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Clare: You're scamming him?

Nick: I was thinking more like flat-out stealing from him.

Clare: What? No way.

Nick: Why not? We already stole Catastros.

Catastros: Hey guys.

Clare: No we didn't. Catastros is a magic horse. He can do whatever he wants.

Catastros: I wanna steal.

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Xander: You're running away from your feelings.

Nick: Yeah. So what? I hate my feelings.

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good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

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How to Write Dialogue for (most) Dream SMP Characters

A few months ago, I remembered seeing a lot of posts giving advice on how to write dialogue for DSMP Characters. And while those posts contained numerous helpful pointers, overall, they fall just short of capturing what it means to write in a character’s Voice.

Unique character Voices, while tricky to get right, are usually achieved by giving each character a distinct set of words to say, in a manner that distinguishes them from the rest of the cast. 

With this in mind, I’ve spent the past few days combing through almost Thirty Hours of VOD footage to collect nearly all of the unique words, phrases, and speaking habits of every major and minor character on the Dream SMP (involved in 2+ story arcs.)

Before Reading:

Sentence-Starters are single words or phrases which begin a sentence. (ie. “Y’know, maybe you should try something different.”) 

Sentence Paddings are reoccurring words added to the middle of sentences. (ie. “It’s like he just can’t cry.”) 

Sentence Endings are single words or phrases which end a sentence. (ie. “There’s no need to fight, I hope.”)

All three of these types can be combined with one another to create more natural-sounding sentences. For instance, if a character has the two Sentence-Starters “Okay” and “So,” they can be used like this; “Okay, so, I’m a bit worried.”

(Note: When certain traits or phrases aren’t obvious with how they should be applied to dialogue, an (ie.) will be added below to illustrate them.)

Wilbur

General Traits:

Repeats himself for emphasis. Sometimes these repetitions will add additional information. More often, this repetition is focused around a specific word with the circumstance of the sentence being changed each time.

ie. “I’m living in an eternal limbo again. I’ve been through limbo, I’m out of limbo, and socially, I’m still in this limbo.”

Highly eloquent in language, bordering on poetic.

Highly introspective; significantly less so after Eret’s betrayal and onward.

Occasionally makes literary analogies and references, sometimes breaking the Fourth Wall to do so.

Curses semi-frequently. Wilbur is the only known character to use the word “cunt,” although rare.

Common Go-To Swears - Fuck, Shit, Prick, Bastard, Hell, Ass (Including all variations and combinations.)

Tends to hum when he thinks to himself.

Stutters most often when offended, shocked, or surprised.

Generally addresses characters semi-formally, often by title or role.

Often slips into long-form monologues when self-reflecting.

Usually defaults to being the head of a conversation; introducing, managing, and elaborating on topics throughout, especially when speaking to three or more people.

Circumstantial Phrases:

You and I, we’re ━ (To connect positively with someone.)

ie. “You and I, we’re used to seeing the good in people.”

I wanna pick your brain / Can I pick your brain? (To ask about someone else.)

Don’t say that, I’ll cry (Affectionate banter, only to Tommy.)

I’m afraid ━ (When hopeless or delivering bad news.)

ie. “I’m afraid there’s no getting out of this now.”

There’s no reason to ━ / There’s no reason for ━ / There’s no need for ━  (When being threatened or breaking up a fight.)

ie. “There’s no need for violence, gentlemen.”

Keep reading

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Daniel to Daniel communication

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Video Game Idea.

A game that is marketed as your standard fishing game and for the first 20 minutes or so you catch normal fish like bluegill and bass and what have you. But the further you go into the lake you start to catch fish with mutations and it gets more and more intense until you’re pulling in Eldritch horror monsters and sometimes severed human limbs. You realize you don’t recall how you got to this lake in the first place and the objective becomes to find your way back to shore. You have no real weapons but you can throw the creatures you’ve caught far away from the boat as a means to distract whatever is underneath you, bumping into the boat sometimes. Additional items for the game.

A fishing pole with a radar that starts out with just beeps but later includes noises with hidden messages.

A GPS that displays texts and story elements.

You meet other boaters, all from various backgrounds, countries, and time periods. Some are friendly, others want to sacrifice you to the lake monsters.

You can also take the route of sacrificing others to the lake monster.

Or you can assemble a party and work to keep them safe.

The more fucked up looking the fish you catch, the closer you’re getting to a boss fight, which is usually running from something you can only see part of in the water.

????

And that’s my game idea.

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I wanna talk about power rangers stuff but don't exactly know what to talk about.

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The Hermits discover a set of magical artifacts and become Power Rangers. How do 24 people become 5 superheroes? Simple. They share the magical artifacts, so everyone gets a chance. I don't care if it goes against tradition it's Grian's turn as the Red Ranger! They are the most effective ranger team ever documented - their fighting styles change too often for the monsters to try and create a hard counter. Let's ignore that they're responsible for a lot more damage than the monsters are, Ok?;) 🍬

well there are a lot of versions of power rangers right? so there are 5 teams of power rangers active, TFC often sits out because ya know he getting old bones aren’t what they used to be

the teams are often mistaken to be one team that can change their ‘specialty’ until on of the villain got a bit too villainy and witnesses the full force of the hermits

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Clare: Where's your optimism?

Leelee: It opted out.

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*walks into the power rangers fandom and places these down before running away into the night* (list of characters in each meme under the cut btw!)

In case yall need a refresher on the rangers in there (which... i do not Blame U)

1. Tommy Oliver - Dino Thunder era

2. Wes & Eric - Time Force

3. Bridge, Sky, and Syd - SPD

4. Tommy, Kimberly, and Jason - Mighty Morphin

5. Left to right: Xander, Chip, Nick, Vida, Madison - Mystic Force

6. Left to right: Antonio (Samurai), Eric (Time Force), Trent (Dino Thunder)

7. Left to right: Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, Tommy, Goldar, Scorpina - Mighty Morphin

8. Trip, Wes, and Eric - Time Force

9. Tori, Shane, Dustin - Ninja Storm

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On a journey to watch everything from Power Rangers Wild Force to Dino Fury

I have so much to say about each season so far. I'm nearly done with Operation Overdrive, and I don't like it that much in comparison to Mystic Force.

I'd like to scream about it with someone at some point lmao.

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koragg: i have a potion that will turn you into a ghost.

nick: oh yeah? what's that

koragg: it's called poison.

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comfort images

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ROADTRIP? 

Ah yes, a fun road trip indeed.