Faith

@jonas

😒

Just for the record I knew that was what you were writing.

Which one is the ‘Uh’?

@whalekeeper

Just checking you do have friends, right? Just checking. Because I would be surprised if you didn’t, and very sad.

I have one, not including cousins/ family. I’m super awkward and quiet irl so it’s not too surprising XD

I went to a private Christian school for a while and then homeschooled a bit.

@whalekeeeper

XD And people tease you about looking at boys or talking about them, and you are genuinely confused because you obviously don’t feel that way.

I was hardly ever teased in school, actually.
…Probably because I accidentally developed a permanent death glare in middle school and wore it all the way through to jr year. Accidentally s…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Right. Someone I was talking to was like, “there always has to be a reason!” And I’m like, “uh, sinful nature.” Yes, this character has daddy issues, but I’m not going to reward him for his selfish attitude, I’m going to call him out for it and punish him in-story. Even a person with perfect parents and a loving environment i…

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@whalekeeper

Oh, like with the Peanuts?

XD  No. It’s a Disney cartoon that has just two seasons. It has fun characters and a really well planned out story with a good ending.

It’s about two siblings, Dipper and Mabel, who go to their great uncle’s (gruncle’s) house for the summer. Their gruncle lives in Gravity Falls, a tiny town in Oregon where…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

I meant hypothetically, if a girl was open to dating, those things wouldn’t push her away.

ok, yeah, you’re right.
I remember being confused when my old school friends had crushes on very annoying, trouble making boys in our class.

@whalekeeper

YES, this. I’ve tried to explain this to some people and they don’t get it for some reason.

I think people tend to forget that humans are irrational. We don’t always do things that make sense. So writers try to rationalize their characters’ bad behavior by giving them tragic backstories.

(Maybe? Idk, just a theory)

@whalekeeper

Like Gravity Falls! (Have you seen it? It’s the best) You never even see the parents’ faces.

I’ve always liked your characters, and I never knew anything about their past. They’re interesting enough without that 😉

Awww thanks :]

I also like emphasizing in my stories the fact that people don’t need trauma or terrible tragedy in their lives in order to struggle with sin. Everyone has problems to overcome, even Average Joe with his calm, happy, suburban childhood.

@jonas

Yes, that does make sense, thanks!

So when they they don’t have backstories, that just means they’ve led a normal, unremarkable life up until the start of the story, right?

@whalekeeper

Yay! That’s great! I took a nap yesterday and I remember hoping that you were resting too.

@rae @whaley

Ngl, I think you should be asking, what girl would not want to date him?

Uh, not me. Though he does have cool knives and a cute dog dragon so I guess that’s a plus…

I have a question @anyone

Do characters actually need backstories?

I mean, I love writing them. Tragic backstories of course (in small doses), cheerful backstories with fun family dynamics… but I’ve realized that very few of my characters actually have backstories.

Eddie and Ellie, for example, the MCs of my Paper Stars story, have literally…[Read more]

@savannah_grace2009

I’m glad she’s doing better 😊❤️

@rae

Yw. I’ll keep praying that you can get this fully sorted out 🙂

@whalekeeper Ack! That sounds awful. Hope you get plenty of rest and feel better soon!

@rae

Yw. Yeah, it probably is.

@rae

Ricochet? (Why does it need a ‘t’? 🤦‍♀️)

@rae

I’ll be praying for you, too.

@jonas

Lol XD