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Freeman

rlpartridge

Member Since 15 May, 2024
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I'm a Conservative dreamer, writer, creator of characters, occasional ghost hunter, and an introvert.   Expanding from my own personal website, I am now using WorldAnvil to post my medieval fantasy characters and stories, which are mainly for already existing games and franchises (Neverwinter / D&D, LOTRO, and Skyrim / The Elder Scrolls). But the initial reason I created an account on here was to start organizing and structuring my own original fantasy universe. To really utilize a site and community intentially dedicated to worldbuilding.   It will be very slow-going I'm sure. Especially because I'm too occupied with creating characters and their lives and stories. And I'm having too much fun with all the sections and features on the character profiles on here.   But I do hope to really become inspired to work on my own world. A lot of it is probably beyond my knowledge and scope of how things work (governments, kingdoms, militaries, etc), but I will try to do what I can and figure things out along the way. There's definitely aspects that are easier and that I enjoy working on more than others (characters, relationships, dialogue, lands, locations, food, items). I've always been a very character-driven (obsessed) writer, and prone to more slice of life kind of stuff.   For several years my own original characters and stories have been set in real world contemporary Earth. Stories that revolve around the lives of Conservative people – preppers, patriots, and country folk – and stories that revolve around the lives of paranormal investigators and the things that haunt them. Eventually those two genres really started to converge and overlap one another.   However, a big part of why I've gotten into medieval fantasy is to get away from our current society and modern age, to be in a different world and to expand beyond everyday life and journey into more epic, adventurous plots. It's a genre with themes I've always loved but for some reason I didn't realize it.   Though fantasy is a popular and beloved genre for many people, it’s taken me a long time to get into it and really see its appeal. My love for worldbuilding has been a big driving factor. I now understand the sheer enjoyment of actually creating lore and lands, not just characters and plots but an entire world right from your imagination. I also appreciate the traditional, old world charm of the medieval age, specifically the architecture, weapons, clothes, and natural beauty. What probably draws me more to it than anything, however, are the epic, romanticized themes of action, adventure, love, chivalry, righteous war, and heroism. Especially as an escape from our increasingly ugly, modernized, urbanized, warped, cowardly and degenerate world.   So if you're like-minded, like-hearted, and share my values, you might be interested in my characters and my work. My goal is to create a more traditional, down to earth type of fantasy world. And my characters and stories in general are proudly not pervaded or tainted by the Leftist woke circus.

Interests & Hobbies

FAVORITE THEMES & GENRES: ACTION / ADVENTURE, ROMANTIC EPIC, MEDIEVAL FANTASY, APOCALYPTIC / POST, SURVIVAL, PARANORMAL, WESTERN, RURAL COUNTRY LIFE, DRAMA / DRAMEDY   I'm pro-gun and very into combat/self defense and weapons. I particularly like the old world stuff like sword fighting and traditional archery. I'm also into prepping, bushcraft, being outdoors, and I dream of moving to a rural, off-grid area to live a slow-paced country lifestyle. Which means I definitely have gotten into the subjects of homesteading, natural building, permaculture, and self-sufficiency. I've also rediscovered my interest in medieval fantasy, and I would love to create a life combining all these passions and elements.   While I don't consider myself a gamer at all, I've definitely been into games since I was a child and I still become very interested and invested in select games related to my interests. As for athletics, I've grown to detest the leagues of sportsball, but I still like obstacle courses, parkour, and martial arts such as HEMA and karate.

Favorite Movies

Robin Hood (Russell Crowe), The Count of Monte Cristo, Ever After, Timeline, Jurassic Park, Jumanji, Sahara, The Mummy (Brendan Fraser), Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Shanghai Noon, Rush Hour, Twister, Open Range, The Last of the Mohicans, The Last Samurai, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, Quigley Down Under, Clash of the Titans (Harry Hamlin), The Punisher (Thomas Jane), The Monster Squad, Silver Bullet, The Mothman Prophecies, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Signs, The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity (1, 2, & 3), The X-Files: Fight the Future, The X-Files: I Want To Believe, The Conspiracy, Shaun of the Dead, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction, The Crazies, Princess Mononoke, Titan A.E., Flash (horse movie)

Favorite TV Series

The Office, The X-Files, Destination Truth, Paranormal Caught on Camera, Forged in Fire, The Colony, Alone, Ultimate Self Defense Championship, Lost (first season), Afterlife, Scariest Places on Earth, A Haunting, Sherlock (BBC, first and second season)   Also, my favorite animated series from when I was a kid and my younger teen years: the original Pokemon and Teen Titans

Favorite Writers

I don't really have any favorite writers. I'd like to. I’d really like to start reading medieval fantasy stories again. I’m so picky about stories though, mainly because I’m so picky about characters. I want good, heroic characters and stories of true love. I want honorable, faithful men – men who are warriors, men who are courageous and adventurous, men who are righteous and chivalrous, and men whose body, heart, and soul belongs to one woman. And I want to read good, strong-minded women that are worth such devotion and share many of those same qualities as well. I’m fine with anti-hero types, as long as they are good and true heroes underneath. I’m fine with those who have fallen into a darker place. Hell, all of that is often more interesting actually. I just don’t want main characters that are whores, scumbags, and degenerates. Or any other greedy, lusty, self-serving pieces of shit. What happened to admirable, noble-hearted protagonists? Our modern society has lowered the bar so much for what it means to be a hero or a good person, or even a decent person. I’d like to see that bar set high again.   The question is, can I find such stories and novels? Are there writers and authors that reflect my morals and values? In my reading experience, I tend to prefer female writers. I just think they have more heart in their writing and in their characters. So I’ll most likely search for stories written by women. However I’m definitely open to stories written by men, as long as they have the themes and elements I’m looking for.   I know I'm not looking for any explicit erotic romance stories. I want to read romance, but not exactly in that kind of way. I want the focus of the stories to be action and adventure. I want all the things that draw me to the medieval fantasy genre. Yes I want novels that have a love story at their core, but they need to be made up of journeys and quests, combat and conflict, monsters and danger – everything a thrilling epic adventure should have.   I also don't want any third wave feminism and Leftist wokeism. I get irritated and disgusted enough seeing that crap in DnD content, and from every other major company and franchise. And I'll leave it at that, because that's actually my polite way of saying it.   As for myself as a writer, I admit I’ve gotten pretty rusty with my writing over the years. The words basically just drip slowly onto the screen. It’s rare that I get sentences flowing. Especially action. I’ve indulged too much in writing out dialogue and lazily never adding the actions to go with it. I have a really bad habit of just watching my stories in my head and not typing it down. Which might actually make me the slowest writer in existence. Not something I’m proud of, I assure you. I suppose I usually need something to spark my muse. Something that really gets me in the writer zone. Not just ideas but a propelling drive to put down sentence after sentence, paragraph after paragraph.   I will say that my writing style has changed over time. I used to write more prose, past-tense and more novel-like. But as I’ve gotten into screenwriting and roleplay I’ve developed a habit of present-tense and not going into the characters’ heads or anything that can’t be conveyed externally. It’s very based on visuals, body language, tone and expression. I’m still kind of figuring out how I want this style to work. It’s like I’m trying to write more screen-like but in a novel way. It’s a bit of an odd transition, I know. Makes me feel like my writing is going to be even more challenging. I just hope it’s something I can get right and feel it’s good enough to share.

Favorite Games

Skyrim, Medieval Dynasty, Neverwinter, Uncharted, The Last of Us, Left 4 Dead, The Sims Medieval, The Lost Crown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure