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My kids

Neon Grunge Meme time 👀 I decided to give a few at a time.

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It’s beautiful

WIP Introduction - Neon Grunge

Warnings: Adult themes, death, blood, and gore

Genre: Urban Fantasy ; Comic Script

Themes: Found family, Disillusionment, Good versus Evil, Growing Up, Crime, LGBT+, Magic

Stage: Re-drafting original (second draft)

Summary:

Living a normal human life? Easy. Living a life below human notice as an entirely different species? A little harder. Getting caught in the middle of Fae territory wars because you refused to pick a side? Well…you make the best of what you have. Sachihiro figures out his place and who to trust in a new world where your Mask becomes everything you are. Violence and shady dealings aside, coming to terms with what he is and new sides to old friends means home life isn’t easy, either.

Taglist here!

Blog tag here!

Find snippets in my masterpost here!

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I’m putting him in sunshine timeout

3 & 12 for nate?

3. How do they cope with stress? Do they have any unhealthy coping mechanisms?

Nate has fairly unhealthy coping mechanisms, at least in the beginning. He grinds his teeth, he shoves his emotions about the situation down, he drinks and on occasion smokes, but most notably he likes to gamble to make himself feel better. That rush that follows beating statistical odds with luck and cunning balances him back out, at least that’s how he feels. It also gives him something to focus on other than the issue for a while.

12. What’s something people almost never notice about them but they’re still very self-conscious about?

Nate is relatively confident in himself on the outside, but he is constantly anxious about being too angry. He’s too big, too loud, too violent... because he’s an Orc. People easily overlook the fact that Orcs are economists, business owners, alchemists, and doctors--they see the scary exterior. He’s very careful about his movements and how he portrays himself.

Thanks so much for asking!

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My baby 🥺

8 and 10 for anyone you like :3

Thanks for the ask! I’ll go with Sachi because I miss my boy.

8. How do they deal with rejection? Do they tend to move on quickly or hang onto it?

Sachi is rejection sensitive, it causes him to lash out when he feels he’s being rejected. He’d rather be the offender than the offended, but then he beats himself up later for lashing out and the cycle repeats.

10. What’s their biggest fear and how do they react when they come face-to-face with it?

Ooh that’s such a good question for him. His biggest fear is losing the people he loves, and this happens multiple times to him so he does indeed have to face it. He becomes closed off and numb, but gets pulled out of it by his friends.

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I’m proud of you and you’re growing Luci

Nate, please remember you’re allowed to exist

6 + 10 for Luci and Nate?

6. What are some of their biggest guilty pleasures?

Luci doesn’t believe in guilty pleasures, just unabashedly liking things. Although, she’d be embarrassed if anyone found out she watches Streamvid dramas regularly.

Nate prides himself in not making bad food decisions and largely cooking at home, but there’s something about those chicken biscuit crackers at the store... Too tempting. He puts cream cheese on them and eats a few at a time before hiding it in the back of the cabinet.

10. What’s their biggest fear and how do they react when they come face-to-face with it?

Luci’s biggest fear is being hurt again. She pushes herself to be self sufficient because she doesn’t want to have to rely on anyone else. She’s come face to face with it and survived, but not without scars.

Nate’s biggest fear is failure. He’s terrified of failing his family, himself, and his business partner. When he comes close to this, he bottles it all up until he lashes out. He doesn’t handle his own anger well, and fear manifests as anger for him.

Thanks so much for the ask!

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Ily Haruka and your science-y-ness is valuable

12. What kind of people do they gravitate towards? And what kind of people do they attract? for haruka!

12. What’s something people almost never notice about them but they’re still very self-conscious about?

Oh good question for her, thank you! She’s honestly really self-conscious about her intelligence. She can ramble about science without realizing others have lost interest; she grew up being shamed for her interest in human medical technology until it put her in a good position with the Dark. Now she can come off as cold or rude, but in reality she keeps her responses short so she doesn’t talk over someone’s head without realizing it.

Thank you for the ask! I’ve missed the Neon Grunge cast :D

WHOOPS! I just realized that you included the question, which was actually 4. My bad, let me answer that now!

4. What kind of people do they gravitate towards? And what kind of people do they attract?

Haruka gravitates towards people who value honesty and efficiency. She attracts people of power, though, which rarely equals honesty. She gravitates towards Sachi because he is all honesty, to his own detriment. She gravitates towards Morgan because she has an honest conviction in her own actions and appreciates Haruka for who she is.

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I think we mutuals even though I haven’t been active in what feels like years

Happy Day!!! 🎉🎉🎉

It’s my birthday, and I’m embarking upon a quest...

The quest is very simple: I’m looking for more writeblrs to follow!

If you write/post about…

Fantasy/SF (esp. featuring LGBTQ+ characters)

Snarktastic dialogue

Healthy romance subplots

Fairy tale retellings

Unusual magic systems

M/F friendships

Indie author life

The biz side of writing

…then let’s be friends! (By which I mean, please reblog this post and tell me about your WIPs and other writerly interests.)

Thanks for helping me celebrate my b.day! 🥳 Please keep creating awesome stuff, and good luck to folks doing NaNo and other excellent writerly things next month. 💖

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This is so beautiful and hitting close to home lately

“He loved her for the thunder in her laughter, the fire in her hair, the stardust in her eyes. Her vision of the world. Yes, he loved her for that reason as well.”

DEAD MAN’S LAND | Beorn and Erynora

Prompt: From @ardawyn​‘s Tender Tuesday question – What was the first thing your OC noticed and considered attractive about their love interest? Was it the way they smiled or talked? The color of their hair or eyes? Or perhaps a tender touch?

Word Count: 444 words

PoV: Beorn

Note: An idea popped into my head when I read Sophie’s question a couple Tuesdays ago, and here’s the result. I haven’t posted in a long, long time and I’m quite nervous. But… gotta take that leap, right? Here’s a first but small peek into my world and characters. I enjoyed writing for Beorn again and plan on adding parts of this scene to the second draft. Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoy!

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Does anyone remember that post about the historical horses and how they were smaller in the past?

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Acuratte!

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The world lost a truly remarkable human being today. My father in law was such an interesting person, books could be written about the fantastic adventures he had. In short, he

Escaped communist Bulgaria

Spent a year in Italy in a Refugee camp

The next year was told he could choose to wait six to ten months to go to New York or he could go to Toronto in three weeks. He chose New York.

He spent the next year in a VW Bus with his new best friend, an African man whose name I dare not botch. They travelled across Africa together where he experienced different tribal cultures with someone who spoke the language.

He learned Swahili from his friend along with what he already knew in Bulgarian, Russian, Italian, and several other languages.

He got a letter saying he had to return in six days or his boat would leave without him. He rushed back to Italy and makes it, barely.

His first day in NYC, he has trouble finding a place to stay and ends up in an Italian Expat community.

While on his way to find cigarettes, a woman knocks him down. She helps him up and apologizes in a language he doesn’t understand, and shoves tickets into his hands. She’s dressed fancy. He looks at the tickets and recognizes the name Muhammad Ali.

Two blocks later he looks at a TV in a store and sees the woman who knocked him over in the street.

His roommate speaks English and tells him the tickets are for a big boxing match, they go together. They see The Muhammad Ali match, the really famous one. In person.

He began working at a hotel doing mechanical engineering, he’s been trained to do it. Eventually they tell him there’s an opportunity at their new hotel in San Francisco. He takes it. He meets a woman who caters at the hotel, she has the posture and tone of of a woman who comes from money but is hard working. And he comes from women who work hard.

They have a son, and work hard together to buy a house. He learns English with his son.

They get wind of the local Chernobyl Children’s Project and agree to house some kids. Their son now has a step-brother as far as they’re concerned.

He decides to visit Bulgaria after the walls come down and rushes to his sister’s house. She almost has a heart attack, they told the family he was dead. They lacquer his oak tree (they cut it when he ‘died’).

Over the next forty years he manages to touch the lives of countless business owners, kids who he taught archery to, families and parents, and coworkers. You can’t go anywhere in the San Francisco Bay Area without running into someone who knows his name.

How can someone leave such an incredible mark?

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Deal

I kinda wanna draw Tadaaki all bundled up from the cold because he hates the cold and really hates snow. He’d be a gigantic marshmallow 😂

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My adopted child

Really quick concept of Sachi in the garden. I might fix it up and keep working on it tomorrow.

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Name: Tadaaki Nguyen

Alias: Wolf/None

Species: Giant Snake-shifter

Age: 19

Pronouns: He/Him

Alignment: Traditionally Light-sided, currently Grey

Likes: Sachi, running, cooking, and homemaking.

Dislikes: Dirty living spaces, slobs, and anyone threatening.

Neon Grunge Character Intro 5/10

“Doesn’t it ever bother you? That he doesn’t talk much?” Sachi blinked.

“Not really, no. He communicates a lot if you take the time to pay attention,” he shrugged. Tadaaki is his best friend, he’d do anything for him; it was the same way Tadaaki had protected him since they were kids.

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happy wednesday baebie,, song: sick of losing soulmates by dodie . quote: “and every shooting star is proof. falling can be beautiful when you give it all you’ve got.” —alicia n. green

I really felt this one. Thank you for the gift, my love