#wip: nova futurum

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hey i'm chance! i've done a writeblr intro recently but i didn't like it, so this is take 2. here's the old one.

─── about me -⋆⋅☆

name : chance

pronouns : they/he

likes : cyberpunk, romance, anime, kpop, music, history, design

age : 20

i tend to swear both on here and in my writing, so if you're sensitive to that, i don't think my blog or work is for you. i also use the word 'queer' a lot since i self-identify as such, when i do choose to self-identify.

i'm interested in so much, which would be impossible to fully state. there are so many new things out there and i love learning about them all!! this blog is mainly for writing but i'm not strict on that.

i also am pretty sure i'm neurodivergent (no diagnosis or anything yet) and tend to delve into hyper-fixations for weeks at a time. if i haven't posted for a while, it's probably because of one of my other hyper-fixations or school.

i'm going to college for my bachelor's in graphic design, which might make my responses during the school year delayed.

i'm always open to ask or tag games!! it might take me a few to respond but i'll respond.

─── writing -⋆⋅☆

you'll find a lot of diverse characters, the found/chosen family trope, romance or rom-com, angst, and references to actual history or historical events within my work. sometimes i throw in a little art fact since i'm an art student. in nearly every one of my works you can find a prominent lgbtq+ character, too.

i write for original works and fanfiction alike. i often alternate what project i'm writing on and tend to leave wips unfinished. there's no one specific fandom that i'm in since i tend to dabble in everything.

i enjoy reading all sorts of stories, but some of the tropes and genres that have a special place in my heart include:

[ genres : romance . action . sci-fi . dystopian . heists . cyberpunk . horror . comedy . mystery ] [ tropes : friends to lovers , enemies to lovers , fake/pretend relationship , college au , coffee shop au , domestic , fluff , angst ]

─── ⋆ looking for ⋆⋅☆

more writers to follow!

good vibes & friends

writing advice & critique buddies (will help critique ur work too)

─── works in progress -⋆⋅☆

nova futurum | original work | #wip: nova futurum

─── ⋆ status : brainstorming

a lgbtq+ mafia cyberpunk story with the working title "Nova Futurum." i've got the general information down and i'm currently working on fleshing out my main characters. for now it's in the very basic stages, but feel free to ask me about it or give any tips!

you still would've been mine | fanfiction | #wip: yswbm

─── ⋆ status : outlining, research, & writing draft 1

Steven "Steve" Rogers wakes up in the 21st century after crashing into the ice in 1942, leaving behind his life as the mascot of the USA along with his childhood in Brooklyn NYC. The Winter Soldier, a man left behind in the war recovers his memories as the man known as James "Bucky" Buchanan Barnes after meeting Steve in the modern time. Steve and Bucky recall their childhood and their experience in the war as they recover.

matchbreakers | original work | #wip: match

─── ⋆ status : brainstorming

xavier works at match breakers. instead of setting people up on blind dates, he goes to dates and breaks up the couple. all sorts of people hire him, disapproving parents, jealous ex's, and those scared to see their ex's angry side. what he doesn't expect is falling in love with one of his own clients.

scars of duty | original work | #wip: sod

─── ⋆ status : plotting

Lucian is a hero who protects the city of Haines and the other members of his hero's league. They're a small-name hero just trying to make do with what they've got. A villain new to the city shows up and shakes Lucian’s perception of their own superpowers and the world.

< tag lists: if you'd like to be added for any project, let me know. i'm not the greatest at remembering the tag list but i will try! >

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YES omg!!

(idk what happened but i didn't get the notif for this?? wtf tumblr)

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What is one cool thing that you like about your WIP or have read about in someone else's WIP?

Hi 'Mous!

Since this is my "promote other Writeblrs" blog I'll answer for ones I've seen around (if you want me to answer for myself, feel free to send another ask to @druidx).

The 'utility artificers' in @ashen-crest's Rosemond St Series (it is technically a series now, right?). I'm a big sucker for 'high fantasy, but make it urban' (as opposed to urban fantasy's 'take IRL and give it magic' (though I do like that - but I digress)). Plus the whole setup she's got going on in that series is a huge itch-scratcher for me, filling the niche left by people such as A. Lee. Martinez and KE Mills.

Cyberpunk hackers, my beloved! @digital-chance's Nova Futurum looks awesome, and their main character in that is a hacker. I'm excited to see more of their work!

I'd be horribly remiss if I didn't mention @artbyeloquent's Hill To Die On. This looks at the paranormal from a distinctly Jewish POV which is utterly fascinating to me, and also Elo's writing style is just 🤌️ *mwah*!

Talking of writing style, for that and her just truly epic worldbuilding, I have to recommend @faelanvance. Both The Last Wild Place and The Whale God's Wife** will be an epic of the ages from what I've seen from the excerpts and snips. I'll take 'things I want on my shelf' for 10, Alex 😅️

And last, but not at all least, is my darling @aquadestinyswriting's The Wizard's Tale and The Trouble with Meredith. Now, with these, I'm highly biased, because the 'cool' thing about these are they're set in our highly modified version of the Fighting Fantasy World of Titan TTRPG. Also her characters are epic and I loves 'em ur honour.

...Oops. I was supposed to go off with this right? 😅️

Anyway, thanks for the question and have fun checking out some of these superb writers, 'Mous!

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(** Fae - is that the right intro post for that WIP? Please let me know if not so I can fix)

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Writer Q&A Tag Game

thank you for the tag @clairelsonao3!! you're lovely.

1. What motivates you to write?

The stories themselves. If I get inspired and like the premise, I'll write it down. From there, my passion for stories will take over and tell the story and expand upon the characters.

2. A line/short snippet of your writing that you are most proud/happy of. If not maybe share a line of someone else's work you love (just please credit them)

From the first chapter of my fanfic ysbwm; This place he’s in is a different world than the one he knows. There are so many flashing lights popping out of the building, constantly moving. The cars are shaped differently and drive on a painted street at amazing speeds. These buildings, like the one Steve just ran out of, are so much taller and sleeker than what he’s used to seeing. He gapes and haltingly spins around, letting his eyes flit around him and be momentarily captivated by the movement.

3. Which OC makes you smile every time you think/talk about them and what are they like?

At the moment, Theodore, from Scars of Duty. Writing a villain character is so interesting to me, especially since their character is going to change throughout the novel and series. I'm not the greatest at making ocs and I haven't purposely written a character like this before so this is a challenge that im excited to take on!

4. What process of writing do you enjoy the most?

Brainstorming. It's a love-hate relationship though lol. I love gathering all the stuff that inspired me and organizing it though so it's both worth it in the end and satisfying. Lately I found a template/organizer for the Notion app for my writing and I'm so excited about my projects now!!

5. What part of writing do you think you are the best at? (Yes stroke your own ego it's okay)

Honestly I'm not sure. I would say research and potentially preparation.

6. What is something in the writeblr community is most enjoyable?

I love the tag games!! I love seeing what people wrote and learning about them and then being able pay it forwards for others!

7. A writing tool/device you use that helps you with writing? (It could be speech to text, a writing program etc)

Tumblr, with it's endless quantities of prompts and the short stories that people write on here. I love it. I also starting using both Grammarly and ProWritingAid to correct my grammar after me being in denial for ages about needing them. Very useful for the editing process.

8. A piece of worldbuilding that you like in your own story? (It could be the magic system, a particular place in the story, a law etc)

Oooh my favorite piece of worldbuilding i like is from Scars of Duty but it's a huge spoiler so I better not say it haha. My second favorite is from Nova Futurum and it's the underground community's culture. One thing I've noticed when I was living in a lower-income neighborhood is the sense of community and how that can influence not only social interactions but also things like crime. People look out for each other and care about each other and will help each other get to better places, to the best of their abilities. And in my new neighborhood, in a different part of the city, it's entirely different. More money = more socially/emotionally distant. I barely know anyone and the weight of others' opinions matter more. It's interesting to me and I definitely will add this to Nova Futurum.

9. What piece of advice would you say to encourage others to write if they are having a rough patch?

Read other people's writings in a genre that you are NOT trying to write in. It doesn't have to be any particular style of literature, but something different enough from what you're working on. This way you can get inspired or even just have a break from the genre and get refreshed. It can get exhausting reading for research or inspiration.

10. Tag some people whose works you love/have been your biggest supporters

@tea-and-mercury, @leisoree, @ruinmegently, and @janec23 are my biggest supporters and i adore their work. to name a few more people with amazing work: @scribbling-stardust, @halfbit, @hallwriteblr, @repressed-and-depressed, & @fire-but-ashes-too

tagging those people above and no pressure tagging: @ntzsche9, @writingmargo, @mthollowell-writes, @wingedcatastrophe, & @lostpasswordreturning.

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i keep forgetting that i wanted to study the kowloon walled city even though its the #1 inspiration for nova futurum... so a note to self: watch more kowloon walled city videos

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YES TOTALLY

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Happy WBW! In honor of Idalia and her looming approach on the SouthEast US, what is the most dangerous natural threat to your world?

Thank you for the ask. I hope everyone in the southeast us will be okay.

Nova Futurum is difficult. Many of the elements that are a big threat to people are human-made, like pollution or certain group's brutality. I would have to say flooding, dust storms, and wind tunnels are the worst things that are natural.

Scars of Duty also has a large city but unlike NovaFut, they are at the edge of the continent. This means they're susceptible to flooding, tsunamis, and most critically, earthquakes.

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inspiration weekend!!

thank you @inflarescent for the tag! this is for my wip nova futurum. all imgs are from pinterest

tagging gently: @tc-doherty @rbbess110 @ruinmegently @anoelleart @cheadarchesse @ntzsche9 @deadhunter-series @afusiek @aether-wasteland-s @elshells

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I saw the ask you sent me and I thiugh I’d return the favor! Feel free to ignore it if you’d like. What is your favorite platonic relationship between any of your ocs?

Oh thank you!!

I haven't announced these people yet, but they're all from Nova Futurum. Rowan has quite a big friend group so I'll only mention 3 of their closest friends.

Logan

These two spur each other on and they always are ankle deep in some random trouble. There's the time that they were rough-housing and shoving each other around and Rowan pushed too hard and Logan fell into a freshly poured patch of sidewalk. No one was hurt and Logan was only vaguely upset. Logan is fiercely loyal and never lets people talk shit about his friends. When Rowan is upset, Logan is the type to convince them to have a boxing match to let out their emotions. When it's the other way around, Rowan helps Logan get out of his head when he's upset and convinces him to explore a new section of town.

Caspian

These two teach each other how to take apart and reassemble technology. Caspian is especially interested in how to use technology as a fashion statement, which works great with Rowan's expertise with cybernetic implants. Caspian is a quiet and patient person and often gives Rowan enough space to share their emotions without feeling terrible about it. For all their quietness they come up with some wickedly smart ideas that help the group enjoy their time together even more.

Nicole

Rowan and Nicole appear to strangers in Nova Futurum as the two best behaved in their friend group. It's true, Nicole is the one who thinks of the repercussions of their actions and tends to be the "adult" one in their group. But this doesn't stop them from having fun with the others. These two enjoy exploring, just like the rest of the group. Unlike the others, these two explore upwards. They climb together and bond together over exercise and things like their favorite tv shows.

This was really fun to do and helped me flesh out my characters a lot more. Thank you again for the ask!

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Thank you for the tag!! This was fun!

Maxim sounds so sweet. I love him! Lena is so relatable too omg

Absolutely Rowan. They are more likely to be in prison than not. More often than not they're doing illegal stuff online and always skirting around the law. They don't mean any harm to anyone but they're fucking sick of pointless shit being restricted. 100% they would pull a Snowden and release private/secure government information. They don't get caught often but thanks to their friends, they always are able to sneak out. The friend group is very familiar with being arrested and the police's routine with convicts so escape is an easy thing for them.

gently tagging: @wingedcatastrophe, @cabbojage, and @talesofsorrowandofruin

Your question; Where do your OCs feel most at home?

OKAY!

WRITEBLRS if you're seeing this, you're legally obligated to reblog with an answer, and then a new question for the next person!

Here's the start:

Which of your OCs is most likely to punch somebody in the face?

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It iiiis.... eve's weird question time, now with people with multiple wips, how would your mcs could manage if they swap places. For maximum fun, use randomizer to choose which mc goes to which wip.

thank you for the ask!! sorry for taking ages on this.

Nova Futurum's MC: Rowan Reyes Scars of Duty: Lucian Matchbreakers: X/Xavier ( not going to count my fanfic lol)

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Matchbreakers -> Rowan Reyes

Rowan would hate this so much lolll. They would be so uncomfortable breaking up people and wouldn't know what to say. They already struggle with their own romantic partner, so dealing with others would be so chaotic and awkward.

Scars of Duty -> X/Xavier

X doesn't have any superpowers, unless you count great social skills and great acting as such. Since the town in SoD has so many people with superpowers, life is not really easy for regular humans. (esp things like transportation). I'm confident that X would manage and find a spot for him within this world.

Nova Futurum -> Lucian

He's so sweet and I honestly do not think he would have a good time in NovaFut. Life is very strict and I'm pretty sure his superpowers would affect any cybernetics or government regulations. (His superpowers are super strength & superhuman sense, power mimicry, bulletproof skin, and teleportation.) Cybernetic implants would definitely not work due to his bulletproof skin and he'd just leave if he didn't like the city or their regulations.

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Heyo there! Ask incoming!

Tell me about some inspirations for you original works, whether those be conscious "I need something like this in my story" inspirations, or ones where you've realised later, "Oh this probably influenced my stuff now that I think about it".

I love to hear about what things inspire others.

Sorry for taking so long to respond! This is such a good ask and I want to talk about all my wips, but I'll just pick one.

Nova Futurum was inspired by many things. Directly, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Ghost in the Shell, and mechas like from Neon Genesis Evangelion. After some thought, some stuff from Blade Runner 2049, Akira, and Minority Report (2002). There is also this y2k Digimon movie that is so fucking cool that I love and it really inspired me from a young age. Like it might not have been amazing but I still liked it and it influenced me so idgaf.

It's also directly inspired by a different one of my works which is an original OC species called Mechangels. I really like that work a lot but it's on the backburner for now.

I've mentioned this before but another source of direct inspiration for Nova Futurum is the Kowloon Walled City and the culture that was built after stacking buildings so close together and maximizing the amount of space being used. I know a lot of people are inspired by the same city and get orientalist but I do not intend to take that route. Nova Futurum is American and it's based on the idea of "how can America get even worse?" and the like.

I'm such a fucking nerd about cyberpunk media, especially cyberpunk anime, which is a bit funny because I haven't seen a lot, just some. But what I've seen i've thoroughly enjoyed. I'll take any cyberpunk media recommendations, ofc, but I don't guarantee any timeliness about when I watch/read it.

;// nova futurum tag list: @dru-reads-writeblr @another-white-void @outpost51 @zeenimf / contact me to + or - from list

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Happy WBW! I'm missing my family pup, so what kind of pets are kept in your world?

Hello! I'm sorry, that must be awful, sending hugs. Thanks for the ask! (Ignore the delay sorry)

In Nova Futurum they have cats, dogs, snakes, and almost every pet you can have in our world. They don't have insects as pets unfortunately due to environmental issues and the dying out of a lot of these insects. They do have robots as pets (like R2D2 or BB8) or even projector pets for rich people.

;// nova futurum tag list: @dru-reads-writeblr @another-white-void @outpost51 @zeenimf / contact me to + or - from list

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thanks for the tag!

to be honest i just wanted something new because i always use the same username across all my socials. my writing feels different than the vibes of that username so i wanted to get a new one. i picked this one because i wanted my profile to be cyberpunk themed to promote my wip Nova Futurum. i have a whole story of the meaning behind it too which is way too much for this but yeah. :)

gently tagging: @scribbling-stardust, @oh-no-another-idea, @cljordan-imperium, @spookyceph, @ruinmegently, @rbbess110, @leisoree, @prettylittlelyres, @sparrowcraft, @wrenofthewords

what made u guys pick ur url's !

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OC Two Truths One Lie Game

thank you @stanrendipity for the tag!!

I will be doing Rowan!

Rowan Reyes

They have no qualms about stealing from the rich

They only have one job which is working for a cybernetic technician

They grew up in the slums of Nova Futurum with their dad.

gently tagging: @scribbling-stardust , @floweryprosegarden , @careful-fear , @inflarescent , & @karolinarodrigueswrites and anyone else who'd like to join.

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trying to find a good map maker for nova futurum... struggling rn. it sucks being poor