#Things like pirate or mermaid au and demon/angel au seems played out to me

[someone-you-do-not-know]

Howdy, partner 🐴

How about we play a little ask game, hm?

(Hetalia fanfics writer ask game)

26, 13 aaaand 5, please 💜

Hi, hi, hiiiii! I love playing games! :D

5. What do you keep in mind when writing a particular character? Since there's no character specified, I'll just go with the general things I keep in mind for all characters. The most important thing for me is that their dialogue fits them – like, it has to be their voice. Rereading, rewording, and rewriting dialogue is so important to me, so the whole thing doesn't sound like the same character speaking. I also have certain things I write on the first draft that end up sounding unnatural later. Such as Romano swearing too much (yes, it's possible), Spain starting his sentences with "Ah" and ending with a "haha," and the list goes on. A funny thing is that I actively avoid Prussia using awesome. He'll say sweet, cool, great etc., but his awesome counter is very low. Because I hate when a fanfic has him saying it all the time. It needs to have impact. It needs to actually be awesome.

13. What character took the most research? This is hard, because I don't... I don't do character research? Not really, at least? I do historical research for plot and idea purposes and sometimes check out fanart or other fanfiction for a ship I'm not as familiar with if I plan to write it (such as when I introduced nyo Russia in Birdbrains), but I don't do a lot of dedicated character research. I might look up canon heights, eye colours, and other stuff, but I'm not sure that counts. Spamano just lives rentfree in my head, I don't do research for their personalities. I do research for the plots I want to do, or history I'm interested in. Like, I've read a lot about history, but it was because I wanted to learn the history of something, not because I wanted to use it for Hetalia fanfiction. I just also end up using it for Hetalia fanfiction.

26. Any Hetalia AUs that live rent free in your head? Every Hetalia AU I write or plan to write is living there, of course. Not a lot of canon ones though. I stole these characters, they are my dolls to play with now!

[beesatthedisco]

How does this even work...

Okay, so I’ve been on tumblr since before the first time they very slightly changed the shade of blue and I hope that in and of itself is enough to help y’all know... I’m ancient. (I’m 27, and will only rp with ppl 18+, sorry friendos)

Somehow, despite being on tumblr and despite having made about a million accounts for various things in my day, I’ve not made an RP account, and don’t really know how to get started. I guess I’m just gonna put down what I know about myself and what I’m looking for here and hope for the best, but I’d be open to any kind of protips from those of you who have been using tumblr to find rp for much longer.

RIP to your eyes ahead of time, this is a long post. If you want to skip to the part where I share my Original plots, pairings, and fandom cravings, please just scroll to the end and accept my humble apologies. (Highkey I copied this out of my google doc, don’t shoot me.)

I enjoy writing both original plots and fandom stuff. When RPing within a fandom setting, I'm open to playing as canons, as ocs, or any combination of both. I'm open to co-creating settings inspired but not based in fandoms, and open to playing AU or canon settings as well. When originals are involved, I prefer co-creating our worlds together, so we're both invested in the landscape that our characters inhabit. Speaking of characters- I'll play as any gender and in any pairing type- I hope that this is the same for you. I love writing a broad spectrum of characters to keep things interesting for myself and to practice viewing the world through different perspectives. I feel it's difficult to do this when being forced or pigeonholed into writing as a gender you DEMAND of me. However... I can be flexible, and if your ideas are interesting enough, I may just give you what you ask for anyways, haha. I'm perfectly open to playing multiple characters, whether it's a broad interactive cast of mains and background characters, a system of noninteracting or separate sets of doubles, triples, you name it, or whatever other configuration of multiple-character-playing you prefer.

I'm not too terribly concerned about post lengths and am open to writing with people who might be new to the RP scene. I'm pretty flexible about how much I'll write. A good rule of thumb for myself is that I tend to respond with more when I have more to work with. That doesn't always mean that there are more words on your post for me to respond to; instead, I mean that if your post has enough ideas, inspiration, and momentum, I can go buckwild with my posts. My comfort zone seems to be around 4-6 paragraphs per post, but I've been known to write either a lot more in particularly thrilling rps. If I'm writing a huge post- don't feel daunted or expected to match length. I love all sized posts!!! I'm just overly enthusiastic and get carried away sometimes. (This means you can also at any time tell me to chill out on how much I'm writing. ) When it comes to writing style, I only have a few hard expectations of you- I do not engage in roleplay featuring the 'would' style of writing. (For example: "She would pick up the rock and inspect it closely.") I don't exactly know why I dislike this tense so much, but it pulls me right out of the immersion of writing/reading and tends to entirely destroy my interest in the story. I'm sorry. Next, I care at least a little about punctuation and spellchecking. If you're roleplaying online, you have access to ways to make sure that you're not just submitting gibberish. If you need help finding those resources... feel free to ask!

I'm open to the idea of making profiles for our characters, but I'm okay without making them too. I'm also vaguely ambivalent to 'beautifying' our posts, should we do them somewhere that allows that sort of thing. I'm fine with any style of reference images, or with not using them at all. I can't promise I won't send you songs and images and memes that remind me of our story, though! Also- I'm super down for dice systems if we decide to go that route (and prefer dice systems if we include combat of any variety in our story.) I love romance, but it doesn't necessarily have to be the drive of our plot if that's not your style. My favorite genres to write in are science fiction, any variety of fantasy, horror, drama, historical settings, wild western settings, and mysteries.

Last but not least, I tend to like making friends with my writing partners. I prefer writing with people I actually get along with, so for me, the plotting phase is the most important. It helps me get to know your personality a bit more, and you mine, so we both know whether or not it's a good match to write long term! I'll write on most platforms, so let's discuss what makes the most sense for us. Finally, I generally only write with folks 18+, for the safety of everyone involved. Thanks for understanding.

Well, as I said, I've got a big ol list of ideas, if any of this strikes you as 'good writing friend' material, so send me a DM and I'll get back to you asap! Feel free to share your ideas too!!!

Original Ideas

- There's something dire down in the mines to the east of this old Western town. Folks keep goin' in to investigate, disappearin' for days at a time, then comin' back all different-like with the lights gone from their eyes. What could be happenin' out there, sheriff? (horror/western)

- A high-fantasy world's balance is shattered when the source of magic is destroyed. How will the people of this mystical land navigate a now mundane life, and how can they survive when so many magical devices go defunct and awry?

- A no-magic world is suddenly spun into chaos: an apocalyptic event leads to the sudden introduction of magic into a world that had previously never known it. In the post-apocalyptic (and mystically-charged) ashes of a world that once was, how do the survivors compete for resources and control?

- A star falls from the sky! They're rare, and it's dangerous to be one. Are you the star, hunted and lost? Or are you someone who finds a star?

- A lich (my character) is rumored to live in the castle at the foot of the mountains, only a mile or so from your town. It's said they're a true villain, the worst of the worst... but what is the truth?

-Arranged Marriages between physical embodiments of the seasons or planets

- There's something dire down in the mines to the east of this old Western town. Folks keep goin' in to investigate, disappearin' for days at a time, then comin' back all different-like with the lights gone from their eyes. What could be happenin' out there, sheriff? (horror/western)

-A sailor, pirate, or other seafarer keeps noticing the same shape in the waters near their ship. After a terrible storm, the ship wrecks… now, one’s a mermaid, one’s a sailor, and they’re both idiots trying to find their way back home.

-Disaster has struck! A grisly assassination attempt leads a bodyguard to quickly usher their liege to safety. Drama ensues!

-Stowaways, and the people who catch 'em!

- Androids and more androids! Or... androids and non-androids!

-In a dwindling-magic world, those who cling to the olde magicks and the old way of living struggle against the new capitalist society and its nonmagic technology. In one still-magickal neighborhood where our story takes place, shopkeepers fight against nonmagickal gentrification in an effort to keep their businesses, communities, and traditions alive.

- A wandering traveler gets caught in a storm and chances upon an abandoned home, castle, or manor.... oh no!

- A train hopping crust punk encounters the ghost of a fellow train-hopper who fell under the rails and died.

- A living person's computer, gaming device, or phone is inhabited by a flirty ghost!

- There's a friendly but sad ghost living in a living person's new home! (Can you tell I like ghosts?)

Original (and corny) pairing ideas

fairy or elf / vampire or other dark creature

vampire / human

god / mortal

demon / angel or other dark/light archetypical pairings

dragon / humanoid

naval captain / stowaway

mob boss / citizen

superhero / supervillain

serial killer / investigator

serial killer / citizen

Bounty hunter/outlaw

outlaw/sherriff

outlaw/outlaw

farmhand/outlaw

Current Fandom Interests/Cravings

Pokemon - preferably with ocs and in a custom setting ft. all the ‘mons/us playing as humans

Elder Scrolls - pls, i’m craving this almost more than anything, and have been for years

Red Dead Redemption - it is cowboy time now

Legend of Zelda - i have a couple of cute ideas for this!

Avatar/Legend of Korra

Labyrinth - please please please someone play jareth for me, ill give you my firstborn in exchange

Star Wars - currently a little burned out on playing as kylo for everyone, so please don’t ask me to be him dlfkjdslfj

Game of Thrones

Lord of the Rings

Night in the Woods

Brutal Legend - does anyone but me remember this??? Omfg lets rp in this setting PLS

The Dragon Prince

[honeyvoicehwang]

Writing Quiz

tagged by @ph0ebevix

1) what is your ideal setting for writing?

actually, a really good question.  i have to either be on the move or really in the groove to write well.  something that has also proven to be good is when i’m in class.  but i have a difficult time just sitting there and writing because i can’t seem to focus (i’m trying to get tested for adhd but it’s hard with corona - there are a lot of other factors included), and i have to have something in the background, but my conditions are just so insanely specific and constantly changing so it’s really a wild ride and is more guess-and-check than anything.  but moving around and staying in one place for only a few minutes makes me write best.

2) what is your favorite genre to write?

my favorite genre to write is either tooth rotting fluff or hurt/comfort.  i find smut easy to write and it tends to get more attention than my fluffy fics, so it’s really hard, but i’m a huge huge fan of hurt/comfort and i’m currently writing an angst and hurt/comfort series for haikyuu that will be on my haikyuu account @tkagayama

3) do you prefer writing on paper or digitally?

i do both.  most of the time, i start physically on paper and then i edit by writing digitally, but if i’m doing something like nanowrimo, i write almost solely digitally because i’m just typing into the website and it’s easier for me to do it that way, unless i’m in class and cannot use my phone/laptop.  hell, i’ve even been in gym class and because i always have a pen or marker on me, i’ve written on my arms and legs and even my torso when i got desperate and my teacher was like “what the fuck” and my friend was like “this is-- just a normal occurrence,, don’t question it” and immediately typed it when i got home bc gym was my last class of the day.

4) it’s the middle of the night and you wake up with an idea, what do you do?

depends.  what i try to do is go to my notes app and write as many of the details as i can down and some lines if they come to me, but if i have the entire thing or i literally can’t stop thinking about it, i will just start writing it.  but chances are i’m already up oop.

5) who is your favorite person to write about?

i don’t know.  it always changes.  i’m in a ton of different fandoms, ranging from one direction to harry potter to anime to k-pop, so it’s always sort of changing.  i’ll say for the past few months, it’s been a rotating cycle of stray kids members as well as the haikyuu characters and i have a huge series coming up, like i mentioned before.  that’s been the most fun for me because i can gauge their personalities really well and that shows through in my writing, but i have also been told that my characterization of shane madej and ryan bergara from buzzfeed/unsolved is really good as well.

6) do you like making your own characters or do you usually write about real people?

as someone who does want to be a published author in the future, i thoroughly enjoy writing my own characters as well as writing people that do exist and characters that already exist.  all of them except for three that i can think of off the top of my head are my babies and i will protect my own mind children with my life.  precious babies deserve to be protected, especially reno,, such a babie.  now, if only i could STICK TO MY OWN PLOTS AND NOT WRITE FANFICTION I’LL BE GOLDEN. 

7) have you ever written a book or story with more than 15 chapters/100k words?

yes.  my longest fic is currently 45k words (i think, i have to check the google doc again), but i’d rather it would die so i will not be providing links and it is 20 chapters.  i am working on another fic (shyan, can be found on my ao3  and is currently 30k words and is 15 chapters, but will be 21 chapters when i’m done with it).  as for novels, i have about 16 chapters, but planned about 25 or so for a novel i’m putting to the side for now and it resides at about 35k, i forget exactly. 

8) how often do you get ideas?

depends.  sometimes something will happen in my life to impact a story idea (like my current one i’m working on that will be uploaded here in a day or two that i mentioned in my last post that will have a sfw and an nsfw counterpart uwu), or i’ll see something and go “i need a story with this in it” or it’ll just happen.  i don’t have them all the time, but i do get more chaptered ideas than one shot ideas, though it doesn’t seem like it because i don’t post everything i write.

9) do you ever get an idea that you really like and just can’t seem to finish?

absolutely.  i have plenty of ideas that i’ve started and lost interest in or can’t continue.  if that’s the case, i take them down because i’m a firm believer in not letting people down with “last updated 3739 years ago,” but if it’s one that i’m just taking forever to write like my shyan fic (going on a year) or the one that i won’t link (took three years to write), i’ll let people know that every once in a while that it’s not forgotten about or abandoned, i’m just having massive writer’s block with the story or the chapter i’m working on, but will eventually come out. 

10) what is your least favorite plot?

my least favorite plot to read has to be mythical type stories.  they aren’t done right and are absolute hell to get through (i.e: mermaids, fairies, demons, angels, pirates [not like the actual somalian pirates but the pirates of the carribean-type pirates], etc) and it just sucks oops.  i also don’t like reading overly gory stories but that’s generally just not my cup of tea.  i also really hate reading little/non-sexual age play fics unless it’s done in a hella specific way, but i’ve found very few fics that actually cover it well so i just tend to avoid them like the plague.

my least favorite plot to write as i recently found out, is fighting!  i’m writing a mafia au and you will literally find, like, no fighting in it whatsoever because it’s a bitch to  write and i have no experience (i used to go to the library for fun -- what do you expect), and sports type of fics/stories.  it’s just too hard for me and i don’t understand how most games work and i don’t have the patience to sit there and learn the sport just to write it accurately, soooo... yeah.

11) tag writer friends

i have no writer friends that weren’t already tagged so uwu this is open to anyone that wants to.

[jihope-love]

Prompt Ideas!

This is a list of aus, prompts and scenarios smut-centric and not that could possibly help anyone struggling to figure out what to request for the Jihope Love Exchange.

Be prepared, this list is rather long.

AUs

abo

actor

angel/demon

arranged marriage

art critic

artist

assassin

athlete

bakery

band

best friends

body guard

book store

camboy au

ceo

chaebol

clerk

club

coffee shop

college/university

dance

doctor

domestic life

dystopia

fae/fairy

fake dating

fantasy

fashion designer

friends with benefits

flower shop

fuckboy

gang

genderbending

genderfluid

gods

gym

hanahaki

harry potter

high school

homeless

horror

hospital

hybrids

ice cream parlour

idol

idol verse (non au)

kids

library

life guard

long distance relationship

mafia

magic

married

mermaid

model

music

mv inspired

neighbors

party

percy jackson

photography

pirate

pokemon

office job

overwatch

red strings of fate

reincarnation

rivals

roommates

royalty

sex work

singer

single parent

slice of life

social media

soulmates

space

spies

sports

street performer

stripper

superhero/villain

supernatural

tattoo parlor

teacher

teenagers

texting

trainee

transgender

underground performer

vampire

vet

war

wedding

werewolf

witch/wizard

youtuber

zombie

Prompts

Character

Character A has been stealing from another thief, Character B, for a better half of the year and it never stopped being amusing.

The duo was unlikely. Character B was a young man with a wise, old soul. Character A was a hopeful man with a child-like heart that had seen far too much over the years.

Character A is a time traveller who’s been traveling for so long they can’t remember what time they came from. Character B tries to help them.

Character A is a dragon who loves music and kidnaps young men asking their betrotheds to sing them a song as ransom. Character B is their newest beloved.

Managing Character B’s temper would be so much easier if there weren’t so many people trying his patience, and Character A just happens to be their biggest annoyance yet.

Character A wishes they were braver, stronger, smarter. Character A wished for all these things without knowing they were already brave, strong, and smart and Character B is going to prove it.

Character B is rude in every sense of the word and impatient to a fault. They were the kind of person to shove “lesser people” into a trash bin if it meant entertainment. Things change when Character A knocks them from their pedestal and they realize their actions have consequences they aren’t sure they can fix.

Character B has a tendency to apologize for anything, even if they have no reason to and Character A is getting sick and tired of it.

Character A collects stones and arranges them on their shelf by color.

Character B was always dirty and cut up with wraps over their bruised knuckles and Character A just wants to figure out why.

Dialogue

“I don’t know what’s happening but I love it.” 

“So you’re the guy who saved my life?”

“If you could stop collecting angry children and turning them into vigilantes, that’d be great.”

“That was definitely not just the wind.”

“Oh yes, I’m super friendly. All bark, no bite.”

“He had lots of love to give and no one to give it to.”

“Stop asking me if I’m alright. My last answer was ‘annoyed’, why would it change any time soon?”

“Why do you always disturb me when I’m in the zone? It’s like you just know.”

“I’m happy when I have freedom to do whatever I want, not stuck here with all these obligations.”

“Look, it’s not my fault I died.”

“The ambulance was painted black.”

“The lights sizzled and burned out, one by one.”

“His eyes were hollow and dark, a strange quirk to follow his dazzling smile.”

“My daughter always said that I had to be quicker than quick.”

“And so his meal turned against him.“ 

“The creature continued to softly sing.”

“The only thing that stood out of the rubble of the old stadium was a single row of seats.”

“The crowd cheered as the man fell down to his knees, screaming for his child.”

“He took the record off the player but the song continued to play.”

“A person walked in, clad head to toe in yellow, carrying a large suitcase.”

“He could swear he saw the gargoyle move.”

“It’s not like I’m starved for attention or anything. I just need to be acknowledged every few minutes so I don’t have an existential crisis.”

“Beautifully crafted stick figures, just for you, at a low cost of nineteen payments of nine thousand dollars.”

“Don’t look at me, this is not my fault.”

“Look, I don’t particularly like being a cold-blooded killer, but it is my only marketable skill.”

“For a self-proclaimed god among mortals, he seemed awfully bothered by a little knife in the ribs.”

“Are you serious? You want your last words to be a pun? It wasn’t even a good one. I’m giving you another shot.”

“Hey, remember that ‘if I ever see you again, I’ll be morally and legally obligated to kill you conversation’ we had a while back?”

“Sorry, I’m not sure what to say. Usually someone’s told me to shut up by this point.”

“That’s the first time I’ve died in a while. Guess I was overdue.”

“I asked for a helpful opinion, not…whatever that was.”

“You can tell me anything and I wouldn’t judge you. Probably.”

“This was fun. Let’s cause more chaos again, later.”

“You lucked out. If I hadn’t been there, I don’t want to think about what could have happened.”

“I was trying my hardest to mind my own business, but you’ve really done it now. I have to know.”

“Oooh, so mysterious. Look at you, so tough! So cold! I’m intimidated, really.”

“I was going to thank you for your help, but I did most of that.”

“How did you not notice you had a fever?”

“I know you said we were going to focus on me and my problems, but how about we don’t?”

“Disappointment comes in many shapes and sizes, you know? Mine comes in the shape of you!”

“I can’t believe you’re making me do this. It’s humiliating.”

“People see your scowl and run for the hills. I can’t have this when my guests come over.”

“Next time, when you try to kiss me, please don’t go for my eye. My lips are better.”

Scenarios

adopting

breaking up

cheating

comforting

coming out

competing against one another

crying

cuddling

dancing

enemies to lovers

fighting

first date

first kiss

friends to lovers

getting engaged

getting married

getting together

going to sleep

graduating

meet-cute

meeting each other’s parents

moving

moving in together

one night stand

playing

practicing

singing

strangers to lovers

transitioning

waking up

Hopefully these help! And a disclaimer, none of these prompt ideas are mine, I got them all off tumblr by searching the words “writing prompts.”

If there’s a prompt you’d like me to add to this list, simply send me an ask!

Here’s to hoping for more sign ups!