i'm going to be taking a break from writing for a bit (at least a week). my brain is literally just one continuous loop of elevator music at the moment with not a single thought going on in there.
i'm sorry for the short notice. i know some of you might have been looking forward to the update today. i have most of the chapter written and, being completely honest, i hate almost every word of it. it's terrible.
i'll be back soon. i just have to look after myself for a bit ✌🏻
welcome to marquet has no right to slap as much as it does. curse you colm mcguiness, you have me inspired to keep going with my fantasy story again now that it has a bomb soundtrack--
OG Romance by moi. Remember that original story I mentioned before and then kind of posted without context? Well, here it is again with the second chapter, and it will continue to update on account of my having received a whopping 4 kudos on the first chapter which for an original story that I didn't link anywhere, feels kind of nice.
Summary: The goal was to tread lightly, to not get in too deep, and most importantly, don't let anyone in. Jason is a transgender recently transferred student just trying to make it through his last years of high school with as few bruises as possible. Shane is making it hard on him.
Genres: Romance, Crime Drama, High School and Friendship focus.
Main Pairings: Cis gay man/bi trans man(main focus). Also cis gay man/cis bi man, cis bi man/afab gender-fluid asexual person.
Warnings and other Info below the cut (also can be read in the notes at the link above):
SO! Things. Information. Warnings and such.
First of all, if this sounds familiar to you, it is. I've written this story dozens of times in dozens of different ways since I was eleven years old. These are my oldest OC's and somehow they have managed to survive the storm that was my (still trekking) journey to adulthood.
Be that as it may, there are some aspects of the story that I would these days consider unappealing that I have a hard time fixing. So there are some important warnings I'd like to point out.
First of all, the big bomb, none of the main characters are women, and I know that's a damn shame. There are four— maybe five characters with strong focuses and none of them are women. I have since littered the story with what I've tried to make into in-depth and likable female side-characters but they are only side characters.
Second, the story itself takes a really far-fetched turn around chapter… I think five? The general storyline stays the same but there's something in the background that comes forward and starts to play a major part. It throws people off and in all honesty I know it's bad (and I try to work it in as smoothly as I can), but this story is a part of my childhood, and a major piece of what got me through some of the worst years of my life. I can't bring myself to remove that aspect.
Basically, read at your own risk. All in all this is the attempted fixed-up of the work of an eleven-year-old. I've tossed most of the really questionable things and it should be generally safe, though. I'm not asking for you to accept all of my shortcomings and by all means— criticize, I'm just letting you know that at very least the two above, I am aware of.
To reiterate something I always say— I encourage criticism and take it well when it comes to writing. This includes criticism of both the writing itself and what is being written.
Lastly, just as a side note, I'm a trans guy. And, Jason is admittedly a little bit like me, or at least in the way that I see myself— though he has his own qualities as well. I just want to put fourth beforehand that I do not use him being trans as a source of angst and this is ultimately a fluffy, happy love story. Always has been, always will be. There is angst involved, however.
I know those warnings look terrifying and while they are taken seriously, I promise this is a positive love story. Also let it be known that this is a very long love story, very slow burn.
Also, Shane, the other main character, is a little… I don't know, let's just say he's extremely problematic and I had a hard time ripping myself away from that. I've become attached to his flaws. All the characters have their shortcomings but Shane is an actual idiot/asshole. He does grow from it and change, though. Disclaimer, him being an idiot/asshole does not have to do with Jason being trans though. He's not an idiot/asshole about that, because this is a happy story for me and I am sensitive to that.
In reality honestly everyone is a big fucking sweetie trying to do the right thing, or that's the intention anyway.
ANYWAY. If you can't tell, I'm pretty insecure about this because it's old and full of my old brain but I still find this certain charm to it. But please, be critical regardless.
