Is PB allergic to making black hairstyles that are fully, wholly and completely black? Because baby, why does she have straight bangs and roots and the rest of her is locced?
I am currently in production of one game, and wrapping up Outlining Hell with another, and dealing with job tingz but I THINK in March I wanna come back and liveblog my play of Blades 2??
I ended up getting to chapter 11 before restarting and tbh I wasn't feeling the game, but I wonder if playing all at once might make a difference.
What do you wanna talk about? How every aspect of MC's characterization lends itself to them not giving up on their LI if the roles were reversed? About how, when push came to shove, no one did the same for them, because Mal and Imtura lost hope almost immediately and the others couldn't devote all of their time to figuring out how to get them back? Or do you wanna talk about how in MC's PTSD scene in chapter 8, they recall being "immobile, bound, and helpless... and alone. So hopelessly alone", so that you can't even say that it was almost a blessing that they were unconscious the whole time because it would mean they weren't able to feel hope that someone would rescue them (as they surely would them) and then feel that hope gradually be replaced by doubt and then certainty that no help would ever come for them, because as it turns out, they were conscious enough to feel deserted and vulnerable?
But by all means, let's talk about how Orpheus moved nature itself in his mission to bring his love home and how, in spite of his failure, it is his loving devotion that we immortalize when we tell his story, because against all odds and hoping against hope, he never truly gave up on Eurydice. And about how when no savior came and no hope was to be had, MC had to save themself.
Actually reblogging again cause 1 i have soooo many feelings about this (all 100 percent accurate you said it all so well) and 2 I wanted to add this little screenshot from a fic @noesapphic wrote me
Like omg I fucking WISH we got more acknowledgment that Raine's devotion is clearly on another level as everyone else's. And I like to think w my Raine who is romancing only Aerin, he used to think maybe he would have found a way to find him and the only reason he didn't is because he was locked up and didn't know he was gone, BUT THEN he fucking LEAVES and it's like yeah confirmation in a way that hell no, he wouldn't have found him either. Literally no one would aaaasguuuydgdaggh
its just so owie and they keep having mc brush it all off and it's DRIVING ME CRAZY it's my number 1 dissatisfaction w this book like hello let them feel things let them be upset as fuck plssss!!!!
Is there a list of accs who write colt x mc fics you could recommend please? Besides you itās been hard to find any š I would appreciate if it contained nsfw too
Ok. So I apologize for how long it took to answer this because you have come to the right place but I don't have a computer now and it's kind of a hot mess but like, I am THE PERSON who has this info, ya know? Because you're asking about the loml right there.
So. In no particular order, please check out:
@raleighcarrera
@omgjasminesimone
@client-327
@lilyoffandoms
@emichelle
@ohsnapitzlovehacker
@lorirwritesfanfic
@flowerpowell
@burnsoslow
@domesticatedantelope
@pixelburied
@brightpinkpeppercorn
@dancingboba
@aces-and-angels
@mrsbhandari
@matsuoclan
@ritachacha
@walkerismychoice
@leelee10898
@queenkaneko
@lolablackwrites
@zaffrenotes
Not all of these do n*fw and some are majority-Logan but there are some gems here.
Also I am SURE I am missing some bangers. ROD-fam, who did I forget and need to beg forgiveness from?
Each month CFWC highlights one of our talented fanfic writers, and this monthās writer of the month is @lizzybeth1986 We hope you will enjoy learning more about them and their work below!Ā The writer is selected at random. More info can be found on theĀ navigation page.
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When did you start playing Choices? What was the first book you played?
I started playing mid 2017, I think. I played the flagship books (TF, TCaTF, MW), and def preferred TF at the time.
When and why did you join Choices fandom?
I joined the Tumblr fandom in 2017, around the time of the TRR finale. Mostly because the Liam hate at the time was intense and I wanted to write metas about why Liam was, in fact, not āa dick who betrayed the MCā š
I did have a Tumblr account before that (made it in 2015 to follow Bollywood film posts), but never actually used it.
How did you pick your blog name?
I was lazy af so it was my middle name plus my birth year haha
Pull up the first post in your archive, and tell us about it!Ā
I started out with a couple reblogs, but my first actual post was about the romance points mechanism in TRR1. There was a point in the middle of the book where one nice word to Drake would give you an automatic romance point, and I was like, āHuh??? Either treat him like shit or risk him catching feels for me? Is that how it is???ā. Thankfully, that stopped after two chapters. After that, I did an essay series analyzing Liamās actions in the finale called āThe Crown, The King and The Flame.ā
Romance Points Post
The Crown and the Flame
How long have you been writing fanfiction?
Almost 6 years now! I started doing Liam fics around the beginning of TRR2.
What is your favorite Choices book, and what is your favorite Choices book to write about?
Iām the most invested in TRR and PM, but between the two Iād probably say PM is my fave book overall. But yeah, my favourite book to write about would be TRR, because Liam, Hana and Kiara are such fantastic characters to write about! (Hayden and Sloane, too, but Iām still in the process of getting comfortable writing them).
Share the first fanfic you wrote with us. Do you still like it, or would you change it if you were writing it today?
It was Keychains, my two part fic series featuring my MC and Liam. It was set around the time the MC was waiting in the airport in TRR2, just before Maxwell and Bertrand intervene. It had a follow up with Liamās PoV too.
I really like it. It included some really good hcās I made at the time, like Esther buying an apple keychain to represent Cordonia at the same time, and Liam calling her his wife in Greek and Esther not realizing what the phrase meant. I thought the pathos and slight humour was quite well-done. I canāt think of much I would want to change in the story.
Keychains 1
Keychains 2
What is your favorite fic that youāve written?
As a series ā Eleanorās Kitchen! Itās ongoing, and itās a joy to write. I love exploring food from a cultural lens, and since Cordonia was a fictional country, I could explore a variety of ethnicities and food cultures. Liam had a literal diamond scene that explored gastrodiplomacy, and I wanted to explore his childhood and Eleanorās friendships too.
Individually ā I would say my Kiara fic āAn Ear to the Groundā. Kiara is a delightful character and exploring the social season through her eyes was a real journey! I also love āThe Stars (Are Out Tonight)ā which explores the early days of the Sloane & Hayden friendship. I used asterisms and constellations to symbolize moments in their friendship.
Eleanor's Kitchen
An Ear to the Ground
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
Do you have a fic that you didnāt expect to be well received, but it was? What about one you expected to be but found could use a little more love?
Cordonian Waltz was definitely a surprise in terms of reception!! It was written in the style of headcanons I was seeing at the time, and I wrote it in second person. It became my most widely-read fanfic very fast, and every once in a while it would experience a major surge in readership. I enjoyed writing it and thought it was a lovely, romantic piece, but I really wasnāt expecting it to finally have 250+ reblogs out of it, and people coming and telling me this was the fic that got them into Liam x MC in the first place. I find that deeply gratifying š
Thereās a lot of fics that I feel need more engagement and appreciation, but I can understand that those characters also donāt exactly get much of an audience. My entire PM set comes under this category; they typically get low readership. I think my Hana and Kiara fics too could do with more of an audience.
@twinkleallnight once told me that when she reads my stuff, she usually takes a long time just to ruminate on the story, and I like to believe that often, thatās why the engagement isnāt always immediate. Which I like too!! I like that some of my stuff can make people stop and think, and I like to believe that over time, the work will have its own impact.
Cordonian Waltz
PM Set
If you could write only angst, fluff, or smut for the rest of your writing life, which would it be and why?
Probably fluff but with a lot of observation and sometimes somber reflections. Iām not that great with angstā¦and Iāve never actually tried smut? But maybe one day š
Do you ever recognize yourself in any of your MCs or in your writing?
Yes! Some of my MCs are v different from me but I always incorporate something from my life experiences in them. Like Esther taking photos of the sunset or Basil not being science oriented but still having an interest in space.
Character wise I find I put a lot of myself into a lot of the characters I write. Notably, Liam, Hana, Kiara, certain Haydens and Sloane. Liamās love for learning, different aspects of Hana and Kiaraās experiences as queer women, Sloaneās experiences as a neurodivergent woman, and especially my Scholar!Haydenās (Iris) observations. I tend to incorporate a lot of my feelings and experiences more into certain canonical characters than in MCs.
What element of writing do you struggle with most?
Dialogue, I think. Especially when itās a character I donāt relate to that much. But also sometimes when itās a character I love but am only starting to write because then I really overthink it!
Do you have any neglected work you really want to finish?
Hmmā¦probably neglected wouldnāt be the word Iād useā¦I just take a very long time to kickstart them š
But yeah, definitely my Petals and Thornes series? Thatās the fic series Iām doing for Hana x Kiara, that is supposed to explore TRR2 and 3 from their PoV (with significant changes). So far Iāve only been able to do some one-shots and hcs in that universe, but I do want to start the actual series soon!
I have some essay seriesā Iād love to work on too! My Hana essay series which has two essays left, The Hayden Young Project, and a possible series on the alternative Lis of TRR!
Petals and Thornes
Hana Lee: A Study in Erasure
If someone you know in real life (who isnāt involved in fandoms) asked to read your work, would you let them? If yes, what would you recommend they read first?
Hmm. A few people have asked me, actually, and while Iām not fully opposed to showing them Iāll probably take some time before I do show my work. Iāll probably overthink how much will be understandable to a reader who doesnāt have the context of the source, and what they may not understand.
What to show them first? Iām not sure! Maybe the smaller ones first, like Cordonian Waltz. Or my RCD fic Snowstorms, because it doesnāt have more than 2-3 canon characters featuring and I do talk a little about being a closeted queer teen figuring out their sexuality through cinema, which is an overall relatable experience to some!
Snowstorms
Are there any writers (published authors and/or fanfic writers) who influenced your writing?
In my early years I used to emulate Chitra Banerjee Divakaruniās style. Much of her work that I read as a teen was pretty flowery, sometimes bordering on purple prose, and I really loved that style and tried to go that way. But now I think a variety of writers from different genres inform my writing. In terms of published authors, Jhumpa Lahiri, Helen Hoang, and non-fiction ones like Rukmini Pande, Ruby Hammad and Mikki Kendall.
In Choices fic, @callmetippytumbles for sure ā a lot of the questions she was tackling with her MC in her Home series served as inspiration for some of the ideas Iāve been having in mind for Petals and Thornes. @thefirstcourtesan is a great writing buddy to have, too, and she has a knack for saying a lot in very few words! Thereās also my amazing group of friends (shoutout to @cassiopeiacorvus, @thecapturedafrique, @mand-delemonde, and @beyonceswigs, as well as @twinkleallnight , @dcbbw @mariemarieohcontrary , @choicesfrog, @grapecaseschoices and @ohsnapitzlovehackerā¦the discussions are so good and leave some much to think about afterward šš). All these discussions ALWAYS fuel my ideas and make me think out of the box.
Iāve also recently started writing polyamorous characters and relationships, and @angelasscribbles stories and resources have been such a great help in navigating that!
Home
@angelasscribbles Poly Resources
Which one of your stories would you most like to see as a movie/series?
Haha! Iāve not even started the proper series yet but I think Petals and Thornes? But besides that maybe Eleanorās Kitchen may work as a series idk š
Do you write original fiction?
I do try! Iāve done a few short stories but before I started fanfic, I did a lot of spoken word poetry and that was fun.
What other hobbies do you have?
Reading, watching video essays, spending months on hyperfixations š and a little cooking. My kidās gotten into craft recently and has succeeded in taking me down that rabbit hole too haha.
I used to be into making fruit wines but have gotten inconsistent with that over the years.
Whatās your favorite emoji?
Because I have a huuuge thing for nerds ā this one: š¤
BONUS ā tell us anything youād like (if you want to).
A story my mum often tells about how I got into writing, began with some good old-fashioned sibling rivalry. Apparently as a child I was notorious for writing things on the walls of our house. One day my older brother got a hardbound royal-blue covered notebook to write in, with gold lettering on the coverā¦and I got instantly jealous that I didnāt get one (I was 6 or 7 and already fond of telling stories). When I complained my mum made me a deal ā she would get me the same notebookā¦IF I stopped writing on the walls and began writing in that instead š It worked. My mother is a smart woman.
I love spoilers!! I will read the end of a novel Iām reading and then go back and read the rest. Sometimes I even read books all the way backwards lol.
I love romance, and my favorite tropes include second-chance romance and mutual pining while believing the other person will never love you back! Because, at heart, Iām a dramatic bitch.
HIIII I've got nothing to ask really!! just wanted to gift you these because SJSHHSHS recently finished playing ROD for the first time and your account has been A JOY to scour
Hello hello my friend!! Aah! You finished RoD!! THE Choices book. It has brought me so much happiness, so many tears, and some truly fantastic friendships
What did you think? A fellow Logan mancer??
YES THESE ARE AMAZING!! This is an exact representation of their relationship - and I love how you put their hair in here haha! Thank you!! This is wonderful
Iām so glad youāve had fun with the blog!! The fanart and fanfic and the metas and posts that have come out of this book was amazing!!
Thank you for this ask! This makes me so happy! And thank you for the gifts!
the ppl who keep tagging me in things oh my gosh I literally don't deserve you šļøššļø I started game development and my health TANKED and I don't play choices religiously anymore but I love dipping my head in to see what's happening when I remember
@sazanes Look at you dropping all these masterpieces on us one after the other ššš I love JoĆ«lleās intent gaze so much her and Kiaraās happy little grin š And theyāre reading Le Petit Prince!! Oh this is so beautiful and I always love seeing your art š¤š¤š¤
