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So beautiful!! Thank you so much for participating and creating such amazing poetry!!

the living dead | aspen blackwood

a poetic remix of The Scoundrel & the Gloved Princess by @eternalnoirethevampire for her discord event!

another unofficial offering for my all souls x mcu fusion au series, blade of nightshade, be my strength not my ruin!

The blood that pumps through

thy veins begot the rage that burns bright, a blaze

A cruel mistress is she, time

has always been life’s greatest foe

Blade of time, a lancing ache

immortality, a solitary curse

Kept away from those held dear as the veil closes

suffering long as consciousness fades with the seasons

Slumber sinks into pale, Irish flesh

ripping the future away with the sting of death

Loss presented like a gift, such permanence

The hour of wakefulness escapes like a hare

Time has no respect for those that grieve

Passion with no place to go

But what is grief, if not love persevering?

An eternity spent without someone to love

Oh time, suffering the sting of absent love for centuries

When will salvation be granted

Yearning to uncover these mysteries, there is desire in released serenity

Oh liquid fire, oh sunshine and air,

why do you push away thy metaled moon?

Do this and it will be your doom.

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Beautiful rendition!!

rebirth | aspen blackwood

a poetic remix of The Demon & the Wolf by @eternalnoirethevampire for her discord event!

An unofficial offering for my all souls x mcu fusion au series, blade of nightshade, be my strength not my ruin!

The heavens had split open

as illumination streamed through the crack

in the skies

Of lilac and teal, of vermilion and cerulean,

the divine brought forth new life

Darkness and light cover thee,

the purest form of love

has thou been conceived

Only in the land of endless night shall thy home

be made, parted from thy begetters where

the midnight sun never sets.

A blessing on this babe, thy path is forever marked

Oh shadow princess, oh quicksilver,

why doth thou hide?

Your place is amongst the rivers,

between sunset and moonrise.

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Welcome to Writing Tea & Tips!: Tumblr Community𓂃🖊

Heya there, I'm Writer's Potion, your writing neighbor :)

Did you know that Tumblr recently rolled out COMMUNITIES? Well they have, and I simply could not not create a writers' community where we:

Post memes about writing

Rant about our WIPs

Ask/give out advice and tips

Force the little people residing in our heads PAY RENT.

Currently, you can only join a community on an invite-basis, so PLEASE COMMENT BELOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN!

limit: 500 members (looking for 499 more of you!!!)

It’s currently only possible to join and participate in communities using your primary blog. You won’t be able to join, post, or reply using a secondary blog.

If you're wondering what communities are, look here.

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I'm gonna revamp this into a longer fic. Started rewatching the show and got inspired again 😇. I will still be returning to my latest series though.

The Dark Gift

After crashing landing into the land of immortality, Caroline Forbes embarks on a new journey.

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Read now for free here.

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not somebody bookmarking my fic and adding "sadly dead"...

you don't know what the authors are going through. i've waited years for fic updates

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AO3 Subscribers Poll

(please reblog and share for a bigger reach <3)

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𓆩☠︎︎𓆪Dark Fantasy Tropes:

Magic Hates You: Magic usually comes at a high price and is viewed as a corrupting force that characters really shouldn’t mess with.

The Government Hates You: Whatever government exists is usually oppressive or, at the very least, doesn’t look out for anyone’s best interests. Sometimes, those who are capable of sucking up to the right people or making back-alley deals can get what they want or need. Whoever is in charge often doesn’t care about “the poor” and would rather spend time doing things that don’t involve being a leader. Or, they could just be a very bad but active leader for reasons that can range from “Wants to help but actively makes things worse somehow” to “Violent maniac with no actionable way to reign in the crazy.”

Religious Institutions Also Hate You: If the deities aren’t real or uncaring, they acts as tricksters or deliberately antagonistic to mortals, needing constant appeasement and sacrifice just to keep them from wreaking havoc.

The Protagonist Hates You: Apathy and general melancholia are strong themes in general dark fantasy. This is especially noticeable in the protagonist, who is usually reluctant to get involved in the story, on top of having a snarky personality and constantly being angry or annoyed. If they aren’t totally unsure of themselves, they are frequently, extraordinarily arrogant, uppity, or just plain nasty toward others. And, they can often be self-absorbed or unwilling to do things for others without getting something in return.

Everyone Else Hates You, Too: Supporting characters run into the same behavioral and temperamental pitfalls: unwarrantedly aggressive, snooty, apathetic, annoyed, inconvenienced, and sardonic.

The World Hates You: Most of what’s going on in the world is the result of bad leadership and bad intentions. The way things are is often portrayed as hopeless and completely unwinnable, though this doesn’t necessarily have to be the case.

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Dark, Twisted Fairytale Prompts

writing prompts by @writers_potion Check out my masterpost for more tips :)

Cinderella brutally murders her stepmother and two stepsisters at the ball. Now, the prince must track the suspect down..with a shoe.

Snow white marries the prince...who is now trying to murder her so that he can enjoy her “sleeping beauty”.

Little red riding hood is a werewolf hunter killing werewolves in hiding...including her grandmother.

The Pied Piper began to play. Every woman/man-child begins to follow him and whatever he does, they wouldn’t leave.

Rapunzel locks herself away in the tower, enslavering every man who comes to “save” her from the evil witch who, in fact, does not exist.

The princess kissed the frog...and now she was a slimy creature, too.

However, the king and queen soon realized the curse was in fact a blessing. the palace was so peaceful with the princess forever asleep and finally quiet, for once.

“God save alice, the Queen of Hearts!”

The Little Match Girl must sell off all of her ill-fated matches to step into unimaginable wealth.

The Little Mermaid strikes another deal with the witch. She would sacrifice one of her sisters to get her voice back.

Aladdin set Gini free...without knowing that the evil magic spirit had actually deserved the punishment he got.

Hanzel and Gretel realizes that the witch is in fact their birth mother who was abandoned in the woods by their stepmother, who had been their father's mistress at the time.

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things to ask yourself when designing a female character:

how much blood is she covered in

are her eyes filled with madness

can she rip things to shreds with her fingernails

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Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!

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Geology of Natural Disasters and How to write them into your fictional universe.

So, you want to write about a natural disaster to advance your plot and torture your players/characters even more? Let me tell you how, accurately.

I feel like unless it is a volcano, natural disasters are a pretty slept on plot drivers, and some of them are really cool and unique! Today, I will talk to you about land slides, earthquakes (And earthquake related disasters), and volcanoes.

Landslides: Probably one I see the least in stories, but one that would be incredibly interesting to write into a plot where they believe in curses. Landslides can happen along ocean bluffs, slightly hilly areas, and highly mountainous areas, this means it is something that can happen in most landscapes. But what can trigger a landslide? Mostly all you need to trigger a landslide could be just abnormally large amounts of rain, excessive deforestation (with a little bit of rain), or an earthquake. If you don't want to use deforestation or an earthquake as a catalyst, a really cool indicator that the land is slipping and may be prone to a collapse is J hooked trees.

This indicates that there is soil creeping slowly over time, and it may lead to a major landslide.

2. Earthquakes: Probably one of the easiest things to write, earthquakes can happen anywhere, but they are most common in places that are tectonically active areas. There are about three types of environments you can expect earthquakes to be common. The first is just rugged mountains, if your landscape looks like this, you should write in earthquakes. Associated hazards could be landslides, avalanches, and large falling rocks.

The next landscape could be a thin mountain range, next to the ocean, very scenic, but very dangerous. Essentially, I am describing a subduction zone environment.

Earthquakes in these areas could equal a couple different associated disasters. Scenario one: A very large earthquake happens, and the ocean begins to recede. This is a tsunami, enough said. If you are writing a tsunami though, please, please, do not write it as a large wave, thank you. Also, a common way people are hurt by tsunami's are from them going into the ocean because they don't understand a tsunami is going to happen.

Scenario two: A large earthquake happens, your characters are in a valley and suddenly the ground begins to liquify as the ground shakes, once the shaking stops, the ground becomes solid like nothing ever happened, except everything has suddenly sunk into the now hard ground. This is called liquefaction and it typically happens in areas that have loose dirt or lots of saturated soil.

Scenario three: There are a lot of small earthquakes, they do not cause a lot of damage, but you begin to notice that one of the isolated mountains has a plume rising. Earthquakes can indicate lava moving underground and the filling of magma chambers.

The next environment that can host lots of earthquakes would be regions that have a lot of really deep valleys and small mountain ranges (not cone volcanoes), but overall seems pretty flat.

This indicates a transform fault like the San Andreas. If you want to hint at there being earthquakes in the area, you can show fence posts that are suddenly several feet out of line at a dilapidated farm or something similar.

(These earthquakes are different because they are cased from sideways movement, not an up-and-down movement this hint can only be used for this environment). Volcanoes would not be found here, but liquefaction and landslides could still occur here.

4. Volcanoes: If you thought earthquakes had a lot of information, volcanoes do too. First you have to ask yourself, what kind of volcano you want to have, what kind of eruption style? So lets break down the kind of eruptions you can have and what their landscapes look like. Hawaiian Shield volcano: This will produce a smooth fast lava, the landscape typically is pretty flat, but there will be small cones and the rocks can have a ropey or jagged texture and the rocks will be almost exclusively black to dark red.

Stratovolcanoes: These will be solitary mountains, typically, that look like perfect cones (Picture shown in earthquake section). These will have large ash cloud eruptions and pyroclastic flows, they may have some lava, but typically most damage is done from the pyroclastic flows (think Pompeii). Some hints of these, other than describing the cone features (which can be hidden by other mountains), would be to talk about petrified wood! Trees can get fossilized in the ash and I imagine it would be very strange to find this rock that clearly looks to be a piece of wood, but its a rock. Subcategory- Calderas: Used to be a large stratovolcano, but they erupt so explosively that the entire cone collapses and creates a basin.

There are a lot of kinds of volcanoes out there, so forgive me for just putting an infographic and then talking to you about these really rare types of eruptions that I feel like people should know about.

Okay lets talk about blue lava (kind of) and black lava

You will notice the lava is still red in the middle of this image, during the day these would look like a normal eruption, but at night the burning sulfur would make it appear blue. Some cool features other than this, would be that any water in the area would become very acidic and burn the skin due to sulfuric acid. This would again be really cool if you are trying to describe a 'cursed' land.

Black lava: This happens only in the east African rift I believe, but it is a carbonatite lava, but if you are writing in a rift valley (where the continent is tearing apart to form a new ocean) this might be a cool feature. The lava will cool white and will quickly erode, it makes for a very alien landscape!

Anyway as always, this is supposed to be an introductive guide for the basics of writing geology to create cool landscapes/features into dnd or fictional universes, if you are a geologist please understand my oversimplification of tectonics, I didn't want people to run away.

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My therapist just told me my problem is that I need to write more fanfiction.

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I’m not a perfectionist, but finding a typo or a grammatical error in my own already-published fic is like stepping on a Lego honestly