#writing rambling

[inkstaindusk]

Hm... hmmmm...... I had a thought about a moment when Aventurine could have fallen in love with Ratio (not that he lets himself realize it lol) but now that it's been sitting in my brain for a while I'm having second thoughts. The initial idea was going to be very dramatic, somewhat paralleling Penacony in that if Penacony was the time Ratio helped Aventurine realize he wanted to live, when Aventurine fell in love it was during another assignment where he almost died but Ratio actually physically helped save his life that time.

On the other hand, I feel like Aventurine's life is already so dramatic that it would instead happen over something totally normal, like Ratio giving Aventurine coffee before a meeting or the two of them complaining (gossiping) about their coworkers, just something that could happen whenever but it's so comfortable and safe that it's nonetheless pivotal for someone who doesn't usually get to have normal.

Hrmmmm......

[anthurak]

You know one of the main reasons we should see polycules in fantasy stories? Consider settings where the ‘Power of Love’ is a real, tangible force.

Now just imagine the POWER a fully realized polycule could have.

Like we’ve seen just how much power can be generated by the love between a hero and a love-interest.

Now imagine if we take the love between the heroine and her GF, then add onto that the love between the heroine and her rival-turned-lover, AND the love between the rival and the aforementioned GF who are estranged childhood friends who have finally admitted their long-repressed feelings for each other.

Just turning a couple into a throuple potentially TRIPLES the number of potential love-generating links.

And that’s just with three people in a polycule.

A four-person polycule? That’s SIX times the potential power.

A five-person polycule is TEN times the power.

A six-person is FIFTEEN times.

You can see how this can get nutty VERY quickly.

Heck, imagine if in such a setting, the idea of polycules is initially ridiculed out of some belief that ‘love’ is some finite resource and a polycule is merely dividing up that power.

Only for the protag-polycule to prove this notion DEVASTATINGLY wrong.

[writingwritewrite-storymaker]

ya'll feel free to message me if you want to ramble about your writing because I'm a good listener and i know yall just want to yap sometimes. Maybe I'll have advice maybe I won't that part is a gamble but I'll listen because sometimes 👏writers👏just👏want👏to👏ramble👏

Also I know it's weird to just message someone with an 'is it OK if I just tell you about my writing' but guys— I am happy to just sit and listen (or read I guess coz this is online but still) I’m a fast reader so any of you thinking ‘oh but this is a lot’ no. No it isn’t. I read the book Children of Blood and Bone in less than a day with time to help my dad at a hardware store. Don’t worry about it.

writer’s oath, I promise I won’t tell anyone else if you ramble to me in the direct message thing or tell anyone about your stories unless you explicitly want me to. I will not steal any of your ideas, that’s one of the worst things anyone could do, and know that I will never make fun of you. Writing is a very important thing to a lot of people and a lot of people also really don’t think they’re good enough. You are. It may not be perfect, but eventually you’ll need to say good enough and lots of people will think that it is. That being said, if you do want any help or any proof reading of anything (even just like a sentence you can’t decide on) I can do that, I do a whole lot of creative writing so even if it’s not my favorite genre or something I know a decent amount about it and I’ll try my best to help if you want it (once again, I’m not just going to like start critiquing unless you deliberately ask for it)

[a bit about myself below the cut]

About Me:)

She/Her cis

Aroace (black stripe ace to be specific in that area, and I can’t remember the term for an aromantic who’s fine like, seeing it or reading it and stuff but doesn’t want it at all. Also I don’t feel either of those things at all (like yk how it’s ’little to no’ bla bla bla? I’m on the ‘no’ part)

Who I Don’t Want To See:

Transphobes, homophobes, aphobes, sexists, racists, hateful people in general.

Current Thing That I Desperately Need To Finish Or I’ll Explode But I’m Procrastinating (or CTTIDNTFOIEBIP, for short lmao):

Six book fantasy series (that includes a second arc (also six books probably) which has ties into another series I want to write which has ties to another thing I want to write which—it’s getting out of hand, really. I need sleep.)

I Am (regarding above): Writing book 3’s first draft, not looking at book 2’s first draft, and needing to be bullied into finally finishing book 1’s final draft.

[moremysteries]

I desperately want to write a story about aromantic pain. Not because I think it's more valuable than aromantic joy, but because the frustrations and misunderstandings we experience often aren't really talked about.

Like, there's so many stories out there now about how painful it is for one's same sex crush to end up straight, or the fear that one's same sex crush might be straight or homophobic. And to be clear, I think it's great there's more stories about these queer experiences. But I wish there were also stories about how painful it is for your allo crush to end up entirely opposed to the idea of a queerplatonic relationship / being gummy mates because it's "too weird", or the fear that your crush would misunderstand your feelings entirely.

But I want to combine that with aro joys. I want to write a relationship that entirely breaks all allo expectations. I want the "I hope we stay best friends forever", "me too", to be accentuated with a kiss. I want a couple that makes friendship bracelets together but also makes out. I want a couple who everyone thinks should date, but they're super happy in their own way.

[midnight--capricorn]

Another day, another opportunity to make an au that drastically changes canon. And I mean all of canon.

It just feels really weird trying to put the medieval fantasy rpg into 1800s england though

[kikis-writing-world]

I've been feeling really creative lately, despite the depression. It's been nice. I've brainstormed and plotted out an idea I like for a story (that either could come out as a slightly AU Eddie Munson x OC or just a completely original tale, haven't yet decided what I want to do with it.) I've also started thinking about the novel I've neglected for years. No physical work done on it yet, but staring at a screen thinking counts as writing, as we all know.

Despite feeling like parts of my life are spiraling out of control, that's been a nice surprise.

[salabanders]

A little doodle I did last night. I have a current obsession with crows and raven (well, that's ungoing, but swelling 😅) ... So they are characters in my writing, and I try to doodle them...

[quitealotofsodapop]

Me writing about chinese mythos/jttw characters like: "Wait... would it be appropriate for Guanyin to *just show up* on earth? Even if the event she's attending to could affect the fate of reality?"

Journey to the West: "She once legit got despressed cus her goldfish ran away, and she went to earth in her jammies to get him back."

Me: "No yeah. This is perfectly in character for her."

[xxwritemeastoryxx]

-works on WIP and getting it ready to queue;

Brain: WAIT! WHAT IF WE -tosses out a twist that will work really well;

Me: If we do that, we'll need to add another chapter. It's gonna throw things off.

Brain:

[blizzardprincess]

Rp struggles

As a writer and someone who does RP, I hate it when I have a character that I love so much but I can't use her because she's a girl and my RP partner prefers male characters...

In this new RP I have three characters, two girls and one guy. It is very obvious he favors my male character. I have so much lore for the two girl characters and yes even for the male character, I don't discriminate while crafting my characters. My main thing is I put the character first, I don't care about the gender. However he sees my male characters and automatically is drawn to them first because they have d!cks. He's literally admitted that.

I just don't know what to do. I don't want to only make male characters but in order for them to have written screen time I feel like they have to be male. I am so proud of how I write my characters and I love writing my female characters, but he prefers my male characters. Honestly this male character so far has been so BORING for me to write because of this factor. I know the only reason he's liked is because he's a male character. I'm tired.

I guess I just don't understand why someone would prefer a character because of what's in their pants, probably because I'm asexual. I like a character based on their character, but he always likes a character first up because the character is a man.

I don't know what to do, I really don't and I feel like I've said that enough. I've tried to bring this up to him but he just brushes off my feelings, I don't know why. I try to always listen to him and honestly I wasn't even going to make a male character but I forced him in there because I know what he prefers. My first two designs for the RP were the two female characters, but then I got extremely anxious that he wouldn't want to RP if I didn't add a male character, so I forced myself to. Now he's overshining my other two characters, even though I'm convinced if one of my female characters was a male he'd be all over her. But no because she's a girl she gets side lined.

[inkstaindusk]

Why do Aventurine and Ratio gotta YAP so much oh my godddd I'm trying to write this confession scene but these two just have to keep going on and on without getting to the point even though at this point they already know. Ratio was supposed to say "I love you" like 600 words ago

[waywardsou2]

Some idiot: "Why are you reading your own fic, that's shallow and stupid"

All fanfic writers and writers everywhere: "Who the fuck do you think I wrote it for?!"

[honestlydarkprincess]

i know what this situation needs…explicit fanfiction

[axel-ambassador]

Bruh did I just get clocked wtf

[foldingfittedsheets]

I went on an adventure today to return a pillow to IKEA with my coworker @astrid696.

We were having a nice day and got stuck in traffic coming home. On the way her phone rang and she was driving so she declined the call with a sigh. “I feel so bad for him,” she said.

“You know that number?”

She did. It turns out her phone number had previously belonged to a woman named Serena. The man calling was her dad. He had Alzheimer’s and didn’t remember his daughter was dead, so he just called the number he knew was hers.

I was stricken to hear this. “Do you talk to him?”

“Yeah. Sometimes he thinks I’m her and we talk. I have a notebook with facts I’ve learned about her so I can connect with him better. Sometimes he knows I’m not her and I say I’m her friend.”

I struggled with the beauty and humanity of this for a moment. “What’s his name?”

“I don’t know; I just call him Dad.”

We sat in silence and I was overwhelmed with feelings. That she was so kind and thoughtful about this random connection. A man who called and spoke to her with love for the daughter he missed.

"One time," she added, "he called me just after I had a difficult day with my mom. I knew Serena and her mom had a rocky relationship so I talked to him about my frustrations with my own mother and he gave the following advice: ‘Everyone fails sometimes, even parents; what's important is to communicate with our loved ones, even when it's difficult.’

“I have never forgotten that advice and it healed a portion of my heart."