#this has so much lore and conflict that I abandoned it 😭😭😭

[darkfictionjude]

I'm conflicted Jude.

I like Nia because she was mc (ex)best friend and was with them since childhood like a real (doubtful) friend and the aks says that she is really one (she regrets failing them in an ask). But at the same time she doesn't hace faith in your friend even if a killer is not always the most obvious and didn't even write a card for Sally to mc.

Jude you're a gremlin devil for making controversial romancable LI

That's what gets me though apart from your dislike from her what evidence do you have that it's doubtful that Nia was a real friend? Theories are great but to say to the author, character lore that contradicts what I've publicly said rubs me the wrong way. Nia defended them for years, Nia would have a separate private birthday party for MC and her because she didn't want her fake friends to be assholes to MC, Nia got into a fight with Orla for MC. Why is she held to high standards😭

Even when they're at the movies, Imre is defending MC against that guy and Nia helps him. MC canonically stayed friends with her because she was one of the only people MC has loved (to the extent that MC can love anyone). MC doesn't stay around people that don't treat them great (Orla, Percy, Lorcan, their parents). So to believe that they would is a disservice to MC.

The thing is I feel like there's impatience here. In this case I've written down the most obvious reasons why MC would be the killer in Nia's eyes. I've said there is also a hidden powerful reason why Nia believes that I can't say but it will be revealed in episode 12. Does true love (platonic or romantic) require you to be blind? My characters love with their eyes open. Nia never wrote back because as I've said she didn't know if she would ever be safe with MC and thus didn't know if she wanted to continue the friendship.

I'm sorry if this sounds angry I'm actually just trying to explain this the best I can because it's like people don't want to understand her reasons. I've said you don't have to like her but to say outright that she is simply wrong without having the full picture of what went down that July in 1992 is just wanting to be pissed at her for pissed sake. You can hate her for the abandonment but we're all adults here (at least I hope this game is rated 18+) I feel like we have the ability to hate someone and acknowledge they have some points even if the conclusion might be wrong in the end. MC will have the opportunity to be angry at both the abandonment and the accusation of murder but we're not in the game right now we're on the blog.

Anyway I hope it doesn't sound like I'm yelling at people it's just I'm a bit exasperated because I've been trying to explain this for days now 😭😭 much love nonnie I get why many people are so passionate about this💜

[nina-ya]

holy shit that was fast AAAAA !!! but eep no i haven't written anything for it, i've been having a love hate relationship with writing... with me being so busy too irl, it's hard to keep momentum going. but i suppose with selfship lore, anything is possible at whatever length of words? 🥺 my perfectionism is showing lmao like why 😭

omg thank you for your questions??? i actually thought about these briefly before! i'd like to think shanks and i's respective lands were peaceful/amicable when we were younger... our fathers were powerful but righteous leaders. we never formally met but we noticed one another in paintings of neighbouring kingdoms... i had a crush on first sight of his painted version (lmao!) but when we finally met in person, he fell harder :') i realized this is truly giving royalty, almost medieval with how its playing out in my head omg

shit hit the fan real bad, clearly, to be forbidden lovers/forced enemies 😬

ANYWAYS FAST FORWARD to the bar... we would look for the other person as if pulled by a magnetic heartstring. not hard finding him, red hair on full display. i'd like to think i'd be a bit more hidden with my cloaks and robes and stuff — even though the speakeasy bar is fully protected under oath... and my god, shanks is handsy fkenkfekfj despite everything that is against us, he'll always reach out first when i'm in his radius... all tips-chin-up-so-my-eyes-meet-his, so much "was starting to wonder if you have forgotten about me", too many "you wish me to? to forget about you?", heavenly murmurs against jawlines of "... never." the slow agonizing first-degree BURNS THIS WOULD GIVE, IM SCREMAAIGN fans self AGGRESSIVELY!!!

COLLEGE AU MY BELOVED. law fits college setting so well... the brooding smart apple of the bunch, ugh. PLEASE I NEED THE NINA BOOK OF LAW LORE!!! respectfully. always. 🙂‍↕️ anyone else residing in your selfship city?! i believe i recall an oc of yours with luffy!? 🥺

also i'm very shy so when i feel boost of courage i will say hi off anon but for now i am throwing stardust everywhere to let you know i was hereee 💫✨🌙

AAAA OKAY OKAY I’ve been holding this in my inbox cause I wanted to form a proper response to you so!!!

No but I would truly love to read anything you come up with like this little blurb you’re sending me is more than enough to keep me satiated!!!

The crush on the painting is so cute especially since you frame it like from a younger perspective and the whole childhood crushes thing has my damn heart there’s nothing more pure and innocent than childhood love!! It’s wrong of the political forces to tear you guys apart yall were soulmates from the start!!

“Not hard finding him, red hair on full display” made me cackle btw I hope you know that. AAAA THE HANDSINESS STOP YOURE GONNA MAKE ME FALL FOR HIM AT THIS RATE TOO!! 😭😭 no but is it wrong for me to think yall have def run off to an abandoned cabin to smash becauseeee 👀👀👀 LMAO

Do you have any ideas of where you want this story to go in terms of like major conflicts in their adult lives? It isn’t really proper for two royals to run off together (no matter how bad I want that to happen!) so what bumps and conflicts do they go through before they get their happily ever after!! Also expect some follow up questions about the wedding cause I love love love weddings!!

Obligatory gonna talk about my stuff under the cut cause I’m SHY but yes!! I have one more resident of my self ship city!! Her name is Rosalie (Luffy calls her Rosie) and she’s a fairy!! In my little lore I have it so fairies are hidden from the world and are only known to the outside via folktales and all that so they’re essentially wiped off the face of the earth, known to no one except probably the gorosei. And the fairies have grown to fear and despise outsiders because they were the ones who attempted to wipe them out before the void century, but Rosalie is a curious fairy and fast forward she has a big crush on on gasp!! A human!!! A pirate nonetheless!! Luffy has her in a chokehold 😔 she gives off Ariel from the little mermaid vibes in terms of personality and she’s like super important to her fairy homeland but I’m not gonna dive too deep into that!! And she has a devil fruit that allows her to control all aspects of nature within her domain AND HERES SOME PICS ENOUGH YAPPING FROM ME!! The first two are from @rainnartt the second two from @noicevibes (everyone commission them btw) and the last one I did!!

[lorelune]

hey lore !!!!! I'm a big fan of your works <3 they honestly amaze me so much. i especially adore your world building it's just so ?? scrumptious ?! no seriously it's so good like i want to eat it up along with your characterization. i love how you enhance already existing world's as well as create new ones — not just world's but ways things work and intricacies within intricacies.. you provide such a clear idea that makes picturising it all so much easier and interesting

ive never written before other than some blurbs here and there on my notes app but recently hsr brainrot has been Hitting it lately and i've had way too many thoughts 💭 i was planning on maybe writing a fic.. but it requires insane amount of world building (and ik that's definitely not the right thing to start off on, as a new writer/for your first work but then again ig there is no right and wrong way to do it (?) it's more like my brain power might not support me and i’ll abandon it half way or something 🥲 haha) anyway i was wondering if you have any tips on how to worldbuild or build further on the existing ideas of certain organisations and all that sort.. there's just so many ideas haywiring and i would really love some advice if you don't mind. but no pressure !! sorry if this was too long,,

omg hello anon!! not too long at ALL hehe i'm gonna answer this below the cut hehe

first off THANK YOU 🥺!!! i appreciate your kind words so much <3 i really enjoy worldbuilding in my own writing and i'm very glad the ideas i bungle up translate well when actually in a story :'^) in my own little brainworld where i daydream, i tend to add details and layers to the original story that i do like... question if i can execute. so it is always nice to hear that they do in fact make it through 😭💓

as for advice!!

anon. so transparently. so REAL-y. if you have the brainworms for a story, even if its big and complicated and a lot to chew on it, just start!!! it is so intimidating truly but there is no better writing fuel than the muse of a story that has captured you. and!! if it does not end up finished, that is totally okay!! i have personally learned some of most valuable lessons writing while working on large pieces that ultimately ended up unfinished.

for more material advice:

when working on fic, i keep a lot of notes in a personal discord server. i have a wip channel and threads for certain fic ideas where i compile plot details, world details, fanart and inspo photos. it's super helpful!!!

one thing that helps me when i have big grand worlds in my head and i need to get them down and written is, instead of choosing to take a bite out of the whole world itself, i try to choose just a snippet or event and build around that. for example, in cicatrix, you get LOTS of lore abt calibrators and their relationship to the luofu, but plenty of what i had spinning around in my noggin didn't make it down. it wasn't relevant to the immediate story, event, or conflict, so it stayed unspoken. however, i think having really rich background going INTO writing these snippets of a larger universe helps fill things out and seem more like... lived in.

i will say. so indispensable. BETA READERS. the first few drafts of cicatrix where so ROUGH when it came to world building. i had the whole lore of calibrators and the luofu in my head, but getting it down clearly and in a way that made enough sense to an unknowing audience took a few read throughs and feedback by some lovely friends of mine. i highly recommend tracking down someone to read over your pieces and provide feedback on the things you're worried about!!!

and like... perhaps a little corny. but. believe in yourself. we are our own greatest critics, and the best attitude to cultivate toward the craft is that you can... do it. you just can. innately anon, regardless of experience, you can create the story and world you want to. bolstering a sense of confidence goes FAR esp if you end up writing a longer piece!!!

anon i got quite rambly asldkf. i hope this is in some way helpful!!! if you have any other questions, i am happy to answer!! i truly think writing immersive worlds is SO fun and engaging, and sometimes you just gotta. throw your hat in the ring. start the run and see where it takes you. i wish you such like and good tidings anon <3

[fernwing143]

I saw this picrew and thought it was adoreable so I did it with my Hogwarts Legacy MC and people in her life bc why not :) I'm using this as an excuse to lore dump lmao(btw this is of my MC, Fern Wing in her sixth year)

The first one is Fern with my other MC, Dillon! I like to think these two would be trauma-bonding besties. What's also funny is that Fern is a Ravenclaw with Hufflepuff energy and Dillon is a Gryffindor with even more Hufflepuff energy (Dillon kind of had a Nevile situation) but when I think about it, Dillon is 100% more of a Hufflepuff than a Gryffindor and I don't even remember why I put him in Gryffindor. He grows up to be a herbologist, he's very kind and loyal, anti-fighting, and has pretty much every Hufflepuff trait 😭😭

Fern on the other hand is mostly just very very sweet and supportive of everyone she likes and has UNDYING LOYALTY to those she cares about. Miss girl would literally kill for her friends and little brother. She also really loves her nieces and nephews so much she almost views them as her own children (she wants kids so bad but she hates the idea of babymaking rahhh)

Next is Fern with her youngest brother, Milo!

Milo was born two years before his and Fern's father died. After their father's death, their mother grew to be very neglectful of all five of her children and Fern ended up taking on the responsibility of raising Milo alongside her older siblings, William and Misty. But Fern was only SEVEN YEARS OLD when she had to start doing this.

Fern is extremely protective of her little brother while Milo is very clingy to his older sister. When Fern was thought to be a squib, she'd get nasty looks from witches and wizards in the villiage but Milo didn't understand why.

Milo used to hide a lot whenever Fern and their mother would get into fights (which was very often). He doesn't like yelling and conflict and it hurt even more to see the person who raised him fighting with the person who practically abandoned him. If you were to ask Milo about his family, he'd say something along the lines of "It's broken."

This next one is of Fern and her older sister, Misty!

Misty is a Gryffindor who's married to a Ravenclaw named Collin. Fern would totally describe Misty as a "fashion freak". Fern was 12 years old when she started wearing her long hair down and Misty INSISTED that she at least did it nicely (hence the hair style with the hair down with that little tie in the middle that the MC can have in the game)

Even though Fern loves her big sister very much, she does get very overwhelmed around her. Misty is constantly trying to dress Fern in neat clothing and always bugs Fern about what she wears. She's not tyring to be mean, but Misty is apethetic towards others. She's also not very reliable :p

Here we have William!

William is Fern's oldest sibling and her half-brother and was a Slytherin at Hogwarts. There is a seven year age gap between them lmao

William and Fern have the same mother but a different father. Fern's mother, Sonia, got married to a man named Josh Brown and they had William. When William was two years old, Sonia and Josh got a divorce and later on got remarried to her friend from Hogwarts, Jay Wing. William came with Sonia since Josh was abusive. When he was four, Misty was born, when he was seven, Fern was born, when he was ten, Dawn was born, and when he was twelve, Milo was born.

William was always the golden child, though he didn't like it because Sonia became very mentally ill after Jay's death and started favoring him over his siblings and was especially mean to Fern, seemingly blaming her for Jay's death. William was a hard worker and did well with academics and became a curse breaker.

William is married to Maradeth Brown (formerly Maradeth Peterson) and has two daughters, Lennie and Emily and later on has a son, Henry. He enjoys inviting Fern over to hang out with them.

Fern has always looked up to her older brother, though somewhat envies him for being their mother's favorite while her mother hates her the most.

And here we have Dawn, Fern's younger sister.

Dawn has always hated Fern for pretty much no reason despite Fern trying to set things right between them.

I like to think that the reason Fern never saw Dawn at Hogwarts during her fifth year was because Dawn avoided her at all costs (this is made up specifically for my MC and is not canon to the actual game)

Like their mother, Dawn blames Fern for their father's death, only it's not only "well, it SEEMS like she blames Fern for Jay's death" but rather "she completely blames Fern for Jay's death."

In her first year at Hogwarts, Dawn took an interest in the Dark Arts and tried to learn as much as she could about them. As a Slytherin, she knew Anne, Sebastian, Ominis, Imelda, etc. and didn't understand why Sebastian took a liking to Fern at all (I like to think she overheard Sebastian talking about her to Ominis in the common room and was like "ew. why would you like that loser?")

Dawn eventually grows up and cuts off all contact with her family and becomes a Dark Witch, which deeply upsets her siblings.

Fern and Seb AAAAA <3

So here's the deal:

Fern is a bisexual girly. Pretty much her whole life, she found love and romance to be nasty and pointless. When she was twelve, she met a girl named Ginger and had a bit of a crush on her, but after Ginger and her other friends went away without a word and never sending any owls to her, Fern felt hurt by that and decided to never get attatched to someone again.

Fast forward to when she's around fifteen/sixteen, she meets Sebastian and initially is neutral about him, though she is more fond of him than she is of other people.

Throughout the year and when Fern and Seb would help each other with things, Fern started to realize that Seb was very important to her, but was still terrified of becoming attatched to someone only to be left behind again. So, she's basically in denial about liking him.

After the situation with Seb and Solomon, Fern comes to terms with the fact that she's in love with Seb and would do anything for him, hence not turning him in.

I'm not the best at writing love stories I'm sorry 😭

Fern and Poppy are besties. This is canon. Shush.

I have another post where I have a screenshot from in-game with Fern and Poppy and honestly all I have to say is that these two are besties. Poppy could literally kill a man and Fern would be like "Where do you want me to hide the body? Bury it? Burn it? Stuff it in a closet?" Fern would 100% take the fall for Poppy in any situation.

I like to think that in their sixth year, Poppy and Fern were alone together and Fern just broke down and vented to Poppy about everything she'd been holding in (seriously. she's been holding everything in without saying a single thing.) While Fern has other really close friends, Poppy is the only one Fern will fully open up to and vice versa. Fern may be in love with Seb but bestie Poppy comes first.

Also, my other MC Dillon has a MASSIVE crush on Poppy but is way to scared to admit it. I once had the mental image of him kicking his legs like a school girl while being flustered thinking of her. And since Dillon is also such an innocent little guy, he does NOT have perverted or nasty thoughts of her

Also, unrelated, but I think it's funny that both of them have plant-related names 😭

Fern and Natty :)

I'm just going to say now: the biggest thing these two have in common is that they have a dead father.

Everytime Natty talks about her dad, Fern instantly can genuienly symapthize with her. I like to think that they comfort each other whenever they start really missing their dad.

I don't have much of a dynamic for them since I haven't really thought about it, but i will say that they are good friends who both have dead dads 😭

Last one: Fern and Ominis :D

Fern has deep respect for Ominis and views him kind of like a brother. They are pretty similar on some levels.

-They both fall asleep in random places -They both can be pretty grumpy -They both don't tolerate bullshit -They both have family issues

Fern used to be kind of intimidated by Ominis, but later grew to be comfortable around him. She will silently let Ominis scold her and Seb whenever they do something stupid, but luckily none of the three of them ever take anything personally.

Overall, Fern quite likes Ominis and would literally m u r d e r for this man (as she would with most of her friends 😭)

Alr I'm done thank you for your time