I am here to officially reveal the cover of my upcoming novel, ELEMASTERS!!!!
Ain't it a beauty? Yeah, yeah I know. But I'm not just here to show it off! I'm also here to announce that the OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE IS SEPTEMBER 8TH 2026!!! Pre orders are live now anywhere you get your ebooks, with physical copies available at launch!
I am also officially opening up ARC sign ups! If anyone wants an advanced review copy, just shoot us a message here, or email me at [email protected]!
Keep your eyes on this blog for more updates, fun posts about the characters, and a whole lot more!
HAPPY PRIDE FROM GINTSUKI SHIKIBU AND THE CAST OF THE UPCOMING NOVEL, ELEMASTERS!!!!
The cast is a bunch of disaster queers, so there was no better way to celebrate the start of Pride Month than to make some moodboards spotlighting the various romantic (or aromantic) dynamics among the group!
First up is Dustin Ying (gay), the emo swimmer/former frontman, and his boyfriend James Zhang (bi), the impulsive stoner puppy
Next up is Chris Ying (bi), the jock with the grace of a dancer and the smile of a douchebag, and his girlfriend Bailey Yu (bi/trans), the planet made of pink, plastic, and overconfidence
And lastly, but certainly not least...ly, Chloe Li (aromantic/bisexual), expressing her love of casual sex but absolute disdain for pretty much everything else
Be sure to check out the Masters Monday tag for more tidbits about the characters, and keep your eye on this blog for some updates coming very soon about covers and release dates and whatnot!
always a little funny to me when filmbros are vehemently anti fanfiction but love to discuss film theories. Maybe my theory is that the 2 main guys sucked each other off. And swallowed
Dustin dresses in a very typical emo style. But mostly, he dresses more for function everyday than he does for flash, so he doesn’t always wear a lot of accessories, and he doesn't put a lot of effort into his overall appearance.
He wears mostly black so that his clothes are easy to match to each other, and he wears mostly graphic shirts - he can be seen wearing a shirt with an album cover or artist logo almost every single day, and he wears a lot of band merch from concerts that he has gone to. And because of the types of bands that he listens to, those are mostly black shirts with different logos and graphics on them. He also wears a lot of hoodies (also black), and the occasional denim jacket (again, usually black). He wears skinny jeans, but not super skin tight ones, and sometimes he will wear a studded belt or black jelly bracelets - accessories that he doesn’t have to put much thought into.
His go-to shoes are black converse, and his favourite pair have writing all over them courtesy of his best friend Bailey - when you spend a few too many boring classes sitting with your legs in someone’s lap, you end up with Evanescence lyrics written on the sole of your shoe in black glitter pen.
Dustin likes simplicity in his clothing, and he likes to blend into the background of life, like a stage-hand dressing in all black - someone who can be easily ignored, unlike the people who are meant to take center stage.
Dustin used to dress very differently when he first entered high school, when his life was more about his band Colorful Trauma and promoting them, he dressed a lot more eccentrically and embraced his band persona, inspired by the lead singer of L'Arc-en-Ciel. This meant tight leather pants, glittery combat boots, fishnet tops, cropped tops showing off a belly button piercing that he has since tried to forget about. He wore layered belts, layered necklaces, lots of eyeliner and glittery eyeshadow, and he generally stood out a lot more. But that is a wardrobe he has boxed up and forgotten by now, and one that he definitely won’t ever be getting out again…
There’s no need to shake things up when his current clothes work fine, right?
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Chris Ying - The Classic Fuckboy Jock
Chris is the type of guy who has three looks, and that’s it.
When he wants to get dressed up, he is the type of guy you would look at and immediately think of as a complete douchebag. He wears Aeropastle, Ed Hardy, bedazzled jeans, and he has his ears pierced and he wears diamond studs in his ears that stick out of his primped, straightened and hair-sprayed platinum blond hair. He puts a lot of effort into his appearance if he’s going to a party, and he is absolutely the kind of guy you would read as a ‘rich pretty boy’, especially by the brands of clothing he wears, and how pristine he keeps his clothing. He likes to look good, and he takes a lot of pride in his appearance. And oddly enough, this does cause people to judge him, just in different ways than they would someone who is dressed very eccentrically.
But most of the time, on a regular basis, when there’s not some party to attend or some occasion called for, he can be seen sporting one of his other two looks.
He wears a lot of athleisure - he is a jock, and he definitely dresses like one. He plays a lot of sports or spends time working out, so it just makes sense for his life. Again, he is always seen in expensive brands, and a lot of the time he’s seen wearing sports clothing with school logos on it from his various years on school sports teams. It’s rare that he’s not wearing sweatpants and a sweatshirt or some form of basketball shorts with very expensive sneakers.
And his third look is: practically naked with some very old, worn, comfortable pajama pants. Anytime he’s at home, he hates clothing, and he wears the same pair of comfortable, worn-in pajama pants until they’re nearly ripping at the seams and begging for mercy, and then repeats the cycle with a new pair. Pants that were probably stolen from Dustin in order to be well-worn before he got to them.
He is very predictable in the things he wears, and his style matches his lifestyle completely. Thanks to his clothing and his outward appearance, not a lot of people bother to look deeper and find the Chris beneath the air-brushed Ed Hardy shirts and the predictable sports gear. Even if they did, what would they see?
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Chloe Li - The "It" Girl
Chloe is the definition of an ‘it’ girl, and her clothes absolutely speak to that. She wears a lot of trendy clothing - Juicy Couture matching sets, New Religion jeans, Playboy bedazzled shirts. She is everything a popular girl of the time should be: shiny, pink, polished, perfect.
But as the daughter of a fashion designer, she is also ahead of the curve in a lot of ways and she is a trendsetter who is making waves with a lot of new styles. She is not afraid of bold patterns, bright colours, and of course, all her outfits are made with luxurious, expensive fabrics. And if her clothes not made by herself or her mother, they come from other expensive, designer brands. Everyone always watches out to see what she’s wearing and then follows her, and this puts immense pressure on her to be constantly perfect and to wear only the best for even the most average day of school.
She is always sporting a designer handbag on her arm, and she is well known for wearing heels almost everywhere, even if they are a highly impractical shoe - she will take style over function any day, and gorgeous, designer heels always complete her picture perfect outfits.
It’s rare for her not to be absolutely polished and perfect. With her mother’s entire brand resting on her back, she’s not just a girl, not just an average high school student - she is a walking advertisement for an entire company, one that will likely be her legacy someday. So of course, she can be nothing less than perfect at all times. No pressure, right?
Bailey Yu - The Wild Colorful Girl
Bailey has a very unique sense of style. On her journey of self discovery, discovering her true gender identity and getting to truly express it, she realized that other people’s ideas of ‘normal’ and ‘typical’ are absolutely overrated. If she is going to stand out at her high school due to being the only trans person, then she is going to stand out due to be awesomely, wildly dressed as well. People are going to stare, so let them stare for a reason.
Bailey’s style could be described as ‘scene girl’ - that’s probably what a lot of people would call it at first glance, but she is a lot more complex than that, way too complex to fit into any box. She does love the graphic tee shirts and layered, chunky jewelry that a lot of scene girls wear, but she also loves wearing head to toe colorful outfits, platform boots, and she usually prefers different skirts and dresses with wildly colorful and patterned tights instead of on trend skinny jeans. To her, every single day is an excuse to show off her awesome fashion, and she will always be the most over dressed person in the room.
She is also obsessed with accessories, and while Coco Chanel said ‘you should look in the mirror and take one thing off before leaving the house’, Bailey believes in the opposite - you should find one more thing put on in order to make yourself stand out and look totally fabulous. (And Coco Chanel was a Nazi sympathizer, so who the hell wants to take advice from that old cow?).
Bailey is the type of girl who likes to make her own accessories for fun - making her own jewelry, and even going so far as to make cute accessories out of unexpected ‘junk’. She makes buttons out of bottlecaps, has made earrings out of old computer chips, and one time she even made a handbag out of one of her old childhood stuffed animals - which was difficult to explain when Dustin came into her room one day and found her gutting poor Gengar. But hey, anything for fashion.
Bailey is someone who loves openly expressing herself with her style, and spiting society’s expectations while doing it, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. The world would be pretty boring without anybody to challenge the status quo, right?
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James Zhang - The Thrift King
James is a thrift god.
His love for vintage fashion started in his own basement at home. He already loves everything outdated: movies, shows, music. It might be a tired stereotype, but he thinks that he was born in the wrong era. He definitely relates to ET more than anybody among his peers. So when he found several boxes of his parents vintage clothes from the 70s and 80s in the basement, he fell in love. Old corduroy pants, denim overalls, and lots and lots of vintage t-shirts with cool old logos that are already worn down and comfortable - let’s just say he hasn’t bought new clothing (except for underwear, of course) in a long, long time.
He much prefers bidding people up on E-Bay for vintage denim jackets and spending hours at the hyper-curated thrift store a few towns over scanning the racks for vintage Star Wars t-shirts than to give into whatever the latest trend is. To him, nothing beats the comfort of wearing a pair of vintage jeans that have already been broken in. (And no, he doesn’t want to talk about how nagging and sensitive his skin is and how he would probably prefer not to wear clothes at all.)
He loves it when his clothes have character - when his secondhand Chuck Taylors have scuffs on them, when his jeans might have a rip or two, unintentionally, unlike buying them ‘pre-distressed’.
And just as he does with the different clubs and hobbies that he has tried out, he can be very experimental with his style, too. While his usual signature style is a simple pair of jeans and a graphic t-shirt, he can be known to show up to school wearing a ridiculous fancy hat, a fancy vintage vest and button up shirt, or even cowboy boots if he’s in the mood.
His closet is full of one-time style experiments that he tried on, enjoyed, and then never went back to during his general exploration of life and himself. A bright neon windbreaker from the 80s may not have been true James, but he’s glad that he wore it out, showed it off, and tried. He’s okay with people staring at him when he wears weird clothes because it means that he’s truly living it up. And a lot of the time, even if he doesn’t look good, they’re good conversation starters.
There’s nothing worse than sitting on the sidelines and not being seen at all, right?
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(A/N: That's all for now! I really had fun exploring this because clothing and style is such a great way to showcase a character, and I had a lot of fun exploring the characters more through this. -Mod Sunny ☀️)
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