Writing Share Tag!

Writing Share Tag!

I just started writing the first (out of three) main chapter of Kye Thalax's backstory and I am so sorry for my boi 😭. I don't wanna suffer alone writing these chapters - and they are important for his character arc as a grown-up later on - so I'm posting a snippet of his backstory Ch.1 for feedback and whatnot here!

BUT MAN I AM SAD. I cannot wait for Kye's Revenge Arc after writing these backstory chapters 🔥

(Also it is a pretty dark Backstory snippet so, TW for - Dark themes, Abuse/Domestic Abuse, and Lady Eldora being the shittiest mother and wife in the entire galaxy. Though I'm being honest that whole villain is TW in her own right.)

Kye peeked into the war room, standing on his tip-toes to peek behind the obsidian black stone doors, watching the conversation unfolding within with anxious, flitting eyes.

"You are seriously the most worthless man I have ever met," Came Eldora's voice, his Mother's voice, condescending and sharp like a razor, "I gave you one simple task at the gala last night. All you had to do, was look pretty and convince those stupid diplomats to bend the knee."

She chuckled, dark and bitter, and Kye hated how the sound made his Dad's shoulders curl in on themselves as the young man stood before her. After the short, pause, Eldora continues, rage visibly building up within her, as she tilts her head, "And somehow you manage to make a scene and embarrass me in front of all those people!"

She ends her sentence with a yell, shoving the young man with such force he is basically thrown across the room, toppling some chairs and a vase, before hitting the wall. There was a yelp of pain as he watched his Dad push himself off the wall with some difficulty, and, even though hidden by the doors, five-year-old Kye could see Damen's hands beginning to shake.

"I'm sorry Milady," His Dad's voice is flat and pained, and despite the fire in his eyes, he does not rise from the ground as he speaks, keeping his head bowed. "Y-You're right. I have failed you. I… I am sorry."

Kye felt his heart sink as if drawn to the furthest reaches of the planet's core. He willed his small, kid legs to move, but yet, he remained rooted in place, fear - or some sort of innate self-preservation wisdom - keeping him from trying to intervene.

Eldora growls, striding forward with thundering steps that send a shiver down Kye's spine until she's standing over Damen. "Y'know, one day that 'I'm sorry', isn't going to cut it." She grasps his chin, claws digging into his pearl-white skin, "You're lucky you are my consort and you need to look presentable. Though you'd better know how to act like it, or there'll be worse consequences. Understand?"

Kye saw as his father nodded fervently, the young man's bright blue eyes staring emptily at the warlord, fearful "Yes, Lady Eldora. Forgive me."

Tagging: @winterandwords, @eccaiia, @sarahlizziewrites, @illarian-rambling @agirlandherquill, @anoelleart @unstablewifiaccess, @forthesanityofstorytellers @i-can-even-burn-salad, @cakeinthevoid, @finickyfelix

And I'm also gonna leave this an OPEN TAG!

Supernova Initiative Taglist (-/+): @ray-writes-n-shit, @sarandipitywrites, @lassiesandiego, @smol-feralgremlin, @kaylinalexanderbooks,

@diabolical-blue @oh-no-another-idea

@cakeinthevoid, @clairelsonao3, @sleepy-night-child

@thepeculiarbird

@the-golden-comet, @urnumber1star, @ominous-feychild @anyablackwood, @amaiguri

Let me know if you'd like to be added!

Me in a few months 😔

Nine Lines, Nine People Tag!

Thanks for the tag, @thecomfywriter (here)! I'll go with a snippet from Scrapyard Boys for this one! <3

Rules: Post 9 lines of your WIP, then tag 9 people to do the same.

"I'll fucking kill you when I get out of here," Valen rasped through bloodied teeth, before laughing bitterly, "If it wasn't for these stupid cuffs," He tugged against the metal digging into his skin, though knowing it was in vain, "I'd have fried your ass to a crisp by now, fucker." 

Jake looked down at him with a cocky smirk, shaking off his closed fist a couple of times, "I'll give it to you, kid, you've got some moxie," He chuckled, before grabbing a handful of the other's long, curly hair, and pulling him upwards. 

Valen groaned, biting down on his own lip to hold back a yelp of pain, gasping but still glaring up at the man. 

"Your little gang took something from me, last night, when I caught you sneaking around" The older man purred, "I want it back. It's a simple trade - you tell me where the asset you stole from me is, and maybe," He gave Valen's hair a sharp tug, drawing an whimper out of him "I can consider taking it easy on you and your delinquent friends."

Jake paused, waiting for an answer from the young mutant with a cocked eyebrow. "What do you say?"

Instead of answering, Valen wasted no time spitting on the man's face, saliva and blood hitting the man's cheek, close to his eye. 

Tagging (gently): @sleepy-night-child, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @anyablackwood, @oh-no-another-idea, @littleladymab,

@winterandwords, @eccaiia,, @illarian-rambling, @finickyfelix and OPEN TAG

Bold the Facts Tag Game

This is an interesting tag game, and hopefully a little quicker or more fun to look through than that monster post of how my characters show up. Thank you to @sunset-a-story for the tag! Go read about their characters, they're great!

I'm going to do some shameless copying here and use their strategy of answering for all their characters with the same list. And even more copying by grouping the characters who went to high school together. (I know. I know copying is lazy. They just have really good ideas, okay?)

So Cal will be orange, Jack will be magenta, and Lena will be green. More than one will be bold and blue in case bold is hard to see. If I had to add something I'll put it in [ ].

Before this monster gets rolling, I'm going to tag @charlesjosephwrites, @anyablackwood, @oh-no-another-idea, @davycoquette, and @revenantlore. I don't know if any of you would want to play, no pressure! I'm trying to remember to expand my tag list.

◇+°. PERSONAL

$ Financial: wealthy(Jack + Lena) / moderate / unsure / poor / in extreme poverty

+ Medical: fit / non-applicable / moderate / sickly / disabled /

Class: upper / middle / working / unsure (Cal + Lena) / other

✓ Education: qualified (ALL) / unqualified / studying / other

✗ Criminal Record: yes, for major crimes / yes, for minor crimes / no / has committed crimes, but not caught yet / yes, but charges were dismissed (Jack and Cal, but they weren't even charged)

◇+°. FAMILY

Children: had a child or children / has no children (ALL) / wants children (eventually)

Relationship with Family: close with sibling(s) / not close with sibling(s) / has no siblings / sibling(s) is deceased

• Affiliation: orphaned / abandoned / adopted/ found family / disowned / raised by birth parent(s) (Jack and Lena) / not applicable [/ it's complicated]

◇+°. TRAITS + TENDENCIES

extroverted (Jack and Lena)/ introverted / ambivert

disorganized / organized / in-between (Jack and Lena)

close-minded / open-minded / in-between

calm / anxious / in-between / highly contextual / [I needed to add volatile for both (Jack and Lena)]

disagreeable / agreeable / in-between

cautious / reckless / in-between / highly contextual

patient / impatient / in-between

outspoken (Jack and Lena) / reserved / in-between / highly contextual

leader (reluctantly) / leader (gladly) / follower / in-between / [heading in the opposite direction]

empathetic / vicious bastard / in-between / highly contextual

optimistic / pessimistic / in-between (Cal and Lena)

traditional / modern (ALL) / in-between

hard-working (Cal and Lena) / lazy / in-between

cultured / uncultured (Jack and Cal)/ in-between / unknown

loyal (ALL) / disloyal / unknown / highly contextual

faithful (Jack and Cal)/ unfaithful / unknown / highly contextual

◇+°. BELIEFS

Faith: monotheist / polytheist / atheist / agnostic (ALL, religion is wishy washy for #Plot armadillo)

☆Belief in Ghosts or Spirits: yes / no / don't know / don't care / in a matter of speaking (All)

★ Belief in an Afterlife: yes / no / don't know / don't care (ALL) / in a manner of speaking

★ Belief in Reincarnation: yes / no / don't know / don't care (ALL) / in a manner of speaking

* Belief in Aliens: yes / no/ don't know / don't care (ALL)

Religious: orthodox / liberal / in between / not religious (ALL)

Philosophical: yes / no (ALL) / highly contextual

◇+°. SEXUALITY & ROMANTIC INCLINATION

Sexuality: heterosexual / homosexual / bisexual / asexual / pansexual / nonbinary [I have a Thing™, and I don't answer this question for my OCs. I don't like this being something people feel like they have to know about everyone. I'll answer the other questions, but the cast may or may not be giving the whole picture.]

◆ Sex: sex-repulsed / sex neutral / sex favorable (Jack and Lena) / naive and clueless [/ too busy to form an opinion]

Romance: romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favorable (Jack and Lena) / naive and clueless / romance suspicious

Sexually: adventurous / experienced / naive / inexperienced / curious [/I don't know where to put Jack, he's only had one partner, but he's not vanilla]

Potential Sexual Partners: male / female / both / agender / other / none / all

Potential Romantic Partners: male (Cal and Lena)/ female / both / agender / other / none / all

◇+°. ABILITIES

Combat Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

Literacy Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

Artistic Skills: excellent / good / moderate (Jack and Lena) / poor / none

Technical Skills: excellent (ALL, by superpower standards) / good / moderate / poor / none

◇+°. HABITS

Drinking Alcohol: never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently/ tried it / alcoholic / former borderline alcoholic turned sober

Smoking: tried it (Jack and Lena) / trying to quit / already quit / never/ rarely / sometimes / frequently / chain-smoker

Recreational Drugs: tried some / never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / addict [/ experimented, literally 😁]

Medicinal Drugs: never (Cal and Lena) / no longer needs medication / some medication needed / frequently / to excess

$ Splurge Spending: never / sometimes / frequently / shopaholic

Gambling: never / rarely / sometimes / frequently (Jack and Lena, but Lena's really one step away from compulsive gambler) / compulsive gamble

WIP Acrostic Tag!

Thanks for the tag, @the-golden-comet (here),and @thecomfywriter (here), as well as a few others I know tagged me but that got lost in my tags <3

My Word: HOPE, CLEVER

Your Word: ADORE

I'll go with my WIPs Supernova Initiative and Scrapyard Boys for this one! (:

H (Supernova Initiative)

He knew that wasn’t technically ‘asking nicely’- but as far as he was concerned, adding a ‘please’ to a sentence directed at Kye was as close to being civilized as it would get

O (Supernova Initiative)

“Of course there’s blood, have you seen this shithole of a moon?”

P (Scrapyard Boys)

Panting in discomfort, he tried his best not to look away, feeling his recent answer being scanned.

E (Supernova Initiative)

Eldora growls, striding forward with thundering steps that send a shiver down Kye's spine until she's standing over Damen.

C (Scrapyard Boys)

"Can you enlighten me as to how is that any of your goddamn business? ”

L (Supernova Initiative)

“Look, I’ve gotta get our new friend some help, I’ll explain that to you better a bit later, alright? Go on. Lead the way!”

E (Scrapyard Boys)

“Eh. You seem to forget that deals change, 'Ametrine.'"

V (Scrapyard Boys)

Valen rasped through bloodied teeth, before laughing bitterly, "If it wasn't for these stupid cuffs," He tugged against the metal digging into his skin, though knowing it was in vain, "I'd have fried your ass to a crisp by now, fucker." 

E (Supernova Initiative)

Every step sent a stinging jolt of pain up his leg, so much that at one point he almost tripped, and had to bite his lip to avoid making a sound.

R (Scrapyard Boys)

“Real cheeky coming from someone who still owes me 10k, huh?”

Tagging (gently): @sleepy-night-child, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @smol-feralgremlin, @oh-no-another-idea, @littleladymab,

@winterandwords, @eccaiia, @sarahlizziewrites, @illarian-rambling

@agirlandherquill, @anoelleart, @ray-writes-n-shit

@writernopal, @anyablackwood, @unstablewifiaccess, @forthesanityofstorytellers

@i-can-even-burn-salad, @cakeinthevoid

@lassiesandiego, @thepeculiarbird, @clairelsonao3, @memento-morri-writes, @starlit-hopes-and-dreams and OPEN TAG

WIP Aesthetic Tag!

I don't know if something like this already exists as a tag game but I'm inspired so here we go: new tag game!

Rules: Make a moodboard for your WIP, a playlist (3+ songs/music will suffice but it can be as long as you want) and describe the Vibe of your WIP.

I'll go first with my new side project, Crooked Fable, a twisted/dark fairytale-style fantasy novel!

✦ Moodboard! ✦

✦ Playlist ✦

Instrumental:

Prologue - Beauty and The Beast

Once Upon a December - Piano Version (Emile Pandolfi)

Ice Dance - Edward Scissorhands (piano version)

Love Story - Indilla (piano version)

Salvatore - Orchestral Instrumental Cover

Vocal:

Rewrite The Stars - The Greatest Showman

Hold Me (Alternate Version) - The Sweeplings

The Wish - Eurielle

Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush (Karliene Cover)

As Long As You're Mine - Wicked

Far Too Late - Bad Cinderella

✦ Inspirations/Vibe ✦

Traditional fairytales given a dark/unexpected twist

"There's something lurking in the enchanted forests and that something isn't very nice"

Forbidden Love Story/Princess & The Pauper Love Story

Magic, prophecies, spellcasting, and other mystical shenanigans are a daily occurrence.

There are actual soulmates, prophecies, enchanted mirrors, talking animals, memory-changing magic, potions, a Mysterious Morally Grey Supernatural Guide, nightmare fuel magic, story-bound magic (magic that needs to be written, fates and lives as threads in the tapestry of history, etc). This is, after all, a Twisted/Dark Fairytale, so most fairytale tropes are present here but given a twist or subverted.

Masquerades, mystery, enchanted places and cursed ruins!!!!

Tagging (gently): @sleepy-night-child, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @smol-feralgremlin, @oh-no-another-idea, @littleladymab,

@winterandwords, @eccaiia, @sarahlizziewrites, @illarian-rambling

@agirlandherquill, @anoelleart, @ray-writes-n-shit

@the-golden-comet, @writernopal, @anyablackwood, @unstablewifiaccess, @forthesanityofstorytellers

@i-can-even-burn-salad, @cakeinthevoid

@lassiesandiego, @thepeculiarbird, @clairelsonao3, @memento-morri-writes, @starlit-hopes-and-dreams and OPEN TAG