resources, discord server, qna hey babes, buckle up, we've got some things to talk about

I. RESOURCES I.I. BOT MAKING RESOURCES as the title suggests, some resources ➚ ket's collection of bot making guides ❯ big fat thanks to ket for making this! ➚ my bot templates (check out the personality & first msg sections) ❯ it personally works pretty well for myself and others who have used it reported good results too! feel free to frankenstein different ones with parts of mine. no credit needed, i'd just appreciate if u linked the source so others can find it too ➚ my bot bio template ❯ empty bot bio. copy the code, paste it in the </> in the bot bio and fill it out! ➚ a bot creation guide i recently came across ❯ read through it and think it's genuinely great. thanks to the people who worked on it!

my advice, because no one asked but i feel like some people need to hear this anyway there’s no right or wrong way to make bots--actually, lemme correct myself. there’s one wrong thing: writing for {{user}} in the intro message. don’t decide their actions, thoughts, or dialogue for them. apart from that? there is no right or wrong way to write bots. write what you desire. write what gives you joy. and please, for the love of everything good: fuck the metrics. i know that probably sounds hypocritical coming from a bigger creator, but i promise you, if you constantly write for the audience instead of yourself, you’re only going to make yourself unhappy in the long run. wanna write a short intro? go ahead. wanna write a ridiculously long intro because you suddenly feel like a novelist? yeah, babe. do it. some of my intros barely reach 500 tokens. other times i apparently get possessed by the spirit of a storyteller and dish out 2.5k+ tokens. both are fine. none of them is lesser. i feel like a lot of people treat bot making as though there’s some hidden formula for doing it “correctly.” getting invested in a creative project, taking your time to write it and posting--that's what matters. there isn’t some secret hack. try some stuff, experiment, write something self-indulgent. put your ideas out there because you love them. you’ll learn what works for you along the way.

I.II. IMAGE RESOURCES ➚ my pinterest ❯ want some pretty gens in my style but not deal with the genning (i get that, i hate genning). please do NOT credit me. AI images are stolen art and being 'credited' would make me highly uncomfortable. just link the pinterest acc so ppl can find similar images i don't believe in gatekeeping anything AI generated since it's stolen to begin with. I. my p code's are on my account in extras but you can also find them down below in the prompts. please note: play around with stylize! my code is very fickle since i rated a shitton of thing II. i have been using these prompt lately. just adjust the age, hair & eye color + bg. niji 7 gets influenced a LOT by ref images. this prompt & p code without ref images is mostly cursed LMAO There's one handsome man, 25 years old, blue eyes, blonde hair in a messy long wolf cut, some strands falling on his forehead, muscular body, big crooked nose, nose bump, tanned skin, skin with visible skin texture, scowl, natural pores, subtle skin detail, muted background, dynamic pose, wearing a black blazer with black shirt underneath, chest covered in tattoos, semi-realistic portrait, editorial photography, shot on 85mm, soft directional lighting, fine detail, sharp focus --ar 3:4 --raw --profile 1azeau3 --stylize 200 There's one handsome man, mature man, cold features, icy grey eyes, short ash blonde hair neatly styled, clean shaven, big and beefy, broad shoulders, 35 years old, muscular body, tan skin, a strong, well-defined jawline, powerful, big and beefy, manly, extremely manly, manly build, he's wearing a crisp black suit, perfectly fitted, no wrinkles in the fabric, he's standing straight with his hands behind his back, he doesn't smile, he looks stern, cold, disciplined and disgusted, he's attractive, extremely attractive, stupidly beautiful, background: dark hallway, dim lighting, tall arched windows, pose slightly from the side --profile 1azeau3 --raw --stylize 1000 --niji 7 --no facial hair, no smile

II. DISCORD SERVER & QNA DISCORD SERVER as some of u may know, i have a public discord server that i share with my precious hime, as well as a separate server for my members. i get asked a lot of questions about my content--lore, character reactions, scenarios, little details, all that stuff. over time, that’s turned into a pretty huge archive of answered q&a in my member server, plus an ongoing channel where i regularly answer new questions. sooo, i’ve decided to open the member server up to everyone. BUT! the server itself is still membership exclusive. non-members will only have access to the q&a archive, st cards & lorebooks channels, so u can read through everything that’s already been shared there. the rest of the server will stay locked behind verification, which requires proof of age + proof of an active membership. verified members will still have access to the full server and can submit new questions for me to answer. basically: everyone gets to lurk and read the lore. members still get the full experience. please do me a favor and don't try to verify unless you're eligible for verification. ➚ here's the discord server link

III. THE REST just some stuff i wanna address: i originally planned to start posting my book on wattpad, but with the recent tos changes, i’m not entirely sure about that anymore. chances are i’ll end up uploading it on ao3 instead. bonus: no cover stress lmao. i gotta stop my perfectionistic ass from editing my drafts all the time and get to posting tbh the domain for my shop has also changed. don’t panic, it’s still the exact same shop with the same memberships and items. it still runs through a separate platform, so none of your payment information ever reaches my site. i only receive the purchase confirmations. also, some of my older items have been reduced in price until i get around to revamping them. they just don’t really reflect my current writing standards anymore, y’know? ➚ here's the new shop & membership link IV. A LIL THANKS i also just wanna take a moment to express my gratitude to everyone. we're at over 116k of you rn and it's genuinely still so insane to me. i know i don't answer to comments much. which is basically bc my social battery runs on fumes most of the times. but i promise i read every single one of them and they mean a lot to me. making me sit behind the screen kicking my feet twirling my hair n all. thanks for showing my ideas sm love, for being invested in my lore and for being with me. y'all gave me the courage to write my brain children down. hell, i never thought i'd get the courage to start working in a whole ass book but look at me now. also, thanks to y'all i've been working on making my writing better. over here looking for writing tips and blogs to improve. i love u guys, ur the best!!

that's it, i think? thanks for reading! art credits go fully to psitta! she's amazing y'all