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Neon Grunge Meme time 👀 I decided to give a few at a time.
My kids
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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.
It’s beautiful
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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!
I’m putting him in sunshine timeout
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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.
My baby 🥺
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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!
I’m proud of you and you’re growing Luci
Nate, please remember you’re allowed to exist
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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.
Ily Haruka and your science-y-ness is valuable
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. 💖
I think we mutuals even though I haven’t been active in what feels like years
Happy Day!!! 🎉🎉🎉
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“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!
This is so beautiful and hitting close to home lately
Does anyone remember that post about the historical horses and how they were smaller in the past?
ecoapocalyptic-chanbara
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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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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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Really quick concept of Sachi in the garden. I might fix it up and keep working on it tomorrow.
My adopted child
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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
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for the word ask game! how about "familiar"?
Ooh, I had to hunt around for a while for this one. This line is from Median.
The smell of damp earth and a slightly familiar musk assaulted his senses as he watched her grab several bits of leather and metal.
For context, Avery is watching Dhana as she teaches him about horse tack. Thank you for the ask!
Reading this one is so pleasant
This whole obsession with wheelchair users struggling on foot down the aisle at their wedding or across the stage for graduation is 100% powered by ableism.
“The heartwarming story of how one woman worked for 8 months straight so she could escape the horror that is being in wheelchair for a few short minutes to struggle slowly and painfully down the aisle on her special day.”
“the horror that is being in a wheelchair” bitch it’s hella better than struggling slowly & painfully down the aisle ffs
“Despite being permanently paralyzed, her one goal since her accident has been to walk across the stage for graduation. The whole crowd gave her a standing ovation and broke into tears when she dragged her paralyzed legs across the stage with the help of leg braces and a walker to collect her diploma, after which she immediately sat back down in her wheelchair, which she will use to move around for the rest of her life.”
How the hell is this an inspirational story? This person needs better goals. And a therapist.
They’re toxic in an even greater way because as a disabled person, I didn’t realise till I was reading this how much I had internalised that. I genuinely have had feelings of fear and shame about using a chair or a walker if I get married. And why? Because I’m constantly seeing “heartwarming” stories about disabled people who shed their mobility aids for that moment. Why the hell am I afraid of using them to get married? Anyone who marries me or attends the wedding will know I need them and love me regardless.
Bless this post for making me realise I’d internalised that shit.
3-ducks-in-a-trenchcoat
These types of stories teach people, both abled and disabled, that using mobility aids, especially wheelchairs, is inferior.
here are some beautiful brides in chairs with dresses they ROCK. I know a lot of disabled ppl with internalized ableism think they “won’t look good” if they use their chair, but here’s some literally gorgeous gals for ur consideration
(that last ones cute as fuck and i teared up at it)
Who needs a bouquet when you can be a bouquet?
I made my addition to this post in June 2019. Its now January 2020 and I no longer feel guilty about the idea of going down the aisle one day with mobility aids.
God bless the disabled community, y'all saved me from some internalised bullshit
This post floated by a few months ago, and I remember something to effect of there’s a difference between recovery and refusal. That is, like, I have a friend that suffered an incomplete spinal cord injury. He can walk again now, and I don’t think I’ve seen him use his chair in a few years. When he walked at his graduation, it was to show off his recovery. That he wasn’t quite ready to go through a full day upright, but he could walk across a stage, unassisted, and soon he would be able to do that every day. There’s also a difference in someone like me choosing to not use a mobility aid. My mobility is intensely fluid, especially seasonally. So, I would plan a summer wedding. And while I love my cane it can also be the biggest pain in my ass, so I’d want to just go unassisted. But that’s normal for me, at least right now. I can walk without an aid during about half of the year. It’s reasonable to assume I can make it through one day without it. All of that is different than someone that is fully and permanently paralyzed, that will never walk again, dragging themselves along because they feel that’s somehow better. Overall though, my biggest takeaway is fuck the media. Because disabled people should be able to make whatever decision they want without the media turning it into this grand inspirational story.
Disabled people should be able to make whatever decision they want without the media turning it into this grand inspirational story.
THIS.
Couldn’t pass up the opportunity to add my disabled joy to this post. Look at this love!
Taking the opportunity to add these photos of Jessica Kellgren-Fozard and her wife Claudia, from this twitter post. Jessica also has a youtube channel that’s primarily about disability and chronic illness and LGBT stuff (it’s amazing!)
I would also like to personally share, Annika Victoria who ALSO has a youtube channel. This photo was taken from her instagram - she made her wedding dress dress herself, BY HAND. Her youtube channel is mostly DIY fashion and sewing tutorials. I love her so much, she’s so unapologetically herself and informative
I needed this tonight. I’ve been feeling horrible, useless, criminal, for needing my cane more. But this beautiful post reminded me that what I’ve internalized is invalid, my being able to get around and live my life IS valid, and my cane [which I chose myself] is beautiful. Thank you lovely post for coming around again, and to all the people who add to it along the way.
Revolutionary parenting hack:
If your child is in the middle of some activity and clearly enjoying it (and wasn't supposed to be doing something else instead), DO NOT interrupt them and have them do chores that will "only take 5 minutes or so!"
You haven't asked them to do anything before they got out the Legos, started reading a chapter of their book or painting the complicated picture, or began playing their video game.
As a result of being repeatedly interrupted, they will learn that their presence in public space of the household=availability to do chores, so they will make themselves scarce so you can't find them and order them around. They will also become suspicious of your efforts to engage with them as they play, as they've learned that these pleasantries are a prelude to "Take out the trash", or "move your boots and vacuum the entryway, there's dirt everywhere ".
"But I need my children to help me around the house!", I hear you cry. I understand. Children should not be treated like royalty and left to their own devices 24/7.
An alternative is to give the kids a clearly delineated chore chart and stick to it, resisting the urge to add anything to it. There are some chores that are easier and quicker with two people, though. A (in my opinion) even better option is to divide the child's day into "on-duty" and "off-duty " time. When they're on-duty, you can interrupt them as before, but you have *consulted with your child beforehand * and they understand that during this time they can relax, but they must be ready to jump in and lend a hand.
That way they won't start trying to level up in their video game or break out the clay and make stuff. When they are off-duty, you leave them alone and their only responsibilities are to clean up whatever mess they make at the end of this time.
Also, if they are tearing around the house or whining about being bored, don't make them do chores so they will "have something to do"; this could make the child conflate extra chores with punishment for whining and make them reluctant to help out when you randomly tell them to at other times because they might think they're being punished but they have NO IDEA WHAT THEY DID. And IMO children should see chores as things everyone has to do no matter what, not punishments.
I may seem unqualified to offer parenting advice as I have no kids, but I was talking with my dad today and he said: "I wish you didn't hide from us in your room so much, but every time your mom walked by she'd give you a chore to do, so I can't blame you for that." A kid who hides in their room to play has an entirely different relationship to the family than the child who sprawls on the livingroom floor and excitedly describes the city they are building out of Legos.
And today, in times of Covid I play a complicated game of hide-and-seek with my mother as I try to do my online coding homework and apply for jobs. I am now attempting to turn my bedroom into my own tiny office because if I work in our home office, she'll find me and go "I can't attach this file to my email," and so on.
Children *have* to obey their parents when they are young. But true respect and honoring collective responsibilities is stronger than forced obedience. If you demonstrate to your children that you respect them and their time, they will reciprocate.
Tl;dr if your child is "always hiding in their room", there is a reason for it and setting a regular routine and boundaries will benefit both of you in the long run.