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Lead by example! Take her shopping.  Nothing drops the subtle hint better than physically forcing something fashionable and hopefully flattering into your targets’ hands and shoving them in a dressing room. 

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it's darkners live, featuring the cybershop trio ! i'd like to think that darkners are allowed to play the minigames in castle town's TV studio too. i've been wanting to make designs for these three after i saw a different take of ramb in this context (i can't find it unfortunately ;w;)

i'm incorporating this into my fanfic so i wanted to make the designs before posting the new chapter! i'm not done with it yet)

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Really feeling this one today.

* [Heaven], are you WATCHING?

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how to write characters that feel like real people and not NPCs in your brain

You ever read a book and think “this character would survive maybe five minutes in a real conversation”? Yeah. Let’s avoid that. Here’s how to make your fictional friends feel real:

everyone wants something

Even if it’s small. Even if it’s stupid. Every character—from your MC to the one-line barista—should want something. A promotion. Revenge. A nap. World domination. That want shapes how they act.

give them contradictions

Humans are messy. Let your characters be brave and terrified, kind but petty, loyal but deeply in denial. That tension? That’s where the magic lives.

let them make bad choices

If your character is right all the time, they’re either boring or a liar. People mess up. Let your character mess up in ways that feel true to them, not just to move the plot.

interior life > cool dialogue

Quippy one-liners are fun, but what’s going on underneath? What are they afraid to say out loud? What thoughts would they take to the grave? That’s what makes a character feel alive.

how do they show emotion?

Not everyone cries when sad. Some get mean. Some go quiet. Some rearrange their bookshelves obsessively. Find their emotional language.

backstory = spice, not soup

You don’t need a 12-page trauma dump to make a character real. Drip in bits of their past when it matters. Let it shape them quietly.

voice matters

Everyone shouldn’t sound like you. Think about how your character talks. What words do they overuse? Do they ramble? Are they blunt? What don’t they say?

tl;dr: believable characters aren’t perfect—they’re specific. They’ve got fears, flaws, favorite snacks, weird opinions, and conflicting goals. Make them messy. Make them human.

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@penbwl

SPAMSICIAN AU IS REAL

[Seriously, this guy's whole Deltarune piano playlist is ***epic***. He's self-taught, doesn't use sheet music, learned all these pieces by ear.

Full playlist here...

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"A snack? For me?"

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blue-banded king crow (euploea eunice) | source

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yummy star gouache painting

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some cats like to climb on things. some like to curl up in small spaces. not this boy. he is a mountain troll. he is a bat. he wants a cave and he wants to lurk in it

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THE POWER OF FLUFFY BOYS SHINES WITHIN YOU…

My entry for @creatingblackcharacters’ melanin beam challenge! A humanization of Ralsei since Deltarune's the most recent fandom I've been interested in :3

A quick ref...

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It's incredible, really, how wanting to know what happened in the past can be an even stronger hook in a story than wanting to know what happens next. The urge to understand why things are the way they are, even knowing that it can't be changed, is so powerful

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22 seconds of sheer joy, on infinite repeat.

when [[castle town]] is asleep could not get this idea out of my head so i had to make it

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Boop 😺