Reblog To Bonk Your Mutuals On The Head Every Time They Start Thinking Negatively About Themselves

I keep forgetting that when I was in like 4th grade I logged on to my switch to play with my friends and at the time I didn't have a mic so... ANYWAY- they guessed my gender and thought I was a boy and I just never had the time to type in the chat that they were wrong so I just dealt with it. But it like didn't bother me. In fact I kinda enjoyed it. And I was just like, "Hmmm, eh. I'm sure that's normal, and if it isn't then I'll just have older me look into it."

I wish I'd been able to find that one post about the person who procrastinated figuring out their sexuality because this story would go perfectly!

HOT TAKES ALLOWED

don't worry abt me using no nicknames for literally no reason

WRITEBLR HELLP

Where can I find accurate medical information on injuries. Like treatment, severity, and of course how long it would take to bleed out. I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING-

The History of Aromanticism

17th Century: The Golden Orchid Society in South China creates self-combing women- women who would wear their hair they way married women would to say they were not available. The women did not want to have sexual/romantic partners.

1970s: Dorothy Tennov wrote about non-limerent people in her book, Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love. Limerence is a (now) outdated term for feeling romantic attraction. She and other theorists recognized that romantic and sexual love may not be linked.

non-limerent was an early terms for aromantic people.

2005: the term aromantic was coined by the asexual visibility and education network.

2008/9: the term aromantic became more widespread.

The origional flag:

Green, because it is the opposite of red, the most commonly associated romance color.

Yellow, representing platonic love, because yellow roses represent friendship.

Orange, for grayromantics, because it is in between red and yellow.

And black, representing alloromantics that "reject traditional ideas of romance".

This flag was later changed because it closely resembled the Rastafarian flag, and because it had a stripe representing alloromantics

the flag went through a few more stages before settling on the one we use today.

(https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Aromantic#History)

The clothes of the second one with the colour scheme of the first.

I need this but I can't draw for shit (don't have the motivation) PLEAsE SOMEONE DRAW IT

i am gay and tired, reblog this if you are also gay and tired

Me, getting on Tumblr: Alright, now no getting distracted! We're here for writing ideas.

Tumblr: Lol, look it's a gay character.

Me: Liked and moving on to-

Tumblr: He's played by Finn Wolfhard

Me: ...reblogged and away I go to find-

Tumblr: Oh look the post below has something Ben Schwartz related on it...

Me: Oh fuck that would be a problem but there's not enough Ben content on here to make me spend an hour looking through it so it's fine-

Google: Hey, Pinterest has a notification for you also one of your mutuals on Tumblr just posted.

Me: OH SHIT-

ITS APRIL 13 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

FETCH ME NEIL

happy Thursday the 20th

Ways to get to know your characters:

These are just some ways I do t, feel free to add your own tips!

Google sheets. Just google sheets. Make a sheet for your story and create categories to fill on your character's traits. Very simple example:

2. Making Pinterest boards. Listen maybe I'm biased because I'm on Pinterest more than I'm on Tumblr and it gives me the most intense nostalgia of any website/app ever, but it may be my most helpful tactic. This works in plenty of ways. Making a board for one story's character designs and making individual categories for each character in that board. Making individual board for each character's design, aesthetic, personality, whatever. No example but I think you get it.

3. I might sound like you lame ass ELA teacher from 9th grade or whatever when I say this, but plot mountains are really helpful. Now I don't mean the plot plot for all you, "I just start writing and am as surprised as my characters when everything goes to shit." writers like me, I'm talking about an internal plot. To explain, there is an external plot (exposition, rising action, climax, etc.) and internal plot (character development,) making external plot mountains isn't helpful for me because I want freedom in my writing. I know where it starts and sometimes where it stops and that's good enough, but writing the development of a character is good to outline just for the foreshadowing and because CHARACTER FLAWS ARE FUCKING IMPORTANT. (Cue the one post about eating mayo packets)

4. Mark their birthdays in your calendar. Like google calendar or whatever the fuck you use. Anyway, dedicate their birthday to just getting to know them. Make a wish list of presents they'd like, or a slideshow about the party activities they'd like, or a pinterest board about what their party theme would be. It's fun, I swear.

5. Make lists of a bunch of stuff. Their flaws, their strengths, their favourite thing, their pet peeves, their favourite people, their pets, their little quirks they have, etc.

6. Physical objects. Make them, buy them, or just stuff you already have. Make a little box of things they'd like or have. Treat them like a friend. A real person. It'll inspire you to write or draw more and you can come up with little backstories on the items.

7. Give them a catchphrase. Even if they never say it, it's cute. I like them. Most people do, I think.