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i dont “have ptsd” that’s all just the wizard’s curse

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one of the most challenging skills i've had to learn as an adult is the art of figuring out whether i'm proportionally annoyed with someone or just tired and overstimulated and looking for reasons to be pissed off

#me currently #it's work but so so worth it

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Me: I hate gossip

Also me:

#every time in public transport #I live for the wild gossip I hear on there

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[sees online creator doing something cool and newsworthy] Oh I know them! We went to-- [remembers I know them from their Channel Awesome years] I mean. We sold meth together

#🤝 #yeah that's honestly how it is

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Fiery spinster claims divorced dad

#YYEAHHHHH!!!! #oh man these designs are so delightful

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Hey listen to the way this man talks to his fish thank you

#me when I get excited to see my friends pop into voicecall

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Trans allyship leaving y’all’s body the moment a trans man has a unique relationship with masculinity/manhood and doesn’t want to look like a cis man

#I will not and don't want to look like a cis person #I want to look like Me first and foremost #and that was never that

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So my problem with most ‘get to know your character’ questioneers is that they’re full of questions that just aren’t that important (what color eyes do they have) too hard to answer right away (what is their greatest fear) or are just impossible to answer (what is their favorite movie.)  Like no one has one single favorite movie. And even if they do the answer changes.

If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results: 

What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)

What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)

What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)

Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory) 

What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.) 

Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)

Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)

Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)

What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.) 

What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What does ‘normal’ even look like for them.) 

#ohohoho!! #very helpful! #I might have to do these for my D&D boy

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#once again thinking about this video #first of all I am looking respectfully #also it's real nice to see folks with my bodytype going ham like this

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this is what i mean when i type 👀 btw

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#YEAAAHHHH!! #once again I am tempted to get a piece of armor like that

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do NOT feel bad abt scarfing down a tub of raspberries. there is NO reason at all to ration them like other delicious treats bc they WILL mold as soon as theyre out of your line of sight

#inhale them #same goes for strawberries

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me, appreciating all the hard work that goes into creating video game environments:

#POV me watching my friends play APEX and wanting to just walk around the map to look at things #What I'd give for a “just walk around” mode for games like that

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Latest reblog reminds me of how much it pisses me the fuck off how every queer person alive has to adapt to the usamerican style of queerness lest we get shunned by the community for being too different. I bring this up a lot but bro that time I got death threats for having ele/dele in my bio bc "by using neopronouns I was making a mockery of REAL trans people" when those are literally just my pronouns in my native language, and when I said that I got hit w the "well you're on the internet so speak english" I HATE GRINGOS I HATE GRINGOS I HATE GRINGOS

#I reblogged it before and I will reblog it again #I noticed recently in my own behaviour how overwhelming it is to fit the “standard” that comes from those places #and honestly I don't want to limit myself like that either #so I'll simply stop trying to fit #I'm just me #that's enough