When you get this you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publicly. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool) <3
Well, i feel obligated to answer that now.
I guess i like my hair, for starters.
My ability to draw most of the time, and um, maybe also the way i think? I kinda like that.
Uh, i also like my gender, does that count?
And finally, hmm, my hands? I really like them.
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5 Things I Never Tire of Writing
@starlightscribe tagged me in this game (thank you!!)
Rules: List 5 things you never get tired of writing. Can be tropes/themes/situations/certain descriptions etc. Basically anything you can think of.
As always I’m terrible at tagging but @boss-the-goofball @winterandwords @bookish-galaxy @jjm-blogspot @wildswrites and an open tag for whoever. If I tagged you and you don’t wanna do it no pressure or anything I’m just awkward.
Anyways. Here we go!
1. Inhuman characters
It is my brand at this point. I say inhuman as a catch-all but demons, angels, and dragons are my go-to. I also like vampires, werewolves, anthropomorphic animals, eldritch abominations, cryptids, monsters… you name it I probably love it. Extra points to me if it’s a winged character too. I love me some wings.
2. Love
I’m a cliche sap and am in love with the concept of love. Especially how the Greeks looked at love, as they had different terms for different kinds of love. Romance is one of my favorites, but I also adore found family, parent/child love, and also unrequited love, love/devotion toward a concept, toxic and abusive love, or even when love is absent. I enjoy exploring how love can be something beautiful… or something ugly.
3. Magic
There are very few WIPs I have that don’t have some sort of magic within them. I enjoy both hard magic systems and soft magic systems (that eventually turn into hard ones but shhhhhh.) Whether it be special powers, artifacts, spells, or Jedi mind tricks, I love the mystical and magical. This usually goes hand-in-hand with my inhuman characters.
4. LGBT+
Pretty much all my characters are LGBT. Mainly Bi because I’m Bi myself and I’m so tired of the shitty rep Bi people get in the media. No, I’m not “without labels.” No I’m not “Hearts not parts” I’m bisexual. That’s the word. And it’s not a dirty word either.
Sorry for the mini rant
That being said, I have plenty of characters that are gay/lesbian, ace, and pan too. I do have some straight characters but they’re in relationships with partners who aren’t straight. I also enjoy exploring gender and gender expression. I have many characters who are nonbinary, trans, are inhuman and hermaphrodites, or characters who have no concept of sex OR gender and don’t possess sex organs at all. Any and all of the above can be found. Furthermore, I enjoy weaving these themes into the world building and story itself rather than focus on being LGBT as part of the plot. I am tired of reading “coming out” stories. I want to go deeper than that.
4. Foreshadowing
Oh boy one of my favorite tools of all time! I love my Chekhov’s guns and I keep track of them better than my plots most the time. I love sprinkling in details that all tie together later on. Bonus points for both big and small details; not every piece of foreshadowing has to be something major. Sometimes it can be goofy or a small Easter egg too. It’s for sure one of my favorite tools and it pops up in pretty much every story I write.
5. Trauma, Angst, and Character Death
Wouldn’t be me if I didn’t write some messed up stuff. All my main characters either have trauma before the story starts, or more likely, suffers a lot of trauma during the story. This can be emotional, mental, or even physical. Likewise, I have no fear in killing off important characters or even main characters. Sometimes life isn’t pretty or kind. Actually a lot of the time it isn’t. I like to reflect that. That being said, I also hate unhappy/sad endings, so take that as you will >;3c
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wahhhhhh thanks for the tag, @zinzinina - I’m touched you thought of me! 🥹
5 things tag game:
5 things you’ll find in my bag: oversized black prescription sunglasses, a Women in Games purse hook that’s arguably the best free swag from an industry event I’ve ever gotten, fingerless gloves (Jack Skellington-themed 😋) because office AC can be brutal, a wee Swiss Army Knife that I actually bought in Switzerland, lip balm. Always lip balm!
5 things you’ll find in my bedroom: a recycled denim quilted blanket made by my beloved late grandmother, a collection of old goth club flyers from my late teens/early twenties, shrines to my deceased pets and beds for my living ones (counting this as one), university diplomae that have nothing to do with my current career, family photos.
5 things I’m currently into: fresh summer fruits generously topped with tajín, pickling & preserving things, learning Korean, teaching tricks & words to my cat, STRAY also even though within the first 5min I wasn’t sure my heart could take it and I questioned whether I wanted to continue at all 😭
5 things on my to-do list: repot some plants, practice for an orchestra I play in, purge unnecessary paper records (paper clutter is the worst and I hate it), pack for a trip with my best friend next week for her birthday, finish a stitching project that was meant to be gifted in Dec2020 (oops).
I’d put “get to bed earlier” in that last list but I’m realistic enough to not even kid myself about that. 😅
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5 Things Tag Game!!
Thank you @zinzinina for tagging me!
5 things you'll find in my bag: you'll find more like 50 things in my bag but shhh Peppermint chapstick, extra phone charger, a bag of Twinings Earl Grey tea, sunglasses, a pen.
5 things you'll find in my bedroom: A pile of laundry that needs folding, a knitting project, a pile of earrings, a glass of water, a frankly obscene amount of scented candles.
5 things I'm currently into: The works of JRR Tolkien (this is a constant), the soundtrack to The Chronicles of Narnia, making cocktails at home, mushroom patterns, ASMR.
5 things on my to-do list: Finish knitting a baby blanket for my newborn cousin, schedule a dentist appointment 😬, work on my WIPs (don't look at me lol), get my hair trimmed, research hotels for an upcoming holiday.
No pressure tags! @moonstrider9904 @saradika @rexxdjarin @sageislostinspring @book-of-baba-fett @damerondala @ashotofspotchka and anyone who wants to!
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"We want complex female characters"
You guys couldn't handle Lottie Matthews. You couldn't handle Jackie Taylor. You couldn't handle Taissa Turner. Actually you couldn't handle any of the Yellowjackets cast...
You guys couldn't handle Inej Ghafa, you couldn't handle Alina Starkov- hell you couldn't handle a single Grishaverse girls.
You guys couldn't handle Katniss Everdeen. Lucy Gray actually broke your fucking minds.
You guys couldn't handle any girl from Euphoria or Stranger things in any capacity.
You guys could not handle the female characters of motherfucking Bridgerton like- first off that's embarrassing and secondly actually shut up.
Get back to me when you give female characters grace, at least a fucking fraction of empathy and learn what nuance is jfc.
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