I Love How All Of The Batman Villains Are Like “ah He’s Not At The Manor, It’s Defenseless! And

reminder to:

straighten your back

go pee goddAMN IT STOP HOLDING IT

go take your meds if you need to

drink some water

go get a snack if you havent eaten in a while

maybe wander around the house/stretch a little if you’ve been sat at the computer a while (artists especially: sTRETCH THOSE WRISTS)

reply to that text/message from earlier you’d forgotten about

maybe send a nice lil message to someone having a bad day?

My favorite ship dynamic is "they're both extremely stupid in completely different ways and extremely smart in completely different ways, but rarely is any of that useful because they just get extra double stupid when together"

Game-Changing Sites for Writers

A recent search for a specific type of site to help me build new characters led me down a rabbit hole. Normally, that would make me much less productive, but I have found a treasure trove of websites for writers.

Bring Characters/Places to Life

There are a few different places you can use to create a picture of something entirely new. I love this site for making character pictures as references, instead of stock photos or whatever pops up on Google Images.

thispersondoesnotexist: every time you reload the page, this site generates a headshot of someone who doesn't exist. This is great if you're thinking about a character's personality or age and don't have specifics for their facial features yet.

Night Cafe: this is an AI art generator that takes your text prompt and generates an image for it. I tried it for various scenery, like "forest" or "cottage." It takes a minute for your requested photo to load, but no more than maybe five for the program to finish the picture.

Art Breeder: this website has endless images of people, places, and general things. Users can blend photos to create something new and curious visitors can browse/download those images without creating an account. (But if you do want to make an account to create your own, it's free!)

Find Random Places on Earth

You might prefer to set a story in a real-life environment so you can reference that place's weather, seasons, small-town vibe, or whatever you like. If that's the case, try:

MapCrunch: the homepage generates a new location each day and gives the location/GPS info in the top left of the screen. To see more images from previous days, hit "Gallery" in the top left.

Atlas Obscura: hover over or tap the "Places" tab, then hit "Random Place." A new page will load with a randomly generated location on the planet, provide a Google Maps link, and tell you a little bit about the place.

Random World Cities: this site makes randomly selected lists of global cities. Six appear for each search, although you'll have to look them up to find more information about each place. You can also use the site to have it select countries, US cities or US states too.

Vary Your Wording

Thesauruses are great, but these websites have some pretty cool perspectives on finding just the right words for stories.

Describing Words: tell this website which word you want to stop repeating and it will give you tons of alternative words that mean the same thing. It typically has way more options than other sites I use.

Reverse Dictionary: type what you need a word for in Reverse Dictionary's search box and it will give you tons of words that closely match what you want. It also lists the words in order of relevancy, starting with a word that most accurately describes what you typed. (There's also an option to get definitions for search results!)

Tip of My Tongue: this website is phenomenal. It lets you search for that word you can't quite place by a letter in it, the definition, what it sounds like, or even its scrambled letters. A long list of potential options will appear on the right side of the screen for every search.

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Hope this helps when you need a hand during next writing session 💛

Talia Wagner in Exiles (2001) #1

the progression of cr party names is so funny

vox machina: latin. classic euro fantasy. clever meta nod to their profession. better than 'the shits' (affectionate) even though we know deep down that's their truth

the mighty nein: a classic superhero/adventure story team name. a ragtag group of heroes held together by their conviction in saying no to injustice and their belief that there's strength and healing in numbers. also a pun and an inside joke.

bell's hells: literally just a band name. here with their inner demons to fuck shit up for the greater good. pure chaos. starting accidental fires wherever they go. named after their band manager who died like five minutes after helping them book their first gig.

A non-exhaustive list of things that the Mighty Nein will now need to explain to Molly:

‘Nott’ the goblin having always been Veth the halfling

Veth being married with a child

Fjord’s accent change

Fjord’s patron change

Who Caduceus is

Who Essek is

What the dodecahedron they carried around for a month was

‘You know how when the war broke out, you immediately wanted us to not get involved in any way whatsoever? About that…’

Why Yasha’s wings and hair are different

The Gentleman is Jester’s dad

Fjord and Jester are dating now

Caleb and Essek are ‘It’s complicated’-ing now

Beau is a secret agent

Jester’s god is actually an archfey (and a weasel, sometimes)

How different his friends are now. They’re not the self-interested assholes they once were, and it’s so much to do with him. He made one remark about leaving things better, and they took that and turned it into a rallying cry, made it a mission. It inspired them, it steeled them. They became people who stopped a war and prevented the awakening of an evil god. They touched so many lives and finally saved the world. They’re not what he remembers. They’re brighter and braver and kinder and so, so much stronger

‘We definitely told our two new members about the time you put egg on your dick, and we gave them absolutely zero context.’

I KNOW HOW MY FILTHY MUTANT ABILITIES UPSET YOU, SCHMIDT. DON’T WORRY–

–YOU WILL DIE PURE. NO MAGNETISM 

JUST FISTS.

Percy probably thought he was fukcing safe. He got through four births unscathed with happy bouncy little quarter elves and then BAM

sweet baby tiefling. delight of his heart. wanderer of catacombs. When she was born a lot of money changed hands because everyone fucking knew it would happen eventually. Vex collected 100 gold and used it for the nursery.

I had to, I'm sorry