i have decided to make a reintro once again since i have just changed my url (i was kishons previously) and i also wanted to start being a little more active on here again so here we are!
ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ɪɴꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ
dee
18
she/they
i usually write either historical fiction, historical fantasy or things inspired by classic literature, poetry and music. I have a special love for romantic horror short stories so expect to find plenty of them here
my main wips are Cosmopolitan and Doll Face, however, i plan on introducing some new stuff here soon, both short and longer!
ʏᴏᴜ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙʟᴏɢ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇꜱᴛɪɴɢ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ
like historically inspired wips of any kind
like lgbtq+ fiction
like byronic heroes (very dramatic, mysterious characters with a dark past and a soft heart)
Welcome to my little corner of the world, I’m happy you’ve made it here 🫧
My name is Tory (she/her), I’m 18 years old and I make many different kinds of art including;
-poems
-songs
-stories
All my art revolves around the central themes of what it’s like to be a (teenage) girl in this world, how I experience life, platonic and romantic relationships and if not that then something utterly and completely outlandish like being a dog or or accidentally killing your lover at a bar
If that’s something you’re interested in then feel free to stick around 🐚
I mainly made this account so I can have a place where I can put all my art without having to make too much of a fuss about it
I currently have two WIP’s both of which don’t necessarily fall into the dark academia genre but do very much feel like they should
1. Stars burn up (working title)
A story about two academic rivals, who are quietly alienated at their elite boarding school, being forced to work on a project together. They find a secret passageway to a treacherous and magical alley along the way that could put both of them in great danger 🪐
2. Whispers of the bastards
A story about a girl being recruited into a group of spies in a city full of thieves and criminals figuring out that the machinations of said town are much more deliberate than she could have ever imagined and having to decide if she wants to profit from it or tear it all down ⚔️
I make it a point to write about flawed and interesting people that are barely anything like your usual fantasy heroes and I write stories that reflect and comment on modern societal issues. At the same time I’m a huge sucker for romance and I don’t think I will ever write anything without it.
I also have an AO3 account called theetherealnemesis where I write fanfiction, if you care to read a sample of my writing. Right now I only have an unfinished fanfic about house of the dragon on there but I do really like what I’ve written so far and plan to continue it.
This really is an account for people who like art, writing specifically, and everyone is welcome here
My other interests include:
-politics
-history
-concerts
-greek mythology
Movies/shows📽️:
Promising young woman, Saltburn, Ballad of Songbirds and snakes, Bottoms, the statistical probability of love at first sight, Howls moving castle, candy jar/ Percy Jackson, The Rookie, Brooklyn 99, Modern family, one piece live action, heart break high, fleabag
Percy Jackson, Six of crows, a good girls guide to murder, Cruel Prince, All the bad apples, Enchanté, Aphrodite made me do it, Legendborn, Dearly, poetry by Sappho and Emily Dickinson
I also have a TikTok account under the same @ as here where I post all kinds of stuff
themes and tropes: idealisation and romanticisation of people, queer love and toxic queer relationships, friends to lovers, tenderness and love for the world, hope, grief, obsession, mythological and religious imagery, breaking out of other people's perceptions of you, relearning gentleness after having it beaten out of you, being loved as being known
warnings: emotional abuse and implied/mentioned physical abuse, character death and mentioned animal death, period-typical homophobia & transphobia (will add on)
pov: 3rd person past tense
setting: 1920s England
summary: Oscar ignites a relationship with an old friend – charismatic socialite Salvatore – whom he has had repressed love for for years. But despite everything their relationship is haunted by the death of Oscar's brother and a portrait simply called Percy, made by a German artist: a portrait of a red haired man who appears perfect and soft and yet incredibly, beautifully tragic. It makes Oscar question Salvatore and their relationship and wonder about the life and seemingly inherent sorrow of the subject, while Salvatore grows ever more enticed by ruthless, enigmatic Yvonne. Their separate obsessions grow and push them apart, while at the center of everything is Percy, devastatingly alive and spiteful, trapped in a narrative he did not create. Who is Percy, who is Salvatore, who is Oscar in rotation to them? Does he want to know at all?
characters, notes, excerpt & taglist under the cut <33
characters:
Oscar (he/him, bi): world's #1 most pathetic sad boy. romanticises everything to the point of self destruction. scared of acting on his desires but full of soooo much love. obsessive, incredibly sensitive, artistic, melancholy. also sooo autism.
Salvatore (he/him, bi): charismatic, intelligent, flamboyant, philosophical, hedonistic. he sees everything in a very realistic and nihilistic way. emotionally detached yet surprisingly protective and gentle with the people he loves.
Percy (he/him, bi, trans): babyboy !! baby!!!!!!!! full of so much life and love and poetry. he is very sweet and sarcastic and loves going on little adventures. mentally ill & physically disabled. he's suffered more than jesus but his wonder and whimsy are unmatched.
Yvonne (she/her, bi): hot evil woman❤️ ruthless, vicious and cold. her love is almost violent and repugnant. she only cares about few people but if they are in danger she knows no morality or law. also she's mischievous like a little cat <3
notes: Cotton Mendings is my passion project, my Magnum Opus, my baby. I have worked very hard on it and I've developed the character dynamics and symbolism sooooo much I could talk about them for hours. It all started with the song Angie by The Rolling Stones, but it has strayed very far from its original concept (actually Angie isn't even on the playlist — it is now completely a product of my obsession with The Smiths I'm afraid). It has helped me through so much and I will be very happy if people like it :] I love my horrible insane bisexuals. Why is everyone bisexual, you ask? well. I ❤️ bisexuals.
excerpt:
He thought again of Percy, of the way he glowed as if coated in honey and sunlight, the sweet smile on his face. What if Percy had spent his life failing at it, too? Trying to be the perfect picture of a beautiful boy. Turning hazy and translucent, like a ghost, from trying. And those few minutes with him, how the light extended and held Oscar too, how Percy was perfect and beautiful but couldn't possibly be only that. How they were both an image without a body.
(general) taglist: @ribelleribelle @talesofsorrowandofruin @writing-is-a-martial-art @alexwritesfiction @aether-wasteland-s @sculpture-in-a-period-drama (ask to be added or removed)
INTERVIEW WITH A WRITEBLR — @euphoniouspandemonium
Who You Are:
Syd || He/they/she
What You Write:
What genres do you write in? What age ranges do you write for?
Historical fiction, mystery, paranormal, poetry, and tragedy. Young adult, new adult, and adult.
What genre would you write in for the rest of your life, if you could? What about that genre appeals to you?
Historical fiction (mostly set in Europe during the 20th and 19th century because that's what I find most appealing to write, I do like reading stories in other periods and continents though). It appeals to me because I like the idea of exploring the way people in history were shaped by their time periods, in particular in regards to queerness (with fewer labels to work with, the main perception of queerness is the way the characters see and experience it, which in pretty much all cases is very different from the way queer identities are perceived now: in historical fiction, unlike uhhhhh mainstream queer media, it is not about labels and definitions and Gay People Who've Never Done A Bad Thing In Their Lives, but about unbridled rawness and godawful people doing godawful things because of the way they perceive their identity and calling themselves slurs while they're at it.). This turned into being about gay people very fast. Anyway, I also like researching cool pretty clothes. And writing in an old timey style.
What genre/s will you not write unless you HAVE to? What about that genre turns you off?
Science fiction. I think it is a very interesting genre but the descriptions are what turns me off. It is usually set in space or a futuristic setting, obviously, which are settings that I cannot begin to imagine descriptions for, and also can't think of any concepts for.
Who is your target audience? Do you think anyone outside of that would get anything out of your works?
My target audience is… well I'm gonna get cheesy and say "queer people who think about everything poetically and yearn for the romantic" OR "queer people who like cityscapes and are obsessed with Will Wood". A lot of people who like my work are in neither category, so yes, people outside of them can find value in my work as well.
What kind of themes do you tend to focus on? What kinds of tropes? What about them appeals to you?
Queerness as explored in a setting separated from the expectations set for queer identities in the present day; love that is violent; love that is very very tender (violence and tenderness are not mutually exclusive); friends to lovers; partners in crime (literal). What appeals that I can do a lot with them – I literally do not run out of ideas for these themes and tropes (I have a document for concepts, which contains over 60 concepts, most of which are about at least one of these)
What themes or tropes can you not stand? What about them turn you off?
I will say casts of characters that are very morally pure, though I definitely don't always hate that or think it's bad. I simply prefer writing and reading about morally gray or downright horrible people, I think.
What are you currently working on? How long have you been working on it?
I am always jumping around between projects, but right now I am mainly working on Cotton Mendings, a WIP of mine that I have had for about a year; and a short story that I haven't named.
Why do you write? What keeps you writing?
To stay sane!! To explore myself through the exploration of others, to create a memorial for the joys of the world that will be lost before the joys of the world are lost (the sun! I could write about the sun forever. It does not know I exist. Can you believe that? What a joy indeed). To explore the dark parts of existence and find the tenderness and the love in them. What keeps me writing is that only through creation can I do this. Only through creation can I express my adoration for this putrid enthusiastic existence.
How long have you been writing? What do you think first drew you to it?
Since I was a small child! I was drawn to it because I fell in love with books and wanted to create some. It's quite usual for writers, I suppose.
Where do you get your inspiration from? Is that how you got your inspiration for your current project? If not, where did the inspiration come from?
In short: everywhere. Emotions, music, films, books, poetry, sights, coins on side walks, the movements of a friend's hands, beams of sunlight, the trinkets in my room, the sky, the thoughts in my brain, shadows. For my main project – the aforementioned Cotton Mendings – the idea came from the song Angie by The Rolling Stones, and developed in a matter of days. It was glorious, listening to the song and finding a relationship between two characters, and following it under a starry sky, and ending up with new character relationships almost unrelated to the first one.
What work of yours are you most proud of? Why?
A few paragraphs I wrote very suddenly a couple of weeks ago about a character relationship I wanted to explore. It conveys the emotions really well, I think, and it is filled with phrases and sentences I am obsessed with.
Have you published anything? Do you want to?
I haven't! I would like to, someday.
What part of the publishing process most appeals to you? What part least appeals to you?
Making fancy covers appeals the most… However talking to editors and agents and what not does not appeal to me.
What part of the writing process most appeals to you? What part is least appealing?
What appeals to me most is the actual writing! I want to see the thing in my head come alive! Breathing raw thing with its breathing raw words! It is not as vivid in my head as it is when I actually give words to it. Least appealing is writing scenes that are actually important to progress the plot instead of scenes where the characters just cuddle and talk :(
Do you have a writing process? Do you have an ideal setup? Do you write in pure chaos? Talk about your process a bit.
It usually has very clear steps: first I make a rough summary of the ideas I have for the story and/or make sketches of the characters, then I write a scene or two to get a hang of the voice, and what happens after that is in God's hands (sometimes those two steps are as far as it goes. Sometimes I become obsessed with the story and write a lot of it. Sometimes I even finish it.)
Your Thoughts on Writeblr:
How long have you been a writeblr? What inspired you to join the community?
Two years. I mostly wanted to be around like-minded people, I guess.
Shout out some of your favorite writeblrs. How did you find them and what made you want to follow them?
@writing-is-a-martial-art is my dearest friend, he was mutuals with some of my mutuals and I checked out his stories and we ended up following each other and becoming close friends. There are also @ink-fireplace-coffee, @alexwritesfiction, @fiercely-raging-writer, and @worldsandparagraphs, who are all my friends and have vastly different styles from me, and whom I would lay down my life for. Don't remember what I followed any of them for or how I found them. I am obsessed with the works of @olimpias (who is also my friend) and @phantomnations, and found them both through their writeblr introductions, followed them for their incredible work. They're very cool.
What is your favorite part about writeblr?
The unconditional appreciation for the act of creation
How do you contribute to the writeblr community? Do you think you could be doing more?
I contribute with reblogging people's work and, once in a blue moon, posting my own, but I am mostly outside the community currently, and would like to stay like that, at least for a while.
What kinds of posts do you most like to interact with?
I have never thought about it. Excerpts of people's work, mostly.
Demisexual and probably bi. Still working on that one.
ENFP-T. Which means everything is improvised, I regularly forget to write and tag, and I can't commit to a favorite color. Don't be surpirsed if my blog changes palettes or layout.
My first language is Spanish, so if you notice any mistakes in my writing (linguistic, cultural, pragmatic...), don't hesitate to point them out! It'll help me!
I love reading almost any genre, so if you have any book recommendations, let me know!!
I'm up for tag games, ask games, asks and anything social. I love social interaction!
Bonus! You can also find me in Wattpad and Ao3. I'm lowkey publishing my work because it's fun and helps me focus on my projects.
I have many ideas and WIPs!
Almost every title is subject to change, as well as the plot and ideas surrounding the blorbs, so I'll write the things I mostly know for sure and leave the rest for WIP introductions. But what can you expect in general?
Diversity in ethnicities, religions, languages, cultures, sexualities, gender identities, disabilities... just like in real life!
Strong, witty, and resolutive female main characters (who also have their fair share of flaws and issues).
Imperfect and flawed characters, morally-gray stances, different motivations, psychological portraits, unique personalities...
Romance subplots!!
The following are my most thought-out works. Don't worry: I won't be spamming about every single one of them, just about whichever WIP I'm working on at the moment:
🌻Route LXVI.
Genre: Contemporary fiction, slice of life.
Status: Fixing plotholes, reducing number of words and editing.
Tag: #halleylxvi
What you can expect: coming of age, online friendships, healthy and toxic relationships, love development (including love for oneself), character growth, family, lies, sexuality...
🌙 Lunática.
Genre: soft magic/low fantasy.
Status: writing.
Tag: #halleyluna
What you can expect: werewolves and other fae, Beasts vs. Hunters, reality shifts, secrets, misunderstandings, pack life, friends, Moon magic, water-bending skills, hearing aids that pick up the forest voices, synesthesia...
🩸Ichor.
Genre: High fantasy.
Status: planning and world-building.
What you can expect: Medieval-like setting, magic realms, and portals, shapeshifter winged creatures, mythological beings, chimeras, blood-based magic, battles, military training, betrayal, prisons, unexpected allies, common enemies...
✨By the stars foretold
Genre: High Fantasy
Status: writer's block
What you can expect: DRAGONS, witchcraft academies, 4 narrators with different backgrounds, cultures, ideologies, classical nature elements..., a war, religious and royalty plotting, tournaments, bustling city life, astronomy references...
👥Hazel's eyes
Genre: Low / High Fantasy (still deciding which setting fits best).
Status: plotting.
What you can expect: elemental sorcery Academy, hereditary abilities, lineages, student life, magic creatures, higher stakes than it looks like, mysteries and secrets...
(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)
An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:
(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)
I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:
IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.
You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:
HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:
First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.
Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.
Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.
In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.
In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:
I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.
In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.
Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.
Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!
NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!
should i make my lovely theo suffer by killing off nicoletti, his forever crush since they were young teenagers but then let him heal by letting him get together with vazya
OR should i make theo suffer by killing off nicoletti (the love of his life) and then make him suffer even MORE by letting vazya get together with his crazy dramatic poet role model/arch enemy and theo will be alone but still have a loving family
👀 and 💌 for whichever OC you want to talk about <3
since he’s your son i’m going to do this for nicoletti as well hehehe
👀 : Does your OC believe they are attractive? Do they use that to their advantage?
Well he never shows it bc it doesn’t fit his confident and overbearing personality but he’s actually very insecure about his looks. First of all, he isn’t as tall as he’d like to be and he also has a fair amount of pockmarks from when he was younger. Theo always tells him to be more confident but since Theo is like the prettiest boy in the entire university it doesn’t help as much as it should bc Nicoletti is BEAUTIFUL ok
(i posted this before but everyone just needs to be reminded that THIS is what he looks like without the wig on)
💌 : How would they plan a romantic evening for a significant other?
Let’s just pretend that this is something he would actually do
He’d probably take them to a cafe to discuss society and philosophical questions with them (not sure if he would invite them for a drink, maybe if he’s in a REALLY good mood and doesn’t have to prove himself in front of someone). Afterwards just take a walk along the river? And continue with the philosophical questions ofc
💘 : Is your OC a very good flirt? Are they charming?
OOoh yeah. He is like the king of flirting. And of charm. You cannot imagine like seriously anyone will be bewitched by him in one way or another. And I am also proud to say that he isn’t like the usual playboy who is afraid of real feelings and commitment, on the contrary. When it gets serious, he will be just as charming and flirty except only with that one person.
💋 : Is your OC a good kisser? How do they do it?
Also YES. He does practise quite a lot >:) As for how, I’m not sure? He doesn’t have a particular technique or something but he’s good at both simple and french kisses of course
i swear, your dollface story will forever remain my fave. i absolutely adore zoyka, from her character design to her entire personality <333
omg i never answered that but THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS ABSOLUTELY MADE MY DAY 😭😭 and yes we stan a manipulative queen who can read thoughts and Will Not let anyone even NEAR her heart in any way
I’m going to do this for Nicoletti bc the boy has been on my mind a lot lately
🧠 : What is your OC’s most mentally attractive attribute?
I’d say his quick thinking skills and intelligence. I mean he’s the most promising debater of his year even though he WILL fight dirty in discussions.
💪 : What is your OC’s most physically attractive attribute?
Probably his hair. I mean no one ever gets to see it bc of the wigs (which are mandatory in Vrozhondiya and not wearing one would be a crime) but his real hair is very pretty. It’s dark brown and wavy and floofy and VERY soft.
