#about syb

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Pretty sure the honest to god answer why I like digging into murderer!Angel Eyes so much is I never got over Hannibal as a piece of media. 

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My early unhinged DE posting makes me laugh a lot

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Been a hot second, how about a new pinned post!

Syb (she/her) @sybilius on here and on Ao3. I write fanfiction and draw fan art, and I love Disco Elysium! 

My mainship is Harry/Jean/Kim, tagged #cop apocalypse ot3 on here. I have passionate love for Jean Vicquemare, and I talk a lot about Jean/Kim simply because I think they could have a great dynamic. I played Disco Elysium pre-TFC, and I’m a fan of Dot Major’s voice acting for Jean. 

Short and silly bullet points on my main works:

a thin whisper, an amateur-radio centric canon-divergence epic I collaborated with @dansedan on. The story is very Kim/Jean focused and is complete at two works, concluding with the end of Disco Elysium.

would you believe, a mathematician AU I wrote to Disco Elysium. Canon close, also Harry/Jean/Kim 

A series of Kim/Jean focused Harry/Jean/Kim fics which are mostly about feelings and mutual support

My early Harry/Kim Disco Elysium fic, mainly Kim character study (he...Lieutenant Kitsuragi...I would die for him...)

And that’s about it for me! Thanks for dropping by, and feel free to drop me an ask and tell me what you’re working on! Always hype to see new DE fanworks! 

[sybil-writes]

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It’s been a hot few seconds, how is everyone?

QUICK BIO 

My name is Syb (she/her), white cis adult Canadian, bisexual and polyamorous. I write queer fiction of various genres (mystery, romance-adjacent, literary-adjacent), and fanfiction. I am also an artist (more as a hobby), and I work in physics as my day job. 

ABOUT MY WRITING 

My main genres skew towards slightly darker queer fiction. My preference is towards character-focused work, and I tend to play fast and loose with worldbuilding. I usually try to reach for unusual moments of catharsis between characters, and I tend to favor writing good endings for characters, but their peace is often hard-won. 

CURRENT WIPS 

To Breathe a Vein of Ambergris (WIP PAGE  * INTRO)

Verdict Three (LOGLINE ON MY WIP PAGE * TAG)

Phantom Throat (INTRO * TAG)

ADMINISTRATA

I follow from @sybilius. My tags for my own content shared on here are #syb writing for original writing, #syb art for my original art, #syb fic for my fanfiction, and #syb moodboard for moodboards. 

I participate in #CreativeLifeUpdate, and occasionally #STS, but lately my Saturdays have been pretty busy. I believe very strongly in feedback culture/supporting others work. My tag #others writings is positive reblogs, and #syb reviews are longer-form comments. 

Below you can read a little more that basically amounts to a DNI. 

VALUES + FOLLOWER POLICY

- I block anyone who is ‘anti’ or opposes ‘pro-shipper’ stances. I am pro-ship. Please unfollow and/or block if you are made uncomfortable by this.

- Writing proper representation requires proper research, and if you disagree with this unfortunately you should unfollow. Prioritizing and listening to #OwnVoices, both because their lived experience is more authoritative and because marginalized voices are often overlooked, is very important. I do not think placing the responsibility on only the marginalized to write their stories is a solution. These two things (the latter thing, and supporting the #OwnVoices movement) are not mutually exclusive. 

- I respect people’s DNI, so if I’ve missed something on your main, please let me know and I will unfollow/block you so it doesn’t happen again. 

- I am fine with minors following, but I prefer not to be DMed by minors (under 18). I only follow minors who have followed me, and have not indicated in their bio that they do not want adults following them. If we are mutuals, I will in all likelihood publically interact with your posts once or twice to support your work. 

- If you are a minor on this blog, please block tags that you do not want to see. You are responsible for your own viewing experience. 

[sybil-writes]

Get to know me tag

Tagged by @mjmnorwood

Rules - Answer the questions and then tag 10 people you’d like to get to know better.

Nickname: Syb is the name I go by on here, though some people call me Sybil

Gender: Woman-lite

Star sign: Stop

Height: 5′5.5′’

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw with Hufflepuff overtones also, @mjmnorwood :D

Sexuality: Bisexual :).

Favourite animal: Barn owl

Average sleep count: 8 hours. I’m pretty successful at getting that every night :)

Current time: 10:13

Dogs or cats: Both is good!!!

Blankets: I just took off the heavy Hudson’s Bay blanket on my bed. 

When I made my blog: This year, February or January I think?

Followers: 306 (Nice!! I keep wanting to do milestone events and getting stuck on them, lol.)

Why I made my blog: Desire to connect with more people doing original writing, and some notions that I need practice in the skill-set of self promotion and cultivating an audience if I’m really going to go for it with this novel :) 

Reason for my URL: I wanted my writing account to be explicitly connected with my fanfiction writing -- sybil is for Sybilius, my pseud on Ao3. When I publish, it’ll be under a different name that is not my own, but I still want to be up-front about the fact that I’m a fanfic writer and proud :) 

I tag @girlfriendsofthegalaxy, @writingonesdreams, @thewalkingnerdx, @a-place-of-babble, @caitwritesstuff, if you want to go for it!

[sybilius]

Happy STS! Do you find it easier to write characters you relate to, or ones who are very different from you?

Happy STS!!! Thanks for the ask :) 

I would say ones that are very different from me are easier. I like and do occasionally write about ones who are similar to me, but almost always as a secondary character. The one time I was writing about a character who is similar to me as a main was for Wolf 359, Minkowski. And that had its challenges, because I was quite sharply emotionally aware that like “hey, this is what I would be doing in that situation. wow.”

Like many writers, for characters that are quite different from me I still end up finding an angle to relate to them on. Usually it’s like, they get one of my personality traits but turned up to unrecognizable levels. Tweechik Angel Eyes was fun to write for that reason, cause he got “my tiny god complex, but turned up 10 000%.”

The most cathartic characters to write about are probably ones that are in between -- for me, ‘in between’ means “responds to situations similar to how I would, but has had a handful of experiences that make them quite a different person than I am in a lot of ways”. So 70s AU Angel Eyes fits the bill quite nicely there. He has my control issues turned up to 11 with a side of paranoia, but also the same kind of empathy/listening response that I cherish. So there’s a lot I can vent on to him while writing, without it feeling too much like dumping my soul on to the page :)

[sybil-writes]

I was tagged by @sapphospouse , thank!!! And what great taste in music you have!

Rules: answer the Questions, then tag some People you´d like to get to know better.

Top 3 ships: The GBU Trio (Blondie/Angel Eyes/Tuco, from The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly)+ variations thereof; the Mactrio (MacGyver/Murdoc/Jack Dalton, from MacGyver 1985)+ variations thereof, and Lucy/Autumn/Helvetica from Helvetica Webcomic, no variations :)

Lipstick or chapstick: Oh, both! But most recently I put on lipstick to modulate my futch look.

Last song: Run by Delta Rae. A bop!

Last movie: In theatres I saw Parasite which bloody haunted me. In viewing @ave-ari and I watched Two Towers again, always a good time.

Currently reading: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

Tagging: @writeness @bethanywritesbooks @cjjameswriting !