls Blood and reality takes two steps to the right, to the misfortune of many people and the luck of others.

Words: 9, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Iron Man (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, The Punisher (TV 2017), Daredevil (TV), Luke Cage (TV), Iron Fist (TV), Katekyou Hitman Reborn!

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Categories: M/M, Multi

Characters: Tony Stark, James Bucky Barnes, Frank Castle, Danny Rand, Peter Parker, Luke Cage, Matt Murdock, Vongola Tenth Generation

Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Tony Stark, Frank Castle & Tony Stark, Luke Cage & Tony Stark, Danny Rand & Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Matt Murdock & Tony Stark, Sawada Tsunayoshi & Tony Stark, Tony Stark & Vongola Tenth Generation Guardians

Additional Tags: Non friendly with Wanda Maximoff, non friendly with Steve Rogers, non compliant with anything after Civil War, Sky! Tony, Storm! Frank, Rain! Peter, Sun! Danny, Lightning! Luke, Mist! Bucky, Cloud! Matt, Maria Stark is a strong female character, Blood calls Blood, in GoT style

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Apparently a lot of people get dialogue punctuation wrong despite having an otherwise solid grasp of grammar, possibly because they’re used to writing essays rather than prose. I don’t wanna be the asshole who complains about writing errors and then doesn’t offer to help, so here are the basics summarized as simply as I could manage on my phone (“dialogue tag” just refers to phrases like “he said,” “she whispered,” “they asked”):

“For most dialogue, use a comma after the sentence and don’t capitalize the next word after the quotation mark,” she said.

“But what if you’re using a question mark rather than a period?” they asked.

“When using a dialogue tag, you never capitalize the word after the quotation mark unless it’s a proper noun!” she snapped.

“When breaking up a single sentence with a dialogue tag,” she said, “use commas.”

“This is a single sentence,” she said. “Now, this is a second stand-alone sentence, so there’s no comma after ‘she said.’”

“There’s no dialogue tag after this sentence, so end it with a period rather than a comma.” She frowned, suddenly concerned that the entire post was as unasked for as it was sanctimonious.