#forshadowing

[3hks]

Foreshadowing I

Foreshadowing is a literary element where the author hints at a future event without giving it away. However, if you're like me and struggle to actually include original, effective foreshadowing, then luckily for you, I completely racked my brain to find very specific types/examples of foreshadowing that you can include to your story!

Note: I specifically stated "very specific types," I'm not going to be detailing the separate types of this element that you learn in school, but more of prompts and ideas that are meant to spark your creativity!

Dialogue:

>> Threats - Threats hint at future negative events that may occur to your character(s).

>> Warnings - Warnings and threats are not necessarily the same thing. While they both suggest negative things, a warning does not have to come from aggression, but rather helpfulness!

>> Promises - Promises foreshadow two things: said promise being kept, and said promise being broken. However, most readers will assume the former, since the latter is typically less likely.

Item symbolism:

>> Flower language - Different flowers have different meanings, and while most readers will skip over that, it's a fun addition! You can use those meanings to hint at what might happen later. For example: Purple hyacinth represents a desire for forgiveness! With the idea of foreshadowing in mind, if a character gives the flower to someone they're close to, it suggests that they might do something they'll regret in the future.

>> A broken item - This is an example used to foreshadow future struggles, pain, and separation. To get the most effective result, choose an item that has value to your character and is connected to the future event. For example: A crack in a glass picture frame holding a picture of a character and their closest friends should hint at the idea that the group of friends will split up.

Miscellaneous:

>> History - You know what they say! History always repeats itself! Use this to your advantage! What people did a long time ago can still influence the current generation, and what happened in the past could most definitely happen again in the future. This could involve family, ancestors, wars, diseases, deaths, friendships, etc.

>> Weather and seasons - This is a pretty simple idea, different types of weather and seasons symbolize different things! Summer and sunny weather typically demonstrate joy and blitheness! Fall and similar weather exhibits a change or shift in things, and even nostalgia! Winter and cold/stormy weather can symbolize an ending, numbness, apathy, and darkness. However, winter can also symbolize beauty, comfort, and festivity! Lastly, we have spring! Spring represents a fresh start and change!

Alright! That's it for now, so here you go! Hopefully, these examples are able to give you some new ideas! There will be a part two, but in the form of dialogue prompts! So if that's what you're looking for, keep an eye out for that!

Happy writing~

3hks :]

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[lenasaysthings]

Funniest case of foreshadowing I've ever witnessed was my mom always saying stuff like, "Only girls do chores", and then making me do all the chores while my brother and my dad did practically nothing

#196 #r196 #r/196 #shitpost #transgender #mtf trans #trans posting #trans #forshadowing #:3

[hotstreak2k3]

Some people said they love the irony of Eren losing his life in a titan's mouth in season 1.

Looking back to that moment felt like a foreshadowing peak of Eren’s last moment before Mikasa severed his head to put a stop to the Rumbling.

Once again, Isayama have crafted an incredible story with hints AOT fans have overlooked or have reached beyond expectations!

#attack on titan final season #attack on titan the final season the final chapters part 2 #aot the final season #attack on titan #aot spoilers #forshadowing #eren yeager #shingeki no kyojin #hajime isayama #進撃の巨人 #snk spoilers

[fullmetalkirby529]

BLACK BUTLER RECENT MANGA SPOILERS

So was this supposed to be foreshadowing?

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #black butler manga #black butler manga spoilers #finnian #snake #finnian black butler #snake black butler #forshadowing

[attheendoftheline]

His arms, her hands.

Both of them are extremely reactionary to touch. Absolutely too touch starved individuals that aren’t great at handling at first. I like how Orpheus allows himself to be  immediately hypnotized staring at his hand and so on— while Eurydice tries to fight however she feels. This isn’t the topic but I wanted to point it out.

Eurydice always holds her hands out the same way. She holds them cupped as if she expects you to drop something into her hand, she waits on the other person to act. Despite always holding her own and bouncing from town to town she is very quick to trust. Trust someone will be there to hold her hand or if she is being gifted something, it will be good.

I also absolutely just noticed the way O’s fingers grace her palm first, a brief touch- caution, making sure it’s what she wants. Hades goes slow with coins but it’s more for show, we know he’d likely force them if she took a second longer. I love this way she always holds her hand because it’s both trusting and foreshadowing.

Not only is it a show of trust but it is also the fact she leads. Orpheus only ever touches her, holds her, grabs her when he knows she wants it, she wants him. She holds out her hand first when she opens up, she pulls him into a hug and was full ready to drag him out of hades in act 2. It’s the “touch starved character to super touchy character”. And I can understand it! The girls had a impossibly hard life, half the time I think she’s checking just to make sure he’s really there with her! She also has the running thing of placing her hands to his chest, and the iconic hold absolutely melting into his arms.

It’s the trust. He has his arms extended/open and she runs into them, she accepts. That’s their thing. What reason doesn’t she have to trust him? The man who comes after her for over a millennium from time loop to retelling?

It’s also interesting considering Hadestown was made with giving Eurydice agency in mind, as in the myth she steps on a snake and dies accidentally. She doesn’t get much stay in the story. In this version I like how every action she makes is so clearly her choice? Good or bad. She’s absolutely an active player and it’s great

Am I a bit over analytical? Maybe? Am I a sucker for touchy characters obsessed with each other? Bet.

#hadestown #hadestown broadway #hadestown musical #eurydice hadestown #orpheus hadestown #orpheus and eurydice #meta #Hadestown meta #Greek myth #eva noblezada #reeve carney #character study #body language #scene analysis #forshadowing #I’ll stop making gifs when I dead

[atomicradiogirl]

is loki and mobius hugging next to a tree in the s1 finale supposed to be some sick foreshadowing for the fact that loki literally becomes the tree of life AND also the fact that the show ends with mobius staring at the tree, not his home? IS IT?

#i’m fine #loki #lokius #loki season 2 finale #my thoughts #forshadowing #marvel i’m on the phone

[hazbinbossbrainrot]

Blitz: *to Loopty Goopty* “Not even a shit’s length of time in Hell and already plotting revenge. I can respect a man with that sort of passion!"

1x06:

#don’t ever mess with stolas when it comes to protecting the people he LOVES and cares for 😳☠️ #blitz having high respect for stolas in 1x06 🥰 #well no WONDER blitz has feelings for stolas since this episode 😏 #this makes so much more sense now #it’s funny because it’s true #c.h.e.r.u.b. #stolas of the ars goetia #forshadowing #truth seekers #blitz buckzo #helluva boss #pansexual #parallels #1x03 #stolitz #gay

[southpark-art]

Lost all 4 limbs like Fizz…

Burnt right eye like Blitzø…

COINCIDENCE??!

(I’ve already seen the new episode over 5 times)

#helluva boss #helluva blitzo #blitzø #blitzo #helluva boss blitzo #helluva fizzarolli #robo fizz #fizzeroli #forshadowing

[sourrattree]

um

Why do I feel like this is some sort of foreshadowing with the god of balance? did anyone else notice or am i just delulu

#super rock #god of balance #tcf #trash of the count's family #lcf #lout of the count’s family #forshadowing #xiaolen #cale #cale henituse

[happygirl2oo2]

Okay, so I was working right now on a list of every time Sherlock's love for bees comes up in Elementary (don't ask how I fell down that rabbit hole 😅) and while going over the show's scripts, I came across something that I just have to tell someone 'case wtf was that tiny foreshadowing! Basically, in the first scene of s3ep20, Hannah meets up with Watson to ask for her help with a case, and while Joan's waiting for her to arrive at the station, we get to see a phone call between Joan and Sherlock where he did something (with the bees actually) which means that Watson now can't go home until he fixes it and also that broke her beloved table during all of that, so when she gets off the call she has this chat with Hannah-

Watson *sighs*: "Do you have a roommate?" Hannah: "Nah." Watson: "Don't get one. Ever."

and like, at that time it's a total throwaway line, right, but oh my god does that hit differently after the whole Hannah and her roommate plotline in season 6

#i just #i can't #cbs elementary #elementary #joan and sherlock #joan watson #joanlock #elementary sherlock holmes #sherlock holmes #Hannah Gregson #elementary season 3 #elementary season 6 #forshadowing

[blusnowflakes]

A: “on second thought, just leave it be, i want to show the world that you were mine.”

B: “i've always been yours.”

A: “right… and i’ll always be yours too.”

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[enigmaticmoonshine]

I found something interesting again

When you look back at the pilot. Theres a scene where J puts a virus on N, afterwards N and Uzi chat where N says " haha haa uh I love doing anything "

We hear someone familiar.

Pretty cool right

#murder drones #uzi doorman #murder drones n #forshadowing

[miraculous-floconfettis]

I just noticed something watching Darkblade 😏

Season 5:

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous #adrien agreste #chat noir #ladybug #mlb season 5 spoilers #mlb s5 spoilers #marinette dupain cheng #miraculous spoilers #chloé bourgeois #dark blade #forshadowing #miraculous parallels

[theonevoice]

Goddammit Neil. NEIL! Come here, I only want a little word with you!

Archangel fucking Gabriel Jim s201 + s206

#good omens #good omens 2 #go2 #good omens 2 spoilers #go2 spoilers #archangel fucking gabriel #forshadowing

[jes-star]

Just posting this here yknow..some foreshadowing as what im going to do as well

#cartoon #oc x canon #forshadowing #wild kratts #wild kratts zach

[asinfullangel]

[new story, felt like a experimental story just because I changed up my writing style, but go ahead]

#male pred #by me #forshadowing