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Reblog so everyone can hear what they need.

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god I fuckign love ocs. my characters. my friend's characters. the characters of mutuals ive never spoken to. the characters of artists ive followed and maybe spoken to a little more. the characters of complete strangers I see in passing and think "aw that's cool". if you have ten fans I am one if you have one fan it is me etc etc. I love you

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Yes I'm a writer. Yes I'm looking at tumblr instead of writing

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I made something

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Hello writing friend! I'm glad you are reading this. Your writing is amazing and I hope you keep going. The world needs your words: an obvious fact.

A lesser known fact: you need your words too. Don't stop <3

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The person I reblogged this from is someone I enjoy seeing on my dashboard.

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The writeblr side of my dash is pretty inactive, so please interact with this post if you're an active writing blog! My main is over at @brw, so that's where follows will be coming from :)

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details about ocs!

send an emoji/description of emoji to learn more about a writer's oc! many of these are taken from my munday asks meme, because i thought it would be fun to make a version for characters too! the prompts are categorized by emoji type and given descriptions in case anyone can't see the symbols. can be used for roleplayers and any general writers alike! for roleplayers, these can also be used for your interpretations of canon characters if you so desire as well!

𝐎𝐁𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒. 💭 THOUGHT BALLOON — what is your oc's MBTI, enneagram, and/or other personality aspects (if known/interested in)? 🚗 CAR — does your oc have a driver's license? can they drive/operate any automobiles/machinery besides cars? ✈️ AIRPLANE — does your oc like traveling, or do they consider themselves a more homey person? 🎮 VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER — what are three of your oc's favorite hobbies? 💍 RING — does your oc have any piercings? do they want any (more) piercings? 🖊️ BALLPOINT PEN — does your oc have any tattoos? do they want any (more) tattoos? 📚 BOOKS — what level of education has your oc most recently completed/is currently in (GED, undergraduate, grad school, phd, etc)? 🎻 VIOLIN — does your oc play any instruments? what is their skill level (beginner/intermediate/advanced/virtuoso/etc)? 🩹 ADHESIVE BANDAGE — does your oc have any physical and/or mental disabilities? 🩸 DROP OF BLOOD — what is your oc's blood type?

𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐒. 🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often? 💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know. 💤 SLEEPING SIGN — is your oc a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper? how are their sleeping habits? 🔱 TRIDENT EMBLEM — can your oc swim? do they enjoy swimming? 🔺 RED TRIANGLE POINTED UP — does your oc know how to use any weapons? 🔶 LARGE ORANGE DIAMOND — does your oc know cpr? do they have any other medical expertise? 🚫 PROHIBITED — does your oc drink/smoke? do they do it regularly, or is it more on occasion or for special events?

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄. 🌈 RAINBOW — what is your oc's sexual orientation/gender identity? what pronouns do they use? 🎄 CHRISTMAS TREE — what is your oc's favorite holiday? 🐶 DOG FACE — does your oc have any pets? 🐈 CAT — does your oc prefer a wide circle of friends or a few close friends? 🐷 PIG FACE — what is your oc's favorite animal? 🐉 DRAGON — what is your oc's favorite mythical creature? 🍃 LEAVES FLUTTERING IN WIND — what is/was your oc's favorite subject in school? 🌴 PALM TREE — does your oc have a green thumb? do they enjoy gardening? 🍎 RED APPLE — where was your oc born? do they still live in/around their place of birth or do they live somewhere else? how do they feel about their birthplace?

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒. ❤️ RED HEART — what are three of your oc's positive traits? 🤍 WHITE HEART — what are three of your oc's neutral/questionable traits? 💔 BROKEN HEART — what are three of your oc's negative traits? 💘 HEART WITH ARROW — what and/or who do(es) your oc consider the most important to them? 🧡 ORANGE HEART — does your oc tend to prioritize family or friends? 💛 YELLOW HEART — how many languages does your oc speak? what language(s) are they learning, if any? 💚 GREEN HEART — does your oc prefer being inside or outside? 💙 BLUE HEART — does your oc have any cool/special powers and/or abilities? how are they with magic, if it exists in their world? 💜 PURPLE HEART — what is your oc's ancestry/genetic background? 🖤 BLACK HEART — has your oc killed or seriously wounded anyone before? have they broken someone's heart and/or broken someone's trust?

𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐒. 🎂 BIRTHDAY CAKE — when is your oc's birthday? how old are they? what are their sun, moon, & rising signs (if known)? what about their tarot card, ruling planet, & ruling number (if known)? do they fit the typical traits of these sun, moon, & rising signs? 🍝 SPAGHETTI — what is/are your oc's favorite food(s)? 🍰 SHORTCAKE — what is/are your oc's favorite sweet(s)/dessert(s)? 🍦 SOFT ICE CREAM — what is/are your oc's favorite ice cream flavor(s)? 🍔 HAMBURGER — is your oc good at cooking? are they good at baking? which one do they prefer? 🥯 BAGEL — what does your oc's typical breakfast look like? do they usually eat breakfast? 🥪 SANDWICH — what does your oc's typical lunch look like? do they usually eat lunch? 🍛 CURRY AND RICE — what does your oc's typical dinner look like? do they usually eat dinner? 🍸 COCKTAIL GLASS — what is your oc's favorite alcoholic drink, if they can drink? ☕️ HOT BEVERAGE — does your oc prefer coffee, tea, hot chocolate, milk, water, or some other drink? how do they like to take this drink (ex. coffee with milk, hot chocolate with whipped cream, a specific kind of tea, etc)?

𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄. 😊 SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES — what are your oc's career/general life desires? what do they want to get the most out of life? 😖 CONFOUNDED FACE — is your oc an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert? do they let people in easily, or are they more reserved? 🤔 THINKING FACE — what are some of your oc's quirks/mannerisms? 🧐 FACE WITH MONOCLE — is your oc more logical or emotional? 🤓 SMILING FACE WITH GLASSES — is your oc chatty or quiet? are they at ease in social situations, or are they more shy? 🤩 FACE WITH STARRY EYES — is your oc a planner, or are they more spontaneous in their actions? 😥 SAD BUT RELIEVED FACE — is your oc prone to getting stressed out, or is it easy for them to keep their cool? 😓 DOWNCAST FACE WITH SWEAT — is your oc open-minded or stubborn? are they inquisitive or do they prefer to keep to their bubble of knowledge? 😞 DISAPPOINTED FACE — does your oc attract others, or do they tend to be left alone? 🤒 FACE WITH THERMOMETER — does your oc get sick easily? 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FAMILY WITH MOTHER, FATHER, SON AND DAUGHTER — how many people are in your oc's immediate family? how many people are in your oc's extended family? do they have aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc? who in their family are they closest with? are they close with their birth family, or do they have a found family?

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Critique is literally the life blood of art for the love of god, listen to me!!!!!

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“let’s run away together” trope fucks me up bc it’s almost always doomed. but what if it’s not this time.

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tumblr will never count as social media to me. This shit a secret hideout and we just all happen to see each others thoughts

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9 Sentences 9 People

THANK YOU @bluberimufim for the tag! RIP your notifs because I have just mentioned you soooooo many times.

THANK YOU @forthesanityofstorytellers for the tag as well!

I do always love being taggged. Even if I end up with a massive backlog (of *ahem* 16 Last Line Tags... RIP my last post). Getting tagged makes me feel popular and loved<3

This is basically a Heads Up Seven Up, I presume, but I don't have to pick my most recent lines. So without further ado...

The page returns with a candle and I tell him my tale. Our words whisper like wind through the winding stone halls, beneath the rounded arches of doorways thicker than our two bodies abreast and nearly as low as I am tall. It’s an old style of architecture, from the days when walls could withstand bombardment. My father has acquired a new kind of siege weapon, purchased just days before I boarded that ship, a weapon that has been turning the tides of battle in kingdoms to the east, that shoots farther than a trebuchet and hits harder than a battering ram. It can blow gates to splinters and crumble the thickest of stone walls as though they were biscuits baked with too little water. A cannon, I think it’s been called. If this peace treaty fails we will see them here, in Dian and in Cithidy, pointed at each other. I lose myself in my story, let it get away from me and take on a life of its own until it is so far from the truth I stop fearing anyone who might be listening could piece it together. Something about flaming catapults and sea monsters with unicorn horns and hundreds of tentacles... the words tumble from my lips before I care to remember them. If only I could hide in my lies forever.

Technically this is 10 sentences. 10 very long sentences. In case anyone was wondering, this section comes directly after this one and right before this one.

I love when the people I tag @ me and/or link back to my post. I love it when you reblog my post with questions, compliments, words of encouragement about my WIP, or even no comment at all. But please make your own post to complete this tag. Please do not turn my post into a reblog chain.

Tagging, with no pressure, as always<3 @ashen-crest, @leisoree, @talesofsorrowandofruin, @marz-writes-shit, @sunset-a-story, @touloserlautrec, @pandoras-comment-box, @laplumedemaureen, and @harps-for-days

@macabremoons, @zeenimf, @stesierra you have, at various points, expressed interest in being on a tag list for this WIP<333 I don't have one going because I am not going to be posting full scenes but together this post and the other two I have linked comprise the longest consecutive snippet of WIPVII I have ever posted so, enjoy if you want to!

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i love when people draw 2 characters cuddling and it looks like this

#writeblr #foaming at the mouth #needing to draw vasha and guinevere like this #art #the fall

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Pride and Prejudice (2005) + tumblr posts (part 1)

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do you guys ever feel like an outcast even in a group full of outcasts. like i'm autistic and even in groups full of neurodivergent people i'm still excluded sometimes. i don't understand why

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hi, I'm gem!

29 (she/they/any)

I write, I draw, and I talk a lot about my mental health recovery journey.

But enough about me! Let's talk about the love of my life, Her Broken Magic, a serialized fantasy novel about a soft, sweet girl who loves giant, terrifying monsters, and is on a journey to heal, well, her broken magic. Oh, also, it's free to read! (links!)

I like to describe it as Spartacus: Blood and Sand meets Avatar: The Last Airbender with also some influences of Netflix's Castlevania animated series thrown in there :) Basically it is a high fantasy southern gothic story with an Ancient Roman aesthetic and late 1800s technology, and also there are big, deadly monsters who are Good Boys and honestly are as involved in the story as the people characters, like some even have POV scenes lol.

I do covers for each episode that gets released, and here are the covers that I've done so far:

And the blurb!

Belle is a practitioner of Chaos magic and a lover of monsters; Daivad is a traitor prince and a symbol of rebellion. And the goddess Mother Dark has brought them together for a purpose far greater than either can imagine. Growing up in the circus, Belle learned to love the odd and the dangerous, including giant nightbeasts and wicked magic. Five years ago, she performed her Chaos magic before the royal family, the Earthbreakers, whose very name is synonymous with Order. For her blasphemy, Belle’s mother was imprisoned, her circus family was destroyed, and Belle was condemned to atone for her sins in the bed of the violent Crown Prince.  But her place at the prince’s side has given her a unique opportunity. Guided by the goddess Mother Dark, Belle and her best friend, the powerful, battlehammer-toting Jac, have managed to track down the Traitor Prince, Daivad Earthbreaker, an Inhuman who has become the face of rebellion and who has as much reason to hate his family as Belle does. Belle only wants his help in freeing her mother, but Mother Dark has bigger plans for them both.

This is Belle! She is 25 at the beginning of the story, an acrobat/dancer who adores monsters and also has the COOLEST magical tattoo knives. She is very sweet and really weird and will 100% remember your dog's name forever but will completely forget to even ask yours.

And here is Daivad! He's 28 at the beginning of the story and he is a Tough Guy™ whose height is never actually stated but is widely acknowledged as Unreasonable. His weakness, apparently, is freckled blondes, and he also keeps accidentally adopting people despite the fact that he insists he Just Wants To Be Left Alone.

Sorry, Dai, apparently I can only add 10 images.

Side Note: the above feet are not an indication of Daivad's lack of toes, they are an indication of my lack of interest in drawing said toes (see: Belle's feet above). I promise he has toes.

Relevant tags are:

HBM, my art, my ocs, any of my ocs names, and my writing. There's probably others I forgot but I will (maybe) add them in later.

Thank you for reading this post, and if you do choose to read HBM please please tell me your thoughts and feelings on it!! Nothing brings me more joy than hearing from readers!!!

Love,

gem <3

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with summer fast approaching, a quick reminder to not point out anyone's self-harm scars, burns, stomach rolls, stretch marks, cellulite, eczema, psoriasis, etc. and a reminder that if you have any of these, you're allowed to wear revealing clothing and swimsuits. you deserve to enjoy summer too.