#questioning everything

[beuatifulbuttercup]

bistro huddy (an internet series where all the characters are played by one man) has more fanfics on ao3 than raid shadow legends (a game that has been advertised everywhere and anywhere)

[gaudy-sphinx-moth]

the horrors persist ( still liking men )

[sylveaugust]

Where the actual fuck did they set up Soleum’s phone

Spoilers for after Chapter 208

So. By now we all know Soleum was made in a lab and he was placed in the orientation room by whoever wanted to hide him.

But then he has all his belongings, items, and clothes he had at the popup store.

Okay. Let’s suppose they could replicate his clothes and personal items. But as I said, his phone.

When you first buy a phone, there’s the “Welcome! Let’s set up your phone now” process. But after he gets moved into the subway, he could just use it right away. No setting up process, no nothing. He just uses his phone. This does explain why he doesn’t have anyone’s contact info in his phone. But doesn’t he find it weird? Perhaps he just thinks he was a boring guy whose wallpaper is the basic Apple one and has no apps.

Does he even know his own phone number at the beginning? Is there intergalactic iCloud or usim or something? And why do they have his college records?

[vintage-tigre]

[behind-thebrowneyes]

Over it all rn but atleast I feel cute

[tanked-up]

Not to subtle….

[myidic]

Ugh. I’m feeling really insecure right now. I’m editing Book 1, which is from age 7-13. It covers things like developing relationships with Philip and Olympias, introduces siblings and the cohort who later become Companions, lays foundational court expectations and tensions, the building of myth, Leonidas, Phoenix, Persian envoys, Bucephalus, religion, training, etc.

Problem is, my dad is of the opinion that nobody is going to read an adult fiction novel about little kids.

I tried writing without the early years, and it fell flat. Relationships and character arcs weren’t earned, foundations were missing, and I discovered that where I was trying to start the story was simply not where the story started. I tried combining it with Mieza, and it dragged Mieza down. The only coherent option is to put it in its own book.

What do I do now? I genuinely can’t imagine starting this story later, but now I’m worried nobody is actually going to want to read it. Would you read an origin like that as the foundation of a larger series, given their ages?

(Internal dialogue: I don’t know why I’m even bothering asking; I don’t think anyone really even cares about this project other than me. I think I probably talk too much about it.)