#Megan Writes Puzzle

[mrgaretcarter]

🥺 ✨️ 🧠 Ted and Rebecca, together or separately

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

When they're friendly. I try to make this come across to varying degrees of success, but I like the idea that they'd be pretty good friends even if they weren't absolutely going to fall in love with each other (🕯️🛐🙏 )

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it.

I know what you're doing 😒

I have yet to commit characterization crimes (you know the ones)

🧠 Pick a character, and I’ll tell you my favorite headcanon for them.

A few years into the relationship they start doing puzzles together and they take it very seriously

Thank you for asking 😊

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[caramelcleopatraa]

COGNAC QUEEN

word count: 1.9k

x: @heauxvibez asked someone to write something based off of Cognac Queen by Megan Thee Stallion (amazing song rec, I recommend you go stream the song) not proofread

content: 18+ mdni, Roman x Semeni (OC), dirty talk, oral (m and f receiving), cuddle fuck, a lil bitta fluff at the end

I'm lookin' paid and pretty (yeah)

Hair hanging down to my back, huh

I put it on him last night (woo!)

He calling me back to back, hey (hey)

Semeni sat with her legs crossed in the spacious, dazzling condominium. The big window panels showcasing the beautiful city lights. While these two were in their own little world. Far from the public eye. 

Her neon hot pink dress adorned with long ruffles perfectly outlined her figure. His eyes stayed on her plump lips as she sipped the amber drink from her glass. Relishing in the savory taste and enjoying the atmosphere he set.

Drop me a pin where you at (at)

I'm gonna come 'round like a 'Lac (like a 'Lac)

I get in my 'Gac on that 'Gac ('Gac on that 'Gac)

He call me Megan the Mack (Megan the Mack)

“You okay? You’re a little quiet.” Roman sits next to her, filling the empty space like a puzzle piece and putting the bottle on the gray coffee table. “I’m fine, I'm just watching you.” Semeni was never shy when it came to how she felt about him. They weren't in a serious relationship, but they spent their free time with each other. They never assigned a label to their relationship. They were just friends, who took each other out to expensive restaurants, spoiled each other, and fuck occasionally. Nothing special. 

He raises his eyebrow in amusement and motions to himself in an up and down motion. “You been looking at all of this, huh?” She takes one final sip from her glass, emptying it and placing it on the small coffee table. Roman observes her movements slyly, watching her beautiful eyes blink as she sits the glass on the table, watching her body rise as she takes a deep breath. She was mesmerizing.

“Yeah I have, and I want all of it,” Semeni says, placing her hands on his chest, feeling him up through his black polo shirt. He takes a deep breath, letting his eyes flutter shut from the feeling of her hands on his body. “I love feeling your hands on my chest,” he says softly. “I know you do, but I know you want my hands somewhere else.” 

He looks at her brown, gentle eyes and says, “So put ‘em there.”

—-------------------------

“Damn baby, that feels so good.” His black dress trousers were rolled down to his thighs, leaning back on the expansive gray couch with his arms laying on either side of him. Meanwhile, Semeni is kneeling in front of him, between his thick legs, stroking his dick at a medium pace. 

“You feel good baby?” His small whimpers and heavy breaths contrasted his tough exterior.

“F-fuckk baby, stay right there on the tip.”

A thick wad of spit drips from her lips, landing on his sensitive mushroom tip. Her hands cup the tip, fastly bobbing her hand on his tip. God did he go wild. His head tilted back, letting the pleasure take over him.

“Y’wanna cum?” He pants and nods furiously, clutching onto the big couch cushions to stop himself from bucking his hips into her hand. “You know I wanna fuckin’ cum.” His head stays tilted back. He knew not to look in her eyes. If he did, then it was over for him. “Look at me, Roman,” she says, using her unoccupied hand to rub up and down his thigh. He laughs to himself at her request, knowing that she is trying to set him up. “I know what you’re trying to do, sweetheart.” She pouts to herself, surprised that he didn’t fall for her usual tactics. ‘Okay, let’s try again’ 

“Please look at me, daddy. I wanna see your eyes when you cum.” He lets out a deep throaty moan, still clutching onto the couch cushions. Her voice, her words, her hands, how good she was making him feel. Doing all of the right things to make him crazy. Which is why he can never get enough of her. And probably why he was looking into her captivating eyes now. Frozen and still, but somehow on fire. “There we go daddy, look me in my eyes when you cum,” She purrs, shifting from side to side, ignoring the overflowing pool of wetness forming in her shorts. 

She stuck out her tongue and held him at the base, tapping him against her tongue, but going back to his tip once again. There were no more passive grunts and groans, only melodic moans that filled their ears. Her eyes locked on his, as she put her hands behind her back, using her tongue to lick the underside of his dick before taking him in his mouth. “Oh shit~ I'm coming. Ohh fuckk-” His fingers weaved through Semeni’s brown hair, jerking his hips into her mouth. She moaned around his cock every time he met the back of her throat, swallowing every drop he gave her without complaint. “Damn, girl,” he pants out, taking his hand out of her hair. She tightens her lips around him, sucking him up one more time before she’s done. She wears a lopsided smirk on her face, watching him catch his breath. Pride surged through her. “My mouth felt that good, huh?” Roman lays down against the couch, shifting and positioning himself so that he is comfortable. “Need to take a nap big bo- “Get your ass up here and sit on my face.”

He know I only wanna

Come over put it on him

I got that woah-na-na-na

He drink that shit like water

She anchored herself by tightly grasping the dark gray couch. Singing out delicious moans. Letting him hungrily lick her up into oblivion. Staring into empty space as her eyes crossed numerous times, but focussing hard enough to see his wavy black hair spread out beneath her. Feeling his hands dig into her thighs, working his mouth in ways that make her cry out in pleasure. 

Now it was her time to become undone.

“Oooh- shit~ i’m close,” She pants, prompting to lick long bold stripes along her pussy, and sucking on her clit for a quick second. And he repeats. Creating a ferocious, unescapable cycle.

Her keens of pleasure and needy whining didn’t fall on deaf ears, only encouraging him to keep going. Humming into her pussy like he took the first bite of a delicious meal. She could feel her legs shaking against his face, despite the burly hands and arms wrapped around her legs to keep her in place. “Fuck- i’m finna cum on your face, daddy,” she says slurred, with flushed cheeks and half open eyes. Just as she finished her sentence, like clockwork, she came all over his face. Softly bucking her hips against his tongue, riding out the enormous wave with his tongue as her surfboard. Now she herself was covered in a thin sheet of sweat, breathing heavy on top of him. But she couldn’t get up, his arms were still wrapped around her thighs. “At least let me clean you up before fucking you into the mattress.”

Fall in love would be dangerous (yeah)

Fuck you like I've been dranking (uh)

Cognac on my blankets (yeah)

Real bitches don't fake it, ay, ay

They had ventured into almost every room in the condo. The living room, the game room, the balcony, and now the bedroom. Finding new positions in each room. Thank god there weren't many people that lived in the same building, he hated hearing her restrained and muffled moans under his hand. They laid in the bed, cuddling in the sheets, but nowhere near done. 

Her leg rested atom his hips, her arms wrapped around his neck, while he hid in the crook of hers. Placing those delicate kisses along her neck while pounding into her. She could barely see the other buildings out of the large windows on the balcony doors due to her blurry vision. But those distant buildings were her last thought. Her mind was clouded with the person who was holding her tight between the silk sheets.

Not a word had been said since they laid down in the bed, which was unusual for the two. But considering how needy they were, words didn't need to be said. They had been around each other long enough, tangled in one another long enough to know how each other feels. His low eyes as he tilted his head back and his faster paced thrusts. and her mouth agape, eyes rolled to the back of her head. Feeling the overwhelming waves of pleasure together as they nestled closer. Their chests rising and falling against each other, their heart beats loud as bass drums at highschool pep rallies. Yeah, nothing special.

You look good, you look good to me

Give me hug, it feel good to me

Hold me up, you too good to me

Cut 'em off, I know you would for me

Semeni opened one of the gray drawers, pulling out overnight clothes she had left the last time she stayed over. You know.. Just in case for situations like this. The bathroom had been hot and humid due to a long shower they took. But of course it wasn't just a shower, because he could never keep his hands to himself.

“You damn well live here by now,” He said, shirtless with loose gray sweatpants hanging low on his hips and leaning on the door frame. “You say that like you’re so bothered with that.” She approaches him, her neck cranked to look up at him. “Nah, not bothered. I'm just surprised that you took over one of my drawers.”

“Is that a problem, Roman?” She knew that they were both playing, but there was a tinge of seriousness in her tone. “No, you know you’re welcome to treat this place as your own.” She turns her back to him and smiles, looking back at the drawer filled with her clothes. 

“You tell that to all of your other hoes?”

“You think I would have other women over here when you have a whole drawer to yourself?” She shrugs her shoulders and sits on the bed, pulling the comforter over her smooth legs. “Maybe I should be askin’ you that question.” She scoffs. “​​There’s no man you gotta worry about, cause I'm focused on the man in front of me.” She said the last part to herself. Not realizing that she may have said that a little louder than she intended to. Roman was intrigued to say the least. She was always upfront with whatever she wanted to say. So it was so interesting to see her flustered, mumbling secret words to herself about him. Her attention turned to him when he turned the light off in the bathroom, making his way to her. He laid on the bed next to her,letting the new cold silk sheets graze his skin. His hand reached out to grab her chin, stroking her face softly with his thumb. “And I'm worried about the goddess in front of me. You ain’t got nothing to worry about, mama. And if you ever doubt that, I'll prove to you that you’re the only one I'm focused on.”

Okay…. Maybe this is something special.

🏷️ tags :) @reignsboy19 @2-muchsauce @theninthwonder @harmshake @alichesmi @thesamoanqueen @alyyaanna @empressdede @badbitchcentralinc @christinabae @fame-ass-ers @southerngirl41 @cyberdejos2 @murrylove @sassginaswanmills @pixiedust4000

[etherathena]

100 things to do instead of eating

look in the mirror

play an instrument

scroll on tumblr, twitter, tiktok, insta etc

add to ur th1nsp0 pinterest board

look at photos of megan fox (shes so beautiful)

look at photos of adriana lima (shes also so beautiful)

make your bed

journal

watch mukbangs of WAY too much food (dont make yourself more hungry!)

enjoy the sick hungry feeling

eat gum

drink a lot of water

girl blog / shitpost

read fanfic lol

take a shower

manifest

go for a walk

work out

stretch

watch a movie

play a videogame

make yourself in the sims but skinny

learn a kpop dance

do chores

watch YouTube

do a face mask

think about why you want to lose weight

think about how gross you will look and feel after eating

delete emails

talk to your skinny friend

listen to a new song

online shop

sleep

do as many push ups as you can

go to the gym

drink 0 cal drinks (coke zero, etc)

eat ice

0-5cal jelly

do makeup

do skincare

walk your dog

play with your cats

read a book

watch a show

talk to your family

facetime someone

make a playlist

manifest

make a vision board

touch some grass

try to lick your elbow

try to tie a knot with a shoelace in your mouth

buy a piercing gun from temu and pierce your ears

do 5 star jumps

try the le sserafim workout (not for the weak 🙏🏻)

stan txt

write self insert fanfiction

read old diaries

clean your room

clean your car

stalk someone on facebook

create a wishlist

try a new hairstyle

learn a language

do a puzzle

plan your week/month/year

look at air b&bs and flights and pretend you have enough money to go on a trip somewhere

get a job

go to school

start a bullet journal

paint

draw

write a story

write a letter to your future self

try to travel back in time

try reality shifting

meditate

clean out your camera roll

physically clean your phone (its probably gross)

change your passwords

"take me to a useless website"

watch cartoons

paint your nails

dye your hair

do a hair mask

pray

pluck your eyebrows

shave your legs

buy yourself flowers

clean your makeup brushes

ride a bike

go for a swim

go to the beach

learn a magic trick

play a card game

play a board game

invent a new language

mew

do yoga

think about how your life will be when you're skinny

still hungry?

do it all again.

[imagines--galore]

||Spitfire Proposal||

Summary: A peaceful day at the Cave is interrupted by the fight between our beloved couple, Spitfire. Pairing: Wally West aka Kid Flash x Artemis Crock aka Artemis Rating || Genres || Warnings: K. Romance. None. A/N: So this fic was actually my first ever piece of writing when I was just a teenager. And I just wanted to share it with you guys because it has a special place in my heart :) Also this fic features some of my first ever OCs. I never really got around to writing much about them, but maybe in the future I might!

"WHAT DID YOU SAY WEST?!"

The shout rang throughout the cave.

In the mission de-briefing room, Hestia (Druid) blew her bangs off her face as she looked up from where she had Dick (Nightwing) in a headlock. The boy in question frowned wriggling out of her hold, both of them sitting up as they regained their breath after their spar.

Conner (Superboy) rolled his eyes as he leaned against the cave wall, lowering his head as he adjusted his gloves, the small smirk playing on his lips giving away his true emotion, while Sphere beeped in confusion, rolling closer to the cloned teen.

Rory's (Celtic Girl) attention was diverted from the puzzle she was solving, with Red Tornado, as she glanced up curious.

Kaldur (Aqualad) looked up from where he had been reading his file, shaking his head in the direction of the shout.

Megan (Miss Martian) stopped mid sentence, her surprise at the shout showing on her face, ending the conversation with Zatanna and Barbara (Batgirl), who looked equally surprised.

Yue opened her eyes, from where she had been hovering in mid air while she meditated, in the corner of the mission room.

Tim (Robin) sighed in quite frustration, while his girlfriend, Cassie (Wonder Girl), giggled under her breath.

Jamie, Bart, Isolt and Gar (Blue Beetle, Impulse, Celtic Girl and Beast Boy) looked up from where they had been playing cards on the floor.

Karan (Bumblebee) stopped from where she had been slurping a soda, while her boyfriend, Duncan (Guardian), halted from taking a bite from the apple he was holding.

Every eye was trained towards the entrance of the cave and sure enough a clearly pissed off, blonde came stomping into the room, with her ginger boyfriend following in after her.

"Aww come on Artemis think about it?"

He said still walking after her.

"Think about what?"

A curious Garfield piped up.

His sister shot him a warning glance but Artemis didn't care, as she rounded on the green skinned boy.

"Kid Idiot here said that he doesn't like my name and that I should change it!"

For a few seconds silence met her words. Yue tilted her head in confusion.

"But why do you not like Artemis's name Wally?"

Karan perked up.

"Yea! What's wrong with the girls name?" She put a hand on her hip as she frowned at Wally. He grinned as he placed his hands behind his head and shrugged.

"I just don't like it that's all. I mean she doesn't seem to be kind of an Artemis girl but we can always change that to Diana!"

He nodded pleased with himself, then continued.

"But her last name!"

He shuddered. Jamie frowned.

"Whats wrong with her last name?" He asked.

Wally turned to him.

"Oh come on dude! I mean have you ever heard of a name like Crock, in your life before?"

Kaldur sighed.

"Wally!" He muttered in exasperation but he was ignored.

"I mean come on!"

The red head threw his arms up in frustration. Megan and Barbara visibly winced at the glare Artemis was shooting in her boyfriends direction.

"And what is wrong with my last name may I ask?" She said through gritted teeth. The boy frowned walking forward and poking his girlfriend in the forehead.

"It sucks!" He said.

The blonde's hands curled in fists by her sides. Cassie read her body language.

"Here it comes!" She whispered to Tim, who shook his head.

"Idiot!" The Boy Wonder muttered under his breath. Just than Artemis threw a punch aimed straight at Wally's jaw. It would've broken the bone had he not quickly dodged it and grabbed her fist.

"I mean really you should change it."

He continued as she kept throwing punches at him, which he dodged, using his super speed, making her even angrier. She cried out as she kicked out her leg, trying to sweep him off his feet. He jumped up to avoid it. The girl was panting now, but Wally hadn't even broken a sweat. She stopped to catch her breath.

"CHANGE IT TO WHAT?!"

She shouted looking at him, still trying to catch her breath. Suddenly his expression turned serious.

"West!"

For a moment time seemed to stopped. Everybody was too shocked to even move. The only sound heard was that of Artemis's ragged breaths.

Hestia giggled through the psychic link she and Dick shared.

"And it is sinking in!" She said still giggling as Artemis's eyes widened in disbelief. Dick grinned.

"And he's just going to walk away!" He said as Wally began to walk away, slowly, hands in his pocket. Artemis seemed to have lost her voice. Finally she blurted out.

"Did you...?"

Conner shook his head, grinning.

"DID YOU JUST PROPOSE TO ME?!"

Artemis all but screamed to the speedsters retreating back. Isolt squealed under her breath, grabbing Bart's hand on impulse.(A/N: Lol) Duncan chuckled as the blonde walked after her boyfriend née fiance.

"DON'T YOU WALK AWAY FROM ME!" She shouted. Rory giggled as Wally passed her sending a smirk and a wink in the little girls way.

"ARE YOU SMIRKING?!"

She was rewarded with the laughter of her team mates, as the red head kept walking. That only seemed to make her madder.

"COME BACK HERE YOU LITTLE..."

She was cut off by Wally waving a finger in the air.

"Nu Uh! Artemis! Watch your language!"

He stopped, for a minute, turning his face around, grinning.

"There are kids present."

He started walking again. The archer sighed in frustration and anger. She looked down at her boots.

"Alright!" She said loudly. She lowered her head.

I'll- i'll change my name to West!"

She grumbled blushing furiously, a small smile creeping up her face, as her eyes shone with happiness. She looked up.

"Now will you pleas-mumph..."

The rest of her sentence was cut off as the happy speedster raced over to her, cutting her off with a kiss. She rolled her eyes but smiled nonetheless as she wrapped her arms around his neck, closing her eyes as she kissed him back. The onlookers burst into celebration. Megan and Zatanna hugged each other in happiness. Barbara, Duncan, Karan, Jamie, Garfield, Tim and Cassie began hooting and applauding. Isolt squealed as she wrapped her arms around Bart hugging him, he laughed hugging her back, twirling her around a bit. Kaldur sighed in relief as he smiled. Yue laughed, wrapping her arms around her boyfriend's neck from behind. Rory clapped her hands and unconsciously began to float away, but was quickly grabbed at the ankle by Red Tornado. Sphere began to beep and hum in happiness. The couple broke apart from their embrace. Wally looked at his fiance as he slipped a ring onto her ring finger. Artemis bit her lip as she blushed. This time everyone began to clap and holler. Conner gave a wolf-whistle earning an amused look from his friend, who was hugging his new fiancé. Hestia grinned as she let loose a few bursts of pink energy, which immediately burst, making a small firework display. Over the noise of the applause, wolf whistling and fireworks Dicks voice could be heard.

"If anybody needs a copy just let me know, I recorded the whole thing."

"DICK!"

His best friend yelled at him, as everyone laughed. Hestia laughed.

"Once a troll, forever a troll!" she said, winking in the newly engaged couple's way.

[charmac]

i'm a little afraid to ask, but why is everyone hyping the next ep? i know, i know the dennis system for men etc, but... it's written by megan, arguably the worst writer when it comes to dennis 99.9% of the time (i'm saying this as someone who thinks tends bar is in the top 3 eps ever) i feel like a lot of people are gonna end up disappointed 😐

You’re sending this ask to someone who has Dennis ranked 4/5 in favourite characters and has Meg’s signature framed on his wall, bro, lmfao. But speak your mind…

I mean we know Dennis is ‘irritated’ with Mac’s boyfriend, we know he’s literally scheming with a gay version of his System to get Mac over his boyfriend, like, imo that’s enough existing to hype over, and why people are excited.

If you think Meg’s writing for Dennis is gonna be disappointing, I guess we’ll have to see, we don’t know, but I’d like to say that Megan doesn’t have full control of anything in the show. Everything she writes begins in the writers room with RCG and ends with script review and finalisation from RCG.

Then, on set, everything Dennis says is acted by Glenn, who can change and improv lines whenever he wants because it’s his show.

If what happens with Dennis tonight is ‘disappointing’ you can’t just blame Meg, it’s definitely going to be a group decision on how they’re deciding to push Dennis this season. Clearly, something is already different, lurking, and building to DTAMHD. The fact that we’re seeing him have a little outburst this episode, and we’re seeing him literally scheme for/with Mac to break up with his boyfriend is definitely contributing to this all, and that’s why people are excited.

For me, and I think a lot of people, the hype is not so much about high expectations of queer Dennis or jealous Dennis and Macdennis threads but the fact that we’re getting another piece of the puzzle, a big chunk tonight that will tell us what’s going on, good or bad (and, to be clear, bad isn’t necessarily a bad thing anyway)

[icypunkk]

Solo.

She is outsourced, outtrait, and challenges the belief system of results. Though not alone, she feels a little lonely. Her shoulders strained from hours of tightening, her lips parted to release baby breaths, and her blue eyes clouded with a layer of puzzled depth.

It tasted like the second coming of anything—of something she couldn't explain—in her world of wicked decadence. what she truly desired and the leaving nature of what needed to be done. Self-isolation combined with the lovely retribution of fulfilling her career's demands. It was intriguing; the dark-haired beauty frequently pondered whether her line of work was similar to houseplants. Could it perish from lack of care?

'It only makes sense to make no sense at all.' Megan thought as she gazed upon herself in the mirror. Such a shame, this wasn't a Disney film she was doing; she could ask the mirror for help. Then again, what help could one-way glass give the pretty woman?

'Play me?'

Never one to shy away from the ominous side of life. Megan tipped her head like an irritable child, ready for the sky to drop, and traced her fingernail across the envelope. The film "Subservience" explores the story of "When computers can feel love," furious robots, and corrupt AIs. That appeared to be the main idea of the movie's plot. Megan's summary could not have been entirely objective. But could she be held accountable by production?

The stunning actress had been living off the radar for almost three months. With the aid of music and psychedelics, her mind expanded, contracted, and evolved. Megan had been far away from the technology of society, just to return and pretend to be a corrupt one?

'I'll play you to death.' Fox thought, an inching, sinister chuckle echoing from her soft lips. Picking up on the abandoned, strange envelope, the woman allowed herself to become consumed with her next "self."

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As Megan lifted the needle on her record player, a single tear sprayed against her crimson face. Janis Joplin's scratchy voice is paused. Naturally, without Megan playing some background music, no script is ever finished and read. Why, though, was she crying? Naturally, the alternative query might be—why not? The modest overstatement would be considered beautiful writing. However, it would be right on many levels; it was written out of fear of emotional dependency.

Megan hummed a shaky breath and twisted a strand of her stringy black hair on her thin finger. She found it difficult to stop crying after she started. Maybe she was still experiencing the emotional breakdown because of the melodious trip of the shrooms.

'Subservience'

Why and for what reason did they desire Megan? Did she resemble an AI? Was she uninteresting? Or was Megan, of all things, viewed by the director as a type A sociopathic? These were all nonsensical questions. Megan rose up from her chair and paced between the record player on the wooden floor and the window in lieu. Could she pull this off? Would she be able to regain that mental state after living apart for so long?

The lovely actress's face curved into another eerie smile, this one tinged with sinister vice. She could play this role. She was able to depict the emotionally hungry, detach, and reattach. All the while, as the unsettling vulture of corruption.

'Play me as a crime, as an object, as a rhyme to a meaningless tune. Take out the script, put in the chip, and play me like a coded version of a love song. Leave me, play with me, remove me like a spell, and you'll crave me again. Play me.'

[merrivia]

Masterlist of essays:

On why Damen falls in love with Laurent

On the evil enigma that is the Regent, and why his death is narratively satisfying

On Auguste as the golden protector and the Regent’s rumour mill

On the lack of stories (religion, myth, legend or fairytale) in the trilogy

Puzzling lines: Damen and “the other, darker thought”

On the performativity of Damen and Laurent’s different selves, and how they must come together to be together

On Damen’s disconnection from his emotions and the trauma of violence

On the ‘inn’ scene and Laurent as a sexual being

On Damen, trauma and the symbolism of water

Asks, answered:

On the belief that Damen and Laurent’s first time was non consensual

On Damen and Laurent and sexual crimes 

On what really happened in the ‘baths’ scene between Damen and Laurent

How long IS Laurent’s hair 💇‍♀️💇💇‍♂️

Mini metas and comments:

My thoughts on Pet

What I think Damen looks like

What I think Laurent looks like

Was Laurent spying on Damen?

Puzzling lines: Nicaise and “You’re going to tell him you want me”

A snippet on memory, motifs and Laurent’s duel with Govart

On Damen’s declaration of love at Laurent’s trial

On Damen’s insight in to Laurent’s ‘strapping down’ of his emotions

On the meaning of Lentos in The Summer Palace

When was Laurent’s first kill?

Makedon and Laurent: thee comic duo

On the bond between Nikandros and Damen

On Laurent as an appealing character

Damenlovefest2023:

Mini metas:

Day 1: Family

Day 2: Akielos

Fan fic/Ao3 recs:

beautiful boy by kybelles

All This and Heaven too by spinawren

The Wager by eglanterias

And Ask No Leave of Thee by covertius

Book recs that aren’t CaPri:

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

A little bit of web-weaving:

On pain being the source of writing

On scars and love in CaPri

[cartograffiti]

Yuletide '24 letter

This is a restatement of my requests, in case it is easier for a writer to bookmark. I have a Wrapping Paper challenge post for those interested in visual art treat-specific prompts. I am SpaceJackalope on Ao3, and I'm excited to see what you make!

Happy Yuletide! For all requests, I'd be happy to receive a fic with an unconventional format (like epistolary, in-world documents, poetry, puzzles…). My account is set to be able to receive treats, they are welcome! Please see DNWs under each request, as they have some variations.

Request 1: The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner. My gift must feature both Attolia Irene and Eugenides.

I love Irenides, and I especially enjoy fics about them being happy in private, teasing each other, and flirting in ways the court is baffled by. I would be delighted by smut, should you feel so motivated.

DNW: Sexual assault or abuse. Domestic violence (I do not consider canon-typical throwing things to be this). Kamet/Nahuseresh. Child death (may reference canonical miscarriage, but please don't be more graphic than canon). AUs that change the setting. I don't enjoy sex scenes with urine, scat, blood, or mockery (embarrassment is fine).

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Request 2: Lymond Chronicles - Dorothy Dunnett My gift must feature Philippa Somerville.

I just adore Philippa, light of my life. I'd like to see her getting to do something fun or having a little adventure, at any age. It doesn't need to be cute/fluffy, but I would prefer it not to have a hopeless ending. I'd be happy for it to be about her relationship with other characters, or Philippa on her own. If you're interested in writing something shippy or smut, I enjoy /Francis, /Danny, /Mikal, /Catherine.

DNW: Fresh incidents of sexual assault or abuse, or comfortless discussion of canonical ones. Domestic violence. Joleta negativity. Child death (may reference canonical ones). AUs that change the setting. I don't enjoy sex scenes with urine, scat, blood, or mockery (embarrassment is fine).

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Request 3: Midnight Burger (Podcast) My gift must include both Effie Mucklewain and Zebulon Mucklewain.

I love how weird, warm, and wonderful these two are! I'd enjoy a fic about classic flavor Effie and Zebulon, or about them doing a different "frequency" (like they do when they're being a deep dive podcast, or the disco disc jockeys, or preaching from the Egyptian Book of the Dead…). I'd be happy for you to get spooky and bend genres, put them in an episode-style adventure with other nominated characters, or do a little slice of life from downtime.

DNW: Sexual assault or abuse. Domestic violence. Child death. AUs that change the setting. I don't enjoy sex scenes with urine, scat, blood, or mockery (embarrassment is fine).

~

Request 4: The Tithenai Chronicles - Foz Meadows My gift must feature both Velasin vin Aaro and Caethari Xai Aeduria.

Cultural differences and relationship negotiation are some of my favorite aspects of these books. I would also enjoy a case fic (solving a new mystery) if you feel so inclined, something domestic post-canon, or exploring some part of life in this setting like holidays. Smut is welcome. I enjoy how this series handles trauma recovery, and would be happy to receive something in that vein.

DNW: Fresh incidents of sexual assault or abuse, or comfortless discussion of canonical ones. Domestic violence. Child death. AUs that change the setting. I don't enjoy sex scenes with urine, scat, blood, or mockery (embarrassment is fine).

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Request 5: "Australian Soap Opera" - A Bit of Fry and Laurie Sketch My gift must feature both the character called Owen | Clark | Jim, and the character called Bradley | Craig | Shane | Finley | Declan | Jim.

What is going on with these two and their secret affair that only Stephen's character knew about!? I love the absurdist tone, their constant changing of their own names and continuous references to other characters and plotlines, and the fact that so many of the ones we do hear about don't make sense. ("So who is your real father?" "I am.") Write me something weird and silly! Smut is welcome. Next Stephen's character will have the decency to do it to Hugh's character's face, etc.

DNW: Sexual assault or abuse (I would like the affair to be consensual and Hugh's character just didn't know who he was sleeping with). Domestic violence. Child death. AUs that change the setting. I don't enjoy sex scenes with urine, scat, blood, or mockery (embarrassment is fine).

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Request 6: Last Binding series - Freya Marske Characters field left intentionally blank, I am happy to receive any nominated characters. (Alan Ross, Edwin Courcey, Lord Hawthorn | Jack Alston, Maud Blyth, Robin Blyth, Violet Debenham)

I love all of the canon couples, the Blyth sibling relationship, and the Maud-Hawthorn "friends whether he cooperates or not" dynamic. Some of my favorite things about this series are: the magic, the warmth and uniqueness of all the relationships (romantic and not), and the attention to art and technology in the Edwardian period. Case fic (solving a new mystery), date nights, smut, or fics following a single character are all favorites.

DNW: Sexual assault or abuse. Domestic violence. Child death. AUs that change the setting. I don't enjoy sex scenes with urine, scat, blood, or mockery (embarrassment is fine).

[starstimsies]

Welcome to our blog!

Hello there and welcome to the blog! If you have already checked out the description you will know that this blog is owned by two people! If you would like to know our personal blogs they are @d3ads0c13ty and @astro500. This is just going to be an introduction page for us and the website we're in the process of creating! We already have our own introductions on our personal blogs of who we are and what we talk about on there if you want to check it out, but on this blog we will mainly be promoting the website!

Astro's introduction

Hi! My name is Astro and I am nonbinary as well as pansexual! Being nonbinary means that I don't conform to gender norms and personally, I go by they/them pronouns. Even though I go by they/them pronouns I am completely okay with you guys using she/her pronouns for me. Being pansexual means that I can date anyone not based on their gender identity/what gender they present as or what's in their pants! I would prefer to keep my age private so please don't ask me any questions too sexual because I don't want people to assume I am a minor talking about sex just because I don't want people online knowing my age.

Passive's introduction

Name: passive or bunnie! Fav music artists: SZA, Attila,ICP, tyler the creator,kali uchis,megan thee stallion,and frank ocean DNI: weird ppl(the bad kinda weird),anti furry ppl, extra judgy ppl Funni things i like: ,Scene fashion,cutecore fashion, Overwatch 2,fnaf, playing viola, animal crossing, sanrio, the color pink, Sonic,vocaloid, Tokyo revengers,Garfield, pet regression!! Things I despise: scratchy noises, moths, violin players(jkjk), mustard yellow

That's all you need to know! I hope you have a nice day/night every day!

Here are just a couple things that we will not tolerate (as we think of more reasons I will add more)

Transphobia

Homophobia

Sexual topics

Racism

Making fun of others

Fat shaming

Hate on the agere or age regression community

Sexualizing agere/age regression

Sexualizing minors

Hate on pet regression

Hate on neurodivergent people

Disregarding our feelings/boundaries

Acting like autism, adhd, depression, anxiety, etc isn't real

Rape jokes

Thinking sexual trauma isn't a real thing

Making jokes about sexual harassment/assault

Talking about when you sexually harassed/assaulted someone

Hating on furries

Hating on therians

About our website

Our website, StarStims, is essentially a completely free space-themed website with a blog format for neurodivergent people or people with mental disabilities/disorders! There will be a variety of videos, games, links to fidgets that you can buy (from different websites), definitions on things like anxiety and adhd, etc. The videos can range from links to comfort audios/asmr to stimboards! The games could be games about sorting/organizing, puzzles, writing games, and fidget games!

We want our website to be the place you can go to so you don't need to search the entire internet for that one specific video or game you want to find! The definitions/descriptions of the disorders will be there so you can understand a bit more about your situation or so you can show family, friends, coworkers, etc so they can figure out ways to help you. There will also be coping mechanisms for things such as anxiety and panic attacks!

[arealphrooblem]

Could you answer 20 and 13? Thanks!

20. Do you have one piece of advice for your fellow writers?

So I am not saying that I'm not guilty of the thing I'm about to advise against, but I will say thinking this way has influenced my writing more than anything else.

Subtly.

We get so attached to a certain aspects of our stories and the interpretation of them that we have an instinct to go overboard and make sure the reader really understands what we want them to understand. We put huge flashing neon signs telling the readers "these two characters love each other" or "this guy cannot be trusted" or "this item/scene is a super important symbol of change and growth for the character." or whatever.

But stories are so much better when you're subtle about it. You have to trust that your reader will pick up on it. Even if it's not the first time, it's so much fun to re-read an old favorite and have new realizations. If you've ever read a Megan Whalen Turner book, you will know this intimately lol.

Readers also like puzzling things out for themselves and picking up on these hints and you're robbing them of that opportunity.

But mostly, it always felt to me that if you have to have the flashing neon signs, then what you want to point out isn't true. If you can't show the character's relationship to each other in subtle consistent ways and its always flashy gestures and intimate confessions then it doesn't feel real. It feels like you're overcompensating the fact that it's not well developed.

13. What feedback did you receive for your writing that stuck with you?

There was a reader I had on my fanfic account/tumblr who said once that she would really dislike my OC if she had met them in real life. But the OC was compelling and interesting and empathetic and she couldn't help but love the character anyway.

She was so afraid I would take it as an insult, but I was super flattered that she loved and supported and was fascinated by a character that was so different than what she was used to and that my writing could break through the pet peeves she had about certain kinds of people and make my character feel so real and well rounded that they went beyond the stereotype of the kind of people she found annoying IRL.

It also taught me that if a character feels real, if they aren't just a cardboard cut out there to serve the goals of the story, or a chalk outline of a person in a romance, that people love and are fascinated by them. They don't have to be perfect or bland or inoffensive or above reproach. The best loved characters are the ones that feel like a real person despite the very unreal and insane plots they get thrown in.

[cheshirelibrary]

6 New Mysteries Featuring Deadly Games and Puzzles 

[via BookBub Blog]

You can’t beat a mystery where the stakes are sky-high — and in these thrilling books, characters race through all kinds of deadly games and puzzles just to stay alive.

The Escape Room by Megan Goldin

Hide by Kiersten White

The Skeleton Key by Erin Kelly

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

...

Click through to see more titles.

[alexseanchai]

I don't know which I want more:

this played as closely to missing episodes from ACD canon as possible

or this in the present day, Elementary style, not marketed as a Sherlock Holmes adaptation until after the episode with that reveal has premiered, and drawing additional inspiration from that reblog chain about keeping the adaptation characters' careers as close to the original as possible in at least one of the job itself and the connotations of having that job

which, that marketing would also be true of the ACD-canon-setting version, of course, but like, if mentions of apartment 221 in building B (or building 2, townhouse 21, basement apartment, or whatever) of a complex on Baker Street, anywhere but Victorian London, are backstory details dropped over multiple episodes and/or not in that order, then the audience will jump to "Sherlock Holmes reference easter egg" well before "previous address of central character"—where mention of Baker Street alone in context of Victorian London kinda shouts original flavor Holmes all by itself—and we'll be pleased with ourselves about spotting the well-hidden easter egg right up till we either figure out the big reveal or start kicking ourselves because we didn't

tl;dr of that reblog chain is, the character who's an opera singer in ACD canon could still be an opera singer in an adaptation set today, opera singers still exist

which, this adaptation probably wouldn't have her appear exactly, precisely because her story is in ACD canon? but maybe there's otherwise insignificant set details or lines of dialogue about her among the puzzle pieces, which could be pretty easy and would be pretty cool, so I'm gonna elaborate on that:

maybe her being an opera singer says she's a respectable artist whose niche has long enough artistic tradition that's inaccessible enough to modern audiences to be considered high art; maybe she doesn't sing opera professionally but anyone describing her artistic background uses the phrase "classically trained opera singer"—which could say a lot about her history in itself, given how few people have the opportunity and means—and she's using that training for Broadway musicals or today's top 40 hit songs or Tiktok or the silver screen

or while she might or might not be most widely known for her singing, she mostly earns her living in a way that gives her the reputation of being a sex worker (drag performances? SFW OnlyFans?) or gets her called one or compared to one as an insult (as people do to some kinds of people more often than others, for example, anyone doing a Dolly Parton / Chappell Roan / Megan Thee Stallion type deliberately sexy aesthetic, or anyone speaking out about surviving sexual violence) or possibly is actually sex work (stripper, escort, porn actress, etc), or other such thing that was or was generally assumed to be true of opera singers when and where ACD was writing

like, let's say the season two finale is planned to be the series finale, it's very late in season one, and there's a conversation overheard between background characters, or we glimpse one of the news headlines on the browser homepage between someone opening a new tab and getting where they're going, or something—whatever it is, as far as this episode's A- and B-plots are concerned, this bit is only there to make the world feel lived-in—that mentions the some-years-old tabloid gossip or entertainment news headline about the love affair between Definitely Not Prince Harry and Definitely Neither Meghan Markle Nor Lady Gaga, the stage name of the latter having been mentioned in passing in an earlier episode, and she's married someone else entirely and/or got a court date for transing gender reasons, which happy occasion (the viewers now learn) involves changing her legal name from or possibly to Irene Adler

Guys listen up I have a banger concept:

TV show (called "The Hiatus" or something like that), set in the late 19th century. It starts with us meeting the Mysterious Enigmatic MC, who's traveling through Europe, obviously on the run from someone or something. Every episode starts with him arriving in a new town under a brand new alias in hopes to quietly spend a couple of nights there, but then he accidentally encounters some random person (usually a child or a woman who's been wronged somehow) in a difficult situation and can't help but help them. He doesn't actually want to even briefly speak to anyone, he's all Mysterious and Enigmatic and secretive and EcCeNtRiC and On The Run and very obviously in huge distress but somehow he just always can't leave a situation as it is (and also visibly very curious to resolve it). The people he helped are usually amazed by how clever and observant and also Mysterious and Enigmatic he is and want to get to know him better, but after helping them he always has to leave the town even earlier and more hastily than he planned to.

As the show progresses we gradually learn more of his backstory, including that there's this Certain Person that our Mysterious Enigmatic MC had to leave and now misses dearly and can't contact, (and the more time passes, the harder it gets for him to stop himself from writing to him).

Only about halfway through the show, after N episodes and some amount of increasingly obvious hints it's finally officially revealed that our Mysterious Enigmatic MC is post-Reichenbach Sherlock Holmes.

The very last episode is, obviously, The Empty House.

[sunseteternal]

About Me

You can call me K because I'm not about putting too much of my personal information out on the internet (there's a lot of creeps out there, peeps)

22 | '02 | She/Her | Straight | American | White

Some of my hobbies include Reading, Writing, Listening to Music, Going on Walks, and Playing Mobile Puzzle Games.

You can also find me on AO3 and Wattpad

AO3: Ks_World

Wattpad: Casuallypretty

*Note: Out of all 3 platforms, I am most active on Wattpad, only because I am still learning how to operate Tumblr and AO3 as a Writer. I am on Tumblr and AO3, but I have mostly been reading fics. Recently, I have been wanting to try out writing on both platforms, but I still need to figure out how to properly use them. So, until then, you can find me more on Wattpad. I am currently in the process of releasing fics, but I thought I would try to spread my name out there more as a Writer by using more than one platform. I have over 100 drafts on Wattpad that I am in the process of writing and have two published stories, but they are currently on a hiatus until I find inspiration for them again. As of Tumblr and AO3, I have nothing in the works yet, but I hope to be releasing content soon as I am trying to get back into writing again. So, please look forward to future works from me! 🧡

Stan List

I'm a K-Pop Multistan of multiple groups and a few soloists. I'm always getting in to more artists so my stan list is subject to change quite a bit.

Groups:

BTS - Jimin & Jungkook TXT - Taehyun & Beomgyu ENHYPEN - Heeseung &TEAM - K Le Sserafim - Yunjin KATSEYE - OT6

EXO - Baekhyun SuperM - Taeyong NCT 127 - Yuta NCT Dream - Jaemin WayV - Xiaojun NCT Wish - Sion RIIZE - Anton Red Velvet - Seulgi

Stray Kids - Hyunjin Twice - Jihyo

BLACKPINK - Rose

The Boyz - Eric

Ateez - Wooyoung

ZEROBASEONE - Hanbin & Zhanghao

*Note: I only write fanfics for Boy Groups. Though you may still see some of the Girl Group members from any of the groups I stan show up in my writings as the Female OC's friends.

Soloists:

*The following are solo artists that I have casually listened to, but I don’t stan them as hard as the groups.

Jackson Wang

Bambam

Lay

Jeon Somi

Non-Kpop Artists:

Ariana Grande

Justin Bieber

The Weeknd

Camila Cabello

Ava Max

Melanie Martinez

Kehlani

Chase Atlantic

Jonas Brothers

Charlie Puth

Jason Derulo

Halsey

Usher

Chris Brown

Nicki Minaj

Doja Cat

Tate McRae

5 Seconds of Summer

Sabrina Carpenter

Kesha

Maroon 5

Lady Gaga

Sza

Summer Walker

Rihanna

Shawn Mendes

Ed Sheeran

Khalid

The Chainsmokers

Harry Styles

ZAYN

Bruno Mars

Cardi B

Megan Thee Stallion

Bea Miller

Madison Beer

MKTO

Dua Lipa

Troye Sivan

Alessia Cara

Selena Gomez

Lauv

Normani

Zara Larsson

Demi Lovato

Ellie Goulding

and Many More ...

Other Non-Kpop Fandoms:

*Movies/ TV Shows

Maze Runner

Harry Potter

The Hobbit/ LOTR

Star Wars

Twilight

Marvel (Avengers, X-Men)

DC

OUAT (Once Upon A Time)

13 Reasons Why

TVD (The Vampire Diaries)

Shameless (US)

Transformers

Umbrella Academy

AHS (American Horror Story)

The Hunger Games

The Outsiders

*Anime's

Inuyasha

Fruits Basket

Seven Deadly Sins

Fairytail

SAO (Sword Art Online)

My Neighbor Totoro

Ponyo

Princess Mononoke

Ariety

Spirited Away

Howl's Moving Castle

Belle

Demon Slayer

So I'm A Spider, So What?

and More ...

[romilly-jay]

This worked for me (WHY did this work for me?)

***spoilers*** [I know - ref a 2019 TV movie, does anyone care? Well, on the off-chance they do... Also, given the troperiffic nature of these movies, does it really count as spoilering elements that anyone Familiar With The Genre would be arriving, expecting in advance? Again, on the assumption that it's polite to say so, I'll - say so.]

It's the middle of the summer holidays in the UK so there is probably a law against watching Christmas movies but I am having a summer of jigsaw puzzles and loafing, and Amazon thought I might like this one and, somewhat to my astonishment, I really, REALLY did.

I'm a tricky audience for a Hallmark romcom because I ought to be their perfect viewer but I'm slightly too fond of grit and ambiguity and slightly too ready to throw my remote across the room when the characters do things that are too inauthentic or implausible or mean or stoopid. I think we can blame Georgette Heyer, whose heroines regularly got themselves into highly implausible scrapes but the writing carried me through. Apparently it's not whether I believe the scenarios (I'm fine with suspending disbelief) but give me witty, gritty characters who make plausible choices and only behave in limp ways if they're the plot device that gets the main action going, elsewhere.

I call to the stand -

Devil's Cub (heroine pretends to be her sister and while doing so is consequently ruined, kidnapped and taken on a trip to France where she nonetheless holds her own and is practically never Victimish)

The Corinthian (where the hero, returning home drunk, comes across the heroine escaping from her townhouse disguised as a boy and on a whim accompanies her/him back to her/his estate in the country)

Lots of ingredients in this movie I generally find myself objecting to - and I'm now realising it's about execution/script more than concept.

Things I generally react against but which I was able to go with here:

The heroine is successful but unhappy in a desirable Big World job but comes from a small town and returns home for Reasons.

She gets stuck in her old home town for Reasons (snow on the pass).

She has an ex-boyfriend who still lives in the town and they Have Unresolved History.

There's a Christmas Event she needs to get involved with.

She needs to Change Something about her current life and the time she accidentally spends in Home Town helps her figure this out.

Soooo WHY DID THIS ONE WORK (for me)?

Well, partly, cast chemistry - I believed the mother/daughter relationship. I believed the healing of the broken rels in the town. And I believed the restoration of the relationship with the Dishy Ex.

And - some good, small-scale choices (by which I mean, things that don't matter either way for the plot resolution). Like - she's a huge Country star and so it makes sense that her ex-best-friend's kids are a bit star struck by her. The girl, at least. I mean, they would be, right?

And - I've mentioned the writing? I feel like they say things to each other that real humans might actually say (okay, as well as all the things they say to each other that real humans wouldn't say but which are permissible under the Suspension of Disbelief During Consumption of a RomCom Act of i-just-made-that-one-up).

For example, at one point [okay, okay, in the middle of the movie when they've very quickly forgotten they were at odds with each other for a decade and have gone back to getting on well] instead of just pushing the You Left Me line, the Marcus Rosner character tells the Megan Hilty character that he's proud of all she achieved.

<3 this and darn straight - she's a bone fide Country Superstar.

Resolution - allows her to find her way back to people and community without giving up on her singing career. She buys the theatre, enabling the not-ex-for-much-longer boyfriend's community arts dream to move forward, but rather than Giving Up Fame, says that it will become her "touring base". (That makes sense -why not?).

There's also an arc about the dead father which I felt Switzerland (neutral) about - but I liked the way the movie handled the implications for mother/daughter rel as they move on from this loss.

In conclusion: no-one is The Big Evil, no-one descends into Lunatic Scheming, even the manager is just doing his job and Has A Heart.

The enemy isn't really an enemy - more a question or dilemma. What matters? Can we live the life we dream of and also stay in touch with people who are or who have been important to us? How to pick a way through our choices when it seems that perhaps we can't have it all.

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PS I'm not apologising about the jigsaw thing BTW. I think they're a perfect anxiety hack - at least, they're a perfect anxiety hack For Me.

I discovered this for the first time two Christmases ago, the Christmas of The Big Family Bust-Up when I was down in a dark and stormy Wales feeling pretty dark and stormy on the inside as well and not in the fun, cocktail-quaffing sense. S figured out that this might work for me and I was astonished to find he was Dead Right. This is S who I don't typically think of as someone with huge levels of empathy (um, wonderful in many ways but that is NOT his lead suit).

For *me* jigsaws absorb a perfect amount of cognitive focus - for other people, this might be the focus required for landscape painting or making jewellery, playing chess or bird/train-spotting. AND at the end of the day, it's an activity that simply doesn't matter. So calming.

[joshuadiazzz]

'figuring it out' thank you's

First and foremost, I want to say that I am extremely excited to get to write these “thank you’s” down. I remember as a kid, looking through the CD booklets of my favorite albums and being fascinated by all the people that contributed to the record or just helping the artist along the way. So let’s get these credits going.

Special thanks to

Gerald Bailey, Max Davis, Martina Cohran, Rosy Aguilar, Amy (The Social Worker at the Lutz Building), Ms. Coller (for being one of the most encouraging vocal teacher ever), Ms. Lattimore, Paige Kizer, Megan Esther (Paige and Megan being the two best music tutors that genuinely helped me and were rooting for me during every tutoring session), Mr. David Grant, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Crawford.

To the people who helped me bring this little EP to life and have put in their “granito de arena”:

Nikki Pacheco, thank you so much for being the best manager I could ever ask for. I absolutely appreciate every single thing you have done to help me over the past couple of months. I have never worked with a manager before so for you to be the first, I was absolutely ecstatic!!! Thank you for believing in me. Here’s to our future growth and achievements!!!

Edson Marca, for literally opening your doors to your house the entire month of July 2022 and giving me a space to just create.

Jordan Siwek, for the lovely chord progression I stumbled upon in the fall of 2021 that later contributed to the base for “a love that never was”. 

Val Morales, for being the best human and person who accompanied me during the first two (very formative) years of college. Your friendship and your wisdom is something I continue to carry with me to this day. Thank you!

Khalif, for stepping inside that one studio session I had with Val for “good enough for u” during its early stages of conception. Despite not having met you prior to that encounter, I was extremely fascinated by your ear when it came to harmonies, and for you have added some “ooh’s’  (alongside Val) underneath my song’s chorus?!? mind-blowing in the best way possible. 

Ivy-Jolie Camacho, IVY!!!! Prior to “outta the blue”, the number of times we would talk about songwriting together was insane. I’m so glad that we got to create something that one very special Friday and how working with you, took me out of my comfort zone as a songwriter (in the best way possible). 

Abdiel Diaz, for being the missing puzzle piece to “good enough for u”. Having the song fully written and produced back in the winter of 2022, I was in search of a guitarist for the LONGEST TIME but was too afraid to ask anyone since they were all busy or unavailable. So for you to add your guitar-playing skills and add that missing element (because I do in fact sing, “How do you manage to strum each string on my heart, like when you play your guitar”), made it feel complete. So thank you.  

Ambercita, for shooting the amazing cover art and the headshots that form what is the “figuring it out” aesthetic. Being able to work with a photographer for the first time was such a great experience but also being able to step into your world and see the behind-the-scenes process and see you in your element, is truly inspiring. 

Additionally…

To my band, Sumar Suliman, Daniel Rovinsky, Nate Freedman & Stephen Ryan. Thank you for bringing my songs to life on stage, especially ‘good enough for u’. I sound like a broken record whenever I say this but I am truly grateful for each and every one of you that was willing to help me, rehearse with me, and as I said previously, bring my songs to life. You truly don’t understand how meaningful it is for you guys to be the first instrumentalists I got to form a band with. 

To Nicole Nicolalde, for showing me what a true performer looks like on stage. I knew I had it in me but seeing you perform gave me reassurance that I too can display my performer self on stage (no longer a bedroom-my-hairbrush-as-a-mic performer). Also for sharing so much wisdom with me about what it takes to do so. Te quiero. 

To both Kacie and Maggie for giving me so much advice regarding forming my own band. It was something that I wanted for a really long time and wanted to be a part of one so so badly. But receiving so much insight from you both absolutely helped me when the day came that I had my people, my band, with me. 

and to Avi Nathan, for performing with Abdiel and me at the open mic back in February on such short notice. The way I gave you the rhythm chart just HOURS before the open mic happened… insanity. Thank you for helping me out and taking the time to do that with me.

To you, the listener. Thank you for giving my music a chance to be heard by you. I hope that you continue to follow me along on this journey of mine and get to witness my continuous growth. I promise it’ll be worth it.

and to Britney Spears, Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Brandy, Whitney Houston, Kehlani, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, and Omar Apollo for all inspiring me as a songwriting, vocalist, producer, and performer <3 (because why not)

and to all my friends that I’ve made along the way and have supported and believed in me. To all the friends that were willing to collaborate on songs with me and step into each other's worlds, I value you and I am grateful for you.

[fallenstar193]

Writing Examples

Micheal Myers-

With every passing moment, Michael’s anticipation grows, his dark desires fueling his relentless pursuit. He’s a phantom in the night, blending seamlessly with the ominous surroundings. Shadows cling to him like a second skin, as if the very essence of evil itself were taking form. He moves closer, a predator closing in on its unsuspecting prey.

Inside the house, the victim’s unease intensifies, a subtle sense that something is terribly wrong. The faint creaking of the floorboards under Michael’s calculated steps goes unnoticed by the oblivious residents. His malevolent presence casts an ever-lengthening shadow over their lives, a harbinger of the impending horror.

The cold, lifeless eyes behind the mask remain fixed on the victim, studying her every move. Michael’s emotions, if he has any left, are a twisted puzzle, a murky abyss of darkness. He thrives on the fear he instills, reveling in the helplessness of his victims as they realize the depths of their impending doom.

As the tension in the house mounts, Michael Myers inches closer to his target. His grip on the knife tightens, and he readies himself to strike. It’s a macabre dance of death, a sinister waltz played out in the dark corners of Haddonfield. The victim’s fate is sealed, and all that remains is the gruesome crescendo of violence that Michael will unleash upon her, leaving a trail of terror in his wake.

Billy Loomis-

Amid the bustling halls of Woodsboro High School, Billy Loomis weaves through a sea of students, his facade of a concerned, grieving boyfriend in place. He hears the hushed whispers and excited chatter that ripple through the crowd like a sinister undercurrent. “Did you hear about the Ghostface murder last night?” one student exclaims, while another adds, “They say the killer’s still out there, targeting teenagers.” Billy’s heart races, a turbulent storm of joy and satisfaction swirling within him.

With practiced finesse, he joins a group of his peers, feigning shock and disbelief as they recount the gruesome details of the latest murder. His acting skills are impeccable; he wears the mask of innocence as convincingly as he wears the Ghostface mask itself. Inside, he revels in the twisted game he’s playing with the town, enjoying the thrill of being so close to the investigation.

As the conversation continues, Billy can’t help but smirk inwardly. He’s the puppeteer, pulling the strings from behind the scenes, manipulating their fear and paranoia. He thinks to himself, “They have no idea it’s me, the very person they’re talking about. I’m the one responsible for these horrors.” His dual existence as both the concerned boyfriend and the sadistic killer fills him with a chilling sense of power.

Deep down, Billy knows he’s playing a dangerous game, one that could unravel at any moment. But the adrenaline rush of deception and the satisfaction of terrorizing the town keep him entangled in this deadly dance. He listens to his classmates, their voices growing more anxious, and silently vows to continue his reign of terror, all while masquerading as an innocent victim in a world he’s turned upside down.

Megan Pax (OC)-

Megan had been having a pleasant evening at the local bar, enjoying her friends’ company and the lively atmosphere. It was there that she first spotted Johnny Sawyer, a charming stranger with a smile that could melt hearts. His wit and charisma were magnetic, drawing Megan into an engaging conversation that made her forget about the world outside.

As the night wore on, Johnny’s charm only seemed to grow stronger, and he suggested they continue their conversation outside. Megan, feeling adventurous and intrigued, agreed. Little did she know that this encounter was about to take a dark turn.

Once outside, Megan began to sense that something was off. Johnny’s demeanor had shifted, his smile replaced by an unsettling intensity. Fear began to creep into Megan’s thoughts as she realized she might have made a grave mistake. When Johnny suddenly grabbed her arm and tried to force her into the back of his truck, Megan’s instincts kicked in.

With a burst of adrenaline, Megan delivered a powerful punch to Johnny’s lip, the sound of the impact echoing in the dimly lit alley. She could taste victory in that brief moment, but she knew she had to run. With every ounce of strength she could muster, Megan sprinted away from Johnny, her heart pounding in her chest. However, her escape was cut short as Johnny, seething with anger, quickly caught up to her.

In that heart-stopping moment, Megan realized the depth of the danger she was in. Her decision to confront Johnny had bought her some time, but her fate now rested in the hands of this man who had gone from charming to menacing.

Jack Wolford (OC)-

Jack had always been the kind of guy who’d do anything for his friends, so when Sonny came to him with the desperate plea to help find Maria, one of their close friend’s missing sister, he didn’t hesitate. They piled into Leland’s old van and set off on a road trip from their small town to the heart of Texas, determined to unravel the mystery surrounding Maria’s disappearance.

Their journey brought them to a remote gas station in the middle of nowhere. Inside, they met the grizzled owner, known simply as Cook, who eyed them suspiciously as they inquired about Maria’s last known whereabouts. The more questions they asked, the less friendly Cook became. His patience wore thin, and he finally snapped, unleashing a torrent of rage at the group of curious kids.

In the blink of an eye, the situation escalated from tense to terrifying. Cook’s aggression took them by surprise, and before they could react, Jack and his friends found themselves beaten and bound, their pleas for mercy falling on deaf ears. Panic set in as they realized they were at the mercy of a family who seemed to be hiding something sinister.

In a desperate bid for freedom, Jack managed to break free from his restraints, his heart pounding as he fled through the back. But his escape was cut short when, in the darkness, he stepped right into a concealed bone trap. Agony shot through him, and he couldn’t suppress a guttural howl of pain.

Before he could fully comprehend what had happened, a hulking figure emerged from the shadows. This man, known as Leatherface, loomed over Jack, his grotesque mask concealing any trace of humanity. The night had taken a nightmarish turn, and Jack’s pursuit of answers had led him straight into the clutches of a relentless and merciless force that would test his will to survive like never before.

Betty (OC)-

Betty, known as the Doll Face Killer, was an enigmatic and elusive figure in the quiet suburban town. She lived in an unassuming house, a facade that masked the chilling secrets that lurked within. Next door to Betty resided her neighbor, Black Nancy, a woman of deep mystery herself, and her son, Johnny Sawyer.

The relationship between Betty and her neighbors was a peculiar one. Betty maintained an icy distance from Nancy and Johnny, seldom exchanging more than a curt nod in passing. Yet, rumors about her peculiar habits and eerie doll collection spread like wildfire among the residents. Some claimed to have glimpsed life-sized dolls in her windows, their so called lifeless eyes seemingly following the curious onlookers. Only rumors much.

Black Nancy, on the other hand, was known for her stoic demeanor and the air of solitude that surrounded her. She rarely socialized with the other neighbors, keeping to herself and focusing on her son Johnny, who was equally enigmatic. Johnny, a tall and brooding young man, carried an aura of quiet intensity that intrigued and unnerved those who crossed his path.

The neighbors often speculated about the strange trio living side by side, but no one dared to pry too deeply into their affairs. Betty, the Doll Face Killer, kept her secrets well-guarded, and the neighborhood remained in a state of uneasy tranquility, blissfully unaware of the darkness that simmered just beneath the surface.

Maria Flores (Muse):

As Maria continued her exploration of the picturesque sunflower field, she couldn’t help but be captivated by the sight of some delicate, vibrant flowers that had caught her eye. Their petals glistened like drops of morning dew in the fading sunlight, casting a mesmerizing spell over her. These were no ordinary flowers; they were a variety she had never encountered before, their colors a stunning blend of deep purples and soft pinks, reminiscent of an artist’s palette.

Maria’s heart swelled with a deep appreciation for the natural beauty that surrounded her. These flowers, in particular, seemed like a rare gem tucked away in the sunflower sea. She knew, in that moment, that she had stumbled upon something truly special. Her fingers tingled with anticipation as she carefully retrieved her camera, feeling the familiar weight of it in her hands.

She adjusted the lens, ensuring every detail of the blossoms was captured flawlessly. With a soft click, she immortalized the flowers in a single frame, preserving their ethereal beauty for eternity. In her mind, she already imagined how these images would fit seamlessly into her scrapbook, each photograph telling a story of discovery and awe. Maria understood that some moments in life were too beautiful not to be captured, and these flowers were the embodiment of that belief.

With the freshly taken photo of the exquisite flowers in her hand, Maria couldn’t help but admire the intricate details that her camera had beautifully captured. She marveled at the interplay of colors and the delicate veins that adorned each petal. The soft, golden sunlight that bathed the blossoms in a warm glow seemed to dance within the frame. As her eyes lingered on the image, a smile spread across her face, reflecting the joy she felt in this moment of artistic appreciation.

Cheerfully, Maria whispered to herself, “These will fit perfectly in my scrapbook.” She could already envision them nestled among her other cherished memories, a testament to the beauty she encountered on her adventures. Her heart swelled with excitement at the thought of sharing this discovery with her sister Ana. “Ana would love to see this,” she mused, making a mental note to send her sister a photo of the enchanting flowers as a delightful surprise from her journey through the sunflower field.