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Started June 03, 2020 by @stolenbrocoli group

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Oh well i have never watched/read One Piece but maybe i could help brainstorm some ideas for the pirates if you want. what part of it did you need help with?

At what age do you think is appropriate for a girl and a guy to start crushing on each other? The age gap is relatively small (two years), but their ages that I'm wondering about. I'm not sure how else to phrase it ^^; It's basically the typical "guy's best friend + guy's younger sister" subplot. The guy's group is highschool age and I wanna know how old the sister can be without making it weird

Really depends on the type of relationship and how you want to frame it on a good relationship to bad relationship scale.

I'd have to say no younger than eleven for when the crushing phase starts. This leaves you quite a bit of room on the age-scale.

Eleven is young though.

It is…. Perhaps 12 or 13, when puberty usually starts. All those hormones to deal with!

Maybe fourteen? I said they're highschool age, but it's in a medieval setting. Also, the girl's a princess and the guy (the best friend) is supposed to be looking out for her (not a bodyguard, something different). It won't be a full blown relationship, just complicated feelings, and the girl is going to start crushing long before the guy

I don't mind doing a time skip if need be, but there's gonna be a larger plot going on and I want it to be in the same timeframe

Well fourteen doesn't sound bad as long as you sell it as kids with emotion as opposed to an adult relationship.

Definitely not that sort of relationship

I wish I had some book examples to show what I mean. I mostly use Percy Jackson/Harry Potter as examples when it comes to how crushes are handled in fiction, as those two characters do a good job with portraying how feelings develop with the passage of time imo. They were both crushing on people by the time they were fourteen even if it wasn't serious (Harry) and neither party really acted on it until later (Percy)

i would say 15 and 17. Any younger and they would be in kind of different age groups and any older would be weird.

Time skip it is

I have to many antagonists because I couldn't decide which one to use and none of them have realistic motivations or backstories because I forgot about them while working on the main characters even though my story needs the villain as a main character as well. So now I'm stressing because the plot called and wants its villain.

The antagonist struggle is a real one :/ maybe i could help you out with it !

I have to many antagonists because I couldn't decide which one to use and none of them have realistic motivations or backstories because I forgot about them while working on the main characters even though my story needs the villain as a main character as well. So now I'm stressing because the plot called and wants its villain.

I love making antagonists, so if you want any help I'd happily do that. We'll have to talk about your story too, which can help.

Sure, I'll PM you.

I'M STUCK !! I'm at a part in my story that's kind of uneventful and it's in the beginning and i don't know what to do with it ! Any ideas ?

Make somebody suffer.

@Ash-has-a-One-Piece-problem i considered it, but it wouldn't work. sadly, things need to stay peaceful :(

Me too fam, I feel you 😔✊

Also I've just come to the realization that literally all of my characters are horrible people. I take no responsibility for this.

@Kefi oh i get that wayyy too much. i don't think i have a single character who isn't toxic. Might have to write one in…

All my characters are mentally scarred in some way and I dunno what that says about me

@Ash-has-a-One-Piece-problem Well, i'm a firm believer that our characters are small extensions of our true selves, so i hope you're doing okay :)

I think I'm okay
Just evil
I enjoy watching people suffer, I think
>:D

@Kefi oh i get that wayyy too much. i don't think i have a single character who isn't toxic. Might have to write one in…

Seriously. I just had to throw my head into a pillow and scream for a minute because!! You can't just!! Murder people because you want something!!! Stop it. Be better.