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Depends on the version.  In the “clean” version, I think it’s dragon hide.  In the “adult” version, I’m thinking they’ll be naked

good thing they decided to wear blue that day then xD

good thing they decided to wear blue that day then xD

Never count heroes out unless you have seen the bodies, Have access to said bodies and have their souls corked in a wine basement somewhere in a hidden location on another continent in a different dimension.

I’m quite aware of the threads one can make in these forums for just such a purpose. But that really only reaches this audience here, and that really relies on having a catchy title to get someone to click to open said thread. I’m more curious how others go about promoting their work online. 
I know everytime I post a chapter I post it on Tumblr and Twitter, and plug out a notification on the various Discord channels I belong to. But how do you folks go about doing it? And any tips or tricks for others to try and promote their stuff where promotions might catch some attention and draw in them Dragon Prints?

Yaaas! Let shit happen! Might I also add to that, let good and bad things happen to other characters? Our lives aren’t always about us. Sometimes we get involved in other people’s shit and we’d be douchebags if we went around making all that other stuff all about us. But maybe your character is a douchebag, so they make things all about them, which is fine, just make sure the surrounding characters react accordingly, and don’t all rip off their clothes on sight and throw themselves at the douchebag. 

What I do to help combat the tendency, is to randomly choose some personality traits for each character.  So, I’ve got a file with a comprehensive list of various traits, and let the computer randomly grab from it.  Ditto for hobbies, allergies, and  phobias; that’ll help shape the characters.  In the end, though, there will always be a bit of you in the character, but hopefully, they’ll all be distinctive enough that an audience can’t tell that it started out as an orgy in your head.

Magic exists, so no life will be detected subsequent to the smaller party’s “demise”; and with the villain announcing it, well, it’s pretty much a given under the particular circumstances.  The thought that the smaller party hasn’t fully crossed over won’t occur to them.  Main party’s going to suspect traitors in their ranks. 
All the plans the hero party (combined) had at the time of the separation were falling apart.  So, main party is going to persevere until they get wind of what the villain is after and try to stop it.   Yes, the smaller party will be playing much harder, going straight for the endgame, even getting into squabbles between themselves, at times, because of how hard they’re pressing.
This story has four MCs, two go to the small party (& presumed dead), whereas the other two regroup with the other members of the general organization the “main party”, which has some level of disbelief/disarray because the deaths weren’t what they were hoping for.
And in the smut version, small party’s going to be naked

I’d have to say this would have to be a must if you got two parties going. From what I’m seeing the smaller hidden party is playing hard for the endgame. 
The cusp of victory is that sweet spot where everyone isn’t at their best guard after all. Victory is in your grasp the goal is practically touching. Focusing too much on the impending victory.
Main party should have some distrust. As in why are certain things happening that only the party planned together unfolding? I think the hardest part would be the hints that the smaller party isn’t as dead as everyone thinks. I mean did people actually see the bodies? The smaller party would be going off the plans the party made before they got separated.
 

In my opinion, “classic rape” is a uniquely odious assault that one person may inflict upon another.  Like anything else, it can be used by “lazy” writers as well as “hard-working” ones, as you’ve written.  The same holds true for dealing with the aftermath of the assault.
I tend to try reading stories that are well-written.  Rape, like any other form of violence may have its place in the narrative of a story.  Like any other form of violence one may inflict on another, I believe that it shouldn’t be portrayed in a light where the perpetrator is “glorified” for committing it.  I also find the act “anti-erotic,” and I will usually avoid stories where the author seriously attempts to portray it otherwise.
Stories that portray “Forced consent” favorably also tend to be a turn-off, as do stories where one of the participants in the act is genuinely unable to provide any form of consent.
 

I totally fucking love you.

That’s why death by hand blender is so surprising. 

So content yourself with the humilation of making him wearing clothes and not chained to the bed Hahaha.

So content yourself with the humilation of making him wearing clothes and not chained to the bed Hahaha.

I’d go with with either sudden fatal aging, collapse into dust route. Or a slow decline as friends and family notice. Or A kiss of death. Or sucking the soul out of them.

Well I usually use a pillow.
I’m usually rather forward with it.  Made them fall down a flight of stairs. Falling off a building onto exposed rebar. Drowning by concrete. Hurled from a vehicle straight into a wood chipper(no seatbelt) Kissed by death, devoured by a pack of feral cats,  Entombed with a mummy, Mummified by natural exposure, Having their heart summoned directly from their chest in front of their family.  Having their clothes inverted into their insides. Curses aging them into dust and last but not least
having that bitch thrown out an airlock and then blasted by the ship’s primary weapon.
Some characters are just meant to die. Others may not have intentionally been marked for death but the story just goes that direction.  If I do like the character they should get a proper send off. Lots of foreshadowing. I’m not that much of a monster to heartlessly not give the character advance notice.
Sometimes you start off liking a character but then they evolve in ways you don’t forsee and then you hate them with a passion that no star could match. These characters are bound for final destination deaths with as much spite as possible with all speed. Authors like it or not can pretty much be naught but spiteful deities.
It depends on the character and the situation. There’s only been a handful of characters i’ve written who did what they set out to do. They knew they weren’t coming back… But they went anyway. Those ones I have the most trouble trying to keep them alive short of divine intervention. It would be rude to ignore that inherent nobility. Even if they have gruesome ends Valhalla awaits.
 

Well I usually use a pillow.
I’m usually rather forward with it.  Made them fall down a flight of stairs. Falling off a building onto exposed rebar. Drowning by concrete. Hurled from a vehicle straight into a wood chipper(no seatbelt) Kissed by death, devoured by a pack of feral cats,  Entombed with a mummy, Mummified by natural exposure, Having their heart summoned directly from their chest in front of their family.  Having their clothes inverted into their insides. Curses aging them into dust and last but not least
having that bitch thrown out an airlock and then blasted by the ship’s primary weapon.
Some characters are just meant to die. Others may not have intentionally been marked for death but the story just goes that direction.  If I do like the character they should get a proper send off. Lots of foreshadowing. I’m not that much of a monster to heartlessly not give the character advance notice.
Sometimes you start off liking a character but then they evolve in ways you don’t forsee and then you hate them with a passion that no star could match. These characters are bound for final destination deaths with as much spite as possible with all speed. Authors like it or not can pretty much be naught but spiteful deities.
It depends on the character and the situation. There’s only been a handful of characters i’ve written who did what they set out to do. They knew they weren’t coming back… But they went anyway. Those ones I have the most trouble trying to keep them alive short of divine intervention. It would be rude to ignore that inherent nobility. Even if they have gruesome ends Valhalla awaits.
 

Well I usually use a pillow.
I’m usually rather forward with it.  Made them fall down a flight of stairs. Falling off a building onto exposed rebar. Drowning by concrete. Hurled from a vehicle straight into a wood chipper(no seatbelt) Kissed by death, devoured by a pack of feral cats,  Entombed with a mummy, Mummified by natural exposure, Having their heart summoned directly from their chest in front of their family.  Having their clothes inverted into their insides. Curses aging them into dust and last but not least
having that bitch thrown out an airlock and then blasted by the ship’s primary weapon.
Some characters are just meant to die. Others may not have intentionally been marked for death but the story just goes that direction.  If I do like the character they should get a proper send off. Lots of foreshadowing. I’m not that much of a monster to heartlessly not give the character advance notice.
Sometimes you start off liking a character but then they evolve in ways you don’t forsee and then you hate them with a passion that no star could match. These characters are bound for final destination deaths with as much spite as possible with all speed. Authors like it or not can pretty much be naught but spiteful deities.
It depends on the character and the situation. There’s only been a handful of characters i’ve written who did what they set out to do. They knew they weren’t coming back… But they went anyway. Those ones I have the most trouble trying to keep them alive short of divine intervention. It would be rude to ignore that inherent nobility. Even if they have gruesome ends Valhalla awaits.
 

Well I usually use a pillow.
I’m usually rather forward with it.  Made them fall down a flight of stairs. Falling off a building onto exposed rebar. Drowning by concrete. Hurled from a vehicle straight into a wood chipper(no seatbelt) Kissed by death, devoured by a pack of feral cats,  Entombed with a mummy, Mummified by natural exposure, Having their heart summoned directly from their chest in front of their family.  Having their clothes inverted into their insides. Curses aging them into dust and last but not least
having that bitch thrown out an airlock and then blasted by the ship’s primary weapon.
Some characters are just meant to die. Others may not have intentionally been marked for death but the story just goes that direction.  If I do like the character they should get a proper send off. Lots of foreshadowing. I’m not that much of a monster to heartlessly not give the character advance notice.
Sometimes you start off liking a character but then they evolve in ways you don’t forsee and then you hate them with a passion that no star could match. These characters are bound for final destination deaths with as much spite as possible with all speed. Authors like it or not can pretty much be naught but spiteful deities.
It depends on the character and the situation. There’s only been a handful of characters i’ve written who did what they set out to do. They knew they weren’t coming back… But they went anyway. Those ones I have the most trouble trying to keep them alive short of divine intervention. It would be rude to ignore that inherent nobility. Even if they have gruesome ends Valhalla awaits.
 

Yep. Some people just jump right off that slippery slope rather than slide off.
 

spite and malice have their place to be sure.
But its much more satisfying when one of the biggest problems for the protagonists is just normal people going about their lives 

Antagonists are in many ways the easier to create than protagonists. They laugh,cry and generally do everything the protagonists do. 
The who what when and why generally take care of the rest.
 
 

What is the antagonist for? What genre is the story in? How complex is the main protagonist? What are the interactions between protagonist and antagonist? Are they friendly and jovial? Or are they die hard someone is going to die the moment one of them sees each other?
Sometimes the story just needs a complete monster. And sometimes the whys are much more interesting than the antagonist themselves.
The most interesting questions come to mind if the main character is the villain of the story.

Yep. Some people just jump right off that slippery slope rather than slide off.
 

And still a favorite of mine