tealeaf lillian

I'm a small author hoping to have my first book althenos the little captain, out in the world by the end of this year! so follow along to see the progress, learn about the characters, and get your questions answered!

[mayoiayasep]

its kinda crazy how there are so few gacha games with black characters bc the amount of shit you could do with the hair??? you could have alt hairstyles for days like why has no one capitalized on that yet

[mayoiayasep]

[id: seven pictures of different black women in various natural and braided hairstyles. end id]

like cmonnnnnnn

[ronniesart]

am i crazy or did harlan imply that parker and arthur shared a bed 😭

[fealty-to-thee]

More characters ending disabled and happy NOW

[lepsubooks]

Using this as an excuse to show off one of the characters in my book because not only is he disabled and happy He is aroace disabled and happy.

His name is castor and This is him and his best friend, in the first book he is a side character and The sickness that makes him disabled is actually the whole reason for the plot and it follows his sister trying to save him. But he is going to be the main character of the second book, where he tries to follow in his dad's footsteps and solve a magical mystery.

[thecollectibles]

Layered cliffs under clear sky by qing ying

[lepsubooks]

I need to hurry up and write my book so I can start making crossovers with other fandoms and posting them to AO3.

[lepsubooks]

I feel like more authors and creators should talk about their headcanons for their own characters more. Like dog If there's a bit of lore that you didn't put in your book that's not actual lore that's your headcanon about the characters And I feel like it would go a long way in helping stop the like this is Canon you are an authority kind of vibes. Like I am purposely writing one of my characters to be a woman with facial hair That's all she is canonically in the book I never confirm why she has facial hair My head cannon personally is that she's trans but if someone reading it takes it as oh she has PCOS or anything else that's chill too that is correct that is a correct interpretation She is not trans that's just my headcanon

[prokopetz]

A fun thing about fiction with large casts of characters is that sometimes you'll have a Spicy Bananas moment where every single character has an identical yet wildly atypical experience of some very mundane thing, and slowly you realise that the author isn't Making A Point, they just think that's normal.

[notsomeoneyouknow]

[fruutbaag]

[dionysiaproductions]

[ashleeabutton]

Forever reblog ❤️

[beatricemeganblood]

its devastating when someone, in good faith, draw a trans woman who looks like me: tall, scruffy facial hair, wide shoulders, far apart boobs, big nose and then the trans community dog piles them in the comments saying its evil to depict such a negative stereotype like that.

like actually fuck off fuck off fuck off FUCK OFF FUCK OFF!!!!! and then theyll fight me when i reply with my pov! like christ lets all just chill the math out please for the christ of love

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[annabelle--cane]

stop. analyse that text through the lens of its author's intentions and original historical context. okay now take the author out back and kill them dead and analyse that text as though it were published by your mutual yesterday and is in direct conversation with the contemporary discourse that's most relevant to your life. okay now pick your favorite angle of interpretation and come up with the strongest possible argument against it. now imagine that the text is your best friend and that it means you well and that you naturally give it every benefit of the doubt because you're on its side and you want the best for it. now imagine that the text wants you dead and it'll eat you if you don't eat it first. now pretend that you found this text locked away in a cave with no evidence of when or where it came from and you have to divine its meaning solely through its internal coherence and nothing else. okay now address the elephant in the room aspect of the text you've been ignoring because you find it boring or confusing or uncomfortable and become the number one expert on it. now spend forty minutes assigning all the characters dnd classes with at least three sentences of reasoning each. okay now do the cha cha slide.

[lepsubooks]

All right I've talked about the love interest now it's time to talk about my other main characters partner, orion. Because because I can't wait for the book to be written and published and people to be interested in it before I start talking about them! Orion is Castors queer platonic partner.

He's alternative somewhere between punk and goth, He's got this really badass "test me and I will make you regret ever being born" vibe and he will beat bitch for his friends and community.

But hes an archaeologist and his house is full of antiques and artifacts He is reconstructing. (Which he does while listening to rock music)

He is also the group's healer and after the events of the first book castors main caretaker.

His magical guardian is this long owl creature and he wears black leather shoulder armor to defend against their talons. As well as arm bracers to protect his arms when he shoots his bow.

And I just think he's cool I think it's really really fun to have this like armored up chained and spiked guy (I really need to draw him all done up I've only ever drawn him in his casual clothes) with full trad goth makeup very gently caring for his best friend and nerding out with him over a piece of old pottery.

[lepsubooks]

I need to hurry up and write my book because my girls are so cute and I need to share them with the world but I only have a rough outlined done. But dudes you're not going to believe how amazing My girls are. (Also my guys I love them as well. But I am currently thinking of my girls) especially my beautiful, gorgeous, darling, love interest.

She beats ass with ribbons in her hair, her weapon is literally a pink Crystal with a bow, she's adorable, she's 6'2, and her and her girlfriend spar in their free time.

She's so awesome and I love her very deeply, I'm obsessed with her actually.

Do I have absolutely any scenes with her actually written? NO of course not.

[lepsubooks]

You want to know what could be a fun idea for a book, a book about aliens where the alien is described like It has really long limbs It stands upright It has stuff growing out of the top of its head, And then at the end of the book you figure out that the whole story was actually told from an alien's perspective and the alien being described was actually a human

[lepsubooks]

I'm making my main characters so dang relatable and likable ^^

Your main character is a girl who responds to her dad's death with anger and aggression to all those around her

Oh no ;-;

[unheardoracle]

writing is such a strange hobby because sometimes you’re like

“wow I created something beautiful today”

and sometimes you’re like

“oh i just spent 4 hours researching whether this character would realistically bleed out under different circumstances”

[lepsubooks]

My twins! these are the main characters for a book i have in the works (and have since i was 12 haha) their names are Castor and Terra

they are Arcaneologists in training, following in their fathers foot steps, recovering magical artifacts, defending against their guardians, and discovering new types of magic.

out of the two of them Terra is the fighter, she has a natural talent for it, and sparing with her friend can be a good outlet for her anger and grief after loosing her dad. (and don't worry, she gets buffer)

while Castor is far more academic, throwing himself into learning as much about magic and mythology as he can.