Cloaked Mystery

@jonas @rae @thearcaneaxiom @beth-torres @highscribeofaetherium @princesachronicle22

Snake

He sat down on the floor, tail curled around his legs, as the queen of this kingdom explained what was going on. One of the characters angrily stormed out, not wanting to fight their war for them.

Snake didn’t mind going to war for some other kingdom.…[Read more]

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The Queen

When the door swung open it revealed a moon-shaped room, wrapping around a large staircase like that that you would see in a mansion, with carven banisters and white stairs, accented with a deep brown walnut wood. The tiles of the floor were made of…[Read more]

Imma just tag a few more people here because I only tagged like four at first:

@highscribeofaetherium @whalekeeper @grcr @jonas @freed_and_redeemed @beth-torres @mineralizedwritings @loopylin

@jonas yeah we should probably move the discussion lol

@jonas

All you do is get on voice chat, then share your screen for the most part. I’ll be busy too. I have work most days now, though only in the first half of the day, and I’ll be serving a mission not long from now. That’s awesome that your doing karate!

Maybe we could figure something out in the near future, but I don’t know. I’ll just say…[Read more]

@jonas

Yeah, I do have discord. I don’t use it very much but I have it. You can stream things on discord?

Yeah! I don’t know why I haven’t thought of it before. Although, the question is whether it will stream well, but I’d say it’s worth a shot if you’re up for it!

@thearcaneaxiom @jonas

Perfect!

@jonas

Here’s one

@jonas

I would also say that it depends on the villain’s role. Sometimes you need a sympathetic villain for the story to work. But yeah, in and of themselves, a non-sympathetic villain isn’t a bad thing.

True, of course ignoring the fact that a non-sympathetic villain by definition, is bad😂 (Someone was bound to do this, so I thought it might as…[Read more]

@jonas

This is a very insightful (and off topic) conversation lol. Maybe we should create a new thread. (There probably is one already, actually.)

Yeah 😂

@jonas @princesachronicle22

yeah, “tragic backstory” and “pure evil” villains have been done to death, but they can be good if done right.

Speaking of which (this might seem like it has nothing to do with the discussion but just hear me out), I was thinking of two different characters earlier today. They’re both borderline psychopaths,…[Read more]

@jonas @princesachronicle22

Yeah, I think it’s important to remember that it’s never bad for a villain to be non sympathetic, it’s just all in the execution. Azula from Avatar the Last Airbender isn’t really sympathetic in the whole series, but she’s probably the most fascinating and terrifying villain I can think of. Her father, Ozai, is also a…[Read more]

@jonas

Yeah, villain motivations can definitely be hard. With heroes it’s kind of a “duh” they want to stop said villain and keep people safe. MCs are totally subjective but generally that is how we see our heroes.

Sooo, I might just rant about villains for a while? Read at your own risk, or don’t, either works 😂

But that leaves the qu…[Read more]

@jonas

two are not very fleshed out, and the last is only moderately well developed. I have others that are vague formulations in my mind, and some stories where I haven’t even begun to conceptualize the villain.

Yep, definitely feel that. Which makes figuring out plot and the main character difficult as well. I feel like it’s one of the e…[Read more]

@jonas

Mkay!

(I also haven’t even decided on mine yet.)

Yeah, I’m really not the best at villains, most of them don’t exist yet, and the rest need soooo much development. Vere is only put together as much as he is, because he’s also a main character.

But I’ve had trouble putting them in RPs for whatever reason. But hopefully I’ll get around to f…[Read more]

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Snake

The doors creaked open. Carrie and the alien-with-colors [I don’t think he knows her name] had attempted to bust through, but apparently the inhabitants of the castle didn’t mind opening it for them.

A rather strange decision….He was new to this whole kingdom-and-its-ruler thing, but even…[Read more]

Wyoh looks like an egg mcmuffin. (It worked last time.)

@jonas @trailblazer

So the essence of what I was trying to say is this:

We know God created the word Good, but maybe not its meaning, because He used it before anybody else existed.

Since the bible says that the requirements of the law are written in our hearts, does that mean that what…[Read more]