sasssha199

[sasssha199]

so sweet <3

and they were ROOMATES 👀⁉️

[sasssha199]

Yum.

A small redraw a year later

[sasssha199]

Aurelia Eleanor Cousland

Hey yall here she is! The daughter of my warden (Marissa) and King Alistair. My friend and I are doing a Rook run in BG3. Her Rook, named Alys, in the product of a one night stand Zevran had at the Denerim Alienage. We're having loads of fun, if you want to watch we are streaming on Twitch! Twitch name is Sasssha199

[sasssha199]

Best thing I've seen all day!

Art work of Martin van Maële (1863-1926)

[sasssha199]

I used a class project to make a short comic about one of my favorite boys! I wish I had more time to finish it... I would have liked to dedicate more time to it

[sasssha199]

Many have written about how Karlach throws Astarion, well… Don't worry, no Astarions were harmed! But I can't say the same about Gortash…

[sasssha199]

“Ready and willing”

Tested a new pack of brushes and who else to sketch if not our wicked?

[sasssha199]

Dee Snider is everything right with the USA

[sasssha199]

I love that the show is flirting with the idea that actually the female and male aspects of the power do not need to be handled differently at all. It’s a hold over of some First Age misogyny that now everyone takes as gospel. I like the ways the show works in that misogyny still exists deeply in the world. It’s corrosive and exists as such deeply held truths that it isn’t even recognized as existing. Truly such a great commentary on the books and their claim to have flipped gendered power on its head while being so deeply misogynistic themselves.

[sasssha199]

I love her 😻😻

Im at work and nobody knows that im painting Doris from Shrek in Pre-Raphaelite style on my ipad.

[sasssha199]

The BOIS 🗡️⚡️🩸

(or, the Gals Part Two, if you will.)

[sasssha199]

How to Write a Character

↠ Start with the basics, because obviously. Name. Age. Gender. Maybe even a birthday if you’re feeling fancy. This is step one because, well, your character needs to exist before they can be interesting. But nobody cares if they’re 27 or 37 unless it actually matters to the story.

↠ Looks aren’t everything… but also, describe them. Yes, we know their soul is more important than their hair color, but readers still need something to visualize. Do they have the kind of face that makes babies cry? Do they always look like they just rolled out of bed? Give us details, not just “tall with brown hair.

↠ Personality isn’t just “kind but tough.” For the love of storytelling, give them more than two adjectives. Are they kind, or do they just pretend to be because they hate confrontation? Are they actually tough, or are they just too emotionally repressed to cry in public? Dig deeper.

↠ Backstory = Trauma (usually). Something shaped them. Maybe it was a messy divorce, maybe they were the middle child and never got enough attention, or maybe they once got humiliated in a spelling bee and never recovered. Whatever it is, make it matter to who they are today.

↠ Give them a goal. Preferably a messy one. If your character’s only motivation is to “be happy” or “do their best,” they’re boring. They need a real goal, one that conflicts with who they are, what they believe in, or what they think they deserve. Bonus points if it wrecks them emotionally.

↠ Make them suffer. Yes, I said it. A smooth, easy journey is not a story. Give them obstacles. Rip things away from them. Make them work for what they want. Nobody wants to read about a character who just gets everything handed to them (unless it’s satire, then carry on).

↠ Relationships = Depth. Nobody exists in a vacuum. Who do they love? Who annoys the hell out of them? Who do they have that messy, can’t-live-with-you-can’t-live-without-you tension with? People shape us. So, shape your character through the people in their life.

↠ Give them a voice that actually sounds like them. If all your characters talk the same, you’ve got a problem. Some people ramble, some overthink, some are blunt to the point of being offensive. Let their voice show who they are. You should be able to tell who’s talking without dialogue tags.

↠ If they don’t grow, what’s the point? People change. They learn things, make mistakes, get their hearts broken, and (hopefully) become a little wiser. If your character starts and ends the story as the same exact person, you just wasted everyone’s time.

↠ Flaws. Give. Them. Flaws. Nobody likes a perfect character. Give them something to struggle with, maybe they’re selfish, maybe they push people away, maybe they’re addicted to the thrill of self-destruction (fun!). Make them real. Make them human.

↠ Relatability is key. Your character doesn’t have to be likable, but they do have to be understandable. Readers need to get them, even if they don’t agree with them. If your character never struggles, never doubts, and never screws up, I have bad news: they’re not a character, they’re a mannequin.

↠ You’re never actually done. Characters evolve, not just in the story, but as you write them. If something feels off, fix it. If they feel flat, dig deeper. Keep refining, rewriting, and letting them surprise you. That’s how you create someone who feels real.

Now go forth and write characters that actually make people feel something. And if you need a reminder, just ask yourself: Would I care if this person existed in real life? If the answer is meh, start over.

[sasssha199]

I can never leave Tumblr because after years of sporadic therapy utterly failed to even approach the core of my problem some random tumblr user was like “I processed my trauma by writing a 10,000 word work of filthy fanfic erotica” and I was like “fuck it I’ve tried everything else” and now I’m 17 chapters and 20,000 words deep into an unpublishable work of obscenity and after careful literary analysis with one of the Beloved Mutuals I have come to some Terrible Revelations about my childhood and may now continue the process of Healing. Where else am I supposed to get this kind of experience. Who does this. Why are we like this. I’m never leaving. I love y’all.

[sasssha199]

new uterine lining just dropped

[sasssha199]

[sasssha199]

Me every day: Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale Gale 🙂

[sasssha199]

Robert Jordan: Novices and Accepted are NOT allowed to fuck. Aes Sedai can fuck, but they pretend they don't except some of the most shameless Greens.

Rafe: everyone in dick tower on vagina island fucks are you kidding me