#but I’m not stopping with these ocs any time soon hehehehehe

[herebecritters]

Can you draw flippy x flaky please

You’re lucky I love them ❤️

[murmuringintothedark]

Yer a human

Another short story for another OC. This time includes a genderless reader insert!

(Prompt from writing-prompt-s.tumblr.com)

“sweetheart, there’s somethin' that we’ve been meanin' ta tell ya for the longest time. 'n we… we’ve never toldya 'til now 'cause we… didn’t know how ta. b-but no matter what, we want ya to know that we love ya! okay?”

"Hmm...That's very nice...I love you too...I'm kinda busy though, is it important?"

“honey, you… y-yer…”

"I'm what?"

“yer a human.”

Sans could almost hear something crack inside you as you put too much pressure onto the pencil in your hand, sending the tip flying off the table. You feel the corner of your lip twitch with annoyance as you lift your eyes off the homework to look at the snickering skeleton.

"Oh my...You don't say! I never noticed."

A loud "Ha!" came from the adjacent room, and the tall form of Marisol came into view by the doorway. "Stop bothering the poor kid, Sans, at least they're being productive, unlike you." Her words might've been sharp, but her tone was playful, and mirth danced in her eyes. The skeleton gave her a cheerful glance, grin pulling wider to reveal more of his monstrously pointy teeth. "aww, c'mon toots, it was funny. or should i say, humerus?" 

Mari rolled her eyes exaggeratedly as you let out an equally overdone groan, but the corner of her lips taunted him with the beginnings of a smile. "I've heard that pun so many times already, did you honestly think it would get me?" She picked at her nails, shooting him a challenging look from under her lashes. Sans's grin somehow got even wider. "why'd ya gotta be so sternum? we all know yer ulna the people that love my frankly hilarious puns the most."

You drop your head onto the table with a loud thud. "Stoooooop...Enough puns, pa. And ma, everyone know the bone ones are you favorite. Don't deny it." You squish your cheek on the hard wood as you turn to give Mari a pointed look, entirely giving up on your half-done homework. It was just maths, anyway. You could finish it later. Maybe tomorrow.

"heh." Chuckled Sans, before leaning closer to you to stage-whisper into your ear, the fur of his mustard-stained jacket tickling your arm. "y'know kiddo, it's ain't just the jokes that made yer ma fall fer me. it's the bones themselves too, especially the one between-"

"Sans!" Mari instantly barked, her ears turning a dark shade of pink. "what, toots? you tellin' me it ain't true?" The skeleton retorted arrogantly, stuffing his hands into his pockets as he rose an eyebrow at his wife, who let out a low growl. You sit up, confused. "But pa," You start, and Sans glances down at you questioningly. "you're a skeleton. How can you have a-" 

You're interrupted by Sans's uproaring laughter and Mari's second reprimanding shriek. "heheheheh kiddo, you really do tickle my funny bone." The skeleton chuckles after a while, dodging an angry slap from Mari, who was still visibly blushing. "ya see, what happens is-" 

"Enough! Sans, let's go!" Once again an interruption prevented him from finishing his sentence, and you let out a frustrated groan as you watch your adoptive mother drag her bony husband out of the room by the hood of his jacket. You'd really wanted to know how it worked! But perhaps now wasn't the right time to find out, you concluded with a sigh, turning back to your slightly crumpled homework. Your family really was the craziest. Even now you could hear Sans shooting dirty jokes at Mari, who seemed to refuse to give in to his rather clever pick-up lines by telling him to piss off. That didn't stop him from trying though; her silence only seemed to spur him on.

Maybe she was mad at him for calling out her secret fantasies, you thought with an amused grin, but then again, if she'd married a living and breathing skeleton, her secret wasn't really a secret.

"hey toots, let's play carpenter."

"No."

"first we get hammered, 'n then i'll nail you."

"Tell another one of those, and you ain't getting any for a month."

"what!"

"You heard me."

"tch. yer no fun."

"Really? Last night would've disagree."

"hrnn-"

You bit back your laughter, and shook your head. Damn, you should've recorded that. Aunt Frisk would've paid good money for the video. You stare blankly at the sheet of half-solved equations, before sighing again and picking up your pencil to get back to work. Oops, you forgot the tip broke. Well, guess it's time to procrastinate, you thought with a shrug, throwing your pencil back into your case. Standing up, you skip out of your room to find your parents chilling in the now silent living room, Sans laying on your lap with his eye-sockets shut while Mari plays with the fur of his hood. 

"Hey, ma, do you think you could check my calculations? I, uh, wanted to take a break." You ask, swaying back and forth on the balls of your feet, arms crossed behind your back.

"Sure, honey, just be sure to finish the rest later. Sans, move your ass." The tall woman says, nudging the skeleton, who cracks an eye open and mutters, "rude." before popping into existence behind you, something you'd gotten quite used to after many years of living with the teleporter. 

"hey, lil human," he whispered as soon as Mari was out of sight. "wanna prank yer ma? i'll float ya up to the ceiling and we'll pretend yer stuck."

You feel your face twisting into a malicious grin, and your rub your hands together

"Okay, on the count of three. One...Two..."

Mari never did forgive you two for that.

[theraen]

Character Creation Tag (Charlie)

Okay so I wasn’t tagged in this but I saw it on @slytherin-bookworm-guy tumblr and it was so interesting to read (I lowkey want to read your story in one sit Kyle) that I thought maybe you’ll be interested in reading my version too? 

Also being completely honest I am a bit shy and I don’t think endless talks about my wip and ocs would be interesting, so maybe in this way I can talk about it but without being annoying/boring? I don’t know it’s probably all in my head but nevermind.

So let’s get into it!

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

Her name and her love for Doctor Who (am I projecting)

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

Yes! I designed her with Alice; at first they were supposed to be best friends that later on the story would turn into something more, I even wrote a piece of that story that was completely different from my current wip. But I ended up changing the whole universe and the dynamics between the two of them.

3) How did you choose their name?

It just came to my mind to be honest. I thought it was pretty cool and I immediately  thought about all the ways her soon-to-be-friends-but-not-friends-yet could call her to make fun of her (yes, I know, it’s stupid, but they are so)

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

Well, she is a Necromancer coming from one of the most powerful Necromancer family in the world (the Necromancers are the bad guys, mostly, but sometimes it’s hard to draw the line) and she betrayed her family to be with the good guys - she basically helped them destroy her family, they all died in an epic battle that ended bloody and in fire. 

Most of her knowledge about the world she lives in comes from the Necromancers’ version of history, but growing up she becomes able to see the lies in it. The Necromancers’ world is a tough world where you either master your powers or you die, and that has been quite an important part of her backstory. Death has always followed her and it certainly won’t stop now, since the final battle between Necromancers and Elementals is drawing closer and closer.

5) Is there any significance behind their hair colour?

Nope.

6) Is there any significance behind their eye colour?

Nope but there will be, but it’s a huge spoiler and I don’t want to ruin the fun.

7) Is there any significance behind their height?

She’s small, but that’s it.

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

She’s strong but has her fragilities, like most of us have. She will lose friends along the way and gain new ones, which is something that has happened to me many many times. Also, later on in the story, there will be a part based off my experience with depression and mental health issues, so yeah, I would say that.

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

In some way, yes. Her hair is short like mine, but that’s it physically speaking. For what concerns her inner self, see above (also like I said before she loves Doctor Who hehehehehe)

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

Yes. I always wanted to create a bisexual character because when I started thinking about Charlie that was what I was identifying with

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

First of all, I can’t seem to be able to draw her. Every time I try I end up drawing terrible faces, hair, all of it. I hate it and I don’t know why it is like that.

Second of all, some pieces of writing are... let’s just say challenging. I can’t flirt for shit and that’s a problem cause she’s very open about it and flirts with anybody, so I always write it like Insert flirting here and then move on with the story :D

The action scenes come out pretty easily, and that’s a surprise. I’m kinda proud of it!

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

I have covered a lot of her life in my mind, canon and beyond. I have written some parts of it too, but they’re in Italian and I’m not in the mood for translating right now cause I’m kinda busy later so I don’t have much time, I’m sorry :(

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?

She’s kinda cursed so she can’t use her powers (and that’s a thing I have to always keep in mind cause she’s super powerful and I want to do great things with her but at this point of the story I can’t yet). 

Also her past haunts her, she often dreams about her dead brother (I’m sorry bro) and the things she’s been through in the past have shaped her into the person she is right now. 

And she cares a lot about people. Her best friend Linn ends up in a magical coma in the second chapter because of a tragedy that happens (she barely makes it alive but ends up in a coma) and that touches Charlie very deeply. They’re like sisters, wherever there’s one there also is the other, or at least it should be like that. But now it’s not, and that’s killing Charlie from the inside.

Sorry, these are three things. Whoopsie!

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

Her crush on Mary Reed (a side character); she’s the cutest bean ever and every time they interact I just can’t stop laughing cause they are silly and cute.

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

Like I said before, she cares a lot about the people around her, especially a child, Aaron. He had a tragic incident in the past where his parents died so he ends up in the community where Charlie and the others live. Aaron is a shapeshifter and he turns into a kitty (of course it’s a kitty I love kitties) and always snuggles against Charlie when it’s night and he is afraid of the dark. Charlie loves him as if she was his older sister, she always takes care of him and I love her for that. I don’t deserve these characters I’m an evil piece of shit.

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

Yes. Her parents gave her a dagger when she was born (a family tradition) but I can’t remember where I put it last. It should be somewhere in my notes but I just can’t find it and it frustrates me to no ends. Urghhh.

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

She doesn’t like bergamot in her tea. Am I projecting part 183901883

18) What is your favourite fact about your OC?

Have I mentioned she loves Doctor Who?

Feel free to do this tag game yourself! I’m not gonna tag anybody but feel yourself tagged (if you don’t want to you don’t have to do it of course, it’s just for fun!) It was really inspiring and interesting, it helped me thinking about my character and reminded me of some stuff I forgot about, hehehehe

[gaylortruther]

(many) tag games

saw someone else do this so i figured i’d go through all my tag games in one looong post instead of spamming you all with a bunch of separate posts!

i’m gonna tag everyone now and yall can choose which tag games you want to do or whether you want to do them all (or whether you want to do any)!!

thanks to everyone who tagged me in all of these! i LOVE being tagged in tag games and i am always up for more! <3

tagging THE SANCTION (including ppl that i haven’t gotten up on the page yet im sorry abfjffsdhsjbjsdf it will happen SOON):  @newdivinities @wolvesofarcadia @maskedlady @victoiirres @sancta-silje @bumblebeesonpaper @wasting-ink-not-youth @horrorspell @ya-lady-tauriel @awritinglen @purpleshadows1989 @ivonoris @theforgottencoolkid @the-ichor-of-ruination @grotesqu-e @lucacangettathisass @tea-ndi @hazeywrites @lunar895 @thewordsinthesky-andstars

[LAST LINE TAG]

TAGGED BY  @melwrotethat AND @hazeywrites

thank you both for the tags! these are the last few lines of the prologue-excerpt-thing i wrote for the page i’m working on for WHERE THE CELLAR MEETS THE SKY

Somehow, Collin hears them. Silently, she rolls up her sleeve, and Rowan feels the Collin Sutherland they knew is somewhere far, far away. The tattoos are black, geometric in design, two on each arm, and eerily similar to the ones Rowan has just discovered on their own left arm. They're sure if they were to roll up their right sleeve, they would find more.

"I should have told you a long time ago," Collin whispers. "I didn't know you were a part of it, but I should have guessed. I didn't want to put you in danger."

"I'm not- I don't- in danger of what?"

The waves crash onto the shore, and in the distance, a seagull cries, sending Collin into action. She grabs Rowan's hand and starts pulling, dragging them back behind the house.

"Come on. We don't have a lot of time, we have to get going. I can tell you everything on the way. I don't know why he brought me here instead of straight to the veil, damn it-,"

"Wait!," they say, wrenching their hand out of her grasp. "Just- stop! Where are we going?!"

Collin's eyes flash bright, despite the lack of sunlight. "Home."

yeah, a bit long, a bit unedited, but *shrugs*

[SPELL OUT UR URL USING SONG TITLES]

TAGGED BY @tea-ndi

thank you sage!!! <3

hard feelings/loveless | lorde

another one of those days | cavetown

let’s fall in love for the night | FINNEAS

ocean eyes | billie eilish

honey and milk | flower face

i know | king princess ft fiona apple

dreamz | sara king

iloveyou | BETWEEN FRIENDS

nobody’s home | gnash

greek god | conan gray

sycamore girl | rex orange county 

and there you have a small sample of my music taste! add in literally every taylor swift song (dont judge me), some lo-fi tunes without ANY words whatsoever, and the occasional fall out boy or panic at the disco goddamn absolute banger, and you have my XANDERS JAMS playlist on spotify. ENJOY

[11/11/11 TAG]

TAGGED BY @awritinglen <333333333333333333333333

thank you for tagging me len!!! your questions were so fun!! i’m doing this for WHERE THE CELLAR MEETS THE SKY

Name all OCs in your WIP

OMFG okay,,, wait do you mean full names?? POV characters as of rn are Collin Aisling Sutherland, Rowan Tilley (doesn’t have a middle name) and Avery Bristol Charter. then the next most important one is Isaac Michael Rosewell, even though he’s the antagonist. then the side characters that are still very featured are Noah Rosalyn Pratten, Reese Iseul Radley, and Sage Emarosa Delgado. THEN we get into the very very side characters, Willa Robinson and her son August Robinson. then we have Avery’s parents, Alaric and the late Octavia Charter. and thennnnn we have Beldane Moreno, Avery’s uncle and Collin’s grandfather (undecided abt that last name but going w it for now). i promise it all makes sense. i promise anfnfsjnfdjsfd

Name at least one hobby your Main character love

i’ll give this one to Collin, she is a musician! Avery’s mother always taught her music before The Accident (dun dun dunnn) and after Collin was abandoned in the Nigh she threw herself into music. she plays guitar mostly, but she secretly loves piano the best out of every instrument she knows

3 sentences about your current WIP

OOF. im so bad at summaries why would you do this to meee abfhshjbsbshfjsbf. “A determined believer wants to return to a home that never wanted her. Almost 4000 miles away, an incisive, intellectual outcast of a dreamer muses over getting out of their hometown. And infinities away from them both, a teenage revolutionary disappears into thin air, on his way to bring back his past and fix his (and everyone’s) future.”

Is there a romance in your WIP and did you plan it from the beginning?

yes! there are three! they are definitely a main focus of the plot, but not THE main focus. Reese and Rowan were definitely planned from the beginning. Collin and Noah were, too, but they weren’t originally enemies to lovers, and they are now (hehehehehe). and Isaac and Avery were DEFINITELY not planned from the beginning. in fact, Avery was originally paired up with Sage, but it’s literally so much better this way and i’m so glad it’s been changed. Isaac and Avery has been planned since about when Isaac’s character was thought up, one year into planning WTCMTS.

What genre(s) is it?

a mix of dystopia and urban fantasy. and it’s YA, borderline NA because some of the characters are 19-20, but i still think YA is appropriate because of the style of writing.

What’s the aesthetic of two of your characters?

fun question! Collin’s aesthetic is very emo-punk, with a splash of yellow towards the end of the series. piercings, blue hair, rips on clothing, dirty converse, smudged eyeliner, safety pins. the yellow comes in as part of her character arc, as she learns to accept that her childhood memories are tainted and not actually perfect utopia. Rowan is way more minimalist (sometimes). they’re into the bookstagram type aesthetic, and mom jeans with sneakers, jean jackets, plants against a white wall, colorblocked windbreakers, rain against a car window.

When did you start your current WIP?

WTCMTS was started in august of 2017 

How far along are you in the process (i.e 1st/2nd/3rd draft, worldbuilding)

still worldbuilding, unfortunately, for personal reasons

Who’s the hardest character for you to write?

OOOOOOF. sage or rowan?

What music genre best decribes your main character(s) and whats their favorite?

Collin - alternative (favorite band would be like twenty one pilots, p!atd) 

Rowan - ichillwave (clario, rex orange county)

Avery - emo (fall out boy, all time low)

Isaac - indie alternative OR instrumental lofi (jaymes young, birdy)

Noah - electropop (lorde, halsey, charlie xcx)

Reese - folk rock (the head and the heart, of monsters and men)

Sage - indie pop (lana del ray, florence + the machine)

Are you working on more than one WIP?

yes! i have four currently but only two are important lol, ILLUNIUS and WHERE THE CELLAR MEETS THE SKY (this one). WIP PAGE

MY QUESTIONS

how did you come up with the title for your WIP?

is there anything you want to change about your WIP but you are hesitating on?

do you have a favorite character? a character that is your baby?

write a tinder bio for one of your characters.

how do you feel about epilogues? does your wip include an epilogue?

what changes does your MC go through over the course of the story?

what is the most significant insignificant thing that happens in your story? don’t explain why it is significant if it spoils things ;)

do you know what will happen after the ending of your wip, or would you rather not picture it?

how long does your wip span? is it a novel? a series? does it have prequels or spin-off wips?

what is a major internal conflict for your MC? 

do you include flashbacks in your wip? do you like writing flashbacks?

[HOW TO KNOW YOU’RE IN A ______ NOVEL TAG]

TAGGED BY @writevevo​ AND @wolvesofarcadia​

thank you both for this tag! it’s so much fun and both of your novels sound like novels that would be very interesting to be stuck in :D

inspired by this post

HOW TO KNOW YOU’RE IN A HALOHIDINGS NOVEL

you’re an older sibling and you have a younger sibling. you’re extremely bitter towards your younger sibling for stealing opportunities from you, damning you to a life you never truly wanted. your younger sibling adores you and just wants to please you. they never meant to do it. 

you’re stuck in constant, wistful wanderlust, never feeling like you truly belong, never fitting in anywhere, not with friends, not with family, and when you finally find the place you’ve been looking for, you realize it’s nothing like you dreamed or remembered.

you’re not heterosexual. no one around you is. no one is cisgender either. where are they? no one knows. 

you have a peculiar capability dancing under your skin. it trickles from your pores and muddles with your mind. maybe you asked for it, maybe it was predestined, maybe you never wanted anything to do with it. whatever the reason, it’s there, and you don’t know what’s you and what’s it. maybe you’re not meant to ask. maybe you’re meant to succumb. 

your memories are as fickle as the rain, coming and going and breaking through the clouds, shattering the fog and disappearing with the sun. you can’t recall what you’re doing here, or where you’re meant to be instead. what’s your name?, they ask. you don’t know.

there are two worlds. one world is blissfully unaware of this, or at least, as unaware as any world of millions and millions of people can be. no secret can be kept forever, they tell you. you are desperately trying to keep the secret.

the one closest to you, despite your abhorrent denial of this fact, the one you would trust with your life, will betray you. because of their decision, their selfishness, you will either lose them, or lose yourself.

THOSE WERE SO FUN OMG. they all mostly apply to both of my major wips, which is probably bad. oh well LMAO

SORRY THAT WAS SOOOOOOOO LONG hope at least someone does one of these tag games lol <3 

xander out