Awesome đ reblogging to remember this.
Or, as I call it, causing ~drama~
The key that keeps readers interested in your story is conflict. If nothing is at stake, then there is not much to see. So, here are a few general tips to cause some ripples in the ponds of your charactersâ lives.
âPrioritizingâ: Your character has two main motives that they have been working towards, but they end up in a situation where they have to sacrifice one to save the other. Depending on how easy or hard the choice is, this range from âdisappointingâ to âdevastatingâ in the sacrifice.Â
Character Flaws: As I talked about in my cornerstones post, every character should have a flaw. Flaws are flaws and not strengths for a reason- they get in the way. Have your character have a moment of weakness, where they lose their values and give in to temptation or get carried away.
 In addition: Even without their key flaws, characters can sometimes just⊠be wrong. Maybe they miscalculated. Maybe they misunderstood. Maybe they made the wrong guess. They did what everyone does: They Done Messed Up, and now they have to deal with the result.
Liar, Liar: Someone is lying, or even keeping secrets, and now, itâs causing problems. They canât go forward without the truth, or worse, they are making mistakes due to a warped perception of the situation.
Draw backs: Let the good things come at a cost. One key rule for worlds with magic or superpowers is that all power should come at cost- equal to or greater than the power itself.Â
âBecause I Said Soâ: Donât forget, there are other characters in your story, and even if they are on the protagonistâs own side, they are not always going to just merrily go along with whatever the protagonist said. Maybe they disagree. Maybe they are powerful enough to get in the protagonistâs way, and maybe itâs that important to them that they try. If fighting an enemy is hard, fighting a friend is harder.
Take It Back: Your character makes a decision that seems right at the time. Maybe it was the obvious choice, or maybe it was taking a risk. But uh-ohâŠnow there are unforeseen consequences.Â
Or, the oppositeâŠ
Decisions, Decisions: Maybe your character has to make a decision where there is not an immediately obvious choice. Make sure that both/all the options have both positive and negative possible or certain outcomes. There is no obvious right or wrong choice. Bonus, itâs funny to watch the fandom debate it later.Â
Strip Them Down: Remove your characterâs greatest strength. For whatever reason, your characterâs most valuable asset is not available, and now, they have to live without it. Bonus mode- it would be really, really helpful if they had it right now!
Or, do the oppositeâŠ
Boss Fight: Maybe, instead of your protagonist getting weaker, itâs your antagonist that gets stronger. Strengthen the opposition and see if your characters can adapt to survive, or if they lack what it takes.Â
Change of Plan: The rules of the game have changed. This can mean different things depending on your story. They could be literal rules, or more general. Think Hunger Games- did I say two tributes? I meant one, after all. Fight to the death now, please.
Amplify the Emotions: ⊠And the results that come with. People do crazy things in the heat of the moment. You canât think straight when all you can do is feel. Blinded by anger, sadness, or even joy, your character makes a bad choice.Â
*Pile It On: You know what a full plate needs? Even more stuff. Your character is already juggling, trying to balance a variety of responsibilities. So add one more ball. Do they crash and burn immediately? Does it take a while? Do they succeed? Â Any which way, the stress is high.
*Note: this one can be difficult on the author, too. Make sure that with all these plot lines, youâre not losing track, yourself.
âMurphyâs Lawâ: Simply stated, this is a plot tool that says, âwhatever can go wrong, will.â Iâm just going to say right away⊠be careful with this one. Itâs really frustrating for your audience to watch the characters fail or lose or face misfortune over and over and over again. It makes it feel like nothing will ever come out of rooting for them, so you may as well give up now. Murphyâs Law can be great in the proper proportions, please, let your characters have some victories, or thereâs no point to it.
And hey, donât forget about your inner conflicts. You never know when those are going to have the opportunity to cause trouble.Â
Give âem hell, kids!*
***disclaimer: you do not have to be a kid to give them hell.
~Penemue
I really dislike Moral now... He is a good villain, but I hate him.
Why Art? He was my favourite character! Why...? Moral is horrible, he didn't even let Art answer the damn phone! What's with the overkill, and ugh!
Sorry, Im just raging over this... It's so unfair. I knew he die from the comments before I watched the episode but geez... Moral you are getting on my nerves! Which means he's a good villain, but still...
RIP Art... Â (If he's dead, I hope his not...)
Also I wonder what Moral said to him before he died... Hmm... I will not be able to go asleep tonight easily... Sigh.Â
Best episode so far, despite Art's death. At least Art didn't give in, his determination is admirable. Anyway that's my rant.
Ry-2111
1) The first non-vowel letter of your last name 2) The last non-vowel letter of your last name 3) Your age 4) The number of siblings you have 5) The number of pets you have
Tag yourself Iâm FR-1701
Ooh helpful reference
1. WEARING A SHAWL TO BATTLE IS THE EQUIVALENT OF HAVING GIRLS FIGHT IN STILLETTOS.Â
Just so you know, this is what Iâm talking about;
-Is it bad-ass? Abso-fucking-lutely. Is it Practical? Not a chance in hell. Especially not if itâs silk. If itâs cotton, you are skating on thin fucking ice. That bitch will NOT stay on. It barely stays on with me just walking down the street to Walmart. Wielding axes and rifles and swords and daggers? I PROMISE you it will not do the job itâs expected to-WHICH IS TO COVER THE HAIR. (Some muslim girls dont wear them-and thatâs fine. But those who DO do it to completely cover the hair in public. Is it ~Aesthetic~ to see the flyaway hairs in battle? Sure, but those arenât usually practical either. )Consider instead;Â
sport shawlsÂ
-For one thing, itâs actually DESIGNED to be worn to atheletic activities. Archers tuck hems into the collar of their shirts so they donât get in the way, and track runners pins (ill get to this bit later) them down into the shirts to prevent flyaway bits and to stop them from getting slapped in the face. Itâs breathable, stretchy, presentable without being attention seeking.Â
BawalsÂ
In a pinch, bawals work just as well-as long as you specify that they are COTTON. Unlike the shawl, which are rectangular, bawals are SQUARE, and thus easier to manipulate, fold and pin down. If you wear it right, they carry an equal aesthetic value to shawls, and come in plenty of pretty patterns as well.Â
2. Iâm not sure about the USA, but the girls I know wear this underneath the headscarf;
Does it kinda look like a beanie? It sort of works like a beanie too. Hair is slippery. It tucks in any extra hair you might miss just by wearing the headscarf, its harder to pull down and on the event the shawl DOES fall down, your hair is still not exposed. It protects the ears-which is important even on a daily basis, because pins, headphones and any other headgear that might pinch them. It comes in plenty of designs, including ones that has open backs to allow long hair and ponytails.Â
3.SPEAKING OF PINS; IâM TALKING ABOUT THESE BAD BOYS;
BROOCHESÂ
though , i suppose most of yâall are most familiar with safety pins, right?
whatâs the difference? Well, if your oc/character is an athlete, itâs actually LEAST likely theyâll be wearing SAFETY PINS. Theyâre cheap and super easy to buy in bulk, true, but they also SUPER easy to wear out even with the smallest amount of strenuous activity. Between the three of âem, Iâd put the brooches as the best option to wear in battle because 1) it has a large surface area, thus hurts less when pressed on with heavy items, which includes bag straps and weapons, (pins are sharp and can poke you painfully); and 2) more secure-the latch is covered by the gaudy jewellery above, and theyre usually smaller and tighter. Stays on the stubbornnest, even when headscarf is pulled. very roughly. Iâm saying that even the cheapest brooches will allow the shawl to be ripped apart before even letting it go.Â
3. They probably ponytail their hair. Because Come On, guys.
Anyway itâs been bothering me and I just thought if yall could bother knowing the difference between skin tones for POC you could bother with muslim practicalities too. Or somethingÂ
Awesome recap!!! Looking forward to this! đ
General stuff
this a show under the D&D presents banner, their focusing in on new D&D materiel and showing it off
Chris tries to do spoiler free sessions and jumble around the adventures from the book
itâs being live streamed on twitched and being posted on youtube after, THERE WILL BE A PODCAST VERSION.
Itâs coming out early 2020, thereâs probably going to be a session 0
Mica is going to eat the dice one day
Iâm now only using the term âMath Rocksâ for dice now
Characters
Shady- Valance Knight, Teifling wild magic sorceror, âValeâ was disowned at 15, was the first person in his town with magic. accidentally caused some shit. people want him dead. is pretty much like Elsa (who is that). Has a silver orb with strange ruins
Anna- Delviny pine, Half-elf bard, is known for being a story teller, is one the look for more stories, I might accidently call her Poppy lol. Lore College, Mark of detection. Has a deed of land for somewhere she doesnât know
Mika- Sasuna (I donât know how to spell the last name) , Levistus Tiefling Cleric, Tragic past, tricked into a cleric pack with a death god. has a small silver skull
Nate- Reiner, human fighter, ALIVE PARENTS AND FAMILY!! GOOD LIFE is woke about his privileged, was an order of the gauntlet, refuses magic. has a piece of obsidian that always feels warm(IS IT MAGIC?!?!)
How they meet
Reiner is the lynch pin, is trying to put together the party, these guys were at the bottom of his list.Â
group name is T.O.R.C.H = the only red crab here
Setting
WE BE IN THE PERKINSVERSE MY BOIS,Â
MIni series in the fandlin area, will be previewing 2020 big story
Q&A questions
Q: Will there be crossovers? A: YES chris is always open to crossovers
Q: are other D&D stuff being brought into the show? A: Chris is very open about the players wanting to bring in stuff as long as the have a good reason.
Spelljammers stuff is happening!
Q: are any of the cast canonically trans or NB? A: They havenât thought about it yet
Q: will the stream format be similar to DCA? A: Yes, the want to update it a bit
Q: Will this be all ages friendly? A: Chris is aiming for 12 and up. there will be occasional swearing. so 13+
Q: Will be there be accents? A: Anna is tortured about this, she wants Delviny to have a different voice from her. | Mika will probably do a difference cadence. | Nate doing a different cadence as well. | Vale is remembering how to form sentences.(Like Star)
Q: How long will the episodes be? A:1 hour 45 minutes is their aim
Q: Will they be doing other streaming platforms? A: they donât know exactly, but the producers are most likelyÂ
Q: Most emotional moments for previous characters? A:Shady going to bring his father back to life and give a youth potion was acid instead. | Mika had a Beastmaster Ranger is in a depressed spiral and finds a white wolf, | Nate does not know there are so many |Â Anna; there are so many, Evelyn planning her death for her sacrifice | Chris; that time he TPKâed and didnât feel anything
Just going to add. This is great also, Strix of the Waffle Crew from Dice Camera Action fits all this. She and Caleb have things in common. And it's wonderful
So, I have a theoryâŠ
Agreed
These baby hippos will make everything better
this is amazing!
TOSC-IN:
A database enabling you to search for keywords in article titles from c.160 Classics related journals. Provides a link to an abstract or full text version if one exists online.
Classical and Medieval History:
Annotated list of Reference Websites
Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Online database and resources for studying Women and Gender in the ancient world.
Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World:
âOriginal electronic project aiming at collecting, recording, documenting, presenting and promoting the historical data that testify to the presence of Hellenic culture throughout time and space.â
Perseus Digital Library:
A showcase of digital and print resources for Classical studies.Â
World Archaeology:
Books, Magazines, Blogs, Travel. All Archaeology related.
House of Ptolomy:
Portal website on the Ptolomatic (holla!) Empire.Â
Star Myths and Constellation Lore:
Information website about the above.Â
Virgil.com:
Basically a portal site and resource for information on all things Virgil.Â
Homerica:
Portal and Resource. Link is in French, but you can have the website translated to any language.Â
Exploring Ancient World Culture:
âOn-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds.â
Subject Centre for History, Classics, and Archaeology:
âThe Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology is part of the Higher Education Academy.â
The Iris Project:
âan educational charity introducing the languages and culture of the ancient world to UK state schools in order to enrich the curriculum.â
Roman Law Resources
â information on Roman law sources and literature, the teaching of Roman law, and the persons who study Roman law.â
Egyptology Resources
âWorld Wide Web resource for Egyptological information.â
ABZU:
âguide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean worldâ.
Stoa:
A consortium for electronic publication in the Humanities, including most notably: Suda-On-Line  English translation of the Suda, a 10th century Byzantine historical encyclopedia. Demos: Classical Athenian Democracy; a practical description of how the various institutions of Athenian democracy actually worked. Metis Bruce Hartzlerâs collection of interactive QTVR panoramas for ancient Greek archaeological sites. And Medicina Antiqua A resource for the study of medicine in the Greek and Roman world.
Hellenic History:
From the Stone Age through the Modern Period from The Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW), a non-profit cultural institution based in Athens, Greece. Â
Hellenic Culture:Â
Website of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture with sites on the museums, monuments, and archaeological sites of Greece.
Athenian Agora Excavations:
Website of the American School of Classical Studies at Althensâ excavations of the Athenian Agora.
Digital Classicist:
Concise information on projects applying computing technologies to Classical/Ancient Historical research.Â
VROMA:
Online scholarly community of teachers and students who share an interest in the ancient Roman world; images, texts, history and many other resources.Â
GNOMON Online:Â Â
Recent journal articles and book in the Classics. Type general search term under âAlle Felderâ (All Fields) or specific âAutorâ (Author) and hit âSuche Startenâ (Start search).â
Ancient World Mapping Center:
University of North Carolina. Cartographic resources, including a collection of free digital maps for educational use.Â
Ancient Scripts:Â
A website by âenthusiastsâ rather than scholars but very interesting!
The Beazley Archive Classical Art Research Center:
Databases and study tools.
Bryn Mawr Classical Review:Â
Timely open-access, peer-reviewed reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology). This site is the authoritative archive of BMCRâs publication, from 1990 to the present.Â
Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama
It investigates the performance of ancient texts in any medium and any period, from Greek tragedy to Roman epic, from stage to screen, from antiquity to the present day.Â
The British Library Digitized Manuscripts
Contains digitised versions of a quarter fo the British Museumâs Greek manuscripts.Â
The Ancient World Online:
A blog which, much like this, presents a variety of online resources for the Ancient world.Â
Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy:
A website which seeks to store virtual Greek and Latin epigraphy of the ancient world, through a federation of multiple archive banks.Â
Projekt Dyabola:Â
Litterature and Object databases.Â
The Digital Sculpture Project:
A website devoted to studying ways in which 3D digital technologies can be applied to the capture, representation and interpretation of sculpture from all periods and cultures. Up to now, 3D technologies have been used in fruitful ways to represent geometrically simple artifacts such as pottery or larger-scale structures such as buildings and entire cities. With some notable exceptions, sculpture has been neglected by digital humanists.Â
Animus:
The open access Canadian Journal of Philosophy and Humanities.Â
American Philological Associationâs Society for Classical Studies:
AÂ â principal learned society in North America for the study of ancient Greek and Roman languages, literatures, and civilizations.â
The Classical Association of Canada:
Access to a wide variety of resources about Classics in Canada including graduate programs, and the monthly bulletin.Â
Corpus Thomisticum:
The works of St. Thomas Aquinas in Latin.Â
J. OâDonnellâs commentary on Augustineâs Confessions:
An on-line reprint of Augustine: Confessions, with commentary by James J. O'Donnell.Â
LANGUAGE RESOURCES:
UC Berkeley Ancient Greek Resources:
Pronunciation Guide; Accentuation Drills; Vocabulary Drills; and much more.
Akropolis World News:
The news of the world in Ancient Greek- a great way to learn and practice the language.
Logeion:
Quick look-up of Greek and Latin words across all of the Perseus lexica.
Dictionaries [VIA Perseus Project]: LATIN || GREEK
NUMISMATICS [COINAGE]:
American Numismatic Societâs MANTIS:
Database on more than 600,000 objects.Â
 CHRR Online:Â
Coin hoards of the Roman Republic Online archive.
Online Coins of the Roman Empire:
Similar to CHRR but coins of the Empire.Â
Roman Provincial Coinage Online:
A standard typology of the provincial coinage of the Roman Empire.Â
British Museumâs Roman Coinage:
A series of resources on Roman coinage.Â
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum:
The Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum is a British AcademyResearch Project, the purpose of which is to publish illustrated catalogues of Greek coins in public and private collections in the British Isles.Â
MANUSCRIPTS:
Digitalized Greek Manuscripts:
Princetonâs Modern language translations of Byzantine sources, digitized Greek manuscripts.Â
Pinakes:
Pinakes s'ouvre Ă de nouvelles collaborations institutionnelles et accueille maintenant des projets de recherches sur les manuscrits de divers domaines. On trouvera l'ensemble des partenaires et des financements passĂ©s ou actuels sur la page Colophon.Â
Greek Codicology/Paleography:
A detailed biliography on Greek codicology.Â
Resource Lists by School: All links are to Classics, or Antiquities portals for more resource lists.Â
Oxford Libraries
Cambridge Libraries
University of Toronto
Berkeley Classics Department
Library of Congress: Classics and Medieval History
Virginia Tech: Electronic Antiquity
Brock University: Classics Research Guide
Cambridge Ancient History Series
Williams.
University of Texas
Princeton University
Text Databases [Via Oxford]:
Antiquity
American Journal of Archaeology
Archaeology Magazine
Arion
Cambridge Archaeological Journal
Classical Philology
Classical Quarterly
Classical Review
Eranos
Greece & Rome
Journal of Near Eastern Studies
Journal of Field Archaeology
Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies
Journal of Roman Archaeology
Kernos
Phoenix
Pomoerium
Syllecta Classica
Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphie
Gateways:
Argos - search-engine for all major classical resources
Classics Section of the Intute gateway.
Voice of the Shuttle Classics Page from University of California, Santa Barbara
Classical and Biblical Literary Research Tools compiled by Jack Lynch at Penn
Reading Classics Gateway
Kirke Katalog der Internetressourcen fĂŒr die Klassische Philologie
NOTE: So I compiled a list of some of my favorite classics sites to use. I also put in links to other schoolâs departments and libraries. Almost all Universities which have Classics departments have resources lists. If you want to add to the list, please do!
All of the schools above have much more extensive lists for you to use! I made this list in little over half an hour, so there is much room to be expanded on.Â
NEW ADDITIONS:Â
Latin Library at Packard Humanities Institute - http://latin.packhum.org/ (PHI numbers standard way to refer to Latin texts, look at the ones Perseus uses - itâs PHI).
Brepolis - http://www.brepolis.net/ - may need to access this via your institution or its ezproxy (includes the Library of Latin Texts A and B LLT-A and LLT-B and many other interesting resources).
LâAnnee Philologique - http://www.annee-philologique.com - another one in which youâll have to use via your institutionâs ezproxy or other online database (we use ebscohost). Many journals you submit articles to expect references to other journals use the abbreviations in APh.
For databases of journals, first start at JSTOR - http://www.jstor.org - again, institutional access is required.
((Via:Â monumentum))
The Latin Library - A collection of Classical and Medieval texts in Latin, organized by author.Â
The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook - A collection of mostly primary source texts translated into English. Not comprehensive, but covers a broad range of topics.
((Via:Â hodie-scolastica))
Awesome reblogging because Ancient alphabets are awe-inspiring.
Ancient Alphabets. Thedan Script - used extensively by Gardnerian Witches Runic Alphabets - they served for divinatory and ritual purposes, as well as the more practical use; there are three main types of Runes; Germanic, Scandinavian/Norse, and Anglo-Saxon and they each have any number of variations, depending on the region from which they originate Celtic and Pictish - early Celts and their priests, the Druids, had their own form of alphabet known as âOgam Bethluisnionâ, which was an extremely simple alphabet used more for carving into wood and stone, than for general writing, while Pictish artwork was later adopted by the Celts, especially throughout Ireland Ceremonial Magick Alphabets - âPassing the Riverâ, âMalachimâ and âCelestialâ alphabets were used almost exclusively by ceremonial magicians
This is gorgeous, this so relaxing this village is beautiful đ€©
thinking about this here canal village in the netherlands
Nods. I agree death is not the only self sacrifice. Others include: - sacrificing one's Personal moral standards for greater good of those who care about. Example: A character who ardently against mind control because they had been victimised by it themselves but was forced into a scenario where they had to use mind control or something more awful and abusive would occur to great number of people.
ok but like when did self-sacrifice become synonymous with death? writers seem to have forgotten that people can make personal sacrifices for the greater good without giving their lives. plots about self-sacrifice and selflessness donât always have to end in death. suffering doesnât have to be mourning. you can create drama and emotional depth on your show without killing everyone. learn to explore the meaning of living rather than dying
Persona, Fire Emblem Awakening and Dragon Age Ace fan girl.
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