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— sighting of Subject J16T following the incident at [REDACTED] Research Facility
Deaths associated with Subject J16T are steadily climbing into the hundreds. With the destruction of the [REDACTED] Research Facility, most data on this specimen has been lost. Attempts at neutralizing the threat have proved unsuccessful.
Attempts at recovering surviving equipment from the sunken remains have to be postponed due to a sudden infestation of predatory ocean life. Likely cause: personnel that did not manage to escape in time.
Subject J16T has been observed to primarily target vessels associated with research centers, hypothesis: negative associations with research facility, and subject’s first chance kill of [REDACTED] may have resulted in an insatiable blood lust.
We have awoken a monster from the depths. And it is angry.
File Notes:
Observations on the aftermath of the incident at [REDACTED] Research Facility
#log entry#mer Jason Todd#leviathan mer Jason Todd#mer au#mermaid au#digital art#jason todd#Art#illustration#fake research#fictional research#fanfiction#the mysterious researcher#leviathan#abyssal mermaid
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Some of my works deserve narration from or over the perspective of a character or group of characters. And some are poetic nonsense that I will still subject to the eyes that dare to indulge curiosity and later regret everything. Some could do with being more documentary style. And then there are entire Universes made up of many stories that are only all connected by the one thread of being in the same reality. The tales might be meant for books, pamphlets, or campfires. But the setting needs wings to soar and a platform to launch from. Not to be appendices in an epic tome/series but to be it's own volume or collection of volumes to pour over in the dead of night like some scholar or wizard or archeologist digging up potential history related to potential discovery (or vice versa). We're not here for the quest for saving the world from the demon lord or building a tavern in the underground... we're here for the juicy maps and saucy trade routes and snob-talk over all the ales of the late 3rd age and the scandal of misinterpreting that runic language for eons only for that one noob to point out the flaw which changes all of history. Give me the languages of your setting, the natural disasters that changed the map, the off-the-wall holidays of a common culture.
No offense but I think some of you would be a lot happier writing a fictional atlas or encyclopedia instead of a narrative story
#fictional encyclopedias#research material for fictional settings#fictional research#fictional academic banter#give me the nonsense we give little heed to in fiction that persists throughout reality#why is that rock called dragon rump#how did the goblins come by their weird delicacies#let me drool over fictional cartography and topography#fictional maps
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So you know when you're writing a scene where the hero is carrying an injured person and you realize you've never been in this situation and have no idea how accurate the method of transportation actually is?
Oh boy, do I have a valuable resource for you!
Here is a PDF of the best ways to carry people depending on the situation and how conscious the injured person needs to be for the carrying position.
Literally a life saver.
(No pun intended.)
#writing tips#writing resources#writing reference#writing research#idk i thought it was cool#superhero#dc fanfic#batman fanfic#bkdk fanfic#fanfic#fan fiction#bakudeku#bkdk#jaytim#this was all for a jaytim fic im writing#it's my first a/b/o smut fic ever#yeehaw#i had to google if there was any way to carry an unconscious person up a ladder alone#i don't think you can#mha fanfic#bnha fanfic#coldflash#jaydick#idk any superhero ship works#im done tagging shit
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Stranger Than Fiction 🤔
#pay attention#educate yourselves#educate yourself#knowledge is power#reeducate yourself#reeducate yourselves#think about it#think for yourselves#think for yourself#do your homework#do your research#do some research#do your own research#ask yourself questions#question everything#stranger things#stranger than fiction#wtf#what's this?#you decide
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Worry free, guarantee!
loved painting this one, I love illustrated advertisements
#for some reason everything I was sketching was coming out really violent idk so I just went with it#tbh I'm not even really into the like 'girlboss kill your husband' thing I love my partner dearly#HOWEVER... it is fun in fiction... and yknow what.#sometimes you gotta kill your husband#anyways. as per use if I think it's funny I have to do it so.#my curse strikes again#illustration#digital art#my art#art#artists on tumblr#digital painting#digitalart#not ocs#I had to research vintage shampooers for this#when no one else got me I know extremely niche forums that look straight out of 2004 got me
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Historical fiction research: European style in-hand spinning
I'm in love with this beautiful gold Corriedale wool, so here's my latest progress on learning to spin in the in-hand or "twiddle" style spinning common in Europe in the 800s when my novel is set. I'm getting better at drafting with my left hand from the distaff (opposite from drop spinning, where you draft the wool with your dominant hand), and it's coming out quite nice and even for the most part.
I also definitely see the appeal of the distaff now that I'm getting better at using it. It allows holding a large amount of wool at once, and makes walking while spinning much easier than in drop spinning. Once you get good enough to stop clenching and relax into it I totally see how you could feasibly spin for hours by the fireside or walking without your hands getting tired.
At this point I could probably spin 50g of wool in a day, if I spun a fair number of hours between other things. Medieval women who were really skilled spinners must have processed an absolutely staggering amount of fiber per day by comparison.
#I'm flirting with the idea of making a video of this style spinning#It's quite nice visually and hard to get across in a text post#spinning#novel research#In hand spinning#fiber arts#writing research#historical fantasy#historical fiction writer#Textile history#spinning wool
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What am I doing? Oh, I'm just doing some educated research, learning about topics that fascinate me.
*Goes back to my screen where there are 5 tabs on my computer, all different things related to the character I'm currently fixated on.*
#f/o community#f/o prompts#self ship#comfort character#fictional other#f/o imagines#f/o memes#self indulgent#youtube tumblr ao3 character ai and the wiki#or some random combo of that with google images or other resources#its important research ok it has to be done
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Useful (not AI) Tools for Writing
For years I've been compiling a list of useful tools for writing (fiction and non-fiction) and I thought it might be fun to share it.
What am I missing? What do you use and love? I'd love to keep building this list!
Historical Research
General plug: Librarians!!! They want to help you.
Search for words/signs in Brooklyn
Encyclopedia of Hair
Underwear, a history
Newspapers.com
Historical (and modern) meeting minutes
Find a grave
Political TV Ad archive
Oral Histories
Columbia
National Archives
MoMA
Archives of American Art
The Oral History Review
Words
Wordnik
Dictionary of American Regional English
Scrivener built in name generator
Lose the very
Scene Setting / Images
Animals & Plants by geolocation (also good for general scene setting)
Flickr world map
Past weather by zip code
Google Maps streetview / Google Earth
General Inspiration
Oblique Strategies
Worldbuilding
Tarot decks (my personal favorite is this one)
The Thing from the Future
The Picture Game
Misc
Data is Plural -- a newsletter full of interesting datasets
#writing#resources#writing resources#fiction writing#non-fiction writing#finding stuff#librarians are the best people in the world#archives#historical research#you don't need AI to help you write
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-ore I cannot agree with the proposed hypothesis on swarm behavior amongst mer species. Too little is known of how the frequencies of the sounds tentatively dubbed as “siren song” affect the human nervous system. And nothing at all suggests that mer are similarly affected by this frequency as humans.
Lamentations therefore seem to be an occurrence not only dictated by the sirens themselves, but also by the various congregating mer species that may gather at the site without attacking one another, despite being natural enemies.
Sirens may-
File Notes:
Recovered physical fragment on the refutation of swarm behavior in mer species, as well as several hypotheses on the effect of Siren Song on the human brain. See data file 3184 for full version. Researcher: [REDACTED], status: deceased
#the mysterious researcher#log entry#lore#world building#merfolk#sirens#lamentations#I binge watched the swarm today oops#this mer au is gonna fall firmly into the horror category folks#mer au#mermaid au#fictional research#jason todd#batfamily#dick grayson#bruce wayne#batfam#tim drake
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Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions (Society)
Society Worldbuilding Questions:
What is each society’s crowning achievement or proudest "claim to fame"?
What are each society’s greatest ills or challenges? (Do these differ depending on who you ask?)
Who garners the most respect in this society, and why?
Who is shown the least respect in this society, and why (what does it value)?
Where are hierarchies and power differences starkest between people in this world, and why?
Where are social norms and influences (such as laws) most stringently upheld in this world, and why (e.g., what roles do politics, ideology, religion, or competition for resources play)?
When did this society’s power structures emerge or change significantly, and why?
When did major societal beliefs or practices become entrenched? Are there any that have recently fallen away or started to disappear?
Why is living within this society challenging for your main characters?
Why does each character enjoy or appreciate this society, if anything?
❯ ❯ ❯ Read other writing masterposts in this series: Worldbuilding Questions for Deeper Settings
#writeblr#fiction writing#writing tips#writing advice#writing#novel writing#worldbuilding#writing research#fwq#society#social norms#greatest ills#now novel
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showing off the commission i got from @ruporas for my fic, In the Next Life!
i'm still so incredibly excited about this. it's been some months since the story event that caused these scars, but i wanted SO BADLY to be able to see what they'd actually Look like... & Here They Are.
ruporas rendered the scars So Well, i just cant stop Looking at them... there's a Fresh & a Healed version, which ruporas was kind enough to give me without additional charge (Thank U Again😭😭) so i get to see what it looks like at different stages.
Lichtenberg Figures. in terms of actual scarring, lightning strikes that people survive don't tend to leave permanent scars, but the lichtenberg figures that they (usually temporarily) leave behind are just So Cool... Now, what happens when you get someone who can survive an amount of electricity/lightning that would be Frankly Lethal to any normal human person?
This :]
#speculation nation#trigun#vash the stampede#vash#in the next life#itnl shit#itnl art#there's a certain amount of Suspension Of Disbelief surrounding this whole injury#do i think it's necessarily realistic? not really. but the fun thing about fiction (especially for a nonhuman character like vash) is#I Do What I Want.#and so i DID shoot him with (what shouldve been) a lethal amount of lightning and it DID leave him with (what wouldve been) 4th degree burn#but his healing ability is fucking insane so it really only put him out of commission for a week or so#functionally. he's still dealing with pain from it though (not that he's gonna admit That to anyone) but yeah#im so in love with how ruporas drew the scars overlapping. he mentioned he did research for it and MAN it really paid off#and. man. vash really does look Chewed the Fuck Up huh#ultimately tho just one more scar for the collection! it just happens to be.. the most extensive single scar lol#but he'll be fiiine he's totally fiiine (pay no attention to the world-weary look in his eyes)(he's totally fine guys everything is Fine)#alternate caption for this commission piece: Chewing on him Chewing on him Chewing on him#god ruporas's art is so fuckin good. best money ive ever spent
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Need a Jewish sensitivity reader, particularly for fantasy?
With a degree in English (with a specialization in fiction) and a wealth of knowledge on antisemitism (including topics like historic antisemitism, blood libel, and mythologizing of Jews), we’re happy to consult and provide feedback.
Feel free to reach out via our website! Feel free to send this to your author friends.
Jewitches.com
#jewish#jewitches#judaism#jumblr#jewitch#jewish magic#witchy#fiction#authors#sensitivity reader#editing#research#fantasy fiction#author
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An unusually large eruption of one of Yellowstone’s geysers occurred at Biscuit Basin moments ago. 🤔
#pay attention#educate yourselves#educate yourself#knowledge is power#reeducate yourself#reeducate yourselves#think about it#think for yourselves#think for yourself#do your homework#do your own research#do some research#ask yourself questions#question everything#yellowstone#geyser#crazy times#stranger than fiction
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hii this is really random but i'm writting a paper on star trek fanfiction from the 60s/70s and i was wondering if there were any fics youd recommend? are there any like iconic, keystone fics that are really significant to the fandom? (i'm having a bit of trouble sourcing pre-internet fics)
Hi! I'll try to help the best I can but I am by no means an expert- in fact, many people who end up seeing this may have better/more information so I'll extend it to any of them to answer as well :)
Disclaimer: many of the following links contain nsfw content!!!
Here is page 1 and page 2 of what might be the first known k/s fanfic published in Grup fanzine (1974). Grup is credited as being the first Star Trek fanzine with adult content. This fic, A Fragment Out of Time by Diane Marchant was vague enough that it had to be clarified as k/s in a later edition, but the author did do so.
Spockanalia is always a good source for early fandom. It is the earliest and best preserved example of fanzine content (beginning in 1967 before the second season had even aired). I'd definitely say that makes it influential! So much more can be found on the internet archive and on fanlore. Copies of Spockanalia found their ways into the hands of many people involved in the show, including Roddenberry himself.
Gayle F is a prolific fanzine artist (one of my favorites) for k/s and is also influential to k/s writing. She was behind the Cosmic Fuck Series (yes really lol) which begins with Desert Heat (1976) in which Spock prematurely enters his second Pon Farr with only Jim available to him. This is the first mention (that I know of) of Spock's "double ridges" which are still a fanon element of his anatomy today (fanlore link here).
Alexis Fegan Black is another name to know, but is actually the pen name for author Della Van Hise. She did a lot of her work in the 80s and beyond, so I'm not sure how helpful this will be, but I think she's very influential. You may know about her licensed trek novel Killing Time (1982) because the first edition was recalled for being way too gay (changes between the two versions are best documented here imo).
Jenna Sinclair was very influential but again, a lot of her works came a little later than what you're looking for (note: ao3 does NOT have the correct dates, you'll need to find those separately).
A few more links to throw at you:
List of Star Trek Fanzines
List of Star Trek SLASH Fanzines
Captain's Log (1968)
The Crewman's Log (1967)
Spock's Showcase (1968)
Spock's Underground (1968-71)
The Sensuous Vulcan (slash zine, 1977)
Thrust (slash zine, 1978)
I hope all these links work and at least something I mentioned is helpful for you!! Good luck! I'd love to hear about your research if you're so inclined to share :)
#seriously followers feel free to help me out here i only scratched the surface#reference#research#star trek#early fandom#fandom history#k/s#the premise#spirk#star trek tos#star trek the original series#gayle f#della van hise#1960s#1970s#fanfiction#fiction#writing
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Hey all…..
Errr uhhhh finally got to writing my fic
It’s a super short intro 😅 not a lot happened but at least it’s out
Quidditch, quidditch, quidditch
AO3 - Birds of a Feather
#not beta read#most of the time went into quidditch research rather than writing#sebastian sallow x oc#sebastian sallow#daniel anderson#sebastian sallow x mc#hogwarts legacy male mc#hogwarts legacy fandom#hogwarts legacy fanfic#sketch#hogwarts legacy#birds of a feather#fic debut#not shakespeare#hogwarts legacy art#hogwarts legacy mc#hogwarts legacy sebastian#male mc#hogwarts oc#hl mc#fanfic#fan fiction
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Hi! I hope yall are doing great! I was watching supernatural, and DMB was mentioned, and I thought, "Where have I heard that before? 🤔" and then remembered that DMB is also part of the wayhaven lore (I have a terrible memory). It made me wonder if you based Dead man's blood and other supernatural substances/beings in old series/movies :)
It was actually based on a super old legend for vampires! I love looking at the very original myths for supernaturals and seeing what could be used or adjusted for Wayhaven. Though some of the very old legends are…odd, lol! They make for good reading during research though, hehe :D
So yeah, dead man's blood is a super old legend for vampires, but I didn't want it to be just what it said, which is where the idea of having it as some kind of form of poison from a flower came about!
Thank you so much for the ask! :)
#the wayhaven chronicles#asks#interactive fiction#romance#vampires#twc lore#lore#vampire lore#supernatural lore#research#choice of games#hosted games#choicescript
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