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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
wiihtigo

Uncommon Questions for OCs and their creators:

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Send me a # (questions for OCs) or a letter (questions for creators) and I’ll answer

QUESTIONS FOR YOUR OCs

  1. What’s the maximum amount of time your character can sit still with nothing to do?
  2. How easy is it for your character to laugh?
  3. How do they put themselves to bed at night (reading, singing, thinking?)
  4. How easy is it to earn their trust?
  5. How easy is it to earn their mistrust?
  6. Do they consider laws flexible, or immovable?
  7. What triggers nostalgia for them, most often? Do they enjoy that feeling?
  8. What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child
  9. Do they swear? Do they remember their first swear word?
  10. What lie do they most frequently remember telling? Does it haunt them?
  11. How do they cope with confusion (seek clarification, pretend they understand, etc)?
  12. How do they deal with an itch found in a place they can’t quite reach?
  13. What color do they think they look best in? Do they actually look best in that color?
  14. What animal do they fear most?
  15. How do they speak? Is what they say usually thought of on the spot, or do they rehearse it in their mind first?
  16. What makes their stomach turn?
  17. Are they easily embarrassed?
  18. What embarrasses them?
  19. What is their favorite number?
  20. If they were asked to explain the difference between romantic and platonic or familial love, how would they do so?
  21. Why do they get up in the morning? 
  22. How does jealousy manifest itself in them (they become possessive, they become aloof, etc)? 
  23. How does envy manifest itself in them (they take what they want, they become resentful, etc)? 
  24.  Is sex something that they’re comfortable speaking about? To whom? 
  25.  What are their thoughts on marriage? 
  26.  What is their preferred mode of transportation? 
  27.  What causes them to feel dread? 
  28.  Would they prefer a lie over an unpleasant truth? 
  29.  Do they usually live up to their own ideals? 
  30.  Who do they most regret meeting? 
  31.  Who are they the most glad to have met? 
  32.  Do they have a go-to story in conversation? Or a joke? 
  33.  Could they be considered lazy? 
  34.  How hard is it for them to shake a sense of guilt? 
  35.  How do they treat the things their friends come to them excited about? Are they supportive? 
  36. Do they actively seek romance, or do they wait for it to fall into their lap? 
  37. Do they have a system for remembering names, long lists of numbers, things that need to go in a certain order (like anagrams, putting things to melodies, etc)? 
  38. What memory do they revisit the most often? 
  39. How easy is it for them to ignore flaws in other people? 
  40. How sensitive are they to their own flaws?
  41. How do they feel about children? 
  42. How badly do they want to reach their end goal? 
  43. If someone asked them to explain their sexuality, how would they do so? 

QUESTIONS FOR CREATORS

A) Why are you excited about this character?
B) What inspired you to create them?
C) Did you have trouble figuring out where they fit in their own story?
D) Have they always had the same physical appearance, or have you had to edit how they look?
E) Are they someone you would get along with? Would they get along with you?
F) What do you feel when you think of your OC (pride, excitement, frustration, etc)?
G) What trait of theirs bothers you the most?
H) What trait do you admire most?
I) Do you prefer to keep them in their canon universe?
J) Did you have to manipulate or exclude canon factors to allow them to create their character?

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wiihtigo
chaumas-deactivated20230115

I think one of the worst things a story can be is unproblematic.

Nothing makes a story more unreadable than being able to see the author squirm apologetically for the story they actually want to write—wringing their hands and imploring the reader please, please don’t be mad, I know it’s ideologically questionable but I need you to not be mad at me!

For example: a Good King™️. It’s one thing for a story to present a fictional monarchy and ask me to root for it. It’s another thing for a story to say, hey, I know what you’re thinking—but don’t worry! I can justify this premise! I have introduced a lot of convoluted self-aware political justifications for why my king is good and likable without actually asking any risky ideological questions! These characters aren’t actually problematic! Don’t be mad at me!

Commit to the bit. Apologetic, defensive writing designed to bypass obvious criticisms often winds up offending me far more than stories that are just kind of surface-level problematic. If I’m gonna be a hater you cannot stop me; the more you insist that a character is actually a good oil tycoon because of all these exceptional situations and beyond my reproach, the more I resent you and hate your stupid book.

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cyborg-alchemist:
“snommelp:
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If the point is for the children to learn, then why wouldn’t you give them as many chances as it takes? What is the benefit of telling a child...
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These policies can help to improve the mental health of students

snommelp

If the point is for the children to learn, then why wouldn’t you give them as many chances as it takes? What is the benefit of telling a child “you failed and that’s the end of it”?

cyborg-alchemist

I’m 25, and in my trade school, our tests aren’t judgement, they’re testing to see what we’ve retained, and identify what we’re missing.

If I weld a joint, and the CWI comes up behind me with a radiographic test for it and finds that I just laid hot metal on cold metal or it looks like a sponge inside, you know what’s gonna happen? You think they’re gonna give me a low score and tell me to move on? Fuck no. They’re gonna hand me a grinder and tell me to take it out and put it in right.

When there’s actual work to be done, we don’t leave it at the first attempt if that attempt was shit. We don’t leave a trail of “what’s done is done.” If it takes you four attempts, that’s what it takes, and next time it’ll take fewer because you learned how to do it right after the third time.

School, as it’s set up, with unforgiving deadlines and single attempt high stakes tests are building a shitty work ethic. It says “I tried once, and that’s all you’re getting.” It sets you up to leave a trail of cut losses and barely or unfinished projects as you scramble to get something, anything, turned in before the deadline.

And we wonder now why nothing works at launch.

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fleshdyke

birds can be so disproportionate it’s actually so funny. one of life’s greatest delights

fleshdyke

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african jacana

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green heron

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black winged stilt

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south phillipine dwarf kingfisher. honestly most kingfishers but this one especially

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japanese paradise flycatcher

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kiwi wing + how big they are for reference

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white bellbird. i just don’t think they should be able to do that

cryptobranchid

@the-azzangna

chibiyumakuga

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the sword billed hummingbird is one that always gets me

vinceaddams

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Tawny frogmouth. Nightjars in genera look like they've got tiny little beaks when they're closed

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and then they open their mouth and it is a not tiny at all beak.

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