#tips for family

[snapshotsandportraits]

Klook Staycation: Seda Nuvali

✨𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 ✨ 𝑆𝑒𝑑𝑎 𝑁𝑢𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑖 – 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦! 𝐹𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠: 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠, 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒. 𝐾𝑖𝑑-𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑙, 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑. 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝑆𝑒𝑑𝑎 𝑁𝑢𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑖 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑢𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑖, 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑑-𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓…

[xiaq]

Your first pride story was touching and all but you still married a man.

Yeah, bisexuals do that sometimes.

[fanaticalthings]

important family group chat discussions

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[feelingferalwbu]

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Paintbrushes and pencils are made out of skewers and twine, paint cans are made out of a cardboard tube with thumb tacks as lids. 🎨

What other art-related thing should I make?

[slfcare]

When I was younger, I was in love with the idea of moving out to a lone island and never speaking to anyone again. I wasn’t good at talking, physically, nor did conversations come easy to me, so I kept quiet and I was totally fine with that. But while the people closest to me rolled their eyes at my wishes (again, lone island), nobody told me how talking to people was fun. Nobody told me how nice of a feeling it was to feel a new friendship blossom, to have inside jokes with people, to hand out compliments and get them back, to ask questions to people who are excited about having the answers, to remember something that someone mentioned last time and make them feel heard, to flatter people, to share slightly embarrassing facts and be able to laugh about them, to have people to say hi and bye to. It took me years and years and years to gather the courage to speak, but it was so worth it. It’s so much fun.

[luna-azzurra]

Family Secrets Prompts

A character discovers they have a sibling they never knew about. How does this revelation change their family dynamics?

Your protagonist finds a box of old letters that reveal family secrets. What do they learn, and how do they handle it?

A family heirloom is discovered to have a hidden power or curse. How does this impact the family?

A disowned family member returns with shocking news. How do they reintegrate into the family?

A character learns they were adopted. How does this change their identity and relationships?

The protagonist discovers their family is secretly wealthy. How does this affect their life?

Uncover a hidden romantic relationship between family members (e.g., a grandparent had a secret lover).

[bunnieswithknives]

The soul of Wicked is randomly inventing extremely elaborate relationships between characters who barely interact at all in canon. Also Fiyero is here.

[incorrectbatfam]

Hi! You seem like a good person to ask. I'm working on a fic and I heard that Americans in the North are meaner than the South? Is it true? How do I write it?

From a New England perspective:

We're not mean, we have a different standard of courtesy. And this is also an urban vs. rural divide along with North vs. South.

Life in the South moves at a more lax pace. Of course it varies individually and you have big cities like Atlanta or Dallas, but in general, there's more space for towns and populations to spread out. For a number of people, the only interaction they might get all day is when they drive to the bank or grocery store, where the employees are probably also their friends and neighbors. Over there, curtness is rude and uncaring. (I also noticed this in rural areas in the North, like Montana.) In a fic, the grocery store in Smallville might only get 10 customers per day, so the owner will come out and ramble on about all the freak tornadoes they've been getting. Because outward politeness is the norm, people are also more passive-aggressive in order to avoid rocking the boat—we've all heard the "bless your heart" coming from a suburban evangelical.

Up North, especially in the mid-Atlantic and New England states, it's the opposite. We have a ton of people packed into a smaller geographical area and our cities are closer to each other (a lot of people live in New Jersey and work in New York). Life moves faster, so our directness and tendency to keep to ourselves is our way of saying, "I care about you and I know your time/energy is valuable, so I'm not gonna waste it." You'll see it in cities like Chicago too. It's rude to start a conversation with the barista when there are 20 people waiting in line behind you. So if you're writing a story set in Gotham, it's perfectly acceptable for the Batburger cashier to be like "What do you want?" In that same vein, we don't beat around the bush when we're upset. If you're being an ass, I will tell you to fuck right off.

[moonhibs]

Au where Julian is a child of divorce

[aerequets]

I absolutely love the way you draw eyes when they're soft and so AUGH I LOVE THE WAY YOU DRAW YOR'S EYES ALL SOFT AND BABYGIRL HOW DO YOU DO IT???

WAUGH THANK YOU??!!! I can try my best to explain but no promises for anything good HDUAJA

I've started drawing her eyes as more of a diamond-y shape, which is more apparent in the picture on the right. I think when I want to make her look Soft ™️ all it takes is to narrow the eyes a bit (but point the ends more down than up, so she doesn't look murdery) and make the iris larger. Depending on the mood I want to show (like the left pic is happy soft, while the right pic is more sad/pensive) I'll color the eye accordingly. more romantical or happy vibes will have a little shine to the eye, as well as a darker top and pupil (pupil larger as well), while a sad or pensive look will have less detailing like that.

with these pics, there's two other things I wanted to point out;

1) sometimes I'll do an inverted look (like a white pupil) to show shock or surprise. it works more for serious content than comedy but like you can do whatever u want lol

2) I think the lines around the eyes are equally as important as the eyes themselves if that makes sense! like there are a lot of muscles around that area and they push and pull accordingly. the best way to show emotion is to let go of the fear of facial wrinkles I think and just give ur characters those features

[bi-hop]

so happy for her

[timblrdrake]

all you have to do to get rich quick is to be born to wealthy parents and be adopted by an even wealthier family when they get murdered

[writerthreads]

How to write a found family

By Writerthreads on Instagram

The found family story is a type of YA trope where individuals from different backgrounds come together to form a family, possibly to make up for their lack of true family. When it’s done well, found families can be so wholesome and heartwarming, and I simply adore this trope. Here's a guide to help you write a compelling found family in your WIP:

Create a diverse group of characters

The key to writing a successful found family story is to have a diverse cast of characters with different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. This diversity will make the story richer and allow you to explore different perspectives and themes from different points of views. It also allows for a wide range of readers to find a character that they can relate to.

Establish a common goal

In a found family story, the characters come together to achieve a common goal. This goal can be anything from surviving an apocalypse to starting a business together. It is essential to establish this goal early on in the story, as it will help to create a sense of unity among the characters.

Themes

Using themes can add depth to a found family story by providing a framework for exploring the emotional and psychological growth of the characters. Here are a few examples:

Belonging: The idea that characters finally have a place where they fit in, and the struggles that come with feeling like an outsider previously.

Identity: The idea of self-discovery when a character finally becomes part of a family and has the time and people to communicate with to understand themselves.

Acceptance: Characters accepting themselves and others for who they are, overcoming previous prejudices.

Family: What makes a family, and the classic tropes associated with families and variations of them. Eg. the "mum" of the group who also doubles as the "wild child" at times.

Explore each character's backstory

A found family story is all about the characters' individual journeys and how they come together, and this can be done by giving each character a backstory that explains their motivations and desires. This can justify bad choices that characters may make or simply allow the readers to relate to them more. You can also use flashback scenes or dialogue to reveal important details about each character's past, however, I think flashbacks can be used more sparingly and only if they serve a purpose.

Create conflicts and obstacles

Like any good story, a found family story needs conflict to keep readers engaged. You can create conflicts within the group or create some external obstacles that the group must overcome. These conflicts challenge the characters and force them to grow and change through adverse situations. It’s especially interesting to see how characters with conflicting personalities or life views have friction with each other.

These are some of the tips I could think of for creating a found family in your story. As always our tips are just guides to help you with your book and definitely not a set of rules to follow. Good luck and have fun! :)

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

one thing i really wish people wouldn’t forget when it comes to suguru’s character is that his core desire is just to have a family. not in a nuclear family way, but in a “i want a place where i belong / i want to protect the ones i love” way…… literally everything else is just an extension of that desire. a means to meet that end. he broke down after being forced to realize that staying with his family meant having to watch them die, so he left and made a new one. and he got stronger. and his core wish was always, always always to create a world where he’d finally be able to protect them :(((((((((

[thebrazilianfan]

I find amusing that both Phoenix and Miles (judging by their lines during the DLC case) don't seem to want to get married.

a person's relationship with the concept marriage is unique to them, of course, but I can feel how while Phoenix seems to be more indifferent in that exchange ("No plans [to get married] here. Even if I wanted."), Miles doesn't want to get married at all. Phoenix could get around the idea if he felt sure about the person and/or the moment, but Miles wants to, on his own words, "remain unwed"

that isn't a point here, I just like that detail as a person who was taught since an early age she should find someone and get married to be happy but feels rather... bored by the idea

[anxiousapplepie]

Time to switch topics yet again. I do have a particular question I do plan to ask Morgan and the rest of the team, but I'll save that for my next ask if nothing ends up taking up all my attention yet again like before. My curiosity today leads me to the Necroknights, Mort's mother, and the Deathdancer family.

Black Roses, by default, have the strongest wood but also very poor regeneration in exchange. By making them Necroknights, I assume such a weakness is negated to an extent? And I assume part of the reason they're a nightmare to fight is because once you alert one, you alert them all and they're all essentially super soldiers. But... imagine you manage to get one on their own. What exactly would it take to actually kill one? Fire? Taking out a very specific part of them? Dispel the very magic holding them together? Yes, they're undead, but there's always a way to handle undead.

Further on, is Mort's mother a Necroknight? Hence, the complicated feelings and such? is there a point that Mort can actually see his dead mother before he ends up hibernating? And also, who exactly is the Deathdancer family? And how conscious are the Necroknights, actually? Do they only retain their loyalty and sense of duty, vaguely?

Consider this your free pass to talk about Necroknights to your heart's content, if you wish. I also want to confirm if it's only Black Dragons who can be reanimated to become Dryads, just for the sake of clarification. Other than that, I hope you have a lovely day and night. ☆

AW YEA NECROKNIGHT TIME!!! *ahem* okay so start things off and clarify, yes! Black Roses, by virtue of having maxed out their wood hardness and weapon durability, often get turned into undead soldiers called Necroknights when they die for real! Dragon magic is what powers them, and their ability to heal depends on the folk "looking after them" during the winter seasons. But considering Blacks had the most pathetic healing magic of all the colors, even a small boost is more than enough for most situations Necroknights act like sentinels, guarding and watching what "they" think needs to be protected until something demands their attention. Some work solo, while others form groups and chains of command to better look out for their area of interest. For argument's sake, if you wanted to try winning a fight against a Necroknight, the best solution is fire (and hope the Necroknight is reckless enough and doesn't somehow turn the tables on you) or alternatively try to force the Necroknight to use up all of the magic that is keeping it functional. Not a surefire way to win, but better than a wish and a prayer!

Yes, Mort's dearly beloved mother is a Necroknight! and has been a Necroknight since Mort was a white Bud. Mort makes a point to visit his mother's glass coffin at the beginning of every Spring, and to double-check she's "still with us". And not.. y'know, a shredded pile of decaying limbs that aren't recognizable anymore XD Mort always tries staying awake long enough to see his mother out and about before winter, but he's never managed it yet. Necroknights aren't fully conscious, but whatever strong instincts they had in life will stick with them after death. Muscle-memory is surprisingly good, with lots of Spiders reporting how some Necroknights visit "loved ones" regularly like clockwork during Witch's season.

As for who the Deathdancers are? *long sigh* THAT is going to take a lot of context to properly explain, but put very simply! Ruby is the descendant of a powerful Dragon who specialized in necromancy, but the Dragon genes got watered down by the time she was created. Ruby and Vincent provide emergency power and healing for any Necroknight that needs a pick-me-up after a fight. It's not a stressful job (usually) but it can be demanding at times. And to answer your last question: most Dragons of any color can be turned into dryads (the lighter/greener your color tho, the more magic you'll need to keep the dryad "alive") but getting even a scrap of a Black Dragon's body to turn into a dryad is a BIG deal. Dragons always favor those with darker colors for "dryad material" ANYWAY! I think that's enough rambling for now! Thank you for giving me an opportunity to get excited about this part of RK's worldbuilding!! :D