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qiallos · 3 months ago

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currently looking for anyone interested in some affiliated portrayals within the supernatural universe or willing to make affiliated ocs with me in regards to my original character bodi. more information is under the cut as i'm still actively working on his biography.

bodi is an original character based within an alternate version of the supernatural franchise ( think the ' gritty hbo reboot ' trend ) and is only following the canon of seasons 1 - 5.

he is the adopted cousin to sam and dean winchester , with his adoptive father being mary's brother , laurence. he was born a witch , but after laurence and his wife ada ' mistakenly ' killed bo's mother during a hunt when bo was just a boy , the family took him in and raised him as a hunter.

bo has a bunch of important connections that are wrapped up in his storyline and i'd really love to see them filled. the characters i'm currently searching for are as follows :

CANON. sam winchester ( bo's foster cousin ), dean winchester ( bo's foster cousin ), john winchester ( bo's foster uncle ), robert ' bobby ' singer ( family friend ), ellen harvelle ( family friend ), ash ( close ally ), joanna beth ' jo ' harvelle ( ex fling and family friend ).

ORIGINAL. ada campbell ( bo's foster mother ), laurence campbell ( bo's foster father ), caelan graeme campbell ( bo's older foster brother ), lenore campbell ( bo's younger foster sister ), mikhail sokolov ( bo's best friend and hunting partner ), and sasha sokolova ( mikhail's younger sister and bo's rival ).

of course i'm more than interested in other canon characters , and there are a few more original spots that i'll be looking for as well.

if you're interested please like this post or come message me. disclaimer for all those interested in that i follow a very dark , horrific take on supernatural in this portrayal and that bo's storyline and some characters involved feature highly intense themes such as death , murder , religious trauma , child abuse / neglect , etc. so please keep this in mind before approaching me!

#ooc. ⸻ out of character.#idek what to tag this lmao #i'm just looking to make more connections here #especially long term ones #and especially for the characters i rlly care about

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fiona-fififi · 2 months ago

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Call me homophobic, but I don't actually think it's great representation to stick a complex, dynamic, newly-realized bisexual character permanently with a flat, boring, underdeveloped love interest just because that was the first guy who showed interest.

#in my hater era #like what you like #but goddamn #the argument that this is somehow outstanding queer representation is baffling #they have had 13 episodes to DO something with this character and they have chosen not to #no development anywhere #even though they literally brought him back so there is built-in background ripe for the picking #and yet #anti bucktommy #anti tommy kinard #the saddest part is #i don't even hate him #he's not important enough to hate #there is just absolutely nothing to him #and that's sad because whether or not he was intended to be long-term or endgame #the writers are better than this and the character SHOULD have SOME development #like why are we all swooning over 911 shoehorning in a returning character to tell a bi buck story #but treating that character like the most expendable love interest in history #i don't like him but actually i think queer characters #and especially ones who are part of such a major later-in-life bisexual realization storyline for a beloved main #deserve a little more respect than what 911 has been giving him #anyway #might delete later i don't know #also i need to stop looking at the 911 subreddit #worst takes i've ever seen that place is a cesspool

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bonefall · 3 months ago

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Hey, what makes a character a 'plot device but not a character'? And how do you not do that? I'm trying to do it on purpose but also I need to still make them interesting because it's on purpose, yknow?

A good skill to pick up is to learn to criticise criticism itself. A "plot device" is simply a thing that moves the plot along, it's a neutral literary analysis term! Usually, when people are angry that "a character has been used as a plot device," it doesn't mean they hate plot devices. It means they're gesturing at something deeper.

Runningwind and Bumble are equally plot devices in their deaths. They are both killed by the antagonist to escalate political tension. Runningwind is rarely "accused" of just being a plot device, and yet, we're talking about Bumble for the same thing.

So, why?

Well, Runningwind is just a background character, but in life, he was a part of the community. He was characterized as impatient but responsible. Yet, he wasn't SO important that he died with a bunch of unresolved plot threads.

He is mostly an extension of the entity of ThunderClan. His killing by Tigerstar, and the fear and paranoia that settles on the group after this, feel like a progression of the story insteas of something forced.

Bumble, on the other hand...

Is hated immediately by Gray Wing, when she's established as Turtle Tail's friend. Bumble's abuse at Tom the Wifebeater's hands invites even MORE investment. The rejection is shocking and upsetting. There's a story there about our main characters being imperfect; jealous, bigoted, and judgemental.

But, she is simply killed off. Everything they set up for this character is gone with little personalized fanfare. It's not a tragedy with a lesson about cruelty, or something anyone regrets.

It's just... plot. Gray Wing whinging that no one will like his shitty brother now that his body count is 2.

More than that, in the discussion of women in particular, "Fridging" was coined to give a name to the way women characters often don't get their stories told at all. There is a CULTURAL trend of female characters facing disproportionate violence, for the sake of advancing male plots.

Bumble has a lot going for her. Petal had a lot going for her. Turtle Tail had a lot going for her. Bright Stream had a lot going for her. When they died, they took their potential with them.

It's not always wrong to kill off a character of high potential, mind you. In Gurren Lagann, Kamina's death is sudden and shocking, leaving a massive hole in the hearts of the cast that never heals. Grappling with that loss, but also letting his memory fuel them, is a major theme of that story.

All that to say... there's no formula for avoiding it. You've gotta identify what the deeper issue is, in your specific narrative.

I can't say for certain what that will look like for your story, but here's some things I keep in mind;

When you make characters who exist to die, make sure they're people before you axe them.

Ask yourself; what about them does the cast miss?

If they just miss them because they were (pre-existing relationship), go back to the drawing board.

Fluttering Bird as an example. Who was she? Dead sister. Why do they miss her? Dead sister. No traits until after her death.

Runningwind was short-tempered and helpful. Kamina was a valuable leader who made people believe in a brighter future. Swiftpaw was fiesty and desperate to prove himself. The better characterized, the more profound the loss usually is.

If this is a female character who is dying just to serve the plot, be aware of cultural bias and tropes. How is the gender ratio looking in your cast? Is this happening disproportionately with your girls?

Note how Quiet Rain's litter had both a boy and a girl, but the girl was chosen to be "weaker" and wither away.

And how most of the time in DOTC, whenever a man had to be upset, a girl would get killed for it.

If you ever feel like the character on the chopping block is NOT a full character, ask yourself why it needs to be a character at all. You don't need to spend narrative time building out someone when a literal object of high value might suffice.

"My sister died when I swore to protect her and I can't face my family" = Old. Tired. Ive seen this.

"I lost my heirloom sword when I swore to protect it and I can't face my family." = Fascinating. Why was the sword so valuable? Will they really not take you back? How did you lose it?

When you do kill off "high value" characters, try to make sure you're not leaving too many plot threads hanging. Or at least make a point of how they will never get closure.

#Bones gives advice #These questions can be hard for me to advise on because making characters is one of the easy parts for me.#It's more the “working them into a story without overwhelming it” part #But making characters that are fun and interesting has always come naturally to me as a writer.#I just work out some fun dialogue and fill in what their wants and desires would be based on backstory #And the rest kinda fills itself out as the message and themes of my narrative forms.#In fact the thing that makes BB so easy for me to work on is having an existing “story template�� in mind #I don't have to chart out the long term events in advance because I do have a full picture of what leads where #And what I want to say with each rework.#I've always been told I'm really good at killing off characters though #Especially in my RP days. I remember I singlehandedly turned a pretty standard 'escape from evil lab' plot into--#--a painful story about loyalty and suffering. I was the main villain and the escapees knew he would never give up.#Because he loved their master and believed fully in the idea of 'sacrifice for the greater good.'#Always friendly. Passionate. Would have been a dedicated leader in a slightly different setting.#They knew he would never want to actually hurt them so they had to trick him into trying to “coral” them with his fire powers on ice #He didn't know it was ice and melted through #I guess the thing I do is just... make them cool lmao. It's hard to give advice on this #''Draw the rest of the owl 4head''

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gingermintpepper · 5 months ago

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Writing Apollo-as-a-young-deity is fun because sometimes it involves completely making shit up based on the loose outline of a story told through old poems, prayers and plays and other times it involves researching the totally legit and well documented ancient art of studying sheep livers to make sure your statesmen don't accidentally piss off Jupiter.

In completely unrelated news, if anyone has any recommendations for books about bird augury, that'd be wonderful.

#ginger rambles #ginger chats about greek myths #apollo #part of why the next part of manent is taking so long is because traditional greek divination is an incredibly involved process #with many sub-arts and studies that all have their own variations developments and places in terms of usage and context #Apollo's sons especially the ones who were skilled seers often had their specific specialty of divination stated/which divination skills #Papapollo passed on to them #Idmon was great with entrail divination apparently #and Iamus was taught bird augury - specifically how to listen to their calls and predict the future from their flight patterns #Calchas the diviner in the Iliad? He was also a bird diviner #Really interesting stuff that's severely underutilised when it comes to portraying stories dealing with prophecy and Apollo #They were skills to be mastered y'all not magic #Anyway save me George Sarton wah wah wah #I absolutely should be sleeping LMFAO

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not-the-coffee-machine4 · 3 months ago

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Me: *tries to see what the Queen fans on TikTok have to say*

*Jim hate*

*”facts” that may or not be actually true*

*”Freddie Mercury was bisexual-“*

*Using Barbara Valentin as evidence*

*thinking things that happened in the movie actually happened irl*

*general misinformation about everyone and everything*

Me: aaaaand back to Tumblr I go

(open tags at your own risk, there’s a whole essay in there)

#Why are Tumblr Queen fans the only sane ones like what happened #Coincidentally this is also how reading a lot of articles about them and their history tend to go #When did we stop looking at the primary sources like how did some of these disconnects grow so large #Freddie was just gay. YES he was out. YES he stated it publicly (he was still coy sometimes I will give you that)#No he didn’t know he had AIDS before Live Aid. Yes Jim was his major long term partner.#No the little people with trays of coke on their heads story isn’t true. No Freddie most likely didn’t take Princess Diana to a gay bar #No Roger didn’t accidentally give a fan a sex tape (there is a nugget of evidence that a tape was leaked but if so it didn’t happen like th #He locked himself in a TAPE CLOSET not a cupboard (this one doesn’t annoy me as much as the rest)#No Freddie was not ✨involved✨ with Barbara Valentin #No Love of My Life is not about Mary in the way people think it is #RESEARCH PLEASE I AM BEGGING #IT’S NOT EVEN THAT HARD TO FIND SOME OF THAT STUFF #ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE A JOURNALIST LIKE LOOK AT THE PRIMARY SOURCES INSTEAD OF CONFIRMATION BIASING BY LOOKING AT ARTICLES #FROM OTHER JOURNALISTS WHO ALSO DID WHAT YOU’RE DOING #REEEAAADDDD #It’s not even annoying because it’s about a topic I like it’s just literally the unimaginable gap between truth and reality #that is SO EASY TO BRIDGE AND YET. LIKE HOW IS IT THIS BIG OF A PROBLEM WHAT HAPPENED #I have written a novel in these tags so I’ll stop yapping now but GOD it grinds my gears #queen #queen band #roger taylor #roger meddows taylor #brian may #sir brian may #freddie mercury #john deacon #Tiktok #queen fans

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panharmonium · 2 months ago

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i am not usually interested in dramatically canon-divergent scenarios because the canon story is what compels me, but i've been obsessed with this moment ever since i re-heard it during my second viewing. from the perspective of someone who already finished the story once and now knows the truth - this was wild.

WHAT IF?

#naruto #naruto manga #pan watches naruto #team ro #WHAT was itachi thinking #i mean it's clear that he makes this 'change of plan' because he's taken aback/alarmed by how much kakashi knows #and my assumption is he wants to find out where kakashi got this intel #but for real WHAT was his long-term plan?#it is no secret that i am obsessed with the kakashi-itachi dynamic and like. this is just wild to me #especially given the timing - hiruzen just died so like. does itachi even have a contact in the village anymore?#is it *danzo*? seems nuts but.#if it is then this plan is insane. danzo doesn't love kakashi but he does respect him highly as a shinobi/an asset to the village #and i absolutely do not think he'd be willing to let itachi sacrifice a piece that powerful #was itachi just going to keep quiet about this if/when the Leaf asked where their most renowned jonin went? was he going to LIE about it?#or does the fact that hiruzen is dead mean that itachi *doesn't* have a contact in the village he trusts anymore #(hence him showing up immediately after hiruzen dies just to remind the Other Three that he's still out there)#except he didn't expect kakashi to sniff him out INSTANTLY and now he's taking him captive because...???#i don't know why #to torture him until he reveals his intel source and then kill him?#except itachi DOESN'T want to kill kakashi. that's established.#'why not just kill me? if he wanted to...he could.'#that's canon and it's GREAT and i love looking back at that very early line from much later on #knowing it's one of the pieces that clicks into place for kakashi when he's considering whether or not madara's story could be true #but anyway. itachi DOESN'T want to kill kakashi.#but if he takes him captive and doesn't want to kill him - then what???#there aren't any good answers for this because honestly i don't know that itachi's entire backstory had been planned yet #(like i think i read somewhere that kishimoto knew itachi was technically on the villlage's side from the beginning)#(but i'm not sure if all the details had been established)#in any case i remain FASCINATED

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camgoloud · 7 months ago

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he still has his tonsils. by the way if you even care

#sorry this is fucking UNINTELLIGIBLE but unfortunately i’m still on my bullshit about dr. daddyissues. yeah it’s gonna be all month #i am rotating episode 2.8 ‘the mistake’ in my head at breakneck speed. i am gnawing on it i want to swallow it #oh he’s such a lying liar who lies. charming little bastard. would rather die/lose his license than express one wholly unaffected emotion #‘he thinks not giving a crap makes him like house. like it’s something to aspire to’ quick question HOW serious do the daddy issues have to #be before you start latching on to fucking GREGORY HOUSE as a paternal figure and role model. really #even cameron is not down this bad. even WILSON is not down this bad.#the daddy issues of it all are very understandable though because even setting aside whatever went down back in childhood that shit his #father did to him in seasons 1-2 is SO messed up. jesus #imagine traveling all the way across the world to the hospital your son works in for a consult which confirms what you already knew: you’re #going to die of cancer in like 2 months. making a whole point out of stopping by to visit your son. not telling him what’s going on.#letting him spend a whole episode’s worth of time gradually coming to terms with his complicated feelings towards you (complicated on #account of a whole childhood of objectively awful parenting). the kid finally is able to try reaching back out to you. after YOU initiated #the contact in the first place. how do you react? well obviously by telling him ‘oh sorry i actually have to get in a taxi right now’ and #fucking back off to the other side of the world without giving him a chance to actually talk to you at all and resolve any of the emotions #you just dredged up. oh by the way you still haven’t fucking told him you’re about to die and in fact actively mislead him into thinking #he’s going to have the chance to try meeting with you again next time he visits your home country.#especially fucked up given that the whole reason it DID take your son so long to come around THIS time is that he feels like every time #he’s tried reaching out to you in the past you’ve just disappointed him by refusing to put in the effort to meet him there.#And Now Here We Are Again.#rowan what the FUCK is wrong with you. i want to dig you up and kill you again #house md #robert chase #caseyposting

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kismetconstellations · 2 months ago

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☆.☆.☆

#Takashi Shirogane #Shiro #You're nothingness but shining and everywhere at once.#Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe #Sam Holt #Veronica McClain #Voltron: Legendary Defender #Mine.#All I want is to fly with queue.#Just...#Shiro lost SO much.#His long-term boyfriend who he was planning on marrying.#His freedom.#His bodily autonomy.#His identity.#His LIFE!!!!#AND his position as Black Paladin and Defender of the Universe- which gave him a sense of purpose.#He got back to Earth to find that his ex was killed #robbing him of any chance at proper closure over the end of their relationship #and had no one waiting to welcome him other than one of his superior officers.#I hate a lot about what the IGF-Atlas and Shiro's promotion to Captain of it represents for his place in the show's narrative.#Giving him his own ship was an easy way to sequester him and Coran off with the other 'boring' adult side-characters #essentially demoting the two of them to that status after they had been vital components of Team Voltron as the only proper adults with all #of the knowledge and experience their juniors lacked.#It's stupid and shitty and I sincerely hate it.#But Shiro DESERVED THIS.#Especially because he never in a million years anticipated it.#He fully expects someone to object and proclaim that he's unworthy because of his age or his brain or his arm.#But no one does.#Like Sam says-- the Atlas is SHIRO'S ship. And any and everyone who wants to take it from him can fight me.

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tommygotwrittenoff · 5 months ago

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confession time!!! can't wait for bt bones

#how is it gonna happen tho #dont know if i like buck prioritizing eddie over t or buck and t just now really meshing more #ooooh #or they breakup cuz t doesnt want kids #thats always good #i dont want to villianize t just because i dont like him (jk i do)#so maybe buck and t just kinda dont work out #like its not a bad breakup its just one those i like you but we wont work long term breakuos #or t says no kids and bucks empty womb is like devastaed so obviously they have to break up (bpreg got to me im so sorry)#or they full send and make t the worst person ever #like fully sides with gerrard and tells buck to play into gerrards bs (not gonna happen but if it did tim i would love you forever)#anyway #cant wait for them to breakup #wait no #the funniest thing would be an offscreen breakup #especially after all that in season 7 hes just gone with buck saying yeah we broke up #💀💀💀#honestly manifesting that even tho its not gonna happen #a girl can dream #okay t hater hours are over #buddie #because ofc #anti bucktommy #anti tommy kinard #sorrh i just dont like him and i dont think canon can do anything to change that #me thinks

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en-chi-la-da · 1 year ago

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What are your thoughts on Yuma x Vivia? I seem to be in the minority cause Vivia's mostly shipped with Yakou, but I personally see Yakou as more of a father figure to Vivia. Also amazing art as always.

short answer: they mean da world 2 me 💜