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CHAPTER FOUR — DAMN RIGHT, I’VE GOT THE BLUES

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Scarlett Johansson x fem!OC fic | Masterlist

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Content Warning : Elle listening to some Buddy Guy | New School | Discovering a new place and new people | Carter hates LA and misses Portland

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LOS ANGELES — CALIFORNIA

DECEMBER 06, 2016

Carter hated Los Angeles.

From its sweltering heat to its crowded streets and inhabitants. He'd only been there two short weeks and was already missing Portland. Not what he would have liked to call home, or the people who were supposed to be his family, but the city itself. The alleys of Japanese maples, the café where he played his first guitar notes in public and, above all, the weather in favor of a snowy Christmas.

Here, the air was stifling and the sun never seemed to take a break. Even sprawled out in his new bed, the atmosphere seemed to descend on him, crushing his chest. Repainting the walls and assembling the furniture had been an ordeal for him. Unlike his sister, who seemed accustomed to the Californian air, Carter was still wiping the corner of his eyebrow and inhaling every second.

In the car, the ordeal was the same. But at least he could enjoy the occasional light breeze. He leaned back, his cap hitting the headrest of the seat, his long legs stretched out to the glove compartment. For someone who has money, he thought, it's definitely no luxury.

— Don said it’s a very good school, reminds Elle, taking her eyes off the road for a second. They have excellent results and programs.

— Yeah, whatever…

Chewing gum wrapped around his tongue, Carter blew until the bubble burst in his face. Elle flinched at the sound though she tried to hide it. She nudged her brother's shoulder, a heavy sigh covering Buddy Guy's voice.

— I'm doing this for you.

It was as if the words were floating around in the vehicle without ever reaching their intended target. The dark-haired teenager's face was now glued to the glass, his eyes glued to the immense building looming overhead. It was by no means the same kind of school as the one Aunt Nancy had placed him in.

The facade alone was impressively large. From their parking place, he could see teachers dressed in a clean and serious manner, but also students who did not seem at all to be petty criminals. Yeah, it was definitely a big change.

— I know it's nothing like the shithole we grew up in, but I think you're going to love it here.

Carter simply shrugged, following the actress blindly, hands clutching his backpack. He relied heavily on his feet to lead him to the right place. The sight of the path through the trees didn't interest him. He wanted to see the branches move with the light breeze and the white chalk of the walls lighten with the sun. If he had to face this view for the rest of the year, then it was nothing like the hell he'd imagined.

— Ah. Ms. Wiley, it's a great honor to have you here in our school. The school principal spent some extra time buttering Elle up, before realizing Carter’s presence. And you, young man, must be Carter.

Carter shook her hand and gave a brief, shy smile. He suddenly felt his cheeks heating up, just as they did when attention was focused on him. Only this time, Elle was right by his side.

— I hear you have an excellent program for athletes. I'm quite interested, can you tell me more about it?

The woman went into her lengthy explanations and began guiding her guests around the establishment. Elle didn't care much for the school's sports program, but she knew Carter did. He trailed behind the two women, his gaze darting all over the place, swallowing each piece of information he was given.

His sister was right. This building was nothing like the one they'd known. The corridors were huge, well-lit and furnished with rows of lockers that still looked new, or at least functional. He was surprised to find that the refectory was clean and free of tags on walls and tables, something to which he'd become accustomed in his old school. Only a few kilometers stood between him and the place he had once known, yet he had the distinct impression of being in another world.

When both women halted, Carter missed his cue and lightly jostled his sister. He murmured a simple apology, tightening the grip on his backpack straps. Elle quietly patted his shoulder and prompted him to focus on the space in front of them, where one of the school’s gymnasiums stood out. Her knowing smile betrayed her familiarity with her brother's interests. There were only two places to find Carter: the music classroom and the gymnasium, ball in hand.

— Coach Cruz has already studied your profile, Carter. Let me tell you, if you keep up the good work, you'll soon be the team's new star.

The brunet only nodded, too absorbed by the sound of soles on the wooden floor, the whistles and the power of the strikes to find words. Los Angeles may not have been home, but this place could be.

He could already see himself practicing for hours on end, improving his sets and shots, making this room his reference point. The equipment didn't look as bad as he'd imagined.

Here, at least, they had equipment.

— I have a couple of matters to settle with Mrs. Hale. stated Elle, her hand massaging the nape of her brother's neck. Why don't you introduce yourself and take a walk? I won't be long.

Before he could react, Principal Hale had already called the coach over to them. Cruz was a man in his fifties, with an athletic bearing and a posture that showed immense respect. His handshake was strong and seemed genuine. And for the first time since he'd been in his sister's company, Carter saw a man more preoccupied with his sport than with the actress' beautiful face.

— Hey son, welcome to the team. Cruz guided him with a hand on his shoulder, his fatherly posture almost reassuring for a young boy like Carter. You're gonna love it here!

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lucabyte · 10 months ago

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Your gender thought type essays have made me curious about what your oc creation/development process is like! It seems to be something you put a lot of thought into and that’s very interesting (especially cause my circles don’t often go into detail in that area)

I'm delighted to hear you're curious!! I'll give as thorough an answer as I can manage, though it'll likely be a bit disorganised. Okay, so... I'm gonna use a couple examples for this, and since you specified gender stuff I'm gonna go for some where gender/sexuality are integral, even if in seemingly counterproducive ways (but that'll be the last few...)

So. The first character that comes to mind here for me in terms of like... A lot of thought going into their gender is Lavender.

So going all the way back... Lavender was made in 2015.

Spreadsheet puts her at the 13th character in the setting, creation-date ways! So she's Been around a while.

Part 1: A Core Idea

Now, why was Lavender made? This is the first step of character creation. Well, she was made to tick a bit of a box. I realised my only girls at the time were all tomboyish so I needed a cute girl. And this was 2015, so she arose in the form of a Waifu Joke. She was intended to be a side-character with no real plot ties, so I just designed a character as cute as possible, named her simply (Lavender Wafeu == literally Colour and Waifu) and was basically done? 7 months later I would make Mafioso to slightly further the joke, in that giving Lavender a girlfriend makes her unpursuable* as a waifu. This also gave me a stark butch/femme pair, and I recall around this era there was a joke going around on tumblr of 'Indestructable Lesbians' as opposed to buried gays. This kinda became their thing. Two lesbians the plot wouldn't touch and they wouldn't be endangered.

.... And then that was kinda it. She was a cute girl who was fun to draw, shy, and reserved in nature. An opposition to Mafioso's brash (but secretly a little nervous) demeanor. I would literally just liken this to flutterdash outright. I was basically just doing flutterdash in terms of their personalities.

SO: This is the first step to all my characters. Find a core concept, or more likely, a core joke. Lavender's core joke is a very rough and (frankly unfunny) "your waifu isn't going to fuck you" joke. But you can see how she was built out of it. And we'll get to how that building happened next.

(^ Weird 2015 era lavender with her total lack of emotive range and flat characterisation)

Part 2: Dormancy

Lavender stayed unchanged for quite a while, in this flat state. She picked up a few things, mostly little 'twists' to her character. ie. she could hold her own in a fight, is surprisingly quick to jump to (cartoonish) violence, and likes a good steak. All very basic little things, obvious "oh bet you didn't expect That" contradictions.

She didn't recieve much attention during this time despite me really liking her design still. Mafioso languished even worse in this era, with her mother Omerta picking up most of the development instead. Overall, these two were very, very boring. No amount of little superficial additions could save them from this.

But it... hints at something, right? It hints that maybe there's a facade somewhere, that maybe the perfect-cute-girl thing might actually take a little bit of effort to upkeep...? Hrm...

Part 3: A Fresh Perspective

So, sometime in 2020, I was finally remaking my 2016-era spreadsheet of all my characters from the ground up, since I needed to remove a lot of ms excel specific formatting it had in it.

And while going through, I was being helped by @samhainian, who I had befriended in the years between. And they remarked that I didn't have enough directly trans characters in the cast, to which I agreed. I had a handful of tokens at the time (Adder and Angel spring to mind?) but not many more, so we literally just went down the list with suggestions. And when Sam suggested Lavender, I reacted with confusion. Because... Wait. Is she not trans? But she's so feminine? All of my characters lean extremely gender-neutral in presentation unless they're trying to do gender on purpose...?

And this just, unlocked her whole character like a skeleton key.

I was making her do her gender on purpose. The reason she had those contradictions is because she's putting in the effort to appear like this perfect, girl-next-door, waifu type. Something that doesn't really work if she doesn't have girlhood to prove.

From here, her coy 'maybe she has more to her than cute girl' hints were instantly recontextualised as a thing She was Doing. And instead of being random superficial tidbits, they were Depth. And her cartoonish 'extremely mild-mannered and polite persona' suddenly became a very human facade.

So, she had a new core to build around. And her lack of anything going on before in terms of backstory suddenly felt contextual? She's clearly fresh new to this. She had already had the backstory of being a very young (about 19~21) person who had moved to a new town to live on her own-- Suddenly that makes sense. She's forging a whole new identity. Her polite 'never really talking about herself because she's an object for the audience to desire' quietness becomes intentional evasion. She doesn't have a backstory, because she doesn't want it to be any of your business.

And ironically, this immediately Gave Her the backstory she had been missing. Her wiles and hidden 'smarter than she looks' becomes so relevant as to be real character traits...

I already somewhat went over this (and a number of other gender thoughts, including my thoughts on my myriad 'cis but not' or 'nb in a specific direction') in a thing I wrote, woof, 2 years ago: (LINK) which was a ramble about a lot of my character's genders... In that I summarised Lavender's gender as such:

Part 4: In practice

Okay so it's all well and good that I realised Lavender is Trans Gemder. But that's not where it ends, because she finally became refined and polished to the point of um. Quadrupling her image count on toyhouse. because of Purrgatorio.

See, the other reason I was getting my spreadsheets in order was for Purrgatorio (the original flavour of it, the visual novel) and I needed to just do some general housekeeping.

Lavender, Mafioso and Ess shared a route in VN!Purrgatorio, being that I saw them as a triad of characters. While this characterisation of her basically did nothing interesting, aside from showing her fiery side, this would later become the basis for her being one of the first characters met in actual purrgatorio, where she, being polite and nice, and established back in 2016ish to be one of the few characters Chrome isn't a total asshole to--- She gets to meet Ali.

Now this is where I would say a lot of the real development happened. Right there, in action, in putting her to the test of real writing. All of her characterisation stops being hypothetical, and instead something I have to portray. And I found as I wrote, she grew more deep simply by giving her such an odd situation to be in. And of note, by having Ali be intimidated by talking to cute girls, it gave her the upper hand in the dynamic-- Really allowing me to show off her ability to lead a conversation, and her quiet confidence in herself-- as well as hinting at the thing she isn't quite so confident with.

It's also allowed me to start thinking about her sexuality, too. This is another thing that goes back to her flimsy core concept. The Waifu is generally a sexless being in their own right, having sexuality projected onto them by the narrative or audience. In fact, a lot of shounen girls don't get to be romantically forward-- both because it risks alienating the intended selfshipper-audience, and also because showing too much confidence and autonomy in their sexuality can be too threatening for the chuunibyo audience, who aren't yet comfortable with their own sexuality and-- wait! Look at that! Another part of the core concept I can toy with! Wouldn't it make sense, if she's meant to be a deconstruction of The Waifu Archetype, for her to have that confidence and autonomy? This is what 2015-me was clumsily trying to grasp with the whole lesbian thing... So why not just re-angle that into her being confident and forward. It fits with her new personality, so it works!

*oh hey there's that asterisk. I also realised she had chemistry with Ali! Given the way she is level-headed and rather logical deep down, her curiosity drives this. She's not going to pass up a chance to know a literal Alien... But it also further illustrates how badly Mafioso has been left in the dust by her. (She's been quietly tinkered with behind the scenes ready for her reintrodcution, but for a while, I was really struggling!! Like, considering overhauling her character levels of struggling!! But, we managed, I think. She's yet to be introduced and put into practice yet, but it's upcoming.) To the point where I've broken them up! At least for now. Mafioso needs to prove herself I think, since now she can't rely on Lavender being waifish and easily won over.

TO SUMMARISE THE MAJOR POINTS THERE:

Any joke/idea can be a suitable core, even if flimsy, you just need to find which parts are interesting to either double down on or deconstruct

It's okay for characters to take a long time to form! If you don't feel connected to a character they might need a shake up, but also YOU might need a shake up. Lavender needed a new perspective from someone with a different approach to gender as me, and for I myself to become more comfortable with Real Sexuality (ive literally just aged nearly 10 years itll happen) before she could really shine.

Following on from the above you basically never need to throw a character out completely. You should try and find what it is you like about them, or consider core, and perhaps try and reframe or refract those elements. A character might get demoted to non-main status sometimes, but why throw away that depth? They can hang out on the sidelines if that's better for them.

Sometimes a character won't feel done until you write them! You can do this with RP if you have the ability, but I wrote Purrgatorio instead, which is intentionally low-stakes and non-canon so I don't get too freaked out about writing it. It's a playground for testing characterisaton, and putting characters in weird pairings they otherwise wouldn't to see if something interesting arises.

SOME OTHER EXAMPLES FROM MY BACK CATALOGUE:

Lavender is a bit of a daunting pick, given that she's spent nearly 10 years slowly rotating in my brain, only to finally become realised in the last 3-4 or so. But I do have some more recent quick examples, as well as another giant thing you can read if you want to.

GIANT THING TO READ IF YOU WANT IT: I've posted abt this before way ages ago but I wrote up a whole gigantic thing on my probably 2 most in depth characters. It can be found here (LINK) and also has a longass diatribe about their genders, sexualities, and the core thing they were originally riffing on. (Which was like. a specific type of anime boy ship i was a sucker for, that I eventually realised I was making way more interesting than most anime i was into was bothered to do)

It's a very thorough look into my thought process, including ANOTHER diatribe on purrgatorio granting me some good boons of character.

OTHER EXAMPLE 1: ALI

Okay Ali is too complicated to get into thoroughly here, but they're another good example of a core idea spiralling out.

Core idea: Blank slate visual novel protagonist, so gender neutral and a bit of a flimsy everyman. No real name, only a default name if you left the entry blank. (Ali, a shortening of the canon surname). #FFFFFF skin to keep the jokey ambiguity and pink hair to reference Dante's silly red hat.

Twists: Canon assigned surname of Alighieri, implying them to be some descendent of The Real Dante. And they're in a VN so there's a spooky easter egg where you can roll a death screen that shows them as an ominous demonic Thing instead of a regular human.

The, VN!Purrgatorio got shelved, and because they were human instead of a furry they got shuffled into other projects. A furry version of them showed up in a different project riffing on the demon thing, making them a child-friendly antichrist with 2 siblings based on the tragicomedy masks. Then that furry version's stuff got shoved onto the human version who was just a half-demon kid in Creature Feature. THEN we decided they'd be half-succubus to keep the ability to shift between the sexes (referencing the blank slate gender ambiguity of the VN). THEN that became 'nerd who is freaked out by being a sex demon and doesn't like the ethical implications of their existance but is still kinda miffed that they arent Getting Any' who STILL HAD the antichrist stuff from the furry version....

(^ technically a completely seperate ali ive not done anything with in years lol)

Like you get it. It's a giant katamari of STUFF from all different settings. This is what I mean by 'you never really need to scrap a character'. Because after all this shoving them around into different projects and them accruing things (the 'guy who is really concerned with informed consent is a succubus/incubus' angle really informed them here, as well as deciding that they're apathetic about the magic sex characteristic changes.) we threw them right back into the original setting of Purrgatorio and it went WAY BETTER once they actually had some character traits!

But that core idea still stands a little. Not in them being an everyman, but in prompting them to become an altersex character when fleshed out, and in the way that they're distinctly still tied to that second-person-narration that VNs have, and the eventual 4th wall break they got in the VN informed their powerset as 'narrative manipulator'.

also as a note here: DON'T BE AFRAID TO PLAY WHILE YOUR SETTING ISN'T DONE!

VN!Purrgatorio got shelved because I redid a bunch of MYMK's setting when I was finishing it up. But It was worth it even unfinished.

Ali themselves when in Current!Purrgatorio has spent, up until very recently, their whole time with their home setting (Creature Feature) in a state of being deeply unfinished and in need of a reshake. It's finally getting that now, but it was still fine for me to reference what I knew likely wouldn't be changing! They were able to function just fine without their home setting being solid for upwards of 2-3 years. Obviously this shouldn't be done for *finished* works, but when you're just playing, like I am with Purrgatorio, it's okay to keep things fluid and effectively quietly retcon things later.

OTHER EXAMPLE 2: PEACH TRACY

Peach tracy is an actually recent character, and is under @samhainian's purview, as with the rest of Moraine. Now, she was made with a very distinct gender/sexuality in mind, unlike a lot of my characters who stumble ass-backwards into one.

Peach is the 'token girl' of her group (the other two being Red, a closeted and unaware transfem, and Toyon a he/him butch.) and well, her gender is basically "tik tok girlie", as is her core concept. She only works if she's a pampered cisgender straight girl from a rich background. She's nice! But she's privileged.

Her twist however, is that she is wracked by the guilt of her and her group letting a friend take the fall for an Illegal Youtube Prank to save their own skin, and as such her entire character unravels from there.

Because she has all this guilt, it stands that her Girliepop Persona must be somewhat constructed. She's leaning in to the femininity as a shield and a deflector. She's, y'know, a white girl.

So her gender ends up being overperformed, and she's petrified of expressing her sexuality due to it being tied up in this image of purity. She's the exact type of person to psyche herself out into believing those 'having a crush on your friend is problematic' tumblr posts.

But none of this would really work if she did not start as a (white) girl, able to use that shield. If she were a dude or nonwhite-coded she would not have the ability to react to her situation that way. Ergo, she is actually built out of her identity this way.

(As for her sexuality, she is unhealthily self-flagellating about it, so it ends up just being unpleasant. This was a genuine surprise to myself and @samhainian when we were discussing it. We hadn't thought about it prior to starting some lighthearted riffing about assigning characters kinks literally bc we were bored when we had the horrifying realisation that Peach would not be safe about this shit AT ALL due to a lack of self preservation and way more ambient suicidality than we realised she had until we dug here. We quickly resurfaced from the joke conversation into an actual deconstruction of how she's internalised a lot of blame and decided to go distinctly carceral with it for herself. so there's another tip: Even if you aren't making nsfw content, poking around a character's sexuality will sometimes reveal raw truths that come from sexuality being very vulnerable by default.)

Peach is overall an interesting contrast to Lavender, since they're both Girls Being Feminine On Purpose, but one is transfem and one is. Well god idk what peach will end up but she'll need to unpack it.

(I note that peach is white also, since while I rarely intentionally racially code my characters, sometimes i SUPER do.)

OTHER EXAMPLE 3: VIRGIL MALACODA

Okay because I've talked about a number of girls so far lets be brief about a fuckin Dude.

Virgil is like, some real toxic masculinity shit. He would probably be fucked up in some different way if he were born a girl, but he's distinctly falling into a lot of traps due to his upbringing as "A dude who was promised he'd get power when he grew up".

His dude-ness is a very flat fact to me in that way, and he's similar to Tabitha in that regard since it's one of the ways they're meant to reflect each other. Dudes who's place as patriarch-to-be saved them from being pawned off as a wife, but is still responsible for a lot of their misery. Certainly the better of the two options, but could still be better!

Virgil's themes of masculinity being a simultaneous shield and blinder is a simple one but I go back to it a lot because it can be true a lot of the time in antiquated social situations like, say, the upper class. So, being a villain, he does end up being a condemnation of the structures that disincentivise healthy masculinity. He's necessarily amab because he is the result of how particularly regressive views of masculinity can shape a child into a repressed and miserable adult.

Whether or not virgil stays a dude or not if he ever figures out his way of viewing power structures was Fucked Up and Bad is anybody's guess. It's not really Masculinity that was hurting him, so much as a rich asshole's narrow view of it. So there's no real reason for him to reject a healthier version of it outright, it's just whether he'll ever get there...

CLOSING REMARKS:

Okay writing in the tumblr post editor is starting to scare me with errors so I should probably close this out. But yeah this is a little bit of a run down of where my head is usually at when making characters. A lot of it is just batting jokes back and forth until they become something more solid, which I don't know that I really got across here.

Like, a lot a lot of my characters are built around a core joke. Usually what-ifs like.

"What if a shounen-type card game anime protagonist was just as brash and head-full-of-air as the rest of the, but a girl"

"What if Ed Sheeran had a cheating scandal with two tboys and it made the radio fucking horrible to listen to"

"What if a wrestler was really, really wide and also clearly into rubber"

"What if somebody took the 'blonde anime boy who barely shows emotion' trope seriously because that kind of repression can't be good"

"What if a guy was specifically interested in becoming a Soil Scientist from like, age 4, and never gave up that dream"

^ If you can figure out who's who then you win a prize (a kiss)

But yeah. Jokes upon jokes upon jokes. Assign them classpects and pokemon and put them into speed/power/fly formation and just joke for as long as you possibly can until you hit on something. And if a joke feels really right, or completely off the mark, try and dig in and find why.

Like. I joke about the sexuality thing but it does help since it's so disarming and immediately a bit childishly funny often. Sometimes you'll end up with say, something as serious as "Despite being friends with The Fence, Selene probably shouldn't be left unsupurvised in kink spaces because she ABSOLUTELY does not have the ability to restrain herself and not take her anger issues out on strangers" and sometimes its as silly as "even outside of being asexual, ess is never jackin that shit because if he got caught in any kind of mildly embarrasing scenario it'd ruin his whole year so the cost/benefit analysis of that really doesn't work out"

Because like. both tell you about the characters, and you can also read them more broadly now. Selene ruins relationships by letting anger at unrelated things get in the way, Ess keeps himself from doing even utterly harmless things out of deep social anxiety.

Like yeah, i got to them via goofing about sex but it's still character analysis at the end of the day so long as you put The Reading first*

*DISCLAIMER: im asexual im only ever doing stuff for the read lol . it might be more difficult if youre allosexual . or maybe itll be easier. i dont know just dont get too lost in the sauce. think with ur brain not ur other parts

ALSO gender and sexualty often end up linked so it makes sense to end up at one from the other a lot of the time. It happens.

And as an addendum if you wonder where i tend to literally Design characters? Like visually? It's usually at some point between the first few jokes and before naming them. Though sometimes names come first.

OVERALL: A character should have a core concept to them to start with. This core concept CAN SUCK and be flimsy, or a joke, or even a joke you no longer find funny. But you can always refer back to it when building a character up. If you want to capture the concept, work toward it, if you want to deconstruct or mock the concept, then do that instead. If you sour on a joke, maybe find a way to satirise or deconstruct what you're no longer finding funny.

Sometimes this core concept is steeped in a specific cultural thing, be it race, gender, sexuality, ect, and those necessitate thinking about. Sometimes it's not and those things can practically be an afterthought, but once you lock it in it's likely to begin informing the later choices as it becomes part of the scaffolding.

(To hop back to why you even asked this Q: I so thoroughly read Siffrin as amab BECAUSE they had so many themes about Not Having Changed and clinging to what they knew, and so working backwards from that it only made sense to me that they mustn't've done a big overhaul YET or made any big decisions about that YET by the time we see them in game, because that's what gels best with their themes of being Too Afraid To Change and being a contrast to Isa who has changed a bunch, and a comfort to Mira who hasn't changed at all in their gender. Then it was a case of looking through the game for more evidence either for or against this reading, and I found a lot of evidence for it, in my opinion. But I did so Because I noticed that the themes were Stronger if read this way, and because I conceptualise characters as themes and concepts FIRST it made sense to try and work back to those themes.)

But yeah. TL;DR:

Ground yourself with a Hook for the character, sometimes making it sillier makes it easier to think about.

Try and think about how they would be formed by the world around them, or what their behaviour says about how they must've been formed

Don't worry about things taking a long time. Sometimes a character needs someone else to make a suggestion, or for you to grow and change a little before they click

Putting it into action helps a lot, even if its just roleplay or short snippets. If you can't 'feel out' what a character would do in a situation, that's when it's time to think about their goals for how they want to be seen as a person (including, if they don't want to be seen at all...!) and what hard boundaries they have say, morally.

I am by no means a like. Expert on any of this. I'm fumbling through it all just as much as the next guy (AND... I'M ACTUALLY SOMEWHAT OF A HYPOCRITE. I THINK CHARACTERS ARE BEST SEEN AS 'NARRATIVE CONSTRUCTS' RATHER THAN 'PEOPLE', SO ALL THIS ADVICE BEING SO CHARACTER FOCUSED RATHER THAN NARRATIVE FOCUSED IS MISSING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES LOL....) but apparently people do Like my characters? So, what do I know i suppose LMAO

#told u it would be kinda long. SORRY IT TOOK LIKE 2+ WEEKS THO #YOU CAUGHT ME JUST AS I STARTED GETTING BUSY WITH THINGS AGAIN..... BUT IVE BEEN THINKING ON IT THE WHOLE TIME....#this was kind of a ramble so idk how super helpful it will be? But I hope you get something out of it...?#lucabytetalks #original character #oc writing #writing advice #I SUPPOSE. that feels a presumptive tag but lol #god i am so scared tumblrs gonna eat this lol

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darlenefblog · 11 days ago

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A horrid way to die. I've never heard of this man, his photo is at the end of the page. Maybe some of you will know more. The article wasn't that long so I've cut & pasted the link in you want to check it out yourself.

The Telegraph

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/billionaire-friend-of-prince-of-wales-dies-after-swallowing-a-bee

Billionaire friend of Prince of Wales dies after ‘swallowing a bee’

Story by Jacob Freedland, Tom Morgan

A billionaire friend of Prince William has died at the age of 53 after swallowing a bee, it has been claimed.

Sunjay Kapur, an Indian businessman, fell ill during a polo match in Windsor on June 12. Witnesses initially said that he was heard to have said “I’ve swallowed something”, prompting assumptions that he may have ingested an insect. Reports suggested he was stung by a bee in the mouth, potentially sparking anaphylactic shock and causing a heart attack. Others claimed he lost consciousness after bending over on his horse during a break in play.

Mr Kapur’s polo team, captained by Mark Tomlinson, was playing Sujan Indian Tigers in the subsidiary final of the Queen’s Cup when he fell ill. He had been playing at the prestigious Guards Polo Club in Windsor. A friend of Mr Kapur’s told Telegraph Sport: “He will be greatly missed not only by his family and friends but the local community around his club as he employed so many people and made so many friends – he was fun, kind and generous.

“He didn’t distinguish between his grooms or high net worth friends – when he had a party, everyone was invited and everyone was equal.”

According to Forbes, Mr Kapur, who was also a US citizen, had an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion. The University of Buckingham graduate took over Sona Comstar, his father’s auto components maker, in 2015. Surinder Kapur, a pioneer in the Indian auto parts industry, had founded the company in 1995, running it until his death. The company said in a statement: “A visionary leader, Kapur played a pivotal role in shaping Sona Comstar into a global mobility technology company built on innovation, sustainability, and purpose.”

The billionaire attended the Doon School in Uttarakhand, a 90-year-old boarding school in northern India, and later served on its board of governors. The school, which is modelled on British public schools and charges £13,406 per year for Indian students, described Mr Kapur as a “passionate fitness and sport enthusiast and a learner for life” It added: “He worked to make polo more accessible beyond its traditional roots. Mr Kapur’s enduring commitment to excellence, service, and community leaves a lasting legacy.”

Mr Kapur was friends with the Prince of Wales, and Karisma Kapoor, his his ex-wife, claimed in a 2016 interview that he once left her to look after their child to play polo with the Royal. She added: “[Sunjay] decided to carry on, leaving me behind to take care of our sick four-month-old son, just to play a Polo match with Prince William.”

Mr Kapur had children with the Bollywood star Ms Kapoor prior to their divorce in 2016. He later married Priya Sachdev, a former model and entrepreneur, with whom he had a son.

Just before his death, Mr Kapur posted a condolence message on X about Thursday’s fatal crash of an Air India flight in Ahmedabad. He wrote: ‘Terrible news of the tragic Air India crash in Ahmedabad. My thoughts and prayers are with all the families affected. May they find strength in this difficult hour.’

#harkles #meghanmarkle #prince harry #harryswife #prince henry of wales #harry and meghan #duke of sussex #sunjay kapoor #death of friend #sad death

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Hi! Since this is a new blog, I wanted to ask a few basic, fun questions, please, if you don't mind. 🙏🥹❤️

Who's your favorite character?

Who's your least favorite character?

What do you love about that character? And what do you dislike about them, if applicable?

Who's in your top five?

Who do you feel most comfortable writing about?

By the way, I sent you a previous ask welcoming your new blog and I mentioned I've been following your "SITS" blog for years (at least 10 years! Oh my! 🤧). I didn't realize I clicked "anon," though; I'm sure it was out of habit, lol.

Anywho, it makes me happy to know you're also a fellow JJk fan. I don't know how to describe it, but it's like this warm, nostalgic feeling. ❤️ I've witnessed how talented and creative, and overall how awesome you are, firsthand. Anyway, I'm not trying to be mushy and make you uncomfortable lol; what I'm really trying to say is I'm glad you're here. And you, Ms. Jem, have excellent taste. 💅😆🥰

Thx. ❤️

Hey! You've been in this for the long-haul! I've been running Sex In The Seireitei since 2016, I think? I started writing it because I was procrastinating from my uni work by reading other Bleach blogs and I couldn't get enough of them.

Thank you so much! 🥺 I'm glad I've been able to give people fun x-reader content across fandoms, and I plan to continue indefinitely. My updates aren't always regular (full-time job and unmedicated ADHD, wahey) but there's always something ticking along in the back of my mind.

Thanks for your questions!

I'm a bit of a character slut, and I can become lowkey obsessed with them quite easily, but my current favourite is Gojo. Yes, he's the fandom darling, but he really is a fantastic character, and he and all the other characters live in a special place in my head where none of them meet their canon fates, lol.

Least favourite is Kenjaku because, while an interesting antagonist, he's a brain with teeth. And he put his slimy ass in Geto's body. Get out!

Top Five: Gojo, Nanami, Choso, Inumaki, Maki.

I'm pretty comfortable writing most things, including AUs. I'll always try to tag appropriately or respond if someone requests something and I realise I don't feel comfortable with it. I don't write canon x canon unless it's part of a polyamorous relationship involving reader. There's no characters I'm unwilling to write about.

Loving descriptions of Nanami's tits? Sure! Gojo eating whipped cream off ya? Coming right up! You want Mechamaru-robo-sex? We got it! 😂

#jujuicykaisen #replies

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my clinical trial is extended for another 3 years, so YAY for that. Not only do I get excellent care and free medication, I get a hundred bucks every time I go in for my monthly injection. Which is um. Awesome?

I've been on it since 2016 when I was formally diagnosed and the drug is on the market now (Kesimpta, I've seen the commercials, those bitches are way more peppy than I am. They're all I DON'T LET MS GET IN THE WAY OF *MY* LIFE! and I'm like girl you better be masking up when you go out, I know you don't have any immune B cells!) and I tolerate it pretty well (despite the lack of B cells)

being on a clinical trial totally saved me, though. The first two years of SSDI they don't give you any Medicare and MS drugs are MAD expensive. Like, the retail cost of Kesimpa is over $100k/year.

#multiple sclerosis

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Todays rip: 27/12/2023

Mr. Rental [B Side] ~ Out of Options

Season 1 No Album Release (Read More) Options - Mr Rental: The Video Game

Ripped by NBGMusic

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Yeah, I missed yesterday's post. My bad - you're getting two posts today instead. For such an occasion, I wanted to feature two rips of vastly different sides of the SiIvaGunner spectrum. And, well, I feel like it's been a while since we've covered something truly deranged and out-there, hasn't it? Excluding Your Rip's Shit, Mr. Grinch, which arguably does count, the last time we truly went into the trenches of SiIvaGunner's absurdity was, like...waterwraith pokos from a month ago? Regardless, its time we drop all this Christmas spirit for just a second and reminisce upon the true best SiIvaGunner story arc - the Mashup Crusaders arc.

The strange name of today's rip, Mr. Rental [B Side] ~ Out of Options, is one that I promise does make sense in the storyline's context. Though Season 1 is many things good and bad, one thing it will always have over the channel's later years is that air of surprise and experimentation, with tons of independent ripper-driven passion projects and shitposts coexisting with few things actually planned for the channel's long-term future. That's part of how I've been able to feature so many memorable rips from the Season despite its short 9-month run and often underwhelming rip quality, how we got excellent rips like Collision Chaos Good Future JP [CD Beta Mix] and Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday - as performed by Bob Dylan, and indeed how we eventually arrived at the Mashup Crusaders arc. Born from the mind of one NBGMusic and based loosely on the meme-happy qualities of the Mr. Rental Facebook page of 2016, it was a series of rips follow two different incarnations of the aforementioned character across two different games. And while one was a lighthearted spoof of the Looney Tunes series, of what I'm going to unofficially label the "A-Side" of the story, it was the B-Side that immediately grabbed people's attention.

Indeed, though the Mr. Rental seen within the A-Side story was a kind soul, with his rips depicting him helping SiIvaGunner's memes good form and aids in ripping, the B-Side depicted a destructive, chaotic force of nature, in a fully animated and "voice acted" MS Paint-drawn world. Mind, this was long before the Christmas Comeback Crisis, and just after The Reboot had ended - the "Mr. Rental: The Video Game" rips were some of the only times we'd be seeing full-on animated depictions on what we presumed was the continuing story of the SiIvaGunner channel.

In the end, the Mashup Crusaders arc was moreso just NBGMusic's little playground to express his opinions and sense of humor as a ripper more than an actual continuation of the core storyline of the channel. But the popularity of the character he'd created was undeniable - through the sheer force of repeated shitposting, Mr. Rental had become a somewhat core cast member of the SiIvaGunner story. And I feel like Mr. Rental [B Side] ~ Out of Options was the moment where that status was wholly cemented - the episode where, after hearing one too many low-effort mashups (Snowball Park - Super Mario 3D World, anyone?), Mr. Rental goes on a killing spree and declares his intentions to wholly eradicate mashups from existence.

Beyond being just a genuinely really funny series of rips, it was with this episode that things really began to get interesting. Because from time to time, this crazed Mr. Rental would begin appearing in other rips on the channel, proudly declaring his intentions - most famously in a simple mashup of Super Mario 3D Land's theme and Chip tha Ripper, with him literally shooting the rip to death eleven seconds in. From this silly side project, the community suddenly had a sort of villain character present within the channel's inner workings - and this was long before the concept of Figments and the in-canon inner workings of SiIvaGunner would become clarified within the lore later in Season 2 and Season 3.

Though the Mashup Crusaders arc sadly didn't get the proper wrap-up it deserved, all of the excitement and surprise that surrounded it will forever be some of my fondest memories with Season 1 of SiIvaGunner. Before the Christmas Comeback Crisis, before Wood Man, before Haltmann, before the King for a Day and King for Another Day Tournaments, and before the SiIva AI - when all we had was SiIvaGunner, Chad Warden and The Voice Inside Your Head, it was such an exciting time to learn that the wheels inside of the SiIvaGunner storyline might still be spinning. Even if it took the form of an Australian rental service mascot declaring war upon low-quality rips.

#todays siivagunner #season 1 #siivagunner #siiva #tentative rip name #NBGMusic #mr rental #mr own #siivagunner lore #siiva lore #christmas comeback crisis #siivagunner ccc #ms paint #Youtube

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MS Office - Introduction

Microsoft Office is a software which was developed by Microsoft in 1988. This Office suite comprises various applications which form the core of computer usage in today’s world.

MS Office Applications & its Functions

Currently, MS Office 2016 version is being used across the world and all its applications are widely used for personal and professional purposes.

Discussed below are the applications of Microsoft Office along with each of their functions.

1. MS Word

First released on October 25, 1983

Extension for Doc files is “.doc”

It is useful in creating text documents

Templates can be created for Professional use with the help of MS Word

Work Art, colours, images, animations can be added along with the text in the same file which is downloadable in the form of a document

Authors can use for writing/ editing their work

To read in detail about Microsoft Word, its features, uses and to get some sample questions based on this program of Office suite, visit the linked article.

2. MS Excel

Majorly used for making spreadsheets

A spreadsheet consists of grids in the form of rows and columns which is easy to manage and can be used as a replacement for paper

It is a data processing application

Large data can easily be managed and saved in tabular format using MS Excel

Calculations can be done based on the large amount of data entered into the cells of a spreadsheet within seconds

File extension, when saved in the computer, is “.xls”

Also, visit the Microsoft Excel page to get more information regarding this spreadsheet software and its components.

3. MS PowerPoint

It was released on April 20, 1987

Used to create audiovisual presentations

Each presentation is made up of various slides displaying data/ information

Each slide may contain audio, video, graphics, text, bullet numbering, tables etc.

The extension for PowerPoint presentations is “.ppt”

Used majorly for professional usage

Using PowerPoint, presentations can be made more interactive

In terms of Graphical user interface, using MS PowerPoint, interesting and appealing presentation and documents can be created. To read more about its features and usage, candidates can visit the linked article.

4. MS Access

It was released on November 13, 1992

It is Database Management Software (DBMS)

Table, queries, forms and reports can be created on MS Access

Import and export of data into other formats can be done

The file extension is “.accdb”

5. MS Outlook

It was released on January 16, 1997

It is a personal information management system

It can be used both as a single-user application or multi-user software

Its functions also include task managing, calendaring, contact managing, journal logging and web browsing

It is the email client of the Office Suite

The file extension for an Outlook file is “.pst”

6. MS OneNote

It was released on November 19, 2003

It is a note-taking application

When introduced, it was a part of the Office suite only. Later, the developers made it free, standalone and easily available at play store for android devices

The notes may include images, text, tables, etc.

The extension for OneNote files is “.one”

It can be used both online and offline and is a multi-user application.

#microsoft office #seo #online courses

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Dr. Makola Mjasiri Abdullah (Makola Packard; June 22, 1969) was born in Chicago to Richard Howard Packard, a graduate of the University of Chicago, and Samella Abdullah, a clinical psychologist who graduated from Howard University. He graduated from Howard University School of Engineering, receiving a BS in Civil Engineering. He earned an MS in Civil Engineering and a Ph.D in Engineering from Northwestern University.

He married Ahkinyala Cobb, an environmental scientist (1996) They have a son and daughter.

He was a member of the faculty of Civil Engineering at Florida A&M University/Florida State University College of Engineering. He was one of the authors of the scientific article, “Placement of wind turbines using genetic algorithms”.

He was Associate Vice President for Research at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. He was dean and director of land grant programs at the institution. He was inducted into Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He was provost and vice president for academic affairs at Florida Memorial University. He served as provost and senior vice president at Bethune-Cookman University.

He became the 14th President of Virginia State University in 2016. He joined the Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. He was named the HBCU Male President of the Year that same year and was inducted into the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge Alumni Hall of Fame

He has sponsored research that has been supported by the Department of Agriculture, the National Science Foundation, and NASA. He is one of the creators of the Academic Excellence Center at the Virginia State University library. The enrollment at Virginia State rose from 4,694 to 6,208 graduate and undergraduate students. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha

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gauravblogs4sports · 7 days ago

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All IPL Individual Batting Records Ever Made

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is more than just a tournament—it's a celebration of explosive talent, thrilling finishes, and record-breaking performances. Over the years, batters have lit up the league with sensational innings, unforgettable milestones, and feats that have redefined T20 cricket.

For fans and fantasy cricket players on Vision11, understanding these records isn't just fun—it's strategic. It helps in making informed picks, spotting in-form batters, and maximizing fantasy points.

Here’s a full list of all major IPL individual batting records ever made, featuring the legends who made them and what it means for fantasy gaming.

1. Highest Individual Score in an IPL Match

Chris Gayle – 175 (66 balls)* Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors India, 2013 A legendary knock that remains untouched. Gayle’s brutal hitting earned fantasy players massive points and remains one of the most picked innings in IPL fantasy history.

2. Most Runs in a Single IPL Season

Virat Kohli – 973 runs (2016) Kohli’s form in 2016 was fantasy gold. With four centuries and consistent performance, he became a must-have in every Vision11 fantasy cricket lineup.

3. Most Career Sixes

Chris Gayle – 357 Sixes The "Universe Boss" dominated bowlers with monstrous sixes. A six-hitter like Gayle is always valuable in fantasy leagues, where boundary points make a big difference.

4. Most Career Runs in IPL

Virat Kohli – 7,000+ Runs Kohli’s consistency and hunger for runs make him the all-time leading run-scorer. He’s also one of the safest and most rewarding fantasy cricket picks.

5. Most Fifties in IPL

David Warner – 50+ Half-Centuries The Australian opener is known for fast starts and anchoring innings. A reliable pick for top-order fantasy points.

6. Most Centuries in IPL

Virat Kohli – 7 Centuries Kohli's ability to convert starts into big scores makes him a high-value pick, especially in grand league fantasy contests.

7. Fastest Century in IPL

Chris Gayle – 100 in 30 balls This iconic knock defines explosive T20 batting. Fantasy users who picked him that day earned record-breaking points on most platforms.

8. Fastest Fifty in IPL

KL Rahul – 14 Balls This lightning-fast fifty for Kings XI Punjab (now PBKS) showed Rahul's hitting ability. He remains a consistent fantasy performer in both IPL and international T20s.

9. Best Batting Average (Min 1,000 Runs)

KL Rahul – Avg 45+ Apart from aggression, Rahul's ability to anchor innings has kept him among the top fantasy batsmen in multiple seasons.

10. Most Boundaries (Fours + Sixes Combined)

Shikhar Dhawan One of the most dependable openers, Dhawan racks up runs with precision and smart strokeplay — making him a steady source of fantasy points.

11. Most Runs in IPL Final

Shane Watson – 117 (2018 Final)* One of the greatest IPL final performances ever. Watson's knock for CSK helped him become a fantasy MVP that night.

12. Most Not-Outs Among Top Batters

MS Dhoni Captain Cool is not just known for finishes, but also for preserving his wicket — gaining those crucial “not out” bonus points in fantasy cricket scoring systems like Vision11.

Conclusion From Gayle's storm to Kohli’s consistency, the IPL has seen history made with the bat year after year. These individual batting records not only highlight cricketing excellence but also provide an edge to players building teams on fantasy sports platforms like Vision11.

Join Vision11 today, build your squad using real stats and history, and win big with the best fantasy cricket experience!

#fantasy cricket prediction #fantasy cricket tips #fantasy sports #cricket #sports

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I wish I could make my own MS Excel fractals but I don't have the good Excel (2010) anymore :(( i miss it so much

I like 2010 well enough. some things would be much easier if I had 2016. I will never ever upgrade to 365.

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LGBTQIA+ community snubbed in King's Birthday Honours

New Post has been published on https://qnews.com.au/lgbtqia-community-snubbed-in-kings-birthday-honours/

LGBTQIA+ community snubbed in King's Birthday Honours

Only one Australian has been singled out for their service to the LGBTQIA+ community in the King’s Birthday 2025 Honours List.

That person is Beyond Blue CEO Georgie Harman, who is being recognised for her service to the mental health sector, to the LGBTQIA+ community, and to not-for-profit organisations.

Harman is a former director of Mental Health Australia and former Deputy CEO of the National Mental Health Commission, and was the inaugural Executive Director of the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation, Australia’s oldest HIV/AIDS charity.

Harman was also previously named as one of Deloitte and Google Australia’s Outstanding 50 LGBTI+ leaders in 2016.

How does this compare to other years?

Harman is yet to comment publicly on receiving the Order of Australia but the level of recognition of service to the LGBTQIA+ community is down in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours compared to other recent years.

Three people were specifically recognised for their service to the LGBTQIA+ community in 2024, Victoria’s Leonard Vary, and NSW’s Suzanne Brooks and Kai Noonan, and one for service to people living with HIV, Queensland’s Felicity Young.

It’s more than likely that there are a number of LGBTQIA+ people among the 830 Australians honoured this year who have contributed significantly to our community.

However it appears that Harman was the only person that the Council for the Order of Australia specifically recommended to the Governor-General for service to the LGBTQIA+ community for this year’s awards.

But Scott Morrison?

Also honoured as part of this year’s King’s Birthday Honours was former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a same-sex marriage opponent who abstained from voting on the issue when it was passed by parliament in 2017 after unsuccessfully trying to add an amendment to the bill that would have allowed parents to remove their children from classes if “non-traditional” marriage was discussed.

Morrison’s electorate of Cook had a participation rate of 82.22% in the Marriage Law Postal Survey, with 55.04% of those responding “Yes.”

Despite that, he did not vote in line with their views when it came before the parliament.

Governor-General congratulates winners

“I am delighted to congratulate all those recognised in The King’s Birthday 2025 Honours List,” the Governor-General Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, said in a statement yesterday.

“These honours recognise the selfless service, integrity, achievement, creativity, and care that flourish across our country.

“As your Governor-General, I see the values of care, kindness and respect in the many Australians who are honoured today, and in those who have been recognised throughout the fifty-year history of our Australian honours system.

“Every day, and all across the country, Australians are doing extraordinary things with passion, generosity, energy, and resolve.”

For the latest LGBTIQA+ Sister Girl and Brother Boy news, entertainment, community stories in Australia, visit qnews.com.au. Check out our latest magazines or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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🧠 The Science Behind IPL Records: What Makes a Record-Breaking Player? – How to Maximize Your Winnings on IPL Records

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is not just about flashy sixes and loud crowds—it's a science. Behind every big score, hat-trick, or stunning catch lies data, preparation, and strategy. And when it comes to record-breaking performances, it’s not just luck. There’s a pattern. A formula. A mindset.

If you’re a fantasy cricket lover, understanding this “science” can help you make smarter decisions—and win big. Records aren’t just for fans to cheer; they’re also your guide to building the perfect fantasy team.

So, what really makes a player break IPL records? And how can you use this insight to maximize your winnings?

Let’s break it down.

🔍 What Is a Record-Breaking Player?

A record-breaking player in the IPL does more than just perform well. They:

Show consistency across different pitches

Perform under pressure

Deliver across multiple seasons

Often evolve with the game

Think of names like Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni, and more recently, Shubman Gill and Rashid Khan.

They don't just shine once—they dominate repeatedly, making them fantasy gold.

🧬 The Science Behind Consistent Performance

Let’s explore the key traits that make these players stand out.

1. 📊 Data-Driven Training

Today’s players use data and video analysis to understand opposition bowlers, field settings, and pitch behavior. They prepare for every match like it’s a final. This is what helps them stay ahead.

Fantasy Tip: Watch how players perform at specific venues. For example, Shubman Gill loves batting in Ahmedabad. That info can help you score better in fantasy contests.

2. 🧠 Mental Toughness

IPL can be brutal. One bad game, and fans troll you online. But record-breaking players rise above that. They thrive under pressure.

Remember Rinku Singh’s 5 sixes in the last over in 2023? That wasn’t just power—it was calm under pressure.

Fantasy Tip: Pick players who perform in crunch games—like playoff matches or when chasing big scores. These guys often bring you massive fantasy points.

3. 🔄 Adaptability

The best players don’t just have one style—they adapt. Rashid Khan might go for a few runs in the powerplay, but he’ll come back and take key wickets at the death. Jos Buttler can anchor an innings or smash from ball one.

Fantasy Tip: Look for multi-role players—those who can bat, bowl, or field well. They’re more likely to give you points in every match, even if one skill fails.

4. 🔁 Repetition Leads to Records

Records aren’t broken in one game. They’re broken by repeating top-level performance. Virat Kohli scored nearly 1000 runs in a single season (2016) not because of one good day—but because of consistent excellence.

Fantasy Tip: Trust in-form players who are scoring or taking wickets regularly. Even if they’re not the biggest names, consistent form usually beats hype.

🧠 How IPL Records Help You Build Better Fantasy Teams

Every IPL season has players who unexpectedly rise and break records. Think of Yashasvi Jaiswal or Mayank Yadav in recent seasons. But how do you catch them before everyone else does?

By following record patterns.

Here’s how:

✅ 1. Use Historical Stats

If a player has a great record against a specific team, chances are they’ll perform again.

Example: If Rashid Khan has taken 10 wickets in 5 games against Mumbai, he’s probably a good fantasy pick for that match.

✅ 2. Follow Venue Trends

Some grounds are high-scoring (like Chinnaswamy), while others help spinners (like Chepauk). Pick players who match those conditions.

🔥 Real-Life Application: IPL 2025 Match Example

Let’s take a real example: 👉 Mumbai vs Gujarat IPL 2025 – 56th Match Prediction and Fantasy Cricket Tips

In this game, you’ll see:

Gujarat’s Shubman Gill breaking records at home

Rashid Khan maintaining a deadly economy rate

Mumbai struggling with spin in the middle overs

This blog breakdown gives you fantasy tips, pitch insights, and player picks—all based on real performance and record data. Perfect for picking a winning fantasy team.

💡 Bonus: Don’t Forget Emerging Record-Breakers

Sometimes, the best fantasy picks are young, uncapped players who are about to explode.

Watch out for:

Players with strong domestic records

Good IPL debut performances

Consistent lower-order hitters or new-ball bowlers

These players are low in cost and high in reward—the ultimate value pick.

🏁 Final Thoughts: Smart Fantasy Starts with Smart Insights

The IPL is full of action, but if you look closer, it’s also full of patterns. Records tell you what works. And smart fantasy players use those records to build teams that win.

So, next time you're selecting your team, ask:

Who’s breaking or chasing a record?

Who performs well at this venue?

Who's in red-hot form over the last few games?

And if you're not sure where to start, here's a helpful match preview to guide you: 👉 Mumbai vs Gujarat IPL 2025 – 56th Match Prediction and Fantasy Cricket Tips

Winning in fantasy cricket is part prediction, part strategy—and part science. And IPL records are your best tool.

#patterns

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