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hellooo! love your writing :D got a few questions about it (i'm not going to ask about plot because you are too slick at avoiding them :'') )
how do you… exactly portray angst? I say because the way you write tommys is more grittier than I have read anywhere else. (like in For You, The World) keeping away from overusing metaphors is the hardest thing, I swear. writing trauma in stories might not be the most realistic thing mainly because you cannot really have reference unless you would have actually experienced, so how do you manage it? (im a very beginner writer haha)
also, do you have any songs for hush, or any other of your fics? like is there a specific song you have for any of the characters? :D
have a good day!
I am, indeed, very slick at avoiding them (as in, I’m forcefully yanking myself from responding at all because I don’t trust myself to not say anything, lmao).
This is a curious question, and admittedly not something I’ve thought too much about in regards to my own writing.
I don’t really know how to go about answering how exactly I go about writing angst but-
I’ve always been drawn to the more gritty and realistic aspects of humanity and I suppose my writing kind of reflects that, in explorations of complicated relationships, the selfish desires that aren’t always good, the wants that burns hard and harsh and desperate and ultimately just human.
We aren’t perfect and I like that.
For You, The World is, if you break it down, about the loss of a home and Tommy’s journey to finding it again. It’s about getting up when life is dragging you down, leaving you hollow and empty and so very tired, desperately searching for meaning when you have nothing/have lost everything, and ultimately finding hope again.
Home and love. Even when it isn’t perfect it’s there. Always. Even if it’s a bit broken.
I think most of us crave and desire that kind of reassurance, to want the people we have to stay by us. It’s human to want that kind of love, even if it isn’t necessarily realistic, because people come and go in life even when we’d once thought nothing could separate us.
No matter the setting of my stories I try to keep them grounded, in a sense. The world and the people in it aren’t perfect and I don’t want them to be. I like the imperfections in humans, that’s the core of my writing, what I want it to reflect. It’s not about making excuses for them but rather understanding, I suppose, in a way. Even if I throw them out into space or send them on a spiralling journey into a land of mythical creatures and impossible feats that stays to the best of my ability.
Humans are capable of being cruel and kind, soft and harsh, broken and strong. There’s no one side to it.
I think that’s kinda why my writing feels gritty - I want it to reflect those bits and allow them to be messy and achingly human.
About writing without reference - even if you feel like you don’t have a frame of reference for what you want to portray there’s likely something that you can understand in it at its core and work outwards from. I’m honestly not the best at giving advice on this because it ultimately depends a bit on the subject matter.
In regards to the writing itself it’s hard to offer any advice because I honestly can’t say how much metaphors I use and don’t use in the first place and there’s no right of wrong way to do things either - it’s a style choice at the end of the day and you have to kinda trial and error it to your satisfaction.
You want to use a lot of metaphors? Go for it. Exhaust them. Cram that chapter with them. Go wild. See what it looks like, see if you like it, pick out the parts you don’t.
Some people like my writing, some don’t. That’s quite fine. Let it be fine.
The one solid advice I can give is just - keep writing, find what you vibe with. The more you write the more you’re going to think about how to best reflect what you want to portray and you’ll surprise yourself as you settle into your own voice.
What about my writing in For You, The World is it that hits hard for you? I often save little quotes and bits that hits especially hard from other writers to revisit and consider just what it was about them that resonated.
(Sometimes I save bits and quotes from myself because I’m like, bruh, I wrote that??)
About songs... yeah, I’ve uh, got a ton tbh. Nothing character specific though? I’ll put eleven of my faves I’ve looped during the writing process of Hush since we’re eleven chapters in :)
Creature by half•alive
Honeywell by Clem Turner
You Belong To Me by Cat Pierce
Playing In The Sand by Bule
Impostor by Henri Werner
Favorite Colour Is Blue by Robert DeLong
Oceans by Seafret
Happy Face by Jagwar Twin
Mermaid by Skott
It’s Alright by Mother Mother
Cringe by Matt Maeson
#is this helpful?#i have no idea#i relaxed a fair bit about my writing when i hit my twenties and was like#you know what#this is for me#i'm gonna be self-indulgent as fuck#it's been a bit of a chaotic journey but very freeing in that aspect#pls don't think too hard about my music taste#i have alright stuff#and i have banned from using the aux cord in my sister's car stuff#jemmaphobe#corpse answers stuff#no but see#i just write#i don't think about how i write anymore#so feel free to pick it apart
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whenever i look on your blog, i always get curious, so i'll bite: what does real men eat queueiche MEAN? i bet it's french, those bastards always like to make words hard.
omg it's so funny you asked this now because just yesterday I queued this post!
so yeah, "real men eat queueiche" is my queue tag, based off of the saying "real men don't eat quiche." As you can see in the tags, I learned about it because my dad talked about that game and then had to explain that "you eat quiche" means "you're not a real man". I have no idea why it makes you not a real man to eat quiche, or if this picture truly is the origin, but that's the story haha.
I remember there's a tweet out there (that I saw on tumblr) that explains the function of all the vowels in queue, but yes, it is French. And I believe quiche is French as well (... based off the logic that my dad makes it and he's French.)
Oh, and quiche is basically savory cheese pie, if you didn't know. But way better than that sounds. Here's a picture (from the internet):
Also store-bought quiche SUCKS btw. Or at least average-grocery store-in-America-bought quiche is shockingly bad.
Hope you are having a nice day!
#anyways hi i think we've been technically mutuals for a while but don't interact much#*waves*#i was super proud of the tag when i first came up with it lol#i was dying for a chance to explain it#not sure why i was though -- looking back it's just smashing two words together to stick 'queue' into a saying in typical queue tag fashion#I said this#asks#jemmaphobe#my blog#frenchie moment#there's nothing funny about france#for so long without a french tag.... now i have two lol. i'll sort it out eventually
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adored the new chapter of catalycsm, can't wait to see what's next :) but I have a question; is there any sort of pieces of media that inspired you for the fanfiction? or ones you thought were fitting? anyways, I hope you have a good day!
thank you!!! i'm super glad you're enjoying it :) i love hearing that people like it, that in itself is inspiring
for cataclysm though, i've been really inspired by the witcher, LOTR, and recently listening to the great comet of 1812 soundtrack! i think the witcher is the most i'm inspired by for it tho. witcher<3
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this illicited some sort of fear from me
lmao i’m actually contractually obligated to like any post involving kermit that crosses my dash
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opinions on
Hmmm...
I do think that Ranboo was technically a traitor to L'Manburg. He fits the criteria for it of him acting in a deceptive manner and aiding in doing something harmful for them by helping Dream.
So Ranboo definitely was a traitor and it was definitely influenced by his lack of decisionmaking ability. I do see it acknowledged quite often that Ranboo's flaw can and DOES harm others as well though, and I do think that that's intentional. Really hope it will be addressed in lore at some point. If a Bee Duo divorce arc is what I need to get that then you can be sure that I'll be here rooting for it!
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fuckin love your minecraft lore tag :)) it makes me very happy
thanks!! it makes me happy too i love minecraft lore so much
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