Shen Yuan And Bingge Deserve Be Adventuring Buddies . I Need Binghe Bumping Into Shen Yuan On His Way

I just couldn’t resist the urge to draw something based on this by @samthecookielord 😂 Isn’t that comforting 😂

I am person c.

Person A: What's your most controversial video game hot take?

Person B: The pursuit for photorealism in games is a fruitless endeavor that only results in bloated file sizes that take too much space.

Person C: Mario is a woman and just really butch.

SQQ holding his newborn baby to his chest, thinking about getting rid of him. He was only a burden and he didn't need that weight on his shoulders. It would have been better also for the baby... maybe someone would have found him in the woods, someone would have taken care of him, and it would have been a better parent than him. He didn't have the time to take care of that creature.

SQQ left his baby hiding him in the bushes so it wouldn't be dangerous for him. He worried that his cries could get the attention of wild beasts and monsters. But he took his decision and couldn't take back his word. He couldn't take care of a baby, what kind of life could he guarantee to a helpless child?

His heart was pending loudly in his chest, SQQ felt a pain new to him, like if parting from that child was so hard for him. He was a newborn, he wasn't interested in him at all. Yes, that's what he tried to tell himself.

So SQQ abandoned the baby, crying and screaming. His heart was broken but, he never knew he had some kind of... motherly instincts? He didn't know, but that baby's cries were ripping him from the inside. But it was the best choice.

SQQ tried to forget that baby, he didn't wanted to remember the pain of abandoning him. Maybe he was passed and never survived the day he left him. It was sad, but he couldn't change things. His son was gone long time ago.

Or that's what SQQ thought.

The baby was dead.

The same baby he met again one day, on the demons side, looking at him like he was just a filthy, unworthy human. A nobody not even worthy of his attention.

He was his father. And that wonderful, beautiful boy was his A-Yuan. The baby he left without any regret after giving him his name.

The same baby that maybe... only maybe... he missed a little bit too much.

Some Random Scenarios and Inspiration

-After being the victim of bardic slander one too many times, your character decides to get even. Only thing is that they have no musical talents and no one wants to work with them due to the fact that their reputation is in ruins. (Bonus if they are a member of a party, and none of them have any musical talents either, or else they refuse to help)

- Character conned an entire nation into believing they are the living embodiment of their patron god. This wouldn’t be too much of a problem, but character suddenly gained divine powers that grow stronger the more they are worshipped…

- The Knights and Knaves puzzle, only you are one of the door guardians. Which one? That’s for you to find out!

- What does an adventurer do when the innkeeper evicts all the mysterious strangers, hooded quest givers, brooding recruiters, and people-who-just-stand-in-the-corner-for-atmospheric-purposes?

-You’re a time traveler who has erased all the Bad Things in history. When you attempt to return to the present, the Time Police arrest you and charge you with setting things back to the way they were. (Why should you cooperate? Well, your meddling has had such a disruptive effect that a great many things, including yourself, no longer exist. You have only a set amount of time before you disappear forever.)

- A great Big Adventure/ Quest with a Medieval-esque feel, but everyone who is directly involved are mice living in an industrialized city (post 1780 or equivalent)

Ah

It’s bc it’s trending nvm sorry tumblr

wtf i was watching arcane downstairs so no fucking way that my phone heard me

Why tf is arcane popping up on my dashboard

I’m trying to avoid spoilers

I get addicted to spoilers very easily

Tumblr why are you doing this to me

It’s official my phone connects to my laptop to see what I watch on YouTube

I watched ONE arcane related video and all of a sudden it’s everywhere

Holy fucking shit Jan 1 is on a Wednesday

The most frustrating experience as a writer is having a clear vision in your mind of the story you want to tell but being too afraid to put pen to paper for fear of failing to do the story justice. I’m so scared that my actual execution will fail to meet my expectations that I’m paralysed to even start.

Random sketches that I did 😀

10 Ways to Ensure Your Villain's Evil Monologuing Dialogue is as Unsettling as Possible!

1.) Make sure you're mixing body language with the words themselves: You can have your villain saying the most twisted shit, but if they're just standing there like a cardboard cutout, their words probably aren't going to hit as hard. Have them touch your protag. Have them toy with a weapon as if they're going to use it. Have them pace. Have them put together the blood ritual they're ranting about. Keep them moving.

2.) Have them use personal knowledge as a tool: Does your villain have some deep dark dirt on your protag? Don't let that all go in one swoop. Let them hint at it in drops before they open the dam. Maybe they use that knowledge as a bargaining tool to get an upper hand, or use it to send the trapped protag into a frenzy because they love to watch them scream.

3.) When it comes to threats, certainty is key: A threat is a threat, but there's nothing like a threat being spoken as if the villain knows it's going to happen. Whether your villain has already caught your protag, or is in the process of doing so, everything they say they want to see happen to your protag needs to come with absolute certainty. Almost as if it's a certain warning, and not just something they’re saying to be scary.

4.) Contradictions are your friend: Nothing indicates a warped villainous mind more than some juicy contradictions. Your villain might be talking about how they're going to flay your protag's hide after catching them in their dungeon, only to throw in a subtle "but, you're probably safer here with me." Find ways to toss in twisted contradictions that also underline the crazy shit they might be saying.

5.) Mess with syntax: Unsettling dialogue calls for unsettling structure. Incomplete sentences, unforeseen pauses, longwinded explanations broken up by more unforeseen pauses. Whatever it is, keep the rhythm offbeat. Don't give your reader a chance to be able to tell what's coming.

6.) Expectations? Subvert those: Your protag and even your readers might be suspecting one thing from your villain, so throw them a curveball and hit them with the complete opposite. Perhaps you've reached a point in your story where it seems like the villain might kill your protag on sight. But no, have your villain mention exactly why they aren't going to do that, and why they want to wait it out.

7.) Mix quiet confidence and loud assertion: Some might say that the silent seether is scarier, while others might agree that the sudden explosive type takes the bigger unsettling prize. In my opinion, you can really capitalize on the eeriness of villain dialogue by tapping into both. A villain that speaks on with refined confidence before very suddenly exploding, without much warning, can really power up the dread behind their words.

8.) Sometimes, ambiguity is better than being straightforward: Whether it's obvious that your villain has a lot of tricks up their sleeves--or not--leaving things to the imaginations of your protag, and subsequently, your readers is great for building dread. You can use dialogue to make it clear that they're up to something, but never make them fully disclose what that is. They might show it instead of tell it, or it might just never happen. Either way, it'll likely have everyone looking over their shoulders.

9.) There might be times where silence says everything: You might be worried about penning the correct verbiage for your villain's big evil speech, but sometimes, silence speaks wonders. When used correctly, a long pause, or a bout of silence after your protag has said their piece can build a sense of uneasiness more than them actually speaking would have.

10.) Find ways for your villain to mirror the hero: A monologuing villain is better when they're throwing your hero's values and beliefs back in their face. A hero that believes in mercy? Well, have your villain talk about how they'll make them beg for it. A hero that believes in the greater good? Have your villain talk about their idea of a greater good.

As always, GO WRITE SOMETHING TODAY! <3

Yeah you're absolutely right, it WOULD be pretty fucked up if a scorpion was literally so held back by its own nature that it would kill both a frog and itself on a whim. It would be insane to think that a being would have destructive habits that are highly harmful so deeply ingrained in its core identity that it would default to that at even the most delicate situation, especially since said habit is actually usually a defense response to danger. But the danger in that situation was the river, and the frog was helping the scorpion overcome it, but said self defense response was something the scorpion leaned into so much that it fired off the handle on someone trying to help it, dooming an innocent frog and making the river kill the scorpion in a self fulfilling prophecy. The scorpion essentially killed itself, it caused its own problems by having a nature that's harmful by design, it could have let the frog pass through and survived, it could've just avoided crossing the river altogether. But the scorpion didn't do anything wrong, inherently it too was a victim of its actions as much as the frog, their nature wasn't a defense but its own doom, and it did not regret it at all, it knew it would happen all along. It is in its nature, after all

Man, what a weird and fantastical story, I'm so glad that there are NO real life equivalents to this WHATSOEVER