#lacey's writing

[theodditylacey]

oc list and requests ﹒୨𝑒 ﾟ ˖

keith steyes

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17 yrs old, blonde, surfer, skater, plays acoustic guitar, loves beaded necklaces, and markets

charlie townsville

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18 yrs old, brunette, wears wire-framed glasses, into classic lit and is obsessed with grandpa sweaters

joe solberg

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16 years old, works in his family pizza shop, basic in an endearing way, golden retriever type of guy and loves nike sambas

simone visage

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19 years old, smokes cigarettes, wears leather jackets, a city girl, insanely cool, into records, fiona apple fan and reads feminist theory

noel visage

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16 years old, simone’s younger brother, awkward in a cute way, black hair, thick framed glasses, gangly and tall, super smart, science and math guy, and sweet

requests

you can request scenarios with these characters and i will write for them <3

example:

what it would be like dating charlie

simone helps you in a club bathroom

noel assists you with your homework

also please make sure to specify what type of relationship the oc has to the reader

you can also ask for interactions between characters as they are all in the same literary universe

currently taking no nsfw requests <3

more ocs coming soon!

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@tuliplover222, @forestgromlin, @auntiejohn,

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[nanowrimo]

How to Use Meal Scenes to Develop Characters, Relationships, and Your World

Worldbuilding can sound complicated, but why not make it a little more simple by focusing on food? It may be the domestic touch you need! NaNo Participant Lacey Pfalz talks about using meal scenes to develop your world and your characters.

There’s one thing that remains a universal human truth: we love food! While our perspectives on food might differ, people all across the globe gather together during mealtimes — and thus, mealtimes are made memorable.

Meal scenes can also help your story in a few key ways, especially if it’s fantasy, science fiction or historical fiction.

Meal Scenes for Worldbuilding

If we’re using food for worldbuilding purposes, does that mean we can say we’re worldcooking?

Just kidding! Worldbuilding, especially in historical fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, is an integral part of what you must do as a writer (In truth, it’s also important for writers from other genres, but we’re specializing in these three today).

Meal scenes can be an important part of the worldbuilding process. Food is intrinsically tied to a culture or a country, or even a small region. That’s why it’s important, when building your own world, to take time to figure out the bare minimum of what your characters will be eating.

Let’s do an example. Your world is fantasy, your kingdom set beside a wide river. Perhaps your capital city, where much of the action is located, is surrounded by wetland.

If this is the case, what types of food would likely grow there? Seafood, fished from the large river, might be your characters’ staple proteins, while rice might grow better than another grain because of your kingdom’s wetlands. Fruit, perhaps even coconuts, might be the sweet stuff your main character loves to devour.

Remember that your world directly affects what types of food your characters will be having: is there coffee in space? What about in Byzantine Turkey or your new riverside kingdom?

Shannon Chakraborty does a phenomenal job with this in her fantasy series The Daevabad Trilogy, which is set in the eighteenth century across the Middle East. Her first book, The City of Brass, is especially good at showcasing the often-fragrant dishes of the various cultures across this region of the world (some copies of the book even have a short list of recipes from the book that foodies can try whipping up for themselves).

While her book is set within the fantastical world of the Djinn, her food is based upon recipes that have been preserved for centuries.

There’s one small reminder with all of this: it’s important not to get too caught up in describing each dish so much that you end up taking the focus away from the characters in a meal scene. Meal scenes can be breaks from fast action, but they should also continue the plot.

Meal Scenes for Developing Characters & Relationships

Character development can be hard, especially if you have a handful of characters that you love! But in order to make your readers love them too, you have to show them interacting with the world around them.

That guy we love to hate? Maybe he’s a loner who has grown up eating by himself. Having him forced to sit and eat with a group of people who have known each other for years might be an awkward moment for him, but it helps readers to learn more about his own worldview — and it might just help get him out of his shell, or at least off the love-to-hate list.

Besides helping you develop a single character, writing meal scenes with some of your characters can also help readers learn more about the relationship between your characters.

Let’s say you have your main character, MC. MC leans over and steals a French fry from her best friend. There’s no issue, right? That’s because they like each other, and the best friend has likely eaten with MC before, and knows she enjoys stealing food from other people’s plates.

But when MC tries it again, this time with the guy sitting next to her, he whacks her hand to stop her from stealing. This sparks an argument that seems, at least to everyone else watching it, pointless, but readers will know from the rest of the story that they’re the enemies-to-lovers trope. This argument is just one of many before they finally acknowledge their feelings towards one another.

See how that worked? A meal scene wasn’t useless; it pulled the story along by giving readers another taste of the enemies-to-lovers trope that so many enjoy reading.

If you need a more visible example of how this can play out, try watching a movie like Pride & Prejudice, (the book is amazing, but I’m suggesting the movie as a visual aid). The movie does a great job showcasing just how different the members of the Bennet family are individually, how they act around each other, and how they act around company.

There’s often little action in meal scenes, so they’re not meant to be overused. The plot should also still be there — take the cringey proposal scene between Mr. Collins and Elizabeth in Pride & Prejudice, for example, which follows directly after a meal when the rest of her family abandons her. In this case, the plot (and Mr. Collins’ advances) ruin her meal.

Perhaps your meal scene is the much-needed respite in between battling fierce aliens for planet Earth, or the first time your main character’s enemy-to-lover has entered her home. Either way, meal scenes are an important way to immerse your readers in what kind of world they’re imagining as well as showcasing how your characters act and — more importantly — how they act around each other.

Lacey Pfalz is a travel journalist by day, hopeful author by night. She belongs to the class of graduates she dubs the Class of COVID-19, having graduated with a double major in history and writing at Wisconsin Lutheran College in 2020. Her writing passions include fantasy, science fiction and historical fiction (with a little bit of romance, of course!). As someone with a physical disability, it’s her dream to write a fantasy series featuring a main character like her. Header Image by Jack Sparrow

[arovalentines]

watch it all go by

[dipplinduo]

"What are your New Year's Resolutions?" - A Sweet & Sour Dipplins Character Panel

Juliana: I want to save Kieran and live happily ever after (everybody liked that)

Kieran: I want to control my biting impulses more often (everyone was unfortunately supportive of that)

Carmine: I want to slap the shit out of Drayton.

Drayton, reacting to that: Hot.

Drayton, answering the question: I am iconic I don't need fixing.

Amarys: I want more plot relevance.

Crispin: Same.

Lacey: Same.

Nemona: Same.

Ribombee: Bomb bomb bee!! (I am the plot relevance.)

Pecharunt: CHA CHA CHA!!! (I WANT A MUCH MORE MENACING POKEMON CRY SO THESE DIMWITS STOP MAKING FUN OF ME!! AND I WANT THIS EDGY SIMP TO STOP SIMPING FOR THE GIRL)

Briar: I want the validation of scientific glamour. Or therapy. Still deciding.

Arven: I want my found family trope but harder because my parents aren't coming back.

Penny, reacting to that: That's rough, buddy.

Penny, answering the question: I wanna play more Stardew Valley.

Sweet Applin: Squee Squee. (I wanna get away from Sour Applin)

Sour Applin: SQUEEHHHH :((( (Narrator: he is deeply sad and entirely inconsolable, so he skipped the question.)

[m00wd]

I know that feeling...

[lordoftablecloths]

the De Laceys! I was really debating whether or not to draw em, but hey its already 4- wait no now it is 5 am in the morning so whats stopping me

Some notes:

Agatha is older than Felix & is closer to De Lacy than him. (i feel like this opens up more complex character dynamics as Felix more troubles himself over Safie and blames everything on himself)

De Lacey is usually sitting, only standing here so as to see design.

Oh and De Lacey's design is based on my english teacher lmao i wonder if he'll notice if i show him

another fun surprise detail under the cut ;)

Adam finds and raises a little kitten during this time :3 I just really want him to hold a tiny little bitty kitten okay this is my one thing

oh and he names it "Cat" leave him alone he's two years old and doesn't completely understand the concept of names yet okay

also: it runs away when he sets the De Lacey's house on fire :( definitely not a microcosm of the plot right there

alright im done with the character designs for real this time

[draculovemp3]

House M.D. 08x08 “Perils of Paranoia” / Catherine Lacey, Cut

[fioredimarzoo]

Hey, I have a 🌶 prompt for rumbelle/goldenlace!! and i need someone to fic it!

Cursed Storybrooke, but in the present day. Season one. Rumple has just woken up from the curse, after Emma's arrival, and one random afternoon, while he's on his smartphone, he gets a notification that an onlyf4ns creator he subscribed to has just posted a photo (the nickname is something like luvlace(?) bookishluvxoxo, idk). Rumple, having nothing better to do, decides to take a look (well, he's paying for whatever this photo is!) and there he sees his Belle for the first time in years, with less clothes than he was used to seeing her wear. First reaction: shock! he smashes his phone somewhere!

His Belle is alive and... not dressed!

[es46]

Submas Prompt: Not even Hours -

Ingo opens his eyes. Darkness first, soon giving way to the silver gaze of moonlight through the window. It takes a moment for his vision to adjust, but frankly he need not see to know Arceus had upheld its end of the bargain. He can feel the comforting swathe of his own bedsheet beneath him. He can hear the faint ticks of the old clock on his mantlepiece. The familiar warmth, the familiar smell- a mix of oils and metals. Home. Breathing deeply, Ingo sits up, places himself at the foot of his bed. It's almost hard to believe that he's here. His hands brush over the smooth duvet. His eyes take in familiar features. His own room. His own house- more accurately, his and Emmet's. Or is it? Ingo can't imagine Emmet would have beared to stay without his brother. He has to take this slowly. Ingo knows he's been gone a long time. Three years, five months, ten days, and four hours. He needs to adjust quickly, find out what's happened in his absence before revealing himself. If the house has new owners, having the police called on him wouldn't be a good start. But wait. The room hasn't changed, has it? The wardrobe, the desk, the model trains, even his laptop. Everything is where it was when he 'left'. Something about that perturbs him. Emmet may have wished to keep what he had left of his brother intact, true, but the laptop would have been sold, wouldn't it? No sentimental value there. And if the laptop was there, then- Ingo looks back to the drawers beside the bed. His phone is there. Again, Emmet wouldn't have kept it, once he'd scoured through all the messages in an effort to find clues of where Ingo had gone. The perturbing feeling settles in his gut and writhes. Ingo reaches for the phone, unlocks it. Still has charge, still the same code. If he has been gone for as long as he has, Ingo considers, then doubtlessly he'd have received plenty of texts enquiring where he was. He opens his messages. Ingo feels a chill go down his spine as he reads the top message. Not because of any real unease to it. It's Skyla, somehow sounding flustered through text, asking him for advice on what to wear for Elesa's latest TV gig. Should she go fancy? Go casual? She doesn't want to make her girlfriend look bad on live television. His reply is there; go casual. Elesa's only rule about inviting her girlfriend to events was that Elesa always had the fancier outfit. His hands shake. He looks at the time the messages were sent. He shifts back, looks at other texts. Little Lacey, reminding him that she'd be home from the Academy for the Christmas break and that he and Emmet had PROMISED to take her on the multi-battle Subway. Drayden, once again stumped on what to do about his flunking grandson and clearly desperate for anyone's help. One of the Triplets, suggesting a train that was also a restaurant (he had advised taking up the matter with Emmet). Absolutely no-one, not even his brother, is asking where he's gone. The feeling in his gut writhes harder. Ingo feels oddly out of breath, like he's swaying, dazed, disorientated. A horrible thought is dawning on him. Ingo remembers when he was taken by Arceus, right down to the minute. Eight thirty-five PM, December 15th, 2015. Shaking, he exits his messages and checks the date. December 15th, 2015. Eleven forty-seven PM. The phone falls from his hand and clatters onto the floor. Ingo wrenches himself upwards, staggering from the bed towards the wardrobe, gazing madly into the mirror affixed to the left door. He see a man who's spent over three years in another time. Shadows under his eyes, a paleness to the skin, uneven shave, scratches, the rugged clothes. The perturbing feeling is twisting in his gut, shaking Ingo to the bone, leaving him panting in panic as the realization hits him. He has lived over three years in Hisui. He has been changed in ways not even Arceus could undo. But for his brother? His friends? Unova in its entirety? It's only been three hours.

[seabugsbaby]

[theodditylacey]

is there any specific characters yall want me to write for

like ive read shatter me (which i now think is shit tbh) and a ggtm and like i know marauders but idk if anyone wants me to write for them

btw i think shatter me is shit but i only read it for fucking aaron warner btw

he is a good character

idk maybe yall want me to write oscar wilde fanfiction or sm lmaoo

[lesbianjudasiscariot]

[driftveil-sweetheart]

"I suppose I'm representing Blueberry Academy in this battle. I'll try not to disappoint!"

Semi selective, HC based RP blog for Lacey from the Indigo Disk dlc for Scarlet and Violet

Loved by Aster [he/him], and follows from @/despairs-memorial

Please like or reblog if you would like to interact

[stormy-blossom]

People seemed to like the Snow White AU so I bring some doodles with more ideas!

The 7 Dwarfs arents actually dwarfs, just using the name now so you know who they are in the AU lol. They go by their names but all have nicknames based on the Disney version. They're just a bunch of weirdos that live and work together.

Drayton is the exact same just in a fantasy setting and that's exactly how it should be.

Carmine is the Queen's huntswoman, sent to kill Kieran but he's her little brother so obviously she's not gonna do it.

The Evil Queen is Briar (Love her but I needed a antagonistic female and she seemed perfect for the part... I have more plans for her don't worry 😉)

[chantillyxlacey]

My wife @kirbychan234 and I finally started cross-posting our hugeass #Persona3Reload AU fic project to AO3!

[lucky-clover-gazette]

ohhhhh my god