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goddammit i did NOT need my brain to come up with another au but here we are
anyway. roman and janus (both in their early 20s; janus is in college, idk abt roman) are cast opposite each other as the leads in a community theatre production. it’s Hate At First Sight when they meet and they are the bitchiest nastiest little pieces of shit to each other every time they interact, but they put it all aside for Exactly as long as they are onstage with each other bc they both value acting so much. and they’re both very good actors; the rest of the cast and crew marvel over how they can act so close when rehearsing, since they’re all but scratching each other’s eyes out the rest of the time.
now, sure, janus hates roman, but it’s still a fun kind of hate; antagonizing him and engaging in cutting banter is actually quite entertaining. it’s all going well—
until one day the bus janus takes after rehearsals is a little late, and roman’s ride arrives to pick him up while janus is still there.
now, janus had thought when he met roman that he looked familiar, but he’d never placed it and had mostly forgotten the thought. he realizes now, watching roman climb into the passenger seat of the beat-up truck with the custom paint job, that it’s due to how well-groomed and preppy roman is that janus never connected the dots. but roman has almost the same face as someone else janus has seen, someone entirely more disheveled and long-haired and chipped-black-nail-polished and slouchy and pierced and tattooed and daredevil-confident-grinning than roman ever could be.
and janus realizes, with equal parts delight and horror, that the very hot guy in janus’s history GE class, the guy who janus has been crushing on all semester, the guy he hasn’t gotten a chance to talk to even once (because janus's tuesday-thursday schedule is hell and he’s got no time to linger, much as he’d like to)—
that guy is roman’s brother.
and there’s no way roman will agree to introduce janus to him or give him janus’s number, not with how janus has been treating him for weeks now.
janus is maybe, possibly, screwed.
but it’s okay. he can fix this! he can totally fix this. all he has to do is convince roman to do a 180, stop hating janus, be friends instead, and set janus up with his unreasonably hot brother. janus can do that, right? easy. easy-peasy.
(it is not, in fact, easy-peasy. but that’s hardly going to stop janus.)
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fandoms-of-erlik · 4 days
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HHHOLD ON WHAT IF SYNDRIGASTI CAN SEE STANDS
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apoemaday · 5 months
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What Didn't Work
by Donna Masini
Chemo      Tarceva     prayer meditation    affirmation      Xanax Avastin     Nebulizer     Zofran Zoloft     Vicodin     notebooks nurses     oxygen tank     pastina magical thinking     PET scans     movies therapy     phone calls     candles acceptance     denial     meatloaf doctors     rosary beads     sleep Irish soda bread     internet     incantations visitors     sesame oil     pain patches CAT scans     massage     shopping thin sliced Italian bread with melted mozzarella St. Anthony oil     Lourdes water     St. Peregrine tea     spring water     get well cards relaxation tapes     recliner     cooking shows cotton T-shirts     lawn furniture     a new baby giving up Paris     giving up Miami     charts bargaining     not bargaining     connections counting with her     breathing for her     will Pride and Prejudice     Downton Abbey     prayer watching TV     not watching TV     prayer prayer     prayer     prayer lists   
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sophiebernadotte · 5 months
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One of my goals for 2024 is to get more people involved in Fandom. I love the communities here on Tumblr & there are so many great & clever people on here who carry so much knowledge. However, that knowledge can & should be shared - at least in my opinion - & an easy way to do that is to get involved on Fandom & their wikis.
Now, I promise, it's not intimidating - if you can create & edit a Tumblr post, you can edit articles & pages on a wiki. Here, you can find an easy step-by-step guide on how to get started with contributing, but you can also message me & maybe I can help guide you through any question marks.
For this first post, I want to highlight some wikis dedicated to children's literature that need some help & love from their fans:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - the pages linked here need to be expanded, so if you know something, don't be shy :)
Amelia's Notebooks - the pages linked here need to be expanded
The Blackwell Pages - all pages need to be expanded on
Bone - the pages linked here need to be expanded
Boxcar Children - links need to be added to these pages
Children of the Lamp - the pages linked here need to be expanded
Charlie Bone/The Children of the Red King - all pages need to be expanded on
The Chrestomanci Series - links need to be added to these pages
Emily of New Moon - the pages linked here need to be expanded
Endling - links need to be added to these pages
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The Green Ember - the pages linked here need to be expanded
Howl's Moving Castle - all pages need to be expanded on
Jumanji - links need to be added to these pages
Little House on the Prairie - add links from IMDb, TV.com & TV Guide to each episode's page, plus the complete cast & crew for each episode
The Magic Thief - all pages need to be expanded on
The Magic Tree House - links need to be added to these pages
The Magisterium - the pages linked here need to be expanded
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - the pages linked here need to be expanded
Night Speakers - the pages linked here need to be expanded
Ruby Redfort - the pages linked here need to be expanded
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The School for Good and Evil - links need to be added to these pages
Septimus Heap - the pages linked here need to be expanded
The Sisters 8 - all pages need to be expanded on
The Three Investigators - links need to be added to these pages
Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn - all pages need to be expanded on
The Underland Cyclopedia - the pages linked here need to be expanded
The Unwanteds Series - links need to be added to these pages
Warhorse - all pages need to be expanded on
Wonder - pages for the cast and crew of the Wonder film need to be added
Zathura - all pages need to be expanded on
Now, this is quite an extensive list, but if your favourite book or series isn't mentioned here, I suggest checking out the literature page, the book club or go to this page & simply search for your favourite book/series/author.
To repeat what I said at the beginning of this post, there is a step-by-step guide on how to start contributing, but don't be shy to message me if you have any questions :)
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tigersullivan01 · 1 year
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Mother figure Alma Peregrine x Teen Reader - little trouble pt1
Having the capability to transform into a Fox as a peculiarly isn’t ideal, people don’t take the time before judging you. Being labeled a thief the moment they know is quite harsh to go through every time you enter a new loop with a new ymbryne, it makes you throw hope out the window and become what they label you as. 
So being sent off to another loop isn’t surprising, although having Miss Avocet transport you is. I never liked the old woman, she is full of herself. Everything she says has to be right because she said so. 
Sitting on the train in complete boredom with my small torn up bag with an extra shirt and my green frog stuffy, maybe i could nick some wallets? 
“I’m going to the loo” I mutter before standing up and weaving through the crowd of passengers, slipping my hands into pockets and slipping out wallets, watches, jewelry and notebooks. 
What? Notebooks contain interesting stuff, like gossip or interesting facts, or a look into the life of person I stole from. Setting back down in my seat beside Miss Avocet, sliding my goods into my torn bag. The old hag grabs my wrist and pulls me out of the train towards the docks, the sky’s sending down drizzling rain making the streets muddy and filled with water. Looking at the people we pass and snagging a few more valuables before we get to the ticket booth. 
“Two tickets please…….there you go……thank you”
 Grabbing my wrist again after buying the tickets and pulling me on the ferry. 
“OKAY! No need to drag me around like a stray dog!” I say irritated and getting slapped across the face from Miss Avocet as a response. 
“Do not speak like that young child! Show respect for your elders and you may have a home one day, ungrateful child. I’m sending you to Miss Peregrine, she’ll put you straight. She’s my best student and a strong woman, she’ll crack you in a few days. If not then you’ll be on your own”
Good can a woman spit less when talking through her anger? I’m practically soaked in her saliva! Grumbling as I sit down on the wet beach as un-proper as possible, spreading my legs widely and sitting on the edge, leaning back with my arms crossed over my chest. 
“Sit properly child! Straighten that back and knees together!” 
As the ferry docks the dock on the small island Miss Avocet grabs my wrist AGAIN and dragging me through the small town and muddy streets, through the brush and towards the loop entrance, out of the cave on the other side and up the front steps of the gigantic brick house. Almost slamming my head against the door from the abrupt stop, the doors open sharply. Revealing a tall raven/ blue haired woman in her mid twenties? A feminine suit and a pipe, sharp eyes and a commanding look. 
“Esmeralda! Glad to see that you’ve made it safely. Is this my new ward?”
“Alma dearest! It’s a pleasure to se you again, although I wish it was under better circumstances, yes this rascal is your new ward. I warn you they live up to their namesake, they have light fingers. Now I must be of, goodbye dear and you child” she puts a finger against my chest. 
“I suggest you behave, or you’ll become an orphan without an orphanage to take you in” with that she leaves. 
“Please come in dear, I’m Miss Peregrine delighted to meet you” she introduced herself and walks inside, I follow after her fast pace. 
“Y/n…..Y/n Fox” she smiles and puts a cup of tea in my hands and pulls me to the back garden. 
“The twins and Clare, Hugh with the bees and Millard the invisible one, the girl with big shoes is Emma and the redhead is Olive. Enoch is in the window on the second floor to the right, Fiona is the girl in the garden and Bronwyn is the girl that’s helping her, the boy reading in the grass is Horace” she points everyone out and turning to me. 
“I understand that you’re not the easy child to look after. Your previous ymbryne sent me a long letter about your….capabilities. I’d like to make my own observations before I jump to conclusions, how about take you to your room?” 
“Yea”  She walks inside putting the cups on the kitchen counter before walking upstairs and opens the door furthest down the corridor to the left. The room is small, a bed in the corner, dresser against the wall and a window beside it and a small rug on the floor. 
“Make yourself comfortable, supper is at five” she smiles before leaving, I push the door shut and pull out the notebooks, wallets and my frog stuffy and sit down on the bed, making myself comfortable and starts going through the wallets, counting the money and looking at the different bruises cards and notes, throwing the wallets in a pile in the corner of the room for later and moving onto the notebooks. Reading through them, and severely judging people on a few points in their notes, I hear a clock wringing. I guess it’s already super then. Walking downstairs and towards the chatter from other children I find the dining room and an empty seat beside Emma? I think that was the blonde’s name and Miss Peregrine. Sitting down and looking over my pre filled plate in front of me. 
“Go ahead and eat before it gets cold” 
Miss Peregrine announces and the children starts eating, I only push the food around and nibble on some meat. 
“What’s your peculiarity?” The boy with bees asks. 
“I can transform into a fox” I mumble uninterested. 
“So you’re a thief?” The boy that smells like death asks. A hole minute and around forty seconds before I’m one’s again labeled a thief because of my peculiarity. Called it!  
“Enoch! We do not greet our guests like that, apologize!” Miss Peregrines practically growled at the death boy. Receiving a glare from the boy as the dinner continued uneventful. 
“Go and get ready for bed so we can watch the movie” the children goes upstairs quickly but i don’t bother, i don’t even own pjs. I simply walk away and transforms into a Fox and follow the first child to the movie room when they come downstairs. I lay down underneath one of the sofa’s as the rest of the children filter into the room, Miss Peregrine standing in the doorway. 
“Where is our newcomer?” She asks confused and i wag my tail from side to side so she’ll se me. 
“Oh there you are, come here” To my surprise she pulls me out from underneath the sofa and picks me up in her arms before returning to her spot in the doorway and turning the lights off. Staying in stunned silence in the woman’s arms, this has definitely never happened, not even my own mother touched me, specially not in this form.
Horace’s dream is about clothes, suits and ties and that fancy stuff I’ll never afford. After that I’m carried outside and put down in the slightly damp grass as the others prepare for reset. A few smaller fighter planes flights over us followed by a larger aircraft that drops the bomb, after the day is rewinded again we all head inside. I quickly run upstairs to my room and curl up in a ball wrapped inside my frog stuffy and the covers, I hear the clicking of heals and feel the smell of Miss Peregrine as she enters the room. 
“Good night Y/n” she says before leaving again. I lay there for a few minutes, another first, my first time someone wished me a good night. Odd 
Hello I give you this as an apology for the latest one i posted, it wasn’t good. I’ll do the second part as soon as possible, I’m myself not patient when it comes to waiting for upcoming parts. - Tiger
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alebrije-estelar · 6 days
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MC HPHM PROFILE
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Basic concepts
Name: Hanna Ryuuzaki Rakepick
Nicknames: Anna (Only for her uncle)
Name meaning: Hanna = "favor", "grace" or "God has favored me" (Also, the song 'Oh Ana' by Mother Mother, I listened to 'Oh Hanna' instead of Ana and I liked it)
Gender: Female
Pronouns: She/Her
Age: Depends
Birthday: October 31 (1972)
Zodiac: Scorpio
Blood status: Pure blood
Ethnicity/Nationality: Japanese-British Ethnicity and British Nationality
Sexuality: Demiromantic Demisexual
Place of birth: Luxor, Egypt
Current residence: Diagon Alley, London / Hogsmade, United Kingdom
Professions:
11 - 17 years: Hogwarts student, school of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Loyalty:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Order of the Phoenix
Ministry of Magic (?)
Appearance
Height: 5 feet 1,811 inches
Weight: 121.254 pounds
Eyes: Gray and Blue
Hair: Orange with white highlights
Skin: Light with freckles
Clothes: Goblincore
Main clothing
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More
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In her bag: Wand, purse, Walkman and cassettes, notebook, pen, luncc
Face Claim: Guacamolebear (Instagram)
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Voice Claim: Emily (Hazbin Hotel)
Personality
Traits
Positive: Kind, brave, adventurous
Negative: Clumsy, talkative
Likes: Exploring, quidditch, duels,
Dislikes: Injustice, boredom, sitting still
Favorite color: Orange
Favorite food: Cakes and pastries
MBTI: ENFP
Alignment: Good Chaotic
Hogwarts
Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff
Ilvermorny House: Thunderbird
Classes (OWL's/NEWS Points)
Astronomy: A
Charms: O
DADA: O
Flight: O
Herbology: O
History of Magic: E
Potions: O
Transfigurations: O
Electives
Adivination: E
Creature Care: O
Study of Ancient Runes: E
Clubs: Duel Club, Dragon and Hippogriff Club
Quidditch: Seeker
Prefect/Delegate: Prefect and Delegate
Best classes: Care of Magical Creatures and DADA
Worst classes: Astronomy
Magic
Wand
1. Oak wand with mermaid scale core, 7 inches, medium flexible
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2. Ebony wood, dragon scale core, 8 inches, inflexible
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Boggart
Form: Watching your friends suffer because of her
Riddikulus: “Little joke"
Amortentia
How others smell her: Raspberry jam, freshly baked cake and sunshine
What she smells: New book and tree wood/Grass and honeysuckle
Patronus
Shape: A grizzly bear
Memory: A picnic with her friends on the school grounds but deep down her parents love her, Jacob is safe and Merula and R are not there
What she sees in the Mirror of Erised: Her in an exploration uniform with Rowan
Animagus: Cocker spaniel
Skills:
Magic with and without a wand
Clairning
Legilimency
Umbrakinesis
Animated Shadow
Shadow Teleportation
Night vision
Relationships
Father: Akira “Peregrine” Ryuuzaki
Mother: Patricia Rakepick
Uncle: Ainosuke Ryuuzaki
Half Brother: Jacob Ryuuzaki
Pets: Niffler called Pallet
Rowan Khanna
Her best friend ever and ever
People thought they are dating
Rowan prevented Hanna from fighting like a chihuahua
Ben Copper
They defend themselves with each other
Penny Haywood
They love gossip
They get stressed together
Bill Weasley
Big brother figure
Bill basically adopted her one minute after meeting her
I also went with him in case of stress
She loves it so much
It's her mom
Charlie Weasley
Her friend and brother
The one who hears him talk the most about dragons
Nymphadora Tonks
SOMETIMES they make a joke together
Everything is laughter and laughter with them
Talbott Winger
Hanna's behavior towards Talbott softens her heart although she will never admit
They are very close during the holiday season because they are both alone
They have food saved for each other for their respective animagus
Chiara Lobosca
Supportive friendship
Chiara heals Hanna and Hanna is with Chiara on a full moon
Jae Kim
Hanna usually spends considerable time in the kitchens so she already knew Jae
It turns out that they are both equally unruly
They are a danger to society
Barnaby Lee
Hanna is very patient with him
Love shared by creatures
André Egwu
She is his number one mannequin and model
Tulip Karasu
Tulip is attracted by Hanna's rumors and liberal attitude
Diego Capplan
He taught her hurt lady songs and how to dance salsa
Really oblivious to his flirting
She thinks he's very sweet and cool
They have duels together very often
Liz Tuttle
M A G I C C R E A T U R E S
Baddea Ali
They like to research spells together
Love interest:
Rowan Khanna: From the beginning they were super close but MC unintentionally moved away from Rowan and it all culminated with Rowan yelling at her that he loved her and couldn't lose her, which made things awkward for a while but coming back from vacation she stood him up with a big hug
Charlie Weasley: Their relationship occurred without either of them realizing it, Charlie paid more attention to Hanna's small details and she wanted to spend more time with him, neither of them wanted to admit their feelings because they denied them since Charlie had his dragons and she I was very busy with the vaults. It wasn't until Tonks brought them together and forced them to talk about their feelings
Enemies:
Merula Synde
The damn one has been her bully since he entered Hogwarts
Their ideals and methods of resolution are very different
They are already semi at peace but they
Ismelda Murk
She doesn't like that she is so rude and blood purist
Although they are already in some peace
Background
In the years of the witch persecution, the Ryuuzaki family, trying to survive, made a pact with demons in exchange for power and surviving the magical crisis. The demons gave them the power to control the shadows and thus the Ryuuzaki gained fame as dark magicians although helping others came in their blood. Dai Ryusaki, a magician who studied the mind and Lillith ... a wielder of ancient magic came together and had a son named Ryōsuke who married and had two children, Akira and Ainosuke. Akira was the one who witnessed the imprisonment of his grandfather Dai and that made him see life differently and the second magical war made it worse so he changed his name to Peregrine, moved away from his entire family and formed R. He However, he ended up with one of its members, Patricia Rakepick, and they had Hanna, but since they were both very focused on their careers, they left her with Uncle Ainosuke. It was there when she met Jacob and they both became very close, until his disappearance.
Fun Facts
LOVES coffee but can't drink it often
It would be a danger
She can only when it is exam season
She is embarrassed to say no and that is why he ends up in a pure cursed situation
She always gives advice to others, never takes it for herself
Does not judge people, always tries to be understanding
In fact, she tried to be friends with Merula when she met her
It didn't turn out well
She is a resilient person
She has a huge heart that even if it breaks, he has plenty of love for everyone
The first years always look for her
She often gets distracted by staring at a specific point and doesn't realize it until her attention is called to it
Somewhat intolerant to cold
The girl has a hard time understanding sarcasm or hints
She is actually more Gryffindor but she stayed in Hufflepuff because of her little heart.
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notetaeker · 1 year
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Goodbye 2022
@peregrination-studies thank u for the tag! I love love planning and reflecting on the year so this was such a fun tag for me to do
What are things you've grown to like this year?
The process honestly. I've always been impatient when it comes to seeing results but over this year I started to appreciate the process of things? I've always been the type to start a project and then work on this project for 3 days until I'm done and by then I'd get so tired of it or be unsatisfied with the result because it doesn't reflect my tireless 3 days worth of work. But nowadays I start projects, put them away, continue it later, and it's been so enjoyable. I take time to fix any small things I would have ignored in the interest of time, start over if necessary. Just you know, processing it slowly. Instead of rushing toward the result, the experience of whatever it is- is the most important. It's still a work in progress but i think this is one of the things that surprised me the most in myself - the fact that I'm even able to do it. Other things I've grown to like: autumn lol and maybe even winter just a teensy bit.
What are things you've learned this year? Oof a lot of things actually. I think I'll make a list from my journal - Every morning I get to decide how to live my life / what I prioritize - Allah will open doors for you from placed you couldn't imagine - But you have to put in some effort and show you're trying - Living is much easier when you accept it instead of fighting it -Surely as the evening comes after a scorching hot day, so too will respite from whatever you're struggling with, it is the law of the world (the mercy of Allah) and all that was only until June asdlkj let me not make this too long lol maybe I'll make a post on stuff I learned this year
What works did you enjoy this year, be it films, books or other art? Books: The Secret Garden, Born a Crime Movies/Anime: Spy x Family, Julie and Julia, Also I watched all the spiderman movies on some random week like a crazy person Other art: sarah burns studio on youtube and her seascape watercolor paintings. They're so simple but also really beautiful
Is there something you're still looking forward to this year? There's only 2 days left! I was looking forward to buying yarn and I got it yesterday, so excited abt that. I'm hoping to go the beach today or tomorrow and see (sea) the ocean so :') excited for that if it happens (its so cold tho who knows). OH ALSO i wanted to bake cookies for my students for the first day of classes back from break and might make those early so that too ! :D
What would you like to see happening next year? SO MUCH omg - 1. Improve my arabic: I enrolled in an Arabic class because I've literally forgotten so many things so excited abt that. I also signed up for some other islamic studies classes b/c there was a discount so hopefully those are fun too! 2. take more notes !!! I keep reading / listening to such good stuff and telling myself I'll write it down when I have more time later and never doing it D: so next year hopefully I fill up a notebook or smth with those 3. Hopefully get comfortable with traveling / visiting places and then do exactly that 4. D: waiting on the result of my interview for a 2023 internship 5. turn some good deed into an unconscious daily practice. Rn I'm thinking sunnah prayers, because I've kind of dropped off from regularly doing them in the last year :( 6. ART. MORE REGULARLY. like i was doing this year :') im pretty pleased with the amt of art i did this year alhamdulillah
Tagging: @wayfaringmuslimah, @gushuwa, @wecandoit, @frenchiepal @humble-boness, @ckmstudies, @juliistudies, @heliops, @museeofmoon, @iwillsurvivecollege, @learnelle, @caffeinatediaries, @caramelcuppaccino
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suguwuus · 7 months
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★ SEARCH RESULT FOR: SUGUWUUS
alexis [REDACTED], known as @suguwuus across social media platforms, is a young creator, hoping to leave an impact on their audience. active since 2019, they say they don't mind if they never get big or get on famous record labels, what matters to them is that they provide content for people who've been yearning for something like their writing.
suguwuus uses they/them pronouns, says geto suguru is "literally me", and likes to listen to korean and indie rock. their favorite book series is miss peregrine's home for peculiars children (ransom riggs, 2011-2021).
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SINGLE — INTRO.
(abt me + req rules) alexis's debut single, which, as the title suggests, introduces them to whoever has stumbled upon their little corner of the internet.
ALBUM 1 — ARCHIVE.
(oc archive) their first album, comprised of songs written for and about characters in their life. most of these are vague and unspecified, yet the stories are diverse and enthralling, never failing to keep us on the edge of our seat as we listen to every lyric.
ALBUM 2 — PYJAMA PANTS.
(connor stoll x reader oneshots) their second album, filled with songs for a certain boy. written all over their songwriting notebook is the name connor stoll, a speculated past lover of theirs. what role could he have possibly played in their life to have them write so many songs about him?
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hi every1 you can also call me al :D moving to tumblr because wattpad is dead and my notes + gdocs are so sick and tired of me. and also the connor nation needs feeding. hope u guys find some peace or entertainment on my page mwah
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missnight0wl · 2 years
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Peregrine’s bullshit lies, part 2!
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I mean... It’s really not. You could say that Peregrine on his own is a plot twist (though I can’t agree with it entirely). But the fact that there is some connection between Jacob, the Cursed Vaults, and R was always pretty obvious.
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Corey... Please...
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To be completely honest, he doesn’t look like either ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Not gonna lie, this is a really funny line in the light of Corey’s previous one.
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Oh, look at that! Peregrine is doing exactly what I said he’d be doing: presenting R as the underdog. Because he knows MC has a soft spot for underdogs.
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Hey, wanker. You’ve just told me in the previous part that you were trying to save Jacob. You obviously failed. How the fuck you can even hope to make any difference... wherever?
It physically pains me that we can’t call him out on how fucking stupid his every word is. How he contradicts himself. I want to mock him to the point when he breaks and shows his true face.
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Alright, Corey. Listen. You have A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM of latching onto like... almost everyone you meet. You need help.
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Uhm, actually, most things I know about R come from:
Jacob’s old notebooks and letters,
Duncan,
Rakepick.
So like... try again?
Seriously, Peregrine. Is there a lot more bullshit in you? Because it’s getting messy here.
Also, speaking of Duncan... Can we talk about him? Y’know, he was Jacob’s friend. He died because R made him brew an extra explosive Erumpent Potion, and it went really bad. Care to comment on that, hm?
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What kind of a leader are you if you’re subordinates do whatever the fuck they want? Could it be that you're secretly... perfectly fine with kidnapping teenagers? 😲
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And I’m sickened by you. Once again, I hope you’ll suffer when you’re dying. And I really hope it’s Patricia who kills you.
Look, I know I should hate him for being a shitty parent and a shitty person. And I do. But the main reason I hate him is because he talks shit about Rakepick.
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And then: there’s Verucca, apparently. But hey! “The exception proves the rule” or something... right?
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First of all, I’m extremely happy to disappoint you. Secondly, thank you for confirming that you were watching MC closely all that time, yet it didn’t occur to you to maybe comfort them after Rowan’s death or something.
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Why not? Maybe I want to become the youngest professor at Hogwarts, and therefore fulfil the dream of my best friend, Rowan. Y’know, the same one who was killed (and you definitely had absolutely nothing to do with it).
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agalanthe · 2 years
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MOON TALES - Design notebook #4
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[ Version française cliquez ici ]
The Moon Tales* design notebooks invite you to discover a making-off of this project. They will present you its history, its development, as well as our desires, choices and questions. They also reveal a little more about this new universe, through its characters, places, etc.
* If you don't know Moon Tales, more info at this link.
You will find at the end of this English version of the notebook a list (and links) of all the notebooks already written. You will also be able to read the reasons for the existence of these notebooks.
Since always, men stimulate their imagination to tell stories. They imagine how the world is supposed to work, create fictitious friends and enemies, impart wisdom and morality, and simply pass the time. The most beautiful legends have crossed the centuries and have been taken up by many civilizations. We even find their archetypes, their struggles in the current media.
The story of Moon Tales borrows from a whole collective imagination, from a part of these legends and archetypes. From these, we will humbly attempt to build our own world, a new narrative that will hopefully be worthwhile. This new notebook is an opportunity for Pierre to tell you more about the subject !
A NEW GOLDEN AGE OF STORYTELLING
In my opinion, ours is a wonderful time for the imagination. Fantasy and its variations have become mainstream. You can't take the subway without running into people reading A song of ice and fire, Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children or even Harry Potter. The shelves of bookstores, both real and virtual, are full of references and authors and I feel like everyone - even me - has tried writing a fantasy novel in their spare time.
And what about tv shows ? Game of Thrones has been an incredible success (which I think is deserved), and has paved the way for all adaptations and original creations. Streaming video platforms compete to adapt the most famous novels, often with many freedoms.
Not all - book, games, shows… - series work, however. I have many discussions with my friends, also avid readers, about the merits and pitfalls of this or that author. We often come back to the same point. What makes a good novel, a good episode, a good video game. For me, it revolves around one question : what makes a good story ?
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RECIPE FOR A SUCCESSFUL STORY
It seems to me that a captivating narrative lies in its actors. They are heroes to whom we get attached. We must feel empathy for them, identify with them, suffer or rejoice with them. They must be human, resonate with us. I am talking about hero(in)es here, but this rule can also apply to their enemies. A good villain is best when his or her motives are understandable and he or she is ambiguous - although we all have certain enemies we love to adore because they are so deliciously malevolent.
In Moon Tales, Akhiles is an example of a character that grew in size as we conceptualized the story. When Boris introduced me to his first ideas - a geeky, fashion-addicted man - I wondered what I was going to do with him. Now it's hard to imagine what the story of Moon Tales would be like without him.
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Once the protagonists are defined, a general plot is needed – I put this criterion second because good characters can, in my opinion, create and maintain their own story, in relation to intimate objectives linked to their aspirations, their relationships... I'm talking about a main plot as opposed to the character-specific drama mentioned, because it will guide the narrative - without it the story is just a soap opera.
Finally, you need a setting.
The ideal case is when the author can afford to add a moral to his story, which makes it an educational lesson. G.K Chesterton said : « Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. » There is no need to say anything else, no one ever said anything better than this quote.
I've used this approach many times in various pieces of writing – I'm not saying it's the best, just that it's my vision.
For Moon Tales I had to throw everything away. Because of (or thanks to...) Boris.
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FREEDOM WITHIN CONSTRAINT
I already had ideas, and I have a rather free approach to creation where I throw out, ask myself what the characters would do and then let the world expand around them, adding other protagonists, to serve the needs of my plot. So happy was I.
Boris had a vision.
He wanted some characters. They were already well detailed, with appearances, behaviors, staging already prepared (sometimes storyboarded).
He had very precise ideas of the scenes he wanted to draw, the number of hero(in)es he had to create (to make his character design...). Worse for me, he wanted to make a precise map of the city in which their adventures would mainly take place, so that his settings would be coherent.
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IDEAS THAT INTERWINE
[Boris] I'm hacking this notebook for the time of an insert to underline a little more the advantages of working together that Pierre evokes - certainly by making me look like the one who imposes a lot of things, but in reality, it's a little more nuanced and shared than that ^^
Whether it is for the creation and development of the characters, the world or even the story, everything is discussed. When one of us comes up with an idea, it will usually be accepted, but it will also be an opportunity to give new ideas to the other, to build on or refine the idea in question. Or to extrapolate new things and thus enrich the whole. Sometimes the ideas clash and a choice has to be made, or the two ideas have to be modified slightly to merge them. It is even possible that an inconsistency or an error is used to our advantage ! The stories, characters and world are not yet all developed in detail, which allows us real freedom and flexibility to regularly add new elements and discuss their interest.
For example, regarding Tamara, the first ideas about her past date from long before the writing of her introduction episode*. In the latter, Pierre raised new questions about this past and provided new details. So we discussed it to make it coherent and develop it a little more.
Another example where the creation of a visual can also serve the development of the world and the story** : Pierre introduces a line of kings, I make a visual of them by drawing a bit special crown, which then triggers the writing of new articles about it, enriching the world and its magic. Discussion after discussion, these new elements are linked to other details of the world developed long before, which leads to new visual ideas... Etc., etc.
In the end, all these developments "by bouncing off" are certainly part of the most exciting aspects of such a collaboration !
* : yes, each character will have an introduction episode, it's even the first seven chapters of Moon Tales !
** : a drawing can carry as much creativity and information as a text, and is therefore not a simple visual support for the latter. This is particularly true in creative fields that require the development of an imaginary world (role-playing games, for example), in which visual artists could be just as much a source of "creative material" (background, lore, fluff..., for those who know these words) and be qualified as authors in the same way as the people who write the texts... as long as the visual and written design are done in parallel and not one before the other.
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I suddenly found myself creating a plot that had to go through specific steps, with situations that I honestly never would have thought of (I discovered things...). I admit that I was scared. Once I got over my stress, I started to work and I discovered a real freedom in these constraints. The latter forced me to structure my narrative, to pace it. These unexpected situations took me in directions I wouldn't have gone and made the story much fresher to me.
Some examples among others :
- Boris had the idea of a weekly publication, scheduled all over the year. This meant giving a rhythm to the text, but also thinking of Christmas or summer episodes... And so at Christmas time in our country, it had to snow in the webcomic. Same for the summer, we needed a sunny place, a beach...
- A cartoonist is a lazy person***, especially when he has to draw large amounts of panels. So I had to discipline myself and limit the number of characters per scene, avoid chaining new places or creating too complicated settings. Of course sometimes I couldn't resist it. But Boris went along for the ride and I hope you'll see in our opening vignettes that it was worth it.
- The publication format and its periodicity directly influence the style of the webcomic. The episodes must be short, some are only small interludes, others are a little longer, generally follow each other but are still thought to be a minimum of stand-alone. If it gave us ideas that might not have been attempted otherwise, it had a direct effect on my writing.
*** Note from Boris : please send your letters of protest and insults directly to Mr. Coppet, on his facebook page or any other address you may find. I will not relay (unless the message is on the comments pages of this notebook, see links below). Anyway, I've already taken care of breaking his kneecaps. Because as long as the arms and hands are working, the Moon Tales show can go on and that's the most important thing, isn't it ?
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BUT WHAT IS MOON TALES REALLY ABOUT ?
Moon Tales is an encounter between two people from two different worlds. She is a girl from our Earth, he comes from a magical city on the other side of the mirror. But it's not that simple. She's probably wackier than he is. And they are accompanied by equally important individuals : a flamboyant hidalgo, an adventuress who hardly hides her weaknesses, a witch who wants to be a fairy, a sad oracle and a funny player. This constellation of personalities will illuminate a city of wonders plunged into darkness both literally and figuratively.
But before the beginning of our story, 37 years ago to be exact, you should know that a great war took place which strongly changed the life of its inhabitants. Once ruled by a hereditary dynasty of kings, the city in which these tragic events ended passed into the hands of an emergency revolutionary government, the time for Duana - the goddess of the night, equated with the moon and destiny - to appoint a new leader. The Sinister - the administration - thus took the reins of the city, pretending to be the executors of the Dexter, the council of the great families, of which the ancient kings were the leaders.
Today, the city bends under the yoke of the Sinister, but remains a magical place, with an enchanting, gothic and halloweenian atmosphere.
These axis will thus impregnate our story and the global atmosphere of our world, by mixing with several narrative genres. Small overview :
Halloween and Gothic : The world of Moon Tales is, among other things, a mixture of The Nightmare before Christmas and Tim Burton's Batman. One lives there in the shade of old manors and vertiginous skyscrapers. The urban wildlife probably has more owls and bats than rats and pumpkins are probably the national vegetable. If there are no scarecrows in the streets, it is likely that they are a people like any other with their own festival once a year. Since the fall of the monarchy, the great city has been plunged into an endless night that facilitates the apparitions of ghosts, witches and other nocturnal peoples.
Faerie : Moon Tales is not a horrific universe... most of the time ! The peoples of the night live in more or less good harmony under the yoke of the Sinister. Very few horrific crimes here. Haunting, cursing and enchanting are honorable professions. As for the fairies and the forces of light, they are all equally present as our heroes prove.
Urban fantasy : the introduction of our adventure is a classic urban fantasy - the discovery of Wonderland. It is with Follet, human of the Faded world, that we discover this other modern world full of magic as well as its shining city. The latter, a character in its own right, is a typical contemporary urban metropolis, even if often much more extravagant than those on our Earth, with its mysterious nooks and crannies and its sometimes strange inhabitants.
Soap : from the beginning we wanted a story centered on our characters, their relationships, their evolution, their friendships and their loves. I call it dramaturgy. Boris, who has little culture but loves cleanliness, talks about Soap. Bof.
Pulp adventure : friends of nature and cows, Moon Tales will not be limited to a darkened city. Beyond this, we give ourselves the opportunity to explore adventurous lands scattered with ruins, to make our characters discover the secrets or wonders of these places.
In the end, Moon Tales is an opportunity to mix comics, role-playing games and influences that we like in our witch's cauldron, to stir it all up well and, we hope, to please ourselves - and you.
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But in the end, will our webcomic offer a good story ? It's hard for me to say. I am generally a good audience – I only ask a movie or a book to entertain me and I have so many guilty pleasures in terms of a simple or even failed plot that I love it all the same... Only our readers will be able to decide if they like our characters and their stories. We have already planned several years of adventures for them.
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A DIFFERENCE IN MEDIUM
You don't write for a game the same way you write for a novel or a comic book. It sounds obvious when you say it like that, but I foolishly thought at first that narrating would be easier than proposing a storyline. Fatal error.
In role-playing game, you must first define a setting, a world, a situation and a motivation. From there, we think about the solutions that the players will think of, knowing that in the end they will do what we didn't plan. The rule is always, in my opinion, to propose things and not to close the doors.
In a novel, you have to think about continuity. A character comes with motivations, reasons and a personality. Not all choices are logical, and sometimes the logical choices for a protagonist are not those of the author. You have to put yourself in someone else's shoes. At the same time, the author must remember that the character does not know what he knows, they must find reasons to make them go from one scene to another, provide them with the keys that will allow them to solve the plot. In a sequential medium like Moon Tales, this means planning well in advance what to introduce. The universe, on the other hand, may be more fluid, less framed and less detailed, as it must serve the narrative (with one caveat, the Boris clause, see above).
These are therefore two fundamentally opposed approaches. The Yin and Yang of the written creation in a certain way :)
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PIERRE’S MOOD NOTE
Today, as I write these lines in March 2022, the sirocco lifts the sand of the Sahara and brings it to us several hundred kilometers away. The sky has a strange color, yellow-orange. Sand is falling on our roofs. It is soothing.
In Ukraine, rainfall is deadly. No peace for men, women and children.
Moon Tales is about two overlapping realities, but there is no need to use magic for that. The real world reminds us of this every day.
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Moon Tales' design notebooks exist first of all to keep track of the development of the project. They are written as much for us as for those who may be interested - now or in the future - in the underside of its development. Putting all these steps in writing gives us food for thought about our practices and our choices, so that we can draw out possible avenues for improvement. Finally, these notebooks make it possible to bring the project to life, before its "real" existence, and to show that it is moving forward.
NOTEBOOKS INDEX : #1 : Origins #2 : Characters (1) #3 : Drawing #4 : Story #5 : The City (2024)
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French version below
MOON TALES - Carnet de conception #4
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Les carnets de conception de Moon Tales* vous proposent de découvrir un making-off de ce projet. Ils vous en présenteront l’histoire, son développement, ainsi que nos envies, nos choix et interrogations. Ils dévoilent également un peu plus ce nouvel univers, à travers ses personnages, ses lieux, etc.
* Si vous ne connaissez pas Moon Tales, plus d’infos à ce lien.
Vous trouverez plus loin, à la fin de la page, une liste (et les liens) de tous les carnets déjà écrits. Vous pourrez aussi y lire les raisons d’exister de ces carnets.
Depuis toujours, les hommes titillent leur imaginaire pour se raconter des histoires. Ils imaginent un fonctionnement à l’univers, se créent des amis et des ennemis fictifs, transmettent une sagesse, une moralité, et simplement passent le temps. Les plus belles légendes ont traversé les siècles et ont été reprises par de nombreuses civilisations. On retrouve même leurs archétypes, leurs déchirements dans les médias actuels.
L’histoire de Moon Tales emprunte à tout un imaginaire collectif, à une part de ces légendes et de ces archétypes. À partir de celles-ci, nous tenterons humblement de construire notre univers, un nouveau récit qui, espérons-le, sera digne d’intérêt. Ce nouveau carnet est ainsi l’occasion pour Pierre de vous en dire plus sur le sujet !
UN NOUVEL ÂGE D'OR DE LA NARRATION
Nous vivons une époque merveilleuse pour l’imaginaire selon moi. La Fantasy et ses déclinaisons sont devenues mainstream. On ne peut plus prendre le métro sans croiser des personnes en train de lire un tome du Trône de Fer, les Enfants Particuliers de Miss Peregrine ou même encore Harry Potter. Les rayons des librairies, réelles comme virtuelles, regorgent de références et d’auteurs et j’ai l’impression que tout le monde – même moi – s’est essayé à écrire un roman de Fantasy à ses heures perdues.
Et que dire des séries ? Game of Thrones a fait un succès incroyable (que je trouve mérité) et a ouvert la porte à toutes les adaptations et aux créations originelles. Les plates-formes de streaming vidéo rivalisent pour adapter les romans les plus connus avec souvent beaucoup de libertés.
Toutes les séries ne fonctionnent pas cependant. J’ai de nombreuses discussions avec mes amis, eux aussi grands lecteurs, sur les mérites et les écueils de tel ou tel auteur. Et on en revient souvent au même point. Qu’est ce qui fait un bon roman, un bon épisode, un bon jeu vidéo. Pour moi, cela tourne autour du même point : qu’est ce qui fait une bonne histoire ?
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RECETTE POUR UNE HISTOIRE RÉUSSIE
Il me semble qu’un récit captivant tient dans ses acteurs. Ce sont des héros auxquels on s’attache. On doit ressentir de l’empathie pour eux, se retrouver en eux, souffrir ou se réjouir avec eux. Ils doivent être humains, résonner en nous. Je parle ici des héro(ine)s, mais cette règle peut également s’appliquer à leurs ennemis. Un bon méchant est d’autant meilleur que ses motivations sont compréhensibles et qu’il est ambigu – bien qu’on ait tous certains ennemis qu’on adore adorer tant ils sont délicieusement malveillants.
Akiles est un exemple de personnage qui a pris de la dimension alors que nous conceptualisions l’histoire. Lorsque Boris m’a présenté ses premières idées - un homme geek et accro à la mode - ,je me suis demandé ce que j’allais en faire. Désormais, il est difficile d’imaginer ce que serait l’histoire de Moon Tales sans lui.
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Une fois les protagonistes définis, il faut une intrigue générale – je mets ce critère en second car de bons personnages peuvent, selon moi, faire naitre et entretenir leur propre histoire, en rapport avec des objectifs intimes liés à leurs aspirations, leurs relations... Je parle ici d’une intrigue principale par opposition au drama propre aux personnages évoqué, car elle va canaliser la narration – sans elle l’histoire n’est plus qu’un simple soap opera.
Enfin il faut un décor.
Le nec plus ultra est le cas où l’auteur peut se permettre de rajouter à son histoire une moralité, qui fait d’elle une leçon éducative. G.K Chesterton disait : « Les contes de fées n’enseignent pas aux enfants que les dragons existent. Les enfants le savent déjà. Ils leurs enseignent que les dragons peuvent être vaincus. » (« Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. »). Il n’y a pas à dire, c’est la classe.
J’ai utilisé cette approche plusieurs fois dans divers travaux d’écriture – je ne dis pas qu’elle est la meilleure mais simplement que c’est ma vision.
Pour Moon Tales j’ai dû tout jeter en l’air. À cause de (ou grâce à…) Boris.
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LA LIBERTÉ DANS LA CONTRAINTE
J’avais déjà des idées, et j’ai une approche de la création assez libre où je lance des pistes, me demande ce que feraient les personnages puis laisse le monde pousser autour, d’autres protagonistes se rajouter, pour servir aux besoins de mon intrigue. Bienheureux que j’étais.
Boris avait une vision.
Il voulait des personnages. Ils étaient déjà bien détaillés, avec des apparences, des comportements, des mises en scène déjà préparées (voire storyboardées).
Il avait des idées très précises de scènes qu’il voulait dessiner, du nombre de héro(ine)s qu’il devait créer (pour faire son character design…). Pire pour moi, il voulait faire une carte précise de la cité dans laquelle se déroulerait principalement leurs aventures, afin que ses décors soient cohérents.
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DES IDÉES QUI S'ENTREMÊLENT
[Boris] Je pirate ce carnet le temps d’un encart pour souligner un peu plus les avantages du travail commun qu’évoque Pierre - certes en me faisant passer pour celui qui impose beaucoup de choses, mais en réalité, c’est un peu plus nuancé et partagé que ça ^^
Que ce soit pour la création et le développement des personnages, ceux du monde ou même de l’histoire, tout se discute. Quand l’un de nous vient avec une idée, celle-ci sera généralement acceptée mais elle sera aussi l’occasion de donner de nouvelles idées à l’autre, de rebondir dessus afin de développer ou d’affiner l’idée en question. Ou d’extrapoler de nouvelles choses et ainsi d’enrichir l’ensemble. Parfois, les idées se confrontent et il faut faire un choix, ou bien modifier légèrement les deux idées pour les fusionner. Il est même possible qu’une incohérence ou une erreur soit utilisée à notre avantage ! Les histoires, les personnages et le monde ne sont pas encore tous développés en détails, ce qui nous permet une vraie liberté et une grande souplesse pour intégrer régulièrement de nouveaux éléments et débattre de leur intérêt.
Par exemple, concernant Tamara, les premières idées à propos de son passé datent de bien avant l’écriture de son épisode de présentation*. Dans ce dernier, Pierre a soulevé de nouvelles interrogations quant à ce passé et a apporté de nouveaux détails. On en a donc discuté pour rendre le tout cohérent et le développer encore un peu plus.
Autre exemple où la création d’un visuel peut aussi servir au développement du monde et de l’histoire** : Pierre introduit une lignée de rois, j’en réalise un visuel en leur dessinant une couronne un peu spéciale, ce qui déclenche ensuite l'écriture de nouveaux articles à ce sujet, enrichissant ainsi le monde et sa magie. Discussions après discussions, on relie ces nouveaux aspects à d’autres détails du monde développés bien avant, ce qui entraîne de nouvelles idées visuelles… Etc., etc.
Au final, tous ces développements “par rebonds” font certainement partie des aspects les plus passionnant d’une telle collaboration !
* : oui chaque personnage aura un épisode de présentation, il s'agit même des sept premiers chapitres de Moon Tales !
** : un dessin peut porter tout autant de créativité et d’informations qu’un texte, et n’est donc pas qu’un simple support formel à ce dernier. C’est particulièrement vrai dans les domaines créatifs qui nécessitent de développer un monde imaginaire (le jeu de rôle par exemple), dans lesquels les illustrateurs pourraient tout autant être source de “matériel créatif” (de background, de lore, de fluff..., pour ceux qui connaissent ces mots) et être qualifiés d’auteurs au même titre que les personnes qui en écrivent les textes... pour peu que la création visuelle et écrite se fasse en parallèle et non l’une avant l’autre.
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Je me retrouvais soudain à créer une intrigue qui devait passer par des étapes précises, avec des situations auxquelles honnêtement je n’aurai jamais pensé (j’ai découvert des choses…). J’avoue que j’ai eu peur. Mon coup de stress passé, je me suis mis au travail et j’ai découvert une vraie liberté dans ces contraintes. Ces dernières m’ont obligé à structurer ma narration, à la rythmer. Ces situations inattendues m’ont emmené vers des directions où je ne serais pas allé et rendent le récit bien plus frais à mes yeux.
Quelques exemples parmi d’autres :
- Boris avait l’idée d’une diffusion hebdomadaire, planifiée dans le temps. Cela signifiait rythmer le texte, mais également penser à des épisodes de noël, estivaux… Et donc qu’au moment de noël chez nous, il fallait qu’il neige dans la bd. Pareil pour l’été, il nous fallait un lieu ensoleillé, une plage…
- Un dessinateur c’est feignant***, surtout quand il doit dessiner des cases en grandes quantités. Donc j’ai dû me discipliner et limiter le nombre de personnages par scènes, éviter d’enchainer les nouveaux lieux ou de créer des décors trop compliqués. Bien sûr parfois je n’ai pas su m’en empêcher. Mais Boris a joué le jeu et j’espère que vous verrez dans nos vignettes de début que ça en valait la peine.
- Le format de publication et sa périodicité influent directement sur le style de la bande dessinée. Les épisodes doivent être courts, certains sont seulement des petits interludes, d’autres sont un peu plus longs, se suivent généralement mais sont tout de même pensés pour être un minimum autonomes. Si cela nous a donné des idées qui n’auraient peut-être pas été tentées autrement, il y a eu un effet direct sur ma façon d’écrire.
*** Note de Boris : merci d'envoyer vos lettres de protestations et d'insultes directement à monsieur Coppet, sur sa page facebook ou toute autre adresse que vous trouveriez. Je ne ferai pas le relais (sauf si le mot a lieu sur les pages de commentaires de ce carnet, cf. lien plus bas). De toute façon je me suis déjà chargé de lui casser les rotules. Car tant que les bras et les mains fonctionnent, l’histoire de Moon Tales peut continuer et c’est bien là l’essentiel, n’est-ce pas ?
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MAIS EN FAIT MOON TALES ÇA PARLE DE QUOI ?
Moon Tales est une rencontre, entre deux individus de deux mondes différents. Elle est la fille de notre Terre, il vient d’une cité magique de l’autre côté du miroir. Mais ça n’est pas si simple. Elle est sans doute plus farfelue que lui. Et ils sont accompagnés d’individus tout aussi importants : un hidalgo flamboyant, une aventurière qui cache difficilement ses faiblesses, une sorcière qui se veut fée, une oracle triste et un drôle de joueur. Cette constellation de personnalités va illuminer une ville de merveilles plongée dans l’ obscurité au sens propre autant que figuré.
Mais avant le début de notre histoire, 37 ans auparavant pour être exact, sachez qu’une grande guerre eut lieu qui changea fortement la vie de ses habitants. Autrefois gouvernée par une dynastie héréditaire de rois, la cité dans laquelle ces tragiques événements prirent fin passa en effet aux mains d’un gouvernement révolutionnaire d’urgence, le temps pour Duana – la déesse de la nuit, assimilée à la lune et au destin – de désigner un nouveau chef. La Senestre – l’administration – prit ainsi les rênes de la ville, en se faisant passer pour les exécutants de la Dextre, le conseil des grandes familles, dont les anciens rois étaient les dirigeants.
Aujourd’hui, la cité plie sous le joug de la Senestre, mais reste un lieu magique, à l’atmosphère enchanteresse, gothique et halloweenienne.
Ces grands axes vont ainsi imprégner notre récit et l’ambiance globale de notre univers, en se mélangeant à plusieurs genres narratifs. Petit panorama :
Halloween et le gothique : le monde de Moon Tales est, entres autres, un mélange de l’Etrange Noël de Monsieur Jack mais aussi du Batman de Tim Burton. On y vit à l’ombre de manoirs anciens et de gratte ciels vertigineux. La faune urbaine comporte sans doute plus de hiboux et de chauves-souris que de rats et les citrouilles sont probablement le légume national. S’il n’y a pas d’épouvantails dans les rues, il est vraisemblable que ce soit un peuple comme les autres avec leur propre festival une fois par an. Depuis la chute de la monarchie, la grande cité est plongée dans une nuit sans fin qui facilite les apparitions de fantômes, de sorcières et des autres peuples nocturnes.
Féerie : Moon Tales n’est pas un univers horrifique… la plupart du temps ! Les peuples de la nuit vivent en plus ou moins bonne entente sous le joug de la Senestre. Très peu de crimes horribles ici. La hantise, le maléfice et l’enchantement sont des professions honorables. Quant aux fées et aux forces de la lumière, elles sont toutes aussi présentes comme le prouvent nos héros.
Urban fantasy : l'introduction de notre aventure est un classique de l’urban fantasy – la découverte du pays des merveilles. C’est au travers de Follet, humaine du Monde éteint, que nous découvrons cet autre monde moderne plein de magie ainsi que son étincelante cité. Cette dernière, un personnage à part entière, est une métropole urbaine contemporaine typique, même si souvent bien plus extravagante que celles de notre Terre, avec ses recoins mystérieux et ses habitants parfois étranges.
Soap : dès le début nous avons voulu une histoire centrée sur nos personnages, leurs relations, leur évolution, leurs amitiés et leurs amours. J’appelle ça de la dramaturgie. Boris, qui a peu de culture mais qui aime la propreté parle de Soap. Bof.
Aventure pulp : ami(e)s de la nature et des vaches, Moon Tales ne se limitera pas à une ville enténébrée. Au-delà de celle-ci, nous nous donnons la possibilité d’explorer des terres d'aventures parsemées de ruines, de faire découvrir à nos personnages les secrets ou merveilles de ces lieux.
Au final, Moon Tales, c’est l’occasion de mélanger bande dessinée, jeu de rôle et des influences qui nous plaisent dans notre chaudron de sorcière, de bien touiller tout cela et, nous espérons, de nous – et de vous – faire plaisir.
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Mais en fin de compte, notre webcomic proposera-t-il une bonne histoire ? Difficile pour moi de le dire. Je suis en général plutôt bon public – je ne demande à un film ou à un livre qu’à me distraire et j’ai tellement de plaisirs coupables en terme d’intrigue simple voire ratée que j’adore tout de même… Nos lecteurs seuls seront à même de décider s’ils aiment nos personnages et leurs histoires. Nous leur avons déjà prévu plusieurs années d’aventures.
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UNE DIFFÉRENCE DE MEDIUM
On n’écrit pas pour du jeu comme on écrit pour un roman ou une bande-dessinée. Ça a l’air évident dit comme ça, mais j’ai bêtement cru au début que narrer serait plus facile que de proposer une trame. Fatale erreur.
En jeu de rôle, on doit d’abord définir un cadre, un univers, une situation et une motivation. De là, on réfléchit aux solutions auxquelles vont penser les joueurs tout en sachant qu’en fin de compte ils feront ce que l’on n’avait pas prévu. La règle est toujours, selon moi, de proposer des choses et de ne pas fermer les portes.
Dans un roman, il faut penser à la continuité. Un personnage vient avec des motivations, des raisons et une personnalité. Tous les choix ne sont pas logiques et, parfois, les choix logiques pour un protagoniste ne sont pas ceux de l’auteur. Il faut se mettre dans la peau d‘un autre. En même temps, l’auteur doit se souvenir que son personnage ne sait pas ce qu’il sait lui, il doit trouver des raisons de le faire aller d’une scène à l’autre, lui fournir les clés qui lui permettront de résoudre l’intrigue. Dans un support séquencé comme Moon Tales, cela signifie de prévoir bien à l’avance ce qu’il faudra introduire. L’univers, par contre, peut-être plus fluide, moins cadré et moins détaillé, car il doit servir l’intrigue (avec un bémol, la clause Boris, cf. supra).
Ce sont donc deux approches fondamentalement opposées. Le Yin et le Yang de la création écrite d’une certaine façon :)
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LE BILLET D'HUMEUR DE PIERRE
Aujourd’hui, alors que j’écris ces lignes en mars 2022, le sirocco soulève le sable du Sahara et le porte jusqu’à nous à plusieurs centaines de kilomètres. Le ciel a une couleur étrange, jaune-orangée. Il tombe du sable sur nos toits. C’est apaisant.
En Ukraine, les précipitations sont meurtrières. Pas de paix pour les hommes, les femmes et les enfants.
Moon Tales parle de deux réalités qui se chevauchent mais il n’est pas nécessaire de faire appel à la magie pour cela. Le monde réel nous le rappelle chaque jour.
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Les carnets de conception de Moon Tales existent d’abord afin de garder une trace de l'élaboration du projet. Ils sont écrits autant pour nous que pour les personnes susceptibles d'être intéressées - dès à présent ou dans le futur - par les dessous de son développement. Poser par écrit toutes ces étapes nous donne matière à réfléchir sur nos pratiques ainsi que nos choix, pour en tirer éventuellement des pistes d’amélioration. Enfin, ces carnets permettent de faire vivre le projet, avant sa “vraie” existence, et de montrer qu’il avance.
INDEX DES CARNETS : #1 : Origines #2 : Personnages (1) #3 : Dessin #4 : Histoire #5 : La Cité (2024)
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sunnydayreads · 6 months
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My Little Book Awards
I just found out that Prophet Song by Paul Lynch has won the Booker Prize for 2023 (which I would like to read), and it made me think of giving out my own little awards for elements that I like in a book, ultimately creating my perfect book. Here goes.
Best Writing Style: Ransom Riggs
When I read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, I found the writing style very clean and straight to the point. It was also very witty and entertaining and felt like a movie. In fact, as I read the book, I could easily imagine a film version of it directed by Tim Burton, like it was written just for him to direct (which I was very happy and excited to know he did later on).
Best Title: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
I bought this book by Catherynne M. Valente just because of the title. The longer the more interesting.
Best Cover: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
It’s got a shelf of books that glow in the dark !
Best World: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
A maze that goes up and down, an amusement ride to gaze at the stars, a circus that arrives without warning . . . The Night Circus is the perfect escape from reality (and if you know me, you know I do that a lot, lol). I just loved the way Erin Morgenstern described Le Cirque des Rêves. (Also, one of my childhood dreams was to be a circus performer.)
Best Story: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
I love magical realism, but I also love books that deal with choices and what-ifs and that are secretly self-help books. At least to me, The Midnight Library felt like a self-help book hidden under all the fantasy aspects. Plus it has a massive library, alternate realities, and a protagonist around my age sorting out her life (I mean who has ever sorted it out?). This is the kind of story I’d love to read again and again and again.
Best Character: Nancy Drew
I grew up reading Nancy Drew (mostly Nancy Drew: Notebooks) by Carolyn Keene. When I was little, I wanted to have a small notebook of my own to use for solving mysteries just like her. I also wanted to be her best friend.
Best Food: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
I just realized recently that whenever I read books, I automatically take note of every food that is mentioned. To me, it's an important part of a story and makes a book more interesting. In 11/22/63, Stephen King described the hamburgers, chocolate pies and milk shakes of the fifties and sixties in a mouthwatering way. Like every food from that era was full, rich and of high quality. It probably is.
If anyone could write or has written a book with all these elements, please let me know. I’d love to read it. 😄 (I’ll add to this list if I remember other things I love.)
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hawksongwrites · 2 years
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Seawrack: Chapter Six, Part Two
Seawrack: Chapter Six, Part Two
Alys set the letter down on the desk and opened the notebook once more. “A code,” she muttered. “Then I will decipher it, and I will read every page. Grandfather would not have left it to us if he truly did not want us to possess the knowledge he had accumulated.” “A task that may take quite some while,” Peregrine observed. “That’s fine,” Alys replied. She looked up from the notebook and he…
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concept: roceit au.
remus is an extremely chaotic little kid in the 8-10 age range, who is A Lot to handle, and who often gets picked on by teachers and authority figures as a result (although his family loves and cares about him). his big brother roman is a college freshman who goes to a college a few hours away from his hometown.
janus is also a college freshman; he just moved to roman and remus’s hometown for the college he attends. midway through the school year, janus happens to pick up a part-time job as a babysitter, and winds up getting hired by remus’s parents. he’s the first sitter who’s able to handle remus for more than a couple of sessions, and more than that, he’s great at taking care of remus and keeping him safe and entertained and happy. remus’s parents quickly become regular clients of janus.
cut to summer break. janus stays in town for whatever reason, and gets another part-time job alongside the babysitting, working at an ice cream parlor.
he’s not expecting it when he shows up to babysit remus as usual one day and remus’s older brother roman, who janus has vaguely heard about but honestly had forgotten the existence of, is home for summer break and is already playing with remus.
he’s also not expecting roman to be so hot.
roman (who also thinks janus is unfairly hot) is impressed that janus is genuinely kind to and cares about remus, and that remus is so attached to janus; previously, roman would be the one who took care of remus whenever their parents needed a sitter, because of the difficulty they’d had finding one, and roman is pretty protective of remus as a result of how many people were just unfairly mean to him.
cue the main part of this au: the roceit part. featuring lots of roman and janus bonding while taking care of remus, flirting over ice cream, meeting up at the pool, etc etc etc. cute summer romance. and they fall in love and kiss a lot. the end <3
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the---hermit · 3 years
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28|05|2021
Today I :
Read and annotated one chapter of the book on Aristotle I am studying
Continued listening the audiobook of The Master And Margherita
Did some drawing
Read and annotated the 2nd canto of Dante's Inferno (I am having so much fun doing this re-reading @peregrination-studies. I'll never thank you enough for suggesting this)
Prepared the flowers for a jam I want to do
Hopefully later I'll get some time to write, at least some notes for the short story I was planning for this month.
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chaoticpanenergy · 2 years
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we are back to blue hair!!!!!!! winter is for blue i don’t make the rules. blue class notebook blue mechanical pencil blue hair. blue blue blue. i like blue. green winter coat tho bc if that was blue then every conversation i have for the next four months would just be people going “omg your hair and your jacket match” and it would drive me nuts. i will instead resign myself to “omg your hair and eyes match” comments bc people will have to get close enough to see my eyes to say that so it will happen way less than a blue jacket would’ve prompted. (also. bright hair dye blue and kind of greeny eye color blue are NOT the same color or even close to it but whatever.)
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Millard. You can't just tell us he got coffee banned and not explain
You’re absolutely right fghfhg... Let me give you context, and a bonus! - Millard has two modes, either he is very punctual about going to bed on time, or he stays up for a week straight working on his notes of the loop.
- In order to do this, he made himself pots after pots of coffee and stayed up to record the night routines of people in the loop. It was a lot of watching people sleep through windows like a stalker.
- The first day of no sleep Millard was relatively the same as he always was, maybe a little more active than usual. No one thought much of it at all.
- The second and third days, he was mostly so invested in his research and kept away from everyone. Though it was hard not to notice that his hands were shaky when he was holding his mugs of coffee. Which he was holding an awful lot of
- On the 4th day, he had gone through the entire house’s coffee supply. Which was at least a weeks worth enough for everyone. But by this day, he had ran out of it and had nothing to keep him up. He slept through breakfast, and napped through lunch. Fell asleep outside with his notebook over his face.
- But the final straw for Miss Peregrine was when Millard fell asleep right in his own dinner. Everyone laughed, and he was started awake by the laughter. The outline of his face painted in mash and veggies. Miss P wasn’t as enthused, and she demanded an explanation as to why he was nodding off so much.
- When he came clean (Millard hates lying) , he was lectured for 2 hours about his health and caffeine addiction, and as collective punishment Miss Peregrine banned coffee in the loop indefinitely.
- No one wanted to talk to him for a week after that. Almost everyone in the house drank coffee in the mornings, especially Hugh, Emma, and Enoch who were a lot more grouchy without it to wake them up.
- They all had to switch to tea. It was humiliating and definitely didn’t wake them up quite as much.
- Millard still feels bad, but is very adamant that the days of research he got were completely worth it. Very interesting things happen at night! No one else really thinks so though.
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