#raging fires

[bellehalla]

Raging Fires chapter 13 sneak peek

give me a few more time to edit please. i appreciate everyone's enthusiasm, but i'm also trying my best 🥹

[bellehalla]

damn i reread my work and just crumbled over kaeya and reader’s relationship. like those two are weighted by their pure intentions, respect, care, and loyalty to one another that they could put aside giving in to their yearning just to keep the other safe and happy—and that’s how i view love. that carnal desires, physical intimacy, and romantic gestures are just the translations of their deep feelings for each other. they just care about each other so much that they’re willing to put things aside, much to their detriment.

i miss those two idiots so much. (i got lots of ask when i’m going to update and i promise i’m working on it lmaoooo)

[bellehalla]

Ok so i was going to mention this in the ao3 comments but since youre active on tumblr i thought why not just come here!

So ive been re-reading rf again (for the 7th time... sorry) and im not sure if ive already mentioned this or if somebody else did but ive been thinking about kaeyas nickname for reader-dove, and the symbolism behind that because like- DOVE the animal representative of peace and love and FREEDOM, being placed on reader means so much. The story literally deals with the tension between inazuma and mond, reader being from inazuma and having such a great sincere love and sense of protection for mondstat is such a good character out of all to be named dove, especially from kaeya's perspective, he sees her as a symbol of genuineness compared to the other soldiers, someone who has risked their life for freedom when leaving inazuma, for peace when sacrificing themselves for ewald, and love for confessing to kaeya knowing she could have gotten in so much trouble. Reader is unapologetically so caring and delicate with everyone, a blanket of security that kaeya indulges in and lets his walls fall down around, his dove and flash of light in the grittiness of war. Im so sorry i could talk abt them for days😭😭 i love kaeya and reader and cant wait for their comeback, i hope you are doing well and thank you for such a well done fic, i know its not complete but ive read it so many times and genuinely it is better put together than about half of the books on my bookshelf😭 take care!

selkified! You are always the sweetest. ❤️❤️❤️

and ohmygod you made me fall in love with reader all over again. you're right, she's so sweet and genuine, which is what kaeya's character is attracted to the most, especially in the beginning of their relationship.

while writing them, i had to find a common ground for the two to connect. Kaeya seems like the type of character that needs deep and genuine connection for him to...obsess over someone enough that he will do batshit crazy stuff for them. reader's unapologetic perspective in freedom and chasing after what you want are quite contrasting to what we know of Kaeya's lore. he's used to hiding behind deception, despite the fact that he's very much driven by love. he suffered so much ever since his childhood, and reader's outlook in life is like a fresh air to him. but it's sort of unfamiliar to him that it feels scary. if you squint enough, he's not exactly the nicest to reader's feelings either. he doesn't know what to do with her lol he leads her on a lot then squash her feelings last minute

as for his nickname, dove, i didn't originally mean for it to stick. (i was in a Hawks (MHA) high and fanon Hawks uses "dove" a lot so i kind of wanted to implement it.) i did a research and found it to be perfect and now Raging Fires!Kaeya hasn't let go of this nickname since then. since Rin Minamoto isnt really reader's actual name, Kaeya had to use a more personal name for her, and that happened to be an endearment. i'm glad everyone is positively reacting to it too lol

anyway your insights are well appreciated. im also glad you are loving them !!!

[bellehalla]

Hey! Hope your and everyone’s December was great! I hope you are doing okay! When will you continue Raging Fires? I am thinking about it DAILY and I am so obsessed with it!!

Hello sugurussy!! the name is iconic btw. i am planning to post it ASAP this may, but also since it is a long ass chapter, and the following chapters are VERY delicate, my brain is having a harder time writing them.

thank you for taking time to read my work and sending support!

[bellehalla]

if you're wondering why i didn't update...

Hello! In case you're checking in on my tumblr for an update...

I decided to take a break from working on Raging Fires for now to focus on my studies and to take care of my mental health. I really tried to balance my studies and writing but I am now facing the truth that I’m not very good at doing both, that my writing hobby started to take a toll on me as I tried to keep up a writing and update schedule—but yeah, it didn’t turn out well for me (got sick and all). However, this hiatus won’t last long. I just need to secure the bag aka becoming a practitioner in my field. For the next remaining days until August, I will be focusing on my studies and practice so writing will take a backseat for now. Very nervous and stressed about it too so inspiration is difficult to capture. I didn’t want to rush the story anyway and want to keep enjoying my writing hobby. I know I left the story in quite a cliffhanger which makes this decision far more difficult to make because everyone has been nothing but supportive.

I’ll be back as soon as everything is over, and maybe JUST maybe, I’ll come back as a licensed Psychometrician.

To everyone sending me messages, I appreciate you. I can’t respond to them for now but know that I’ve read them, and it breaks my heart not to be able to give you guys an update until maybe August or September. 

I'm still here. I won't abandon the fic! <3 I just need to focus on one thing for now so I can make better chapters once I continue. Thank you so much for supporting my fic! I'm sending all my love to everyone. Don't forget to take care of yourselves!!

[bellehalla]

Hi hi hi yes hello, fair warning I uhhhhhhh—

I have this idea to make a comic (not colored sadly as oof) and I’m order to do it, I had to finalize MC’s look, so here we have what I VISUALIZE when I read rf

And it was heavily inspired by when Mulan is faking being a man too so

(i buzz in excitement every time i see your art!!!)

hello love!! sorry it took me awhile to get back to you buT AHHH THIS JUST MADE MY DAY INFINITELY BETTER. and omg can't wait to see the comic because your illustration of MC is so good 😭 i dont want to influence anyone's idea of how MC looks but this is so close to how i see her too.

and her facial expression!!!! it's just so Rin idk how to describe it but you portrayed her so well. she's adorable and sooo pretty oh god i understand that one anon who keeps on thirsting after her

i see Mulan too and i love that you took up some inspiration from her!! cannot wait for the comic sdfdfshjhjsd you bless us once again

[bellehalla]

Raging Fires Ch. 12 SPOILER!

original length of chapter 12 is less than 12k words. it was supposed to end when rin sees ilya. the reason i ended it on the reveal is because the following scenes are going to be long as hell, it takes up half of the next chapter so i had to get it out.

kaeya was never supposed to realize rin is missing until next chapter. so idk if you guys prefer it that way, but it was sort of a last minute decision to just release that scene. we’re going to deep dive into another perspective following the reveal to rin’s secret. the reveal is also like the essence of the story so i had to handle it with precautions

[bellehalla]

Omg i pushed through writing today and i might be able to publish ch. 9 and 10 this weekend! Super productive day ❤️