#what characater is that good question

[thatone-highlighter]

CAR BATTERYS YOU

AH FUCK

[fellhellion]

as a purely personal preference i honestly kind of wish sm/2099 had more self contained issues and/or specials, since the restrained format seems to really prompt the writers (PAD as well as the guest writers of the specials) to play around with and explore a particular niche of the world building implications of 2099 upon the characters.

[siddyyyyyyyy]

The making of You're Only Sixteen

I don't know if anyone is interested in this, but I'll still make this post, because I feel like it and it seems like some people enjoyed this series a lot as well. I also feel like I haven't made the backstory of reader clear enough, so this is where I explain it a little better

First, I made a rough outline of what I wanted my character to be like and wrote stuff down that came into my mind, which I put together later on

⁞ first page

this was a rough idea of what it would be, of course I changed some things up and came up with new and better ideas, which you can probably notice. (I wrote this for myself, I never thought I would publish it, so don't judge my handwriting)

⁞ second page

Then, I made a people constellation to deepen the connections between the characters. It helped me to get a better understanding and a better view of how I will write my interactions, so I wouldn't get lost on writing all the same developments. (ignore Alejandro, I decided to left him out of my story in the end) The picture is a bit blurred, but I mostly wrote the basiccs stuff of each characater and then how they see reader. and the other way around, how reader sees the rest.

⁞ third page

I noted the main points of each chapter, but I did that after I wrote and edited it. Except for chapter three, which is probably why it's longer..... oh, and ignore the tea stain on the page, I was cold. I wrote the final chapter digitally, I'm not sure why I did it, but here's a picture of it too

again, I changed up a few things and that's okay

⁞ fourth page

the pic is blurry :((( anyway, that's when I noted and wrote down some ideas of how the nightmares of reader go. I also put their parental relationship on it and their past rival (i decided to left him out a little). I really tried to fit everything into the main story, and I determined to make it as good as possible, but I kind of failed in that???? idk, at least I'm doing this now.

⁞ fifth page

and of course, I struggle with writing actions scenes. how ironic. so, this is why I watched a lot of youtube videos and read a lot of blogs and advices on how to write fight scenes. It definitely helped me with the pacing, but I'm sure I can improve myself more if I actually practice writing scenes like this

Here you can see the original fight scene in the first chapter, but after editing it for the second time, I thought it wasn't making sense and changed it up completely. That is how the fire extinguisher came into it! I also just noted down stuff I forgot to bring in before, e.g. how farah met reader, since it also changed as I wrote the story

if you have any questions, please ask in the comments or send questions to my inbox, i'd appreciate it!!! thanks!!11!!

[herstarburststories]

❁ FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT ❁

Even when it's just an incoherent comment like "HSJJSJSJJSJS YES" or similar. Even when it's just one or two words like "Good!, "Good job!", "Liked it!", "Keep going!", "More please!". Even when it's just an emoji, 💕 , 💜, 👏. Even when it seems obvious to you, "That's good!", "This one is marvelous!". Even when it's something another reader mentioned before-- They said they wanna the next chapter and you wanna say too or something like that? GO AHEAD. Even when it's the longest text because you loved it, talking about how the writing was so good and you loved how the writer portrayed that character, or you got the references, or you really liked a metaphor. Even when it's on a reblog, on the tags of a reblog, or on the story. Even when it's on our DM or our Asks. Even when it's not talking about a specific fanfic, but the writing, "Your writing's wonderful". Even when it's laced with a request, "I love your writing so much! Can I request--". Even when it's a gif. Even when it's full of questions, when is the next chapter coming? What happened to a certain characater? Why did he do that?

It helps us a lot. It encourages us so much. And it's so simple to do that. It doesn't take 10 seconds of the reader time. Like and reblog is very important, of course. But the verbal thing is so necessary and makes us feel so well, guys. Support your writers, or that fic you loved. It matters so much. And don't fall for that, "If I don't, other will." We want your comment! We are grateful for every single one of our followers. They give us support to keep doing, making mistakes and increasing. Next time, take 10 seconds of your time and tell someone how much you love their work. 10 seconds for a feedback will make a writer happy for the rest of the day.

[broetry]

Gifts for your reader/writer friends!

(Hello my dudes, my ladies, and my pals! With Christmas coming up, I thought it would be nice to make a list of gifts to give to your writing/reading friends for those of you who are just too tired at this point to come up with anything. I apologize for any grammatical/informational errors.)

•Book lights

•Book-based candles (irewolfcandlesandcuriosities is just one business that sells them)

•Book merchandise (this includes face masks, shirts, pins, bookmarks, art cards,) (redbubble will probably have something for most books, especially traditionally published ones)

•Book sleeves (booknookSleeves and Bookgizmo are just two businesses that sell them)

•A book subscription box (goscribbler or Button Poetry have them)

•Subscription to a writing Masterclass

•If they have an Instagram account, book props (fake flowers, vintage cards/paper, old-looking necklaces, )

•A case for their kindle

•Commission art of their characters/characters they kin

•Try to find special editions of their Favorite Books, especially if there’s extra scenes/an interview/a new shiny cover

•If they’re a writer and they have been researching a certain topic specifically, get them a magazine based off that thing to help their studies. (Ex: one of my characters is in the painting restoration business so my dad got me a book on different painting techniques)

•Small White boards (especially for your Plotter writer friend)

•If they happen to cosplay a book character, find outfits at goodwill that they could use in their cosplays.

• fuzzy Blankets

•Get them a writing Prompt book (easily found at the book section of 5 and Below or at B&N)

•Make them a soap and name/base it off a book/characater they like/made (here’s some links to soap tutorials)

https://youtu.be/acRfwZ2Oi6I

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJ4CDt5B/

https://youtu.be/KahqPaxVSyE

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJ4CSMGo/

https://youtu.be/xsIT6aGetvw

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJ4CmkBw/

For those on a tight budget-

•If you’re unable to buy anything for them, customize a Spotify playlist for their reading/writing time

•Draw them some fanart that they can see when they’re feeling down about their writing

•You can also make them themed bookmarks with stock paper and markers if you’re on a budget, readers lose bookmarks at a very fast rate and they will greatly appreciate it

•Origami. (don’t question it)

•Get them some of their favorite snacks for when they’re writing/reading

•Get them a nice mug that reminds you of them, along with a box of a new flavor of tea (if they like tea) for when they’re reading/writing

•If you can find a thrift store with cheap paperbacks, buy books that when you align the titles together, the first letters spell out their name. (Ex: my name is Rae, so Ready Player One, Anne of Green Gables, Erratic And Unnecessary.)

•Stickers. Just stickers.

•Download a bunch of tiktoks and use the Vont app to make a compilation based off a book series they like/ or writing tips (you can also do this with meme formats on Pinterest and using the Phonto app for words)

•If they like buddy reading, find a few free kindle ebooks (they’re everywhere) and make a buddy reading schedule for you guys (bonding!)

•Make a physical list of names for imaginary people/places/landmarks and decorate it for them in case they ever get stuck on names

And now for some book recs, in case you’re not a reader and don’t know what to choose-

If they like poetry-

•Growing Gold by Syrah Kai

•Midnight comes by S. J. Blasko

•Among The Stars by Sameer Monn

•Lavender And Other Field Flowers/ Shes Honey Love by Mhari Grace (a two-book poetry collection)

•A girl is a shapeshifter by Jasmine S Higgins

•Crown Of Stars by Mallory Rowe

•A Handful Of Haikus by Indianna Daveson

•Stirred Moments by Abbey Forest (a multi-book collection of poetry)

•Paper scraps/ love as a distinct possibility (both are poetry books by Chloe Henkel)

•Mountains by Tasha Doughman

•When the stars wrote back by Trista Mateer

If they’re into Middle Grade:

•Of Friend And Fiend /Of Monster And Mayhem by T Strange (it’s the first two books in a middle grade fantasy trilogy, this would be especially good for middle grade readers who like Thicc books)

If they like fantasy/dystopian-

•Defy / Unchain (the first two books in the Murder Of Crows dystopian fantasy series by Kayleigh Gallagher)

•Ember Dragon Daughter by Rebecca K Sampson (first book in a fantasy series)

•Silent Night / Sacred Ruse bye Emma K Couette (first 2 books in The Guild trilogy)

•The Love Of Her Kingdom by Zoe Anastasia (fantasy standalone)

•When The Sky Eats by K Weikel (stand-alone)

•Broken Aether by S. G. Bacon (this one is Steampunk)

•The Fate If The Fallen by A E Winstead

•The Disease Ones by Danielle Harrington

If they like contemporary-

•Lie Like A Magpie by Lily Anna

•Stars Above by Brooke Tiedt

•Dewdrops and butterflies by Libby May

•The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drew’s

•Leaving Wishville by Mel Torrefranca

If they like anthologies-

•There Is Us: an anthology (edited by S.J. Blasko)

•Nostalgic Nightmares And Daydreams (an anthology arranged by Ren Elliot)

•Anthologies by King & Friends

•Starlight by Hannah Lee Kidder (this isn’t an anthology, it’s a compilation of short stories, so it’s similar to an anthology)

And if your reader happens to be Very Little,

•The Day It Rained Iguanas by Lauren Darnell

•Outside the lines by Abbey Forrest

•Pluto And The Lost Carrot by Irene Sizopoulos (for the ones who are now getting into chapter books)

Stay gucci my dudes!

[azucanela]

okay but for option 3... i’ll make some questions!! 1. what languages are you fluent on? 2. what’s your main character crush? 3. what about main celebrity crush? 4. what is your favorite piece of yours? and last but not least!! 5. can you maybe make some blog recommendations?? like other good writers like you!!

THIS IS ADORABLE STOP YOU’RE SO CUTE OKAY ANON

1. i speak spanish and english! i wanna learn more languages though i think they’re so cool kajshdjkah

2. main character crush main character crush uhhh i think the only like main character main characater i’ve ever simped for is rin from blue exorcist. but if we talking people i write for then like zuko or korra,, kageyama,, bakugo and todoroki kjakjshdjkasdj im a simp

3. hmmmm i don’t really have celebrity crushes because fictional characters for the win but probably chloe bennet made me realize i was not straight

4. lemme think lemme think, probably inamorata or after, inamorata was a really cool concept and it was fun to write, after was as well i think that’s the best way i’ve ever written y/n 

5. AIGHT BET

@shinaus has a lot of good writings for bnha and haikyuu content, also really nice!! literally so kind and great 10/10 yes. her denki fic is the greatest, i love it, so definitely check her out!!

@beifongsss she’s super nice and fun, also has an amazing series for sokka, and writes for other atla characters, and maybe even bnha whenever she finishes that 👀👀

@fromthewatertribe is new and i already love her content!

@bucky-blogs also has a few writings for atla soooo you should also check them out!

im too askjhdakjsh to tag the people i don’t actually interact with so

[higuchimon]

[fanfic] Time To Love, Time To Die

Carly fell.

She could feel herself falling, the wind rushing through her hair, the ground so hard and racing up so fast, too fast, and yet not fast at all. Falling shouldn’t last forever. It should be over with soon.

I don’t want to die. I want to be with Jack. She knew that he had a soulmate – she’d seen the date written on his arm, in fact, the date that said soulmate would die.

Having a soulmate could be wonderful, it was said. But at the same time, it could be heartbreaking, because you always knew when they were going to die. Or they knew when you were going to die. No one knew what of. They just knew when.

But – wasn’t there something? Hadn’t there been something? She’d only seen it once but there had been something about the date. Something that caught her attention then, but she’d forgotten it in the rush of everything that followed, especially this duel that led to her falling forever.

The date – the date that Jack’s soulmate would die – it was today. The time and date inscribed on his arm would be in just another minute or so.

Her throat closed in fear and rage and more emotions than she knew how to express. She was dying here and now! It was her!

She was Jack’s soulmate.

She could see the time and date on her own arm. The marks never came with names – you never knew until the time happened. But the time for her soulmate remained at least fifty years in the future.

Good – very good. Jack would live a long life and probably die of old age. He would survive.

But she wouldn't. She would never have the chance to be with him, and she wanted that. She wanted everything that was being taken from her. That Divine took from her just because she wanted to know the truth and tell the truth.

Carly didn’t register it when she hit the ground. Every bit of her attention was taken up with rage at the fact she was dying and she’d just figured out that she was Jack’s soulmate and none of this was fair in the slightest.

But the pain dragged her mind away from that. She couldn't see much anymore. Everything seemed to wrap around her in a thick wad of cotton she couldn’t see through. Her back throbbed. Her arms and legs didn’t – couldn’t – move. Every breath she took hurt her chest and she couldn’t take very many of the.

She was dying and being slow about it, too.

Hello, little one. A voice whispered softly in her mind. You are not dying. You are dead.

Carly wanted to be confused. But the voice spoke the truth. Already she couldn’t see or hear anything. Just that single voice, twining around in her mind.

“Are you an angel?” She knew that she didn’t speak the words with her mouth. But it was what she wanted to know and so the words were spoken.

I am better than an angel. I am a God. I am Aslla Piscu. I am your God: if you wish.

Perhaps her confusion made itself plain regardless. The voice kept on speaking. You don’t want to be dead. You want to live – to be with the one that you love. Your chosen mate. The one that I chose for you.

Carly tried to tilt her head. It didn’t move. “You? You made us soulmates?”

I did. He will be yours but you must claim him. This is what you want, is it not?

It was. It really was. Carly wanted to live – wanted to feel Jack hold her in his arms, to know that he loved her as she loved him. He’d woven himself into her so easily and he didn’t even know it. He might not even care…

You can change that. With my help. I can give the both of you the entire world. If that’s what you want. She didn’t know if she’d ever wanted anything so much in all of her life. They were soulmates, even if this strange God hadn’t made it happen. But no one knew who branded soulmates with the time of their beloved’s death. They just appeared, and those who had them had to deal with them. She’d really never thought that she’d find her soulmate. Let alone that she might guess at who it was because she died like this.

You want vengeance on the one who killed you.

It wasn’t a question. But it didn’t need to be. Divine’s image rose up in her mind, that smug expression that made her want to screech and claw at him, to destroy all that he’d worked for.

To kill him, as he’d killed her.

Yes. I can do this for you. You will have all that you desire.

Oh, yes. How could she turn this down?

“Yes.”

Power flowed through her, from where she couldn’t tell, but all of the pain washed away and she found a new, far more terrible strength coursing through her limbs. It was time.

Carly wasn’t sure of how long it had been since she’d fallen. But she stood up and there wasn’t any pain at all. She could tell that she’d fallen from a great height, thanks to the depth of the hole she’d caused when she hit the ground, but that didn’t matter. Nothing but her revenge and her love mattered.

And her new God.

On her arm there burned a new mark – the sign of Aslla Piscu, the Hummingbird. The God who would help her gain revenge on Divine and who would bring her together with Jack. There might be some pain – but it wouldn’t hurt as much as dying did, dying knowing that Jack was indeed her true soulmate.

Well, it might hurt a lot more than that for Divine. But Carly found she didn’t care about that at all.

She rather hoped it made him scream.

The End

Notes: I got sparked for this idea while looking at a list of soulmate AUs and having seen some images of Jack and Carly. It just seemed to fit together so I wrote it.

[glassofmercury]

15 questions 15 mutuals

tagged by the my fave mutual, @big-disgrace 💖

1. are you named after anyone?

i’m named after a characater in a shakespeare book that isn’t interesting and dies. thanks mom!

2. when was the last time you cried?

this morning! 

3. do you have/want kids?

i do not have any but i’d love to have at least one, maybe two. (i already picked names oof)

4. do you use sarcasm a lot?

mehhhh it depends if i like the person i’m with. if i’m being too sarcastic, i’m probably not happy.

5. what is the first thing you notice about others?

their eyes and their mannerisms. 

6. what is your eye color?

sha la la la la la la la la (brown)

7. scary movie or happy ending?

happy ending!! 

8. any special talents?

i bake well, and i’m good at writing and art. 

9. where were you born?

georgia! 

10. what are your hobbies?

listening to music, drawing, writing, and baking, mainly.

11. do you have any pets?

my parents are split and i have dogs at both of their houses and i am in college so sadly no pets every day : ( 

12. what sports do you/have you played?

i did pro swimming for a while and i’m good at floor hockey and volley ball. 

13. how tall are you?

i’m 5′5 normally bc i slouch but i’m 5′7

14. favorite subject in school?

humanities classes and history classes 

15. dream job?

i want to do a lot with my life, not just have one job. i want to teach, take care of people, write, and help others grow <3 

i tag anyone who wants to do this!! have fun kiddos! 

[vieuxnoyesrp]

Sarah. Colour us impressed! Your choice to apply for Isaac came as a wonderful surprise to us, considering how different he is from your current character, Elijah Mikaelson. We absolutely love it when members challenge themselves by applying for secondary roles that are so, so different from their primary characters - whether or not the end result is an acceptance. In your case, the fact that these characters are so fundamentally different from one another did not stop from you understanding the complexities of our fearful and perpetually fretful Isaac Lahey. You offered us a clear look into his psyche and explored the differences between what life made him - and what he’d prefer to be. Your willingness to explore Isaac’s fears and vulnerabilities and not just gloss over the challenges he faces was also very important to us. Shy as he might be, we can’t wait to meet him on our dash!

Sarah, thank you very much for applying. As for Isaac…

                        ⚜ ~ WELCOME TO VIEUX NOYÉS!!! ~ ⚜

Wondering what to do next? Click here and let the good times roll!

⚜ Roleplay: 

⤜ Name/alias: Sarah ⤜ Pronouns: She/Her ⤜ Age: 22 ⤜ Timezone: EST ⤜ Activity: 7, I have work and school but that’s wrapping up in the next couple of weeks and I have a summer wide open. ⤜ Best form of contact: Here is great, I usually have it open on my phone. ⤜ Any Triggers? No triggers ⤜ How did you find Vieux Noyés? Through the Tags. ⤜ What drew you to the RP? I love how well developed everything seemed, it seemed like everything was completely thought out something I enjoy in roleplays. Not to mention how this rp has so many factors in play it really allows I feel for a ton of character development, and seeing as how this seems to be one of the main focus’s it really did draw me to apply. ⤜ What is one subplot/element from the Plot page that you are particularly looking forward to seeing in this roleplay? There are so many that I’d love to see, but I suppose one of them is the new coven is a bit renewed with wanting to try out Isaac and all, maybe even what goes on with the wolves.

⚜ Desired Character: Isaac Lahey

⤜ Why do you want this character? 

Isaac is this bundle of energy, he is lost with how to tap into that. But there are so many layers that make him up, the difference from how he was on Teen Wolf to how he’s been integrated into this rp is something interesting to be explored as well. I just see a lot of raw potential plot wise and many different ways that Isaac could be taken. This broken soul who wraps himself up in the warmth of chunky sweaters, and attempts to run from his past and the pain despite how he knows he can’t ever out run it. To a guy who puts a smile on his face when he interacts with people, and can come off as cross with his short replies, or his inability to get used to helping other people because it’s not something he’s used too but wants to do. There’s a timid nature to him that I find, but yet a guy that craves strength, a way to feel like he can fight back. All these layers that make up Isaac are what draws me to his character. There is just so much to explore, and more sides of him probably to even discover as time goes on.

⤜ What are your future plans for this character?

I would love to see Isaac figure out what being a wolf means, to find some sort of confidence for once so he can stand on his own two feet past just existing and drifting through life like he has been on a daily basis. As well as I’d love to see him get mixed up in it all again, despite his need to keep himself out of all of it to protect himself.

⤜ Put yourself in your character’s shoes. Give us a few lines to describe a day in the life of your character… Where do they live? Where and how do they spend their time? 

Isaac is a floater, he doesn’t tend to stick in one spot for very long. The bayou has become some sort of refuge for him however. Anything that keeps him far away from the witches of the quarter. He has very little that he keeps with him, a bag of clothes and his brother’s motorbike that he does enjoy to tinker with, attempting to get it to work again. But the general day he spends wandering, he doesn’t want for much. Maybe working an odd job or two to get a couple of bucks to eat. But his days are spent with one eye constant looking over his shoulder, there’s a paranoia in him that the witches will find him and make him pay for what he did. Without his magic anymore as well, he can’t use it to see what’s coming, so in a way he’s constantly running from the things that he knows are after him.

Despite that and the risks he does like to frequent the Café du Monde, more so to people watch. Even if he hopes to never run into the witches, or have someone spot him and give way that he tries for some semblance of a normal life. That and for a good beignet, something he had discovered when the witches first took him in. It’s a guilty little pleasure that he finds himself not being able to give up. There is something about the Café as well, that when he curls up with a coffee in one of his big sweaters and watches everyone else live their life, that he settles with a moment of peace amidst all of the chaos that is around his own life.

Isaac spends his days searching for what his sense of purpose is, he’s had it ripped from him multiple times. He doesn’t trust easily, and he yet craves not to feel so lonely even if he isn’t searching for a family or some place, he just wants to know where he belongs. His days kind of take him in that quest even if he isn’t actively doing a whole lot.

⤜ Give us three headcanons regarding your character of choice. 

Isaac often wonders why him, who his family really was. He found out that his mother was a witch, and he was, then to be turned a werewolf after his first kill. The times he does think about his family it’s about all the unanswered questions he does have. Then his mind turns to his brother time to time, and he wonders if the other boy is okay. If Camden is like him, a wolf as well. There are times at night where these thoughts keep him wide awake.

With the taste of blood in his mouth still, he fears the full moon. He doesn’t want to admit what is happening to him, yet at the same time, he knows he has to figure what it all means. After Bonnie found him the first night, he keeps himself chained up every full moon. He’d rather suffer the pain alone than to actually hurt another person. His confusion over what he is, leaves him fearing what he could become.

Isaac is slow to warm up to people, with so many breaking his trust over the years he gets anxious around whoever attempts to get close to him. There is a level of mistrust that he masks with snarky replies, and to cover up all the pain he has faced because he doesn’t want anyone else to see what he’s been through.  Sometimes though he does allow himself to trust people and see the horror that is his life.

⤜ What are some plots you’d like to explore with your characater?

There are a ton with Isaac, exploring what he is and having someone help him figure out how to control it to control the rage he can feel. Possibly getting mixed up with the witches again accidently and what that could mean for his life and what is to come. Having Isaac find some friends that he can trust and build upon. To him just finding his sense of being and who he is, because he’s been thrown around a lot. From his abusive father to witches who lied to him and held this non-acceptance. To what he is now, there’s a lot that makes up the layers of Isaac that would be awesome to explore.

⤜ Para sample:

(Retained for privacy.)

⤜ Would you like to be considered for another character if not accepted as your primary choice? 

I have Elijah at the moment so if not, I am still very content. I just figured I’d give it a shot for Isaac since his bio drew me in.  

⤜ Have you read the rules? I have.

⤜ Anything else? Like the last time if you guys want to see me write something else please do just let me know, I tried to keep this sample current with the prompt and to the rp, but I am willing to show something else if need be.

[mardi-aesthetics]

Ok, here it is. My problem with Love, Simon. First of all, my ex really loved it. Sike! No, that's not a reason why I dislike the movie, I'm not that salty hunty. No. I dislike this movie for a multitude of reasons, all of which come down to a few certain key points, which I'm about to share. I should say at the beginning however that I don't totally dislike this film; it was... okay. Just not the best, for me at least. I should also say that my opinions as a gay man do not reflect the opinions of any other gay men, my voice is mine alone, and WE AREN'T ALL THE SAME BRUH! Just kidding! Well, about the shouting. Not having the same opinions is real talk. It has been my experience as an avid book-reader that movies made from books can be awful (we're looking at you, The Lightnign Thief). But sometimes, they can be divine (Harry Potter series, Divergent series). This however... Is so very appropriately underwhelming.

Number 1}: Why now?! This movie has been praised for several reasons, foremost among them is it's breathtakingly lovely stroytelling (I think Titanic had a better story, though a more depressing one). People all across the globe adore this movie for its seeming originality, and I'm not entirely convinced. There have been a load (get it?) of other, much greater sotries involving LGBT characaters; the books written by Rick Riordan is one luscious example. Queer As Folk and The Perks of Being A Wallflower is another. I should point out that though the film for Perks was made in 2013, it took place in the early 90's. Queer As Folk was filmed in the late 90's, on to the mid 2000's. Love, Simon is a little late in the game, considering those other tales not only represent the life of gay men much more realistically, but they beat Love, Simon to the punch. It is the 2000-teens, truthfully this kind of movie could have been made years ago and made a much bigger splash. And not only that, but this being 2018, we don't need these stories anymore: representation in the media of LGBT life is getting better and better.

Number 2}: Reality checks One thing I know as a book-geek is that some things are just a little too much. Tana Mongeau for instance. A toothbrush! Some things are simply too dumb and highly unlikely to be swallowed. This movie is one such. A gay guy... whom nobody knows is gay... uses emails to talk to another gay guy... all the while being blackmailed... and then outed... and lying to EVERYONE... this is getting worse and worse.... you see where I'm going here. No! I don't buy it. I understand poetic license. I understand that certain liberties can be taken when writing books and other forms of media. But this is a lot to deal with. The plot is trite! It is neither beleivable nor likable. This kid isn't an antihero or some other thing, he's a pathological liar, and nobody calls him on it.

Number 3}: Reality check, part deux I am a gay man. I know gay culture. I have gay friends, I've had gay sex, I've (almost) gotten gay married. But nobody, and I do mean nobody, has a story like this. Case in point: I was talking with an ex-boyfriend after having just seen the movie, and on the drive back we were discussing it. My ex adored the movie, thinking it was so like his own life, so relatable. Yet, when I asked, he couldn't point out a single point in the movie where his life converged.

Number 4}: Gay? No In addition to all that... mess... This movie portrays gay men and teens unrealistically. I recently reread the reimagining of Twlight, called Life and Death, by Stephanie Meyer, and she recalled that her main character got a lot of flack for being a human female so in love with a male vampire. She was called a damsel-in-distress, a boy-chaser, and the shade is understandable. She kinda was. Love, Simon makes gay men look the same. Like we have nothing better to do than pine after a guy we've never met. My question the entire time watching this movie in the theater was "Can't this kid just stop? Stop thinking being in a relationship will make you happy. Stop lying to everyone. Stop being cowardly". Plenty of people exist happily as single and staying that way; plenty of people are anti-marriage and happy; plenty of people are content to remain virginal and chaste until marriage, or until death, and they're... well I won't say happy... but you get the idea. Being with someone will never complete you, not really. Relationships fall apart, move away, make you cry. They shouldn't be reduced to this. Instead, we deal with the protagonist typing on his laptop, imagining every guy he knows typing back to him. Excpet, ironically, the guys he thinks are straight. There's a reason he might still be in the closet hunty, he might have a girlfriend. Or, much more likely, he might be bisexual. Bisexual people exist too.

Number 5}: Relatability I persoanlly never lived, as many might put, 'in the closet'. I never really understood the whole gay-straight thing until puberty, and even then, I never had panic attacks over someone finding out. I never thought it was something to be ashamed of, to hide. Being different is difficult, but it takes courage to be yourself. And the protagonist doesn't have that. Loads of people worldwide enjoy this movie, but are any of them really gay? Or are they just ooh-ing and ahh-ing at how cutesy this film is? The point in the movie when the dork (I won't even try to remeber his name) outs the main characater, and he just kinda... sits there. For someone that didn't want the world to know he was gay, he sure didn't react much. Internal turmoil? Or just cowardice? Even when teased, calle drude words, he does nothing. Where I would bust heads, he sits there and lets a teacher handle it for him. I understand that violence may not be a good reaction, but letting someone do your own dirty work is just lazy. His cowardice, his lying, and ignorance (or should I say sadism), were his undoing.

Number 6}: Ferris wheel blues The last scene of the movie, wher he asks his apparent mystery crush to ride the Ferris wheel with him, after anouncing his identity and his sexuality, therefore outing his illicit friend, is just plain stupid. Why would you go through all the secrecy, all the lies, just to wind up outing someone else? Coming out is a very personal experience, everyone has a different story. Forcing someone to come out, just to be with you, is wrong. On top of that, just because you're both gay doesn't mean you'll have anything beyond that in common. I've met some gay men whom I just couldn't deal with they wre so rude. Plus, the fact that they hadn't seen each other before that... what would happen, do you think, if the illicit friend from the emails said "I'm only into other black guys". Or, "I don't find you attarctive at all". One in every ten men will identify as gay; roughly the population of New Jersey identifies as LGBT. Wait until college or when you have a job and can support yourself to come out, if you're really that scared of your parent's opinions, or of your life changing. Then bump uglies.

A Last Few Words While this film sucks butt, and not in the good way, it has two points that I'm very happy with: The loving speech given by Jennifer Garner, and the Glee actor, Clark Moore. Lets start with the mother. Her speech about her son holding his breath, was very sweet, and inspiring. Many gay guys still in the closet will watch this movie and see an anthem playing, especially with the heart-warming talk between mother and son. Not every coming-out sotry is violent and heart-rending; some of it is actually rather anticlimactic. It's not always so traumatizing, and I really enjoy the movie including gthis little bit. Next, with Clark Moore, whose character is the other gay guy, the openly gay guy. This is a bit more realistic, the fact that they include this one person, because not all gay men look, behave, dress the same way. Moore's character is out-and-proud, in a very realistic way.

[higuchimon]

[fanfic] Our Paths Cross

May 24, 2005. He’d last seen Taniya on that date. It remained etched into his mind. Sometimes he’d dreamed about her, and woke with the burning desire to do something, to become a better duelist so that should they ever cross paths again, he would be able to give her a real duel, something that she’d truly enjoy.

Misawa hadn't forgotten for a moment the look of disappointment in her fierce green eyes when he lost against her over and over again. He’d tried every deck he had and every strategy he could think of and she always out-thought him. In the end it hadn’t done anything – he’d fallen, unable to keep going, mind empty for one of the few times in his life. It hadn’t been enough. Not what she wanted.

What did I do wrong? He’d wondered that ever since he’d first lost to Juudai. Dueling was a matter of mathematics and balance and he’d always had his decks in a perfect balance. He even tried his best to counter Juudai’s favorite Fusion strategy and Juudai out-thought him then!

It was only through all those losses that he’d figured out what it was he’d done wrong – choosing to duel as a duelist and ignoring where his heart truly called – to be a duelist of science, not a professional duelist or the kind of duelist that Juudai was.

Seeing her here and now – a year and a half after their last meeting – shocked Misawa in ways that he hadn’t thought possible. He’d devoted so much of his life for the last couple of months, ever since he’d landed in that endless world of sand, just to survival. Seeing Taniya again made his throat close up and every thought he’d had on the nature of worlds and how to get them to where they were going slide right out of his head.

“Misawa Daichi,” Taniya murmured, giving him a look before she held a hand out to him. “It’s been a long time.”

Misawa swallowed, then reached out to take her hand. She pulled him to his feet – he’d forgotten how strong she could be – and he dusted himself off quickly. This world didn’t have as much sand as that one did but he still didn’t like it.

“Yes. It’s good to see you again.” He wasn’t lying. He’d genuinely missed her all this time. He’d just never thought that they’d cross paths again. After all, the last time he’d seen her, she’d been a tiger. Well, in tiger form.

“How did you get here? Is everything all right in your world?” Taniya asked.

“More or less.” He quickly caught her up on what had been going on and how he and the others were here to find Johan Andersen.

Her brow furrowed. “I’ve not seen anyone like that. But I did think that I caught a hint of Yuuki Juudai’s scent. It was faint, but I believe it came from that way.” She nodded down a corridor he hadn’t realized existed until she’d indicated it.

“Well, then,” Misawa stared down it. “Let’s see if we can go find him?”

He’d forgotten how sweet her smile could look. He didn’t think he ever would again.

“Be careful. This world is inhabited by spirits – here they are as real and solid as you are.”

Misawa snorted. “It wouldn’t be the first time.” When he’d landed in that world of sand and had to deal with those creatures there on his own, he’d learned very quickly that just because they were spirits didn’t mean they couldn’t be deadly. He had more scars under his clothes than he cared to think about.

Side by side they walked for several minutes. Misawa enjoyed being with her again, and not having to fight her this time. He wanted to ask more questions than he could get out of his mouth at the moment. One of them did manage, though.

“The last time I saw you, you were a tiger. If I may ask – why aren’t you one now?” He’d somewhat formed the theory that she’d been able to assume human form thanks to her Shadow Charm. If that wasn’t the case…

Taniya chuckled. “I am a Duel Spirit. But you’ve never seen my card, have you?” He shook his head. “I don’t believe it’s been created yet. It may never be – who can say? But if it ever is, I suspect the card’s name would be – Amazoness Shapeshifter. I can assume either this form or that of a tiger, whenever I want.”

Misawa nodded; he would speak to Pegasus about that when they returned home. She deserved to have a card of her very own.

More questions wanted to be asked, but there wasn’t time enough. He knew they needed to find Juudai and then get to work on finding Johan. Though the burning question of how she’d come here, when this wasn’t her world – she’d mentioned during that night of dueling that she’d come from a world of endless jungle – that question refused to leave him. How had all of this happened? How many worlds were there and how did they all tie together?

He needed to ask people. He needed to take as many notes as he could and work it all out. A quiet thought worked its way in.

I can’t do that when I’m still with Juudai. It wasn’t any fault in Juudai himself. But he needed to do this, in order to help in the long run. Once he knew how many worlds there were and what they were like, he could eliminate which ones Johan wouldn’t be in.

He did hope his friends wouldn’t find Johan before he was able to get all of his questions answered. The little bit of time they’d spent together in that world told him that he rather liked Johan. He would like to be there when Juudai finally found him. But he would walk his own path for this.

As he always did.

The End

Notes: The stuff about Taniya's card is also my headcanon.

[vieuxnoyesrp]

Charlie. We were so, so excited to see an application for Lydia Martin; whose trademark persona has been sorely missed from our storyline as of late. We like the amount of detail you gave us in your application; especially for the ‘day in the life’ question as well as your para sample. It gave us great insight into your understanding of Miss Martin’s character. Moreover, it was refreshing to see right off the bat that you understand the sheer number of layers and complexity that make up Lydia’s exquisite personality. You saw right through her facades, and your headcanons were thoughtfully-constructed and unique. In particular, we love that you recognized how important the connection is between Lydia and her grandmother. Although strongly hinted in the bio, we don’t know many roleplayers who would - of their own accord - choose to write a sample revolving around Lydia and an elderly woman who is, for the time being, an NPC. It was a unique choice and a fantastic tribute to the importance of this relationship. Well done!

Charlie, thank you very much for applying. As for Lydia…

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⚜ Roleplayer:

⤜ Name/alias: Charlie ⤜ Pronouns: She/Her ⤜ Age: 21 ⤜ Timezone: GMT -3 ⤜ Activity: I’m a solid 7/10, I’d like to think, mainly because I’m always around even if it’s through my phone. I work some afternoons and go to Uni every morning, but aside from that, I’m always with my computer around and I can get on most times of the day. ⤜ Best form of contact: Through this Tumblr here, I’m always here lurking since It’s the one I’ve got on my phone right now. ⤜ Any Triggers? Thankfully, no! ⤜ How did you find Vieux Noyés? Through the rp recommendations tag ⤜ What drew you to the RP? The diversity of characters, the intense storyline and the deeply involved and developed plot which just sucks you in from the start. ⤜ What is one subplot/element from the Plot page that you are particularly looking forward to seeing in this roleplay? I am gasping to see the Lost Relic part of the plot developed. I think hunters have it in their nature to stay alert and want to have the upper hand in every situation, that’s why they train and are always prepared, so I can’t wait to see how that gets developed to slowly make a plan to get them up there with the first card to draw against the vampires.

⚜ Desired Character:

⤜ Why do you want this character? Because I think Lydia can often be portrayed and seen as such a flat character who’s the Queen B of the school but when she gets back home she cries all night. And I think she’s so much more than that, she has so many sides of her than just crying. Of course, she suffers just as much as the next guy, but she’s also a fighter and even if she has to hide her wits, she’ll put them all to use when it comes to protecting those she loves. And in this roleplay, there’s also the relationship with her grandmother which is such a big place to develop something relevant, and how she’d help her find and channel the mystery voices in her head and try to open herself and how she is and her true nature out to the world.

⤜ What are your future plans for this character? I think I just wrote a little bit of that, but mainly I wanna give her depth. I want her to develop friendships outside of her comfort zone and even if she is quite a strong personality and maybe sometimes a bit abrasive, she’s also a person and she needs friends in her life. I want to develop the understanding and developing of the voices in her head, I want to see how that could take her to her grandmere and how together, she’d help Lydia realize that she’s been trying to silence this incredible power and all the responsibilities that that comes with.

⤜ Put yourself in your character’s shoes. Give us a few lines to describe a day in the life of your character… Where do they live? Where and how do they spend their time?

In New Orelans, it doesn’t get any nicer than the Mayor’s house. Sure, sometimes she wished she wouldn’t have been followed by cameramen asking her opinion on something her mother had said, or she wished she didn’t have to deal with her step-father and his son, but you grow used to those things in time, don’t you? Lydia certainly has. On a regular day, she wakes up about an hour earlier than she’s supposed to just to make sure her look for school is up to par with her make up. After that hour’s done, she gets in her car and drives to school. And then for seven hours, she plays pretend. It’s class after class where she pretends she doesn’t understand what a latin word in a history book means, how the hardest of algebra pages on textbooks aren’t as easy as the alphabet for her, it’s class upon class to where she feels her brain turning to mush. Her only salvation there are her friends. She hangs out with them as much as she can, and when it’s time to go back home, that’s when she turns back into herself. She goes into her room, avoiding any kind of interaction with her step-father or step-brother, even if she’s finding him a bit more to her liking at times, and switches her brain back into overdrive. She reads latin, both old and modern, she paints, she watches PhD lecutres through YouTube and has even dared to start an application process for Tulane University, but she’d never tell. Only when it’s time for dinner she rejoins her family down at the main dinning room and shares a few hours with them, as little as possible, before going back upstairs and delving into her own world, until it’s time for bed, where she takes as many pills as possible to dull the voices that have been taunting her through the whole day so she can have a decent night rest.

On a weekend, though, she wakes up a bit later and tries to spend as much time as she can with her friends. They go to parks and walk around shopping malls and she’d even go as far as saying she’d even spend a few minutes of her time with her step-brother if he asks. Lydia enjoys spending time at the antique shop. It’s a place where she can go and feel immersed in a different time, as if she had been suddenly thrust into the French 17th century, surrounded by paintings and tea sets and old book smell. It could probably be one of her favorite places in the world, but she’d never speak about it. She’d spend time by herself there, or at auctions for paintings and antiques, buying as much as she fancied only to get a little grief from her mother but then a request for her to buy something for the living room, she had amazing taste and her mother knew it. And at night? Well, she was the most popular girl in school, so party invitations were never scarce. She’d doll up, dress up and drink until the voices left her again.

⤜ Give us three headcanons regarding your character of choice.

Lydia wants to be a doctor. Not a regular “tell me where it hurts“ doctor, but a psychiatrist. She’s smart, and she has seen and read what schizophrenia and paranoia will do to you, and even if she knows that she’s not crazy, her mind would not betray her like that with how smart she was, she wants to be ready and she wants to understand everything about the human mind and how to trick it to stop the voices… if she can.

Lydia has never fallen in love, and honestly does not believe in the idea of love. Her parents were supposed to be in love, and guess what, that didn’t last long. That’s when she started to look into it. Love is a combination of three chemicals in the brain that makes you feel things and suddenly sparks fly in your heart and… For someone as smart as her, she knows it’s not real. Jax has been her on and off boyfriend for the past year, and as much as she thinks she could’ve fallen in love with him, she still knows that love is as much a chemical as oxygen, and she doesn’t have the time to think of that. The voices in her head occupy a much bigger portion than love ever could.

Lydia blames herself for her parents divorce. She wants to see it rationally, as two people who just couldn’t bare to co-exist together anymore. Things like that happen, love isn’t real, so why would two people who don’t even like each other keep on enduring what they hate? Things like that she told herself daily when she saw her mother next to her step-father, but she never could manage to believe it herself. It was all her fault, possibly. The voices, her grandmere, something, but it was related to her.

⤜ What are some plots you’d like to explore with your characater?

I really want to get to develop Lydia’s connection with her voices and her psychic side, maybe develop a little more of the Banshee she is on Teen Wolf, but if that’s not possible then turn what we know about that into a more psychic perspective.

I also wanna develop friendships for her, especially ones with the people she’s friends now, to make her more comfortable around them and they, in that way, would help her unleash her full inner goddess of wisdom and stop being the plastic she is on the outside.

And I’d also love to be able to develop Lydia’s relationship with her grandmother and how that’d be a secret she’d keep to her mother and the rest of her family, how maybe Tyler would be able to play into it and be her confident, and in that way work with the relationship between the two siblings and have them trust each other.

⤜ Para sample:

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⤜ Would you like to be considered for another character if not accepted as your primary choice? Kira Yukimura.

⤜ Have you read the rules? Yes, I have

⤜ Anything else? The first part of the para sample is a little bit of a backstory that managed to get me into a mindset where I could actually write, and then there’s the dialogue part of the para sample. Thank you very much for reading!