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Resources For Writing Royalty

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It’s shorter than the usual resource master post, but I found some great resources and I think this is a good jumping-off point for those who are including a royal court in the world building of their story.

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Fantasy Guide to Writing A Royal Family

How to Write A Fictional Royal Court

Writing Royalty and Nobility - Common Mistakes

Creating a Fictional Monarchy

Questions to Ask When Creating a Fictional Monarchy

Writing Royal Characters

Ethics in World Building : Monarchy

Royal Titles Around The World

Regions’ Royal History Broken Down

Early Overall History

East Asia

Medieval and modern Europe

Africa

Positions in A Royal Court

Almoner

Butler

Chamberlain

Chancellor

Chapelmaster

Chaplain

Cofferer

Confessor

Constable

Cup-bearer

Dapifer

Doorward

Eunuch

Falconer

Gentleman of the Bedchamber

Gentleman Usher

Grandmaster

Great officers

Groom of the Stool

Herald

Intendant

The Royal Fool

Keeper of the seal

King of arms

Knight/Earl Marshal

Lady-in-waiting

Maid of Honour

Majordomo

Master of Ceremonies

Master of the Horse

Master of the Hunt

Page

Panter or Grand Panetier

Secretary

Pursuivant

Seneschal

Stolnik

Standard bearer

Steward

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I’m turning to the side of evil and embracing villainy. Do you have any advice for me as I reject the path of good for all eternity.

Get a lair. Too many villains skimp on the evil lairs. Cultivate an evil laugh, too. Mocking and dangerous, and not a mad cackle.

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Hello! I'm not sure how else to start this but I need to apologize for something I did 12 years ago. I was writing fanfic for another fandom and straight ripped out the carousel scene from American Gods. And the worst part is that I knew most people in said fandom probably hadn't read American Gods so no one would pick up on it 🤦‍♀️Anyway, I developed a guilty conscience soon after and deleted the fanfic, but to this day I feel very guilty and needed to get this horrible story off my chest.

You don't have to apologise. If it's any consolation, I still feel guilty for winning a writing competition at my school when I was 12 with a Marv Wolfman horror comic plot in which a grizzled old prospector turned out to be a vampire, and when I told him, apologetically, many years later, Marv Wolfman seemed very puzzled and a little amused that I was apologising.

Young writers borrow things, like plots and characters, and try them on, like kids trying on adult clothes to see how they look in them.

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Unmute, you won’t be sorry

Your vibe is oddly bitter and reeks of insecurity

sounds like someone needs to go in the water

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I’ve posted this one so many times in various stages of unfinish but it’s done now!

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there is no reason good enough to arrest a 6 year old, this is purely racist

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All 👏🏼 Of 👏🏼 This 👏🏼

I want to add to the fanfic part. If you discover you don’t like the story as you start reading- just stop and keep scrolling. Don’t leave a nasty comment or come back and keep attacking the author simply because you don’t like that story. Constructive criticism is one thing, outright rudeness and flaming is another.

Fandom Etiquette

I’ve been around for a really long time in various fandoms, and no one ever writes this stuff down. I’ll start. Please add to the list. We can’t expect people to follow “rules” they don’t know exist. 

written with the help of @unbreakablejemmasimmons

Fanart

if you like something, reblog it. Help the artist get their work out there in front of more people. Share the joy that it brought you. 

if you want more of it, support it. This can be via commissions, reblogs, recommending the artist to other people, shouting in the tags, or sending the artist asks/messages. 

if you hate it, keep scrolling. Keep the hate in a message window with a friend, not in the artist’s notes. 

if you want to use it, ask permission. Artwork is beautiful and you want to show it off. But please ask the artist before you throw it into your header or your icon. 

if you use it, give credit. And not just a post where you say “Do you like my new icon? X made it!”. Put it in your blog description, that way when someone rolls around your blog three months from now, they also know where your icon/header came from. 

Fanfic

if you like something, reblog it. Help the author get their work out there in front of more people. Share the joy that it brought you.

if you want more of it, support it. Kudos are fine, but if you want more of the thing you like, you should comment. Subscribe to the story or the author. Send them a message about how much you like what they wrote. 

if you read it, kudos it. Or give it a thumbs up. And this is just if you managed to get all the way to the end. If you finished the story and you actually liked it? Comment and reblog. 

don’t demand content. Be patient. Stories take time. You can encourage without being demanding. Show your love for what’s there without telling them to post more often. 

be gentle with criticism. Some people want it and some people run away from it. If you don’t know what type of person the author is, it’s best not to go there. “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything.”

Fandom

ship and let ship. You love your ship and other people love theirs. No one needs to “win” when we’re all going to end up in tears anyway. 

if you hate it, stay out of the tag. This has two meanings: 1) don’t deliberately put hateful commentary in a tag and 2) if you  hate a tag, don’t go and read through that tag just to make yourself angry

if someone makes you something, appreciate it. Read and comment the fic. Like and reblog the artwork. Pimp it out and tell them how much you loved it. It’s a gift, treat it like one. 

if it’s a gift, put some effort into it. You signed up for that exchange three months ago and now it’s a week before you have to send the gift and you don’t have the time or the inclination to do the thing. Well too bad. Someone out there has been working hard in your gift, so you should do the same for them. 

none of us are “better” than anyone else. We’re all trash for our particular show/film/book/ship/artist/what-have-you. My fave is no better than yours and yours is no better than mine. 

actors are not their characters. They are people. Treat them like people. 

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1942 vs 2023

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WTF

narcissus at the pond

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The person who headlined the article has never been through struggle. He should not be prosecuted he should be supported.