#rainbowpitofdoom

[script-a-world]

Hi, I'm struggling to worldbuild a dystopia since I normally write fantasy. I'm not sure what to include in worldbuilding. Could you help me by suggesting what you'd include in dystopia worldbuilding or link me a dystopia worldbuilding template?

sorry for the awkward phrasing!

Utuabzu: The first, and perhaps most important thing to keep in mind is that both dystopia and utopia are literary devices for critiquing current society. The most successful dystopias had something to say about the culture they were written in. 1984 was written during a period of high censorship, in WWII Britain, and couldn't be published for several years after it was finished because it was considered potentially upsetting to the USSR, which was at the time an ally of the UK. The Hunger Games was written in the 2000s as a critique of the vast amount of reality tv shows and the pointlessness of the Iraq War.

The spray of frankly forgettable YA dystopia novels written in the late 2000s-early 2010s were forgettable because while they had the aesthetic of dystopia, they didn't really have anything to say about our current world. They weren't based on anything other than 'hey, wouldn't it be messed up if-', which just doesn't stick in your head like a dystopia that takes something in our current society and follows it to its logical, awful extreme. The Handmaid's Tale works because it takes the rise of Christian Fundamentalism and its inbuilt misogyny to the logical extreme, and given current events in the US that really resonates.

You also need to consider practicalities. People can live their lives in awful situations. In every dictatorship, no matter how oppressive or dysfunctional, people were still living their lives. Oppressive régimes collapse when the citizenry is no longer able to live their lives. Specifically, when the people upholding the régime are no longer able to get by day-to-day. Revolutions, to paraphrase Victor Hugo, ultimately, are always about bread. Ideals like freedom and justice and equality are just a nice bonus.

If you want your characters to be opposed to the system, you need to ask yourself why they're against it. People don't set themselves against an all-consuming society just for fun. Not really. They might play at being a rebel if there's little real consequence, but if there's serious consequences then most people will keep quiet until the system starts failing.

Common reasons for turning against the system could be falling through the cracks and seeing the hypocrisy of the ruling ideology, being the victim of the injustices of the system, having something to gain from the régime's fall. Or they could be part of an underclass that doesn't benefit from the system in any real way but is too beaten down to resist, in which case you need to ask what made this character's life under the system unbearable, when the rest of their group's life is terrible but bearable enough.

So, my checklist would be:

What is the dystopia critiquing? What does it want to say?

How does this work in practice? What do the people upholding the system gain from this? How is the system being upheld? Why are people putting up with this?

What are the system's flaws? What hypocrisies are in the underlying ideology? Why are most people not noticing them?

Why are characters against the system? What made them turn against it?

Is the dystopia going to collapse or endure? If it's going to fail, why and how? If it's going to endure, why and how?

Tex: To compare and contrast genres a bit, let’s look at J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth series (1930s to 1960s, ish) and C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia (1940s to 1950s). These are major establishments for the modern interpretation of the fantasy genre, but also contained many dystopic elements as a part of their narrative.

Dystopia in Tolkien’s works was featured as the aftermath of terrible tragedy, and the people who lived in the times following it - the falling of great cities and civilizations brought a downfall of peace, economic stability, and certainty in the future. There are as many characters that lived in the times transitioning period that an apocalypse incurs as those who have never known the heights their world had reached in terms of prosperity.

Dystopia in Lewis’ works was used as a parallel - the main characters are children that came from a London in the middle of war and the accompanying poverty and existential fear, where the fantastical world of Narnia occupies a narrative place of distance that allows the characters to see a world equally as devastated but whose devastation occurred, comparatively, in the far past. The trauma that the characters have from living in a dystopia allows them the skills needed to navigate the fantasy world and bring about several critical plot points that allow the story to progress.

In a way, dystopia is the inverse of fantasy, where time is make-believe. The difference is that the past is perceived with different forms of wistfulness - in a fantasy it is romantic, in a dystopia it is tragic. Both are full of speculation and yearning for simpler times, but full of emotion of what could have been, and what could still be.

Because of this, there is no formula for a dystopia, as it is a genre built upon other genres that borrows others’ tropes and gives them a bit of a twist from a removed perspective.

[pluralprompts]

Prompt: Write about a system discovering they have ADHD after Alter A resurfaces after not fronting for years.

Submitted Prompt #112

[montythehumancrow]

clues for the game: they're the starter of drama

players: @rainbowpitofdoom @spiteful-summer-of-sixteen @unknownwritersblog @mrnightingale @deadshowsagency

[mrnightingale]

📜🔍Welcome to the Tumblr Murder Mystery:  Who is the KILLER??🔎🕰

Hello everyone! This is Mr. Nightingale, and I'll be the Host of this thrilling game of mystery, right here, on our beloved platform!

Feel free to ask any questions you have. In this first game of Tumblr Murder Mystery, the players are....!

The Players:

@deadshowsagency

@rainbowpitofdoom

@spiteful-summer-of-sixteen

@montythehumancrow

@unknownwritersblog

@mrnightingale

Update!

The players can invite other people to join the game! Those who successfully add more detectives to the team, will receive another clue or a special artwork of their request! The more the merrier, as they say.

 

The Game:

Prepare to unravel a web of intrigue!  One of you is a cunning killer, lurking in the shadows, ready to eliminate the rest.  The rest of you are sharp-witted detectives, tasked with unmasking the killer before they claim their final victim!

How to Play:

1. The Killer: The killer will be chosen by the powers that be (aka, a random generator) and will receive a secret message.  Their mission: to eliminate players one by one by DMing "YEET!!" to them. Their first eliminated player will start the game. 

2. The Clues:  When a player is eliminated, they'll leave behind cryptic clues about the killer's identity.  Think of it as a literary puzzle, where every detail might hold a hidden meaning!

3. The Investigation:  Use your detective skills and communicate through reblogs to share your theories, deductions, and suspicions.

4. The Reblog Limit:  After 20 reblogs, the killer gets to strike again, eliminating another player.

5. The Winner: The player who correctly identifies the killer first will be crowned the next game host, taking the reins of this thrilling mystery!

Losses:

If the Killer Loses

🗡 If the killer is identified and loses: They must send the Good Omens apology dance GIF to each of the winning players and post a digital artwork created by the players where the killer looks awkward and funny while the others look good and sunshine.

🗡 Additionally, the players may create an artwork, a short story, or a collection of quotes featuring the killer. The killer must reblog this content and confirm their defeat in the game.

Or

🗡 The killer will face special punishment chosen by the winning players. (Please know that the killer may refuse punishment if it's invading their privacy. If so, do respect it and choose another punishment.)

If the Players Lose

🔍 If the players fail to identify the killer and are all eliminated:  They must provide the killer with funny memes and GIFs related to their reaction of discovering who the killer is.

Example:

Player 1: "OMG, it was [Killer's Name] all along?!  🤯" (followed by a meme of someone's jaw dropping)

Player 2: "I'm so mad, I can't even be mad.  I'm just...  😐" (followed by a meme of someone staring blankly)

Player 3: "I should have known!  You were always suspicious, [Killer's Name]!  🤬" (followed by a meme of someone realizing they've been tricked)

Important Rules:

📜 Be respectful, play fair, and help yourself for a good time!

📜 No cheating or revealing the killer's identity prematurely.

📜 Use your detective skills and work together to solve the mystery!

Killer, you may yeet your first victim. Detectives, the game is on. Thank you all for participating! Good luck!

[anonymousrickroller-of-dbda]

@rainbowpitofdoom , you busy deleting them Rick rolls?

[dbda-kindness]

amm i just found out about this blog and i wanna say this thing anonymously because im too scared and shy to say it anywhere else

@rainbowpitofdoom is probably one of the coolest dbda mutuals i have, AND ALSO THEIR WRITING IS AMAZING.

i think they deserve all the best things in the world.

byeeee

@rainbowpitofdoom 🌻

[deadshowsagency]

Merry Christmas to my bffs @montythehumancrow @spiteful-summer-of-sixteen @philosophershroomie @mrnightingale @unknownwritersblog @rainbowpitofdoom !!!! I LOVE YOU!!! I KNOW YOU EXIST!!!

[witchthewriter]

@rainbowpitofdoom.

[writingmysanity]

Shadows and Waves [Prologue]

TW: illusions to torture, weapons

Word count: 365

The distant click of a heel bounces off of the stone walls, accented by the ever present drip in the corner of the room you're in. Sagging against the restraints, you fight the urge to watch the door, waiting for tell-tale echoing clank of the lock. You don't look up until the screech of metal screams into the space, demanding your attention. 

That door has always needed fixing. 

Now, you realize, it has been kept like that for a reason. He is torturing you with the knowledge of what is to follow. 

Your head lulls back to stare in the direction of the door as the last of the echoes fade away. Standing there– tall, domineering and painted with shadows– he waits. Wincing at your movement, you shift on your legs in an attempt to help with blood flow as they've become numb again, ignoring the creak of the chains rattling around you. When he still doesn't move, you smile up at him, cracked lips stinging at the motion, but it only makes you smile wider. You are sure the look is bordering deranged. Your body is fighting against your seclusion and lack of sleep, able to do nothing but listen to life continue around you while none of it can touch you. 

“Father,” you acknowledge, trying to not find amusement in the way he shifts against his will, reacting to your voice. Your head  lulls to the side as your smile reaches your eyes, making it harder to make him out from where he stands. “If I knew to expect you, I would have cleaned up,” you rasp, throat tight and scratching. 

Huffing in irritation, he stalks towards you, the glint of his dagger flickering in the candle lights and slashing out in front of him as he walks. As he reaches you, he snatches your head by your hair, pulling your head back roughly, forcing your gaze to rest on the ceiling as he presses the tip of the blade to your throat. 

“Where is he?” he snarls, earning a snort from you.

“Who?” You aren't stupid, but you want him to say it. You want him to admit it. 

“Your demon king.”

_______ taglist: @thehistoriangirl @maliciousbrekker @ell0ra-br3kk3r @roxaya @brekkers-desigirl @chickencouncilrep @daughterofautumn @sophierequests-trashblog @rainbowpitofdoom @thesleepy1

If you would like to be added to the tag list, please send me a message or ask or something.

@ell0ra-br3kk3r i am so sorry this took so long to get out, it kept changing on me! and that it is so short. the chapters will obviously be much longer!! <3

[kitkat-of-doom]

Thanks @jacketslutjayse for the tag !!!

RULES: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

so most of these are drawing WIP, some of them i haven't touched in months but oh well

army dreamer cass storyboard

ash try2

cass expression sheet

huxian

cora dance

exo 1

cora dance

kaeya Birthday

king v2

kita ref shet

leo ref sheet

sk8

soukoku print

spanish homework

and that should be about it !

most of those are about OCs of mine so don't hesitate if you want to ask more questions about them or if you ant to see the WIP !!!

tags: (no obligations ofc): @thatringboy @rainbowpitofdoom @enby-in-fandom @tree-of-blue-squirrel @actualcottoncandy @anxious-fandom-bean @bismuth-209 @niceven1 @wildly-bored @ryuvnosuke @akingsfool @panda-master-1996 @words-writ-in-starlight

[anonymousrickroller-of-dbda]

@rainbowpitofdoom , Guess what I'm about to do with Netflix now that I realized there's an "Ask" button.

[deadshowsagency]

TUMBLR DETECTIVE HOMICIDE GAME FOR MY TUMBLR FRIENDS!!

How to play:

*Before the game starts*

-We need six players. We currently found 5 but there is still no response so please comment if interested. *Update, I messaged a sixth one. But it is not officially six without response*

-A host of the game will be picked via generator.

-The host will post a poll on their blog, containing six colors, and the players must pick a color that hasn't been taken yet.

-Using the generator again, the host will eliminate colors and announce the remaining colors until we have one left.

-That player who picked the remaining color the killer. And no one knows who the killer is, not even the host.

-The killer must eliminate one member, they may decide who. They will eliminate by dm-ing "Unfortunate".

*Game starts*

-The killed will start the game by posting clues of who the killer is. It must be difficult clues. It could be their character personality alike, their favorite things to blog, anything really. As long as it is difficult.

-The killed must tag the players in the post of clues and the players will communicate through reblogs.

-Be weary of the amount of reblogs, after 25 reblogs, the killer will eliminate another player.

-If eliminated, you must also leave clues behind.

-You must find the killer before all players gets killed.

-The one to find the killer will be hosting the next game.

-If you lose, you must provide the killer with memes.

@rainbowpitofdoom @spiteful-summer-of-sixteen @montythehumancrow @philosophershroomie

*update*

@unknownwritersblog

If ever interested, you must wait for the other tags to respond and join before the game begins. Reblog to be included in the player's list

[witchthewriter]

𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒚 @rainbowpitofdoom. 

𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑪𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑬𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏! I think it could be said that Eddie is the obvious choice ... maybe a too obvious choice. However, I can see this relationship really stirring up the Hawkins Group, and really adding to the plot line. If Cindy and Eddie were Enemies to Lovers, that’s where it gets interesting. 

I also think Cindy and Eddie would understand each other on a deeper level. Steve would do his best, but he would never really understand Cindy’s love for DnD, he’d still think it was a bit of a time wasting thing. 

And lets be honest, Billy isn’t ... he just isn’t that nice. I know a lot of people have written him as a great character in their fanfiction, but at the end of the day, it’s actually said that Billy is racist. And I don’t condone that on my page in any form. So he’s completely out of the running. 

Since Cindy is attracted to masculine energy, Robin and Nancy don’t fit into that. 

Therefore I chose Eddie (he was the first one to come to mind anyway!)

𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒔

Very much enemies to lovers at first. He’s the Dungeon Master and has the only group that currently plays DnD, so there’s this ‘will they, won’t they’ in the group. The other guys very much ship the two together and try to get them alone as much as possible 

Cindy falls for Eddie first, but she doesn’t let it be known. At all. She’s even meaner to him then before. 

Eddie 100% would make Cindy matching bracelets (and make her wear her Hellfire shirt everywhere)

Not many people see Cindy laugh - smile yes, but laugh, no. But with Eddie, she rarely has a sombre face. He knows how to push her buttons, but also make her laugh hysterically. That’s why they work out so well, they have the same humour. 

Buys Cindy rings, steals rings for her, trades rings for her, I think it’s a bonding thing between the two of them. 

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈

Living Dead Girl by Rob Zombie

𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔

You Fell First, But They Fall Harder

Confessed Your Love When Thinking He Was Unconscious 

Malewife x Girlboss

𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆

Enemies to Lovers / Everyone Sees It But Them

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖

Eddie would love how Cindy doesn’t give a f*ck about what other people think. He loves that he can be himself around her, because in a small town like Hawkins - it isn’t easy to trust people with your true self. 

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅

Robin and to the shock of many, Chrissy. Cindy and Chrissy had grown up in the same neighbourhood, and still remained friends after all these years. Robin was quirky and really intriuged Cindy - it took a while but Cindy found out about Robin’s sexuality and was completely fine with it. 

𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆

I think Cindy is a mixture between Eddie, Robin and Max. Edgy, hot-headed, temperamental, moody, but loyal to a fault. Would do anything for those she cared about. Stands up to bullies but likes to tease those she loves. 

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒕

A lil black cat you found in a dumpster. He had been dumped or wandered from his mother, Cindy wasn’t exactly sure. But she begged her parents to keep him. How could she not? 

[script-a-world]

I keep worldbuilding and worldbuilding various different worlds only to get overwhelmed and scrapping the ideas when I get close to finishing it. I want to create a fantasy world but I can never seem to stick to just one. It never seems enough.

Miri: First off, there’s nothing wrong with worldbuilding for the sake of worldbuilding, if you’re having fun with it. There’s no rule saying you have to create a world for a specific purpose. If you’re getting frustrated because you’re trying to build a world for a story and not getting what you want out of it, you might be doing too much building before you have enough of your story to know what you need.

Here’s one of our masterposts about how to know when you have done enough worldbuilding to start off at: Enough is Enough: How to Know When It’s Time to Stop Worldbuilding and Start Writing

Feral: Ok, I want to unpack this question a little.

“I keep worldbuilding and worldbuilding various different worlds”: as Miri says, there’s nothing wrong with creating a ton of new worlds for the sake of creating a ton of new worlds. It’s also not uncommon when you’re learning anything to have a lot of false starts. And while I can’t speak for the other pylons, I have dozens of half- or less formed worlds that I’ve set aside - little ideas that I keep tucked in my notes for a day when I find a project that they fit into. 

“Only to get overwhelmed and scrapping ideas”: I hear ya. It can be really daunting to worldbuild; every decision you make creates new questions that you have to decide on. This is especially true when you try to build a world from scratch. A lot of worldbuilders think that the only way they can be considered Real Worldbuilders - as though that’s a title that exists - is to completely reinvent the wheel. Don’t reinvent the wheel; the wheel works really well. Give yourself permission to take short cuts, file serial numbers off, and focus on the specific areas that interest you while leaving the rest a little vague. 

“When I get close to finishing it.”: I do not know what this means. Grandpappy Tolkien started writing his legendarium in 1914; he hadn’t “finished” when he died fifty-nine years later. When you’re a worldbuilder, you’re not going to be able to work for six days, see that every minute aspect of your world is rendered to perfection, and then rest on the seventh. Give yourself some grace; you are only human. And no worldbuilder ever “finishes'' a world. If you’re worldbuilding for any specific application (writing, gm-ing, etc), you just need to get to the point where you can start to apply it. And that is probably a much earlier point than you think it is.

“I want to create a fantasy world.” Why? It is totally legitimate to answer “so I can say that I have created a fantasy world.” Usually that’s not the answer though. Usually the answer is something closer to “I have a story I want to write and I need a world for it.” In that second case, then what you really want is “to write a fantasy story,” and you can if you just write it. You probably have more than enough built for it; writers really love to procrastinate by saying that they can’t possibly write until the conditions are perfect. They can; you can; I can. If it is the former answer, and you just want to create to say you have created. You have. It sounds like you have created several worlds. Unless your goal is also to cataclysmically destroy your world, a world doesn’t finish. It continues to evolve, and new things are discovered every day, and you’ve set it in motion.

“But I can never seem to stick to just one. It never seems enough.” You aren’t actually required to be in a monogamous relationship with one world til death do you part. Don’t stick to just one. If it’s not enough for you to have one project, have multiple. Switch between them. You’ll probably end up feeling less overwhelmed and exhausted if you don’t over-focus and push yourself to only work on one project. You’re burning out. If you have a passion for worldbuilding, don’t stifle it. 

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You look like a Fae using a glamour to appear human

sshh dont blow my cover wtf

[posi-pan]

Happy Pansexuality and Panromantic Visibility Day!!

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thank you!! happy pan visibility day to y'all!!!!