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time for the rentalcar cover reveal!

artwork is by the extremely talented @antiquedeuce who did a phenomenal job, I couldn't be happier with the results :3

I'm very excited to share this silly little ginormous book with you all soon! in the meantime there's my website and mailing list so you can stay up to date with what's happening re: renting cars <3

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nothing scarier than being a fan of a fic and then becoming mutuals with the author. like hi shakespeare. big fan of your fake dating au

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💋 100 Question Sex and Kink OC Ask Game ❤️‍🔥

Get into the nitty gritty of your OC's sexuality with this game! Remember to send an ask to the person you reblog it from to make sure everyone gets to play! Now with 50 more questions! Note: when a question says "sexuality" it refers to sexual desires and feelings, not sexual orientation.

✅Biggest turn ons? Something they'll always be into?

🛑Biggest turn offs? What are their hard-nos?

🚗High or low sex drive?

💋Do they like kissing? Anywhere in particular?

💊Are they vigilant about birth control and safe sex, or more flippant?

↕️Do they prefer to bottom (be penetrated) or top (do the penetrating)? Both? Neither?

🧘Favorite position?

👄Oral sex? Giving or receiving?

📺Do they enjoy porn and/or erotica?

♟️Favorite sex toy(s)?

🎶Do they have a sex playlist?

👯Threesome? Foursome? Orgy?

🫂Was it hard to come to terms with their sexuality, or did they embrace sex from the beginning?

💜Are they on the asexual or aromantic spectrums? How does that impact their relationship to sex and kink?

⚧️How does their gender influence their relationship to sex and kink?

🏳️‍🌈How does their sexual orientation impact their relationship to sex and kink?

🤝Would they consider a "friends with benefits" situation? With who?

🥸How do they feel about hook-ups and casual sex? Would they ever seek out sex from a stranger? How would they react if propositioned?

✨Would they ever go to a sex club? Alone? With a partner(s)?

💗How often do they masturbate, if at all?

🤪How crazy is their O-face (the expression they make during orgasm)?

🔥What's the state of their sex life? Are they happy with it?

🎤Are they good at communicating their needs?

💌What do they seek out in terms of sexual compatibility?

🩷Do they prefer soft sex, or rough sex?

💯When a partner says "do anything you want to me," what do they do first?

🌌What's their "best night ever"? Have they had one yet?

👎What was their worst night ever?

👂Are they into dirty talk?

🛏️Do they like pillow talk?

🏃Are they confident about pursuing sex?

🔢How many sexual partners have they had? How many do they have now?

💖Favorite erogenous zone on themself? On others?

😍Do they see themself as sexually desirable?

🦵Favorite non-sexual body part on themself? On others?

❤️‍🔥Do they know their sexuality intimately or are they repressing some (or all) of their desires?

❓What are they still exploring about their sexuality? Are there any desires they haven't discovered/worked through yet?

⛓️How important is kink in their sex life?

❤️How did they discover their favorite kink(s)?

🧭How adventurous are they in the bedroom? Would they try something they'd never done at the drop of a hat? Would they automatically refuse?

🤔Is there a kink or other sexual experience they've never been able to try, but want to?

‼️What's the kink most people would be surprised they have?

⁉️What kink did they surprise themself with?

🙊Are they embarrassed about any of their kinks?

💞Dom, sub, switch? Do they like to play with power dynamics?

🫴What do they need from their Dom/sub?

🗨️Favorite titles (Master/Mistress, pet, toy, etc.) for themself? Their partner(s)?

💭What's their ideal kink scene?

🍵What do they do for aftercare?

🎬Are they into role-play? What do they like to play?

👔Do they dress up for sex (lingerie, collar, maid dress, suit and tie, etc.)? What's their favorite outfit?

🙌Do they prefer praise or degradation? A mix of both?

😖Are they a huge tease, or the one being teased?

❤️‍🩹Sadism or masochism? Both? Neither?

🧛Are they into biting others? Being bitten?

👀Exhibitionism or voyeurism?

🙈Do they have any particularly taboo kinks? Age-play, fauxcest, race-play, etc.?

🐕Pet play? What kind of pet are they? What pet would they prefer to have?

🏙️How far would they go in public?

🏰Sex drawer in their dresser, or kink-dedicated sex dungeon?

🆓Free use? For themself or their partner(s)?

🚦Do they have a go-to safe word? Do they use other kinds of signals?

🎀Bondage? Ropes, leather cuffs, nylon, or something else? Are they the rigger or the rope bunny?

🤕What kind of pain are they into, if any?

🔪Are they into weapon-play? Knives, guns, etc.?

⚠️Are they into consensual non-consent (CNC)? Which role do they prefer? Any particular scenarios?

🫁Do they like breath play or choking?

🩸Bodily fluids? Blood, spit, cum, piss, scat?

🙄Brat or brat-tamer?

🔐Are they into orgasm control/denial? As the giver or receiver?

🍫Would they bring food into the bedroom?

🫄Are they into breeding or pregnancy?

🦄Do they have any pure fantasy kinks, things that aren't possible in real life (or the world your story takes place in)?

🩺Are they into medical play? As the doctor or patient?

🧊Temperature play? Hot or cold?

🕯️Wax play? Scented candles or plain?

🌿Are they into intoxication or forced intox? Which substances?

🖊️Body writing? What would they write on their partner(s)? What would they want written on them?

🙇Are they into body worship? For themself or others? Do they like to worship a specific body part?

🧥Do they have any texture fetishes, like leather or latex?

🪮Do they like hair pulling, or pulling a partner's hair?

🙏Are they into begging, or making someone else beg?

🎁They get a suggestive gift from a partner. What's inside?

🔮Are there any unique or fantastical aspects of sexuality in the world of your WIP that they engage in? Non-human characteristics, magic?

🗺️Does their culture have a strong impact on their sexuality? Which parts?

👪Did their family or how they were raised impact their sexuality? How?

💏How do their past relationships impact their sexuality?

⛪Does their faith impact their sexuality? In what ways?

📕If there was a book about their sexuality, what would it be called?

📢How private are they about their sex life and sexual preferences?

🪨Do they identify with stone sexuality? Have they in the past? ("Stone" refers to not wanting to receive any sexual touch and/or only desiring sexual touch in specific ways with specific partners. Popularized by Leslie Feinberg in Stone Butch Blues.)

😤Do they seek out sex when angry or frustrated? Would they offer sex to a frustrated partner?

🍷What never fails to get them "in the mood"?

😬Do they have any bad sexual habits?

🕳️Would they ever use a glory hole? Have they used one before?

😭Have they ever cried during sex? What happened?

💵What are their feelings on sex work? Have they ever done sex work, or paid a sex worker for services?

📱Do they enjoy sexting or phone sex?

👃Are there any scents that arouse them? Do they wear a scent to arouse their partner(s)?

😷Have they ever gotten an STD? How serious was it?

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🧑‍🍼100 Question OC Family Dynamics Ask Game👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Get into the weeds of your OC’s family relationships with this game! Can be applied to blood, adopted, and found family dynamics. Remember to send an ask to the person you reblog it from to make sure everyone gets to play!

🔢How many parents/guardians did they grow up with? How many do they have now?

🤝Did they get along with their parent(s)/guardian(s) in childhood? Do they now?

💞If they had more than one, which of their parents/guardians did they get along best with in their childhood? Is that still the case?

⚠️Do they go to their parent(s)/guardian(s) for advice regularly? Only in emergencies? Never?

📞Do they speak with their parent(s)/guardian(s) regularly?

🪢How did they bond with their parent(s)/guardian(s) in childhood? Do they still bond that way?

🏈Did they pick up any hobbies or interests from their parent(s)/guardian(s)? Which ones?

😤Did they ever intentionally go against their parent(s)/guardian(s) in a fit of defiance? What did they do?

🫵Were they often grounded by their parent(s)/guardian(s)?

📖What values did their parent(s)/guardian(s) really drill into their head?

🤔What are things they picked up from their parent(s)/guardian(s) that weren’t intentionally taught?

✂️Have they completely cut off one or more of their parents/guardians? Why?

🚼How many siblings did they grow up with, if any?

🛝Did they get along with their sibling(s) in childhood? Do they now?

📅How far apart in age are they and their sibling(s)?

😡What’s the dumbest sibling argument they’ve ever had?

😇What’s the fondest memory they have with their sibling(s)?

😋Do they have any goofy inside jokes with their sibling(s)?

💝What do they like most about having sibling(s)?

💔What do they dislike the most about having sibling(s)?

👍What’s a situation where they really appreciated having their sibling(s) around?

👎What’s a situation where they wished they’d been an only child?

1️⃣If they’re an only child, have they ever wished they had siblings?

⚔️Are they protective of their sibling(s)? Are their sibling(s) protective of them?

📢Do they speak with their sibling(s) regularly?

🎹Did they pick up any hobbies or interests from their sibling(s)? Which ones?

🙅‍♀️Were they the type to do the complete opposite of whatever their sibling(s) did? Why?

🚩Have they completely cut off one or more of their siblings? Why?

⭐Did their parent(s)/guardian(s) show favoritism between siblings? How did that impact the siblings’ relationships? The child-parent relationships?

🫴Did they have trouble with being asked to share their friends with their sibling(s) growing up? Vice versa?

2️⃣Are they a twin/triplet/etc.? Identical or fraternal?

🌍How did being a twin/triplet/etc. impact their relationship to their parent(s)/guardian(s), their twin/siblings, and the world?

♊If twins/triplets/etc., did their parent(s)/guardian(s) obsess about making them exactly the same? How did that impact their relationships/personalities?

🧓Do they have living grandparents? Did they ever meet their grandparents?

🫂Were their grandparent(s) a big part of their childhood?

🏠Did they go over to their grandparents’ house often?

🪑Were their grandparent(s) regular caretakers when their parent(s)/guardian(s) weren’t available?

✨Did their grandparent(s) show favoritism between siblings? How did that impact the siblings’ relationships? The child-grandparent relationships?

🌪️Did their grandparent(s) show favoritism between their parent/guardian and one of their siblings? How did that impact the family?

⛈️Have they completely cut off one or more of their grandparents? Why?

🤯Do they have aunts/uncles/piblings and/or cousins?

🥳Do they get along with a particular aunt/uncle/pibling best?

🙋Do they get along with a particular cousin the best?

👋Were they close with their aunt(s)/uncle(s)/pibling(s) in childhood? Are they still?

🫰Were they close with their cousin(s) in childhood? Are they still?

🤪Do they have a “fun uncle” type family member?

❌Have they completely cut off one or more of their cousins? Why?

😵Have they completely cut off one or more of their aunts/uncles/piblings? Why?

📏Do they know their extended family well? Are they basically strangers?

👀How often do they see their extended family members? Which side of the family do they see most often?

💗Do they prefer one side of the family more?

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦How would they define “family”?

‼️What’s the most important part of having a “family” to them?

🙏Are there things about their family they wish were different?

💪Do they identify strongly with any family terms? (i.e. big/little sibling, a parent, Aunt/Uncle/Pibling [name])

💒How do their cultural values inform their relationship with their family?

⁉️Do they have a family relationship that’s considered unconventional in their culture?

🫄Do they want to start a family of their own one day? Have they already?

📝Do they want to emulate their family’s dynamics? Do they want to avoid it as much as possible?

🏫What would they teach their kids about what family means if/when they have any?

🚸Would they want their kids to be involved with their other family members, or as far away as possible?

🎭Are they worried about “becoming like their parent(s)/guardian(s)” as they age?

🤐Are they keeping any “family secrets”? How serious are they?

🙊Are they keeping any secrets from their family? Why?

🔮Do they have any “family curses”? Are they real?

😉Did they have any family friends growing up that they saw regularly? Do they still?

🏆Is their family well-known where they grew up? For good reasons or unfortunate ones?

💊How much caretaking did/do they do for their older family members? Is it more or less than is expected of them?

🧼How much caretaking did/do they do for their youngest family members? Is it more or less than is expected of them?

🩺Do they expect their kids or other family members to take care of them when they get older?

😱How would they react to being asked to care for an ill and/or elderly family member long-term?

🏡When did they move out of their childhood home? Have they moved out? Do they plan to?

🏢Would they ever want to live in the same house with their family members long-term? For their whole life?

📌Do they live close to their family? By choice?

🗺️What’s the maximum distance they’d ever live from their family?

🦺Can they count on their family members to help in an emergency?

😢Have they ever disappointed any member of their family?

😔Have any of their family members disappointed them?

🎖️What’s a time they felt extremely proud of their family?

🎉What’s a time their family celebrated one of their achievements?

💢Do they argue with their family a lot? About anything in particular?

🙈How many embarrassing stories would their family be able to tell about them?

🗣️How many embarrassing stories could they tell about their family?

📚What’s a family story they always tell people?

💛What’s their favorite story that their parent(s)/guardian(s) have told?

🪦Were any of their partners given the “if you hurt my kid, they’ll never find your body” talk from their parent(s)/guardian(s)? How embarrassing was it?

👌Were their parent(s)/guardian(s) accepting of their partner(s)?

✌️Did their sibling(s) accept their partner(s)?

🤗Do they consider their partner’s family to be their family too?

🤢What kinds of traits in other families are they jealous of, if any?

😄Is there any trait they particularly appreciate about their family?

🫡Are they proud to talk about their family to other people?

👂Do they enjoy listening to other people talk about their families?

🎳Are their friends welcome among their family? Only certain friends?

🎈Do they celebrate any extremely specific holidays that their family pretty much invented from scratch?

🐕Did they have any family pets growing up? Do they have any now?

🐈Were their parent(s)/guardian(s) opposed to having a pet? Did it ever change?

🐸Did having a family pet encourage them to have pets if/when they moved out?

🐭Do they consider pets to be a part of the family?

🃏Wild card! Ask anything you want!

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✨100 Question Platonic OC Dynamics Ask Game👋

Does your OC have a ton of friends? Do they have one friend? No matter how much friendship is in their life, you can answer questions about it here! This game is friend-focused, but if you want some family questions you can check out my Family Dynamics ask game! Remember to send an ask to the person you reblog it from to make sure everyone gets to play!

Are they good at making friends? What makes it so easy for them?

Do they struggle to maintain friendships? Why?

Do they have a best friend? Multiple?

Do they prefer a ton of friends or a small group?

Do they ever wish they had more friends? Fewer friends?

How close do they have to be to consider someone a “friend”? How does someone go from “acquaintance” to “friend” in their mind?

What’s the most memorable way they’ve met a friend?

What’s the longest friendship they’ve ever had?

Have they ever had a “friend break-up” before? What happened?

Have any of their friendships/friend groups imploded in a particularly dramatic way? What happened?

Are there any friends they’ve lost touch with? Would they ever want to get back in touch?

Do they prefer to hang out with their friends in groups or one-on-one?

How do they hang out with their friends? Do they go out to a restaurant, the club, the rock-climbing range, or just hang out at home?

What’s the fondest memory they have with their friends?

What’s a painful memory they have of their friends?

Have they ever changed themselves to “fit in” with a group of people, in the hopes of making friends? How did it go?

Do they have overlapping friend groups from different spaces?

Do they have a particular friend they go to when times are tough?

Are they the designated “shoulder to cry on” among their friends? How do they feel about it?

Do they have any “unlikely” friends? How did they meet?

Are they a physically affectionate friend? With certain people or with everyone?

How would they make friends in a new location where they don’t know anyone?

Do they have any “dealbreakers” when it comes to making friends with someone?

Do they consider their co-workers friends? Do they have a separate “work friends” category that’s separate from their “regular friends”?

How do they celebrate with their friends? Birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, etc.?

Do they travel and/or go on vacation with their friends?

Congrats, your OC won a cruise vacation! But they can only bring one friend. Who do they pick?

How do they handle when their friends are late to things? Are they the “late friend”?

Do they have any close family friends? How long have the families known each other?

Do they serve a “family friend” role for any of their friends’ families?

Are they close with any of their friends’ parents/siblings?

Which friend would they go to with their darkest secret? None at all?

Are they good at keeping their friends’ secrets?

Have they ever been betrayed by a friend? What happened?

Have they ever betrayed one of their friends? Why?

Are they good at communicating with their friends?

What’s the biggest favor they’ve ever done for a friend?

What’s the biggest favor they’ve asked of a friend?

If they’re in a relationship, are they friends with their partner’s friends too?

Do they feel obligated to be friends with their friends’ partners?

How do they feel when their friends start dating each other? How do they feel about dating their friends?

Would they consider being in a queerplatonic relationship with any of their friends? Are they already?

Did they have a queerplatonic relationship in the past? How did it turn out?

Would they consider being a friends-with-benefits with any of their friends? ? Are they already?

Did they have a friends-with-benefits relationship in the past? How did it turn out?

Do they complain with their friends often? About anything specific?

Do they play any games or sports with their friends?

Oh no! Two of their friends (of your choice) have events scheduled at the same time! Which one do they attend?

Which friend would they call upon to baby/pet/housesit?

Would they ever baby/pet/housesit for a friend?

Do they have fights with their friends often? Over what?

Are any of their friends very jealous people?

Are they jealous of any of their friends?

Do they consider themself a good friend? Are they actually a good friend?

Are any of their friends… perhaps not the best company?

Have any of their friends had to call them out for any sort of “unfriendly” behavior?

Have they ever had to give a friend a wake-up call for their “unfriendly” behavior?

Do their friends spread rumors? Do they help?

Have they ever defended a friend from a nasty rumor?

Have they ever gotten their friend(s) in trouble? For what?

Have their friends ever gotten them in trouble? For what?

Which of their friends would they choose to live with (if they aren’t living together already)?

Have they ever been roommates with any of their friends? Did it work out?

Are they the regular event-planner for their friend group?

What’s the funniest inside joke they have with their friends?

Do they have any friendship jewelry with their friends? A ring, necklace, bracelets, etc.?

Which hobbies do they share with their friends, if any?

Do they have sleepovers with their friends?

What do they value most in a friend?

What do they think their best quality as a friend is?

Is there someone they wish they could be friends with?

Is there someone they wish they’d never been friends with?

What would they do if their partner didn’t like their friend(s)?

What would they do if their family didn’t like their friend(s)?

What would they do if their friend(s) didn’t like their partner?

What would they do if their friend(s) didn’t like their family?

Have they ever hidden something important from their friends? What was it?

What would make them give up on any of their friends, if anything at all?

Are they better at making friends now that they were in the past?

Do they start a friendship shy and open up later, or are they an open book the whole time?

They meet a friend while they’re out doing errands! Do they stay and chat or wave and move on?

Which friend would they call in an emergency?

Do they defend their friends no matter what? Even if they’re wrong?

How much support do they expect from their friends? Do they get it?

What do they wish they could tell their friends, but haven’t?

What do they wish their friends would say to them?

What kind of things do they talk about with their friends? Any regular topics?

Are they the one planning outings with their friends, or waiting to be invited?

Is there anything they do just for the sake of a friend? Go to sporting events they don’t care about, watch a show they otherwise wouldn’t?

Have they ever discovered a new interest because of a friend?

Do they often recruit their friends to enjoying things they like? On purpose or by accident?

Are they a mentor to any of their friends?

Do they look up to any of their friends as a mentor?

Are they still close with friends they don’t see often anymore?

Have they changed for the better because of their friends? For the worse?

How would they feel if one of their friends told them they didn’t want to hang out anymore?

Have they ever had to take a step back from a friendship? Why?

Have they ever been in a situation where they considered someone a close friend, but the other person didn’t? Vice versa?

Have they made any “friendship regrets”? This can mean anything you want it to mean.

Wild card! Mention anything else you want!

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📚Sex & Kink Questions for Writers!😍

We’ve had questions for your OCs, but what about YOU? Talk about how you craft your sex scenes with this ask game! Remember to send an ask to the person you reblog it from to make sure everyone gets to play! Note: when a question says “sexuality” it refers to sexual desires and feelings, not sexual orientation.

💖 What’s your favorite part about writing sex scenes?

🖤 What’s your favorite kink to write?

⛈️ What’s the most difficult part about writing sex for you?

📝 What’s a kink you’ve never written, but you’d like to?

😓 Do you struggle to write sex scenes and/or certain kinks, even if you like the idea?

📖 What do you put sex scenes and/or kink in your story for? Eroticism? Character development? Thematic exploration? Something else?

❌ Are there aspects of sex and/or kink that you’ll never touch with a ten-foot pole?

🏆 Do you want to be known for your sex scenes or would you rather they slip into the background?

🤝 Have you written any non-sexual or platonic kink scenes before?

📌 How deeply do you develop your characters’ sexual preferences and history? Is it all planned out, or are you throwing darts?

👽 Do you enjoy writing non-human sexuality? What about it speaks to you, versus human-on-human sex?

🙋 How comfortable are you with people you know reading your sex scenes?

🙄 Is there a particular kind of sex scene that bothers you to read? How would you improve it?

🥰 Which characters are your favorites to write sex scenes for? This can be a specific OC, a personality type, or a character dynamic.

💞 When you’re coming up with a romantic plot or subplot, how important is developing their sexual compatibility to you?

🙌 What is, in your opinion, the best sex scene you’ve ever written? Best is subjective here—sexiest, most emotional, well-written, etc. It means anything you want it to mean!

🤔 What’s one aspect of sex and/or kink that you’d like to improve in your writing?

🙏 What do you hope readers get out of your sex scenes?

🎁 If you could give one piece of advice about writing sex and/or kink to your fellow writers, what would it be?

🌺 Do you prefer explicit sex scenes, where everything is captured in loving detail, or the more subtle, metaphorical sex scenes, that are more about the feelings and atmosphere than the act itself?

🃏 Wild card! Ask any question you want!

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we're gonna start with just the wives or this post is gonna be longer than it fucking needs to be jfc

The Order of Succession pt. 1: THE KING'S WIVES

For the Adrawdzugsha, succession was a complex process that was based on divine rights and a particularly important aspect of divine rights to the Adrawdzugsha was birth order. But before we can go into what that truly means, we first need to discuss the main ruling structure of the Adrawdzugsha.

For the most part, the Adrawdzugsha were very similar to other nations within their area: their main ruling body was comprised of a solitary hereditary male king. What set the Adrawdzugsha apart from their neighbors however, was their strict adherence to having multiple wives—three wives to be exact. And unlike other ‘harem style’ monarchical systems, where the king usually has a “main” wife who would be classed as a queen or empress and then he has numerous immeasurable concubines, and any children that result of those unions are, in most cases, considered ‘illegitimate,’ for the Adrwadzugsha, their 3 wives were all on equal level—and would all be addressed as queen. These queens however, served different functions to each ruler and were chosen with exceptional care, and they always had to be wed in a specific order:

Yinrshem: The Soul Wives

A King’s Yinrshe (yin-er-sha) was the first wife that he would wed, and can essentially be translated to The Soul Wife. A Yinrshe was chosen through a lengthy and secretive divination process that took many factors into account to determine compatibility. Unfortunately, many of those records were lost to time and so archaeologists are only able to make guesses as to some of the methods that a Yinrshe was chosen. However, it was common that these divinations were done in the months before a coronation as there is significant evidence that a Yinrshe being chosen was the signifying factor that allowed a king to ascend to the throne formally, and thus it was very important for a Yinrshe to be chosen quickly and accurately. 

These wives represented the “eyes” and we know this from the many Yinrshe masks that we have found, which are covered in markings that are easily translatable as eyes. They were considered to be the wife that should best understand the King’s intentions; often left in positions of as head of state which usually meant ruling in the king’s stead if he were off making war or on diplomatic trips with other neighboring kingdoms and could not be present to oversee important matters of state. In many occasions, the Yinrshe was considered as part of the king’s own soul, and would often be addressed as the king if the King was away from his position. This means, that occasionally, Yinrshes occupied a dual gender within Adrawdzugsha society; in the absence of her king, she would become he and would take on the dzibtswana of her king—which we can even see in instances where a king has passed before an heir is old enough to be formally chosen. 

While a Yinrshe was considered equal to the other two of the king’s wives in terms of her heir’s legitimacy, she was considered to be ‘above’ the other wives in terms of this unique ability to assume their lord’s position in times of absence or crisis.

Inbarekim: The Mind Wives

After a king assumed the throne and married his Yinrshe, the next wife he would be set to acquire is a Inbarek (in-baa-reck); which while they correspond to the aspect of the mind and are associated with the nose, are actually chosen based on a strategic political arrangement. Whether it be to a foreign ruler to forge a political alliance, or to a prestigious family within the Adrawdzugsha, the Inbarek represented the state’s strive for political stability and was a very important and highly considered marriage. 

Similarly to the nature of their marriage to the king, the Inbarek was expected to oversee all foreign affairs that the Adrawdzugsha participated in: border disputes, alliances, war, and even whether to send aid to famine or war-ridden allies was all signed off on by the Inbarek before it could be presented before the king. She was also expected to be the head of the royal advisory; which as we already discussed, was the Burimba Celibatry: handpicked from relatives of the king (those who were ineligible for succession, usually) and specially appointed by the Inbarek herself. 

The Inbarek was always in a precarious position within the king’s wives, and historically tended to receive the least affection from the king except in very specific circumstances. In some of the diaries that were found of the handmaidens of Inbareks, they were usually very taxed and stressed. But as you will see in later entries of this book as we delve into the specifics of the various rulers of the Adrawdzugsha; they also tended to have the most propensity for political rebellion, as they oversaw and kept track of the kingdom’s resources, managed alliances, and were usually able to enact war on their own merits if their king was absent. Some researchers theorize that there is an air of distrust that many had towards the Inbareks, and it is a phenomena that we will witness time and again throughout the Adrawdzugsha’s history.

Surimshangtim: The Heart Wives

The final wife that a king would choose would be known as his Surimshangti (soo-rim-shahng-tea); which directly translates to ‘of my heart’, and were associated with the mouth. This is because Surimshangti’s played a special role in portraying the king’s will unto his subjects. To put simply; Surimshangtis are perhaps what we would denote as ‘socialites’ —from ancient texts that explained these roles, it was expected that this wife would be friendly, personable, charming, witty, and favored by nobles and commoners alike. It was through the Surimshangti that the king’s true standing within his role could be understood: if the lower castes and nobility revered his Surimshangti, then he was in a great position. If they hated her, then he was not. 

This wife was also the only wife that the king had sole jurisdiction in choosing—and more often than not, it is assumed that the king chose a wife that he found, for lack of better words, physically appealing. While this did not always translate to more heirs than the other wives, the wife that the king would more often than not be seen with in public during festivals and events, would be his Surimshangti. This preferential deference of the king to her also directly translates to her heir’s station in the order of succession: the last position.

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💋50 More Questions About Sex and Kink! - OC Ask Game ❤️‍🔥

The sequel to my 100 Question Sex and Kink OC Ask Game. Get even nittier and grittier with 50 additional questions about any character’s sex life! Plus, none of the emojis in this game overlap with the previous game—that’s a total of 150 questions you can ask at the same time! Remember to send an ask to the person you reblog it from to make sure everyone gets to play! Note: when a question says “sexuality” it refers to sexual desires and feelings, not sexual orientation.

💝 What’s their go-to fantasy?

💢 Have they acted out any fantasies they ended up not liking?

🙅 Do they have any hard-no’s that someone wouldn’t expect?

🐲 Do they prefer realistic or fantasy sex toys?

💈 Have they ever worn a sex toy in public before? Would they like to, or prefer to make someone else wear one?

🤳 Do they keep their nudes well-hidden or is everyone viewing their camera roll (or equivalent) at risk of getting flashed?

💉 Do they or a partner have any chronic conditions, disabilities, and/or mental health issues that make sex difficult? How do they and their partner(s) accommodate it?

🏳️ Do they have a regular safe word or signal? Do they switch it up?

☎️ Oh no, the phone is ringing in the middle of sex! What now?

🕑 How long does it take them to open up to a long-term partner about their sexual preferences? Have they ever gotten that far?

👗 Do they dress provocatively? How often?

🗣️ Do they find any kind of voice particularly attractive?

💃 Would they ever give a partner a lap dance? Would they ask for one?

💤 Are they into somnophilia? Would they ever want to be woken up with sex, or wake up a partner? Do they/their partner(s) want to be asleep the whole time?

🚿 Feelings on shower sex? Do the same feelings extend to bath sex?

🌊 Would they have sex in a body of water, like an ocean or lake? What about a pool?

💘 Valentine’s Day is here! Do they have a sexy surprise for their partner(s)? Are they expecting one?

📅 Would they ever be able to complete a No Nut November?

🤏 Do they enjoy having their nipples stimulated? What about others’?

💍 Would they ever get a genital piercing? Do they have one already? Do they appreciate genital piercings on others?

😘 They get a sultry look from a partner at a public event. What’s their next move?

😶‍🌫️ They get a sultry look from a stranger at a public event, someone they may have only spoken to once, if at all. What’s their next move?

🤤 Do they have wet dreams often? Any recurring themes?

🧸 Are they determined to keep any pets and/or stuffed animals innocent, or do they see everything?

🎚️ Are they loud during sex? Do they like a noisy partner?

🍅 Is it “having sex”, “fucking”, or “making love” to them? Are they all different categories?

🥱 What’s the laziest sex they’ve ever had? The most intense?

🚲 Are they picky about who they sleep with, or a town bicycle (everyone gets a ride)?

💡 Lights on or off?

🔛 Over or under the blankets? Or no bed at all?

🐘Do they enjoy a size difference with their partner(s)? Do they like being the bigger or smaller one?

💥Do they experience hypersexuality? How does it impact their sex life?

👥 Have they ever engaged in non-sexual kink? Did they enjoy it?

🚫 If a kink scene goes wrong, how do they handle it?

📏 If they bottom, do they like their top to be well-endowed or smaller? If they’re a top, do they like the size they are/do they have a favorite size strap-on they use?

⌚ Is foreplay an essential step, or do they prefer to skip to the main event? Are they any good at foreplay?

🎉 Is orgasm an essential feature of sex to them, or an optional bonus?

😑 Do they have a good poker face when aroused, or is it obvious every time?

🎲 Would they ever play a sex game (ex: sexy truth or dare, sex dice)? Exclusively with their partner(s), or in a group setting too?

🫠 What would they describe as “their type”?

🤥 Have they ever faked an orgasm? Do they have opinions on the subject?

🤐 Do they have any kinks that are eternally a secret? What’s stopping them from being open about it?

🦺How brazen are they about wearing kink gear in public?

📈 Is it difficult for them to orgasm, or almost too easy? Can they achieve multiple orgasms?

🏜️ If they’re still a virgin, how do they feel about it? If they’re not a virgin, how did they feel about it before they had sex for the first time?

🛋️ Have they ever seen a sex therapist? Why?

📋 Do they like planning sex ahead of time, or are they more spontaneous?

🍍 Do they have any pre-sex rituals? Showering, lotion, chugging pineapple juice, etc.?

🖤 Is their favorite kink different from the one they do the most scenes for? Why the disconnect?

🃏 Wild card! Ask whatever you want!

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just learned people associate em dashes with chat gpt. Girl fuck you. You can pry em dashes from my cold dead hands. One of us is gonna have to stop using em— and it’s not gonna be me!

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writing tip #3801:

writing takes a really long time, so try adding more hours to your day

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something something, the long extended metaphors of horror.

despite the dour mood the conversation had adorned itself in, biscella laughs. it is a rasping thing; one that does not seem like a voice that was ever once hers—and one found deep within the hysteria of those who have looked death in the face and passed on to the other side. even sjaak however, did not have such a laugh; for he was frozen in time now, forever staring at the shadow of his own undeath that stirred within him. but biscella saw a much more natural, human thing; the sort of death that god plagued unto all who persisted on this unforgiving earth: the curse of adam, as gust so proclaimed it. the sort of laugh that would persist the hanging fool; the sort of laugh that would frighten children away from seeing their grandparent as their light faded away from this world. and she laughed this terrible, aching, laugh until she began to choke, and quickly, azelie and sjaak together rushed to her aid to assist in her sitting upright; so that perhaps her lungs—crushed as they were beneath her likely broken ribs—would have a slight chance of being able to search for that all too coveted air.

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💐100 Question Romance & Love OC Ask Game💘

Do you love love? Does your OC feel the same? Look no further for an excuse to talk about everything romance! Plus there's a few about aromanticism in there! I tried to make the questions applicable to most relationships, but you want something a bit more poly-focused, here’s a link to my polycule dynamics game. Remember to send an ask to the person you reblog it from to make sure everyone gets to play!

😍Do they like romance? Have they always hated the idea, or are they a swooning hopeless romantic?

❤️How do they feel about the concept of “love”? What does it mean to them?

❓Have they ever questioned the idea of what “love” is? Where did it lead them?

💞How many times have they been in love?

💭What’s their most formative memory about love or romance? It can be good or bad.

💖What’s the easiest part of love for them?

🖤What’s the hardest part of love for them?

💝What do they want the most from a romantic relationship? Is it what they need?

👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨Do they prefer a steady partnership or casual dating? Neither?

🥰Who are they in love with right now, if anyone?

🔥Who was their first love? How did it turn out?

💋How romantic do they expect their partner(s) to be in a relationship? Is it a deal-breaker if expectations aren’t met?

💓How romantic are they in a relationship? Does it depend on the partner, or are they moon-eyed with anyone?

💌Which “traditionally romantic” acts (love poetry, flowers, etc.) do they love the most? Would they rather receive this kind of affection, or give it to someone else?

💐Which “traditionally romantic” acts (love poetry, flowers, etc.) do they hate more than anything? When it’s directed at them, or when they’re expected to give it to others?

💟What is the dating culture in their society like? Do they participate in it?

💯What’s their idea of a perfect date?

⏳Have they ever tried speed-dating? How did it go?

📱Have they ever tried dating apps? How did it go?

💍Are they expected by their society to date and/or marry? How do they feel about it?

💜Do they have a “type” of person they tend to date?

📃Do they have high standards about who they date? Low standards?

🧀What’s their cheesiest romantic fantasy? Do they want to recreate it in real life?

💘Do they often “make the first move” when it comes to love? Or are they waiting for the object(s) of their affection to pick up the hints they’re dropping?

📢Are they able to confess romantic feelings easily, or do they clam up at the mere prospect?

💦Is it super obvious when they have feelings for someone, or are they a master at hiding it?

💗What’s the longest amount of time they’ve ever pined after someone?

🤍Have they ever been on either side of an “unrequited love” situation? How did it turn out?

🏃‍♂️Is anybody their “one that got away”? Have they ever “gotten away” from someone else?

💔Have they ever had to break up with someone? Why?

🔂Have they ever broken up and then gotten back together with the same person? How many times? Did it work out in the end?

❌Have they ever been rejected after a confession of love? How did they handle it?

🚫Have they ever had to reject someone else’s feelings? How did it go?

🤏Have they ever had a romantic interest “stolen” before? Have they ever made a move on someone they knew a friend was interested in?

🤔Do they consider “having a crush” and “being in love” different things? Where’s the line?

🤥Have they ever lied to make a relationship more viable? Did it end well, or blow up in their face?

😳Have they ever been broken up with in a situation where it was kiiinda their fault? What was the issue?

🍨What are their methods for getting over a break-up?

🐸Do they tend to jump from one relationship to the next, quickly entering another as soon as the previous one ends? Why?

💡Have they ever been in love with the idea of someone instead of the actual person? What was the aftermath?

💛How important is being in a relationship to them?

📅Have they ever stayed in a relationship long past its expiration date? Why?

💥Did any of their relationships end catastrophically? What happened?

🤝Are they still friends with any of their ex-partners?

😲Have they ever been cheated on before? What happened?

👺Have they ever been the cheater? Were they ever found out?

1️⃣How do they feel about the concept of finding “The One”? Is it an aspiration or something they roll their eyes at?

👀How do they feel about the concept of “love at first sight”? Do they believe in it?

😨Do they have any “taboo” or unpopular opinions about love or romance?

💚Are they aromantic? Have they considered it?

✋Are they loveless? [for an aromantic perspective on lovelessness check out this essay]

💙Have they ever been in a queer-platonic relationship? Would they consider it?

💕Where do they draw the line between friendship and romance, if at all?

✊Do they practice relationship anarchy? [for more information about relationship anarchy, check out this guide]

🔢Are they polyamorous? Have they considered it?

💫How would they feel if, in a monogamous relationship, their partner asked them to try polyamory?

🗂️Do they have a hard time separating their romantic feelings from other kinds of love? Which ones?

⁉️Do they often feel like they’re “doing love wrong” in their relationships? Anything specific?

📈Do they often prioritize romance and love in their life? To the detriment of other relationships?

😡Are they a jealous partner?

👥Are they jealous of any of their friends’ or family members’ relationships?

😥Are they often left behind in love? Were they single and watching all their friends get married?

🤷‍♂️Would they be happy without romantic love in their life?

🚒How important is physical attraction to their romantic relationships?

👯‍♂️Are sex and romance conflated in their culture? How does this impact them?

🥴How often do they expect sex in a romantic relationship? Is it a deal-breaker if expectations aren’t met?

🙅‍♂️How would they feel about being in a sexless relationship?

👫Have they ever been in love with someone who was already in a relationship? How did it turn out?

📚Do they like romance as a genre? In books, movies, games, etc.?

✅Do they have a relationship they can look up to as a positive example of romantic love?

👎Do they have a relationship that’s a perfect example of “what not to do” in their life?

🤕What are their “hang-ups” or insecurities about love and romance?

👄Are they an effective communicator in their relationships?

🦸‍♂️Have they ever played match-maker with their friends or loved ones? How did it go?

🧐Have they ever been “match-made” by someone else? How did it go?

💒Is marriage an important consideration for them? Out of choice, necessity, social pressure?

👰Is marrying for love a rarity in their culture, or commonplace?

💎Would they want to propose to someone, or be proposed to?

🎉Do they want a huge showy proposal, or something more private?

🎁What’s their ideal wedding, on a scale of “courthouse wedding with 5 people maximum” to “100+ guests, massive ceremony, all-night reception”?

👗What sorts of clothes do married couples wear in their culture? Do they plan on wearing the traditional clothes, or doing something different?

🔓Have they ever had to break off an engagement? Why?

🏆What kind of love is prioritized in their society? Does it impact how they’re able to love?

🌹What’s considered “romantic” in their society? How does that impact their relationships?

👪How has their family influenced their ideas of romance and love?

🙋‍♀️How have their friends influenced their ideas of romance and love?

⛪How has their religion or faith influenced their ideas of romance and love?

🗺️What are some cultural customs surrounding love and romance that they practice?

👑Does their culture have any formal courting customs? Have they been taught how to properly court?

💄Are people pressured to fit a specific beauty standard in order to be “romantically viable”? How has this impacted their love life?

🙄Have they ever dated someone for their family’s sake? How did it go?

🤨Have they ever “pity dated” someone? Have they ever been “pity dated” by someone else?

🥣How does their culture view a “serial dater,” or someone who refuses to settle down?

➕Do they care about people’s “body count,” or how many relationships they’ve been in?

👶Would they ever be in a relationship with someone who already had children?

🤱If they ever ended up single with children, how would they feel about entering a new relationship?

🌑Would they date a widow? Would they date again if they were ever widowed?

✏️If they had the chance to erase one past romantic mistake, what would it be?

🩹Do they often give romantic advice to their friends or family? Is it good advice?

👂Do they often seek romantic advice from friends or family? Has it helped?

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OC in 15

tagged by @oh-no-another-idea thank you! i haven’t yet done Vizaeth for this, it seems, so lets do the Worst Boy! (he's from Obsession which you can read here if you so desire)

Rules: share 15 or fewer lines of dialogue from an OC, ideally lines that capture the character/personality/vibe of the OC. Bonus points for just using dialogue without other details about the scene, but you're free to include those as well!

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“I was you,” Vizaeth tells him, surprised at how strong his voice is, compared to the rest of him. “I mimicked your magic.”

“Don’t make me leave, Pharaun, please, I—”

“I’d never let anyone else put their knife in me.”

“You brought this on yourself, Merdax. You laid hands on a sacred thing—did you think there wouldn’t be a price for your blasphemy?”

“I can’t work enchantment,” Vizaeth snaps. “It hates me. Keep your opinions to yourself.”

“I’ll take whatever Lolth wills me to have.”

“You’re dead, you’re not real, you’re dead, you’re dead, you’re dead—”

“I love him. You don’t understand, no-one understands—he’ll want me again, I can make him want me, I can fix it if you just stop touching me—!”

“Shut your filthy mouth,” he hisses, the words reverberating with death magic.

“Because you think I’ll do whatever you want if you fuck me hard enough.”

“Come on,” he taunts through reddened teeth. “Hit me hard enough and you can fuck me again, how about that? Don’t you want me, Rhylfein? Show me how bad you want me!”

“Why does this keep happening to me?”

“I’m doing this because I love you,” Vizaeth chokes out, and lunges forwards to slice the knife across Pharaun’s throat.

“I gave you everything, and you ruined it all with petty games. Trying to make me jealous, take necromancy from me, make me leave Sorcere. Leave you!”

“It’s like you said; if I didn’t like this so much, you wouldn’t be able to do it.”

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no-pressure tagging @revenancy @winterandwords @thegreatobsesso and @ink-flavored

Obsession taglist: @foxboyclit (ask to be +/-)

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50 Question Multigender OC Ask Game

Does your OC have multiple genders? Are you desperate to talk about them? Look no further for an excuse than this game! Fifty unique questions that encourage you to get to the root of your multigender character’s relationship with their gender, their society, and more! Remember to send an ask to the person you reblog it from to make sure everyone gets to play!

Which multigender identity is your OC? Do they have more than one? Nothing specific?

Which genders does your OC have? Do they label them all?

How would they personally describe each of their genders?

How many pronouns sets does your OC use? Do they correspond to a specific gender?

If they have multiple pronouns sets, do they like all of them to be used, or are they okay with people picking one?

Do they have multiple names? Do they correspond to a specific gender?

Do their genders fluctuate, or are they all their genders all the time?

How did they discover their multigender identity?

What was their first “hint” that they were multigender? Was it only obvious in retrospect?

Did they ever officially “come out” as multigender? To everyone at once, or a few people at a time?

Did it take them a long time to pick through which genders they resonated with?

Do they still identify with their assigned sex and/or gender at birth? How strongly versus their other genders?

How does their multigender identity impact their sexuality? Do they use multiple labels for it?

Do they prefer masculine (man, male, boy), feminine (woman, female, girl), or neutral (enby, enban, kid, person) terms to be referred to with? A combination? Something else entirely?

Do they use any “conflicting” or “contradictory” labels (cistrans, manwoman, girlboy, fagdyke, lesboy, turigirl, etc.)?

Which honorifics or polite titles do they prefer to be called (Mr./Sir, Ms./Ma’am, Mx., etc.)? None at all?

Do they plan to transition socially? In which ways?

Do they plan to transition medically? In which ways?

What’s their realistic “transition goal”?

If anything was possible, what would their ultimate transition goal be?

Do they present differently depending on which gender they’d like to be perceived as? Do they not care, and wear whatever they want?

Do they have genders that they identify with more than the others?

What do they want strangers to think about their gender? Do they care?

Is their society welcoming to multigender people?

Do they know many other multigender people?

Do they have a community that supports multigender people?

How has their culture influenced how they experience each of their genders?

Does their culture enforce a gender binary? How does that impact them as a multigender person?

Does their culture impose strict gender roles on people? How does that impact them as a multigender person?

Do they have genders that aren’t recognized at all by their society?

Do they often have to explain what being multigender means, or particular genders they have?

Are they often frustrated with how multigender people are perceived in their society?

How does being multigender impact their sex life?

How does being multigender impact their romantic or intimate relationships?

How does being multigender impact their professional life or career?

How has being multigender impacted their relationships with their family?

How has being multigender impacted their relationships with their friends?

Does their religion or other spiritual beliefs impact their multigender identity?

If they’re a system, how does that interact with their multigender identity?

If they’re intersex, how does that interact with their multigender identity?

If they’re neurodivergent in some way, how does that interact with their multigender identity?

What do they love most about being multigender?

What’s the most difficult part about being multigender for them?

Have they experienced transmultiphobia? (read about transmultiphobia, and its similarities to biphobia)

Have they internalized any transmultiphobia and/or transphobia that made it difficult for them to discover themself?

Are they determined to remain in the closet about their multigender identity?

Do they fear discrimination or rejection if they were to come out?

Are they not ready to accept their multigender identity yet? What’s keeping them from accepting it?

How long were they/have they been in denial about their multigender identity?

Wild card! Mention anything else you want!

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🏰Fantasy Worldbuilding Ask Game🐉

Do you have a fantasy world? Do you want to talk about swords, sorcery, and everything in between? Look no further, for you have stumbled across 100 questions that will let you ramble as long as you want! Remember to send an ask to the person you reblog it from to make sure everyone gets to play!

📚What “type” of fantasy is your WIP? High, low, urban, historical etc.?

🌍Does it take place on a fantasy planet, or somewhere on Earth (hidden or not-so-hidden)?

💭If your WIP doesn’t take place on Earth, where did you draw inspiration from to create your new fantasy world?

📍If your WIP does take place on Earth, where did you choose to set it? Why?

🧍Do humans exist in your WIP? Are they any different from humans in our real world?

🧝Do other fantasy species exist in your WIP? Describe them!

🤝Are the different fantasy species all living together, or does everybody keep to themselves?

☮️What are the different fantasy species’ customs and cultures? How well do they get along with each other, if at all?

⏳Are there any dramatic lifespan differences between your fantasy species and humans? How does that influence their societies and relationships with each other?

👑What’s the political configuration of your WIP? Kingdoms, nations, something else?

⚠️What’s the political climate of your WIP? Are nations on the brink of conflict, or enjoying many years of peace?

✊What’s the social climate of your WIP? Are people struggling against inequality or war?

🏰Are there royals and/or nobility in your WIP? How do they treat the common people? What do the common people think of them?

💎What are the hallmarks of a higher-class person in your WIP? What marks someone as lower-class?

🙇Are the common people expected to serve the higher class in some way, explicitly or implicitly? Are some kinds of service more respectable than others?

🪖How are wars fought in your WIP? Swords and spells, firearms, war machines?

🏢What kind of unique or magical architecture exists in your WIP?

💰How does trade function in your WIP? Merchant caravans, local markets, dragon drop-shipping?

📦Are there any specialized or magical imports/exports that your fantasy societies rely on? Why are they so important?

💵What kinds of currency exist in your WIP? Do people use gold coins, barter and trade, or something else?

👚What kinds of clothes do people wear in your WIP? What accommodations are made for any fantasy body parts?

🎉What are some unique cultural holidays people celebrate in your WIP? What goes into celebrating them?

🐈‍⬛What are some unique superstitions or cultural taboos in your WIP? How common are they?

📰How do people get news or information in your WIP? Town criers, travelling bards, magic bulletin boards?

🏙️Are there any especially famous cities or nations in your WIP? What are they known for?

🚩Are there any especially infamous cities or nations in your WIP? What earned them the sour reputation?

🥪What kind of unique and/or popular foods exist in your WIP? Magical foods?

🚗How do people travel over land in your WIP? Are there any magical machines that help?

⛵How do people sail over oceans and seas in your WIP? Are there any magical machines that help?

✈️Is air travel possible in your WIP? Through magic, technology, or a mix of both?

🚇Do people regularly travel underground in your WIP? Are there any magical machines that help?

🪄Is there magic in your WIP? Where does it come from?

🎆How does magic work in your WIP? How can it do all those fantastic things?

🚫What CAN’T magic do in your WIP? Where does the mystical power fall short?

🤕What are the drawbacks to using magic in your WIP? Do they improve or get worse depending on how powerful you are?

🔮Who can wield magic in your WIP? Everyone, a select group, or basically nobody?

💪How do people wield magic in your WIP? Are magic users able to bend it to their will, or merely guide it?

🔨Is magic considered useful or dangerous in your WIP? Do different cultures or species view magic differently?

⚖️Are certain fantasy species more likely to be magic users than others? Which ones? Why?

🤷Is there a way someone could lose their ability to use magic? Has it ever happened before?

🤐Is magic a secret in your WIP? What happens if it’s revealed to the outside world?

⚙️How has magic influenced the level and complexity of technology in your WIP?

⚔️Are there any special magical objects in your WIP? What do they do? Who owns them?

🧪How does magic interact with scientific advancements in your WIP? Are they considered the same?

🧐Do people research magic in your WIP? What’s the most popular or prestigious topic of study? The least popular?

🧙‍♂️Does your WIP differentiate between witches, wizards, sorcerers, etc.? Is there no distinction at all?

⚕️How has magic changed the landscape of medicine and healing in your WIP?

😷Are there magic illnesses in your WIP? How do you catch them? How are they treated?

🏈Has magic brought about the existence of magical games or sports? What are they?

📺Has magic changed or improved any pre-existing mundane forms of entertainment? How?

🎨Are there any kind of unique magical forms of entertainment? What are they?

🏬What kind of magical professions can a magic-user pursue in your WIP? Is it considered especially prestigious, normal, or below respect?

🎭Has magic brought about social good in your WIP? Social ills?

🙅Are there any kinds of forbidden magic? What kinds, and why?

🤔Are there any kinds of “forgotten” or ancient magic that nobody remembers anymore? How was the knowledge lost?

🫥Are there any kinds of magic that are intentionally hidden from the general population? Who’s hiding this knowledge, and why?

⛪What are the popular religions in your WIP? Where is each belief more prominent?

📢Are there any particularly influential religious institutions in your WIP?

🕯️Do folk religions exist? Where are they practiced?

🙏Is devotion to a particular religion expected of people? What happens to non-believers?

🫵Can the deities in your WIP grant people special powers? When do they choose to do so?

🗣️Can anyone commune with the deities in your WIP, or do they only answer to special devotees?

🦑Are there otherworldly entities in your WIP? Where did they come from?

🎃Can otherworldly entities grant people special powers? When do they choose to do so?

👽Can anyone commune with otherworldly entities in your WIP, or do they only communicate at their leisure?

📞Is it rare to be contacted by higher beings, or does it happen all the time?

🧩Are there prophecies in your WIP? Do people believe in them?

🌟Have any prophecies ever come true in your WIP’s history? How important are they to your WIP in the present?

👂Can anyone hear prophecies in your WIP, or do they only appear to certain people, like oracles?

🤐Are prophecies kept secret, or told to everyone who wants to hear? Why?

🦄What kinds of magical creatures exist in your WIP? Dragons, unicorns, griffons, etc.?

🐕Are any magical creatures kept as pets? Which ones?

🐄Have any magical creatures been domesticated? Which ones?

🦁Have any non-magical creatures been domesticated in your WIP that aren’t domesticated in the real world? Which ones?

🐎Are any domesticated creatures (magical or mudane) used as beasts of burden? For farm labor? For warfare?

🐉Do any magical creatures form special bonds with people? What does this bond mean for the pair?

🤓Are there any intelligent magical creatures, ones that can communicate with language? How do they interact with wider society?

👹Are there monsters or other dangerous beasts in your WIP? How are they differentiated from standard wild animals, or other magical creatures?

🧟Are there monsters that can infect places or people in some way, like werewolves or zombies?

🗡️Is killing monsters or magical creatures a viable profession in your WIP? Is it lauded work or scorned?

😢Are monsters legitimately dangerous, or are they simply misunderstood?

💀Can people commune with spirits of the dead in your WIP? How?

😱Is it considered normal or taboo to speak with the dead in your WIP? Does it vary from culture to culture?

👻Do spirits wander freely in your WIP? Why? Is there a way to help them pass on?

⚰️Is it possible to completely resurrect someone in your WIP? How? If not, has anybody ever tried?

🗺️Is your WIP a globe-trotting adventure, or is all the adventure contained in one place?

🧚Is adventuring common in your WIP, or something only for fairytales?

🪙When people go on adventures in your WIP, what are they looking for? Fame, fortune, power?

🦸Are there any legendary heroes or adventurers in your WIP’s history? What are they famous for?

🦹Are there any infamous villains in your WIP? How were they defeated?

🌄How much has the landscape and environment of your WIP been shaped by magic? Have entire mountains been wiped off the map, or is everything the same as if magic didn’t exist?

🪷Are there any plants that are inherently magical in your WIP? Do people use or cultivate them?

🌅Are there any landforms or locations that are inherently magical in your WIP? Do people visit them often?

🌥️Are there any magical places in your WIP that are kept hidden from outsiders? Why?

☀️Is there anything magical about the weather or seasons in your WIP? How do people cope?

🌪️Are there any “supernatural disasters” caused by magic in your WIP? Why do they happen? How do people cope?

📆How do the different cultures in your world track the year?

🌕Does your fantasy world have any unique celestial features, like multiple moons or planetary rings? Are they culturally important?

🌃What are some unique constellations in your fantasy world? Are they culturally important?

🃏Wild card! Mention anything else about your WIP that you want!

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writing patterns tag

Premise: List the first lines of your last 20 or so stories. See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line.

thank you @space-writes for tagging me! i'm also gonna be like you and cheat and just do the first line from the current btaf acts... sorta. basically this wip isn't broken into chapters it's broken into acts and these acts have sections within them... so i'm gonna take first lines from the sections. i honestly haven't counted how many sections there are. this is also a super rough draft so some lines aren't magical LMAO so we're gonna judge based on what's happening. either way, LEGGO.

ACT I SECTION I: describing the weather and the arrival to the manor — how it appeared as though it were a 13th century abandoned fortress that once held back the great armies from the south and north.

ACT II SECTION I: biscella schwann, now a young and radiant young woman is sitting and paying respects to some of the deceased.

ACT II SECTION II: the scene changes to the bustling main metropolis of amsterdam.

ACT II SECTION III: it has been a year since biscella was provided lodgings at that inn on the edge of town, and though the money that the man on the black stallion paid for the room ran out sometime in (month—so like 3 months after she first arrived), the very kind innkeeper grew very fond of biscella’s presence and fully hired her as a live-in worker to help with the day to day operation of the inn.

ACT II SECTION IV: a few weeks removed from the man’s first arrival, biscella draws the straw to try and offer the man some clean lenin.

ACT II SECTION V: the man with the black stallion stays several weeks more, and biscella is diligent in attending to both him, and the black stallion forewhere he gets his current moniker.

ACT II SECTION VI: after that first conversation, biscella and the man begin to speak more regularly.

ACT III SECTION I: miss picard closes the curtain over the back window as biscella takes a moment to pause her story, hiding the room from the cold light of the moon.

ACT III SECTION II: the scene changes to a man paying dues to a a thermal bath house to stay for a few evenings.

ACT III SECTION III: “you refer to this woman as… azelie picard.”

ACT IV SECTION I: several months from where she last stopped her story, biscella is standing outside of the inn—the very scene that is described on the embroidery that sjaak was holding in the previous scene when the man on the black stallion returns.

ACT IV SECTION II: when sjaak hears of all these things, he cannot help it and buries his head into the blanket wrapped thusly around biscella and begins to weep.

ACT V SECTION I: when the seizing passes, azelie takes biscella up, carefully as a wounded animal, and tells sjaak that she will return her to bed and wait for her thusly.

ACT V SECTION II: sjaak had not spoken to nearly anyone since he’d left the netherlands, with nothing to his name but the clothes on his back and the willingness to work—and consequently—kill if he must.

ACT V SECTION III: dream (semi-flashback) sequence: sjaak and biscella are young—no older than 10-12 years old.

ACT VI SECTION I: after attending to biscella and making sure that when she laid her down, that she did so gently; in a way not to bruise her fragile form; she closed the door gently behind her and when she turns, finds silvano standing far too closely in front of her—so close that she could near make out each individual pore on his face.

ACT VI SECTION II: after the change, there was a sort of… shift in sjaak’s demeanor—florissa had noticed this first and most of the other wolves around the camp noticed as well.

ACT VI SECTION III: on their fifth day of travel, sjaak is aroused to howls—and so he starts, rocketing to his feet.

ACT VI SECTION IV: sjaak stands over the massacred deer.

ACT VII SECTION I: this, was his father’s house.

ACT VIII SECTION I: throughout the night and into the early hours of the last remnants of dwindling twilight into the slowly rising dawn, sjaak tore through the woods—as though he were a man possessed.

in terms of trends... hmm. its really funny to me how many of these are flashbacks actually but that's sort of the thing about this wip. about 12 of these 21 sections are flashbacks so like a bit over half of them are lol.

i also notice that i tend to start with some sort of shift from whatever cliffhanger the last scene was. i like to give sections and acts a feeling of 'finality' to them ig if you see these in the context of the entire draft, so a lot of the time the next section is starting with them doing something completely different from where i left things before. i think its because the nature of this wip is that its a tangled web of multiple storylines that i have to keep things flowing from one idea to the next to make sure i can get everything in.

if i had to pick favorites, i guess i'd say mine are act 3 section 3, act six section 4, and act 7 section 1. and this is mostly because narratively, those are some of my favorite moments? overall i think act 7 section 1 is the strongest just because that scene is tense as fuck but i start it off so... meandering. like this. was his father's house. and for conext this is a character we never learn the name of so its really nice to me how that comes out. but since this is all draft energy its not my best prose in the world which is fine!

anyway i'll tag a few friendos to do this too if y'all want no pressure tho: @ink-flavored @multi-lefaiye @void-botanist @kiennwrites @sergeantnarwhalwrites @calicohyde @zonnemaagd @henrike-does-writing-sometimes @mjjune & as a general open tag ig go nuts :)