#lotor lore

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i could cry. i thought i'd never finish 😭

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AHHHHHHH!!!! technically not fully edited (I might be done-done with it soon, though), but I pretty much just finished part 2. I'm so, so happy rn. I love how parts 1 and 2 read! 🤭

Now we gotta grind with fixing up my Lotacxa scenes because I changed my mind lololol. And I need to start looking through the VLD transcripts and editing all of that.

Part 1 has some VLD canon, and part 2 was all brain stuff. I'm so excited for it to all tie together at the end. 🙂‍↕️ We're a solid 20k words done, and I'm gonna call it a win.

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PART I: The Stars have Spoken | ✅

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PART II: The Heirs of an Empire | ✅

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PART everything else | ☑️ we're slowly, but surely, getting there

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my sister is finally watching the Twilight Saga for the first time, and they're my guilty pleasure movies. They're so, so bad, but so much fun AHAHA.

she's watching on our tv while I go through chapter 32, and we're almost done with part 2. 🙂‍↕️ School's out and I'm having fun again. 🙈 I cannot wait to get into Volume 2 edits and add the stuff from the Volume 2 Revision Ideas list!!!!!

for chapter 32, I added babies and more childhood memories between Lotor and y/n cause the entire point of chapter 32 is for those who don't already empathize with Lotor to do so. I feel so bad lowkey, and maybe I'm too much of an emotional sap, but I'm genuinely tearing up writing some of these scenes.

I'm so excited for it to be all done cause right now, I'm reading and going, "Wow, I wonder how that's gonna tie in later" because all of it is hopefully gonna tie in by the end. this sentence doesn't sound right, but i haven't had caffeine today, and i'm not going to, so...

anyway, i'm gonna try and get through my tbr too. I haven't Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (yet cause i need to finish The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and being in Snow's POV fries my brain), but I've seen so many memes and fanart and I can't wait to get into that. and I have my May book of the month books coming soon and I'm really excited for Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy cause i got that as an add-on.

if we continue the grind, hopefully it'll be done by Saturday, so i can spend a couple of hours rereading/editing on my balcony with an iced coffee and publish it 5/11 😁

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I got 3 hours of sleep cause I went to bed at 5 in the morning and woke up at 8:30 for church, so if this makes no sense, I apologize. I'm currently drinking a Strawberry Lemon Poppi (i prefer Olipop, but Aldi's been having a ton of Poppi in stock soooo) and a whole lot of water.

I'm feeling out of sorts.

And I'd like to drone on about Chapter 32 cause I can 😵‍💫 Status below the cut (i should probably just call it a day and go to bed lololol).

status as of 04/08/2025 + my braindump from there:

I started writing Lotacxa stuff on and off since mid February 2025 and sure, perhaps 8k (I dunno) words are copy pasted from the VLD transcripts of the final episodes (and they’ll get cut cause, well, Lotor’s barely in the official episodes), but that’s still 2/3 of this chapter being written not pertaining to official episodes.

These words are taking my blood, sweat, and tears. I dunno where we’re going with this because frankly, I’m over it. But I’m also not over it and am determined to make this chapter an amazing one.

I wanted to split it into chapters because I fear it’ll get too long and I don’t want anyone to get reader fatigue, but to combat that, I’ve split it into 4 parts. It genuinely reads as a novella.

Maybe I’ll push back the update to end of May rather than beginning of May because I like how I’ve been able to take my time 😭 Like reading audiobooks again made me realize I need to do a better job unpacking and setting the scenes up because I don’t want there to be white room syndrome. And it gets tricky for me because I do watch the episodes while writing so sometimes I forget to do that. I feel like chapter 31 was pretty good in terms of descriptions and stuff, but it could be better. I’m kinda scared for chapter 33 because how on earth am I supposed to describe the rift between realities?? It’s literally just white space with nothing there 😭

Anyway I’m really excited for this chapter. It’s gotten significantly away from me but oh well. What chapter hasn’t gotten away from me at this point AHAHA

You know what, I’m gonna blame it on the fact that it’s in third person. Third person POV gives me more liberty to describe anything and everything 😼

present steph now; status as of 04/27/2025:

well, we're not at 4 parts anymore.

i'm going for quality, not quantity, but somehow, i'm nearing 40k words. i'm so over this. i don't even know when it got so long, and it's not done or even close to done, cause i'm stubborn and neeeeeeed it to turn out how i want it to.

i know i keep complaining about chapter 32, but i think i'm just frustrated with myself because of how much pressure i've put. like, all the VTLL readers are so, so sweet and supportive and i feel like if i don't do a good enough job, i'll be letting them down. i dunno.

it is taking every ounce of self-control not to just call it a day and publish part by part. part 1 isn't even completely done cause i decided i need to lock in and be descriptive. i'm on page 12 of rereading/rewriting/editing and i love it so far, but i feel so guilty for not having it done. i feel guilty for being on an updating hiatus and for not writing that much for VTLL.

i know i shouldn't feel this way because writing takes a lot of brainpower, but i'm not listening to the logical part of me 🧍🏻‍♀️ i still have 3 papers and 2 finals, but my brain's already on summer mode.

last night (the reason i stayed up so late) i finally had a spark of creativity and the words flew through me. i haven't written with that mindset since chapter 26 (i wrote that one all in one day. i don't know how that happened LOL). i've been in a writing slump for a few months now—probably due to uni—and i was addicted to the dopamine rush of finally putting words onto a document without constantly second-guessing myself in a steady stream. my fingers on the keys and brain were one, and i'm genuinely so excited because i thought i'd lost all my creative juices.

i didn't—they were just momentarily depleted. this fatigue is only temporary. i gotta keep reminding myself of this.

anyway, whenever chapter 32 does get completed and published, i'll be a happy, happy gal.

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clocking in to VTLL as if it's a full-time job ‼️

so far, we're 3/3 in terms of someone dying. i don't know how many parts of the 12 someone's gonna die in, but glancing at the part titles, it'll probably be 4/12 parts.

i don't know if this makes any sense. i need coffee.

i'm working on PART III: The Unworthy Prince, and it's a solid 1k words. parts 3, 4, and 5 are probably gonna be shorter simply cause I wanna get back to Lotacxa (sorry Ventor and New Altea). parts 1 and 2 are as long as they are because y/n lore is fun.

if chapter 32 manages to be done 30k-40k after i rewrite lotacxa's scenes, i'll be happy 🙂‍↕️

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i feel like i gotta share these cause i'm really proud of them. they're subject to change, but oh, how i love 'em :')

this is actually really helpful cause i can see them all in one go.

"chapter" titles below the cut ‼️

Chapter Thirty-Two: Zi'vaekul Va'tar (this means "The Unworthy Prince")

imagine these are centered. i dunno how to do that here...

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PART I: The Stars have Spoken

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anyway, i'm not doing all of that for each one lololol

PART II: The Heirs of an Empire

PART III: The Unworthy Prince

PART IV: The Prodigal Son Returns

PART V: A People Forgotten

PART VI: The Linchpin Hunter and the Itinerant Rogue

PART VII: The Marmorian Trials

PART TBD: Blood of my Blood

PART TBD: Two Become One

PART TBD: The Plight of an Empire

PART TBD: Deceitful Revelations and its Consequences

PART TBD: Lotor is the Priority

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yay (can you hear me celebrating?)

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PART I: The Stars have Spoken | ✅

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PART II: The Heirs of an Empire | ✅

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PART III: The Unworthy Prince | ✅

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PART everything else | ☑️ not yet :')

i need to go back in and do a read-through cause I haven't done that yet, but we're a little under 4.5k words. editing it will hopefully not take too long.

slight spoilers below the cut—I'm trying to figure out just how bad I wanna make Zarkon.

what we've got:

Emperor Zarkon guffaws, slowly descending two steps. “Legacy?” he spits, gesturing toward her belly like it is something unclean. Like her pregnancy is an abomination. “You’re nothing but a fleeting indulgence—an Au’rmaur whore to warm his bed. Do you truly believe he loves you? You’re a body. Nothing more.”

adding an extra vulgar sentence:

Emperor Zarkon guffaws, slowly descending two steps. “Legacy?” he spits, gesturing toward her belly like it is something unclean. Like her pregnancy is an abomination.  “You’re nothing but a fleeting indulgence—an Au’rmaur whore to warm his bed. A cushion for his cock to sink into. Do you truly believe he loves you? You’re a body. Nothing more.”

i have it in lime green so i can see it when i do the final editing lololol

maybe i won't go with the vulgar one. zarkon's pretty bad either way 🧍🏻‍♀️

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my brain is kinda broken at this point 🧍🏻‍♀️ i think i'm almost done though, cause i have lots of stuff from the VLD transcripts that needs to get cut.

i'm really excited for when i can finally reread 😭 I just wanna enjoy chapter 32 already ahjdksfl 💔 i can't decide whether i hate it all or not... but i know that's fatigue steph talking and i can't listen to her. maybe i'll make an afternoon coffee. idk who i thought i was this morning, deciding i don't need caffeine AHAHA.

maybe this is my sign to sit on the balcony and relax.

chapter 32 progress below the cut 🫡

idk how i feel about what i've got going on, but the bones are set. we've got substance to tweak if necessary.

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PART I: The Stars have Spoken | ✅

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PART II: The Heirs of an Empire | ✅

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PART III: The Unworthy Prince | ✅

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PART IV: The Prodigal Son Returns | ✅

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PART V: A People Forgotten | ✅

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PART VI: The Linchpin Hunter and the Itinerant Rogue | ✅

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PART VII: The Marmorian Trials | ✅

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PART VIII: Blood of my Blood | 🚧👷‍♀️🔨

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PART everything else | ☑️ not yet, but soon ‼️

i also made a Spotify playlist that i might add, but it's mainly for me to keep track of what songs i've picked out 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼