Soulmate AUs Masterpost!!

miscellaneous movie quote sentence starters pt. i.

“ you don’t do things, you stage them. “

“ i used to be a lot of different people. none of whom i particularly liked. “

“ man is too small, before the face of nature. “

“ your suffering is over. now you will find peace for eternity. “

“ you’re in danger. we all are. “

“ when i see people together, they don’t talk, not really. they don’t say what they mean. “

“ was i dead? or was i alive? “

“ ____, the only ghost in this house is you. “

“ it’s like in my dreams! i couldn’t ask for anything more! “

“ we can’t. i’m alive… and you are dead. “

“ we fear death because we love life. “

“ i don’t belong in the world. that’s what it is. something separates me from other people. “

“ well, i’m not waiting around for universal happiness which, believe me, will be boring as hell. “

“ i want to be happy now, in my own way. “

“ you’re a girl who follows me like a shadow. “

“ we humans can’t come to terms with death until it’s too late. “

“ it’s strange. i hardly know you, but i’ve spoken to you as i haven’t done with anybody else. “

“ i hardly see who i love. absence preserves friendship. “

“ personally, i like life most when it’s like a novel. “

“ i may be drunk but i’ve still got principles. “

“ death is also a beginning. you start a new game. it’s a really scary game. “

“ i have no memory. it’s like looking into a mirror and seeing nothing but the mirror. “

“ you have brought me here to die? “

“ i want to understand what it feels like to see something that has not yet happened. “

“ why can’t i just go, lose control? “

“ the joys of love; they last, but a short time. the pains of love last all your life. “

“ we come into the world crying. “

“ even when they die, people don’t really go away. “

“ you like me, don’t you? that’s why you don’t want to see me. “

“ love doesn’t vanish, it simply changes its form. “

“ people smile when they tell the truth. “

“ man is such a worthless animal. “

“ since i am a monster… i will be as lovely forever. “

“ i’m alone all the time. everybody betrays me. “

“ you’ll never survive in this world with such a faint heart. “

“ i wouldn’t leave you even if i died. “

“ you have the fangs of a snake and the face of an angel. “

“ do not get into my life. you’d destroy it mercilessly. “

“ you think in such a way because it’s convenient to you. you never tried to understand me. “

“ it’s a grave illness called female delinquency. “

“ i won’t back down. i won’t be defeated by men. “

“ you have a heart for laughter. i have one for tears. “

“ i won’t be your thing! i’m alive! “

“ you’re like death itself. “

“ you’re beyond saving. i don’t care if you burn in hell. “

“ i understand. i can sense you. how can i put it? i felt a power being born with you. “

“ everything means something, i guess. “

“ nothing in the world can separate us. and tonight we’ll live only for each other. “

“ you think that everything can be seen, and touched, and weighed, and measured. you think you’ve discovered reality, but you don’t even know what it is. “

“ i might be happier if i could just die like this. but i’ll go on living. i won’t let hardship defeat me. “

“ i wish i could go somewhere far away. would you go with me? “

“ it’s a harsh world, you know. it’s difficult to follow a righteous path. “

“ we are in the realm of the dead. “

“ we are in the realm of love. “

“ i love you. i love your sickness. “

“ kisses, to forget i’m alive. kisses, to forget you’re dead. “

“ i feel like something bad is gonna happen to me. “

“ i feel like something bad has happened. it hasn’t reached me yet, but it’s on its way. and it’s getting closer. and i don’t feel ready. “

“ i’d like to take the whole world into my arms and kiss it. “

“ you don’t know what i’m like inside. i’m possessed. “

“ in the middle of all that ugliness and darkness, i knew that it is not the only thing in the world. there is also beauty. “

“ killing is supposed to wrap things up… but no matter how many i kill, they just keep coming. there’s no end to it. “

“ when you love someone too much, your love can snuff them out. “

“ god, the smell… what is it? oh… that’s the smell of blood. “

“ i’m hungry. understand? i’m terribly hungry. i’m sorry, ____, but i must appease my hunger. “

“ you hear me. you can hear me. “

“ why can’t anybody hear me? “

“ you could learn a lot from children. they believe in things in the dark until we tell them it’s not so. maybe we’ve been fooling them. “

“ nothing of life can reach us now… no more contact with the living. “

“ don’t act tough. i know you are not. “

“ don’t pick a fight with me, you certainly won’t come out alive. “

“ you can’t ask me to drop everything i’ve been working for and give up all my ambitions, because your plans have changed. be realistic! “

“ they can’t understand that, all those who hunt us down. “

“ if they knew that we’re a dream, they would love and protect us. because, that way, they could dream about us. “

“ sometimes i think a violent force drags me. “

“ stop acting so humane! you’re not even human. “

“ we’re human-eating beasts, that’s what! “

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2014)

Sup! I was wondering if you could give me any posts about university campus life? Anything and everything is useful!

Hi!

This is kind of a board subject – I hope the posts I link you to will help!

Advice for Incoming College Students

Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Entering University

Tips For People Heading to College

I hope this helps! I wish I could find more, but there isn’t much, except pointers for people entering college. If you need anything else, feel free to ask! - @authors-haven

Ways To Describe Someone's Voice

adenoidal (adj): if someone’s voice is adenoidal, some of the sound seems to come through their nose

appealing (adj): an appealing look/voice shows that you want help, approval, or agreement

breathy (adj): with loud breathing noises

brittle (adj): if you speak in a brittle voice, you sound as if you are about to cry

croaky (adj): if someone’s voice sounds croaky, they speak in a low, rough voice that sounds as if they have a sore throat

dead (adj): if someone’s eyes or voice are dead, they feel or show no emotion

disembodied (adj): a disembodied voice comes from someone who you cannot see

flat (adj): spoken in a voice that does not go up and down; this word is often used for describing the speech of people from a particular region

fruity (adj): a fruity voice or laugh is deep and strong in a pleasant way

grating (adj): a grating voice, laugh, or sound is unpleasant and annoying

gravelly (adj): a gravelly voice sounds low and rough

gruff (adj): this voice has a rough, low sound

guttural (adj): a guttural sound is deep and made at the back of your throat

high-pitched (adj): true to its name, a high-pitched voice or sound is very high

hoarse (adj): someone who is hoarse, or has a hoarse voice, speaks in a low, rough voice, usually because their throat is sore

honeyed (adj): honeyed words or a honeyed voice sound very nice, but you cannot trust the person who is speaking

husky (adj): a husky voice is deep and sounds hoarse (as if you have a sore throat), often in an attractive way

low (adj): a low voice is quiet and difficult to hear; also used for describing a deep voice that has a long wavelength

matter-of-fact (adj): usually used if the person speaking knows what they are talking about (or absolutely think they know what they are talking about)

modulated (adj): a modulated voice is controlled and pleasant to listen to

monotonous (adj): this kind of voice is boring and unpleasant due to the fact that it does not change in loudness or become higher/lower

nasal (adj): someone with a nasal voice sounds as if they are speaking through their nose

orotund (adj): an orotund voice is loud and clear

penetrating (adj): a penetrating voice is so high or loud that it makes you slightly uncomfortable

plummy (adj): a plummy voice or way of speaking is considered to be typical of an English person of a high social class; this word shows that you dislike people who speak like this

quietly (adj): in a soft, quiet voice

raucous (adj): a raucous voice or noise is loud and sounds rough

ringing (adj): a ringing voice is very loud and clear

rough (adj): a rough voice is not soft and is unpleasant to listen to

shrill (adj): a shrill voice is very loud, high, and unpleasant

silvery (adj): this voice is clear, light, and pleasant

singsong (adj): if you speak in a singsong voice, your voice rises and falls in a musical way

small (adj): a small voice is quiet

smoky (adj): a smoky voice is sexually attractive in a slightly mysterious way

softly spoken (adj): someone who is softly spoken has a quiet, gentle voice

soft-spoken (adj): speaking or said in a quiet, gentle voice

sotto voce (adj, adv): in a very quiet voice

stentorian (adj): a stentorian voice sounds very loud and severe

strangled (adj): a strangled sound is one that someone stops before they finish making it

strident (adj): this voice is loud and unpleasant

taut (adj): used about something such as a voice that shows someone is nervous or angry

thick (adj): if your voice is thick with an emotion, it sounds less clear than usual because of the emotion

thickly (adv): with a low voice that comes mostly from your throat

thin (adj): a thin voice or sound is high and unpleasant to listen to

throaty (adj): a throaty sound is low and seems to come from deep in your throat

tight (adj): shows that you are nervous or annoyed

toneless (adj): does not express any emotion

tremulous (adj): if your voice is tremulous, it is not steady; for example, because you are afraid or excited

wheezy (adj): a wheezy noise sounds as if it is made by someone who has difficulty breathing

wobbly (adj): if your voice is wobbly, it goes up and down, usually because you are frightened, not confident, or are going to cry

booming (adj): very loud and attention-getting

quavering (adv): if your voice quavers, it is not steady because you are feeling nervous or afraid

a voice like a foghorn: very loud voice

in an undertone: using a quiet voice so that someone cannot hear you

someone’s dulcet tones: the sound of someone’s voice as they speak

The End, by Alister Lockhart.

in honor of losing a legend today….

Some ego information from today’s livestream

(May 19,2020)

Do you have any advice on how to write a grieving character? Thank you!!

Hi!

Grieving isn’t pretty. It isn’t always dramatic, either – while some people certainly do go home and throw their favorite vase against the wall, some people retreat into themselves and become emotionally unresponsive (that’s what I do). Violence or anger is more likely to occur if the death is sudden – so is retreating into an emotional shell, really, because it’s often a result of shock. But both can occur outside of a sudden death – cancer isn’t always sudden, but many people still become angry when their loved one is diagnosed with or dies because of it. Basically, if the death feels unfair in any way – if it’s sudden, or if it feels like it happened too early, such as in the case of cancer or of some sort of cardiac disaster (a heart attack, a stroke, etc) – it’s more likely to provoke anger or shock, depending on your character’s temperament and attachment to the dying/dead character.

That was just a general disclaimer. Now, onto the meat of grieving!

Firstly, grieving can begin before the person is technically dead – you don’t have to wait for the person to go flatline and physically stop breathing for your other characters to feel a sense of loss. If your character suffered a medical disaster or an accident that rendered them comatose, or if your character is obviously fighting a losing battle (again, terminal cancer comes to mind), your other characters could start grieving them even though they’re still breathing and their heart is still beating. However, the likelihood is that your characters won’t be able to really start working through the five stages of grief until your character actually does physically die, because rarely does death really hit home until it has occurred.

Speaking of the five stages of grief, those are important! They’re as follows:

Denial/Isolation: your characters can’t believe your dead character is really dead. This is a defense mechanism of sorts for your mind – a way to delay at least some of the pain, and give yourself time to process what’s happened (although that processing happens subconsciously, because on the surface you’re denying that anything’s happened at all). If the dead character fought a long battle with an illness before death, this stage may be expedited by the fact that your characters had time to process the character’s dying as it was happening. If the death was sudden in any way, this stage may be prolonged, because it will be harder to comprehend something that happened so quickly, and shock will be more likely to occur.

Anger: the pain your characters were masking in the denial stage starts to come to the surface, and as a response to the pain, your characters get angry (just as many other vulnerable emotions, such as fear, are expressed as anger – anger is a tough emotion, as opposed to fear and grief, so most people subconsciously opt for anger because it makes them feel less vulnerable). They may feel they’ve been robbed of your dead character’s companionship. Their anger may manifest itself in many different ways: isolation, irritability, or self-destructive behavior, to name a few. Their anger may also direct itself at various places: the medical professionals who failed to save your dead character’s life, God for taking your dead character, even the dead character him/herself, if they could in any way be responsible for their own death (if they were driving intoxicated, if they never ate healthily and suffered a heart attack, etc.).

Bargaining: before death, this stage may manifest itself as “please God, just let them live and I’ll tithe my ten percent and go to church every Sunday”, or “please, [Dying character’s name], just hold on and get better and we’ll [do that thing the dying character has always wanted to do]”. (Keep in mind that most people have an astounding impulse to be religious during a time of crisis, whether they’ve been religious in the past or not.) After death, this stage may manifest itself in the “could’ve-should’ve-would’ve” philosophy: “if only we’d taken them to the doctor sooner”, “I should’ve made him stay home”, “I knew there was something wrong with him!”, and so on. This stage is generally an attempt to regain control of the situation – your characters feel like they’re taking some kind of action by offering a proposition, or by placing blame.

Depression: there are two types of depression associated with grief. In the first (which is almost more similar to anxiety) your characters worry more about others: what if I haven’t been there for people when they needed me, how are we going to pay for the funeral/burial services, and so on. Basically it deals more with the practical aspects of the character’s death. The second type is more introspective – your characters may retreat into themselves and analyze old memories of your dead character, and their feelings on everything that’s happened. This type is private, and your characters probably won’t share much about their thoughts if they experience it.

Acceptance: this stage is marked by withdrawal and calm – it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from depression. It’s not a stage of joyous frolicking and exclaiming, “It’s okay! I understand everything about [Dead Character’s] death!”. Your characters may still not understand the purpose of your dead character’s death, but understanding and acceptance are not synonyms, nor are they mutually inclusive. The important thing about this stage is that your characters can make peace with the death, and can move on.

Keep in mind that while I’ve listed these stages in what is regarded as their general order, every person (and character) grieves differently – they may experience these emotions in a different order than that above. They may also go through one or several of the stages more than once, or cycle through the first four of them multiple times before reaching the fifth. Some characters may not even reach the fifth at all – depending on the circumstances of the death and the character’s attachment to your dead character, they may never fully accept your dead character’s death. The stages above are just a general framework for grieving.

Also, keep in mind that if your character’s death was tied in any way to traumatic incidents for your other characters, it may complicate the grieving process for those other characters, because the character’s death will be tied to other painful or triggering memories.

I hope this helps! If you need anything else, please feel free to ask. - @authors-haven

not to be nsfw but the thought of someone smiling against my lips as we kiss? really makes a bitch’s heart flutter

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