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strawberryya · 6 months

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I have this friend

pairing: seungcheol x reader x soonyoung

synopsis: Your regular hookup with Seungcheol took an interesting turn when he brought a friend along, one that was more than willing to help you two try out something new.

word count: 2.5k

genre/cw: smut, fwb, strangers to lovers too, threesome, double penetration, mentions of being in a club and sex in a bathroom (lets agree that this one is unusually clean and nice ok) unprotected sex - which should not be done, smut rules applied (so no questions or reality checks should exist around here), fem reader, oral sex

rating: 18+

a/n: got it in my head that this needed to be created, and I was correct, it was a need.

network tagging: @svthub @cultofdionysusnet @k-labels @kvanity-main

While Seungcheol was thick, Soonyoung was, simply put, big. The length of him alone would hit further up than you had ever taken anyone, and your mouth watered at the way he was deliciously thick as well. He wouldn't stretch you out until you fell apart as Seungcheol could, but you were already eager to discover what he would be able to do to you.

You stroked his length slowly, taking in his pretty cock with your eyes while you had the chance. If you bent over right now you could get the chance to taste him as well, but you knew the man behind you would make the most out of that position once you got into it, and you were simply not done playing with the two just yet.

Seungcheol was someone you had known for ages, regularly fucking him on nights out like these. It had started as a one-time thing, but after the fourth time, you had both agreed that it was best to keep things casual. Although, you also agreed that it would be more fun to continue if the opportunity arose in the future, but as friends.

The opportunities, it had turned out, were plenty. You both ended up at the same clubs and bars too often to call it a coincidence.

And right now Seungcheol’s heavy cock was once again pressed against your back. His hands skimmed your body, caressing your skin and carefully unzipping your clothes. He had been hard since before you had made your escape to this bathroom along with a new addition to your regular pairing: Soonyoung, one of Seungcheol’s friends since way back. You weren’t too sure how far back they went, you hadn’t asked for too many details before following along to the back of the club and to the nicest bathroom they had.

He had been a good dancer, which had convinced you that even if he couldn’t meet your expectations he could at least keep a steady rhythm. Not to mention that he had a certain air about him, something that made him seem cocky without being a pain in the ass. It was intriguing. You had let them surround you on the dancefloor. Grinding against them under the colorful lights, your friends had already left you to your regularly scheduled routine with Seungcheol the moment your eyes met. None of them had heard the conversation that followed, the one where Seungcheol had excelled in his casual flirting before telling you about this friend he had brought with him to the club. When he gestured to the man in one of the booths you had giggled, unsure if he was being serious or not.

“Are you trying to set me up with him?”

He shook his head, “C’mon, you think I’d give you up that easily?” When you rolled your eyes, hoping that he couldn’t feel your heart skipping a beat at the hint of possessiveness in his words. “I just think you two would be good friends.”

“Good friends… like you and I?” you squinted suspiciously at the man smiling handsomely in front of you. When he winked at you before asking you to dance you knew exactly what he had in mind. He had been right, Soonyoung had fit right in with your dynamics. He was quick to catch on to what the older man wanted him to do, and the way he moved carefully around you didn’t hide how much he desired you one bit. You knew he would be a lot of fun to tease, and you had been right.

He had made such pretty sounds as soon as you had kissed him on the dancefloor, and they had only gotten sweeter as his clothes got sparser. He let your hands explore more of his perfectly sculpted body eagerly.

“You were so right about her…” Soonyoung moaned as your fingers swiped the precum off the slit of his cock and continued pumping him. You liked the way his chest heaved and the way he couldn’t stop himself from jerking into you each time you stopped your movements.

“Right about what? Have you been talking about me, Cheollie?” You asked, feigning innocence as you finally let yourself bend forward, wrapping your lips sluttily around Soonyoung and giving Seungcheol free access to the parts of you that ached for his touch. You had been wet since the dancefloor. Their hands on your hips, along with the gazes that followed your movements as if you had enchanted them, had turned you on until the point where you felt your panties sticking to your slick lips.

“I told him all about you, how could I not when you’re such a good little slut for me?” He growled above you, pulling you back from his friend’s cock by the neck. You couldn’t help but smile when you felt his cock hard and twitching against your ass.

“You’re not getting jealous now are you, Cheollie? He’s very pretty, and he’s bigger than I expected you know…”

It was a foul move to tease him like this, but you knew he could take it. After all, if he didn’t want you sucking another man’s dick he wouldn’t have brought Soonyoung on a silver platter for you. You both looked at the younger man who now stood untouched, entranced by the way his friend had you under his control. You could see his ears flaming up when he realized how exposed he was, standing before you two barely clothed and desperate for your touch. “He is pretty…” you heard Seungcheol whisper behind you, making you chuckle at how he couldn’t argue against you on that front.

“Such a brat,” he mumbled to himself before he turned you around to face him instead of his friend. The kiss he planted on your lips was passionate and sloppy, he had been forced to wait his turn while you played with your new friend, but now he wanted to get a taste of you as well.

When he pushed you back against Soonyoung you weren’t too sure what he meant to do, but as he left your mouth to squat down in front of you while pushing your short dress up even more you understood perfectly. He kissed up your thigh, hot breath flowing against your soaked panties.

Seungcheol threw your leg over his shoulder, letting Soonyoung support you while he pushed the fabric covering your cunt aside and began kissing your sensitive bud. His tongue licking up your arousal made you moan from the pleasure, head falling back against Soonyoung’s steady shoulder. You could hear the younger man whining behind you, his hands roaming your body to find something that would distract him from your ass pushing against his hard cock. He wanted to know what you felt like too, jealousy over the fact that Seungcheol had had you all to himself this entire time burned inside of him.

“Can I taste you too?” he asked you shyly, soft kisses pressing against your cheek and down your neck. You hummed in response, “Do whatever you want as long as it makes me cum…”

“Fuck,” was all you heard, his erection grinding against your ass without him being able to stop himself. Did you always hand over the control to Seungcheol like this? God, he wanted to be the one making you feel this good, Soonyoung thought as he listened to your moans. Seungcheol knew what he was doing, and you came on his tongue soon enough.

Soonyoung had taken the opportunity to pull your dress down, revealing your heaving chest to both of the men currently kissing and caressing your body.

“That’s it, baby. What a good girl, isn’t she Soonyoung?” Seungcheol praised while letting you ride out your orgasm on his face and fingers.

“So good, tastes so good too I bet,” Soonyoung agreed as he played with your hardened nipples. His hard cock was still pressing against your lower back and you felt yourself wondering how good he would feel inside of you.

“Soonyoung, baby, I need to know something. Are you clean?” You panted, surprising the man behind you.

“Uh, yeah, I am… wait, you don’t mean-?” He could come on the spot, the thought that you might want to do it raw set off a million tiny explosions inside his mind.

“I only fuck Cheol, and I know he’s good, so if you’re clean and feel like giving it a try I’m okay with that.”

Seungcheol was already rising, lips glistening from your arousal and a handsome smile adorning his face. “You won’t regret it, trust me.”

Soonyoung didn’t need his friend’s support on this, he was down for almost anything you would be able to suggest, at least he was convinced of that at this moment.

“I’m so down, but who… goes first?” He asked and looked between you and the older man.

You looked to Seungcheol, “We could always stretch your cute little holes out at the same time. What do you think about that sweetheart?”

“Both of you?” You gasped at the thought. Your eyes were wide, but the idea of being filled so completely made you flustered beyond salvation. Soonyoung had gone speechless behind you.

“Don’t wanna?” Seungcheol asked, moving back an inch to give you some space to make your decision. However, you were quickly shaking your head.

“No! I’ll try!”

The smirk he flashed you at your eagerness to please them both made your skin heat up even more. “Could you… show me how?” You asked nervously, smoothing over the soft material of Seungcheol’s button-up shirt.

You felt his heart, fast but steady in his chest. “Of course, baby. You just focus on being relaxed and we can handle the rest. Right, Soonyoung?” The younger man nodded, “We’ll be careful.”

“You don’t have to be careful… just make me feel good, okay?” You said while turning back to watch Soonyoung’s entire face redden at the way you acted with them both. He would have to be in debt to Seungcheol for the rest of his life after this, he realized. You were simply too good to be true.

Seungcheol kissed you gently as he used the moment to switch positions with his friend. Letting him leave against the solid block of dark stone that held the sinks. He let you use him to climb up, legs wrapped around his waist and hard cock pressing against your entrance. You hadn’t noticed when he had freed himself, but feeling the head of his erection sliding against your slick triggered your muscle memory and you were sliding down on him before you knew it. He stretched you out perfectly as usual, making your head spin and the pressure build quickly in your abdomen. The low groan he let out as he was finally being stimulated made you want to bounce on him to hear even more, but his firm grip on your waist told you it wasn’t you who was supposed to do the work tonight.

“My turn?” Soonyoung asked, startling you just a bit. You had almost forgotten this wasn’t one of your usual hookups with Seungcheol. The younger man’s cock pressing against your hole was an immediate reminder, however. You relaxed as much as you could when Seungcheol instructed both you and his friend.

Seungcheol couldn’t let go of you since you were in this particular position, but you were convinced that if you had been in a different space the older man would’ve personally helped his friend spit on his cock before slipping inside of your tight hole inch by inch.

He filled you up quickly, and soon you felt delirious from the slight pain that mixed with enormous pleasure. The sting of being stretched more than you had ever been before, with two men filling your holes up, soon dissolved and you were a moaning mess as they began thrusting into you. They matched their rhythms to one another, grinding up into you perfectly in sync.

“Look at you, taking us both so well,” Seungcheol groaned as he helped hold you up while he and Soonyoung used your holes for their pleasure. “I’m so proud of you,” he mumbled with a gentle kiss on your neck.

The two men’s groans and erratic breaths made your head spin, and their cocks pounding into you hit all the right spots. When you came, you couldn’t even scream, the pleasure too much for you to handle. You squeezed around the two, pulsating walls tightening around their sensitive lengths. Soonyoung whined that he was close, and you moaned in response. “Fill her up Soonyoung, she loves it,” Seungcheol panted, making the younger cum as if on command.

Seeing both you and Soonyoung in pure bliss set Seungcheol off as well, and as he emptied himself inside of your dripping pussy he moaned into the kiss you pressed against his lips the moment you realized he was close as well.

When your feet touched the ground again you felt how unstable your body felt, luckily the two men held you up with ease.

“Let us take care of you,” Seungcheol said gently. Soonyoung quickly cleaned you up while you let your body rest in Seungcheol’s arms.

“I like you,” you said sleepily to Soonyoung, the tiredness having hit you hard very suddenly. The younger man’s ears became a shade redder yet again, making both you and Seungcheol chuckle.

“If you like him that much, why don’t you take him home with you?” Seungcheol said in a joking manner.

“I’d like that. Would you two like to come with me tonight?” You asked without hesitation, knowing that whatever happened after this would be things you wouldn’t regret in the near future.

When the two led you out of the club, arms wrapped around your waist, you signaled to your friends that you would be leaving. The looks on their faces asked about a million questions. Both about who the stranger who had your lipstick on his face and neck was, but also about if you were actually planning on going home with the two. In all the months you and Seungcheol had been hooking up you had never actually gone home together, his car or a nearby hotel being the closest you had gotten to a home. Tonight felt different, not just because you had been more than the two of you, but because you weren’t the least bit hesitant to bring the both of them home with you. You were honestly just looking forward to the change in scenery. They would both look amazing on top of your duvets, you could already see it in front of you as you left the club with Soonyoung and Seungcheol.

Reblogging and commenting is highly appreciated!! Hearing what you thought is what makes writing and being here overall so much fun! Ty and ily 💕

#seventeen smut #svt smut #kwritersworldnet #seungcheol smut #hoshi smut #svt fic

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darubyprincx · 6 months

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"hey six what the actual fuck is rex miles et versipellem and why are you tagging random posts as it"

well, i'm glad you asked!

(Nobody asked, actually, and I don't fucking care. I'm going to talk about this anyways because I think it's super fucking cool.)

no cut because i don't respect your time, energy, or wellbeing

rex, miles, et versipellem is the title of a play script that we're working on! it's latin for "the king, the knight, and the werewolf" and for some dumbass reason we decided to write it in elizibithean english and iambic pentameter. we have never written in either of those things before and this is also our first play script so i have zero idea what was going on there when we made that decision but i'm just the guy who's literally just sitting here so idk

on top of being basically a functional play that could be produced if somebody tried (although i have no idea why they'd want to), this project also doubles as fanfiction in a weird convoluted meta way! see once we're done finalizing the script itself we're going to add on some annotations from the in-universe authors and. ok. this part is why it's impossible for us to explain this to people irl hold on

if any one of you lovely fuckwagons remember the Emhec Café series written by ourself and @eagle-warri, basically it's a coffee shop au scott is the barista hes a fae he collects names like pokémon cards etc etc that's not relevant. the relevant bit is that one of the regulars groups (Sausage, Ren, and Oli, who are all theatre majors in this AU) come in regularly on the afternoons and talk loudly and cheerfully about the play they're writing (more details here).

RMEV is that play. yes the play in the au that the theatre kids are writing in-universe.

(exactly how many layers of meta is this again?)

anyways this thing's been an absolute monster to write. there's been three drafts so far. the first draft was originally written in elizibethian english and is unfinished, the second one is written in modern english and as of right now is the only fully finished version, and the third draft (hopefully the last) is us translating the script from modern english back into elizibithean english (with iambic pentameter and everything).

"what's the word count for the finished draft tho" oh uh.

it's normal.

anyways this is our current Fucking Insane Writing Project and it'll be posted to ao3 by act on a schedule once it's done! given the rate at which we're working on it right now, that time will probably be in a few months (probably spring 2024 at the absolute earliest),

#lance's tag #rex miles et versipellem #keys' writing #writing #emhec cafe #I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS BRAIN WERE THINKING WHEN THEY DECIDED TO ATTEMPT THIS BTW.#i am Not responsible for their decisions or actions.#what the fuck are they doing.#i just work here #described

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moving-to-dreamwinged · 6 months

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OK HEY soooo sort of an update under the cut regarding sharing / other tangentially related selfship stuff !!

feel free to not read , i put it under the cut cuz its long/not super important but yea ;3

so idrk how to word this but basically since iv started hangin out on tumblr my views on selfshipping have changed a lot!!! i honestly was not expecting everyone on here to be so lovely and accepting and im so happy to be in a community i feel so comfortable in :'3

but!!! basically: with the nature of me not being open abt f/o on here things have gotten lowk really complicated LMFSJDFJHSF long story short i ended up having to sb a moot today bc i didn't realize we shared a main </3 i feel really bad abt letting that slip thru the cracks, but i just honestly did not know until i saw smth they reblogged today; and i wanted 2 respect their "dni if we share" !

however at the same time as this my views have also changed on sharing !! one week on selfship tumblr and im much more relaxed about it,,, crazy. tbh youre ALL canon and real to me even if we share cuz different versions n multiverse theory n all that. ;p SO

i realized that im comfortable interacting w/ people that i share w if it's not one of their mains, and if they state that theyre comfortable sharing on their profile bc ofc i wanna respect their boundaries!! so from now on i think thats prolly gonna be how i go about things bc it honestly just doesnt trigger me anymore yippee yahoo.

i know tht might be worrisome tho for some who dont wanna view content potentially centered around a character they *also* are dating so if that concerns you, feel free to reach out to me and ask me if we share, ill tell u!!!

or u can just block my #. 🔮 tag entirely bc that covers anything posted w The Blorbo in mind. i will never explicitly post a character tho so dont worry about being triggered either way! (yeah im prob never publicly revealing sorry)

sorry this is so long and probably WAY deeper than it actually is but im so new here and idrk the ettiquette so i just wanna make sure i dont unintentionally hurt anyone! tbh i never expected anyone to see or interact w this blog in the first place (my policy at first was . "i dont feel comfortable naming my f/o but if we share i wont interact w u!!" not accounting for the fact that ppl could interact w ME first... LMAO i just didnt expect everyone to be so nice and welcoming 😭) and im so grateful to have virtually met all u guys and ur lovely f/os ;3

anyway x o x o SORRY THAT IS SO FUCKING LONG oh my god anyways. back to ur regularly scheduled programming

#.info #f/o #self ship

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orbleglorb · 1 year

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sorry i just saw your tags i now need to know about dd and parker being friends

ALRIGHT. SO. DD is, of course, the doordash driver/delivery driver/designated driver for the Crabs. during and after the fall ball, DD is more familiar with the Crabitat and Baltimore than anyone on the team. there's the other staff, of course, but they're not important right now.

the actual stuff about DD and parker being friends is below the cut. there is kind of a lot

i like to imagine that DD is a college student. she works weird hours and gets little sleep because of it, so she's routinely awake late at night. one time, parker placed an order after midnight because he knew he would forget by the next day. he figured she'd get it after she woke up. but no, at the ripe hour of one in the morning, he gets a knock on his door and it's DD with his walmart-brand cough syrup and ibuprofen. and parker feels REALLY BAD about it. he gives her a $20 tip, which is like, more than the entire order. DD doesn't reject it, because money is money, but is just like "lol it's ok this is literally my job."

(meanwhile, declan would order shit like 26 boxes of bandaids at 2 am because she wanted to make a mosaic with them)

also, i REALLY love the headcanon that parker volunteers at the library. because 1) i volunteer at my library in my spare time and i truly love libraries in general, and 2) i mentioned this in the crabitiat, but someone brought up parker reading to kids, and my aunt is a children's librarian. she does these silly costumes with some of her storytimes, especially for the special events. as a result, she has a closet that could rival miss frizzle's. so the idea of parker reading to kids in some dumb costume is so precious 2 me

anyway, back the DD stuff: since DD is a college student, i'd imagine they'd visit the library semi-regularly. i know lots of universities tend to have libraries, but with her weird work schedule i would think that they might go to school online. or, maybe they're in-person but they're always at the university library at night (since it's open) and just need a change of pace for daytime. whatever the reason, she and parker run into each other at the library a lot. at some point, she's walking past the children's section at the library and is like "wow that guy reading looks super familiar... can't place it tho" so she watches for a bit. and parker's like WHY THE FUCK IS DD HERE. WHAT DID I DO. because all he can see is DD squinting menacingly at him from a few yards away. and then afterwards she walks up to him and is like "you're really good at this librarian stuff, they should start paying you for this shit" and parker's smiling and nodding but also thinking then why the fuck were you giving me a death stare... but that's just her resting face.

when at the library, DD starts finding and bugging parker whenever she needs help finding something, since she already knows him. parker is absolutely ecstatic about this, since he feels bad when people do things for him and he does nothing in return. like yeah, she's literally a delivery driver, it's a transaction, you're supposed to pay and that's all, etc. but parker just Feels Bad, even though he doesn't really order anything besides food and, occasionally, pain meds. DD always gets him water when he orders pain meds (because he typically orders them at like, 1 or 2 am) and he just does not feel like money is enough compensation for making someone go to walmart at 1 or 2 am. so, now that DD needs him for something, he feels a lot better about bugging her. but the thing is, he's the most normal customer DD has. DD is used to having to track down shit like stale baguettes, melted sundaes, three gallons of cranberry juice, live crickets, statues, something that looks like it might be a worthy sacrifice for deb, etc., but parker is like "if you have the time, would you please get me french fries from mcdonald's" then tips her $10 and apologizes upon her arrival. like dawg that is the easiest task she is going to have all day.

slowly, DD starts feeling more comfortable asking parker for things and just being around him in general. she starts greeting him with "hey, dork!" or something similar, and starts helping him with whatever task he is doing while taking a break from schoolwork. and parker's like, "oh good, i've gotten a good grade in friendship, which is both normal to want and possible to achieve." at one point, DD steals a sharpie and draws a little smiley face on parker's hand, and parker starts tearing up a little bit.

one of my personal headcanons for parker is that he bakes when stressed (and he's a good baker, too). the day before the S1 election results, parker has to order cbd gummies or something to make him not actively neurotic. so DD arrives and gives him the stuff and he's like "hey thanks! would you like two or more pies for the road?" and it's not like DD is going to say no, so parker invites her in to the apartment so that she can pick whatever she wants and take it. and she walks in and there's aluminum foil-covered dishes on all surfaces in the kitchen. he's set up a makeshift shelf because there's not enough room on the table and counters, especially not since he is currently still making a loaf of banana bread. DD stares in awe and horror at the stack of dishes in the sink. and parker's just like "yeah haha i've been busy :) if you need help carrying stuff to your car i can try, but i can't carry much with my cane" (the cane is another personal headcanon of mine). and from then on, parker tips DD by giving them some random dessert he's made.

during season 2, juke gnocchi moves into the apartment with parker. since parker and DD are friends by this point, parker will sometimes complain about juke doing things like molting and leaving the skin in his laundry or listening to music too loudly. meanwhile DD is trying so hard to conceal her facial expressions because she knows juke. (because they are from rival mobs. what, you thought DD just made stuff appear out of thin air once the Crabs order it? no. she has criminal connections with every store front in baltimore. she can just straight up rob a place if one of the crabs doesn't venmo her the money before she has to check out. unlike juke, she is actually somewhat good at being in organized crime). and so sometimes parker will be like "yeah it's super annoying that juke is in the mob because his rivals keep taking me hostage. they think juke and i actually get along or something" and DD is like "wow haha that's crazy. out of sheer curiosity, do you happen to know which mob they were from, as well as a name and general physical description?"

i know DD is supposed to remain Unknowable and Mysterious as part of the bit, but it's too late i've lored her. my bad

#blaseball #baltimore crabs #spreading my parker being friends with everyone agenda #asks 4 sasha #thank you marn baltimorecrab for asking about this! i will always take any chance i get to discuss the dumb lore in my brain

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blackboxwarrior · 1 year

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AOSMP- GETTING BACK TO ORIGINS MINECRAFT TONIGHT 2/14 at 7 PM EST

Ok... yeah, I owe y'all an explanation but I'll make it quick. Long story short it starts with a nervous breakdown and ends with me moving back with my dad. I tag all my streams with "psychosis" for a reason lmao. Took a mental health break, worked some shit out, rearranged my whole fuckin life and now we're here. No residual bad vibes remain, no well wishes needed, just me takin two weeks to sort my bullshit out. We are going to resume our regularly scheduled programming effective immediately. Tonight, that means AOSMP. Theres been some behind-the-scenes changes I want to show off, and others I want to see for the first time! The MCCN Is still on for later this week, but let me knock the rust off first.

twitch_live

#stream promo #aosmp #minecraft #modded minecraft #minecraft origins

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gone-fish-mode · 8 months

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going to put this on my pinned post and also my main blog, but for the love of god if yall ever send me an audio PLEASE tell me if there is going to be any eating, breathing, or asmr-like sounds in it. it can ruin my day so easily and put me into shutdown mode so fast.

not many of my mutuals post videos, but i'd also appreciate it if yall could tag things with an asmr tw or something similar if needed.

thanks :,]

ok now back to my regularly scheduled fishy content

#misophonia #blub blub #if yall cant tell #im currently dealing with the repercussions of said sounds #like my body hurts #it puts me in physical pain #eaugh #id normally tag this with vent but #i need folks to see it

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reigonalatbest · 2 months

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Getting off tik tok and Facebook and Instagram has led to me having some actual independent thoughts and opinions and tastes and I don’t really know what to do with myself now

Also I’m going to the blue jackets oilers game on Thursday w a non-hockey friend. woo hoo gonna watch the blue jackets get their ass kicked AGAIN 🤠

Ok back to regularly scheduled programming (Nico hischier gifsets while I drool in the tags)

#not even kidding lol #it’s kinda sad I genuinely am like :o I have music I like that isn’t popular on tik tok #I detoxed from Taylor swift and it was like stepping into the light lol

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moa-broke-me · 1 year

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Can I just get on my soapbox for a moment?

Listen, intermediate-level writers:

Not every bit of dialogue needs to be tagged.

So often, what I see in writing advice circles is the debate between 'said is dead' and 'said is fine actually, just use that'. And I'd like to propose a middle ground:

'said' is useless, for the most part, at least in narrative writing. If there's a more descriptive word to, well, describe the dialogue than 'said', which is more often than not, then it's generally good practice to go with the more compelling option. But the advice 'said is dead' fails to fully prepare new writers for what to do in the moments, which are more common than you'd initially think, when there's nothing remarkable about how the character says what they say.

So whenever you're tempted to say 'he said' 'she said' 'I said' etc, do this instead:

Don't. Tag. That. Line. Of. Dialogue.

It's really that simple. If you don't have anything interesting to say, it's best not to say anything at all, rather than floundering around for any word other than 'said' to tag your dialogue with. It looks sloppy and clunky, we can practically see you through the pages, tearing your hair out while staring at the computer screen, grasping at straws, and it's honestly pathetic.

Just. Don't.

'But Mace, what if I'm writing a three-way conversation? How will the readers know which character is saying what?'

Use a gesture instead. case in point:

I sighed. "Can we get this over with, please? I need to get to class."

"Not until you've come to understand the consequences of your actions." She licked her thumb and turned a page in the morning paper, before stopping to peer at me over her glasses. "Not just for you, but for me. For your mother, for your father, for all my other students."

"How the hell is-"

She shut me up with a glare.

I chewed the inside of my lip. "How is it my fault that my shirt got put in the wash with a single red sock? I'm not the one that does the laundry around here."

Felix put a hand on my shoulder. "Don't fight with her, there's no way you'll win."

"Would you shut up? Just because you're scared of your own shadow-"

The headmistress slammed her hands on the table. "Both of you, stop chatting it up over there!"

I rolled my eyes. Why was I constantly getting interrupted today? "What am I supposed to do, teach? I'm bored out of my wits."

"Good. This is supposed to be a punishment, in case you've forgotten."

Suddenly, Felix did something in a millisecond what it takes most people nine whole months in the womb: He grew a spine. "Miss Coxcomb, the decor is punishment enough."

"Both of you quit your blabbing before I put duct tape over your mouths!" Her ruler came down fast and hard, earning a whimper from Felix.

She left the room with a few curt clicks of her heels, and he looked over at me, pouting and holding his injured knuckles. "Now look what you did."

I just shook my head. For once, I couldn't find the wherewithal to argue. Felix seemed to be back to his usual self, which left me horrifically disappointed. I guess all good things must come to an end.

Did you have any trouble figuring out which character said what? Most people wouldn't.

Bottom line: Dialogue tags aren't necessary 100% of the time.

Ok, soapbox moment over, back to your regularly scheduled program.

#writing #writingtips #writingadvice #notpjo

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