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solace-saphylos · 1 year

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Hey hi!! Maybe you're getting tired of hearing about it but I, as a new Sabine simpee, just found your works and stayed far past regular sleeping hours to read the entire thing, everything you had to offer!! That was the final nail in the coffin and has awakened my inner lesbian, thank you for confusing me so But I wanted to ask, I enjoy writing headcanons and scenarios for myself to hoard like a dragon and never post or share, but trying to write for Sabine is a challenge; when you write for her, how do you get it to seem so right? Even in the later chapters of the main fic, doing something probably so far out of canon that the real Sabine would maybe spontaneously combust, you still made it sound entirely... Sabine-y.

Is there a certain way of thinking when you write? Did you study how she speaks in game? Are you secretly Sabine? How do you do it? Sorry if this is a lot to ask or hard to answer, but I really adore her design and want to do it right, and no one does it more right than you!! If that makes sense. Thank you sm for reading my nonsensical perils, and you hope you have an amazing day <33

Sabine Introspection - The Ask Edition

[This exchange was originally a private message, but it is now reposted as a public ask with permission from Anon <3 ]

I got this long message when I was out and about, so sorry for not replying right away. It did however make me laugh a lot! Am I secretly Sabine?? God, I sure hope not! It brings me so much joy that I helped awaken your inner lesbian. She was there all along, but that coffin metaphor actually makes me wonder if she ought to be fashioned a vampire or something? The final nail gone instead of hammered in, she rises, ready to be gay and party.

I still love my Sabine fics so dearly. It's an honour to have written something that affects people so. Since you're asking, I'm more than happy to talk about it! Your questions do however ask me to lift the veil a little, so I may talk about the fic in much closer building block detail than most readers ever get to see.

When it comes to my writing, my initial answer to your question is a boring one. But since I thought about this all throughout my day, I still have some advice for you. See, the little people just talk in my head. I've always loved writing dialogue, or making up dialogue, or just reading characters talking. I love to talk! These years of practice has become something that others like to call talent. On my recent Bully fanfiction (which has exponentially more characters than SSO) I recently got the compliment that I make ALL characters read as in-character despite my wild storyline. To achieve this I do study dialogue in game. For Bully I listen to all voicelines a character has, trying to get at the vibe their voice actor gave beyond the script. For Sabine I studied only her new dialogue in last years Equestrian Festival when she debuted, but I took into consideration everything her full character had done in SSO plus the backstory she has sort of had throughout earlier games. Once that is gathered, I somehow compile this knowledge into a little character nugget in my brain, which I then measure my own writing to so that it stays in line.

Over the course of the story, that nugget shifted slightly to accommodate the new motivations and feelings she gained for Y/N. This was possible because in the beginning I had Sabine believe "I'm not loveable" and "I'm scary, nobody wants to touch me". They were virtually headcanons, but they made sense to me. These kinds of beliefs in a character may sound emo and sad, but Sabine showed them rather by being standoffish and proud. Y/N starts breaking those down on the first date already, both of them staring out at the sea while holding hands. Even if I say breaking, it might just hs modifying. "I'm not loveable, but Y/N is different. Why shouldn't I take advantage of that? Is it advantage if she loves it?" Or "I'm scary, nobody wants to touch me, except my crazy bottom gf. She loves to touch me, and I like to touch her." The readers inadvertently follow Sabine while this shifts inside of her, which is why she still feels in character in the later chapters. My writing lead both characters and reader alike there gradually, so that's why it works.

In this way of thinking we're sort of expanding that character nugget into something that's possible to explain instead of just a jumble of knowledge in my brain. When writing a character to make it feel right I like to define some core beliefs, or say headcanons, that are relevant to the drama I'm putting them through. The next important question is if even the characters KNOW about these core beliefs. Sabine was very self aware to me. My current narrator in my Bully fic is surprised to find out she has a crush on her roommate in chapter 9, even though I wrote it in her subtext in chapter 1. I love playing around with characters when they don't know everything, either about themselves or other characters.

Depending on what they know, they expect different things to happen. Sabine was wholly convinced that going on a date, arranging a fight by that one portal, all of it would lead to Y/N hating her! She as a character is rightfully upset and surprised when the opposite happens. Part of Sabine's rage as a character is against ME, the author, because I keep putting her in SITUATIONS she's not prepared for and makes her act like a fool! But that's life. I love it when characters are uncomfortable and need to deal with it.

Consequences are the rail tracks of coherent plotting. Keep giving out consequences, even when the characters cry for it to stop... So that's my answer to your question. If you have any more I would be happy to reply, just at a rather slow pace I suppose. Life is happening big time for me right now. Luckily connecting with fellow Sabine fans online is part of that life!

#solace saphylos advice #sabine simpery #simping for sabine #ssoblr #fanfiction #writing advice #plus just a little bit of #be careful what you ship for

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al-hekima-madara-blog · 2 years

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Hi there!

I know astrology if your passion and I have a question for you (you can of course ignore this, if you don't feel like answering):

I wonder, based on astrology, how many differencies and similarities are there between Hashirama and Naruto? They are both Libra, however Naruto is born on the 10th of October and Hashirama at the very end, 23rd of October (and if I remember correctly from what one of my friends (who loved atrology) used to say -> there is actually a difference depending on in which part of the "cycle" of each astrology sign you're born in, am I right?)

Just curious! Anyway, I hope you're doing well!

Luny 💜

Hey Luny !

It was suppose to be a short answer and here I am with an unnecessary long post 😅. Well I'm not a great specialist in degree but I think that's what your friend was talking about. The zodiac is a 360° degree circle divided in 12 signs of 30° degrees each. And each degree is also associated with some characteristic that I don't know in details but just the broad definition. So basically someone born 0° Libra which means in the very beginning of the sign between 22/23 of September expresses its sign in its purity with the strong quality and the strong flaw. I bit like a baby just born and don't know how to balance those energies. If you born around 15° degree, it is said the Libra energy are expressed in a more mature way, and around 29° in the very end of the sign it's not the brightest expression of Libra a bit like a senile version, which make sense because the sun is moving to the next sign which is Scorpio.

So based on canon and let's assume the solar system in Naruto is like ours, being born the 10th of October is 17° Libra. An other thing you can take into account we know Naruto is born a full moon. Which makes him automatically moon in aries.

Roughly it will look like something like this :

And It's pretty much accurate to Naruto's character. He is this very spontaneous and energetic that is more obvious when he is younger (moon/emotion is more important in childhood). In Part 1 Naruto is so hyperactive and has a low tolerance to frustration. But when growing up, he expresses more and more his ego which is sun in Libra, he is the peacemaker, always privileging the talk no jutsu to his opponent, trying to understand their point of view and giving fake promises like a real politician (I'm not at all sensitive to this side of him but generally that's how the storyline describes him, and why fandom likes him)

Hashirama born the 23rd of October makes him 29° Libra. He might be born in the morning ( because in the evening he will be 0° Scorpio). Being born in a cusp (meaning between two signs) generally means he will got influence from both energies.

We can tell that comparing to Naruto, Hashirama's talk no jutsu is often less effective and fall flat. During the first 5 kages meeting he shows himself as too much febrile to convey his message, he lacks this presence, this natural authority that I think he admires in Madara and Tobirama. He also failed to convince the army during the 4th war, while Naruto can just share his authentic emotion through kyubi's chakra and brings people together. I also feel that his passive attitude when tensions rose between Tobirama and Madara is a product of its Libra's difficulty to please both side. He wants to find a common ground between his brother, his best friend and his hokage's obligation while the situation asks him to be firm. Like Naruto he truly wants to find peace but it's not always understand by others as he wishes. His communication is less fluid than Naruto.

However in being a weak Libra, Hashirama is seen to show intense Scorpio vibes. Scorpio is about correcting the previous sign. It cuts in the flesh where Libra is hesitating. It's evolving through pains and darkest turmoils when Libra is looking for harmony and avoid conflict. Hashirama clearly sways between those two poles. And everytime he uses this side of him he is, in my opinion more effective and successful. It could be a childish manipulation when he pretends to be sad to win a run, it's also being ready to die to prove his honesty (there is something very scorpionic in willing to die to prove a cause), it could be also his sudden intense gaze. Just agitating his chakra is enough to break the will of his stubborn little brother. But his strongest argument will always be his awful strong chakra. Notice that as soon as he gave order as a shinobi leader everyone obeys him without discussion. Nobody wants to argues with a Mokuton user unless you are as monstrous as Madara. His charisma is obvious as soon as he is into action, but in a more civilian life he is not "living up to his legend" as Suigetsu said.

An other quality from the Scorpio side, he is also mentally more cunning than Naruto. He can read people feeling and act accordingly to reach his objective. He can also pass for super nice and super scary when needed. His monologue with Sasuke was a great example. Unstead of playing it in a typical Naruto way : I hear you but, it's gonna be alright if you believe it! He plays both diplomacy and dark truth by giving exactly what Sasuke need to hear, admitting his wrongdoing but still justify them because it was for a great cause. This makes him a very intuitive strategist. Later he uses Sasuke to play with Madara's compassion knowing very well that it was suicidal move. So there is this inflexible side of Hashirama ready to sacrifice people to win a war. And I think this side is often not obvious first because scorpio's energy works in the secrecy and also he is still a Libra first and that will prevail on his character.

That's all I can say judging by their date of birth. Actually I've started a while ago a headcanon draft of Hashirama birth chart, maybe it's time to finish it to go further. Anyway I love this question that was interesting to explore their degrees and compare them, thank you !😘

#naruto uzumaki #hashirama senju #astro naruto #Libra

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1d1195 · 3 months

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Hi love, I saw that you were looking for inspo for Physics. I don't remember you promising another part to it because when I read part 5 way back it felt pretty concluded to me for a college story. So if you want to write something, maybe think of it as an extra that way you're not confined to continuing a set storyline. You can place the character two years into dating or three months into it. That was my first idea but my second, I looked up the song you're using for inspo and though I've never heard it I read the lyrics and I had sort of an angsty idea. It's mostly to do with the lyrics "I got too good at fighting chemicals, And dodging arrows I was asking for" and "Love is not an easy thing to admit". Now I don't know how they relate to the song but those lines grabbed my attention. What if you started the story in the middle of a fight that they're having? It's not a bad fight in terms of yelling and being angry with each other but they're both hurting. Maybe the reader and Harry are out somewhere but she's talking to one group and he's elsewhere in the party. And someone asks the reader about her relationship with Harry but she still feels so insecure about him being with her and how that's perceived that she downplays their relationship. And Harry just happens to hear it though the reader isn't aware. It hurts him because he really cares about her (idk whenever you set this they even shared 'I love yous' and such) but he realizes that she has been very lowkey about their relationship whenever they're with other people. I don't know if that makes sense. Anyways, eventually, they talk about it and both make good points for the way that they feel and that's why it's not a fight. There is no right or wrong here. So they feel in limbo and don't even know if they're still a couple. But using the "Love is not an easy thing to admit" line they meet in the middle and patch things up. She's finally honest about why she feels so scared of their relationship or however, you want to do it.

You don't have to take any of this but hopefully, something I've said here sparks something in your brilliant mind. If you ever want more suggestions let me know. I'm always re-reading your stuff anyway so I'm up to date. LOL 😉

Also really hoping to see that commitment idea. There's something so real about their story. And I agree with your anon their first time is gonna be quite something. 😏

Also, what is this new story "DING"? Have you already talked about its possible plot?

I hope this week is kind to you. Take care of yourself, you're too amazing not to be. -🌼

AHHHHH Hi!

This is definitely something to think about! I appreciate your thought that it seemed wrapped up. I thought so too, but I'm a slave to this site and I love to be a people pleaser. I'm happy to do a check-in though! It's not to sound negative. I LOVE writing stuff people want to see and I loved my little physics couple. I never expected them to be very exciting tbh

What you suggested is EXACTLY what I was looking for! I would love an angsty little piece to write about. I've been in angsty mood.

I'M CRYING THAT YOU REREAD MY STUFF 😭😭😭 SO MUCH SO THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO COMMENT ON IT AND COME UP WITH BRILLIANT IDEAS!

You will definitely be seeing the Committed idea 😉 I'm looking forward to writing it 🤭

I've been very stingy about the details of Ding. I'm not sure it's come up much at all. I'm still fine tuning the first part before I share the post. I wanted to write one more piece and that's Physics before I share the main page for Ding. I think you'll like it. 😉

💕 I hope YOU have an amazing week! This is the nicest message and I'm so grateful you took the time to write it. I'm really excited to have a new friend to chat with! I hope you feel like coming back to chat again soon! 💕

xoxo

#🌼#physics #committed #ding

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scriptlgbt · 2 years

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Question (Aroace angel)

Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read my message! I am an author who is writing a fantasy novel with an aro/ace angel as the main character. I attached a wonderful image that I commissioned from someone recently of my character. Her name is Nova Morgan and she loves astronomy because it makes her feel connected to the parents she never knew, but who named her Nova.

But before I start writing her as a character, I want to make sure I can do the aro/ace community justice and not conform to harmful stereotypes. So I'm hoping I can get some help with doing that. I avoided the stereotype of being cold because she is a very loving character, one who enjoys the platonic intimacy of her friends and appreciates the aesthetic beauty in the people and things around her. There isn't any storyline of “fixing” her and giving her a love interest, but she does spend her time helping the people around her find love and connection with other people. She's outwardly asexual from the very first chapter and there's a whole subplot of her being mentored by an older asexual woman who helps Nova find her place on the spectrum. And she has a lot of trauma, but none of it sexual or attemptedly tied into her asexuality.

Sorry for the long text! My questions are, can anyone tell me about what it is like to be aro/ace. How do you see other people and experience people who do talk about being into sex? What goes through your mind when people try to push their “you haven't met the right person” bullshit on you? What do you find yourself appreciating about other people?(in the sense that there isn't a sexual or romantic attraction but you do think of them or how do you perceive them) If I think of any more I’d love to ask! Thank you in advance for sharing your experiences and helping me to give authenticity and get into the mind of a character with a different background than me!

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It's important to remember that stereotypes aren't about a character having a given trait, but how those traits are used to make the character into less of a character. There are people of every personality with nearly every identity and experience you could imagine. But that doesn't make depicting those people bad representation necessarily. What makes it bad representation is when they become a series of combined traits without being people. With inner thoughts and a complex understanding of the world. And when all the representation we have of a given identity are people with the same trait, it reflects on the way the author sees people like the character in real life. It makes it hard for marginalized people to have a sense of belonging in the world, to not know that we can be any which way and still be ourselves.

I think when specifically depicting aroace people, a lot of the time there is a harmful stereotype of being clueless, repulsed, or act immature around topics related to romance or sex. (Like, chorus of children saying, "eeew" when people kiss in movies - which someone might feel if they are romance or sex repulsed, but it's not expressed the same.) It also kind of means some folks don't get a template of different ways you can be aroace besides what stereotypes are available. It can make questioning folks not realize they are, because they see themselves as a person and can't relate to stereotypes.

One thing I want you to be wary of is that your character is nonhuman, specifically an angel. I worry about the way you write about this could have some really bad implications if something like Christian religious chastity or celibacy and asexuality are tied together. I think you need to depict characters who are also angels but do experience attraction, and/or human characters who are asexual, to cover your bases.

I'm going to leave the answers of personal experiences open to followers to answer, since a diversity of experiences is helpful to hear from.

Here's the questions but numbered, for ease of answering:

What is it like to be aroace?

How do you see people/what is your experience when they talk about being into sex?

What goes through your mind when people try to push their "you haven't met the right person" bullshit on you?

What do you find yourself appreciating about other people?

Before I go, I also want to suggest looking into other terms for different kinds of attraction. I'll try to add a list later, but I want to specifically mention alterous attraction because it often gets left out of infographics.

mod nat

#submission #aroace #mod nat #nonhuman characters #nonhuman #angel character #writeblr

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impishtubist · 2 years

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I have to say in general jkr writes a lot of things that blatantly squick me out (I agree squick is a great word and it should be used more). I talk all the time about how the interactions she writes between adults and children set a pretty bad precedent and a bad message to children. Least of which being the way Harry's neglect at the hands of the Dursley's is kind of just swept under the rug as "minor discomfort". Biggest being Dumbledore in a position of authority telling Harry at 16 terrifying information before instructing him that he is not allowed to share it with anyone else.

But the whole Remus/Tonks situation grosses me out. A big thing is that if it was written in the opposite way, Remus relentlessly pursuing Tonks when she was clearly saying no over and over again people would be horrified (I mean whenever people write about James relentlessly pursuing Lily it bothers me as well but that's a different story and not wholly based in canon like remadora). People would 100% be like wow Remus doesn't understand the word no. Truly their relationship was just a way for Jkr to recycle the baby during a time of war who loses both parents storyline. You are definitely correct that it does a disservice to Tonks as a character. They also just don't match up at all.

But even outside of that, didn't Remus have enough going on without being forced into a relationship he didn't want during a war he didn't want to be a part of. Their relationship just kinda of read as a cop-out, oh you want Remus to be with Sirius how about instead you get his cousin.

I mean, I think I'm in the minority here, but I would have preferred that Remus stayed single in canon! I would have preferred that everyone stayed single! No pairings allowed. JKR can't write for shit anyway, so why would I want her tackling romance? Leave that for the fic writers, we know what we're doing. But yeah, the whole Remus/Tonks thing was purely done so there could be another orphaned baby to parallel Harry's story. There was zero chemistry and the ship made zero sense, except that they were the only two single people available to pair up? Idk.

Also, yeah, JKR's more blatant and egregious transgression is the fact that the abuse that Harry suffers gets swept under a rug (and so does Sirius's abuse tbh. Poor guy suffered for 36 years and then......died. Wtf.). And also Dumbledore manipulating him (and everyone) for years, and then Harry goes and names a kid after him. Like what. How does that make sense.

#ship hate #imp speaks

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uponrightful · 2 years

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Where do you get the inspiration for your writing?

Hi there anon!

No one has ever asked before, so I've feeling all fuzzy inside answering this. And quite embarrassed, haha.

I'm very... needy in a way but also extremely self-isolated. It's not healthy, but I don't have the predisposition to believe that people enjoy my company or comapnionshop. So, a lot of my inspiration when I write comes from a personal desire to have that situation happen in my own life. Of course I dramatize a lot of it for your benefit while reading with tropes and "canon-centric" information. But the base desire to have someone be very protective of me, or unrealistically possessive are a few things that I like to fantasize about.

On an even more personal and weird level, (hope you don't mind me sharing) I don't sleep easily. It's a symptom of my PTSD, which I don't like to admit having; However it's becoming more and more difficult to ignore. I've tried medication, breathing exercises, therapy, and everything in-between. I figured out after a very long time that playing out scenarios in my head can put me to sleep a whole lot easier than anything else I've tried. Sometimes I use pre-determined characters (like the clones) for a more "functional" approach that will help in my writing later on, but other times I use OC characters (mostly male) that I've created personally over time and use as comfort people.

Either way, I'll just lay in bed and get as comfortable as I can, then find an easy way to start by using what's bothering me the most IRL. Using what hurts me, or scares me provides two purposes. I can work though an issue in my own head, and I can also find some comfort that doesn't involve asking someone else for help. I'll have a set character and picture them with me, or talking to me over the phone. (God this sounds so childish...) And from there I just start adding in. It's not perfect and it never makes sense in a "storyline" kind of way. But every once in a while, I love a moment so much I just kind of remember it. Some just have a permanent place in my head, while I write others down in a little notebook I have next to my bed.

My writing is always a form of self-comfort. I use my fears, wants, and oftentimes life experiences to help write my stories. Overarching plot lines I usually draw from Star Wars cannon, and I try to fill in gaps (like Wolffe after Order 66) or by trying to fix what I don't like happens to a character in cannon (like Crosshair).

It's messy, and not the most professional way to draw inspiration but I suppose it works for me.

If you'd like to talk more about it, feel free to message me privately! I'd love to answer more questions, or try to help you find a way to draw inspo that works best for you.

Thank you for asking, anon.

much love,

Rightful🤍

#uponrightful #anon my beloved #my anons are the best #anon <3 #rightful is over sharing tonight

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nononsenseladies · 2 years

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Soo I thought I could finally share my thoughts on The Gilded Age, even though nobody asked or wanted me to do it, and I'm super late to do it with only one episode left before the season is over. Perfect!🙌🏼

Before we start, if you want to talk about the show your welcome to ask or send a message! I'd be happy to talk and exchange ideas and everything😊

So I love the Gilded Age, I had and have a great time watching it, and I'm happy there will be a second season. I'm very interested in (most) of the characters backstories, to learn more about them and what will happen in the future. I think it's a solid show, with potential to be even better. Do I think this will make TV-History? Nope, but it doesn't have to for people to enjoy, and if they don't fuck it up completely, I believe many people will enjoy watching it for a few more seasons.

I already like the small "fanbase" that has formed around the show and would like to contribute to that. And since my only talent in that department is being a mediocre fanfiction writer, that's basically the only thing I can do for you. Sorry not much🤷🏼‍♀️😅. But I do it with passion and love for anyone who reads my stories. And though I don't know that much about about the 19th century America, I take my research seriously!

On to the show itself. Like I just mentioned I'm not an expert on the time this show is set in, so I'm not nitpicking about the wrong kind of carriages used in the background or that some kind of stitch on a dress wasn't popular until 1894. I think they did a good job at least, I personally like how the show looks and the costumes especially, I love watching them in their fancy dresses

The characters are awesome. I won't say much about Christine Baranski's Agnes bc I love her. I started watching bc of her and I worship the ground that woman walks on, so she has to be my favorite, those are the rules. I can't wait to see more of her and how her past influences her actions and what she does about the Russell's and keeping her niece from doing stupid shit

I also firmly believe that my second favorite the wonderful Denée Benton as Peggy Scott will help Agnes smacking some sense into Marian's head. She is an amazing character, one of the few who got a brain between those ears, and I can't wait to find out how her career as a writer is going to evolve and hopefully change her future for the better. New York Globe editor I can't remember the name of and her would make a cute couple in my eyes. And I so agree with some ideas flying around tumblr and wonder too if Mr Raikes told her the truth about what she wanted him to find out. I hope we get some answers to that. So Peggy deserves the best and while CB was the reason I started watching, Peggy is definitely a reason for me to continue so.

Aunt Ada, is a mystery to me. I like her but at the same time I wonder if she is just acting bc then she appears to be no threat whatsoever. Or she is just like that. Either way, Ada and Agnes are pure gold and I want more of them.

Marian...I like her, she is okay. I do think that some of the critique is deserved, Louisa Jacobson's acting isn't breathtaking. But I do believe that some also comes from Marian as a character, who doesn't offer that much for an actor at the moment. I do hope that when she finally realizes she is being played and comes crashing down from her naive bubble we get to see more emotions and hopefully Louisa can proof she is better than she seems to be at the moment. But that storyline with Raikes really is infuriating at times, like, damn girl listen to the people around you!! If you can't listen to dear Aunt Agnes then pick some of the other people around you, there are a few to choose from by now.

The Russell's yeah I'm gonna throw them all together bc I can. I'm not on the Bertha/George hype train, I love their characters and their relationship. (Glad they didn't do the husband sleeps with one of the maids cliche) But at least regarding Bertha I'm not a fan of throwing your friends away to climb the social latter, like maybe keeping one or two would have been a good idea? I totally understand though we're it's coming from any why she did it especially in the time period. But she also collects some minus points for treating her daughter that way. It's not like Gladys wouldn't be willing to marry good to do something right in her mother's eyes for once. And if you use your daughter that way at least try to fun for her too once in a while, bc I sense this is might backfire for Bertha in the future. But again I understand the motives, that's how things were done, just my opinion.

I'm also totally for an reluctant alliance between Bertha and Agnes, being forced to work together against some of the other Old Money folks like Mrs Astor for example. I don't know, but could you imagine the absolute hell fire they could cause? I do and I love it! (But if they have to stay foes hating each other, than my heart is rooting a bit more for Agnes. Again that's the rules)

I also don't mind the little backstories of the servants. I like them, they have more normal people problems and life's but since it's still set in the 1880's their different enough to make it interesting for me. And they can play significant roles in the life's of the upper class their working for, since they know so much. Like I don't think we have seen Turner for the last time, and she could really damage Bertha's reputation and her rise to the top.

Well, those were my insignificant rambles on the Gilded Age. I can't wait to find out how they end the season and if course what will happen in season 2!

Also you can expect a story or two from me to (hopefully) enjoy in the future!😊

#the gilded age #agnes van rhijn #peggy scott #bertha russell #ada brook #marian brook #period drama #give me all the agnes van rhijn content #she's queen #just thoughts #rambles #I'll definitely write fanfics

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gureishi · 3 years

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Hiya! I was wondering about Eunji. Do you have a process when it comes to making CMCs/OCs? How long have you been working on Eunji? From what little I've seen of her she already feels like a real person, you've done so well with her! Also if there's anything about her you'd like to talk about/share please take this as an excuse!!!

Eeeeeee, thank you so much! It’s incredibly validating to hear that she feels real to you.

I can totally tell you how I made her! I'm sure everybody has their own unique process for making up characters, but here is what I did.

I started trying to come up with a CMC for Mystic Messenger sometime last spring (maybe March?). I wanted to create a character who was similar to me in certain ways but not totally a self-insert. I love self-inserts, but I wanted to make someone specifically for the Mystic Messenger world who had a bit of me in her, but wasn’t me exactly.

Why? Because there are at least a couple things that have to be true for an MC that follows the traditional Mystic Messenger storyline. They have to get Unknown's text, they have to respond to it, they have to go to the apartment, and they have to agree to stay.

The way I am now, I would never. I'd get those messages, roll my eyes, and delete the app. I don’t trust strangers, and I really like my life. I wouldn’t want to turn it all upside-down.

So I wondered what it would take to get someone who's similar to me into that apartment. I thought about a time in my past when I'd been at a crossroads. If I'd lost everything, where would I have gone?

I gave Eunji a really good life, and then I tore it apart. She's got a girlfriend she loves and a nice apartment and a role in a dance company and a bar job where she makes enough money to live. But dance companies in big cities are fragile, and if her company runs out of money then she loses her sense of purpose. If she loses her sense of purpose, she's scatterbrained at the bar and gets fired. And she is terrified of commitment, impulsive, and prone to running away—so when her girlfriend gets a job offer on the other side of the country, Eunji doesn’t want to go with her. They break up instead.

None of these specific events have happened to me in the way they happen to Eunji. But I thought about what I’d do if I lost all the things that matter to me at the same time—and of course I’d buy a plane ticket to the other side of the world.

Why does she go to Seoul? And why, when she gets there, does she have no place to go? I gave her a Korean father and an American mother so that she could have two homes—so that she could return to the place where she grew up and realize that she’s a stranger there now.

All that to say: I started with the facts of the game (she has to go to the apartment) and created a series of life events that would get someone sort of like me (impulsive and anxious and outgoing and constantly changing her mind) so broken and alone that she'd get the texts from Unknown and think sure, what do I have to lose?

It was only as a result of creating the circumstances of her life that she developed more specific differences from me. We have different goals and different fears; we don’t behave in the same way when we’re angry or when we’re sad. But sometimes she thinks just like me—and she’s got my hair—and she loves the way I do, too.

Here’s a question.

I love getting to know other people’s CMCs (and I feel like I understand mine better every time I talk about her).

If I made a series of interview questions about people’s characters (both deep ones and really dumb ones), would you enjoy that? Would you wanna answer some questions about your character?

Let me know if you’d like that! (I just may do it no matter what.)

#asks #anon #cmc #cmc eunji #thank you so much for asking me this! 🥰

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nolabballgirl · 3 years

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Unpopular opinion: The Ava/Mailin conflict should've been reserved 4 an Ava season. Ik folks are Ava'd out, esp when talking abt her in this context, but I'm not. i hope ur not either? Druck was bold, but 4got they're delivering to a majority Mailin adjacent viewership. They overestimated those viewers' ability to sympathize w a character like Ava w/out continuous and explicit on screen visuals of her being wronged and/immeasurably devastated about those thing b4 they could be moved by her 1/2

2/2 My worry after watching that Mailin/Fatou clip is that they are making that scene a moment of clarity for Mailin, but through that talk the Mailin-esque viewers are not able to reach that realisation with her. I just wish they'd involved fatou more bc at this time I can't see how they can begin to move forward without the viewers bemoaning that Ava has hijacked Fatou's season or Ava is taking away valuable Kieutou time

Hi, Anon! Thanks for your comments, and I’m definitely not Ava’d out! I totally agree with you that I do think the writers both overestimated and underestimated the fandom’s reaction when it came to both Ava and Mailin’s arcs, respectively, this season. And I do share your concern (but I certainly hope it’s not the case!) that yesterday’s clip was meant to be the eureka/moment of clarity for Mailin. So I love that this storyline between Mailin and Ava exists - it’s so important, but I do think the execution could have been better.

So let’s unpack this all a little more:

Why did the writers include this storyline during Fatou’s season? It could be for the simple reason that Druck hasn’t officially been renewed for seasons 7-8; the writers weren’t sure if we would get an Ava season; and they wanted to address some of the criticism from the old gen seasons, specifically surrounding Amira and Sam. But I do think they wanted to draw parallels with Fatou’s season and the types of overt racism, microaggressions and implicit bias that both Fatou and Ava face on the regular.

Has the show done enough to draw these parallels? Some but not enough, and I do wish we had more with Fatou here. In fact, I have a sneaking suspicion that some of the text message threads were inserted in real time because it was clear that the audience was not sympathizing enough with Ava/over-sympathizing with Mailin. @norwaydumpsterfireremakes has an excellent post that sums up some of the issues with yesterday’s clip, in particular the “colorist Safe Black Girl / Mean Black Girl dynamic” that has developed between Mailin/Fatou/Ava (and to be honest, that has probably developed in the mind of the audience). Given that the season has already been written and shot, I don’t think we will get satisfying resolution on this in Fatou’s POV, BUT I do believe that the writers will address this in seasons 7-8.

Where do we go from here? So we have today’s episode and (I think) 2 more left. I do think we have enough time to have a satisfying Kieutou resolution/fluffy Kieutou time. I loved Skam España season 2 but I wish we had more time with Crisana post reconciliation in the last episode, with them being a couple as that’s important to show to the audience as well, and I do think we can have that in Fatou’s season. I think we need more family time with Fatou (although apparently we have wrapped on her parents) but it would make sense to have a scene with Ilai. And then I think we’ll have some time with the school/narratively I doubt the writers would actually pull her out and put Fatou in apprenticeships. Now let’s fast forward to seasons 7-8: my biggest hope for Ava’s season is that it isn’t 10 weeks of pure pain and trauma for Ava. That we get the moments of joy and happiness interspersed with the conflict. The calls for Afro-German writers makes me think that the writers’ room has internalized some of the feedback from these two seasons and won’t do her dirty. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - it’s crucial to have representation both in front of and behind the camera!

#druck #anon #answered asks #unpacking this season #don't get me wrong #i'm loving this season but there is ALWAYS room for improvement #and to take things that did not get well/turn out well and improve for next time

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@ Blue Heart Nonny in my inbox (yes, i can answer your ask without posting it. no worries 💙)

here are the cliff-notes for everyone else:

there ARE Bronly blogs that are unhappy with Dean's ending because it wasn't fulfilling/he didn't get happiness/was killed off/the narrative undid years worth of character growth

those same blogs as well as others think Sam's ending was lacklustre

okay. so because i don't interact with such blogs i wasn't aware of this, but after a quick inspection thanks to Nonny, i find that it's true.

I'm not surprised, exactly. most of the Bronly blogs I've come across over the years have been vocal about Dean as an individual, a character who deserves his own narrative journey separate from Sam as well as Cas (of course 99% of them were anti-Cas so ofc i skiddadled out of there). And Sam Stans wanted a happy ending (domestic or otherwise) for him, one that's full of sunshine and smiles and yes, Found Family (the members of which do change from blog to blog).

all ships and Cas-hate aside, it was reassuring to see these bloggers recognise the endgame narrative as lacking, regressive, depressing and OOC for both Sam and Dean.

they didn't like the ending.

*cue solidarity meme*

this is important to note because what makes this fandom so special is our love for these characters and the complexity of the characters themselves (as has been mentioned on a fair few reaction posts already). we all want them to be happy, but we also want their journey not to have been for naught, we want their individual endings and the narrative as a whole to make sense because we've been with them through all of their struggles to learn and grow and try to find some peace and their own sense of purpose and meaning.

what I'm trying to say, is that while I'm a Destiel shipper I am first and foremost a fan of the characters - Dean and Cas, and Sam and Jack and all members of the collective Found Family the boys have met and embraced along the way.

I've shared a LOT of anti-Bronly content over the past 24hrs, but i'm not just angry that the bros-only ending pushed Cas and Destiel out of the narrative, I'm angry because that ending also did a disservice to these beloved characters as individuals. it brought back the toxic codependency after 15 seasons of the brothers fighting to be their own people, to be in each other's lives but not have their happiness dependant solely on each other.

Dean didn't get to live his own life and he died laughably, pitifully. His Heaven wasn't even his own and he ended up right back where he started: on a roadtrip to nowhere, alone. And in the end (Heaven) Dean was denied being allowed to embrace the self-love he'd learned on his journey and discover a life of his own and happiness that he deserved, /before/ reuniting with Sam. Sam got a liftime, Dean deserved the same, especially considering Dean's the one who never really believed that he deserved such a thing (but was recently convinced he was worth saving, worth happiness, worthy of giving and receiving love - yes, thanks largely to Cas) and canon chose to hammer home that idea like the nail in Dean's back, like the blunt little instrument Dean thought he was (but isn't).

Sam's domestic montage was lacking substance and emotion and the overall vibe was wholly depressing, sending the message that he couldn't live a happy life without his brother when we know he has managed that/wanted that through the seasons. It was like he was just going through the motions for Dean's sake until they could be reunited by death.

Frankly, Sam's montage would've been a LOT more heart-warming if his Found Family was present, or at least if Eileen was his wife (we still don't know) and they shared smiles/kisses/dancing in the living room. Maybe the Found Family thing was Covid, but for Eileen i call bullshit on the account of Jenny's presence and the fact that Shoshannah is also one person, not a bridge-full. Worst case scenario they could've shot her scenes separate and blended them with body doubles etc. Hell, i would've accepted a video call presence as a last resort. It would've made for an ending I was emotionally connected to. Instead we got strangers, a swiss-cheese life (missing pieces), and a depressing oldman!Sam. I could've bought the oldman!Sam dying after a long full life - but the montage left me (and Sam) unsatisfied with that Life. I mean, 15 years worth of content took.. 15 years to go through and emotionally invest in, so you really have to bring your A game to condense 50-odd years into a minute or two - and they didn't. That was some C-minus bullshit.

And then there's the Heaven thing.

Sam pretty much shows up in Heaven right after Dean dies. I reiterate, Dean didn't get to live his own Life nor his own Afterlife. Sam had the chance at a Life, and Dean could've easily had his own Afterlife if the writers had allowed it: a montage of Dean fishing in Heaven, sharing drinks with Bobby, Miracle the dog showing up, Dean working or karaokeung in the Roadhouse (an improvement on the Rocky's bar fantasy) Dean experiencing all kinds of happy and domestic things - and it should've been with Found Family, but again if Covid is to blame there were ways to work around that with blurred background people and body doubles and voices off-screen.

Instead, Dean's individual storyline is erased as he's reduced to a footnote in Sam's afterlife. No happiness in life and no meaningful afterlife he can call his own. Sam's family will eventually join him in Heaven, but Dean is left lacking in friendships as well as a romantic partner. The real Sam's heart would've broken at that, and the real Dean would've been unhappy and would've sought out people and meaningful relationships (again, Found Family).

BTW: i saw mention that the lack of Found Family in Heaven is because they're not dead yet.. *cough* let's recap some dead loved ones who could've made an appearance shall we: Jo, Ash, Ellen, Rufus + Mary + John (all mentioned but none shown), Pamela, Kevin, Adam, OG!Charlie, Missouri.. hell, even Henry or Ketch or Frank.. i would've been overjoyed at seeing Cassie again, because we don't know who's dead or not. Krissy, Cesar, Jesse - they could've died, especially since in the time it took for Dean to take his little roadtrip, Sam lived 50-odd years on earth. So, if we're going by canon's timey-wimey rules they could've easily brought back any Found Family member they wanted.

but, again, we got random vamp Jenny.

simply put, Covid is not to blame and there were many simple tweaks that could've made the finally on some level. instead the characters and the audience are left devastated and wanting.

i know we don't see heart-to-heart on shipping matters, but even Destiel shippers and Bronlies can agree Sam and Dean didn't get the happy, satisfying endings their characters and 15 years worth of narrative deserved.

* note: Bronlies (not Bibros) are invited to share their thoughts on this post about Sam and Dean's individual endings, but please avoid negative Destiel talk, negative Cas talk, and any wincest talk.

#q and a #spn spoilers #spn 15x20 #dean deserved better #sam deserved better #thoughts #Bad Writing #meta #ooc writing #this is probably a bad idea.. *shrug* we shall see..

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(1/?) I'm neutral to EA tbh, I like it sometimes but this isn't my OTP. I really like your blog, though. And what I want to say is - I used to ship KA after F1, but they totally ruined them for me as a couple in shorts and then in F2 (and so did they with the sisters' relation :(). As for F2, I totally agree with what you said about personality transplant the main trio went through. But put this aside, I have another thought - I feel so sorry for Anna after F2. First, she became the queen, and

(2/?) she's never asked for it, it's not her world. She didn't even want to go on that adventure in the first place. She also "lost" her sister (true love) and best friend. And now let's consider for a moment that all these 'personality transplants' are true, and that we count the deleted scenes and shorts: so she's always wanted but 1 thing, to be with her sister. In OFA Elsa promised her they'll always be together (in the song), and she'd done the same before, at the end of F1, in FF and even (3/?) at the beginning of F2, blah blah. And now she totally, utterly betrayed Anna's trust (the ice boat), never apologized AND then went to live in the forest for God knows what fucking reason, and didn't even attend Anna's coronation (and made Anna a queen because she didn't want to do it anymore, not even asking for her opinion) nor replied for her letter. What a stinker. Then the parents - after the boat scene it seems everything has always been Elsa-centric and Anna couldn't even have her (4/?) time to mourn. Then Kristoff in the Nokk scene. She was engaged to him, she decided to trust him after what happened with Hans, and he betrayed her trust, too. All he did for these 3 years (including FF and OFA) was a lie, he didn't mean it and didn't want it at all. Plus it seems their relationship has been pointless all along, because they can't even communicate well. I know Anna treated him badly in F2, but well, it clearly shows Elsa is her true love and she can't focus on anyone else (5/?) at the moment... but they (KA) clearly weren't meant for each other anyway. And what I want to say, they ruined Anna's character, they took literally everything for her to five her this stupid powerful song and 'happy ending' she's never asked for. I mean, sure, she's dreamed of romance in F1, but in F2 it's none of her priorities, and definitely that's not the kind of relation ship I'd expect they'd make for her after watching F1. I don't like TNRT because I think it would be better to (6/?) give Anna NATURAL circumstances to prove her worth, independence and strenght, instead of forcing some stupid stuff. And I don't like the fact KA relation is promoted as healthy... I don't think of it as unhealthy... it's just nonexistent. And stupid. And I totally agree that the sisters' relationship IS unhealthy - but only after how F2 pictured it! So, to sum up, she was my favourite character and I hate everything that's happened to her (as I hate it also with E and K, but well,(7/7) that's not the point of this message), she doesn't even look like her anymore, since the charades. And I hope that you won't delete this message, I didn't mean to promote KA, just wanted to share how I feel about this movie. And I truly like EA. I can't talk about it to any other part of fandom, though, for ppl who ship KA think it's a perfect ending. Sorry for such a long message! I hope the stupidity of F2 creators are the only thing that bothers you on these hard days. Stay safe!

I really like your post, I’m sorry if it took me 2 days to reply but I wanted to be at pc and not by phone.First of all....let me say that this: “ she's always wanted but 1 thing, to be with her sister “ is essentially who Anna is. She spent her whole life wanting one thing: to spend time with her sister and prove her she’s worth it.

And how are they gonna do that? Apart. Playing it off like “she’s a grown up, she can do stuff by herself”, when she ALWAYS DID EVERYTHING BY HERSELF!!!!

It doesn’t make sense even from a psychological pov. She always feared to lose this person, she always wanted to be with this person, now she loses it. The LAST thing one would do is say “oh ok well I’ll be fine on my own!”

It doesn’t make any fucking sense. I don’t know who they paid to tell them it does (trauma experts LOL), but they wasted their money.

The mistake they did with Anna and that, IMO, widened the popularity gap between Elsa and Anna in Frozen 2, was to give her a storyline so unpopular and not relatable for KIDS.

Kids don’t want to know how they’ll feel when their sister will die, IT’S SO FUCKING WEIRD.

Kids want to see a badass princess with a sword, who fights for her kingdom!! And yet in Frozen 2 they took the one who had powers and who could fight, and turned her into an hippie who does nothing at all in a forest, and the hero, the princess who could be fucking cool, is now a bad copy of what her sister was.

Being Queen, after losing her sister, surviving another trauma, having such a not relatable storyline for a kid.....it’s not a victory.

The only ones who think it’s cool are KA fans for obvious reasons, but they should’t be so happy since he was proved “not good enough” to stand by her side.

I do not agree with you on the sisters relationship being unhealthy and I said many times that was NOT Disney’s intent. Because to paint a sisterly relationship as unhealthy wouldn’t be appropriate for a kids movi and they would NEVER do it, (can you imagine the MONEY THEY’LL LOSE???? Why would they do that? Paint as negative something that makes them sell more than everything else on the market???? It’s crazy!!) and because the weird vibe you got about the relationship comes from the rewriters.For exemple Elsa ignores Anna a bit too much, but it’s because she was supposed to be succubus of a voice and being careless in her search for it.She was supposed to die, and the audience would have said “oh yeah, she even ignored the poor Anna to follow that siren, and she got herself killed”. It was supposed to be painted as a negative thing.But this is just an exemple of one rewrite, many other details, I’m sure, made you come to your conclusion, but I know they’re all results of last minute rewritings, so I have to ignore them.

It’s pretty much the same arguments over and over again, codependency, unhealthy relationship, and I’m tired to debunk them so I’ll just go on with my reply. :)

I agree that Anna doesn’t look like Anna anymore. She was reckless, impulsive, free-spirited and adventurous.

(now this makes me laugh at this point):

Anyway, they had to give her a personality transplant (simply “growing up” doesn’t do that) to achieve an end they desperately wanted, who knows why.

Jenn and friends wanted to give her the “Disney happy ending”, a kingdom and a dude, and they had to destroy what Frozen was, in order to achieve it. A story about 2 sisters, who always wanted to be together. A story about family, where a single (queer coded) Queen was ruling and is now replaced by the same old boring hetero couple (while the weirdo with powers was sent elsewhere, who cares where).

How can people trust someone who wanted Elsa as a villain, and wanted her dead, I will never understand it.

I’m not surprised they ruined Anna too, considering what they did to Elsa.

#Frozen 2 #BringElsaHome #Elsa #Anna #elsanna #anti-kristanna #anti-kristoff #notmyfrozen

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blackasmidnightcats · 4 years

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QfG Rants and Remakes part 5

Big thanks to both @agathasarmy and @yarasquad for sharing their ideas with me and believing that I could actually make a coherent rant without being too swallowed up by my emotions and hopefully I'll be able to do the same here.

P.S. Imma change the title of the next Rants and Remakes cause it's definitely not focusing on QfG anymore and it's gonna focus of AWWP so yeah...there's that to look forward too.

Chaddick & Yara + Tagatha interlude

Note: This post was originally gonna be titled "Chaddick & Yara + Mourning the Departed" and would have turned out as how it is explained below but as I was writing about Chaddick I realized that I needed to talk about something concerning Tagatha and realized that this post would have been too long for all three so I gonna move the "Mourning of Departed" in its own post. Hope you guys understand. Tagatha has a strong pull with me.

Imma actually gonna outline this cause I need to organize my thoughts and at least with this I could remember the direction that I would be heading.

First part's definitely going to talk about how Chaddick and Yara's death is bs

Then imma explain why them staying alive would have impacted the TCY storyline a lot more meaningfully (p.s. this is where the Tagatha interlude will be found)

And last (and this has been moved to its own post so stay tuned for it), I would also like to nitpick Soman's obvious lack of thought when it comes to the characters that have departed (mainly Callis and Lady Lesso and August Sader) and how it should have affected the characters (mainly Sophie and Agatha)

How Chaddick and Yara could have helped the storyline better

WARNING: I realized while writing this that I kinda made Chaddick and Yara more flawed than they are writen because I have to think about their character growth and they can't have that without having any flaws. So expect some more drama with these two than needed as I share my thoughts on how their characters could have went. They get better in the end believe me.

So I think that everyone in the fandom is one with the idea that Chaddick's death was one of the MOST worst decisions that Soman made.

As @agathasarmy said it once, Chaddick's death is more frustrating than sad because of how out of nowhere it is.

Via @agathasarmy:

but… Chaddick??? dying??? IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SERIES????

IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE, AND THE ONLY WAY IT MAKE SENSE IS COS SOMAN OBVIOUSLY DID IT TO INTRODUCE RHIAN AND THATS THE SHITTIEST THING ABOUT IT

HE REDUCED CHADDICK’S DEATH AS A PLOT DOOR WITHOUT PROPERLY SUBSTANTIATING CHADDICK’S CHARACTER FIRST SO INSTEAD OF US TRULY MOURNING HIS LIFE WE’RE JUST LEFT WITH THIS HOLLOW FEELING OF WHAT HE COULD’VE BEEN AS AN INTEGRAL CHARACTER TO THE PLOT

THIS

Chaddick's death felt hollow because it was a PLOT DEVICE. It didn't (or at least Soman didn't) conscider Chaddick much of a character but a means and once this happens some deaths can be very very hollow.

Like his POV chapter was very hard to read all because especially once you find out that he's dead by the end of it (SHAME SOMAN, SHAME) because his story and plot had so much potential. We weren't able to properly feel sad about his lost because we didn't get to know him better.

It just feels tragic. So much potential lost, all because Soman wanted Tedros to feel vulnerable because he lost his close friend.

WHICH SOMAN DIDN'T REALLY NEED TO DO

I explained already why this is bull and I'm gonna explain later what could have happened for Chaddick's character.

But in summary on why Soman didn't need to do it: EXPECTATIONS

Chaddick and Tedros would have been stressed out with all the expectations and comparison with Arthur and Lancelot. One wrong move could have broke them apart easily.

But Soman could have also not wanted to deal with Chaddick against his Sophie obssession so there could be that too.

SHAME SOMAN

Now, Yara.

Our little Soft Girl

She should not have died.

She really shouldn't have

W h y ?

Because her being alive would have impacted the story more than her death ever did. Just like Chaddick.

And if the problem was what she could have affected in the storyline in TLEA, then she could have been on the sides like. . . as Tristan from time to time or something.

Her being alive would have not affected or change TLEA at all. Like if more important characters like the Coven and the League can fade into the background then so could she.

But I really don't imagine her being in the school for New Evil with Aric as Dean. No, maybe Yuba could have hidden her with the League and she could have accompanied Princess Uma when they were getting Tedros and Agatha and then accompanied the Leuge or something.

Really it would have been that simple. C'mon.

Plus Kiko has been reduced to wreck after that. At least, with Yara being alive she could have fixed herself a bit more.

Okay

So in summary again: CHADDICK AND YARA SHOULD NOT HAVE DIED AND SHAME ON SOMAN FOR KILLING THEM OFF

Now, let's get to the juicier part, what could these two have contributed to the TCY storyline.

On Chaddick

It's pretty obvious what Chaddick's role should have been. He should have been important to the plot because his role would have been about breaking the comparison between the Past and the Present (see Soman, it could have been integrated into your canon plot) between him, Tedros, and Agatha to Lancelot, Arthur, and Gwen.

I'm pretty sure that Camelot has its eyes on these three.

It's pretty freaking convenient that they all have a predecessor to be compared to. And I'm pretty sure that it's not just Camelot who notices the pattern. I mean the whole freaking Woods read about this affair.

So Chaddick, along with Tedros and Agatha, should have been the ones that break this chain. It could have symbolized that Camelot was entering into a new, better era after a similar relationship broke it.

Like, a King, his beloved Queen and his most trusted Knight brought hope but ended in a Tragedy.

Now, another King, his beloved Queen and his most trusted Knight are skeptically judged for having the same pattern and they instead bring the Glory that first trio didn't

With Tedros, Agatha, and Chaddick united with each other bringing Camelot out of its traumatic experience with Tedros's parents, Camelot finally accepting that these three are not the same as Arthur, Gwen, and Lance and fully supporting them DESPITE the fear, would have been a much stronger message of that 'the past doesn't always repeat itself.'

Because with Rhian being known and most propably remembered as Tedros's most trusted Knight and betraying him in the end, it's like a copy of what Lance technically did to Arthur.

It just further proved that Camelot's King would always be betrayed by the ones they trust most.

Sadly for Arthur, he was betrayed by both Gwen and Lance and they left him alone.

While Tedros still has Agatha but without Chaddick the lesson simply is not learned.

Chaddick was integral to this formula because Camelot would have had to face yet another propable tragedy for their beloved King in the hands of the people he loves. With Tedros, Agatha, and Chaddick, complete, proving that they could do better despite having just a strong a bond as what Arthur and co had and Camelot accepting and trsuting this, the previous wounds would be replaced with new Hope.

Because even if that whole affair happened and ruined the Kingdom, at least they have proof that it's not always gonna happen that way.

And that's why Rhian being remembered as Tedros's Knight hurts this idea. Cause he betrayed him too.

Anyway, hopefully I made my point with this legacy thing.

Plus Chaddick and Arthur's Round Table training him. WHY SOMAN WHY?!?!?!

And now, imma explain what I think should have happened with Chaddick and how his character development and his role should have played out.

Because Chaddick is a pretty well rounded character, his POV chapter proves that he's brave, and is willing to die for his friends and what's right, and there isn't really much flaws to him aside from that he can sometimes make the most worst decisions despite being pretty wise.

I honestly cannot tell if he is stupid sometimes or Soman just does this to him cause PLOT.

Fandom I need help with this. Give me some opinions.

Like. . . he's wise enough to know what was right, examples being warning Tedros about Sophie and the first to listen to Agatha in AWWP, but also dumb or ignorant enough to bully Agatha in Book 1 and that VERY IMPORTANT THING ABOUT completely ABUSING Tedros is AWWP.

Like I'm kinda confused with him.

Well maybe we can say that he's a bit ignorant and maybe was raised with privilege so that's why he bullied Agatha in Book 1 and kinda wisened up in Book 2 about her.

But I am not excusing his attitude towards Tedros in AWWP because that was messed up. Well, AWWP was messed up so there is that but if we have to acknowledge that mess and have some closure then I vote for it to come from Chaddick and Yara.

Like maybe the reason why Chaddick is more wise now is because of that very experience. Maybe he could still be a bit guilty about it and that kinda messes with his mind cause he still thinks that Tedros is still the same boy those years ago in their second year and Rhian uses this to his advantage.

Actually, thinking about it this makes so much sense.

Like instead of AGATHA having the trust issues (thought I wouldn't completely vanish it, just not at the same level as she does in canon) it's CHADDICK that has them. Cause he's always kinda gets haunted by what happened in AWWP.

I mean Tedros replaced him with ARIC of all people when he failed to retrieve Agatha. There has to be some animosity between them since. I can imagine that Chaddick kinda felt like him and Tedros could never be as close as when they were during their first year. And he would totally understand it if Tedros never really forgave him for what happened and was at peace with it even if he didn't have enough guts to find a closure for it. He'd respect his friend first and foremost.

But then comes Tedros, all fine and inviting him to be his Knight like that would mess Chaddick up.

He propably couldn't believe it at first and maybe even kindly refused the offer at first but then he sees the heart break in Tedros's face and Chaddick realizes that Tedros really wanted this.

Tedros still sees Chaddick as his closest friend despite what happened in AWWP. And maybe after some thinking, Chaddick realizes that he still wants to have the bond with Tedros like what they had in Book 1. So he accepts.

But of course, they've changed and Chaddick still gets eaten by guilt because I think that he's the kind of person that knows that he did something wrong and wants to repent for it.

So instead of that wise friend that Tedros had in Book 1, Chaddick can't trust his judgement about Tedros because he's scared he'd go too far. So he kinda just agrees to Tedros's ideas and doesn't really give advice. Tedros kinda notices this and tries to talk to Chaddick about it but Chaddick would be all formal to him. Tedros, I don't really know, would think that it would be for his sake with the comparison with Arthur and Lance and all. So he kinda just goes along with it.

It's messy right now guys, I know, I'm kinda butchering Chaddick's character here but I promise it gets better and in my mind he'd be like this for only Book 4. He'd be Wise Chaddick again right after. Just give me a chance to explain.

So they have this kind of miscommunication thing that Canon Tagatha had in QfG instead and that would have made so much more sense and here's why;

Warning: this is officially where the Tagatha interlude starts so if you wanna skip it (why though???) find the sign that states it's the end. It's gonna be in pink too.

The fact that Tagatha was having a miscommunication failure was kinda off with me because 1) they've been over this in AWWP and TLEA. In TLEA Tedros has absolutely no problem with pushing Agatha to share more when she wouldn't and 2) he could easily read her like a book, especially when it counts. Like he could get her favorite food wrong but he always seemed to know what Agatha was having trouble with and was there to help her out and is not afraid to call her out on it (i.e. the Cinderella thing, he was on point there)

Imma provide some examples of Tedros totally getting Agatha when it counts;

AND THIS

AND THIS TOO

WAIT THERE IS MORE (The Tagatha Moment)

AND LET US NOT FORGET

THIS IS WHY TLEA TAGATHA WILL ALWAYS BE BEST TAGATHA.

I get that Agatha's insecure about herself and maybe she was kinda influenced with the Excalibur thing (but I highly doubt it though) but it's no reason for her to get to the conclusion she did at the end of QfG.

I mean girl, you were always thinking that Tedros would be a Great King in TLEA and that's why you've been so insecure about yourself. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT???

Someone call me out on this PLEASE. I'm hurting myself by judging her too hard.

I can imagine that she would be sceptical with Tedros's ideas and kinda doubting him about it (you guys have no idea how much it hurts typing this) but I can also imagine that she would never doubt that Tedros's heart is in the right place even if she thinks that the way he gets there isn't always the best.

Like we have literal proof that Tedros gets Agatha almost like Sophie does and the best thing is that I'm sure that Tedros would think of the best in mind.

The mess in QfG makes no sense because they should be over this miscommunication bs and it should not have been a thing.

And if it was because of the stress with Excalibur and his responsibilities as King that made Tedros suddenly not get Agatha then WTF Soman!?!?!? I did not ask for this. They were literally about to die in TLEA and yet they could still joke and tease each other and have these cute little scenes with the other.

Instead I got Rhian's b*tch ass being Tedros's therapists when he knows sh*t about this boy and Agatha doubting Tedros like he did something horrible. (Well he did for trusting Rhian but i digress)

I could have had more of these cute Tagatha scenes instead. Like, is it too much to ask for these two to just show their love for each other in other ways than "I will save you" and "You're the best thing ever and I don't want to lose you for this horrible thing that I did or say" like give me small softer moments anytime.

Tedros gently teasing Agatha when she's being difficult and Agatha being totally trying not to show that she's smitten over it.

Agatha trying to be romantic at the most outrageous moments and Tedros being like "?????" but totally finding it cute.

Other character just not getting these two when they do and they are just as confused.

These are the kind of scenes I wanted from them. And if I have to use Chaddick to get it then so be it. (I'm sorry about this, I'm mostly projecting at this point and these really affecting my personal opinions on this matter but I'll try to tone it down a bit so that it's still coherent)

Note: this is the official end of the Tagatha interlude but i'm not keeping any promises that it'll be the last

Anyways, Chaddick and Tedros, they have more reasons with having communication problems because;

They have not been together for a very long time and they've both propably changed since

AWWP. So far, the two of them have had horrible experiences as the last thing that they remember about each other.

As I explained, I headcanon that Chaddick has a somewhat formed a sort of PSTD with it and is very scared that he's gonna mess it up.

I'm not even going to try to explain the PSTD thing cause I feel like I'm not gonna do it justice but I hope you get what I mean.

Chaddick must have become more unsure of himself after AWWP and he must still be trying to fit this new Tedros with the old one that he used to hang out with in Book 1. It would have been a good comparison to show that Tedros has indeed change and grown since then.

Like Chaddick kinda feels like he needs to intervene when Tedros shares a very outrageous suggestion but doesn't know how and kinda ends up in a mess.

Basically imagine Tagatha's problems in QfG and apply to Tedros and Chaddick instead.

And Chaddick would have been suspiscious about Rhian from the beginning. He's a smart savy guy afterall.

So Rhian kinda exploits this and gets the two boys against each other. Because say that Tedros and Chaddick have this big fight propably like the one when Agatha comments that Tedros was being a horrible king but Chaddick's the one that said it instead. Say that this happens around the middle of the Book and it's the final straw between them because they haven't been properly communicating and all the pressure on them. Rhian could easily worm his way to Tedros's side and replace Chaddick nicely. Cause unlile Chaddick, Rhian would make Tedros believe that HE'S the one that believes in him the most.

So they kinda fall apart and Chaddick and Tedros are trying to understand where it all went wrong.

Agatha would try to understand each side and get them to better terms again but she can't do it alone plus a-hole Rhian is butting in.

I imagine that, for me, the logical person that Chaddick might approach on his dilema with Tedros might be Ravan.

Cause the two of them basically think the same way and are usually calm and wise. The only difference would be that Chaddick's more active while Ravan's more passive and choses to observe before making a move. So he calms Chaddick down when he's being too impatient.

Chaddick and Agatha would be talking of course. And I don't know why but I imagine that they're more numb to all the gossip about the three of them especially around each other because they're both sort of level headed and wise then when they're with Tedros individually.

And I imagine this is where the Tagatha drama happens. Only after Rhian cause I wanna be clear that without him, Tagatha would have been fine. He also tries to break them up by saying that Agatha sides with Chaddick and that she doesn't have much faith in Tedros too.

Agatha's going to deny this of course (because it's all bs from Rhian) but Tedros has been too stressed and vulnerable that he sorta starts to believe it and Agatha gets frustrated that Tedros is choosing to believe Rhian when she's known him longer and after everything that they've been through.

But Tedros isn't fully under Rhian's spell. I would have put several times when they would doubt each other especially when Rhian talks crap about Agatha and Chaddick and it would be beserk button for Tedros so Rhian doesn't really go there.

Now Chaddick would be having his little personal battle with himself and Ravan and Agatha would be there to support him and give some advice.

The real kicker would have been when Rhian is adored by Camelot as Tedros's Treasured Knight, someone better than Lancelot and Chaddick kinda has a heartbreaking moment because HE'S supposed to be the one that was known as Tedros's Treasured Knight not this stranger. Not this stranger that stole everything from him especially his best friend.

Agatha hears about this and reflects the time when she gave up her own position as Tedros's queen in TLEA and remembers that Tedros knows her and all her monsters and has been the light to help her fight them.

So she and Chaddick have this talk and she tries to concinve him that Tedros wouldn't want for Chaddick to just give up on him like that. Chaddick thinks about it but is still not completely convinced but Agatha reminds him that Tedros CHOOSE HIM to be his Knight and Liege and they both have to fight for it.

It's Ravan who finally manages to get Chaddick to gear when he asks Chaddick if he's going to regret anything he should choose to either regret letting Tedros go and not fighting for their friendship or make a complete idiot of himself but fight for their friendship instead.

So Chaddick does the latter but everything is too late and the Rhian thing happens as I explained in the first Rants and Remakes post and Chaddick gets tossed into jail with Tedros.

It's in book 5 that I imagine their relationship actually starts to heal itself and they both try to get through everything. I haven't thought of all the kinks out yet but I imagine a lot of fights and Chaddick just kinda shouting what he thinks before he startsvthe regret it and Tedros being this physic and just getting Chaddick too like how he does Agatha.

Again, I haven't thought of everything yet but I'll share it when I do

Now let's move on to Yara

On Yara

Yara would have been more influencial alive then dead and I already explained why how she could have been handled in TLEA cause where I really see exploiting her is in the storyline of TCY.

With the Balance vs Chaos in mind as well as the Lady of the Lake villainess plotline, Yara could have been the answer to this.

She'd be a living reminder of everything that all the characters went through in AWWP and how horribly toxic it is to everyone. Especially those like Yara who lives in the between.

Like with the Lady plotline she would have promoted ultimate purity for both Good and Evil and doesn't believe that each side could be able to understand each other so she thinks that she's promoting Balance that way and that letting each side corrupt the other is Chaos.

She would have believed that Yara is an abomination to the Balance because she is the embodiment of the idea that you can choose some charcteristic from two sides and still be yourself.

Plus with Yara alive the other characters would be forced to rethink their ideals and how to approach this new possibility and reflect on the old ways that have been hurting the ones that are similar to her.

I imagine that Yara's gonna have an internal struggle with this like she's still trying to understand it herself and as she tries to understand it the more that the other characters do as well.

I haven't actually thought out her actual detailed storyline just yet and even though I wanna say more I know that I might butcher her character as I go on but I definitely know her importance to the possible story.

As I explained before, if in TSY was Good VS Evil and that the TCY was about Good AND Evil and how both sides need each other to grow and develop and that the importance of the School still teaching Good and Evil in its most purest form is so that they'd all have a guideline to go by but the curriculum has become more flexible with their beliefs OF Good and Evil and that every student just have shades of grey but choses to go by these either of the two and can still be a Hero or a Villain then Yara could have been the right person to show that it doesn't matter if your not completely on one side and was given the characteristics of the other, it matters what values you choose to follow despite it and how tou choose to use it to help everyone else for the better.

Cause it's canon already that it doesn't matter what they are, it's what they do that counts.

NGL I'm not completely satisfied with how I explained Chaddick and Yara I feel like I didn't do them justice here and I will definitely get back to this when I have organized and fleshed out my thoughts on them

Anyways, if you guys would like to add your own thoughts to this post pls do.

#tedros #agatha #sge #sfgae #tsfgae #the school for good and evil #school for good and evil #soman chainani #chaddick of foxwood #chaddick #yara of avalon towers #tristan of avalon towers #tagatha #agatha of woods beyond #agatha of camelot #tedros of camelot #I personally feel like this was messy and not as detailed as the rest #sorry guys but gonna do them justice #once i've fixed my thoughts m

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Ghosti, I'm having trouble writing my story. I've only written a little should I power through or rewrite it? How do you deal with writing you don't like or feel stuck on?

First of all, it’s ok to get a bit stuck. It happens to everyone, and it’s not the end of the world, or of the story. Secondly, these are just my thoughts on things you can do when you get stuck - I’m sure there are a million other things you can try too, so don’t get disheartened if none of these fit with your writing style!

What’s made you grind to a halt?

Are you tired? Have you had a drink of water? Have you eaten recently? Been to the bathroom? Open the window and put on a jumper for a while if it’s chilly - some fresh air often helps too. Is there something on your mind that you need to deal with first? I can only really get going when I’m not distracted, so make sure you’re in your writing headspace as well as you can be before starting again. Go stretch, head outside and take a little meander round the block, or if it’s late, go shower and get some sleep. Come back fresh tomorrow.

If you’ve done that, or you think that’s not the issue, that’s fine. Go back to the story and look at it again.

Has it got overwhelming already? Do you know where it’s going next? If not, did you make a plan? Making a plan - even just jotting down rough ‘waypoints’ on the back of an envelope - can really help you get a sense of direction.

Are you bored with it? It happens!! If you’re stuck on a scene, try writing something from later on in the story. You can always play ‘join the dots’ when you’re writing, by writing ‘random’ scenes (even if they’re just a paragraph), and connecting them up afterwards.

What made you want to write this story in the first place? Was it a scene that you had clearly in your mind but haven’t got to in the timeline of the story yet? Write that scene now because that was what you wanted to explore.

Do you know your characters well enough? Have a conversation with them in your head (I wouldn’t advise doing it out loud unless you’re alone, because you will look a little unhinged… :P). Do you really know how they’d react to something that’s just happened? How do they feel about it? Really get inside their heads. You, as the writer, have to know them intimately, even if your characters don’t know each other, or don’t even really know themselves!! It’s hard work though, and it takes a lot of your brain power, so don’t panic, and take it slowly.

Are you doubting yourself and your writing? Is that what’s holding you back? If so, tell that little voice to stuff it and go sit in the naughty corner and be quiet, and keep writing. No one writes The Perfect Story™ first time. No one. You can’t edit something if you’ve got nothing to edit, so try just to push on through - tell yourself you’re going to write at least three more paragraphs before you stop for the day. You never know, it might be those three paragraphs that are causing the bottleneck in your brain…

Alternatively, just let your mind take you wherever it wants to go if you’re worrying about not knowing what happens next. If you got stuck doing a plan, and you couldn’t work out why that was - did the storyline feel stale? Did it feel predictable? Did it just feel odd? - no worries! Just see where it goes. Make stuff happen! Make them go outside to put the rubbish bins out and get soaked by a passing car! Make them look in the fridge and discover there’s no milk and have to go out for some. Make a friend turn up or message them and ask them to come over or go for a walk or whatever. Shake it up with an event, and see what happens.

If you really don’t want to write, but are still invested in the story and its world, perhaps look at Pinterest or something to get some visual input for your story. Your brain might be tired of trying to ‘make the words go’ and might need some stimulation in another area. Create some boards - you might even get some new story ideas from it - or, if you’re arty, do some drawings: landscapes, scenes, rough storyboards, little details. If you’re not arty, just thinking about them with a cup of tea (or whatever) in a quiet place can be nice. If you want to come and talk to me about your characters or your story, feel free to drop me a line in chat, or do it in another anon message. It might get your creative juices going if you share it a bit with other creative types and have them ask about your characters/story, but that’s not for everyone, so don’t feel obliged.

Finally, if nothing is currently working, save the story in whatever folder you save it in, close the document, and just leave it. Sometimes re-writing it can help, especially if you’re not very far into it, but still it is an awful lot of work, and can lead you to get bogged down in editing something that you haven’t finished yet, and you can still stop at the same point anyway. I’m not saying that will happen, so if you feel like it’ll work, do it. Just be wary of putting in a lot of extra effort when you could maybe have kept going. Maybe just rewind a little way and take a different path, as it were.

I’ve got a large number of stories on my hard drive that I’ve started and not finished, so just go with your inspiration. If you’re really not feeling it after you’ve tried, park it somewhere and write another one. You might get a flash of inspiration and come back to it, or you may not, and yes, it’s disappointing and frustrating, but it’s also ok! Don’t be too hard on yourself because that will smother your creativity faster than almost anything.

Write because you want to (not because you feel obliged (even to yourself) to finish the story), and have fun with it. It’s hard work, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun. Have heart, and feel free to drop by again if you want to chat stories/characters on anon or in the chat!

#writing advice #anon ask #you can do it anon!#ghosti speaks

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