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Original Fic Fest - Romantic Relationship Day
My WIP Blackborn is first and foremost an action-packed fantasy novel, and I didnât intend for any romance⊠But when writing my characters Kaya and Taron, they made it obvious to me that I was wrong. They had been not only friends, but lovers before, and at the start of the story they are not over each other.
For @originalficfest s day 2, I decided to jump back in time an give you their first kiss, 9 years ago - Kaya is about 16, Taron 18.
Even though he knew what to watch out for, Taron only caught the shortest glimpse of a slender gray figure landing on the pavement behind the guards and swiftly vanishing around the corner of the next street.
âAll right, fine.â He lifted his palms toward the guards in front of him appeasingly. âIf your young master does not want to receive me, will you at least give him a message from me?â
The taller guard exchanged a helpless look with his colleague and started anew. âMonsire, please, just leave this matter alone. We do not know, who you are.â
Taron flung the flamboyant yellow cape over his shoulder. âOf course he keeps me a secret. I should have known. Well, tell Lazar that I he shall drown in -â
âMonsire,â the guard insisted. âYou must be mistaken. This is the mansion of Councilwoman Beylina Ashari. You must have come to the wrong house.â
âThis treacherous -â Taron stopped in the middle of the sentence. âOh no. Oh by Royana, divine guardian of love and chaos, please, please tell me that you are joking with me.â
The guardâs relief was almost palpable. âNo, monsire. There is no Lazar here.â
âYou might want to try the other side of Tismur Boulevard. I believe there might be a young gentleman of that name living in the corner houseâ, the other guard added.
âThank you so much. I⊠Well, I shall go there.â Taron had to bite back a grin. He knew the place the guard had referred to. Councilman Basrialâs estate. No Lazar to be found there. The rivalry of these politicians obviously had influenced their guards as well.
Taron spun around on his heel, not bothering with any words of goodbye. He felt the ridiculous cape fluttering around his body, dramatically underlining his retreat as he marched around the corner leading to Tismur Boulevard.
Behind him, he heard a faint chuckle from the guards. Only then he allowed himself his own small grin.
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âDivine guardian of love and chaos, youâre a naturalâ, an amused voice said, right by his shoulder. Taron flinched aside, cursing.
âYouâre despicable, Kay. I pulled this freaking drama to cover for your exit, and you, you still are cheap enough to jump me from the side.â
Kaya laughed to herself, as she fell in along his steps. She had changed her dark gray garb for a plain green dress with a matching headscarf, somehow even enhancing the mischievous sparkle in her amber eyes. âItâll never grow old. Besides, I need some fun. Being the only one here actually working for her share, while you are just talking and flashing that fancy yellow cape around.
Taron shrugged off the cape and handed it to her. âLetâs hope they only remember my style in clothing and not my charming smile.â He retrieved a white southern-style scarf from his bag and arranged it around his head and shoulders artfully. âHow do I look now? Different enough?â
Kaya turned in front of him, forcing him to stop in his steps, while she looked up at his face.
âHandsomeâ, she said.
Taron raised an eyebrow. âThatâs⊠not what I meant.â
âIt is what I meant.â Kaya didnât move aside.
Taron blinked. âKaya, this⊠this isnât funny. Weâre not children any more.â
âIndeed, weâre not.â Kaya held his gaze. âI have seen you looking at me, when you think no one is noticing. And I have seen you looking at the guys I ⊠spend time with. Iâm not your little sister any longer.â
Taron shook his head. âYou never wereâ, he said quietly.
âWell, in that caseâŠâ The corners of Kayaâs mouth twitched into a tiny smile and she slowly lifted her hand towards his cheek.
Taron caught her wrist. âKay, donât. Donât let your excitement guide you into some folly youâll regret once you wake up tomorrow morning. I⊠WeâŠâ
âNot âsome follyâ,â Kaya cut him off. âTrust me, Taron, this is something Iâve been wanting for quite some time.â
She flicked her wrist free. âOr do you fear youâll be the one regretting it?â Despite her teasing tone, there was a touch of nervousness to her voice, a vulnerability Taron had never seen in her before. Shit. Kaya was serious. Gods be damned.
And she was right, he was afraid. If they went down this road, everything in their lives would change. Turn fragile. Be at risk.
But then again, risk was something they both were thriving for.
Taron felt a smile playing around his lips, as he reached for her hand.
âHereâs to love and chaosâ, he said, and drew her towards him.
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Tagging (even though tumblr will probably eat itâŠ):
@elliewritesstories @lady-redshield-writes @kiaradimari
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Hey, so what would this blog be used for since the Fic Fest is over?
Thanks for the ask :)The blog will remain up, but without new posts, until/if we decide to run another fest. People can continue to browse the archive to find writeblrs to connect with :)
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I had to borrow a friendâs computer to finish this cause mineâs dead, but it was worth it!
A late entry for @originalficfest - once again merging days 5 and 6, Music and Pictures. Iâve translated the lyrics myself, and before I tell you what song they are from, Iâd like you to guess :) And if you do Iâll love you forever
Here we see Dan and Zach time travelling and meeting Dan as an old, old man
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Original Fic Fest | Day 2 - Romantic Relationship Day
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These Bitter ends doesnât feature many romantic relationships at all. The only one that Iâve really developed, and thought about it that of Hagen and Edwige.
Hagan and Edwigeâs love has been anything but typical.
They married young, far younger than anybody expected. They married for love, something unusual in Viadellen. They unexpectedly became the reigning King and Queen.
When they first met, Edwige was the daughter of a low level, country Lord. Hagan was waging a war for the throne, under his brotherâs leadership.
Edwige was destined to marry some lord of some cornfield somewhere. Hagan was destined to marry some foreign dignitary. Neither marriage would have been for love, but for financial, political gain.
They married as soon as they were legally able to, the day after Edwigeâs twentieth birthday. Against both familiesâ wishes and advice, they married. Everybody expected their marriage to be an unhappy one. They were so different. A country girl and the brother of the new King? Sure that couldnât last.
It was their differences that made them strong. They lived in House Thradelâs ancestral home. A castle on the river. Deep enough in the countryside for Edwige, with enough luxury for Hagan. Their was a happy one. An easy one.
Soon into their marriage they welcomed their first child. A son Hagen, named for his father. They enjoyed their peaceful happy family life.Â
King Lasaroâs untimely death threw them into a tornado. With no heir of his own, King Lasaroâs throne passed to his younger brother. Hagan was thrust into power. Together they faced this new world.Neither one would have been able to cope without the other.Â
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Original Fic Fest | Day 3 - Non Romantic Relationship Day
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Undeniably the most important relationship in These Bitter Ends is between Dabria and Aldwin. It is their friendship and trust for one another that upsets the balance of the Kingdom.
This is their first meeting:
She had been munching on a cake when a servant burst into the kitchen, saying that he couldnât find the princess. Dabria didnât recognise him, so she assumed he must be one of the new servants. He was talking to Georg, gesticulating wildly. She put down her book and left her spot by the window. Tapping him on the shoulder, she smiled.
âDo you know where Princess Dabria is?â he exclaimed, flecks of his spit landing on her face.
Aldwin is the first one to treat Dabria like his equal. People are either superior or inferior, but with Aldwin, they are exactly the same. With him, she can relax. She doesnât have to worry about upholding the refinery of a princess. They can joke together, and talk about nothing for hours.Â
They can also trust one another with everything. She knows all of the sordid details of his past. Things that should get him imprisoned, at best and killed at worst. She knows what he has done, and yet he still has that spark. The sheer passion for life that she seems to be lacking.Â
He sees her kindness and compassion, even when in the midst of hopelessness. He knows her doubts about her familyâs morals, the nagging guilt that keeps her awake at night. It is his fault, but that is a good thing. If he didnât make her feel guilty, then she wouldnât try to make a difference.
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Original Fic Fest | Day 4 - Quote Day
intro | day 1 | day 2Â | day 3
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I donât really have any massively quotable lines yet, being halfway through my first draft. But this small excerpt seems to encapsulate the tone of These Bitter Ends fairly concisely, without being plot specific.
âDo you remember that story you used to tell me? The one about the deer and her fawn?â
âI do, yes,â replied Edwige.
âIâve been thinking. Weâre very much like them. Youâve always tried to protect me, but youâll never really be able to.â said Dabria.
Hurt, Edwige said, âWhat do you mean by that?â.
âWell if youâre the deer, and Iâm the fawn, then the palace is those woods. It seems so quiet and serene, but it only takes one thing to upset the harmony and itâs gone. All gone. All that peace. All that security. Everything is gone. Youâre left fearful and shaking, with nowhere left to hide. Itâs all so easy. Weâre vulnerable, arenât we?â
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Will you be reblogging Index posts with links to all our Original Fic Fest posts in one place? I created mine on 31st May. Just wondering if it was lost in the huge pile of notifications or it doesn't meet the reblogging criteria.
Thanks for asking :) We arenât reblogging index posts, but @writeblrconnections are doing so. We are however still reblogging any prompt fill posts until the 7th June, for anyone still working on their posts, and we also have our survey https://originalficfest.tumblr.com/search/survey for participants to give feedback and suggestions :)
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Original Fic Fest Day 7
For the free day of @originalficfest I have decided to talk about some world building stuff.
The Continent of Nerelle consists of 6 kingdoms each ruled by a different species but all overseen by the Unicorn Kings of the Ice Kingdom. Every Kingdom worships The Mighty Light but depending on which elemental power they are given they worship a different diety or life force created by The Mighty Light.
The Flame Kingdom is run by the Dragons, their castle is built into the side of a Volcano. The leaders of the Flame Kingdom are Sovriegn Lieda and their Husband King Ember, they have two children Princess Cinder is the heir to the flame throne, Princess Fiarra is one of the storys main characters. Citizens of the Flame Kingdom worship the Holy Spark a force that flows through each fire user.
The Nature Kingdom is run by the fairies Queen Dhalia and Queen Mirianna. They have four children the heir to the nature throne Prince Yarrow, Prince Hazel and Princess Azalea who were sent to the Ice Kingdom to try and win Pippaâs hand in marriage, and the youngest Princess Honeysuckle. Their castle is really a bunch of fancy tree houses connected by wooden bridges they are all in a giant tree called the elder oak it is believed to be blessed, it is against the law to cut of even the smallest branch of the tree. The people of the Nature Kingdom worship the twin dieties Nia and Fer, they are similar to yin and yang Nia is the goddess of the night, death, poisonous plants, and predator animals her brother Fer is the god of Day, life, flowers and fruits, and prey animals.
The Wind Kingdom is run by the Elves King Devras and Queen Prina they have two sons and a daughter. The sons are twins Noelan and Breeze, they are fighting for the wind throne currently ans their daughter Princess Aella who they sent to the Ice Kingdom to compete for Princess Pippaâs hand. The citizens of the wind kingdom worship The Swift a force that flows through all wind magic users. Their castle is on the edge of the Zephylim Plateau.
The Lightning Kingdom is run by The Gryphon King Raiken who is aromantic, but knowing he needs an heir he adopted a child and leaves the castle open to all orphans essentially fostering them and often suggesting children to nobels who canât have children based on who would be the best fit, even though many kids live in the castle he does his best to be attentive to them all. Unlike most of the royals he prefers his creature form to his human one often times casually strolling around the castle in Gryphon form. The castle is in the Tempest Jungle. The people of the Lightning Kingdom worship a nonbianary storm diety known as Cherna.
The Ocean Kingdom is ruled by the Mermaid Queen, whose wife died under mysterious circumstances. The Merfolk have been very isolated for a long time not much is known about the royals until Prince Tobian shows up in the Ice Kingdom to compete for Princess Pippaâs hand. The castle is in the Ocean most of it is underwater but a portion is left above water for guests. The merfolk worship a water diety known as Miluna.
Lastly is the Ice Kingdom where a majority of the story takes place. The Ice Kingdom is run by the Ice Kings, King Thori and King Baren, their only daughter Princess Pippa is the heir to the Ice throne. The castle is on top of a mountain and made of ice, even though ice magic users can with stand extreme cold the castle is kept warm through magic because it is a hub for visitors. Ice magic users worship a the Frost Mother a benevolent matriarchal diety.
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Day 5: Music Day
Okay Iâm a lil behind right now oops. But here I am to catch up. Day 5 of the fabulous @originalficfest is music day! I have compiled a playlist (link to the youtube playlist here) of songs that make me thing about Chaos Corp or specific characters in Chaos Corp. Iâll leave you to guess who ;)
BTW this playlist is like all over the place with genres. From metal and hard rock, to musicals, to Halsey, to NSP, to Eminem. Itâs all over there, so yeah.
1) Choke - I Donât Know How But They Found Me
2) Duality - Slipknot
3) Dinosaur Laser Fight - NSP
4) Woman - Kesha
5) How To Be A Heartbreaker - Marina and the Diamonds
6) Your Obedient Servent - Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom Jr.
7) Gasoline - Halsey
8) Bite It Like A Bulldog - Lordi
9) The Pretender - Foo Fighters
10) This Is Home - Cavetown
11) Tick Tick Boom - The Hives
12) Slim Shady - Eminem
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Original Fic Fest - Day 6
Itâs picture day! @originalficfest Debated on whether I should post this or not but here it is anyway. Itâs the trio! More about Cocktailed! here
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Original Fic Fest - Day 5 - Music
Okay so inspirational music for my WIPS for @originalficfest
Keeping Secrets
Songs that directly inspired scenes, or fit into them:
The Cell Block Tango - The Chicago Soundtrack
All is Full of Love - Death Cab for Cutie
Only if for a Night - Florence + the Machine
Like Real People Do - Hozier
Unsteady - XAmbassadors
Life of The Party - Shawn Mendes
Hollaback (This shit is Bananas) - Gwen Stefani
Worlds Apart - Seven Lions
Other Inspirations
Wildfire - Seafret
Fix You - Coldplay
Wild Things - Alessia Cara
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Winterâs Mourning
Ghost - Dotan
Iâm Still Here - John Rzeznik
Landscape - Florence + the Machine
I of the Storm - Monsters and Men
Black Water - Monsters and Men
Somewhere Only We Know - Lily Allen
How Far Iâll Go - Alessia Cara
Oceans - Seafret
I Found - Amber Run
Black Bird - Sarah McLachlin
10,000 miles - Mary Chaplin Carpenter
Never Let Me Go - Florence + the Machine
Waves - Dotan
Shake it Out - Florence + the Machine
Edge of Night - Celtic Angels
Avenue - Agnes Obel
Riverside - Agnes Obel
What the Water Gave Me - Florence + the Machine
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@originalficfest day 5: music day
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Lindi has dragged me to Sing it Again, Sam, a karaoke bar inside Bullfinch Casino. So far, Iâve been able to avoid going onstage.Â
âWell, if youâre not going up, Iâm going up,â she says. She pulls a blonde wig out of her bag and heads towards the signup booth.Â
Soon, sheâs in front of the microphone. She puts on the wig and starts to sing.
âHappy Birthday,
To You,
Happy Birthday,
To You,
Happy Birthday,
Mr. Bertram Babe.â
She blows me a kiss, then continues.
âHappy birthday,
Toooo You.â
She comes back to the table and sits on my lap.
âQuite a performance,â I say.Â
âTrust me, the home versionâs better,â she replies.
âWill you still wear the wig?â
She slaps me in the chest. âYou are a walking clichĂ©!â
âJust joking. Well, not really.â I take a sip of my drink, then continue. âYou know itâs not my birthday.â
âI know, but I also knew youâd be mortified by the attention.â
âThanks.â
She smiles. âYouâre welcome.â She kisses me on the cheek.
Two of the waiters come up to the table. The blonde waiter puts a small chocolate cake on the table. The cake is topped with a single candle. The bald waiter lights the candle.Â
The blonde waiter yells, âFor the birthday boy!â
The waiters begin to sing.
âHappy, happy, birth-day,
Happy, happy, birth-day,
Happy, happy, birth-day,
HAAA-py, happy, birthday!â
At the end of the song, they clap.
The bald waiter yells, âBlow out the candle, birthday boy!â
I raise an eyebrow at Lindi, then do as Iâm told.
The waiters clap again. âYay!â Then they hurry away.Â
Lindi starts cutting the cake. âSee what happens when you hang out with me? Serenades. Free cake.â
She cuts the cake 60:40.
âIâm taking a bigger piece since it was my initiative that got us this reward,â she says. Then she winks at me while licking the frosting from the knife suggestively.Â
I break down and start laughing.Â
Bald waiter comes back. âWe forgot your hat!â
He hands me a cowboy hat covered in silver sequins. On its front, thereâs a badge that says, âItâs My Birthday!!â in big black letters.Â
Lindi starts laughing. âYou have to wear that. Put it on!â
I do as Iâm told.Â
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Day Two: Romantic Relationship
Thanks, @originalficfest! These are fun to write.Â
The main only romantic relationship in my book is between my main character, Lori, and a boy she meets on her trek named Rylan. Lori openly distrusts Rylan until he saves her life. Then, of course, itâs all stolen glances and innuendo and desperately fighting your feelings for one another because there are monsters to fight and I canât be distracted because I want to kiss you!
Suffice to say adrenaline and close quarters definitely pushed these two together, and we all know what happens when the adrenaline wears off. When Lori finds out a secret that Rylan has kept from her, she has to reconsider everything, including whether or not heâs worthy of her trust.
The romantic conflict between these two is a major source of tension in the book, and while my novel is decidedly not a romance, I sometimes joke and say that the romantic subplot ate the rest of the plot. Itâs not completely true (at least I hope not!) but poor Lori does spend a lot of time angsting about her not-quite boyfriend. Â
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Hi Guys! Now that the Fest is coming to a close, we would love if you could give us some feedback!
This survey aims to help us improve the Fest should it run again and it shouldnât take you more than a few minutes.
Thank you very much for your help!
(The results of the demographic survey can be found here: https://originalficfest.tumblr.com/post/174493625305/original-fic-fest-survey-results)
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Day 7 - Worldbuilding/ Dragons!
Worldbuilding of Aelaris - DRAGONS!Â
@originalficfestâ â THANK YOU so much for doing this! It was amazing :D (And Iâm actually really sad that this is the last day! So much motivationâŠ)
|| Introduction | Day 1 - Characters | Day 2 - Romantic Relationships | Day 3 - Non-Romantic Relationships | Day 4 - Quote Day | Day 5 - Music Day | Day 6 - Pictures Day | Day 7 - Worldbuilding/Dragons ||
First of all, there are several different classifications of dragons, and none of them are originally from Aelaris but from a different world entirely. If you want to read more about them, thereâs info below (a lot ahahah).Â
Anyways, dragons in the world of Dreams and Shadows!
Dragons have existed for the past 500 years â since the Apocalypse. This means that everyone living today has never known a world in which dragons donât exist. The dragons living in Merreadon, the city in which most of the story takes place, are predominantly very small â there are several different kinds but for the sake of simplicity the ones that are most common there are Featherdragons and mammal-based ones that donât have a proper name yet but might probably end up being called Fuzzydragons (if you have an idea for a proper name you could send me a message, haha.). There are as many different kinds of featherdragons as there are different kinds of birds and most of them just sit around doing bird things, basically. Some are really intelligent and capable of speech, others not quite, mostly depending on the individual.Â
and since this got so long (1888 words to be precise) thereâs a lot more below the cut :D
Keep reading
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This survey aims to help us improve the Fest should it run again and it shouldnât take you more than a few minutes.
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