How Did You Learn To Write Well?

how did you learn to write well?

well first you have to be a very sad child

OC Introduction

Liliana Clarke-Reyes

“Boy, you’ve really got people fooled into thinking you’re the villa sweetheart," Priya said. Lili rolled her eyes. “I never claimed to be anything of the sort. I say fuck far too often to be anyone’s sweetheart.”

MC of The Sun in My Eyes. Call her Lili. Or Lil. Or even Liliana if you're nasty. Just don't call her perfect. She hates that shit.

24 | she/her | afro-latina | scouser | bilingual | belly dancer | foster care charity worker | 7 secret tattoos | optimist | loves spicy food | swiftie | perfectionist | sweet & snarky | great with kids | bad with animals | bubble baths are a religion |

lili's mood boards

Mood boards are how I build characters. It gives me a chance to play and discover their likes and dislikes. So I have tons of them for Lili. Please note that in the story and in my head, Lili is quite a bit darker than the faceclaim I used for her. I will post seperately about that, because it was a whole THING.

Board 1: Villa Lili

In my head this is how the show depicted Lili initially. Bubbly and bright. And all of this stuff IS her, but it's not all of her.

Board 2: Real Life Lili

This is Lili on the inside. Wistful, organized, emosh, and obsessed with shoes.

Board 3: Lili's Home Aesthetic

I just love interior design and had fun building Lili's home aesthetic.

Board 4: Lili's Fashion Sense

I always pictured her wearing mostly blacks, whites, and neutrals. With some random pops of gold/yellow and red thrown in. She loves her a one sleeve top and ripped jeans. Overall she has edgy autumn vibes. Lots of sweaters hanging off the shoulder and ankle boots clacking on the pavements. Super dark lipstick and black fingernails, always. A little tribute to her inner emo-kid.

Board 5: Lili's Life in Liverpool

This might be my favorite of her boards. This is a little taste of Lili's life outside the villa. Her exes, her bestie, her siblings. And all of her tattoos. I cannot tell you what a hardship it was to spend hours looking at pictures of Harry Styles in order to find one for that album.

So yeah. That's Lil.

"Get tired of my “baggage”? Well, hit the fucking gym, Alfie, if you can’t carry it, I don’t care."

YASSSSSSS. AND SERIOUSLY. EFF HIM. ALSO HE STILL NEVER APOLOGIZED FOR THE KISS. BECAUSE HE STILL THINKS YOU FUCKED AROUND WITH SURESH EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T.

Spoilers! (Sorry!)

“I told Finn I was done with you”

“It was nice to have Meera put all her eggs in my basket”

nghaaAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

And why exactly were you done with me, Alfie? What was it that I did that made you so appalled by me? Give a friendly hug to Suresh as we were trying to resolve our “baggage”? Not hearing me out and kissing Kat’s face off behind my back as some petty revenge? For your information, Alfie, I also put all my eggs in your basket! And not once - not even once was I disloyal to you! And you? What did you do? Get tired of my “baggage”? Well, hit the fucking gym, Alfie, if you can’t carry it, I don’t care. You believe Kat of all people about a kiss that didn’t happen and go ahead and cheat? And then you have the AUDACITY to even CONSIDER that I might want to be with you after Meera is dumped. You know who’s done with you? This girl! Me! I am! Fuck you, Alfie. Fuck. You.

11, 15, and 24 for the fandom asks! 😍

Thanks for the asks @longbobmckenzie! Whoo, prepare for my essays 😆

11. Which characters are your least favourite and why?

Ooh, okay, I'm go by season!

S1: is definitely Erikah. She's a spoiled baby who blames MC for her own self-made misery.

S2: It's a tie between Kassam and Jo. No matter how nice I was to Jo she was rude and entitled and mean. Kassam hurt my feelings by ignoring me and not falling in love with me and I'm still salty about it.

S3: Miki. She sucks. She's rude, in your business, self-righteous and she can see herself out. Also, her hair is stupid.

S4: This is a tough one. Cora annoyed me though I'm not sure why. She just rubbed me the wrong way. And Hazeem pissed me off because he didn't love me back. I went full Ani Difranco about that singing, "Fuck you and your untouchable face..." while scribbling little hearts with mustaches on them.

S5: Everyone except Lulu. They are all my least favorite. If I'm forced to pick someone in particular I'd go with Suresh because he legit upsets me. Not in an I'm annoyed way, but in a, I should probably call my therapist way.

15. If you had the power to make one character exist in real life, which character would it be?

Oh man, this one is difficult. I am stuck between Angie and Bobby. The sunshine or the starry night sky? I think I'd say Angie, just cuz we would have fun hanging out, drinking boxed wine, and being snarky.

24. Pick 3 end-game canon couples and tell us how long you think they lasted after the show.

Gary and Lottie: Okay so my head canon here is that it's gonna be an on-again off-again kind of relationship. So, initially I think they break up within a week. But then find themselves talking a lot and end up dating long distance and visiting frequently. But Lottie is both brittle and jealous and goes scorched earth, dumping him over and over. And Gary's sort of baffled and exhausted with the whole thing, but he keeps taking her back because the sex is good and he kind of likes the pain of someone bossing him around. Overall I think it's a solid three or four years of back and fourth before Gary is the one who finally has enough and dumps Lottie. But he meets someone new right away and that's the girl he marries and has many blonde haired, black-browed babies with.

Hope and Noah: If they lose, they don't even make it off the stage before they have another fight and break up. If they win, I think it would be rocky but they'd stick it out long enough for the reunion. At which point Noah sees MC, and is all swoony and sad and finally ends things with Hope. Then he pulls a Jake on MC to see if she'll leave her current partner for him IRL. And in my mind, because I'm mean, she's like… nah.

Jo and Rahim: I think they'd be in it for the long haul. Like I can see them getting married. But no kids. Jo ain't got time for that. But I think eventually Jo would get bored and I 100% see her cheating and getting busted because she's an awful liar. But I think they'd work through it and Rahim would eventually take her back. He's very jealous so it would take some time, but I think they'd make it through.

Man, I put way too much thought into these 😆

the thing about carrying tension in your jaw is that once you've started it's really fucking hard to stop

This is one of my alltime favorite pieces of fan art for the game. Bobby's glee, Carl's pain, Lucas's joyful avarice and Henrik just gleefully tossing money on Lucas... it's perfect. Also I really enjoy Noah being incarcerated 🤣🤣🤣

Also not for nothing, but Gary looks high AF to me, and I'd buy that as canon.

"Gentlemen, our resident geek falls as the rich keep getting richer!"

"That's right Bobs, and it seems Noah's getting used to the box of shame"

"You said you were good at this Carl! You swore on the valor of Violet Man!"

I keep wishing we could have seen more interactions between the lads so I made this self-indulgent piece. Just imagine all the smack talk going about 🤣