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Arcane is fun in part because most of the men are like "I am so weak and feeble. I will get my way by using my cunning deception and my dastardly wiles" while most of the women are like "Kill you with violence. Kill you with my bombs kill you with my fists kill you with my mecha arm. I get my way because I kill you."

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In light of tumblrs stupid new banned tags I will continue doing just whatever I want

taipril day 9! kofi request for @nicothecowboy

New Chapter Released!

Hello again! Hope your summer has gone well 🌻

I know I said the public release would be September 19th, but technically it’s already the 19th in my timezone so I thought, why not drop it at midnight?

With the public release of this new chapter we’re diving into courtly intrigue as the Crown becomes accustomed to their new day-to-day life:

Meeting the Imperial Court, as well as the different factions and political agendas at play

Choices that will influence the Crown’s reputation, and one that may even be locked off depending on previous decisions made. Did you prioritize the public, or forget about them among all the commotion?

Variants of how your chosen love interest will react to your Crown, depending on previous relationship choices your Crown has made. Do you have a low relationship, or a high one?

Two branching routes that each have three different variants depending on what your Crown chose with regards to security and safety. Will you get the best outcome and save lives, or the worst outcome and see casualties? Perhaps somewhere in between?

The love interests are also on the move, some of them quite literally…

A few additional changes made to the game overall:

Note the updated content warnings!

Changed the name mentioned by Mîr Lîlan during A’s Chapter 7 romance scene, if you choose to eavesdrop on them. I won’t mention it here to avoid potential spoilers.

Due to issues on mobile and the itch.io app, renaming your saves manually will no longer be possible if you use the in-game save menu. The game will automatically save with your Crown’s name, the chapter you’re on and the LI route you’re on if applicable.

Existing saves may show “CH0” if you load one up that was made in the middle of a chapter, but once you pass through the start of a new chapter, it should correct itself. In other words, it’s not a bug!

Of course, it’s still possible to rename your saves if you Save To Disk, which is what I always recommend over using the in-game save menu.

Thank you for all your patience and support, I hope you enjoy the new chapter with the nearing end of this summer 💖

For those that are unfamiliar with the game

A Tale of Crowns is a high fantasy romance story, told in the form of a text-based interactive novel with choice mechanics. The setting is inspired by Kurdish culture as well as other historical settings in the Middle East such as Ancient Persia, but it also draws heavily from other cultures and countries in the region.

Your character is native to Arsur, a vast empire overseen by a single ruler known as the Crown. Unlike traditional monarchies, however, the title is not inherited through blood. Whenever the Crown dies, their famed golden eyes pass on to the one chosen by the Spirits of this world to be the new Crown. In this story, your MC takes on that role.

There are four different love interests to choose from, whose genders will be customized to suit the preferences of your Crown. You can find more info about them on the blog page!

Also note that this current version of the game is safe for those 16 years and older.

Like the premise so far? Play it and give it a try! The entire game is free!

If you enjoyed the game, please reblog! Share it with your friends! Recognition and reader interaction is just about the only thing I get in return for creating it ❤️

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TODAY IS ACTUAL INDEPENDENCE DAY..... ERET’S BETRAYAL, THE TOMMY/DREAM DUEL, TOMMY GIVING UP THE DISCS..... CAN EVERYONE PLEASE GET THE FUCK UP

LIFE IS STRANGE: BEFORE THE STORM (2017)  ✖  ARCANE (2021—)

WWC - General Topics

A collection of WWC posts that deal with more general writing advice, character creation and diversity topics applicable to most marginalized people, particularly People of Color and some more specific ethnic and religious groups.

Tools

Writing Research and Google Search Tips

WWC Research & Resources Guides (Compilation)

Character of Color Research Tracking Chart (Google Sheet)

Writing Characters of Color: The Generals

On White Authors “Getting it Right”

The Do’s of Writing People of Color

Writing POC with Little Experience

Properly Coded: Creating Characters of Color 

On “Overthinking” Writing Characters of Color

On White Writers Writing Characters of Color (I, II, III)

Researching PoC + Supporting Writers of Color

Description 

Words for Skin Tone

Words to Describe Hair

Describing Asian Eyes

Describing Wide Noses

Praising Beauty Without Fetishizing

Describing PoC and Avoiding Caricatures

Featured Description Guides (Compilation)

Diversity & Representation

To Write (or not write) with Diversity

So You Want To Save The World From Bad Representation 

Diversity vs. Exploiting Cultures

Diversifying a Predominately-White Cast

On “Diversity Quotas”

On Excluding Diversity Out of Fear

Different Heritage POV’s in a Story

Including Realistic Diversity Naturally

White-Dominant Rural Areas and Diversity

White Privilege, Publishing, and Diversity Quotas

Writing: Making Efforts in Diversity

Characters - Creation & Culture

More on Assigning Race after Writing

Tradition and Culture vs. Stereotype

Showing Culture Writing Advice

Character Creation: Culture or Character first?

Character Design and Assigning Race and Ethnicity

Characters’ Races Added Last During Development 

Determining your Characters’ Race and/or Ethnicity 

Stereotyped vs Nuanced & Audience Perception

Writing Powerful Women of Multiple Races

Characters - Cultural Disconnect & Erasure

A Discussion on Culture and Erasure

Western Neutral Characters

‘Whitewashed’ Character of Color?

“Culturing” Culturally-disengaged PoC

Characters of Color with “No Culture”

Mixed Race + Disconnect from Culture

Reconnecting to Culture After Assimilation Attempts

Fantasy & Coding

Defining Coding (& Islam-coded Fantasy)

Denoting Race in Fantasy Setting

Fairy Tale Retellings with POC

Fairies of Color & Cultural Fairy Concepts

Fantasy Races Based off of People of Color

Naming People and Places, Avoiding Explicit Coding

Racially-coding Aliens

Real Religions in a Fantasy World

Religion in Fiction & Fantasy

South Asian-Coded Fantasy Caste System

Whitewashing in a Fantasy Setting

Including Racism in Fantasy

World-building: A Fantasy World without Racism

Representing PoC in Fantasy When Their Country/Continent Doesn’t Exist

Race Allegories / Symbolic Racism

Avoiding Racism Allegories

Blue eyed people enslaved in story

Half Human as Allegory for Mixed Race Struggles

Avoiding Half-Human Allegory for the “Mixed Race Experience”

Eye Color Discrimination as Racism: Story Concept

Racism, Micro-Aggressions & Slurs

Everyday Racism, Friendship and White Allies

Incorporating Micro-Aggressions in Writing

Racist Characters + Including Racism in Stories Not “About” Racism

The Pitfalls of Racist Character Redemption Arcs

PoC Educating White Privileged Friend (Context: Black Characters)

On “Normalizing” Protagonists of Color: Writing Stories Where Racism Isn’t in the Plot 

Racial Slurs & Offensive Terms

Slur use in stories

Racial Slurs and Webcomics

Portraying Racist Characters without Racial Slurs 

Offensive Terminology and Historical Accuracy 

Stereotypes & Tropes

Stereotypes & Tropes Navigation 

Stereotyped vs Nuanced Characters and Audience Perception

Useful Non-WWC Posts

When Diversity Is Bad by tropesaretools

Diversity Exists in the Real World by shiraglassman

How to Write WOC and MOC if you are White by kaylapocalypse

“I feel pressured to be inclusive in my writing!” by nimblesnotebook

On White Fear & Creating Diverse Transformative Works by saathi1013

Villains / Anti-heroes 

Villains of Color

Family of Villains (Black)

Predominately White Villains

PoC Villains, Anti-Villains and Anti-Heroes

PoC in Crime Families & Black/Native Boss

Writing Flawed Black Characters is Okay

Dark and Light-skinned Characters, Black Villain and Avoiding Colorism

Worldbuilding

Black & White Symbolism: a look at that trope

Homogenization, Cultural Appropriation

How To Blend Cultures (Without Making Impossible Mixes)

Research:Large to Small Scale, Avoiding Homogenizing East Asian Cultures, & Paralleling Regions Appropriately

White Saviors, White  - POC Interactions

Interracial Relationships: Romantic | Writing Interracial Friendships

How to Avoid Glorifying White Characters

Handling a White Female Savior in story

White Character Adopts Black Child in Apocalypse

White Villainous Cult Leader Uses Fascism to “Correct” Colonialism

How to write bigoted villains without coming off as a bigot yourself

Infantilization of white characters (At PoC’s expense)

Solving World Hunger: Changing Skin to Fantasy Color to Avoid the White Savior

Writing About Your Own Culture (Ownvoices)

Misrepresenting Your Own Culture

Why Insiders Can Write Their Experience

Writing Authentic Black Characters (as a Black writer)

Representing yourself in stories when “yourself” isn’t white

Braving Diversity: How to Write Yourself (and others) out of your Story

Building a Community for Fellow Sci-Fi/Fantasy [Black] Writers of Color 

Writing Authentically From Your Own Experiences When They Don’t Match Stereotypes 

Writing Sensitive & Controversial Topics

White Authors and Topics to Avoid/Tread Carefully

Do I Need Permission to Write About Marginalized People?

Writing a Genocide to which you have No Personal Connection

On Outsider-Written Stories About Issues Of Another Group

Writing About Diverse Cops (Cops of Color,  LGBTQA+)

Outsider-Written Stories, Issues of other Groups, Speculative Situation

Writing about Prejudice between People of Color

Reclaiming negative, dehumanizing stereotypes outside the group

Representing yourself when “yourself” isn’t white

Why do you need to tell this story right now? (Muslim monster focus)

Writing About PoC Trials and Tribulations

When Am I Writing an Identity Story?

To Write or Not to Write: Tackling The “Struggle Novel” as an outsider

–WWC

best girl 💗🌸💗

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kazia parkerowska aka spider star is an 18 years old polish doomer art student who got bitten by a radioactive spider and then convinced (khe khe forced) into a superhero role by her kooky hippie auntie majka. woohoo. nothing better than to save the world when you don’t give an absolute shit!

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