It's Alright Dalinar, Babe, He Got This. -------------------------------------------------------------------------

I can't believe they saved the world through the power of therapy, being a Really Good Dude, severe childhood trauma, and homosexuality

the reason the forgers haven’t discovered each other’s covers yet is because they both have not idea what constitutes a regular person

Puppies on Roshar

Malata the Pharaoh Hound

Adolin the Golden Retriever & Renarin the Labrador Retriever

Veil the Greyhound & Shallan the Shiba Inu

Szeth the Chihuahua

Kaladin the Tervuren & Tien the Corgi

Navani the Poodle & Dalinar the Sarplaninac

Mayalaran the Chinese Crested Dog

Syphrena the Cavalier Spaniel

Pattern the ...?

The chronicle of the monk Herbert of Reichenau for the year 1021 ends “My brother Werner was born on November 1.“ 

1021 was not an uneventful year. The emperor began a campaign into Italy. Illustrious abbots died. There was an earthquake. But Herbert took the time to note, at the end of the year, that his brother was born. 

Of such acts of tenderness is history made. 

have the last five years been just a complete blur for anybody else

*pats you on the head* don't die of heart failure

GUYS UPDATE ON THE BI PANIC I HUGGED HER AOMSKDNRUCNEKZNSJDBDBRJFMSKSJDNEJXMSKJDNEJFNSKSNDBDBD TWICE SJDNRJCNDHDBSJNDXJBDHX OH MY GOD

@glittercrashhh @adultkiddo @narcissisticvictorian @fruitpunchsamurai16 SEND FUCKING HELP-

general techniques to avoid gross shipping of your characters

have most characters be non-minors, around the same age range. this is mostly to minimize underage nonsense.

while family relationships are important, save them as background elements, explored every now and then. focus mainly on the bonds of non-related characters and how their different backgrounds play off each other.

limit the overly edgy tone, where pain and suffering are near-romanticized. try to emphasize wholesomeness, health, and the various ways characters can have good relationships despite their differences. a lot of nintendo franchises are good examples.

avoid creating significant characters who are utterly irredeemable with harmful ethics. (for me personally, i limit elements such as abuse and discrimination for background conflicts while presenting more interesting, morally gray arguments, where either side is right/flawed) if you’re going to have a villain, either make them team rocket goofy or classic disney fun.

just. try not to have characters + relationships rely on racial tropes. if you overly rely on a tough dark-skinned / dainty light-skinned formula, you’re going to see some racist shipping. mix it up. round ‘em out.

same goes for gendered tropes. if a dude is downright violent and irresponsible and a level-headed girl has to put up with his flaws without him facing consequence, that’s a downright unbalanced relationship. and do keep in mind that if two boys utterly despise each other, people will absolutely take that a certain way. again, with #3, try to play off disdain as comedic or with exception rather than constant seething hatred.

obviously these aren’t hard and fast rules, and what/how you create will vary. but it’s how i generally approach my work

Are you trapped on tumblr right now?

Is there something you planned to do before you got trapped in the endless tumblr scroll?

Are you yelling at yourself to get up and do the thing, but you can’t, because you’re trapped in the endless tumblr scroll?

Consider this your save point.

Put tumblr down, stand up, stretch, and go do the thing you planned to do. Future you will be incredibly grateful.

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