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Quick Update

This blog will be on permanent hiatus. I will keep the blog up but I will not be rebloging or posting anything onto here. I will not be rping anymore with Crabbles as of right now. I don’t know when things will get better but right now this blog is shut down. if you need me you can find me on the discord chat the bonezone set up.

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Quick Update

This blog will be on permanent hiatus. I will keep the blog up but I will not be rebloging or posting anything onto here. I will not be rping anymore with Crabbles as of right now. I don’t know when things will get better but right now this blog is shut down. if you need me you can find me on the discord chat the bonezone set up.

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[[ By the way to those that might not see me active much on here but want to keep in contact, I’m Jamafly and VfIllustrations on tumblr. Vfillustrations on instagram too. JamaflyDoodles on twitter. :’D I’m not going to be the most active on here but if you’re curious about anything feel free to message on there. ]]

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[[ If this is true, then I have committed cannibalizim today. ]]

jamafly said: Now im curious what soul i would be gdi jfklasdj

I can get you the link of the test i took to get my result, if you want

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jamafly said: Now im curious what soul i would be gdi jfklasdj

I can get you the link of the test i took to get my result, if you want

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Part 6 of Aftertale…. begin. Check out these pages speedpaint video? If you like what I do, please support me on PATREON! First Previous Next 

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Send  🐛 to throw a millipede at my muse… You cruel, sadistic person.

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[[ Sorry for not being very active. OTL I’ve been working on portfolio and it’s become a haphazard mess along with client work. Hopefully, I’ll graduate the 23rd of June and the ceremony being the 21st of July. /o/ Still though don’t be afraid to send asks or RP prompts/starters. ]]

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CORRUPTED!ASRIEL + CORRUPTED!FLOWEY

Corrupted!Asriel and Corrupted!Flowey belong to an AU called Underveil developed by @undertale-tales and @thebonezone66

Commission done by Samu - @spiidertale

@ask-thehuman @snowdinpoppy @edgeysans @thebonezone66 @ask-the-erased @ask-captaingrillby @ask-thecrabbles @ask-doggo-things @your-best-friend-flowey @ask-dogi

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I hear that crabs can regrow their limbs... **rips off one of Crabbles' arms** :D FOR SCIENCE.

[[ It’ll grow back in a month or so but geeez ]]

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And the First Subject is...

(Slight delay due to being stranded at school)

Wings, submitted by Lucid.

Whether mechanical or organic, bird-like or draconian, swept, straight or rigid, wings are the instruments of flight, freedom, and the fluidity of airborne travel.

Draw something! Anything you want! (You have all weekend anyway ;D)

B-TAB BEGINS!

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15. What are their blind spots or biases? (Do they know about them?)

“I guess I’m biased by ta what I eat. Don’t like extremely salty food. Dat’s just da worst.”

[[ Crabbles tends to be biased in her belief that others just want her wares but not her friendship. Thus why she tries to do the same to others. She doesn’t realize that she’s being bland or borderline mean to people either because of this. It became a sort of a habit. Crabbles has a literal blind spot with her shell. She can’t see behind herself when it’s on. ]]

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kinda sorta worldbuilding wednesday related, why not

I made one of those sets of character questions because of reasons (reasons like “I think many of the question sets circulating are kind of irrelevant, and I’m just snotty enough to think I can do better”). If anybody would find it fun or useful, feel free to reblog it as an askbox meme or just fill it out like a questionnaire or whatever.

What makes them happy? What do they think would make them happy?

How do they feel about their appearance?

What would their ideal friend be like? (Have they had any luck finding such a person?)

What kind of people do they hate? 

What offenses do they think are unforgivable? (Or IS anything guaranteed unforgivable)

How well do they keep promises or commitments? Do they expect the same of others?

How long does it take them to warm up to people?

Do they keep any important rituals or routines?

When distressed, do they seek solitude or support from others?

If someone comes to them with a problem, how do they respond? (Advice? Sympathy? Taking it into their own hands? Blowing it off completely?) How does this it vary based on who’s asking?

How do they feel about physical contact? What are their personal space requirements?

What do they do to relax? (What if they’re prevented from doing that thing?)

What do they get excited about?

What do they consider the area of their expertise? (Are they right about that?)

What are their blind spots or biases? (Do they know about them?)

How active is their imagination? (Do they use it to advantage? Does it tend to run off with them?)

How good are they at reading other people?

How easy or difficult is it for other people to read them?

How comfortable are they with animals (pets, other domesticated beasts, wild animals)?

To what extent are they concerned with other people? Do they tend to serve others, protect their own, or only look out for number one? (In other words, is their priority “you,” “us,” or “me”?)

Do they enjoy challenges or avoid them? In what areas?

How well do they deal with injuries or ailments?

What qualities do they most want to be associated with? What’s the highest compliment anyone could pay them? The gravest insult?

How comfortable are they with being the center of attention? Do they want recognition for their works? (Can they even take a compliment in the first place?)

How willing are they to take risks? What factors might affect their decisions on that front?

How competitive are they? Do they expect to win or think they’re going to lose? Can they take either outcome gracefully?

How much do they care about etiquette, politesse, propriety? Do they have the same standards for themself as for other people?

Do they guard personal information closely, or is it all free for the asking? Is there something they would never tell anyone?

Do they assign more weight to actions or words?

How decisive are they? What do they do if they have trouble making a decision?

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How to Easily Write 500+ Word Replies

Long paras are a staple of TOS, but we know it can get a little intimidating when you don’t know how to match the colossal para you just got, or that 500 word limit is just a little too far away. So we’ve compiled a series of tips to make replying to someone that much easier, and ultimately, hopefully, to help make more confident writers. Obviously none of these are rule rules, just advice to give for a spin when you do get stuck.

Try to give your rp partner 3 active things to respond to. An explicit action, dialogue (asking questions is great), or a change in the environment worth commenting on. This is especially important in the starter, because replying to starters that only have one thing to respond to is hard. The more you give in the starter, the easier your next reply is. If you’re the one replying, make sure to respond to what your partner gives you, both verbal and nonverbal, active and passive. If both players are actively making sure there’s plenty for their para partner to respond to, you’re making it easier for the both of you to reply in much longer ways.

Ask for more to work with! It really is okay, and most people won’t have an issue writing a couple more sentences to help you out, or give you a description your character can respond to– especially if you’re in their character’s office or something like that. You can also ask if it’s okay to progress to the next plot point if you have something planned out, or if you can introduce a new element altogether. Communication is the bomb. 

Describe the other character. You can obviously do this in one big chunk in one para, or space it out. We don’t mean like “He was wearing blue clothes”, but rather, how does their appearance affect your character’s opinion of them? Do they think her clothes are as disorganized as she must be? Does their abuse of the color yellow put your character off? Does he look as tired as your character does, and what could that mean. We all judge people by their appearances, and those judgements depend on how much you like the person, and don’t have to be right in reality or wrong. It’s also a really cool way to show character development and their connection changing over time if the way you describe someone changes. Someone who at first may come across as haughty may later be interpreted as nervous, and it’s fun to play with that. 

Additionally, if a character is disabled don’t be afraid of mentioning that in your writing or having a character interact with that aspect of the other character. If you’re not familiar with something or some aspect of a character and are maybe afraid of being offensive, don’t be afraid to look things up or ask the other player for some more information. Your character might not always be 100% PC and that’s okay. Just be sure to use appropriate trigger warnings when that’s the case.

Have a plan. Long paras can go on for a long time, and sometimes it’s hard to know when to dash or how to keep it in one timeline. Even if the plan is as vague as “They fight. She wins.” If you have a vague idea how it ends, you can base future interactions on it while you’re still writing it. It also helps with inspiration. If you could go anywhere it’s harder to pick which way to go. When you have a destination in mind you know heading East will get you there faster than going West will. 

Is your character someone who looks forward or looks back? Having them reminisce and connect the current situation to the past is a great way to slide in your neat little headcanons and give everyone perspective on your character’s motive. If they’re looking forward, how does this link to their future, what they want? For example, someone who wants a relationship someday talking to a “taken” character– how does the relationship they perceive match up with what they want of their relationship, and how doesn’t it? This can also help build tension or specific dynamics, and, when use consistently, introduces new characteristics. 

Use your setting. It’s there, it’s around you. It can help build mood through language choices and details, or show how your character feels in certain environments, as well as drive plot points. Maybe they’re really chilled out outside, and agitated in an office. Maybe meeting new people makes them want to examine a leaf on a nearby tree. Maybe there are glowing eyes in the forest nearby that are kinda freaking one character out while the other is oblivious. By doing so, you’re making them real people in a real place, not a person detached from reality in an endless void, or someone obviously pasted onto a CGI background. The world is real to them; make it real to you. 

Write in a word document or something and make the font size 8, single-spaced. Not advisable for those with bad eyesight, but it’s kind of a neat way to trick your brain into writing more. 500+ words looks and feels like a lot less when it’s tiny. Then you make it big and… hey, when did you write that much?

Sometimes starting is the hardest part. Try having a word war with yourself– write for 10 - 15 minutes straight, no pauses, no editing. Once you’re in the groove, you’re more likely to keep going, and you’ll have a good chunk of it done. Try this.

Try not writing in order! When you read a para, try writing down your immediate responses– a dialogue, a thought, an action– and then building around it. It also helps having a framework. Say you make 6 bullet points of things to say/do/think. You write about 85 words on each bullet point minimum, you’ve got it down pat, and make sure you’ve remembered to include things for your partner to reply to. The first sentence chronologically can be the last one you write, and things can always be rearranged or changed.

Try waiting to read replies you receive until you can reply yourself. Some people are the planning types and need 24+ hours to mull over the kind of response they want to write, and that’s fine! However, reading a nice reply that gives you things to play off of can give you an immediate surge of ideas and inspiration that dwindles the longer you wait to get typing. If you’re the second type of person, then waiting to read the reply until you know you can write yours might result in increased productivity and flow of ideas. 

Don’t get hung up on using colorful language or describing details. Try using the first word that comes to mind, because 99% of the time, it’ll be the best and most genuine choice, and it means not getting stuck in one place and needing to find your groove again. You have something you want to accomplish with your reply, so do that and fill in the other details around it afterwards. Editing can always come later. 

Use the Plot/Character/Mood rule. This ties into other advice listed, but it’s a great way to decide whether something is relevant or filler. If you’re worldbuilding, character building, advancing the plot, or showing the mood, it isn’t filler; it’s building a story. 

Ultimately, practice makes perfect. The more you do it, and the more often you do it, the easier it becomes. The more it gets put off, the harder it looks and the harder it becomes. We hope that with these tips, 500 words feel less like an unclimbable mountain, and more like a molehill. 

Some more awesome guides:

Tips and Advice for Describing Characters

Better Prompts, Starters, and Beginnings

Showing vs Telling

Exercises to Improve Writing

Writer’s Block Flow Chart

Tips for Writer’s Block

Roleplay Insecurities

TOS Specific Plot Ideas

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