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What's happening in Indonesia? This thread will inform you -> LINK, LINK

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Picrew chain!!!

Do your irl self and your favorite color in the background! Using this picrew

Just your average bi genderqueer brown girl ❤️ and yes I have a thin moustache irl. I don't intend to get rid of it bc it's peak gender for me 😘

(Tbh I have no idea who I'll tag so I'll just invite everyone to participate in this)

picrew chain!!!

Do your irl self and your favorite color in the background! Using this picrew

Starting a new chain since they tend to get quite long! (prev chain here) Thanks for the tag @fireheartedpup ! ❤️❤️❤️ This one was super fun!

They didn't have teal so I just put some fun colours.

Dunno who to tag, but if anyone would like to join in on the fun, please do! Consider yourselfs tagged!

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Above image is a pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.

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Awww thanks for the ask @spiced-wine-fic !

I can see now why your world feels so alive!

Your Shakespearean english actually match and elevate the "grand" vibe of your narrative. So it's a great choice! Though ngl I was struggling at first since I wasn't used to it.

*cracks fingers* here we go!

13. What is a subject matter that is incredibly difficult for you write about? What is easy?

Wow, we have a very similar answer to this 😆 anything that doesn't interest me makes writing it a chore instead of enjoyable. There's a reason why the story revolves around the elves, the gods, and Helltouched* the most with most of the major characters being from those groups instead of humans.

*Helltouched are my story's version of dungeons and dragons' tieflings. Their physical looks are similar to tieflings, though some do not. They're some kind of infernal slave warrior society made of those who got "transformed" by demons, willing or unwilling. They're bound by their demonic masters and can't be free until their master is killed. One demonic master may have hundreds or thousands of Helltouched that are bound to them.*

What's easy for me is worldbuilding! Worldbuilding is like, my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE subject to explore (and my obstacle at actually writing the narrative lol. Worldbuilding disease is real). My favorite worldbuilding topics among them are cultures (particularly among lightborn elves. They're the elven subrace with the most fleshed-out culture I've written), history, fantasy creatures, nations, and belief systems.

25. What is a weird, hyper-specific detail you know about one of your characters that is completely irrelevant to the story?

Dinfael has a habit of ascending and descending the stairs stepping with her left foot first.

26. How do you get into your character’s head? How do you get out? Do you ever regret going in there in the first place?

By understanding their motivations, wants, needs, truth, lies, and personality traits. But once I get them in, getting them out is a different matter. They constantly rotate in my mind like a rotisserie chicken. As for regret, not really. I love them (despite my love for torturing them lol).

28. Who is the most delightful character you’ve ever written? Why?

Dinfael av Arathan! A strange elf born not out of a womb, but from a fallen star. Adopted by Arathan band/clan, a woodborn elf communal family (yes, the elves' family isn't a nuclear one). So she's essentially a woodborn elf. Though she looks more like a moonborn with silver-white hair and blue eyes.

I love stories about courtesans/prostitutes that also takes a role as either a spy or concubine/secret lover. Those courtesans can make or break an empire. And she's the result of that love. Dinfael, a courtesan/spy and occasional poisoner. Her weaponizing sex to maneuver politics, oh my!

Mistress Opulence, The Hidden Eye! Her real name is Eulya Zathomai. A Helltouched and one of Valamorne's "bloodsworn" colleagues. A filthy rich Master of Trade who secretly owns a spy ring to watch over the dangerous politics of Qilish, the king(queen?)dom Valamorne built and rule for her Helltouched people.

The reason she delights me is her attitude. She has this "old woman who gives zero shits" energy (even though she doesn't look old. First generation Helltouched faces are frozen to the last age before they're transformed). She can casually call out Valamorne if she pisses her off when the others are hesitant to.

29. Where do you draw your inspiration? What do you do when the inspiration well runs dry?

Books! Games! Real life history! Mythology! Music!

The books that give me biggest inspirations are the tolkien's books, malazan series (particularly in handling the divine), jacqueline carey's books (particularly kushiel series for how to form a connection between sex and political intrigue), and dungeons and dragons books.

I also take inspirations from games, like dragon age, fear and hunger, the elder scrolls, god of war series, world of warcraft, dnd tabletop, and the recent one, baldur's gate 3 (the latter coincidentally has the similar central theme as mine even though mine was written earlier. It's "reclaiming power/agency that has been taken away from you" so I take that as an example of how to write with that theme)

Real life history also provides great inspiration, particularly about nobles and their political intrigues.

Mythology is next. I draw a lot from greek, mesopotamian, east asian, celtic, egyptian, javanese, and hindu mythologies. Gotta love those gods and their shenanigans.

Also music. Favorite music to find inspo are soundtracks. Games, movies, anime, and more. A lot of the time music makes me conjure an entire scene in my head 😆 even when the lyrics don't match at all. It's all about vibe, baby!

If the inspo runs dry, then I'll read more books, watch more game playthroughs, search for more history, listen to more music.

35. What’s your favorite writing rule to smash into smithereens?

Something like "relatable character = well-written character". Does a character NEED to be relatable to be well-written? I don't think so.

You can see that it's long. I get excited everytime someone ask me this stuff!

Weird Questions for Writers (because writers are weird)

1. What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

2. If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?

3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed?

4. What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

5. Do you have any writing superstitions? What are they and why are they 100% true?

6. What is your darkest fear about writing?

7. What is your deepest joy about writing?

8. If you had to write an entire story without either action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go?

9. Do you believe in ghosts? This isn’t about writing I just wanna know

10. Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you?

11. Do you believe in the old advice to “kill your darlings?” Are you a ruthless darling assassin? What happens to the darlings you murder? Do you have a darling graveyard? Do you grieve?

12. If a genie offered you three writing wishes, what would they be? Btw if you wish for more wishes the genie turns all your current WIPs into Lorem Ipsum, I don’t make the rules

13. What is a subject matter that is incredibly difficult for you write about? What is easy?

14. Do you lend your books to people? Are people scared to borrow books from you? Do you know exactly where all your “lost” books are and which specific friend from school you haven’t seen in twelve years still possesses them? Will you ever get them back?

15. Do you write in the margins of your books? Dog-ear your pages? Read in the bath? Why or why not? Do you judge people who do these things? Can we still be friends?

16. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark?

17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.

18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end. Spicy addition: Questioner provides the passage.

19. Tell me a story about your writing journey. When did you start? Why did you start? Were there bumps along the way? Where are you now and where are you going?

20. If a witch offered you the choice between eternal happiness with your one true love and the ability to finally finish, perfect, and publish your dearest, darlingest, most precious WIP in exactly the way you've always imagined it — which would you choose? You can’t have both sorry, life’s a bitch

21. Could you ever quit writing? Do you ever wish you could? Why or why not?

22. How organized are you with your writing? Describe to me your organization method, if it exists. What tools do you use? Notebooks? Binders? Apps? The Cloud?

23. Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.

24. How much prep work do you put into your stories? What does that look like for you? Do you enjoy this part or do you just want to get on with it?

25. What is a weird, hyper-specific detail you know about one of your characters that is completely irrelevant to the story?

26. How do you get into your character’s head? How do you get out? Do you ever regret going in there in the first place?

27. Who is the most stressful character you’ve ever written? Why?

28. Who is the most delightful character you’ve ever written? Why?

29. Where do you draw your inspiration? What do you do when the inspiration well runs dry?

30. Talk to me about the role dreams play in your writing life. Have you ever used material from your dreams in your writing? Have you ever written in a dream? Did you remember it when you woke up?

31. Write a short love letter to your readers.

32. What is a line from a poem/novel/fanfic etc that you return to from time and time again? How did you find it? What does it mean to you?

33. Do you practice any other art besides writing? Does that art ever tie into your writing, or is it entirely separate?

34. Thoughts on the Oxford comma, Go:

35. What’s your favorite writing rule to smash into smithereens?

36. They say to Write What You Know. Setting aside for a moment the fact that this is terrible advice...what do you Know?

37. If you were to be remembered only by the words you’ve put on the page, what would future historians think of you?

38. What is something about your writing process YOU think is Really Weird? If you are comfortable, please share. If you’re not comfortable, what do you think cats say about us?

39. What keeps you writing when you feel like giving up?

40. Please share a poem with me, I need it.

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@spiced-wine-fic can I ask for 13, 25, 26, 28, 29, 35 please? 👀

Weird Questions for Writers (because writers are weird)

1. What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

2. If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?

3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed?

4. What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

5. Do you have any writing superstitions? What are they and why are they 100% true?

6. What is your darkest fear about writing?

7. What is your deepest joy about writing?

8. If you had to write an entire story without either action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go?

9. Do you believe in ghosts? This isn’t about writing I just wanna know

10. Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you?

11. Do you believe in the old advice to “kill your darlings?” Are you a ruthless darling assassin? What happens to the darlings you murder? Do you have a darling graveyard? Do you grieve?

12. If a genie offered you three writing wishes, what would they be? Btw if you wish for more wishes the genie turns all your current WIPs into Lorem Ipsum, I don’t make the rules

13. What is a subject matter that is incredibly difficult for you write about? What is easy?

14. Do you lend your books to people? Are people scared to borrow books from you? Do you know exactly where all your “lost” books are and which specific friend from school you haven’t seen in twelve years still possesses them? Will you ever get them back?

15. Do you write in the margins of your books? Dog-ear your pages? Read in the bath? Why or why not? Do you judge people who do these things? Can we still be friends?

16. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark?

17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.

18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end. Spicy addition: Questioner provides the passage.

19. Tell me a story about your writing journey. When did you start? Why did you start? Were there bumps along the way? Where are you now and where are you going?

20. If a witch offered you the choice between eternal happiness with your one true love and the ability to finally finish, perfect, and publish your dearest, darlingest, most precious WIP in exactly the way you've always imagined it — which would you choose? You can’t have both sorry, life’s a bitch

21. Could you ever quit writing? Do you ever wish you could? Why or why not?

22. How organized are you with your writing? Describe to me your organization method, if it exists. What tools do you use? Notebooks? Binders? Apps? The Cloud?

23. Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.

24. How much prep work do you put into your stories? What does that look like for you? Do you enjoy this part or do you just want to get on with it?

25. What is a weird, hyper-specific detail you know about one of your characters that is completely irrelevant to the story?

26. How do you get into your character’s head? How do you get out? Do you ever regret going in there in the first place?

27. Who is the most stressful character you’ve ever written? Why?

28. Who is the most delightful character you’ve ever written? Why?

29. Where do you draw your inspiration? What do you do when the inspiration well runs dry?

30. Talk to me about the role dreams play in your writing life. Have you ever used material from your dreams in your writing? Have you ever written in a dream? Did you remember it when you woke up?

31. Write a short love letter to your readers.

32. What is a line from a poem/novel/fanfic etc that you return to from time and time again? How did you find it? What does it mean to you?

33. Do you practice any other art besides writing? Does that art ever tie into your writing, or is it entirely separate?

34. Thoughts on the Oxford comma, Go:

35. What’s your favorite writing rule to smash into smithereens?

36. They say to Write What You Know. Setting aside for a moment the fact that this is terrible advice...what do you Know?

37. If you were to be remembered only by the words you’ve put on the page, what would future historians think of you?

38. What is something about your writing process YOU think is Really Weird? If you are comfortable, please share. If you’re not comfortable, what do you think cats say about us?

39. What keeps you writing when you feel like giving up?

40. Please share a poem with me, I need it.

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I'd let your thuringwethil defile me

she says she'll consider it

she doesn't steal Gothmog's whip for just anyone though

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Just two princes of the Noldor, enjoying the treelight (and each other) 💕

Only thing I have for @russingon-week , but at least this old wip is done now.

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write weird shit. Write indulgent au fanfiction and self insert fics. Write creepy horror scenes and random character crossover dialogue. Write in a different genre. Write that sex scene that you know won’t make the cut. Write about sentient furniture turning into werewolves that try to date your MC. Write whump or hero/villain fic. Write your kink. Write your worst nightmare. Write your delusions of power and fantasies of control. Write whatever the fuck you feel like. Write whatever comes to mind. You don’t have to share it with anyone (but you can). Your writing impulses don’t define your morality anymore than your reading preferences, and actually going outside your comfort zone will improve your writing skills (making a horrifying villain sympathetic requires good characterization). Even if it doesn’t improve your skills, that’s still something you created out of nothing. It’s still valuable. Don’t let purity culture kill your creativity. That’s how culture stagnates. That’s how writing stops being fun.

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Glorfindel and Erestor | Travellers from afar

Umbari clothes inspired by Philippine traditional wear.

This is a colored version of an old art I submitted for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang back in 2018. The lovely raiyana wrote an absolutely gorgeous fic for the original piece, so please go read Dust in Desert Winds if you haven't yet!

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I had a couple conversations with people about the style they use to write their first/rough draft, and it has me curious how other writers go about it. Personally, I am complete linear format only—full prose, fleshed out scenes, start to finish, no place holders. I have been told this is... odd?

I realize there are a lot of different methods, but go with what is closest (or the other option if none of these are close)!

*D is not combinable with other options as it is meant to represent the form I described for myself at top of post.

(Reblog for larger sample size please 😊)

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Me when the characters unexpectedly starting to explore each other's bodies:

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Ahem

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I'm curious. Tag this with your sexuality and what your favorite M/F ship is.

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'The Reluctant Bride' but it's the Nargothrond trio 🌹✨ • prints!

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spin this wheel and get a random baldur’s gate 3 character.

look them up here or here (or google i guess). not spoiler free. no secret nuanced fourth answer, you just gotta choose. have fun!

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My first ever post on tumblr. I hope I’m doing this right lol

I recently completed my first campaign in Baldur’s Gate 3 and I just had to draw one of the most tragic character in the game. I’m still rather emotional with how his story ended 🥺