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My haul from ECCC! Spent way too much money (again) but had going as a group for a change

Liar event CGs. Want more Kazumi 😭

‘i don’t want normal, and easy, and simple, i want… i want painful, difficult, devastating, life-changing, extraordinary love.’ (insp.)

Asked my friend to translate another one for me. 

Please enjoy guys. :)

Art by JUNNY

Tekken 6 Posters 

Love can destroy you. Love can erase you. Love can heal you. Love can reinvent you, And, if you are lucky enough, Love can make you whole again.

Mia Asher, Arsen: A Broken Love Story (via books-n-quotes)

The girl talk in this lovers route is giving me LIFE 🙌🏼😂

You goddamned, beautiful liar.

You goddamned, beautiful liar.

Teen!Hannigram

How to call your reps when you have social anxiety

When you struggle with your mental health on a daily basis, it can be hard to take action on the things that matter most to you. The mental barriers anxiety creates often appear insurmountable. But sometimes, when you really need to, you can break those barriers down. This week, with encouragement from some great people on the internet, I pushed against my anxiety and made some calls to members of our government. Here’s a comic about how you can do that, too. (Resources and transcript below.)

Motivational resources: There are a lot! Here are a few I really like:

Emily Ellsworth explains why calling is the most effective way to reach your congressperson.

Sharon Wong posted a great series of tweets that helped me manage my phone anxiety and make some calls.

Kelsey is tweeting pretty much daily with advice and reminders about calling representatives. I found this tweet an especially great reminder that calls aren’t nearly as big a deal as anxiety makes them out to be.

Informational resources: There are a lot of these, as well! These three are good places to start:

Find your representative at house.gov

Find your senators at senate.gov

Use the “We’re His Problem Now” scripts when calling (or write your own!)

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Can we just appreciate how thoughtful Itaru is not to pressure MC. Unlike all the others, he’s being patient instead of forcing a proposal on her

I know it’s a tired trope but I love when men fight over me 😘

[ Right now… Are you happy? ]

I had been wanting to draw V a story, a closure, an After End that is not actually hurt…

Because he’s so kind, and he deserves better… V, I hope you found your happiness… p.s: English is not my mother tongue so forgive me if I made any mistake, this is so long AMG DX. I took inspiration from V’s Chatroom with MC

It’s the only solution! 👰

Finally~~~~~ ;_________; /

I rally love this movie it’s so gooddddd!!

when I hear the name I only think about Jiminy LOL XD (poor Hopebi )

Liar! uncover the truth~ Keychain is now ready on my storenvy!

Featuring 8 from 10 characters from the popular game!

It all begins from one chibi Itaru and BOM I made 8 little liars!

You can buy them from here : http://nanoringo.storenvy.com/

Do you have any tips on writing really great mutual pining? It's a pretty big part of my next fic but I can't seem to get the emotions across in my writing ;-;

Plotting Great Romance

While “pining” implies an almost lack of romance, I still think the same goals of writing a great romance apply. You develop each of the two characters separately, and you develop a basic story for each of them separately, and then you see what happens when you bring them together. Think of it like clapping - each hand is capable of accomplishing a lot on its own, but when you slap your hands together, it creates a unique sound that one hand cannot produce on its own.

You could plot out the scenes/tension/suspense between them before developing each individual character, but I think it can be more challenging that way. So I would try to imagine the backstory, the characteristics, the wants, the needs, the goals, the motivations, the quirks, the interests…figure out who each of these characters is first.

Once you have that, you can start to think about how each character affects the other. What new characteristics do each bring out in the other? Are they good or bad? What ways do they challenge each other? What impact does each one have in the other’s life? Don’t think in terms of romance at this point. Just imagine your characters together, and imagine them separately. What’s the difference? What aspects of their personality do they suppress around the other and which ones do they set free?

Then, consider what qualities they each admire in the other. Why does each of them like being around the other? And counterpoint - what things frustrate them about the other?

When it comes to pining…

…make the reasons behind their unrequited romance good. A reader can quickly get frustrated by two characters who are simply too shy to admit their true feelings, or too naive to recognize chemistry and affection that is obviously mutual.  This is easier than you think. Imagine what obstacles a relationship between them might have, and then have your character foresee this obstacle as too troublesome to deal with.

For example, in a Romeo/Juliet type storyline, two characters might pine for the other but fail to act on their feelings due to family expectations. An artist might never pursue art because their parents expect them to be a doctor, just like a person may not pursue another romantically because their parents wouldn’t approve. 

Geography might be another potential obstacle. Two characters that meet unexpectedly while on vacation may hit it off, but knowing they each live on separate coastlines, they anticipate a stressful long-distance relationship and hold back on confessing feelings. 

An existing relationship is a big one - a character might not feel fully committed to their current partner, but their partner has never treated them poorly and for all intents and purpose, they seem perfect for each other. So they hold back feelings for another person because they don’t want to hurt the person they’re currently with, who they do still care about deeply. Their life might also be comfortable with this person, or even well established, with a nice home and kids, and not wanting to hurt your children with a divorce is a big reason someone might hold back on feelings for someone else. 

Basically, you need to consider what is stopping each character from confessing their feelings. Fear of rejection is implied - there needs to be more than that in order to carry mutual pining for an entire novel. There need to be other obstacles, and they need to be ones that your characters can predict, and ones they care about. 

Let me put it much more simply. Instead of each character asking, “What if they don’t love me back?” have them ask, “What if they do love me back?” And consider what the answer to that question is. Once these feelings are requited, what are the consequences?  What is each character afraid of? 

So I think that would be my biggest suggestion - make their hesitations be about more than rejection. And when it comes to describing their emotions, don’t try too hard. Tell your story, and see what emotions naturally unfold. We convey emotion by putting ourselves into the shoes of our characters and imagining how it might make us feel. I think once you have the story well plotted and the characters well developed, it’ll become easier to describe what each of them is feeling. 

Good luck!

-Rebekah

Riley: ‘And then we showed the clickers who’s boss!’

Joel: 'There were also hunters but nothing we couldn’t handle. Oh and we found this comic book that you like. Erm..it was just lying there on the ground so…’

They will never tell the truth and Ellie will never stop worrying.

The reason why introvert people were careful around strangers, even friends.

But what if I like awkward conversations?