My Best Discovery This Year: The Wayback Machine!

my best discovery this year: the wayback machine!

amazing. it’s the place where you can save a webpage or a book so that copies can be found online securely, even if the original has been damaged, lost or hidden:

Internet Archive: https://archive.org/

Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org

Save Page Now: https://web.archive.org/save

if you make a free account, you can save all outgoing links on a webpage while saving the original page, plus use the Internet Archive’s library.

Soulmate AU List - part 2

Disclaimer: Some AUs overlap. They will (hopefully) be mentioned in one place only. Keep scrolling to find what you’re looking for. This is not entirely alphabetical. This is not a complete list and can always be added to/improved.

See previous post for additional variations

Table of Contents - **communication/sound

1. General  2. Language  3. Telepathy  4. Writing

General

*before you die, you are able to send one last message to your soulmate

*you know your soulmate when you say their name

*you know your soulmate when they say your name

*it is impossible to lie to your soulmate

a. you are forced to speak the truth

b. lies literally cannot escape your mouth, instead there is silence

c. you cannot mouth a lie  

d. you can mouth a lie

*you know who your soulmate is when you first make eye contact with them

*each night you receive a random sentence your soulmate said that day

*each person has a special block of clay representing their soulmate, that changes form or color based on their soulmate’s emotions

*you can send one item to your soulmate every year (see Time Related)

*whenever you lose an item like a sock, it ends up in your soulmate’s possession

*legend says that if you fold # paper (anything), you can meet your soulmate

*there’s a point system in life, and you can purchase clues on soulmate for # points.

*if you send off a paper airplane, it moves in the direction of your soulmate

Language

*speak the same language

*do not speak the same language

*things are translated

*things are not translated

*understand the same language

Telepathy 

*hearing the music they hear and vice versa

a. able to be suppressed  b. not able to be suppressed  c. you hear all of the music that they hear d. sometimes/randomly you hear what they listen to 

*whenever you get a song stuck in your head, it’s because your soulmate is singing it

*sharing dreams (also see time related)

a. you can view your soulmate’s dreams without them knowing  b. they always know  c. they only sometimes know

*talking

*you and your soulmate can sense each other’s emotions

a. only strong emotions  b. all emotions  c. only positive emotions  d. only negative emotions  e. you can block out the emotions  f. you cannot block out the emotions

*you hear random thoughts from your soulmate

*you receive random memories from your soulmate

Writing

*write something on your own skin, appears on the other’s skin as well, vice versa

a. permanent  b. not permanent  c. same color  d. different color  e. write with anything  f. can only write in pen, pencil, etc.

*have a shared space/tablet that is used to communicate with

*when you space out while within reach of a writing utensil, you find yourself writing your soulmate’s thoughts

To be continued...

Love didn’t hurt you. Someone who doesn’t know how to love you hurt you. Don’t confuse the two.

Unknown (via surqrised)

So, what if, instead of thinking about solving your whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.

Rainbow Rowell (via resqectable)

Soulmate AU List - part 5

Disclaimer: Some AUs overlap. They will (hopefully) be mentioned in one place only. Keep scrolling to find what you’re looking for. This is not entirely alphabetical. This is not a complete list and can always be added to/improved.

See previous posts for additional variations.

Table of Contents - **tattoos (soulmark)

1. General  2. Placement  3. Symbols  4. Touch  5. Timers  6. Words  7. Writing (see communication/sound)

**time related

1. General  2. Life/Death  3. Timers (see tattoos)

**tattoos (soulmark)

General

*you have a compass on your body that points in your soulmate’s direction, and it stops spinning when you and your soulmate meet

*your soulmate’s thoughts appear on your skin, changing as the thoughts change

Placement

*tattoo/soulmark can be anywhere on the body

a. nonspecific place on body  b. specific place on body  

c. ankle  d. arm  e. cheek  f. chest  g. hand  h. hip  i. neck  j. palm  k. wrist

*soulmates always have their marks in the same location

*soulmarks can move or shift on skin

*tattoos are always stationary and do not move

*soulmarks change over time

a. grow over time  b. shift or move over time

Symbols

*you and your soulmate have identical soulmarks 

*soulmates have matching/corresponding soulmarks (ex. sun and moon) 

*your soulmark starts off as a dot/one symbol but changes 

a. when you and your soulmate touch for the first time  b. over time  c. as you get closer  d. as your soulmate changes as a person  e. when you and your soulmate make eye contact for the first time  f. at a specific age  g. other

*your soulmark glows when your soulmate is 

a. nearby  b. touching you

c. other people can see the glow  d. only you can see the glow

*your soulmark itches when your soulmate is 

a. nearby  b. touching you 

*your soulmark changes (insert) based on your soulmate’s emotions/mood

a. colors  b. shapes  c. other

*your soulmark changes (insert) based on your soulmate’s location/type of weather they’re experiencing 

a. colors  b. shapes   c. other

Touch

*when your soulmate touches you (for the first time), colors appear on your skin

a. any color  b. specific color  c. permanently  d. temporarily 

*when your soulmate touches you (for the first time), symbols appear on your skin

a. any color  b. specific color  c. permanently  d. temporarily 

Timers

*timers count until you meet your soulmate 

*timers count until your soulmate’s death

*you have timers for counting both

*Timers count 

a. up until event occurs (to a potentially infinite number) b. down

*Timers count in

a. seconds  b. minutes  c. days  e. months  f. other forms of counting/timekeeping

Words

*your soulmark is the name of your soulmate(s)

a. full name  b. given name only  c. surname only

*names on both wrists, one is soulmate, the other is 

a. enemy  b. rival  c. other  

d. you know which is which  e. you don’t know which is which

*list of (insert) on arm (or leg)

a. list of soulmates  b. list of highly compatible people

*the first words that your soulmate says to you appear on your skin

*the first words you say to your soulmate 

*the last words you soulmate says to you

*the last words you say to your soulmate

*words on your skin list what your soulmate is feeling

*words on your skin list what kind of weather your soulmate is experiencing 

*the most frequent thing your soulmate will call you appears on your skin 

*every lie your soulmate tells you appears on your skin

a. it also appears on their skin  b. it only appears on your skin

*each soulmate has one half of a quote that is important to their relationship 

*the words appear 

a. in your language  b. in their language  c. in their handwriting 

d. one letter at a time  e. one word at a time  f. all at once g. other

Writing (see communication/sound)

**time related

General

*you will keep looping your life until you meet your soulmate 

*you meet your soulmate the day after the worst event of your life

*time stops when you meet your soulmate

a. you freeze  b. you can travel around

c. when time restarts you find yourself where you started

d. when time restarts you find yourself where you ended

e. you cannot change the world around you

f. you can change the world around you in minor ways

g. you can affect the world around you in any way

h. you control when time starts

i. you don’t control when time starts 

j. there is a limit to how long time stops

k. you don’t need sleep when time is frozen  

l. you do need sleep when time is frozen

*time stops during the birthday of the

a. younger person  b. older person  c. both  d. other

*you and your soulmate switch bodies during the birthday of the 

a. younger person  b. older person  c. both  d. other

*you and your soulmate have to go through different soulmate AUs for a 

a. specific amount of time  b. a random amount of time  c. until you have gotten to know each other 

*at a specific age/time soulmates are paired together for a sort of battle royale/competition 

*at a certain age, your soulmate receives a file about you

*you can send one item to your soulmate every year (see Communication/Sound)

Life/Death

*if you don’t meet your soulmate by your #th birthday, you die

*as you die, you flash through your soulmate’s entire life

*everyone has life points/years and people can give their soulmates their own life points/years if the soulmate is lacking

Timers (see tattoos)

tips for writing Star Wars fanfic/Star Wars roleplay things

it’s not concrete; it’s duracrete

viewports are the windows on ships

not a plane; ship or speeder

it’s not steel; it’s durasteel

books are rare; holorecords or datapads

it’s not a glass pane it’s transparisteel

caf is the equivalent of coffee

it’s not paper it’s a flimsi

medcenter is a hospital

Star Wars can be very similar to things we’re already used to, but getting familiar with some of these terms can make your writing really fit in with the universe