Silly comic I've made of these two idiots
"She desires only companionship, but the only thing she knows is how to hurt."
She will make for a tender heart.
I saw this post (by @pink-november ) comparing the Nightmare/MoC and the Damsel/HEA and it refused to leave my head until I drew it out
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This one's for the scenes with multiple characters, and you're not sure how to keep everyone involved.
Writing group scenes is chaos. Someone’s talking, someone’s interrupting, someone’s zoning out thinking about breadsticks. And if you’re not careful, half your cast fades into the background like NPCs in a video game. I used to struggle with this so much—my characters would just exist in the scene without actually affecting it. But here’s what I've learned and have started implementing:
Not their literal job—like, not everyone needs to be solving a crime or casting spells. I mean: Why are they in this moment? What’s their role in the conversation?
My favourite examples are:
The Driver: Moves the convo forward. They have an agenda, they’re pushing the action.
The Instigator: Pokes the bear. Asks the messy questions. Stirring the pot like a chef on a mission.
The Voice of Reason: "Guys, maybe we don’t commit arson today?"
The Distracted One: Completely in their own world. Tuning out, doodling on a napkin, thinking about their ex.
The Observer: Not saying much, but noticing everything. (Quiet characters still have presence!)
The Wild Card: Who knows what they’ll do? Certainly not them. Probably about to make things worse.
If a character has no function, they’ll disappear. Give them something—even if it’s just a side comment, a reaction, or stealing fries off someone’s plate. Keep them interesting, and your readers will stay interested too.
COTL fanart!
Started this as a simple way to get rid of my art block and ended up with 8 fully rendered drawings somehow, i wasnt even planning on drawing backgrounds lol
also sorry for the long post (it will be even longer next time)
All the references ↓
"I-I didn't teach him that, I promise!"
"Then WHY. does it have. SIX FINGERS."
A few of the location illustrations in Dimension 20: A Starstruck Odyssey by Amy Reeder!
They’re talking about their girlfriends
RISK, RISK, RISK! By jhariah -- a bill cipher animation
been making this these three? months, idk anymore
this is exactly how their first meeting played out, right Dipper?
could you imagine?