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"hey my bf and I saw you from across the tavern and we really dig your vibe. dw he's a switch"

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Things Cregan and Baela have in common: both look like they want to jump Jace's bones.

I don't blame them.

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JaceganWeek2025: BLOOD OATH + SHAPESHIFTING

At the Weirwood tree in the heart of Winterfell, a blood oath is sworn — one meant to seal allegiance in a time of war. But when Cregan Stark promises to defend Prince Jacaerys Velaryon with his life, the old gods take him at his word. Each night, Cregan is cursed to become a wolf, driven by a primal urge to hunt down Jace’s enemies… and tear them apart.

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rhaenyra: it was called. . .a song of ice and fire.

jace: so you're saying i should marry cregan stark.

rhaneyra: what?

jace: what?

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Princess Lucerys' first feast in King's Landing

The following day Princess Rhaenyra received letters asking for the princess' hand from all over Westeros

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Another thought about the twin Athenide au

Y'all know that thing where either Hermes or Apollo step into the fountain while the Athenide is first born(that future historians or teens joking around on social media would call it the first attempt at craddle robbing in history) to look at the "newborn" and lowkey start flirting with her? I was thinking about that and I also thought that Arsinoe ended up swipping a knife from Hermes' belt so she could have something to protect herself and her sister with while Perse soaked Apollo with cold water and kicked him out of the fountain and away from where her naked sister is (she's also naked) (she doesn't think much about her own safety)

Just two newborn goddesses, one calculating with exact precision how much damaged she could do to you with the knife you have no idea she got that good with and the other with full control over their birth waters looking ready to drown a bitch bc they breathed a bit too wrong near her sister.

Their parents' pride fr

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A little bit curious... What would be the dynamic of Perse and Apollo if they married sooner? Like, without a few moments of their slow burn?

morticia and gomez addams

evelyn and rick o'connell

hera and kanan

they would have been the healthiest, the best, the most jaw dropping married couple.

they would be this cat family

Apollo at that one dinner: See Helios? this is how you're supposed to treat your wife. It's not as hard as you made it out to be. It's the easiest thing in the world. It's easier than breathing. See how Perse looks radiant? See how she embodies my light refracting on her waters? this is how a wife is supposed to look like Rhodes next to Perse, watching her ex husband get dragged: get him

Zeus: you're monogamous? Helios: you don't ever get the urge to cheat? Apollo: what like it's hard?

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Ultimate "Know Your Character Inside Out" Template

The ultimate template for creating a character, without losing your mind, while you're at it.

Character Background Template ... (open)

1. Name:

2. Age:

3. Gender & Pronouns:

4. Physical Appearance:

   - Hair color:

   - Eye color:

   - Height:

   - Build:

   - Distinguishing features (scars, tattoos, etc.):

5. Background and Upbringing:

   - Where were they born and raised?

   - What was their family structure like (parents, siblings)?

   - Describe their childhood environment and upbringing.

   - Were there any significant events or traumas in their past?

6. Education and Skills:

   - What level of education did they receive?

   - Did they excel in any particular subjects or skills?

   - Have they pursued any additional training or education since then?

7. Personality Traits:

   - Describe their personality in a few words.

   - What are their strengths and weaknesses?

   - How do they typically react under stress or pressure?

8. Motivations and Goals:

   - What are their short-term and long-term goals?

   - What drives them to pursue these goals?

   - Are there any fears or insecurities that motivate or hinder them?

9. Relationships:

   - Who are the most important people in their life?

   - How do they interact with family, friends, and acquaintances?

   - Do they have any romantic interests or significant relationships?

10. Past Experiences:

    - Have they faced any major challenges or setbacks in the past?

    - How have these experiences shaped their beliefs and values?

    - Have they experienced any significant losses or tragedies?

11. Worldview and Beliefs:

    - What are their core beliefs and values?

    - How do they view the world around them?

    - Are there any cultural, religious, or philosophical influences in their life?

12. Inner Conflict:

    - What internal struggles do they face?

    - Are there any unresolved issues from their past that continue to affect them?

    - How do these inner conflicts impact their decisions and actions?

13. Connection to Outer Conflict/Plot:

    - How does their personal journey intersect with the main plot or external conflict?

    - What stakes are involved for the character in the larger story?

    - How do their goals and motivations align (or conflict) with the central conflict?

 

(Shorter) Knowing Your Character Inside Out Checklist

Personality Traits:

   - Introverted/Extroverted

   - Optimistic/Pessimistic

   - Assertive/Passive

   - Empathetic/Self-centered

   - Logical/Emotional

   - Adventurous/Cautious

   - Honest/Dishonest

   - Ambitious/Content

Beliefs and Values:

   - Religious beliefs (if any)

   - Moral code

   - Political beliefs

   - Views on relationships

   - Attitude towards authority

Fears and Insecurities:

   - Common fears (spiders, heights, etc.)

   - Deep-seated insecurities (failure, rejection, etc.)

   - Traumatic experiences (if applicable)

Desires and Goals:

   - Short-term goals

   - Long-term aspirations

   - What motivates them to pursue these goals?

Strengths:

   - Intellectual strengths

   - Physical abilities

   - Emotional resilience

   - Social skills

   - Unique talents or abilities

Weaknesses:

   - Personal flaws

   - Areas of vulnerability

   - Bad habits

   - Limiting beliefs

Backstory:

    - Family background

    - Childhood experiences

    - Significant life events that shaped their identity

    - Education and career path

    - Previous relationships

-Josie

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27 - ALYA | Stargazing Design - DOWNLOAD HERE

Here’s Alya, the single muse version of Ophiuchus. Alya is a dark, gothic-like and snake-themed 7-page google docs template, made for those who want to dive deep into their character. Possessions, detailed psychological section, powers, fashion style, headcanons? Yup, it’s got it all, plus many other cool sections for you to fill in! It's also super easy to edit and has a lot of room to write. Hope you enjoy it and have fun slithering through the pages! :P

➤ Instructions: After purchasing, you’ll receive a pdf file containing the link to the google docs template and instructions on how to copylock it, along with a detailed editing guide. Open the pdf, click on the google docs link, go to "File" and then "Make a copy." ➤ Terms of use: ▪ Feel free to customize the template as you wish! Change colors, swap out elements, add or remove images, duplicate pages, etc. Make it your own and have fun! ▪ You're more than welcome to purchase my templates as a gift for a friend! ▪ Don’t remove my credits and the link to my Tumblr. ▪ Don’t share the pdf and/or the link you received for this doc. ▪ Don’t copy, resell, or redistribute my templates.

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He's got his head stuck in the clouds

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They’re both in their 30s

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Steve Rogers Trauma: A TED TALK

Why is it that any kind of commentary/analysis on Steve Roger's trauma has to be met with comparisons to Bucky or Tony's trauma? Or most of the fanfics I read completely gloss over Steve's trauma?

Some of y'all legit do not care or are blind to Steve Roger's trauma throughout the Captain America & Avengers films and it shows. And this isn't hate to any fanfic writers but rather an observation of most stucky and stony fanfics which seem to minimize Steve's character & trauma in favour of highlighting their fave's. And of course it's fine that people want to write about Bucky or Tony or even Nat's trauma, but MOST TIMES* I've read these fics and they all have an intentional disregard for Steve's traumas.

And this speaks to the wider discourse around Tony, Bucky & Steve- the three characters most written about in mcu fanfics.

Because why is it that anytime I bring up Steve's PTSD or his illnesses or the hell he would've gone through pre-serum, people always HAVE to add in their 2cents about, "well yeah & Bucky went through worse." Like.???? No, I'm not talking about him.

I absolutely love Bucky and he's one of my favourite characters in both the comics and the MCU but, respectfully, this ain't about him.

I'm talking about Steve and his life. The crap he would've had to deal with both in public and at home. Especially the horrors both he and Sarah would've gone through because of Joseph Rogers who was a terrible person and an alcoholic who beat up on his wife and sickly kid.

And even post-serum when he's completely healthy and living in the future now, I'm still seeing popular narratives about "Yeah he's alive now & hasn't gone through half of what Bucky's endured over the past 70yrs." OR "He's had it easy compared to Bucky who was being tortured by HYDRA."

Um, no one's saying Bucky's treatment under HYDRA was a good thing??? But we're talking about Steve here, not Bucky?

And how he was literally frozen in a state of purgatory & how traumatic it would feel to be ripped out of it and then basically thrown to the new world on your ass without any kind of therapy or help. Most people make it seem like Steve was in a Sleeping Beauty kind of sleep and then woke up completely fine. And I will admit the MCU has been the main culprit of that narrative because they deleted so many scenes that humanized Steve Rogers, that now the gen pop thinks:

he's perfectly fine

has zero trauma

should complain about nothing

hasn't had it hard like Bucky or Tony

is a lesser hero because of all of the above

I recently had a convo with a friend & we were talking abt the scene in Avengers 1 when they were all at each other's throats. And they said that Tony was right about Steve being a laboratory experiment & everything special about him came out of a bottle. And I'm like... yeah nah, that's the lazy ass writing that Whedon perpetuated that now makes Steve one of the most misunderstood heroes & people in the MCU. Because he was special before the serum because of his consideration of others. He was special because not only did he hate bullies, but he also went out of his way to protect those that couldn't protect themselves KNOWING what that confrontation might cost him as a chronically sick person. Tony needed a whole ass arc about literally witnessing & living first hand what his weapons were doing to innocents like Yinsen & his people, to change his ways. Steve didn't have, nor did he need any of that to make him special. (AND BEFORE THE TONY STANS COME FOR ME, I LOVE TONY, HE'S LITERALLY ONE OF MY FAVES IN THE MARVEL COMICS & MCU) But this hatred for Steve is ridiculous.

And once again, it's the MCUs fault because they made Tony the ultimate hero of the Avengers at the expense of Steve Rogers' character. Him being able to prove he was "worthy" all along by lifting Thor's hammer was a cheap payoff in the end, much like the entirety of Endgame was. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

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writing characters who are doomed

#1. show the death flags

okay. look. if you’ve consumed enough media, you KNOW when a character is going to die. if they’re either:

kind, caretaking, and sweet

cry easily

a sibling/best friend of the main character

someone with a bright future

is hardworking

make these death flags EXTREMELY evident. literally splatter it on your readers face.

#2. hope

don’t kill off the doomed characters immediately - draw it out, show them close to death, but allow them to survive. show them thrive. show them fighting and growing and make your reader extremely attached to them (its helpful if this character has a relatable backstory and personality!) give them hope that this character will survive. a really good tactic is waiting till the very end, when the conflict is presumed to be over, and giving your readers a false sense of security - and BAM. death. can you tell im still grieving over prim

#3. why are they doomed?

in order to add more depth to a doomed character’s death - think about the reasons why they are doomed in the first place apart from shock value. does it add to your plot? prim’s death in the hunger games is to prove, even after the war and violence ended, just how futile the entire point of war is. similarly, what is your story trying to prove? what is it trying to tell its readers?

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Going feral over the fact that in the pjo time, Percy is haunting her own story in big and little ways. Annabeth gives Percy a token and says 'Athena and Poseidon together' and Ares sees their daughter, his niece, the only time they've been truly united. Percy listens to young Nico's ramblings and does her best to protect him and Hades sees Perse letting Zagreus chatter at her. Percy fights with Riptide and Zoë sees the goddess who went against one of her demigods for her. Percy carries a plant through the underworld looking for Hades' sword and Persephone sees her best friend guiding souls with kindness. Percy helps a younger camper and Dionysus sees his mother who raised him. Percy takes the sky and Artemis sees her best friend doing everything in her power to support her. Percy worries for Annabeth, races across the country to save her, spirals, and Aphrodite sees the Athenide crying for her son in the middle of a war. Percy goes on a quest to rescue her mother and Amphitrite sees every time her daughter told her she loved her. Percy loves her friends and family fiercely and the gods see Loyalty, who loved them and cherished them and only ever tried to help. And Perseleia Athenide is gone, has been gone for millennia, but here is a little mortal that is just like her, who grows to be more and more like her every time they look. And they hate her for it, yet they hate themselves more.

Percy is haunting her own narrative

the gods want to hate her and yet, this demigod, one of the beloved goddess’ many adoptive children, is here with her name and her face

this demigod who’s existence is a spit in the face to Loyalty’s oaths

this demigod who has her eyes, her smile, her stubbornness

the gods want to hate her

and yet they can’t help but love her

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Thinking about Roman Emperors in the Athenide verse...

Thinking about how he compares himself to Apollo and demands to be worshiped instead.

Thinking about how in that regard, he marries only black haired people with green eyes.

Thinking about how it guts Athena/Minerva, Apollo, and Poseidon/Neptune each time Nero murders and executes his wives, especially wife #2 who happens to be pregnant at the time...

Thinking about how Nero being named after Nerio Fides yet spits on her very domains.

Thinking about how Nero commits infidelity, matricide, uxoricide, he castrated a young boy because he looked like his dead wife that he murdered and married him and called him by the dead wife's name.

Thinking about how each wedding would have been a symbolic marriage between "Apollo" and "Fides" only for it to end with Nero killing his wives again and again.

Thinking about Caligula so determined to have Nerio Fides as his wife that he also has a type for black haired, green eyed women only to kill them or exile them.

Thinking about how Caligula abducted Livia Orestilla from her own wedding and divorced her because she remained faithful to her first husband and was exiled for "adultery".

Thinking about how Commodus and how he thought himself to be the rebirth of Hercules and brutally murdering in the gladiatorial arena

you know... for funsies :)

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epilogue chapter!!

rhea: *continues being as feral as ever*

luke, relaxing and ignoring it: i'm retired, bitch.

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mother rhea, looking at demigod rhea: she's just like me fr. come here i'll give you more weapons.

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luke and lee: *exist*

annabeth, rhea, grover, travis, connor, literally everyone: I SHIP IT

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seafam game night, ft. monopoly:

amphitrite: stable queen

benthesikyme: playing it safe

rhea: having the time of her life

kymopoleia: in jail

hermes: bankrupt

rhode & triton: steady income

poseidon: crying.