#if: csylfd

[foreverppl]

Ohhh hohohoo

[untitledrockstar-if]

cover mockups: the four released studio albums of Saving Face pt. 1

[vikikoart]

A NEW LUMEN ISSUE JUST DROPPED GUYS ‼️🗣️

the CSYLFD propaganda isn’t DONE !! here’s my MC for the wonderful IF by Mara (@untitledrockstar-if )

LITERALLY can’t wait for her to become a model and the messiest girlfriend there ever was to R <3

the picture i used as a reference and the inspiration for the magazine cover under the cut !

[cutiepie3000]

Ronan Thorne's, lead singer of Saving Face, partner got caught behaving aggressively while holding a bag of unidentified substances !?

My MC for Can't save your love from dying by Mara- @untitledrockstar-if 💖

GREAT STORY WITH A NORMAL AMOUNT OF UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP(s) THAT WILL LEAVE YOU FOAM AT YOUR MOUTH SO GO CHECK IT OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T 🥺

[schlozo]

Justin Bieber mugshot but it's my MC after he caught R cheating on him and destroyed all their stuff

Can't Save Your Love From Dying by @untitledrockstar-if

[vapolis]

I love doing crossovers between a creator's works, so I'm imagining Remember You Will Die being the future of Can't Save Your Love From Dying and there are like, holograms of Saving Face being used by predatory music conglomerates who hold rights to their music and image to this day. People doing like Cyberpunk's Posers and walking around acting and/or looking like R or M. It's largely a dystopia so might as well go all in.

I don't know why but I keep imagening CSYLFD MC's likeness being used as an interactive ad like the one Merc sees while out with Jax (because they were just a rocker's lovetoy, they had no legal ways for their public image to be protected, so it was free use).

ohhh, that's a fun idea! definitely reminds me of what happened to kerry and samurai in cyberpunk as you mentioned.

and mcs likeness being used like that is so bleak but also very rywd coded 😭

[foreverppl]

I Put a Spell on You (Because You’re Mine)

Roxanne “Roxy” Rose/Samira Darcy | 1.1k words | IF: Can’t Save Your Love From Dying

God, Samira really doesn’t want to come. Doesn’t want to give Roxanne the satisfaction of making her come, not after the shit she pulled today. She wants to maintain her composure. Say in a sure tone, “Sorry, baby. You just don’t do it for me anymore.”

But Roxanne is fucking into her like her life depends on it. Working her up and tearing her down with each snap of her hips with such ease that it’s almost embarrassing. It is embarrassing.

More than embarrassing, it’s fucking annoying.

And it’s not even fair because Roxanne knows her body so well. She knows every place to linger, where to push, where to pull. Samira becomes absolutely certain she’s fighting a losing battle when she feels Roxanne getting that angle, hitting that spot and instantly something in her stomach is pulling taut and her head’s tilting back and she swears she’s seeing fucking stars behind her eyelids—

And then she’s there, at the tip of the spear. The piercing is sharp and sudden, but it just doesn’t stop. She can feel herself—distantly, very distantly—making a mess of the toy, of Roxanne’s thighs. Even then Roxanne—her lover, her worst enemy, her fucking baby—doesn’t stop working her through it, whispering downright filthy things in her ear until she’s all spent and boneless. And then Samira has to physically halt anymore movement because of the discomfort.

Fuck, she thinks with her sweaty forehead pressed against Roxanne’s shoulder, that’s probably the hardest I’ve ever come.

Roxanne, then: “I think that’s the hardest—“

Samira shuts her up with a searing kiss.

Later that night—or the next morning. Sometime in that nebulous period where one day melts into another, whatever—they find themselves still wrapped up in each other. Bed sheets slung across them, warding off the worst of the chill.

Samira loves it. Luxuriates in the ease of it. These moments somehow always feel the most real. Or the most normal, at least. Whatever normal even means anymore. Those moments when Roxanne’s eyes are unfocused due to sheer exhaustion rather than whatever concoction of drugs and alcohol she’s consumed. Where she gets to have Roxanne all to herself. No pathetic screaming fans or annoying bandmates looking to touch, to harass, to demand attention. Nothing to tempt Roxanne away. Just them. The way it should be.

“I didn’t know it’d get this bad.” Samira starts, whispered voice breaking up the silence. Outside, somewhere below, she hears a car horn. Then a siren. The amalgam of city life drifting into the penthouse at a low hum. None of it can touch them from this high up. Not really. Not now. Samira shuffles back with some intent until she feels Roxanne’s arms tighten around her. Smothering. Secure. “Didn’t think I’d let it.”

“What,” Roxanne mumbles from behind, voice thick with sleep. “What are you talking about?”

“When we first met…” Samira continues on, only distantly registering the question. This is more for her than it is for Roxanne anyhow. Aimless stream of consciousness, whispered aloud in the dead of night. “I did get the impression that you could ruin me, but I figured it’d be a matter of me allowing it to happen. I mostly thought I could—well, this sounds bad, and change you isn’t even necessarily the right wording—but—”

“Fix me, then?” Roxanne cuts in, voice a little more lucid now.

“You’re not broken.” Samira deigns to respond this time, her tone resolute. “Misguided. Misguided, definitely. But not broken.” Not yet.

“Fine,” Samira feels the heat of Roxanne’s breath against her nape as she huffs out the word. “You thought you could… what? Mother me into being one of the many upstanding, reasonable, boring rockstars who go to bed at 9pm and eat quinoa salads or whatever. Is that it?”

Samira rolls her eyes at the heat behind the words, because that really hadn’t been the point she was trying to make at all. She ignores her sarcasm to focus on the part that catches her attention.

“Is that what you think I do?” Samira shifts, suddenly regretting her decision to respond at all. “Mother you?”

Roxanne is silent for a moment, two, then: “Well, you do like being called—“

“One time! That was one fucking time and I just wanted to see - stop laughing!” Samira defends, though relishing in the feel of Roxanne’s laughter vibrating against her back.

Samira has always loved her laughter. Always. Even when it’s the cruel kind. She’s told her this before, she thinks, on one of those late nights where she stayed up long enough to watch her coming down from whatever she took. She loves the look of it on her mouth, the way it sounds. Loves swallowing it up with a kiss, licking the edges of it with her tongue.

“I don’t mean to hurt you, baby.” Roxanne says once her laughter has calmed down. Voice faltering a little like she’s drifting off again. “Just wanna have fun.”

Maybe Samira could stand it better if she knew Roxanne hurt her on purpose as some sick form of entertainment. It’s better than her doing it repeatedly on accident. The idea that their lives are so incongruent, that they are so incompatible as people, that just by virtue of Roxanne being who she is Samira is the one who ends up getting hurt…

Samira eschews the thought. She knows—knows deeply, without doubt—that she could make this work. That if Roxanne simply listened to her once in a while that she could get them on track. There’s nothing Samira wouldn’t do to make her happy. Really, truly happy. A happiness that could be maintained even after the drugs wore off. Roxanne just has to let her.

Roxanne’s arms start to slip away from her, sleep loosening her hold or just general restlessness. Either way, Samira tightens her grip over the arm still slung around her, stilling the movement. Forces herself to ease up a little once she realizes her nails are digging into Roxanne’s skin. Rubs her thumb over the indents they leave.

Roxanne, now deep in slumber, doesn’t even twitch. Samira releases a sigh and allows her eyes to slip closed.

[untitledrockstar-if]

hey mara! ik that’s a kind of specific question, but how do you imagine SF’s logo ? is it inspired of any other existing band ? (not planning at all to make fanart of the band haha………………..)

I drew up a concept a couple days ago!

this is how I roughly imagine their logo for now but the important part is really just the head and swirl for a brain but you're free to imagine other colors of course. I'm not super set on details <3

[vikikoart]

sigh……quick ronan doodle while i was thinking abt #him

can’t save your love from dying is such a banger guys, my brain is actually exploding w all the stuff i wanna draw omg

you’re a pure genius @untitledrockstar-if

[cutiepie3000]

I'VE NOTICED THIS TOO. In the following passage, MC also says: "You take what he is willing to give"

My thoughts below with possible spoilers

While MC is giving up everything for Ro, Ro- and im not saying they aren't making efforts in the relationship, but they isn't completely ride or die with MC and can be quite neglectful of MC's feelings and emotions. An instance of this is when MC gets panic when a pap yell at them, Ro does try to calm MC down in the bathroom. But immediately brushs it aside and pull them for a drink. MC is aware of the fact (i think?); they've grown accustomed to this, and put up with this too.

Their relationship is heavily co-dependent because MC is Ro's emotional and physical support (the hand reaching in the hospital yall), while Ro is MC's both and even MORE (Ro supports MC's extravagant lifestyle). So there's a power imbalance (can I call it that) in their relationship. Ro does know MC cannot leave them and WONT leave them, so they tend to be subconsciously neglectful, not to mention they can be selfish and prioritize their fame and crave public's attention to the point of jumping off a building for it... That's why Ro doesn't speak up to protect MC's reputation most of the time (or at all?) when there are bad rumours about them on the news

“He takes and takes and takes and you give all you've got.” THIS SENTENCE IS SCARING ME

the implications are strong w that one 😵‍💫

[untitledrockstar-if]

after two anons raised some valid concerns about the kind of story csylfd will be I've updated the content warnings

hopefully, no one will be caught unaware now with what the game will entail!

[untitledrockstar-if]

I can’t wait till things happen in the story and I can post TMZ headlines in the csylfd tumblr tag like it’s deuxmoi 🤫

Roxy Rose/Ronan Thorne spotted leaving MC’s apartment building late at night is spurring talks of reunion. Is Hollywood’s most explosive couple heating up again? Was the breakup a PR stunt for SF’s newest flop album? This and more on tomorrow’s podcast episode!

New love or new meal ticket…? MC photographed on (steamy?) lunch date with Milan/Margo Moretti in downtown LA. No PDA was spotted from the potential couple, but insiders say the two looked quite cosy and stayed well past the lunch rush.

Have the identities of Roxy Rose/Ronan Thorne’s secret lovers finally been unmasked? Fans aren’t convinced, but several influencers are stepping forward, claiming to have been "R’s true love on the side all along" and we have the inside scoop with each of them. Exclusive interviews LIVE tonight on the R/MC cheating scandal at 7:30pm EST! R’s side pieces tell all! The chat will be open for viewer questions.

oh, I love that. deuxmoi would go crazy with vagues about them 😭

[untitledrockstar-if]

the ‘trench coat buttoned to the top’ post was 100% written about r & mc in the csylfd universe

100%

[untitledrockstar-if]

ok but csylfd mc giving the same energy back to everyone else that they get >>>>>> like, I can say as someone that went from suburbia to living in LA for a few years (eventually left tho for multiple reasons), there are SO many fake vapid people in the social scene that only care about you if you have something to offer them (clout, money, gifts, favors, etc). You never know if someone actually loves you for you and that’s why when you do find good people that love you unconditionally and you can trust with your worst parts and secrets it’s like finding literal fucking gold and you NEVER let them go. There’s reasons why the happiest celebs tend to have very selective circles and it’s primarily family/childhood friends. This really isn’t the kind of city where you give ANYone the benefit of the doubt and walk around naive because people will straight up take advantage of you or lie on your name and you’ll learn quickly that you need to adapt. I know a lot of people like to play cinnamon bun sweetheart MCs but it would not be fun to play that way in reality tbh, you need some level of edge and severe backbone or people will walk all over you and I’m not kidding. If you don’t demand respect you will not get it. It sounds cliche but when you’re in entertainment/influencer spaces in LA/Hollywood it’s honestly just as bad as you might imagine it is

yeah, I agree with everything you've said! I haven't personally had the same experiences (thankfully) but even just what you get from social media circles and the press is enough to paint a pretty bleak picture.

writing a mc that let's everyone walk all over them would be not only boring but also pretty hard to read I imagine and I'm not here to make this game feel like a chore to get through. there'll be moments where mc will be the victim of the press or someone reveales their true colors of course but mc will be able to give back as good as they get for sure

[untitledrockstar-if]

Good evening Mara,

I'm currently sending this ask to all my favourites. I would send it to your RYWD account, too. But I feel like Merc wouldn't appreciate good scents as much as the MC of CSYLFD. 💅 They really got other bs to deal with. 😏

Anyway, here I go:

What do the ROs smell like?

Additionally/Alternatively, what kind of incense stick, candle or scented oil aromas do they like the most?

Every time I read that an RO smells of sandalwood, I can't help myself. Olfactory writing is just the peak satisfaction for my brain cells. 😌

I can't wait to start reading about them.

Much love, Lee

hello, lee! to be honest, I'm fairly bad with describing things like smells or imagining what characters smell like, so I haven't put much thought into that so I can't really give an answer right now 😅

[untitledrockstar-if]

Is there a tag we should use if we post something that relates to your IF? Like I know how RYWD has a tag for it so I was wondering if this one has one too 😅

csylfd would be the tag I suppose but you can also use untitled rockstar if or just tag me 😅 I feel like the actual name tag is a mouthful