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snips of writing i may or may not finish who knows

there's some parts i likely could've worded better but this is the best i got so far

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chapter two released!

snippet of and the universe said i love you because you are love chapter 2

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snippet of and the universe said i love you because you are love chapter 2

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ive posted the first chapter of a little fic i thought would be fun! fem!harry / master of death!harry ft a bit of timetravel :]

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the urge to write a warrior cats trollfic is strong bc i think itd be rather funny

but i don't have the creativity to entirely do an entire fic on my own. sigh

onto the back burner it goes alongside my other many warrior cat oc things

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Herb Guide to HRT for Warrior Cats

Have a warrior OC you would like to show being on hormone replacement medication? I’ve gone through herbs historically associated with femininity/masculinity, as well as those with effects on sex hormones, that a wild cat could hypothetically find and use.

Of course, this would still require a bit of a leap as there’s no herb in nature that can replace our friend Spironolactone… but if you’d like some herbs with a grain of truth or history to them that wouldn’t poison a semi-realistic cat? Here you go!

(DO NOT USE THESE HERBS ON YOURSELF OR A REAL ANIMAL.)

Let’s identify what we’re looking for;

Hormone suppressing herbs = antigonadotropins Prevents production and recognition of present hormones. This is going to be big for an agender transition; but even in a binary one, they’re often taken with- 

Hormone producing herbs = estrogen/estradiol & testosterone/androgens Make sure your warrior doesn’t start on huge amounts! Smaller, controlled doses are more effective. Too much can cause the opposite effects and slow down transition.

Historical precedent = Just Cool If I find a cool story I’m just going to include it, but note that it doesn’t hold pharmacological basis.

I considered also including some thoughts on surgical treatments as well, but I’ve decided I’ll save that for a follow-up. This guide is purely focused on medication to stay SFW!

Hormone Suppressants

Lycopus (also known as Wolf’s Foot, Water Horehound, Bugleweed) is such a widespread species and has several other medical uses. Not only is it THE most well documented antigonadotropin I came across, but its different species have a wide variety of medical use, including treating anxiety, heart palpitations, stopping bleeding, and respiratory illness. This is also a mint that is not toxic to cats. Also it can be used as a dye.

THERE IS A CAVEAT; if Lycopus supplements suddenly stop or overdosed, it can cause thyroid enlargement. Keep this in mind if your trans warrior ever gave up their medication to a sick clanmate in leafbare!

Lithospermum ruderale (Aka western Stoneseed or Lemonweed) has similar suppression properties, but only in American fanclans, and not as many secondary uses.

Comfrey ROOT can also be used for this purpose, in addition to its canonical uses (funfact this plant is also called knitbone). But can cause liver failure in high doses.

Rosemary suppresses feminine hormones in the uterus, for warriors going from Female to Male. Additionally, it’s an excellent antifungal, smells great, and can be used as a cooking spice.

Molly to Tom (Female to Male)

Pine Pollen (particularly from the Scots Pine), can be added to water or foods and increase testosterone.

Stinging Nettle ROOT could also be taken for a transmasc warrior. The above ground plant can be processed for use with allergies, but the relevant part here is the root underground, which has no stinging hairs.

Sarsparilla ROOT is historically associated with testosterone, though modern studies haven’t held up the claims… but, it is a plant an American clan would have access to, and is also used to make root beer.

Tom to Molly (Male to Female) 

FENNEL?? AGAIN??? It’s true.

Through Fennel, all things are possible

It has estrogenic properties in all sexes and has been explored for the creation of synthetic estrogen since the 1930s. This can be used for a transgender warrior, as well as for a cisgender queen with a hormone issue. It must be remarked though; it looks alarmingly similar to poison hemlock, and should not be collected by untrained cats.

Hops (Humulus lupulus) is up next, but first I think this education is worthwhile; phytoestrogens aren’t exactly like true estrogens, but in high enough quantities (as in, much, much more than a plate of soybeans or a mug of beer) they can have estrogen-like affects.

Hops are the uncontested queen of these, and they grow wild in several continents. Hops can sometimes be toxic to cats, based on a genetic predisposition, and mostly to the ‘cone’ (female flower). For the best hormonal effect, the ‘flower‘ (male flower) would be dried and eaten.

Flax flowers don’t contain nearly as much phytoestrogen, but are safer for cats. Additionally, flax is extremely useful in construction, and can be used to make fabric or twine if your Clan is advanced enough.

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"Thinking about it," Daniel said, slowly, fiddling with the quill in his hands. "I'm pretty sure I much prefer Lockie to Daniel. Like-- seriously? Daniel? At least you guys sorta have interesting names."

"What are we, chopped liver?" Harry asked, gesturing to themself and Mary.

"Besides you two," he amended, putting the quill down and sitting back in his chair.

"I-I think my name's rather nice, actually.." Mary rose a hand, cheeks pinkening slightly when Harry gently pat her head.

"Yours is pretty," they agreed. "I feel back for Delia and Antha, though. I can't imagine trying to spell their names, with how long they are."

"They aren't that bad," the newly labeled Charlus said, looking at them. "A bit....mouthy, but still doable. Sorta. If you squint."

"Very compelling argument, Chas." Dorea snorted at his sheepish smile. Harry wrinkled their nose, but didn't say anything further on the topic.

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havent posted in forever but have some more PDH / MS rewrite stuff

(i forgot what exactly i added in my first post mentioning it and so im just mentioning stuff as i go and hoping i hadn't repeated any lmao)

aphmau and aaron DO get together for a brief time in college, but decide they're better off as friends and break it off

ein's whole 'trying to become alpha' thing was mainly bc he had a huge crush he refused to admit on aaron and having been bullied so many years as omega, thought it was the worst thing ever when someone as strong as the Ultima of all people became an omega and not the alpha (this could change bc idk if i'll even keep the alpha/beta/omega dynamic...especially in high school of all things)

speaking of ein, i hc that he doesnt have a good relationship w/ zack at all, so he took on his mother's last name instead, so that's why it doesn't really click that he and aphmau are related for the longest time since aphmau had her mother's last name and ein has his own mother's

KC actually chose her own name, with Nana meaning 'beautiful bloom'. The fact it could also mean 'seven' was entirely coincidental.

all of gene's tattoos that he has (but is casually hiding from his mother) were drawn and colored by zenix. sasha suggested a few of them, but never actually helped with the process

garroth, after he and aphmau's first (platonic) kiss, thought it was rather underwhelming and not at all what laurance's romance stories said it'd be like.

zenix loves strawberries. sasha HATES them. they have a very dramatic 'hatred' of each other because sasha keeps trying to get rid of boxes of literal strawberries and zenix just keeps ordering more. gene just wonders when his house became the place for the two to be doing that

instead of that whole angel w healing powers arc, it took her forever to decide, having first started off as wanting to be an artist, but by the last two years of highschool she had decided to become a doctor instead in order to help people

dante is the one who usually cuts travis' hair. they started doing that in high school and just kept it going as a tradition ever since. it doesnt do much because travis likes keeping his hair long-ish, but it gives them time to hang out at least!

katelyn got involved in fighting at a very young age. mostly defending her brothers, who were too weak to defend themselvs. after her mother left, it just became a way to cope, because punching stuff help get rid of the excess emotions. her father only assumed she was copying him and nurtured that response. took lots of talking with aphmau and KC when they were roommates to get her to explore other ways to cope rather than, you know, punching people (*cough* travis)

zane has a bunch of pet snakes he managed to smuggle into the house. his (dont tell the others!) favorite is a peppermint corn snake named Minthe

when vylad was younger, you couldn't look away from him for even a SECOND before he would have been on top of cabinets or counters. he thrived on climbing and causing you as many problems as possible. zane secretly helped him cause said problems by helping him onto places he couldnt otherwise reach when nobody was looking

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How to write a gripping fight scene

By Writerthreads on Instagram

Context

Provide the readers with preliminary details about the basics:

When is the fight? Where is the fight? Who are the characters involved in it?

Before you write the scene, it would be helpful to pre-plan the events and know the basic "itinerary" of the fight. This could be how it was initiated, which characters fight each other and how, and the way the fight ends.

Identify the backstory

The key to how to write a fight scene or battle scene is Goal, Motivation and Conflict (GMC). 

Ask yourself:

Why is this fight or battle taking place? (This supplies motivations, what each fighter or army has to gain or lose)

What each party wants (the goals). Goals may differ for the same conflict. One soldier may want to prove themselves worthy of promotion, for example. Another may just want to survive to see family or a lover back home. In a battle scene, what does the unit want, versus the individual?

What are the potential conflicts in the scene? For example, an argument might break out within ranks, or a sadistic leader might find themselves without aid at the peak of battle because their troops secretly despise them. A single, larger conflict could have smaller, breakaway conflicts that add further, lesser tensions to an already dramatic scene.

(From NowNovel)

Use characterisation in action

A fight scene can seem long and boring. To spice things up, you can provide readers with a bit more insight to the character as they fight.

Why does the character make the choices that they make in the fight?

How does each choice reinforce their characterization?

How does each choice impact their internal and/ or external goals?

Is this conflict getting the character closer or further away from their goals? How?

What are the stakes for each character? What do they stand to win? What will they lose?

What type of fighter is the character? What are their physical or mental abilities? (Remember that not every protagonist will be a trained assassin, so they’re prone to make sloppy mistakes during a fight.)

Use the fight scene to reveal necessary information about the characters. Be sure to give the reader a glimpse into the character’s soul and not just into their fighting skills.

(From NYBookEditors)

Use all the senses

To make the scene truly gripping, you have to make it visceral. Hit the readers with all the senses other than just sight. Sounds and textiles are particularly helpful and make the scene much more memorable.

So, next time you want to write one person's sword hitting another, you can describe the clang of the two steel pieces hitting each other, the smell of fresh blood in the air, and how heavy the sword welder's arm feels after parrying for ages.

Know the limits of each weapon and magic (if applicable)

Before you start writing, do some research about the "code of conduct" fighters in your time period had and how the weapons work. If you're very dedicated, you could try some classes in martial arts or fencing to get a rough idea of what the specific fight scene should feel like.

The ending

Let the readers know what the results of the fight are. Did one side clearly win? Were the results unclear (not in the sense of bad writing but of a draw-like scenario), or was it a Pyrrhic victory that incurred so much loss that it wasn't worth it?

One pet peeve of mine is a fight that ends when a Super Boss Weapon is revealed and ends the fight immediately. It's a quick way to finish the scene with no hassle, but in my opinion, it seems lazy and makes me wonder why the Super Boss Weapon wasn't used in the beginning. Unless it's justified, eg. the Super Boss Weapon had to be charged up, I get very mad when it happens. (But this opinion is very personal and you can obviously ignore it!)

Conclusion and disclaimer

Hopefully these tips will help you pen the perfect fight scene! I have minimal experience in fight scenes and all the fighting I do in real life is fencing (badly).

And as always, our tips are just tips and not rules -- you obviously don't need to follow them since they're just a guide to make your writing better! Good luck in writing your fight scene! :)

Sources: NowNovel, NYBookEditors

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the urge to make a harry potter rewrite returns

this time including, for some godforsaken reason, two pre-canon stories relating to tom riddle's ascent to becoming voldemort, and thne after one relating to the mauraders.

just !!! the riddle era fic leaving off in the perfect place where it'd seamlessly connect to the final chapters of the mauraders era fic when voldemort comes to kill the potters and then that leads perfeclty into the beginning prologue of philospher's stone....

it sounds so Fun, but then my mortal enemy arrives....actually writing it

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hlep

what type of things would you expect to find/want to have in a high-school story?

anything goes

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hlep

what type of things would you expect to find/want to have in a high-school story?

anything goes

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as a bonus....all of them can speak parseltongue and not just one

and a potential like...sibling bond thing where they can understand each other without words

i got bored so. hp crack fic w/ these elements: 1. potter nonuplets (nine)

2. at least one self insert who plays themselves off as a 'seer' of sorts 3. the WBWL trope. which ones the WBWL? ask them again next week (they switch every week) 4. harry's the seventh child and clearly magical 5. someone is DEFINITELY a master of death time traveler 6. one token mary sue of course. not to be confused with the indy!potter 7. there has to be One Indy Potter character even if its not actually harry himself. really, its a bunch of made up names but everyone OBVIOUSLY believes them. (just like they believe hermione when she bullshits her way into having eveyrone believe she's voldemorts daughter by accident to prove a point <3) 8. token slytherin potter who gives themselves a pretenius snobby name but no, that isnt even their real name 9. that one ancient runes/wards/occulmency/arithmancy/blood magic/potions prodigy

10. they DO need to have their own special scar of course, would it be a WBWL fic without a fated scar??

potential names for the siblings:

charlus "charlie" potter

guy potter (guy FAWKES. ha.)

daniel "danny" potter

rose "rosie" potter

dorea "dory" potter

effie "evangeline" potter (don't ask how she got 'evangeline' out of 'effie')

iolanthe potter

mary potter

i doubt i'll be messing with this actively but i thought itd be super funny to combine things together so...have fun

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i got bored so. hp crack fic w/ these elements: 1. potter nonuplets (nine)

2. at least one self insert who plays themselves off as a 'seer' of sorts 3. the WBWL trope. which ones the WBWL? ask them again next week (they switch every week) 4. harry's the seventh child and clearly magical 5. someone is DEFINITELY a master of death time traveler 6. one token mary sue of course. not to be confused with the indy!potter 7. there has to be One Indy Potter character even if its not actually harry himself. really, its a bunch of made up names but everyone OBVIOUSLY believes them. (just like they believe hermione when she bullshits her way into having eveyrone believe she's voldemorts daughter by accident to prove a point <3) 8. token slytherin potter who gives themselves a pretenius snobby name but no, that isnt even their real name 9. that one ancient runes/wards/occulmency/arithmancy/blood magic/potions prodigy

10. they DO need to have their own special scar of course, would it be a WBWL fic without a fated scar??

potential names for the siblings:

charlus "charlie" potter

guy potter (guy FAWKES. ha.)

daniel "danny" potter

rose "rosie" potter

dorea "dory" potter

effie "evangeline" potter (don't ask how she got 'evangeline' out of 'effie')

iolanthe potter

mary potter

i doubt i'll be messing with this actively but i thought itd be super funny to combine things together so...have fun

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okay so i wantr to make a rewrite and im super hyped by it but im not sure how to go about it

it’d be a fic with nonbinary!metamorphagus!harry who goes by Edelweiss Cassia Potter (named after their mother’s foster mother, Cassia Evans). might be time travel 

i was thinking of giving them younger twin siblings (names and genders to be determined) who also live at the dursley’s. they decide that they want to get all three of them out of there (after the shock that they aren’t an only child anymore wears off, anyways)

they’ll probably be a slytherin because in order to sneak around and get them all out of the dursley’s shitty environment they really need to have that slytherin cunning

they become friends with ron (MtF, later aislinn weasley) and hermione (FtM; either hermes or polixenes jean granger) as usual. but they also ebcome friends with neville! 

they all go into their own respective houses, because i do love the idea of neville’s confidence growing in a far gentler manner than in a house full of extroverts. and hermes/polixenes is definitely a ravenclaw. (also, we need more out-of-house friendships that isn’t AFTER hogwarts)

any ideas how i could flesh this idea out and try and do it right? i’m rather new to writing harry potter fanfiction and i don’t want to mess it up too badly ;;

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HP HEADCANONS/REWRITE THOUGHTS P1 (GOLDEN EDITION)

i had deleted my original one because they weren’t as developed, but we have a semi-full edition now! apologies <3 now includes ginny & luna! if you want to see the mauraders edition please tell me

HARRY POTTER

full name is Harihar Jaiman Potter

they only let their friends and family call them Hari. 

gender apathetic, demiromantic, and asexual. uses they/them

a Slytherin, but actually has friends who aren’t in their house

in a queerplatonic relationship with luna & hermes

has their mother’s eyes in both shape and color. 

their temper is a mix of their parents, being slow to anger, though when they get angry, they sound more like lily.

sadly, they are also rather short like lily.

used to keep their hair short because it was what was expected of them, but eventually they stopped caring and prefers keeping their hair in a messy ponytail. as a result of growing their hair out, it gained a slightly softer curled look. 

sirius claims that it reminds dog of their partent. especially since their hair has dark red highlights in sunlight

they have sirius’ smile and laugh! they have james’ dimples though

wants to become a healer like their godfather (though they didn’t realize Sirius was a healer until later). they have figured out that their healing is more powerful if they say spells in Parseltongue, so they often practice with Hermione and Aislinn. they also wonder if they could use runes to help

SPEAKING OF PARSELTONGUE. they did not get it from the horcrux, they actually got it through their father’s line. Euphemia (known as Ehimaya Potter in my headcanons) was born into the Kallathil family, who is from India, where Parseltongue is far more common. she passed down parseltongue to her son, Jaiman, who then passed it down to his son.

speaking of Ehimaya Potter! she’s the sister of Ojasvini Kallathil, who married Ishir Patil. they had three children-- two twin daughters and a son named Ranbir Patil, who married Shrishti Damerla, and they had two twin daughters-- Parvarti and Padma.

Harihar loves Parvarti and Padma as if the two were their sisters by blood.

RON WEASLEY

preferred name is Aislinn Weasley, though she isn’t certain about coming out to her parents

transfem. huge lesbian and uses she/her

a seer, although she never has full visions, her intuition is very enhanced compared to other people. this ability actually comes from the Prewett line, but there hadn’t been a full-on seer for a while (this may end up changing in my headcanons, but for now i do like the idea of it)

the hat was a close call between Hufflepuff or Gryffindor. gryffindor ended up winning.

Hari swears that they and Hermione would not have gotten as far as they did without her strategizing skills. Aislinn isn’t sure whether she believes them on that.

claims to hate Crookshanks, but she has been caught many times sneaking the cat treats

out of all her siblings, she’s actually the closest to Fred, George, and Charlie. Charlie was the one she went to with her gender and sexuality crisis (since Charlie was aroace and used they/he)

thinking of becoming a Potions Master, but she isn’t entirely certain about it, and has settled for becoming an Auror.

HERMIONE GRANGER

name is Hermes Jean Granger.

transmale, aromantic/graysexual. he/they

in a queerplatonic relationship with Luna & Hari

a Ravenclaw

has a younger sister named Ophelia Cressida Granger, who did not inherit magic like he did. they still remain very close and exchange letters often, though! she’s very excited to learn about this stuff even if she can’t fully experience it

briefly had a relationship with Aislinn before they broke it off and decided to remain friends because Aislinn found that she was a lesbian and Hermes in general didn’t really feel romantic attraction to anyone

wants to join the Department of Mysteries or become an Arithmancy teacher. he still hasn’t decided

LUNA LOVEGOOD

full name is Luna Pandora Lovegood

genderfluid, polyamorous lesbian, sey/sim/seer/seers/seerself.

neurodivergent royal.

in a queerplatonic relationship with Hermes & Hari.

seers current hyperfixation is about creatures normal people may not believe exist (like the Crumpled-Horn Snorkack.) sey wholeheartedly believes they’re real

also interested in spell experimentation, but due to Pandora’s death, seer is afraid to actually commit to it.

more often than not ends up at the Weasley’s house or with Hermes in the muggle world during times sey is left alone at home because sim is ‘too young’ to go with seers’ father

dating Ginny

sey and Draco are related via Pandora and Lucius. Lucius just never talks about her because he probably entirely forgot Pandora even existed because he was raised solely by their father and never spared a glance at his sister or his mother

Draco fully understands what Luna means when sey talks about those ‘made up’ creatures.

GINNY WEALSEY

full name is Ginerva Molly Weasley

female, bisexual (female-leaning), she/her

dating Luna

out of her siblings, she’s closest to Percy and Bill, though she and Aislinn have been getting closer after her sister came out to her

wants to become a dueling champion as well as join the Holyhead Harpies.

she and Hari have a sibling bickering type of relationship. Hari lovingly bullies her about being short, which then she reminds them that she’s an inch taller than them. 

they proceed to pout and ignore her for a while until she gives them a new book to read, and then they’re perfectly happy with her again. she’s pretty sure they’re using her for free books, even though they have Hermes for that

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IDOTS + TIRED GANG PRONOUN HEADCANONS

(from the dsmp pronoun hc list)

Bad: he/him, bu/burn/bur/burns/burnself, they/them Skeppy: dia/diam/diams/diamonds/diamondself

(new)

Finn/Rose: he/him, she/her, they/them Zelkam: he/him Mega:he/him, ser/serp/sers/serpself, rattle/rattles/rattleself Spifey: he/him A6d: he/him, they/them. prefers masc/neu tones Tapl: he/him, cara/mel/mels/caramelself

(from the dsmp pronoun hc list)

Purpled: xe/xem/xer/xers/xemself, lun/lunar/lunarself, he/him if absolutely necessary

(new)

Hannah: ro/ros/rose/roses/roseself, tho/thorn/thorns/thornself, she/her Boomer: he/him, frog/frogs/frogself Chaz: he/him, jazz/jazzs/jazzself Sammy: he/him Eighty: he/him (thinking of neos, hasn’t found any he likes yet) Walli: he/him, sof/soft/softs/softself, fuzz/fuzzy/fuzzyself Krustydavid: he/him, clow/cloud/clouds/cloudself Rach: she/her Astelic: she/her, com/comet/comets/cometself