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You miss Tony stark

You miss Natasha Romanoff

You miss Thor

You miss Clint Barton

You miss Steve Rogers

You miss Bruce Banner

AND LASTLY…

You f*cking miss the OG avengers

Because I do.

Any tips on how to make readers root for a character that's not the narrator?

Well, why have you ever rooted for characters other than the narrator? What have you read or heard from other people that makes them root for a character? Oftentimes a good chunk of an answer just takes a bit of introspection or listening.

Typically, readers root for characters that they find to have at least one of the qualifications:

Useful: Contributes positively to the story, either by helping others or driving it themselves.

Sympathetic: The character is understandable as a well rounded person.

Funny: Is amusing to readers.

Relatable: Readers can see parts of themselves in the character. A Reminder About “Relatable” Characters (link embedded)

Admirable: Has generally good qualities, but does not have to be perfect. A realistic role model.

Interesting: The more they learn, the more people want to know more about them.

(This isn’t a rigid list, but the qualifications are generally positive or entertaining)

None of those qualifications are restricted to only show-able in a narrator in any way, however a good part of ‘rooting” for someone involves wanting them to achieve their goal. Not being the narrator, they’re likely not the protagonist and therefore the main plot may not be about their goal. You can address that in a few ways:

Subplots: Give the character and their goal a subplot, however remember that subplots have to be related to the main plot and can’t just be a character going off for unrelated reasons. 

Aligned goals: By participating in the plot and alongside the protagonist, the character’s goals can be worked toward, though it’s not the same as the protag’s.

Same goal: They have the same goal as the protag. (When using this option, make sure to give that character unique motivation. Being too similar to a protagonist in motive can decreases reader interest.)

Side stories: The character is allowed to have their own adventures, you just shouldn’t be dedicating a lot of “screen time” to them if they aren’t directly plot involved.

In the most generic sense, you just want to write an interesting character. No, the reader is not going to be able to see their inner monologue, but they can’t see most of any book characters’ inner monologues and it’s rare for a reader to hate everyone but the narrator (unless they’re all poorly written or that’s the point).

You can still teach a reader about a character through: body language, description, dialogue, symbolism, actions, choices, etc. 

Good luck with your character!

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reaction pics everyone will still understand even with the text removed

by toreelyn

It’s just another night in the lab. Then it’s a bloody mess and Tony doesn’t know how to make it better. Peter always says he’s okay, so why won’t he say it now?

Words: 2863, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: Gen

Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark

Relationships: Peter Parker & Tony Stark

Additional Tags: Hurt Peter Parker, Peter Parker Whump, Pre-Avengers: Endgame (Movie), Protective Tony Stark, Stabbing, Blood, Bleeding Out, save peter parker

Say 5 things you like about yourself (publicly) and then send this to 10 of your favorite followers ❤️

1. My hair

2. My personality!

3. My weird eating habits

4. My flexibility ig?? (Emotional not physically)

5. My eyeballs

things I wish I’d known when I started writing fic on ao3

use & for friendships, colleagues, familial relationships and use / for romantic or sexual relationships (or encounters)

not everyone reads fic. Lots of people use screen readers, and screen readers can’t see what’s on images. use descriptive text to help them out.

lots of people download fic to read on other devices, not all downloads capture images too.

there’s a big difference between No Archive Warnings Apply (NAWA) and Author Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings (CNTW). NAWA means that there’s nothing in the fic that needs to be warned for using the official Archive Warning system. CNTW means there might be something that requires a warning and the author is either avoiding giving out spoilers or they are unsure how to interpret their plot point with respect to the official Warnings. (in both cases, additional tags are where it’s at - you can explain yourself there) 

the reason why the number of bookmarks in the fic is different from the number of bookmarks on your stats page is because your stats page number includes bookmarks that are hidden

there’s a preference setting where you can receive emails with your own comments/replies.

there’s a site skin that hides stats so you don’t have to see them

writing in rich text format makes my life easier

knowing html allows me to do fun things in the comments section like comment/reply with reaction gifs

knowing html also allows me to do interesting formatting in my fics that I can’t do with rich text alone

those little blue bubbles with the question marks in them will answer my questions a lot of the time - and also teach me something new

the FAQ is linked under the word About in the header

if you write your fic in the draft window, you might end up losing it so make sure you copy the text before you hit Post, just in case

they aren’t kidding when they say drafts are deleted after 30 days

Hand Prompts

For all you writers out there…

Hand holding

Hand kisses

Playing with each other’s fingers

Running a thumb over the other’s hand

Hand SQUEEZES for comfort during a stressful situation

High-fives

Poking each other’s hands playfully

Hands resting beside each other, barely brushing

SCARS! ON! HANDS! (Tracing the scar with a fingertip, as the other stands, motionless.)

Dancing, hands linked according to the proper hold (but the touch is just a little too gentle, or too tight, to be routine)

Sign language

Morse Code, where one taps a message against the other’s hand

Sliding a bracelet onto the other’s wrist

Sliding a ring onto the other’s finger

Applying! Bandages!

Warming the other’s hands with their own

Fingers interlaced

Covering the other’s hand with their own

Tracing the patterns of the other’s hand and wrist

Hands brushing as they walk beside each other, each hoping the other will close the gap and take their hand

One with extremely soft hands, the other with extremely rough and calloused hands

BOTH with calloused hands

Holding hands while saying Grace

One with tiny hands, one with huge hands

Comparing! Hand! Sizes! By! Pressing! Palms! Together!

Fingers brushing as they hand each other things

Reaching for something at the same time, hands brushing, pulling away like they’ve been burned

Not noticing that they’re holding hands until friends point it out

Hands that turn to lifelines, connecting them together

One holding the hand of the other, who is unconscious, silently pleading with them to wake up

Bonus: The slow, weak squeeze when the other one finally starts to wake up

H a n d s

hello! i just wanted to say thank you for this really cool and helpful blog. do you have any good amnesia fics? thank you!

THE AMNESIA LIST!

Thanks to everyone who sent in an ask requesting this trope. Here’s a list of some fics that feature amnesia that we compiled for you. Enjoy!

Peter suffering from amnesia

Broken Thoughts (I Remember Everything) by blackwatchandromeda

“Peter, who am I?“He hesitates. “I’m sorry. I… I don’t know.” -Peter Parker has been missing for thirty-six days. When Tony Stark finally finds him, he’s wandering around New York with no memories, unaware of where and who he is. The missing month is a mystery, and nobody knows what happened to him - least of all the kid himself.Peter, meanwhile, is trying to piece together who he was. What doesn’t help is the big secret he’s sure Tony is keeping from him, or the way the man is avoiding him.Nobody notices how the missing month is catching up to them until everything goes wrong. -(Not Infinity War compliant, but takes place after Civil War.)

blank stares by parkrstark

Peter’s head snapped back to face him and he winced. “I-I’m sorry, sir. I don’t know…” He looked around the room helplessly. “I don’t know what’s going on.”Tony was almost too afraid to ask, “What was the last thing you remember?”Peter closed his eyes, thinking for a brief moment before he opened them again and answered, “Ice cream. My mom and dad were taking me out to get ice cream.”Now it was Tony’s turn to be scared. “Pete…do you know what year it is?” “Of course. It’s 2009.”

remember me by aileenwood

“Glad you’re back,” he smiles, and Peter can see the raw relief in it.My kid.Oh, of course. That’s his dad.“ or:After a particularly bad injury, Peter wakes up in a hospital room with a blank mind.He’s lost and confused until a man steps in, ruffles his hair and smiles gently.He immediately guesses that’s his father, obviously. He’s not stupid.

The Curly-Haired Boy In The Paper by agib 

When Tony sees the blurry, grey scale photograph of someone he thought he had lost years ago, he follows the trail to a newspaper company, to a hospital, to an adoption agency, to the police station and finally to May Parker’s house.

In The Woods Somewhere by iamq

Re-write of “The Rituals of You and Me”.Tony Stark finds HYDRA’s latest weapon in the cold Russian woods, half starved and frozen near to death. Tony Stark adopts HYDRA’s latest weapon and takes him to the New York concrete jungle, makes him a home, and gives him a family.

When the day’s over, will you remember me? by Webtrinsic

June 20, 2016 had been the day his son had been taken. Tortured. Hit over the head one to many times, and everyday now. It was June 20th. It’d always be that day to him, and Tony knew it’d always be his fault.

Tony suffering from amnesia

Retrograde by madasthesea

Prompt: what about the remember me one? seen a lot of fics with peter getting amnesia but never one of tony forgetting anything? could be a nice switch to see how peter would deal with that + tony trying to figure out how he went from a wild playboy to a supposed superhero with a teenager.  Tony gets amnesia. When Peter comes to visit him in the hospital, Tony takes one look at him and immediately assumes that Peter’s his son.

Tabula Rasa by PinkEasterEggs

“Tony,” the blonde sighed his name, as if it were a prayer. “Thank God you’re okay. We were worried for a second.”Tony frowned, staring at the hand holding his own. What was going on?“I’m sorry,” the teenage boy sniffed, eyes pooling with tears as he stared down at Tony with such a sorry expression that the genius wondered if he was meant to actually feel bad for this kid.“Peter,” the blonde man gave the teenager a look. It was clear they’d had this conversation a million times. “What have i said? It wasn’t your fault; Dad doesn’t blame you— right Tony?”Tony cleared his throat, both pairs of blue and brown eyes getting brought back to him. “Okay, this has been fun but who the hell are you?”When a mission goes wrong, Tony gets hurt and loses his memory. The last 25 years is wiped from his mind and he wakes up in a 47 year old body with a 22 year old mind. Apparently he has a family now?

Don’t Let it Make You Cry by amine

”‘And who are you?‘Peter recoiled, stunned by the harsh unfamiliarity of those words. God, did that hurt. He was so used to being greeted with a warm ‘hey, kid!’ and an arm around his shoulders that tears nearly sprung to his eyes at seeing and hearing for himself that Tony really did not remember them.“

Bless me duck lord