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hey! this is chance & here’s this week’s prompt. what websites or resources do you use while you write or develop a character/story? what do you think of them and would you recommend them?
This is a really good and interesting question!
Most of it is actually based on what I come up with on my own story whise, whenever I don't know what story or interests to give a character I usually brainstorm a few ideas I havent used yet to find what fits best.
For character design I usually take different kinds of animals and reference them for looks and color palettes (The funny fella in my pfp was based off of a bearded vulture for example), I go on Pinterest for these as there's lots of material to work with and some really nice pictures as well.
However if a character is heavily affected by something or has gone trough some form of trauma I use multiple medical websites and sources to be as accurate as possible since these kinds of subjects are rather delicate and complex to tackle, wikipedia is handy but the more correct information the better (an example of this is this silly little mossfly here)

Regarding the sources themselves id say Pinterest is good for color palettes or designs, while for stuff related to physical traits or mental health related information wikipedia is a good basis but more websites should be integrated in this kind of research to get a better understanding
#corn's ramblings#id love to go on regarding art tutorials or tips but it would be a bit out there shdbsbf#to make it brief i reference those but never copy step per step#some can be really good guides but practice is needed as well#thus id suggest to treat them like references depending on what the person prefers to use#I've seen lots of discourse regarding the fact that most of them only tackle specific stiles and realism or are just checkmarks on what#to do and what not to#So the reference treatment is my go to since I tend to use more realistic proportions but i think it depends on the stile someone prefers#also just realized I misspelled “Style” a bunch of times but I don't really feel like correcting myself at the moment hsfndn#ask answered
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'ao3 needs a like and dislike button'
what you need, my algorithm-rotten minded friend, is a grip
#ao3#archive of our own#what.do.you.MEAN#how do these takes still find me#HOW#'but I only want to read the good stuff' THAT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE#THERE ARE HIDDEN GEMS YOU WONT EVEN FIND#also you know what you TRULY want? fics recs it's called fic recs but hey cant have that if you dont read THE FUCKING FICS first#imagine thinking fanworks are uniquely for your consumption and products to be ranked on a scale#ANYWAY it just boggles the mind#mine
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(so mad i can’t see straight) Yeah i just don’t think chat gpt is a good classroom tool
#text#i had to go take deep breaths in the gender neutral bathroom#‘what if i just use it to synthesize my ideas’ I HAVE NOT SPENT YEARS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SYNTHESIZE MY IDEAS#JUST FOR U TO USE CHAT FUCKING GPT. DO IT YOURSELF. YOURE AN ADULT
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sometimes a theme recurs in your work without your permission. and sometimes it reaches a threshold where you're like. well now i think this is saying something about me against my will. don't know what though
#creative writing#shitpost#sorry just wrote a third piece with the same underlying idea/premise#which i didn't do on purpose#and now i'm like. well fuck. what's this mean about me?#now i gotta do some self reflection about that
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my favorite genre of fictional character is like "i am terrifying to almost everyone, i'm very good at killing, i can endure anything, i've become exceptionally good at playing into my reputation, and if you try to give me positive social interaction i will react with confusion and cower in a corner like an abused animal. and i may try to shoot you. but there is also a chance i may imprint on you like a feral dog receiving its first loving touch! good luck."
#big tough characters who are confused and disarmed by affection my beloved#who are hypercompetent and know exactly what to do in everything except Positive Human Interaction#who follow you around cautiously for scraps#and are continually waiting for the moment you turn around and kick them out again#who are prepared to sleep on the cold hard floor and dont know what to do with themselves when given a bed#totally mystified#boba fett#legacy of the force#din djarin#frank castle#maul#erik lehnsherr#arla fett#wolverine#logan howlett#mine#and now i can add the#murderbot#tag
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some attempts at vintage pulp covers style
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Disability is not a punishment, but I think the world would be genuinely improved if every person involved in writing or regulating ingredient labels was mysteriously inflicted with at least one food allergy falling under each of the following categories: "natural flavors," "modified food starch," "artificial flavors," "spices," and "color." Down with ingredient labels so vague that they defeat the entire fucking point.
#i'm sure there's categories i'm forgetting so please add on actually#but these are the ones that make me and family members want to tear our hair out#allergyposting#disability#ableism#my allergist & i mutually agreed i should get tested for an annatto allergy#which is what's used to make a lot of foods yellow/orange.#do you know what a lot of yellow and orange foods say on the label? “COLOR ADDED”
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do people have no shame anymore?
#if you couldn't be bothered to write it i couldn't be bothered to read that shit#this genuinely pissed me off#what even is the point of this? what do you get out of posting something you didn't even make yourself?#im a fanartist the point of it is that i made art with my own two hands! i created something by myself!!!#what the fuck do you get by making a machine do it#ao3#fuck ai#anti ai
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"*X country* should colonize the US! Please nuke the US!"
You all will do anything to not give us our land back huh

#being ndn is a horror man#what happened to “land back” hmm??? are you still doing “land back” hmmm?????
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remembering the time i drunkenly told a stranger i was a trans man and he started going off about alpha sigma and beta males and how each one was equally important no matter what anyone says and that i shouldn't feel pressured to be a strong alpha male because emotionally intelligent beta males were just as important
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Old man Viktor trying to impress young Jayce so bad he pulled multiple muscles and had to lie down after.
#a detour from what I am doing which related to this but diverging from it#i need to draw the silly crack comic#alexxuun#arcane#arcane fanart#jayce talis#viktor arcane#jayvik#mage viktor
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Honestly, this sounds fucking FANTASTIC to me, and we should do it. Cry harder, Mitch.
#politics for ts#let's do it!!!#get rid of trump AND make mitch into Old Turtle Sad Face#what's not to love#harris walz 2024
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I can behave normally around books
#shitpost#anyway guess who brought home 24 new books today?#if you guessed me. well. you would be correct#in my defense I only bought 5#for a combined total of usd#where’d the number go. it was 17 usd#the rest were from me going through what my dad was getting rid of for space and claiming it for myself#but either way#24 in one day is a personal record I think#also I do fully intend to read all of these it’s not hoarding for hoardings sake
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interaction i have with shocking regularity is when someone’s complaining abt someone they know and theyre like “ughh they’re 21 and dont have a job and refuse to learn to drive” and then they remember who they’re talking to (me. 21 cant work cant drive) and go like

#text#‘ur situation is different’ Do u know Their situation enough to say that lol#also like. be srs if u didnt know me ud think the same way abt me. Do u think this abt me subconsciously?? guessing yes#The only person who HASNT made me feel like this and has actually articulated what they meant in a way that didnt feel like a dig#at me was 💫 last night hence why its on my mind
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