#oc romance

[writeblrfantasy]

💖community writeblr event alert...

💖 WIP ROMANCE WEEK IS SEPTEMBER 23-30 💖

the rules, as stated above, are to make a post a day about your chosen oc pairing that coincides with the day's prompt! i will be participating in this myself, and reblogging all the posts i find in the tag. i encourage participants to reblog others' posts, to encourage the sense of community i hope to build.

tag your posts with #lilasromanceweek24 !

THE PROMPTS:

tell us about your pairing(s) classic example of their love how they show affection (love languages welcome!) the lengths they'll go to for each other what outsiders/friends think a visual rep of your pairing

even if you're not participating, boosts are welcome!

GENERAL TAGLIST: @worldbuildng @muddshadow @nikkywrites @47crayons @directionoftime

@chayscribbles @magic-is-something-we-create @rodentwrites @notwritinganyflufftoday @rustywritessometimes

[imbecominggayer]

How To Write Romantic Relationships [MASTERPOST]

How do you balance between having emotional and meaningful without also having sappy and cliche?

How do you organically incorperate romance to the plot without having too force it in?

Don't fret my romantically inexperienced little writer! I'm here to help!

A) Make It Meaningful

Look, you can put in all the effort and still have readers not give a f$ck about the romance.

Why is there romance? Is it to create conflict? Illustrate a character's flaws? Is it a fun dynamic?

Make characters individually interesting. Your readers should understand why a character has fallen in love or you will have a riot on your hand! Remember when your favorite character fell in love with the equivalent of cardboard? Not fun. Remember: FLAWS!

The characters should be physically attracted to each other. It's pretty awkward having a romance where one character is just supressing disgust for the other.

The characters should feel emotionally connected.

Unless this is the main focus of the relationship, the characters should share core, fundamental beliefs. They can express these beliefs in different ways but it's awkward trying to ship pacifist x murderer.

Characters either need to share the same level of critical thinking ability or be willing to fall in love with an idiot. By the way, you don't love idiot x smart, you love emotional x stoic, reckless x reserved, or emotionally intelligent x logical.

B) The Meet-Cute Or Meet-Hideous

Now you might be saying, "but my dynamic is "friends/enemies to lovers"! Not strangers to lovers"!

Cool. You still have to understand how they met initially whether that was 5 minutes ago, 5 months ago, or 5 years ago. How two or more characters meet can influence first impressions, expectations for the relationship, and what these characters know about each other.

If two people met with A thinking B is an angel and B thinking A is the most boring person alive, that's a meeting that's definitely going to influence each other's expectations for their relationships and for each other.

Then, if you are writing a couple who met before the beginnings of this story, you also need to investigate their "re-meeting". This re-meeting demonstrates how the relationship is between characters.

Is there tension? Are they breaking apart? Are they meeting after a period seperated?

For strangers to lovers, where characters meet in canon and not pre-canon, a writer needs to focus on the meeting.

What are their first impressions? What is the environment around them? How is everyone feeling? What's the initial dynamic?

Common Pitfalls:

Love at First Sight. Unless you have a story where you are switching between the love interest's perspective, then the only way the audience is going to fall in love with this character is through the protag. And while the protag can fall in love at the blink of an eye, the reader can't. If your audience isn't invested in the characters, that's a problem.

Boring Meeting. Unless the entire point of the meeting is that it's mundane, try to give the meeting significiance.

Lack Of Characterization. Writers often copy the standard rom-com meeting but it does a disservice to your characters. Distrusting characters won't fall in love immediately. Reserved characters won't leave their routine for anyone. Let the meeting be guided by the characters.

C) Romantic Chemistry

In order to make a couple romantically compatible, their traits need to complement each others.

Readers tend to implicitly see the potential two characters could have if they just got together. Having two characters with opposing but balancing characteristics could satisfy this thirst.

Readers understand that a character battling depression is more likely to thrive with someone who provides benefits in relation to the depression whether it's compassion, open-mindedness, or perceptiveness.

D) Conflict

All relationships need conflict! This type of conflict tends to be man vs self, man vs man, or man vs society

Characters are either struggling with their own characters flaws, the external threat of another character, or the interference of society.

Common Pitfalls:

Lack Of Themes. Let the themes you are working with inspire what type of conflict impact the relationship. Don't throw in a plot twist or an inorganic cliche.

Lack Of Grounding. Authors can be so focused on the spectacle of a grand fight that they can loose their characters and the grounded experience of an unstable relationship.

Lack Of Characterization. Whenever authors grab a random conflict, they risk a character acting outside of their parameters which make the move feel shoehorned in.

Lack Of Justification. Don't have the conflict show up out of nowhere! Write little moments where something seems off. Then when these little things pile up, it won't feel shocking but justified.

Lack Of Punishment. Characters shouldn't come out of these moments without questioning their entire existence. Have them re-evaluate their beliefs, expectations, and actions.

Lack Of Power. Give your love interest and your protagonist the chance to air out their grievances. Don't let your characters suffer in silence. Call these characters out on their bs.

E) Actions In Love

Everyone has their own ways of expressing love, so don’t assume that there’s only one right way to write about it. Some characters show their love through physical acts of intimacy such as holding hands and kissing. Some characters compliment. Others show it through grand romantic gestures. Others are more subtle.

Try to weave these little acts of sincerity throughout all of the scenes where your two lovebirds are in love.

[a2zillustrations]

Your vampire fae husband is a little too smooth these days

[teller-of-tragedies]

the morning after

btw no one asked but i also have

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btw2 tnx have a lovely day bye

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[threadofstarlight]

“Stop looking at me like that. Remember that this doesn’t mean anything.”

Except it did. It meant everything.

[grrrlsubrosa]

I've been outlining a Gil-galad fanfic and would love your thoughts on something!

I created an OC with a backstory to fit into Tolkien’s lore. Since the story takes place in royal courts and titles are used, I’ve given her a name ("Y/N" always takes me out of the story).

That said, it seems like reader inserts are more popular (I enjoy them myself), but since the character has a backstory I think I'd write this more like a role-playing insert than a classic reader insert.

Anyway, I want to make sure this story is as enjoyable as possible before I start writing! Please vote below and thank you so much for your input! If you have any thoughts or advice, I'd love to hear it! 💕

Edit to clarify: Reader inserts normally don't give the MC a backstory or personality. Role-playing inserts gives the MC a backstory/personality/role so it feels more like you're stepping into the shoes of a pre-existing character (Kinda like a blend between OC and Reader insert).

[mist-touchedxiv]

Relevant Holiday Character Info! 💙💙💙

As I don't currently have anything cooking, writing-wise, I thought that in the spirit of the season of Valentione I'd give some information on Loksen's love life.

Single

Heterosexual, this includes trans-women. Generally attracted to femininity, but as long as their scent arouses him and they're into it too, he's down.

Turn ons - Tall women (he's Viera after all!), competence, intelligence, kindness, strong women

Love vs Lust: While Loksen is absolutely into the idea of falling in love and all that, Viera society doesn't put much stake in the idea of true love, especially between males and females. Because of the oft-cited beauty and general animal magnetism of the Viera, he does enjoy a rather active sex life (because of their height, Roegadyn women do occupy a large chunk). While his encounters are generally casual, he still manages to be a gentleman and typically befriends his sexual partners. Despite his man-whore tendencies, he does respect the sanctity of committed relationships and tries to respect the feelings of his partners. Not one to boast of his sexual skills or encounters, he's often mistaken by many males to be celibate.

That being said, he would like to fall in love. In fact, he carries an old book of Viera romance poetry. But until he meets the right person, he'll have fun.

[callaxes]

My 2 OCs being cute togheter (─‿‿─) ♡

[kikuwaters]

absolutely adorable art my wife did of W!

W is a trans feminine person, but that aspect of his journey is one he's still trying to figure out what means. He still uses he/him pronouns, but is most comfortable in traditionally perceived woman's clothing and with feminine terms of address (such as girlfriend, lady, miss, etc)

He used to be more aggressive and bratty when he was younger, lashing out in ways that often got him in trouble and a reputation as a "party kid". By the time in Bet on What You Want, he's tired of that lifestyle and wants to genuinely just be okay and safe in life, only he's still learning what that means. He comes to the city with his boyfriend Tyler, but the two end up on rocky grounds as W realizes he connects a lot better with the playful Radcliff- and he likes how Radcliff lets W exist as a girl without question.

[gigimarvels]

A Kiss goodnight!

[nightsong-vp]

A lonely heart that can't be tamed <3

[imbecominggayer]

Ask Me About My Original Characters!!

Velvet is being renamed Colander. Yes, like the strainer. This character era for this one and only story has the naming theme of "what can be found in a home?". We have Colander, Hall, Pen(cil), Stranger, Ash, and a whole host of other characters that are basically Crack Treated Seriously.

I honestly hate the name Velvet. I don't know why my brain keeps trying to suggest it. It was suggested for Verne Lawless, the blind fashionista who is highly privileged from being the richest guy in the city. Verne was just impossible to name until I found this baby name reddit page. Found the name Verne and it stuck!

Here is a list of ALL of my (very recent) OCs (in order):

Nirali Khatri, the schizophrenic teacher, and Surryn Zi Llovidá, the otherworldly spoiled royal turned spoiled revolutionary

Myroslava Kyrylenko, the control freak, Gabriel RM. Lumeran, the crazy CEO who does everything once, and Théo Hémery, your local alcoholic disaster who is somehow the most emotionally stable of the group

Monday Vũ, girl who dated the minimum of 50 people in 1 year but it could have been more, and Uo Yal'ir, the literal scientist who is also an alien

[UNKNOWN], secretly named Claude who is known for keeping everything secret, and Gabriel, a love-focused, sex-highly accepting angel who is God's most favored worshipper

Nonkosi Tyali, the literal most compassionate person across all the universes who is secretly insane, and Yituing, the insane summoner of Nonkosi who is trying to end their world

Nariman Nahornyj , an apathetic manipulatrix trying to find who ratted out his brother, and Hetrunmeass, an android with cat ears trying to kill all politicians

Verne Lawless, you know him, and Stansevain, an alien who is infiltrating humanity in serve of the Hive Mind who eventually leaves the cluster.

Yuuma Mochizuki, emotional manwoman who has been thrusted into heroics, and Jukka Virtanen, the worshipper of all media

Haun Anatemori, Faux-Chosen One who is the personification of resentment, and Niko Preyr, the actual Chosen One who runs away from responsibility at the drop of a hat

[a2zillustrations]

The smile of a pirate’s wife is super effective tbh

[wild-menace]

“Keeping you close”

A visual of how the years can change the way you hold eachother

Eli (he/him Yellow) is my demon priest

Haru (he/they red ) belongs to my friend LunaB33 on Twitter

Recently got re-fixated on these two after mind explosion realizing they’re perfect for exploring themes of religious guilt, healing and healthy practice.

[threadofstarlight]

Slow dancing in the green house at golden hour 🌱☀️

An oldie but a goodie

[chilopodacrudus]

Did I stay up til 5am filling out profile charts? Ye.

You probably shouldn't try to date Piers but I mean I am so lmao.