#leyswriting

[leynaeithnea]

Something completely random you want to share?

I...just had Pizza? Ahem jkjkjk i mean i did but

Actually ur giving me an excuse so

I started working on a new writing project recently (literally three weeks ago, very new)

And im in love with the world

Its one where one side is always in endless night and the other in endless daylight and the story will mainly revolve around two kingdoms close to the border to the area between them (endless twilight/dusk/dawn) and the one place in between them, and I just love it so much because the aesthetics? The vibes?? Gjsjfjsjdjd So the day kingdom will probably have mediterran-ish weather and climate and the night kingdom more tropical-ish and the twilight more uhhh temperate climate and aaaaah its so coool

Two initial moodboards of them with pics from pinterest and the pinterest board: (the title might still change tho)

Thank you for this ask x)

[leynaeithnea]

News flash, we got ourselves a new character (he literally appeared out of nowhere in a scene)

His name is Alkaios

He is Taíns best friend

Hes a poet/court performer

He will be a victim of the narrative (he will probably survive

Reference/Inspiration Picture from Pinterest for now:

[leynaeithnea]

Had a chat with a friend about how to make the world more brutal, we came up with some ideas:

Slavery

War crimes

Bread and games

Sexual slavery

Sacrifices

"Normalized" Assassinations (often used, not rly legal)

(Circus)

[leynaeithnea]

Spent the whole morning thinking of a question, at some point I had a good one so I ran here but ... I forgor 🥺

So... Hi! Anything random you want to share?

Mhh.....yes

Meet Taín

Aleius

And Eryis

The main characters for my WIP :>

(Pictures as base inspiration for now from Pinterest)

[leynaeithnea]

I have an ao3 account now

I almost want to write something for it

I dont know what though

[leynaeithnea]

Aesthetic references for the (yet unnamed) countries of the Day and Night regions neigboring each other

1 lies in endless night and 2 in endless day

(The pics are from pinterest, def not mine)

[leynaeithnea]

Gotta think of ways to make the Day and Night culture/society fucked up.....going with themes of sun and stars, and honesty and deceit... mh....

[leynaeithnea]

What if the story starts out with a trojan horse situation

[leynaeithnea]

Something something contrasting the beauty of the worldbuilding to the horrors of the culture and events, something something, mumbling rambling plotting planning considering questioning

[leynaeithnea]

The terror of every unspoken word between them coiled within him, a throbbing weight that made breathing a chore. Taín swallowed hard against the nausea rising. He didn’t let himself react. Waiting Taín looked at the prince. The silence stretched on with every passing second creating distance that had never before stood between them. Aleius didn‘t move either, he just stared at him. His eyes mirroring the anger and horror within himself. Except that after an endless moment Aleius raised his chin. The court held their breath. Taín held his breath. Aleius took a step forward and sunk down to one knee, tilting his head forward in defiant obedience shifting his gaze at last from the man sitting on his throne to the floor in front of him. The people around them reacted, barely. Stifled reactions of shock, outrage and disbelieve.

Aleius remained on his knees, silent. He knew the words that Aleius would say now, would justified anger not thrive him to spiteful silence. You have my submission, you have my kingdom, what else do you want to take from me? He‘d reply, I'm sorry. He could not say those words. He had not the right to speak them.

[leynaeithnea]

Meow meow my friend, the lovely Ley!

What's something random you wanna share about your wip that you've never had the right moment to fully explain?

If you can't think of something, what's anything random you have to share?

HIIII saggeeee , i keep forgetting to say before answering, i dont like that LMAO anyway! Im not entirely sure if I can think of smth rn bc its late and yrips has taking over my brain and im too impatient to let this ask sit here until i can think of a better answer SEIGJSEgi so instead take this short excerpt that touches on the topic of linguistic issues my mc(s) will find themselves in

The silence stretched on for a moment too long. It only took one look into her heavy stare to know he had slipped up. He waited for her to respond but she didn’t. It wasn‘t appropriate. “What did I say?“, Taín asked at least. His throat had tightened up, but he fought for a casual tone. She repeated it without hesitation. Yes, he had said that. It was a phrase of their enemy kingdom. And he had forgotten about that.

at some point i want to really dive in the consequences this alienation of his own home has on him - the language, the customs, the people, the morals - but i still haven't figured it out, neither for Taín nor for Aleius, or even possibly Eryis....its one of the most important parts im working on

[leynaeithnea]

Ive been struggling with figuring out themes for my stories and basing my stories on them for years.

Something clicked yesterday

I already have a handful of themes ready right now and still have as much or double as much I havent formulated out yet.

🙏

Keep trying, it'll be worth it