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Ref Recs for Whump Writers

Violence: A Writer’s Guide:  This is not about writing technique. It is an introduction to the world of violence. To the parts that people don’t understand. The parts that books and movies get wrong. Not just the mechanics, but how people who live in a violent world think and feel about what they do and what they see done.

Hurting Your Characters: HURTING YOUR CHARACTERS discusses the immediate effect of trauma on the body, its physiologic response, including the types of nerve fibers and the sensations they convey, and how injuries feel to the character. This book also presents a simplified overview of the expected recovery times for the injuries discussed in young, otherwise healthy individuals.

Body Trauma: A writer’s guide to wounds and injuries. Body Trauma explains what happens to body organs and bones maimed by accident or intent and the small window of opportunity for emergency treatment. Research what happens in a hospital operating room and the personnel who initiate treatment. Use these facts to bring added realism to your stories and novels.

10 B.S. Medical Tropes that Need to Die TODAY…and What to Do Instead: Written by a paramedic and writer with a decade of experience, 10 BS Medical Tropes covers exactly that: clichéd and inaccurate tropes that not only ruin books, they have the potential to hurt real people in the real world. 

Maim Your Characters: How Injuries Work in Fiction: Increase Realism. Raise the Stakes. Tell Better Stories. Maim Your Characters is the definitive guide to using wounds and injuries to their greatest effect in your story. Learn not only the six critical parts of an injury plot, but more importantly, how to make sure that the injury you’re inflicting matters. 

Blood on the Page: This handy resource is a must-have guide for writers whose characters live on the edge of danger. If you like easy-to-follow tools, expert opinions from someone with firsthand knowledge, and you don’t mind a bit of fictional bodily harm, then you’ll love Samantha Keel’s invaluable handbook

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bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

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Random natborn: *attempting smalltalk*

Cody, dead-eyed: The FitnessGram pacer test is a multi stage aerobic cap-

#smalltalk disgusts him state your business or begone #he recites a rotating list of mundane instructional videos until people leave him alone #commander cody #star wars #incorrect quotes #oh my gosh #i have been thinking about how the clones should 100% have this be a thing where they just start reciting this!!! #there was a guy in my graduating class who could recite every single one of these things and it was the funniest thing ever #he would start doing it out of no where and one time #one of the teachers was abut in tears because they wanted him to stop so bad! 🤣

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This... This is a masterpiece 😍

speechless. the pose. the expression. this should be a painting.

#artwork #art #other peoples art

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Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Star Wars Legends: Republic Commando Series - Karen Traviss, Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order Series (Video Games), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Cal Kestis, BD-1 (Star Wars), Kal Skirata, Null-7 | Mereel Skirata, Null-10 | Jaing Skirata, Other Character Tags to Be Added Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Clone Wars characters will appear eventually, Pro-Jedi, Jedi Culture & Customs (Star Wars), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, nobody’s really having a good time at the start of this, this whole thing started as an excuse for Cal to meet Kal, or Kal to meet Cal if you prefer, what if I took Cal and made him smaller and more traumatized, I moved BD-1 to Zeffo because Cal deserves him, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Manipulation, it both sounds darker than it is and doesn’t, this stars a 12-year-old genocide survivor with psychic powers, and his name is not Aang, so he’s got some issues, one brief implication of pedophilia in the background, but nothing approaching that actually happens don’t worry, the mandalorian adoption instinct is going strong

  Summary:

AU.

Cal Kestis runs away from Bracca after Order 66 instead of sticking around- or at least he tries to. It doesn’t work very well. At all. It’s his own fault, really.

A year later, Kal Skirata and a few of his sons go to blow off some steam and find a battered Jett'ika instead. And they keep him, because of course they do.

In the short run this changes very little. In the long run? That remains to be seen, but they’re willing to find out. They do enjoy a good adventure, after all.

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Me: “Haha wouldn’t it be funny if Cal Kestis and Kal Skirata met so people could joke about them having the same name?” 

My brain: “Yeah that would be. What if you turned it into an entire fic instead of the fun little one-shot you were planning on?”

Me: “No I don’t think-”

My brain: “How about you get 10K words in before they even speak to each other?” 

Me: “I’d really rather-”

My brain: “Also make it angsty.”

Me: “I give up.”

I have to credit @winterinhimring for part of this, because I enjoyed Cin Vhetin so much that my brain apparently decided to riff it with the other sad ginger psychic, and I would be remiss not to. It’s growing legs of its own but the influence is definitely there. 

#star wars #star wars fanfiction #star wars prequels #republic commando #jedi fallen order #star wars the clone wars #cal kestis #kal skirata #pro-jedi #sooo excited for this!!!!

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

#sooooo useful!!!!

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Just a bunch of Useful websites - Updated for 2023

Removed/checked all links to make sure everything is working (03/03/23). Hope they help!

Sejda - Free online PDF editor.

Supercook - Have ingredients but no idea what to make? Put them in here and it'll give you recipe ideas.

Still Tasty - Trying the above but unsure about whether that sauce in the fridge is still edible? Check here first.

Archive.ph - Paywall bypass. Like 12ft below but appears to work far better and across more sites in my testing. I'd recommend trying this one first as I had more success with it.

12ft – Hate paywalls? Try this site out.

Where Is This - Want to know where a picture was taken, this site can help.

TOS/DR - Terms of service, didn't read. Gives you a summary of terms of service plus gives each site a privacy rating.

OneLook - Reverse dictionary for when you know the description of the word but can't for the life of you remember the actual word.

My Abandonware - Brilliant site for free, legal games. Has games from 1978 up to present day across pc and console. You'll be surprised by some of the games on there, some absolute gems.

Project Gutenberg – Always ends up on these type of lists and for very good reason. All works that are copyright free in one place.

Ninite – New PC? Install all of your programs in one go with no bloat or unnecessary crap.

PatchMyPC - Alternative to ninite with over 300 app options to keep upto date. Free for home users.

Unchecky – Tired of software trying to install additional unwanted programs? This will stop it completely by unchecking the necessary boxes when you install.

Sci-Hub – Research papers galore! Check here before shelling out money. And if it’s not here, try the next link in our list.

LibGen – Lots of free PDFs relate primarily to the sciences.

Zotero – A free and easy to use program to collect, organize, cite and share research.

Car Complaints – Buying a used car? Check out what other owners of the same model have to say about it first.

CamelCamelCamel – Check the historical prices of items on Amazon and set alerts for when prices drop.

Have I Been Pawned – Still the king when it comes to checking if your online accounts have been released in a data breach. Also able to sign up for email alerts if you’ve ever a victim of a breach.

I Have No TV - A collection of documentaries for you to while away the time. Completely free.

Radio Garden – Think Google Earth but wherever you zoom, you get the radio station of that place.

Just The Recipe – Paste in the url and get just the recipe as a result. No life story or adverts.

Tineye – An Amazing reverse image search tool.

My 90s TV – Simulates 90’s TV using YouTube videos. Also has My80sTV, My70sTV, My60sTV and for the younger ones out there, My00sTV. Lose yourself in nostalgia.

Foto Forensics – Free image analysis tools.

Old Games Download – A repository of games from the 90’s and early 2000’s. Get your fix of nostalgia here.

Online OCR – Convert pictures of text into actual text and output it in the format you need.

Remove Background – An amazingly quick and accurate way to remove backgrounds from your pictures.

Twoseven – Allows you to sync videos from providers such as Netflix, Youtube, Disney+ etc and watch them with your friends. Ad free and also has the ability to do real time video and text chat.

Terms of Service, Didn’t Read – Get a quick summary of Terms of service plus a privacy rating.

Coolors – Struggling to get a good combination of colors? This site will generate color palettes for you.

This To That – Need to glue two things together? This’ll help.

Photopea – A free online alternative to Adobe Photoshop. Does everything in your browser.

BitWarden – Free open source password manager.

Just Beam It - Peer to peer file transfer. Drop the file in on one end, click create link and send to whoever. Leave your pc on that page while they download. Because of how it works there are no file limits. It's genuinely amazing. Best file transfer system I have ever used.

Atlas Obscura – Travelling to a new place? Find out the hidden treasures you should go to with Atlas Obscura.

ID Ransomware – Ever get ransomware on your computer? Use this to see if the virus infecting your pc has been cracked yet or not. Potentially saving you money. You can also sign up for email notifications if your particular problem hasn’t been cracked yet.

Way Back Machine – The Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites and loads more.

Rome2Rio – Directions from anywhere to anywhere by bus, train, plane, car and ferry.

Splitter – Seperate different audio tracks audio. Allowing you to split out music from the words for example.

myNoise – Gives you beautiful noises to match your mood. Increase your productivity, calm down and need help sleeping? All here for you.

DeepL – Best language translation tool on the web.

Forvo – Alternatively, if you need to hear a local speaking a word, this is the site for you.

For even more useful sites, there is an expanded list that can be found here.

#helful #will use #useful

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#useful #helpful

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*Boop* *boop*

Don't mind me, just gonna- *boop*

#boop #hitting you with my paw #paw boop

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Writing a Star Wars au where obi wan is maces padawan but obi wan and qui gon are still close and they annoy the order by being like cats who consistently bring mice to your door.

Amazing, I love it, them still being inexplicably close cause the Force Decrees it and Mace is like ...padawan pls, have some standards.

Them as cats bapbapbap-ing each other in the hallways and dragging trouble to Mace's doorstep.

I also interpreted it as like they take turns being the cat and mouse and it's like oh look Qui-Gon's kidnapped the ginger padawan again and he returns Obi-Wan to Mace covered in mud. 4ft teenybopper Obi-Wan dragging 7ft passed out Qui-Gon to Yoda/Dooku’s doorstep like "I have been successful in my hunt! Praise me! :3 also Master Jinn got suuper poisoned by a plant he ate while we were out so good luck bye 👋"

#ask #obi wan kenobi #qui gon jinn #mace windu #i love this idea #would 100% read an entire fanfiction of this

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Okay but imagine

Palpatine: Have you heard of the tragedy of Darth Plegieus the Wise?~

Anakin, whose just come from having a sibling spat with Obi-wan and hasn't slept in a while: ~Have you heard of the tragedy of your mom?~

Palpatine: ...

Anakin: ...

Anakin, scrambling up and out of the seating box: I gotta go

Thus the galaxy was saved because Anakin was too embarrassed to go back and see Palpatine. He did however admit to the conversation to Obi-wan who told the council.

#star wars #anakin skywalker #sheev palpatine #incorrect star wars quotes #as someone with siblings this shit just happens sometimes okay #its embarrassing #i love this so much!! #i cant stop laughing #it just gets funnier each time i read it

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Jedi launching themselves across the room like a startled cat if you sneak up on them is my new favorite visual

#they get to be silly sometimes #star wars #Jedi

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Love this idea!!! 😍💖

I'm thinking about Force Sensitive Fives again.

Domino Squad still bickers a lot, but they're very quick to close ranks around Fives when people start looking too hard at him.

The Domino's are still seen as weird and poor soldiers, but a large part of that is because Fives doesn't know what he's doing and shares his feelings with his batchmates.

Somehow, they manage to hide this from Shaak. Later, she would marvel that these untrained men managed to hide Fives force sensitivity from her.

All five Dominoes survive Rishi.

All five Dominoes also survive the attack on Kamino.

Though only Hevy, Fives, and Echo end up in ARC training. (It doesn't matter, in the end, because A force bond between the five Dominoes means that all of them are ARC trained)

Fives gets snatched up by the 104th, Plo Koon taking Fives as his padawan. And upon realizing that there's a force bond between the five Dominoes, he also takes the other four Dominoes as well.

Talking to Domino Squad can be very frustrating. It's been known to happen that Echo will start a conversation with someone, and then Cutup will pick up the conversation thread.

Listening to the dominoes talking to each other is worse, though. They jump from topic to topic, and sometimes have whole conversations silently. No one can keep up with their conversations, though Commander Wolffe can understand them better than most.

#star wars #star wars au #force sensitive fives

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let's face it, Obi-Wan is only a stickler for the rules in comparison to Anakin. this guy thought lightsaber nunchucks were cool as a teenager and jumping out of politicians windows was cool as an adult. he regularly sasses the chancellor of the republic. he saw Anakin and Padmé being super obvious and decided it was none of his business. he sits pussy facing the world in important meetings. hes's a lonely single in your area. he won one (1) fight against a sith lord and decided they were his speciality despite getting his ass handed to him by Dooku multiple times. he's annoying on purpose as a battle strategy. every man he meets desires him carnally and he doesn't notice. he puts one foot on Han Solos ship and is like "damn bitch you live like this" despite having spent 20 years in a desert hole. he gets himself killed to one-up Vader one last time. he's winning the idgaf war

#and we love that for him #its why everyone is obsessed with him #including me #you are not immune to obi-wan kenobi #star wars #obi wan kenobi

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Random person: how many times have you read this?

Me: Yes.

APLAP (Assigned Pathetic Lifeform at Padawanship)

New padawan Obi-Wan trying to figure out how the FUCK to make his master listen and not abandon him to go running off following "the will of the force" when it hits him. Qui-Gon is perfectly happy stopping and taking care of pathetic life forms, but not Obi-Wan. That's it. He's always been prepared, always been dutiful, strong, self-sufficient.

He's cracked the code. He needs to be more pathetic.

The next time he senses Qui-Gon's about to run off he coordinates a scene of utmost pathetic-ness, that is, he throws himself into the nearest fountain. He trudges up to his master sopping wet, water-logged robes swallowing him, with hair sticking to his face and containing bits of algae from the fountain. He mumbles out an apology for being clumsy before looking up at Qui-Gon with the biggest, most woeful eyes possible to ask if he happened to bring any spare robes (he didn't, Obi-Wan knows this because he is usually the one to pack spare robes for them both). His wet hair is dripping water into his eyes that's beginning to turn them an irritated red, and there's algae sliding down the side of his face, it really is masterful work.

"Oh...I'm sure I'll be able to find something by myself, it's okay Master, I know you had important work to do."

Qui-Gon visibly hesitates. Obi-Wan starts shivering. He turns to walk away. He's stopped by his Master's hand on his shoulder. His Master, who walks back with him, who gets clean clothes from their hosts, who has folded like wet flimsi and even explains his stupid, stupid plan before choosing to hotwire a hoverbike with a passenger seat! Oh, Obi-Wan really has cracked the code!

Afterwards, Obi-Wan stages an increasingly pitiful accident for himself every time his patented 'Qui-Gon Jinn Bullshit' detector goes off. Eventually, his Master stops leaving him behind at all, even giving him funny looks when he turns around and Obi-Wan isn’t next to him. It never fails to make Obi-Wan grin and run to catch up. Sure, his reputation as a perfect padawan is in tatters, alongside his dignity, but it’s a small price to pay for a place at his Master’s side, for him to remember there’s a place for Obi-Wan there.

When the ray shields come up on Naboo, Qui-Gon doesn't charge ahead and leave his padawan behind, he hasn't for years. He waits for Obi-Wan because it feels wrong to do otherwise, his padawan belongs at his side.

Much, much later, when Obi-Wan is drinking to the end of the war with friends, Commander Cress will ask him how he kept General Jinn from running off for entire decade. Obi-Wan laughs, informs him, and resolutely ignores the scene Quinlan is making as the man cackles and pulls up a book to shove at them both, titled Classical Conditioning 101: A guide to subtle psychological manipulation.