[ID: A Digitally Illustrated Short Comic Of Vax'ildan And Vex'ahlia From Critical Role. In The First

[ID: A digital illustration of Caleb Widogast and Orym from Critical Role. Caleb is wearing a purple scarf and his hair is starting to grey, he says "A powerful source of dunamis-". Orym looks up at Caleb with a slightly confused expression and asks "What's dunabis?" End description.]

Orym "I can make a flower. That's it." of the Air Ashari I love you so much

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10 Non-Lethal Injuries to Add Pain to Your Writing

New Part: 10 Lethal Injury Ideas

If you need a simple way to make your characters feel pain, here are some ideas: 

1. Sprained Ankle

A common injury that can severely limit mobility. This is useful because your characters will have to experience a mild struggle and adapt their plans to their new lack of mobiliy. Perfect to add tension to a chase scene.

2. Rib Contusion

A painful bruise on the ribs can make breathing difficult, helping you sneak in those ragged wheezes during a fight scene. Could also be used for something sport-related! It's impactful enough to leave a lingering pain but not enough to hinder their overall movement.

3. Concussions

This common brain injury can lead to confusion, dizziness, and mood swings, affecting a character’s judgment heavily. It can also cause mild amnesia.

I enjoy using concussions when you need another character to subtly take over the fight/scene, it's an easy way to switch POVs. You could also use it if you need a 'cute' recovery moment with A and B.

4. Fractured Finger

A broken finger can complicate tasks that require fine motor skills. This would be perfect for characters like artists, writers, etc. Or, a fighter who brushes it off as nothing till they try to throw a punch and are hit with pain.

5. Road Rash

Road rash is an abrasion caused by friction. Aka scraping skin. The raw, painful sting resulting from a fall can be a quick but effective way to add pain to your writing. Tip: it's great if you need a mild injury for a child.

6. Shoulder Dislocation

This injury can be excruciating and often leads to an inability to use one arm, forcing characters to confront their limitations while adding urgency to their situation. Good for torture scenes.

7. Deep Laceration

A deep laceration is a cut that requires stitches. As someone who got stitches as a kid, they really aren't that bad! A 2-3 inch wound (in length) provides just enough pain and blood to add that dramatic flair to your writing while not severely deterring your character.

This is also a great wound to look back on since it often scars. Note: the deeper and wider the cut the worse your character's condition. Don't give them a 5 inch deep gash and call that mild.

8. Burns

Whether from fire, chemicals, or hot surfaces, burns can cause intense suffering and lingering trauma. Like the previous injury, the lasting physical and emotional trauma of a burn is a great wound for characters to look back on.

If you want to explore writing burns, read here.

9. Pulled Muscle

This can create ongoing pain and restrict movement, offering a window to force your character to lean on another. Note: I personally use muscle related injuries when I want to focus more on the pain and sprains to focus on a lack of mobility.

10. Tendonitis

Inflammation of a tendon can cause chronic pain and limit a character's ability to perform tasks they usually take for granted. When exploring tendonitis make sure you research well as this can easily turn into a more severe injury.

This is a quick, brief list of ideas to provide writers inspiration. Since it is a shorter blog, I have not covered the injuries in detail. This is inspiration, not a thorough guide. Happy writing! :)

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my wife and i like to torture each other when we lay down for bed at night by tickling or poking each other. as a deterrent we’ve created an entity called “The Bird” which will attack you as a way to show we’re no longer comfortable with whatevers happening. we’ll say “The Bird is coming” or “The Bird is going to get you” instead of “hey stop doing that” then we peck each other with our hands. here’s a visual to help

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Ashton reaching out literally and figuratively to Orym.

Ashton saying, "I see you letting everyone lean on you. I hope you know you can lean on someone else, too. And . . . eh, fuck it, you can make that person me I guess, I dunno why you'd want to, but sure."

The halfling fighter who's no stranger to lingering pain, reaching out deliberately to touch them. Ashton casually reaching out in return.

That hug.

I'm really glad it seems like these two are going to have each other.

[ID: A digital illustration of Orym from Critical Role. He sits on the edge of the Silver Sun sky ship at night. Orym has recently healed claw scratches on his face from his and Fearne's fight with Chetney. He is holding his sending stone in his hands, looking down at it with a sad expression as he says "Glad you aren't here. Wish you were anyway." End description.]

"Oh Orym..."

Made a personal ref of them sorcerers. Imogen with a half cape can be something I will personally have fun with. I didn't change much of Laudna's design since it fits her really well, I just add a high collar, just because. :)

yesterday i saw a linda friesen gown that made me black out for a sec, and afterwards i decided that i must draw essek wearing something inspired by it. i MUST. otherwise god will float down from her perch in the clouds and slap me in the face

the gown in question is this absolutely Spectacular thing that everyone needs to see. i modified it a bit, in particular to make it less of a dress and more Essek's Body Obscuring Robes™, and incorporated them split sleeves. which is a thing that i do

this also counts as another instalment of my essek of the week series. it still exists. life just happens to me way too often