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jadiealissia · 15 days

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Worldbuilding Countries (Part 1)

I've lived in and visited a few countries in my life, which gave me a lot of inspiration for my fantasy novel. I'm not an expert, but I thought I'd share what I learned!

Climate

The climate will most likely come up at some point. Do you mention the cool breeze, or the orange leaves on the trees? All those nice weather descriptions will depend on the climate!

If you have a couple of different countries, it may be a little weird if they all have the same climate (especially if they are far away from each other), so there's a few things you can consider to make them a bit more specific.

Climate is of course a very complicated topic, so I will simplify it a bit.

Temperature

I like to pick a real country/city and look at its temperature graphs on Wikipedia. One important thing to note is that countries aren't simply colder/warmer than one another. I know a lot of people think that a country like Russia is cold all year round, but it is actually quite warm in summer. Some areas have a larger variation between temperature throughout the year than others (normally, the closer to the equator a country is, the less variation there is. They also tend to be warmer).

Look at Singapore:

The temperatures are basically stable all year round (the letters up top are the months). The numbers are the average minimum and maximum daily temperatures. You can see that on average the variation every day is less than 10°C.

Here is Moscow:

The temperature changes quite a lot throughout the year. Note that the maximum temperatures (summer) will occur at the opposite times of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.

You can see this demonstrated in Copiapo (Chile):

This city is in the Southern hemisphere, so their coldest months are June and July :)

One thing you may have noticed is that the bars here are taller, which means that the variation for the daily min and max are higher too. Why is that? I'm simplifying it a bit, but generally, the dryer a place is, the more variation you will get in daily temperature. Which brings us to the next thing to consider:

Humidity/Precipitation

There are a few things to consider:

Rainfall. This can vary month-by-month, and due to some complicated factors, some countries have more rain in their colder months, some have more rain in their warmer months. Some places don't follow a neat pattern or stay consistent throughout the year. Have a look at climate pages on Wikipedia to get some ideas! Even just this page on Chile has a lot of cool examples. Each city is quite different!

Although of course the "wetness" of a country related to rainfall (e.g. you'd expect greener grass somewhere with more rainfall, brownish dry grass or a desert somewhere with less rainfall), it's not that simple. UK is a wet country, right? And if you've heard of Gold Coast (Australia) it seems pretty dry, right? Well, actually the Gold Coast gets twice as much precipitation (rain) as London!

To demonstrate, I took a screenshot (randomly selected street in each city) from Google Streetview.

Why this difference? I suspect it's because the Gold Coast is much hotter. Living in Australia, puddles are normally gone by the next day (often the rain even evaporates as it hits the ground!), but in UK, the puddles would always stay around for a while.

The UK is always mossy, often the clouds hang in the sky for ages. It can look quite grey. When it rains in the Gold Coast in summer, the raindrops evaporate as soon as they hit the pavement, which makes the air feel very humid and smell strongly of rain. You can use these sorts of sensory details in your stories :)

Also, one thing I noticed, is that in hotter weather, rain can be much more heavy than in colder weather. In Australia we often get heavy rain that causes flooding. In UK the rain usually dribbles all day but doesn't get heavy. In a place like the Gold Coast you can get rain that last 10 minutes but soaks you all the way through and floods the street.

The rainfall may also vary year-by-year. Australia goes through periods of floods and droughts that last a couple of years. The mechanism is a bit complicated so I won't go through it now, but it gives you something to google!

Humidity: Deserts have low humidity, which means that you can cool off more easily in the shade and the nights are colder. The breeze feels more refreshing at low humidity as your sweat evaporates.

High humidity (like Singapore) will feel much hotter at the same temperatures and it is normally still quite hot in the shade. High humidity feels really muggy, the air feels thick. The sweat doesn't evaporate as much, so you are left all wet and sticky. The breeze can feel much less refreshing because of this.

When the temperature is below freezing, the humidity gets very low, so your skin may need more moisturiser or your lips may crack.

Those are just some things to consider while describing your weather!

Generally, closer to the sea will be wetter, further inland is dryer. Have a look at some climate maps on Wikipedia, you will learn a lot! Climate is quite complicated since there are so many factors, so there's a lot you can do with it.

UV: This is one thing that people often forget about when they think about weather. In the UK, even on a very hot and sunny day, you are unlikely to get sunburnt (unless you are very pale). In Australia, you can get sunburnt very easily in even Tasmania, which is our coldest state, even when the temperatures are chilly.

You can't actually feel being sunburnt, which I fully understood when I visited Tasmania. I was freezing, but the whole time I was being sunburnt.

Normally, UV index is higher closer to the equator, which is why people who live closer to the equator tend to have darker skin. The melanin acts as protection against the sun. Still, this protection isn't perfect, so in the real world people in Africa used different methods to protect their skin, such as using clay as a "sunscreen".

Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world. This is partially because most people in Australia have pale skin (originally from the UK), but the UV index is high.

This is something to consider in your story, since it can play a bigger role in behaviour than you'd expect if you live in a cold climate. In Australia, they recommend staying indoors between certain hours of the day to avoid sunburn, and if you do go out you should wear clothes that cover your skin, a wide-brimmed hat and sunscreen. Someone with very pale skin can get sunburnt in minutes. Wide-brimmed hats are compulsory at schools in Australia - you are not allowed to play if you forget your hat.

In low-UV areas, there is the opposite issue. People with darker skin can have problems getting vitamin D. Same goes for people who cover their skin with clothing (e.g. for religious reasons). However, this is a bit simpler to fix with some vitamin D supplements.

How do I use this for worldbuilding?

If you have a map of your countries, you may want to keep their location in mind when deciding on the climate :)

I like to draw up some graphs with the temperatures throughout the year for each country and some quick notes on the humidity, rainfall and UV.

You can also add some other elements to your story. Is it a fantasy? Maybe magic affects the weather! Sci-fi? You can play with the distance of the planet from the sun, axial tilt, sun size etc. (I won't go into that since it's a whole another topic and really complicated as well)

You probably don't need to know the exact details of the climate for most stories, but having a general idea will allow you to consistently describe what sorts of clothing your characters wear, the weather etc. Those are the sorts of things that comes up in almost every story (if it's long enough).

If you read this and found this useful, please reblog so I know that it was helpful. If it seems like people enjoyed this post, I will make more (I was going to talk about so much more, but this is already too long).

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hedgehog-moss · 1 year

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The autumn growing season in the greenhouse is coming to an end, so here are my plant reviews!

1. Basil: 11/10

I’ve never had so much basil before! I planted it when it was a baby and it grew to the size of a baobab. I’ve made SO many jars of pesto, I can make pasta all winter. The basil plant started suffering from the cold around mid-November and I harvested the last leaves, but it grew amazingly as long as indoor temperatures remained above 10°C at night.

2. Bell pepper: 10.5/10

The only reason I’m ranking it lower is because I like basil better, but I’ve had a constant supply of beautiful green peppers all throughout the autumn! The plant is very low-maintenance and bravely produced peppers in 35° greenhouse temperatures in early September and 10° temperatures in November without a complaint.

3. Green beans: 10/10

I love fresh green beans. I planted different kinds, purple ones and green ones, and discovered with a bit of surprise that the former grow a deep purple colour and then become green when you cook them. It’s a fun plant. And they grow very well in vertical growing towers!

4. White onions: 9/10

They didn’t thrive in my planters for some reason (they seemed to get smothered by the other plants around them) but they were very happy by themselves in the vertical tower. Will keep that in mind for next year.

5. Kohlrabi: 8/10

Kohlrabi shouldn’t be so high in the list because I don’t like eating it all that much, but it grows so enthusiastically and then it looks like little green aliens going \o/ in their towers, it’s just a very endearing plant.

6. Lettuce: 7/10

The lettuces (I’m making this word countable) in the towers grew amazingly in September thanks to having their feet constantly soaking in water, while their sisters in the planters were suffering from the heat. But as soon as the weather grew colder and more humid all the tower lettuces became covered with mildew :( Meanwhile the planter lettuces were having their 15 minutes of fame (see second picture)—until the weather got even wetter in November and they finally succumbed to mildew as well. So I’ll note that tower lettuce is good for summer and planter lettuce for early autumn, and then the greenhouse gets too humid for healthy lettuce.

6. Parsley: 5/10

Parsley is in the shame corner. It grew very very well in its tower—so well that its roots started colonising the little pipe that brings water, so the pipe became clogged and water stopped circulating in the tower and the parsley died. That is the definition of shooting yourself in the foot, parsley, you short-sighted plant. You wanted instant water gratification and ended up with nothing. There’s a lesson to be learnt here. (The lesson is to put parsley at the bottom of the tower rather than at the top where the pipe is.)

7. Miscellanies: my aubergine plant produced stakhanovically in September and then shrivelled up and died as soon as October (and cold nights) started. Definitely a summer-only plant (at least in a non-heated greenhouse). Fennel grew incredibly well, both in the planters and in the towers, but I discovered (I’d never tried it before) that it tastes exactly like anise and I hate anise. I tried cooking it in a gratin as I figured cheese makes everything okay, but not even cheese could make fennel tolerable to me. No more fennel. Arugula (<- the superior word. Boycott rocket) grew well but had trouble asserting itself next to my giant basil plant. I’ll try to give it more space to grow next time, poor arugula got so squished.

And finally:

8. Fish (not rated for reasons explained below, but it’s hard to imagine what a fish could do wrong)

The point of the vertical growing towers is to try aquaponic gardening—they are connected via pipes and a pump to a water tank in which I would like to raise fish. The idea of aquaponics is that the fish and the plants have a symbiotic relationship, with the fish’s waste fertilising the water for the plants, and the plants’ roots cleaning the water for the fish as they absorb these nutrients. It’s recommended to start with goldfish for the first year as they are quite sturdy, then once you know how your greenhouse behaves in every season, the water temperature changes etc, you can try other kinds (including edible fish).

^ So I had four little pioneers in an aquarium in my kitchen waiting to move to the greenhouse—but I needed to stabilise the pH of the water (among other things) before bringing in the fish, and that proved very difficult! My pH had daily fluctuations that I tried to tame by adding potassium bicarbonate or varying the % of rainwater vs. spring water in the tank, and nothing worked. I thought it was because I had put so many plants in the towers, but as I started removing the summer plants and the pH didn’t improve, I finally tried putting my pH sensor in a bucket of distilled water to see if it worked... and it turned out that the sensor was malfunctioning. I bought a new sensor, who immediately told me that my pH was perfectly adequate. I felt daft.

Anyway, my brave pioneer fish were moved to the greenhouse last week and they seem to be enjoying their new tank (they’ve got lots of plant roots dipping in the water to nibble on or hide behind), so I’ve ordered the rest of the goldfish gang! My greenhouse will become a lot more populated tomorrow, stay tuned :)

#crawling along #i procrastinate on writing posts sometimes and then they become incredibly long monster posts instead of several little posts i'm sorry!#it should be noted that pandolf was freed from his glass jail after that first photo was taken #i just think his presence improves photographs

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charlottan · 5 months

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whenever its colder than 50 F / 10 C i think it should be an international holiday of festivities

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bestworstcase · 14 days

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…so THAT's why there was so much lingering whale left after the magenuke. Grimmcromancy. Though if Monstra was that hefty (and toothy) before Salem started renovating, I figure those kaiju grimm often wind up on the food chain's other end. And no goddamn wonder the kingdoms stick with airfleets.

i am a normal fan with normal headcanons come closer

aside from the relative lack of biomechanical constraints on body mass underwater compared to terrestrial organisms one of variables correlated with massive size in marine animals is temperature, suggesting that there may be thermoregulatory advantages to getting REALLY LARGE in the ocean or else (with filter-feeding cetaceans specifically) it may be that colder oceans yield indirect benefits e.g. a greater abundance of plankton. with TOOTHED WHALES like our dear friend the cachalot the hard upper limit on size is a function of availability of food; deep-diving whales like the cachalot must exist in a sweet spot between “huge enough to efficiently dive down to where the squid are” and “small enough to not starve to death.” your average adult cachalot needs to eat about 1.3 tons every day. for example.

FUN FACT #1: vale has snowy winters. vale sits ever so slightly north of the equator. it SNOWS in the TROPICS–

FUN FACT #2: argus—the northern province of mistral whose cold climate stymied the empire’s advance into the region until mantle extended a helping hand—is, eyeballing it, somewhere in the neighborhood of 35-40N. cold san francisco. (literally. sanfran is 37N.)

bangs gavel. the first rule of headcanon is no doylist answers to watsonian questions! how come people living in the city-state north of the polar circle dress like this:

not huntsmen/huntresses whose auras protect them from the cold, but ordinary people. no aura training. no hat no gloves that reporter is wearing a PEA COAT.

remnant is cold! a lot colder than our own world. i imagine dust deposits interact with local climates in myriad ways that are well out of scope for This Post Which Is About Monster Whales but on average global temperatures on remnant are Cold. and people run around the polar north with their Bare Hands out because if you plonked them down in a balmy mediterranean summer they would overheat and die

(i am heroically restraining myself here but if you want the really HINGES OFF climate headcanon ask me about tdt!remnant <3)

anyway whales.

abyssal gigantism—invertebrate organisms such as crustaceans and cephalopods that live in very deep water tending to be VERY LARGE in comparison to shallower-water relatives—is thought to be influenced by a combination of factors of which the one that interests us for the purpose of MONSTER WHALES is, of course, colder temperature. remnant is very cold—much colder than earth—and while this would have only a small impact in the very deepest parts of the ocean (the abyssal zone is 2-3 °C), the upper layers will be significantly colder. so we can imagine that marine lifeforms in the bathyal and middle pelagic zones in remnant’s oceans are subject to much harsher conditions than their equivalents in the real world, and extrapolate from this a phenomenon of pelagic gigantism.

with that in mind. the average adult male cachalot is about 16 meters long. they are known to eat colossal squid, which are estimated to grow between 10-14 meters in length, but the bulk of their diet is squid of more reasonable size, such as the clubhook squid (2m). and while this has never been observed, cachalots often have extensive scarring on their heads thought to be inflicted by colossal squids fighting to not be eaten.

consider a very cold ocean with a fairly low vertical temperature gradient—thus weak thermohaline circulation—and thus nutrient-poor and deoxygenated waters in the middle and upper layers—and thus marine lifeforms are sparser than in our world but tend to be VERY LARGE. in such an ocean, we can imagine that the colossal squid would not be an elusive deep-sea giant but rather a squid of normal size; the evolutionary pressures that exist in our abyssal zone to produce gigantism in this ocean extend into the pelagic zone.

in the real world, the colossal squid is difficult prey: living in deep waters, nearly as long as its hunter, armed with hooks all over its arms and tentacles. its great size makes it an important pillar of the cachalot’s diet, but data suggest these whales prefer to gorge themselves on much smaller animals.

what does a cachalot look like in a world without an abundance of 1-2 meter long squid to feast on? plausibly… bigger. a lot bigger

perhaps even SO BIG that the colossal squid is as defenseless against the whale as the clubhook squid is to the cachalot. in fact for the sake of simplicity let’s say there’s a linear relationship between the size of the whale and the size of the squid such that the whale is always about eight times longer than its staple prey. and for maximum MONSTER WHALE let’s take the upper bound estimate for the colossal squid, 14m, and say that’s the average size of a squid in remnant’s oceans. the result is a whale 112 meters long.

which is a little bit less than FOUR TIMES the size of a blue whale

in war we can see that monstra’s teeth are about as long as salem. for simplicity let’s say that salem is exactly 180cm tall (5'11"). the teeth of a real cachalot is about 20cm long, and an adult male of average size is 16m; a single tooth is 1.25% the length of the body. 1.25% of 112m is 140cm, and 180cm is 1.25% of 144m. the largest adult males can grow as long as 19m, with the longest (verifiably) recorded specimen ever found measuring 20.7m. for our MONSTER WHALE, with an average length of 112m, that is equivalent to large male specimens in the neighborhood of 133m being fairly common and the largest known specimen in history being… 144.9 meters long :)

(rest in FUCKING pieces captain ahab)

now if monstra is 144 meters long that does

imply that atlas is pretty gods damned small, way smaller than makes sense in relation to the size of these buildings. but the scale of atlas is just sort of weird in general—like the urbanized area bisecting the farmland, those buildings are shown to be skyscrapers in closer shots and that should make the shield-generator pylons like kilometers tall but they

clearly aren’t because centinels are not That Big. meanwhile the size difference between monstra and a megoliath looks about right for “four times the size of a blue whale” so i’m inclined to just think atlas is supposed to be itty bitty and the proportional size of the buildings is off in the artwork in the long shots as a stylistic choice. because based on her proportions and interior scale i simply refuse to believe monstra is several kilometers long

about the grimm—their WOR episode implies that grimm Are In Fact obligate predators who will die if deprived of their prey: grimm are known to eat their kills and, contra popular belief that they “are not obligated to feed” but “choose to,” they cannot be kept in captivity for study because if they do not break free and slaughter their captors, they… die…

(this is my favorite fact about grimm and my favorite thing about that WOR; here’s the grimm lady outlining the modern-day scientific consensus about grimm with irony so thick you could cut it with a knife. here is a grimm eating! it lunges at a scavenger to drive the animal away from its kill! salem, deeply sarcastic: the common belief is that grimm don’t need to eat, they’re just evil and violent, also they die when you keep them in cages and don’t feed them, if you even CARE)

and in ‘before the dawn’ the characters make observations that lead them to theorize that grimm are actually after aura, not “negative emotions;” given a huge mass of people of whom a minority have supernaturally elevated aura, grimm swarm the ones with juiced aura and completely ignore everyone else.

so they need to consume aura to sustain themselves, and their (supposedly) exclusive preference for human prey is probably driven by humans having a lot more aura proportionate to their size than plants or animals. but aura isn’t restricted to humans and faunus; it’s a life force that flows through all living things on remnant, including animals. aura is a kind of spiritual energy rising from the soul and seems to be (based on what pyrrha tells jaune in v1) correlated to knowledge, both of the self and of the world.

so it makes a certain amount of sense to conclude that intelligence and social complexity are positively correlated with aura levels; cetaceans are both of those things. i also imagine that a creature nearly four times the size of a blue whale would need aura to maintain the structural integrity of its body, even suspended in water. also whales can get the bends! so i imagine deep-diving animals on remnant like our MONSTER WHALES tend to have proportionally much higher levels of aura compared to most marine lifeforms, because the long-term damage done by repeated dives (<- osteonecrosis) would be offset by aura’s healing factor and thus there is selective pressure favoring whales with whatever combination of physical and cognitive traits strengthen aura.

which means i think really large marine grimm like the leviathan would hunt the MONSTER WHALES :)—maybe with hunting strategies akin to orcas preying on cachalots, i.e. in pods targeting calves and injured adults, but also i think grimm are immune to pressure on the grounds that the liquid core of the planet is grimm and i like to imagine grimm crawling out of mid-ocean ridges. so even a lone grimm could probably kill a MONSTER WHALE by forcing it to surface from a dive fast enough. OR HAGFISH-STYLE–

anyway. on the one hand, who is going to get onto a boat to hunt something That Big. but on the other, think of the spermaceti! the blubber! the ambergris! the bones! and the MEAT! you kill one whale and you can feed an entire city for months. and really all you need is a big natural deposit of gravity dust—something like the floating islands of lake matsu would do—that you can carve up to make drogues. few dozen boats, each armed with a couple harpoons roped to huge chunks of gravity dust. you harpoon the whale, fire the dust, the drogues lift it partially out of the water and prevent it from diving, you let it exhaust itself struggling and move in to kill it once it stops moving. salem’s flying battleship whale is just a modification of the technique traditionally used to hunt these things. or if you live on the coast but don’t have grav dust, you harvest drift whales and eat like kings.

in conclusion argus is a whaling town thanks for coming to my tedtalk

#normal headcanons.#please know that every time i make silly jokes like ‘wouldn’t it be funny if salem had just found a whale’#it’s something i am Like This about. brgfgdfk #i also just think its funny for the popular conception to be that grimm only attack humans but people are #blissfully unaware that the ocean is just swarming with whole like PODS of leviathans. because Those grimm eat whales

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midnightsun-if · 7 months

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i need to know!! from 1 to 10 how jealous do the ros get? and how do they act/show it?

Koda: About a 3. Despite being a shifter, he’s not the most territorial of people, unless pushed. If it’s nothing too serious/he actually notices, and he finds himself bothered by it, he’ll simple walk up to you and sling an arm around your shoulders or waist. If it is serious? He’ll probably let loose a growl while doing so, to ensure that the person doesn’t mistake you as single again.

Scarlett: A solid 10. You are hers, just as she is yours. Nothing, and no one, will ever change that. Which means she does not appreciate people trying to challenge said claim. It’s not the toxic sort of possessiveness wherein she doesn’t trust you to go anywhere without her, you’re your own person, but she definitely keeps an eye on you when at a party or something similar— just to ensure your safety. When she does get jealous? It’s either with the coldest fury, directed solely at the other person, or she simply grabs you by the wrist and takes you somewhere private.

Cyrus/Cyra: An 8. Phoenixes, by nature, are territorial and C is no exception. They try to rationalize everything when they are feeling territorial, thinking they’re being absolutely stupid for it, but that doesn’t stop them from how they’re feeling. They either get super sullen, completely lost in their thoughts as they try to figure various things out, or you’ll have a protective Phoenix on your hands, which isn’t something anyone wants.

Quinn: Around a 6. They’re laidback, but that doesn’t mean they appreciate someone trying to take what’s theirs. They don’t see you as property to lord over, but they do want to protect you— as any wolf-shifter mate wants to do. They’ll instantly be by your side, not moving an inch, until that person either folds under their stare or they’re forced to take you to a safer location; while they know you can take care of yourself, they don’t want you to be around any of that.

Caden: 1. They don’t really get jealous in a general sense, they may feel some level of longing/envy, but that’s about it. On the rare occasion that they do get jealous, their eyes flash dangerously and the room gets exponentially colder. That person will not have sweet dreams that night.

Sloane: Around an 8 or 9. Sloane hasn’t had a lot of people that really care about them as much as they care about you. So to have that now? They’re not going to want to lose it. They wouldn’t micromanage you, or try to dictate anything you do, but they will stick closer to you if they feel like someone is getting a bit too close for comfort. Would probably bite through more than a few cigarettes from their efforts to keep their growls/snarls at bay.

Blake: Before a relationship? 0. After a relationship? 9. You’re the most important person in Blake’s life and they’re not about to have someone try to interfere with that. They get super clingy when jealous, will be hanging off your arm the whole night or whispering various things into your ear (either sweet nothings or something a bit dirtier). They want your attention on them, and no one else. (If it was harmless then they wouldn’t really mind, but it just depends on the person.)

Reginald/Regina: A solid 5. Smack dab in the middle. It all just depends on the situation at hand. They know that they’re a human in a world of gods, pretty much, but they don’t let that drag them down. Especially not when they can someone like you theirs, they feel like the luckiest person alive because of that (doubly so that you call them yours). It takes just the right amount of events to spur their jealousy, but when it happens? They start barraging the person with various questions about you— “Since you know them so well, what’s their favorite color? Favorite book? What about their favorite snack, huh?”— all the while their hand is snugly in yours.

#midnight sun #asks #ro: blake herrera #ro: koda kingston #ro: r presley #ro: caden randall #ro: quinn grant #ro: sloane addams #ro: c aurelia #ro: scarlett voltaire #scenario asks #jealousy

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thepromptswhisperer · 10 months

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Ocean (Coast) Prompts

1. A runs after B, laughing as the water makes the pursuit more difficult.

2. Having breakfast/etc. with a view of the ocean should be nice. Yet, A seems to pay more attention to the waterbody than to B.

3. A and B met up to go surfing together, but now they are simply sitting on their boards and have a serious conversation.

4. A and B are so focused on one another that they don’t notice that the ocean has carried them along the coastline. Now, they have to walk/swim for a while to get back to their towels/friends/etc.

5. The sound of waves crashing onto the shore lulls A to sleep as they rest on B’s lap/chest/etc.

6. A shakes/wrings out their wet hair/flings their arms so that B too – who has been enjoying the sun on the beach – can enjoy the ocean.

7. A has their legs wrapped around B as they float together.

8. A and B gossip/talk about friend C/etc. who is currently watching over their belongings/etc. on the beach.

9. The sun has set/is starting to rise when A and B make it to the ocean, their spontaneous trip leading them to go skinny dipping/etc.

10. A and B kiss while sitting together on a (surf)board.

11. A is afraid of the ocean.

12. A loves the ocean/dreams of seeing the ocean for the first time. B surprises them with a trip to the coastline.

13. As a wave retreats, it takes A/A’s hat/etc. with it.

14. A stands on a rock/etc., back to the ocean and eyes on B (and the camera they are holding), when a larger wave crashes behind them. (Their clothes get wet.)

15. A always dreamt of living near the ocean – turns out that the reality of it is more of a nightmare than a dream come true.

16. A has had a bad week. The only thing that is able to save it/can bring them some peace now, is a visit to the beach on their day off.

17. A gets scared when something (e.g. a fish, seaweed) brushes against their skin.

18. The water is colder/warmer than A expected it to be/B said it would be.

19. A throws their engagement ring/etc. into the ocean.

20. A gives B the royal treatment they deserve and pushes the board they are lying on towards the shore.

21. A watches the waves, marveling at the easiness with which the water crashes onto the shore and retreats again. If only it were so easy for them too, to be able to forget their troubles/get over their crush on B/etc.

22. A halts for a moment to take in the smell of the ocean breeze.

23. Waves crash against the city walls, water raining on the pavement/everyone who walks past.

24. A stands on a cliff/rock and takes in the ocean view with B by their side.

25. The ocean is A’s safe place. (So, B knows where to search for them after an argument/etc.)

26. A has lost something in the ocean and B dives for it.

27. Walking into the ocean, A expected B to be squatting. They are not prepared for the drop/sudden steep decline as they make their way to them.

28. A gets excited when they see how clear the water is/the color of the water.

29. A carries B on their back as they walk in the shallow water.

30. A splashes some water at B.

31. A and B are lounging on their boards. They hold hands so they don’t drift apart.

32. A and B jump over incoming waves together.

33. One moment A and B are laughing/joking around, the next a wave crashes over them and A can’t (immediately) find B anywhere anymore.

34. A ‘conquers’ B’s board.

35. While teaching A how to surf, B promises them a reward if they try to stand on their board/etc.

36. Their hotel room/etc. offers an ocean view. Every morning, A wakes up to find B already gazing at the waterbody.

37. A kisses B’s shoulder/etc. as the latter makes it back to shore/as they float together in the water and comments on how they taste like the ocean.

38. A and B (attempt to) kiss underwater.

39. A and B take a walk along the coastline, gentle waves occasionally brushing against their feet.

40. A falls off of their (surf)board.

41. A jellyfish/sea creature stings A.

42. A struggles to fall asleep without the sound of the ocean in the background.

43. It has been way too long since A has last been at the ocean and they desperately want to see it up close again. Yet, they want to see B just a little more.

44. A is obsessed with the ocean and decorates their apartment accordingly.

45. A and B race each other to the ocean.

46. A admires how B looks wearing their snorkeling mask.

#writing prompts #writing inspiration #ocean prompts #coast prompts #beach prompts #write #writing ideas #prompt list #summer prompts #sea prompts #water prompts #fluffy prompts #couple prompts #person a and person b

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I Forgive You

Draco Malfoy x Male Reader (Part 2)

A/N: I haven't watched Harry Potter in a while, like I said in Part 1 of this, I’m not aware of everything in the HP universe so let me know if I’ve messed something up and I’ll try to fix it. I haven't written in first-person POV in a while so I hope it’s alright 😭

Part 1: I’m Sorry

Y/N’s POV:

The last couple of months felt like something out of a nightmare, never in a hundred years did I think Death-Eaters would storm into our school. Though I was in danger, I couldn’t help but watch as Draco stood on their side, I still think about it now. How he looked so terrified, so worried as Hagrid brought Harry’s limp body to the crowd. I shake my head. I can’t continue to overthink that evening, I’m in safe hands now, I just hope Draco is too.

I walk into the kitchen, deciding to finally grab something to eat. My eyes fall on the leftovers from last night’s dinner. As I grab the container, I hear a ‘swoosh’ as an envelope falls beside me on the counter. The food now left my mind as I reached for the envelope, something about it seemed familiar. I slowly pull the letter out, quickly scanning the writing, I feel my heart sink at the realization. Why would he be writing to me? I prepared myself before properly reading the words.

Y/N L/N,

I’m aware that I’m, no doubt, the last person you would’ve wished this letter was from, but I urgently need to speak to you.

I don’t wish for your forgiveness; just for you to let me explain everything to you. I feel terrible for leaving you with no reason.

I’ll be at The Three Broomsticks tomorrow evening, if you feel comfortable, please come and see me.

Draco Malfoy.

I felt my heart skip a few beats, no matter the pain that boy had put me through, I still missed him dearly. Now I have a chance to see him again, to talk to him again. My mind wanders back to our previous year, I can’t help but smile at the bittersweet memories, flashes of sharing laughs in the halls to quiet cuddles in our dormitory.

I couldn’t help but toss and turn that night, thinking about talking to the blond boy after what felt like so long.

Timeskip

The day had surprisingly gone by fast, 5pm only an hour away now. I decided to start getting ready, I didn't want it to seem like I dressed up for him, but I still wanted to look presentable. I started with a pair of black dress pants, then slipped on a vest over a white button-up and completed the look with a (Colour) tie.

I walk over to the full-length mirror in the corner of my room, flattening the wrinkled pieces of cloth before taking a few minutes to fix my hair. I glance down at my wrist, only 10 minutes left, I let out a deep breath.

Draco’s POV:

This was a stupid idea, I doubt he’ll show up. My eyes look up at the darkening sky, if he were to show up, he’d be here very soon. I look back at the crowding tavern before taking a second to take a breath. I was ready to talk to him, I had to. I look at the (f/c) rose in my hand, it’s not much, but I hope he’ll like it.

Y/N’s POV:

I can’t help but stare at all the colorful lights and buildings, it had been a while since I walked the Hogsmeade streets. Often coming here with Draco for a butterbeer in the colder months. I sadly smile at that, it feels like a lifetime ago.

I take a longer route to The Three Broomsticks, wanting to soak in the views before seeing the blond boy. A wide grin found place on my lips as I looked at all the parts of Hogsmeade I used to hang out with friends in, small memories passing through my mind at the sights.

I stopped my ogling and checked my watch, I didn’t mean to take as long as I was, time seemed to just fly as I walked around. I shake my head, in the back of my head, I knew that I was just trying to prolong seeing him again, I couldn’t bear the thought of falling back in love with him just as I was starting to move on.

I rushed over to the tavern, not wanting him to wait any longer than he already had. I sigh as The Three Broomsticks make its way into my view, my eyes search around the entrance, stopping on a well-known head of blond hair. I take a second to look over him, his shaking hands holding a (f/c) rose. I feel my heart beat a little faster and my lips tugging up as I start to approach him, his pale eyes lighting up as they see me. Merlin, he was beautiful.

Draco’s POV:

The sound of a familiar pair of footsteps starts to grow louder, I gaze up at the sound, my eyes locking with his. ‘Wow’ The grin on his face making my cheeks flush. He was somehow even more handsome than I remember him being.

Y/N’s POV:

“Good evening, Draco'' I nodded my head towards him, his face reddening. He looks me up and down before opening his mouth, a mix of incomprehensible words tumbling out. “Pardon?” I quietly chuckled. “I-I’msosorrythatIleftyouthewayIdid-” “Woah, woah, slow down.” I smile at the nervous boy in front of me, taking his hand and rubbing my thumb over his fingers like I used to when we were together. “Take it slow, alright?” His body starts to loosen. “I’m here to listen.”

The color on his cheeks starts to deepen as he nods, quickly looking away as he takes a few breaths. He turns back towards me and starts.

Draco’s POV:

I feel my stomach flutter and my knees weaken at his touch, Merlin, I can't focus on anything but his trailing fingers. My head shoots to the side. How am I supposed to talk to him when I can feel my heart beating in my throat? My lungs let out shaky breaths before I ready myself to talk to him.

“I know I should’ve told you back then, and it was foolish of me not to,” I start. “I just didn’t know how to tell you everything and how you would’ve reacted to hearing it. I trusted you dearly, but I was still afraid you’d hate me and see me as a monster for what I had been forced into.” I feel my voice waver and pause for a second, continuing after I collect myself. My eyes quickly glanced into his own, watching as they pinched in understanding.

“I knew that if we were close, you wouldn’t be safe. Not with everything going on, not with all the eyes on me. I meant it when I said I did it for your safety, I couldn’t stand the thought of losing you forever because I was too selfish to let you go first.” A long sigh leaves my lungs. “I- I just wanted to keep you out of everything, avoid putting you through the terrors I had seen.”

“I’m so sorry I hadn’t told you back then, I truly wanted to, I hope you can forgive me.”

I stop, a deep breath bringing my speech to an end. I yelped as I was pulled into an embrace, Y/N’s coarse hands rubbing circles against my back. My eyes start to water ‘Merlin, how I missed this, him.’ I dug my head into his shoulder, the cloth soaking up my tears as his cologne filled my mind.

Y/N’s POV:

I couldn’t stand to see him like that, so conflicted, like he was last year. His eyes started to well with tears, and I just couldn’t resist pulling him into me, holding him like I always used to. My hands rubbed along his back as his face fell onto my shoulder, I loved holding him like this. My hand reaches for his cheek, pulling it up to see his face, his eyes hazily glancing back up at me.

“Of course I forgive you, Draco; there’s nothing you could ever do to make me feel even the slightest bit of hatred for you.”

“I- Really? You forgive me after all that happened.”

“Yes, if I’m being honest, there is not a waking moment when you are not on my mind; you haunt my every thought and dream. I couldn’t stand the idea of losing you now that I have you again.”

“Y/N”

“Yes, Draco?”

“Do you think we could try this again? Us? I won’t let anything come between us now.”

“I’d love to, Dear.”

Draco’s POV:

I can’t help but swoon at the name, I’m so lucky to have him back. All those months of planning and fear were worth it in the end; I was in his arms, and he had no intent on letting go. As I now become more aware of my surroundings, I feel the rose I had paid so little attention to in my hands, the couple stray thorns pricking me.

I carefully back away from his chest, instead standing half-an-arm's length apart from him. His hands now resting on my lower as I bring the rose up to his view. His smile widens impossibly larger at the flower, freeing his hand and grabbing the (f/c) rose before placing a small kiss against my forehead “You remembered” I meekly nod “You haven't left my mind either.”

“Since we’re already here, what do you say we make the most of it and hang out like we used to?” My eyes light up as I look up at that. “You asking me out on a date?” I giggle. “You said it, not me.” I accept the offer, and he takes my hand and brings me into the tavern we were standing in front of. “Butterbeers on me.” He grins before opening the doors.

Y/N’s POV:

It had been a couple hours, but it felt so much longer. Being able to talk to him like this again, treat him like my lover again, I couldn’t stop the smile that forced its way onto my face. My eyes wandered his frame, I took in everything I had been missing for the past few months. His silky blond locks to his inviting grey eyes, to the dust of red on his pale cheeks, to the unique marks littered amongst his skin, and finally landing on his plump lips. He was truly gorgeous.

He must’ve noticed me staring, because his ears also start to blush, I place a hand on his thigh, moving my face towards his. His eyes flutter closed as we share a long awaited kiss.

Draco’s POV:

My heart nearly beats out of my chest at the connection; it was everything I hoped for, the kiss just as loving as it used to be. I snaked my arms around his neck, pulling him closer. His hands grabbed my waist before breaking away. “It’s getting late; would you like to come home with me?” His hand reaches for my own, fingers dancing upon my palms.

“I’d love to.”

A/N: This somehow ended up being 3x the length of Part 1, idk how I did it. I hope it’s comprehensible, I haven't proof-read it. Thank you to @sotvs-luv for requesting the part 2 to this. (I’m unsure if you wanted to be tagged so if not, let me know and I’ll take it out!)

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Congrats, Shelby!!! Such a well-deserved milestone! 🥳 I'm gonna pull for a lavender haze and go with Rhett + morning kisses that are exchanged before either person opens their eyes, kissing blindly until their lips meet in a blissful encounter.

❤️ you!

pairing: rhett abbott x wife!reader

w/c: 0.3k

warnings: none. fluff fluff and more fluff.

Warm.

That was the first thing you thought when your brain started to awake. You felt very warm, which was preventing you from opening your eyes. You wanted to bask in the comfort of the warmth just a bit longer before facing the brutal chill of the Montana weather. You snuggled closer to the source of heat, earning a sleepy grunt from your heater.

You placed a kiss to Rhett’s chest where your head rested, right below the scar that adorned his skin. You moved your lazy kisses up towards his collarbone, his neck, his jawline. You received a kiss to your forehead in return, causing you to giggle softly. You both placed a kiss to the other’s cheek, Rhett’s morning stubble scratching against your face.

Neither of you spoke a word, sighing contently with each small kiss. Your lips met briefly before you opened one eye to look at Rhett. He looked so relaxed, lips curving upward into a slight smile.

“Wha’ time is it?” He grumbled, voice dripping with sleep.

“Too early.” You stated before looking at the clock that sat on the bedside table. “Actually, it’s nearly 10. We should get up. Don’t wanna waste the day.”

“What’s the point? It’s colder than shit outside and I’m pretty comfortable right here holding my woman.” Rhett said, peeking one eye open and grinning widely. He pulled you closer to him, nearly on top of him at this point. You couldn’t help but roll your eyes affectionately.

“Well, if we’re staying in bed, I’m not kissing you again until we brush our teeth,” you said in a light tone. He pinched the meat of your hip before rolling out of bed, holding out a hand to drag you out with him. You stood at the bathroom counter brushing your teeth together, exchanging glances through the mirror and bumping into one another. You crawled back into bed, laughing at his yelp when you put your cold feet against his calves. You fell back into a peaceful sleep for another hour or so, enjoying the warmth of each other.

Montana winters were unforgiving, but when you had a loving husband in your bed who was like your own personal space heater, it made it just a little more bearable.

#shelby’s 750 celebration!#rhett abbott #rhett abbott x reader #rhett abbott x you #rhett abbott fluff

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twistedappletree · 5 months

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10 inches of snow is wild! I don’t blame you for hating it 😂 Maybe thinking about some cute ZhuiLing winter headcanons will make it a more positive experience? 💜

no bc this is actually such a good idea what the h e c k 😭 positive association baybeeeee~

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• Lan Sizhui is a walking hand warmer. Since Jin Ling’s hands are so much smaller than his, they get colder faster. When they’re outside, Lan Sizhui frequently stops to warm his hands with his breath and makes sure to hold his hand with his own facing the cold so Jin Ling’s stays warmer.

• Jin Ling does not understand Lan Sizhui’s insistence on practicing his cultivation regardless of the weather. It makes him paranoid about Lan Sizhui getting sick, so he (lovingly) scolds him about it and tries to coax him inside to relax and keep warm. Sometimes, Jin Ling finds him practicing in a snowstorm and goes outside to yell at him about catching a cold, except Jin Ling is the one who catches a cold instead and Lan Sizhui feels so guilty about it that he finally listens to him and stays inside to take care of him.

• Jin Ling has a comfy little nesting spot on the floor of their room made out of pillows, furs and blankets with dim lanterns for ambiance. It’s facing a window so he can see the snowfall. He likes to curl up with Fairy and Lan Sizhui while he sips tea and watches Lan Sizhui study, write notes, draw pictures of plants and their properties, etc. He also enjoys listening to him read books out loud so he can fall asleep to his voice.

• Fairy loves going on early walks in the snow, which are usually joined by Lan Sizhui since he’s the morning person between the two. But Jin Ling eventually starts going with them because he secretly feels like he’s missing out. Unfortunately, while the walks are beautiful, he has the uncanny luck of having mounds of melting snow fall from the trees on top of his head. Lan Sizhui starts bringing an umbrella and holds it over both of them so Jin Ling can enjoy the walks without getting soaked.

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#this is getting long holy shit ima stop there lmao #IVE GOT WAY MORE #but I’m gonna show some self control lmFAO #also realized I wrote these from an older (possibly married) zhuiling perspective #since their older in the fic I’m writing i think it’s just on my mind lately 😭#zhuiling #zhuiling musings #zhuiling headcanons #answered asks #yunmengputang #and yes 10 INCHES IS BULL #it’s melting sooooo slowly too I’m gonna b a r f

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hedgehog-moss · 2 years

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Exploring a very rocky part of the woods with Pan. We found caves! (but no cave paintings.) The rocks were wet and mossy so it was like 10°C colder down there than in the rest of the forest. An ideal walk for August...

#crawling along #(can you spot the little pandolf in the second pic?)#i knew this place existed somewhere near the village but i'd never been able to find it before #i had to ask the librarian for help and her directions were like ''there should be a small pyramid of pebbles to indicate the right path...#there's a tree with an arrow carved in the bark but it's starting to scab over now so you'll need to pay attention''#me: ''pay attention to every single tree in the forest.....?''#but then i remembered i should be doing that anyway

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gallifreyinstituteforlearning · 11 months

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What is a timelord's ideal environmental temperature range? Like humans feel comfortable between 66 and 75 (F) despite their internal temp being around 95-98. Since it can be assumed that timelords are comfortable at similar environmental temps to humans, how far does that range go? Since their normal body temp is around 60°, would they feel comfortable in warmer or colder temperatures than humans? Or is their range just bigger overall, like they'd be fine in a room that was 90° or 30°?

Gallifreyan Body Temperature

Gallifreyans have much better thermoregulation than humans, meaning they can remain thermally comfortable in a wider range of environmental temperatures without their core body temperature changing that much.

🔥 Hot environmental temperatures

Most Gallifreyans are fine until the environment becomes 35°C/95°F, where their body will start compensating with basic homeostatic mechanisms.

35 to 42.2°C/95 to 108°F: Basic compensation (sweating)

42.2 to 50.1°C/108 to 122°F: Advanced compensation (more sweating and vessel dilation)

50.1°C+/122°F+: Damaging in prolonged periods w/o adjustment

🧊Cold environmental temperatures

When it comes to being cold, they are much better. They can feel comfortable in temperatures at 7°C in normal clothes, until it reaches around -5.3°C/41°F.

-5.3 to -11.6°C/22.6 to 11.1°F: Basic compensation (shivering)

-11.6 to -17.5°C/11.1 to 0.5°F: Advanced compensation (vasoconstriction and shivering)

-17.5°C-/0.5°F-: Damaging in prolonged periods w/o adjustment

🌋Extreme temperatures

They're also able to sustain particularly extreme temperatures for a short amount of time.

200°C+/392°F+: Sustainable for 7-10 seconds

-300°C-/-508°F-: Sustainable for 7 seconds to 6 minutes (with biological help)

Being in these temperatures are entirely recoverable if under 10 seconds. Long exposure to cold environments only works with the use of the respiratory bypass to maintain oxygen, but there may be lasting damage.

🌡️Biological temperatures

As mentioned, they run between 15-19°C/59-66.2°F as a normal body temperature. The Doctor has a normal body temperature of around 17°C/62.6°F, while Marnal is around 16°C/60.8°F. Their body temp is well controlled and shouldn't deviate by more than 2-3 degrees from their norm. Under 15°C/59°F~ is hypothermia, and over 19°C/66.2°F~ will cause heatstrokes etc.

Hope that helped! 😃

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