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rubyleaf

Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

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luna-azzurra

Some Actually Useful Questions to Get to Know Your OC Part Two

↳ What lie do they tell themselves to sleep at night?
Seriously. What’s the little piece of denial that keeps them functioning? Do they pretend they don’t care what people think? Tell themselves they’re over that one person? Convinced they’re not the villain of someone else’s story? We all lie to ourselves; your OC is no exception.

↳ What’s their emotional kryptonite?
A specific thing that absolutely shatters them, like someone crying? Being ignored? Praise from a parent figure? The sound of an old song? The smell of something nostalgic? Find it and use it against them (lovingly, of course).

↳ When do they feel the most alive?
Is it mid-battle, mid-baking, mid-breakup? Does adrenaline light them up, or do they find joy in the quiet, mundane things, like folding laundry while listening to sad girl music? This can reveal a LOT about what drives them.

↳ What would totally ruin their day?
A bad haircut? Someone touching their stuff? Or is it something deeper, like being reminded of their failures, or seeing someone else succeed where they couldn’t?

↳ Who do they think they should be? And who are they really?
This one’s juicy. Do they think they should be a hero, but keep acting like a villain?

↳ What’s the one thing they’d never admit out loud, even under duress?
The shameful thought. The inappropriate desire. The thing they desperately want but don’t think they deserve. DONT FORGET: Characters are built on what they repress.

↳ What are they petty about?
Don’t pretend your OC is above this, I mean everyone’s petty about something. Do they hold grudges over stolen pens? Get irrationally jealous of someone’s hair? Still mad about a game of Uno from 2007? Petty makes them fucking real.

↳ How do they act when they think no one’s watching?
Do they let their mask slip? Dance around the kitchen? Talk to their cat in baby voice? Cry a little?

↳ What would make them snap?
Where is the breaking point? What line has to be crossed for them to finally say “Enough”? Is it injustice? Betrayal? Feeling powerless? You’ll know you’ve found it when it scares you a little (Or a lot).

↳ If they had a theme song, what would it be?
No, seriously. The vibe of a character’s soundtrack says a lot. Is it Angsty indie rock? Bubblegum pop masking deep pain? Make a playlist. Your OC will tell you who they are... <3

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planefood

rules for thee and not for me

funnies

redbuddi

redavexat

honeydewcorporation

Tried to figure out how I've been running these things and I came up with this

sephirthoughts

SO MUCH THIS. it drives me up a fucking WALL when people call male witches wizards

raccoonskoodilypoopdungeon

my take on this

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souplife

i don't think I'm gunna get bingo cause some of these theories have a few holes in them. the main one I was attached to was "Ralsei told Kris to create ch3 dark world" but that couldn't have happened in the chapter 2 weird route, unless he said to do it in chapter 1 when they were in prison?

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vonkarn

sometimes when i'm hanging out in the voice call i'll open and use obs to place everyone's pngtubers around in a little scene like playing with paper dolls. this is enrichment for me. i like to bat my friends around in my claws

vonkarn

we are hanging out!!

vonkarn

you can!

i have some experience as an art streamer, but this set up is super basic. other than just a basic art program if you're making the pngtubers yourself, you need obs, which is free. i was actually using slobs and i'm going to switch Right Now as i make this tutorial, to prove how easy it is to set up.

first you need a png tuber. if you're an artist you can make your own like i did

for a bunch of friends!

OR you could commission an artist.

but even if you don't draw, making a simple pngtuber isn't hard, and i've done them on the fly, in like 5 minutes, for friends when someone without one joins the voice chat. the dumbest pngtuber i ever made was this opossum i mashed together from pictures i found online.

you can just take any image from google and make it transparent. or even just search for images by transparency like this:

here's a Gordon Freeman one where i just took my select tool and just moved his jaw down a little.

your basic png tuber consists of a talk state and a rest state. you can use a png OR a GIF for either. when i make my most basic pngtuber commissions, i use a still image for the rest state, and a simple 2 frame GIF of the character's mouth opening and closing for the talk state. if you wanna go even more basic, you really only need two images, one with the model's mouth open, and one with it closed. like Gordon. you don't even have to make them into a GIF, really. but you can also make longer more complicated gifs for both states.

to make GIFs go to Ezgif. i use the default settings, but for transparent GIFs, remember to select "don't stack frames"

just like that.

then you go to to Discord Reactive and sign in. Upload your talk and rest images for yourself and any friends, foes, what have you. there are also new additional options for being deafened and muted, which is v cute. grab the link for each individual person in the call under "OBS Sources." if your friend already has a pngtuber uploaded to Reactive, this will show by default.

once you've downloaded and launched OBS, you're going to come down here to the + under sources and select "Browser"

and in the URL field, paste the link you grabbed from reactive.

and that's it! to stream it through discord select "start virtual camera"

and then you can stream it through discord as if you were using a webcam!

i like to make scenes with images i find online, like the bar, or the arcade, just mash some stuff together until you make a cool environment.

have fun!!

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e-adlirez

So you wanna get into Geronimo Stilton

Maybe you're a fandom lurker peeping the fan content without any context to save your life. Or maybe you're revisiting the series out of childhood nostalgia and are totally lost on what the hell is going on in the fandom and what people are freaking out about today. Or maybe you're looking into more aspects of the fandom after having stuck to one corner and you dunno where to start.

~~Or maybe you're just a fandom veteran who peeped this post and am curious as to what the hell I'm on about that's valid too--~~

Well buddy do I have something to remedy that for you :D

Presenting an intro guide to Geronimo Stilton, with all the basics you need to get the gist of what's going on :D

Geronimo Stilton 101 for Dummies (/affectionate)

Geronimo Stilton 101 for Dummies by E Adlirez, aka E

Google Docs

This not only gives deets on everything the (English) franchise has to offer, but also can be viewed for very specific aspects of the fandom if you want or need certain info :3

Enjoy :D

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