My Brain Is About To Explode Because I Had The Revelation Last Night That Two Of My Main Characters Are

My brain is about to explode because I had the revelation last night that two of my main characters are very shipable. I’m so serious I went to sleep thinking about them and then woke up thinking about them. I want to explore this but the problem is I’ve been planning for years to put one character in a different relationship and kill the other. Now I ask myself am I willing to upend major parts of my story for the sake of romance. Probably.

It’s the time of year where at work we’re getting ready to publish our books of student writing. Last year my supervisor asked me to write blurbs for each section of our book and I guess she was impressed because she asked me to do it again…for 3 books this time. She told me yesterday that I have a way with words.

Nine People I'd Like to Get To Know Better

Rules: answer the questions and tag nine people you'd like to know better.

Thanks @owlsandwich for tagging me! Being obsessed with your own work is so relatable

Last song I listened to:

Vielleicht Vielleicht--the Blumengarten cover

Currently watching:

I guess you can say I'm watching Jujustsu Kaisen and DBZ right now because I was in the middle of watching them a few months ago then got bored and stopped, but I still plan to finish them.

Spicy/savory/sweet:

It's sweet for me! I know it's bad but I can't help but eat sweets every day.

Relationship status:

I've never actually been in a relationship. I'm still looking for someone I click with.

Current obsession:

Those My Little Pony infection AUs on tiktok. They're so creepy I love them.

I'm soft tagging @inkovert @marz-writes-shit @squarebracket-trick @that-chibi-writer @missionsparrow @friendlyshaped @bluberimufim @owl-writing @silviathebard No pressure to respond

Thanks for tagging me @ijustwritehonestly

I’m tagging @owlsandwich @missionsparrow @i-can-even-burn-salad

My sentence: “I diagree.”

Your sentence: “That’s great news!”

Daron: “I do not believe that is quite correct.”

Catalina: “How about we think about this a different way.”

Aria: “You’re wrong. And stupid.”

Naomi: *cries because she hates confrontation*

Character Voice Tag

@amaiguri tagged me in this, thank you! it looks fun! [their post]

Rules: Write a specific sentence in several characters' voices; you can also use a single action line to help, but the focus is on syntax!

My sentence is, "This morning, breakfast was bad."

Guri brought up context so I thought the context here would be the characters on the vessel in space*. It also limits the cast, since there are so many of them in my series.

Loke: "Limited food options here, huh?"

Jake: "Food this morning, what was that? I've never tasted anything like it before."

Adina: "Breakfast was shit."

Lucy: "May I inquire if the breakfast offered this morning is supposed to have that texture? I see."

Kari: "Breaking fast with food like that makes me understand why the humans are so meek."

Spacy: Throwing their hands in the air, unable to taste it, they don't concern themselves with this matter.

Tagging: @amaiguri @mysticstarlightduck @blind-the-winds @verba-writing @kaylinalexanderbooks @thebejeweledwatercat @aziz-reads @somethingclevermahogony @writingamongther0ses @illarian-rambling @toribookworm22 + open tag!

Your sentence is: Close the window.

It’s been one day and now I don’t think I can stop this from happening so I need someone to tell me RIGHT NOW if this is actually genius or if I’m just delusion. So here’s how I got to this point.

The core group of my wip is 5 witches: Daron, the leader; Catalina, the mom friend; Aria, the feisty one; Naomi, the soft girl; and Cassidy, the adventurous one. By the time I got to Cassidy I started runnjng out of personality traits so she ended up being pretty similar to Aria.

I originally only planned for her interactions within the group to be with Naomi, who’s her best friend, and Daron, who she looks up to. But after finishing my first draft, I realized that she naturally clashed with Aria a lot because they’re similar headstrong personality and I leaned into it more.

This dynamic is what made me realize they are perfect for each other.

What was SUPPOSED to happen is I introduce a new set of characters and one of them is this horrible guy who is obsessed with Aria, but she hates him because he sucks. Eventually he would get threatened into helping the core group and through doing that becomes a better person. That’s when Aria accepts him. I liked the idea of Aria growing and forgiving and of her humbling herself because he’s a human and she thinks she’s above humans, but this might be more important.

Cassidy was never supposed to be in a relationship, even though she was the one character I made vocal about wanting one. Instead, she dies when the group first meets the villain. This serves the purpose of 1. showing how high the stakes are and 2. giving Naomi an arc where she wants to become stronger

BUT WHAT IF Cassidy never dies. Everyone thinks she does, so Naomi still gets her arc and the stakes are still high because the villain could kill her but is choosing not to. And Cassidy gets the romance she’s always wanted. And we’re happy for more queer characters.

Thoughts??

My brain is about to explode because I had the revelation last night that two of my main characters are very shipable. I’m so serious I went to sleep thinking about them and then woke up thinking about them. I want to explore this but the problem is I’ve been planning for years to put one character in a different relationship and kill the other. Now I ask myself am I willing to upend major parts of my story for the sake of romance. Probably.

Earlier this week one of my students told me there’s a book fair at her school so I told her how much I miss book fairs. So she told me she’d buy me a chapter book. Of course, I told her that I have plenty of chapter books and she should save her money for herself.

I come to work today and she actually gives me a book. Here it is:

I love this girl.