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Princess: an effeminate and relatively youthful male homosexual or lesbian (1931-4)

Daffodil: effeminate young man (1925)

To throw a fuck into: to have sex with (1919)

Top sergeant: a masculine lesbian (1939) [‘she takes command of the girls’ privates’]

Lily: penis (1919)

Wolf: sexually aggressive man (1847); a homosexual top (1918)

Soul kiss: a deep kiss, involving putting one’s tongue into one’s partner’s mouth (1907)

Tom: a lesbian (1909); [in 'old tom'] prostitute catering to lesbians (1966)

Church mouse: a male homosexual who frequents crowded churches in order to fondle any potential sex partners. (1941)

Discover one's gender: to accept or acknowledge one’s homosexuality (1941) / Lose one's gender: To return to living as a heterosexual

Minty: a masculine lesbian (1941)

Also a lot of early 20th century vulgarity is recorded in Letter from My Father, which is a collection of letters published by a man who's dad was, in short, a major slut and human disaster who wrote about his sex life for his son. It's insane. You can find copies of it online & it's a wild fucking read (literally!) and I think a really interesting look at the life of a person who goes against our stereotypes of what people in the past were "supposed" to be like.

note for writers: these are dated to the first time they were recorded, not necessarily to their first use. I imagine for many of these, they came about naturally through spoken language before they were written down anywhere. This is especially true of more underground slang because it's probably being recorded (in ways we still have) the least. So if you wanna use a term but it's a little off date-wise, give yourself some wiggle room.

also gonna take this moment to highlight two more i found recently:

Best boy: a sweetheart, a boyfriend, a husband. (1893) [w the obvious equivalent term 'best girl']

Honeydripper or honeydrips: a sexual partner (1917)

The brilliant Toni Morrison explained this in an interview of hers (here's another; watch her doc!!!) that there's this assumption that one's readers are white. So when she would purposefully- and there's a difference!- write stories for the Black gaze, that certain things didn't have to be explained because we Understood, it would get frustrating for white readers. They felt left out, unappealed to, hurt.

And yet, that's standard fare- and everyone's not writing such specific stories like Toni! To be "fair", we did understand y'all. We had to. But those same techniques, both in writing and in media consumption, I believe are atrophied from white viewers ("I don't watch this because I don't relate!" Or projection of ones own identity into Black characters to be "relatable") because it's not Socially Required for you to apply them.

If you need a simple way to make your characters feel pain, here are some ideas: 

1. Sprained Ankle

A common injury that can severely limit mobility. This is useful because your characters will have to experience a mild struggle and adapt their plans to their new lack of mobiliy. Perfect to add tension to a chase scene.

2. Rib Contusion

A painful bruise on the ribs can make breathing difficult, helping you sneak in those ragged wheezes during a fight scene. Could also be used for something sport-related! It's impactful enough to leave a lingering pain but not enough to hinder their overall movement.

3. Concussions

This common brain injury can lead to confusion, dizziness, and mood swings, affecting a character’s judgment heavily. It can also cause mild amnesia.

I enjoy using concussions when you need another character to subtly take over the fight/scene, it's an easy way to switch POVs. You could also use it if you need a 'cute' recovery moment with A and B.

4. Fractured Finger

A broken finger can complicate tasks that require fine motor skills. This would be perfect for characters like artists, writers, etc. Or, a fighter who brushes it off as nothing till they try to throw a punch and are hit with pain.

5. Road Rash

Road rash is an abrasion caused by friction. Aka scraping skin. The raw, painful sting resulting from a fall can be a quick but effective way to add pain to your writing. Tip: it's great if you need a mild injury for a child.

6. Shoulder Dislocation

This injury can be excruciating and often leads to an inability to use one arm, forcing characters to confront their limitations while adding urgency to their situation. Good for torture scenes.

7. Deep Laceration

A deep laceration is a cut that requires stitches. As someone who got stitches as a kid, they really aren't that bad! A 2-3 inch wound (in length) provides just enough pain and blood to add that dramatic flair to your writing while not severely deterring your character.

This is also a great wound to look back on since it often scars. Note: the deeper and wider the cut the worse your character's condition. Don't give them a 5 inch deep gash and call that mild.

8. Burns

Whether from fire, chemicals, or hot surfaces, burns can cause intense suffering and lingering trauma. Like the previous injury, the lasting physical and emotional trauma of a burn is a great wound for characters to look back on.

If you want to explore writing burns, read here.

9. Pulled Muscle

This can create ongoing pain and restrict movement, offering a window to force your character to lean on another. Note: I personally use muscle related injuries when I want to focus more on the pain and sprains to focus on a lack of mobility.

10. Tendonitis

Inflammation of a tendon can cause chronic pain and limit a character's ability to perform tasks they usually take for granted. When exploring tendonitis make sure you research well as this can easily turn into a more severe injury.

This is a quick, brief list of ideas to provide writers inspiration. Since it is a shorter blog, I have not covered the injuries in detail. This is inspiration, not a thorough guide. Happy writing! :)

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Hi okay so their name is Soren (he/they).

His mother originally raised him to be an exact replica of her, but since the Snow Queen is notoriously not the best with kids and only ever wanted to train an heir, she gives up on him the moment she realizes they're never actually going to get off the Isle. As a result, he gives up literally all of his own interests and goals to be a replica of her in a futile attempt to make him proud.

They work as a 'spy' for The Sea Three. Their biggest skill is being able to make themself disappear and blend in really easily (and also a touch of parkour). He's essentially the Carlos opposition that the Sea Three doesn't have, dynamic-wise.

Loves being in group settings, highly detail oriented, and acts as close to a Prince as he possibly can on the Isle.

Because their mother is notorious for not having anyone close to her and living and working entirely alone, they tend self-sabotage literally every relationship they've ever had, even the ones that are, like, purely business. The only person who has survived this is Hansen of the Southern Isle (singular, not plural), the son of Hans (another OC I'm working on), who has been their best friend since childhood. They have a running joke that they'll get married one day to continue their royal bloodlines but they couldn't be less interested in each other.

I feel like kids of disgraced or ex-royals on the Isle probably tend to stick together in some form or another, but he and Evie have a very passive rivalry purely because their parents don't like each other. I'm basing the Snow Queen on the 1957 animated film by Lev Atamanov (you can find it in YouTube and it's only an hour, I highly suggest it if you ever wanna kill some time), and the Evil Queen and Snow Queen have a fair amount of similarities in their story consistently call the other copies. Soren and Evie were just kind of roped into it. Istg if this were a normal AU E.Q. and S.Q. would just be the worst pageant moms. God forbid this bitch ever meet Elsa.

Also has a weird, blurred relationship with Gil. Both their mother and Gil's father were disapproving of their past relationship (albeit for different reasons), the stress of trying to have any sort of romantic relationship on the Isle, and Soren's previously mentioned self-sabotaging all got in the way of it actually succeeding. I'd like to imagine they end up together post-D3, though.

I've been going back and forth on making King Candy/Turbo from Wreck-It Ralph his father purely for the lols. I don't know what exactly his relationship with his father would be, but I don't think it'd be a good one. I also want Turbo to have his own son (Toby Tastic is the name I've got so far) so that would mean Soren has a brother, and regardless of Soren's relationship with his father, those two definitely wouldn't be close.

Side-note, I haven't had the chance to design any actual looks for them in paper, but once I get the chance, I'm definitely going to include a slight affinity for fur in all/most of their outfits. Which I SWEAR was completely unintentional on the Carlos opposition end of things XD

And my obsession with making all of my characters related to ice somehow is seriously screwing me over because the whiplash of Classic Disney Villains In Order: Gaston, The Evil Queen, Cruella De Vil, Ursula, Jafar, The Snow Queen, Maleficent, Hades, Captain Hook-

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