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//Absurdly helpful for people writing royal characters and/or characters who interact with royalty and members of the nobility.

it’s very cute and also so powerful

Being a joyless shitbeast to kids isn’t cool. They’re kids. If you want to be Oscar the Grouch, that’s fine, but do it in a way they understand and explain it to them.

“I don’t want to play, I’m grumpy. Thank you, though, that was kind.”

2: their smile

3: their greatest achievement

4: their insecurities

5: their shortcomings

6: how they deal with grief

7: how they like to dress

8: what they like to eat

9: their theme

10: their fashion sense

11: their family life

12: their romantic life

13: their embarrassing memory from years ago

14: how they react to burning their tongue on food

15: how they react to a brainfreeze

16: their dreams

17: their ambitions

18: how they sleep

19: their reaction to betrayal

20: their reaction to a mystery love letter

21: how they react to pain

22: what they’re like on two hours of sleep

23: how they act when they’re sick

24: what motivates them

Hey there! You can call me Nym.

For a while I’ve been juggling with the idea of starting a writing blog and it seems like I’ve finally found the courage to do so.

Nym, 26. Uni Student.

Friendly Mess

Passionate about reading and writing since forever.

Hoping finding an online community of writers could help kindle the dormant fires of my inspiration.

Seeking to experiment with my style.

Favorite genres to both read and write would be Fantasy (mostly dark and/or urban) and Science Fiction. But I love a little bit of everything.

Huge Greek Mythology Nerd.

World-building enthusiast.

The problem is; I’m not familiar with how things are done around here. Everyone seems to have these enormous networks and I don’t know how to do that.

- My blog is a sad empty Limbo with no format whatsoever.

- I can’t do edits.

- I don’t use an efficient tag system.

- I’m not used to the whole blogging business.

- I don’t even follow anyone as of now.

I guess what I would need is for those of you, seeing this in the tags, that feel anything I said resonate with them, to reblog this, so I can find friendly mutuals to start this adventure with.

*has to write in order to share*

She also addresses other important things in her vlogs like the reflex lots of girls have to apologize for things even when they aren’t your fault and her sister Stacie’s trouble with shyness and a bully and how maybe sometimes it’s best to just walk away from bullies and standing up for your dreams and the dream gap and the harm that “it was just a joke” does.

I love swords. Love them. Swords are to fantasy as walls to a castle. You need your swords to battle dragons, usurpers, knights and wizards. So lets go into the armory and learn about swords.

Anatomy of a typical sword

Crossguard: This is the part of the sword between the hilt and blade. This protects the hand.

Blade: The sharp end, duh

Hilt: This is the part you hold. Also called a grip.

Pommel: the end of the sword attached to the hilt. This can be decorated as you like.

Fuller: this is a hollow running up the sword. Debates go on whether it is made to reduce suction or make blood run off quicker or to make the sword more dynamic.

Edge: the sharpened sides of the blade. Can be singular or double.

The point: The pointy bit at the top. Stick them into the person (jon snow logic)

Types of Swords

Claymore: This is the Scottish Gaelic version of the Great Sword. It is a heavy sword with a long reach

Longsword: Medieval and Renaissance weapon commonly used with with two hands.

Bastard sword: refers to a sword of an uncertain origin. It may be a cross between a long sword and a great sword.

Gladius: an ancient Roman blade used by gladiators and then legionaires. There is no crossguard. It is also called a shortsword. Made for stabbing rather than slashing.

Xiphos: double-edged, single-handed sword used by ancient greeks. The blade is commonly leaf shaped made for slashing.

Sabre or Rapier: This is a slender blade used by fencers. This blade might not be able to hack a head but its light weight makes the blade an asset in speed.

Katana: The Japanese samurai sword. This is single-edged and the blade os hammer thin. Made for speed and deadly sharp.

Scimitar: a curved blade with a singled edge.

Sword Moves

Advance - to attack, going forward.

Deflect - engaging sword with your own and pushing it away

Empty Fade - jumping backwards as if to retreat then attacking.

Front Guard - the sword is held in front of your face.

Full Iron Gate Guard - the sword is halfway between your legs, angled right.

Half Iron Gate Guard - the sword is held before your left leg.

Lunge - leaping forwards while feet are in the same stance.

Pass Back - moving your front foot into the rear position.

Pass Forward - moving your rear foot into the front position.

Pivot - Rotating 180 degrees, keeping dominant foot stationary.

Retreat - a movement backwards.

Shed - to allow a sword to slide away off your sword.

Short Guard - the hilt is at your hip and the point is forward.

Step Across - Rotating 180 degrees, crossing feet and spinning.

Tail Guard - the hilt is at your hip and the sword is behind you.

Two Horn Guard - pommel is at your chest with the sword pointing out.

Window Guard - a guard where the hilt is at your ear and the sword points forwards

Things to remember about swords

1. When drawing your sword, the scabbard is on your opposite hip.

2. If a sword is two-handed, use two hands. Don’t try be cool. You will cut yourself.

3. Swords are sharpened using a whetstone and polished with oil clothes. Water rusts them. Look after your swords.

4. Swords can stick to to scabbard if the air is icy. To prevent it, you can line your scabbard with leather.

5. Practise with a blunted sword first. Blunt swords are used in tourneys.

6. Defense over Attack. Better to defend rather than attack.

7. Shields are your friend in defence but hamper your ability to attack.

obsessed with the number 540

likes to tackle and wrestle people as a way of bonding??

Responds to most things with a ‘what’

always trying to get people to play uno with them by (not so subtly) sneaking it into conversations and having a pack at the ready

Attack hugger

Randomly makes snippets of conversations into jingles

always look like they’re up to something devious

laughs hysterically when no one else laughs at a joke, because they feel bad 

wants to join things but doesn’t know how and always manages to screw things up

but its okay their plan b is to charm their way out of trouble

overshares but only at the most inopportune times

afraid of flies

says hi to everyone they ever cross

Absolutely loses their mind whenever someone makes weird faces

notorious for their eye-rolling

tries to be badass but is too much of a sweetheart to convince anybody

Repeats the joke because they find them that funny they need to be said again

Loves to annoy people 24/7

Their expressions are just naturally over exaggerated, at all times. You don’t even know why they sometimes make faces

Horrible liar yet lies all the time

passionately wants to become batman

their jokes always fail horribly

Will act as their friends dad, even though they’re the same age

Can’t do things without the proper shoes. (Raining? Boots. Soccer? Soccer shoes. Indoors? Indoor shoes)

Will not, ever, go outside.

Will politely remind you in the midst of chaos of how good they’re being