Call me Cilly!

there's no temptress quite as irresistible as the mid afternoon sleepies

The midnight awakies

you can lead a lamb away from slaughter but you can't make it stop feeling like a sacrifice

romance as a subplot is SOOOOO GOODDDDD because 98% of the time it's an intense slowburn that develops over several chapters. the story focuses on the plot or character development more but somehow it makes the romance SO MUCH BETTER!!! idk how to explain it it's just so good...like when an author's focus is more on characters and plot it gives you as the reader a deeper connection to the characters which makes the romantic/platonic aspect so much better

I always feel so cheated in stories when characters are walking around with this Big Guilt and then...you find out that the thing wasn't their fault at all. And not in a "they thought they did it but it turns out they were set up" way, or even a "accepting that just because they did A which caused B which caused C it doesn't mean C was their fault", way but where they finally lay out the sequence of events and it's clear that any thinking person would not connect them. Like, fucking commit!!! The character isn't LESS compelling if they actually did the thing! You can't have the haunted brooding meow meow who is...also completely blameless

basically my favorite thing to do is imagine The Character in some sort of situation of terrible emotional turmoil. it’s like enrichment for me

Cultures include Yoruba, Sikh, Vietnamese, Polish, and dozens more!

This could also be a good staring point for conlangers looking for inspiration for personal name conventions.

Me and my color coded friendgroup are gonna beat your ass

top tier character trait will always be “I care about you deeply, even though I betrayed you. even though I would do it again” I don’t make the rules