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#WordWeavers 2026.04.22 —What would your antagonist be willing to die for?

It only counts if she died for it right? Because she's technologically immortal, not some magical being (it's SF despite interesting word choices), she doesn't remember what happened or why after she was retrieved from the battlefield. Nobody calls her a chimera to her face, but she's obviously one, rebuilt from more than one person (at least a daemon and two day angels because she's got horns, a red wing, and a blue one.) She'd risked everything to end whatever world war had broken out, and the civilization that fostered it; she would have done that only to prevent humanity from becoming extinct.

This is a tootfic story featuring the antagonist afterward: Not Carrion https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110993252771253246

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Content warning: #WordWeavers 9.1 —Introduce your antagonist with as much sympathy as possible. CW: Mild fantasy battlefield depiction.

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𝐄𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧 2h ago

And What Did I See?

Nobody believes me.
Before my eyes lay mysteries;
In my mind, I think:
‘surely, this is,’
-or-
‘surely, this cannot be…’
Truly, do phantoms visit me?
Are wonders revealed to me alone?
Alone?
Alone…
Will no one believe me?
Does nobody see?
—Eirien

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Spooky Panda 🏳️‍🌈3h ago

#PennedPossibilities 993 — As we are approaching Prompt 1000 and there’s been a lot of reflection on this project (for the host, floofpaldi), let’s reflect on our writing journeys, how far we’ve come, friends we made, what we’ve learned along the way, etc.

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With all of that being said, I’ll leave a lovely quote down below for everyone, just because it’s 100% true, and we all need to thank our friends more often. They come along for the wild ride and are always there for us. This community here brought me amazing friends, and whenever I think about it, it just makes me want to smush everyone in a gigantic group hug.

“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”

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Spooky Panda 🏳️‍🌈3h ago

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I see a path filled with growth, and growth is definitely the word for it. This is a good question. It’s really hard to answer, though. We all grow and change as time goes on and we continue to hone our craft. One thing that I will say is that imposter syndrome doesn’t hit me anymore and it hasn’t in quite some time. I guess I could say that I don’t think I “suck” at writing anymore, and a younger version of me from even ten years ago would have been left aghast and gasping at that. I see my stories and writing style progressing, developing, and improving, even from the things I published and let loose on the world years ago. So, that’s a nice thought. I'm rather proud. I just... never really think about it.

Starting this hashtag has helped me with my writing journey so much. Words wouldn’t suffice. It makes me think about storytelling in a different way. Not only do I want to help myself but I also want to help other writers. The things that we might not think about, the little details, everything about background characters, etc. I’ve grown since I began this writing prompt hashtag, as a thinker and a writer.

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Tim Hayes 9h ago

Apart from the previously mentioned Death on the Severn and The Scourges of the Severn Sea (inspired by @BackFromTheDud and his mention of pirates) incidentally, the Bristol Channel–Severn Estuary system was once known as the Severn Sea.

Here’re a few more River Severn related titles:

Severn Brides for seven brothers.
Cruising the Magnificent Severn.
The Magnificent Severn Cruise Again.
Severn… What ever you do, don’t look in the box

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Orion (he/him)11h ago

#WordWeavers Does the change of seasons affect your writing at all? If so, how?

Only in the sense that my workload shifts with the seasons.

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RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist 11h ago

#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.04.21 —What's a (maybe silly) hill you're willing to defend?

Not silly: Women get to choose, and, no, their self-agency doesn't negate his, but their choice is theirs alone and you can't have it or take it or break it, nor can you logic it or bible it away.

If the question meant writing battles: The Oxford comma. Definitely. I would have included two spaces after a sentence as the current one-space rule makes impossible certain grammatical and attribution constructions following the end quote. But. It's too exhausting to argue it anymore and I have broken myself of the habit.

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Kaleidoscope Romance 12h ago

https://naomivalkyrie.kaleidoscoperomance.com/tl/nrftw-lih-rm
Resting in a cabin in the woods sounded like a good idea at the time...

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RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist 12h ago

#WordWeavers 2026.04.20 —What is your MC’s relationship to obtaining and preparing food?

Bolt doesn't cook. Men usually fill that role in her society and would be more likely to do that, but she doesn't have any family members in her life and the guys she has would visit food kiosks, an association cafeteria, or a pop-up restaurant. Because her income is restricted, she's often buying a bag of crumbs for herself. That's a grab bag of old bread, dried squid, soup packets, dried fruit, chopped vege: essentially grocery leftovers, as specified by Health Services nutritional guidelines, and require no cooking whatsoever.

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