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Yay, unsolicited advice time! Or, not really advice, more like miscellaneous tips and tricks, because if there's one thing eight years of martial arts has equipped me to write, it's fight scenes.

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Fun things to add to a fight scene (hand to hand edition)

It's not uncommon for two people to kick at the same time and smack their shins together, or for one person to block a kick with their shin. This is called a shin lock and it HURTS like a BITCH. You can be limping for the rest of the fight if you do it hard enough.

If your character is mean and short, they can block kicks with the tip of their elbow, which hurts the other guy a lot more and them a lot less

Headbutts are a quick way to give yourself a concussion

If a character has had many concussions, they will be easier to knock out. This is called glass jaw.

Bad places to get hit that aren't the groin: solar plexus, liver, back of the head, side of the thigh (a lot of leg kicks aim for this because if it connects, your opponent will be limping)

Give your character a fighting style. It helps establish their personality and physicality. Are they a grappler? Do they prefer kicks or fighting up close? How well trained are they?

Your scalp bleeds a lot and this can get in your eyes, blinding you

If you get hit in the nose, your eyes water

Adrenaline's a hell of a drug. Most of the time, you're not going to know how badly you've been hurt until after the fact

Even with good technique, it's really easy to break toes and fingers

Blocking hurts, dodging doesn't

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Just thought these might be useful! If you want a more comprehensive guide or a weapons edition, feel free to ask. If you want, write how your characters fight in the comments!

Have a bitchin day <3

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Ugh, was having a great time mocking my recently imprisoned rival when I noticed the camera positioning makes it so that I appear behind the bars, thus framing me as trapped in a metaphorical prison of the narrative, now my whole day is ruined. Fuck.

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the fact that “the vibes here are rancid” is a power that the jedi actually have is insane to me

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I want to write a book called “your character dies in the woods” that details all the pitfalls and dangers of being out on the road & in the wild for people without outdoors/wilderness experience bc I cannot keep reading narratives brush over life threatening conditions like nothing is happening.

I just read a book by one of my favorite authors whose plots are essentially airtight, but the MC was walking on a country road on a cold winter night and she was knocked down and fell into a drainage ditch covered in ice, broke through and got covered in icy mud and water.

Then she had a “miserable” 3 more miles to walk to the inn.

Babes she would not MAKE it to that inn.

#huh

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Seasidheart on Instagram

#i need those bird bags #birds

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me every day without fail: I'll do [chore] when I get home

me when I get home:

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i appreciate the attempts a lot of game devs are making with gender neutral character creation, and i appreciate that it's actually a very difficult task to implement that depending on the game's base code. but it's so funny to me when you hear an uproar because some game has "entirely removed the gender option from character creation!!!!!" so you go to check it out and its just like

#yeppppp

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#jgfjgjuzgu

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bird of prey

#ohhhhh those wings #sooo good #whoawowowow

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i like when you delete a tumblr post and it says This post went to heaven. that is not where my post went

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Ello! I just wanted to say I absolutely love your tanuki Joel so much!! If it’s okay I would love to cosplay your design, giving you full credit of course! If so would I possibly be able to get a full ref sheet of him?

Aw That's awesome, My artwork inspired cosplayer! That's neat!!! >:0

I'm happy for you to cosplay his design Yeahhhh!

Unfortunately, I don't have time to make a full reference sheet right now

I'd love to make a full reference sheet of him but I currently have too much work on my plate U-U;

I already have the front ref sheet posted on this blog you can screenshot some other angles and I recommend you search for the word samurai clothes for his clothes reference

If you're not in a hurry I might be able to spare some hours to make a quick ref to see which color goes where but no promise, these two weeks are pretty tight for me T_T

#what a cute design

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She's getting cooked on twitter but she's entirely correct

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My boss is making me work even though theres discord channels to read like morning paper?