#Descriptions

[mischiefmaker615]

[metaphrasis]

Places described by a lover are like no other places on earth. To learn a city in this way—boulevards curving, canals, cornices overhead—in the naked embrace, the luxury of listening while your skin is listening. The city slips into your body. And then, if you are fortunate enough to arrive there for the first time with that same lover, or more fortunate still to arrive there after many years with the same lover—then you will enter the place as if in a dream. Your body will recognise the canals, the cornices, the curving boulevards; memory before sight. And that is a great gift, because we arrive most often as strangers; this, of course, is its own pleasure. But this other pleasure —arrival into the memory of a place you’ve never been and yet know in your skin—is the same as arriving into love, that knowledge of something we do not yet know. The kind of love that is like a fatality. The one you never live beyond, no matter what else befalls you.

— Anne Michaels, Held

[petrichoremojis]

[ID: a drawing of a speech bubble containing a large green checkmark. next to the speech bubble is a large purple squiggle. a brown arrow points from that to a light blue circle. end ID]

hi we're still around, just going through it. here's a quick symbol for the word "supposedly"

[tirednshet]

Httyd, Next Gen.

IVE DONE IT, PEOPLE!

After days of writing, trying to find proper names, and (trying to) make it as accurate as possible, I present to you my version of the next generation of dragon riders in httyd (in this AU)!

*(Btw, the descriptions are from a series of stories im making, so it will contain a shit-ton of lore. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!)

Zephyr Haddock - The eldest of the Haddock children, and the future heir to Berk. She reflects her fathers sarcasticness and creativity. She rides a Stromcutter she named Skysplitter. She is also the unofficial leader of the next generation of Dragon Riders, and is willing to protect all of them, especially Nuffink, when they are in danger. She often feels pressured by this new role, due to the fact she was placed in it overnight, but is guided by Avery. She feels guilty and feels as if it is her fault that her parents, and Berk, are in the state they are in in the first place. She doesn't like to talk about it all that much.

Nuffink Haddock - The youngest of the Haddock children, and while not the heir, still the Chief’s son. Unlike Zephyr, he reflects his mother’s traits of being adventurous and brash. He rides a green Nadder named Buckwing. He tries to help Zephyr the best he can on Dragon’s Edge, but sometimes goofs off with the cousins and Eira. He doesn’t like hearing about Berk, because it reminds him of his parents and the condition they are in.

Scullnut Thorston-Jorgenson - The son of Snotlout and Tuffnut (fraternal mother was Ruffnut). He inherits both of his fathers’ chaotic personalities, while also reflecting their loyalty to their old team. He rides a Typhoomerang named Glowtorch. When he escaped from Berk, Thornut wasn’t on the best terms with his parents (there will be TONS of context on that later). He feels guilty about it, and often feels like they ended up in their condition because of him. He takes his guilt out on the other riders in various forms, like questioning Zephyr’s leading, disobeying Avery and running amok on Dragon’s Edge with the cousins, and often zoning out during combat lectures. (He just doesn’t know any other way to deal with it, and certainly is not the type to talk about his problems).

Runa Ingerman - The daughter of Ruffnut and Fishlegs. She inherited Ruffnut’s chaotic personality and Fishlegs’s love for dragons, so the result was a chaotic love for dragons (I seriously don’t know how that would work out). Runa rides Fogs and Gust, a Zippleback from the Hidden World. She and Scullnut are thicker than the hairiest yak on Berk, because I mean, they are cousins, after all. They often secretly go on little adventures around Dragon’s Edge, just to loosen up a little. They also try not to think of the state Berk, and their parents, are in, afraid of what might’ve happened to them.

Arne - The eldest child of Dagur and Mala, and the future heir of the Defenders of the Wing, and the Berserkers. He reflects his mother’s traits, being calm and collected in times of danger, and knowing when the right time is to strike. He rides a Thunderdrum he named Waves, and often helps Zephyr as second-in-command of the riders, and keeps everyone, especially Eira, in check. He also comforts the riders when they feel at their lowest, and assures them that they are going to defeat Zelda and get their islands and people back.

Eira - The youngest child of Dagur and Mala. She inherited her father’s red hair and wild personality, and his fighting skills as well. She rides a Triple Strike named Wildeye. She has a hobby of chasing some of the Night Terrors around Dragon’s Edge, along with the cousins (Runa and Scullnut). Sometimes even Nuffink joins them as well. But Eira does have a more serious side to her. She looks up to both of her parents (mostly her father), and refuses to believe that he fell to a crazy lady and her dragon. So, whenever someone mentions him or anything related to him, she goes quiet and isolates herself for the rest of the day.

*I'm sorry if this isn't accurate/is cringey. As I said before, I tried to make it as accurate as possible (for this AU).

[atefingersdagger]

Hunger Games Fashion: Headpieces, Makeup, Prosthetics (Districts 1-6)

These are primarily what I view as inspo for the chariot rides per district or victory tour promos

District 1: Gold and Gems

District 1 is the luxury district, making diamonds and jewelry. To represent the district during the chariots, I see the following being primarily utilized in outfits, especially headpieces:

Gems

Diamonds

Gold

Shimmers

Anything that shines will symbolize the gem of Panem and their bright tributes.

District 2: Armor, Blood, Chainmail, and Wings

District 2 is for masonry production, and although they also supply the military, most districts don't know that. So, any references to Peacekeepers might be unlikely during the parade. Motifs I think would be used:

Blood and gore to symbolize viciousness and willingness to die for the country

Wings in the style of Icarus (the tributes flying too close to the sun and being destroyed by it) or the Gladiator helmets.

Chailmail/Armor/Metals to symbolize the weapon making.

Stone or pebbles might be utilized as well for the contrstruction part of 2

District 3: Wires and Lines

District 3 is technology, associated with wires. Anything that looks like it could be plugged into your nearest outlets would likely be inspo for the chariots or promotional photos.

Wires

Lines like chords

Circuitry patterns

Keyboard patters, too (if you really wanna get wacky)

District 4: Coral, Sea Creatures, and Fish Scales

District 4 and its main export is fishing, so all water and ocean motifs would apply here. Likely giving one of the most diverse creative freedoms than some other districts for chariot rides and headpieces.

Fish scales

Coral (Hey, girl, shame you died) patterns

Sea life shapes

Pirate hats/mermaid hair (if you really wanna get wacky again)

Water droplet shaped gems

District 5: Solar Panels and Satellite Dishes

District 5 is power; solar, electric, you name it. And although satellite dishes don't generate power like solar panels or hydroelectric dams, they help keep things up and running by way of communication. While that sounds more District 3, power technically wouldn't be so powerful (pun intended) without technology.

Solar panel designs

Satellite dish-like designs

Electricity designs

Glowing, lit-up, or reflective head wear.

District 6: Helmets and More Helmets

District 6 is transportation, so, of course, helmets and protective headgear make sense. Some the type for motorcycles or bikes, or even astronaut helmets. Do I think Panem is going into space to land on the moon? No, but it's other worldly and evokes a cool look of futuristic travel.

Motorcycle helmets

Astronaut helmets or aesthetic for headpieces

Tire patterns

Glass/windshield designs

Next 6 Districts in separate post!

[madametamma]

In 'My adventures with superman' I want it to be a running gag that when someone asks about anyone in the reporter trio, instead of just saying "He's tall", or "Short hair", they're given the craziest descriptions in return and the one asking about them will immediately understand.

"What did he look like?"

"Imagine if a lumberjack quit his job, shaved his beard, and left town to fulfill his dream of being captain of a chess club."

"Understood"

"What's she like?"

'Imagine if someone made a wish to make an ankle biting, yappy Chihuahua a human woman and she then became an obsessed journalist"

"I see"

"What can you tell me about this guy?"

"imagine shuffling tarot cards, Yugioh cards, casino playing cards and uno cards all together in one deck and slapping them on the table yelling 'Checkmate. He'd be that manifested as a human being."

"Okay"

"What can you tell me about them?"

"You know those kids in high school who would just do the most insane dangerous stunts and acted like they were going to live forever and you wondered if they weren't going to survive past 18? Well they did live, and they work for a newspaper now. Also they've recruited your high school's biggest nerd who filled out into their fold now too."

"Hmm, I see"

"What's he like?"

"Imagine if hot out of oven home made chocolate chip cookies were a person who also happened to have great abs."

"Well alright then."

"Tell me more about this reporter."

"She's got big 'grab you uncomfortably close with the left arm, dramatically waving the right arm, while shouting "Just picture it' energy."

"yes, well then-"

[hjaopanses]

what do i even call this?? anyways. new alter ego thing. (?) say hi to kamaboko. and sunny because yeahg

[seaglasswrites]

Writers,

[jackoshadows]

Jon Snow appearance descriptions from the text of the books with references to Arya, Ned (and Lyanna) because they have the house Stark look and he is often times described as looking similar to them by characters who know of all of them.

Jon's eyes were a grey so dark they seemed almost black, but there was little they did not see. He was of an age with Robb, but they did not look alike. Jon was slender where Robb was muscular, dark where Robb was fair, graceful and quick where his half brother was strong and fast. - Bran, AGoT

Arya took after their lord father. Her hair was a lusterless brown, and her face was long and solemn. - Arya, AGoT

The boy absorbed that all in silence. He had the Stark face if not the name: long, solemn, guarded, a face that gave nothing away. Whoever his mother had been, she had left little of herself in her son. - Tyrion, AGoT

Jon had their father's face, as she did. They were the only ones. Robb and Sansa and Bran and even little Rickon all took after the Tullys, with easy smiles and fire in their hair. - Arya, AGoT

“She might have overlooked a dozen bastards for Ned’s sake, so long as they were out of sight. Jon was never out of sight, and as he grew, he looked more like Ned than any of the trueborn sons she bore him. Somehow, that made it worse.” – Catelyn, AGoT

Her (Arya's) face was dirty, and her tears left pink tracks down her cheeks. – Eddard, AGOT

Sansa could never understand how two sisters, born only two years apart, could be so different. It would have been easier if Arya had been a bastard, like their half brother Jon. She even looked like Jon, with the long face and brown hair of the Starks, and nothing of their lady mother in her face or her coloring. And Jon's mother had been common, or so people whispered. - Sansa, AGoT

"Lyanna might have carried a sword, if my lord father had allowed it. You remind me of her sometimes. You even look like her." - Arya, AGoT

Riding through the rainy night, Ned saw Jon Snow's face in front of him, so like a younger version of his own. - Eddard, AGoT

They felt good. She (Arya) wished she could take off her clothes and swim, gliding through the warm water like an skinny pink otter. Maybe she could swim all the way to Winterfell. – Arya, ACOK

All in black, he was a shadow among shadows, dark of hair, long of face, grey of eye. - Jon, ACoK

A gust of wind sent icy tendrils wending through his long brown hair. - Jon, ASoS

Jon, he'd said, but Jon was gone. It was Lord Snow who faced him now, grey eyes as hard as ice - Sam, AFfC

She stood on the end of the dock, pale and goosefleshed and shivering in the fog. - Arya, AFfC

The flames crackled softly, and in their crackling she heard the whispered name Jon Snow. His long face floated before her, limned in tongues of red and orange, appearing and disappearing again, a shadow half-seen behind a fluttering curtain. Now he was a man, now a wolf, now a man again - Melisandre, ADwD

He looked at her face for a long moment with those cold grey eyes of his. His right hand closed, opened, closed again. "As you wish. Edd, take Ghost back to my chambers." - Melisandre, ADwD

Note: The 'Dark' and 'Fair' comparisons refers to hair/eye colour. As in Jon's dark brown hair and dark grey eyes and Robb's comparatively lighter auburn hair and blue eyes as is commonly used in English literature when describing/comparing white people.

Also Note: The First Men - the OG colonizers of Westeros and ancestors of the Starks - are white. Ygritte, Tormund, Val, Mance etc. are not poc in the books

[so-many-ocs]

describing your main character in first person (+ examples)

request from instagram

comparisons: using another character as a point of reference

our eyes were both blue, but hers were piercing chips of sapphire, while mine were more the color of dishwater.

they stopped growing in middle school. i didn’t. now, though i wouldn’t consider myself a giant by any means, i tower over them with ease.

i got my father’s squarish jawline, but he had a nose to match, whereas my face seemed more like a mismatched collage of features from both parents.

dialogue: other characters commenting on the mc’s appearance

“i don’t know,” she says. “you have a bit more of a pear-shaped build, so i think an empire waistline would look good on you.”

my father looked at me and sighed. “a mullet is... definitely a choice.”

“huh,” he said, reaching out to poke my upper forearm. “i always thought your tattoo was meant to be some kind of weird abstract flower.”

action: the main character interacts with an aspect of their appearance to let the reader know it’s there

i rolled up the sleeves of my jacket. it was a faded green thing with rips along the elbows from a few too many falls on the pavement, and i seldom took it off.

i pushed my glasses back up the bridge of my nose, cursing their thick lenses.

my nails were chipped, but i gnawed at them anyway.

i shook the stray curls out of my eyes.

showing (related to action) something occurs within the story that naturally reveals a part of the character’s appearance

the man gives me a once-over, then a twice-over, and smiles at me. i tuck a loose blonde strand behind my ear and smile back.

the white silk contrasts starkly with my skin.

even with heels, the book was too high up for me to reach.

i hold each watch up to my face, comparing it against my undertones, before securing the silver one about my wrist.

reflections: the character sees part or all of their appearance in a reflective surface (can be overused)

my reflection startles me with its puffy, reddened eyes and tear-streaked mascara and ruined lipstick. i looked so put-together at the start of the night.

i held up the knife, angling it so that my own piercing green eyes stared back at me.

the rain last night left behind still and scattered puddles. as i pass them on my way to work, i am followed by my hunched silhouette, darkly clothed, reflected dozens of times.

advice

break your descriptions up into smaller, more digestible bits and scatter them throughout the beginning of the story.

don’t wait too long to describe your mc, as you might be ruining the reader’s established mental image if you introduce a key detail later on.

don’t worry too much! if a book is first-person, you don’t need to agonize over the littlest parts of someone’s appearance. focus on the most important or noticeable parts (a scar, a facial feature, a limp, dyed hair, a prosthetic, etc.)

-----------------

like this post? buy me a ko-fi! | what's radio apocalypse?

[librivore42]

WIP Whenever

Thank you for the taaaaag @winebearcat

There is no stealthy tread of winter in Kirkwall. No slow glide from its autumn into the colder months. The heavy clouds simply appear, steel grey and foreboding, presaging the end of sun and warmth. Winter comes upon you suddenly in the dark with teeth bared, vicious and bitterly cold. And in Darktown, one truly understands the meaning of bitter. The patient in the bed, with winter in his lungs. The family in the hovel, with winter in their bellies. The healer in a threadbare clinic, with winter in his heart. Elfroot, soot, bile and blood mix haphazardly in the air, sinking into walls and skin, clinging to clothes and hair. It's the smell of healing and death in equal measure, though luckily there has been little of the latter lately. The clinic could almost be called peaceful, in the same way that one would call a shaky ceasefire peaceful.

I consign this tag to whoever may find it, but let's also low pressure taaaaaag @dismalzelenka and @maebird-melody

[futurebird]

At last, an ant texture guide!

Here is a handy guide when you are trying to describe the texture of the ants that you see.

In an exciting new paper the textures of ants are grouped into five main categories for over 11,000 species to better understand how these micro-textures aid in ant survival.

Smooth Reticulate Striate (rugulose) Punctate (dimples) Tuberous

Read it here!

[petrichoremojis]

IDs in alt

Symbols for: Jewish, halakha, two variants for "born Jew", two variants for "Jewish convert"

The forearm crutches variant of the convert one was self-indulgent, the kippah on a baby variant was just for fun

[iliadtism]

Back with some more short descriptions ! ♡♡

The website for different fonts can be found here [lingojam.com] !

💻 . . . Blue-themed !

☆ :: __𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧__ .ᐟ

*!!* ⚡️1**00** *%* . . . __A__CCESS *GRANTED* . 🌀

╭﹒🌐﹒[***“*** song **lyric** / quote *!* ***”***](put your link here!) ｡𖦹

💫 @ name ｡ name .ᐟ 💬 *?*

💤 . . . [pro](link here) ┊ ***noun*** ݁ ˖🛸₊˚⊹ __masc__ ***terms*** *!?*

۫ ּ ࣪˖ ⋆ [***“*** song **lyric** / quote *!* ***”***](link here) °｡ [ 💿 ]

° ☆ 👁 ✮.𖥔 ݁ ˖ @ 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙__𝙗𝙮𝙚__ . {🎙}

💥 . . . Red-themed !

જ⁀➴ ❤️ *!* [***“*** song **lyric** / quote . . ***”***](link) ݁ ˖ ₊

༺ **n**ame ♦️ n*ame* ༻

. ݁₊ 🩸**?** __i__nterests . ݁ 💉˖ . ݁ [*socials*](link) ꩜

⁺‧₊˚ ⋆ [***prns***](link) ᵎᵎ 🥩 ;; __g__ende__r__ **&&** *s*exual**ity** ⋆ ˚₊‧⁺

⸝⸝ ⵌ [***“*** song **lyric** / quote *!* ***”***](link) ⌞💔⌝ . .

⚜️ . . . Dark-themed !

🕰. ݁₊ ⊹ . ***𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠*** … ݁˖ . ݁⏳ ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 .ᐟ

ᯓ★๋࣭ *name* ۫ ּ ࣪˖ ⋆ __i__nfo ⏱ ⭑

˙✧ . ᵎᵎ 🗝️ ☆ ⋆｡ ⚜️ ｡ **pr** # ns ｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ🍂 ｡⋆ ☽

[˙✧˖° “ qu*ote* . . . ” ⋆｡˚꩜](your link)

As always ; F2U :3

📜 ◟ **𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥.** ✒️

[labelleizzy]

So I'm driving back home from the blood test today and I see this lady dog walker that I've seen a couple of times before.

She's got like nine dogs on their leashes, I'm not exaggerating. They're spread out all around her just like one of those cartoons, half on the sidewalk, half on the lawn.

At a quick glance the couple of larger dogs were maybe a collie and golden retriever, and the mid and small dogs were all kinds of breeds.

I don't draw very well so I can't make a picture except with words. She reminded me of the center of a patient constellation. A starburst firework, paused.

And they also reminded me of when I was little and we used to blow seeds off the dandelion puff? And the first blow would leave behind this irregular halo of leftover seeds, all around the bottom, like a balding little old man with a bad haircut.

Poof! A poof! Of dogs.

Everytime I see her I'm surprised and impressed she's not tangled up in leashes.