#and it's just lazy writing to make your main character related to the most influential star trek character ever

[scherzokinn]

Btw I'm serious when I say Sarek has a human fetish. This is how those with a fetish for a certain group of people act. Sarek being disgusted by Spock's human side while also marrying human wives is 100% because of a fetish. Sarek is just the Star Trek version of Alma Mahler.

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Character Creation Tag

I was tagged by @therska 

Thank you! It’s actually been that long since I thought about any of the characters I’ve created... I’ve been so into my fics, but this is fun and maybe it’ll give me some motivation? I’m going to do 2; Katlyn because she is the first character I ever wrote and Ariah because she is my favourite. 

1. What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)?

Katlyn: probably... her appearance. Which for 13 year old me, was a self insert.

Ariah: her backstory! Which, at the time involved an evil twin. But I was probably 15 when I came up with that and I have written the evil twin out. 

2. Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind?

Katlyn: I wrote her with her love interest in mind and I hate my 13-17 year old self for it. She totally became more than her love interest. She is her own person. She doesn’t need a man. 

Ariah: ... her evil twin 

3. How did you choose their name?

I think they were both originally called several different things? I use baby naming websites... 

4. In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts?

Katlyn has a grandmother she doesn’t know with magic? And Ariah came from a family with an interesting magical history. 

5. Is there any significance behind their hair colour?

Katlyn was self-insert, so she has brown hair. Ariah is blonde, which is not significant in any way. 

6. Is there any significance behind their eye colour? 

.... self insert. Blue eyes. Ariah’s are green. No significance. 

7. Is there any significance behind their height?

.... and Ariah is short because she’s tiny and powerful.

8. What (if anything) do you relate to within their character/story?

My re-evaluated Katlyn’s and I have nothing in common anymore. Ariah has always been way cooler than me. I guess I’d relate to their morals though?

9. Are they based off of you, in some way?

See, all of the above. 

10. Did you know what the OC’s sexuality would be at the time of their creation?

Katlyn is straight and she always has been. But in thinking about it now? I think Ariah is probably bi. 

11. What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: Writing, drawing, edits, etc.)?

Both of them have way more attitude that I do and that is hard to write.

12. How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all?

None. Because I never finished either of their stories. Sorry guys. 

13. If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?

Katlyn would die for her friends and she hates being lied to. Ariah is stronger than everyone but she holds the most guilt and she can read people. Nothing will ever get past her. 

14. What is something about your OC that can make you laugh?

That I started writing them both as 15-year-olds and have slowly aged them as I’ve aged without changing their main story plot. 

15. What is something about your OC can make you cry?

Katlyn’s cousin was killed in a car accident and Ariah’s entire family is dead. 

16. Is there some element you regret adding to your OC or their story?

I just delete things I regret. 

17. What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC?

Wow it has actually been THAT long since I’ve thought about them? But I guess I just discovered Ariah’s sexuality? 

18. What is your favourite fact about your OC?

I seriously love the attitudes.

Not tagging because I am lazy and have a headache and want to go to sleep.

[ag-silver]

Character Creation Tag!

@ragethewriter tagged me in a little game thing and I wanted to do it to one of my main characters Yvette!

Here she is here!: (the last one is actually by @ragethegemini who actually tagged me in this)

1. What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc)?

Appearance was the first. The first thing I wanted was that I wanted her to be big and to be a honey golden colour. I had a general idea of what I wanted design wise and then next was her personality. Name was definitely last, it took me about 2 months to decide that I wanted to call her Yvette and I kept switching between last names.

2. Did you create them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind?

Mmmm nah not really. Yvette is just a gorgeous alien tailored to my specific taste in women, so I guess I had Ameliya in mind 😂

3. How did you choose their name?

Hooo boy. Yvette's name sounds very elegant and almost alien enough it's believable, although I know it is a French name. Her last name, Ahmadezia (ah-mad-eh-zai-yah) actually comes from a webcomic that I once read long ago and I can't remember the name of. I distinctly remember the character had a last name that I kept mispronouncing and so it became Yvette's last name. My friend pointed out to me that ‘Yvette Ahmadezia’ sounds like “Yvette is my desire” which was unintentional but very accurate. Ladrazian's with long last names are generally upper class.

4. In developing their backstory, what elements of their world they live in played the most influential parts?

Classism and poverty and what it can drive someone to do definitely played a huge part in Yvette's childhood and who she is today as a person as well as the issue of emotional abuse and corporal punishment which were prevalent throughout wartimes as the whole point of the war was to force the Ladrazian monarchy to fix these problems.

5. Is there any significance behind their hair colour?

Kiiinda. Yvette's design is very warm and soft looking, she looks approachable (but also gorgeous). The only significance that I say with no shred of shame is that she is my type of woman. Literally.

6. Is there any significance behind their eye colour?

Again her eyes are this gorgeous warm honey colour, like liquid gold and they're meant to make her look approachable and kind.

7. Is there any significance behind their height?

Shes 10 feet tall, she's so massive omg. However, in her society she is 2 feet below the average height of 12 feet tall! Meaning she’s actually quite small and nimble for someone of her species.

8. What, if anything, do you relate to within their character/story?

I relate mostly to that feeling of being trapped and having no where to go. That feeling of you've tried everything to escape a horrible situation and now everything is crumbling. That feeling of sheer panic and brutal dread that comes with thinking that you'd have to go back to an awful place you escaped from and Yvette's determination to be happy and to just… Make things work. Ameliya is similar to this but she's far more likely to give up and is someone who is extremely dependent on the kindness of others whereas Yvette is that kindness, or is trying to be. Yvette is a nice person who wants to help other people but fails a lot of the time because she has neglected to help herself.

9. Are they based off of you, in some way?

Kinda, really just what I explained above with her being in a shitty situation and all. Mainly Yvette is someone who I wish I had in my life which is one of the reasons why I wrote her in the first place.

10. Did you know what the OC’s sexuality would be at the time of their creation?

Oh yeah. 100%. She's a gay, and she likes humans.

11. What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art, writing, drawing, edits, etc)?

Her mother fucking antlers and the size difference between her and her tiny wife. Yvette is 10ft 4” and Ameliya is 4ft 9”, the size difference between them is just staggering and is extremely difficult to get just right.

12. How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all?

Her entire story of her life, even when she was born. She is a main character after all!

13. If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?

Yvette is a generous and empathetic person who really loves cuddles and hates overbearing authority.

Yvette is an impulsive idiot who sometimes needs a good ol’ slap.

14. What is something about your OC that can make you laugh?

Yvette is a romantic, daydreaming idiot who made secret plans to whisk Ameliya away on a romantic trip to the seaside town in Kiki’s Delivery Service until Ameliya had to tell her that Miyazaki movies weren't based on real life. Of course Yvette had never seen a movie before then, let alone an animated one.

15. What is something about your OC that can make you cry?

Yvette was whipped as a five year old because she couldn't balance em pointé properly with her tail and her ‘teacher’ had to ‘re-educate’ her. Yvette then comes face to face with this again accept in the future she has to heal Ameliya's torn up back and all of the memories of her big sister putting damp towels on her burning back come back to her and she has a breakdown in her hotel room while cuddling a very frightening and confused human. The sound of her sobs is something I can actively imagine and I know that at one point everyone has cried like her before.

16. Is there some element you regret adding to your OC or their story?

Mmm although its very necessary to the plot probably Yvette's sudden vast amount of wealth in book 2. It makes her seem just idk disconnected from who she is supposed to be and puts a lot of responsibility on her that I'd rather she just didn't have. She found a niche and got lucky but Yvette's dream was actually to become a starship captain and explore uncharted worlds (like a pirate) and to become an author and publish an autobiography. She never wanted to be involved with politics or business and she honestly hates it, Ameliya is her only reason for doing so because she feels as if she is obligated to change how humans are treated by her species, even though it isn't her responsibility and wasn't her fault, she still feels guilt by association and so abstains from chasing her dream even though no matter how much she fights it's not going to change anything.

17. What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC?

Probably why Yvette wanted to leave her homeworld so badly and her relationship with a particular character.

18. What is your favourite fact about your OC?

Yvette is a huge fucking dork who sees something interesting in everything and always wants to have fun and I love it! Although she's supposed to fit a particular role she strays away from it anyways for just the sake of having fun! Its a sort of metaphor(?) for how adults cant watch cartoons or collect figures or plush toys or hell play or do anything fun lest they be called ‘childish’ and ‘lazy’. The simple act of relaxing and enjoying a day as an adult is seen in modern society of something that is wrong and Yvette embodies my own desire to never end up like that as I go into adulthood.

I don't really know of anyone who I could tag but this was still fun ^^

[anzwrites]

ive been tagged in so many tag games that i haven’t gotten around to doing them so i’m just gonna do them all in one post

5 Facts Tag Game

The aim of the game is simple; list at least 5 lesser known facts about your WIP and/or the OC of your choosing!

1. As of right now all of my wips are in the same universe. So there will probably be subtle nods to the bands of The Reckless in Chaos.

2. In the very first version of Chaos I decided to include a battle of the bands storyline for some reason?? but it’s been scraped since. 

3. Originally Chaos was going to be a long series but I shortened it to one book and now two (the second being more focused on Kelsey’s younger brother and his friend group.) The series was going to follow Ryker and Kelsey into adulthood while Ryker pursued a career as a cop.

4. I chose San Francisco as the setting because I’ve always wanted to go to San Francisco/move there. 

5. Chaos is basically a mix of all of my favorite parts of my favorite movies & tv shows. Examples are, We Need To Talk About Kevin, Skins, The Breakfast Club, etc.

WIP Questions Tag Game

1. Describe the plot in one sentence.

Shane writes letters to Kelsey to cope with the things he’s done.

2. Pick one sight, smell, sound, feel and taste to describe the aesthetic for your novel.

this was hard cause theres so many different aspects?? to this story

Sight - seeing people who were once your closest friends seemingly better off without you. 

Smell - cigarette smoke??

Sound - crackling fire

Feel - hugging someone you love after not seeing them for a long time

Taste - pizza

3. Which 3+ songs would make up a playlist for the novel?

i have an entire playlist here but heres three of the songs from that playlist

popular - nada surf

reaper - have mercy

ghost - sky ferreira 

4. What’s the time period and location in which the novel takes place?

it takes place in san francisco, a fictional suburb called “ridgeview” and some of the surrounding area, in 2013 and up to september 2018

5. Are there any former titles you’ve considered but discarded?

originally it was titled “oh kelsey” but after major changes in the plot i realized the name didn’t fit the feel of the story anymore so i changed it 

6. What’s the first line of your novel?

im most likely going to change it later but for right now its, “In the mailbox there was a manila envelope with letters inside.”

7. What’s a line of dialogue you’re particularly proud of?

so far in this draft nothing super interesting has happened so i don’t have any lines in proud of yet 

8. Which line from the novel most represents it as a whole?

uhhh maybe, “...she had to know what became of the boy she cared for so deeply and how he became the monster who did such heinous things.“

9. Who are you character faceclaims?

for the main three

Kelsey York - Kaya Scodelario

Ryker Kennedy - Devon Bostick

Shane Blanchard - Ezra Miller

the rest are on the character page if you’re curious

10. Sort your characters into Hogwarts houses.

i know very little about harry potter but from what i know Ryker gives me hufflepuff vibes, Magnolia is probably a griffindor, Odessa would be a ravenclaw and Hunter, Meredith & Shane might be slytherin. im too lazy to try and think of anyone else’s.  

11. Which character’s name do you like the most?

Probably Magnolia

12. Describe each character’s daily outfit.

Kelsey: plain tee, cardigan, skinny jeans & converse.

Ryker: emo band tee, blue hoodie, skinny jeans, & red converse.

Shane: punk band tee, leather jacket, black ripped skinny jeans & boots.

13. Do any characters have distinctive birthmarks/scars?

During the novel Kelsey gets a scar on her cheek, Shane probably has various scars from abuse and fights, Felix’s nose is crooked from all the times he’s been punched in the face, Myranda has self harm scars, & Blair has cigarette burns.

14. Which character most fits a character trope?

I feel like Meredith fits the mean girl trope pretty well.

15. Which character is the best writer? Worst?

Josie is the best and Pierce is the worst.

16. Which character is the best liar? Worst?

Nigel is the best and Alan is the worst.

17. Which character swears the most? Least?

Felix swears the most and Josie swears the least.

18. Which character has the best handwriting? Worst?

Best is Melaina and worst is Jared. 

19. Which character is most like you? Least like you?

I think maybe Kelsey is the most like me?? i dunno, Least like me is probably Shane.

20. Which character would you most like to be?

Tiffany, objectively I think she suffers the least trauma. 

Oc Tag Game

i’ll do this one for shane

1. What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)? it was his style. i always knew he was gonna dress a bit edgy, when i first created him he was a little bit more emo though.

2. Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind? no, he was very different from the characters i created before.

3. How did you choose their name? at first his name was jason, i think? i honestly don’t know why i named him that??? eventually i changed to to shane because it felt more like him. there was a period in time when his name was seth but i changed it back.

4. In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts? because the story is set in san francisco which is known for their large punk scene, i decided he was going to spend a lot of his time in that scene so i created “nigel’s tavern” and the staff of said club.  this really played a huge part in the rest of his development.

5.6.7) Is there any significance behind their hair colour/eye colour/height? not really. but originally he had red patches in his hair because edgy but i scrapped that.

8. What (if anything) do you relate to within their character/story? i don’t think there’s really anything about him that i can relate to,, that’s probably for the best

9. Are they based off of you, in some way? ^^

10. Did you know what the OC’s sexuality would be at the time of their creation? no,, and i still don’t think it do. all i can concretely say is he definitely likes girls and has probably kissed a few guys. so maybe he’s bicurious 

11. What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: Writing, drawing, edits, etc.)? his aesthetic comes very easily to me so edits and drawing him are easy-ish (i haven’t drawn something in like 2 years tho) so i guess writing him

12. How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all? no

13. If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?

how easily he’s feelings toward Kelsey (or anyone really) can switch and 

14. What is something about your OC that can make you laugh?

how far he’ll go to subtly piss someone off

15. What is something about your OC that can make you cry?

literally everything tbh

16. Is there some element you regret adding to your OC or their story?

not that i can think off

17. What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC?

that he was raised catholic by his mother 

18. What is your favourite fact about your OC?

15 Questions, 15 Mutuals

1. Are you named after anyone?

not really but i have the same middle name as my grandma

2. When was the last time you cried?

maybe a few days ago

3. Do you have/want kids?

no

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

yeee boii

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

their hair

6. What’s your eye color?

hazel

7. Scary movie or happy ending?

happy ending!! i lowkey hate scary movies

8. Any special talents?

i literally don’t think i have any talents

9. Where were you born?

florida 

10. What are your hobbies?

i guess writing and making awful youtube videos

11. Do you have any pets?

yes! i have a dog named bella and she’s the love of my life

12. What sports do you/have you played?

im terrible at sports so none

13. How tall are you?

5′4 i think

14. Favorite subject in school?

umm none? lmao

15. Dream job?

i guess writer or youtuber cause im a basic bitchhh