how to write the found family trope?
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questions -
what brings them together?
how did they meet?
what do they have in common?
what is their dynamic?
what could ruin their dynamic?
did someone introduce them?
do they have other family?
do they live together?
what secrets do they know?
what balances them?
how vulnerable is the relationship?
points -
try showcasing different dynamics
put pieces of your own relationships into the writing
found families can be groups of two—Anne and Diana—or three—Anne and Marilla and Matthew—and they can range in age and relationship type (Anne of Green Gables)
read books with the found family trope: AOGG, Six of Crows, the Lunar Chronicles, Renegades, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, the Raven Boys (check the ratings as these all range in age groups and interests)
use tension
find common characteristics
prompts -
they all live together
they meet at school
they come from opposite lives
they're set up on a blind date but are better off as friends
they're co-workers after hours
they help the other settle in and introduce them to their friends
they form a club together
Missing your lessons on Duolingo is actually a ploy to draw the Duolingo bird out so you can kidnap it and make it use its own app against itself. The Duolingo bird is now the learner, and you are now the Bird.
I have questions.
LITERALLY BEGGING 😭 I NEED MORE OBITO ANGST. AN UNREQUITED LOVE AND ALL THAT SHIT.
Dear Anime fic writers, especially those who write for Naruto characters, could you make more Obito, Genma, Shikamaru angst stories? Pleaaassseeee...
Sebek looks like he will steal christmas. WHY DOES HE LOOKS LIKE MR GRINCH?!?? No because look at this.
Ace goes to Jack for advice
Deuce goes to Epel
Yuu goes to Sebek
YES YES I FIRMLY BELIEVE EPEL IS THE BEST COUPLES THERAPIST . JACK TOO I WOULD GO TO HIM FOR ADVICE AS WELL . BUT .
i have one (1) disagreement with this and it is SEBEK. he looks like a GREEN ONION????? like who decided to give him alien colored hair. he looks like a bald man with a squirt of mint green toothpaste on his head. imagine going to a barber and asking them to dye your hair ONION GREEN COLOR.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!
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Writing idea #2
Warnings: I don't mention it in the text but it's supposed to be smut so 18+
a/n: yayy here's my next writing idea! Even though it doesn't say it, I think it's just a great idea for a super smutty story. In case someone wants to write it, please let me know so I can read and share it and support you ♡♡♡
Imagine you live in a small French village around 1800, everyone has to work extremely hard to get enough food and the times aren't the best in general. And if this wouldn't be enough a werewolf appeared some months ago, every full moon he haunts your village, trying to get the people who live there.
Everyone is in panic, no one knows who the monster might be and since the people are just simple farmers no one has the money or the contacts to buy silver bullets.
But one thing is sure, since no one new came to your village and the other villages are too far away, the werewolf must be one of the residents.
So the only thing you can do is trying to soothe the monster, so the mayor gathers all the people on the marketplace, knowing the werewolf must be there too, promising that he is willing to give him whatever he wants so that peace will come back to the village.
And on the next day, there is actually a note left at the mayors house, it says he will stop tyrannizing the people if he can have one night, the next full moon night, with a special person. You.
I wanted to make my own custom banner for my profile, so, uh... Here it is. Figured I should have a Twisted Wonderland image for my banner, since, you know, I write TWST smut, but I also really liked the Kakashi sensei reading smut image I had before.
So boom. I combined them.
Crowley reading Naruto smut. How weeby is that shit?
Made in ✨️Procreate✨️.
I feel like the reason he closes his eyes is because he's seen too much LMAOAOAO
The one, the only, Satou at different stages of his life.
Probably the great sevens skull 💀
MC: “Sam. I need a human skull, and you can’t ask me any questions as to why.”
Sam: “Only if you don’t ask me any questions why I have these.”
Sam: *takes out a box with seven skulls*
MC: ….
Sam: ….
MC: “I’ll take this one.”
Nicknames: when you shorten someone’s name affectionately
Nicholasnames: when you elongate someone’s name affectionately
I NEEDED THIS SM
i have a little collection of websites i tend to use for coming up with ideas, naming people or places, keeping clear visuals or logistics, writing basics about places i've never been to, and so on. i tend to do a lot of research, but sometimes you just need quick references, right? so i thought i'd share some of them!
Behind the Name; good for name meanings but also just random name ideas, regardless of meanings.
Fantasy Name Generator; this link goes to the town name generator, which i use most, but there are lots of silly/fun/good inspo generators on there!
Age Calculator; for remembering how old characters are in Y month in Z year. i use this constantly.
Height Comparison; i love this for the height visuals; does character A come up to character B's shoulder? are they a head taller? what does that look like, height-wise? the chart feature is great!
Child Development Guide; what can a (neurotypical, average) 5-year-old do at that age? this is a super handy quickguide for that, with the obviously huge caveat that children develop at different paces and this is not comprehensive or accurate for every child ever. i like it as a starting point, though!
Weather Spark; good for average temperatures and weather checking!
Green's Dictionary of Slang; good for looking up "would x say this?" or "what does this phrase mean in this context?" i love the timeline because it shows when the phrase was historically in use. this is english only, though; i dig a little harder for resources like this in other languages.