Here is this multi chapter fic I have in mind that’s set not long after Made With Love. It’s where Captain Anderson catches wind of Victor reanimating the dead, so he sends him a letter asking for help
Deep in the artic his men have suffered with being flash frozen. He wonders if it is possible for Victor to save their lives
Victor isn’t sure if it is possible, but in the same breath such a opportunity can’t be ignored
So him and Adam are picked up by Captain Anderson and are set sailing
Here’s the kicker. Like in the book Captain Anderson has that weird affection and tension with Adam
Adam is given this mental dilemma of someone else finding him attractive. That someone else could possible love him. That’s a lot for like. A fricken ten year old
Of course there is tension caused by that between Victor and Anderson
For romance-repulsed aromantics; what do y’all think personifies that feeling of repulsion for you?
Ex/// I like to use body horror/disfigurement to personify Asexuality in metaphors. I like to describe something crawling under flesh and curling around internal organs as a metaphor for being sex-repulsed.
Note: this is for writing!!! I am not at all, in any ways, trying to attack or offend anyone ^^
Do y’all think there’s a way I could write romance-repulsion in the same way? I was thinking I could use psychological horror or macabre themes (similar to how the mind can spiral in Edgar Allan Poe’s stories), considering I’m using body horror/erotic horror as symbolism for asexuality.
I myself am not repulsed by romance, but I am somewhere on the aromantic spectrum. I have more experience with being asexual than being aromantic, so I wanted some feedback on how I could write romance being depicted in a horror-esque way.
My original idea was to have the character walk outside to greet a dark, eerie street with couples silently walking down the road, hand in hand, all going somewhere with very romantic undertones (like one of those old-Yee fancy balls you would see in a Jane Austen book), and have vaguely familiar figures walk up to the character and drag them to the ball with them. As I think about it though, it makes the reader feel more unsettled and creeped out more than it would highlight a ‘this is terrifying’ feeling.
My other idea was to have this character step out on the same street and start walking mindlessly until they’re suddenly standing in a field of flowers with their friend/partner confessing to them, or being surrounded by people they know while the person they trust the most is asking them out on a date. I could also emphasize this symbolism by having minimal/small amounts of clothing on the person, so it could suggest further intentions, too.
Any suggestions or critiques will be appreciated ^^
"You tried to drag me to hell with you, to make me lose myself and all of my virtue that made me into who I am. You wanted to laugh at my tears. You wanted me to suffer like you do. All of that, and like a fool, I loved you still. You nearly got what you dreamed of, but I resisted. I fought. I gnawed through the strings attached to my heart. I clawed my way back up and seized happiness in my teeth, drank it up like a man lost in a desert, and I'll never let you take it from me. I'll never look back. I'm happy now. Yet like a fool, I miss the familiar anger, the sorrow, the hate. Like a fool, I miss you. Like a fool, I love you still."
VS.
"You were the one who got away, and yet I'm happy you're gone. You were so easy to manipulate I almost felt guilty (I didn't feel guilty. I don't feel guilty. I never will. You can't make me). You were so fun to play with and laugh at your tears that I found myself crying with something other than mirth. But you were the one who got away, and now you're back, wreathed in gold and light and halos, descended to hell in all your glory, and you want to take me home with you. You tell me I'm more than what I am (I know I'm nothing. Stop making me think otherwise). You tell me I'm worth something more than dust underfoot (I know I'm less than worthless. Stop making me hope otherwise). You tell me you forgive me (I don't feel guilty. Don't make me feel guilty). I hate you. I always hated you. Stop making me realize I never hated you and only ever despised what I saw in the mirror."
Story idea I've been spinning round in my head for a few weeks now, inspired by Adventure Time and the Powerpuff Girls:
Deleri Lectus, robotics and tech genius, defends the world and her home city of Megalopolis alongside her ancient automaton dad and her elementally-powered sisters. Thanks to their efforts the people of the world can live in peace and safety.
One day, during a routine superhero battle against a minor villain, Deleri is knocked out. Then she wakes up somewhere else.
It's the same city, but something is very wrong. The streets are dilapidated, the sky is full of smog and ominous purple lights, and robotic enforcers patrol the streets.
This city is a dystopia ruled by none other than Deleri's younger sisters. But in this universe they're not her sisters, because in this universe, Deleri doesn't exist.
She confronts the dictator versions of her sisters, finds the deactivated and damaged body of her robodad and takes off with him, running away from her sisters' agents who consider her knowledge and opposition to their regime a threat.
Now Deleri is on a quest to understand what happened to this timeline, and how she can help fix it. And if possible, how to get back home.
Some more details:
Deleri wears a type of powered suit similar to Iron Man. Her appearance is basically "Cthulhu as a teenage girl" with green skin, tentacles for hair, and bat wings.
Her sisters are called Tourmaline and Pyrope. Tourmaline has fire powers and Pyrope has water powers.
In her original timeline, Deleri and Pyrope helped their sister avoid the temptation of using a dark fire that gave her enhanced powers but corrupted her. In this timeline Tourmaline still has the dark fire.
Deleri gets around in a cool airship which she constantly modifies and upgrade.
She gathers a small found family of friends and allies to help her in her mission(s). The first of which is Snowfall, AKA Snowfy. A snow elemental who ran away from home in the Weather Kingdom. She quickly becomes Deleri's girlfriend.
Deleri's robot dad is so ancient that nobody knows how to make the fuel that powers him and he has to conserve it
In Deleri's timeline, her dad was in sleep mode for centuries when a strange woman placed baby Deleri in his arms and then ran off, never to be seen again. He tried to find Deleri's parents but eventually decided to adopt her himself.
In this timeline Robodad expended all of his fuel to protect Pryope and Tourmaline against a powerful enemy. That's why he's deactivated now. This event led to the sisters eventually becoming dictators.
Disclaimers: I cannot stress enough that I am not at all trying to tell you what to write, these are just some concepts / prompts. - My title does not mean that your more lovey-dovey scenes are unrealistic, I just couldn't think of how to title this - Some of these are scenes that have been used in my writing, so if by the off chance you are using any of these, please don’t copy the dialogue word for word. :}
ROMANTIC -
1) When both of them are cuddling / holding hands and one of them starts sweating.
★ “Ugh! I love you, but I don’t love all this sweat you produce!” “But it’s my love for you seeping out of my pores!” “I couldn't care less what it is. Off!” “Fine, your majesty.”
2) Each character hating their mother in law / partners mother
★ “Mom is asking to visit.” “And do what?” “I’m not sure, check up on everyone?” “She can check up her own ass for the stick I know she’s lost up there.”
★ “Well, your mother is no saint.” “She never claimed to be!” “Uh-huh, and when has mine?” “Circa-” “Okay! Truce?” “Truce.”
3) Character X bringing up a pet peeve they have with Character Y at a family gathering.
★ “Character Y does this one thing when they eat- they never scoop up their food with their fork, they’ll just attack it! Sometimes I can’t stand it.” “You never told me that bothered you?” “It didn’t bother me enough to mention it.” “Not until a family dinner?” “I didn’t mean anything negative by it-” **cue Character Y aggressively attacking their food with their fork** “Okay, I get it! We’ll talk later.”
4) Character X and Character Y bake with each other, except realistically.
★ “Character X, why are your arms wrapped around me?” “Because I love you.” “I love you too but I also love being able to actually mix the ingredients together.”
★ “Get the eggs!” “You told me to stop buying eggs because ‘inflation will kill us all’.” “I wasn’t wrong but, UGH-! I need eggs!” “Well I got them anyway, but still.”
★ “Stop touching things!” “How am I supposed to bake without touching anything?!” “You aren’t!”
5) Planning lies they'll tell in 5 years when people ask how they met.
★ "What if we say that we were playing bumper cars and I hit you so hard I fell into your car?" "Hmm.. how about we say that I was going to my best friends wedding and I was all down and glum, but a friend of mine told me to 'have some fun' and that maybe I'd meet someone special at the wedding, and that's when I saw you. You and a little yellow umbrella that I've seen in so many places before, and we just talked about our past together?" "I think that's been done before." "By who?" "One of the most popular rom-coms ever aired."
★ "We could say I saved you from-" "I'm gonna stop you right there." "Fine. What's your idea then, if you're so smart?" "We tell them we met in a psychiatric ward." "Wow. Exquisite thinking." "Just imagine the looks on their faces!"
PLATONIC / ROMANTIC -
6) Those moments where neither party can decide on something so they do nothing, only for them both to yell out what they want and it coincidentally be an agreement.
★ “What do you want for dinner?” “I’m not sure, what do you want?” “I dunno.” **cue them both lazing around, doing nothing for minutes** “Spaghetti.” “It’s like you can read my mind.”
7) Character X asking Character Y how their day went, and Character Y just breaks down in tears- not because their day was bad, but just because Character X asked.
★ “Hi, how was work?” **cue ‘ugly’ sobbing** “Oh no, was it really that bad?” “No- It just- It was just- sweet to- ask-”
8) Stuff that should be awkward really not being awkward at all.
★ “Did you just fart?” “Yeah.” “Okay, good.” “‘Good’?” “Good that it’s not a gas leak.” “Yeah, I had to force it out a little bit.” "So definitely not a leak." "Definitely not."
p.s. Your writing is captivating as always suga, and I am abidingly proud of you and your work. <3
