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So my problem with most ‘get to know your character’ questioneers is that they’re full of questions that just aren’t that important (what color eyes do they have) too hard to answer right away (what is their greatest fear) or are just impossible to answer (what is their favorite movie.)  Like no one has one single favorite movie. And even if they do the answer changes.

If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results: 

What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)

What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)

What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)

Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory) 

What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.) 

Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)

Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)

Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)

What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.) 

What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What does ‘normal’ even look like for them.) 

#writing advice #writing help #character creation

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Some little doodles made with a spirograph set, colored pens, and watercolor.

#my art #traditional art #spirograph #watercolor

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Broke:

Belle has Stockholm syndrome because she falls in love with the Beast, her kidnapper.

Woke:

Stockholm syndrome was coined to slander a woman who had been in a hostage situation but openly criticized the poor police response which recklessly put her in more danger and escalated the violence. She was then belittled and discredited publically by the police for this.

So. Yeah. Maybe Belle does have Stockholm syndrome actually.

#stockholm syndrome #history #beauty and the beast #mysoginy #the truth about stockholm syndrome #important #hostage situation #bank robbery

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(I will boop everyone who reblogs this post, for the record 💖)

#boop #boop o meter #april fool's day #tumblr april fools

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#boop #having way too much fun with the #boop o meter #tumblr april fools #april fools 2024

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Words can't describe how much I'm enjoying this

#same #tumblr #april fool's day #april fools 2024

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I draw fanart every once and a while

Reblog if you post/reblog hetalia

I need to see more of these countries-

#my art #hetalia #hetalia japan

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some small watercolor paintings done while on vacation 🌴🍉

#traditional art #watercolor painting #beach #dragon #my art

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be sure to leave out milk and cookies for brutus tonight

#literally laughing out loud #ides of march #puns

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i really like looking at google image searches for “firemen rescuing cats” or something because you get super cute pictures like

AND THEN THERE’S THIS ONE

#classic tumblr posts #funny cats #firemen rescuing cats

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Stuff kids on tumblr better relearn

1. You are responsible for your own media experience. 

2. There is such a thing as a healthy level of avoidance towards topics that make you feel unwell or even (in a real-life clinical definition of the term) trigger you - but you are the one to actively take care of what you view.

3. Avoiding does not mean policing others.

4. You have no right to tell artists to censor themselves - you may criticize what others do, you may dislike it, that’s fine - but actively asking for censorship when you could easily unfollow or block a person just makes you look incompetent in your use of the internet.

5. Do not give people on tumblr or /any/ website the responsibility for your emotional well-being. Because these people do not even know you so no, you have no right to ask them to take care of you.

#internet advice #tumblr help #free speech #online censorship #fandom #internet etiquette

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Tumblr is doing some stupid AI shit so go to blog settings > Visibility > Prevent third-party sharing.

#for artists #tumblr changes #no ai #no ai art #help for artists

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small doodle with markers and colored pencils

#my art #traditional art #my ocs #doodle

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Don't hide this beautiful pun in the tags!

Glass Funeral Urns

Roman, 1st-2nd century AD

Musée de la Romanité, Nîmes

#roman history #funeral urns #cool #ancient glass #puns

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that comment about how you should not borrow grief from the future has saved me multiple times from spiraling into an inescapable state of anxiety. like every time i find myself thinking about how something in the future could go wrong i remember that comment and i think to myself: well i never know, it might get better. it might not even happen the way i think it will and if it does happen and it is sad and bad ill be sad about it then, when it happens. and it’s somehow soo freeing

#oh this is good #anxiety help #anxiety hacks #life advice

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wimdy 🍃

#my art #my ocs #curly hair drawing #black goth girl

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please look at my boi

#black cats #void babies #cute cats