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Reblog if you write fanfic and would be totally down with your followers coming into you askbox and talking to you about your fic

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absolutely love abusing the power that comes with 3rd person limited pov and just ignoring things and being vague sometimes. does the character know all the details? no? then I don't have to either.

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^ So I saw this post

And then these comments

Which makes me sad?

It’s already so hard to convince readers to be perceived and that commenting has value.

If you don’t want the deranged comments, please send them to me instead haha!

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some crazy good fanfic in my google docs. whatever guy started writing it i hope he finishes it

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Some of the biggest fantasy worldbuilding fails that I see, in no particular order

Gods without religion. The Gods are real and a known historical fact, but virtually nobody is religious.

Cultural racism/discrimination without structural racism/discrimination. Discrimination that exists only in microagressions or mean comments, without existing in any sort of structural way.

Secret history with no clear reason for it to be secret and no clear method for maintaining that secrecy. Major parts of the world's history are kept entirely secret, even though there's not an obvious reason to do so and even when history has shown this is virtually impossible to enforce (especially in a world with any movement or communication across borders).

Large, homogeneous countries. Even without immigration, virtually no country larger than the Vatican will be fully homogeneous in terms of culture, dialect, beliefs, traditions, etc., much less a large one with limited communication technology as is often seen in fantasy. The Planet of Hats problem.

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Natasha Maeterlinck had been sprawled out on her bunk for all of fifteen seconds when a sharp knock at her door made her shoot to her feet. Vegetable to Vesper in .75 seconds flat, but proud as she was of that figure, she paid a price every single time. Her vision swam and her ankles wobbled, and as she called for the visitor to "Enter," she tried to keep the dizziness out of her voice.

Staff Seargent Maleine opened the door, but did not step through. He stood to attention just outside, or the best attention he could manage while trying to keep a thick stack of documents contained in an inadequate manilla folder.

"At ease, Maleine. I assume that's the intelligence report on Gun Three, trying to get away from you?"

"Yes ma'am. Slippery intel even pressed to paper."

V.VI waved him inside, gesturing to place the folder on her desk. He stepped just far enough into the room to do so, then backed into the doorway again.

"Elaborate."

"The guy has a very strange digital footprint, is all. I had to pull in a favor from a friend over in Squad Three to get a clearer picture. He's still on Balam's payroll under three separate aliases, if you can believe it. How he had the time to be three unrelated business consultants on top of being a Redgun, I have no clue."

Just then, uneven footsteps could be heard shuffling down the hallway towards them. Maleine looked over his shoulder, and snapped to attention at the sight of V.I Freud, stumbling down the corridor with an unlabeled glass bottle in one hand and a laser pistol in the other. The Vesper's eyes were bloodshot, and his nose looked like he'd spent the past four hours sneezing.

Freud mumbled something about firearm specialization as he used Maleine's rigid stance like a handrail, then sauntered out of view as if nothing had happened. The Staff Seargent, ruefully eyeing the wrinkles in what used to be his perfectly creased uniform, thanked the stars once again that he'd ended up in Squad Six. His C.O. spoke, again as if nothing had happened, and he turned back around.

"Staff Seargent, speak freely. What's your personal opinion on Wu Huahai?"

"I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw his AC. Definitely a powerhouse on the field, and he's never run from a fight, but don't rely on him for anything but that. And watch him like a hawk."

"Please," he added. She had said to speak freely, after all.

The Vesper nodded, not quite able to hide the fatigue in her eyes.

"Thank you, Staff Seargent. Dismissed."

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@pilebunkers hope you don't mind being pinged for this type of thing, but I feel like credit is due for the inspiration. These make great warmup exercises.

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Fandom: Warcraft

Character: Jaina Proudmoore

Sample Size: 1,203 stories

Source: AO3

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I made these as a way to compile all the geographical vocabulary that I thought was useful and interesting for writers. Some descriptors share categories, and some are simplified, but for the most part everything is in its proper place. Not all the words are as useable as others, and some might take tricky wording to pull off, but I hope these prove useful to all you writers out there!

(save the images to zoom in on the pics)

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I just realized this is only the sixth Kibellah/RT fic on AO3???????

I've been playing the Rogue Trader DLC and Kibellah owns my heart and soul. There's a dearth of fics about her, so I'm tossing mine into the mix! This is probably the kinkiest thing I've ever written, so be warned: it features my pyromancer character setting herself and Kibellah on fire to have sex.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63848200

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I've been playing the Rogue Trader DLC and Kibellah owns my heart and soul. There's a dearth of fics about her, so I'm tossing mine into the mix! This is probably the kinkiest thing I've ever written, so be warned: it features my pyromancer character setting herself and Kibellah on fire to have sex.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63848200

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[about my own oc, who i created] in theory its possible she would say that, but we just dont know for sure

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The fact all the Vespers ALSO have like... corpo admin jobs is endlessly funny to me. You think they work in an office? Sit at little cubicals and do their accounting or their logistics or their PR. And then every so often one of them gets sent out in their war machine to step on some unnarmed civilians. This feels like a sitcom set up to me.

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the Liberator is very good i'm sorry but i was just thinking abt it like. Raven goes into it believing their only ally will be Ayre and they're willing to make enemies of Arquebus and Overseer at the same time just bc it's the right thing to do even though they don't want to fight Carla and Chatty. and Ayre and Rusty both tell them "hey you should see what you mean to people" and go to lengths to make sure Raven knows that there are people on the ground who are inspired by them and admire them. like!! idk there's something abt both of Ayre and Rusty wanting to reassure Raven and it's like... humanizing if that makes sense? idk when i first got the "Destroy the drive block" mission and Ayre said that she sent out a message to try and get allies i was like "idk if they think Raven means more than 'killer', Ayre :(" (i was very upset abt killing Carla and Chatty still).

anyways idk if i've explained it very well here but it's very sweet to me. Ayre and Rusty love that weird little freak so much

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Really the most interesting thing is that she has absolutely *no* sustain. All her weapons run dry by the end of longer sorties even when I'm being as conservative with my ammo as possible. She can tear through MT squads like nobody's business and does pretty well in a duel, but doing *both* will leave her fighting without a weapon or two soon enough.

This is interesting because it means the scenario Raven finds her in is the absolute *worst* case scenario for her. She's been in a prolonged battle with the Institute mechs, her partner is a useless glory hound, and then she needs to fight a duel on top of that. There's a reason she's calling for help so soon: she likely is at 50% ammo when you *get* there and if she knows her AC she knows that she'll need more than that to whittle down an opponent like Raven.

Maeterlinck fic slowed by the desire to figure out how her AC is actually used. I've never really examined shields in this game before.

...she's actually a pretty great duelist as long as you get aggressive enough with the pulse guns! It's nothing like how I usually play (missiles and explosions all the way!) but I kinda like it? Gonna need to revise some things to account for what her optimal fighting style feels like.

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Yeah! She's so clearly a support role and I love that character detail. She really really needs a good team backing her up or she's useless

Maeterlinck fic slowed by the desire to figure out how her AC is actually used. I've never really examined shields in this game before.

...she's actually a pretty great duelist as long as you get aggressive enough with the pulse guns! It's nothing like how I usually play (missiles and explosions all the way!) but I kinda like it? Gonna need to revise some things to account for what her optimal fighting style feels like.