Out Of Context Line Tag

Out of Context Line Tag

Thanks for the tag, @mysticstarlightduck! Just sticking with a simple line for this one, lol.

Aven groaned. “Why do people always have to die whenever I have plans?”

Gently tagging: @the-down-upside-finch, @words-after-midnight, @rivenantiqnerd, and anyone else who wants in!

Character Profile Tag!

It's been a while since I've done one of these, and I really like this tag, so I'm gonna make a few lol.

Let's go with Adahm Ryker from Scrapyard Boys for this one!!! <3

Full Name: Adahm Tiberius Ryker

Kind of Being: Human (Mutant Variant)

Age: Presumably 19 years old, has no birth certificate and has a snake-like biology so the details of how he ages are unclear but he is around that age physically.

Sex: Male

Appearance: Adahm is very tall and lanky, with warm white skin that is slightly sun tanned but without any freckles. His eyes are a piercing light yelloish green, almost neon, hue which look distinctively like the eyes of a snake. He has very long light brown hair that he usually keeps loose, brushed to one side, or tied in a messy ponytail. Adahm's smile usually appears normal if not for the fact that his teeth are generally sharper than that of a 'regular human' and that he has two, pointy snake fangs - like a reptilian vampire. A fun detail is that he can stretch and detach his jaw like a snake would and it makes for a devastating biting force. Adahm usually wears black clothes, with a dark - kevlar reinforced - jacket, black or dark grey button up shirts, dark denim pants and black leather combat boots, as well as fingerless grey gloves.

Occupation: Serial Killer (of corrupt people), Vigilante, Rebel

Family Members:

Taylen Ryker: adoptive younger brother, ward

Charles Zarin: childhood best friend (deceased)

Unnamed Parents

Pets: No pets

Best friends: Jax Strobber (they/them), Sasha Valentine (she/her), Gwyn Whitewood (she/her)

Describe his/her room: Adahm's room is spacious and meticulously organized/clean. It's on the smaller side, so as not to take up too much space in their safehouse, but comfortable. His bedsheets are dark grey with some black details, and his bed is usually pristinely made, and there's a light blue sleep mask usually tossed onto it. The room often has a light citrusy smell due to air freshners he buys, and there's a small study desk/work desk by the reinforced glass window where he does most of the planning for his missions. There's a holographic picture of him and Taylen on the edge of that same desk. In his wardrobe, he keeps his clothes - which are usually all in dark tones of black, grey and blue - and his vast collection of guns (ranging from pistols to precision rifles and one small machine gun) and knives (his preferred weapon, usually sharp daggers, common knifes and a few thin swords, as well as a pocket swiftblade);

Way of speaking: Faint (fictional) english accent. He is usually soft spoken, to the point he can sound like a hissing snake when he is speaking specially sharply, but almost always has a dangerous lilt to is voice that commands a certain amount of fear and respect from those around him. His way of speaking changes drastically when he's talking to Taylen - whenever he is addressing his brother, Adahm sounds genuinely kinder, more excited and gentle than he ever would have sounded while speaking to anyone else.

Physical characteristics (posture, gestures, attitude):

Towards strangers: Cold, snake-like, moving swiftly from spot to spot almost imperceptively, confident, scarily so. He usually has a wild/feral attitude to him, despite his calculated behaviors and emotionless persona, having a wild animal's unpredictability and deadliness to him. He has a sharp, imposing smile that usually sends chills down people's spines, and his eyes can be disturbingly cold and unemotional, though they do show a strong glint of enjoyment whenever he is inebriated by the thrill of a kill.

Towards Taylen: When around his little brother Adahm becomes an almost completely different person, being genuinely warmer/gentler, patience, easily excited about different topics and doting. The shift in his usually murderous outer personality he shows the world to his kind, protective older brother personality that is reserved for Taylen alone, can be jarring for those who don't know him well, but Adahm himself doesn't seem to realize that.

Items in his/her back pocket/ purse: Extra poison vials, combat daggers, ammo, climbing gear and spy gear, commlinks, his phone, an extra jacket or coat (he's ectothermic due to his snake biology and sensitive to temperature changes, especially cold weather) and snacks, preferrably dry ones.

Favorite sports: Swordfighting, Boxing, Climbing/Parkour, Swimming

Powers: Snake Biology, Venom/Poison Manipulation & Generation, Shadow Movement, Enhanced Senses/Speed

Relationships (how he/she is with other people):

When he knows the person: quiet, funny, attentive, kind, protective, easily excited, happy, and genuine

When he does not know the person: cunning, manipulative, sociopathic (he does suffer from sociopathy but it becomes much more clear when he's dealing with strangers, especially enemies), murderous, dangerous, sadistic, cold and unpredictable.

Fears: Losing a loved one again or being unable to protect them (especially Taylen), actually being a 'freak' or unworthy of love, being forced to comply by arbitrary rules, being weak, being touched without consent

Faults: Emotionally detached from strangers, murderous, ruthless, vindictive, blunt/unkind, vicious/bloodthirsty, tendency to tunnel vision, bad at reading people and especially stunted at emotional cues (of people he doesn't know)

Good Points: Kind, genuinely cares about those around him, has a good sense of humour, protective, loyal to a fault, deadly smart, loves his brother more than anything and is a good guardian even though he doesn't know how to parent, rebellious and free spirited

What he/she wants more than anything else: Justice, Revenge, being able to keep Taylen safe, and being worthy of respect/genuine love with no strings attached.

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

@differentnighttale

@wyked-ao3 and OPEN TAG

Taglist for Scrapyard Boys below the cut 🧪

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

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

@cakeinthevoid, @clairelsonao3,

@thepeculiarbird

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

@thecomfywriter, @the-letterbox-archives, @differentnighttale @wyked-ao3

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

WIP First Line Tag

Thanks for the tag, @pandoras-comment-box! I don't remember where I started on this session, so I'm just putting the first line of the story, lol.

Rules: "Post the first line(s) you put down on your WIP during your writing session."

"Of all the ways they could’ve died, Claire was both disappointed and upset that she was hit by a truck."

Gently tagging: @mysticstarlightduck, @ryns-ramblings, @wingedcatastrophe, and anyone else who wants in!

16 Sentence Writing Tag

Left this buried in my to-dos for ages, but it's finally here lol. Thanks @rivenantiqnerd for the tag! Gonna use a snippet I was working on from class. Keep in mind it's MINIMALLY edited!!!! But I'm trying to unlearn being embarrassed about my writing, so here it is!

At 22, many would have expected Diana to not only be wed, but to have children of her own to worry after. It would be no challenge for her to find herself a suitor, if she so pleased; out of all of the Blackwood daughters, Diana took after their mother the most. The long dark hair, slender frame, and eyes darker than shadows were all the kind donations of their shared blood. Diana’s features were a touch less severe; with softer cheekbones and a marginally brighter complexion, these differences were to her credit more than anything else. Mother had always been more on the sickly end of attractiveness, and while Diana was certainly pale, it was closer to "powdered" than "deathly".

But if Diana herself had any interest or even awareness of her age and diminishing marriageable appeal, she didn't acknowledge it. Evelyn often remarked that Diana might just be aiming for a station as a governess, though she didn't seem to hold much interest in others' children, either.

It was just as well, in Hope's eyes. Evelyn was lovely, but she wasn't the most reliable, and Mother needed all the help she could get, with so many children in one home. Marriage also didn't hold much appeal to Hope herself; had it not been the way of things, she would've chosen to become an explorer, or a professor of some kind. Men weren't much more interesting than marriage, either, not as far as companionship went. They were a curious group, foreign as they were to Hope, who hadn't the opportunity to make the acquaintance of any of them, but ultimately a boring subject. There were plenty of things that were far more curious to her; for instance, the strange nature of fungi, or the process of decomposition in various organic bodies, or the etymology of language.

In the worst case scenario, in which none of the other Blackwood daughters managed to leave maidenhood, Evelyn would marry an equally starry-eyed, wealthy and handsome man, and the rest of the family would live quietly off of the humble monthly allowance they would be kind enough to send them, for however long they would live.

16-ish sentences. Hope you liked!

Gently tagging: @mysticstarlightduck, @iambecomeabook, @words-after-midnight, and anyone else who wants in!

Villain Crimes Tag

Late thanks for the tag, @mysticstarlightduck! Gonna avoid some because of spoilers, so this is only the crimes of not-secret villains! Trigger Warning for lots of violent crimes of several orders because these are bad guys. They do bad things. Several of them are warlords.

Rules: List all the real-world crimes your villains are guilty of committing!

King Silas

Fratricide

Bribery

Assassination

Torture

Enslavement

Taking hostages

Killing prisoners of war

Wrongful execution

Child neglect

Child abuse

Homicide (first-degree and second-degree)

Obstruction of justice

Conspiracy (of several crimes)

Perjury

And the facilitation/ordering of several more crimes/these crimes to be done by the hands of his subjects.

Butcher

Homicide (first-degree and second-degree)

Mass murder (is that a charge?)

Stalking

Harassment

Assault and battery

Conspiracy (of several crimes)

Theft

Vandalism

Forgery

Fraud

Attempted murder

Blackmail/extortion

Littering

Honestly they probably both committed a bunch of crimes I've forgotten about.

Gently tagging: @dragonfelling, @anoelleart, @talesofsorrowandofruin, and anyone else who wants in!

OC in fifteen

I was tagged by @oh-no-another-idea here and I'm sure by a few others but I'm so scatterbrained these days that I've lost the posts 😭😭 So thanks to anyone else who has tagged me too!

Rules: Share 15 or fewer lines of dialogue from an OC, ideally lines that capture the character/personality/vibe of the OC. Bonus points for just using the dialogue without other details about the scene, but you're free to include those as well!

My initial thought was to do this for Fay and then I was like naaahhhh that's too predictable but, uh, now I have Fay brainworms, so, yeah. Fay it is! These lines will come from AASOAF 1-3!

“I will admit, I never like it when you appear.” She said with a frown as she peeled an orange, “It’s never for a good reason.”

“Careful now. The devil lurks closely and has sharp ears.” She warned before sitting down. 

“FULL SAIL AND HAUL WIND, YOU BILGE SUCKERS!” I boomed across the decks to the rest of the crew.

“Come kiss me, you fool.” I commanded him.

“Get the fuck away from me.” I hissed.

“And you, come with me. You’ve wasted enough of my time. We’re doing this my way now.” She commanded as she walked past me.

“I survived.”

“You and me. You and me. Youandme, Youandme, Youandmeyouandmeyouandme…”

“I never forget anything…” I licked my lips. “My lord.”

“If I am all that is left no one can hurt me.” She whispered, clutching my tunic tighter. 

“Don’t get cute.”

“I’ll kill the first man to put an oar into this sea.”

I let out a wry laugh. “My gods, you’re really delusional, aren’t you?”

Fay leaned over it and spread her hands eagerly over the map. “Shut your mouth now. The adults are talking.”

“If my pipe goes out, I’ll smoke that tobacco from your innards. Entrails are about the right size for it.”

Tagging (gently): @kaylinalexanderbooks @tabswrites @captain-kraken @theprissythumbelina

@paintedbutton @anyablackwood @pheita @writingmaidenwarrior @noblebs and anyone else who wants to play!