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Someone wanted some facial advice, so I just collect some tips. Free to ask for more advice.

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Tragic Backstory Ideas That Aren’t S3xual Assault

Something that never ceases to frustrate me is the fact that sexual assault - a very serious and potentially traumatising topic - is the go-to used to add ✨spice✨ to characters’ stories, especially cis men who want their female characters to have a ✨FuCkED uP✨ manic pixie dream girl “appeal”.

That being said, here are some alternatives, if you still want your characters to be traumatised;

Severe/long term bullying. Especially in neurodiverse children, this has been shown to cause symptoms of PTSD.

Witnessing a death; that may include natural causes, unalive, or something horrible like an IED or burning alive, especially in a war zone. Use your imagination!

Near death experiences. An operation gone wrong, an almost fatal car accident, almost drowning as a kid. These things leave scars.

Emotional/verbal abuse. In media, the only type of abuse that is portrayed is physical/sexual, and emotional and verbal abuse are seen as ‘lesser’ when this isn’t the case at all. These are just as likely to cause lasting scars.

Animal attacks. I read a book where an SAS soldier talked about trauma, and the thing that had stuck with him the most - out of everything - was the time a chimpanzee tried to kill him when he was eight. Not the killing, or the war horrors - the chimpanzee. Being a child is scary, and things like that leave bigger marks than as an adult.

Genocide. This is a huge, HUGE one that’s overlooked. Generational trauma is a thing. When someone has tried to wipe out your whole race/religion/species/tribe/whatever reason some sick bastard thinks of, that leaves a mark on the survivors, and then their kids have to grow up being told stories of how their close relatives were brutally slaughtered, and then their kids, and so on.

Disability. As a disabled person myself, this shit is hard. Like, really fucking hard. Some days you can’t get out of bed because you don’t want to face the day. Especially if you’re born with it, growing up adjusting to the fact that the world is not made for you and that people will deliberately make your already difficult life harder for you leaves marks on your psyche.

Racism. It’s so common but so understated how racism is a direct link to PTSD and C-PTSD. It’s constant, unending bias just because of the colour of your skin, or your features. You have to constantly police your behaviour, walk the line between stereotype and being seen as catering to your oppressor. People judge you for how you walk, talk, dress, the music you listen to, the career you choose, everything. It’s traumatic.

Hate crimes. Seriously. I know unfortunately from personal experiences. Still have nightmares ten years later.

Neglect. This is a massive one. Having to fend for yourself during your formative years, potentially to the point of having to look after your siblings or even your parents, gives you massive trust issues and forces you to bury your emotions at all times. You’re not allowed to be sick, not allowed to be tired. You have to be strong always. It’s exhausting.

And these are just a few examples. They’re all very serious topics, and shouldn’t be taken lightly, but neither should sexual assault. Trauma is trauma, and it affects you daily, even if it’s just a little or if it’s a lot. It can’t be kissed away by the magic love interest and it can’t be wiped clean by finding happiness elsewhere. You’re going to have good days and bad days. And that’s okay. This should be reflected in your writing.

If you want your character to be an asshole, don’t use trauma as an excuse. It adds to the stigma.

Just have them be an asshole. Own it.

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Mermaids are valid in all colors and forms. 

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how to draw arms ? ? 

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Retrograde (Part One)

An x Male reader Percival Graves fic, because frankly there aren’t enough of those.

There’s a longer summary on A03, but the premise is that the reader was in an accident and has gaps in his memory because of it, but it turns out that maybe the gaps aren’t quite as random as they seem, and that they may have something to do with Graves’s odd behaviour.

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Highkey wanna write a Percival Graves x Male reader fic, let me know if you guys would be interested in reading that and let me know if you’d wanna be tagged.

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Was too fun to make.

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Hey guys!

Really sorry about the delay in updates to Hotel Cali - I’ve been struggling with some pretty significant mental health issues and so have been really lacking motivation to write or do anything creative. I hope that once I get help and meds I’ll be back to my usual self. Until then, I apologise for the delay and I’ll be uploading links to more of my previous works.

Tagging: @vanecksweater @davekatzdefensesquad @tumblenaut

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Hey guys!

Really sorry about the delay in updates to Hotel Cali - I’ve been struggling with some pretty significant mental health issues and so have been really lacking motivation to write or do anything creative. I hope that once I get help and meds I’ll be back to my usual self. Until then, I apologise for the delay and I’ll be uploading links to more of my previous works.

Tagging: @vanecksweater @davekatzdefensesquad @tumblenaut

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Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers

As described by Selnick’s article:

Author and doctor of clinical psychology Carolyn Kaufman has released a one-page body language cheat sheet of psychological “tells” (PDF link) fiction writers can use to dress their characters.

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Hotel California Chapter Two is on it’s way!!

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AL1VE

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Goddess, Meet Trouble

So this is my American Gods fic! It’s an old project so apologies if the quality has jumped around a bit. Basically I started writing it because I wanted to explore the world of American Gods with a character who was caught in the middle of the old and the new, and a character who isn’t involved but she always seems to stumble into every disaster known to man anyway.

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Hotel California Chapter One

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Masterlist Go Brr

All of my works will have a little description by them so you know what you’re reading and what fandoms my stuff is in. It’s a whole lot, and some of this writing is pretty heckin old, so sorry if the quality kinda jumps around a bit!

Umbrella Academy

Hotel California - so this (hopefully) will be a series. Everything you need to know about it is in the description for the story, but basically it’s a season two retcon because I did Not like it (sorry) and all the siblings get scattered throughout time and Klaus gets sent back to the thirties and a lot of shit goes down because it’s a CROSSOVER EVENT with AHS Hotel.

American Gods

Goddess, Meet Trouble - An Old Project™️ that I’m nonetheless still quite fond of. More details on the post!

Detroit: Become Human

Al1ve - So I wrote this one AGES ago but it’s still one of my faves. My character Lexis is one of my favourite ocs because she’s a survivor through and through. I wrote a few parts of this and I’m unlikely to continue it, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m putting it here anyways.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Retrograde - A percival Graves x Male reader fic series!

Chapters: (1)

I’ll obviously edit this as time goes on and I transfer more stuff!

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Hey guys!

This is my writing side blog. My main blog is @agentnightshade44!

I made this blog so that I could be more open with my writing as part of my mental health recovery and hopefully become a more peaceful and happier person. Sorry if that sounds cheesy 😂😂

Anyhoo, I’m transferring my stuff over to A03 at the moment. A lot of it involves Ocs and some of it is super old, but I’ll write a brief description so y’all know what you’re getting yourselves into.

Thanks!

Tagging: @vanecksweater @davekatzdefensesquad