#and thr other three I only know the scientific names

[robbie-roo]

here's more >:)

here's a bunch of my field notebook doodles and notes before it got too hectic to illustrate

particularly proud of those last two I'm ngl

[couchmonkey]

PILOT season!!

When I was young, Brandon Tartikoff was a hero of mine. I always fancied myself a closet programmer, so I love pilot season. THR published a list of the projects moving forward and as I was procrastinating, some are already on the air.

Let’s start with Stumptown. Inspired by the Oni Press graphic novels, Dex Parios (Cobie Smulders), a strong, assertive and unapologetically sharp-witted (but, let’s face it, hot mess) Army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland. Michael Ealy plays the cop because there must always be one. His boss is Camryn Manheim (yes!!), and the whole reason I heard about the show is Tantoo Cardinal, a powerful local Native American tied to Dex’s past. Oops, almost forgot the best friend, JakeJohnson of New Girl. His past is a little messy, too. He now owns a bar and employs Dex’s brother Ansel (Cole Sibus). It’s a tight cast, and Dex really is a hot mess nut she gets things done.

All Rise, it looks like, was originally pitched as Courthouse, good thing they changed the name! Simone Missick is a former DA who just became a judge and is encircled by Ruthie Ann Mills as her assistant, Lindsay Mendez as her stenographer, J. Alex Brinson as the deputy in her courtroom, and Marg Helgenberger as her mentor. I was not familiar with the first three when I started the show but they are a strong team. The 2 main lawyers are Wilson Bethel, a DA and old friend of Missick’s judge, and Jessica Camacho, a VERY determined public defender. I like the dynamics of the show, it’s very seldom a case of the week situation (even though there is one). Viewers get little snippets of most of the characters’ lives organically so, in my opinion, you enjoyed the show more the more you watch.

Evil is one of the most unique shows on the air this season. It pits science and religion, Katja Herbers plays a skeptical clinical psychologist who joins a priest-in-training (Mike Colter) and a blue-collar contractor ( Aasif Mandvi)  to investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there's a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.The give and take between science and religion is truly engaging and Michael Emerson is truly creepy and possibly playing for the other side in this battle.

Bob Hearts Abishola follows Bob (Billy Gardell) who, after having a heart attack, falls in love with his Nigerian nurse (Folake Olowofoyeku). I think I saw the pilot, the rest of the episodes are on my DVR at the moment and thanks to some of the promos and Christine Ebersole, I do plan to get to them. ETA: I’ve watched a couple.  Folake Olowofoyeku is really great but because this whole thing seems to involve the progress of their relationship, it runs a little slow for me.

Carol's Second Act is also piling up on my DVR.  I’ve been on bedrest because of an injury and have been mostly streaming. But, like Bob, I do plan to get to it. I do like that Patricia Heaton is the lead, a med student of all things. I have to think it’s also still on the air because it also has a strong male lead, Kyle MacLachlan, although I’ve never personally seen him do comedy.  Cedric Yarbrough is a strong motivator for me as well as I saw every episode of Speechless. ETA: Well, plans change. I erased them all. I thought if I hadn’t gotten to them by now, watching them would be a chore.

The Unicorn is a sitcom I actually have been watching. I didn’t want to at first because, although I’d heard of Walton Goggins, I had never actually seen him in anything. But it’s kind of like Seinfeld in that there is such an impressively strong group playing the couples who are his friends. Omar Benson Miller (yes!!) and  Maya Lynne Robinson are a couple with 4 kids and essentially a no nonsense approach and Rob Corddry and comedy goddess Michaela Watkins are the white color kid with a single kid who is well on her way to nerdhood.  These four a Goggins’ lifeline after his wife passes and he becomes a single father. The whole widower thing is handled well. His wife is mentioned or remembered in a completely organic way and allows the show to stay away from a trajectory that could have become maudlin.

Prodigal Son is another fairly unique concept for this season. Tom Payne plays Malcolm Bright, the son of a notorious serial killer called The Surgeon (Michael Sheen) who understands how killers think. The criminal psychologist uses his skills to help an NYPD unit led by Lou Diamond Phillips, a cop he’s known since his youth. What is interesting for me so far is that Bright’s mom, Bellamy Young, is her own kind of nuts, and Malcolm, who started off as a little nutty (I mean consider his past), is well on his way to possibly off his rocker.

Bluff City Law is a case of the week legal drama set in Memphis. The viewer is getting smidges of the character’s private lives each week but character development seems a little slow. I like Caitlin McGee’s performance but I’d never heard of her before watching this. The anchor for the show and the law firm in it is Jimmy Smits. The supporting cast, especially Barry Sloane who’s mostly navigated a single case for the first part of the season, is just starting to get noticed. It’s not something I race to watch but I like it. ETA: It has gotten cancelled. Poor Barry Sloane.

Emergence was a show I was waiting for as it marked the return of Allison Tolman.  She plays a sheriff who takes in a young child that she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation so far has been weird and sometimes violent and definitely is affecting her family, including father Clancy Brown and ex-husband Donald Faison. But, bless her, she is nowhere near ready to give up. The cliffhanger before Christmas break was very illuminating.

I have watched a couple of episodes of Perfect Harmony (the rest are on my DVR). I love that Bradley Whitford is doing outright comedy although his character, an Ivy League music professor, is quite cranky. But I’m not in a rush to get back to it because it doesn’t seem like there’s enough material for it to run for multiple seasons. ETA: Like Carol’s Second Act, these got dumped off my DVR.

While we’re talking about enough material, Sunnyside was one of the first casualties of the season and, I have to say, I saw it coming. The pilot was well done, Kal Penn played Garrett Shah, a disgraced former New York city councilman who finds his calling when faced with immigrants in need of his help and in search of the American Dream. I know the immigration and nationalization process in the US is a lengthy process but it just didn’t seem like there was enough to keep people coming back despite the presence of talent like Diana Maria Riva.

Almost Family revolves around Julia Beckley (Brittany Snow) having her life turned upside down when it's revealed that her father, a pioneering Nobel Prize-winning fertility doctor, used his own sperm to conceive dozens of children over the course of his career. She connects with two “sisters” in particular and I think that’s what they’ve built the show on but I had a hard time believing any of the negative effects of all this coming from Snow and chose to stop watching. I do have the Australian show it’s based on as part of my Netflix list, I think I will probably end up watching that first.

I did start watching Batwoman before my injury, it being female led and all. Ruby Rose does inspire a bit of monotony in the voiceovers that populate the show but I get it, she’s tired, she’s working hard and only making minimal progress, I understand she’s not full of pep. It is kind of weird to watch her slip into the suit and try to make it work for her and watch Camrus Johnson, the steward of the life Bruce Wayne abandoned, do his best to both avoid and become her Alfred. ETA: That got dumped off the DVR, too. There’s SOOOO much TV.

FBI: Most Wanted is a spinoff of FBI (somebody may have to stop Dick Wolf) featuring 
Julian McMahon of Nip/Tuck as the head of team tasked with hunting down fugitives. Sadly, it’s been pretty run of the mill so far except for McMahon’s in-laws, which include Nathanial Arcand as his brother-in-law and a member of his squad.

The CW did reboot Nancy Drew and while I did not hate the concept, I’m still loyal to Pamela Sue Martin and chose not to watch it.

These are the shows that are on the air. Some mid-season shows are still ready to roll out. Some are already being bolstered by promos like Deputy. I am looking forward to that one and watching Stephen Dorff unexpectedly be made the sheriff of LA County. I think and really hope Yara Martinez, last seen and underutilized on Bull, will get to be a meaty part of this drama. ETA: Yara has gotten some featured episodes and done well but she’s essentially in the same boat as David Conrad on the Ghost Whisperer and Jake Weber on Medium.

Tommy is another cop show but thankfully Tommy is Abigail Thomas’ nickname and Edie Falco is front and centre as the first female chief of police for Los Angeles. She got the position as part of a court mandate after some ugliness in the department and often has to deal with the mayor, Tom Sadowski. Tommy’s assembled a pretty tight circle so far and, of course, does things her own way, so I’ve been trying to watch this live.

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist is SOOOOOO good. I’ve missed Jane Levy so much and this has not only a lovely story but singing and dancing (with choreography by Mandy Moore). After an accident in an MRI machine, Levy’s character can hear people expressing their feelings through song. Her supporting cast is top notch. Alex Newell of Glee plays her neighbor who is trying to help Zoey figure this out, Skylar Astin of Pitch Perfect and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is her BFF, Lauren Graham is her boss, and Mary Steenburgen and Peter Gallagher are her parents. Some of the most touching scenes (and songs) have involved Levy and Gallagher, who has lost many functions, including speech and a lot of movement. Thanks to Zoey’s condition, he is able to express himself to her through song and Gallagher’s voice is so sweet.

Geniuses has become Outmatched and features Maggie Lawson and Jason Biggs as parents of 4 children, 3 of whom are geniuses. I’ve seen 3 episodes so far. Everyone except the “normal” child seems to be waiting for a rimshot. I did enjoy Tony Danza as Jason Bigg’s dad but I am not going to be busting my butt to watch it. 

Uninsured has become Indebted. Adam Pally and Abby Elliott end up having to take care of Dave's parents (Fran Drescher and Steven Weber), who have mismanaged their finances and need help paying down a sizable debt. Sadly, like Outmatched, everyone seems to be waiting for a rimshot and the jokes seem really repetitive. Weber’s character, for example, is constantly talking about spending extravagant amounts of money even though he is deep in debt and I doubt they’re going after a dementia storyline with him. When the name Dan Levy popped up on the credits I did a lightning fast search on IMDB to make sure it was not, in my mind, THE Dan Levy of Schitt’s Creek, and thankfully, there are 2 of them.

Lincoln Rhyme, who was played on the big screen by Denzel Washington, is now Russell Hornsby from Grimm and Fox’s failed Proven Innocent. There’s still an Amelia Sachs, there’s still a Bone Collector, and Michael Imperioli is always a strong utility player but I’m finding it collecting on the DVR because of the plethora of good stuff available on Thursday and my need to get through that because sampling Friday’s mostly guilty pleasures.

Katy Keene has made it air. It’s a Riverdale spinoff on the CW and they are spending a lot on advertising but not enough to rope me in. Not that I think it’s not a good show, I’m just not the target audience.

Of the rest of the list, I know the planned reboots of New York Undercover and NYPD blue did not make it out of the gate. 

I’m never going to get this post finished if I included all of the pilots on the list I still haven’t talked about, so I’ll go with bullet points about the ones that stood out to me:

Nana: Katey Sagal playing a grandmother. Yeah. 

An untitled comedy pairing Leslie Odom Jr. and Kelly Jenrette: GREAT team, well matched I think.

The Republic of Sarah: Sarah Drew of Grey's Anatomy goes from mayor to president. So much story potential there.

Broke: Jaime Camil and Natasha Leggero plus Pauley Perrette - uh, yes please. Sounds like a very strong team to me. 

Next is a vehicle for Jon Slattery of Mad Men, who I adore, but I don’t recognize much of the supporting cast, which could be a problem if none of them are able to rise to his level.

Filthy Rich features Kim Cattrall and Gerald McRaney, a very strong base but I’m wondering how the religious community will respond to a story about how imperfect true believers can be. Another plus for me, it’s supposed to be filmed in New Orleans.

Richard Lovely is a vehicle for the uber talented Thomas Lennon, who plays the disgruntled author of the best-selling children's book series, Mr. Mouse. It looks like he’ll have Wendie Malick as a frequent scene partner and I believe that to be an ideal pairing.

Council of Dads is getting a lot of advertising but will involve death. If they handle it as well as The Unicorn has, I think it might have a chance.

That’s all I’ve got. I wish I’d finished this sooner. My DVR is 63% full. I’m going to match more TV.

[starsgivemehp]

try... underfell alphys?

(HO BOY I HAVE HEADCANONS AND A STORY FOR HER ARE YOU READY? PREVIEW OF A FAR OFF CHAPTER OF BUTTERCUP CURSE)

"O-oh my goodness! A-are you o-okay?" Alphys hurried forward to the human child reeling from the last electrical attack. Did Alphys miscount the flowers before...? It seemed like there were more around her chest, poking out her collar. It was astounding, really, how she managed to answer all of Mettaton's trivia. Those were hard questions to answer by anyone without a science background. Speaking of... As Frisk murmured an 'i'm okay,' she turned her attention to Red. The meddling skeleton was pinned to the wall via spikes of metal shot directly between the ulnae and radii of his arms. Electrical tape was slapped across his mouth after he smugly answered three questions without even letting Mettaton finish asking them. Supposedly, it was because he wasn't the contestant, and therefore punished for 'cheating.'

Tch. The proverbial thorn in her scaly side. She hurried over to him and wrenched the metal from the wall, freeing his arms. He ripped off thr tape with a snarl, and then a skeletal hand was around her throat. Only 4'7", she was lifted off the ground by the slightly taller monster, gasping and grabbing at his hand.

"W-what are you d-doi...ng...??"

"this was a setup!" he snarled, eye starting to glow. "a scientific quiz show? what the fuck did you plan to-"

"Let her go, Red!"

His head whipped around to stare at Frisk, not letting go. But for a moment, his grip loosened. His indifference is continuing to wane. That lifelong empathy of hos has always been his greatest weakness. As long as she continues to believe me, I'm safe. Instinct had her wanting to pull out her scalpel and slash at his remaining good eye from the second his phalanges found her neck, but she had to keep up the act... There was valuable data to be collected from their interaction before she ordered MTT to attack directly.

"let her go?? frisk you're not that fucking stupid. you have to know that quiz was bullshit!"

"I said let her go."

The determination in her eyes as she faced doen a monster seconds from killing... Alphys forced herself not to grin, then let out a choked cough. "P-please... h-he's gone i-insane, I c-can't... c-control him anym-more...!"

"frisk alphys is not gonna-"

"Red."

"...fine."

He dropped her. She'd been running low on air, and as she crumpled, the gasping and coughing was not fake. Yet even as she struggled to clear her airway, she took note of the interaction. Just a firm statement of his name, and he'd relented. That wasn't just empathy, it was... Loyalty? Obeying orders just like she was his screechy younger brother... She lifted her head to see Red shoce his hands in his pockets, wandering to her desk. Hah. As if she kept the important things there.

"Th-thank you, F-Frisk, I-I promise I can b-be of m-more help n-next time. B-because I m-made you this..."

She pulled out a new phone as she stood, then held it out to the human. "I-it has texting a-and internet! a-also it h-has a p-pocket of s-space for s-storing things, a-and... a-and I already p-put in my n-number! s-so you c-can call if h-he show up a-again!"

"Wow, thank you, doctor! The one Mom gave me didn't even have texting..." Frisk smiled as she admired the phone. "I'll be sure to stay in touch!"

Alphys smiled back, nodding. "Y-you sure you d-don't want t-to stay the n-night?"

"we're sure, thanks."

Red's tone was biting, and Frisk elbowed him lightly. He rubbed his arm, teeth clenching. "It sounds nice, doctor, but we really should be going. Thank yiu again!"

The two of them headed out the other door, Red's furious hissing balanced by a soft voice. Alphys couldn't make it out. But she'd look over the audio from the bug on the phone in a minute. She returned to her desk, then pulled out her phone and typed rapidly. Despite the size of her scaly, fatty fingers, she was dexterous in her typing.

[* Their bond is stronger than I thought. Proceed with the next test at the checkpoint. Make sure to restrain that nuisance again. She faired well in an intellectual challenge, we'll see if she has the guts for a direct threat]

When the text sent off, it wired directly to Mettaton's mainframe. There was a response soon enough.

[* YOU KNOW THIS MAKES NO SENSE IN TERMS OF MY SHOW, RIGHT?]

[* Don't talk back to me. MAKE it believable. Only amateurs can't act this well.]

[* FINE, FINE. UPDATE LATER.]

[* Don't disappoint, or you know what will happen.]

[* YES, DOCTOR.]

That done, she leaned baxk and switched on the audio, then grabbed a bag of chips to eavesdrop.

"-can be shown kindness too, Red."

"not everyone can be... forget it. you won't listen to me until you see for yourself. you want more fucking flowers?"

"I'll do what I have to. I will free you all, I promised that. And a promise is-"

"just as important to you as to me, i get it. whatever... watch the conveyor belts. take my hand."

Alphys smirked as she watched them across her screen, fingers entwined. Oh, that human would be keeping that promise... And with any luck, her death would make that guard dog fall. She knew he was the one stealing from her stores of chemicals... Just for that, she'd make sure Mettaton dragged out the human's death. Nice and painful.

(I... Didn't mean to write that much... -cough- It was on my phone too lol. Sorry?)

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I'mma be a bit crazy and just write about all of them or until I'm too tired to continue. So for your benefit, I'm adding a squiggly line (ie, a read more, lol) because I have A LOT. But where do I start? From where I began or in-world chronological order, or…? Well, I'll start at the very beginning of what evolved to all my current WIPs.

I'm jokingly said to have brutal death in every story. Although death isn't necessarily in there (but may be a threat), my writing isn't necessarily fluffy. It often deals with some darker topic, although it might not always seems like it on the surface. Also, religious themes are common, but not necessarily in a negative or positive way, but more in a "deities exist in this world, please deal with it" way.

The Demon Realm

This is a story set in the titular realm, pretty obviously. It's about a human girl who accidentally ends up there but has lost most of her memories as a "price". She meets the Count, who decides to try to get her back home, but it's not easy and what's more, there are other demons targeting her because of who she is.

I came up with this story when I was 15, and that in turn made me want to expand on the world itself.

The Angel Realm

The setup is kind of similar to the first novella. It's set a few years later, but the MC actually tries to leave the human realm on purpose. She ends up among angels and loses her ability to speak. She wants to get back home and the rebellious Angel is determined to help her before it's too late to save her.

The Human Realm

This is the last of my novella trilogy. It's also the only one where the name of the MC is revealed right away and where the MC isn't human. A few more years have passed since TDR and in this Merritt is looking for "the King and the Queen". But his search isn't easy in a world he's only half-familiar with.

These three together make The Three Realms and perhaps you can see a bit of a theme going on. In terms of where I'm in the process of these, I'm finishing up the revisions on TDR, I've half-drafted TAR and I have a couple of scenes of THR. They are stand-alone, but they have connections with one another.

After creating T3R in my mind, though, this expanded further.

Gatekeeper

This one has the (in)famous alternate title "Racist Faeries". Just so you get a bit of a heads-up, I suppose? It was written to be a stand-alone prequel to TDR.

Arrianus Gate is a half-fairy, half-human teen. Young as he is, he works for the Royal Ministry, at the front desk. He's mocked for this, but he too knows that it's because of his human half. His childhood friend and only family, an extremely talented fairy, has declined all requests to move higher up because Arrian is stuck where he is.

One day he's asked to step outside. He and Ula both expect nothing good to come out of it, but he has suddenly received a promotion, and not long after a fairy comes to take him away to his new job at one of the Gates between the realms.

Arrian's experience dealing with paperwork is suddenly of use, but he can also finally make use of his own talents as the top-scorer on the Royal Ministry's magic aptitude test. But he can't escape the judgements some fairies have against humans.

Aside from Ula, the talented fairy mentioned earlier, another strong girl appears, and that's Elizabeth Smith. Either way, later I wanted to expand on the events in Gatekeeper, but Arrian's story was over, so I turned to… Ula.

Scientist

Not to spoil much, because the events in this one overlaps with later into Gatekeeper, but Ula was chosen to work for a more scientific research-like department as a fairy with plant-related magic abilities. This, combined with the events Arrian go through in Gatekeeper, leads to the events in Scientist.

This duology is named The Blacksmith's Daughter, which may sound strange because it seems to have nothing to do with these two, but that's… why I mentioned Elizabeth Smith. I can't share much else. But I can say that these two stories are, though connected, still stand-alone.

The Boy Who Couldn't Cry

This relates to TBSD. It's a short story about a fairy with horn, Capra. He's bullied by others for being different. One day two mysterious people appear at the settlement. Because of these two, he learns his oddities might not be so bad.

It's been ages since I wrote or even read this short story, so I don't actually remember much about it. Both this and Gatekeeper are fully drafted, while Scientist needs to be fully drafted..

But this is not the end of the expansion.

Legacy of the River God

I actually began this before Gatekeeper, but it wasn't all that planned out in my mind. It's my first story about a literal journey. I reused the travelling part in a later idea.

Either way, in LoTRG, we follow Lei. He's a young teen who essentially ran away from home. He couldn't remain after his mother was sacrificed to the titular River God. That starts his journey as he explores a world outside of the forest his nomadic people reside in and he learns many things about the world… and himself.

This story is actually written both in chronological and backwards chronological order. The main chapters move forwards in time, but the sections between move backwards in time from the starting point of the story.

There's also a short story called The Encounter which is like a prequel. It's completed, while LoTRG isn't.

Rise of the Mage

Alright, so I've mentioned literally all of the Neopower Tetralogy, except the last one, chronologically speaking. In terms of when I began writing it, I'm not actually certain. Lilja and El came to exist as I began writing a short story, and the story came into creation from that. It overlaps in timeline with the end of LoTRG, but they're completely unrelated. Lei never meets Lilja or El.

Anyway, Lilja was picked up by one of the Workers, a type of angel in the society of angels. picking up a random human while Outside is not only strange, but rather outrageous and had it been anyone else, they might not have let the Worker keep her. But this worker has a "birth defect" meaning his skin and hair colour doesn't match up with his age, and the other angels consider the possibility this Worker might just not function properly.

Because remembering the number identification was hard, Lilja began calling the angel El after she was brought along to be nursed to health.

And that was the backstory, lmao. This is a magic tech society where angels rule above humans, and humans tend to live Outside, while angels serve their Lord Master.

And that all of the Neopower Tetralogy, the four entries of it being (in chronological order) The Blacksmith's Daughter, The Three realms, Legacy of the River God and Rise of the Mage. None of them fully completely, but at least a part is about to enter the world, if I just finish editing.

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I have a similarly called series, the Neogod series. If Neopower doesn't tell you much, Neogod should. 'Gods' is a specific species in The Universe. It doesn't mean deities and gods aren't used interchangeably at times. The Neogod Series is precisely about the god species coming to exist.

King of Eternity

The return of my beloved Demon King! Or more like… This story takes place before that.

King Kir Kirek Arhet has just been made the Demon King and he has to familiarise himself with the realm properly. The thing is, this demon is one of the weakest out there, so choosing him would have made no sense.

While navigating his duties as Demon King, he begins learning about events of the past and what they mean.

Child of God

This one is truly in the backburner process, meaning I'm seldom actively working on it, letting my mind straighten out the plot subconsciously. That said…

A-boy-whose-name-I-forgot needs protect this girl who is said to be blessed, after their village is destroyed. But "blessed" might not be quite right, or is it perhaps he who suffer from greater misfortune than the little girl can bring good fortune.

Daughter of Rán

Another backburner one. This one is also part of a merfolk creation plotline that exists in this world. The MC isn't a human though. Probably. I honestly don't remember what my notes say.

There are naturally more parts, but these are the only one I have shared anything about before, and also the only ones with name. But this makes the Neogod Series anyway, where the stories are closely connected sharing the creation of the god species.

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Now comes the stand-alones that aren't parts of anything else.

Amarasha

This is a story about the creation of a specific school of magic. Amarasha is the MC and creator of said school. It's a bit like an adventure/cultivation novel, I think. It's set in ancient times. This is also my NaNoWriMo 2022 project.

Blood of Destinies Rewritten

(Part 1)

Çuiren is a slave whose name has been tarnished by an alleged crime. She has done nothing wrong, yet the Crown Prince says to have her executed. Fortunately for her, Prince U'il stops him and takes her under his wing.

Thanks to the Prince, Çuiren can rise in society and gains power in various ways. And eventually, the Prince brings her not just the Imperial Court — with his help, she becomes Empress and monarch of the entire Zualu Diar.

(Part 2)

SPOILERS!!

Lol. I don't talk about part 2, but I share happily about Çuiren's rise in power. But she's the monarch in part 2, at least.

Prince U'il is also the deuteragonist, so there's more than just him helping her to political power. Part 1 does give him a lot of focus in the beginning, because he'll be Çuiren's stepping stone. Or more like her staircase, I guess.

What I can say is that the LI for Çuiren only appears in part 2. The LI (?) for the Prince appears right off the bat, but it's questionable if we should call him a love interest.

Nonetheless, worth saying that this story has a literal bi queen, and I live for it. I actually began writing this story because I wanted to write a girl falling for a pretty girl. ROFLMAO

"Sci-fi WIP"

This doesn't even have a working title, lmao. I haven't revealed the names in public yet, but the MC's initial is A. It's a futuristic mystery/detective series of novels.

After an accident, the Special Investigation Bureau's Inspector [A] is on sick leave when a murder happens in one of the apartments in the same building where he lives. He is one of the suspects, and he has to solve the murder while the police does as well. Who killed the teenage girl, and why?

There's a plot that goes through the entire story as well, but I won't say what that is. But it's a lot of crime-solving in a futuristic setting anyway.

"Cat Curse WIP"

Felinophobic alchemist apprentice Liam has been cursed. It's not just any curse. It's a curse that turns the person he loves into a cat. The goddess who cursed him says she can do nothing, and now Liam has to find a way to break the curse, while Felicia — the goddess — watches him. Even worse, she can turn into a cat too!

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In addition to these I have a series which happens in the same alternate history world, but I tend to separate it from the others.

Beyond the Horizon

To truly sum this up, the story is ONLY about gaining self-esteem and finding security in oneself. It has a LGBTQ+ theme, but it's not about that. It's about growing up, making mistakes, learning from them, and navigating into adulthood. This is a coming-of-age series starting at age 16 and ending at 23.

Just saying.

Anyway, Momoi Tomoki has just started his first year in B High School. A month into the first term, though, he has no friends and his teacher keeps pressuring him until he finally can't take it and cuts his hair so the teacher can't complain about his long hair anymore.

This hurts though. It hurts him a lot. See, he isn't like anyone else. He knows this. But he also know society expects him to be a perfect boy and son, great in school and all that. So he does his damnedest to be exactly that.

What Tomo doesn't know at the time, is that this would be a turning point in his life — when you hit rock bottom, the only way to go is up, after all.

Tea and Coffee

This is a BtH side story, set before Tomo's breaking point and is about two side characters and their love story.

Soon to be 19 year old Makoto falls in love easily. The problem is that all of his ex-boyfriends seem to think he's too much. Afraid of being seen as a stalker, Makoto folds under the pressure, letting them shape him into what they want. That is, until he finds his current boyfriend is cheating on him. Tired of the thing called love that is waaay too overrated, he decides that's it. He's done with it.

"Eternally 18" café employee Arata is a bit of a workaholic and he also doesn't fall in love. That doesn't mean he doesn't want to have a boyfriend — in fact, he yearns for companionship. But none of his relationships ever last. He figures he should devote himself to his job as a waitress at the safe place café his friend owns instead of trying anymore after getting dumped on Christmas Eve over a dinner that was supposed to be nice.

None of them could have expected that Makoto coming to support his trans friend would lead to a kiss on the cheek, an apology and a conversation creating a connection they both appreciated.

BtH is still being drafted, but TnC is fully drafted and going through revisions. Worth mentioning that TnC has an age gap, and the story's themes are largely consent and respect boundaries.

I also have several short stories about other side characters and I'm also writing a longer side story about one of the antagonists in BtH, because his perspective might be important for context.

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Finally we get to the BIG ONE. THE LARGE ONE.

When the World Falls, I'll be Safe From the Wrath of God

This is the one I mentioned earlier in relation to LoTRG. This story is about Answard, an OP mage who travels while doing as he's told by the church. During his travel some people join him, to his dismay.

In a sense, Ansy's the villain of the story. The rest of the world essentially hates his kind (witches), and he too is just treated like a tool. He does help people, but if he's doing it out of kindness… That's for you to decide.

This is written as if Ansy's writing his story after it's happened and it's divided in 8 arcs. Ansy's trying to solve a mystery (or more like, he's somewhat dragged along to do it) relating to undead, but it's also a journey about himself. I expect this to be like 50 books, ngl. He's detailed. If he skipped all the character development, I guess it would be like 8 books of a travel log.

If you see this, tell me about your book

Whether it's a published book, a wip, or just something you're imagining for now, I want to hear about it! Share some art, too, if you have some!

Tagging a few people who I don't think would mind, but lemme know if you don't want to be tagged in the future! Fyi, to anyone seeing this, you can always tag me <3

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