#(like things happening again in slightly diff ways because these characters live so long that its bound to happen)

[phantomsofmyformerself]

thinking about how lestat started following/falling in love with louis after seeing him pull out a knife on on his brother in the first ep, placing the knife against paul's neck. then louis pulls out a knife again but on lestat in the last ep of s1, and uses the knife to cut lestat's neck.

the reason lestat fell for louis is how lestat gets killed by him (although not really killed, just very injured)

[rocicrew]

for the questions for fic writers: 1, 42, 48, 49, 50

1. What fic of yours would you recommend to someone who had never read any of your work? (In other words, what do you think is the best introduction to your fics?)

hmm that's a tough question, i feel like i've written several prompts that are an easy read so that can be a quick introduction to how i view certain characters and their dynamic. and then it kind of depends what kind of pairing they're more interested in, although the majority of them are naomi centric.  i think ultimately, maybe either of the fics i've that's about naomi and filip (her life in her hands, her life's life in her hands & the way the old life haunts the new). bc they center the topics of loss and trauma and finding a way to live with it anyway and it is a theme i'm very interested in exploring with my writing.

42. Have you ever received a comment that particularly stood out to you for whatever reason?

amdnd it's one of yours actually, again we're going with her life in her hands, her life's life in her hands (i do have a soft spot for this fic despite) i was still v new to sharing my writing and it was a feat to write something that touched those themes and attempt to capture naomi's complexity in such emotions so you telling me i captured that tension really gave me a boost when i was still very unsure of my writing so thank you for that.

48. What’s the last fic you read? Do you recommend it?

i reread oh, body, be held now by whom you love today which does a lovely work of the push and pull naomi goes through between being guarded and allowing herself vulnerable, of shutting down instinctually and opening herself up again as a way to mend that gap during the preparation to go to ilus.  it had this line; "It’s about building something out of loss." which is fit right into my emotions after making that last gifset. the fic also does a great job of writing the intimacy between naomi and holden and i absolutely recommend it.

49. What are you currently working on? Share a few lines if you’re up for it!

the only wip i currently have, and it's been sitting on my docs for roughly a year has been a draolden drabble that i started after 6x06 and for some reason i have been stuck on even though it's something i'm both interested in and would like for that to be the next thing i finish and upload. maybe it's because it's been there for such a long time that i'm not sure whether to scrap it and start over or just polish some details and add some small things and post it already. oh i also have another from those kissing prompts but i haven't started it yet. and actually i think i have one nolden one but that's more fleeting vibes than proper fic.

i think i've posted an excerpt before but here's a diff one:

“Mhmm, all three of us know that I’m very hot. But, mi pensa, you’re a liar,” Naomi hummed and Drummer looked almost offended at that. But Naomi’s gaze softened as it lifted to meet hers. “You can tell me the truth,” she continued.

“I don’t know if this will work.”

Naomi tried to sit up, because that needed a conversation between them. Jim grumbled slightly at her movement and tried to pull her flush to him. That meant he hadn't fallen asleep but was edging towards consciousness. Part of her hoped he would wake up so she wouldn't have to have this conversation alone. It battled with the part of her that wanted him to catch up for all the sleep he lost. 

“Us? Or the negotiations?”

50. Answer any question of your choice, or talk about anything you want to talk about!

okay, so this isn't a question necessarily but something i'd like to do with my writing so im putting it here in hope i'll actually make it happen. which isn't something big, it's that i want to attempt one day to write a longer multi chapter which isn't something huge but it can be a fun challenge.

[onebizarrekai]

Darkness is nicer than it seems (2)

I thought this setting could use a little more exposition.

Previous

Characters belong to their respective creators.

Dream: Wh…where are we going?

Nightmare: To my castle, obviously!

Dream: …

Dream: … Oh…

Nightmare: Dream, lighten up. I’m not throwing you in jail this time.

(He laughs as if it was supposed to be a joke, as if all those times were just a game--just for fun. Dream laughs sheepishly, looking awfully insecure on the matter.)

Nightmare: Hold on!

(They teleport and appear in the new location… in midair.)


Dream: AH!!


(They crash land onto the huge bed below them.)

Dream: … what… the heck?


Nightmare: Welcome to my room, Dream.

(Nightmare is laughing, and Dream can guess it’s because of how much that threw him off.)

Nightmare: (Ugh… this is all so damn childish! Keep it together, need to keep him won over…)

Nightmare: Wellll? What do you think? I live like a king!


Nightmare: The king that I’ve always been, obviously.

Dream: Ha… haha…

(Nightmare frowns.)

Nightmare: Oh come on. Is something on your mind?


Nightmare: Dream, we can finally be by each other’s sides again.

Dream: Yeah, I’m uh… adjusting…

Nightmare: Oh! Speaking of adjusting.

(He pulls Dream over to a large mirror in the room.)

Nightmare: Yeah, um. Your clothes. Too bright.

Nightmare: Let’s find something new.

(Nightmare runs off into his closet and closes the door behind him.)

Nightmare: (UuuuUUGH!! How the hell am I supposed to talk to him if he’s being so unresponsive?!)

Dream: …

Dream: (He seems… so happy that I’m here…)


Dream: (Did he really miss me this whole time…? He never wanted to hurt me after all…?)

Dream: (I’m just happy that he feels this way… I’m happy we can be together, even if it’s in darkness.)


Dream: (… I can feel it in this place, though… The darkness around me, trying to get to my head…)


Dream: (I guess… I don’t have any reason to fight it anymore…)

(The closet door opens again.)

Nightmare: Hey, I found something. C’mere.

(He beckons Dream over and pulls out an outfit.)

Dream: Oh… wow, it’s…

Dream: … very dark?

(Nightmare drops the blue and black clothes into Dream’s arms.)

Nightmare: I don’t know why I even have this, I never wore it. You’d probably look better in it.

Dream: … Th-thanks.

Nightmare: Oh, uh. One more thing.

Nightmare: You can’t leave this room until I okay it. I think it’s obvious why.

Dream: … people who wanna hurt me outside.

Nightmare: You got it. You can change now.

(He shuts Dream in the closet and resists the urge to sigh loudly.)

Nightmare: (… Just how much can I get into his head?)

Nightmare: …

(He quietly chuckles.)

Nightmare: (I can’t wait to see the looks on his friends’ faces when they find out what happened to him.)

(He strides back over to the mirror.)


Nightmare: (… He probably is more compliant because I’m in this form… How long will it be until I can return to the other and still hold his trust?)

Nightmare: (… I can certainly make something up about forms for specific presences… He would understand something like that.)

Nightmare: …

Nightmare: (I wonder…)

(He attempts to summon a tendril from his back without transforming, but black substance promptly begins running down his face.)


Nightmare: (Not working…)

(He hears the closet door creak and quickly makes the substance vanish.)

(Dream walks out of the closet, wearing the blue, black and white clothes that Nightmare had given him. It resembles the twins’ classic guardian outfits, except more intricately detailed and almost classier.)

(Nightmare’s gaze trails down to Dream’s bare feet.)


Nightmare: Where’re your shoes?

Dream: I thought… well… they were yellow, so…

(They’re tipped over by the door, as if he’d stood them up nicely after taking them off and accidentally kicked them over while he was changing.)

Nightmare: Aww, how thoughtful.

(This sounds impossibly sarcastic, but it’s so out of place that it’s hard to react to.)


Nightmare: I think I might actually have some matching stuff in there, but there’s something I need to do now.

Nightmare: Don’t leave the room!

(He walks over to the door.)

Dream: W-wait, what if someone tries to come in?

Nightmare: Nobody is going to.

Nightmare: Even the cleaner already did their job today.

(He exits the room, closing the door behind him. He immediately returns to his other form while making his way down the hall.)

Nightmare: (This is gonna suck, but it has to get done somehow.)

Nightmare: All right everyone, news flash. I have an incredibly important announcement to make, and I’m already warning you that if you do anything stupid I will kill you.

Killer: Calm down, dude--

Nightmare: RIGHT at this very moment, my brother is in a room in the castle because I successfully convinced him to surrender.

Nightmare: Or, well… join us, same diff.

Horror: Same diff? Same FRICKING DIFF?! Those are two completely different things!

Killer: How the hell did you do that?

Nightmare: None of your business. But basically, he’s an emotional mess and I’m running a plan right now, so you are all, AT ALL COSTS, to avoid DOING ANYTHING STUPID.

Nightmare: I’M in charge of this operation, and none of you are to get involved in it IN ANY WAY. Am I clear?

Nightmare: I’M LOOKING AT YOU, KILLER.

Killer: Aw come on! What did I ever do?


(Nightmare trips Killer in place, sweeping his feet out from under him with a tendril.)


Nightmare: If you’ll excuse me, I have something to attend to.

(He leaves the room.)

Horror: ‘Sup with him… thought he wanted his bro dead or something…

(Dust shrugs.)

Killer: ow

Horror: Pft, you deserved that, pretty boy.

(Nightmare returns to the room, back in his original form, holding a tray of random food. Dream jumps back from wherever he was, as if he got caught doing something he wasn’t supposed to.)

Nightmare: Uh? What were you doing?


Dream: Ummm… going through the drawers?

Nightmare: Good thing there’s only junk in there.

Nightmare: You hungry?

(Dream inspects the tray. It’s entirely snack food, but there isn’t a single thing on it that counts as a sweet…)

Dream: (… Typical… I guess some things never change.)


Dream: … I’m actually really tired. I’ll eat a little, but… I dunno, something’s wearing me down right now…

Nightmare: I get it. Don’t worry about it, none of this stuff needs to be refrigerated, so I can just leave it on the table.

(He places the tray on the desk while Dream stands there fiddling with his hands.)

Nightmare: What?


Nightmare: Just go to sleep over there.

Dream: … On your bed?


Nightmare: Yeah.

Dream: … okay then…

(He walks over to the huge bed and lies down on it. Although he’s tired, he’s the absolute opposite of relaxed--he’s feeling a biting anxiety that he can’t shake.)

(Nightmare makes a face, sensing his brother’s feelings. Not knowing what to do, or rather, unwilling to do anything about it, he leaves the room again.)

Nightmare: (I just need to wait until he’s asleep…)

(Which he does. He’d always known that Dream falls asleep quickly, so it didn’t take much waiting.)

(He walks back into the room and to the bedside, grinning widely.)

(With a wave of his hand, a glowing, golden light emerges from Dream’s chest, a faint outline of a fruit visible in it. The shape becomes more apparent as the light thickens into a magic solid.)

Nightmare: (The last one…)

(He glances over at his brother, who’s peacefully sleeping.)

Nightmare: …

(He reaches out and touches the soul-like entity, his negative substance immediately leaving a dark stain on it. Dream whimpers slightly in his sleep, causing Nightmare to flinch and his smile to falter.)

(Nightmare watches as the light gradually dims, the stain growing ever so slowly.)

Nightmare: (No more positive fruit…)

(Take it, and you’ll become fully immortal…)

Nightmare: (… My only weakness was his light…)

Nightmare: (It’s gone now… And if I did that… he would…)

(Dream’s breath has sped up and he’s beginning to shift more in his sleep.)


Nightmare: (… There’s no point.)

(He smiles again.)

Nightmare: (This is so much more interesting.)

(The dimming light disappears back into Dream’s chest.)

Nightmare: (My brother… I think this is the start of something new…)

Dream: N…Nighty… It hurts…

(Nightmare freezes up, quickly reverting to his original form in case Dream had awoken. He takes Dream’s hand in one hand and calmly brushes his other over it in repetition.)

Nightmare: It’s okay… I’m here…

(His smile grows wider.)


Nightmare: (And I’ll be here, my brother…)

Nightmare: (… for a VERY long time…)

[crow-caller]

all the oc question because what even is sense of scale. (or, in case you do happen to possess a sense of scale: 2, 11, 20, 21)

you gotta live life fast and hard

a l l

you can use my /ocs page for background LORE

1. who's your favorite oc?

it’s michael. WE ALL KNOW THIS

it’s michael.

he’s terrible but my friend and I love him

2. who was your first oc?

I suppose Asterix? Counts? I’ve revamped her into ASTER but she was technically an OC back in the day, even if I did nothing with her but... imagine

here she is:

she is... well, she was a total mary sue type. oh my. had red hair with blue tips (or vise versa?) naturally, her mom tried to kill her but a kyogre saved her life and she grew up with team magma as an admin (her dad was leader) but her mom was an admin of team aqua. and she was raised by the legendary pokemon who could turn into human forms, and Ho-Oh was a god of the universe and took her under his wing...

and then she became a god thanks to genetic experiments and got her own planet and traveled the galaxy saving alien species from planets that were about to be destroyed. also preforming experiments on human children. she had tons of kids and they were all girls.

she also could turn into a purple wolf with black wings and feathers in the fur...

3. how many ocs do you have?

I did a count and I think like exactly 50 technically. most are termi, AR has 4, GA is like 8, MSQ is like 8

4. have you kept all of your ocs since the beginning?

Funny!! I almost always forget... about this but there was a character who was CUT from terminal!! both my head lore and like the book. Two charas were cut from book, actually: Roy (a conspiracy freak/revolutionary Mannie runs into and used to be friends with) and Tom (Christina’s younger brother, who lived with her on Earth). Tom was someone I just realized wasn’t needed, never showed up, never did anything, and didn’t like. Roy was a minor part easy to cut.

but most of my OCs... like I said, MSQ is a revamped ‘tales of asterix’, so most of those old OCs have been reborn. A few didn’t get a chance to show up in MSQ but if there was a sequel, they would (Yggdrasil, Mary, Chaos)

I’m gonna mention it next Q but I had a fandom OC once too.

5. are any of your ocs based off of a show/book you like? if so, who?

I don’t really do fandom OCs!! I never write fanfiction or anything.

the MSQ charas mentioned above: like I said, MSQ used to be a crazy mary sue crossover adventure I lived in my head, so while the new charas are quite diff from their canon ones (enough that I can change the names and promise nothing is being stolen), Yggdrasil is from Tales of Symphonia and Chaos is from sonic the hedgehog. They were both OCs of mine in that they really had limited connection to canon LOL.

I also used to have an invader zim oc?? Her name was Kalat and she was weird I guess? I don’t remember much, I do have some DOCs about it. she was an idiot who wanted friend- HEY WAIT A SECOND

6. what is the species of the majority of your ocs?

Because of Termi, the majority is certainly demon! I like angels waaaay more than I like demons, but termi takes place in hell, and most of the cast is demons. I have minority humans, actually. MSQ has some gods/aliens, but it would go Demons Angels Humans.

7. are any of your ocs an original species? if so, what's the species and who?

Not really. Only one would be Ikina from MSQ, but they are still based on... they call themself an ‘incubus’ because they are a sex-fluid shapeshifting creature which is energized through sex (and steals energy through their partner).

8. if you can, draw (oc name)!

heres an old doodle I found.... it is OBSCENE (iofiel holding hands with maalik)

9. write a few sentences as (oc name)!

People always seem to forget that I’m the center of the goddamn universe.

That’s just a good line. This is a tough prompt IDK what any of my OCs would say. I need context.

“hi my name is iofiel angel of beauty and I love friends I just want to collect as many friends as I can have, and hug them, because friendship is magaical and fun”

10. are any of your ocs part of a story? if so, what is it about and who's in it?

TERMINAL TRILOGY is about mentally ill people being dicks to each other

MSQ/THE ASCENSION is about a very nonplussed kid being made into a god against her will

GA/GOOD ANGEL is about an angel who just wonders, why can’t we all just get along?

AR/ANGEL RADIO is about one girl who is very, very alone, except for the weirdo aliens

11. do you have any twin ocs?

Just one! Michael and his sister Lucky.

I don’t think I’ve drawn Lucky in a long time, not digitally at least. she has importance but is still very minor.

Chrstina is part of a set of triplets (two brothers, they are identitcal)

I don’t have many sibling/family relationships in general!

12. are any of your ocs siblings?

Michael has a big family: Gabriel, Raphael, URiel, and Lucky

Christina is from a set of triplets, also has an older brother and two younger sisters

Kell probably had an older brother

Umbel has a set of sisters as main characters, there’s siblings in Radicle too

13. what is the gender of the majority of your ocs?

It’s legit 100% an even 50/50. well, like 49/51, slightly more dudes, and there is one NB chara. I always feel like I favor men but it turns out it’s quite even

14. make up a new oc right now based on (concept/show/color/etc.)!

EFF OFF

I actually really need to make a new OC soon for a new project coming up... but btoh my potential choices I’ve been having a hard time being creative lately.

I think she’s going to be very average type, and it’s set in the real world too, which I’ve never written before? so it’s hard. good thing I like to steal from myself?

she’s very book smart but hasn’t done a lot. Got into an ivy league-ish school but isn’t like, amazing, just smart enough to have made it. Kinda rich, some connections, so she kinda thinks that’s why she made it. Wants to be weirder, do stranger things, but is very paranoid, anxiety.

but that’s so generic!!! so boring. I need to figure a way to make her more interesting. the story is about secret societies and demons N stuff. maybe I should make her more of a wild card and base her on the side of me that loves cults

that’s it. her secret obsession. her special interest: cults. she just loves conspiracy theories cryptids and CULTS. and ends up getting involved in real ones.

15. would you ever give up any of your ocs?

WHO IS ASKING

16. who is your oldest oc (age-wise)?

some of the MSQ ones are like immortal gods, so it’s probably.... Eii in that case.

Archangel Michael from GA would be about as old as the universe...

In Termi, one of the angels is likely to be about 230.

17. have you ever roleplayed as your ocs?

back in the day, I did have profiles! I don’t think I ever used them, but slightly before I began writing termi I wrote up roleplay profiles for Christina and Percy from Terminal.

Here it totes is (note it is all not that canon for termi now):

Name: Percy Gender: MaleAge: Very old, though his physical age is around 19.Species: Angel (Seraph)Appearance: Percy is tall and lanky. He has slightly curly blonde hair and unnaturally blue eyes. He typically will dress either in a terrible sweater-vest and shabby coat, and favors very plain clothing styles. He also hates tight or uncomfortable clothes. He needs glasses to read, but would never admit it. He is a seraph, the highest sphere of angel below the Arch-angels, meaning he has way too many wings. Seriously, who thought six wings was a good amount? He is capable of hiding them, and typically flies with just one set. They are also light minty green.Personality: Percy can be really arrogant sometimes. He looks down one anyone he considers less then him, but often more in a piteous way. He does his best to be good and responsible, and especially feels the need to set a good example for the other angels. He is very unfamiliar with most human culture, as he only just recently came down to Earth for personal reasons...History: He has always served the Arch-angels, and he is content to do so. He doesn't have much of a history beyond that, as that is all his life has every known.

Name: Cris (Christina) Gender: FemaleAge: 17Species: Demon (lesser)Appearance: Cris used to have long, fluffy blonde hair. Now her hair shorter, and bright red. Her natural form includes curly black horns, somewhat red skin and a small arched tail, but she is able to change to a human form for disguise. Sometimes if she's surprised she will revert to demon again, but is quick to fix it. She likes hoodies, shorts and stockings, often in a very cliche black and red. She also likes to tie her hair up.Personality: She's pretty chill most of the time, but is easy to work up. She gets very excited by her favorite shows and books. Cris has a bit of a self-esteem issue, and occasionally feels really depressed about it. She's also sort of a wimp. And she loves cats.History: Cris was a human who sold her soul, but she doesn't really remember much of her life as a human. She knew she was blonde, and she knew she made a wish for attention. Everything else is missing. She doesn't really care much, and sort of likes being a demon. Because she's such a weak demon, she isn't very good at combat, and her job is basically an office job. It bores her, and she wants to get out (into sales, preferably). I also have an old profile of a pokemon OC who was part of team magma, and named Mack. I love magma.

18. how many of your ocs were adopted from someone else?

NONE

I MEAN I STOLE ARTEMIS FROM MY BROTHER

19. who is your least favorite oc?

Uh?? MIDORI from AR I just plainly have never liked. And Senya from MSQ. I just really don’t like them, and not because they are total jerks.

Midori is a bit annoying, she was mildly a response to some tumblr stuff at the time, and is a weirdo, overly soft wiccan who just wants to put flower crowns everywhere... I am exaggerating but I don’t know, she never clicked with me

Senya didn’t exist in the MSQ lore, he just showed up one day and hijcked the plot.

mido

senya is on the right

20. which oc do you think has changed the most since you made them?

Michael I bet? He really wasn’t much of anything in draft one of termi, he didn’t show up at all, and later showed up but only spoke in questions, and was very annoying. over the course of radicle I figured out who he was a lot better.

Aster is a good example of someone who changed a lot too, but I don’t count that as much. Mannie went from an angry ranting fool to a sad angry ranting fool I guess

21. who is your newest oc? optional- doodle them to show!

minor character in evergreen (terminal novella)

22. have you ever cosplayed your own ocs? if so, who?

no, but when I put on a button down and feel very tired, I think that counts as a closet cosplay of mannie

23. which oc do you think has affected you the most as you've grown with them?

michael................ my boy. he’s just kinda picked up a lot of my problems (EXAGGERATED) and evolved to carry and represent and deal with them. as mentioned, he didn’t really matter until he did

24. have you gotten cosplayers of your ocs? if so, of whom?

who the hell can answer this with a ‘yes’

25. do you have any ocs that you haven't drawn/written as/talked about in a long time? if so, who?

HMMMM??!??

I don’t talk about my AR ocs very often, or my MSQ ones.

you know what was crazy in AR? Gav’s original name was Paschar. I don’t remember where I got that from, but I changed it like 75% through with the book. Frigging paschar.

Eii and Ikina (left, right) are MSQ charas. Eii is based on Mew, Ikina is from Ho-Oh. They are... quite different from the original pokemon basis, I am legally obliged to note, but just wanted to say.

Eii’s role in the story was a total surprise, and a weird one. Writing blind lends itself to some odd plottwists.