Alex Willow

20 / Aus / Writeblr

[secondlina]

Here is “Knot”, a short comic I drew to sell at Mocca and TCAF this year. The printed version is going to be SO PRETTY. I’m in love with the cover (which I will post later).

I just wanted to do something fairy-tale-like that talked about doubts and frustrations and how to deal with them. I’m really happy with how colorful and adorable the story turned out to be. 

If you enjoyed “Knot”, please consider reblogging it and/or checking out my ongoing webcomic Namesake! HUGS TO ALL OF YOU!

[blindsprings]

Isa’s been showing me wips of this for awhile, look how pretty this is finished, ahhh!!

[weaver-z]

The best trope in the world is when a character realizes that they’re in love with another character and instead of being bashful or cute about it their internal monologue is just “NO. GOD. FUCK. WHY”

[theradioghost]

in the words of the great Elizabethan wordsmith William Shakespeare, in Hamlet Act IV Scene V, “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.” or, in the words of the great Twitter wordsmith @Horse_ebooks,

[ritavonbees]

this is 1947 Cincinnati Enquirer erasure

[marisatomay]

please do not forget your smash mouth

[kokiri-leaf]

[walkingaline]

At this point I’m contributing with this (as seen in Jojo Rabbit, in case you were wondering why it feels familiar)

[adie-dee]

I Love Bethany’s Mother

Mum sighed. “I know this is scary darling, but please, come home. We have a much better chance of finding answers and keeping you safe than you’re capable of doing on your own. Your father has even had a safe room built so we can protect you.”

“I have found a lot of stuff on my own though,” I insisted, even though I knew it wouldn’t change her mind. My research was never good enough for her, not even when I’d told her I found where Zia lived.

“You’ve found hearsay and rumours, Beth. Nothing concre—”

“I saw her!”

At that, Mum went quiet. 

“Mum?” I winced as soon as I said it; I sounded like a child once again.

When she finally spoke, it was loud enough to make me flinch. “You SAW her?” she yelled. “Do you understand how dangerous that was? I know you believe your curse allows you to have a blatant disregard for your own safety but you cannot protect yourself from that kind of magic! We spoke about this, Beth. You were meant to leave her to me!”

“But you hadn’t done anything yet,” I defended, hating that it sounded like a whine. “And I had the time and I was sure she couldn’t hurt me and—”

“I only delayed attending,” she interrupted, “because I was gathering enough magic to defend myself should the need arise. She was a dangerous mage, Beth. Walking in there unprotected would have been foolish.” Like you did, I could almost hear at the end of her words.

“So you know she’s dead?” I asked.

“Yes, I was informed Saturday morning. How did you know?”

“Because I found her dead,” I mumbled.

Suspicion crept into her voice. “Before or after the house exploded?” 

I stared down, grinding my foot into the footpath. “During…”

At that I heard Mum breath in sharply. “That’s exactly why you shouldn’t have gone alone! Anything could have happened!”

I was definitely going to need a drink or seven by the end of this. “Nothing happened though,” I insisted. “My clothes got a little burned, that’s all.” And my hair, and my phone, and my hopes, but I needed to quit while I was behind.

[adie-dee]

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[adie-dee]

I reached the end of Lies in the Lilies!

Draft three is mostly done! Three people are dead and Bethany has survived, and now I have better ideas for the sequel. Thanks to everyone who supported me through this draft - once I do a bunch of line edits and fix some dodgy bits I’m hoping it’ll be ready to beta. As a treat, here is the ending.

“So what’re your plans, then?” I asked.

Blake shrugged again, the serious look returning to his face.  “Dunno, honestly. Should probably learn more about this magic crap. Maybe settle down somewhere too… I’m fucking sick of motels, I gotta say.”

“Any idea where?”

“Sydney, maybe?” he stared off into the distance. “Never thought I’d get to this point, to be honest. Kinda figured I’d be doing as I was ordered until I was arrested or killed.”

“What about here?” I said before I could stop myself, rallying at the sight of his raised eyebrows. “Because, like, Melbourne is way better than Sydney. The nightlife here is awesome and the traffic isn’t as bad there’s way more magic resources here anyway and I could always introduce you to a few people who might be able to help…” the last part came out unexpectedly also, but I realised I meant every word. “I mean, only if you want.”

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[adie-dee]

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[sanctaseraphina]

H O L I E S T : C A N T O  III  —  W A R  - [ v ]

“That was immensely unwise.”

Beelzebub stabbed the end of his pike viciously into the nearest pile of pitch at the sound of Mephistopheles’ voice. He would have preferred if the demon left him alone, but it was no wonder that he would be the first entity summoned regarding the situation with Samael, and also no wonder that the first thing Mephistopheles would do would be to find him. It only made Beelzebub angrier. 

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[adie-dee]

The Return Of Boris

You didn’t really think I was going to keep him and Bethany separated forever, did you?

I threw back the shot and took to staring into my tequila again. Everything was so different now; I hoped I could go back to how things had been before. Life somehow seemed simpler when I knew when I was going to die. I had no idea what to do with my life now.

As I reached for my drink it was stolen from me. “I was drinking that,” I whined.

“No, you were staring at it and moping.” I looked up, just in time to see Blake the tequila thief finish off my drink, replacing it with a bottle of better tequila.

My heart started to pound. I hadn’t thought I would see him again, not after he ran from me at the funeral. He looked, good, real good, in the fitted dark purple shirt he was wearing, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows in deference to the heat.  All his cuts and bruises were healed too, making him even more attractive than I remembered, though I couldn’t help but feel a little bit of guilt at the sight of the partially hidden brand on his arm. The skin around it was still red and puffy, and despite Marcus’s best efforts to clean out what the Order had rubbed into the burn, the brand itself had gone dark brown.

He seemed on edge though, his knuckles white from the vice like grip he had on the gift bag in his fist, and yet at the same time he seemed more relaxed than what I remembered. The tension through his shoulders and neck were gone, for one.

“I’m only here to apologise,” he told me before I could say anything. “And to give you this.” He passed me the gift bag, his hand shaking as he did. “Was gonna give him to you at the funeral but I chickened out. Didn’t feel right, me being there.“

I was only half listening, too focused on the fact he said him, not it. “Boris!” I squealed, pulling him from the bag and giving him a big hug. 

Blake rubbed the back of his neck. “I found him with my… uh…” he didn’t seem to be able to bring himself to say magic. “I thought about him and immediately knew where he was. Which is so fucking strange now that I know that’s what I’m doing, I gotta say.”

“I didn’t think I was ever going to see him again.” I wiped away a tear before it could ruin my makeup, thinking of all my failed calls to various airfields in the hope of finding him. “Thank you.”

[adie-dee]

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[alexwillow]

Link me your recent works!! I’m back after being inactive for like forever (despite being home all the time #melbournethings) so like give me things to read!! Yours or friends or whatever!!

[adie-dee]

LIES IN THE LILIES MASTER POST

POV: 1st Person

Status: Draft 3 In Progress

SUMMARY

Cursed to die on her 25th birthday, Bethany is doing everything in her power to try and prevent that from happening - when she’s not out partying, working at one of several nearby bars or getting into dangerous situations that would kill anyone else just for laughs. 

Those in the know think she isn’t taking her curse seriously, but she is - it’s why she ran away from home at 17, and why she’s trying to have as much fun as she possibly can, because if she can’t break her curse in time she at least wants to ensure she had the opportunity to live. Something she couldn’t do while living with her over-protective parents.

With one week to go Bethany is in a literal fight for her life, something which is complicated by all the people insisting on getting involved. Like Blake, the tall dark and handsome jerkface who insists he’s there to kidnap her but seems more interested in annoying her instead; Marcus and Imogen, a young couple who aren’t afraid of a fight and insist they’re incapable of lying; and Kenneth, a seemingly friendly but kind of creepy older man who works for an organisation intent on wiping out all magic.

She may not know who she can trust or if she can survive, but she’s not going to give up. Now if only she could stay focused on the task at hand.

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[hellnar]

Last line tag

@marewriteblr, taking up on your offer, I hope it's okay!

"You know, Maker, for someone who keeps hearing that ignorance is bliss, I'm starting to think I've never experienced either of those."

tagging @albatris @thelittlestspider @klywrites if you guys feel like it. anyone else who wanna participate, go for it, you can tag me on the post too

edit: @alexwillow if you feel like jumping back in

[alexwillow]

OOOhhhh this is a super cool last line, thanks for the tag!!!

[valsunna]

i don’t want to sit here and write the death of the baby brown-bird in my yard into something pretty. why does every sad thing have to be a hollowed out dinner? why does every sad thing have to be made easier to digest. i think sometimes sad things should just be left in the corner where they can be sad. i dont want to always have to write that sadness still has beauty in it because sometimes it doesn’t. last year i spent two weeks in bed trying not to kill myself everytime i got up. do i have to make that pretty? lately i miss someone so bad at night i turn over and hear the silence and catch these crying fits lately i cant shower enough to look nice and i cant do laundry enough to dress nice either. lately i’m sad. i’m just sad. do i have to write that it’s like a part of me is missing? why is something alway’s missing? nothing’s missing it was just never there. 

[alexwillow]

The emotion to this is really strong and it makes a powerful read

[alexwillow]

Also I don’t know if anyone is around currently but I wanna be back and reading more, and actually have like the time and motivation in my life to be doing so??? so any wips tag me whats up show me

[alexwillow]

I HAVE NOT EXISTED FOR A WHILE SORRY SO IF YOU HAVE WRITTEN SOMETHING COOL ANYTIME AT ALL THIS YEAR LINK IT FOR ME!!!! I miss reading stories and works!!!! (even if you haven’t interacted with me before this is an open invitation and tag/link anything you’re proud of or like!!!!)

[funkyfartmaster]

Have you ever met someone on the internet that you liked so much that you sometimes sit there and think “Oh man there are people who are lucky enough to see this person IN THE FLESH ON A REGULAR BASIS and I wonder if they realize how LUCKY they are”

[bobo-the-part-time-clown]

gonna start some ✨positivity✨so !! tag some ppl if you feel like rbing this!!

@bluebellthesponge <3 @larkiaquail @fandomfishbish @stillbrights @plethodon-cinereus @a-ghostlight-for-roman @violet-dandelions @killjoyjay ur friends have AWESOME taste

[a-ghostlight-for-roman]

!! @winterrose42 @thou-shant-stop-the-errink @yun0ko @potato-going-down!!!

[winterrose42]

!!!! @atlasistryingherbest @vindicatedvirgil @ace-in-a-shopping-cart 💜💜

[ace-in-a-shopping-cart]

Aww, right back at you!

Adding on, @dragonwithproblems, @lizluvscupcakes, @antisocial-xxxpert

[smoozie]

Amdkxnfj omg I love youuuuu!!

I’m kinda nervous to tag people tho cuz I think I might leave someone out..

[draconicsplendor]

@pied-piper-of-hamlet @feathered-inkling I hope you both know I would lay down my life for y’all (half joking but seriously y’all rock)

[pied-piper-of-hamlet]

Sjgfaklshdhsak I’d hug you if I could and if you were ok with hugs

Also @wettthespoopyheadss4120 @alexwillow @approximately12lbs-of-ducks ILY all

[alexwillow]

I HAVENT EXISTED IN FOREVER BUT @pied-piper-of-hamlet THIS IS SUPER CUTE TO COME BACK TO ILY also adding @wildler for also being incredibly talented and cool

[dovelymaiden-deactivated2021103]

WHICH GODLY BASTARDS CHARACTER ARE YOU ✦ quiz

take the quiz HERE

read the novel HERE

( taglist open ! ✨ ): @clarissalopeswriter @livvywrites @sleepy-and-anxious @smokeyeyedogs @starrywritingg @writer-jess @chalky-charlie @qelizhus @luna-nightshade-fury @ashesconstellation @alexwillow @slytherinintj13 @drown-in-lava-choke-on-rubies @misotheismed @purpleshadows1989 @writersturmoil @aesopsrachaels @elybydarkness ( ask to be added / removed )

[connect-the-stars]

Aries

Time and time again, you fall back into the abyss. I’ve watched you crawl out of it, too many times to count, and the moment you’re on the edge all you can do is stare longingly back into the darkness, as though it has somehow convinced you that it is home.

Pain can never be home, even if the darkness and unknown can sometimes give way to moments of peace and comfort. 

Crawl out again. He is not your home. The world is, and you’ll find peace within it and its light.

            - We make mistakes so we can learn, not as a punishment from a higher force

[dovelymaiden-deactivated2021103]

GODLY BASTARDS chap 5 is up

( taglist open ! ✨ ): @clarissalopeswriter @livvywrites @sleepy-and-anxious @smokeyeyedogs @starrywritingg @writer-jess @chalky-charlie @qelizhus @luna-nightshade-fury @ashesconstellation @alexwillow @slytherinintj13 @drown-in-lava-choke-on-rubies @misotheismed @purpleshadows1989 @writersturmoil @aesopsrachaels @elybydarkness ( ask to be added / removed )

[alexwillow]

Reblogging to keep track because I need to keep up!!!

Also to spread more, because this really is a good read!