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[mattemagenta]

it only feels fitting to tell past me who would blog about niche loves that the future is bright and it was worth every minute yearning.

[oddcryptidwrites]

The Murder of Fredrik Lexand (Space Clue)

ATTENTION ALL CITIZENS OF STARSEEKER A1 AND BEYOND: AS OF 18:16 21/3/314, FREDRIK MAXIMIL LEXAND, CORPORATE KING OF LEXAND STARFLEET, WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS POD. AN INVESTIGATION IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. PLEASE REMAIN CALM.

General Information

Genre: Sci-Fi, thriller

POV: Unknown, likely third limited like every thing else.

Setting: 314 years post-takeoff in a giant, self sustaining spaceship (a la the Snowpiercer train crossed with the Axiom Spaceship from Wall-E)

Content warnings: Murder (obviously), blood, gore, emphasis on class divisions, politics

Status: Planning document plus about 2k words.

Cast

Fredrik Maximil Lexand :: he/him :: 58 :: deceased :: Corporate King of Lexand Starfleet :: descendant of the original Fredrim Maximil Lexand :: telekinetic

Maximil "Andren" Lexand :: he/him :: 25 :: alive :: Heir to Lexand Startfleet :: Member of the Triple L :: telekinetic

Aurelia Margreve Lexand :: she/her :: 24 :: alive :: Professional Socialite :: Member of the Triple L :: telekinetic

Ailyx Yante Lexand :: she/he :: 22 :: alive :: Leader of the Triple L :: no known powers

Corceles Ance Moncell :: he/they :: 25 :: alive :: Bioengineer for HydroCell :: biokinetic

Aayrne Ocanos Coopet :: he/him :: 26 :: alive :: Heir to Cooper Circuit :: telepath

Ristie Hitte Hayeston :: xe/she :: 24 :: alive :: Architect for Hayeston Constructs :: magnetokinetic

Betiz Dorne Wison :: she/they :: 29 :: alive :: Head of Lexand Household :: no known powers

Scoud Jawn Tambry :: xe/xir :: 30 :: alive :: Detective with A1 Police Squadron :: no known powers

Baen Asiric Kemat :: he/him :: 24 :: alive :: Hitman for the Lexand family :: prophetic visions

Mashinsa "Mashie" Werne Moncell :: she/her :: 54 :: alive :: Lead Bioengineer/CEO of HydroCell :: Biokinesis

Corven Ocanos Coopet :: he/him :: 53 :: alive :: CEO of Coopet Circuit :: Ex-Member of the Martian Coalition :: Telepathic

Notable Companies and Lexand Starfleet Subsidaries

Lexand Starfleet: Builder of the Lexand Starfleet, the last havens for humanity. The firstborn of each generation inherits the company, earning the title the "Corporate King". Lexand Starfleet controls the everyday workings of the average person and most means of production in order to keep the Fleet thriving. All of the legal companies on the Starfleet are either under Lexand Starfleet as a subsidiary or are closely linked to Lexand Starfleet. Lexand Starfleet has created sharp divisions between the different class of citizens, with those who paid more for their ticket in the beginning having higher status.

Coopet Circuit: Coopet Circuit is the closest thing Lexand Starfleet has to a rival. The families have their issues with one another, and Coopet Circuit did leave the Mars Coalition, but they still produce most of the electronics for the Starfleet.

Hayeston Construction, a Subsidiary of Lexand Starfleet: Hayeston Construction works directly for Lexand Starfleet, leading all major construction projects within the Starfleet. While there are technically other minor construction companies which are Lexand Starfleet subsidiaries, Hayeston Construction is given control over them.

Celse Purification, a Subsidiary of Lexand Starfleet: Celse Purification handles all water production and purification within the Starfleet. While Celse Purification originally started as its own seperate company, it was recently brought under Lexand Starfleet's official umbrella when Fredrik Maximil Lexand married Margreve Tael Celse.

HydroCell: Although HydroCell is one of the few remaining independent companies within the Starfleet, the Moncell and Lexand families have been close for generations. HydroCell bioengineers and grows all of the "natural" products within the Starfleet, which includes food.

Concepts

Triple L 

Triple L, or the Lexand Triad, is the nickname of the three children of Fredrik Lexand: Andren, Aurelia, and Ailyx. They hold immense power on A1, and can manipulate practically anything to their liking. Andren serves as the political/economic side, often making deals either in service to his father or in service to himself. Aurelia is the social butterfly, and often helps her brother, flirting and befriending her way to what she wants. Then there’s Ailyx, and their twofold strength. Ailyx, first off, is brilliant, despite most people underestimating them. They can often dig up information that no one else should know. Additionally, their close link to Baen Kemat allows them to access the last resort: assassination. 

Mars Coalition  

The Mars Coalition is the original band of companies that came together under the leadership of Fredrick Dean Lexand (Fredrik Dee Lexand), and formed the original Lexand Starfleet Corporation. The heads of the companies planned to build 25 Starfleet cruisers, to harbor the last bits of humanity. These companies include Cooper (Coopet) Circuit, HydroCell, Celsius (Celse) Purification, and Hayes Town (Hayeston) Construction. Today, all of these companies are still collectively known as the Mars Coalition, although Coopet Circut has exited the group. The name originates from their plan to recolonize Mars, which never came to fruition.

A/N: So yeah I just cranked this whole thing out in one afternoon, after posting WAY too much stuff today. I probably won't touch it for a HOT minute but I might come back every now and then to work on it. Also Fine Print by the Stupendium absolutely nails the aesthetic of the Starfleet in general (capitalist hell).

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[twiceroyaldove]

im forcing my book club to watch literary vlogseries in the Year of our Lord 2021 and i couldn’t bring myself to pick favorites for the avatar so i made this lol 

[violivs]

Webseries Meme: Six Female Characters (2/6)

Beth March, The March Family Letters

“Laurie, it’s me, here’s my heart on the table/ I’m hoping you’ll see how much I am able to love and to live/ To take what I’m given and make it something new/ Starting with this song for you.”

[welovewebseries]

web series + representation ↳ Beth March | The March Family Letters    Asexual | Socially Anxious

I’m not afraid to die. Not that I’m ready to leave yet, mind you.

[themarchfamilyletters-blog]

We've got a special surprise, just for you! 'A Song For Laurie' is out now, available as a free download on our Bandcamp page!

Want to take a trip down nostalgia lane? We've put together a music video to go along with the song, a montage of all the heartwarming (and heartbreaking) moments from the series. Enjoy, and get ready for the full album's release tomorrow! Bandcamp: https://cherrydaleproductions.bandcamp.com/ Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdTN2ghEfAE

[funandvibrant]

Beth can’t die if there’s no season two

[sometimesawesome]

So look, I’m not going to call it impossible, but it’s incredibly highly unlikely that there will ever be a second season of March Family Letters. Like a fan would have to be struck with a sudden fortune of money and decide that they want to put some of it towards funding another season. Not impossible, but really though. :P So this is my little postmortem on the stories that I won’t get to tell about these characters. Feel free to read or ignore, but I’ll feel a better sense of finality on that show putting these out there into the universe (particularly since I unfortunately don’t have the free time to adapt the story in other ways like solely through Transmedia). Spoiler warning for a season that never happened :P

Jo March grieving & losing her purpose in life, struggling to create, going through the pain of rejecting Laurie & losing his friendship because she can’t love him the way he wants, getting the chance to journey out in the world and chase her dreams but it being nothing like what she dreamed, discovering her aromanticism, meeting the German non binary Fritz and forming a strong qp relationship with them, finding that spark of creation again, connecting her family back together, after they’ve been spread out far away from each other.

Laurie having to face his problematic friend zone ideas; Amy being challenged to put real emotion in her art in university and not fall back into her old patterns. Both of them finding out who they are as individuals in a foreign land and - to be honest - away from the force of personality that is Jo - and maturing into a relationship together.

Joan & Meg moving in together, domestic Joan of March - cooking together, adopting bunnies called Daisy & Demi, facing the challenges of cohabitation & sharing financial burdens and Just Being Adorable. Fighting in the way that you do when you’ve been in a relationship for sometime but not breaking up. Meg learning more about her sexuality, experimenting with labels. 

Beth March…sorry for all your hearts…Beth was not going to be in S2 please don’t kill me. Actually I had an opening episode planned that even though it shall never happen, I feel like I should still apologize for and I’m very very sorry. I shall speak no more of it, but everyone who I pitched it to called me a terrible person ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Can we say I’ve been redeemed since in a fashion Beth lives on in A4O? And look, nothing I’m saying here really means anything, if Beth is still alive in your canon, I love that. But it was actually very important to me that Beth didn’t make it in this story because...that happens. It sucks but it does, and it’s an important part of the Little Women story & of life. And particularly with this adaptation I wanted to explore through transmedia how we grieve in the age of social media. Cause we’re still figuring it out and it’s messy and oftentimes uncomfortable.

And yes. Instead of Marmee, the letters were going to be addressed to Beth.

Anyway all this to say that we recorded Beth’s songs and they’re sounding really good and listening to them has made me nostalgic and I can’t wait to share them with you all sooooon~ Thank you for indulging me :)

Ps. If anyone’s reading this, (answer to this might be relevant for things), did you have a favourite Beth song?