#help me write a storyline

[sweetlullabyebye]

Every day I wake up and remember Liam Dunbar was underdevelopped by the showrunners

#okay hear me out #his ied. #why was it never talked about more #like 1. talking about mental health in a show aimed at teenagers and young adults is so important imo #2. the way they handle it??? omg it's so bad??? #like BASIC RESEARCH would've been enough to understand the disorder and write it coherrently into the storyline but no #beta with anger issues??? are you fucking kidding me???? #the treatment of mental health in medias sometimes make me so mad #okay apart from mental health #why did they not develop anything about the lad #his interest in history? his relation with his parents? did he have friends in his old school? anything about him being good at lacrosse? #i will admit that i enjoyed most of his storyline and traits appearing with theo #like theo helping as an anchor and actually caring for his anger meanwhile the others are just like #'yeah go ahead get angry put your mental health at risk so we can do this that's great' #thiam #you get it #idk what this post is #anyways i researched more about ied and the show could've explained so much more but no bare minimum is all we get #liam dunbar #teen wolf #teen wolf liam #mental health in medias #urgh

[always-a-joyful-note]

As I have somehow become entangled in the Ensemble Stars fandom (I hate it here. Don't follow me to these waters, you guys) and am slowly reading the stories after the main one of music (and after watching the anime), I have come to the conclusion that Nito Nazuna is (probably unintentionally) Velveteen Rabbit coded.

If you don't know the story (spoilers for it ahead, you can read the short story here), it's basically about how a stuffed rabbit given to a boy as a Christmas present gets neglected in favour of newer mechanical toys. During his neglect, an older toy tells him a story about how the love of children to their toys can make them real, which the rabbit desperately wants but has little hope for. But by chance, a nanny gives the boy the rabbit to sleep with, cementing it as the boy's favourite toy. Sure, it gets more worn and other rabbits point out how it can't hop, but at least its loved...until the boy contracts scarlet fever and, for disinfecting reasons, the rabbit has to be taken out to be burned. Yeah, messed up...but as it waits for its fate, the stuffed rabbit sheds a tear where a flower with a fairy grows. The fairy proceeds to tell him that the boy's love made him real and takes him to the forest where he's able to finally hop away with the other rabbits.

I know it's a stretch. But a former toy/doll, incredibly loved but not really seen as real and that destroying him even if he's fine with it...then neglected when his "owner" contracts a sickness...then finding a spark of life that frees him from his inability to move...a transformation from loved doll to a real something that learns to love himself. Tell me that isn't Nazuna, and the rabbit imagery even fits. He breaks free from his constraints not to be alone but to be with others of his kind, to move of his own will with others! It's just so...we are all human and our relationships are so complex and someone else's tragedy that also makes you hurt for them can also be the reason you find your own self -

Honestly, I'm not sure if this is actually Velveteen Rabbit coded since I've only seen that story in the anime, but like...if you squint, it fits?

#jaofisjaeiorjwaeriwejr the anime flashback storyline killed me you guys #and just to let you know while i think shu was definitely...something for his views on mika and nazuna #im not blaming him for abandoning or neglecting valkyrie (seriously eichi what?) like i wouldnt blame the boy for getting a fever #one day i will read the rest of reminiscence (already read crossroads with slightly little context and still died) #and then ill be unstoppable #but guys guys guyssss #nazuna nito being a doll and finding his humanity with the other ra*bits is soooooooo #and ra*bits isnt even my favourite group #anyway dont get into enstars. especially when you dont have time like me #also if you think this is the end of me comparing enstars to literature you thought wrong #i will type more of these comparisons up in future days. this is a threat #enstars #ensemble stars #stuff i say #fandom spamdom #anyway note stop getting into media with questionable ethics writing and views on social and philosophical topics challenge... #seriously the morals of this game are messed up no matter what you believe in or who you are #it is amazing i want to kill it with fire but it compels me #please help #none of the characters in enstars are normal #the one good thing about enstars is that its good to take slow with...since its a game and something you read #unlike my poor neglected bsd and link click. im so sorry guys #but the other flipside is that THERES TOO MUCH LORE AND THE MORE I LEARN THE MORE IM LOSING MY MIND #what is WRONG WITH THIS STORY?

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

underrated shb urianger character detail is that he's successfully counter-scammed the pixies into regularly preparing afternoon tea for him. also explains why he survived that long in il mheg. he's beating them at their own game

#the nemesis speaks #swift plays ff14 #shb urianger... king of my heart... #my guuuuuy my tortured poet hanging out with the souls of dead children practicing Lying (it's a surprise tool that will help us later) #me replaying second half of shb: shit i should replay first half shb #and also postgame sb... and i wanna remember some of the arr storyline... and honestly i should just make an alt... #mm i'm lowkey caught up on shana's file (or as caught up as i feel like getting anyway) maybe i actually should start it now #aren't they giving ppl a free fantasia for dawntrail? i could start my future hrothgal now and then use that later #HMM. #lol no what i should actually be doing is my Actual Responsibilities but hng. dont wanna. #i'm just writing a diary entry in the tags now whatever i should go to bed

[jamiesfootball]

Getting ever so closer to Keeley’s storyline in OGYGGIYHNBGL, and Keeley, I am coming to fix your business storyline, mark my words-

#writing progress #I’ve added like 1k to her storyline in the past twelve hours #I am *grooving* #this girl’s gonna have emotional support regarding her business ventures or so help me

[crown-ov-horns]

I was looking through my notes for Good Omens fanfiction, and realized almost every damn story includes Crowley having a baby.

There's the one where Heaven and Hell decide to use an angel baby carried by a demon as a diplomatic tool, leading into Crowley being protected by Michael, and them falling in love.

There's the one where she leaves her baby with Anathema and disappears, which triggers all the following events - from the search, to Aziraphale's trial, and everything else.

There's the one where she has to supply the new Antichrist, which leads to her and Lucifer falling in love, and her being crowned the Queen of Hell. (Well, this one is really two stories set in different timelines, in the second one the "baby" is like 27)

In the one inspired by a dream, she does have a baby eventually, but that's far from the worst thing that happens to her. Gabriel's treatment of her after is... How the Hell will I write this damn thing if I can't even think about it.

There's no baby in the one where she gets tortured with diluted holy water.

I see I have no storyline with male Crowley just yet... Fine, that's not true. I do have some thoughts for Crowley x Fem!Lucifer... It could include a new Antichrist, too. And, Crowley wouldn't be the pregnant one for once. But, dealing with pregnant Lucifer would probably be even scarier.

#diary pages #writing journal #fanfiction writer #ao3 writer #good omens fanfiction #good omens fandom #crowley #good omens crowley #lady crowley #fem!crowley #writers on tumblr #writer life #ffs what's with me and torturing miss/mr. snake #she's either pregnant or she's in some horrible situation or actually it's both #yes i feel damn guilty for doing that but i can't help it #in first two bullet points the dad is aziraphale but he screws up (without even knowing it) so michael steps in... #in the first one and not immediately as a love interest at first just as a protector #don't worry she's in on using the kid for politics and crowley know's there's drama #the second i'd rather not spoil because of the detective/investigation plot #hey but she chose michael herself she was supposed to be with hastur #in the antichrist one all is obvious and honestly it's one of those “good for her” stories for crowley #but in the time jump she is kind of riddled with worry for maxine fearing she'll burn out and so on #grr the dream storyline... the dad is gabriel and don't worry in the end she ditches him i can spoil that this story is so heavy #this story is the ugly crowing jewel of my frustration with crowley saving aziraphale over and over again #what she does to protect him here almost ends up killing her or breaking her it's... seriously no idea how i'll write it #i'm also worried people will think i'm romanticising it when it's supposed to leave the reader sickened like i am #no comment on the holy water thing rn it's a simple hurtfic that develops into a survivor - the previous one is survivor in the end too #i haven't given too much thought for the crowley/f!lucifer but it should be good #fr hell would be so frustrated she chose this moron as her king consort but could do nothing about it #her pregnant would be SCARY - she's terrifying already... well terrifying and to die for

[mrkanman]

im so frustrated that the outer worlds is just "okay" like i see all the ingredients for something really good laid out in front of me why is it just so blah to me...

#i guess my expectations were ludicrously high for obsidians writing team #and maybe i was hoping for a great fallout game rather than just a good game #but even so i feel like its storyline abt combatting corporate greed is cartoonishly exaggerated #maybe even thats the point but then why make me feel deep compassion for npcs whose lives i cannot improve in any way #god knows how many ppl who played wished they could help martin callahan alone #idk im having fun playing it but its so shallow to me sometimes #parvatis story is good though

[damien-ward]

Okay people I have a question for you! Tell me which of these would you like to see the most! Now I may work on the others as well, but this poll is to help decide which I should focus on more.

More Details:

Damien's Tale: The Fall of Gilneas

This story goes into detail about what all happened to Damien during the events of the Fall of Gilneas; from being bitten all the way to up to him leaving Darnassus to find his father in Stormwind.

Dragonflight Story

I don't have a fancy name for this just yet, but it would be a continuation of Damien's current story after meeting his new family members; his uncle Elijah Ward, and his cousins Lukas and Vicki Ward. This adventure deals a lot with Damien's family and their adventure in the Dragon Isles.

The Mystery of Lana Reed

Yes I am still planning on doing this! I posted about it back during the beginning of Shadowlands, before that expansion killed my drive for WoW. But this story is about Damien taking a job where he investigates the disappearance of Lana Reed. You the tumblr people will get to vote in certain chapters to decide what choices Damien makes! This story obviously takes place during the events of Shadowlands, and thus is in the past and has already happened technically.

#ooc #what should I write #Help me choose! #Storylines

[cadmusfly]

I keep

fucking up

the spelling of sabre

and I blame Fate and Star Wars for that

at least the joke ask blog’s characterisation is known for misspellings both because the “character” can’t spell and he’s too passionate/enthusiastic to spell properly

#cadmus rambles #cad rambles about dead Frenchmen on main #honestly kinda chiller than an actual rp blog because I’m not doing proper prose threads or carrying out long storylines #I mean those were fun but momentum always ran out #as long as it’s a stupid jokey blog that does asks and shitty sketches I’m good #it’s also helping me with the characterisation of that guy in more serious writing because I felt like I was missing a part of him #and now that part of him can be explored through the parody mostly one note joke blog: #the gasconades. #it’s a character archetype I can write sometimes - just going on and on about inane shit

[youngpettyqueen]

the thing about the Rios/Teresa thing is that every second we spend on them I could be seeing Seven/Raffi

#star trek: picard #I havent been live-blogging this one much but I am still going with it #I havent been particularly wowed so far hence why I havent been posting much about it #I have enjoyed s2 more than I enjoyed s1 #I feel like the character writing has improved and I do care more about the rest of the cast #plus Q. always love to see Q #but the Rios/Teresa storyline... eughhhhhhhh #these kinds of romances work more on me when theyre a single episode #it doesnt help that while I do enjoy Raffi and Seven I dont. really care about Rios

[kiwibirdlafayette]

oh yeah before i forget happy fuckin new year!! The mianite posting will continue. I am not going to get better hope yall stick around for the third year in a row of Me (tm)

#‘​seek help’ erm my therapist didnt tell me to stop so i wont be <3 #im coming into 2024 with a very defiant and fuck it we ball kinda energy #more AUs try to get lore actually written #i want to get the aitheaca storyline like settled. like basic sequence of events as if i was writing for a mianite season with room for odd #happenstance #hermicraf and life series taking over my brain so that as well #i just like drawing the mounders <33 #im planning a new CMV for the anniversary as well so WOO. things to look forward to :D #(if theres any other mianite cosplayers out there. Hmu i got some thoughts /nf) #ramblings from the heartsgone

[scribblestatic]

It’s kinda funny realizing that Bridget from Guilty Gear and Chouko are pretty similar. Started out thinking they were boys and realized they are girls as they grew older.

Nice stuff.

Anyway, Chouko has a wide variety of hair extensions and wigs that she likes to use depending on the day. She, of course, prefers her most popular wig because it’s very natural-looking, as though she grew it herself. Meanwhile, whenever she’s at home with Aizawa, she’ll have her real hair out. It’s curly, all over her head, and growing longer faster than before. It’s finally reached past her shoulders by the time they’re packing up for summer camp. With the help of U.A.’s allowance and health insurance, she’s able to gender-affirming hormonal treatment, so she wears an Estradiol patch on her lower belly under the ‘T-shirt’ shirt of the day. At times, she wouldn’t close the bathroom door unless she was bathing, ensuring Aizawa generally had a good line of sight in her direction. So, on occasion, he’d see her stare in the bathroom mirror for a little while, looking at herself. She would straighten her shirt out over her body and turn left and right, kind of like a pregnant woman. She’d fluff up her hair and move her bangs out of her eyes, twirl some of her hair in her fingers. She’d check her fingers and fingernails, pinch at her legs and look down at herself. Then, she’d seem to realize he was waiting to enter and brush his teeth, so she’d sheepishly laugh off her self-inspection and scurry out of his way. This time, as she passes, he thinks back to a conversation they had before. “You know,” she’d began one morning as they ate breakfast over the weekend, “I used to get picked on for being lanky.” “That so?” He’d glanced at her wrist and her arm and thought, yeah, she was rather...hmm...scrunkly without her more fancy clothes and makeup on. The long sleeves covered bony wrists that were slowly filling in differently, arms that appeared more stringy becoming lithe instead. Some of that was definitely because he’d insisted she exercise and she did so begrudgingly. However, her begrudging tone had significantly decreased with time, especially after she started wearing the patches. “Yeah. I kept saying I wanted to be a hero, but I didn’t put too much effort in working out. I always kinda wondered why that was. Felt conflicting, and I think everyone else felt the same way.” She’d stirred her cereal. “...I think I didn’t want to build muscle. Not that women can’t have them, I just...I think I knew it would’ve felt wrong on me.” “Hm. Each person’s different. There’s no harm in realizing what you wanted for yourself.” She’d seemed to pause at that before smiling that little wobbly thing she barely showed anyone. “Mmrh.” That same wobbly smile is on her face as she passes him, seeming satisfied with her self-inspection that morning.

#hacker au #i'm doing this a bit out of order for the storyline #i figured it would help motivate me to just...do the parts i want #it's not a fic after all #if i get motivation for more fic-like aspects I'll do them #but i miss writing cute lil drabble stuffs #just snapshots of the AUs

[steponmesilco]

Oh no.... I want to write a fic.

#Someone help me #This has only happened once before for another Fandom I was in and I got like 13 chapters in before abandoning it #I have several storyline going through my head all the time sure #Little daydreams and alternate worlds #But like #This one #I really like #And I really want to write it #But I'm not the best at writing #I'm not terrible #And got really good marks for it in school #In this Fandom?? #When the bar is set so high #Oh gosh what do I do #I wanted to make a comic too #But my art style just isn't it man #Like it would take me sooooo long #It just wouldn't work #I'm also super inconsistent #With everything #I just can't draw in one style #And have people looking the same in every panel #I'm all over the place #All the time #It's just who I am #I've literally got like the first part to the possible story written out roughly in my notes app #And a chapter for later on in the series that just came to me earlier #I don't know if I'll actually do it though #This what this evil rat man has done to me #Rude

[nomazee]

what ppl don't tell you about writing is that it's half having zero ideas whatsoever and not knowing what to write & half having too many ideas and not knowing which ones to pick

#i literally have been in shambles writing so many things at once #p2 to 'the sun told me so' has been a slow and steady process for this reason exactly #i've rewritten it like four different times #this is the hardest thing i've ever done. and #AND #DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED #on this fucking todoroki painter au thing i'm trying to writ e #because holy shit #i have a bunch of cool lines and blurbs written and NO WAY of connecting them #me when i make another collection of vignettes instead of being a normal person and maybe writing a linear storyline #(i have done neither of these things btw) #help. ME. #also i've been rewatching sk8 and now i want to write a reki x langa fic. my head is going to explode #AND MY EXMAS ARE COMING UP. THERE'S TOO MUCH HAPPENING GET ME OUT #ALSO if anyone wants to beta read the todoroki painter au ... let me know i will literally let ANYONE beta read it #it's not an x reader #it's like just a character study almost #it.s.... a lot.... #it's gonna take like another month for me to finish HELPP #nat says stuff

[waywardstation]

I just want to give my respect and genuine praise to that one anon who recognized their emotions and respectfully asked for the fic/au tag. That's not an emotionally light thing to recognize and productively work with and I honestly wish to have your style someday anon, hope you're doing well.

I know in the Submas community this is gonna be a very spicy Hot Take™ but if I'm being completely honest behind the gift of anonymity... a lot of Ingo and Emmet post!legends content kinda makes me feel the same way. I'm not against the concept of course, and there are a few gems. But the more popular stuff unfortunately ends up leaving me with this... weird hollow feeling. I know a lot of it isn't supposed to be happy-go-lucky in feeling but it still just doesn't tend to sit right with me. (A select few things I'd even argue are a little like whatever the fandom version of "bad faith" is.) But people seem to clearly like the tropes so maybe it's just me lmao.

Realistically it's probably just cause I didn't care about Submas before Legends Arceus, and that's all there is to it. Maybe I'm just a fan of the less in-your-face stuff? "Less is more" kind of thing you know? I don't know.

The point of sharing these thoughts isn't to complain I swear. Just that I can really emphasize and relate with that anon. Sorry for the unprompted vent in your inbox wayward lmao. On a separate note thank you so much for being the best Submas blog on Tumblr, and I really hope you're doing well too 💙

In regards to this ask

Anon I sort of know what you mean. I can’t really explain it, but there are some takes that have left me feeling this weird hollow feeling I can’t fully describe too.

I think what throws me a little is that it’s not the way Pokémon would do their story. I like Pokémon because the things they do are never too dark or for too long, and I can trust the things they do won’t make me upset - it’s a children’s franchise, and anything that’s overly dark comes from a place of implication where they don’t fill in the story themselves. So fans do, which is kind of what happens here I feel. But it’s not the kind of story Pokémon would explicitly tell. Things can get pretty hard sometimes if you stop and think about what’s actually going on, but it’s never prolonged and they generally keep on the low-stakes side of things.

It’s popular for a reason though, and I can understand why it’s so prevalent in the submas fandom; what happened to Ingo has a lot of room for implied stuff like that. And there are lots of people who love that sort of stuff and can do really compelling storylines for that! It’s just that not everyone is looking for that sort of content ^^

So I do understand you Anon, as well as the anon you’re talking about. Thank you for sharing, I like engaging with different viewpoints on things and even if I don’t agree with it (I do for this ask though!), I find myself working to understand another side of things. And I don’t see this as complaining at all! Just sharing a viewpoint ^^

And aaa!! Best submas blog?? I feel pretty far from that, but anon that really made my day, thank you so much ;w; thank you for being a part of this blog and my audience!! I appreciate you <3 thank you, I hope you have a wonderful day too!!

#i don’t really like mentioning this but I started writing and made this blog #because I was going through a major depressive episode (and I still am but I’ve been trying to get out of it) #and I wanted to write happy content that made me feel better that I wasn’t finding #and honestly a big part of what’s helped me feel better a lot of days #is this really great community full of super nice people that I didn’t really expect I’d get to be a part of #but I still struggle with some things #and I find myself unable to engage with certain content because it doesn’t make me feel well #so I entirely understand how some content might be weird #or a bit much #or just something you can’t engage with #and I will always understand #and I’m happy that people will ask for things to be tagged or something #because yes I can’t deal with everything that others can and some of them are popular takes in this fandom #but there are also things I CAN deal with #that doesn’t mean everyone else can though #and I want to make sure I’m not making someone uncomfortable #and i want to reiterate that the ‘content’ being discussed is not bad #as mentioned people can do really compelling storylines with them and they’re popular for a reason! #it’s well done work #just hard for some people to digest sometimes

[netscapenavigaytor]

if i had a nickel for every time while headcanoning character dynamics that don't exist much in canon, i ended up making the fan-favorite yaoi pairing instead a worryingly toxic friendship that's only hanging on by a thread, i would have two nickels but it's weird that it happened twice

#error 0 #i have a migraine right now. i am not sure why having migraines makes me more likely to muse on tumblr abt random shit #anyway for the curious this post is about magolor x marx kirby #but also abt beat x yoyo jet set radio #and while i say ''its weird that it happened twice'' its. probably happened more tjan that and i just forget lmao #i imagine to some extent its just me being petty and contrarian cuz im not particularly shippy #and also tend to be a Hater at certain ships for very particular and nonsensical reasons #but... this specific result of that feels. very Bizarre and i dont know why its happened twice #in this similar a form (even if uhh one of these friendships is SIGNIFICANTLY more toxic than the other) #(finiteverse marx and magolor should stop interacting. for everyone's sake but esp their own.) #i dont have a conclusion here though. #maybe this is just because im obsessed with making emotionally inept deranged weirdguys #and so like 70% of character dynamics that creates are at least a little bit unhealthy JDJAKDJSJDJ #(maybe it is for the better that i don't care much for shipping.) #(alternate timeline ----- shipfic author: only writes fics that make you think ''oh god please break up IMMEDIATELY'') #HELP ACTUALLY WHILE TYPING THIS I JUST REMEMBERED #THE ONR TIME I CAN THINK OF THAT I WROTE A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP (WAS A CHARACTER STUDY NOT SHIPPING) #WAS LIKE HYPER TOXIC AND AWFUL AND WAS EXPLICITLY THE CAUSE OF EVERY BAD THING IN THE STORYLINE #(this isnt counting stuff thats like ''there was a relationship in the past but its over now'' or ''there COULD have been one but wasnt'') #(i am only talking specifically me writing the point in time that the relationship was HAPPENING) #welcome to netscapenavigaytor where love loses forever #i shpuld stop rambling in these tags. this is silly #can you tell im bored and suffering from brain pain soup. #and also perpetually want to talk about characters SO badly but never know how to start a convo or who to start it with #oh well

[fractured-fables]

made an au in which Phineas & Ella could be together (bc my hatterealla heart got sick of yearning) and oh my god?? it. ya'll they literally CANNOT be together or else everything falls apart.

bc. if Phineas was there, then Ella wouldn't have lived with her step-family after her father died. he would've married her ON. THE. SPOT. on the spot!!! and they would've lived, like. Normal Lives. Ella wouldn't become a Fable, meaning that Alex & Blake wouldn't have become Narrators because they never wrote down her Tale. & if they're not Narrators then StoryBrooke doesn't exist bc they founded it. i dunno, im sure that maybe they meet some other Fables (they did know Merlin, so he'd probably be the first instead) but ugh. that's complicated.

so like. maybe Phineas isn't there, but Ella also isn't. meaning what if she fell into wonderland with Phineas. well, tbh I think she would become the white queen bc of her selfless nature & whatnot. but that means gwen isn't the white queen. like im sure ella would adopt her anyway so whatever, gwen can just take lily's place since i keep forgetting she exists whoops.

ok, that works........BUT THEN PHINEAS AND HENRY 😭 they wouldn't be together it would just be horrible pining from Henry oh god what have i done. WAIT. IF ELLA IS THE WHITE QUEEN THEN PHINEAS WOULD BE THE WHITE KING. HE WOULDN'T EVEN BE THE HATTER IM---SO HIM & HENRY WOULDN'T MEET ANYWAY. DAMN.

and I guess that means Phineas wouldn't meet/adopt Morphie either...mmm I don't like that. he needs his mouse son :( guys I don't like this au anymore wait--

#paraportal #tale: curiosity by another name #tale: storybrooke #au: timewarped #grimm writings #relationship: phineas/ella #phineas glazier #ella charming #me: im so sad over hatterella. surely an au in which they're together would help! #the au: uhm. yeah. about that. you have a storyline going on and... #OR alternatively. ella goes through her whole Tale but Phineas is the prince #not the actual prince but like. they reunite at the prince's ball or smth. smth like that to where he reasonably proposes to ella lol