#a plot line would be nice
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So, I've got a few posts that are tagged "the story I'm meant to be working on". As a writer with ADHD, I constantly have at least 10 of these at any one go (slight exagguration, but you get the point) and they all get left half done.
I completed Nanowrimo back in 2012, and that was the last time I actually finished a story without getting distracted by something else or bored with it.
I don't want to do that with this one.
So I'm just going to start braindumping everything about this story into my Tumblr...for reasons that make sense to me.
So...I guess to start with, it's a sci-fi story in that it's set in a far distant future where humans (at least the humans in this story...probably not all humans everywhere) live on a spherical space station at the edge of "known space". It might be the edge of a solar system, or of a galaxy, but whatever it is, they're on the edge and it's just blackness on the outside.
That's the setting, but the main character is a person in their 30s who has no idea what they're doing with their life (they say write what you know) and is really just trying to keep their head above water as they join "The Educators' Guild" in order to have that as a safety net to their life.
But as for the story, some guy who has been touched by an eldritch being has arrived on the station and starts committing murders in order to take the station over the edge and into the black where (they are convinced) their master awaits them. The validity of this eldritch God is left in the air.
One of the underlying themes is that there is no (or very little) difference between science and magic. We see people use cybernetics and tech for various means throughout the story, and the bad guy uses magic to achieve the same means. For example, there are cybernetics that can scramble your face (not widely available, but they do exist) our bad guy has a "library of faces" that shift and move as needed and are comprised of people they have sacrificed on their way here. Same same, but different.
I'm taking a fair bit of inspiration from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, especially with how the station exists/is run. The reason behind this is two fold.
One: The man was a genius. I don't feel there's much more to add to this point, except to say that I will fight anyone who disagrees.
Two: The idea of the guilds basically controlling the city of Ankh-Morpork (and consequently my space station) makes the idea of the society fairly fluid. I.e. If a rule is established earlier on but someone breaks it and suffers no/different repercussions, then it can be put down to the difference in the jurisdiction to the guild/community laws as opposed to a failure on the part of the writer who might not be paying that close attention.
I'll definitely have more ideas to add to this story as things go on, but as things go, this is where I'm at. I have the vague outline of a story (or rather the world the story is set in and a few characters) but nothing more.
Stick with me as I (hopefully) continue with this story and make it something worth reading.
#post#writing#brainstorm#a plot line would be nice#so far it's just stuff that happens#creative writing#a story im playing with#the story i should be working on#writers on tumblr
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my one season 4 complaint is Where The Fuck Was Aneesa
#never have i ever#i really wish her and fabiola had stayed together them not working out didn't rlly serve any purpose to the plot for the new season#fabiola's new relationship was barely rlaborated upon. as expected.#and aneesa was basically written out she was barely even part of the group#plus that scene of them at the staircase talking about fab's robotics team. they still have so much chemistry and they were literally just#talking about robotics#i understand she's not a major character and she can't have a separate plotline to herself but she wasn't even involved in anyone else's#her and fabiola were cute together and she would've at least been part of the plot if they were still dating#allison was barely a character what was the point of writing some random new partner for fabiola when she already had a perfectly good#love interest#it just doesn't make sense to me. whi decided it would be a good idea for them to break up#was it just an opportunity to shove in a nonbinary character who had no personality and was just there as someone's s/o and call it#representation#cause there are Many better ways to have nonbinary rep than this#but ofc mindy kaling wouldn't give a shit about this.#n e ways for this support my nonbinary aneesa hc . it's real.#fabiola torres#aneesa qureshi#OR AT THE VERY LEAST SHE SHOULD'VE GOTTEN WITH PAXTON. SHE HAD THAT NICE HOT JOCK LINE AT THE END OF SEASON 3#im fabneesa 4 life but i would honestly be haply with her dating paxton. they're both cool and they'd be fun together. and she deserves a#nice hot jock boyfriend.
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caught up this week right in time for the start of season 5… we’re so back
#i missed this show so bad it’s unreal#if u were concerned yes rita is describing riverdale plot points and YES they are one hundred percent accurate (source: me im an expert)#frankly rita would fucking adore riverdale. the world should embrace this more#anyhow. falling back into old hyperfixations is what the summer is for innit ^_^ and its nice to draw better than 2020 me could. we have fun#the penumbra podcast#tpp#jupeter#juno steel#peter nureyev#rita (tpp)#buddy aurinko#vespa ilkay#jet sikuliaq#god i stopped listening somewhere when s3 was coming out cause school was too much at the time... relistening made me tear up#feels good feels organic feels like i missed juno steel so bad and didn’t even realize tili had him back#nureyev voice do you think these louboutins are too flashy for a kombucha brewing#<- real line from riverdale. rita could attest to that. i know this in my heart
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Btw ik it's been a rlly long time since I've updated the a day in the life of mark fanfic (it's been 1 month and 5 days) but I'm fr working on it alr it's just cuz writers block + imposter syndrome + the first few chapters after chapter 10 being the most confusing ass chapters ever n I'm still tryna figure out out to do the pacing of them n stuff. I'm rlly genuinely sorry it's taken this long I didn't think that would happen it was only supposed to be like a 2 week break. So yeag I'm really sorry about that
#an_theduckin#Im working on it i promise#its just taking so long#also initially i only had until like. chapter 10 planned and a few vague ideas for the future chapters#so now i had to pull stuff outta my ass to make the plot lines connect n shit#i thimk its coming along nicely but its so disorgamised rn so yeag#also im a perfectionist n lately everything i write/draw just SUCKS ass for some reason so yea i judt never get stuff done#it sucks so much i wish i could just fuckimg be normal#im trying i really am#im sorry i cant be more /gen#also i think this series will be like. never ending#like a slice of life series. i even updated that tag into that series#so yeah thats fun#i just never wanna see it end. it would completely break my heart#ik itll end eventually but yea#if u read it this long than um. thank you ig#i really need a hug rn haha#my rants#ashur gharavi#twomp#mark and friends#my text posts#ao3 fanfiction#ao3 writer#writers on tumblr
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i wanted to say thank you for your nice comment on my tamala gifset.. i was legit scared i'd get nothing but negative comments since the majority of fans seem to hate her
oh no problem! your set was beautiful!!
and yeah i get what you mean. i mean,, i guess i kind of understand the hate but some of it seems so,, weird too? like hassian is my favorite character my special little blorbo even, and tamala leading him on and breaking his heart like that sucks no doubt!! but also like,,, i support women's rights and women's wrongs!!! she's hot!!!!!
ajkdhg but seriously even beyond her being really attractive, i think she's also really interesting and i'm hoping that the devs have more planned for her! her using magic is SO interesting and i can't believe some people are ignoring that just because of what happened between her and hassian! i mean don't get me wrong, people are allowed to dislike characters, it's all fiction it's whatever yknow? but i also kind of thought people got past that whole "if a character is evil or morally not the best, that means you can't like them or you're fucked up" like,,, what happened to liking hot lady villains 🤨
#i mean she's not Really a villain but you get what i mean#i really really hope the devs dont change their plans for her just because people dont like her though#whether that means making her an actual villain or getting rid of any future plot lines with her#like... isolated witch in the woods using illegal magic you can't convince me she's not important to the story???#also not to be That person but some of it seems so misogynistic too like ajdhg#was leading him on wrong? absolutely! but did she need to commit to a relationship with a guy she didn't love? no???#its so weird to me that some people think she shouldve just agreed to be with him like dude...#answered#but anyway try not to worry so much!! ive seen a lot of tamala likers on tumblr!!#ive def seen some haters too to be fair but i feel like Most people will just ignore her content and not leave mean comments#unlike some places (ahem reddit)#im not saying that every single tamala hater is misogynistic btw im just saying some of the hate definitely is#i think since so many fans like hassian and we were introduced to him first its natural that people would prefer him#but the hate she gets for literally just.. wanting a fling is so weird#like its not her fault hassian falls hard?? and its not his fault that she doesn't??#could she have let him down nicely oh yeah def but she did Not need to just agree that logic is Insane to me#oh god im rambling now oops#aldgh#Anyway always happy to see another tamala enjoyer!!
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Yuka Shiraishi. btw.
#she has 20 lines at most but i love her#i'd really like for an 5 to have more yuka content... especially since ken is training vbs#ken is working them rough which for people surrounding vivid street (or at least vbs) would seem tough but understandable#but yuka is an outsider. yuka is a caring mother who still supports her daughter and her friends despite not growing up in vivid street#yuka would possibly consider this too much for the moment and try to get them to relax#and. i really want the current vbs arc to end with them relaxing a little#i don't think they'll go straight from “we're surpassing rad weekend and carrying nagi's wish”#to “we're tying ourselves down to this one event when we could go even further”#but they could definitely recognise “we're still kids we have time”#and yuka could be the one to bring that up. radder were all adults when rad weekend happened. vbs are in their second year of high school#and they're talented. so incredibly talented. kohane showed that at crawl green. akito finally realises his growth in his 4th event#toya has just came to terms with his classical music background and draws from it to write songs for the group#and an has had years of experience singing. except she also holds herself back in her want to be line nagi#which i'm almost certain will be addressed in her 5th event. and with yuka being the one who comforted an during lutf (in her card)#well. i think it would be nice for her to come back#especially as she is - again - an outsider to vivid street. she could represent how vbs can go beyond vivid street#another possibility is kohane's father. he sort of just disappeared after sdsc (at least i recall akito and an mentioning meeting him?)#and considering the impact he has on kohane (photography and his doubts regarding her sudden change in early game)#it could be nice seeing him again since with kohane/akito/toya seemingly reaching the end of a current arc in the last year#(ie the kohane and taiga plot/akito no longer feeling like he's behind the others/toya and classical music)#the next step in the group's story could be happening#half of this has nothing to do with yuka fjrjdiejd. i just like the concept of her being the group's link to going outside of vivid street#or going beyond is suppose. beyond the way...#bagel's rambles#i'm on break. watch me draw yuka design
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rrrrrrrrr im so frustrated with my writing. its just been weeks of struggle and whyyyy. idk i think i need to rework or rethink what im going for with this one or something, its like i can feel the threads of the themes i wanna do are sooo close to tying together but it just isnt quite reaching yet and so it reads like a stilted bland mess but the more i stare at it the further away it feels aaah
i know it can get there i kNOW it can, the ending and like aha moment is so cleaaaar that i think its almost too solid and thats why my beginning feels so fucked—like i just keep asking myself 'well if hes gonna get there in chapter 5, whats stopping him from getting there now in chapter 2??' i tHOUGHT i had reasons but now that im there i just keep instinctually writing him to have the connecting/realization moment anyway and like. if that's how it is then what even IS the story??? i need a break
#leaving for my parents for christmas tomorrow and while its always a little lowkey stressful there esp during holidays#itll be nice to at least have a different stress than this one for a few days lmao#mandatory writing break coming at a good time ig#anyway a lot of the real problem is that a big reason i wanted to write this fic is bc i wanted to explore tsukkis mental space during#the ball boy arc bc i feel like its an interesting transitional time for him in terms of like being after his big moment but then#he slightly regresses in that post match bathroom scene until yamaguchi sets him straight and like. i love just how furudate is showing#that growth isnt linear and so i wanna explore how tsukki would feel during the camp (which he didnt seem stoked to go to)#and in contrast with hinata who couldnt go but weasels in anyway and like how does tsukki deal with#that intensity of stupidity and passion in regards to how he feels about his own relationship to volleyball now#like i dont think its a straight line from blocking ushijima -> admitting yeah sometimes volleyball is fun#i think theres some wavering in there and oooo i wanna explore it but FUCK its hard??#why furudate why does tsukki deny extra practice the first night of rookie camp but accepts the second night??#i know why he accepts night 2 im excited abt that. i'm big time struggling with pinpointing why he says no night 1 in a way#that doesnt come off like 1 hes fully regressing 2 like im having him say no purely bc thats how it is in canon so magical ~plot reasons~#truthfully furudates reason is probably just 'was funny to have tsukki and kunimi say no in unison' and it isnt out of character for#tsukki to say no either but i also can feeeel it i can feeel the threads of a solid character developmental reason that will fit with#all the OTHER stuff im also trying to do lmao#i just need to piece it together in the right way in the right order and right emphasis#and its so cloooose rn but ugh it just feels wishwashy atm#and so. i struggle lmao#eesh anyway fun tag rant yay#heres to hoping not thinking about this for a week will help#x#....who wants to take bets on whether ill delete this later lol
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btw the more i think about it, the more the idea of chiyo being one of the druids from the grove appeals to me. not just bc of the potential dynamics in that community, but also bc she's obviously gonna be so invested in those people -- the druids and the tieflings -- so the decision to move on with the companions to figure out the tadpole situation would be a hard one. and i love putting my oc's through hard things : )
#she comes home to kagha in charge and apparently trying to kick people out and chiyo's just??? oh heck no#i'm also thinking about the companions she'd get along with and i think she'd find common ground with everyone#that's her specialty after all miss chameleon changing her personality to suit others#but miss karlach would have her heart bc she's just so ;;;; you know ;;;; so kind and loyal and it would catch chiyo off guard i think ;;;#she'd find gale fun to talk to and kinda funny bc sir why are you saying so many words to make your point#but also keep talking bc it sounds really nice <3#the banter between her shadowheart and astarion would be good i feel it#and wyll would be really easy for her to get along with too -- even laezel i feel wouldn't be difficult for chiyo to get used to#everyone else is so bristled around her and chiyo is just 'y'all chill' and i wanna get into that but my brain is growing mushier#by the second asdfg#BOTTOM LINE bg3 verse for chiyo is pending and you should maybe plot dynamics with me when i'm not about to pass out :' )#get ready to ramble | ooc
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i know im gonna get hate but i think my main issue with sex education s4 was cavendish itself and i partially think its because moordale secondary felt more like an Actual High School
#and this is coming from someone who went to a private secondary school like cavendish lacked authenticity#like my school absolutely would have put in a bee garden and gotten a therapy dog but ignore actual issues#and actually they did! got plagerised sculptures and electronic screens but no air con in the h block#which if you have experience sydney feb/march… yea#but it still felt inauthentic!#which was partially i think due to the characters tbh like you cannot tell me teenagers are actually that nice about each other#that said i think the actual building that stood in for moordale secondary was demolished so they had to#so i get why they had that plot line#it wasn’t by choice likely#but also like ppl have said before#half the cavendish characters definitely unfortunately felt 2-D#but that’s a can of worms i won’t unlock#(aka the lgbt characters at moordale had other personality traits asides from bring queer)#(like lilly and her aliens)#(don’t even get me started on o being ace)
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sketching around for the undead keith au which is now parasitizing my brain
#em draws stuff#the flight of the heron#keith windham#blood#injury#body horror#rotating this one in my mind at painfully high speeds and I would like to get off this ride I think#I've definitely already written myself into a hole by writing keith Out of a hole as it were#miiiiiiiight share some excerpts of this because it's a good sad meaty sort of write but it's not quite evolved a plot just yet#this was rather a quick sketch because I was too tired for nice lines but I do like this big triangly brush#this is just a dartboard for me to stick Things That Would Be Just Mostly Sad to I think#worms time#<- tag for the fic that happened
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This book I’m reading gives me SO MANY MIXED FEELINGS
#the plot and characters are very interesting#it would be nice if we foCUSED ON THEM MORE#THE ROMANCE HAS TAKEN OVER AND I WNAT TO DIE#PLEASE DEVELOP YOUR CHARACTERS YOUVE GIVEN SO LITTLE FOCUS TO 3/7 OF THEM#The subplot needs like 50% less time in the book I swear to GOD#also the characters who are given the most time developing are both assholes please#I can’t deal with them for this stretch of time please please just pov a more bearable character for two seconds#then we can go back to developing the two bitches of the crew#they’re great characters but I need a fucking break for them please#I SHOULDNT HAVE TO DIG THROUGH OFFHAND LINES ABOUT A MAIN CHARACGER JUST DEVELOP THE NON POV CHARACTERS#and the plot is so interesting if we could focus on it for TWO SECONDS#also why are there so many interesting off page moments that are only referenced to??#please I feel so cut off from like half the cast#do not have 7 main characters if you can’t spend time on each other them for the love of god
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I would like to write a malevolent fic or two cause I haven’t written since like April but I have Zero ideas. I just can’t think of anything. I started a new note in my notes app and have thrown around like three phrases and nothings sticking. I think it’s cause the canon already covers 99% of my favorite tropes and I usually write out of spite for something I dislike. Nothing left for me to write everything I love and want to happen is already all there
#checks notes#lighthouse (2019) au???#scratched out phantom thief cause I already did a big one for gogsig and I’m done w that trope#cant do John dying because that’s like already happened#could do Arthur dying but I’m not feeling it#corporeal monster John could be good but I got no plot lines for that#crack fic outsider pov of John Arthur fight club moment. maybe#just a branch off the main storyline would be nice tbh#come on brain WORK#THINK#I got nothing#solius posting
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it’s so sad when you play a game that’s earlier in a series after playing a later entry & it’s a little worse… like it’s not the game’s fault that later titles built on and improved its mechanics.
#specifically this is about kirby triple deluxe…… i just finished it earlier (i was playing it b/c it’s the only rtdl to star allies era#title i hadn’t played yet) & while it was fun on its own merits#i still kept thinking ‘it would be nice if this was robobot… i wish i was playing robobot…’#…so i think i’m going to replay robobot now lmao#ALSO it was suprising… i have seen people say 10billion things about taranza literally since the days of miiverse#so i thought he would like. talk before boss fights like susie.#and then he only has like 10 lines of dialogue at the end of the game……#…which is actually pretty normal for kirby games#to only explain the plot at the very end#i’m just used to. well every other rtdl era game having dialogue during the game#but i totally thought he would talk more. it’s impressive that people have gleaned so much from so little dialogue (+ pause screens)…?#fiftytenpost#kirby
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how are people finding my fic series from three full years ago. dkfjghs. who put me on a fic rec list be honest
#one person is a coincidence but TWO people leaving comments on it??? it was literally finished like july 2020#and it would be one thing if they commented on ANY of my more recent works. which is like. Anything that i've written for the witcher#but no it's straight back to the oldest series... strange strange#honestly i have NO idea how that shit holds up now. i felt like it was super rushed and sloppy when i wrote it#esp cause i was thinking up plot as i went so i was constantly frustrated over trying to connect plot threads that i left in the beginning#and forgot#which. i'm still doing now in my current wip. some things never change i guess#but people consistently seem to think i did a good job so either i was really good at bullshitting or the bar is fairly low 😭#let's hope that 16 yr old me did a good job of representing the rest of us down the line </3#i would go reread it again for old time's sake but idk if i have 40k worth of old fic reading in me tonight haha#one thing i will say about putting word limits on chapters and just writing until you get there. you end up with rlly nice numbers#anyway. not complaining about the attention! haha :)#valentine notes#fanfic
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The closest Diamond Dogs got to the civil war was that one evening when Ocelot convinced mother base radio DJ that crew would benefit from some cultural education and suggested putting on a recording of "Madama Butterfly" with commentary
#i dont think he would be above doing that especially if there was a chance to put poor unsuspecting dj in the line of fire#my headcanon motherbase has its own radiostation and its very important#they have to change DJs quite a lot though#if you need context - the plot in this opera is uncomfortably similar to the story of kaz' parents#but also making innocent unsuspecting people listen to a whole ass opera is cruel in itself#but in the end ocelot got some nice me time to flip through that documents without witnesses#kazuhira miller#revolver ocelot#metal gear#metal gear bits and pieces#(metal gear bits and pieces is my tag for headcanons btw)
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can nakamura please bring back ritsu’s father issues …….. please i’m asking for a friend
#i miss his daddy issues so much man like YES they are not central to his character compared to like#gestures at his whole high school mental illness and present day mental illness ….. yeah compared to whatever the fuck this is#but i think it’s also a vital part in shaping who he is and his struggles with self and why he wants to prove himself by his own accord ;w;#and more than anything i also think like it’s one of the plot lines that can be very important for ritsu’s growth once he !!!! confesses#once he confesses and they get together and there’s still so much more to him and sekakoi that has been set up and needs to be explored#first of all where is haitani …???? let’s dig the man up from whatever garbage dump nakamura threw him in and tie his arc back up nicely#and then i’m like absolutely Positive fujishiro’s arc is leading to a ricchan career breakthrough#like it Has to be bro the pacing is so slow and paying such key attention to him working with her i can really feel it coming#i want them to explore what it’ll be like for him !!!!! how his mental state will be and whether he’s able to take pride in his success#or if he is able to take pride at all knowing him#and then the other loose string is his father like bro onodera papa has been so sus this whole time#not in a bad sus but in a ‘i think this man knows more than he’s letting on’ kind of sus#ritsu’s daddy issues are so mild actually but i think it’s bc he’s too busy with fighting for his life most of the time#which is very fair and a very big mood LOL but there has got to be a time where like#this subplot of him being onodera shuppan heir will come bite him in the ass again#and i really really am dying to see how he would handle it#so miss nakamura i am standing at the foot of your bed …… menacingly ……. i am waiting
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