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[savestarss]

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trying to write something.

trying to think of anything..... .. to write

[not-poignant]

This might be a question out of left field, but I've been rereading Falling, Falling Stars and was wondering where the idea for the title come from and whether there is a special meaning behind it?

Hi anon!

The title was originally going to be 'Falling Stars.' Honestly I did not think very hard about it. I needed a title, I wanted something that gave me the 'feel' I was looking for, the title fell into my head, and I thought 'Falling Falling Stars' had a nicer feel to it, to say aloud (it was more poetic to me), and then I realised the acronym would be FFS and that Efnisien would love that.

I probably spent about two minutes from thinking 'I need a title' to coming up with that title. I just lucked into it.

In terms of its meaning, the most obvious meaning with 'Falling Star' is Lucifer, who is the 'Fallen Star.' I wanted that metaphor for Efnisien, who has fallen from his privilege, ironically not because he did terrible things, but because he dared to do something good (he exercised his free will, in direct opposition to Crielle's influence and brainwashing).

I then decided 'Falling Stars' as a plural (this was all happening very quickly) because I just thought it sounded better, slightly preserved the original metaphorical meaning, but also reminded me those people who seem bright but can't always lift themselves up, which also sort of reminded me of what I wanted the cast to be. I didn't know what Arden's exactly personality was going to be yet, but I knew he was going to be someone who was star-like (his last name is Mercury, the space reference is there for a reason), and who had 'fallen' in his life.

And then finally I liked 'Falling Falling Stars' as an evocative image of many stars all falling at once, the idea of the world imploding, or even an apocalypse of stars falling in a night sky. Something that would look beautiful, but would be devastating. Falling Falling Stars is ultimately a story about a character who is constantly detonating bombs into his own life so that his entire universe will collapse and he can begin again, and in almost every single chapter, we watch Efnisien shatter - by his own volition a lot of the time - to remake himself. His is a story of tiny apocalypses, and lots of comfort. A constant apocalypse to serve the premise of 'I don't want to be this person anymore, I must grow, and this is the only way I know how to do it.'

Even Crielle works as a character who has now fallen from grace in Efnisien's mind, as does Bridge, and even Gwyn.

But yeah I kind of got the loose feeling of that in like two minutes and thought 'that's it, that's the title, and I can work towards that' and I've been doing it ever since.

Plus the acronym makes my main character happy, y'know, that's important too, lmao.

It's probably one of my favourite titles that I've ever spontaneously thought of, honestly.

[peculiary]

Young Avengers #10 September 25, 2013

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;; since i ended up being out of the house most of the day —

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Thinking about dragons

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Can I request something with Bo?

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