So it’s been a long minute since I last routinely posted anything relevant on this page and for that I’m sorry. Not writing Laerke in the last two years has been incredibly hard. I haven't been able to win: trying to write and taking a real life break both were incredibly stressful.
I started writing Laerke in the summer of 2012 and made her blog January of 2013. In the time since she has grown and changed dramatically, as is the natural evolution for any character. Very few of my followers will remember Laerke in my first year on tumblr and that’s a-okay with me.
I always wanted her blog to be multiverse so I could explore as many facets and aspects as I could.
There have been great brothers, each with their own unique care and love and problems with their little sister. There have been superb myth characters willing and ready to adopt Laerke as family or friend.There have been canons from the very beginning who were happy to let the power of the multiverse bring together characters who might not be family, or might not have normally crossed paths.
As an unexpected side effect I am now left, 6 years later, with a tangled web of relationships loved and lost. Some of those muses are gone for good while others may one day be resurrected. Each one gave Laerke greater backstory, greater depth, that I just can’t necessarily transfer without it being godmodding.
I have written posts of Laerke mourning those relationships and it has helped, but in case any of those characters return I cannot make such mourning canon either.
So what do I do with Laerke now?
I still don’t have an answer but I’m willing to puzzle it out. This blog isn’t going anywhere. It will always exist at least as an archive. But I think I need something akin to a fresh start. Not a full reboot... but yet still the chance to grow without the weight of the past.
I’m going to try making a new blog for my favorite star daughter. Will it work? I have no idea but I’m pretty hopeful about it. I like the idea of having a clean platform to approach writing from now. Honestly, most of the edits to Laerke are going to be personal, mental ones for me. I have an incredibly hard time letting go of those past relationships and not being able to incorporate them. I’m the person who still has journals from 2011 filled with future replies and drabbles for threads that hadn’t been touched by my partner since 2009.
Adventurous star traveler
that she has always been.
I will be a little slow (but I’m setting a structure so I don’t fall behind)
I will not have the fancy tags I envy so much (but I will have an actual tagging system)
I will not have super cool icons (but I’m willing to let big gifs be dead so honestly you’re welcome)
I will not usually be able to match great length (but I’m getting my reading on so I can do my damnedest to try)
If you’re interested feel free to check out @starxlark. If you’re not, that is totally okay too. There’s not a lot there yet, but I’m trying to be forgiving of myself for that and get going anyway.
I’m very open to discussing and reworking past relationships on this new try if for nothing else than to make sure me and my partner are on the same page. You guys know I’m nice and patient and all that, so don’t hesitate to chat.
I want to thank everyone who has followed me for the past 6 years. Whether you’ve written shenanigans with me, plotted threads that never came to be, or supported my family OC journey with likes, you’ve all made the experience so much more than I expected it could ever be.