#therosejamjournal

[ataleofcrowns]

hiya!! firstly, i wanted to say that i love atoc a lot, thank you for creating such a compelling story with amazing characters!! secondly, i recently saw this post:

i wanted to share it because it sounds exactly like the X dilemma (and X doesn't deserve it, we all know they can be smarter and more knowledgeable than the Crown in so many areas).

Yeah this is definitely appropriate for some fandom takes I've seen about X in the past. Less so currently, I think, now that we're further along in the story and X has continuously displayed how sharp they are, but...

There were a few comments I got right after CH10 dropped from players who misinterpreted X's actions in the romance route as them acting thoughtlessly, or purely to cause problems. You know, despite the several inner monologues from X right before, laying out their exact thought process.

X has weighed the risks, they know their own capabilities, and they have a decade of experience as a mercenary leader under their belt. Yes, their actions will cause problems for them as well as the Crown. But X is entirely aware of this and judges the temporary conflict to be worth the long-term gains. They wouldn't be where they are now as a mercenary if they were a silly little himbo/herbo jock lol

You also have to remember X hasn't told the Crown everything yet, there are still secrets being kept here, so some of their motivation might still be a question mark in CH10.

I do think most players understand that, though!! It's just every now and then I get remarks where I'm like... did you just skim through the story or...? 😭

[nyehilismwriting]

helloooo! i've been following your writing/coding journey since the early days of sentinel and it's been so nice watching your story-telling blossom into a masterpiece. i love project hadea a lot and the characters are all so compelling i always have trouble choosing who to romance (rohan refuses to kiss me lmao). forgive me if you've been asked this question a million times already, but i was wondering what are some of your literary inspirations? what sort of writing shaped your style? it's one that i wish i could achieve one day tbh!!

WAH this is so kind of you 🥺

i'm sure i've spoke before about some of my inspirations but i am always happy to do it again:)

my writing style tends to go through phases- i feel like i write hadea slightly differently to some of my other projects, particularly the shorter ones. often, when I'm going for something poetic, i can't maintain that for as long, or i feel like it gets effortful; some authors seem able to maintain a really lovely style for long-form works. i'd say max gladstone (and there's no way you've followed me this long without seeing me talk about him before lmfao), julia armfield (who wrote our wives under the sea), louise erdrich (the painted drum, the antelope wife) are all authors whose prose particularly sticks out to me as something i'd like to emulate.

i'll also have to shout out adrian tchaikovsky and peter watts as scifi authors who manage to maintain a very effortless, easy to read style while writing hard scifi; it's not easy to do, but they pull it off, often with clarity and humour i really admire. and their work is not without poetry! i also really like adrian tchaikovsky's tendency to skew sharply into and out of horror: he's got such a knack for atmosphere and tone, something that really stands out to me whenever i read his work.

i'm trying to read more nonfiction/autobiography type stuff, as well: i recently finished billy-ray belcourt's 'a history of my brief body', and in the summer i read ocean vuong's 'on earth we're briefly gorgeous' (which is fiction, but in a similar vein); I'm hoping to read more joan didion this year, as well. i think reading stuff like this is a good way to develop both empathy and also an interesting study in tackling highly personal emotional stuff, and in a lot of cases i do feel i can learn a lot from the prose of these works.

i also read quite a bit of poetry, in itself, which i think helps; i like my writing to have a rhythm to it, and i tend to find that reading poetry helps a lot with that.

finally, as i think i've mentioned before, i love the magnus archives and the writing in that: i think that writing stuff that's meant to be read out loud/performed is a really interesting exercise, even if that's not the final goal, and it really helps to develop a sense of rhythm for your prose.

[chronically-ghosted]

Hello, hello, hello!

it's been a fantastic, exciting, and reinvigorating two weeks! I've been lurking hard on tumblr mobile for a bit, but now we're back with consistent internet access and a working keyboard! i'll be responding to all your lovely messages and tags over the next few days, so if you've sent me something, i promise i'm not ignoring you! 😭

in doing the unthinkable and not being glued to tumblr for days, some kind of cool things have happened:

i got to meet @therosejamjournal ! we met back in the midnight mass days and she was as lovely in person as she is over the dreaded tumblr messaging system.

in my travels, i found a Miller Brother's Sandwich shop in Edinburgh. Nice to see Joel and Tommy expanded their operations! 🥪😆

i got engaged??? The Boy says hello to you all and is shocked about all the lovely messages you sent in when i posted about it! 😆"so you've never met these people before?" "only online." "how do you know they are who they say they are?" "if they're catfishing me, their commitment to TLOU is shocking."

(i broke 200 followers) 🫣and i still haven't finished with the previous milestone event . . . y'all are to good to me! thank you thank you thank you!

spooky season is around the corner and i'm not gonna lie, i am stupidly excited over the icon i've got planned! 👻🧹

I can't wait to share with you what i've been stewing on the past few weeks! get ready for some sex pollen in Bogota, some illicit chocolate fountain debacles, and laundry day with the most boyfriendshaped man alive: frankie morales!

happy hauntings!

[chronic-ghost]

tag game!! 

rules: tag nine people you want to know better( @transrjmacready ur username is an inspiration to us all - never ever change)

last song: GOOD GRIEF by cleopatrick

last show: TLOU (had me screaming crying throwing up on the floor)

currently watching: The Mandalorian, The Legend of Vox Machina (which just ended), and TLOU

currently reading: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb (for my local library’s book club that I started!)

current obsessions: Pedro Pascal, Jedi Fallen Order, vague plot bunnies from 2015 where I was going to prove in a point-by-point presentation about how Rey was in fact Kenobi’s granddaughter but we’ll save that for another time, Pedro Pascal

tagging some folks I’ve never had the pleasure to directly interact with or only interacted with briefly but would love the chance to get to know more!

@waytkayt @tess-joel-me @omnikillr @therosejamjournal @meraus

[chronic-ghost]

@ebiemidnightlibrarian girl we're too similar! 😂

i had to go with the bloody elevator scene as it is that time of the month and i feel a kinship with this piece of machinery.

this was fun!

@jyngerpeach @astarkey @taxontaxoff @spookyxsam @therosejamjournal @myletternevercame

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Tagging: @i-less-than-three-you @afewproblems @scarcrossdlvrs @mcneen @absurdityaddiction and everyone who wants to do it.

[chronic-ghost]

✨when you get this you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to, then tag 10 of your favorite followers beloved beauties who live in ur phone✨

Thank you to @dilf-din for tagging me! this was a great way to start a saturday!

I Don't Care by Fall Out Boy

All The Pretty Girls by Kenny Chesney

Blood Makes Noise by Suzanne Vega

Hurricane by Luke Combs

Atlantic City by Jamie T

Tags for funsies: @myletternevercame @luthien-under-bough @taxontaxoff @therosejamjournal @daddy-laszlo @trulybetty @morallyinept @northernbluess @holy-ships-x-red-lips @astarkey

[melancholia-ennui]

eh fuck it, why not

Favourite colour: anything fairly dark - blacks, maroons, navys, and purples.

Currently reading: Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber | The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

Last song: Body Better by Maisie Peters

Last series: Good Omens 2 (we are still in shambles here)

Last movie: Barbie (2023)

Currently working on: besides my PhD, I just started a new gimmick blog (@sentence-arborist) which is taking up a lot of my time, and I'm kinda half working on a TTRPG system as a little side project.

Tags: @xanaphiia @humm-bird @hera-the-wizard @tramsgembder-lebsbinan @cryptotheism @little-robin-h00d @therosejamjournal

(Tagged wizards should feel free to respond in character if you'd rather. Also no one should feel any pressure to do the thing!)

Seven people to get to know better

Tysm @maggierosestudio for tagging me <3

Favorite color: yellow 💛 but pink and green are close behind

Currently reading: The Girls by Emma Cline along with countless fics lol

Last song: Anything but me - MUNA

Last series: I just started New Girl and I’m loving it

Last movie : Barbie!

Currently working on: my fic I never thought you’d happen to me, but I’m in the worst writing slump even though I just have to edit the next chapter and finish the last one

I tag @forthehonorofgrey @libraryofglitter @viofhearts @apricxtt @queers-of-marybelltownship @meryls-girl @tranquilityexperienced