#storywritting

[krasytoonz]

rumors, rumors…

[pajulintu]

Anyway so do you guys think the Strato colony teenagers who left Earth were generally already assigned their job (like Besk the colony psychologist at the tender age of 16) or do you think some of their jobs were figured out on the way? Like, I imagine there would have been at least some kids who were 13 or younger (Utopia was youngest being a toddler but she is implied to be the only one in her age cohort in both directions).

Either way I personally headcanon that they had to do some work reshuffling after landing on Vertumna, what with the catastrophic levels of food insecurity. If every person who could be spared was shuffled into working in Geoponics, it would also explain why Anne was running kinda ragged — I mean, having the same person as the main person in charge of both kitchens and the creche is pretty insane the more you think about it.

[harmonysanreads]

Re-watching romance movies I stumbled upon as a child and rooting for the ‘villains’ this time is an eye-opening experience :/

[bonegiant]

"You are what you eat" but applied to vampires is so fun

Biology

You literally become the prey you consume to more easily seduce and isolate prey

You take on physical traits of the people you drink (hair colour and such)

If you consume someone who has a genetic disease it affects you as well and any vampire you spawn may gain it as well

Personality

You consume more than just blood but also the very essence of who they are and until you've "digested" that fully your personality shifts towards theirs, you have their memories and struggle to tell which memories are yours, their view of the world becomes part of yours. If you aren't prepared for this anything you consume may become permanent.

Your prey joins you in your head after consumption and while you may be in control it is slowly slipping away as the chorus grows in strength.

The more you drink your favourite type of people you long to become more like them as you start adopting their habits and patterns.

The miscellaneous stuff

You gain their spells/skills/abilities though for a superhero story there could be a wonderful imposter syndrome story there where a vampire villain has to take over from the superhero they just drank and killed after it turns out the superhero was actually really important to keeping everyone safe. They do still have to suck blood and all that though and over the course of the story you could have the conflict of wanting more power but not the responsibility be a big theme.

[guardianofthedawn]

Mortal Kombat Deity! AU: The Demigods

Part One to introducing the characters of my Deity! AU is the demigods. Turns out they were a little easier to create the foundations for than I thought. I’m working on the gods’ foundations at the moment so hopefully they’ll be up soon too.

Raiden, the Lightning Rod.

His focus: an amulet gifted to him by Liu Kang.

Raiden is a member of a group called “Defenders of Earthrealm”, who task themselves with keeping threats to the mortal plane at bay at the request of the gods who patron them.

Soft spoken and diplomatic, he’d rather try to talk things out first before zapping them to a crisp with his electrical powers.

Kung Lao, the Shaolin Great

His focus: a sharp-edged hat he made himself.

Kung Lao joined the Defenders of Earthrealm at the same time as Raiden, wanting to live up to his family’s legacy as a clan of great fighters and guardians.

He makes and maintains his own equipment and weapons after an incident that involved an ill-made piece of equipment and a prank that went too far; he has a scar on his stomach from this that only Raiden has seen (he knows the story behind it, too).

Johnny Cage, the Walk of Famer

His focus: a pair of expensive sunglasses.

A tech whiz, Johnny supplies and maintains the Defenders’ technology; he gets the supplies through his connections in Hollywood, amongst other places.

He prefers to hide how intelligent he is by cracking bad jokes and innuendos to make him appear air-headed; he likes to draw in his opponents with his charms and then go for the uppercut.

Kenshi Takahashi, the Spirit Caller

His focus: a family sword called Sento.

After being blinded during his service to the Yakuza, Kenshi uses the power of his ancestors residing in Sento to move around a space and fight his enemies; Liu Kang’s demigod blessing amplified his power.

He claims that Johnny irritates him to no end, but he knows that without his noise Kenshi would likely have not joined the Defenders and remained with the Yakuza.

Mileena, the Firstborn Guardian

Her focus: her royal mask.

As the first-born daughter of the Goddess of Judgement and Protection, Sindel, Mileena has a condition called Tarkat which causes facial deformities and an uncontrollable urge to eat human flesh. (No one, not even the Eon, know why or how this occurs to the first-born children only.)

She is fiercely protective of her sister and girlfriend; she is the embodiment of Sindel’s guardian virtue as Empress of the mortal plane.

Kitana, the Royal Butterfly

Her focus: her dual fan weapons.

While she’s beautiful and she’s aware of it, Kitana isn’t afraid to get bloody to protect those she considers close to her - currently, that is only her family.

When she isn’t fighting, dealing with court politics or assisting Mileena with her daily duties, she can often be found by herself engrossed in a book (when they were children, she used to read to Mileena after her Tarkat episodes to help calm her down).

[chronicallyonline101]

i just got out of a 2hr lecture nd i spent the entirety of it writing DiaDop angst....... i have priorities.

[josefavomjaaga]

This is a semi-auto-translated version of the brief story in German, featuring Joachim Murat and Jean Lannes at the Tabor Bridges close to Vienna in 1805 - from the Austrian perspective. I hope it’s at least understandable.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Napoleonic Era RPF Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Joachim Murat, Jean Lannes Additional Tags: Third Coalition War, Napoleonic Wars, marshalate fandom

Summary: November 1805. The Austrian troops guarding the Danube river crossing only need to fulfil a simple task: wait until the French approach, burn the bridges behind them and fire at the French army from the other river bank. It's still more easily said than done...

[hungnitan]

HSR x Fate UBW coming in Q3 2025 !

(I write these in mind for anyone doesn't know Fate series at all)

For now it's unknown will it come with stories or just skin or full pack with playable UBW character

Not long ago HSR had interview with FGO team, the magazine only release their Q&A but considering both side love each other project, these collab shouldn't really suprising. If there's suprising fact is why only UBW not FGO directly ? Since there is no info about collab details, let's make some analysis for now :

FGO especially Fate series is really big world ! If you need comparasion, it's not only Honkai Impact world but all Hoyoverse become one and you need to know at least a bit of each title to make sense about Fate series !

Continuing point above, which is the reason they gave us years for this collab ! Their developer consider years should be enough for player to quick read most Fate series franchise (lol)

Fate as whole already into their 20 years old now so it's kinda impossible for anyone to learn that series from start (even I only know fifty percent of it). So to make it simple, they just pick their well known franchise but not making players too confused about their world building which is Fate Stay Night. UBW is decent choice considering what's happened with other two.

If anyone need comparasion, UBW kinda like GGZ in term of popularity and reminiscing (lol) while FGO kinda like former Genshin in term of popularity.

I kinda saw FGO pretty desperate nowdays or maybe they're already out of idea to promote Fate series onward. For anyone doesn't know, FGO was the king of mobile gacha games but after Genshin release their revenue drop sharply and with more Chinese gacha games out lately, you can say now it's their lowest situations so to be honest Fate series feels like gonna dying sooner or later which is this collab came.

I can say for sure that this collab came from HSR side since those otaku ops growth like now while watching/reading Fate series (lol) so I think there's no way HSR or even Fate team will slack off especially for storytelling since it's Fate main selling (if there's one for collab later lol)

Onto collab prediction since it's specifically UBW, means the main character is either Rin or/and Emiya. Maybe anyone still not read questionable leaks but there's info this collab need two version to finish means there's at least four and max six new character avaliable later. Considering UBW stories, I can think of Saber and Gilgamesh or maybe Kirei can join the roaster too.

Now for everyone who doesn't know Fate series and need pointer for later collab, first please watch Fate Stay Night, it have three titles with same story premise but different PoV with different ending (Fate Stay Night 24 episode -> Fate Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works 1 movie -> Fate Stay Night Heaven's Feel 3 parts movie). Next it's Fate Stay Night prologue, Fate Zero 24 episode and you're good to breakthrough the collab only.

Sounds simple right, which is the reason they choose Unlimited Blade Works for collab. If FGO, you could swarm yourself with 9 years FGO lore materials + other works with and without "Fate" titles on it (lol)

[magneticflower]

Someone bring back the animators of Treasure Planet and let us have a visual masterpiece again

[morningmask27]

Okay people, I am studying right now which means that I am absurdly creative and willing to make fun things, send me warrior cats aus (between pre-tpb and oots preferably; I haven't yet finished avos and the last two arcs are fully out of reach for me) and I'll do my best to outline a full story out of it.

[clovisbrayai]

it confuses me when people are all "astarion doesn't like sex" like did we play the same game? it's not about the sex, not inherently. astarion clearly enjoys sex when it's on his terms and performed without ulterior motives. it's about the objectification, the being seen as nothing more than a tool for pleasure. he's had every scrap of pleasure and connection turned into cruelty and evil for centuries. of course his first reaction when free is to fear torture. you win his heart by not trying to have sex with him again after he expresses his feelings about being seen as a sex object, being kind without the expectation of repayment, and allowing him to choose when to initiate what he wants. he heals on his own time, and his own terms, and reclaims his agency and sexuality for himself when he feels comfortable. it's a reward for *him*, not you. reducing that down to "astarion is sex repulsed" squashes all the nuances of his sexuality

[sskk-manifesto]

Ep 10!

[tama1313]

Dear madders

As artists, how can you snap from your daydreams and actually start to produce what you were daydreaming?

Because my biggest problem is my mind is full of creatives ideas but I keep "thinking" them instead of doing something practical

[guardianofthedawn]

Fucking Winter

(Has anyone else ever written something, then got a case of the giggles when they re-read it? This title did it for me.)

(Game: Mortal Kombat 1, 2023. Alternate Universe. Drabble.)

The days were beginning to shorten. The villagers had started to portion and store various foods and goods in preparation for the upcoming cold. Many of them began to spread a story that it was going to be one of the coldest seasons on record.

The cold itself, however, was still coming.

“Bi-Han!” Kuai Liang banged his fist against the door, small embers floating into the air with each hit. “Brother, come out!”

“Fuck off!” came the call from inside the room.

“You are needed at Season’s End!” The summer god reached for the door’s knob and let himself into the room, steam coming from his skin at the sudden change in temperature. What greeted him when he got inside made him halt abruptly in his tracks.

“Good morning, Kuai Liang,” Tora smiled at him from her position. Bi-Han fixed a glare at his brother and shifted his arms to provide the Lifegiver with some modicum of modesty.

“I, uh…” Any thoughts that Kuai Liang summoned to his mouth died on its way out, a furious blush staining his cheeks and ears.

“Leave…” hissed the winter god, the temperature in the room dropping further. Tora soothingly rubbed her hands over his shoulders and biceps.

“Liu Kang wants to see you at Season’s End when…” The summer god cleared his throat. “When you are available.” He nodded at the pair and quickly retreated from the room, triple checking that he had closed the door behind him.

[bonegiant]

I want more interesting supersoldiers

Most supersoldiers are a bit bland, aren't they? A lot of them seem to me to be just better soldiers, effectively +5 to all stats and that's it.

I would like a more varied approach to this, akin to how Monstergarden draws his wardancers and such. (link to his youtube https://www.youtube.com/@monlenz/featured) there should be strong visual and functional differences between different types of soldiers and between the factions of the story.

For example, if you have a medieval story with large formations of soldiers locked in melee, perhaps a taller soldier with a long pike could tower over other soldiers as they pick out priority targets amongst the enemy formation. But I find that they should also be distinctly nonhuman at that point, limbs and such stretched beyond what should be possible with a muscle layout that only makes sense on such a stretched frame.

This could also lead to isolated groups of supersoldiers with essentially racism between them as tension rises with the ongoing war and the only ones they can take it out on being their fellow soldiers. And of course make sure to add a character arc where that either leads to more tension or resolve it as they realise infighting doesn't get them anywhere.

Depending on how quickly the tech required to make new types of super soldiers is, you can even have a sort of arms race as both sides play genetic rock paper scissors. I have written the beginnings of a world where this takes place, and I've run into some interesting character opportunities.

For example, what do you do to soldiers that come out of the process "half-baked" but still able to fight? They'd probably just get sent back to the frontlines where they were probably recruited from, as I think regular soldiers with their above average physical health and loyalty to the military would be the best for "enhancement". So you'd have squads awaiting their fellow soldiers at the frontline, only for their comrades and friends to return twisted and perhaps even badly hurt.

I'm sure there's more here to talk about, especially with different genres like scifi or ww2. Alas, i don't want to ramble even though this is my own blog.