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The slow day at work clearly drove me crazy today.

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they call me the forgetter because i uh

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Allow me to play devil's avocado here

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I just....I just learned that there's a word in the English language...for when you run into someone to hug them with all the enthusiasm and strength you have....I learned that it's called glomp.

My God, English has so many words to describe physical intimacy, I'm in love

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Be mean to your characters.

What do they take for granted? Take it away from them.

The one thing they know for certain? Make them doubt it.

Their worst fear? Throw it at their faces.

Make their plans fail. Make them cry. Make them question things and then learn about them and the way they react in the process.

Be mean to your character. Then be kind to them for a while, because after all that they may deserve it.

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character pairing prompts

menace of a child + their tired caretaker

flirty but easily flustered + absolutely brazen

can explain how to do it but can't do it + can do it but doesn't know how

always invested in their work + the one who takes care of them

eager to fight + eager to encourage

sunshine + midnight rain

clichéd hero + Will Break the Fourth Wall

busy saving the world + slow down, let me cook something for you

fighter + flight [er...?]

hothead + has a younger sibling

extrovert + overthinker

rbf + overthinker

will negotiate anything + lawyer

anxious + will jump right in

dumb + stupid + god I'm sick of this how did I end up here

impulsive + eager to please

Not A Couple + child they ended up with

oldest child + only child

academically smart but socially stupid + most obvious person ever

lawyer + assassin

grumpy retiree + toddler

doe-eyed Chosen One + trained for this for years

will say what they think + would kill you if they could

stupid villain + evil henchman

unilingual + group of polygots

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You’ve heard of one shots, now get ready for none shots! It’s when you think of an idea for a fic and then don’t write it

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So this has been stuck in my head ever since I heard it three days ago.

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Big fan of sun motifs in characters not necessarily being about positivity and happiness and how they're so " bright and warm" but instead being about fucking brutal they are.

Radiant. A FORCE of nature that will turn you to ash. That warmth that burns so hot it feels like ice. Piercing yellow and red and white. A character being a Sun because you cannot challenge a Sun without burning alive or taking everything down with them if victorious.

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why yes I AM making boop gifs from screen recording

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We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

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Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

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Do you know how hard I’m resisting not pressing boop 1000 times every time I see it by a random username on my dash

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