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Signs a Character Is Falling in Love

ෆ They Start Noticing the Small Things. The way the other person laughs. How they stir their coffee. The exact shape of their handwriting.

ෆ Hyper-Awareness of Touch. A brush of fingers becomes a full-body event. They replay it later. On loop.

ෆ They Look for Them First in a Room. Just a glance. A check. Not because they care. Obviously.

ෆ Jealousy They Can’t Explain. A spike of irritation when someone else makes them laugh. What’s that about? They don’t want to know.

ෆ Their Defenses Go Weird. More sarcasm. More teasing. Or less of everything. Silence, suddenly.

ෆ Uncharacteristic Generosity. Lending a book. Making a playlist. Bringing coffee “just because.” They’re not in love. They’re just nice.

ෆ They Get Irritated by Their Own Reactions. Why do they care so much? Why are they thinking about this? Why won’t it stop?

ෆ They Start Mirroring. Their speech patterns shift. Their posture echoes the other person. It’s subconscious. It’s terrifying.

ෆ They Avoid Eye Contact More Than Usual. Because they’re afraid if they look too long, the truth will pour out.

ෆ They Rehearse Conversations in Their Head. Over and over, what they could say, what they wish they said. They’re not in love. Nope. Definitely not.

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You're a 'chimerical being,' meaning imagined objects can interact with you physically. Pros: You can eat imaginary food and get the full benefits of eating real food. Cons: finger guns hurt like hell, and anyone can put you in an invisible box easily. And children… don't get me started.

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"My parents taught me that truth can be bought. That everyone is a liar and only money is honest. I learnt how to lie before I learnt how to speak. 'Our word against theirs' was our family motto. But... I don't want to be like that anymore. I want to tell the simple, honest truth, just once."

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transfemme x transmasc relationships are peak bc it manages to be straight in the gayest way possible.

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You were bitten by a vampire but you didn't die, instead the vampire died. The next day, you're captured by vampires and marked as unsafe for consumption. All because you had a rare, incurable condition in your blood. Cool, now you are a vampire slayer who kills vamps by letting 'em bite you.

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Idea for a historical dark comedy, that would work just as well in so many different eras and places that I couldn't pick one:

A royal court where everyone is trying to murder the current ruler, but everyone's schemes just keep cancelling each other out. Everyone on the outside thinks that this period of rule is remarkably and unusually peaceful, but what are you going to do when someone's trying to kill the king with poison A, at the same time when someone else doused his drink with poison B, which are paradoxally antidotes for each other, and the third poison, extracted from a piece of supposedly cursed mouldy bread, is just antibiotic enough to treat the syphilis the king got from the courtesan who was sent to seduce him.

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I would love to see a fantasy novel where the lore that the reader / protagonist learns at first is not true

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Trained from birth as an assassin, your mind was bound by a powerful control spell. Sent to kill an archmage, they cast Dispel to weaken you—accidentally freeing your mind instead. For the first time, your dagger points wherever you choose.

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what if people over a certain height had a special currency called tall coins that short people didn’t know about. And one day you’re walking with your friend (huge) and she drops something and you pick it up and say what is this and she says oh that’s my tall coin don’t worry about it. But you did worry

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friendly reminder that the age of technology is coming to an end and a new age of blood magic and dark rituals will take its place

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Wizard: Oh, I like your Goblin detecting sword! That's funny.

Goblin who thought they just had a cool glowing sword: ... My what now?

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You’re a rogue with enough gold to last ten lifetimes. But old habits die hard—you sneak through crowds, slipping coins into people’s pockets. The kingdom is buzzing about the mysterious, generous "thief."

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The year is 2365. Humanity joins a multi-galactic war. Every other race has plasma weapons. Humans arrive—with ships full of rocks. The aliens laugh—until humanity starts destroying planets with meteor showers.

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Sheep body language

Since the body language of cats is pretty common knowledge, I haven't had to research it too much for fic-writing purposes. I haven't gotten a chance to interact with sheep nearly as often as I have cats, though, so I find myself looking up the body language of sheep quite often. I thought it might be helpful/interesting to share some of what I've found over the years of writing CotL fics, in case anyone wants to use it to help with their writing/art c: Some of this I've learned from professional/farming resources, but most of it is honestly just from reading forums about sheep and reading the "informal data" about people's experiences with sheep!

Stomping, quite predictably, means a sheep is irritated/aggressive, but their stomping isn't actually all that loud as you might expect with hooves. (Thus, it's easy to misjudge how aggressive a sheep might be feeling if their stomping is fairly quiet.)

If they're pawing someone, though, it often means they're trying to pester for treats/pets.

Ears turned sideways or a bit backwards means a sheep is relaxed. Pointing backwards usually indicates fear. Pointing forwards, especially if the head is tilted up, can indicate either stress or curiosity (the common denominator here is the sheep is trying to figure out what's going on/if something is unfamiliar or new). Asymmetrical ears are associated with stress or frustration as well.

Scared or uncomfortable sheep might drop their heads, as if to blend in with the flock/their surroundings

If the ears are flicking, the sheep is probably frustrated or stressed. Their ears tend to move more often the more uncomfortable they are

They also tend to snort when they're annoyed

Half-shut eyes indicate feeling safe, but squinting can indicate the sheep's in pain. Another common sign of pain is grinding their teeth.

Bunting is an aggressive gesture, and so is lowering the head/presenting the forehead and backing up (preparing to bunt).

On a similar note, head pets or horn touches can similarly be taken as a show of dominance/challenge since rams headbutt. Top-of-the-head pets should be given with caution, only if you know the sheep enjoys it, but it'll depend on the individual

Common places sheep like to be pet: base of/behind/inside the ears, under-neck, under the jaw, chest, under the belly, top of the tail, behind the horns (apparently sheep can get itchy behind the horns). If they're really happy with the scratches they might lick the air.

Happy tail wiggles.

Sheep can get the zoomies when they're excited.

It takes about 4-5 sheep to get them to display their normal flocking behaviors. Isolation from other sheep "causes severe stress and should be avoided," and sheep separated from their mothers in young childhood tend to be more anxious in adulthood even when in company of others :)

Take the above info as much or as little as you'd like to, since we're all making fan creations that are fictional anyway so you should do whatever you want forever. Anyway, have fun with these

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me when the plot won't plot like it should

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guess who just got ✨dommed by the narrative✨✨✨