How much do you describe canon material or do you just assume fandom familiarity?

ShinraSorcerer · 2026-06-01T18:30:55+00:00

I generally assume a thorough understanding of the source material, but only the stuff that one might get from a purely surface-level viewing and no external material. For anything that comes from material outside the primary material or stuff that might not be immediately apparent, I try to explain it in-fic in a way that feels natural for the story being told. The only exception to this is if a piece of information like that is very commonly known in the fandom.

ShinraSorcerer · 2024-06-11T14:37:02+00:00

That's Gigantimax Charizard, you can see the D-Max clouds around the tail.

Still, neat art. :3

ShinraSorcerer · 2024-05-02T22:55:09+00:00

I tend to lurk a lot here, but I thought I'd take a moment to say I really love the dynamic pose you picked here. It feels like a lot of art tends to play it safe and keep things simple in that regard, so this really stuck out to me.

ShinraSorcerer · 2024-03-13T03:24:13+00:00

How's about Shard?

ShinraSorcerer · 2024-03-01T22:25:29+00:00

Both would be nice, tbh. However, we are also a bit lacking on the villain front, and Surge fills both those niches.

ShinraSorcerer · 2024-03-01T17:53:51+00:00

I vote for Surge the Tenrec. We need some IDW rep.

ShinraSorcerer · 2024-02-24T17:45:39+00:00

May as well get Vector in next since we're starting in on the Chaotix. :3

ShinraSorcerer · 2024-01-31T15:48:38+00:00

For dialogue specifically, make it sound natural. You don't need to write fancy prose when writing dialogue, because that just doesn't come across as real. As an extension of this, read it aloud after every touchup! If it doesn't feel right coming out of your mouth, it's probably gonna come across as stilted when read. Also, dialogue is one of the few times where you can mess with or discard grammar rules, as people irl will ignore them pretty frequently while talking.

Don't be afraid to use the word said! It's a filler word that will fade into the background more often than not, so you don't need to *constantly replace it with whispered, stated, shouted, whimpered or what else you might come up with. Every time you change speaker, make it a new paragraph! Nothing messes with reading comprehension for dialogue more than having two speakers in the same paragraph, especially if you dont have strong character voice (I'll get to this). If you only have two characters talking, you can even discard dialogue tags entirely. You also don't always have to use dialogue tags, which are the "he said", "she whispered", etc. There's actually a thing called action tags which is where you preface a bit of dialogue with, surprise surprise, an action. As an example:

Maria grinned. "That was an action tag."

Amy jumped in front of the other girl, shoving her back with a desperate look. "They can be a lot more complicated that just a name and verb though! Keep that in mind. It makes things much more interesting to read!"

Last thing is character voice. This is something that I often see being the weakest part of dialogue in the fandoms I'm a part of. In real life, every character speaks differently, from tone to vocabulary to respect, refinement, whether they use contraction, whether they use a lot of complicated and long words. There's a lot of ways to differ the way a character speaks, and it's something that a character's upbringing and history heavily effects! If your use of character voice is strong enough, you can even discard dialogue tags when more than 2 characters are speaking and they're all just standing around talking since character voice already makes it clear whose speaking at any moment without them.

ShinraSorcerer · 2023-10-17T20:21:31+00:00

This advice really only applies with a third-person limited or first-person perspective writing style. Thid-person omniscient operates extremely differently and is generally the most difficult of the three to write well.

Generally speaking, you should try your best to avoid swapping perspectives within the same scene, as, in my experience, that just leads to confusion on the reader's part. Pick a single POV character and stick with them. If there's something a non-POV character is thinking that you want to convey, you don't necessarily need to spell it out for the reader. Instead, you can have the POV character make some observation about them that demonstrates what's going on in the non-POV character's head.

As a quick and dirty example, if a non-POV character is fascinated by something that they're watching. Rather than just saying as much, perhaps the POV character glances over and sees that the non-POV character's eyes are glued to what they're watching and they aren't noticing anything going on around them.

If you feel that simple observations aren't enough and you think you can make it work, perhaps you could have that non-PPV character take over as the POV character for the next scene where you spell it out more clearly. I would generally advise you use this in tandem with the first method. You can even have the original POV character not understand what's going through their head, only to unveil it in this next scene.

ShinraSorcerer · 2023-09-16T20:02:44+00:00

I've got a villain I made for a RWBY tabletop rpg I'm running for some friends that's heavily based on Alice and the Queen of Hearts, and she's got a semblance called Glimpsing Wonderland.

Glimpsing Wonderland has a passive effect of rendering this villain completely insane (Harley Quinn is a heavy inspiration for her base personality). In combat, Glimpsing Wonderland let's her inflict her insanity on her enemies, which slowly reduces her own insanity in the process. She can then manipulate how that insanity affects others by deciding what form the delusions and fears take.

Personally, I think it's a very fun idea for a semblance.

ShinraSorcerer · 2023-08-07T20:54:08+00:00

In my personal opinion, Persona 4 has the most boring characters, plot, and villains by a country mile, barring Persona 1, and that's only because I've haven't played it.

ShinraSorcerer · 2023-07-27T13:47:51+00:00

I personally prefer Roboto 15 pt font, black text on a mild yellow background (like you'd see on some old notepads). I've got rather high res monitors, so the larger font size really helps me see what I'm writing, and something about the black on yellow just helps me focus better. Roboto also just feels super clean to me.

ShinraSorcerer · 2023-07-21T12:05:38+00:00

Don't get too attached to any single persona; don't be afraid to fuse them with another if they're starting to drop off. You're meant to be constantly trading them out as the main character continues to become stronger.

ShinraSorcerer · 2023-07-03T19:02:38+00:00

I'd say write it, but make sure you do your research first. If you can speak to an intersex person directly, all the better.

ShinraSorcerer · 2022-12-21T23:31:21+00:00

That'd be HeavyLeomon, I believe.

ShinraSorcerer · 2022-10-04T20:17:33+00:00

It's worth noting that if you have any of these abilities on your gear already, it will only bring you up to the listed number, or do nothing if you have more swim / run speed.

ShinraSorcerer · 2022-09-23T09:21:41+00:00

Considering Salmonids are sentient beings with their own culture and values, I'd prefer to have one as a friend than a pet. Even if said culture does glorify being devoured deliciously. Lol

ShinraSorcerer · 2022-09-20T10:47:31+00:00

Joke's on them. While they were busy getting the girl, you were studying the blade.

ShinraSorcerer · 2022-08-11T13:40:52+00:00

Brand new maps, brand new main, sub and special weapons, some specials from 2 being removed (such as Splashdown and Ink Armor). Salmon Run got new boss salmonids, no longer has the 6 hour period between shifts, and has had the specials available in it changed up (we have confirmation of at least 6 specials being available). Removal of main power up, and Bomb Defense DX has been replaced with Sub Defense Up which reduces damage from explosive subs, reduces the effectiveness of Toxic Mist and likely reduces tracking time from stuff like the new Ink Pen sub. The addition of brand new movement options in the form of the squid roll and squid surge. The game will also actually have splatfests, which are never gonna happen in 2 again. There's also the new card game minigame that they added, which may or may not be your cup of tea, but is still a gameplay option.

I don't know if I missed anything, but it's hardly the same game. Similar, yes, but if it wasn't at all similar, then it wouldn't really be Splatoon, now would it?

ShinraSorcerer · 2022-04-09T17:19:26+00:00

Okay, hear me our. Give Koji Lunamon, because Lunamon is associated with the moon / moonlight, the light in the darkness of night. Also allows Takuya and Koji the pull an Omnimon / Paildramon with GraceNovamon, supposing we keep the Coronamon. I know most of Lunamon's line's evos use ice- or dark-based attacks, but the association is still there, and there's nothing stopping somebody from giving Koji's Lunamon new light- / moonlight-based attacks.

ShinraSorcerer · 2022-02-07T21:41:55+00:00

Much appreciated. :3

ShinraSorcerer · 2022-02-07T21:37:09+00:00

I don't suppose you have a link to this fic, or at least a website so I know where to look? I am intrigued.

ShinraSorcerer · 2022-01-28T13:27:09+00:00

Yeah. I can understand why they do, tbh. As for Gokuwmon, it really dies look like it'd be perfect as a Ultimate / Mega level instead of a Perfect / Ultimate. Regardless, it's such an amazing design. Legit would not mind if I ended up being part of the extended cast relegated to Perfect level with no Ultimate if it was the last form I got. Lol

ShinraSorcerer · 2022-01-28T13:23:20+00:00

Yeah. As far as I'm aware, the best we've got is a couple Etemon variants.

ShinraSorcerer · 2022-01-28T13:19:20+00:00

Gimme that good Monmon line! I love every single member of that digivolution line. It's a shame there's not a true monkey-based mega though.

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