That's What Happened, I'm Pretty Sure

(crawls on all fours with blood drenched on me) I have to do arts and crafts

Dude I love this

Fire Thief

A Ranchers Animation AU

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

For @literallyjusttoa from @heresronnie21, “Apollo taking Meg to meet the sun horses and tour Olympus.”

Day 3 of @teamranchersweek, platonic ranchers! Not much energy today so just a little comic instead.

For the record I think Tango would approve of Jimmy lying through his teeth to save his skin, but I also think it would be really funny if he was being 100% honest and no one believed him.

Hiya and Heya are very similar twins in appearance and friendliness except one you can sit next to in silence scrolling through something on your phone or getting lost in your thoughts, just enjoying each other's company, and the other has hugged you from behind, is planning to ramble endlessly at you, and while they are not currently bouncing off the walls, they are definitely not apposed to the idea.

Ps: I love both of them so much

Definately gonna do this for my characters to get inside their heads!!

So my problem with most ‘get to know your character’ questioneers is that they’re full of questions that just aren’t that important (what color eyes do they have) too hard to answer right away (what is their greatest fear) or are just impossible to answer (what is their favorite movie.)  Like no one has one single favorite movie. And even if they do the answer changes.

If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results: 

What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)

What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)

What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)

Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory) 

What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.) 

Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)

Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)

Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)

What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.) 

What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What does ‘normal’ even look like for them.) 

Me: I should use the plastic cutlery to save the metal stuff for when we eat supper

Also me: *takes the biggest and best bowl available*

Random thought. So apparently Speakers are a thing like Watchers and Listeners (I've seen like three posts) but I saw some Speaker Scar art and people sometimes make vex's the enemies of watchers so I was like what if the Vex are Speakers, right? I mean, they're often portrayed making contracts and deals so it works. And then I was like, well, Wardens find people by hearing them so that suits Listeners, what would Watchers be?

Endermen! The creatures that are everywhere but don't want to be observed? It works too well.

Anyway, ramble over. Maybe I'll do something with it, probably won't. Who knows? I sure don't.