Nordengaard - Creative Sanctuary

Some of my favorite words and phrases to describe a character in pain

coiling (up in a ball, in on themselves, against something, etc)

panting (there’s a slew of adjectives you can put after this, my favorites are shakily, weakly, etc)

keeling over (synonyms are words like collapsing, which is equally as good but overused in media)

trembling/shivering (additional adjectives could be violently, uncontrollably, etc)

sobbing (weeping is a synonym but i’ve never liked that word. also love using sob by itself, as a noun, like “he let out a quiet sob”)

whimpering (love hitting the wips with this word when a character is weak, especially when the pain is subsiding. also love using it for nightmares/attacks and things like that)

clinging (to someone or something, maybe even to themselves or their own clothes)

writhing/thrashing (maybe someone’s holding them down, or maybe they’re in bed alone)

crying (not actual tears. cry as in a shrill, sudden shout)

dazed (usually after the pain has subsided, or when adrenaline is still flowing)

wincing (probably overused but i love this word. synonym could be grimacing)

doubling-over (kinda close to keeling over but they don’t actually hit the ground, just kinda fold in on themselves)

heaving (i like to use it for describing the way someone’s breathing, ex. “heaving breaths” but can also be used for the nasty stuff like dry heaving or vomiting)

gasping/sucking/drawing in a breath (or any other words and phrases that mean a sharp intake of breath, that shite is gold)

murmuring/muttering/whispering (or other quiet forms of speaking after enduring intense pain)

hiccuping/spluttering/sniffling (words that generally imply crying without saying crying. the word crying is used so much it kinda loses its appeal, that’s why i like to mix other words like these in)

stuttering (or other general terms that show an impaired ability to speak — when someone’s in intense pain, it gets hard to talk)

staggering/stumbling (there is a difference between pain that makes you not want to stand, and pain that makes it impossible to stand. explore that!)

recoiling/shrinking away (from either the threat or someone trying to help)

pleading/begging (again, to the threat, someone trying to help, or just begging the pain to stop)

Feel free to add your favorites or most used in the comments/reblogs!

Just some doodles of these two. Celeste just wants to read one more chapter but she hasn’t slept in days

Centenni Saga Book 1: Awakening (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/story/388252608-centenni-saga-book-1-awakening?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_myworks&wp_uname=MorganShetty 

The prologue for my original work, Awakening, Book 1 of the Centenni Saga is now up on WattPad! I hope you guys enjoy it! 

just messed around with some screenshots, they're so funny, I can't 😭😭

January 19th, 12am

A depressive CPTSD episode has put me pretty far behind where I need to be in terms of bills. So to try and raise some cash I'm selling white background 9"x 12" pre 2020 paintings for $100 each. Pricing is Tumblr only and can be paid via venmo or paypal. Same day USPS shipping.

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Chapter 25 is up! Whooootttt! Holy crap this one was hard and I am not entirely sure why. lol

Okay here’s an ask game

Send me a ship and I’ll answer three questions based on if I ship it or not.

Ship It

What made you ship it?

What are your favorite things about the ship?

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

Don’t Ship It

Why don’t you ship it?

What would have made you like it?

Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

We have had such warm weather recently wanted to draw some springy stuff

I think one of the reasons Snape fans get so aggressively defensive about him is bc a lot of us relate to him hard. we see a lot of our own trauma and unhealthy coping mechanisms in him and obviously our need to comfort our traumatised selves comes out as a desire to comfort Snape

so when people come out with (often factually wrong) hatred towards him, we take it personally bc to a lot of us, he is us

and I may just be speaking for myself here but. as an autistic woman I am often misunderstood in the way Snape is often misunderstood. so when I see people misread him, I see the same people who misread me and try to tell me I’m something I’m not. often in those situations I don’t get to defend myself, so when it happens to Snape I want to defend him. and yeah I get aggressive about it bc like I said, to me it’s personal

anyway TLDR we don’t just like Snape “because of Alan Rickman” (Alan is just a very sexy bonus)

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