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Possible answers to “Have you ever loved me?”

⊹ Yeah. I did. And it scared the absolute shit out of me.

⊹ I don’t know. I wanted to. I thought I did. But I was a mess back then.

⊹ I did. I just didn’t show it right. Or enough, or in time...

⊹ Yes. God, yes. I just didn’t know how to hold onto it.

⊹ You were the first person I ever actually loved, and I ruined it.

⊹ I think I did. But I also think I was in love with what we could’ve been.

⊹ I don’t even know what love is half the time. But when I was with you... yeah, I felt it.

⊹ I loved you in the only way I knew how. It just... wasn’t enough, was it?

⊹ I loved you more than I let on. I just didn’t think I deserved you.

⊹ It was real for me. Even if I didn’t say it, or show it like I should’ve.

⊹ I didn’t know I loved you until it was too late.

⊹ I thought I did, and maybe I did, but I was so damn scared of being close to someone.

⊹ You were everything. And I treated you like you were temporary. That’s on me.

⊹ Yes. But I buried it so deep I almost convinced myself I didn’t.

⊹ I don’t know how to answer that without crying.

⊹ I did. But I pushed it down because I didn’t want to need anyone.

⊹ I loved you. I still do, in ways I probably shouldn't.

⊹ I keep telling myself I didn’t. Because it hurts less than admitting I did and lost it.

⊹ You were the one I compared everyone else to. Still are.

⊹ I was in love with you, and I pretended I wasn’t. I thought I was protecting myself.

⊹ You were the safest place I had. I loved you for that.

⊹ I don’t think I’ve ever loved anyone the way I loved you.

⊹ I didn’t say it back because I didn’t think I was worth loving.

⊹ You were home. And I f**ing walked away from it.

⊹ I didn’t know how to be with someone who actually cared about me. That was never your fault.

⊹ Yes. And I hate that I still do.

⊹ I loved you in all the wrong ways and all the wrong timing. But yeah... I did.

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( a collection of ROMANTASY dialogue prompts. adjust phrasing as necessary.) feel free to make edits to better suit your muse.

"You wished for a happy ending," he said, brushing a silver coin across his knuckles. "But you never specified whose."

"They told me you were dead." “They always say that about people who escape.”

"Don’t trust her smiles. She only wears them when she’s hiding blood on her hands."

"Magic is a debt, not a gift. You’ve already paid in pieces of yourself... you just haven’t noticed which ones."

"You can kiss me," she said, the corner of her mouth trembling. "But it won’t make you forget her." "No," he whispered, "but it might make me wish I could."

"I wasn’t born to be anyone’s tragedy." “No. You were made to be their punishment.”

"The stars are liars," he said, throwing the constellation map into the fire. "They promised me you’d love me back."

"He’s not a villain," she whispered. "That’s what makes him dangerous," the masked girl replied.

"Tell me you’re not in love with her." "I’m not," he lied, and the chandelier above them cracked.

"If you walk through that door, your name will be forgotten." "Good," she said. "Then I can finally become someone worth remembering."

"This dress is stitched with memories. Are you sure you want to wear it to a funeral?" "Whose funeral?" "Yours, if you're not careful."

"You cannot steal fate," he said, voice rough as midnight wind. "I’m not stealing it," she replied. "I’m rewriting it."

"He kissed me like he was trying to erase a prophecy." "And did it work?" "No. But I stopped caring what the prophecy said."

"The last girl who made a wish like that turned into a star." "That doesn’t sound so bad." "She burned for a hundred years before anyone noticed."

"You only love me because of the curse." "Then curse me again. I’d rather be damned with you than free without you."

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Late-Night Confessions Prompts

⤚ “can i tell you something? it’s been clawing at me for days.” ⤚ “i don’t say this when the sun’s up, but... i think i’m in love with you.” ⤚ “the dark makes it easier to be honest, doesn’t it?” ⤚ “you’re the thought i can’t shake at 3am.” ⤚ “if i whisper it now, will it count less or more?” ⤚ “you asked me what i wanted most—this. just this. you and me and quiet truth.” ⤚ “no one else makes silence feel this safe.” ⤚ “i’m scared of how much i need you. does that make sense?” ⤚ “you look beautiful in moonlight. cruel, how soft it makes everything.” ⤚ “if i fall asleep now, will you still be here in the morning?”

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"Do you really expect me to believe that what you did was out of the goodness of your heart?"

"No. But it's the truth."

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Person A: "You've managed to invoke feelings in me that I don't have words for. Literally. I don't think our language has the proper vocab."

Person B: "Good feelings?"

Person A: "No."

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There was just the slightest chance that he hadn't, perhaps, thought this through properly.

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Appreciation post to everyone who writes ANYTHING. Poetry, original stories, fan fiction, creative writing, etc YOU’RE ALL SO AMAZING !!!?!!

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"Imagining the worst case scenario has kind of become my thing, but I'll admit that not even I could have predicted that."

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Okay. I mean it this time. Going to make and maintain a list of writeblrs open to being tagged in tag games. Because I was on an unplanned hiatus due to being Ill and have forgotten who all to tag … so go on, comment, like or reblog if this applies to you

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Hi! Not gonna lie, my brain has been in a bit of a life-induced shutdown for the past little while. I only just thought to myself, gee, maybe I should update that one poll.

I loved reading about everyone’s thoughts and theories on this, ranging from “how would an approval rating be measured in this Clearly Very Serious fantasy world?” to “Why would Ignacio be able to drink alcohol?? Dragon fire + booze = a bad time for protag.”

It was so nice to have someone else’s feedback on this little project, and I love each and every one on you for this. Some of your responses made me look closer into the themes of friendship and family in my story, and I’ve been brainstorming more with Iggy than I have in a while. I also had to sit down for a while and come to terms with the fact that while our reluctant dragon slayer doesn’t love the nickname Iggy, he vastly prefers it to Nacho, which was the only other option. I could type his full name out each time, but one of the greatest joys in writing is annoying your characters like you would your pet cats. These are things I had never given such focused thought to before, so thank you so much for all of that!

NOW, THE LONG AWAITED RESULTS (IMPORTANT BITS ARE BOLDED AND IN CAPS):

First, Ignacio was absolutely a ye olde frat boy before his curse. He loved to have a good time, and for him that meant drinking, flirting, and doing stupid things for booze or attention. You can imagine that he was more than a little shocked when he woke up after being dragon-cursed to discover that even getting anything but the most watered-down of ales close to his mouth would result in unintentional fire breath. On the plus side, he literally can’t drunkenly brag about anything that could get yet another curse placed on him. Unfortunately, his social life is kaput.

To clarify: IGNACIO CAN NOT DRINK ALCOHOL. Kudos to those of you who sussed that out!

Second, the Witch King might be involved in the darker side of the magical arts, but he hasn’t led the kingdom into a war, or caused a famine, or raised taxes, or angered the gods, or gotten the land cursed by a malevolent fairy who turned his entire castle staff into talking furniture, and he even takes constructive criticism and travels regularly to check on how things are running, so he’s doing pretty well. There hasn’t even been a plague of either the magical or non-magical variety. There might have been a few sketchy rituals when he was just a Witch Prince, but since then he’s grown as a person and he takes his job very seriously. Depending on the day, it wouldn’t be unheard of for about 86% of his citizens to approve of him, if you bothered to ask.

So: THE WITCH KING WOULD HAVE A HIGH APPROVAL RATING.

Which means…

THE LIE WAS THAT IGNACIO AND JACK WERE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS.

The two of them never even knew each other as children. There isn’t any personal reason for Jack to be opposed to Ignacio, just Jack’s adherence to the classic fairy tale trope of Good vs Evil. As far as he’s concerned, Iggy is an Evil Dragon Necromancer Villain and the perfect to Jack’s Poor Farm Boy Hero shtick. You would think this would make it easier for Iggy to plead his case, but Jack has a very firm view of right and wrong and has placed Iggy firmly on the side of wrong, so he won’t even hear the guy out. As if our boy doesn’t have enough problems.

So that’s that! If you want to hear more about this little world, feel free to send me an ask or tag me in more writeblr games!

Two Truths and a Lie

My first writeblr game! Thank you to @new-royston-cursebreakers for the tag! His poll is here.

I'll put a little bit about my wip first, since I haven't actually talked about it here.

Protag: Ignacio, adventurer dragon fighter blaggard and reluctant necromancer.

Background and motivation: He's been cursed with burning blood, scales, and other dragon-related suffering by a witch king. The curse can only be broken when Ignacio slays the dragon that had been tormenting the realm. This would be difficult enough, but to top it all off, the dragon died on it's own before Ignacio could get to it. Now Ignacio is searching for some way to bring the dragon back from the dead so he can kill it again and finally get back to his old life.

Setting: The world functions on fairy tale logic, where strange and disturbing things are considered normal and almost everyone who could be helpful is unnecessary cryptic. There're plenty of classic fairy tale characters, including talking animals, pixies, trolls, knights, princesses, witches in disguise, and many more.

Antag: Jack, a simple farm boy who's strangely proficient with a sword. He's the classic hero, chosen by fate to stop Ignacio from resurrecting the dragon that laid waste to their kingdom.

Now, on to the game!

I'm tagging @thegrindingwheel, @luminary-lines, @revenantlore, @storyteller-kara, @wintherlywords, and @zinabug-writes (or @zinabug if your side blog isn't linking properly).

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"Promise me you'll never hurt them."

"There's no one on earth who can promise that."

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Two Truths and a Lie

My first writeblr game! Thank you to @new-royston-cursebreakers for the tag! His poll is here.

I'll put a little bit about my wip first, since I haven't actually talked about it here.

Protag: Ignacio, adventurer dragon fighter blaggard and reluctant necromancer.

Background and motivation: He's been cursed with burning blood, scales, and other dragon-related suffering by a witch king. The curse can only be broken when Ignacio slays the dragon that had been tormenting the realm. This would be difficult enough, but to top it all off, the dragon died on it's own before Ignacio could get to it. Now Ignacio is searching for some way to bring the dragon back from the dead so he can kill it again and finally get back to his old life.

Setting: The world functions on fairy tale logic, where strange and disturbing things are considered normal and almost everyone who could be helpful is unnecessary cryptic. There're plenty of classic fairy tale characters, including talking animals, pixies, trolls, knights, princesses, witches in disguise, and many more.

Antag: Jack, a simple farm boy who's strangely proficient with a sword. He's the classic hero, chosen by fate to stop Ignacio from resurrecting the dragon that laid waste to their kingdom.

Now, on to the game!

I'm tagging @thegrindingwheel, @luminary-lines, @revenantlore, @storyteller-kara, @wintherlywords, and @zinabug-writes (or @zinabug if your side blog isn't linking properly).

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“Allow me to explain. I was dying—”

“Not a good start.”

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”You are incredibly capable and intelligent, but you aren’t always wise.”

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i'd love to respond to more writeblr games, but i'm a little unsure who to tag nowadays, so please interact with this post if you're tag game friendly!

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“How are you here?”

“My death was temporary and underrated.”