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Ulfrika while on a datura drug trip witnessing the wildest unimaginable shit out there: I mean I wanted to die. Just not like this

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Random + angst prompts:

By @me-writes-prompts

Yearning prompts

“I can’t stop loving you.” Angsty romance prompts

Character A gets hurt/injured ft. Character B’s feral response

Coffee shop love prompts

Situationship prompts

Situationship jealousy prompts

Heartbreaking prompts

Reuniting angst prompt

“What are we?” Prompts

Ghost x vampire prompts

More ghost x vampire prompts

Vampire x werewolf prompts

Close proximity prompts

Crush prompts

Navigating through new relationship prompts

"Please don't leave me" prompts

Lovers in "denial" prompts

Reunited lovers prompts

Grumpy x sunshine prompts

"You're too good for me" prompts

"I think...I'm in love with you" prompts

Fake dating prompts

Betrayal prompts

"What would I do without you" prompts

Roommates to lovers prompts

Ice cream prompts

Underrated trope list

First date prompts

Oblivious x pining prompts

Break up prompts

Marriage of convenience prompts

Jealously prompts

OTP bonding with their children prompts

Denial of feelings prompts

Internalized homophobia prompts

Sunshine vampire x grumpy human prompts

Party game prompts

Family fluff prompts

Hero/warrior prompts

Lovers to friends prompts

Childhood friends prompts

Self-esteem issue prompts for your ocs

Nervous/awkward couple prompts

Forced proximity but one of them is claustrophobic prompts

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How to use Em Dash (—) and Semi Colon ( ; )

Since the ai accusations are still being thrown around, here's how i personally like to use these GASP ai telltales. 🦄✨

Em Dashes (—)

To emphasize a shift / action / thought.

They're accusing us—actually accusing us—of using AI.

To add drama.

They dismissed our skills as AI—didn't even think twice, the dimwits—and believed they were onto something.

To insert a sudden thought. Surely they wouldn't do that to us—would they?

To interrupt someone's speech. "Hey, please don't say that. I honed my craft through years of blood and tears—" "Shut up, prompter."

To interrupt someone's thoughts / insert a sudden event.

We're going to get those kudos. We're going to get those reblogs—

A chronically online Steve commented, “it sounds like ai, idk.”

Semi Colons ( ; )

To join two closely related independent sentences / connect ideas.

Not only ChatGPT is capable of correct punctuation; who do you think it learned from in the first place?

Ultimate pro tip: use them whenever the fuck you want. You don't owe anyone your creative process. 🌈

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NOT A DRAMATIC POST, JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHAT'S GOING ON (my ass also can't write like a regular person, I'm always that one gloomy npc with the looks of a Victorian child with TBC)

I want to apologise to everyone on this blog. I gave out false promises and, truly, it's my own responsibility for not making this blog a better place filled with excerpts, tag games, lore, designs and so on.

I don't wish to talk about my private life. I also don't want to find excuses, like, at all. However, I wish to be honest with you all. Hence, the reason for my recent inactivity was that I had quite a few exams, then I went on an internship and now I took a part time job for a while. These wouldn't pose that much of a problem. Unfortunately, the biggest obstacle is that I tend to have low(er) blood pressure which leads to fatigue as many surely know. This last bitch drains me like an alcoholic would drain a distillery if he got a free pass.

So yeah. I am trying to come up with new posts but I'm also really late with a new chapter because I have no new ideas for scenes, I stare at the blank screen which I close after five minutes because it doesn't lead anywhere and the cycle repeats...

Once again, sorry for the drama, there's none, just a small explanation of the current situation. I'm not dropping this blog or the wip(s). Anyway, I love you all, you beautiful bastards and hopefully see you soon when I can process things better with my slowed down ass and not being like a baked teenager after their first pot. Peace out

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You know what? I guess anyone who feels like it, can use this post as a tag for sharing an excerpt of their wip they're proud of. So, reblog and share if you like!

I'm sharing an excerpt that belongs among my most favourite I've written. This is a part where Márgerdra starts seeing her first marriage for what it actually was and what her true feelings towards Ereanth (her first husband) were like.

The flower of anguish bloomed inside her heart. Its iron petals stabbed her, cut her, made her bleed like never before. The green-eyed man was looking at her, though his gaze was as hollow as a trunk of a rotting tree. His touch slid past every part of her body and yet he remained so distant as if he wished not to be with her, not to claim the happiness of their wedding night, such intimacy where they finally promise one to another. Then again, he did protect her when needed. He was always there when she was upset or unsure. He even tried to find solutions to many of her problems. Although was there any inner fire beside the friendliness? Was he listening to Márgerdra? Or was he only hearing the witch out? He was an ally, a friend. But was he ever more? A close friend? Though she did care about him, had he been ever something more to her? Had she been more to him? Did they, in the times of despair, loneliness and hatred, confuse their feelings, tricking themselves into something that could never be?

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I'm sharing an excerpt that belongs among my most favourite I've written. This is a part where Márgerdra starts seeing her first marriage for what it actually was and what her true feelings towards Ereanth (her first husband) were like.

The flower of anguish bloomed inside her heart. Its iron petals stabbed her, cut her, made her bleed like never before. The green-eyed man was looking at her, though his gaze was as hollow as a trunk of a rotting tree. His touch slid past every part of her body and yet he remained so distant as if he wished not to be with her, not to claim the happiness of their wedding night, such intimacy where they finally promise one to another. Then again, he did protect her when needed. He was always there when she was upset or unsure. He even tried to find solutions to many of her problems. Although was there any inner fire beside the friendliness? Was he listening to Márgerdra? Or was he only hearing the witch out? He was an ally, a friend. But was he ever more? A close friend? Though she did care about him, had he been ever something more to her? Had she been more to him? Did they, in the times of despair, loneliness and hatred, confuse their feelings, tricking themselves into something that could never be?

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Yes, I was half dead once again. New posts are gonna be uploaded by Wednesday;)

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I've been posting a bit about writing and worldbuilding and stuff but there's barely any interaction so here's my little presentation, hoping for potential moots:

About me

My name is Elsa

My pronouns are she/her

I'm 19

I'm French

I'm studying English and International Relationships at uni

I've been imagining stories and writing them since I was around 10, starting with fanfics like a lot of people, except I didn't know it was called fanfics 😭

I'm now mainly writing fantasy, but I've started with polars and romances

I like reading fantasy, historical fiction, dystopia, and romance

Among my favourite books are Six Of Crows, The Cruel Prince, Hunger Games, Red White & Royal Blue

My favourite shows are Shadow & Bone, My Lady Jane, Bridgerton, Lockwood & Co, Heartbreak High

My favourite films are Pride and Prejudice (2005), Mamma Mia, Bridget Jones's Diary, Sinners, Dune, The Amazing Spider Man

I am mostly searching for mutuals who are readers or writers, but anyone is welcome on my profile as long as you say respectful

And that's it! Hoping to meet new people 🫶🏻

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Sorry for not posting yesterday or today or tomorrow. I'm currently trying to finish the 24th chapter. Right after I'm done, I swear new stuff's going to be posted

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Brushie brushie

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Hi Alina! Your novel sounds really interesting. I'm curious why you decided to go with the title A Healing for the Birds? It has such a nice ring to it!

Hey, thanks for the ask! <333

So the title was the result of reverse-engineering from a title idea I got for a potential sequel (I will not say that title in this ask [maybe in messages if you are curious], it is quite suggestive of what could happen), which I got while doing a lab report!

I went with this title because it alludes to two of the core parts of the wip; healing (the main property of the Allaitri Chalice), and birds (a key symbol/motif that is very prevalent throughout the story). And thanks for the compliment too! <3

Ask game taglist (ask/comment/reblog etc to be added or subtracted): @darkluminosity

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Happy STS! What kind of handwriting does your OC have?

Hi, Charlie! Thank you dear for the ask and I wish you a happy STS as well!

Ulfrika has quite a neat handwriting alhtough it can be really hard to read her writing as the letters tend to be really thin, narrow and sometimes too close to one another.

Mar's handwriting is much different from her sister's as she wasn't properly taught how to read or write. And although Wukong taught and helped her train, it was in her adulthood so the letters, despite hints of elegance, can be still slightly shaky and/or stretched.

Xue writing tends to be very small as in what a normal person would write on two pages, she manages to put it on half of a ppage. Despite being so tiny, the letters (or characters) have rather round edges and their overall shape is sort of oval or round.

Vivienne is pretty much the opposite of Xue and has really big letteres. Not big, but B I G. Also, she draws small hearts instead of a full stop at the end of each sentence.

Kogar has a similar writing to Ulfrika, however his handwriting lacks his daughter's refined strokes.

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if any of yall EVER catch me slacking in a post (having a typo) and you don’t tell me so i can fix it BEFORE YOU REBLOG…. fake friends.

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Happy STS! Your characters are going to a local celebration (fair, music festival, art show, etc.) What is it? How do they enjoy themselves?

Hello, Tori! Thank you for the STS ask and happy STS to you as well (although a lot later, sorry)!

I'll answer this with Vivienne, Xue and Hao-Yu:

Viv - she's at the bar chasing all the tequillas and enjoying herself while flirting with the bartender (seduced bartender = free drinks and snacks for everyone). She'd be also trying to do the karaoke but she's not as good as she likes to think

Xue and Hao-Yu - They'd be trying to do some fun activities together while trying not to appear as if they're on a date together (they are into each other but they're too shy to say it outloud). Xue drags Hao-Yu to a fortunteller and he later wins a plushie for her at another stall (he actually won all the plushies for her and even some snacks for her cats)

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Story Base Idea Tag Game

Thank you a lot for the tag @talesofsorrowandofruin!^^

Soft tags: @morganmaietto @ettawritesnstudies @queen-tashie @writingamongther0ses @rbbess110 and an open tag!

Rules: Share the original base ideas for your WIP(s).

Flight of the Western Crane: A supposed one-shot fic/quick summary of two characters meeting for the next original plot turned into a full-length retelling with an *actual* plot

City of False Gods: A monkey man's brooding even harder not because he has to fight the local crime lord but because he's a single father now

Empire of Dust: A child is forced to live in the sewers while trying to protect her little sister from the outside world while trying to collect her father's remains

Reversed Orpheus [working title, may change in the future]: Husband comes to the funeral of his deceased wife but it's been three years after their divorce and now he has to take care of his three sons while simultaneously trying to reignate the passion with his ex-wife he brought back from the dead

On the Dark Tides [also a working title]: Depression, depression, alcohol, hallucinations, ooooh free vacation in Indonesia- never mind, your boss sent you there with your ex to investigate a crime and you have to take care of a highly energetic dog as well... back to hallucinations and alcohol... oooooh the hyperactive dog does funny shit...

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The moment I started having more free time and doing actually good as in coming back to writing and making new posts I'm hit by what seems to be a cold.

I miss those times when I was able to breath through both my nostrils...

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For those of you writing about secondary fantasy worlds, do you assume the sun rises and sets at the same time as your country, or have you planned/accounted for that?

The reason I'm asking is because I realised my setting's sun rise/set times were the same as Ireland's 🤣 (here, the sun rises at around 5am and sets at almost 22:10 for the summer solstice, and we get long days for a good few weeks before and afterwards)