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a list of 100+ buildings to put in your fantasy town

academy

adventurer's guild

alchemist

apiary

apothecary

aquarium

armory

art gallery

bakery

bank

barber

barracks

bathhouse

blacksmith

boathouse

book store

bookbinder

botanical garden

brothel

butcher

carpenter

cartographer

casino

castle

cobbler

coffee shop

council chamber

court house

crypt for the noble family

dentist

distillery

docks

dovecot

dyer

embassy

farmer's market

fighting pit

fishmonger

fortune teller

gallows

gatehouse

general store

graveyard

greenhouses

guard post

guildhall

gymnasium

haberdashery

haunted house

hedge maze

herbalist

hospice

hospital

house for sale

inn

jail

jeweller

kindergarten

leatherworker

library

locksmith

mail courier

manor house

market

mayor's house

monastery

morgue

museum

music shop

observatory

orchard

orphanage

outhouse

paper maker

pawnshop

pet shop

potion shop

potter

printmaker

quest board

residence

restricted zone

sawmill

school

scribe

sewer entrance

sheriff's office

shrine

silversmith

spa

speakeasy

spice merchant

sports stadium

stables

street market

tailor

tannery

tavern

tax collector

tea house

temple

textile shop

theatre

thieves guild

thrift store

tinker's workshop

town crier post

town square

townhall

toy store

trinket shop

warehouse

watchtower

water mill

weaver

well

windmill

wishing well

wizard tower

i dont remember where i read this but this note i took from a book is a good mini think piece for writing, for character relationship studies & emotional arcs: "beauty being mostly a matter of attention, the river is only beautiful because you are looking at it"

— 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑑𝑜. faq & reference.

masterlist · main characters · meka squad · faq/reference

note. this section will be updated as things come up in the story, if people have recurring questions, or if the fic takes any extreme creative liberties that need clarification.

[?]    How old are Brig & Hana & Dae-Hyun?

In this story, Hana is 21 and Brig is 23. Dae-Hyun is 22. The youngest character in this story will be one of the members of the MEKA Squad, Overlord, who will be 18.

[?]    Who is Dae-Hyun?

Dae-Hyun Park is the canon mechanic assigned to Hana. He works on Tokki. He seems to be about Hana’s age. He appears in the cinematic and some other Overwatch media.

[?]     What is Mecha Guardian V?

The video game Hana is canonically famous for being the #1 player in. Before being recruited to pilot a mech for her country (South Korea), Hana was a teenage professional gamer.

[?]     What is nano cola?

A soda brand that Hana (D.va, in this case) promotes in canon. Lots of references to the brand are seen in game and in Overwatch media. Nano Cola cans and vending machines featuring D.va are seen in the game. D.va also has a “Nano Cola” skin along with other cosmetics.

[?]      What is the MEKA Squad/Mobile Exo-Force?

A team of five young mech pilots, including Hana, who were recruited for the Korean military to defend the nation from threats (Gwishin and Null Sector being among them). 

Link here for more facts about the members of the MEKA Squad and how they’ll be characterized in this fic.

[?]       What’s Hana’s affiliation with Overwatch in this fic?

In the official lore, Hana is ordered by the MEKA Squad captain to join Overwatch to monitor the Null Sector threats. Since this is before the cinematic on the timeline, Hana is affiliated with Overwatch when the incident occurs. For the sake of this fic, Hana is inactive/on leave from all organizations during her recovery (e-sports, MEKA Squad, and Overwatch).  In this fic, Overwatch is eager to re-recruit Song as she was not fully onboarded before the incident. Since she is still considered a member of Overwatch at this time, her MEKA Squad captain is able to call for their help during Hana’s request for a second mech to be built. Overwatch offers the job to a few of their members, and Brigitte ends up taking it.

— 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩. chapter one

series content reminder. alcohol, drugs, & partying · angst · light nsfw/suggestive · college setting · exes · love triangles · swearing & inappropriate language · hazing mentioned · greek life · hookup culture · slow burn · friends to lovers · found family · childhood friends

masterlist | prev chapter | next chapter

chapter one. words: 2.1k

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It was the dead of winter in New England. At their college that was just classified as "medium" in student population, there were two camps of people on a Saturday night.

The first, Brennan assumed, were the type of people that stayed in. They bundled up and couldn't be dragged out of their apartment. He didn't know much about this mindset except that his sister had it for the past month. Well, she claimed to have it these days.

His sister was said to be somewhere across campus with lit candles and a movie playing. Her nine minutes on Earth before he had come along made her "immune to the temptations of youth". That's what Maisy had told him last week, when he asked about her sudden reform from any sort of fun.

Brennan, however, belonged to the second camp. When he told his friends who went to school in the south that he was fifteen minutes from the Canadian border, most of them pictured parkas. The hot basement he frequented beneath the snow, however, had most girls in tube tops and strappy heels. Here on this particular night, he wore a t-shirt with no jacket.

He sat on the high ledge that lined the room. The ex-fraternity property owner had built a wrap-around elevated surface specifically for secret parties hosted by his student renters. The landlord never said this, of course, but the soccer team that lived upstairs happily took the hint during last summer's construction.

People loved to sit on it and look over the party, and Brennan had been perched there for the last few songs. He pulled up a trio of girls who wanted help, and they took selfies beside him. Then, a few with him for their Snapchat stories. He didn't know their names, but they looked as familiar as anyone he saw on the weekends.

Other than that, he was having a moment alone next to one of the speakers. Nothing depressing. He was thinking about his sister, actually, all curled up in her bed as he assumed. And for some reason, he was thinking about her roommate too.

Hardly remembering unlocking the screen, he looked down to the phone in his lap. He had been looking at their texts together, then clicking into the contact picture to try to make it bigger. He didn't think about why, just zooming in. Trying to. It was a picture they'd taken before some high school dance, with only half of Maisy's curls cropped out.

Apparently zooming in didn't work on contact pictures. That, or his phone held a grudge about the can of seltzer someone had poured on it earlier that evening. Brennan had spent a meticulous fifteen minutes with a lysol wipe, but he stuck it in his pocket after it seemed clean.

He was calling her. It was 2 in the morning, and he was calling a girl who was probably volunteering in the morning. While Maisy was a party girl in reform, her best friend Joanna was hardly one at all.

He dove for the "end call" button a few times with his thumb. After his second missed attempt, he brought the phone to his ear and covered the other side of his head with his hand.

"Oh my god, Aaron. How many times do I have to say it...? We're on a break. Stop calling me!"

Joana shouted, before throwing her phone across the bed. She began to scream gibberish into one of the many oddly-shaped throw pillows decorating her friend's bed. The captive this time was jellyfish-shaped. The sheer drama of it all pulled said friend's attention away from her PC screen.

Maisy turned back to see Joana face-planted to her bed, surrounded in various stacks of books, homework, writing utensils, her laptop, and a criminal amount of starburst wrappers. Worst of all, she seemed to be picking up calls from her ex again.

Jo's head rose from the plush jellyfish when her phone buzzed. Before Maisy could say anything, she picked up. But, Joana's eyes were different now, shining a little.

"Thank god, it's you," she said, her tone evening out. "Sorry! I thought you were Aaron."

He didn't know why he called. That's how his brain was working after his night out, at least. He was sure he could find a reason, but alcohol allowed him to care less.

Jo frowned as the phone's speaker picked up on his ambiance. "Where are you? He's not there, is he? "

"Huh?" Brennan said, barely able to hear them. "Aaron's not here."

Brennan hoped that Aaron wasn't calling Jo. Not only because Brennan would be in trouble for calling if they were back together again. Aaron was not supposed to have his phone.

In the class below him, Aaron had been Brennan's soccer teammate since middle school. Brennan didn't mind him, even when he could have a temper on the field. A few times on their travel team in high school, Brennan had defended him in the locker room over an incident.

As far as he knew, Aaron had calmed down since he came to college, at least on the team. He was on the B team as a rookie. Aaron was somewhere in a basement doing pushups, chugging beers, and chanting nonsense as initiation for his promotion to the A team. Jo shouldn't have known all of that, though.

Maisy turned back to her desk upon hearing her brother's voice come through. She shouted over her shoulder: "Call Mom back!"

He hadn't answered Maisy or his mom's texts all day. He had been busy at class and then cleaning and then practice and then the pregame and then being on aux.

"What color are you two wearing tomorrow?" he asked.

By the time he asked this, he had jumped from the perch and made his way outside. He stood near a row of kegs near the fenceline of the house's yard. String lights gave a warm glow in the night, and girls danced atop one of the makeshift stages.

At one of the handmade bars, he saw Aaron serving from behind one of them. If there were rookies, it was their job to serve the parties.

Brennan played around with the taps on the kegs, making sure they were working. Some of his personal responsibilities for the parties were alcohol, music, and general vibes throughout the night.

One of his teammates elbowed him, taunting and asking who he was on the phone with. He mouthed "my sister" and the kid, obviously drunk, started screaming something like "Breannan's sister is a fucking smokeshow".

"You're coming, right Maisy?" he said, louder now than when he was inside.

Two weeks ago, he had asked Maisy to come with him to his team's date party. It was the biggest one of the year because all of the new guys were finally deemed full members of the team's social scene. He told her to bring Jo too if it made her come. Brennan was one of the few guys on the team that could get away with bringing two dates to the event. He organized most of it anyway.

"Yeah, yeah, okay!" his sister called back unenthusiastically. Her eyes were still glued to her computer screen.

Brennan knew this, but Maisy was "so bored" of parties. She had prescribed herself for this semester, but it wasn't a total lie.

One of her first memories was hiding in the pantry during one of the Coffays' almost-weekly get-togethers. Brennan had come to find her and bring her back, but ended up staying in there with her upon seeing his sister distraught. Still, Maisy couldn't ever say no to him.

"Mom came by with dresses for us," she added, "She was thinking emerald."

Jo rolled over so that she was flat on her back. She hadn't even seen the dresses.

As excited as she wanted to be, the anxious cocktail brewing in her stomach was relentless. Despite the fact that she had more work piling up at her sides than she could fathom, her mind was consumed by only one source of stress: Aaron hadn't called yet this week. The thoughts came to her all at once and she let out an audible groan.

Maisy sighed, finally turning around, and picking up Jo's phone.

"Brennan, please, I think it's actually time for a fucking intervention. I really don't think I can take another 3am meltdown--"

Joana snatched the phone back and glared at her friend.

"I'm fine. No meltdown here! I was actually right on my way out!"

She stood up, marched out of Maisy's room, shut the door, and then stood there, unsure where to go. She didn't want to go back to bed -- she wouldn't be able to sleep anyway. A waste of time. Jo needed something, anything, to break the thick trance that school had her in at the moment. She was tired of being tired all of the time: tired and bored.

"Hey Brennan, I'm back. Sorry... about that..." Joana laughed, feeling nervous now, as if the two of them were alone in a room together now.

"Your sister's a jerk," she said.

But they both knew, Maisy meant a lot to Jo. She wasn't sure how she'd get by without her. Childhood friends, and practically sisters, they were in each other's lives for good.

"Can I come by? Or, do you want to come over? Or... I don't know. It's late. It's okay if you're tired."

Before responding, Brennan flicked his eyes up at Aaron who was pouring liquor into the shot glasses superglued to an old ski. Four girls huddled around the bar, excited to take them.

One thing no one needed right now was Jo in the same room as a drunk, freshly traumatized Aaron. He didn't know if he would scream at her or fall back into her arms from the stress, but he wasn't a fan of either option. Maisy and him had discussed this.

There was one problem with being Social Chair for the team; he couldn't leave until the party closed down. Especially not with the drunk rookies running around, threatening to get everyone in trouble.

"I'm surprised you're awake," Brennan said.

For the first year of college, when Jo and Maisy were shoved into a dorm, Brennan saw her more often asleep than not. Every time he went to see Maisy, Jo was napping midday or asleep for the night by six.

"Are you gonna make it tomorrow? It starts at 8," he said. He gave a laugh, gentler than the one that the boys usually got. "I know that's past your bedtime."

Jo said something that became inaudible to him under the noise of the chaos he strolled toward. He rounded the corner of the building to the narrow strip of yard where the rookies were letting people in. As one of the new guys caught his eye, Brennan knew he would be roped in.

"Gotta go. Get some sleep. Text me what you like to drink," he said into the phone before shoving it in his pocket.

Next thing he knew, he was pulling an outrageously tall man off of one of his teammates.

"Bro, he was touching my girl," the teammate said, still trying to swing at him.

"He's fucking twenty-six," one of the rookies yelled. "Who let this guy in?"

They couldn't call the cops, like, ever. Not with a bunch of drunk 19-year-olds filling their basement. In situations like this, the team tended to look toward their captains, even off the field. Brennan was a junior captain and social chair. Close enough.

Before Jo could feel her heart sink, the call had ended, and she was alone in the dark hallway. She considered going back into Maisy's room, but she also wanted to give her friend a break.

These days, she could only sleep in Maisy's room or out in the living room. Something about her own room made her feel lonely, as if the door to her bedroom might lock her in permanently.

Joana was sad she didn't have some excuse to spirit her night away, especially with Brennan, but also relieved she might be able to wake up tomorrow somewhat well-rested.

She figured Brennan had better things to do than see her in the middle of the night. He could be talking to one of the gorgeous girls that surrounded him, or getting wasted (though she knew deep down that wasn't his style). She could name a million things that were more fun than spending an evening witnessing her awkwardness.

In an effort to distract herself from thinking too much about it, Jo texted Aaron. She watched for the bubbles to pop up that indicated he was typing, or some sign he had even read her message. But, nothing.

She sighed, threw herself onto the couch, and shut her eyes.

Joana woke up hours later, and it was already morning. Her phone buzzed.

Aaron had replied. 

˜”°•.˜”°• 𝙲𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚈𝚘𝚞 •°”˜.•°”˜

a genshin impact college au: [scaramouche x oc] ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀᴘᴏꜱᴛ

𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚢

𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘩𝘰𝘺𝘰 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯-𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦.

𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘒𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘶𝘻𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦.

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦?

𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢

𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 !

𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜

𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵

𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘩𝘰𝘺𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦

i think i tend to forget how good boredom is for creativity because we're all so addicted to numbing ourselves with screens and stimulation. but standing in the shower or going for a walk with no music or just sitting in your bedroom without being allowed to touch any screens & all of a sudden i have multiple new projects to start, a solution to a months-long plot problem & 4 new original characters

— 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑑𝑜. the meka squad.

masterlist · main characters · meka squad · faq/reference

A team of five young mech pilots, including Hana Song (D.va), who were recruited for the Korean military to defend the nation from threats (Gwishin and Null Sector being among them).

— d.va, hana song

color: pink mech name: tokki age (in this fic): 21 former profession: e-sports

[+] more on the characterization of hana in the main cast post.

— d.mon, yuna lee

color: red mech name: beast age (in this fic): 22 former profession: e-sports (d.va's teammate)

[+] in canon, yuna has a "tough" personality. in this fic, she'll be portrayed as a sister figure to hana: mature, collected, honest, and nurturing. she shows hana more of her sensitive side, still maintaining her pragmatic ways. hana often jokes that yuna likes to mother her. despite being away on leave, continuing her studies in the time being, she comes to check in on hana at the meka base and keeps in touch. despite their careers having taken a drastic turn together, the two still play mecha guardian v together.

— casino, jae-eun kwon

color: green mech name: la princesa sereine age (in this fic): 24 former profession: f1 racecar driver

[+] in this fic, casino will be portrayed as a slightly older and unattainable member of the group. hana and some of the other characters will call him "cas". besides hana, he will be the most publicly adored member of the team--with a fair number of adoring female fans. he will be personable, knowledgeable, and down to earth. an easy charm about him. he seems to have a special affection for yuna.

— king, kyung-soo han

color: yellow mech name: singigeon age (in this fic): 23 former profession: gamer (d.va's former rival)

[+] in canon, kyung-soo was hana's biggest rival during her esports career. she ended up surpassing both him and yuna, her teammate, to be the number one player in the world. in this fic, kyung-soo is outspoken and sometimes brash. he can be headstrong, but his heart is in the right place. he has a competitive spirit that has always been matched by hana. since being on the mech squad together, they have gone from rivals to friends--despite their banter. most of the time, they push each other to be the best they can.

— overlord, seung-hwa shi

color: blue mech name: mastermind age (in this fic): 18 former profession: e-sports

[+] in canon, dva states that seung-hwa is the best pilot she knows. he is also notably younger than the rest of the group. he also is noted to take on a "suport" role amongst the team, repairing the others mechs. in this fic, seung-hwa is straightforward and smart. he was a child prodigy in robotics and had the opportunity to nurture his gift, being a college graduate at a young age. gentle and kind, sometimes a bit out of the loop socially. he seems to adore the rest of the meka squad, making small talk with them despite usually being shy; he sees them as a second family. he knows a lot about mechanics and often helps dae-hyun tackle problems with the mechs.

— captain kyung

[+] captain of the meka squad, hyung is direct and practical. she sees a bit of her younger self in the likes of hana and kyung-soo.

if i have to tell you i lose as the writer.. if you can figure it out yourself i win

-from "on writing", on the idea of showing not telling as a writer

hey you look so cool :)

thanks so much! im still working on building this tumblr out but it's a really cool space to be creative

my friend & i are also working on a sideblog for our writing--it just feels good to have a little outlet space !

writing is best when it’s "an inspired plague", writing feeling like work is the kiss of death

-from "on writing", on the idea of enjoying your writing

— 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩

— 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 (wip.)

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— 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭

alcohol, drugs, & partying · angst · light nsfw/suggestive · college setting · exes · love triangles · swearing & inappropriate language · hazing mentioned · greek life · hookup culture · slow burn · friends to lovers · found family · childhood friends

— 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱

authors' note one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve

— 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

the friends | main characters reference side cast reference

— 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬

the places | living arrangements & settings playlist masterlist

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"you cannot wish to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing unless it has been done to you"

-from 'on writing', on the importance of reading as a writer

— 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 ˖𓂃.⋆ ݁˖

we're two best friends who have been writing & living life together for over 10 years now. we met on a niche writing site in 2013, and we've stuck together all these years—through high school & college, through love & heartbreak, through every high & low. (w.i.p.)

— 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐬 ˖𓂃.⋆ ݁˖

minnie's about | minnie's main blog venus's about | venus's main blog

— 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 ˖𓂃.⋆ ݁˖

'a friend group like every other' masterlist

Can't wait to read your originals. Fanfic is cool and all but seeing your own characters light the page is always satisfying

this means a lot to me; thank you!

to be honest, original works come to me more naturally at this point in my life. i love building things out from scratch and seeing where things go. i co-write a lot with two close friends of mine (both separately), so there's a lot of things i might share from those original worlds we've built. some really beloved dynamics, character voices, & worldbuilding.

fanfiction feels like a fun exercise of fleshing out ideas that are already there & seeing what you can do with it while still staying true to the canon in whatever ways you choose. also, i love how different realities can co-exist and time seems to be less rigid when thinking about fanfics. i used to write fanfic sooo much from ages 11-16ish--kind of like my writing training wheels at the time. so it's been really fun to consider it again & just nerd out with it.

— notes from stephen king's "on writing".

I read Stephen King's "On Writing" (well, listened to it) so you don't have to. Whether you need creative inspiration, want some quick writing advice from the book, or didn't read it for an assignment, here you go.

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These notes are only from the "On Writing" portion of the book which comes after the memoir-heavy portion and a section called "Toolbox" which emphasizes the importance of grammar and knowing your craft. The end also has a section called "On Life" which discusses how he was hospitalized after an accident and writing helped him find him way back to himself. Two essays from his sons (one's an interview transcript) about writing and their life with their father are also featured at the end.

[ 𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 ]

- If you don’t want to work your ass off don’t bother - If you want to be a writer you have to read a lot and write a lot - Reading - "you cannot wish to sweep someone else away by the force if your writing unless it has been done to you" - If you don’t have time to read you don’t have the time or tools to write - Constant reading brings you to a mindset to write more freely, and to know what’s been done before - King talks about 4-6 hours of reading and writing per day - Writing is best when it’s "an inspired plague", writing feeling like work is the kiss of death - King does about 10 pages/2000 words a day - Attributes his success in part to staying active/a healthy body and a healthy relationship - Recommends 1000 words per day as a starting point for writing daily, allowing even one day per week off - Most important part of a writing space is a door to close that says you mean business - You want to get rid of the world around you because you’re creating your own world - Ensure “the muse” knows where you’ll be everyday and when do it will start showing up - He says to not just feel limited to write what you “know”, but what you know includes imagination and feeling too

[ PLOT ]

- King doesn’t plot he believes in giving the story a place to grow - Not just the novels creator but but it’s first reader - The idea of plot wheels when you're stuck, apparently used a lot in the 1920s - Strong situations for writing can be asked as a what if question ( ex what if vampires invaded New York City? ) - An exercise: write 5-6 unplotted pages from a situation - "Description begins in the writers imagination but should be in the readers" - It’s as easy to over describe as it is to under describe - Fresh images, simple vocabulary

[ DIALOUGE ]

- Never tell if you can show us - Dialogue is usually done best by people who like to speak and listen to people (( Don’t love how he just read two slurs out loud in the audiobook version !!?? )) - Talk should be true on the page, no matter ugly or profane, it shows character - If I have to tell you I lose as the writer if you can figure it out yourself I win - If you do your job your characters will come to life and start to do things on their own - Try everything if it works it works if it doesn’t delete it - Hemingway’s “kill your darlings”

[ SYMBOLISM ]

- Symbolism and theme in second draft as things arise … I agree with this I tend to look back and double down on the motifs and patterns that naturally arise in the first draft instead of trying to insert or plan it - Symbolism and the other adornments are bells and whistles, the story is still the most important part

[ THEME ]

- On theme - every book is about something, look at the forest of the book after staring at all the branches closely - Boredom is good for creative jams - Thinking above the curve - Asking yourself what are you writing about/why are you spending the time on this specific story (what’s worth it) - Most writers seem to have the same themes or obsessions in their works.. the same things will likely re-arise throughout your works - Don’t START with theme.. the story idea tends to come first. Once the story is on paper, then ask what it means and work with it

[ REVISION & IDEAL READER ]

- King does 2 drafts and a polish .. rewriting varies by writing - Write the first draft without input from others.. like laying fresh snow without tracks from others yet - When you let someone into the draft don’t let them talk to you about it until you talk to them about it - Take some time off to let your book rest, he suggests about 6 weeks - Waiting makes it feel like someone else’s… it’s easier to kill someone’s else’s darlings rather than your own - Character motivation is something you’ll see better (why did a character do X or Y if it seems they never would, etc) - He focuses on “big questions” (resonance— what’s it all about and how do I make it clearer without spoon feeding it) mostly in the first read through alongside things like glaring spelling errors, needing clarifying sentences in places - Every novel has an ideal reader in the back of their mind - You can’t let the whole world into your story but you can let in the ones that matter most - Envisioning your ideal reader helps you get outside yourself - Nothing wrong with fast paced novels but you do risk losing the reader or wearing them out, despite modern day publishers sometimes encouraging quick pace - Every story should unfold at its own pace--too slow is a risk too - Look back to "ideal reader" and how they would feel reading the book/the pace (ask: is it over/underexplained to them, etc) - Pacing = “just take out the boring parts” -- kill your darlings, even when it breaks your ego - KILL YOUR DARLINGS !!! - Second draft: first draft-10% !! - In general, reader more interested in what’s going to happen than what already happened (re: clunky backstory) - A) everyone has a history, b) most of it isn’t very interesting.. stick to the parts that are - Research should be as far in the background as you can get it -- remember you're writing a novel, not a research paper

[ WRITING CLASSES ]

- I have a lot of my own ideas about these since my degree is in writing, but I agree with some of the points King made that they're beneficial in ways but also put your writing on the spot a bit too much, expose your writing to empty critiques, and can end up giving you some writers block by making you feel you need to write something "important" or within a certain topic, etc.... - You learn the most by writing and reading more... you don't really NEED any writing classes. (My personal favorite part was engaging with other writers) - Intellectually stimulating and fun but often lack the "nuts and bolts" of writing

[ PUBLISHING ]

- Publishers are mostly looking for hot new writers who can write and sell a lot of books - Not all agents are good agents - "The most important thing you can do is read the market" - Get smaller magazines and stories published (being able to supply a list, even short, of reputable publications) - "You cant make them like their story, but you can make it easier for them to try to like it" -- go in looking like a professional, word counts and correct paper and staples and cover letters, etc (small cover letter example in the book) - Being a new writer you need to remember that anyone can publish an ad as a literary agent or claiming to be one

King says a lot of his writing knowledge feels more like instinct .. and he has written because it fulfills him for the buzz and the joy ("if you can do it for the joy, you can do it forever"). "Writing isn't life, but it can be a way back to life".

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The notes are largely unedited because they were originally just for me, but I hope someone gleans something from them!

OMG I STARTED COOKING MY MEKAMECHANIC FIC THE WEEK BEFORE MEKAMECHANIC WEEK ????? and hana's bday??!

GET EXCITED TUMBLR!!! im doing mekamechanic week again!!!!!

all the rules and specifics will be on my twitter!!! but basically just use the tags #mekamechanicweek25 and/or #mkmcweek25 for your entries!!!!!

This is the magic lucky word count. Reblog for creativity juice. It might even work, who knows.

no my own is different actually.. it determines my entire worth and value both as a writer and an overall person

don't judge a fic by its stats

you just get to an age where you outgrow cringe culture. you just do things & you don't feel the need to explain yourself so much. you write the fanfiction & you post the vlogs & you know that the people dont get it dont matter. because not everyone's the same anyway.

and half the time creative expression isn't really as "cringe" as it's made out to be. it's just words or doodles or drafts. it's just something you put your heart into for a moment in time & then you moved onto the next. nothing is really cringe if you don't want it to be; it's just a moment in time.

BRIG FELL FIRST HANA FELL HARDER

sailor song cause hello??? Hello????

brig fell first hana fell harder

— 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 —

multishipper ・ i write characters as adults ・ 25 ・ bisexual

author's note these are ships that i would write or have some kind of affection for the pairing. "x reader" also means that i would ship them with an original character. some of these fandoms i haven't engaged with in years but wrote long lost fanfiction for when i was younger and/or have fond memories of. some of these definitely warrant a re-watch, re-play, or re-read. i abandoned a lot of fandom spaces for original writing in my late teens/early 20s. i'm reigniting the passion i used to have for it. i do play overwatch consistently in 2025 and engage with its community most regularly.

also, i enjoy exploring relationships beyond romantic or suggestive ones. i like siblinghood, families, group dynamics, friendships, messy situationships with no resolve, and the spectrum of what it means to love someone (or care about them). i try to bring depth and wholeness to characterizations, not only fanservice... although tense and tender moments are everyone's guilty pleasure, mine included. whether a ship is or isn't listed, i likely have varying ideas and headcanons.

— overwatch.

dva x brig [mekamechanic] dva x ramattra  dva x dae-hyun dva x lucio soldier 76 x reaper [R76] ashe x cassidy [cashe] ashe x widowmaker [ouihaw] mercy x genji [gency] mercy x moira [moicy] mercy x pharah [pharmercy] baptiste x sombra  baptiste x lifeweaver baptiste x mauga  zenyatta x ramattra  zenyatta x genji  cassidy x echo cassidy x genji kiriko x illari [sunshrine] ana x reinhardt [anahardht] symmetra x lifeweaver

baptiste x reader lifeweaver x reader cassidy x reader  hazard x reader  ramattra x reader brigitte x reader venture x reader lucio x reader zarya x reader junkerqueen x reader

— harry potter.

harry x ginny harry x hermione harry x draco hermione x ron hermione x draco [dramoine] james potter x lily evans james potter x sirius black

draco x reader harry x reader james potter x reader sirius black x reader snape x reader tom riddle x reader

— soul eater.

soul x maka death the kid x liz

death the kid x reader soul x reader

— ouran high school host club.

tamaki x haruhi tamaki x kyoya hikaru x haruhi

mori x reader tamaki x reader kyoya x reader kaoru x reader hikaru x reader haruhi x reader

— genshin impact.

jean x diluc

kaeya x reader  diluc x reader  lisa x reader  childe x reader

— avatar the last airbender.

katara x zuko katara x jett zuko x mai katara x aang sokka x suki

zuko x reader sokka x reader suki x reader jett x reader

— other fandoms i would write.

i most likely haven't consumed this media or haven't finished it in its totality yet. or i know it well enough to write but don't have any "ships" or would use them for au inspiration only. it might just be more on the backburner, too, but i'm inspired by it in some way.

percy jackson the hunger games the summer i turned pretty marvel star wars final fantasy dragon age the last of us the walking dead legend of korra fallout

i still can't believe they fed us with mekamechanic in official overwatch media. don't give up on your dreams girls

clearly someone on the overwatch team understands the true beating heart behind magical girl content: lesbians

lowkey the fact that notebooks were like 2 for $1 when i was at formative hobby finding age (horseback riding lessons & dance classes, etc. were not)...

“how did you get into writing” girl nobody gets into writing. writing shows up one day at your door and gets into you

me trying to piece back together my character after giving them the most tragic insane and inescapable backstory imaginable

I can fix him [drill sound] [screaming] [chainsaw revving]

what if I post about it instead surely thats the same thing

Noooooooo😭😭😭

“omg you’re so creative. how do you get your ideas” i hallucinate a single scene in the taco bell drive thru and then spend 13 months trying to write it

"perfect" writing is an opinion anyway. what's perfect to me is deeply flawed to someone else. what's profound to someone else is corny & overused to you.

there is no perfect, there is only what is on the page and who is willing to receive it

"If my book is not perfect then-"

Then what? People will actually discuss it? fill your plotholes with fanfiction and headcanons?

People dont care about perfection. perfection is boring. if your story is perfect people will forget about it. its how we are wired. we remember the strange, the weird and all things left open.

Perfection isnt the goal, interesting is

"be the change you want to see in the world," i say as i write the most ultra-indulgent and specific fic possible because anyone else is going to write it wrong

REBLOG POSTS❗❗ COMMENT ON FICS❗❗COMPLIMENT FANART ❗❗LEAVE LITTLE NOTES IN THE TAGS❗❗ BOOKMARK FICS YOU LIKE❗❗ TELL AUTHORS WHAT YOU LIKED ABOUT THEIR FICS❗❗COMMENT ON DECADE OLD FICS ❗❗ADD YOUR OWN ANALYSIS IN LONG POSTS❗❗ENGAGE❗❗ INTERACT❗❗ BUILD A COMMUNITY ❗❗

While people don't post for engagement, it certainly doesn't do any harm..

"I write for my own enjoyment"

And

"I'm happy when people interact with my writing"

Are two sentences that can coexist!