Film and TV (mostly) Musings

List of AUs

Acting AU

Drama Club Enemies to Lovers

Bodyguard AU

Bodyguard AUs

Bodyguard Dialogue Prompts

Bookstore/Library AU

Bookstore AUs

How to create an atmosphere: Library

Celebrity/Rich AU

Fan x Celebrity Prompts

Road to fame ideas

Gossip Girl/Rich AUs

Chosen One AU

Chosen One Prompts

The Chosen One Plot Twists

Trope of the day… defying prophecies.

Dialogue Responses: “I am the chosen one.”

Coffee Shop AU

Coffee Prompts

Coffee Shop AUs

Coffee Shop Prompts

How to create an atmosphere: Coffee Shop

Firefighter/Police AU

Firefighter/Police AUs

Flower Shop AU

Flower Shop AUs

Friends with Benefits AU

Friends with Benefits to Lovers Prompts

Enemies to Friends with Benefits Prompts

Ghost AU

Human x Ghost Prompts

Human/Ghost Dialogue Prompts

Haunted Objects

Inconvenient things a ghost could do

Guardian Angel AU

Guardian Angel Prompts

Historic AU

Victorian AU Prompts

Historic Prompts - 1800s Ball Prompts

Hospital/Doctors AU

Patient and Doctor Prompts

Lawyer AU

Lawyer AUs

Rival Lawyers

Lawyer + Client Dialogue

Lifeguard AU

Lifeguard AUs

Mafia AU

How to write the Mafia

Mafia Prompts

Magic/Magical Creatures AU

Magic

Magical Creatures Part I

Magical Creatures Part II

Hogwarts Prompts

Witches

Mermaid AU

Mermaid Prompts

Turning into a mermaid

Serenephobic

Musician AU

Band AU Prompts

Enemies to Lovers: Band Edition

Rockstar AUs

Eurovision AU

Neighbors AU

Neighbor AUs Part I

Neighbor AU Part II

Neighbors to lovers prompts

Outer Space

Space Horror Prompts

Pirate AU

Pirate Prompts

(Post-)Apocalypse AU

Causes for the apocalypse

Last day on earth

Post-apocalyptic romance prompts

Roommates AU

Roommates Prompts

Roommates AUs

Roommates to Lovers - Spending time together

Roommates to Lovers Prompts

Roommates Arguments

Royalty AU

Royalty Masterpost (Prompts and Advice Posts)

School/College AU

Boarding School Prompts

College/University AUs

Meet ugly College AU

Polar Opposite Students Prompts

Professor x TA Prompts

Teacher x Teacher Prompts

How to write a college party

Soulmates AU

Soulmate AUs

Multiple Soulmates Prompts

Dark Soulmates AUs

Sports AU

Dancer Prompts

Sport Romance Prompts

Spy/Assassins AU

Assassins Banter Dialogue

Assassin x Target Prompts

Spy Prompts

Evil organization of assassins

Time Travel AU

Time Travel

Time Travel Dialogue Prompts

Vampire AU

Vampire Prompts

Vampire Dialogue

Werewolf AU

Werewolf Prompts Part I

Werewolf Prompts Part II

Human x Werewolf Prompts

Workplace/Office AU

Colleague AUs

Co-workers - Hate to love Part I

Co-workers - Hate to love Part II

Co-workers to lovers meet cute

Matchmaking at Work Prompts

Secret Dating at Work Prompts

More:

Groundhog Day Prompts

Soon… a monster will appear. Please don’t hurt him. He is my son. I’ve had a marvelous life. Thank you, Chopper.

Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you. But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through.

Here you'll find a whole list of angst prompts.

Angst

"I didn't want to hurt you. But I also couldn't stop."

"Just let me go. Please, I want to leave."

"Pushing me away will not help you."

"I don't feel safe with you anymore."

"Did you really believe I cared for you?"

"You deserved everything that happened to you."

"I know you don't want to do this. But I'm afraid you must."

"You can't even see how much you hurt me."

"Stop giving me hope. It hurts so much more."

"Our forever seems to have been short-lived."

"I'm done. Do whatever you want, but do it without me."

"Stop trying to make it up to me, you can't!"

"Ignoring the problems will not make them go away."

"How could I ever trust you again after this?"

"You're not deserving of me."

I was just reading a book where a character is deeply loyal to the royal family despite being their literal whipping girl, but she immediately decides that the king must be a bad ruler the first time she sees poverty exists. And he is--but it's weird that the 15 years of being whipped didn't convince her but the existence of poor people did.

She went on to explain how for her, there had always been little things about the cult that bothered her, but she excused them, pushed them aside, papered them over in her own mind. And then one thing happened. One very specific thing that went directly contrary to all the things the cult taught her.

And that one thing put enough pressure on her belief that all those cracks... exploded and she lost faith in the cult practically overnight. And the thing is, from my outsider perspective, it was like one day I talked with her and she was true believer, and the next time religion came up she was an ex- and talking about how she'd just recognized this thing about how harmful her former religion was.

I knew another man, briefly, who grew up evangelical protestant, spent more than half his life living and proselytizing as a true believer, then one day just... stopped. He said that he had always had doubts, never really believed, but he pushed all those doubts and disbeliefs down and acted all the more fervent to prove to himself that he was a good Christian. Until one day he realized what he was doing and... was done.

Now, with writing, we truly hope an author is good enough to convey this kind of internal conflict, but when someone spends half their life suppressing these kinds of things, it can be very hard to see even from the 'inside', because hiding it from themselves is the whole point. And when aren't talking about a PoV character or are in a real world situation...

"I've had heard of poverty before, but was certain the king was doing his best to adress the issue" or "ive been told repeatedly that thw poverty issue was being made to be worse than it actually was, and people just wanted handouts"

Or "i was told that the poor deserved to be poor just like i deserved to be whipped because they were wicked, as was i. But after having been fed and cared by then, i realize they are not wicked and i, who always felt real deep in my heart of hearts that maybe i wasnt wicked, maybe i didnt deserve the whippings, can feel this belief crumbling apart."

Maybe, also, have her belief system be eroded bit by bit until theres nothing. First, she realizes the poor arent wicked. Then she realizes they arent really greedy people wanting handouts, theyre just living in subhuman conditions and need dignity. Then she speaks to elders and reslizes the king has never ever lifted a finger to adress the issue, preferring to make propaganda about the poor being greedy layabouts.

It goes from the poor aren't evil -> maybe i wasnt evil -> they were suffering and the king lied about their suffering -> they dont deserve to suffer -> i didnt deserve to suffer -> i didnt deserve the whippings -> they fucking whipped me! for nothing! just to keep me in line! like they keep the poor suferring to keep them in line to prevent an uprising! -> screw the king actually.

This can happen in the span of several months to a week to even a day, depending on the pace/size of your story. Just like movies make people fall helplessly in love in the span of an afternoon, you can make it work, if you write it well.

The future greets you with its magic mirror, reflecting each golden moment, each emboldened choice.