#austra

[jez-22]

Just want to make fun 🤩

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[jacospuknikson]

[amemoryofwot]

Do you guys even know about Austra???

[averyplane]

I suffer playing this character :)

[myalgias]

The thing that leaves you in the darkness is her. The thing that maybe once seemed harmful is her.

[filmografo]

series intro - BIRTHPLACE

genre: space opera, sci-fi, litfic (a bit)

status: drafting / “outlining” book 2/3.

pov: third person limited, present tense.

tropes / themes: the unbearable weight of mortality, the terrifying realization of Want, space lesbians, growing up / apart / back, lgbtq+, exes to rivals to whatever it is austrakit are currently, found family, finding oneself, (space) war era, ambiguity, subjectivity, capital p Pining (+ more tba)

summary: After finding out her ex-girlfriend is training a ten men crew for what is essentially a suicide mission to map a planet Earth that’s been left behind, Kit Nikon desperately tries to give her life a new meaning.

tags (more TBA): #: birthplace #[we] have the sun in common

Space station gardens, neon green & blue, roots taking place, the smell of damp earth, bright unflickering lights, starfighters, healing bruises, hands against cold metal, sea water, warm sunshine, home in the valley of someone else’s ribs.

characters:

nalkita “kit” nikon (23 - she/her?) | 🌱

emigrate, novo amor

de selby (part 1), hozier

glossover, afternoon bike ride / lowswimmer

strangers, ethel cain

austra andante (23 - she/her) | 🌊

repeat until death, novo amor

i wouldn’t ask you, clairo

the end of love, florence + the machine

there’s nothing left for you, mitski

excerpt:

To know something is to be in constant battle with it: the plaguing of a garden, trying to disinfect a never-healing wound. Being near Austra, hands dripping with blood that never belonged to either of their bodies, means Nalkita has to fight against her own humanity, fight against desire. Close up her throat so the words I wish you would, Lieutenant don’t come out, raw and real. Kit understands so little about herself and knows Austra so much — the feeling of her expressive eyebrows against a fingertip, the weight of every responsibility she carries. Who is she to add another sandbag to Austra’s already aching shoulders but a soldier, a sinning one, at that? Refusing to give up on something that was never hers to begin with.

rambles / more about the series under the cut! :D

this was born from a fanfic/short story i wrote 2 years ago when i wasn’t ready to face what came after the events of what is now book 1 of the birthplace series. i took inspiration from novo amor’s birthplace album, which re-enlightened me about the meaning of “home”. i still hold it extremely close to my heart and will forever.

for book 1 of this, “astro-garden”, the journey kit goes on is extremely personal, quite lonely, quite difficult. titles never meant something to her until austra got one. there’s not much i can say except kit is a firecracker of a person and she’s going to need a lot of luck (she’s strong, she’ll manage)!

book 2 “roots in infertile soil” is as chaotic as i can possibly make a book. there’s more pining (for reasons...), more action, more drama... the characters are all a joy to write and flesh out, and the mercury ii crew are the type of found family that i’ve always loved to read about <3 i’ll introduce each and every one of them with tags in the near future so stay tuned for that!!! :)

book 3 is still in its early earlyyy development stages but hopefully i’ll have something cool to say about it sooner rather than later !

feel free to ask me about anything birthplace-related seeing as this is the only project i am currently (actively) working on!!! i would love love loooove to chat more about secondary characters, locations (the spaceships are Alive), discuss the plot / themes more in depth, etc!

i will be making a taglist with everyone who wants to get updates from this (i'll post more abt that later!) so send me an ask if you’d like to join it :D !

thank you for reading this (kinda long?) intro post for my silly little still unwritten novels hehe! i hope to hear more from u soon

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for January 26, 2019; #187.

Vatican Shadow “Tonight Saddam Walks Amidst Ruins”

Pink Turns Blue “I Coldly Stare Out”

Cabaret Nocturne “Blind Trust”

Figure Study “Wait”

Boy Harsher “L.A.”

Adult. “Everything & Nothing”

Lust For Youth “Behind Curtains”

Austra “Beat And The Pulse”

Soma Sema “Artificial Heart”

Natural Assembly “She Walks In Beauty”

Void Vision “The Source”

KVB, The “Afterglow”

Soft Moon, The “Like A Father”

Drvg Cvltvre “Blood Eagle Brigade”

John Carpenter “Vortex” (Uniform RMX)

JK Flesh “PI04.2″ (Silent Servant RMX)

Emptyset “Dissolve”

Consumer Electronics “Co-Opted”

JFK “D.M.Z.”

Alan Vega “Prophecy”

Vatican Shadow “Weapons Inspection”

Deluxe darkness, synthwave, industrial, and electronics.

[ethanrobsonphotographer]

[alporquia]

Austra - The Noise.

[thornsent]

[joshsindigostreak]

🎶✨️when u get this u have to put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)🎶✨️ ❤️❤️

Crystalllll!

[iambountyfan]

"got to remix this crazy beautiful track by ionnalee 💚💚💚" – AUSTRA via instagram stories re: 'iamamiwhoami; walking on air (AUSTRA's immortal mix)' out midnight. ⚡

🔗 instagram.com/austra

[spocksmalewife]

The collection has expanded 👀