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When did Inazumans started to eat eggs?
A long tamago. You know because tamago is the Inazuman word for egg and sounds like 'time ago'"
Cyno
Hi Kai! Since you are like a veteran I would like to ask some opinions (if you are comfortable sharing of course!)
I am interested in starting writing some fanfics (mainly because I want more content for my otp lol)
Do you have any tips? Like do you plan everything first, and do you do anything specific to try and get better at writing?
Omg hello!! I'm glad that i can be classified as a veteran now 🤣 id love to share some things!! So happy you're getting into the world of fanfic!! 🩷
To try and get better at writing, i would say do your best to not repeat words in quick succession. Like, having a paragraph consistently start with "the" or "she", or you keep using a specific adjective. Of course, no one is COMPLETELY free of this, i definitely still do it a lot 🤣 but it's good to be aware and use other adjective.
My second thing is not to stress too much. You're learning! Have fun!! Try different tropes!! Different styles! Figure out what POV works for you!! 1st or 3rd person?? Or maybe the rare 2nd person! I dunno!! It's just exciting that you're writing!
In terms of planning, i dont typically plan for smaller stories unless it's for a zine. And even then, i still don't plan that extensively. I feel it is good to let the writing spirit take over, and write whatever the hell comes out. Its not like you dont get to edit it later. Planning is much better suited for longform stories, like longfics or books, or even novellas.
And on the term of editing, edit if you want to. When you're just starting out, editing can hit you at a road block of feeling like your writing isn't "adequate enough", and you start comparing yourself to other writers. If you do, and it makes you feel bad, just remember that if you like my fics, i never edit them. It's good for my self concious, because if people like my unedited works, i KNOW my edited ones will be even better.
Don't feel pressured to post your fics anywhere, too. It can just be for you, or you and a couple of others. Its good to get feedback, but some writing communities don't understand that you're still learning to write. It's like my first point: don't stress too much. It's your story, damn it, and you'll write it as you see fit.
For learning emotions, the BEST thing you can do is people watch. When you're in a line somewhere, watch how someone grips their cart in annoyance with how its taking too long, or how someone keeps shifting because they dont like being in close proximity to the old man not aware that him and his cart are too close as he's squinting at a newspaper. You can learn a lot from people and how their thoughts are just by looking at how they move. Body language is important!! And it's cool how people move!! It can be more telling when you describe how a person moves rather than stating their thoughts aloud.
And also, just keep writing. You're gonna hate your writing first starting out. Or you're gonna hate a specific piece. That's fine. But keep those pieces, even if you never go back to them. They're a good indication of how far you've come :)
I'm super happy that you're starting to write!!!!!! It's FUN, and it HELPS SO MUCH in getting your emotions out! Write consistently, write what you're interested in, and write for your own damn self!! 🩷🩷🩷🩷
Oh, and for learning tropes, Overly Sarcastic Productions on youtube has a playlist on JUST tropes called Trope Talk, and it's an AMAZING breakdown on tropes and really gets the brain thinking about stories you would write with them 🤭
Hope this helps at all!! Dunno if it does, but im excited you're writing all the same 🩷🩷🩷
Kai, Xiao is giving a qingxin to Lumine, a lonely flower, a flower that represents him. Xiao is so romantic and earnest!
(Also did they read scars 🤣 ?) Please keep reading xiaolumi fanfics Hoyoverse
Hoyoverse is reading our xiaolumi fanfics and making them cannon 😭
Just thinking how Xiao could not imagine having a happy life cause he still blames himself for his past, and how he sees himself only as a weapon...
But then with Lumine he starts to want to be with her. Him slowly coming to realize what he is actually feeling for her is so sweet 🥺
THEY AREEE LMAO xiao deserves it honestly, he's been suffering for so long 🥺 and that he doesn't believe himself worthy of these happy dreams wretches my heart so much 😭😭 he doesnt understand why hes having the dreams, he just knows that he wants to be with her and GODDDDD ITS SO CUTEEEE I WANT THEM TO KISS SO BADDD 😭😭😭 next letter its going to be him offering a fucking ring lmao 🤣
What did you like the best on the genshin live?
so i wasn't able to watch the full thing (been at work all day sadly) but I GET TO SEE MY BOY CYNO AGAINNN!! AND THERE'S ANOTHER BOY THAT KINDA LOOKS LIKE CLAUDE VON REIGAN, AND ALSO LYNEY, LYNETTE AND FREMINET FIGHTING THE FATHER???
bruh i love myself a good "redemption" arc, tho i don't really think that they need a redemption arc tbh?? i don't think them bein with the fatui is the biggest deal in the world, but them breaking free from that cycle??? you BET i'mma eat that shit up fr. and i also heard the freminet is gonna have a big part in the quest?? SUPER fascinated with that, that's something i wasn't expecting. ig it makes sense, story wise, because the other two have had a lot of focus on them w the fortress of meropide. PLUS arlecchino (i dunno how to spell her name sorry) doing this whilst the fatui already have the hydro gnosis??? i'm out of the loop on this kinda shit but god it looks so good lmao cyno is very pretty too hehe~ love me some egyptian lore, but i need to actually watch the fuckin trailer on that shit (i will die and eat up every little bit HAHAHA)
I missed your stories! What are you writing by the way?
aaaa that makes me happy to hear!! ;w; i've had a lotta shit happen IRL recently, so writing has kinda been on the backburner.
and honestly? i'm just writing what comes to me. at the moment, mafia au lyneylumi is calling to me (since that seems to be winning the polls). i'm gonna wait until tomorrow to get a full scope of what i might wanna write, but right now, i'm just writing my book~ prologue is almost done and i've been hemming and hawing at it for a while ehe
feels good to write again~
hello
do you miss writing scars? or are you ready to move on?
I loved writing scars! But missing it is an interesting question 🤔 i dont remember what i write, and my brain always thinks of what's next. Quite literally, if you ask me what my favorite chapter is in scars, i can't answer that because i just. Write?? But the one thing i suppose i miss from writing scars is putting easter eggs in for those rereading to find 🤭 thats always my favorite thing, and also call backs to previous things in the story is always fun~ im excited for hearts and i hope u guys are too! I simply love to write stories, and scars is complete~ miss it or not, it's time to move on regardless 💖 i will always love it tho 🤭💖
How are you?
Not sure if it is your style but here it goes:
- Arranged Marriage where they slowly fall in love
- Lumine is a princess who saves Xiao, half bird boy, from his previous master, she starts to take care of him and they slowly fall in love, but it is forbidden because she is royalty
- ice skating au where they are paired together and slowly get closer
- Lumine and Aether were separated when they were young, she looks for him and meets xiao who knows Aether and is also looking for him - i like slow burn lol
I would love the live react thread! It's a great idea
Have you done the archon quest? What were your thoughts?
I have not actually! Been kinda crazy ib my life + burnout + baldurs gate (thanks larian), so haven't gotten to both of them. Still haven't even played the foretess one lol
I was thinking of doing a sort of live react twitter thread to them, since everyone has probably already beat them LMAO if anyone is interested in me doin that 👀
Event still going on and plenty of time to do it!
Banners are Furina and Baizhu but this week will change to Cyno (babe) and Ayato
HELLA im glad, bc i wasn't able to get freminet the first time around 😭😭 my beautiful penguin boyo 🐧
MAN THOSE ARE GOOD BANNERS 😭 Im tempted to get furina, but also do I get more cons for my cyno... but also navia is coming up and based on her leaks i really REALLY adore her... hyv really coming after my wallet huh 😭 cyno is c4, furina is amazing, and navia is a cute girl with guns, how do they expect me to choose 😭😠😠
i come from your patreon and i've been lurking for a while BUT i was really curious about your story like.. is there lore. can i read this lore.. also your names are so interesting?? like they're just very pleasing i don't know how to put this into words but i like talyn very much. although i would also love to know how to pronounce some of these names because my imagination tends to be the first letter and then gibberish when i don't know and i'm curious. anyway, rambling, but looking forward to more!!
OH HELLO!! Thank you for following my patreon, and for also being so interested in my book! And ohhh yes, there is lore 👀👀 I have lore all over the place! I'll be slowly but surely putting more lore up on Patreon to read, both on the characters and the world around, as well as on some of the weird races and stuff (like deep dwarves and slipfeet goblins), so you can look forward to that!
And yea, I can always make a pronunciation guide! I was actually thinking about it earlier, but didn't know if it'd be appropriate, so it makes me happy that people are interested in it! But for starters, ill throw some in here:
Talyn von Valdervulf (Taa-lin, Vaald-err-vulf)
Rie Kauva (Ree-ay)(Kah-uu-vah)
Kirika (Kee-ree-ka)
In terms of some place names:
Xyetyr (S-yet-tear) (The elven capital)
Geindavurr (Gain-duh-vrr) (the dwarvish capital)
Im so happy you like my book, and i hope you like what's to come!! 💖💖💖💖
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