#and the way the dialogue is edited flows so well omg

[his-lost-one]

this is such a good edit omfg

[gojonanami]

Hi! Do u have any writing tips? bc I’m literally so in love w the way u wrote! From dialogue to scene setting to thinking of cool concepts I’m just in awe!!! 😘

omg that’s so sweet thank you bb — ok I don’t know I have any tips exsctly but I’ll do my best!

dialogue

for writing pre established characters (like from a show or manga or whatever), I try to capture their voice based on their lines in the manga / anime — I try to get the cadence and manner in which they speak.

for example, satoru is a lot more flippant and tends to get irritated and exclaim, while suguru is more calm and cool, but with an undercurrent of that same cocky attitude satoru has.

try to look at lines and quotes from the character and practice writing lines that you think they would say.

For me I try to hear it in their voice — I watch both the dub and sub for jjk, so sometimes I imagine gojo’s English va saying something I wrote and if I think I can hear gojo saying it — I know I did a good job! 

For all characters to get believable dialogue, just think about whether this is a believable thing someone would say (obv depends on what you’re writing) but sometimes you have to consider whether this is a sentence an actual person could string together or not.

scene setting

this was something I struggled with as a writer and I think the only way I got better was by reading personally. reading and rereading descriptions other writers have strung together and trying to take inspiration from that (obv no plagiarism) but like figuring out how and why they included certain details

scene setting is about grounding the reader — otherwise the reader doesn’t know what the characters are doing or are or how it makes them feel. They are just floating aimlessly.

a good exercise is think about how you feel when you enter a space — what you notice, what you tend to see, how it makes you feel, what you think about — writing is all a reflection of reality (to some extent).

a setting is also not about what you just see but how it makes you feel — a living room could make you feel cozy, while a sterile hospital room could make you feel anxious (depending on the character).

concepts

for me, concepts for fanfiction usually just come from consuming other media — like my yakuza fiance fic inspired by a manga by the same name or my emo choso fic was just based on me seeing a TikTok with the song hey emo boy! edited with choso clips.

other things that can help are friends — hannah is the one who spawned the whole professor geto + gojo thing and then you guys also helped roll the ball along as well with all your asks and ideas!

prompts + common tropes can help inspire concepts as well!

general writing tips

just write the thing! sometimes I have to write a skeleton of a fic to get an idea out — sometimes I have to rewrite the same thing a million times to get it right but doing it will always make you a better writer than if you didn’t. i have rewritten the novel I’m working on three times and I’ve scrapped like 350 pages rewriting. sometimes you have to just write

do some planning, don’t try to plan everything - for me I’m not a planner but even I have started creating bullet points of scene ideas to get a flow of how the fic will go. but don’t plan everything because you can get too caught up in the weeds and then miss out on the actual writing, plus things change while you write as well.

[elderwisp]

Hey! Have u changed the style or something? Your last tesselate posts look kind of different from others :3 Anyway…

I adore your storytelling, writing, and characters. Tessalate was the first story I started reading here, and I always look forward to new posts from you!

A quick question: when you are preparing a story post, what is the most interesting and exciting for you in the process? (text, posing, etc.)

Hope it’s not confusing. I wish u a good day/night/evening :)

AH hi hello! :D I did change up the editing style! I've been trying to take a bit more time when it comes to editing as well as attempting to blend how i typically edit for story posts and the colorful/dramatic lighting for regular edits!

that really makes me happy to hear! i'm always in a bit of shock whenever people take time out of their day to read my story like WOAH! thank you!

hmmm lately composing the shots in game has been the most exciting for me because there's a lot of experimentation with setting up a shot. I try to challenge myself with that and how to be able to convey an emotion in a picture is huge for me! certain angles can make a character feel empowered/disempowered, or how lighting/coloring can set a tone, and i find it fascinating! I think creating poses in blender is a mixture of love/hate for me, hate because i'm not very quick but love because i get to see the little quirks in each character's expression. like the ever so slight lip curl or brow twitch, i feel as if it brings everyone to life. lastly, i love writing the dialogue, i've been trying to break down each conversation where there's a natural flow between each person that tells a story but also allowing each character to have a personality. there's this scene i just finished putting in the queue and it took me a few days to get it right, but i think it's my favorite bc you can see how each person is in a way being held back by themselves and in the end is their downfall. omg run on BUT yeah!

thank you for this ask! i love being able to talk about processes and such! ૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა ♡ i hope you're having a great day/night!

[stepswowdsen]

【Magi】 JuAli Comic Idea (NSFW) 🖤❤️💛

(CW: NSFW)

(EDIT: I used to have this blog on priv, but I went off priv recently)

JuAli NSFW I wrote before 🖤 ❤️ 💛 This one's a lot longer than my usual ideas. The 1st half is SFW, but the 2nd half is NSFW. One of the dialogue scripts I wrote.

Oh yeah here's the JuAli NSFW comic idea I wrote if anyone wants to read it. I wrote this back in 2023, but I recently added to it, so I'll post it here

Warning: The 1st part is SFW, but the rest is NSFW so I'll put the rest under the cut.

There's also a lot of bickering and bantering, typical of JuAli. I always have a fun time writing for them <3 Wheeee!

It's still a WIP though so I put line breaks to mark transitions to different scenes (or as reminders for myself for which scenes I need to add to)

Ok guys if I'm basically planning to post KuroEne sex at some point, then that means it's free real estate for me to post LimGuda, XanLena, IdaTatsu, and JuAli sex, right

I'll put the warning whenever I do it, though. Fair warning tho. This one's more explicit. 95% of my ideas are my ships are SFW actually, but it is fun to write NSFW on the side and explore ship intimacy ^^

As you can tell, after the several months hiatus due to me being busy with school, I'm trying to get better at posting here!!! My timezone is currently EDT in Canada's summers, I tend to schedule posts to post around 7 ~ 9 PM (EDT)

It's a lil annoying how limited priv Tumblr blogs are... Even Insta and Twt priv accs let you like posts and don't require a PW to unlock. But it's a good archive for me.

Rambles

I'll be honest, my NSFW ideas are so vanilla and tame, and heavy on dialogue. That's how I want it to be. I hate the majority of qorn and qorn tropes cuz a lot of mainstream qorn is so (trans) misogynistic and thoughtless and violent. It lacks intimacy.

If I were to draw this out, there'd be a huge focus on expressions and dialogue... Oh and it'd be clothed intimacy/sex cuz I prefer it that way

As an ace person, I want my NSFW and qorn to be more artistic and focus on intimacy, including emotional intimacy. Like, qorn is fine too, but it needs to be. Not for the purpose of feeding an incel, obviously.

In general, I'm soooo picky with NSFW

It's fine if my faves explore kink and power dynamics/control in the bedroom, but I want it to be imbued with my tastes. And my aesthetic tastes.

I'm bi sapphic and not really sexually attracted to men, so I see all my masc faves (including meow meow mf faves) as my sons.

In general, I think clothed intimacy and subtle eroticism (ie. hands slipping into clothes) is hottest and I prefer it honestly. If I were to draw NSFW (hopefully one day, I need to get better at it tho), this is what you'd mainly see from me.

Even if it'd be highly impractical IRL, I love how intimacy looks with the flow of clothes more. Though ofc there's a lot of great artistic nudity too <3

Oh and the part where he's lying on the bed after... I imagined it like, Judar takes off his outer most clothes (the black and red Ruqun and Daxiushan) and wears the white hanfu undergarments underneath

You can read more about it here!

Ziseviolet is a great queer friendly hanfu blog and resource for hanfu refs and informative posts~

Rambles with Friends

Y: I love how you write them omg 😭 The way this encapsulates Judar's spoiled bratty personality WRJFHWUTWFNSJ

Me: I love writing for them and their playful banter and smug teasing~

I like the idea of Judar visiting Alibaba at night in his room. I love the idea of them having secret trysts/dates meeting at night (under the full moon). The moon is also Judar's symbol

(Well, Judar has black sun and moon symbolism, and I loved how Jaqui mentioned before that she sees him with eclipse symbolism)

Me: It's a WIP but I wrote JuAli NSFW

M: Based 🔥🔥

Me: Mostly just added Judar and Alibaba going around together! And then Judar being a moody fussy cat

C: Nice also very valid. Judar moody cat...

Me: LMAO yeah. The moody cat Judar acts according to his whims. He's definitely the type to act bratty and demanding to his S/O. Judar goes all like "Play with me, Alibaba!!!"

J: This is so valid dhdhdhd

J: DHDHDHDHDH They're so funny, I love their dialogues so much. Your JuAli AU is so interesting

Me: Thank you Jaqui!!! That makes me happy to hear 🥰 💗

In this particular idea, I think they've warmed up to each other more. They're more comfortable with each other and are aware of the others' respective quirks. But I still think they probably have some relationship awkwardness typical of young adults, at times? I always have a fun time writing their banters and dialogue!

I think it's cute and funny to see their "Hate-Love" dynamic because Judar is violently tsun, and tsun tsun possessive... I think that in their early relationship, they'd constantly headbutt each other all the time. They'll always be pretty competitive with each other, but I think Judar would warm up to Alibaba over time - so there'd be less mean insults and they'd eventually turn into playful ones

Me: Judar who goes from “I don't even want to be near you!!!” at first, to cuddling up to him like an annoying cat (/endearing), preventing Alibaba from moving or getting up. Like when you want to get something to eat or drink but your cat lays on you, stopping you

C: CUTE

Me: I feel like when they get closer Judar would want to sleep with him casually. Eat together. Wrap him into his shenanigans and pester him and bother him. Don't tell him that this is peak domestic behaviour, he will deny it.

C: Cute!! :") He def would lol

Me: I'm thinking about Judar being an asshole cat with teasing hehe. Judar can be playfully mean with his teasing.

C: Judar is genuinely seeking a weird kind of entertainment from being an asshole lmao

Me: LMFAO YEAH. His bratty nature would definitely extend to sex too ASDKSDKKLSDKL

C: IT ABSOLUTELY WOULD

Me: Provoking his S/O, being competitive in the bedroom… Stuff like that. I like the subtext of tsun tsun possessiveness too at the end.

Me: I don't have enough edits of Alibaba rn so I mainly just took Judar's manga screencaps

Oh and I still need to add to some parts eventually but y'know I got most of it down for now!!!

[nonsensefromtheabyss]

I wanted to ask you, do you have any writing tips? I love the way you write descriptions. Do you write them however it feels right or do you take inspiration?

Omg!!! Describing is my favourite <3 I can’t promise to be helpful because, for all I love writing, I’ve never really worked out a formal structure for how to do it; I just have at it and have fun! … Actually, that’s the only tip I can offer with full confidence; have fun, don’t be nervous to experiment with styles, prioritise enjoyment over perfection. I’ll say some other stuff as well because I’m incapable of shutting up, but that’s the takeaway I’d like anyone to have.

I'm very good at visualising things, so I like to just mentally sit in an environment or run through a scene as many times as it takes to get familiar with what I 'see', and then go from there. Sometimes I write a setting or scene multiple times. Then, I either choose the version I like the best or edit the good bits together into a final copy. If I do the latter, it does mean I have to be careful to avoid repeating things, cutting important things out, the scene feeling completely incoherent and disjointed, etc, but that’s just a matter of proofreading. Both methods take away the imagined pressure of having to get it ‘right’ first try, which is something I struggle with.

Unless I'm looking to be absolutely accurate for some reason, I tend not to worry too much about precisely what a place would actually be like—beyond broad strokes I'm more interested in conveying something thematic or atmospheric. Big fan of metaphors! And juxtapositions! And similes! And anything that lets me skirt around the difficult bits of language. One thing I really enjoy doing is using two unrelated concepts to describe a very specific idea; those either come to me in the moment and are perfect or I spend forever trying to decide what’s most apt, no in between, I’ve either got it or I ain’t. “Diz drove the way a man having a seizure paints—badly.” That’s one I distinctly remember being fond of.

Sometimes, if I’m stuck on how to convey a vibe in a section, I read a few passages from a book which has the tone I’m looking to embody. Some of my more ornate descriptions are inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, for example. The works of Frances Hardinge are a big reason for my love of weird metaphors. Hell, some of the more colloquial bits of prose are literally just how I speak when I’m doing a bit. I wanted the section to be mildly amusing and just… did it as a bit. Did it work, you maybe ask? Well, I amused myself, so it counts for something!

I think, technique-wise, I might advise writing dialogue separately (I tend to do it first) and then work on other things; otherwise I feel like I lose my flow. I do dialogue and tone markers, positioning and action, then description around it where it's needed and where it fits. But I don't know if that's a universally good method or if it's just what works for me; I know some people who can write it all out at once in one go—never got it down myself.

The best writing advice I’ve been given is to avoid deleting things! Maybe something didn't fit in the project you initially wrote it for; it might be absolutely perfect for something else later. Or it might not; keep it anyway, and you get to see how far you’ve come. I have whole documents like that. And notebooks full of concepts and half-sentences—unironically, those are the best for flicking through if I’m feeling uninspired. No commitment to any one concept! No pressure to be meaningful! Just vague musings about pigeons! Miscellaneous pigeons always turn out more useful than initially expected.

[arminsumi]

@ your latest reblog about smut being fast food.. I'm not a follower for long BUT I happen to be on here for 10+ years and let me tell you: there's nothing more boring than a fic that's simply about smut. If I read a fic and the writer doesn't even put in the effort to make it at least sound as if that certain character would say xyz then I'll just skip lmao.

I appreciate thoroughly checked works.. characters being spot on and some good worldbuilding. I'm so sick of boring fics that you can literally apply to ANY character and it "works".

If a writer is able to really indulge into a character, their past, what they've been through and so on.. that's what makes me interested in a fic. It should fit the character and you shouldn't be able to copy paste the same work with a different character. I really like your fics that don't include smut at all such as "photograph" that made my heart sink let me tell you. The way it was so innocent and it all came down to Satoru crying and sobbing I can totally see him being heartbroken bc of something like this and he'd totally do it in silence too.

I know I'm just one of a few but please don't be discouraged by clown fics that are full of notes but don't even contain a proper plot. It seems unfair and it is bc most readers are just horny and who am I to blame lol. I also love smut but you know what's even better? If you can imagine that character saying these things, if the scenery makes sense if their relationship makes sense..

I appreciate writers that still care about the little things. Please don't stop putting in the effort because it seems like nobody is truly liking your fluffy fics.. I do and I also love heart wrenching angst and other fics.

I hope you're feeling a lil better now.. had to get that off my chest 🩷

omg 😭💗

thank u so much for taking the time to write this, it's rlly reassuring and so sweet of u!!

i've been a bit self-conscious of my works lately because i see paragraph smut getting great feedback and then thought-out plots being lost in the tumblr void.

so i start scrutinizing my own work like ok maybe this wasn't as good as i thought?? did i structure it wrong?? is the flow bad??

i rlly try hard to ensure quality and do thorough editing and carefully write dialogues.

because i personally hate reading stuff and thinking "yeahhhh they'd never say that lol" bc it just breaks the immersion.

fanfic is a special type of reading experience, because the reader is usually self-inserting into the world and daydreaming about the scenario.

and also regarding smut, sometimes i hate writing full smut scenes or writing extremely satisfying sex. because in real life it's not like that, and i'd like to show relationship development like maybe character A says ok let's stop for now or maybe they don't go too far or maybe they're dissatisfied.

but i fear that writing about realistic, emotional sexual interactions with angst and (fluffy ones with short smut and long aftercare/after scenes) will not be well-received or enjoyed. it would greatly help plotlines of some of my angst fics, like the one where satoru loves the reader but she absolutely doesn't, but they "try" make it work and it falls apart because she feels emotionless during intimacy with him (but not with suguru, and she can't fall for him bc yk... tight-knit friend group problems 😔)

idk but it's alright bc i have my own personal rules of writing that i try to stick to, and i'm trying not to let notes or feedback deter me. i always hide in Kerouac's books when i lose sight of truthful writing lol

anyways thank u for ur motivational words they are stored in my heart hehe 💗👍

[raine-kai]

OPLA Japanese Dub Ep 1 Thoughts

Due to life interruptions I never did the full watch through in the Japanese dub that I'd intended to do, so I am starting it now.

I'm actually pretty happy that I had about a month between watching it in English and watching the Japanese dub, because it's given me time to get used to the way I see the characters in English before throwing in the wrench that is their anime personas evoked by the voice actors.

Hoo boy do I have thoughts.

Gold Roger's introductory lines are a little weaker, a little more awkward in the dub. They strike as good a balance as one could expect between the original lines, and having to match the mouth movements and beats of the English, but it creates awkward pauses that just give it less oomf factor.

Gosh Luffy's introduction was strange. Luffy is using words that I would never imagine him to know in the manga/anime, and it was a little jarring at first.

That said, lines that are more geared towards English-language jokes like "Mutiny!" and "It's only my first day!" were edited to be comments like, "Well that didn't work" and "Oh well, it'll work out" respectively, which also grounded me a little more back to anime-Luffy.

The Luffy-Koby dialogue felt a lil more expositiony in Japanese than it felt in English to me, but not in a way that was too distracting. It is exposition, and it's hard to make that flow naturally in a dub.

One of the insults Luffy throws at Alvida was ドS, and my instinctive response was "omg Luffy, who taught you that word????"

Zoro's anime voice coming out of Mackenyu's mouth was a lil weird at first. Because Zoro also speaks slowly in English, in shots where his mouth is visible when he's talking, there's the Gold Roger issue again where his lines feel oddly paced due to having to speak slowly and match the mouth movements.

Nami's voice actress bringing her manga personality into her live action counterpart was a little weird to hear at first, because that whole joyfully conniving side of her seemed largely toned down or absent in the live action, to me. By the end of the episode I was used to it, though.

I have a feeling it's going to be so much harder to like Helmeppo with his anime actor's voice 😂

The Luffy-Zoro meeting when Zoro is tied up scene worked so well, I love this version of Luffy, though Zoro's lines still at some points felt a little oddly paced.

When Luffy tells Zoro, "I'll go high, you go low" in the Japanese dub, it comes out more like, "I'll be on top, you'll be below" with less innuendo than that denotes in English, but definitely with an implication of the power structure that Luffy will have with Zoro. It surprised me a little that Zoro wouldn't object on principle, but then again, different version of Zoro.

I'd also just like to say that as someone with a history with both the LuNa ship and the ZoroLu ship, as well as some guilt-reading of ZoroNami I've done through the years, I can't help but look at some things through shipping goggles.

The way that Nami doesn't try to betray or abandon Luffy at any point through this episode strikes me as very <3

The line "so that's where it goes!" when Zoro puts Wado Ichimonji in his mouth was changed in the dub to "OOOOO, kakkoiiiii" in a way that felt way more enthusiastic than anime Luffy ever was praising Zoro.

Nami cutting in to remind them that they have to get away was just said in a way that made me feel like she, too, sees that Luffy and Zoro are having a meet cute. (Which, frankly, is easy to headcanon—it would explain why she is so fast to call Zoro Luffy's first mate, and perhaps why she is less inclined to be suspicious of them, seeing that they are building a fast, strong connection.)

The music continues to be excellent.

The way the map gets filled in through the ending credits is lovely and I'm glad I have time to watch them through this round <3

[autisticlancemcclain]

any tips for writing (Grammar, english, etc)? You one of the best writers I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading and I want to learn from the best!

(also, lots of love your the best!! ❤️)

thank you!! and YES i have tips omg.

1. read. all the time. whenever you can. i’ve always been pretty decent at writing, but i also spent most of my childhood desperately devouring any words i could. i read a million different genres, for a billion different topics. non fiction textbooks, graphic novels, field journals, novels, anything! even films work, especially if you’re looking at dialogue.

2. just write stuff down. the best way to learn is by doing, and this goes especially for writing. your first drafts are going to have a lot of issues, and even the first things you post are going to be meh compared to what you will do in the future. but that’s okay! i’m sure if you directly compare some of the dialogue and paragraph spacing in my old stuff compared to now you’ll se a world of difference, and that just came from months and months of daily practice.

3. read more, but this time analytically. when you read something now, look critically at how it’s written. how are they dividing up their paragraphs? are they longer or shorter? is it for every new idea, or is it more than that? do their paragraphs flow well enough that i barely notice? why? and what about their dialogue? can i speak it out loud and make it sound natural? does this sound like real things people would say? how are they using punctuation to mimic nonverbal speaking cues? how can i imitate that? how is the character reflected in the way they speak? and finally, what about their pacing? does this story make sense from a time standpoint? do i feel like things are happening too slowly or too quickly, or does the timing feel real? why? how could i slow things down?

4. keep an eye out for writers giving some advice. i follow the ‘writing advice’ tag on here, as well as some published writers like @neil-gaiman . they often have a plethora of excellent advice. i read once on here (i can’t remember where) that the best way to show pauses in dialogue is to cater your stories so it takes your reader longer to read — like, for example, showing what your character is doing between pauses or stretches of dialogue, or describing what they’re thinking, or even just using spacing effectively. it was very helpful!

5. edit, edit, edit! go over your work with a kind and critical eye. if you were reading this, what parts would you enjoy best? why are these parts so good? in contrast, what parts might not be as interesting? can you make these more interesting, or are they part of the story the way they are? if you read your story out loud, does it make sense? can you picture other characters doing this? why is your character doing the thing that they are doing — does it make sense?

6. lastly — have fun! write for yourself. i have chosen several dumb and silly headcanons that i don’t see enough in the fandom, so i write them so i can read them. i love all my silly headcanons. whenever i think to myself “oh, i wish i could read more of [specific thing],” i remember that hey, wait i second, i could write that right now if i wanted to! and then i do.

good luck! enjoy yourself! i can’t wait to see what you create :D

[cheriecoke]

RYLIE HIHIIIII i was just wondering if u have any tips on writing long piece bc m STRUGGLING rn sobs

omg hi red !! hm okay so idk if you’re struggling with the length in particular or motivation, so i’ll just let you know what i do for both! i will say practice is the best tool though! i think the more you experience writing long pieces, it comes more naturally bc you're used to writing that way. :)

to increase length, my writing process looks like this: i write about 1k-2k words with as many details as i have the energy to write at one time, etc. it turns out pretty choppy at the end but this is when i go in and fine-tune!! i looove editing so this is a lot of fun for me but ik it’s kind of tedious 😭 so before i write any more, i go in and add dialogue where i think it doesn't flow well, details where the descriptions are lacking, etc. usually i can add about 1k to every 1k words written, and then i'll start on the next set of words or scenes. i'm a very methodical thinker though, so this is just the best way for me!! :) i don't do any planning before my fics either (lmfao), so that's another reason i end up doing a lot of editing.

as for motivation, i think breaking it up really helps!! usually i'll work on a long piece at the same time i'm working on some other drabbles or short fics. so then i can work on those and come back to my series / long fics refreshed. it helps me not to get as frustrated that i'm not completing my long fic faster :,) but i'm still completing something, which is sometimes the best motivator!

also, my favorite writing tip is actually to read <3 i'm reading the brothers karamazov right now, and i've found that taking time away to read fantastically written books like that continues to improve my writing & makes me more motivated as well :))

[xiv-wolfram]

I'm new to tumblr and looking to start my own visual stories. I stumbled upon yours through the suggestions and I am INVESTED. Raubae is a beautiful man and Wolfram and he are a beautiful couple!

Can you give a noob visual storyteller pointers on how to get started with their own comics?

OMG THANK YOU!!! 😭 I'm totally normal about them. I also want to apologize for Tumblr being a bit of a mess in terms of following the comics. Highly recommend the Carrd for chronological links.

As for comics - I'm far from an expert but I do see myself getting better with each one I make so hopefully some of this will help. 🤞

Read a bunch of different types of graphic novels. Pick the ones you like the most and pay attention to how they do things. I personally like lots of dialogue and character development, dramatic lighting, and focusing on facial expressions. Others focus on the action or scenery. Some a mix of both (which I'm working towards). Just find inspiration in what you love and let it help you find your style. 😁 Looking into how comics are made and what the different speech bubbles mean/text decoration/etc was helpful.

Use Clip Studio Paint or a program like it. Basically you want something that will let you cut out comic frames and add dialogue boxes easily. It really streamlines the workflow.

Write out "scripts" before GPosing. I know some folks who can freestyle but for me scripts with minor stage direction and dialogue have helped a lot. I have a different numbered line for each GPose I need to take too.

Everyone does plot/characterization differently. IDK if you were curious about that but I personally focus my plot around 3 main storylines - WolfBahn relationship arc, Wolfram's voidsent problem/past trauma, and MSQ. These plotlines overlap A LOT and come to a head in Endwalker. A lot of folks focus on their OC (I of course do.) but its also nice to develop the NPCs in some way. Most of Raubahn's development comes from MSQ which makes that easy but I do take time to touch on some of the things MSQ doesn't cover heavily like his recovery after being rescued from Halatali or the toll fighting to liberate Ala Mhigo takes on him. So I guess I just think - stories are more engaging if you flesh out the NPCs a bit. That may be personal preference though...

Really know your characters. I've found answering WoLQoTDs helps a ton. Along those lines - a timeline of their major events. Mine includes Eorzean events like The Autumn War and Garlean invasion of Ala Mhigo so I can fit my character's story in with the greater world. Before starting the comics I had a summary of his story on his Carrd (it's down now though). I also made a family tree. Replaying cutscenes helps get me in the zone to write too. Knowing them really well makes the writing flow pretty effortlessly.

Spend the time to edit each screenshot. I didn't do enough of this starting out and regret it. Even just upping the sharpness makes a big difference. Highly reccomend hitting it with the dodge/burn if you have time. The images will be smaller than most gposes so zooming in or cropping closer can help show the fine details (another place CSP shines).

Make dialogue box text large enough so that the majority of users on mobile won't need to zoom in. What I've been doing is 50 in CSP.

This one I don't do - but I should. Have someone with good grammar who also actually enjoys your story go over your comic before you post it. Ideally over the script as well. They'll point out grammatical mistakes but also since they're fans they may have some cool character insights you hadn't thought of!

Don't be discouraged if you get less "likes" than you do for GPoses. I usually get way less. On the flip side I get more actual interaction with the comics. Nice convos. It's how I've met some of my best buddies! So it's a good trade-off IMO. Most important of all - it's FUN to tell stories!

I hope this was helpful. Feel free to DM if you have more specific questions/want to have a convo too. I'm always excited to see more GPose comics! :D

[onewomancitadel]

Saw your invitation to talk about your fic, I wanted to tell you I love your style of prose. You conjure such a vivid picture. You have this way of describing, like "It sang a wave's chorus," or "Tropical rain, in this sort of netherworld, sort of nowhere-place bucketed down without pause. The scent of petrichor nearly soothed him" or "Part of her was shrouded in a wake-like shadow, otherworldly, marbled with vibrance in firelight. The rest of her bled".... there's something very imaginative and poetic about it that flows quite beautifully. I don't know how to place my finger on it, but it's been consistent throughout. There is nothing monotonous about it, not a word is wasted. You really bring life to your writing, and it feels very dedicated.

T_T T_T thank you for such a sweet ask.

Omg okay I know it's... probably very divisive and I know purple prose it.. well... doesn't have the best reputation, BUT if I had to give you my actual thoughts on how I approach writing, pretending I don't have brain demons that want me to talk it down:

The way I view prose is character. So anything I put into the prose I'm thinking about how I can build a thematic idea and realise character or if I can foreshadow concepts. The reason I chose this specific writing style for this story is because I want to explore beauty and ugliness, and for Cinder's character in particular, what she actually cares about, potentially even things that give her life meaning, not just fighting for the side of good/bad. Plus, for Jaune, I think that to a degree his interactions with her become a necessary indulgence - she is the woman he should not speak to, but he does (and he must), and beauty is often dismissed as frivolity. For Cinder's case, there is also that theme of necessary death (fire) but also potentially transformative creation (also fire), and because I am quite attached to the idea for instance that she sews her own clothes, she cares about the way things look. But then you have that Beauty and Beast element - that the Beast might be outwardly ugly, but is spiritually pure. I have a bit of a weird approach though... I think the Beast is physically beautiful, and in RWBY's setting, soul has a physical manifestation (Aura), so this is actually a thematically consistent attitude. I think Cinder is most beautiful with her scarring and everything she's been through, but she also has to find a way to move beyond her suffering and let herself pay attention to beauty in the world.

So I want to notice beauty and ugliness. I try to tie this perspective together between them and their aesthetic observations. I think beauty is meaningful and so too ugliness, and the division between the sacred and the profane really interests me. Particularly in the prologue, my intention was to make the intersection of flame/blood/ash/Jaune's Semblance transformative which creates the Aura bond (and this is only possible because of her physical monstrousness/the Grimm arm/dark curse) - it's a beautiful/compassionate moment inside and despite profound ugliness.

I accept that my writing might come off pretentious but I have gone back and edited parts down and tried to refine it. With that line, 'Part of her was shrouded in a wake-like shadow, otherworldly, marbled with vibrance in firelight. The rest of her bled,' you can see my attempt to reduce the idea down to simplicity. There might be complicated imagery on one side but I also really want to emphasise just plain old regular action, and the beauty in simplicity. That's why I love fairytales, and magical fairytale dialogue. I think there's a line in Chapter 2 where Cinder says, 'Why you?' and that's one of my favourites. Why you, why you at all? I generally love writing dialogue and I love dialogue as action and for realising story themes, so there's a lot of it lol.

As I've been writing the story I've been better able to realise my intentions, and I think of all the chapters, Chapter 2 might need some fixing up, but that one I also put through comprehensive edits when I was figuring out my prose direction with the story.

Also, I mean... I want the writing style to represent them, and them falling in love. There are things they notice about their environments that are they themselves noticing about each other by extension... it's not necessary to know for the reader, but it does satisfy me. I think I went a little ham there in Cinder's first perspective chapter lol. I love everything being connected; that's the type of reader I am, so I want the story to be like that. I'm also a huge fan of ironic prophecy. Snoke's line in TLJ, 'Where there was conflict, I now sense resolve... weakness, strength... now he will strike down his true enemy!' is my absolute favourite, and they do similar things with Salem and Cinder in the show. So anytime I can do that, I'm doing that. Lol!

Thank you so much for enjoying the way I write, again I understand if it's divisive, especially if my reasoning is not clear. But I also want to write them passionately falling in love and when you're in love and you see love everywhere, it's wonderful, and that's how I feel writing it. It's really a story I just wanted to be steeped in beauty/aliveness and transformation.

I hope that this doesn't make me sound self-absorbed, but it's the way I chose to approach the story when I seriously contemplated sitting down and writing it.

Hope you have a good evening. <333

[impossible-rat-babies]

@elmshore tagged me to talk about my fic our reflections!

gonna put this mostly below the cut bc it might get long + im ewbarressed 2 talk bout my fics bc often there is a lot of imagery behind them sdjfls

i’m gonna tag: 

@bitchesofostwick, @trvelyans, @mournholdmushroom, @wayhavn, and anyone else who is a mutual who writes who wants to be just. jabber on about their fic i would love 2 hear it

the idea rumbling around in my head, if I’m remembering this correctly, came after the book three demo came out and there is the bounty on the detective’s head for their capture. this got me thinking about how “well it would make sense if the trappers actively went after the detective when they were alone, or otherwise indisposed.” 

That got me rolling on the idea of what happened in the aftermath of such an incident. I wanted more the aftermath rather than the whole omg the detective is in danger haha they’re saved by their LI! I don’t find that as compelling or interesting personally compared to them saving themselves, but they’re injured or had to find a way out of the situation themselves. Or both--I’m not picky.

It was also a sort of fic born out of the desire to see where pollux and mason get on each others nerves/where their conflicts reside. I love fluff between couples, but I also love exploring the more difficult and organic parts of two people together. which this fic was a really great place to explore that between the two of them, mostly because pollux is antagonistic towards asking for help or letting himself be helped. he doesn’t need to be babied in this instance and he had everything under control. the fact that mason is upset over the fact that it actually happened and pollux didn’t tell anyone is irrelevant in pollux’s mind. he got out of it with his life and he can tend his wounds in peace--he doesn’t need help. thus, we have a nice little conflict.

but a bit of dialogue or action that got stuck in my head when i was first drafting it was:

“....fucking hopeless.” Mason grumbles to himself and Pollux bunches his fingers tightly in his shirt.

“If you’re gonna talk then shit say it to my face, Mason.” Pollux spits his name and he knows he’s playing chicken with a speeding car—sooner or later he’s going to get hit.

Mason turns on him, anger drawing his lips into a snarl and frustration tensing his shoulders,

(take one more step, I swear to god)

“I said...” He starts slow, meeting his grey eyes and there’s a vicious storm in that grey, “you’re fuckin’ hopeless, Pollux.”

“Good.”

we’re gonna ignore how pollux definitely would’ve decked mason if he had gotten much closer.

this part really stuck because in all my writings i’ve done with them, both published and unpublished, it’s often pollux who presents the conflict between them verbally. It’s more in his nature to have that confrontation compared to mason. but this is a flip on that, where mason is just so fed up with this sort of crap from pollux where he says something he doesn’t mean. it does sort of put a stop to the argument though, both of them sort of putting each other in their places. mason unintentionally saying an extremely hurtful statement to pollux, and pollux asserting both that yes mason you said that and yes i am hopeless glad you finally got the picture there chief.

moving on, I didn’t really write one of these scenes before all the others. I skipped past a majority of the main argument to get to the meat of that and then built everything up around it. I did skip to after the argument where pollux is in the bathroom alone too. fun fact: the ending is the least edited and most free flowing part of it because i got on a roll + i just didn’t want to edit it. is it less polished and more rushed feeling? maybe. but i did like a lot of the prose i put into the ending. (looking back it’s definitely sort of sparked my obsession with writing about hands and the minuscule movements of hands in fic. if i don’t spend a couple sentences of a character paying attention to hands then what sort of gay writer am I?)

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the image in my mind when writing fics is often playing things out as a movie scene. it’s all constructed in my head, the environment, the placing of the characters in the space, their interactions. i pick out what seems the most relevant even if it seems rather mundane. blinds or curtains being open, the color a lamp sheds--if it’s more blue or yellow. (bluer whites always read more clinical or impersonal, where more yellow lights feel more homey and personal). or like the color of the tile. I love thinking about the color of bathroom tiles/the inherent cold touch of bathroom tiles. i also like thinking about bathrooms as much as i like thinking about vintage hotel rooms.

but in this fic I was really wanting to hit on the “this is the middle of the night when no one should really be awake unless you’re getting into trouble” but also “this is the middle of the night when people say things or get into arguments because the dark hides everything.” 

also i dunno why i’m so stuck on only having one light source in a scene i write, it’s become a habit and i dunno why.

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I didn’t really take inspo from another piece of media. i mean, it’s undoubtably got bits of tropes and such stuck into it, but such is writing. im not saying this is entirely original because it isn’t, i just can’t think of anything.

and like i said before, the book three demo with the trapper bounty really got me thinking. well that and the realistic part of what would happen if pollux got jumped by three or four trappers intent on kidnapping him.

me taking the idea of the detective possibly never having killed someone and tossing that shit out the window.

not that pollux is eager to kill people, or is fine with it. tensions just run high when you’re being attacked and slamming a person’s head into the bonnet of your car until they stop moving in a viable tactic for him. did the trapper live? i dunno, pollux certainly doesn’t.

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i guess the cornerstone going around with this fic was stated above--the strained, realistic, not getting along parts of relationships between people. the subjecting these characters to a possible thing that could happen and seeing how they deal with it in their ways and the conflicts that brings.

but there’s also this chance to grow, to figure things out and avoid a repeat of the situation. it’s as much about the nitty gritty as it is the learning process of being with someone. like when mason explicitly asks/says in his own way for pollux to not do something like that again, whether thats fighting the trappers on his own, or refusing to be helped. or pollux not outright saying no, but rather saying he’ll try. it’s a step along the way towards making it work.

i know i write a lot about the rough and angsty parts of a relationship, but it’s also partially about the growth between characters. the realism of the bickering, the fights, the missteps along the way when you’re trying to make a partnership work. it’s the caring enough to make a mess, to not turn ones back on someone for being difficult. 

i love writing gross--both angsty gross and fluffy grossly human stuff!

[kitcat992]

I come with questions! — 1) Really enjoyed Identity Crisis so I was wondering how the idea for it came about? Like, was it a small vague idea that grew or was it full grown idea straight from the get go? What things changed as you were writing it? 2) What's your method of writing? Do you plan ahead/outline or just go with the flow and edit as you go/later? I am a mess and so I like knowing stuff like that lol

OMG I absolutely DIE when I get questions like these!!!

If you can’t tell, almost no one ever asks me author related questions so I get super excited when someone does 😆 Your girl is about to rammmmbbllleeeeeeee!

Alright, so! Identity Crisis. How did the idea come about? That’s a good one.

I don’t know.

😅

Next question?

Lol, but for real. I came up with the idea during chapter 12 of Identity Theft. That was the chapter I realized “Oh shit, there is NO WAY in any universe I’ll ever be able to tell this entire narrative in one fanfic. Uhhhh...crap. Okay, so...well...uh....sequel? Eck, no, sequel sounds grabby. A continuation. Yes. We’ll *continue* the story in another installment. Shit. Am I doing a series? Goddamnit. I didn’t sign up for this. This is bullshit.”

Basically, when I was writing Identity Theft, I threw every single idea, concept, piece of dialogue, plot thread - all of it. I threw it into a document and began sorting it out. Things I wanted to write, things I wanted to happen, things I felt needed to happen, ect ect and ect ect. Those oddball moments of daydreaming while driving home from work? I logged it all. No thought was spared from being documented.

I’d say maybe 50% got moved into the Identity Crisis folder because there was only so much I could pack into Identity Theft while still holding true to the original narrative I wanted to tell (that being: Tony realizes just how much Peter means to him, Peter gets himself into a pickle, Tony thinks he’s lost him for good/almost looses him for good, Tony comes to realize he’s #dad and ain’t going back)

Was it always a small vague idea? Yeah, kinda. I always knew I wanted to do Venom. Similar to how Identity Theft’s barebone concept was Tony #dad, the barebone concept for Identity Crisis was Peter having PTSD from Identity Theft, and his emotions being manifested and manipulated into something much more extreme by the symbiote. Now, for a HOT second, I was annoyed with how  many Venom fics were popping up thanks to Sony’s Venom movie, and I reallllyyy didn’t want to seem like I was doing the same, so I entertained the idea of using Kraven the Hunter as the antagonist for the fic instead (seeing as he’s Dimitri’s brother) However, it never clicked, it never worked, and I never even got the concept on paper. I absolutely needed the symbiote for Peter’s character arc, and definitely needed it for Norman’s (which also leads into something bigger than this narrative can contain, godeffingdamnit I really did NOT sign up for this!)

The only major change the story has seen since outlining it has been length. It was originally only outlined as...20 chapters, I think? The problem is, the further out you outline, the more vague your layouts become. You outline “May and Tony have a talk” only to actually *write* that talk and realize it was most of the chapter, and you need to start splitting things up to avoid reader fatigue.

So I guess that leads right into question #2! Do I plan ahead/outline? Abas-posta-tivly-loutly. Every scene, every chapter, even pieces of dialogue are all already pre-written and laid out.

Again, some are very simplistic - May and Tony discuss Peter’s behavior over lunch. Others are much more detailed - I have 20% of a conversation between Peter and Tony during Chapter 19 already written out, and I wrote it easily over a year ago. As I think of it, I write it. Most of the time, I make notes in my phone, and then copy that back into my computer documents when I have the free time.

The whole “I’ll remember that later” thing is a trap and no writer should ever fall for it.

I also have all my chapters divided into Acts. All my stories have 5 Acts - that’s always been the number that works for me. Act 1 is the foundation, Act 2 is the build up, Act 3 is Shit Goes Down, Act 4 is the More Shit Goes Down/and the Aftermath, Act 5 is the conclusion. Sometimes I view the Acts as seasons, too. Like a TV show. I dunno, it just helps me plan and keep a solid flow to the story.

Outlining never happens in one day either, by the way. I was outlining Identity Crisis WHILE writing Identity Theft. I’m outlining the final story in this series while writing Identity Crisis. The outline can change a little bit once the story starts - I’ve added a few unplanned scenes in both fics along the way, and deleted a few others too. Doctor Strange helping during Peter’s surgery in Chapter 24 of Identity Theft? Was never originally planned. Thor showing up at the end of Identity Theft? THAT was originally planned, and scrapped. Tony asking Hank Pym for Pym Particulars during Chapter 12 of Identity Crisis? Was never planned. I still go with the flow when writing. I don’t stick strictly to an outline i f it doesn’t work anymore. Now, that always adds to my chapter lengths, word count, stresses me out and gives me anxiety - but hey. That’s writing for ya

[aberstudiostorm]

The Encounter - making of

Read about the adventures and thoughts behind the scenes here!

Maja (director) -  This week I took the role of director. With the story about catfishing, we were trying to make this look as believable as possible giving the terms of not being physically together. Given the fact that both Tom and Sol are big Star Wars fans, we decided to tell a story with a pinch of parody that films that you prefer might depend on future friendship. Together with the cinematographer, we created a vision of shots and how to execute them most effectively. We focused heavily on visual facial expressions and showing mixed emotions of actors. With this week's theme being mise-en-scène I tried to emphasize the personalities and preferences of characters by quick shots of the decorations in their rooms. The flow of the film was created by using continuous Star Wars scenes playing in the background in both rooms.

Here are some stills from the finished film that display the characters’ personalities and likes, showing that they’re not at all different.

Sabine (writer) - As much as I'm not the biggest fan of writing scripts, this was a fun one. It is about a harmless way of catfishing – trying to look cooler than you are and losing a chance at a friendship because of that. After a feedback session with our professors, we had to raise the stakes for the characters. We decided an embarrassing picture being sent to the wrong person would do the trick. It was definitely hard to condense all the ideas and possibilities into a 2-minute film, so it turned out to be a bit longer. I also had some problems figuring out the natural flow of the dialogue and for the characters' messages to make sense in the film's context, but Tom tweaked the dialogue in editing, and I think it works great now. We built the story together on a video call while sharing ideas and I decided it would be a fun script to write. I used a free screenwriting program called Trelby to write the script. It automatically sets the correct font and format, has a name database, in case you can't come up with a character name and makes scene/location/character reports, that can be handy for longer scripts. I definitely recommend it for writing scripts.

Here’s a bit of the script I wrote on Trelby. We changed gaming to Star Wars as the background sound. The original dialogue can also be seen here.

Hollie (cinematographer) – This week I took on the role of the cinematographer, I found it quite difficult as it was a mise-en-scène task and I didn’t know the layout of the rooms that the filming was taking place in, to get around this I ended up creating a normal shot list with added detail of what I wanted each shot to have in it and why. I quite enjoyed having the freedom to create the aesthetic and tone of the film and I think the footage that was taken was exactly what I wanted. With the shot list, I went down the coverage route and so decided for each scene a master shot needed to be taken, this worked well as it gave Tom more options when it came to the edit. I took inspiration from films and programmes that use the coverage method as it is the safest method to use during production. An example of this is Game of Thrones (2011). Below is an example of my shot list. I really liked the way the match shots taken by each person came together well and the similar shots that were taken made the edit more fluent. Overall, I was really happy with the visuals of this film and the way they came together.

Tom (editor) - This week was my turn to do the editing. I was nervous because of the insane job Sabine had done the week before. The idea was an encounter with two people over text message. Both pretending to not like nerdy things in order to fit in. The biggest challenge for me was the text messages that had to pop up. Each one must dissolve in, and I had to match it with the film footage to make it look like it was being sent while the message showed up on screen. I wish we had more time for the film. We had several lovely shots to use but I had to cut them out to try and get down to 2 minutes. I still did not achieve this with our film being 2:52. My Bad! I tried guys! At the end we wanted an ‘OMG’ moment where Sol lets slip that he is a nerd and I managed to do this by sliding in an image of Sol in a Tusken Raider mask. The edit was constructed nicely because of the script and the shot list that was provided! Thank you guys!! And we went through the film and changed some things and ended with the 3rd edited version!  

Solomon (producer) - I took on the role of producing within this week’s film, organising the team to know what to do and when. I created a schedule and helped each one of them stick to it by giving them specific dates and timings for when certain things needed to be done for and helping them to do those things whilst staying within the risk assessment.  

Within the film, I instructed the actors to get all their shooting done in the mornings (working with the cinematographer and director), in order to keep a continuity in lighting and surroundings. Concerning the scheduling for the edit, the first draft had to be done at the latest by Wednesday, so that alterations and a final cut can be created.  

Regarding the organization of the script, we made some alterations during filming, changing the ending a more of an extremity, and enabling the audience to understand further the true similarity of the two characters, yet their insecure stubbornness also.

[reeeyachi]

I know you are busy & such, so just answer this when you can. U know in your HxH fics, how do you write the characters so well, esp. Killua (somewhat Gon too as well)? I love reading (& maybe even writing soon once Im not busy with other things) HxH stuff, but I find people can have a hard time writing HxH characters. Like Leo, people mostly get right, Gon & Pika are more hit or miss. & Killua from my expernce, people have the hardest time w/. Like they get certain parts right & others wrong.

hiiiii i’m not sure when you sent this i hope it’s not too late but here i am! ty for sending an ask about writing fanfics, particularly characterization bcos that’s my most favorite part :3

ok first of all, omg, you’ve read my fics? thank you so so much! it means a lot :’) and i’ve been told several times too that i write the characters well (or that they’re in character, like they feel canon), and honestly i’m surprised that my way of characterizing canon casts in my writing is noticed by y’all, so thank you!

like i said, characterization is my fave part of writing. so i guess one way to answer you is that it’s because i deliberately and consistently analyze and check EVERY move and EVERY line/dialogue and EVERY action when writing them. like, i always ask myself, “would killua do this in canon?” “would gon say this in canon?” and i answer my own questions by going back to the anime/manga and checking if they have said/done the things/words i wanted them to do/say. if they have -- even just once -- it goes in my fic. If they haven’t, i’d instantly scrap them (i have a whole word document file containing ooc scrap scenes lol).

it’s a long process, super time consuming and takes up like 90% of my brain power when i’m writing. because i constantly think if how i write them is canon enough, as how i like it. and sometimes i go several days thinking about ONE scene or ONE line, analyzing, re-thinking if i should add them when i’m not exactly sure if it could be canon.

honestly tho? that’s just me. we could definitely write these canon characters as ooc if we wish. depends on the story and the writer, really. i also don’t think there’s anything wrong with veering away from canon personality, as long as there’s still quite a few canon traits in there, you should be fine :)

i wouldn’t really know the “right way” of writing hxh characters because i’m not togashi haha but i try my best to summon his brain so that i’d write them well and canon enough for my own satisfaction. (because i want the canon version of them in my stories). that’s also one advise i would give: do not settle for something that you don’t want to read about. if you think that they way you characterized a canon cast does not fit into their canon personality, or the way you want them to be, revise that shit. but, again, it really depends on you as a writer. if you feel that a scene or a dialogue would pass for you, then stop thinking about it and move on to the next scenes.

as for the difficulty in writing the characters, tbh, i find killua the easiest one to write about. i feel like it’s because we’ve seen his *feelings* and *emotions* in the anime/manga and we get like a whole perspective of him and his thoughts on certain matters. i’m not entirely sure why tho i just feel like i could relate with him better compared to gon, who i find the hardest to write about (because this kid doesn’t often show emotions/thoughts as deeper and in detail compared to killua).

i rarely write other characters, but if i would to rank them from easiest to most difficult to write based on my experience (and the characters i’ve written so far), here it is:

Killua

Leorio

Illumi

Kurapika

Hisoka

Chrollo

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Gon

hahahah anwyay! i encourage you to write if you find the time. right now, i have too much stuff on my plate but i try to write everyday, every breaktime, even just a line or two on my phone, so that i won’t lose grip of my metaphors.

and really, write what you enjoy reading. you could honestly go crazy if you want. don’t think too much about characterization when you’re in the zone. once you’re done, then you could add/subtract/revise until you’re satisfied with your flow and characters.

write drunk, edit sober.

you are your number one reader. <3

[heartmings]

things i loved about the first ep of 2gether: an unofficial recap

- started off really strong with tine’s narration, i loved the writing for that and how it really set the tone for the story with tine lamenting about how he has never been able to find the one…ending with that lovely shot of sarawat. i also really liked how tine noticed that the song sarawat’s band played on freshy night was his favourite song. small character moments like these make him relatable.

- it’s always refreshing when the characters have their own personalities and are not your typical shy submissive vs domineering lead, though they did veer into that popular guy stereotype a bit much with sarawat but i get it because he’s a total heart throb hahaha. i love that he has no social media bc #me, and they made him a musician + good at sports. we love an all rounded anti-social boy who studies political science!!!

- the pace was just right and moved the story forward at a good pace. thank god there were no awkward pauses and long periods of silence where they take forever to respond to a line, which usually plagues a lot of dramas in this genre. generally their dialogue flowed naturally (@other bl dramas take notes!) the result is a 40-45 min episode which is relatively short but at least it wasn’t slow af.

- i was a little worried they’ll make green’s character come off as too desperate but he’s actually turned out really likeable! the whole scene with tine’s friends confronting them with a toilet brush was gold and had me choking omg. the bit where tine dreams of sarawat and green is so funny and well edited too (also sarawat in that scene got me s w e at i n g). in the next episodes i wanna see more of sarawat’s friends bc they’re totally in the chaotic good category.

- it’s a little early to tell but their chemistry and acting is pretty good so far. win has improved from the first trailer bc he’s much more natural here, and i like bright’s vibe so far but we didn’t get to see much of him in the first ep :c

- the music is my favourite!!! ever since the first trailer was released last year, i can’t stop listening to scrubb, and i’m super happy their music plays an important role in the show. also love that bright gets to sing the closing track, i’m looking forward to seeing tine’s reaction when he first hears sarawat sing <3

- fave moment: ‘do you have a problem with the way i introduce myself?’ // ‘i don’t, it’s cute’ i’m a sucker for head pats so that was super adorable