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the best plot twists of the locked tomb are when it unapologetically fucks genre over and over again—it’s a fantasy story in a sci-fi setting, it’s a whodunnit meets battle royale, it’s a coming-of-age romance at the forefront of a colonial imperialist dystopia, it’s a psychological thriller and a ghost story bubbling in a stew of homosexuality and queerness, it’s a ball of literature references wrapped around memes and pop culture, it’s a slice of life in a cake of political intrigue, and turns out it’s ultimately a climate fiction horror story on steroids
#Tlt#the locked tomb#harrow the ninth#gideon the ninth#nona the ninth#it’s fucking insane#HOW THE FUCK DID MUIR GET AWAY WITH THIS IN THIS PUBLISHING CLIMATE OF CLEANCUT CATEGORIES#moonymovetheglass.txt
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On the way home from work I was thinking about Rochr and Iorveth in your fic and remembered a question I had for you: there is this scene in which Roche gives an overtired and insomniac Iorveth a blowjob in a secluded room, there are knives involved, I think Breniriel is guarding the door? Anyway, Iorveth finally falls asleep and it is implied that Iorveth has been adapting poorly to feeling save and thus somehow feelt safe enough with Roche to fall asleep but not his friends /family?? I don't think they were even talking at this point in your fic, what did I miss?
Have a nice evening /day!
Well, so like, that's the premise of the fic. I'm not saying this to be an ass, this is a genuine response, because it is sort of an honor to have someone thinking about your work beyond even the time it takes to read it, but: That is the premise of the fic.
And either it works for you, or it doesn't. That's just... how fiction works. Do i think that in real life two traumatized people would actually hit it off just like that? Do I think it would work? Do I think it would be healthy? Do I think it would lead to long-term happiness for either or both of them?
I won't answer that, I will just leave that to sit for a moment. My answer is immaterial anyway, because the author's intent is only marginally relevant in some circumstances.
This is fantasy, critically, more broadly than fiction (is it a broader category? I think so). Like... one of them is an elf, and has a shapeshifting dragon as his leige and protector. Some other fantasy elements are even less realistic, but the idea is that they're plausible, for the purposes of fiction.
So this is kind of how fiction works, and fantasy in general. Do you accept the premise of this story? Do you find it plausible, for the purposes of this fictional exercise, that, to bring it specifically back to this story, two characters who have long been enemies, would find something in common like this? Two people who have been on opposite sides but were in the same conflict, who went through many of the same things, who, crucially, commanded others during this awful cataclysm of violence, who had to warp their own moral centers not only to survive but also to potentially damn others by their tragic, inevitable actions. Who have in the past bitterly fought, physically injured one another, murdered one another's comrades, and worse... but in this new peacetime, find, strangely, unexpectedly, compellingly (precedentedly, in reality!) that their former foe is the only one who truly understands what they've been through. And they can trust this former foe the way they can't trust others, because this foe gets it, because this foe knows what's at stake, fully understands what happened, has the same sense of both the fragility of society and the preciousness of its little contracts. Iorveth knows Roche would stab him in the face, not the back, and that is a kind of trust. The whole underpinning of this ship is that in the video game there's a scene where one can best the other, and in each decision tree the loser says unhinged shit about how if they have to die they're perversely glad that at least it was the other who is doing it. Because that other understands what it's worth, and is a worthy foe.
That's it, that's the ship manifesto, LOL.
So-- that's the exercise of the story, trying to draw the reader along to find this as plausible-- I did not say realistic! Plausible-- as possible. The art lies in underpinning it with realistic detail here and there-- including that after many wars in real life history, the veterans of the conflict have found more in common with their opposing veterans than with the civilians of the side they fought for-- and so on and so forth. To make it vivid, to make it relatable, to make the fantasy compelling.
And if the premise doesn't work, then the story doesn't work. That's fine, not all art is for everyone. But that's how it is. Either you accept the premise, and it works, or you don't, and you go find something else that works better for you. This is no judgement on anybody, you or me or anyone, that's just how fantasy works. A reader brings as much to it as the author, and takes as much away, and while there's an element of skill on the part of the author, a large part of it is just going to be the reader's response. Things will or won't work for you and there's nothing wrong with that, it's just another of the ways fantasy works.
(I don't know if you've missed anything, I haven't reread that scene in quite some time because I'm still working on sequels and that takes up a lot of my energy and time; same reason I rarely respond to comments, I just don't have time to both do that and make new works. I do think the blowjob with knives is a separate scene from the passing out with knives but I don't recall exactly either. It's kind of a long story. If you think you missed something, try rereading it? But if that doesn't compel you, then it's really no skin off my nose if you don't! It's fine! I'm not offended, I just don't know how else to answer that question. I don't remember the scene that well. I wrote it like a year ago or more. But I'm well aware the premise of it doesn't work for everyone, which is why there are so many people writing so many different stories.)
LOL I have more to say on this topic because I got a faintly ridiculous comment on a story recently on kind of a loosely related concept, but this is getting long and I should address it separately. Suffice to say, you got a long reply here because I have been spending some time thinking about fiction, what it is and isn't, and how it works.
#on fiction#my writing#asks answered#fantasy being the broader category of imagination#fiction being specifically published narratives#idk how else to explain it#public answer because this is something i'm considering a lot#not to spotlight this person who i genuinely think didn't mean to be a jerk#but it is hard not to see this as kind of a mean thing to ask#like truly i cannot read the story for you it either stands alone or it doesn't#and the other comment i started to essay about is way meaner LOL
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Dreamt last night that I went to a bookstore and tried to buy Prison of Plastic, but it was categorized as “for ages 11” and the lady wouldn’t let me buy it (cause I’m not 11).
So I tell her that it must be shelved incorrectly cause this book has enough trauma to make a grown person sob.
She doesn’t believe me
She takes the book to the back
She comes back 12 hours later with tears down her face
I get to buy the book
#I also remember posting the book on here and going ‘lmao they said it was for ages 11 and under’#and Jello replied saying ‘yeah my publisher misclicked the age category and we can’t change it back’#post!#epithet erased#prison of plastic#epithet erased prison of plastic#ee pop#why does this almost read in green text lmfao
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When you’ve read none of the books on the goodreads choice awards
#tbf i’ve only read 9 books this year#and over half of them are classics#but still! i read three books published in 2024 and one of them was decently popular#also love how it seems like all the queer books were crammed into the ya fiction category
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As someone who is currently getting a degree in writing YA (and children’s) literature, why are there so many people on the internet who throw around the term “YA fiction” without actually knowing what YA fiction actually is?
#stop calling adult romances young adult#stop assuming all ya fiction is romance#I have books I like in both categories#as well as books i dislike and am indifferent to in both#and they are different things!#I know publishers and marketers carry some of the blame here#due to shenanigans like miscategorizing authors but#people use ya fiction as shorthand for “any writing i think is crappy” and#way to show your unconscious bias against teenagers there
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They published my first article, it took two years, I don't remember writing it or what was about in the specifics or if it was like good or anything but,, my name is on a printed paper now??? I'm so trying not to scream or make weird faces rn it's embarrassing
#it's going to be shit i know that already bc it was like 3 pages and at the beginning of the research™️#and it's a z category when it comes for the place in which it has been published#but!!!#it's been two years!!!!!!!!!!#and they are printing it!!!!!#AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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How's Knitwear Club going?
Well, I'm reaching the end of Ch. 14 (over 50% of the way through) and have already surpassed 100 pages and 70,000 words.
Let's hope the literary agent is open to a big debut novel, maybe?
#Knitwear Club#writing#original fiction#industry standard is 70k-120k for adult fiction - longer end for fantasy/literary/history categories#it can surpass 120k if it's science fiction due to worldbuilding#i wonder if they'll let me have an extra 20k or so on top of that?#me begging for a longer word count limit like please sir may i have some more???#and the publishing industry tells me i am not charles dickens and this is not david copperfield#fuck your word count and fuck your gruel#kill your darlings
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As if having "young adult" as a literary genre wasn't detrimental enough, now I have to deal with the legitimasation of "romantascy" as a thing. God forbid women can write in fantasy and have it be that, fantasy.
#Delete Later#the way the publishing industry has to create subgenres and subgenres to place fantasy written by women because they refuse to acknowledge#that female written stories hold as much weight and depth as male written fantasy#needs to be studied.#like god forbid the story has more lines to it than just the magic system and allows the characters to form attachments and romantic#relationships between them#yes this is about the goodreads awards categories
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There should be a website like "Rate my Professor" for jobs. Something like "Rate my Boss/Company" that doesn't have the ability to have company pay out for good reviews, or punish bad ones, perhaps completely anonymous reviews or something... just honest opinions of the company from the workers so people know what they're getting into...
#torra rambles#I saw a job for a children's comic illustrator but the description sounded so sketchy#varying numbers in the pay category#ranging from $38 to 20-22/hour to 7k-30k/year like wtf lmao#referencing a previous published comic they didn't put the link to whose style we'd have to replicate#cannot FIND said comic at all#but like the company is a real company supposedly#this all stemmed from me wishing I could see what other people thought of them who worked for them#see how legit they are#makes me sad bc this is the kind of job I WANT but this is so sketchy
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ROLEPLAY HISTORY post characters you’d like to roleplay as, have roleplayed as, and might bring back.
CURRENT MUSES
han s. — star wars ( canon/eu )
anakin s. / vader — star wars ( canon/eu )
luke s. — star wars ( canon/eu )
obi-wan k. — star wars ( canon/eu | discord only )
WANT TO WRITE
it takes… a lot for me to pick up a primary muse lol
PAST CANON MUSES ( primary )
john shepard — mass effect ( ot canon )
kaidan alenko — mass effect ( ot canon )
kurosaki ichigo — bleach ( canon )
grimmjow jaegerjaquez — bleach ( canon )
PAST CANON MUSES ( secondary / casual )
dr. henry walton / "indy" — indiana jones ( ot canon )
elka solo — star wars ( fc | canon/eu )
astri solo — star wars ( fc | canon/eu )
chewbacca — star wars ( canon/eu )
leia organa — star wars ( canon/eu )
lando calrissian — star wars ( canon/eu )
padmé amidala — star wars ( canon/eu )
assaj ventress — star wars ( canon/eu )
wedge antilles — star wars ( canon/eu )
biggs darklighter — star wars ( canon/eu )
ARC/CT-8080 / liner — star wars ( oc | canon/eu )
urahara kisuke — bleach ( ss canon )
kuchiki rukia — bleach ( ss canon )
david anderson — mass effect ( ot canon )
WOULD WRITE AGAIN
primary muses never leave me! e.g: han harassing me for like 10 fuckin' yrs
TAGGED BY: @valorums omg thank you for thinking of me!! TAGGING: @techniiciian @sgterso @desiccation @jedibattlemaster @strcngered @fcalty @debelltio @vibraea @red-flight @reawakcn @cnlyluck & anyone else who wants to do this! pls link me if you've already done it 👀
#( . fc = fan created. sw fanzine author irene heron/vysila created astri + elka solo in 1996#( . before book 1 of the 1998 han s. trilogy published#( . i’ve included the two in many of my au threads in which han didn’t grow up an orphan#( . just wanted to clear that up in case anyone raised a brow at it lol anyway i had to make a separate category#( . bc there’s a huge difference between primary and secondary muses for me#( . how to differentiate between the two? having a bare minimum of 50k words worth of written content#( . anything less is a casual muse i have no real drive to write but will do it for threads in need of NPCs/world building tbh#˒・*。◞ ( dash game ) *・゚✧ ⎸ ғᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴇ ғᴀᴠᴏʀs ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʟᴅ‚ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ’ᴍ ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ʟᴜᴄᴋʏ.#˒・*。◞ ( ooc ) *・゚✧ ⎸ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴄᴀʀʙᴏɴɪᴛᴇ.
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im not even trying to be a hater but im sorry your job poll is genuinely so bad bc so many jobs fall into 2 or even 3 categories its not even funny
i made it that way to fuck with you specifically anon <3
#just teasing you're totally right lol#i'd probably combo keeping things moving and backbone into one#which could've opened up another category#alas for those that don't know once you publish a poll you literally cannot edit it :P#but also for something i made in less than 5 minutes with no planning whatsoever it's not too shabby haha#reply#anyways thanks for giving me a chance to use some of my sillier saved screenshots anon
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I am hyperfixating extremely hard on my original steampunk story. Decided I wanna turn it into a manga (it was always the plan to make it some kind of comic or graphic novel as opposed to a text-only chapter book) so I've been watching lots of videos on how to make manga and reformatting some of the plot to be manga compatible. It's a lot of work but it is fun!
#shonen manga is the plan right now but that may change#I'm actually aiming this story at queer young people but there isn't a manga category for that demographic#yet...#I am literally soooo excited for this story#I've been in the business of writing stories since I was in elementary school and of all the original stories I've written (hundreds)#this one is the one I think has the best chance of actually succeeding if/when published
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ok sure the books arent ya but it's not bc of the vocab or the pov or literally anything happening in the content of the books. you sound so fucking condescending rn.
#the difference between these categories exists for publishing companies so that they can best market their products#it has nothing to do with how stupid you think teenagers are. rudeass
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Alright lads, poll time
#rambles from the floor#incredibles au#polls from the floor#linkeduniverse#I'm just curious about what you guys like seeing/want to see more of#since I have a bunch of stuff I haven't published since I'm not sure anyone wants to see it#but a lot of it falls under one of these categories#so I'd love to see what y'all think
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It has been just long enough since I published a thing that I am over here agonizing over categories.
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Beasties of Greenhollow soundtrack! Some tracks on this are from older projects like elphame but all of them have been reworked in some way. Most of them are entirely new. Enjoy!
#soundtrack#music#indiegamedev#Youtube#beasties of greenhollow#indiegame#chiptune#elphame#hey again gang. Another scream into the void#Things have been getting more interesting tbh#I'm starting therapy again. I have learned from this that my anxiety is in the very very high end.#And I guess the only thing that surprises me about that is that it's an abnormally high amount vs the average.#I've had more intrusive thoughts this week than in a long time. (I almost said ever but that was 2021 where they woke me up...)#It's mostly about my mistakes and ppl I've scared out of being in my life because of the actions based on my anxieties.#Like “if i could go back in time I could fix it”... girl you'd be going back in time like 100 times. At that point it's not fair lmao#I think I shouldn't talk about who I'm dating here anymore. Friends told me to stop seeing so many new people and I took that advice.#I'm exercising incredibly frequently; obsessively so. It really doesn't change much in my anxiety. I walk for like 3 hours a day.#My friend group is... difficult. One of us had a falling out with another and the dynamic is just so awkward for me now.#it just seems like everyone else has moved past it though but I still miss him. I don't think this can be reversed#we used to talk on my stream and play digimon cards n jackbox and d&d... But now they're only interested in d&d which I don't love#For god's sake I've published a game and moved to a nice new place. why aren't I happy hahahaha#work is no longer enjoyable since BoG was publised. our new project is in an iffy category but it's not my place to argue#I want to write music and animate but I have to do my hours for this new project before I can do anything like that...#I ended up siding with my current boss in that ethical dilemma I posted about and rn idk if that was the right decision.#Okay what can i talk about that's good? We moved to a nice place. I'm celebrating BoG's release with family tomorrow.#Graeme's playing Iconoclasts- one of my favourite games! He's also returning to work soon so it'll be less awkward to have a lady over#Thinking about good stuff going on just draws the mind to holidays I've had before. I treasure my memories!#Okay so I've complained for a long long time bc life doesn't feel great rn. But rest assured I already know this is 90% my fault hahaha#Oh another good thing that happened!!! My elestrals card was printed and ppl are really happy with it. I have a card in a real card game!!!#don't tell anyone but there's another one on the way. Anyway that will do for now. I'm sorry about my... self.
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