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Waiting for someone to make a historical manhwa or manga that's actually accurate to how life was back then. The gossip initimidating social circles with old women of all sorts, the social dances that aren't between the leads alone but they keep switching partners and it's a fun time not the elegant boring dances we see a the time, the slutry hand touches, the forbidden long glances, the banter, the FAMILIES. Like, I don't want to see another fl whose father is a twig and doesn't care if she fraternizes with anyone, man, knight, commoner, duke. That shit had principles and rules. It made it more and more dramatic.

I'm so sick of the historical setting being PURELY for the aesthetic of historically unaccurate fashion, half-assed magic systems, understudied class disputes and differences, and these modern women in these ladies' bodies not facinf one CENT of the consequences she would for a woman who speaks wrong, acts wild, disrespects most things, can just up and start a business and succeed in it because why not, and just... I'm just mad.

Someone adapt pride and prejudice or Anna with an E into art format and guve it a sprinkle of creative freedom ans make some more junkfood, but at least make it yearny and slightly accurate and not... that.

End of rant. I will walk myself into my hole again. Thank you.

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Another cute little story concept im too lazy to write :p

This is just a setup, the idea that sparked this will come in another post, probably lol

Here goes nothing:

Family K has had a LONNG standing feud with family S. This is set in a traditional-leaning society, where women rights and freedom are kinda vague concepts. Horses, property, guns, and Men (non-derogatory)

Fl was born into family K for the sake of saving her older brother who has some kind of organ failure case. He needed an organ transplant, and no one in the huge family they have wanted to donate, because it would kill them, so the parents opted to give birth to another child and hopefully they're compatible and it'll all work out. The child is a girl. They name her Sophia. When Sophia turns 2, she is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. She can no longer donate.

The parents blame her, because of course, they're old and stupid. Also very spiteful. They have no word in the big family because they have no male heir and weak personalities.

They nearly kill her at age 6 bc her brother dies. They're stopped by the grandma who thought fl was a pretty kid and will probably marry well. One child, tho girl, is better than no child. Obviously.

Fl runs away from home at age ten. She then meets a boy whom no one wanted to play with because he's chubby and awkward, also was kind of creepy because he was a little too obsessed with animals. I'm talking this boi would climb a tree to watch the birds, and observe ants do their thing for hours on end. His family had no other kids his age, he was the oldest.

He ends up letting her into his house since they meet and pay together, she's also a big nerd, and she explains her situation, and since he lives in the same neighbourhood, he invites her to spend the night at his house-somewhere safe, without anyone's knowledge. He lets her into his little house where he collected his research on these animals, which was an abandoned dog house that he colonized from his other cousins.

The boy's family is Family S. And his name is Lorenzo.

After a few days, Sophia returns home, and learns that no one looked for her all that time. Her mother looks at her with contempt and she gets punished for the little ranaway.

Because no one cared, she was able to leave the house when she wanted during the day and make up dumb excuses and no one would care if they were even believable. She was the unnoticeable kid among her dozens of cousins. So it didn't matter that she would be out for hours, walking around or doing research like little adventurers with Lorenzo.

They grow up, and she's pretty, so she starts standing out as she grows older. Her family is no longer okay with her having freedom. What if she does something that lessens her value as a woman, like befriending a boy without anyone to surveil, god forbid.

By this point, they're 16 and Lorenzo is smitten with her. But he doesn't think she likes him back, and doesn't want to scare her off because she barely likes anyone and he knows that, she's a mild psychopath in a way. She lacks compassion, especially for her family, and would say scary things in a non ironic way at times. Anyway, what if his feelings make her uncomfortable and she runs away?

She once told him 'I'm only staying in this small sad village because of you.' After all, if she up and left the city one day no one would care, so he was her only reason.

This was Sophia's way of confessing. She barely knows what love is, anyway. So when she did that, and got the response of 'blushes incessantly and deflects' from Lorenzo, she feels rejected.

She initially thinks he stopped wanting to see her, because the next time he stops showing up, for a couple of days. (because his family fell into a scandal about some member messing up and harming their reputation, everyone was to stay put until they did damage control). So she stopped going to their meeting spot, but then Lorenzo with all of his crazy broke into her house and left her a note only she could get asking if she was okay.

While on his way out of her room (she wasn't there that day), one of her cousins saw him.

Lorenzo tried to reason with him, using wit first.

But the kid was too dumb and nearly blew his cover somehow.

So Lorenzo did the only logical thing to keep him quiet, and pushed him down the stairs, but not stair to stair. Edge of stairs to the ground.

That cousin has never talked again.

Sophia showed up at the meeting spot though, all giddy. So giddy that she didn't lose her best friend that she forgot to ask about how he got the note into her room, and also didn't answer him when he asked why she didn't show up for several weeks.

Give her grace. She's young and has never known love. And everyone can be dumb dramatic at times.

Lorenzo has a very strict family. His grandfather, who loves him most of all his grandchildren, is the strictest of all. His grandfather is the silent tyrant. His mother is the loud dictator. Every morning, they have a mandatory collective breakfast before the men go to work, and during it the mother always has to nitpick at someone, or some maid or anything and make them all uncomfortable or annoyed. Lorenzo is the one to eat quietly and leave. He's kind of unapproachable to his family, even though he's exceedingly polite and good at things he does.

Lorenzo's parents finds out about his meetings, because THEY care what their favorite, first grandson, the apple of their grandfather's eye is doing.

And when they do, they try to separate them without causing trouble. Since it's just his parents that know. The cowards of the family who are scared of angering the grandpa and have the impeccable shief that is their perfect son wouldn't want to lose that power.

They warn him and try to convince their 18 year old son to stop seeing this 'gorl'. He tells them he'll just up and leave and they can find a way not to get kicked out of the house with their drug addictions and bad personalities if they so much as try to continue talking about this.

I forgot to mention he's lost the weight (forcefully). He's pretty good looking.

Anyway, his parents cover for him out of fear and as a last resort they tell his his sassy and scary/authoritarian uncle. He tells Lorenzo off and the boy ignores him. Because that's what he does with his dysfunctional ass family. He ignores what he doesn't like, opting for that instead of constantly having to disrespect them.

Sassy uncle says he'll tell the girl's family. Lorenzo says he'll unplug his cousin and let him die without his knowledge if he does it. And this wouldn't be the first time Lorenzo killed one of his cousins so he believes him and shuts up.

Fast forward Lorenzo is 25 and Sophia is 23. They're still the best of friends and the city is now bigger and there's better places to go!

Sophia wasn't allowed to go to college, but she was allowed to go learn to cook and be good at ladylike things in her aunt's house near the college Lorenzo would go to.

The two hung out quite often.

Story logic means Lorenzo is now ever handsome and fit, anyway the look is doing its thing.

One late afternoon, he was walking Sophia home from shopping down the street, aka, going to see him after he got done with his celebration since he got his master's degree and would be leaving to go back home and help take care of business.

They were walking down one of those steep and narrow alleys, think italy or turkey aesthetic. She gifts him a pocket watch, vintage but something he loves. But it falls and rolls down the ground and stops somewhere far.

After a bit of banter, he sighs a 'you always make me pick up your shit' and she gets offended he called it 'shit' and they keep talking while he walks ahead to pick up the watch

During that, someone walks up to her from behind and tries to shoot Sophia.

Lorenzo, while getting back up from picking up the watch, sees what's going on, and in that split moment, he takes out a gun from under his cardigan and shoots the stranger dead.

Sophia screams, many people start looking out from the window. Dead man on the ground next to woman, and Lorenzo in front of them holding the gun.

Sophia, soon as the shock is over, goes up to him and hugs him, not even looking behind at what happened. She kind of instinctively had to.

Lorenzo is taken into custody.

And turns out word had just reached his grandpa, the head of family S, about Sophia. And he was the one to send the hitman.

He was also the one who gifted his grandson the gun he used to shoot the stranger. Not knowing this would be what it's used for.

Sophia goes home to her aunt, worried sick about Lorenzo, but there was nothing she could do, he told her to leave before the cops came.

Her aunt hugs her as soon as she enters the house.

"They're asking for your hand in marriage!" She tells Sophia. "Your mother just called. Family M's second son is coming to your house to ask for your hand from your father! Your mother was crying on the phone! You've won, honey! You've won the luck lottery after all!"

I didn't forget the diabetes plotline. You forgot it.

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Sucker for the VERY specific trope where mc has an obsessed love interest who became an enemy out of grief or vengence or some other reason and want to take revenge on someone AROUND the mc (say mc gets married and love interest is blaming the husband/wife for everything and wants them harmed/dead) BUT while trying to achieve his evil plan, mc gets harmed and they're like 'no no no no no my love no' and suddenly they're a puppy and they regret everything

It's so specific, but man do i enjoy it

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So can someone remind me how to write a male lead except he's a VILLAIN AND you root for him? Like I'm not talking 'he manipulated her into going on a date with him, haha so hot' I'm talking 'he just set the building on fire with three ppl inside, haha so hot'. Like aside from ONLY milking physical attributes like that makes it okay *barf*, just how do I get the girlies onboard with simping for a criminal?

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Adding to this because I have issues

Book 1 may start with orphaned child being creepy and/or intimidating to his bullies, then cut to a comedic ghost angle where we see the two ghosts standing behind him, mother is holding a fan like a victorian sassy noble woman looking at the bullies running away from their beloved adoptive boo and the dad has a huge mustache now and is looking coldly at the kids like 'i have a conscience. One haunted kid is more than enough.' And then the kid going, 'guys, do you think I did well?' To his guardians/parents/ghostparents who then swoon when the cute little boo looks at them worriedly.

And then flynn rider chimes in with a 'You're probably wondering how I got here.' And it's the og ghost who started the whole revenge thing, and then we go back to day one when our mc was first haunted by thus og hot will-become her significant other.

*stops rambling, fades into the background*

Another premise off the top of my head that I BEG someone to write because I currently can't

Now hear me out i beg:

Mc's family kills person A. Decades go by, and our Mc is haunted by person A who is now a hot, vengeful ghost. Mc is an adult when they meet because we don't do grooming here. Mc is compelled by hot ghost person A to help them accomplish revenge after waking up to the fact that their supposed to be Great Family was a bunch of filthy criminal scoundrels.

The ghost and human fall in love.

Plot twist: Mc dies at the end of the novel while seeking this revenge in a frustrating but bittersweet way.

Because of their frustration and their hatred for the way they died, MC TURNS INTO A GHOST AS WELL, AND NOW THEY'RE a POWER COUPLE SEEKING OUT A NEW PERSON TO HAUNT SO THEY CAN COMPLETE THEIR REVENGE

Book 2: Haunted orphaned child? Found family? Anyone?

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Rules in fiction I don't get

1. Terrible Parents have an 80% probability of having Amazing kids. All the protagonists with devils and demons for parents, who somehow grow up to be nobel prize worthy human being specimen. HOW?? Was the evilness so grand in their hearts that they nullified their kids'?

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STOP DOING THIS IN INJURY FICS!!

Bleeding:

Blood is warm. if blood is cold, you’re really fucking feverish or the person is dead. it’s only sticky after it coagulates.

It smells! like iron, obv, but very metallic. heavy blood loss has a really potent smell, someone will notice.

Unless in a state of shock or fight-flight mode, a character will know they’re bleeding. stop with the ‘i didn’t even feel it’ yeah you did. drowsiness, confusion, pale complexion, nausea, clumsiness, and memory loss are symptoms to include.

blood flow ebbs. sometimes it’s really gushin’, other times it’s a trickle. could be the same wound at different points.

it’s slow. use this to your advantage! more sad writer times hehehe.

Stab wounds:

I have been mildly impaled with rebar on an occasion, so let me explain from experience. being stabbed is bizarre af. your body is soft. you can squish it, feel it jiggle when you move. whatever just stabbed you? not jiggly. it feels stiff and numb after the pain fades. often, stab wounds lead to nerve damage. hands, arms, feet, neck, all have more motor nerve clusters than the torso. fingers may go numb or useless if a tendon is nicked.

also, bleeding takes FOREVER to stop, as mentioned above.

if the wound has an exit wound, like a bullet clean through or a spear through the whole limb, DONT REMOVE THE OBJECT. character will die. leave it, bandage around it. could be a good opportunity for some touchy touchy :)

whump writers - good opportunity for caretaker angst and fluff w/ trying to manhandle whumpee into a good position to access both sites

Concussion:

despite the amnesia and confusion, people ain’t that articulate. even if they’re mumbling about how much they love (person) - if that’s ur trope - or a secret, it’s gonna make no sense. garbled nonsense, no full sentences, just a coupla words here and there.

if the concussion is mild, they’re gonna feel fine. until….bam! out like a light. kinda funny to witness, but also a good time for some caretaking fluff.

Fever:

you die at 110F. no 'oh no his fever is 120F!! ahhh!“ no his fever is 0F because he’s fucking dead. you lose consciousness around 103, sometimes less if it’s a child. brain damage occurs at over 104.

ACTUAL SYMPTOMS:

sluggishness

seizures (severe)

inability to speak clearly

feeling chilly/shivering

nausea

pain

delirium

symptoms increase as fever rises. slow build that secret sickness! feverish people can be irritable, maybe a bit of sass followed by some hurt/comfort. never hurt anybody.

ALSO about fevers - they absolutely can cause hallucinations. Sometimes these alter memory and future memory processing. they're scary shit guys.

fevers are a big deal! bad shit can happen! milk that till its dry (chill out) and get some good hurt/comfort whumpee shit.

keep writing u sadistic nerds xox love you

ALSO I FORGOT LEMME ADD ON:

YOU DIE AT 85F

sorry I forgot. at that point for a sustained period of time you're too cold to survive.

pt 2

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Another premise off the top of my head that I BEG someone to write because I currently can't

Now hear me out i beg:

Mc's family kills person A. Decades go by, and our Mc is haunted by person A who is now a hot, vengeful ghost. Mc is an adult when they meet because we don't do grooming here. Mc is compelled by hot ghost person A to help them accomplish revenge after waking up to the fact that their supposed to be Great Family was a bunch of filthy criminal scoundrels.

The ghost and human fall in love.

Plot twist: Mc dies at the end of the novel while seeking this revenge in a frustrating but bittersweet way.

Because of their frustration and their hatred for the way they died, MC TURNS INTO A GHOST AS WELL, AND NOW THEY'RE a POWER COUPLE SEEKING OUT A NEW PERSON TO HAUNT SO THEY CAN COMPLETE THEIR REVENGE

Book 2: Haunted orphaned child? Found family? Anyone?

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That awkward moment when you plan everything out for a steady miniature climax, where every chapter adds to the ladder of information that will morph into a subtle, emotionally pugnant moment, but then get sick of it one day and decide to surprise YOURSELF with a sudden plot twist and oop, all that planning was for nothing but at least this is fun? Ok maybe I just have issues

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That and figuring out how character a and character b were supposed to interact when they first met bc in your head they're besties, ride or dies, lovers, soulmates, married and have 3 kide, but on the page you're on they still just know each other as John from accounting and that Selina from the 4th floor

#help #why is this my life

you think writing is mostly making up rich worlds and complex characters and devising their interactions, but really it's mostly double-checking the meanings of incredibly basic words just in case you have been using them wrong your entire life. and that's ok

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Love interest is the enemy. It is TOLD at the very end, but it's something the reader saw coming and not an 'angsty' plot twist. In fact, everyone in the book saw it coming, EXCEPT for the protagonist, who's just so colorblind to all the death flags that were waving at them since their little meet-cute, that they're the only shocked one that their Hubby is the villainous person they were chasing all along the book

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To add my literal two cents:

Lovers to friends to enemies

Chosen one is to destroy the world, not save it

REVERSE TROPE WRITING PROMPTS

Too many beds

Accidentally kidnapping a mafia boss

Really nice guy who hates only you

Academic rivals except it’s two teachers who compete to have the best class

Divorce of convenience

Too much communication

True hate’s kiss (only kissing your enemy can break a curse)

Dating your enemy’s sibling

Lovers to enemies

Hate at first sight

Love triangle where the two love interests get together instead

Fake amnesia

Soulmates who are fated to kill each other

Strangers to enemies

Instead of fake dating, everyone is convinced that you aren’t actually dating

Too hot to cuddle

Love interest CEO is a himbo/bimbo who runs their company into the ground

Nursing home au

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This is saving my life 😭😭

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