The Magical Land Of Resources

“I’m a complex guy, sweetheart.”

"Don’t tell me what I can’t do!"

“Add a little ranch and it’ll taste just like chicken!”

"I was wrong."

“Does that mean I should wait twenty minutes and go anyway?”

"Is he talking about what I think he was talking about?"

“Maybe if you ate more comfort food you wouldn’t have to go around shooting people”

“I am in love with the woman sitting next to me and I would never do anything to hurt her”

“If this works you might just save us all, if it doesn’t at least you’ll put us out of our misery”

"Did you just kill that bunny?"

“You can take it off if you like.”

"Look, I don’t know about you, but things have really sucked for me lately, and I could really use a victory."

"You read her diary?”

“This is why we don’t do drugs, folks.”

“Dude, what do you want from me?”

"Climb that tree."

“Polar bears are meant to be quite clever, very clever. They’re like the Einsteins of the bear community.”

“I can do this, I kicked drugs, I can deliver a baby.”

"I’m sorry I kissed you."

"I will come back here for you."

“All I’m going to get out of him is a snappy one-liner and if I’m real lucky, a brand new nickname.”

"Remind me why we’re keeping him alive?"

“Because that’s how it happened!”

“You missing those cheeseburgers yet?”

 ”Don’t do anything stupid.”

"You have no idea what I’m capable of."

"Don’t open it."

“I wish he would just die already.”

“If you do not stop following me, I will kill one of them. Do you understand?”

"You don’t want to be a hero. You don’t want to try and save everyone"

"That was, like, a Jedi moment."

"You have only three choices: run, hide, or die.”

"Do not mistake coincidence for fate."

"Should I go get a ruler?" 

"When I want the guns, I’ll get the guns."

"I’m not supposed to have chocolate before dinner."

"It doesn’t matter what we do. Whatever happened, happened." 

"It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress."

"You have no idea what I’ve been through to be here."

"I can take care of myself."

"I only made out with him because torturing him didn’t work."

"Why do you find it so hard to believe?"

"I just shot a freaking bear!"

“Quit starin’ at my ass!”

"Do you try to be a pig, or does it just come naturally?"

“When did I do that to you?”

“Lower your gun, or I’ll blow his damned head off.”

“Just hand me the strips, I need to get this bleeding stopped.”

“Does any of this look familiar?”

"We’re the good guys."

"Son of a bitch!"

"Just pull the trigger."

“Our lives suck.”

“We can all play a part. Who you want to be?”

“He’ll kill you.”

"Well, who needs men, right? Bloody useless."

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1. If something would be boring and/or undramatic for a male character, it would probably be boring and/or undramatic for a female character. If you’re writing a female character (particularly in a major role), I’d recommend thinking about whether you’d want to read about a male character in that situation or with that trait. If not, then you’re probably boring your readers.

2. The character is useless. Have you made a main character more or less helpless for most of the story? Does she watch as the story happens around her? Does she get repeatedly saved by other characters when the going gets rough? Please think back to #1. You’d probably be bored reading about a more or less helpless guy, right? Your readers will be just as bored by a helpless female.

3. The character’s only defining trait is being hyper-smart or (more rarely) a total ditz. That’s fine for one character among several, but if she’s your only significant female character, it’ll raise questions about your ability to handle female characters at a more relatable level of intelligence. If you’re having trouble with more relatable female characters, I’d recommend checking out some Meg Cabot books, Mean Girls and/or Pride and Prejudice.

3.1. The character is totally pure. A character that always does the right thing and has no motivations besides being friendly/agreeable/nice is probably pretty boring. 100% pure characters strain the suspension of disbelief, are less relatable and usually less dramatic. For whatever reason, these types of boring characters are almost always women.

4. Your readers will probably be able to tell if you have not read many female main characters written by female authors. If you don’t have the firsthand experience of actually being a female, being well-read is probably the closest you’ll get to seeing the subtle distinctions between most women and most men in terms of perspective, dialogue and actions. Conversely, when I’m reading manuscripts, the easiest way for me to pick out male characters written by female authors is when 1) the character is hyper-introspective and collected (even in a crisis) and the author doesn’t realize that’s unusual, and/or 2) a male character notices far too many irrelevant details, such as eye color and hair color, and the author inadvertently makes it sound like the character’s ogling someone or writing a fashion review.

5. The character is a love interest that doesn’t have a role outside of romance. She’ll probably be a more interesting love interest if she has something else going on. For example, Lois Lane is (occasionally) a competent reporter whose investigations sometimes tie into Superman’s work. Pepper Potts figured out who kidnapped Tony Stark by breaking into Stane’s office. Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim had a penchant for awesomeness and a mallet. Also, she was a ninja courier for Amazon.

5.1. The character is defined by her physical attractiveness and/or sex appeal. If you consider physical attractiveness one of the three most interesting things about a major character, I would recommend rethinking the character’s development because most likely the character is a love interest that is interesting only to the author. (Think back to #1–you wouldn’t want to read about a guy whose main trait was his handsomeness, would you?) Also, please bear in mind that most of the professionals evaluating your submission will probably be ladies, so you won’t even have the titillation angle working in your favor.

6. The character has no substantial goals besides going along with other characters and/or getting in bed with somebody. If you’re going to bother writing in a character, I’d recommend giving him/her some sort of independent effect on the plot. If not, why bother having the character? Fortunately, you don’t need to give a character much space to give her/him a role to play. For example, Neville Longbottom had around a page of dialogue (~350 words) in the first Harry Potter book and he still managed to raise the stakes for the protagonists by growing a spine at absolutely the worst moment. (Dumbledore’s recognition of his badassery was probably the highlight of the first book for me).

Greetings, tumblr rp community! Now, I’m as much a sucker for a good spy, or espionage roleplay as the next person, and I’ve come to love using faceless gifs to enhance the whole ~look~ of my replies. But here is a gif hunt that has an array of things— big guns, awesome faceless fight scenes, neat gadgets, and over 200 other facless gifs you might use in such a roleplay! Warning: I work mostly with Marvel roleplays, so there’s a bunch of Marvel things in there.

None of these are mine, simply message me if you’d like your gif taken out and it shall be done! Enjoy!