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Worldbuilding: A culture whose funeral practices involve ritualistically beating the shit out of the corpse while yelling at the deceased, scolding the dead for dying. "If only you had not [___], if only you would have [___], then you would still be with me, then I would not beat you now."

It's culturally understood that blaming the dead isn't blaming them, as much as the anguished structure of the poem is accusatory and clearly in rage. Even if the loved ones of the dead could not see it at the time - as grief wins over reason every time - it's understood that the more absurd the demands of what the dead should have done to avoid dying are, the more obviously it was nobody's fault. Such as accusing the elderly for failing to stop the passage of time, or an infant for not being strong enough to swallow.

"Fine, but I wll beat your corpse if you do", is a common go-to line of guilt-tripping mothers who do not want their children to do something that they've decided is dangerous. The mental image of one's own grieving mother beating the shit out of your corpse after you die of something stupid has a varying success rate in deterring teenagers from doing inadvisable things, but the most important thing is that it's not a threat, it's a promise.

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𝕼𝖚𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝕮𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖁𝖔𝖗𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖞𝖆

♕ ILÈYEN VARZYENKA ♕

Queen Ilèyen was the first Queen Consort of Vorgarya through her marriage with King Raintan I Nevantine. Although not always explicitly mentioned, she was regarded as one of Vorgarya’s founders. Ilèyen fought alongside Raintan and his friends during the Middle Continent War. She was a mother two Raintan’s two children, Prince Maïdarïon I Nevantine and Princess Illëyana Nevantine.

♕ IRAINË VULANDOR ♕

Queen Irainë was the Queen Consort of Vorgarya from 31 ADA to 49 ADA, where

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✧ — 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 & 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐈𝐏𝐒

✧ — 𝐖𝐈𝐏 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐓𝐒

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✧ — 𝐎𝐂𝐒 𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑫𝑨𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑨 𝑼𝑵𝑰𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑬

The Valiant, the Brave, and the Tall

The Green Dynasty — House Nevantine

The Descendants of the Bear — House Vulandor

Beauty, Wisdom, and Greed — House Marvaryan

Lords of the East

Records of Daneva — Fall of Crowns

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Despite the Small Council’s disapproval against the Queen Consort’s opinion, Irainë would not let her then young son, Crown Prince Rezmar, sit on the Vorgaryan Throne. She, like everyone else, has stood in the royal court for many years, and she knew well the people in it; how some are kind and generous, while others are cunning and deceitful. She deemed that the ways of the royal court was not yet suitable for young Rezmar to know. ‘Let him enjoy his youth. Let him be oblivious to the theatrics of the court. I wish him not to be tainted by the hands of these petty lords who, I am sure of, only wants to control him,’ she said. Her intentions had always been as clear as day: she was keeping him away from the noblemen’s influences. After the death of her husband, she thought they would jump at any given opportunity to crown him king, and then to get him and the kingdom under their rule. ‘If he is to be king, it would be within my guidance,’ she added. ‘he will learn from me.’

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—out of all the elven of warriors of the riverwoods, halgefrida was the fiercest. she has mastered many weapons, but none comes as close as her favorite sword to wield, Ender.

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they’re gay and very in love your honour 😭💕✨

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Archery Tutorial in art and stock photography! You can find all these images and more reference photos on https://gumroad.com/syccas

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some picrews i used to envision my ocs :)

can’t use artbreeder (yet) but you wanna picture how your ocs look like? do not fret, for i have compiled some of the nicest picrews.

https://picrew.me/image_maker/332600

https://picrew.me/image_maker/80783

https://picrew.me/image_maker/249262

https://picrew.me/image_maker/1481454

https://picrew.me/image_maker/15154

https://picrew.me/image_maker/47644

boys only

https://picrew.me/image_maker/1533508 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/32223 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/155877 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/31304 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/1399436 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/249262 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/349094 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/35817 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/674767 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/26727 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/32078

https://picrew.me/image_maker/611021

girls only

https://picrew.me/image_maker/1507485 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/69653 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/1531536 // https://picrew.me/image_maker/1742617 //

gender-neutral

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Writing advice from my uni teachers:

If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.

Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.

Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.

Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.

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BUILD A CHARACTER (Masterpost)

>Naming

Websites:

- NameChef - Name Generator - Reedsy Generator - Fake Name Generator - Fantasy Name Generator - Baby Names - Baby Center

Lists:

- Long Names List by @leafvy - Giant Name List by @serifsystem - Dark Academia Inspired Names by @victoriahazelnut - Dark Academia Inspired Names part II by @victoriahazelnut - Modern Names Similar to Constellations by @victoriahazelnut

>Personality

Websites:

- Personality Generator - Random Character Traits Generator by @lucalicatteart - Random Zodiac Sign Generator - Zodiac Generator

Lists:

- 638 Personality Traits - Character Traits List with Examples - 800 Character Traits: The Ultimate List (+ How to Develop a Good Character Step-by-Step) - The Signs in a Relationship by @neo-wonderland - Character Flaws by @madswritess - A List of Character Quirks by @psychidion - Victorian Detective by @iamacuteapplepie - Little Quirks for Future Reference by @elvenwinters - Things your Character Might be Afraid of by @rpmemesbyarat - Masterlist of Characters’ Deepest Fears by @bailey-writes

>Backstory

Websites:

- Kassoon Backstory Generator - Character Biography Generator - How to Write Compelling Character Backstories: Step-by-Step Guide - Childhood Memory Generator

Lists:

-  33 Life Events For Your Character’s Backstory by @creativerogues - Important Life Events - Past Traumas by @blackacre13

>Goals & Motives

Websites:

- Character Goal Generator - Character Motivation Generator - Motive Generator

>Secrets

Websites:

- Secret Generator

Lists:

- 300 Secrets for your Character by @crissverahelps - What Secret does your Character Keep? - 150 secrets/plots by @sunshineandtearph

>Appearence

Websites:

- Appearence Generator - Portrait and Figure Drawing References

Lists:

- Appearence Adjectives - Adjectives to Describe People 

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WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

(Also, check my blog if you want to!)

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How to Write Characters in Realistic Polyamorous Relationships

Earlier this week, an anonymous follower asked: Any advice for writing a REALISTIC poly relationship?

Friend, you are in luck. As a polyamorous person, I’m always looking for more stories that include good poly representation! So first, we’re going to dig into some information about what poly is and what it isn’t, go over some vocabulary, and discuss how polyamorous relationships function in the real world, and then I’ll get into some dons and don’ts for writing polyamorous relationships. Read on under the cut!

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