introducing the queen on-stage and off-stage, regina!! i really enjoyed subverting a little bit of the popular girl trope with her, so i hope you enjoy learning more about her too!! on we go...
everybody loves regina. with her breathtaking looks, angelic voice and extroverted friendly personality, just taking one look at her makes people want to be closer to her. she's everything everyone wants to be, the perfect girl, the ideal.
what most people don't see is that most of it is a facade to cover up all kinds of issues from her past and present, from being her never ending list of hearts she has broken to her tense relationship with her younger sister.
but that's one of the last things on her mind. right now, she's all about winning the battle of the bands— something she'll do at all costs.
𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ° 𖦹｡⋆☽
full name: regina han ji-eun
pronouns: she/her
age: 16 (high school junior)
birthday: march 2
gender: cis female
sexuality: heteroromantic asexual
ethnicity: asian-american (korean)
extracurriculars: art club, vocalist and rhythm guitarist for searching for spade
dislikes: conflict, being single, criticism, bad reputations
height: 5'6 (168 cm)
hair: dark brown, slightly wavy, goes a bit past her chest
skin: warm beige with a warm undertone
eyes: black
noticeable features: hair is always tied with ribbons
𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 ° 𖦹｡⋆☽
in order: lady gaga ⋆ marina ⋆ melanie martinez ⋆ hole ⋆ katy perry ⋆ doja cat ⋆ britney spears ⋆ lana del rey ⋆ pinkpantheress ⋆ taylor swift ⋆ ariana grande ⋆ paramore ⋆ sabrina carpenter ⋆ dua lipa ⋆ nicki minaj ⋆ kim petras
𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀! ° 𖦹｡⋆☽
regina is rachel's older sister (more on that later on hehe)
she's an f1 fan and a huge tifosi (ferrari fan)
she sleeps with a sleep mask on and silk pajamas
she can sing, play guitar, drums, piano, and violin
her favorite quick snack is dino nuggets with cranberry juice
she used to be bullied in her early years of schooling, but then became a bully later on and into middle school. she turned over a new leaf freshman year though
oh regina, there are so many things about you.... once again, thank you for reading!! <3
this is it!! the intro for my beloved main wip, stargazer! i've had this wip for more than a year now and i haven't even finished the first draft of the first chapter, but this is the one that's rotting my brain... super duper excited to be writing about it someday, but for now, let's get into some info about it!
𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ° 𖦹｡⋆☽
if you like: rock music, rivals to lovers, the 80s, 90s and 2000s, alternative culture, sapphic pining, secret relationships, queer and bipoc representation, and character driven stories, then this may be for you!
genres: coming of age, slice of life, romance
setting: san diego, california; present time
ratings and content warnings: stargazer is intended for audiences 16 and over. this story contains heavy material such as strong language, mental illness, drug use and addiction, death, homophobia, transphobia, bullying and child abuse. more will be added if necessary. discretion is advised!
𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀 ° 𖦹｡⋆☽
arabella winters, a talented guitarist, returns to san diego after her mother's tragic passing. battling anxiety, she joins her friends' band searching for spade for a music contest, encountering an opposing band, counterfeit crowd and their charming drummer, rudy osbourne. as they navigate a tense rivalry, a friendship between the two of them grows, deepening into a hidden romance. amidst the chaos of competition, friendships are tested, and arabella grapples with decisions that could either align the stars of her life or scatter her amidst the constellations. will love's force pull her together or tear her apart?
𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀 & 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀 ° 𖦹｡⋆☽
stargazer's entire concept revolves around love. not just romantic love, although it's one of the biggest themes within the story, but all other kinds of love, like the kind you have for your friends, for your family, and even for the things you do. it's also an exploration of grief, trauma, mental illness, and how adolescents process all of that stuff without glamorizing any of it. combining all of that, through arabella's story, i wanted to show that even if you've been hurt before, and you carry all kinds of baggage and scars, you're still worthy of love and capable of loving others. everyone is. and that's what it's all about!
𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 ° 𖦹｡⋆☽
although the story focuses on two different bands, collectively all together, i tend to call them the all-stars.
arabella winters: searching for spade's talented guitarist struggling with grief and anxiety navigating her new life in san diego
regina han: searching for spade's highly well-liked frontwoman with a desire to win the competition
avi garcia: counterfeit crowd's determined frontman who harbors a deep personal grudge against regina and her band
rachel han: searching for spade's drumming prodigy secretly hiding contempt for her seemingly perfect older sister
ever davis-jones: counterfeit crowd's no-nonsense keyboardist who tries to keep their friends in line
jordan miller: searching for spade's nonchalant bassist and token boy best friend
conan flynn: counterfeit crowd's timid bassist with a growing crush on avi despite thinking that he's straight (he's not)
𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ° 𖦹｡⋆☽
i've had the characters of arabella and rudy in my head for years prior to sitting down and working on stargazer, they're actually ocs that i made when i was 12, re-recycled when i turned 14, then re-recycled again a year later. there's a lot of influence specifically from scott pilgrim vs. the world, heartstopper and various romance stories from the 80s, 90s and 2000s.
music also played a big hand into helping shape this story into the way it is now, which is why it's such a big theme. the entire plot revolves around music someway, especially rock music. it really helped to form the vibe of stargazer, and i'm very happy to be integrating something i love into my work!
𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 ° 𖦹｡⋆☽
♡ lovesong - the cure
♡ everlong - foo fighters
♡ teenage dirtbag - wheatus
♡ kids in america - the muffs
♡ about a girl - nirvana
♡ first date - blink-182
♡ head over heels - tears for fears
♡ take on me - a-ha
♡ are you bored yet? - wallows
♡ there is a light that never goes out - the smiths
♡ kiss her you fool - kids that fly
♡ touch tank - quinnie
♡ time after time - cyndi lauper
♡ sunday - the cranberries
♡ ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't've) - the buzzcocks
♡ blue hair - tv girl
𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 ° 𖦹｡⋆☽
♡ arabella and rudy's relationship was originally supposed to be toxic, but then i jumped ship when i realized that wasn't the kind of story that i wanted to tell with them, plus i figured that the world needed more healthy, functional relationships in fiction
♡ i created this story during my metallica phase, and unintentionally designed arabella and rudy to sort of physically resemble kirk hammett and james hetfield respectively...... i swear it was an accident
♡ i did originally post a really old version of this story up on ao3, but it has since been deleted
♡ arabella and rudy originally played different instruments, arabella played bass and rudy played guitar instead.
and that's all i got for stargazer! if you've made it to this little section at the end, thank you so much for taking your time to read about my silly lil wip and my silly little ocs <3 it means the world to me as someone entirely new to writeblr, so if you wanna hear more about them or talk about something else entirely feel free to reach out however you please!!!
“why yes, darling. You are captivating in my eyes. Like those pieces of art works displayed, I comprehend for far most sense of beauty was ever created. More than galaxies that I have yet to see, the view I see right in front of me is more what I have looked for.”
