#getaway girls choices

[jteasers]

Where you been, JT?

Workinggg 😭 Not all tears though-- or at least some happy ones, because I had the pleasure of being an external writer for Pixelberry's new Choices title:

--and it's finally hit the Choices library!! Ayyyyye! Working on Getaway Girls was an absolute blast, and I'm so excited to see what I helped work on (s/o Chelsa & Bre, the amazing Black(!) project leads) finally be available to the public! <3

If you have VIP, you can check the first two chapters out now! Non-VIP peeps-- (#same) hold tight. It'll be worth it!

[gaiuskamilah]

6 fanarts (batch 1) with choices characters + miss du mortain 😁 tysm to everyone who suggested characters!!

[aspeccharactersoftheday]

Maia Thompson from Getaway Girls (Choices) is aromantic asexual!

[playchoicesconfessions]

Sent by anonymous

‘I'm really confused as to why so many outfits worn by Dee and Maia in "Getaway Girls" had to be the same style in different colors. Was it meant to be a commentary on the struggle of finding flattering clothes while occupying larger bodies and I just missed it? From their main dress to their swimsuits to their final white outfits, it feels weird that the first two curvy playable characters are the ones who have a matching wardrobe during most of the book when PB can very easily design different outfits. They did it during Maia's test to win over Calliope, so why not throughout the rest of the book? Dee's a high-profile lawyer. She could've easily paid for a different type of outfit for both of them. And Anita is a celebrity model. She definitely could've spent a couple extra dollars to give the girls two unique swimsuits. Did I miss something?’

POST/CONFESSIONS DO NOT REFLECT THE MOD’S PERSONAL OPINIONS!

[farizrz]

Some answers from Chelsa

The elementalist 3

About poopy as li

And The Getaway Girls gang

[cassiopeiacorvus]

Playchoices MCs - Part 11

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artist notes under the cut

Niobe Chase (TPA) | She puts James Bond to shame. I gave her a different stealth outfit because I'm tired of PB drowning female MCs in crop tops. There are other shirt types, thank you very much. Also scars and ✨muscles✨ because MCs deserve to be shredded too.

Gwyneira (GUIN) | If PB gives me a historical book, I will look up historical outfits and throw out every outfit PB gave me. It is a fact of life. Gwyneira's gown is a combination of Eleanor of Aquitaine's tomb effigy and some inspiration from 12th c. English queens. I went with 12th century fashion because that's when Guinevere is first mentioned in literature.

Fumie Ueno (KOD) | I cannot tell you the annoyance I felt after having lightly researched the Yakuza because I wanted to use the new Asian face in the book, given my MC a well though out Japanese name, only for me to open the book and see that her father's name is Beckham and her brother's name is Clyde. Her default name is Diamond. Make it make sense. I changed the gold to silver in her outfit because if goes better with her skin tone. I also gave her F!Trystan's snake earrings.

Maxine "Max" Thompson (GG) | Listen, I did the math. I'm declaring that Max's parents named her after Maxine Shaw (Attorney at Law) from Living Single. Max takes Type A personality to a whole new level and I love her for it.

Amika Fuller (RWB) | I was contractually obligated to put a red solo cup somewhere in Amika's portrait. I clearly decided to I wanted to practice rendering patterns for this set of MCs because I just noticed that 5/6 have a pattern somewhere on their clothes.

Cheyney Latimore (FCL) | Miss Steal-Your-Girl herself. Listen, she's messy, but she's my mess. The pins on her hiking bag are as follows: the flag for the state of Georgia (because I headcanon that the characters when to Clark Atlanta University instead of just Clark University), a pressed penny, the symbol of Uranus (it's a Sailor Moon reference), the lesbian pride flag, and the pin for Arches National Park.

[choicespride]

Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week 2024 Masterlist

Blades of Light and Shadow

aeruilir - f!elf!mc (Killian Clawthorne) - @inlocusmads

Crossroads - nb!OC (Nyx Selenastra) - @storyofmychoices

New Nyx Edit - nb!OC (Nyx Selenastra) - @storyofmychoices

Nyx Ask - nb!OC (Nyx Selenastra) - @storyofmychoices

Nyx & Nessa - nb!OC (Nyx Selenastra) & f!OC (Nessa Tidalheart) - @storyofmychoices

Crimes of Passion

Questionnaire - nb!MC (Kiira Rose) - @aallotarenunelma

The Elementalists

Atlas in Blue - Atlas Ernhardt - @storyofmychoices

SpreadJoy #858 - Zeph Hernandez - @storyofmychoices

SpreadJoy #861 - Atlas Ernhardt - @storyofmychoices

The Freshman

Maddison & Rin - MC (Rin Day) - @choicesmc

Somehow, I Never Got The Rose-Tinted Glasses - MC (Rin Day) - @choicesmc

Getaway Girls

SpreadJoy #859 - Maia Thompson - @storyofmychoices

The Haunting of Braidwood Manor

Questionnaire - f!MC (Hanna Watkins) - @aallotarenunelma

High School Story

Myra Khandaar but if she had a full body sprite for her casual outfit ft. an alt version - Myra Khandaar - @cadybear420

Questionnaire - nb!MC (Ilo Jordan Lee) - @aallotarenunelma

It Lives Anthology

Lottie Hamilton ASAW24 Edits - nb!MC (Lottie Hamilton) - @peonyblossom

SpreadJoy #860 - Amalia de León - @storyofmychoices

Murder at Homecoming

Questionnaire - nb!MC (Valentine Edelmina Stone) - @aallotarenunelma

Open Heart

Asks - f!OC (Aliyah), Bryce Lahela - @mydemonsdrivealimo

So I'll Just Paint It Chrome - Bryce Lahela x m!MC (Jensen Valentine) - @mydemonsdrivealimo

Perfect Match

Questionnaire - f!MC (Pirjo Park) - @aallotarenunelma

Untameable

Questionnaire - nb!MC (Virta "River" Ariel Aaltonen) - @aallotarenunelma

[choices-binglebonkus]

2016 Chapter Lengths

2023 Chapter Lengths

[choiceschallenge-may2023]

Choices Monthly Challenge - May 2023 Prompt List

Please see the guidelines for participation here. If you have any questions, please message @jerzwriter.

[where-the-wind-travels]

meet my mcs ✦ a small introduction

bigger introductions coming soon <3

spoiler alert: i'm immune to cis male, gender conforming, he/him using mcs 😭

spoiler alert: yes i prefer all the pretty female non li side characters to any actually available (either male or female) li. all day any day. live laugh love michelle nguyen, diana, ingrid, and briar daly. also dee dee but she's mc's family so i'll have to make a different character for her, sorry andre.

1. bachelorette party

full name: leanne gahan

age: 30

gender: cis female

pronouns: she/her

sexuality: greysexual, panromantic, ambiamorous

love interests: diana (formerly), ash tanaka (currently)

occupation: lawyer, former model

more: yes, she's a gyaru, and even in professional lawyer mode she'll still at the very least wear light gal makeup. she's been one since the "glam queens" — her, court, di, and aisha — first formed, and she even modeled as one before she took on her current job as a lawyer. she started a fwb (but with actual friendship) type relationship with diana in college that ended once diana established herself as straight and fell for skip, and again on the trip to vegas after her poor friend started to reconsider not only her supposed love for skip but also her sexuality.

2. bloodbound

full name: raida pearce

age: 23 (physically)

gender: cis female

pronouns: she/her

sexuality: bisexual w/ male preference, polyamorous

love interests: jax matsuo, adrian raines

occupation: pa, former club dancer

more: she, jax and adrian are in a polyfidelity relationship, they're all in love with each other and no one else. she's an amateur dancer and has been since age 15. after the world discovered vampires, she's been dressing almost impossibly bright and poppy, partly to defy the stereotype that all vampires are goth and partly in memory of her best friend lily and the contrast she'd have with her. she's the oldest of seven — her mother really wanted a boy but only after the birth of her youngest she got told that, as the bloodkeeper, she's unable to bear biological sons. fortunately one of raida's many siblings came out as a trans boy, to their mother's glee.

3. crimes of passion

full name: ashley rose

age: 28

gender: non binary transmasc

pronouns: they/them

sexuality: nblm, exact sexuality unclear/unlabeled

love interest: m!trystan thorne

occupation: private investigator

more: before realizing one can be attracted to men and assume a masculine role in a relationship, ashley frequently asked themself "do i want to be the prince or be with him?" at one point, they were secretly in love with luke, but since he's straight and ruby also likes him, they kept it a secret from everyone. their mother, carolina varela, is argentine, and ever since they learned that they've felt a desire to connect more with the culture — especially with the food, you'll frequently find them eating a choripan, empanada or milanesa de pollo.

4. getaway girls

full name: mirah thompson

age: 27

gender: trans female

pronouns: she/her

sexuality: bisexual

love interest: m!jordan paudwal

occupation: chef

more: growing up with feminine interests in an almost female-only family with maia, anita and dee dee means mirah has always seen herself as "one of the girls" even before realizing she really is one. her parents try their best to support her but are still quite behind, and so they thought that as a woman, she has to marry a man. she's had to prove multiple times that she likes women and wants to marry (f!)kamali... a woman that ended up cheating on her due to wanting "a real woman" and inadvertently leading her back into the arms of her ex boyfriend from college, the only person she's ever loved that truly loves her for all of her.

5. murder at homecoming

full name: valentine mandy stone

age: 17

gender: trans male / boyflux

pronouns: they/he

sexuality: demisexual biromantic

love interest: tyler woods

occupation: amateur detective

more: despite no longer identifying as female, mandy still likes wearing dresses and full glam, partly to blend in with the crowd and partly in memory of perdita (yes, they frequently steal from her). at least that's what he always says. they're always lamenting that perdita never got to meet their true self, since she went missing before mandy realized they weren't cis, but part of him thinks she must know anyway. they're frequently described as "having the soul of a divorced wine mom" by classmates due to their personality and style, and he likes to disagree with them, but deep down he knows they're all right.

6. high school story (au?, more of an oc than a mc, i only remember i created her alongside an alternate mc from the one i usually play as)

full name: darlene murphy

age: 16

gender: afab demigirl

pronouns: they/she

sexuality: lesbian, questioning aspec

love interest: giselle zhou (au — trans!f!aiden zhou)

occupation: n/a

more: for a girl that looks and dresses like elle woods' daughter, darlene sure has a secret geeky side and is frequently found discussing one piece with myra and the rest of the gamer clique. they've also got a passion for fashion, having helped giselle find her style at the same time koh helped her medically transition and later working on costumes for the theatre club. she, giselle and koh (and cameron, as of spring quarter) might be quite the odd squad at first glance, but the four have grown to be inseparable, and darlene finds herself spending more time with her girlfriend and their "third wheels" than with her classmates.

7. distant shores

name: elias bellamy

age: 25

gender: gnc cis male

pronouns: she/he. it'd be just she/her, but she knows people from the golden age of piracy won't understand the concept of pronouns not equaling gender so she just lets them call her he/him. so far the only person she's tried to explain it to (the pronouns, not the gender non conformity - that's an open secret among the crew) is edward, who still doesn't quite fully understand it yet but tries the hardest he possibly can to support her.

sexuality: questioning if gay or bi

love interest: edward mortemer

occupation: pirate, sailor

more: fortunately for elias, being a relatively experienced actor means she's far less likely to accidentally reveal her time traveling secret. unfortunately for her, having time traveled to a far less progressive era means she's also forced to change the way she dresses and acts. early in her stay at the poseidon's revenge, charlie spotted her rifling in the former's closet to see if there were any dresses and came very close to disciplining her, until elias admitted she prefers men and had no perverted intentions at all... and that's the first time she ever confided in her sexuality and identity to a member of the crew that isn't edward.

8. desire and decorum

full name: pamela harper, née pamela foredale, née née pamela liu

age: 23

gender: cis female

pronouns: she/her

sexuality: it's not something she dwells on or likes to. even before annabelle introduced her to the concept of not being straight, she's known she's what the modern world would label as pan. she feels her heart has no boundaries on things like birth sex or gender identity, she loves everyone and can be w anyone, but she's too in love with luke to think like that about anyone that isn't him.

love interests: briar daly (formerly), luke harper (currently)

occupation: countess of edgewater

more: before traveling to edgewater, pamela wanted to become either a singer like her mother or a baker like briar's mother. she used to have a relationship with briar that one can only describe as "practicing to become wives" in every aspect, with briar of all people being pamela's first time. unfortunately briar really saw it as just practicing, but fortunately they stayed best friends after their failed relationship. her mother gave her the name "劉瑷菡" (liu aihan) but deep down she's always preferred pamela (or pam), even before she knew her father gave her that name.

9. ride or die

full name: maya minobe (美濃部魔夜)

age: 18

gender: trans female

pronouns: she/her

sexuality: lesbian

love interest: ingrid (yes, ingrid. it's technically colt since that's whose romance route i played, but i'd love for her to be a li and so maya dates her in my verse. in between prom and graduation they form a friendship that quickly turns into romantic feelings, but there's definitely been mutual pining and lesbian panic from both sides even before ingrid swallowed her pride and became actual friends with maya)

occupation: n/a

more: she started transitioning at age 15 and originally picked the nickname "kokoro" from a kanji in her deadname (健心), but eventually landed on maya, meaning "magical night". she used to dress in between dark academia and gloomy coquette, but almost as soon as she met the mercy park crew she changed her style to a mix of romanba gyaru and 2000s party girl, dying her hair blonde, learning to do her makeup and acting a lot more bubbly and fun. thanks to her new style, personality and pink ride, she's earned the epithet "racing barbie" by members of the racing scene and rival gangs tracking down the mpc.

[masked-alien-lesbian]

I really wish we could get past the whole child like, party animal asexual trope. I'm sure it's unintentional, but making the asexual "the mess" with everyone thinking she needs to "grow up" is insensitive. Growing up, I got so tired of being called a late bloomer and made to feel like a child because I wasn't hanging off someone's arm constantly like MC is in GG.

If PB was creative, they would had made Anita the asexual one, I mean her job is all about beauty and presenting herself in the most enticing way to her viewers, it would have been a fresh breath of air to have her story be about coming to terms with her asexuality in a job where sex sells. But that would be putting too much expectations on PB since all they're doing is rewriting Bachelorette Party

[storyofmychoices]

SpreadJoy #888 spreading positivity with quotes and @playchoices characters.

Quote by Maya Angelou

For @choicespride: Anita Descartes (Getaway Girls)

[lexicook74-blog]

Zoey wade became famous famous!!

[miss-nymphetamine]

Info that matters to no one: my Choices' favourite books.

-Across the Void: I loved it, the concept was original and OMG Meridian!

-Blades of Light and Shadow: I mean... of course I love BOLAS. Tyril is my man.

-The Bloodbound series: While I'd like to see a story perhaps more related to the Underworld concept, I like the series and don't get me started on Jax.

-Crimes of Passion: With the releasing of the second book I just realized how much I loved the first one. I'm not that sure about this second one.

-Getaway Girls: I enjoyed it a lot, it felt very different to other books in some ways (probably because there were actual black people involved in its creation and development). It was very refreshing and I have to say, I'm a Dee stan.

-Hot Couture: I still can't understand the hate for this book, because I truly loved it.

-Laws of Attraction: It was modern, it was different and I really felt my MC was really intelligent and had real power to change things, to make a difference.

-Mother of the Year: first time a kid isn't annoying in these stories. Also, it touches very contemporary issues, and Thomas is to die for.

-Shipwrecked: that, kids, was actually sensual, sexy and steamy, and not the shit we had to endure in crap like Wolf Bride or Surrender.

-Slow Burn: I love cooking, so a book about food is something I will automatically like.

-Veil of Secrets: It didn't feel sugarcoated at all and I liked both the MC and her attitude towards the whole problem.

Honorable mention to Kindred's asian Kaine. It stirrs something inside me.

[playchoicesconfessions]

Sent by anonymous

‘Getaway Girls is so underrated. I love how the main girls feel so grounded and real in their flaws and behavior. You can tell how much fun the writers had with it because it is one of their funniest books and the references are top tier. Also Juanita’s storyline was shockingly poignant. All in all, a really good book, and I wish others could see that too.’

POST/CONFESSIONS DO NOT REFLECT THE MOD’S PERSONAL OPINIONS!

[farizrz]

Welcome Teyana (you can change her name), one of playable Heroines from Getaway Girls 😘. All them are black (light, medium, deep and deepest)