(Pirate) Ship Roles For The Crew!

(Pirate) Ship Roles for the Crew!

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Captain: On non-government ships, the Captain is voted by the ship's crew. Can be replaced by majority votes. They're expected to be great in battle, navigation and seamanship. Need to be a leader personality.

Quarter Master: Sort-of vice Captain, takes on the role of Captain when he's unavailable. Also elected to represent the interests of the crew. In turn he received extra booty. He also maintains order, settles quarrels and distributes all goods. Keeps records and account books for the ship.

Sailing Master/Navigator: In charge of navigation and sailing of the ship.

Boatswain: Supervises the maintenance of the vessel and its supply stores. Inspects the condition of the ship each morning and reports to the captain. In charge of all deck activities.

Carpenter : Responsible for maintenance and repair. Often, due to the tools, he would jump in as an emergency surgeon, too.

Master Gunner: In charge of the ship's ammunition and weaponry.

Mate(s), First Mate: On a large ship, there's often more than one (That's why First Mates exist). Served as an apprentice to the ship's Carpenter, Gunner, Boatswain and Master. Hard worker.

A.B.S. (Able Bodied Sailor, Common Sailor): Helps out with anything and everything, really! Has knowledge of most necessary things, like some navigation, steering, ..

Rigger: Works the running rigging and the furling and unfurling of the sails. Constant risk of falling!

Cabin Boy(s): Young boys who work on the ship as servants. Usually runaways or kidnapped from another ship.

Powder Monkey: Young boys who run gunpowder from below decks up to the cannons during battle.

Swab/Swabbie: Mop the decks. Has also become a slang for people you do not hold highly.

Source and further reading:

https://thepirateking.com/historical/ship_roles.htm

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6 months ago

Small writing tip! #1

AI isn't always bad. Oh yes. I hate you if you decide to let it write your story, that is not useful at all. But! Here it comes..

Chatgpt, right? It won't write your emotional poem. It cannot put in the same emotional intensity concentrated into a few very meaningful words.

But it can help you if you tell it things about your book. If you tell things about your characters. When you don't find that specific prompt on tumblr, you can tell the bot and it can give some good ideas based on analysis.

In that way, it is not stealing anyone anything. It is not mediocre.

The way I do it, for example, is, that I tell it my character stuff, give it a visual, and it will psychoanalyse the character. With that, you can ask how to incorporate it into the plot points you already have, if you don't know where this character could fit in.

After I told the bot much about my book and we'd worked on it for a while, I just asked the bot if Bad Omens (the band) would fit well to the plot of my book, as in if the vibes match. It said definitely and listed a bunch of reasons why it fits after analysing and comparing both, plot and songs by the band. Then it gave me suggestions which lyrics fit best. Same worked when I asked it about the genre Metalcore and two more bands, which seemed to fit even better.

Mostly, the bot is a source of inspiration! It shouldn't do the job of writing the book for you. Still, you can see it like a good friend that is also a writer, and brainstorm for your book. The title ideas are basic. But it'll inspire you to look for ways to make the titles better. Find the faults and delete them.

P.S. i do not use any AI for my posts. This is just me! Thought I'd say it now lmao. Normal prompts don't work very well with AI. Just the inspo and psychoanalysis.


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3 months ago

Update. Now I made him an altar. I tried candle painting, which turned into candle sculpting and made him a sigil. He is now possessive of all the candles i used for painting n stuff, so they are crowding around his big blue candle like little followers lmao.

I used a blue fabric for the tablecloth, then added my white and cream coloured scarves behind. He also seemdd to like my espresso cups, so he gets them. He also has a crystal glass bowl.

And he got attached to my lava lamp (blue water, red/orange blobs).

I'll try drawing him later, so hope this willturn out well.


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1 year ago

reblog if you’ve read fanfictions that are more professional, better written than some actual novels. I’m trying to see something

6 months ago

That moment when you just scroll through pinterest for character visuals and SUDDENLY there's a picture that makes you put something completely new and random into the plot, even add another person into it and question whether you're not doing too much.


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8 months ago

Preparing

Aight so before I'm starting to read the duet I bought, I still have Threads of Power here and I'm just....

Should I read it now? Should I leave it for later? What if I can't stand the ending? What if it shatters my whole world from the first books? What if I actually do not like it?

Kinda scared to be honest, but it has to happen sometimes. And since it's the same universe.. Gotta look, yea?

This feels like a warm up to a work out.

It's a bit difficult to find the right font size on my ebook-reader, though. I've been diagnosed partially blind and to not tire my functioning eye out, I need to make the font much bigger than normal. That makes the pages go up like crazy on my epub, and sometimes it's a bit demotivating.

Let's see!


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4 months ago

Currently writing a Viktor (Arcane) x m!Reader with 25 chapters and i have all of them planned out and the prologue, synopsis and ao3 tags written.

Now i gotta write.

Pleassseee hyperfixation pleaseeeee i swear it's not boring or overused just cause i played the scenes off dramatically in my head each dayyyy

hyperfixation please stay with me long enough to complete the project. hyperfixation do not fade. hyperfixation finish what you started for the love of god


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4 months ago

Alright i got a fic idea if you want!

Imagine viktor working late and sleeping in the lab and jayce joining him

(Not sure if you'd rather it be sfw or not but both could work with this start i think ^^)

That sounds incredibly cute! I think this could be a nice little thing to do. Especially since our boy is overworked.

I can just imagine Jayce taking a little care of him and staying there with him while perhaps being a bit anxious about having left him alone the whole day and all, and just feeling viktor shift on him, which pulls him back out of those thoughts and has him smile.

I do prefer sfw works as long as I am writing fanfiction. At least here, cause i do not know much about Viktor's.. seggsual activities, and i like to portray the characters in ways i know them well.

While certainly he's old enough, and we have seen Jayce be nsfw, the show not being against it, i just like to stay on the safe side with this one. ^^


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8 months ago

You will not use AI to get ideas for your story. You will lie on the floor and have wretched visions like god intended


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5 months ago

My toxic trait is going on pinterest and thinking I can draw everything

(Traditionally. With graphite pencils. On the spot.)


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3 months ago

Viktor as a Deity?

You had it coming for ya! Arcane and Witchcraft? I'm a witch and a writer, it had to happen. I thought of something.

Since I am a witch and I am working with Lucifer, I have thought back to the times I saw people include fictional characters in their craft. And with all of the Jesus talk going on about him...

Well, I never quite understood it or had a fictional character deity pull, but now, I do, and I feel like especially with such a big fandom, the energy has collected and it would not be far off to work with him in this way.

In my case, I am speaking of S2 Herald Viktor, with a hint of end of S2 Viktor. But, as with any deity, we will not forget his past either and what has shaped him.

SO! Guys. I am making a full on document about Viktor as a deity. The Machine Herald as our own deity for actual deity work, with full on associations, own-experience specific signs, divination preferences, etc. Including candle preferences, colours, and even Stars I have picked out as a personal astronomy nerd.

As a preview, I did not stick to our solar system, apologies. If you want to know so bad.... I chose Rigel and Vega for many reasons and Lyra as the constellation association.

Let me know what you think and if I should make the doc public soon and post about my thoughts behind it! So willing to share with you.

And so far, Lucifer has been cool with this also. They seem to work together nicely.

Would you like me to make the document public by the end of this month? I do take suggestions on parts of this, too! So put in your opinions in the comments, I read and answer every one!

Peace,

Kasper


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