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[id: screenshots of tiktok captions. the images say, “but the only reason we still love princess diana is because she did not have the time to disappoint us.”]

begging queer kids to read up on princess diana’s involvement with the community. yes, she was a rich, pretty monarch. yes, she died young.

but the reason why queer people love her is because she used her privilege during the aids crisis to advocate for sick queer men, when very few others would - much less someone of her status.

diana spent years advocating for the health and care of queer people with hiv/aids. in 1987, at the height of the epidemic, she opened the first specialist clinic dedicated to treating aids patients (the first clinic of it’s kind in the uk).

she also fought public hysteria by hugging and shaking bare hands with aids patients, at a time when aids was thought to be spread by skin to skin contact. not only that, she visited patients in the clinic regularly and even comforted them through their sickness.

and when queen elizabeth told her to try focusing on “something more pleasant”?

diana ignored her and kept fighting.

Character Ideas:

Character creation masterpost

Character Alignment Chart

More character alignment descriptions

Muslim Character questions

Characters with magical powers

Building a new character advice

How to create a character for an online or tabletop RPG (also a good guide on creating characters in general)

Royalty/nobility TV Tropes page

Basic character profile

OC masterpost

Random character generators - (1), (2), (3), (4)

D&D Character Building Tool

Character Design Ideas:

How clothing affects a character’s personality

Character Design Inspiration blog

Concept art, fan art, cool art to be inspired by

Character design references and inspiration

Sources for POC character design ideas and models

Create your own character model using HeroForge

For horned characters

Body and hair types guide

Random outfit generator

Naming Help:

Amazing site with an endless amount of naming resources

General advice on avoiding naming appropriation

Hispanic Surnames

Gothic Victorian names

Huge master list for character things in general

Masterlist of names of all types - including but not limited to ancient/old world names, Celtic, African, Northern European, Southern and Central American Native names, Japanese, Chinese, Mongolian, Polynesian, and more

Another name masterlist

How to pick a character name guide

Yet another names masterlist

Creating Background/backstory:

Character Sheet/Development Sheet

Another character development list

In-depth character personality, motivations and traits sheet

320 talents and passions for characters

On writing likes and dislikes that aren’t frivolous

Why you should write non-human characters non-conforming to the gender binary

Stereotypes, tropes, and archetypes

Random backstory generator

Assassin and thief character tropes to avoid

Character Interactions and putting your character into your world/story:

Comparing character height/height references

Characters who are scientists and writing about them doing science

Describing what different voices sound like

Describing skin tones

Writing friendship interactions that are platonic

Why having one character knock their friend unconscious to prevent them from doing something is a bad idea

Advice on shipping OCs with canon characters and what to avoid doing

Sweet Polly Oliver and Sweet on Polly Oliver situations (think of Disney’s Mulan for an example)

How to write multiple viewpoints/juggling a main cast of more than 4 to 6 characters

How to make readers care about your morally gray hero/anti-hero

On platonic OC and canon character relationships

How to avoid Godmodding in RPs

When it’s cheap to kill off a character

Writing dialogue

Things you shouldn’t do to canon characters

Avoiding purple prose in writing and RPs

Slang resources

Dialogue tips

Websites to chart your story/plot/character relationships

the one where they bent the sky

into a circle?

Ron does wear his heart on his sleeve and there were indeed times where he showed a glimpse of his insecurities and how badly they affected him.

’Must be nice,’ Ron said abruptly, when they had sat down and started serving themselves roast beef and Yorkshire puddings. ‘To have so much money you don’t notice if a pocketful of Galleons goes missing.’ ‘Listen, I had other stuff on my mind that night!’ said Harry impatiently. ‘We all did, remember?’ ‘I didn’t know leprechaun gold vanishes,’ Ron muttered. ‘I thought I was paying back. You should’t’ve given me that Chudley Cannon hat for Christmas.’ ‘Forget it, all right?’ said Harry.

...

'Yeah, someone could've – could've pulled him onto a broom and flown off with him, couldn't they?' said Ron quickly, looking hopefully at Moody, as if he, too, wanted to be told he had the makings of an Auror. 

...

Hermione got up and walked to the window, away from the argument, watching the snow swirling down the pane. ‘Look, drop it, will you!’ Harry burst out. ‘It’s bad enough, without you blaming yourself for everything!’ Ron said nothing but sat gazing miserably at the damp hem of his robes. After a while he said in a dull voice, ‘This is the worst I’ve ever felt in my life.’ ‘Join the club,’ said Harry bitterly.”

...

’Are you coming?’ Harry asked Ron, but he shook his head, looking glum. ‘I can’t come into Hogsmeade at all; Angelina wants a full day’s training. Like it’s going to help; we’re the worst team I’ve ever seen. You should see Sloper and Kirke, they’re pathetic, even worse than I am.’ He heaved a great sigh. ‘I dunno why Angelina won’t just let me resign.’ ‘It’s because you’re good when you’re on form, that’s why,’ said Harry irritably. He found it very hard to be sympathetic to Ron’s plight, when he himself would have given almost anything to be playing in the forthcoming match against Hufflepuff.

But anytime Ron shows his true feelings - anytime he tries to get help, he’s rebuffed because... because. Because there’s something else that’s more important, because Harry has so much more on his plate, because everyone around Ron acts as though it’s not a big deal. Therefore Ron thinks it’s not a big deal, too.

And look at how most of the fandom treats Ron when it comes to his feelings. “Ron was so whiny! Ron should have been grateful for what he had! Ron should just develop talent instead of complaining about not having any! Ron made up his insecurities!” Do you hate it? I know I hate it.

And of course, poor Ron has to contend with Poor Tragic Abused Orphan Harry and his very very sad life and backstory wah wah :’( and Poor Oppressed Talented Bullied Muggleborn Hermione who obviously both have it soooo much worse!!! How dare you complain Ron!! How dare you think you have problems Ron! Don’t you know poor Harry is so abused and sad! Don’t you see how badly poor Hermione is so oppressed!! How dare Ron try to say he has problems when it’s all in his head anyway!

Yeah. This fandom is a wonderful place to be in.

5. Walk with your keys in your hands and keep a key between each finger

6. If they put you in the trunk kick out the headlights

E.g.

If your gut is telling you to cross the street or change your path, do it. Don’t risk it. Your body knows.

If you can, buy a large umbrella and walk holding it. Studies say that predators are less likely to attempt an attack on someone that could fight back. Keys around your knuckles is fine but you’ll need to get very close to do damage. Umbrellas are more precise.

Avoid wearing headphones if you are alone on an empty street. Look aware.

Again: Stay. Away. From. Walls.

Entering an uber alone? Call your father (or anyone you trust) and say “hey dad! Yep, I’m almost there, I’m sending you the route.” outloud. Then proceed to send them the route so they can follow the uber drive. This will most likely intimidate the predator.

If you see someone in an uncomfortable or possibly dangerous situation, walk up to them and say “Betty, oh my god, I haven’t seen you in so long!”. If she gets slightly confused, you can whisper and let her know you’re trying to help and that she should follow along. Walk together to another station or away from where you are. The man will most likely not follow. I have done this one 2 times and can be very helpful.

If you are unsure she needs help, you can pass her a note saying something like “hey, I noticed this man beside you is making you uncomfortable. If you’d like help, fake a sneeze right now and I will come up to you and pretend we are friends.” This is a long note, but its an example. Be discrete. If she follows along, proceed with the previous tip. This is helpful when you’re in a crowded train and you notice harassment.

i was always told that the elbow is the sharpest point in your body, so use your elbows!!

to quote dwight schrute: “the eyes are the groin of the head”

im pretty sure that the nose is really sensitive so try to hit that. in a self defense class, they said to hold your hand like you’re carrying a plate (flat, palm up) and push upwards, bringing the bottom of your palm at the nose.

NEVER tuck in your thumb if you’re making a fist. that way if you punch someone you’ll break your thumb. make a fist like this and punch with the part marked red.

you can knock someone out by punching them into the chin. the nose is also very sensitive and can be easily broken.

as someone said above, STAY AWAY FROM WALLS!

the knee and the elbow are the strongest parts of the body. and they are nicely angled for kicking somebody.

Oh dude did you watch the match yesterday? That foul play was so goddamned fake it was totally set up. The referee was totally bribed, like, they couldn't see the player literally kicking others in the leg and stomach, but could see a player step on someone's foot from the other side of the field? And when they...

Oh hey, I couldn't help but notice you're wearing "band" T-shirt. I love their music, "X" Album is totally my favorite though, something about those songs just hit, like the line...

It seems to be a fairly common opinion that he’s the most useless out of the trio when it comes to getting out of difficult situations or finding information, but upon my reread he has so many useful skills.

I’m serious. He can drive a flying car, pick locks with a hairpin, is good at flying, super talented at chess, can mimick voices incredibly well, knows lots of information about dragons, etc. He’s also good at duelling and can think fast on his feet (he escaped from a group of snatchers on his own, stunned a death eater while flying, held his own in multiple battles).

Ron probably tried to be like his brothers to receive some praise or love, even if it was the slightest sign of it. When that didn't work he tried to overachieve everyone, learning how to drive, being the best at chess in the family, be the best at impersonating people. But when even that didn't work because people were fawning over Percy or Ginny (Who seem to get the most positive attention from teachers and Ron's parents, aside from the incident with Percy) he gave up, he didn't see a reason to even attempt to be good at something because nobody would care.