#thought after a few more dates

[sweeteastart]

Writing or drawing always end up kinda the same way :

I notice a plot hole/interesting dynamic to play with ; i start to daydream about it whenever I draw something else or vibe to music ; it gets fleshed out slowly by thinking and imagining scenes in my heads ; I get the urge to draw/write ; i either draw something (either full on illustration or refs) or write out the scene i replayed endless time. Rinse and repeat until I get confused on the timeline of stuff. Only then do i (in both cases) write out an outline. I try to stay vague and only the plot defining moments/cool scene I really want to keep to not loose the fuel. That works... Sometimes lmao

For comics it's a bit different.

I get an idea (more often than not very vague) and write the dialogues. Something nice and quick paced. Then I draw out the thumbnails. Something nice and quick to get a good reading flow. Most of the time I redo my pages bigger to have a better idea of how to place my character/object/text in each frame. Then it's my usual drawing process : 1/2 sketchs. Line. Flats. Multiply, overlay and luminosity away.

And for characterization OH BOI that's another can of worms.

For me, it's like getting to know someone. At first, you're trying to get a feel with pretty general informations : what age feels right, personality, personal background. In this stage, the character feels a bit one dimensional, not much in the way of deeper motivations or goals. From there, I just put them in dire/interesting situations. I gauge their reactions from writing it out or just imagining it. Getting to know slowly how they would react all the while keeping in mind their past experiences, likes, dislikes and (once I know enough) I set a clear goal for them.

All in all, it's also impacted by others headcanons or just random thoughts. Sometimes I ask myself "would Y like lemons ?" And I have this feeling it's "yes, they munch on it like a feral animal and that's concerning." In a way, it's playing god by putting characters in random situations and just observing how they resolve it on their own. More than I choose their way of acting, I get to know them ? They act and I write. Sometimes they don't do something I expect and just write themself.

OK, so I was inspired and now I wanna start a bigger conversation and I wanna know: fic writers, comic makers, au creators, etc. how do you do it? How do you go from plot bunny or story idea to completed chapters/story/comic update? What's your process? What programs do you use? Do you draft stuff? Outline? Storyboard? Do you chart or sketch? How do you settle on characters and characterizations? How do you plot (or do you)? I wanna know all the nitty gritty details. It's just so interesting because everyone does it so differently.

[faaun]

pls i need to provide updates

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

The Loudest Silence

YA contemporary

a newly Deaf-Hard of hearing girl moves across the country and starts a new school, struggling with navigating her disability and love for singing and lost friendships - determined to not make any new friends for the year she’s in Florida

and a boy struggling with family expectations and anxiety, after being made the fútbal captain even though he secretly ways to be on broadway, who quickly befriends her

bi & aroace-coded MCs

[deadandphilgames]

oversharing in the tags time :)

[skiesareblue]

so much art about being rejected romantically and not enough about how devastating it is to find out someone was only interested in you romantically and therefore your rejection of their romantic intentions is also their rejection of your platonic intentions

[cartoonybus]

doodles of danny's ex-wife and ex-stepson i really liked

[icantalk710]

...So, after I communicated that (his "not a huge texter"ness aside) I wanted us to text just a *little* more so we'd keep connecting while he's "had a lot going on" (even suggesting Snapchat for that and that I'd be here if he wanted to talk about some of it [even though we'd only hung twice, we've been friends on IG for a year]) after he last apologized for disappearing got no response, and after my check-in a week or so ago about how his week had gone gave me nothing, I sent a last text two weeks ago seeing if we were still talking and he still did want to hang out again but "all good if not" and even that got no reply--of course, note that he has had time throughout all this to check out my IG stories, yet still wouldn't communicate...

And turns out he's still been on the Apps (TM) as I've been waiting to hear back either way on that--with a guy leaving him a little hookup review on the site we started talking on last night 🙃 (which also complimented his gorgeous eyes I wanted to see again 🥲)

Having only hung twice (drinks/hookup early Aug and a dinner late Aug [with a hookup pre-empted by leaks from some rain that night that he had to tend to bc of his building super phoning in some repairs, but we kissed on making that up on Labor Day and he flaked, though he at least apologized the next day]), I didn't make much of seeing him there sometimes thinking we were still vibing well enough, but it felt shitty seeing that review when I also said i missed him in that text and he still hadnt replied to me--and while I was taking him at his word that things were too hectic on his end to hang out based on what he told me at dinner was going on and giving him space. Like, how much of that has been true the last couple weeks?

After fighting it a bit, I sent him an actual last text earlier to get it off my chest, saying i would've liked a reply either way, that i couldve worked with him wanting to just be casual or friends if he said so, and how I'd like to think he was being honest about how hectic things were but it felt shitty seeing him getting that review when I've thought we still had chemistry, be it casual or more. We'll see if he replies and doesn't just block me on things (he hasn't yet on that site), though I might softblock him if he just views my stories again... But just from how much energy I've spent trying to check in on him and what we're doing (and him rarely checking on me, which should've been a sign) and in overthinking how I wanted to text him about how we were feeling... It helped in August that he would reaffirm that he was interested, and I told him at dinner that I liked being reassured some so I know not to overthink things, but there was little of that through September, and i thought he'd take me up on Snap 😔

Especially sucks since he would've also been nice to talk to given my grandma's worsening health and how he'd recently lost his, but since he hasn't cared to see how I'm doing... Mom's probably going to have to unplug her this week, and while I'm mostly doing okay about her because I knew this might have been in the cards for months (she'd needed an oxygen machine for a while and was sent to the ER twice between Aug and Sept due to liquid in her lungs, the latter time leading to her being in intensive care and then out of there now and mostly stable but intubated and apparently only doing 3% of her breathing herself and not really responsive), naturally it has been tough on Mom, and tbh it's also sorta scaring me a bit about having to be in a similar position with her or dad in the next 20-30+ years (they're 60 and 63 now)... or even my being on the other end of it whenever that time comes... iunno, just existentialist thoughts i guess, this is kinda just turning into freeform lol. My sisters, dad, and I will likely split funeral costs too, can't believe it's almost $5K to hold one for someone... We did hope to get her back to the DR sometime, and it is sad it most likely won't be under more ideal circumstances.

Anyway, really just wanted to vent about that guy but squeezing in grandma thoughts helped a little; I remember trying to do some occasional journaling a while back which did somewhat help keep me from bottling up thoughts so might find my way back to it somewhat.

[Ofc, it would be nice if a cute guy would hit me up on said Apps to help me take a load off too �� (if one doesn't compliment my Digimon crest necklace or band shirts when I'm out and about soon 😩) It doesn't help that I've still had how this guy rimmed me and how hot he and his dick were in mind since our only hookup... Wouldve been nice having a sexy socialist bf or FWB if communication was better, but oh well there should be others right]

[lyxthen]

I like it when old people have romance plots in media. Divorced parent gets a new partner and their child loves them. Widow re-marries and finds happiness with their new spouse. Old gays finally able to have their dream wedding and live their lives openly. Elders finding love in a nursing home found-family style. Just. People older than 30 falling in love and having fulfilling relationships is what I mean. Because all I see ever is divorce plots and grief and loneliness because apparently you can only ever be happy and have fun as a teen/young adult. The moment you hit a certain age you stop being elegible for the role rom-com protagonist. It's a little discouraging tbh. I want to see that change.

[justinefrischmanngf]

it’s not that it makes me sad per se but i really could’ve been dating someone i did actually kind of really want to date since JULY. and now the moment is literally so far gone and i didn’t realise until the moment was so far gone !!!

[withleeknow]

tour??? what the hell do you mean TOUR???

[faaun]

the forest looks like heaven today i woke up feeling the heaviest weight at the top of my heart

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

thinkinggg about. race in adventure time

[thefloorisbalaclava]

..

[235uranium]

not to be back on my bullshit already but like. ford talking about how he doesn't understand romance in journal 3 quite literally does not prove he's ace in any sense of the definition unless you assume only ace people struggle with traditional relationship models (literally not fucking true??) or that aro people are always/usually ace (I am beating you with a broom). it's evidence towards him being aro if anything!

but even then I think that's an accidental meaning in the writing. the passage exists to show how detached ford is from the sheer idea of family and how he doesn't understand fiddleford's attachment to his wife and son! it's also a subtle reason to show why the pines family might not notice anything after the portal incident (i.e- ford didn't talk to his parents or sister much, if at all, after moving to gravity falls.)

it's even more frustrating when ppl mention that line... and then make him alloace?????

[shroomierambles]

why’s it so embarrassing when u start catching feelings for someone aaaaaahhhhhh

[dykeofmisfortune]

i feel like dating is like playing chess u gotta pick your moves right and particularly and carefully but make one wrong move and then regicide happens