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Jon has got to think that the other legacy characters are all crazy at this point. The Justice League is dead and every time he talks to another legacy character about it they're all "lmao they aren't dead"

Nightwing and Robin won't even entertain the idea that Bruce is dead and both get mad at Jon for even bringing it up:

And the Flash legacy characters straight up just bail on him when he asks them for help because they're searching for Barry Allen who is dead and Jon must think they're all nuts

Jon doesn't know what the other legacy characters know. He hasn't been around long enough to realize that 70% of the time a dead superhero will come back and that the number jumps to 99% when there isn't a body. Jon must think that there's a viral case of denial going around or something

Nocturne By Anastasia Dolokhova

I love how all of the Batman villains are like “ah he’s not at the manor, it’s defenseless! and then alfred just racks an AK-47 and is like pull up bitch

Tim Drake is so fun to write. SO MUCH FUN. He's so smart that he's an idiot. He's a high school dropout (respect). He's a majority shareholder (disgust). His code of ethics consists entirely of a bulleted list written on a sticky note by Batman and handed to him when he was 12 years old. He grows up to be evil in a genuinely concerning number of timelines. He is a baldfaced liar and never tells anyone anything ever just in case it might give him an upper hand later. He periodically loses his mind. He is the personification of "Boy Genius" said sarcastically.

Humans in the Pokemon world likely lay eggs

please don’t revive this debate, i already spent a frankly inordinate amount of time discussing it that one time…

“What? Like, a disabled protagonist? How would that even work? How could someone with a disability be the hero in an action show?” local anime trash boy wonders while sitting next to his box sets of Full Metal Alchemist, showing no hint of irony or self awareness. 

Reminding myself to make the features of my trans-coded character designs more prominent as a lil' treat 'cause the constant headlines here in the UK debating whether we should be allowed to exist are driving me up the fuckin' wall actually ❤️‍🔥🏳️‍⚧️

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Game-Changing Sites for Writers

A recent search for a specific type of site to help me build new characters led me down a rabbit hole. Normally, that would make me much less productive, but I have found a treasure trove of websites for writers.

Bring Characters/Places to Life

There are a few different places you can use to create a picture of something entirely new. I love this site for making character pictures as references, instead of stock photos or whatever pops up on Google Images.

thispersondoesnotexist: every time you reload the page, this site generates a headshot of someone who doesn't exist. This is great if you're thinking about a character's personality or age and don't have specifics for their facial features yet.

Night Cafe: this is an AI art generator that takes your text prompt and generates an image for it. I tried it for various scenery, like "forest" or "cottage." It takes a minute for your requested photo to load, but no more than maybe five for the program to finish the picture.

Art Breeder: this website has endless images of people, places, and general things. Users can blend photos to create something new and curious visitors can browse/download those images without creating an account. (But if you do want to make an account to create your own, it's free!)

Find Random Places on Earth

You might prefer to set a story in a real-life environment so you can reference that place's weather, seasons, small-town vibe, or whatever you like. If that's the case, try:

MapCrunch: the homepage generates a new location each day and gives the location/GPS info in the top left of the screen. To see more images from previous days, hit "Gallery" in the top left.

Atlas Obscura: hover over or tap the "Places" tab, then hit "Random Place." A new page will load with a randomly generated location on the planet, provide a Google Maps link, and tell you a little bit about the place.

Random World Cities: this site makes randomly selected lists of global cities. Six appear for each search, although you'll have to look them up to find more information about each place. You can also use the site to have it select countries, US cities or US states too.

Vary Your Wording

Thesauruses are great, but these websites have some pretty cool perspectives on finding just the right words for stories.

Describing Words: tell this website which word you want to stop repeating and it will give you tons of alternative words that mean the same thing. It typically has way more options than other sites I use.

Reverse Dictionary: type what you need a word for in Reverse Dictionary's search box and it will give you tons of words that closely match what you want. It also lists the words in order of relevancy, starting with a word that most accurately describes what you typed. (There's also an option to get definitions for search results!)

Tip of My Tongue: this website is phenomenal. It lets you search for that word you can't quite place by a letter in it, the definition, what it sounds like, or even its scrambled letters. A long list of potential options will appear on the right side of the screen for every search.

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Hope this helps when you need a hand during next writing session 💛