#writing a big map

[redtoondevils]

Small rant with writing errors.

You know how, I want to write my fanfic. And the Plaza's map is so big, it's confusing to figure out which attraction to go to. And thinking if I may need to change something. To make sure that they're going the right way. To and from the right way.

Especially, writing a Plaza that has been broken down, and so many things would be blocked off. (I tell myself not to over complicate things. And I don't have to write it, exactly how it should look. Or limit where to go.)

It's just because I find it confusing. :/

[rowanisawriter]

somnambulant

hansry / sleepwalking and literal sleeping together / 3.3k words

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“I was… I sleepwalk. I was sleepwalking.” The words tumble over each other. Henry keeps his eyes on a point just above Hans’s shoulder. He sees his face in the corner of his periphery, Hans’s eyebrows drawing together in the middle, his lips pursing as he mulls over this revelation.

Finally, he says, “You what? And you just came to my room with a sword bared? Christ’s wounds. How long has this been going on?”

Henry rubs his eyes. They feel grainy and tired. The room is warm and inviting, even with the fire in the grate slowly dying. He finds himself leaning slightly toward Hans and the soft feather bed but straightens up quickly. “I don’t know. It started a little after Skalitz. Just before I met you. I sleep like shit, and when I do, sometimes I wake up somewhere else.”

“Jesus,” Hans says again. “When you say somewhere else—”

“Outside sometimes. Another town, other times.”

“God.” Hans arm shifts against Henry, then his fingers close around the edge of Henry’s sleeve. “Lay down.”

Henry opens his eyes. It’s cold outside, or there’s a fire in the mantle inside, or there’s revelry downstairs at the Devil’s Den, or a warm body beside him until it’s not there anymore. A story inspired by the Somnambulant negative perk.

read it on ao3

[tanadrin]

the inability to use modern expressions like "jesus christ" and "oh my god" when writing people speaking in a modern, colloquial fantasy in fiction is actually really awkward sometimes. because almost anything you replace it with is going to sound naff as hell. tempted to just leave the culturally-contextual oaths in and trust people to understand that they're translation conventions. turn linguistic smeerps into rabbits, as it were.

[redbootsindoriath]

A couple of sketches related to those semi-fantasy characters I posted yesterday. Both of these were supposed to be given final lineart and possibly even colors (or at least some minimal shading) but then I got lazy and didn't finish them. The sketches are still a thing though.

[novelconcepts]

and what if tomorrow i posted a oneshot absolutely no one is asking for. what then.

[siffrins-therapist]

In a fic i won't start posting until vampfrin is at /least/ 90% done, I like this dialogue note I have for after Nille finds an amnesiac Sif and brings them home:

Bonnie: "can I name them?"

Nille: "THEY AIN'T A DOG"

[on-leatheredwings]

im begging bruce to stop , begging dc to stop

[bunniemoth]

The “venerable flamingo of the forest” is named Jerry, and I’m going to spray paint him black to match my silly little story.

…

I installed the WaFFLE map for my new save and found this little surprise tucked away near Grandpa’s Shrine, completely by happenstance, but it feels a little kismet, ngl.

That lil’ black flamingo is gonna be baby’s first mod, I think. ☺️

[simplepotatofarmer]

some people should not be allowed to write c!dream and it's anyone who doesn't understand what his motivation actually was or who still thinks the canon fact he's actually just. really bad at certain things is infantilizing him.

[good-beanswrites]

🎬: About Es being a past prisoner and the secret 11th prisoner in your AU. But advance apologies if I'm overstepping into your AU!

I had this idea from a story that pretty much did the same thing. Going off there are novels/manga on Milgram and there being another Es and their own prisoners running another Milgram (but differently) I imagine this Milgram projects has been going on for a while, and our Es was from a previous project who might have gotten the worst verdict (or the most spared out of everyone), and was given this final task as a warden for the next group of prisoners. This is why they so readily agreed and had their memories wiped for this Milgram project instead of being weary on a shady project on judging an almost crime, they've already been through this.

(BTW is it bad and worrying for one of our ten fav prisoners to be the next Es if this is legit...)

Anyway, that's why Es is in Milgram in your AU, I guess? And the lore drop that Kotoko picks up on them being the 11th prisoner, I can imagine her also talking to Kazui since he's a policeman to see if she could cross out any theories on who Es is (Did they look familiar. Possible missing child. Any cases to do with an almost crime by a child other than the 10 of them here). Kazui knows Kotoko wants to investigate, but reminds her that, like in their prison while the trial is on, the facilities they're in have high security too. They do have the freedom to move about, but still limited.

If they're trying to investigate Es, maybe Fuuta, Kotoko and Mikoto can try to do the hacking on the comp Mikoto's allowed to use to Photoshop some shots for the MVs and photos (Fuuta and Kotoko seem to be able to search up info they need I think...). Yuno, Mahiru and Muu can work on charming the staff to see if they can spill more deets on Milgram. Not sure how much the group can gather, but oh boy fun times in Milgram can turn into another sort of stress in this AU...

No worries!! Like I said before, this whole au has been a fun collaborative project, so there's no overstepping :) I am sorry I won't be writing a lot on the ending until we get more info, but that's just the perfectionist in me who doesn't want to be proven wrong 😅 Still, I love tossing around and digging into ending scenarios, I really love this!

Because that would make a lot of sense why they're so willing to subject themself to the whole experiment! They remember how tough their experience was, and are confident they can care for the new set of prisoners while doing their job. I'm imagining they get the opportunity to return as guard, and get to have a nice talk with their own guard first. Once they fully understand what it's like, they're know they can handle it and sign up. It adds a bit of drama, too, since they must have been really young committing their crime in order to complete a years-long experiment prior to this one. They would have been like 10? Oof. (Now I wanna see their three trial songs 👀)

And like you said, that also brings up the question of the new warden. Though I think it's based on verdict results, I can just picture Jackalope keeping an eye on everyone during filming. He studyies their interactions and personalities, keeping his own set of notes on who would make a good successor. (I'm not going to go through every character but there are pros to any choice, it's very fun picturing them all taking the job.) Haha, on the other hand, maybe the reason Kotoko keeps bringing up her role as Es' partner/bringer of justice is because she did discover the truth. She drops as many hints as possible so she can be chosen next 😅

Ooh, I love her working with Kazui on an investigation! The fact that eh may know details on recent crimes (and almost-crimes) is super fun to work with. He's the last person who's going to spill a secret, so the group could go several trials without realizing Kazui had actually heard all about their situation this whole time.

(Getting sidetrack for a sec, I'm suddenly realizing that he and Kotoko may have heard things about the crimes in canon, too. They're a bit unclear about how much time passed between the murders and arriving to Milgram, so maybe he heard some things. I don't know how well-connected Tokyo police departments are, but Yuno, Fuuta, Muu, and Shidou are all nearby. There's definitely a chance he caught word of the vigilante nearby, and she heard about the odd policeman's suicide. Both of them could have heard about the tragic housefire, the disgraced doctor, or horrible schoolgirl murder nearby.)

Anyway, I like that idea of Kazui wracking his brain for any similar cases. Though, if he had, Milgram may have had the foresight to wipe parts of his memory, too. Maybe he does end up using his call to reach out to Hinako and have her look into it from the outside. Sadly, Kotoko seems the type to sacrifice her personal call to reach out to a connection who can help as well. I'll have to think about how closely Jackalope monitors those calls, hm.

I'm going crazy over prisoner investigation team !! Kotoko and Fuuta had the online knowledge to find some good info, and Mikoto and Kazui seem like they'd have a huge network of people they can ask for info and favors from. Haha, I'm torn whether Mahiru would have flirting down to a science or if she'd refuse to do it since it wasn't real love 😂 Still, she's very good at reading people and could definitely help the others charm and bribe their way into some restricted areas. Amane and Haruka can also charm with their innocence/cuteness (though I'm not sure Amane would). Shidou seems very organized, he'd have a plan and backup plan and backup-backup plan ready, no matter what happens. I think it's even funnier, then if Milgram had run several experiments prior. Jackalope would think this was just another runthrough, and for the first time the ten subjects decided to organize together and Cause Problems.

I think there's a beautiful irony in a story featuring ten prisoners planning a jailbreak to save the prison guard...

[viciousbite]

Don't mind the ominous rattling in the vents... It's just Darkfang, creeping around.

[clochanam]

has aisling ever been to sarah's spot before? has aisling invited sarah to come on over to stanley's diner? / @milleroptimism

QUESTION TIME! ( always accepting! )

aisling absolutely DOES visit sarah's spot! as do the kids, especially during exam season bc let's face it, the diner is not a quiet place to get some study done, plus and also imagine trying to study for a history exam and anthony "big bro" bridgerton tries to correct you with the most outdated info ever? it's just not a good move, so they all head over to study at sarah's spot! they also take their dates there too, bc aisling wouldn't step into that and make things awkward but literally everyone else in the squad would, so sarah's spot is the place to go!

[eruanna1875]

See, making timelines for your entire storyworld is fun (like actually, it's a blast, I love it), but then it also makes me a little crazy because what do you mean those utterly unconnected characters were born a year apart

[thewritewolf]

Well, I finally took the dive and made my blog for my original world. I'm getting closer and closer to publishing, so I figured it might be a good idea to actually, you know, let people know that it exists!

Just as a little treat, here's a piece I commissioned a while back with my core group of characters all together:

(art by the wonderfully talented @purpledemonart who also did my True Sight finale piece!)

[yharnamesque]

I ended up reading another 50 pages of Metro 2033 today and every time I get a bit further through the book I come away a bit more confused in the sense of "am I just not getting it". Like in the span of those pages, Artyom:

got beaten up by metro nazis

was rescued by independent communists

had a close encounter with a mutant at a station with open surface access

got traded away as part of a rat race bet

and had an encounter with what I'm pretty sure were specifcally meant to be Jehovah's Witnesses

I very much understand that you're gonna see some real weird shit on a long journey across multiple stations, but the problem is there's no real hierarchy as to how impactful these experiences were on Artyom or their place amongst the metro as a whole. Like I would've thought something like an encounter with the so-called Fourth Reich that almost ended in his death would've had a bit more time and detail given to it, made it a bit more of a meaty event, but it's over kinda as quickly as it showed up

Glukhovsky's writing style doesn't help with the exceedingly long paragraphs, but most of the time I just wanna gently take him by the shoulders and ask where his beta reader was

[astral-from-afar]

IM HERE!!!