Character Cues
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Character Cues
@charactercues.bsky.social
· Oct 13
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A grinning ape with jittery limbs clambers up trees, tossing fruit that ricochets in endless loops as his laughter echoes across the jungle. #retrovember
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A grinning ape with jittery limbs clambers up trees, tossing fruit that ricochets in endless loops as his laughter echoes across the jungle. #retrovember
With rippling muscles, he fights lions that roar like trumpet blasts, each punch sending opponents across a colosseum. #retrovember
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
With rippling muscles, he fights lions that roar like trumpet blasts, each punch sending opponents across a colosseum. #retrovember
Blindfolded in a flowing toga, Lady Justice brings her eternally optimistic spirit to a chaotic courtroom, where she must balance the scales. #retrovember
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Blindfolded in a flowing toga, Lady Justice brings her eternally optimistic spirit to a chaotic courtroom, where she must balance the scales. #retrovember
A warrior in a scarred helmet stomps across the battlefield, his spear and shield ready for battle. #Retrovember
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A warrior in a scarred helmet stomps across the battlefield, his spear and shield ready for battle. #Retrovember
A manic engineer who builds impossible machines that constantly explode into chaos, yet he laughs, convinced every failure is progress. #retrovember
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A manic engineer who builds impossible machines that constantly explode into chaos, yet he laughs, convinced every failure is progress. #retrovember
A shepherdess in a billowy dress skips across rolling hills, her flock of bouncing wool puffs tumbling after her while she twirls her crook. #retrovember
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A shepherdess in a billowy dress skips across rolling hills, her flock of bouncing wool puffs tumbling after her while she twirls her crook. #retrovember
A blacksmith god smashes a glowing hammer against an anvil, sending sparks like fireworks across the cosmos as he forges molten stars. #retrovember
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A blacksmith god smashes a glowing hammer against an anvil, sending sparks like fireworks across the cosmos as he forges molten stars. #retrovember
A lanky figure with a flute toots notes that make mice dance a jitterbug, his rubber legs twisting through alleys as a parade of rodents scampers through the streets. #retrovember
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A lanky figure with a flute toots notes that make mice dance a jitterbug, his rubber legs twisting through alleys as a parade of rodents scampers through the streets. #retrovember
A jittery vampire hunter armed with wooden stakes and crosses, forever chasing cartoon monsters who refuse to stay dead. #Retrovember
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A jittery vampire hunter armed with wooden stakes and crosses, forever chasing cartoon monsters who refuse to stay dead. #Retrovember
This farmer in a straw hat and overalls yanks up giant vegetables that bounce like balloons with his pitchfork as wild, googly-eyed chickens scatter across the barnyard. #retrovember
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This farmer in a straw hat and overalls yanks up giant vegetables that bounce like balloons with his pitchfork as wild, googly-eyed chickens scatter across the barnyard. #retrovember
A prim figure of grace in huge black rimmed glasses hushes any rowdy patrons of the local library. #retrovember
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A prim figure of grace in huge black rimmed glasses hushes any rowdy patrons of the local library. #retrovember
A squid-headed horror rendered with googly eyes flails rubbery tentacles that stretch like licorice, stomping across the city as screaming crowds scatter, driven mad with insanity. #retrovember
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A squid-headed horror rendered with googly eyes flails rubbery tentacles that stretch like licorice, stomping across the city as screaming crowds scatter, driven mad with insanity. #retrovember
A skyscraper-sized hero with elastic limbs and pie-eyed determination stomps through cityscapes, battling giant monsters whose rubber jaws snap like accordions under his cartoon fists. #retrovember
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A skyscraper-sized hero with elastic limbs and pie-eyed determination stomps through cityscapes, battling giant monsters whose rubber jaws snap like accordions under his cartoon fists. #retrovember
A tiara-topped figure with oversized eyes and an innocent smile waltzes through castle halls, her gown billowing like cotton clouds as she dances with friendly mice. #retrovember
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A tiara-topped figure with oversized eyes and an innocent smile waltzes through castle halls, her gown billowing like cotton clouds as she dances with friendly mice. #retrovember
A floppy-eared mutt with springy legs and a tail that spins like a propeller. #Retrovember
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A floppy-eared mutt with springy legs and a tail that spins like a propeller. #Retrovember
The upcoming list of prompts for #Retrovember 2025. 30 prompts inspired by the 1930s rubberhose inkwell style.
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The upcoming list of prompts for #Retrovember 2025. 30 prompts inspired by the 1930s rubberhose inkwell style.
Clad in soot-stained leather and carrying iron-forged charms, a gruff blacksmith prowls abandoned churches, his hammer glowing with ghostfire, he forges chains to bind specters back into their graves. #hauntober2025
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Clad in soot-stained leather and carrying iron-forged charms, a gruff blacksmith prowls abandoned churches, his hammer glowing with ghostfire, he forges chains to bind specters back into their graves. #hauntober2025
Neon sigils glow across charred skin as this infernal hacker devours souls through the grid and prowls the rain-slick alleys, hungering to corrupt data and souls alike. #hauntober2025
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Neon sigils glow across charred skin as this infernal hacker devours souls through the grid and prowls the rain-slick alleys, hungering to corrupt data and souls alike. #hauntober2025
With steel skin streaked by subterranean rust and glowing eyes that scan the darkness, a calculating scavenger prowls the underground ruins. #hauntober2025
October 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
With steel skin streaked by subterranean rust and glowing eyes that scan the darkness, a calculating scavenger prowls the underground ruins. #hauntober2025
Golden vials bubble with stolen blood as he seeks eternal perfection through chemistry and thirst. #hauntober2025
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Golden vials bubble with stolen blood as he seeks eternal perfection through chemistry and thirst. #hauntober2025
Cords and wires jut from his spine as he lumbers across neon rooftops, sounding digital alarms. #hauntober2025
October 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Cords and wires jut from his spine as he lumbers across neon rooftops, sounding digital alarms. #hauntober2025
Smug and obsessive, a single-lensed barista in an ash-dusted apron pulls blistering espresso that foretells deaths, seeking the one customer whose bitter heartbeat finally mirrors his own. #Hauntober2025
October 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Smug and obsessive, a single-lensed barista in an ash-dusted apron pulls blistering espresso that foretells deaths, seeking the one customer whose bitter heartbeat finally mirrors his own. #Hauntober2025
Neon nails click as she summons skeletons in glittering heels, raising the dead with attitude. #hauntober2025
October 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Neon nails click as she summons skeletons in glittering heels, raising the dead with attitude. #hauntober2025
With a beaked mask and a lantern of corpse-light, he leads tourists through catacombs that whisper back. #hauntober2025
October 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
With a beaked mask and a lantern of corpse-light, he leads tourists through catacombs that whisper back. #hauntober2025
A glitter-drenched singer commands adoring crowds, her velvet voice laced with hypnotic power, plotting
to turn every concert into a stage for domination. #hauntober2025
to turn every concert into a stage for domination. #hauntober2025
October 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A glitter-drenched singer commands adoring crowds, her velvet voice laced with hypnotic power, plotting
to turn every concert into a stage for domination. #hauntober2025
to turn every concert into a stage for domination. #hauntober2025