#comedy writing

A funny character needs a clear point of view. Their humor grows from how they see the world, not from random jokes.

Use contrast, such as strong confidence with weak skill or blunt honesty in polite settings.

Many funny characters take things seriously, which makes the situation funnier.

Writing a somewhat autobiography about my life (I know I'm only 23 but it's good for my mind ok), and wanted to share maybe one of my all-time moments in my life to this day.

Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: Taskmaster (UK TV) RPF, Richard II - Shakespeare, Richard III - Shakespeare, Henry IV - Shakespeare, Henry V - Shakespeare, Henry VI - Shakespeare, Historical RPF Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Alex Horne (British Comedy RPF), Greg Davies, Richard II of England, Richard III of England, Henry IV of England, Henry V of England, Henry VI of England Additional Tags: Comedy, History Jokes, Screenplay/Script Format, Fake Episode Summary:

(Tutorial's End, book 2 "Respawn, Restart", chapter 23)

... (Context: eating a fruit after breaking and entering) ...

That one bite was an explosive experience. There was absolutely nothing she could compare the taste to: other than to describe it as the flavor equivalent to staring up at the most gorgeous sunrise framed by a rainbow after standing out in a thunderstorm, soaked and alive. It was both a hyper-specific feeling, and also somewhat nonsensical. If it was possible to taste being awestruck, it was this Sheerna fruit.

"Whoa." She whispered softly.

The man nodded at her, a slight smile crossing his lips. "It's quite the experience, no?"

"Yes! Uh... I know I said I wouldn't take too much, but maybe just a few more bites?" She tried for puppy-dog eyes. I'm forgetting something, right?

Left side of his lip quirked upward, the man asked dryly, "Are you asking permission to steal more from me?"

Right! That's what I forgot, I'm robbing him! Gleeful, she scooped a small handful up and stared at them. She frowned as she considered how she could bring them along with her. She didn't want to put them in her pack, crushing them in the process. Not to mention she wasn't sure how long they'd keep.

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Because it’s by far the riskiest genre. Not because it’s technically harder, but because humor is so damn subjective. What makes one person cry laughing might make someone else blink in silence. And unlike angst or fluff, there’s no safe zone for tone—if the joke doesn’t land, it flops.

“…Do you mean grain of salt?”

played the demo and was incredibly delighted by it. perhaps comedy isn't the main focus of the IF but I was laughing almost outloud at so many parts of it. I love how Morgan can call her child a grub. and the reply is that all babes look somewhat like a grub. I couldn't help but feel incredibly endeared to ywain after that even though after such a traumatic birth AND birth circumstance my morgainne would probably have mixed feelings about the kid. as someone who hasnt gone through or talked about the process of giving birth in detail, reading that scene was horrifying. (/positive) the dread i felt for my poor morgainne!! when she said she felt it tearing and the midwife said that women have done it before so why cant you, i wanted to shake her by the shoulders and go WELL YEAH BUT THEY ALSO DIED DURING IT. I admit I felt a bit of schaudenfreude seeing Merlin doubled over in pain while healing morgan because it just feels very gratifying to show the possible pain that has been endured during birthgiving. and hearing later on that morgan PROLAPSED AND TORE??? terrifying. thank god for magic and modern medicine. anyways.

im enchanted by your writing style :] I adore Arthur i want to protect that kid so much. you can surprise him and he sprays his drink everywhere that was hilarious. and when we find him with merlin my own heart was aching seeing him sobbing. what horrible thing did he realise 👀 i cant wait for so much more. its been lovely torturing Kay and watching Gawain reflexively maintain propriety but I look forward even more to meeting Galahad and pushing his buttons to see what's his whole deal... and i loooved the dance that was so fun :] why did mabon and sebile act that way? how will I meet them again? WHAT was that (surely shipwrecked) half-dead baby doing there?? questions questions that I cannot wait to see answered :)

I confess my asks do tend to be quite long as they ramble and talk about literally anything so thank you for bearing with me 👍 also I wanted to check, (this may be the fault of my reading comprehension) but when merlin mentions that he wants to tell morgan something about how little arthur knows about uther, he never exactly says what it is that morgan subsequently does not like. I assume it was intentionally left out but im letting you know just in case.

anyways, thank you for creating a wonderful story with fascinating takes on very very old characters. your story has lit up my imagination and created so many lovely characters and an mc that I now think very intensely about. have an amazing day and take care!

Hi hi~ I really love your username. Genuinely, when I get compliments for the humor in this story, it makes me really happy. My humor is an acquired taste, it's pretty silly and absurd and largely influenced by Monty Python and some comedians from my country who are dry yet weird... So random cynicisms or stupid moments are what gets me everytime, and what I try to write as well. Comedy may not be a focus but it's important to me! This is supposed to be a whimsical story after all.

Also, just in case anyone who sees this likes Monty Python, my favorites are "Nudge Nudge", "Silly Walks" and the "Lumberjack Song".

Thank you so much for the lovely compliments, I do try to horrify and enchant in equal part :]

You're correct about the thingy being left out intentionally. Don't worry, though. It will come up again. So much of Chapter 1 is pure set-up, like... so much. That's why I was so worried about publishing it, too, because I felt like there was so little of true substance actually in there. But I suppose that's not as big a problem as I thought.