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Kicking my feet and giggling all jay ever wanted was to be wanted but nick put brakes on all his desires

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Everyone everywhere were circumventing

Over what to do

‘The Great Gatsby’ (2013) dir. Baz Luhrmann // ‘He Came from the Sun’ - C Duncan

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me, covered in my blorbo’s blood after I wrote a fic about them

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Crimes Aboard The S.S. Ascendance Master Thread.

(Will link threads to names as characters and places get more detailed personal posts.)

Crimes Aboard the S.S. Ascendance takes place in the year 1913 and is a somewhat historical fiction aboard a fictional ocean liner that aims to create a character driven story with a bit of mystery and intrigue. It also aims to repurpose and add public domain related characters in a new and inventive way (only time can tell how “new and inventive” it really will be though).

Progress: Plotting/drafting stages. (Still undecided on whether I want to pursue it as a screenplay or traditional book).

The S.S. Ascendance – A four-funneled ship created by the fictional Wiltzon Lane Lines. She was created with the purpose to compete against the other notorious four-funneled ships at the time, that of the Olympic class liners and Mauritania/Lusitania. She was also created in a last ditch effort to pull the company from the throws of bankruptcy, a choice made by new chairman Quinton Shylton after inheriting the company post his father’s death. The company has been in grave financial trouble coming on ten years now, for the people lost their trust in it after the devastating sinking of their golden child, The S.S. Divinicus in the year 1903. A tragedy which lost 906 lives.

Torrin Cantony – Torrin is fifth officer abord the Ascendance. He survived the Divicinus tragedy at age 15 and lost his family. The Shylton’s (father and son), also survivors, took him in. Torrin then became a ward of the Shylton’s, growing a brotherly bond with Quinton. Soon after his survival of the Divicinus, Torrin decided on a career at sea. Due to his family’s death, Torrin obtained a deep rooted apathy and depression that resulted in a mindset that his “soul belonged to the sea” and that pursuing a seafaring career would allow the sea to take his life at last. Though he doesn’t aspire for much, he has become a writer of fictional stories in his free time as a form of escapism, often times bringing a journal or type-writer with him on his journeys.

Quinton Shylton – As stated previously, Quinton is the current chairman of Wiltzon Lane lines. He will be a passenger on the Ascendance’s maiden voyage to ensure it goes smooth.

Sherrinford Holmes – Sherrinford is the son of Mycroft Holmes. He was born a fragile child, having an underlying congenital heart condition that has plagued him his whole life. This combined with the death of Sherlock at Reichenbach Falls has resulted in an extreme overprotective nature from Mycroft. For his whole life, Sherrinford has been confined only to his home and that of the Diogenes club. But when he becomes entranced by the nature of ocean liners, Sherrinford is determined to see one in person. So he sneaks away from his father and stows away on the Ascendance to get a “close look.” (Mycroft named Sherrinford that in honor of his deceased brother, Sherlock. For in this universe, their mother contemplated the name Sherrinford before settling on Sherlock.)

Lotte Daae – Lotte Daae is the daughter of Christine Daae and Raoul De Chagny. Named after their favorite story of little Lotte, both Christine and Lotte held the last name Daae to avoid the scandal that came with the De Chagny name (at Raoul’s insistence). Being like her father, Lotte has always been entranced by the sea. But as a woman, she hadn’t many options other than stewardess, a career she had no desire to pursue. So she settled on a career in telegraphy—luckily for her, telegraphy was starting to be employed at sea. When Wiltzon Lane Lines came to employ wireless operators, she was the first to jump at the chance (strangely enough, they requested a woman in specific). Lotte joins the Ascendance crew as a junior wireless operator.

Jay Gatsby – After losing his inheritance from Dan Cody, Gatsby is convinced continuing along the sea might just net him another chance to make it big. Filling his years pre-the war and post his time with Cody, Gatsby decides to tour the sea. With no money to his name, but the manner and dress of a gentleman, Gatsby somehow wins a first-class ticket aboard the Ascendance in a card match. Pretending like he belongs, Gatsby joins the Ascendance’s maiden voyage as a faux member of first-class, trying his best to lay his hands upon yet another fortune among the sea.

Rory Hughes – The begrudging chief/first officer of the Ascendance. Grumbles a lot but has a justice seeking heart deep down.

The voyage begins when Quinton sets Torrin upon investigating Gatsby, suspicious of the man’s enigmatic nature and convinced that he’s planning something nefarious. Meanwhile, while examining the ship in his curiosity, Sherrinford notices odd details about the ship. Cheap wood, a single lined hull, lack of life boats, certain things that went against ship crafting conduct in a post Titanic sinking world. Other strange cost cuts crop up along the way. An apparent shortage on officers is brought to Torrin’s attention, him as the fifth being the most junior officer, despite the ship’s large size surely requiring more. That and, the chief officer and first officer role have been merged into one, a complaint brought up by Rory. Finally there’s the curious nature of Lotte—only hired as the Ascendance’s junior wireless operator since as a woman she’s being employed at a cheaper rate. Just what conspiracy is occurring aboard this ship? Can Torrin and Sherrinford figure it out?

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bad news kitten it looks like we're dying at sea

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Oh yeah the reason I started Gatsby with jay meeting dan instead of anywhere else is that the tuolomee is the ultimate boat that bears him ceaselessly back into the past. Anyway,

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The worst characters are the ones were you only get like three pieces of lore about them but the lore is so fascinating and hits your brain at just the right angle to have you behaving like a feral dog in front of your conspiracy theory cork board

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I don't know what to think about the great gatsby... don't ask me what star rating it has for me because I can't tell you

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beating up and tormenting nick carraway moodboard

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like. ok. yknow ernest hemingway?

yeah i’m pretty sure

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beating up and tormenting nick carraway moodboard

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“What he really said was”

War flashbacks to the garden scene

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What do we think

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At work thinking of jay convincing nick to do literally anything by smiling in that way of his

(feat. when he couldn’t convince nick to stay because jay had finally found the one person he wouldn’t fake a smile for)