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one more xaden's ver. blurb before bed! sorry there was no update this weekend -- with all the travel snafus, I just didn't have the chance to write nearly as much as I thought I would have otherwise :(

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Truthfully, it’s nice to have someone talking to me like this – no, it’s refreshing. I tilt my head to the side and lean back in my chair. Now, I’m even more curious about what Violent Violet has in store to fix this problem – she’s not someone who would try to plan around my ego. She would smash it to pieces if she felt it would achieve her goals.

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xaden's version blurb!

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My thumb hovers over the number Liam texted me after I pull up our texts. I can’t quite identify where the hesitation comes from, but I get over it quickly, putting the phone on speaker and setting it on my desk as it rings. Violet will either help me, or she won’t. I can’t control what she does – but I can control this conversation.  And being nice won’t get me anywhere – not with Violet. She’d probably think I’d been abducted by aliens if I acted cordial with her.

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i hate united airlines. all the homies hate united airlines.

(i am stranded at an airport without my laptop so i can’t even fuckin write to pass the time)

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Other people introducing Xaden: This is Wingleader Xaden Riorson, son of Fen Riorson, a cunning charmer, excellent fighter, and a dangerous, strategic, ruthless shadow wielder bonded to one of the strongest dragons. Xaden introducing himself: Hi, I'm Violet's boyfriend.

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more words to describe your character's feelings

Doubt

begrudge, controvert, despair, disapprove, disbelieve, discountenance, dissent, fume, hesitate, lovelorn, mind, mistrust, objection, oppugn, question, reject, repudiate, rue, scruple, skepticism, suspect, wonder

Elated

affect, alleviate, appeal, appeasement, arrest, attract, awe, bedazzle, bemuse, brighten, charm, defuse, divert, elevate, enamor, encourage, endear, enliven, enthrall, enticement, excite, fascinate, fortify, galvanize, gladden, gratify, hearten, inflame, inspire, interest, invigorate, lighten, matter, perk up, prod, rally, reassure, rouse, satisfy, strike, tantalize, temper, tickle, touch, wake/waken, whet

Fear

apprehension, dismay, horror, panic, terror, trepidation

Hate

abhor, abominate, aggression, anger, antagonism, atrocity, bad blood, blow up, burn, deplore, detest, disdain, disinclination, disrespect, dissent, enmity, execrate, frown, fury, horror, incivility, inhumanity, lament/lamentation, loathe, malice, odium, outrage, pique, rancor, resent, revulsion, seethe, spite, umbrage, venom, wrath

Love

acceptance, admiration, adoration, adulation, affection, amour, appreciate, approval, attention, bask, bewitched, canonize, charity, consideration, constancy, delight in, dig, discrimination, dote on/dote upon, enamored, enjoy, esteem, exult, fall for, fascinated, favor, flame, fond, get a kick out of, gratitude, idolize, leaning, like, mad, mercy, passion, predilection, prize, rapture, respect, revere/reverence, savor, taste, thrill, treasure, venerate, zeal

Of concern

afraid, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, concern, craze, dismay, distraction, distress, encumbrance, feeling, foreboding, guilt, hang up, horror, jitters, jumpy, misgiving, obsession, one-track mind, passion, petrified, puzzled, question, suspicion, terror, trouble, weight, wonder, worry

Surprise

alarm, appall, astound, backfire, bedazzle, bewilder, confound, dazzle, dumbfound, electrify, frighten, overwhelm, petrify, shock, startle, stun, stupefy, terrify

NOTE

The above are concepts classified according to subject and usage. It not only helps writers and thinkers to organize their ideas but leads them from those very ideas to the words that can best express them.

It was, in part, created to turn an idea into a specific word. By linking together the main entries that share similar concepts, the index makes possible creative semantic connections between words in our language, stimulating thought and broadening vocabulary.

Source ⚜ Writing Basics & Refreshers ⚜ On Vocabulary Definitions of Emotions in Psychology ⚜ More Word Alternatives for Emotions

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When your Character...

Gets into: A Fight ⚜ ...Another Fight ⚜ ...Yet Another Fight

Hates Someone ⚜ Kisses Someone ⚜ Falls in Love

Calls Someone they Love ⚜ Dies / Cheats Death ⚜ Drowns

is...

A Child ⚜ Interacting with a Baby/Child ⚜ A Genius ⚜ A Lawyer

Beautiful ⚜ Dangerous ⚜ Drunk ⚜ Injured ⚜ Shy

needs...

A Magical Item ⚜ An Aphrodisiac ⚜ A Fictional Poison

To be Killed Off ⚜ To Become Likable ⚜ To Clean a Wound

To Find the Right Word, but Can't ⚜ To Say No ⚜ A Drink

loves...

Astronomy ⚜ Baking ⚜ Cooking ⚜ Cocktails ⚜ Food ⚜ Oils

Dancing ⚜ Fashion ⚜ Gems ⚜ Mythology ⚜ Numbers

Roses ⚜ Sweets ⚜ To Fight ⚜ Wine ⚜ Wine-Tasting ⚜ Yoga

has/experiences...

Allergies ⚜ Amnesia ⚜ Bereavement ⚜ Bites & Stings ⚜ Bruises

Caffeine ⚜ CO Poisoning ⚜ Color Blindness ⚜ Food Poisoning

Injuries ⚜ Jet Lag ⚜ Mutism ⚜ Pain ⚜ Poisoning

More Pain & Violence ⚜ Viruses ⚜ Wounds

[these are just quick references. more research may be needed to write your story...]

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Mira: Status report on Riorson? Violet: Target has been taken out Mira: Very go- Violet: It was a very lovely restaurant. Candlelit dinner. He proposed to me at the end of it. My last name is Riorson now.

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words for when your characters ______

Agree

accede, acceptance, accord, acknowledgment, acquiescence, align, avowal, bear, cohere, compromise, consent, contract, draft, enlist, give in/give up, go along/go along with, grant, negotiate, unanimous, yield

Deny

abjure, abuse, affront, attack, backstab, bad-mouth, belie, blacken, blemish, confront, curse, darn, defamation, defile, demur, denigrate, detract, dig, disclaim, discountenance, disgrace, disown, disparagement, downplay, explode, flout, fulminate, gainsay, gird, invective, jeer, lament, lecture, malign, minimize, mouth, needle, oppose, protest, put down, put-down, rebuff, refute, remonstrate, renunciation, run down, satirize, scold, show up, sit-in, slander, smear, snap, snub, squeal, sully, swearing, taunt, tirade, turn, underestimate, vituperation, write off, yammer

Explain

account for, admit, apprise, cite, clarify, come clean, concede, confirm, corroborate, defense, demonstrate, dilate, elucidate, enlighten, evidence, expand, explicate, gloss, illustrate, itemize, let on, palliate, plea, prove, recite, simplify, speak out/speak up, spell out, translator, warrant

Fabricate

aspersion, belie, disprove, profane

Inform

acknowledge, address, advertise, allow, allusion, apprise, bare, betrayal, blab, breathe, briefing, broadcast, chronicle, clue, come out with, confession, convey, debunk, define, detail, dictate, divulge, expose, feature, furnish, give, gossip, hint, intimate, issue, lecture, newscaster, orate, out of the closet, pass, post, proclaim, promulgate, publication, publish, release, reveal, show up, speak, spill, squeal, talk, tip, uncover, unveil, weatherperson, whisper

Instruct

bar, educate, prescribe

Persuade

advance, argument, bend, budge, carry, coerce, convince, discourage, draw, drum up, elicit, entice, forward, goad, hammer away/hammer into, induce, influence, invite, lobby, motivate, negotiation, pitch, prevail upon/prevail on, prompt, reason, spur, sway, urge, win/win over

Promise

assurance, avow, commitment, ensure, go back/go back on, oath, portend, vouch, warrant, word

Suggest

advice, advocate, ask, come up with, connote, drum into, exhort, fish for, get at, guide, imply, insinuate, moralize, move, nomination, pontificate, preach, propose, recommend, urge

Praise

accent, acclamation, accredit, adulation, apotheosis, applause, benediction, bless, champion, citation, commend, compliment, congratulations, credit, dedicate, deify, elevate, endorse, eulogize, exalt, extol, flatter, flattery, glorify, homage, laud, lionize, obsequy, plaudits, puff, salute, thanks, tribute, worship

Warn

admonish, alert, caution, caveat, defy, enjoin, exhortation, foreboding, foretell, page, remind, warning

NOTE

The above are concepts classified according to subject and usage. It not only helps writers and thinkers to organize their ideas but leads them from those very ideas to the words that can best express them.

It was, in part, created to turn an idea into a specific word. By linking together the main entries that share similar concepts, the index makes possible creative semantic connections between words in our language, stimulating thought and broadening vocabulary.

Source ⚜ Writing Basics & Refreshers ⚜ On Vocabulary

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If love was personified, it would be Xaden Riorson.

Xaden is ruthless, but he can also be compassionate. He is selfless when he needs to be, but selfish when he wants to be. He'd die for his loved ones, but kill too. He wouldn't pay much attention to anything that concerns him, but would leave no rock unturned when it comes to his loved ones. He would never take his loved ones for granted, but he won't tell them he wouldn't either. Xaden Riorson would never backstab you, but would happily accept the dagger you stab him with. It is dangerous to be with him, at such close proximity, but impossible to move away. He has the power to completely ruin you, and yet you will not be able to leave. You'll stay, and you'll stay because you know he would never.

And they're a few reasons why Violet loves him.

It's either you completely drown in him or you don't. But if you do, then it would become the most beautiful thing you'll feel like you could do. And you wouldn't ever want to stop.

Because when the burning in your chest will feel like home, you'll never know.

Just like Violet didn't.

There is no 'Xaden with someone else' or 'Violet with someone else'.

It's simply them. You'd be a fool to think they would let each other go. You'd be a fool to think one of them deserves to be with someone else.

Because if Xaden is the poem, Violet is the poet.

Because if Violet is the art, Xaden is the artist.

There is no one without the other ❤️

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also I pinkie promise I'll try to respond to people's comments on castles tomorrow I've fallen a bit behind but its on my to do list!

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cold woman, a one-shot, is now posted on AO3

READ HERE

I've been pondering Lilith's character over the last few days bc of castles crumbling and while I was on the plane tonight I started writing a super short alt perspective one shot of chapter 64 of IF on a whim. not my best writing, and its my first attempt at third person, but figured I'd put it out there anyways. hope people enjoy!

Summary:

Lilith always thought she would die for the ones she loved. But experiencing that death is altogether different than she expected.

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Me: *writes an amazing chapter*

Me: Ah yes. That is amazing. Can't wait to begin the next one. So many possibilities!

Me: *turns off my laptop and goes into a month-long depression*

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very torn on if i want to finish chapter 19 this weekend or if i want to finish chapter 2 of xaden’s ver. i feel like i can do one but not to the other since i need to work on my holiday gift exchange fic too but i also want to do both bc words have been flowing recently why does time have to be limited 😭

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He IS the star of the show

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i will never recover from the last few sitq chapters. never.

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i was hanging out at a friends house after work today and they were playing that video game genshin impact while i was writing a scene that comes towards the end of castles crumbling bc i needed to know roughly how it was going to go as im writing from this point on and if you guys go and listen to the kind of dark sounding soundtrack thats playing in the background of what i am told is the, quote “most recent archon quest,” then you will have a very good idea of some of the vibes as we get into the later parts of the story. it was so odd how that music was playing in the background while i was writing this scene bc honestly it perfectly matched the vibes.

do i plan to elaborate? absolutely not :)

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a mid-day (!!!) chapter 19 blurb before I head to work!

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Still, the closer I get to the plane’s door, the more unsettled I feel. It doesn’t help that Lilith Sorrengail’s warning from earlier today – temporarily forgotten as I bantered with her fucking daughter – has begun bouncing around in my head once again now that I’m no longer distracted, heightening my anxiety.  I can’t help but wonder now if another attack will be waiting for us on the isles – it seems more than likely. I take a deep breath. Then another. It doesn’t help.