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bluinary · 3 years ago

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oh btw i came back onto desktop because

it’s happening. my writer’s powers are BACK, bitch. and that original version of Pluviophilia I’ve been batting around in my head?? Sis, I’m on chapter three already!!!

SO THE PLOT:

Sara Romano has been wading through her college days half-asleep, with this winter break by far being the most dead she’s felt yet. When she vomits on Chrysanthemum Locklear at a New Year’s party, however, her life quickly turns from lethargic to chaotic. Thrown into a new world of intrusive theatre geeks, loud music, and freedom, sheltered Sara struggles to understand who she is after a life of abuse, and how she could possibly love someone without self-destructing.

so basically: - brown girl traumatized, only gets by with her nerdy nb bestie - panic attack at a nye party. throws up on hot girl with hippie name. vomit victim to lovers speedrun. - turns out, both brown girls traumatized and also queer and maybe kinda sorta codependent. - girl goes from depressed solitude to having a social life and a sense of self, but its an adjustment - can two bitches truly going thru it make it work between them?? is it worse to be alone or to drown together?? we will see.

So yea I really just wanted to know if it’s anything of interest. I’m actually enjoying writing it way more than Pluvio (the fanfic it’s built on) tbh, because Sara’s voice and personality are forming as I edit and add new content, and I adore her and Chrys both, and not to be gay on main but FUCK writing a wlw meet cute (or meet ugly?) is fleshing out my sapphic dreams. T_T not to mention, without the convention of pre-existing characters to stick to, I get to have a LOT more fun with dialogue and descriptions. And explore queer characters who get the culture (the culture being terrible puns, AAVE, and abstract gender jokes).

So homies, if ur interest, hit that mf LIKE BUTTON

#at first i was worried about like 'forced diversity'. and then i realized the demographics i was coming up with for the characters #is literally proportional to my non-white non-straight non-cis friends. i just made some adjustments based on demographic info for the place #plus. theyre theatre kids. they have one token straight guy. and they live in colorado so its 50/50 if they're white or not #law of averages isn't real btw so it makes sense that the whites in the main cast are a minority :)#uhm in any case if ur looking for rep. mc is latina/ filipino. her gf is black/native.#her bestie is very white but it makes sense bc they are hella privileged and that's part of why they're so close.#friend group includes: friendly str8 dominican girl. chill str8 white muslim dude. ethnically jewish bisexual homie w hella issues.#his white hispanic bf who becomes mc's bff. tall latina transfem lady who says the most cursed and memey things on purpose.#her teeny tiny puerto rican gf who looks like a doll but will dropkick you if u eat in the costume closet #the nb bestie's toxic gf who acts as a narrative foil to sara. she's a first gen thai chick and fitness geek #which i did on purpose because her partner is a very white very nerdy wimp who just simps for her at her best *and* worst #oh yeah and another token Guy (TM) except the only token thing about him is that he's the hottest person in the group and a bit of a slut.#no wait he's also the token himbo. no one knows anything about his sexuality except that he FUCKS. imagine joey tribbiani but maori.#it's just so nice to see characters flesh out as you write. interesting amalgamations of people you know and love.#like im sorry but the nb bestie (eliot is their name) looks almost exaclty like an old hs friend of mine in my head.#sara is filipino bc i have now had THREE best friends who are filipino. two of them first gen. the culture is familiar to me now.#oh an most of them are latinx bc A) DUH they live in colorado and B) DUH I was born and raised in south texas #im not latina but the latine community raised me. more than the black community ever cared to tbh. so its familiar too.#that being said chrys is somewhat of a self-insert :^) shes a chaotic dysfunctional biracial bisexual black girl #who is very intelligent but talks like a mix of a drunk surfer bro and a girl from the streets #main differences: chrys has stronger ties to her indigenous heritage. she's def prettier than I am. prefers fem ppl over masc ppl.#didnt grow up christian. grew up with WAY more freedom than I did as a kid. and is far less self-aware than ive been told i am.#like sis has Not gone to therapy and it shows. she also struggles with substance abuse. i had an affair w alcohol but it ended quickly.#she's far more brazen than I'm bold enough to be and has a kind of swaggering confidence I can only muster when I'm forced to #anyway sound off if interest

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