Applying this for bts would be like:
• The driver - Jimin
• The instigator - Taehyung
• The voice of reason - Hoseok
• The distracted one - Joon and Kook, for sure.
• The observer - Yoongles
• The Wild Card - Seokjin
bts dynamics are so fun irl already, they're amazing to write in fanfic istg
This one's for the scenes with multiple characters, and you're not sure how to keep everyone involved.
Writing group scenes is chaos. Someone’s talking, someone’s interrupting, someone’s zoning out thinking about breadsticks. And if you’re not careful, half your cast fades into the background like NPCs in a video game. I used to struggle with this so much—my characters would just exist in the scene without actually affecting it. But here’s what I've learned and have started implementing:
Not their literal job—like, not everyone needs to be solving a crime or casting spells. I mean: Why are they in this moment? What’s their role in the conversation?
My favourite examples are:
The Driver: Moves the convo forward. They have an agenda, they’re pushing the action.
The Instigator: Pokes the bear. Asks the messy questions. Stirring the pot like a chef on a mission.
The Voice of Reason: "Guys, maybe we don’t commit arson today?"
The Distracted One: Completely in their own world. Tuning out, doodling on a napkin, thinking about their ex.
The Observer: Not saying much, but noticing everything. (Quiet characters still have presence!)
The Wild Card: Who knows what they’ll do? Certainly not them. Probably about to make things worse.
If a character has no function, they’ll disappear. Give them something—even if it’s just a side comment, a reaction, or stealing fries off someone’s plate. Keep them interesting, and your readers will stay interested too.
the fact that I’ve actually had this happen multiple times when I’ve entered a new fandom is hilarious like what do you MEAN
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just added chapter 3 to this! im so proud, i think I love how its turning out 💚💜🫶🥺 its gonna be longer than i thought, tho
참나리 Cham-nari
_Gangster #taekookau
_Explicit Omegaverse
_In process 17K
_Strangers to lovers, Forbidden Love, Hurt Comfort
💚💜 Gangster au with lots of romance and smut. And some enemies to lovers flavour, although it's just Jeongguk being a little shit :)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61937095/chapters/158377234
kind of experiencing this as an author. drafts are out of hand and my calculations were BAD (as to how long the story would be as a whole)
fanfic authors b like ‘haha this chapter got a little out of hand it’s a little longer like 60k words’
babes that’s a novel. you wrote a novel.
plEAse
You should be able to say “don’t touch me” to anyone ever in any context and not have it be considered in the realm of surprising or insulting imho if we ever needed to normalize something it’s this
i need a job TT.TT pls help me employment jelly
oh, no, so thats what it is
u know ur fucked when u skip every song
I want someone to make one of these new sterile teen gay romance shows on Netflix but halfway through they pull a Doki Doki Literature Club and it turns into a fucked up fourth wall breaking psychological thriller that deconstructs the heteronormative and middle class ideals of the genre
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