You don't even know what I'd do to see Cytharat in Legacy of the Sith. Like, we got Malgus on the loose again. It just seems fitting for the guy that had to redeem himself after serving as apprentice to Malgus to come back and help us fight his ex-master. I know he can die, but it's not the first time when killable character was allowed to have a major role in the story. The only thing they have to do is to swap Cytharat for someone else for those who lost him. It just feels like a perfect timing.
Heyyy <3 if you're still doing the fanfic ask game:
💖 What do you like most about your own writing?
🏅 What is something you recently felt proud of in regard to your writing (finished a fic, actually planned for once, etc)
hey! I am, thank you!! 🥰
💖 - oh this is difficult! something I like about my own writing is that I really prioritise characterisation. it maybe sounds dumb because presumably everyone likes how they characterise the people they're writing about, but idk! my favourite thing about Chart Topper, for example, is that despite how silly the premise is and how ridiculous the individual situations are, I'm very conscious of letting the characters lead the events and not just forcing them into doing and saying shit just for the bit. the scenarios may be strange but (I hope) the characterisation is not! in general it's really really important to me that everything I write is well-characterised and that this characterisation drives everything that happens. and I think I do it quite well!
🏅 - I haven't finished it yet, but I'm already so proud of my KenBig fic (lovingly referred to as the "KenBig live but no one is okay" fic lol, or just "phoenix fic").
it's just passed 12k and I'm only maybe 2/3 of the way through writing it, but I'm already really really loving how it's turning out. I think it's some of my strongest writing so far; both in terms of the prose itself but also the structure and the tone and the imagery/themes… idk! I'm proud of it! I'm excited about it and I can't wait to be able to share it!
(I have already posted two lil snippets on here - the opening scene and this flashback section - and I'm just. so so excited to be able to post the whole thing eventually 🥺)
Queer Star Wars Characters (Round 3): SWTOR Romance Options
Cytharat vs Kira Carsen
Cytharat
Kira Carsen
Voting ended onSep 11, 2023
Cytharat | Identity: gay | Media: SWTOR
Cytharat was a protegee of Darth Malgus who remained loyal to the Empire after his master’s betrayal. He is met by the player character when he is a tactical advisor to the team sent to secure Makeb for the Sith Empire. Uniquely for SWTOR romance options, he can only be flirted with by male player characters. If the player chooses the light side option at the end of the expansion, he will survive and culminate their romance with a kiss.
Cytharat was introduced in the 2013 Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion for SWTOR. He was the first same-gender romance option in the game, paired with Lemda Avesta for the Republic storyline. This began the trend of making all future romances non-gender locked.
Kira Carsen| Identity: playersexual | Media: SWTOR
Kira Carsen was born to Sith parents on Drommund Kass and given Sith training, but fled the Empire when she discovered she was a Child of the Emperor- a group of people who the Sith Emperor could possess. She was found on Nar Shaddaa and recruited in the Jedi Order as teenager (that was allowed back then). She eventually became the padawan of the young Jedi Knight player character. Her past was eventually revealed, and the Jedi Knight helped her break her connection to the Emperor.
When the Jedi Knight went missing, Scourge and Kira Carsen began to search for the Emperor’s original body, to kill it. This rendered them comatose for a year, and after they recovered they joined up with the Commander of the Eternal Alliance (who could be the Jedi Knight) to destroy the last remaining traces of the Emperor’s spirit (we promise for real this time).
In the base game, a male Jedi Knight can romance and even marry Kira. When the Jedi Knight reunites with her in the Onslaught expansion, he can reaffirm his romance with Kira. For female Jedi Knights, they can begin a romance with Kira- who only realized her feelings for the Jedi Knight when she disappeared.
Artists self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five arts/sets/edits/gifs that you've done, then pass on to at least five other people. Time to shine and spread some self-love and appreciation 💖
aww thank u bro🥺❤️
let's see..
This Theerapanyakul Bros, lowkey Leyendecker but I'm really satisfied with the result, currently still my no.1 fav of all time🥺
Patpran Wedding, still can't believe I got the energy to make it.. also I actually really love the color
The one I did for WOH Zine, once in a lifetime piece, I don't think I can make something like that anymore😂 how tf did I do the coloring?!?
KP Movie Poster, close to realism but I really enjoy the finished piece, still can't believe I got the energy to make it(2)
KPWeek22 Day 1, esp the Vegas one, it's giving My Chem's Three Cheers vibe so much I should've done it much sooner
note they're all work from 2022 only so I can make it to choose only five😃
Oh man!! I genuinely don't know yet there are so many GREAT smoochable options, I'm currently rotating them all in my brain and throwing gifts at everyone who crosses my path lmao maybe I'll have decided by the time 1.0 comes out ... (x) doubt
Ah yes, I feel you. Coral Island is basically "Bi Panic-The Game"!
🌝 Who is one character you haven’t yet written for that you would like to?
Thank you!!!!! I keep getting over excited and writing so much more than I mean to so in the interest of not taking over an entire dashboard! TINY answers here; Long answers and snippet under the cut :)
💖 What do you like most about your own writing?
I think I'm getting good at consistent use of imagery for characters that layers and carries across a fic! It's expecially nice to do for Kim or Chay POV (my little songwriter duo) who I imagine have a very good sense for those kinds of pretty descriptions and metaphors and use them in their heads!
🌝 Who is one character you haven’t yet written for that you would like to?
Ken my bestie Ken. Manwhore Manipiulate Manslaughter 🥰 - He terrifies me to write though!! (also Chan - answered here)
🖊 Post a snippet from a current WIP
I'm reworking my entire KimBig kiss from the beginning (again.) but this time I really like it, so there's a snippet of that under the cut! :)
✨📝 Writers Ask Game 📝✨
💌Send me one here!💌
Long answer time hehe!
💖 What do you like most about your own writing?
I really love consistent use of imagery in fics, especially ones that feed into eachother and build on top of eachother across several scenes. I'm definitely not perfect at it but it's one of the things that I'm really proud of in the KimBig story! (For context, they're both processing the fact that Kinn was kidnapped and shot and almost died)
Kim and Big are both heavily represented by fire, so lots of sparks and smoke and burning etc. and the warmth vs the volitility. I hoped by making the imagery consistent I'd give the sense of them desperately seeking warmth but also destroying themselves in the process. It gets referred to as "a mutual immolation" at one point, which I think sums the fic up pretty well!
By contrast, Kinn's metaphors are very cold and water based. In the beginning for example, there hasn't been any rain in Bangkok since Kinn left, but by the end when Kim has processed that Kinn is safe, it's raining outside.
For the layering; In the aftermath, Kim refers to his grief surrounding Kinn with this imagery of standing on a shoreline waiting for a tsunami to hit. So where Kim and Big come together and create a little fire, all of Kim and Big's feelings surrounding Kinn gets represented by this huge inevitable force of water that completely extinguishes what little warmth Kim and Big have sought out.
IDK probably a horrible explaination and I swear it's much more subtle in the fic haha! I dont want to be too self congratulatory about it because I am aware that that style of writing isn't for everyone and it's also a fic for such a ridiculous rare-pair that literally 6 people max are going to read. BUT in the interest of self-indulgent explorations of metaphor.... it's fun and I'm kinda proud of it hehe
🌝 Who is one character you haven’t yet written for that you would like to?
I answered Chan here (for so many reasons!) but I have spent the last several months WISHING I understood Ken well enough to write him!
He's just such a mix of things I struggle with as a writer - He's incredibly direct (to the point of cruelty) and I imagine it's similiar in his inner world as well, which takes a lot of my beloved imagery and metaphorical speak off the table. Plus he doesnt strike me as someone that's particularly introspective or self aware. If someone calls him out on something, he's much more likely to respond by lashing out than he is to absorb any kind of reasonable criticism or change his behaviour.
Paired with Big (and he *wILL* be paired with Big) there are just so many ways that those dynamics could play off eachother. I feel like putting them in a scene together would be a case of the characters very much controlling the scene and not me and I LOVE to plan a scene haha!
I do imagine Ken has a bit of a superiority complex though, which WOULD be incredibly fun to write. Especially as it feeds into how he became the traitor! He's finally being appreciated as something more than one of Kinn's loyal dogs! (Read: he's Vegas' dog now) If Big doesnt want him then he doesnt care! that doesnt matter because Vegas wants him! (Read: Vegas is manipulating him, Ken is lying to himself)
I literally love him so so much but writing him TERRIFIES me!!
🖊 Post a snippet from a current WIP
I'm currently completely re-working the KimBig kiss! once I'm done with that it's just........... betas and posting??? aah!?
Big's hand feels like static where it rests at his back. He stays still, he leans up, he goes where Kim guides him, but he’s almost sickeningly pliant, the only indication he’s affected at all is the uneven hitch in his breath as he kisses Kim back, meeting his mouth with a gentleness that’s almost cruel. His lips are soft but the sparks aren’t catching fast enough and all Kim wants is to be consumed.
It’s not enough.
It occurs to Kim that this, all of this, is a terrible idea. The thought, once distant and impassive, now spreads in ice-shard splinters across his skin.
They should stop.
Kim should stop.
Kim should let him leave. But that thought is worse. It constricts in his lungs and warps his vision in a rush of vertigo.
‘Please,’ Kim thinks. His desperation beats in time with the pounding of blood in his ears. ‘Please. please. please. please.’
He doesn’t think he says it out loud but he must have done something, whispered something, thought it loud enough that Big could hear; because suddenly there’s a shift. There’s a sharp intake of breath, the sensation of Big's fingers curling into a fist through the fabric of his t-shirt, then Big is taking his bottom lip between his teeth and Kim’s thoughts finally, finally go up in smoke.
I love a ramble! So sorry these got so long haha!! but thank you so so much for asking ily!! 😊🌸🥰💕
Thank you sm for the mental image of Helian Yi being a walmart manager that I won't be able to shake now lmao
JBY is the cashier that falls asleep all the time and is unbearably slow otherwise but also the guy who does all the admin that the store would collapse without
