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Elfbiter<a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 20. Is education freely given to all interested people in your story?Depends on the time and place. Caper is 1980s Britain. Triangle has lots of schools, some of them dubious, but willing people can learn a lot of things.

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I am your √(-1) friend<a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 25-08-19 Could you imagine a story in the same world where your MCs are the antagonists?Oh yeah. Current wip, the mc is more of an antagonist to the antagonists of the setting, rather than being a typical protagonist

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 2025.08.19 — Could you imagine a story in the same world where your MC is the antagonist?</blockquote>Yes. Of course. Antagonists don't need to be evil or villainous, and few of mine are. Also, my MCs can be dangerous (however you wish to classify that), and for those SCs who deal with them, they are often antagonists already. In the current WIP, the MC and SC roles are switched from another story. MC finds our former heroine mysterious, frightening, and very challenging to deal with.The main series antagonist has appeared as the MC in a few stories. I'd argue she's as empathetic a character playing MC role as the antagonist role. She's always very challenging, even when weak and vulnerable.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSInklingsStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSInklingsStory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tootfic</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/smallstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smallstory</a>

Ariadne<a href="https://mastodon.canonicity.org/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 19 Aug: "Could you imagine a story in the same world where your MC is the antagonist?"Yes, if Saki and Sinóle were taken from their failed worlds by anyone else. Some heroes have an unbreakable core of goodness, others the right support network.<a href="https://mastodon.canonicity.org/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.canonicity.org/tags/MaidenHeretic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MaidenHeretic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.canonicity.org/tags/C8y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C8y</a> <a href="https://mastodon.canonicity.org/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciFi</a>

NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi<a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 20. Is education freely given to all interested people in your story?This is Japan. It is worse there than in the US, believe it or not. So no, it is not freely given.For example, all but the rarest "grant" has to be paid back. When you read that some got a grant, it is a type of loan.<a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NMWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NMWW</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NMPrompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NMPrompts</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 2025.08.18 — Do you carry any symbols from your own life into your stories?</blockquote>The main character in the current WIP uses a camera. It would be a Leica were it in our time. Symbolically, photography is something to be passionate about when you can't be passionate about what you really want to be passionate about (in my case, writing). Like me after my burnout, she's in a space where she unable to do what she wants, but in her case her resentment has turned to apathy.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/cozy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cozy</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

Sordid Amok!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 20 Is education freely given to all interested people in your story?WIP is set in USA. Nothing is freely given except disease.

Elyse M Grasso<a href="https://historians.social/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 20. Is education freely given to all interested people in your story?I'm not sure how education works in Traventi: Elderkin have a complicated relationship with both written and spoken words. A side goal of attaching Fritzel to Franz-Karl's household was putting him in a city with a University: Traventi is too small to have one. In the rest of what we would refer to as central Europe education is very roughly similar to our own world in 1700: multiple modes and very class based.

Sifaseven<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> Day 19—Could you imagine a story in the same world where your MCs are the antagonists?Jhana could be considered an antagonist for many secondary characters. I can see another story in the same world where she is the antagonist.I could do the same for Tink's story, but it's a bit harder.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a>

BernWordWeavers for 20th August, 202520. Is education freely given to all interested people in your story? Not by modern standards – I’m writing pseudo-medieval, so the bulk of society get little if no education, other than what their parents or the people they are apprenticed to teach them. That is, they get an education, and one highly-tailored to their circumstances that will set them up for a successful life, but it’s not the general education we get today in developed countries. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a>

Rachel A. Rosen<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 08/19—Could you imagine a story in the same world where your MCs are the antagonists?I filched a technique from the great Iain M. Banks and set up a situation in the first book where the MCs are positioned as antagonists.

Stephen Cox Author<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 19. Could you imagine a story in the same world where your MC is the antagonist?Already have. Mrs Ashton and Braddie started out as the antagonists in a short story - at least, close alt-versions.They interested me more than the protagonists. after another false start, The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder was born.I have another story in which the narrator believes they are the bad guys.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Victorian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spooky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spooky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Murder</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenSleuths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomenSleuths</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booksky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booksky</a>

TinJar<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> Aug. 19: Could you imagine a story in the same world where your MC is the antagonist?Hooo boy! What a prompt to start the day. Spoiler territory. 'nuff said!

Eggler<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 08/19—Could you imagine a story in the same world where your MCs are the antagonists?I mean. Almost everyone in Voracity (excluding Dom, Sophie, and Ziggy who are intentionally left in the dark) are antagonists in their own right. The original prologue was Dasha and Frankie talking about personal stuff while casually feeding a guy to a pen of very hungry hungry piggos.Sloane from The Threads That Weave is another antagonistic MC, for siccing their pet spider on the masses.

Orion (he/him)<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> Aug. 19: Could you imagine a story in the same world where your MC is the antagonist?Not unless the protagonist is an asshole and that's the whole point of the story.<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writers</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scriberspace</a>

Author-ized L.J.<a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> Aug. 19 - Could you imagine a story in the same world where your MC is the antagonist?This is already kind of true for Book 1 of the big WIP where the noblewoman MC is a hidden antagonist of the refugee MC, and is no longer hidden toward the end. Final boss, as it were. The short story A Very Long Malaise has one ex-girlfriend as the other's antagonist, and that relationship could easily be flipped with a different viewpoint.

S. Lott<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WordWeavers</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#western</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#horror</a>8/18. Do you carry any symbols from your own life into your stories?Not intentionally. Pragmatically, it’s hard to prevent bleeding personal symbols into fiction.

Edwin Downward<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> day 19: Could you imagine a story in the same world where your MCs are the antagonists?This one is a hard no. Or maybe yes if I were ever to write a story from the true antagonist's POV. Afterall, they do keep foiling the evil plans of people they bump into throughout their journey.

Kagan MacTane (he/him)...yet another person might write it as, "No, these people are right, and Kagan's protagonists are quixotic, overly-idealistic fools."I might try reading the first, as an idle curiosity. I wouldn't be interested in writing either, or in reading the second. 2/2<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a>

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