Like when I was getting to know the Spideypool characters, I wrote Bad Ideas because adding the ABO element forced me to round out Peter/Wade in a way that maybe wouldn’t happen in a fic otherwise because ABO includes all the emotions/hormones/etc etc so every single moment was 100x more intense.
ie: The scene where Wade is triggered and slides towards a mental break. In a regular fic, Peter’s part is basically offering sex to distract Wade and then getting upset and leaving when Wade snaps at him. BUT since it’s ABO, it’s all about the way Peter is using his Omega side to calm Wade down, offering submission because he knows it’s good for the Alpha, Wade pushing him away because he knows he’s very close to breaking and doesn’t want to hurt Peter.
Or as I was getting used to writing Stuckony, I did it in TEASE where Tony is basically a lacy panty wearing cocktease and Bucky and Steve are hopeless and helpless and Natasha was super friendly and not at all scary.
This way Tony didn’t have any angst because of PTSD, and there was no “oh no the Winter Soldier” dynamics so I could work on how I wrote them laughing or the sexy times or even just working on Tony and Natasha’s friendship.
Writing something that lets you ignore the “canon” view of the character and work on sort of ridiculous HC’s about them will help you round out the character in your longer fics.
like you’ll notice in all of my Spideypool fics, they sleep with Peter curled up ontop of Wade. literally on top of him. Straddling his waist, face in his neck, in every single on of my fics. I thought it would be cute in Bad Ideas, and it made it’s way into everything else, and now it’s a way for Spideypool to show complete trust in each other because it’s sort of a vulnerable position for both of them to be in.
“Sure thing, sweet thing” came from Letter’s to Bucky which was VERY au but let me explore the winteriron dynamics without all the angst from the MCU, and it’s completely affected how I write Bucky because it’s such a romantic thing to say which makes me write him as if he’s a hopeless romantic beneath all that Growly Goodness.
Anyway, I’m rambling sort of, but the point it– when you want to work on rounding out a character, try writing them in an AU outside of any of their normal angst. Without that pressure to keep them “in character” you can work on all the different nuances and end up with really well developed characters
This works really well in rp as well, since it’s the same concept. Most of my muses I picked up in au rp groups and they stuck around from there.
she is so adorable and has such great expressions I sometimes forget she is a pin up girl
She is sexy as fuck.
THIS BODY IS SEXY AS FUCK.
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
*softly with feeling* she’s beautiful
This has to be Depression era WW2. She’s wearing bikinis made from flour sacks, which people made clothes from because they were shit poor and companies decided to put floral prints and colors on their bags to make those improvised clothes.
You also have to appreciate that she’s a hard worker, growing her own food, fixing her own plumbing and still retaining her femininity. That’s definitely a sign of the times.
There’s another post about Hilda I can’t find right now, but yeah, it’s spot on, she was popular during the war and was created to be more a “girl next door” type.
@blackteaandbones FOUND IT. This is the series we were goin’ on about on the way to Kingston.
what I love best about Hilda is that you can learn this about her personality just from a handful of moments with her and you can’t help but love her. She’s kind and indulgent and sweet and has a good sense of humor
·۰❁ It’s that time of the year! The time at which Min ( @cainmarked ) and myself are getting into the holiday spirit and ready to celebrate in style with… a fuckton of candy in our 3rd annual Christmas Candy Giveaway*. It’s awesome. But don’t take it from us. Take it from previous winners. Like this happy camper from our first giveaway.
Or this lucky gal from giveaway number two.
❆ What will be given away? ❆
·۰❁ Christmas themed sweets from Austria and Germany — it’s good. It’s really, really so damn good. Since there’s a lot of sweets we have here, we will choose things we know aren’t common elsewhere or are traditional Christmas sweets in either or both of the countries. You will receive a lot of calories ( 3ish pounds of sweets ) from either me or Min ( there will be two winners, surprise.. in case you haven’t done this before. If so, you’re probably not surprised. ). The candy is Christmas themed but the parcels will be character themed.
❆ What if I win? ❆
·۰❁ The two people who won will be contacted by Min or me respectively. At that point, you can tell about preferences or wish for specific sweets. In case you have always wanted to try a particular thing, this is your chance, and you can make sure you don’t get things you don’t like or are allergic to. You’ll also have to tell us your age because there’s alcohol in some of the good stuff. So, no worries, we’ll try to make sure you will like what you’re getting.
❆ Rules
·۰❁ You have to follow at least one of us ( @ofdemonicmagic & @cainmarked) on one of our blogs. You can follow us both, but following just one will be absolutely fine. You don’t have to follow the other to participate ( especially if you’re playing either one of our characters, be assured just following one of us WILL NOT make it less likely that you win ) ·۰❁ Reblog this to participate. ·۰❁ Must love Christmas. ·۰❁ Just kidding, you don’t even have to celebrate it. But it WOULD be cool if you loved sweets, I guess. ·۰❁ You will obviously have to be comfortable to give us an address to ship the sweets to. We promise hereby not to send you unwanted flyers with offers of discount you don’t need at a store you’ve never heard of and never plan to go to. Although, actually… ·۰❁ No, just kidding, we’re not gonna do that. ·۰❁ Please notice that only the first two of these are actual rules. ·۰❁ This giveaway ends on the 30th of November. We’ll announce the winners so that we can ship the presents at the beginning of the week after that and pray that it will be with you around Christmas Eve. ·۰❁ You may participate ironically but that will require you to eat all the chocolate ironically as well. It’s the law.
A soulmate AU where you have a black stain where your soulmate is supposed to touch you for the first time and it turns to millions of colors once they do.
Like, so many people with their right palms all black, waiting for that one handshake.
People who have black knuckles who are scared for years that they end up punching their soulmate or something and end up coming home with their knuckles turned all shades of red and blue and purple without them noticing because sometimes your hands just brush together.
Someone having a very visible black palm on their cheek that they try to cover up because people will just know they will be slapped one day.
Just
consider the possibilities.
a handprint on your upper arm that bursts into colors during a fight you’re having with a close friend because you tried to walk away and they grabbed you–you never noticed that you never touched them until right now
twin handprints on your chest because your soulmate happens to be the paramedic who steps in to give you chest compressions that one time you almost died
a handprint on your palm but it’s not upside down like a handshake would be, you’re puzzled until you give someone a high five and the colors appear
someone you just met brushes a leaf off your shirt–RIGHT WHERE YOUR HANDPRINT IS YOU ALWAYS WONDERED WHY IT WAS ON YOUR PEC
I actually love this one a lot
Someone who is born with no mark at all–what a tragedy! But one day, a dear friend offers to braid their hair. They’re not even half done before they gasp and let it drop–their black palms and fingers are afire with color–
–and so is the half-done plait, bright against solid black hair.
So Doku is almost finished but my fever is spiking again so I’m gonna lay down again. He needs his actual history up and some starters. But everyone us welcome to check out my baby cobra shifter. He’s over at @monstxrousthings If anyone wants to make a pro.o thing for this blog or Doku’s, please do?
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