Thank you so for the creative tag, @the-letterbox-archives! I guess that, this time, I won't exactly use a character from my WIPs, but rather a character I am working on, but for narrative game about vampires: Eugen Schulze.
Rules: the rule is to share 15 or less lines of dialogue from a character to showcase their personality!
*sarcastically* "I am not a vampire, I am a circus clown"
"Why on Earth do you have your dirty socks... on top of the kitchen table?!" *frenetically cleans the place*
"Wait, I have a cupon for that somewhere..." *searches on the overcoat's pockets*
"I am feeling a bit peckish, I need some blood" *orders Uber Eats*
"I can't help you right now, too busy" *keeps going on with the experiments*
"Intelligence seems to evade him every time"
"Fuck you, I am going underground"
"If someone needs me just... knock at my coffin or something, I don't know how those vampire things work"
"I am not racist: I equally hate everyone"
*with a deadpan face* Wunderbar.
"Your knowledge knows no boundaries, except maybe, the ones of creativity. Now, please, pass me the scalpel and take a deep breath"
"A fire burn? Oh no, I have psoriasis" *clearly lying*
"Ambros is dead. Get used to it"
"I am not sorry, Noah: I did what was necessary at the time"
"I just regret being so blind by hatred. Emotions are natural, yet unnecessary and confusing"
And here it is! All those lines were actually said (or paraphrased) by Eugen in my Vampire: the Requiem sessions so far. It has been very fun to play as him, because he is sarcastic and witty, yet professional and grounded.
Tagging: @paeliae-occasionally, @writelikethrollope, @yourpenpaldee, @drchenquill and anyone who wants to do it! I truly need more blogs to intereact with, especially regarding writing and/or art! As always, no pressure to do the tag, especially because I imagine you all have already been tagged.
Thank you so much for tagging me, @paeliae-occasionally!
One of the WIP parts I am keeping is this cheeky dialogue:
"Considering using me as a model? I am rather flattered.", he let out, obviously, amused by the girl's threat, to which she simply responded with another one.
"Indeed, it's going to be entitled 'The murder of Edgar Frost', by Cléo. I bet it's going to be in exposition in the Royal Academy. What a shame you won't be able to attend."
Tagging: @drchenquill, @writelikethrollope, @the-letterbox-archives and @yourpenpaldee. As always, no pressure to do the tag, only if you feel like it.
Thank you so much to the lovelies @paeliae-occasionally, @drchenquill and @the-letterbox-archives (who actually created the tag game - it is such a fantastic idea) for tagging me!
Rules/Premise: Just open the floor for questions about your wips/ocs/creative process/etc.!
As I am writing this, I am embarking in a new creative journey, both by developing my own Vampire: the Masquerade (VtM) chronicle (a tabletop roleplaying game in which you participate in it as a vampire character) and by revamping my old WIPs into something I am truly passionate about. Also, I am developing a solo character for another similar tabletop roleplaying game (Vampire: the Requiem - Eugen Schulze), and it has taken a lot of my energy (in a good way) as of lately.
Therefore, the novel-focused WIPs are still being revamped/researched about, but I have no problem talking about what I have so far.
Seriously, ALL QUESTIONS ARE ALLOWED, from everyone. I'll answer anything and anyone hahah.
I sure will ask you all questions, since I am extremely interested in knowing more about your own WIPs/OCs as well, but for now I will be tagging @yourpenpaldee, @writelikethrollope and @noxxytocin! Thank you so much, and no pressure!
The Apocryphal Truth
I started writing this novel while I was still in high school, and the main character (Dr Edgar Frost) is someone who has been growing up with me. The premise of the WIP is based on Gnostic horror, and I play around with themes connected to memory, reality, consciousness, trauma and loss. It's set in the Victorian Era, and the characters are diverse, in almost everything. Some of the characters are the following ones:
Edgar Frost: an illegitimate son of a British earl, who is searching for a way of joining fragmented "minds", in order to reveal a higher truth. He is your brooding Sturm und Drang Byronic hero/anti-hero, with an angelic exterior, but ready to get his hands dirty if needed.
Cléo: A French-Egyptian orphan who ended up in custody of Edgar's father, suffering the same destiny as Edgar. She is a determined young woman, passionate about the arts, but also politics, and she was able to climb her way to the top through her cunning and leadership personality.
Jacques: French journalist who belonged to the French military and secret services of the time. He had his fair share of violence, and his hedonistic side took him to London, to spend the rest of his life away from the drama. Until he met Edgar, and now he stuck himself to that idiot.
The Immortal Emperor's Regicide
I don't have a lot of material regarding this WIP, because:
a) it is based on a tabletop narrative game as well, so part of the worldbuilding comes from there and,
b) this was originally a collective creative writing project, and I am no longer working with my writing partner, so all the characters they created don't exist anymore in this new version of the story, making it a complete new story.
But the overall premise is similar to the one of The Apocryphal Truth: Victorian-like setting, horror-fantasy oriented. Ghosts, lots of ghosts. Emotional (and blood) vampires. Eldritch Gods, etc.
Solo Character: Eugen Schulze
Dr Eugen Schulze is a vampire character made for a Vampire: the Requiem (VtR) chronicle narrated by a friend of mine. It is set in our current days, in Berlin. Eugen himself is an old vampire (from the 1910s) who was transformed at the end of WW2. He worked as a doctor and scientist, responsible for horrendous experiments associated with Germany's position on the war. Things didn't go as planned, and he stayed in torpor till the 90s/early 2000s, and during this time his ideologies changed (he now hates everyone). With a witty and sarcastic sense of humour, Eugen is someone extremely professional, and he is trying to reach apotheosis through his vampiric condition, by medical experimentation and by following Gnostic beliefs. He is also a great appreciator of goth and metal music.
Thank you for tagging me, @the-letterbox-archives!
Ok, I know it sounds weird, even more having in consideration the current Purple Hyacinth brain rot, but I don’t ship. I don’t even ship my own characters, usually. If my characters have/had a relationships in the past, it’s likely to spice up their trauma hahah. However, I have some “odd” (not really) platonic dynamics I like to explore in my writings, so I am using that:
Mentor x Student: bonus points if the mentor is grumpy and the student rebellious.
Flirty Extroverted x Misanthropic Introverted
Bad Bitch x Badder Bitch Than Thee
Enemies to Friends: enemies to lovers is also good, but not something I feel compelled to write about. Maybe one day though.
“I don’t own you, you don’t own me: we choose to be with each other because we only want to be with each other” or whatever else we can call this dynamic. Ok, from this list, this is the only romantic one, I believe.
Tagging: @drchenquill, @paeliae-occasionally, @yourpenpaldee! As always, no pressure at all!
Rules: Rate your OCs based on how they handle cuddling/being cuddled on a scale of 0-10
As previously explained, my WIPs are suffering some massive alterations, especially regarding OCs and their backstories/identities. So I am answering using the three OCs that appeared the most in my WIP during this deacde of writing it.
WIP: The Apocryphal Truth
Edgar Frost
Is there an option to give negative ratings? If not, certainly a 0. Edgar has a lot of problems with touching/hugging. He'd probably push the person away, if he didn't know the person. If it were a child, he may be more tempted to wait till they let go, but his body would tense up and he certainly wouldn't be hugging back. 0/10.
Cléo
Cléo doesn't have a lot of problems with hugging, if we are talking about very close acquaintances, meaning either a close friend or a lover. She is the one who usually hugs others, but her love language is more focused on deep displays of affection by defending and helping the ones she loves overcome their obstacles. 4/10.
Jacques
He greets people he just met with a hug. Well... perhaps I am exaggerating, but he certainly is a hugger. Physical touch is an important part of his love language, which seriously bothers Cléo and Edgar, making them asserting their position in regards to it from time to time. 10/10.
Tagging: @writelikethrollope, @yourpenpaldee, @xenascribbles and @drchenquill. As always, no pressure to do the tag.
