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i can’t wait for when chatGPT and ai image generation also crashes and each prompt cost $50 an attempt. oh you can’t get your stolen big tiddy anime ghibli art for free anymore? you want to buy real big boy art from real artists now? beg for it. beg for it like a dog.

Any time I catch myself thinking it's weirdly specific that stories involving the beheading game were an entire genre of medieval literature, I remind myself that the TV Tropes page for media where the cast get shrunk really small and go inside someone's body in a tiny submarine is at the time of this posting nearly 300 entries long

kaiju

everything eats and is eaten

Such news frustrate and discuss me so much, I literally can not.

This shit is dystopian, AI was never meant to create art, it will never be able to.

a writing competition i was going to participate in again this year has announced that they now allow AI generated content to be submitted

their reasoning being that "we couldn't ban it even if we wanted to, every writer already uses it anyway"

"Every writer"?

come on

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Writing Reference: The "Magical" Properties of Oils

Courage: Cedar, Musk, Rose Geranium

Fertility: Musk, Vervain

Friendships: Stephanotis, Sweetpea

Happiness: Apple Blossom, Sweetpea, Tuberose

Harmony: Basil, Gardenia, Lilac, Narcissus

Healing: Carnation, Eucalyptus, Gardenia, Lotus, Myrrh, Narcissus, Rosemary, Sandalwood, Violet

Hex-breaking: Bergamot, Myrrh, Rose Geranium, Rosemary, Rue, Vetivert

Love: Clove, Gardenia, Jasmine, Orris, Plumeria, Rose, Sweetpea

Luck: Cinnamon, Cypress, Lotus

Lust: Cinnamon, Clove, Musk, Vanilla

Magnetic—to Attract Men: Ambergris, Ginger, Gardenia, Jasmine, Lavender, Musk, Neroli, Tonka

Magnetic—to Attract Women: Bay, Civet, Musk, Patchouly, Stephanotis, Vetivert, Violet

Meditation: Acacia, Hyacinth, Jasmine, Magnolia, Myrrh, Nutmeg

Mental Powers: Honeysuckle, Lilac, Rosemary

Money: Almond, Bayberry, Bergamot, Honeysuckle, Mint, Patchouly, Pine, Vervain

Peace: Benzoin, Cumin, Gardenia, Hyacinth, Magnolia, Rose, Tuberose

Power: Carnation, Rosemary, Vanilla

Protection: Cypress, Myrrh, Patchouly, Rose Geranium, Rosemary, Rue, Violet, Wisteria

Psychic Powers: Acacia, Anise, Cassia, Heliotrope, Lemongrass, Lilac, Mimosa, Nutmeg, Sandalwood, Tuberose

Purification: Acacia, Cinnamon, Clove, Frankincense, Jasmine, Lavender, Myrrh, Olive, Sandalwood

Sleep: Lavender, Narcissus

Spirituality: Heliotrope, Lotus, Magnolia, Sandalwood

Excerpt from Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs More: Writing Notes & References

Writing Notes: Archetypes

A quick rundown of the 12 archetypes that we often encounter in literature:

Caregiver - sacrifices themselves for the needs and wants of others

Creator - creates or envisions

Hero - will save the day with confidence, talent, strength, or skill

Innocent - pure in their motivations; often naive and inexperienced

Joker - adds humor to the story

Lover - driven by passion, love, or devotion

Orphan - may feel out of place; has a deep desire to be understood/accepted

Outlaw - a rebel who breaks social convention

Magician - understands the way the world works & uses it to their advantage

Ruler - has control and/or wants to be in control

Sage - has acquired wisdom and may act as a mentor

Seducer - irresistible and uses their charm to get what they want

Every character has a purpose. While the character may be the protagonist of their own lives, they won't necessarily be the protagonist in the story that you're telling.

Perhaps they're the antagonist. Or a mentor. Or both.

Understanding the character's identity in your story will help you create a complete arc that resonates with your reader.

Fortunately, there's a time-tested way to easily identify the roles your characters will play in your story.

It relies on psychologist Carl Jung's theory of archetypes.

Jung believed there were 12 patterns, or archetypes, that exist in our collective unconscious — the part of the mind that is common to all humans.

These 12 archetypes represent basic human motivations.

And we experience all of them.

However, we each tend to be dominated by only one of these archetypes. And that's the basis of our personality.

Archetype vs. Stereotype

An archetype is used to define the role that a character plays in a novel. They can be a hero, an orphan, and/or an innocent.

By contrast, a stereotype is an oversimplified set of characteristics we assign a person based on preconceived beliefs about the group that the person belongs to, whether we’re doing so by race, gender, age, religion, etc.

While an archetype can be used as the starting point for defining a complex character, a stereotype is quite the opposite.

Stereotypes are reductive and narrow characters into caricatures.

An archetype is a template.

A stereotype is a formulaic conclusion.

Source ⚜ Writing Notes & References Character Archetypes ⚜ Goals ⚜ Stereotypical Characters

doing something beautiful, something healing, something harmless is my revenge to the world.

in a situation where everything seems to be sick, harmed, evil to the core, doing something good, even if it's a small thing, might be empowering.

don't act against.

act for.

If your garden is destroyed by fire, don't rush to put out every candle.

it won't make a difference.

planting a new garden will.