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What are you reading? written Oct 23, 2022 3:54:52 GMT
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heaven, by mieko kawakami.

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The words that filled the class broke apart before entering my ears. I sat all day. I couldn’t remember how to be strong. Like a stranger, I observed my body weakening by degrees. Yet as my body drained, the letters from Kojima offered a strange magic, a nourishing power that kept me breathing. Whenever I read them, at least for the moment, there was nothing else.

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My pulse crunched in my ear, like wet sand. Like if I stuck my finger in, I could have felt it. This was the first time I experienced panic as a sound.

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At the table, the TV did all the talking, a labor-saving device just like the dishwasher, freeing us from any obligation to converse. This is what I always thought when we were all together.


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Creating 'active' characters written Jul 23, 2022 19:33:10 GMT
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What do you think are the qualities that make a character easy to plot with? What traits invite others to tie their characters in or thread?

personally: likeability, and how well i think they could fit into my muse's life/narrative (and vice-versa) are the things that make me want to plot with someone's character. it's tough to pin down exact qualities/traits, but i guess i'd say if they seem to have real agency + goals and aren't like...sitting about, and waiting for things to happen.

basically if they look like they actually want to do/could do stuff, and this stuff isn't wholly reliant on the actions of other characters...could they exist and function without outside influence idk if i'm making sense here.

Alternatively, is it in the way the character is written or in the author themselves?

it depends tbh. i've seen passive-looking characters attract tons of plot bc their writers were well-liked oocly (and conversely: active ones get nothing for xyz reason). ymmv


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Explain Characters Badly written Jul 23, 2022 2:53:06 GMT
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- kiki from the ghibli movie if she dropped out of witch school
- eridan h*mestuck expy (moe edition)
- gods & monsters by lana del ray, but personified
- duplicitous stab-happy gutter oracle
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What are you reading? written Jul 2, 2022 22:00:10 GMT
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slowly reading the poppy war. it's a Huge complicated book with politics and intrigue and drama and magic but also a lot of funny dialogue. e.g. the rapport between rin (incredible, 10/10 protag) and her bestie:

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Meals became silent and reserved affairs. Everyone ate with a book held before his or her nose. If any students ventured to
strike up a conversation, the rest of the table quickly and violently shushed them. In short, they made themselves miserable.

“Sometimes I think this is as bad as the Speer Massacre,” Kitay said cheerfully. “And then I think—nah. Nothing is as bad
as the casual genocide of an entire race! But this [studying] is pretty bad.”

“Kitay, please shut up.”

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“I wonder what a Federation soldier looks like,” Kitay said as they descended the mountain to pick up sharpened weapons from
the armory.

“They have arms and legs, I’m guessing. Maybe even a head.”

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“It’s sort of exciting, really,” Kitay said.

“Yes,” said Rin. “We’re about to be invaded by our centuries-old enemy after they breached a peace treaty that has maintained
a fragile geopolitical stability for two decades. So very exciting.”

“At least now we know we have job security,” said Kitay. “Everyone wants more soldiers.”

“Could you be a little less glib about this?”

“Could you be less depressing?”

“Could we move a bit faster?” asked the magistrate.

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favorite features in rp? written Jun 8, 2022 13:00:49 GMT
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character dev/question channels in the server are always fun & nice to see.

TROPE SECTIONS on the app too. love sequestering my characters into little boxes
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