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So I spontaneously decided I was going to give an already very existing character of mine a twin brother. If I ended it there, I could just go with the name 'Charles' and call it a day, because his sister's name is Charlize and she goes by Charlie. However, I decided to make him trans because I felt like it was fitting for him. However, now I have no idea where to go with his name, since he isn't very developed but I just know he would not name himself Charles in a million years.

Their parents are absolutely the kind of people who would want their twins names to match, which is what I'm struggling with so much because I can't figure out what kind of name would match with Charlize in the first place, and yeah I could just name him something random and not bother with the deadname, but the friends I have irl that have transitioned have all gone with something semi-close to their deadnames for various reasons, and I want to stay true to that unless there's a good reason I shouldn't. While I do have trans friends, I am not so obviously I might make some mistakes with how I'm handling this, so feel free to point me out, I want to do this right.

Anyway, I got kinda off topic, but PLEASE drop name ideas, I'm open to a lot and I have literally no ideas. Thanks!!

Hi everyone! I was just wondering what everyone's different methods are to maxing their dragons without getting bored?? I've seen some people that are able to max so quickly after their dragon is bored and I still haven't even officially maxed a dragon yet(I have one at 49)! I'm just looking to hear what the different methods are or if there's only one way? Thanks!

Hi everybody! I've been writing a zombie apocalypse story, and I have solid protagonists and everything, but the more I write and the more I outline the more I realize I don't really have a solid antagonist for this story. There's minor antagonists, like a cannibalistic tribe, and an incel monarchy, and of course the zombies, but I can't figure out what I should do for the plot driving antagonist.

There's no immune characters in my story, so having the stereotypical 'government/scientists hunting the immune character' plotline obviously doesn't work, plus all organized forms of 'government' have long collapsed in this story. The direction the plot is going is that they're trying to make it to Iceland, where the virus is rumored to have not taken hold(this is not true), so I have an end goal for the plot. I just can't figure out who or what can be a main antagonist that follows the group as they try and make their way to Iceland to escape the apocalypse. While the group is getting together they travel across several states, so it'd have to be something that can follow them. I was considering making it the cannibalistic tribe, because they're also a traveling group, but I don't feel like it's strong enough. The strongest idea I have so far is someone in the group betraying them, but I can't figure out why they'd do that or who they'd be working with.

I'm open to any ideas, even if you think they're stupid. So feel free to drop literally any ideas you have! Thanks to all that answer!

Hi there! I'm writing a story and I decided to make my main character's kingdom an empire instead of well, a kingdom. I know how kingdoms work with their great houses and lesser houses, but I realized that I don't actually know how empires work in the same sense. I've tried googling it and all I've gotten is that empires reign over multiple nations, and I haven't been able to find an in-depth explanation.

Do empires also have great and lesser houses? Do they rule over several kingdoms and therefore there's several houses with the title of 'king' underneath their rule? Would it be illogical for the empire to spread across a sea? If so, how would they enforce their rule from that far away? And then finally, what would happen when that empire collapses because of money issues? Would the nations become their own independent things?

Thank you everyone!

Edit: Thanks for your responses guys, I wasn't even thinking about how many different kinds of empires there were lol! I guess I was thinking more of how the Japanese empire worked? With the titles of emperor and empress that worked similar to kings and queens?

I'm writing another horse story spontaneously and I don't feel like making up a ton of horse names yet again, so drop your horse's names below if you want them added! Any and all names welcomed!

So basically, the plot is that my mc is kinda like a kryptonian(I won't lie, I was inspired to write this when I watched Supergirl and randomly locked in), but not exactly. Though they're absolutely close enough that people would start associating mc with superman/supergirl/the rest of the superfam, though this takes place in a universe where every type of superhero media is still just media, and mc is the only 'super person'. I'm trying to figure out what the people of Earth would start to call her, because logically I think they'd call her supergirl or something because like I said, the comics exist and people would make the connection, but I don't want to blatantly steal that from DC comics even if this is just something I'm writing for fun. So what names do you think the general population would start calling her?

Also, she already has an actual name, I'm just looking for like a nickname the media would likely dub her

I don't know if this is the right place to put this, but I was wondering if there's any good websites that you can use to create one of those webs that shows how all of your characters are related to eachother?

I've seen some people have some for their characters and I was wondering if there's like a website or something? Thank you!

Hi there! So I used to be pretty active(I was an equestrian) until I recently got diagnosed with a major back issue that means I now have a ton of restrictions in hopes of healing it to avoid surgery since I'm only 19. I'm about 5'9, and I was 141 pounds a few months ago but just recently I learned I've shot up to 155, which doesn't seem that major for my height but I noticed that literally all my weight goes to my stomach and waist. Every other part of my body(chest, arms, thighs, calves, hips) are the exact same size they've been for years, literally just my stomach and waist have gotten bigger to the point I lowkey look like 4-5 months pregnant(which I can guarantee I am not).

So I was wondering if anyone has any advice on how I could lose this weight? Everything I was reading was talking about ab workouts, lifting weights, etc, but the issue is the strict limitations I was given. I can't twist, I can't lift more than 15 pounds, I can't walk for too long, I can't bend over, or even lean forwards really, and I can't squat to lift things though I can squat to pick something up. So I was wondering if there was anything out there that might be able to help me lose the weight I'm gaining? And also maybe keep the muscle mass I had built up from riding? I'm in PT too as well but the exercises that I'm doing aren't really strenuous things that would be helping you know?

Thank you!!

Quick Edit: thanks for the advice guys! I do try to pay attention to what I eat but I have some kind of stomach issue that means I usually only eat like twice a day and anymore makes me nauseous! I am working on that with doctors, trying to figure that out, and one of the solutions was a new med that I am now just realizing may have had a side effect of weight gain! I'll talk with my prescriber to see if I was right since I have an appt tomorrow but I'm still looking for advice because even if I am right I still probably have to drop that weight lol

Hi there! I'm writing a story(for fun) and I know what starting horses normally looks like, since I'm an equestrian myself, and I was trying to do research on my own but there's still some stuff that's vague. For instance, what does a yearling's life look like? I saw that they're sent to training facilities to learn how to be race horses but what does that actually look like? And do larger scale facilities just train their yearlings are home? And then what about as a starting two year old? Do they race horses with lower potential and horses with higher potential in the same categories or even the same races? And then finally, if a horse was proven very successful their two year old year, how does that change their racing schedule the next 2-3 years of their career?

Thank you!!