100 words ✍️
thank you for the tag @not-your-babyy13! here's ~100 words of a wip:
The first time Lexi can remember disappearing she was thirteen. There’s a tingle in her fingertips, a lurch in her throat like the first seconds of a free fall on a carnival ride.
When she thinks of it, that first time, she can still taste the mint chip ice cream on her tongue, see the look on Cassie’s face like it was minutes ago instead of years. She remembers her dad’s glassy eyes and unsteady gait and the bitter-sweet smell of his breath, and, finally, the feeling of panic rising in her chest until she shuts her eyes tight and clenches her buzzing fists in her lap, and then –
She’s gone.
no pressure tags: @sunshinebunnie @lesser-bohemian @muserepeats @libra-lizard
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Another Get to Know Me
thanks @sleepy-night-child for the tag!
a band that you don't like that many others do:
I'm pretty amicable for music. it'd take a song I really hate for me to not like a band. on the other hand, I will like any song that will get me to sing along with it
least favourite animal and why:
bees. when I was a kid, someone told me to not move around bees so that they wouldn't bother you. outside during recess, I froze still cause a couple of bees landed on my shoulders/neck. the bell rang for us to go inside and I had to make a mad dash for the doors despite the fear I'd get stung. hindsight and common sense now tell me bees are generally harmless and wasps are the enemy, but I'm traumatized now and treat them the same
hot fandom take:
head empty, I don't really have any takes, especially ones that aren't already out there. also not really in fandom land, I'm just on my own island.
do you wear any jewellery, if so, what's your favourite piece:
not super devout, but I've got this necklace from elementary school that's a cross with a dove on it that I still wear. otherwise, the owl ring I got a couple years back that I wear as a necklace is the one
a movie others liked but you didn't:
honestly I watch so many movies with my friends nowadays and a lot of them are really bad lmao. I think a recent movie we watched was The Killer and I didn't like it, but it's rated highly for who-knows-why. like it's not even a comedic mess-up, the assassin was just bad at his job and it's not entertaining
three things you love about yourself:
I'm a relatively positive person, or more like I don't have that much hate in my soul. will try to be the best supportive friend you've ever had. and I've got a lot of creative outlets to use!
a place you hope to visit in the future and why:
Japan! I wanna see so many gamer things there. plus the tourist-y landmarks/activities. life-sized gundam is also on the list, if that's still around. and the food! (that I've been seeing because I follow this one guy on YouTube)
an actor that gets on your nerves and why:
the first name that came to mind was Dwayne Johnson for whatever reason, but he's doesn't actually get on my nerves that much
things you're excited about in the near future:
(slowly and surely) getting back to writing!! reviewing some of these games that I've been playing recently, because I've got Opinions on some of them. and getting used to this fancy new limited edition 8BitDo controller that I got. if this was a week ago, I could've said watching my friend finish the main story of Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, but that's already happened
least favourite ship in a fandom you're in:
again, not really in fandom land so I have no idea about what ships go around.
what's the most toxic fandom you've been in:
as a gamer and basketball fan, those are wildly toxic fanbases. gamers are so mean to the devs (sometimes rightfully so, other times not so much) and to other players. like literal death threats sometimes, it's insane. and then fans of basketball would literally boo their own players at times, like what.
list three things you find beautiful about life:
Space science (thanks Kurzgesagt)! Other people's works (art, writing, games, or otherwise)! Family, friends, and pets!
any dreams for the future:
finishing and publishing any of my works so that people can (hopefully) enjoy the experience I made for them
how are you feeling today?
another day of writing, gaming, etc. but it's grey and gloomy outside and it's sucking like half of my energy away, especially because I need to walk the dog later. and the NBA Trade Deadline is at 3pm so I might be spending more time than usual paying attention to player movement/trades between teams, especially because my team is Not Good and I'm expecting them to make moves this deadline.
no pressure tagging @talesfromaurea, @moonluringfrost, @ettawritesnstudies, and sleepy friend already tagged @oh-no-another-idea and @drippingmoon, but I'll tag as well if you'd like :)
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some assholes in this website is2g go the hell back to twt,,,
someone was going around calling u guys out for writing fictional shit
https://www.tumblr.com/knavves/734451043840163840/hating-on-the-main-instead-of-blocking
jsshisdhdjdjdjdjjdjd thank u for bringing this to my attention . . . i am not at all surprised by the very visceral reaction . I’m sure I speak for all dc writers when I say this but we r very comfy knowing that we aren’t a threat to anyone irl nd we don’t engage with the stuff we write abt irl either LAWLZZZ.
in my case i think it’s obvious by now but these things aren’t rlly meant to appeal to others, and if it does YAY BUT ? I do this for myself rlly and a small community ! like irdc wht these ppl say bcuz i know it’s fiction , i know it’s a coping mechanism , these characters aren’t real . . like im grounded. . . in reality .. what i write exists only in a fictional world like … IDK
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Found you on youtube and watched a couple of ypur videos! Was wondering if you've ever read Angel by Cliff McNish, its an interesting book for young readers that has a pretty unique take on angels as far as YA goes.
I love it when I get asks that work to something so highly specific to me. yes, I have read that book!! It was very influential in a confusing way in high school.
So this is a weird book. It's about a girl who used to be obsessed with angels, like getting mental health support because she was unhealthily obsessed with angels and used to see them. She's now 'over' it and going to high school, but then there's a new girl... also weirdly obsessed with angels. She tried to befriend the new girl to basically be like 'I've been in your highly specific shoes buddy', but it turns out the angels they've both been seeing... might be real?!
I didn't like this book overall. For one, half of the plot follows an unrelated bullying storyline with the brother that you can 100% skip. But mostly, it's a very odd book. It starts out being about friendship and mental health recovery. I felt very called out by the portrayal of girls obsessed with angels in a nonreligious way, as someone who was exactly that. the main character mentions how she had this portrait of an angel on her bedside table she got in a thrift store and I was like. wait. I had. exactly that. so I felt called out.
The result at the end is that the main character is like, chosen to be a real actual angel and help people :) and it's a very bad way to end what could have been a story purely about mental illness and friendship. Normally I'm pro magic being real, but not in this case
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