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AVENTURINE IN VER 3.4 PV ➡ MY MAN IS BACK!!! TTwTT

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What if you loved me so much it literally undoomed me haha jk unless

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mutual pining simply never misses. the yearning. the stupidity. the desperation while also thinking themselves alone with it. the rattling relief at the revelation. the way it works in so many scenarios— friends to lovers? a banger every time. casual hook-ups/friends with benefits while they both want more? show-stopping, spectacular, incredible. enemies who are so deep in denial it just makes them madder at each other? utterly unmatched every single time. slow burn, fast burn, burning while already fucking. mutual pining really just is that girl like truly who does it like her

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Rewatching Treasure Planet (great movie, watch it) made realize something about the way that stories convey information to their audiences. There's been a lot of discussion on the overuse of plot twists and how many stories prioritise surprising their audience over telling decent stories. However, if you instead reveal the "twist" to the audience before it becomes known to the characters, you can build tension and stakes. Treasure Planet comes right out and tells you that Long John Silver is the main villain almost immediately after his introduction (And even before he's introduced we're warned about a cyborg, so you'd have to be pretty dense to not put 2 and 2 together and realize he's a bad guy). So when the audience watches him and Jim bond and grow closer, it builds tension for when Jim finds out and it highlights the tragedy of their friendship, because we all know it's not going to end well. Then, after the truth is revealed, stakes are created because we want the friendship between Jim and Silver to be repaired, because we know it was real, but we don't know if can be after what Silver's done. And all of this would have been lost if Silver's true nature had been a cheap plot twist. The tragedy would be completely overshadowed by the surprise and betrayal, and any investment in their relationship would have been built on the false impression that Silver was a good guy.

Another good example of this is Titanic. Even if you were somehow ignorant of the ship's sinking, the film makes sure you know that it sank with its framing device of Old Rose telling her story to people salvaging the Titanic's wreak. And Titanic's plot structure could only possibly work if you know the ship is going to sink. I'm not just talking about building tension, tragedy, and stakes for the characters like with the above example, I mean that if you didn't know that the Titanic was going down walking into the film, the abrupt shift from romance to suspense-disaster would be an increadibly tough pill to swallow. But it works because we expect it. You don't walk into a film called Titanic without expecting the damn boat to sink.

However, the sad thing about both of these examples, is that despite all the benefits that came from telling the audience these things ahead of time, I think the main reason the creators didn't make them plot twists was because they couldn't have. Treasure Island is the single most influential piece of pirate media out there, and you'd have to have been living under a rock for over a century to not know the Titanic sank. So, the writers had to work around the fact that these important turning points in the narratives were common knowledge, and they wound creating incredible stories as a consequence.

I want to see more of this style of writing in stories where the writers aren't forced to do it. We've clearly seen that you can tell some really damn good stories by giving information to the audience before the characters learn it, and I just wish more works would do that instead of trying to surprise people with shocking twists.

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mission log #3 out of #???

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Emergency Contact in which the mission goes Wrong. some undercover ratiorine, some crossdressing but heavy on the emetophobia warning !! and mentions of drugs/poison

end!

”peacock” is their code word they use when there’s an emergency on either side (it was ratio’s idea), the poison ratio drank is aventurines eye color (not literal, just for the sake of visuals and i did try to keep this on the lighter side

i did this all for ratio whump

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We also gotta acknowlege how gorgeous Ratio would look when he's older he'd age so gracefully

Whatever is going on with the light purple under his hairline will spread across his hair and he'd look DIVINE. Dark purple streaked with lavender...

Also I'm a big ratio with glasses believer so another thing is he'd wear them more often. Rn he's either wearing contacts in his daily life or he's rawdogging it with slightly unfocused vision, but as he gets older he'll wear them almost every day.

In short Aven you better know how to fight, your man is gonna be the hottest dilf on the block

u know how ppl with dark hair can get really striking grey streaks. yeah... yeaaaahh

ntm he's so healthy and fit. i bet he does meal plans. u know he's gonna be one of those middle-aged men who's in better shape than ppl half his age

man's gonna age like a fine wine and aven's the only one who gets to take a sip of that 🍷 savor that paradise in our stead...

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Oh damn, well let me show my actual outline a little bit then!

This isn't going to work for everyone, obviously, but it's the second time I'm using this system and it works pretty well for me. I actually have two separate outlines: one that is a rougher, more general outline for the fic as a whole, and the other that is a finer, beat-by-beat outline for each specific chapter.

For These Golden Regrets in particular, I've gone back over the plot outline and sectioned off where I think the chapter breaks will fall and also color-coded the sections for whose POV I want to use.

You can see here where the actual chapter breaks (the titles) ended up different than originally intended (the line breaks). This was originally supposed to be the content of two chapters, it ended up being four lmao

From there, I take each major section and drill down into more detail for the chapter outline. This is what I heavily reference while actually writing, and I cross out each point as I complete it so I can keep track of what I've addressed and what still needs to be addressed.

This is the part that sometimes ends up differing a bit from what I end up with because sometimes the flow ends up slightly different or character reactions or motivations change slightly from when I was just jotting down bullet points. (You can also see that when I was outlining this first chapter, I hadn't settled on Alicia's real name yet)

Sometimes the specific order of events changes slightly, which is why I cross out points that I've hit as I go, that way I can make sure I add in anything that I've skipped over at a later point where it feels more appropriate or natural. Most of the time, particularly with dialogue, the scene ends up much longer and more detailed than even the chapter outline dictates.

It feels a little bit like sculpting to me in this way, actually. You start with some basic shapes, and then slowly add detail with each layer until you have your finished product. After writing out the chapter itself, I still go back over it and retype the entire thing to fix any odd phrasing or add in extra detail that I missed in the moment (but that is literally insane and just me being crazy lmao).

I should note that I don't generally outline like this for oneshots, just for longer, more plot-heavy fics. Although the first time I used this was for what was technically a oneshot, but it was a 17k-word fairytale short story so it was still pretty plot heavy and had a lot of scene breaks.

Anyway, another long-winded post from me. Like I said, this definitely won't work for everyone, but I hope it helped give some ideas for anyone struggling with the outline process!

Just so you guys know, I have a chapter title list right next to my outline so I can keep track and make sure the titles are still lining up as I shuffle stuff around. I scribbled some vague notes for at least a little context, but I thought you'd like to see what the list looks like at present.

For the record, there's a little bit of wiggle room here. For example, there's a couple that can be split if I end up having to split a chapter again (pretty much just chapter 7, 11, and 12 really, but I also skipped a line between 13 and 14 that can get added back in). But the titles can't really be rearranged at all so some of these later chapters might get a bit long lmao

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I know it's the very end of wipwednesday and I almost missed it, but I do have a new snippet to share!

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you get to cut one basic need out of your life. you can still CHOOSE to partake in them and they will feel as good and refreshing as normal, but going without will no longer affect you negatively.

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Just so you guys know, I have a chapter title list right next to my outline so I can keep track and make sure the titles are still lining up as I shuffle stuff around. I scribbled some vague notes for at least a little context, but I thought you'd like to see what the list looks like at present.

For the record, there's a little bit of wiggle room here. For example, there's a couple that can be split if I end up having to split a chapter again (pretty much just chapter 7, 11, and 12 really, but I also skipped a line between 13 and 14 that can get added back in). But the titles can't really be rearranged at all so some of these later chapters might get a bit long lmao

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Mwah

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I was gonna draw him clothed, but just thinking of all the detail in hoyo clothes made me break out into a cold sweat.

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OLD PIECE REDRAAAW

2025 vs 2024

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Pyrellian Rose

"What about this one?"

For probably the sixth time this week, a slender wrist is shoved in front of his nose. Veritas doesn't even flinch anymore at the sudden intrusion into his personal space. He's grown used to it, perhaps. Such a novel thought.

With an affected eyeroll, he sets his book aside and takes a delicate whiff, inhaling the faint, spiced scent that greets him.

"It's subtle," he says aloud, his gaze coming up to meet magenta-ringed cyan watching him eagerly. "But distinctive. I can't quite place it."

"It's dried Pyrellian rose," Aventurine responds helpfully.

"And the rest?"

"Guess."

The doctor gives a theatrical sigh and takes the delicate wrist in his hand, pressing his nose gently to the tender, scarred skin. Red-gold eyes slip shut as he tries to focus past the flutter of a pulse beneath his lips.

"Red tea leaves," he murmurs against the blond's palm. "Clove and saffron. Vanilla undertones."

"You're better at this than I thought, doctor," Aventurine laughs, sounding just a little breathless.

Veritas doesn't respond, inhaling again. "It's warm. Earthy," he says at last, giving in to his desire to press lips against that slender wrist. "I like it."

"Good, because it was a custom order."

"Not from your usual supplier, I hope?" He can't help the reflexive question. Not like the Stoneheart couldn't afford it, but he still shudders to think of the exorbitant cost involved with some of Pier Point's luxury perfumists.

"Nah, I sourced this directly from an artisans' guild on Pyrellia. It's the only way to get this particularly unique scent, because they don't export the flowers used to make it."

Never mind that Pyrellia is a backwater system with a struggling economy. One that would benefit greatly from the exclusive patronage of an IPC executive.

"They have a lot of unique scents like this," Aventurine continues. "I told them I might be able to hook them up with a direct trade line to the Pier Point shopping district if I was happy with the product. If you like it so much, maybe I should put in another order. Get some bath oils while I'm at it, stock up the guest room."

Veritas hums as he pulls the blond down into his lap, wrapping his sturdy arms around the slim waist and letting the warm scent encompass him. Aventurine goes willingly, a soft smile of amusement on his face.

"Whatever you like, mel meum," the doctor rumbles quietly. "But I must say, the tub in your guest room is rather subpar."

"Well," the blond drawls, looping his arms lazily around broad shoulders, "I'm afraid it would be far too inconvenient and costly to have it replaced. I guess you'll just have to use mine instead."

"Incorrigible," Veritas whispers, as a grin splits his stern expression. "Whatever am I to do with you?"

"Let me spoil you," Kakavasha whispers back, pressing their foreheads together. "Please?"

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you dont have to be useful to be loved btw

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