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@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]

I really feel bad for Jr’s future girlfriend, like how does she stand him? He throws knives for fun, spars with a literal dragon for fun, gets hurt in the process et cetera et cetera

@jonas

So…what now?

@savannah_grace2009

That’s great! I’ll keep praying.

@trailblazer

I don’t eat much sugar normally, now I have to eat sugary things. I also have to keep a candy in my pocket whenever I go somewhere now. My sugar levels are slowly going back to normal.

Apparently, it’s bothering me now because I was recently on Doxycicoline for Lyhmes, and that just messed up my body enough that I went downhill…[Read more]

@jonas

Oh dear…Riina struck Jr at his heart…

Nahim Jr. 

Jr’s face fell. His knife clattered onto the floor. She’s right. I was made to kill. I was made to cause harm. A Lab Child can’t be a Protector. The son of Grathmere can’t be good at heart.

“See ya, if you can keep up with the son of a Nameless Thing.” He turned away, hoping she h…[Read more]

@savannah_grace2009

I almost feel bad for them…

But then I remember what they do to Otto and Lilitu and Marcurious and Neveah and basically everyone important in my story!!! AHHHH!

I knowwwwwwww! I have the same problem with Grathmere! Like, he literally gave his own son a disease on purpose that causes a lot of pain…like who? But then his b…[Read more]

@rae @freedomwriter76 @jonas @acancello @grcr @anyone-else

Sooooo you guys remember Jraldath right?? The evil Pythonos that terrorizes everyone…

And you also remember his wife Selena?

Well…they’re evil for a reason…because they have a TRAGIC BACKSTORY!! bwahaha!

Anyways…when Jraldath and Selena were newly married, they had a son.

And…[Read more]

@freedomwriter76

HANS….*cries*

I like the idea of Hans being adopted. That way, like you said, he realizes why he was “never wanted” and it would be super interesting if Felix accidentally tells him!!!

YOU COULD COMBINE ALL YOUR IDEAS!! that way you won’t just have to go with one…..

haha that might be a bit much…[Read more]