OH MY GOODNESS STARLITE I HAVEN’T SEEN YOU ON MY DASH IN AGES. How have you been?? I hope you’re doing well!! Thank you for the ask, lovely. <3
💔 Share your most heartbreaking line.
“I DON’T CARE! SHE’S MY SISTER, SHE’S… she’s all I have left, the only family I have left… and...” My breath stuttered, choked by sobs and tears and the spasms raking my lungs. “And--And I killed her. I…”
Most heartbreaking is tough. How ‘bout this one?
☀️ Share a line with figurative language.
The wave slowed in its travel towards me after she disappeared into its depths, the sensation of stillness overcoming my form to leave me feeling suspended in the air, as though the world’s time had stopped; the wind whipped through my hair, my dress, my scarf, all drenched with salt water before even touching the sea; the band on my ankle shrieked with fervent heat, cauterizing the skin against it, floating water droplets boiling away into vapor the moment they collided with the metal.
The wave was made of stone, or ice, or brick. No one had told me water was a solid.
PRETTY MUCH ALL OF MY WRITING HAS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. I just! Like using it a lot! It’s fun!
Heyyy! How about 1-3 from the general ship questions?
1. Who initiated the relationship, and how did it go?
i think carter probably initiated the relationship because joe's oblivious about people liking him lol.
joe was probably hesitant at first because they're friends and they're a team, but then once he realized he liked them back he was in it forever.
2. Did they have an official first date? If so, what was it like?
joecarter never really got to have a date-date because they were in such a bad situation. and when they get separated in defect/ph part 1 they've only been together romantically like a few months to maybe a year. (they don't really get to have real dates until they're reunited like 10 years later in Unstable Cliffs)
the closest thing they might've had to a date is a stakeout. which is depressing.
3. What was their first kiss like?
i picture their first kiss was on a stakeout and like joe was nervous and trying to put out kiss signals with his eyes lol. then carter realized what he was trying to do and asked him if he wanted a kiss and joe was like, "oh thank god." then they kissed while carter laughing through it.
Hey, sorry, I typed this on mobile before realizing that Read Mores are just... obnoxious to get to that way, so now that I’m running away to desktop, I can post! I was reminded of my Hogwarts AU recently, so here’s a bit for that, because I miss AUs and I’m low on inspiration for story!
Leave a “Join Me” in my ask, and I’ll write a drabble about one character giving another character an offer [be it a proposal for an alliance, asking them to join them in an activity (you can get dirty if you want), feel free to specify
“You have got to be kidding me.” Unamused, Acheflow flipped the page in her book, too focused on the long-obsolete information she was reading to hear a response. “I have better things to do than go shopping, or get pulled to a joke store.”
“I’ll buy you lunch?” Tobias leaned comfortably on the table, his shadow making it impossible to continue reading. “Come on A, you promised. Do you really want me to disappoint my sister again?”
Acheflow raised her eyebrows skeptically. “Are you telling me you’ve suddenly forgotten how to buy presents for girls?”
“Uh… that’s different! This is my sister. She’s not happy with flowers or chocolate!” Tobias sat on the table now, grinning easily down at her. “Besides, you owe me for distracting everyone when your potion exploded.”
“That was not my fault.” Not completely at least. Sighing, Acheflow closed the book, recognizing a lost cause when she saw it. “Why me? I’m horrible at buying gifts.”
Tobias didn’t even have the grace to deny it, remembering previous gifts of very thick books… but she had gotten better, if last Christmas was any indication. He had the gloves she’d given him on him still, although it was too early for them to be useful. “Who else am I going to ask that isn’t going to ask for more than a butterbeer as thanks?”
“Butterbeer?”
“Chocolate’s even cheaper.” Tobias laughed at her scoff, hopping off the table. “So, is it a date?”
“What?” If he didn’t know better, Tobias would have sworn that was a squeak that escaped. Acheflow wasn’t meeting his eyes, focused on putting her books in a neat pile, and he grinned.
“Just an expression.” Wish it wasn’t. “I’m going to Hogsmeade this weekend; want to come with? I really could use the help.”
“I’ll… see. I might be busy.”
“I can wait. I have until Christmas.”
Acheflow frowned, her hands suddenly freezing in place. “You shouldn’t wait until last minute.”
Tobias’ grin grew as he shoved his hands into his pockets. “I won’t have to if you help me. Have fun with the reading, A.” He ruffled her hair, ignoring the indignant grumble. “We can decide when we’re going later. But I gotta go. Talk to you later?”
“Mm… yeah?” Her face was red, she could feel it as she turned away to pack her books into her bag. He had a nasty habit of throwing her off guard, pushing buttons before backing away and leaving without another word.
If she didn’t actually enjoy his company so much -and all the chocolate was a plus- Acheflow might have just turned him down with the coldness she was known for.
A paper bird broke into view, flying in circles before landing on her bag carefully. Looking in her direction, it chirped just once before the words revealed itself on its wings in familiar handwriting.
Thanks A. See you at dinner?
She couldn’t help the smile, although she desperately tried to bury it when she heard the amused interest from bystanders in the library. She had an image, an accidental one but still… she didn’t like being the focus of everyone’s attention, especially when it came to her personal life.
But Acheflow knew she’d end up meeting Tobias at dinner regardless... as much as she tried, she couldn’t resist (and she was honest enough to admit that part of that had to do with his generosity with chocolate).
But if people stared, she might start sneaking hexes!
Happy sts!! Do you have any bilingual or multilingual characters- or any who wish they were?
Happy STS! Thanks for the ask :)
Marcia and the rest of her family are bilingual at least, with her grandmother as multilingual: English, French and Arabic. One of Elsie’s mum is also bilingual: English and Mandarin.
Happy Saturday! So I realized I know like nothing about your Partners wip? Would you mind telling something cool about it? What's got you excited? :)
Ooh happy STS! Thanks for the ask!
I came up with the idea for Partners ten years ago (almost exactly, I think, if not already). It was something I created on the comic-making site Bitstrips.com, which has been defunct since 2016 (in favor of Bitmoji, which I'm still bitter about btw), and I’d tried to novelize it in the past but I could never seem to get the hang of it since this was pre-Thriving and my writing muscles weren’t stretched as good as they needed to be to adequately conquer this legend (well...it’s a legend to me (and Bitstrips?). I maintain it’s one of my best stories of all time)
uh anyway y i k e s, enough rambling...something cool and exciting about it?? I guess what’s got me most excited is freshening the story up. the basic plot and story will be the same, and some dialogue will be the same, but I’m approaching it differently, which is exciting because I’ve had all this time to develop the characters and I get to put that to good use.
one cool thing about it (if you can call it “cool”) is that it’s my most ambitious slow-burn to date. it spans the course of three whole stories, and something like 30 to 40 years in-universe.
Hello, friend! I feel like I haven’t seen your name come across my dash recently, which is sad. Glad to see it in my ask box, though :)
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26. What is your current favorite song?
While I was at the shore, I got addicted to this cover of the Kingdom Hearts 3 Theme - “Face My Fears” by FamilyJules and Adriana Figueroa. Legitimately haven’t stopped singing it for two weeks, and I ain’t mad about it.
27. What is your all time favorite song?
Just one!? Oh my gosh. There are too many options! Aight, lemme narrow it down to lyrical, instrumental...and also just Disney for fun. My favorite overall song with lyrics would be Not Alone by RED, my favorite instrumental would be Dearly Beloved from Kingdom Hearts II, and Disney would be A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - especially the We Love Disney cover by Jessie Ware.
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Thank you for participating in this week’s Author Thursday! If anyone else would like to participate in our (belated) ask and answer session, please submit all asks from the “Very Simple Asks” to me today!
Ask questions about my WIP!
(I got this one in a previous ask, but I’ll paste the answer here anyway.)
17: Does your WIP have any themes or motifs?
A few!
-True identity
-Masks
-Inherited problems
-Circular time
-Ink and blood
-Being the protagonist of your own life
19: Post a picture or gif that describes your WIP.
well I went on a google images hunt and found this
Ravens? Inky kinda look? Human organs with things growing out of them? That all checks out.
art by Bili Capman
facebook.com/BiliCapmanArt
Hm. I prefer reading/watching/experiencing high fantasy and writing urban fantasy. But I don’t read high fantasy very often. It’s hard to find stories that don’t throw you into the world without a safety harness and leave you stranded.
🚀 Space sci-fi or dystopias?
I’ve enjoyed more dystopias than space-y sci-fi (probably because I’ve read more of them. Well, had to read, anyway.). Especially if the dystopia has cool sci-fi elements, or combines the two. I don’t read a whole lot of genre fiction, to be honest, so it’s hard for me to choose one or the other. And I’m not a huge fan of the post-Hunger Games dystopia trend. So… I guess if I had to choose, space sci-fi.
