Real

i cannot put into words how hysterically funny the idea of connor being DOGSHIT at art is. markus is slapping out masterpieces, meanwhile fowler’s like “do a police sketch of the suspect” and connor’s biting back tears carefully outlining this thing knowing damn well he’s gonna get the death penalty

My biggest tip for fanfic writers is this: if you get a character's mannerisms and speech pattern down, you can make them do pretty much whatever you want and it'll feel in character.

Logic: Characters, just like real people, are mallable. There is typically very little that's so truly, heinously out of character that you absolutely cannot make it work under any circumstance. In addition, most fans are also willing to accept characterization stretches if it makes the fic work. Yeah, we all know the villain and the hero wouldn't cuddle for warmth in canon. But if they did do that, how would they do it?

What counts is often not so much 'would the character do this?' and more 'if the character did do this, how would they do it?' If you get 'how' part right, your readers will probably be willing to buy the rest, because it will still feel like their favourite character. But if it doesn't feel like the character anymore, why are they even reading the fic?

Worry less about whether a character would do something, and more about how they'd sound while doing it.

I DONT WANT A STUPID FUCKING OVERDONE LOVE TRIANGLE I WANT THEM BACK

221B Baker Street

something so deeply satisfying about being called delusional for shipping jayvik after s1 to them now being canon soulmates that are forever intertwined who create and destroy over and over again and their love for each other saved the world

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone has any good modern au jayvik fics (preferably where they’re teacher/professors)

Bro needs to come back, I miss him