#Fleshtown

[scribe-of-stories]

Author Ask Tag

Once more I get to talk about my work due to fellow Scribe @covenscribe (Scribe unity). Read their post here. I'll be answering these questions focusing on my WIP Fleshtown.

what is the main Lesson of your story? And why did you choose it?

Fleshtown has several: cities can turn into abusive hellscape where an individual human doesn't matter, just their flesh and the work one can squeeze out of it. Those that sit at the top of societies like this are parasites (very literally in this story). Kindness is a powerful thing against those affected by it, but eventually violence becomes the only song society can hear.

What did you use as inspiration for your worldbuilding?

General lexical inspirations that affect nearly everything I write in it are: KSBD, SCP, Worm/Otherverse, and inescapably Homestuck.

Though for Fleshtown itself I think I was exposed to a game called Fear and Hunger (very heavy content warning) and the aesthetic of it stuck with me for a while. Then eventually a thought spawned in my head “I haven't written a romance story yet. I should try that in the flesh walls of this awful city I've imagined”.

What is your MC trying to achieve, and what are you, the writer, trying to achieve with them? Do you want to inspire others, teach forgiveness, help readers grow as a person?

Poet arrived at The City on accident and is really just trying to get out. Virus/Prince is trying to get back to the Court of Parasites so to behead the stagnant king. I, meanwhile, am trying to get them to realize that they don't have a home to go to if they did escape; and the eternal torment of this city can only be stopped by those living in it.

As for a lesson taught: violence is the only tool we have to fight tyranny, but by that very same tool we forge the shackles of the next generation uhhh? Healing a community is a worthy and fulfilling thing? idk Fleshtown has a lot of scattered ideas right now.

How many chapters is your story going to have?

Don't know, hopefully more than 1 and less then 100 but we'll see. It's planned to be a Novella right now, but its rough draft isn't done.

Is it fanfiction or original content? Where do you plan to post it?

Original content, and not sure. I imagine I'll post a non-insignificant amount of it on Tumblr/send it to whatever mutual wants to read it. Maybe classicaly publish it, maybe do web serial stuff with it. Really I haven't had any major thoughts/decisions about that nor intend to till it's more finished.

When and why did you start writing?

Way back in intermediate/middle school me and my friends were nerds playing games like runescape. One of my friend made the mistake of showing me the RS roleplaying forum. From there I went on to roleplay from site to site for a while. I only started “writing” in a conventional sense recently. As for why? Because it's fun and I find fullfillment in it.

Do you have any words of engagement for fellow writers of writeblr? What other writers of tumblr do you follow?

Hey! You, yes you. Write whatever you want. Forget that things like rules exist, forget that stories need a flow or need to follow some set chart. Make something without the limits of what is conventionally “good”.

Have to shout out the first Writeblrs that I really interacted with on here @sunset-a-story and @vicstmichael, who's attention and encouragement kept me working on this platform. Also to @squarebracket-trick @iced-ginger-tea for sending me so many asks over the last while. Y'alls small acts really do mean something to me, and always make my days better.

As for tags: Whoever is reading this. Open tag, you're all getting hit with the talking stick.

#writeblr #lexical earth #writers on tumblr #tag game #Fleshtown #Really I don't know if anyone but Sunset knows that the title of the WIP is litteral #Brick walls with layers of muscle and viscera between #A living underbelly of a sewer reprocessing dead and broken things #The city is alive in a very literal sense #and it used to be humans

[vicstmichael]

Author Ask Tag

I was tagged by my amazing writeblr pal @scribe-of-stories! Read their post here, because Fleshtown sounds as fascinating as it does horrifying and I can't wait to read it someday! Also, I LOVED their writing advice for the last question. Definitely check it out!

I think I'm going to focus on 2 WIPs for this tag. My (STILL untitled) 90s rock band novel--click the tag to see more of what I've posted about that--and a dark marauders era fanfiction I recently started working on.

What is the main Lesson of your story? And why did you choose it? For my novel, I'd say the main lesson is that blood isn't a prerequisite for family. And that when you've found them you know... because together you can overcome any obstacle and rise to the top against all odds, and because when you truly see someone as family you love them despite their flaws and the mistakes they make. For the fic, I'll be honest, I haven't thought much about it yet. It's VERY new. All I was thinking was "DARK JEGULUS DARK JEGULUS" and... vibes? So, yeah. I'm a mess. But if I had to think about it I'd probably say it's that most bad choices are redeemable if you're willing to put in the work to change.

What did you use as inspiration for your worldbuilding? NOVEL: Oooh, this is a good one. I took inspiration from other works like Almost Famous and Daisy Jones and the Six for the rockstar vibes, and High School (the Tegan and Sara memoir) for the 90s vibes. I also wanted the general atmosphere to be very moody, so I took advantage of the setting (Seattle) and used the weather to manipulate that, which feels very Twilight if I'm being 100% honest. FIC: Well, I mean, that's fairly obvious. I took inspiration from the original HP source material. I also wanted to give it a very dystopian worst-case-scenario feel, so for that I took inspiration from another great fic I've been reading called As the Worm Moon Dies. Highly recommend it!

What is your MC trying to achieve, and what are you, the writer, trying to achieve with them? Do you want to inspire others, teach forgiveness, help readers grow as a person? NOVEL: This project has multiple MCs, so I'll focus on my boy Jamie. Jamie's goals are interesting because while most of the others in the band are looking to make it big and be super famous, all Jamie wants is to play music with his friends for the rest of his life. Also, he DESPERATELY wants to sort out his feelings for River and live an authentic life by his side. As for me, I'd say my goal is to show people that growth isn't necessarily lateral, and either is forgiveness. But no matter how bad things can get, as long as you're willing to put in the work and lean on your people for support, almost anything can be overcome. FIC: Regulus is just trying to survive, man. He's going through it. He's also trying to live with the choices he's made and (though he doesn't consciously know it yet) find ways to make up for them. Meanwhile, James is quite literally trying to save the world. Which is very him. He's also trying to overcome the cognitive dissonance he's experiencing when it comes to aligning his feelings for Regulus with his own personal goals and values. I don't know what I want as the writer yet, my dudes. Like I said, right now I'm just here for the vibes and the angst.

How many chapters is your story going to have? Unknown for both WIPs. Although my novel is currently up over 40 which I worry is too many. Mind you, it's still in the first draft stage so that will likely change as I cut and edit.

Is it fanfiction or original content? Where do you plan to post it? I'm HOPING my novel will be picked up by my pals at NineStar, and the fic will be up on Ao3 when it's ready!

When and why did you start writing? I started writing when I was 9 or 10, when I would make kids books (illustrations and all, haha) for my baby brother. All I had was printer paper, crayola markers and a dream baybeeee. Then I started writing short stories for youth magazines and contests, then in high school I moved onto fanfiction, and so on. As for why... I don't really know. It has always just felt natural to me. I've always known I was going to be a writer. It's what I feel best doing. I could never give it up.

Do you have any words of engagement for fellow writers of writeblr? What other writers of tumblr do you follow? I don't know how to follow Scribe's advice because it was just so damn good. So everything they said! I'd also like to add that there's nothing wrong with working at your own pace. As a neurodivergent author who goes months at a time without writing a single word only to suddenly and without warning embark on a three-week writing hyperfixation where I block out absolutely everything and everyone around me, I'm here to tell you that it's FINE. It's fine to take breaks, it's fine to take ten years or ten weeks to write a novel, the important thing is that you're writing it. Like Scribe said, don't let other people tell you how YOUR process should go. Deadlines are one thing, but all you can do is your best. What that looks like to one person may look completely different to you, and that's FINE. <3 Oooh shoutouts! I love shoutouts! Some must-follow writeblrs: @scribe-of-stories, @idgie-stark, @dewiwrites, @artcoffeecats, @rachaellawrites and @brieflyinfatuated!

Open tag! Any and all writeblrs are encouraged to play along!

#untitled rock band wip #fanfiction #marauders fanfiction #writeblr #tag games #author ask tag #my wip #vicstmichael #writers on tumblr #writing community #tag game #writers corner #am writing #writblr tag game

[zombinary]

Tada! I’m applying for the design contest @fleshtown is hosting!

Meet Ember, your local 80′s biker mess!!

I would like to be credited as JJ/Zombinary!

#fleshtown #mmmgame #Art Smchart

[horrifiedheartshotel]

Chapter One / page 1

#horrified hearts hotel #hhh comic #webcomic #hhh elise #elise graves #digital art #digital drawing #comic #drawing #art #artists on tumblr #original art #lgbt webcomic #cute horror #fleshtown #lmk if i should add captions or a transcript #i write rlly small and its hard to see against the patterns i used...

[zombunnys]

this is such a mess but MEAT DA ARTIST

#meet the artist #artists on tumblr #art #digital art #digital drawing #my art #mta #drawing #Illustration #fleshtown #gummy draw #i forgot my acne. But i have It.

[pcktknife]

lisa garland for an art trade w @fleshtown :3 i really love her she deserves so much happiness

#silent hill #lisa garland #silent hill 1 #sh1 #horror #myart #fleshtown #blood

[ribghoul]

@fleshtown‘s oc marie...thank u for letting me draw them!!

#fleshtown #others' ocs #art trade #artists on tumblr #original #original art #medical #illustration #digital art #ghoulart #art #fanart #artwork #2020 art #may 2020

[wiemczasami]

drew @fleshtown‘s oc, Moth! Theyre very cool and were very fun to draw

#my art #fanart #others ocs #fleshtown #tw horror #tw knife #ur oc is very cool !! ik they dont have eyes showing from their masks but im... obsessed with drawing eyes #also i didnt know what to draw on their sweater but didnt wanna leave it blank so i drew hello kitty im sorry

[ruffolive]

oh god okay another artfight dump i am having SO much fun i need to make 2 posts. here are the oc owners:

cinaddle / deviousraptor / @fleshtown

ohhadivist / @hartshapedcoffin / oopsie0503

zimxiie / @r00 / @kisamehoshigaki

#ollie draws #artfight #artfight 2020 #team sugar #art fight #fleshtown #hartshapedcoffin #r00 #kisamehoshigaki

[mrkanman]

think all da time about how claudia is british but she was raised with alessa and her father isnt

DFBHDSUGYFHYJUGDHJFD 

silent hill localization team: quick uhh what should we do with our antagonist’s voice? 

that one guy: hey the british are still evil right?

everyone else: silent hill is in maine. 

that one guy: but. lsiten. british...evil...

the game was shipped out the next day.

#claudia: roight. whots all this then. #fleshtown

[chromatoghosts]

Do endermen propose by giving their significant other engagement dirt instead of an engagement ring?

(The idea and designs are by @fleshtown ! Go check them out, their art is really good. Also, yeah, I know this is super lazy and sloppy, but whatever)

#enderman #alex #enderman x alex #minecraft #fleshtown #art #my art #digital art #seamsquids #ship #enderman girl #ender girl

[scribe-of-stories]

was tagged by @scribe-cas a long while ago, go check out their post

UNHINGED CHARACTER BINGO

I think Parasite/Prince is probably my most naturally/start of story unhinged character, so we'll go with him.

Sadly no bingo. I don't think there is really any character in my roster that I am fixated on, if anything I pity these characters for existing in my headspace. That said, Prince would do numbers in therapy.

#lexical earth #Tag game #unhinged character content #writeblr #writers on tumblr #Fleshtown #Technically Poet is constantly cradling them gently in his arms #Most because Prince is now one of those arms #and Prince is much more like to force/push someone infront of a bullet #than have someone actually want to take one for them (save for Poet later on)

[flaurosdevice]

🍓 *shy***

OK!! but ur so so sweet n funny n just an absolute joy 2 talk 2.. ur art is honestly a huge insp for me and i love your ocs??? WAH

#mail #fleshtown

[sawtual]

frita ... pls

Least favourite | Disliked | I’m not fond | Neutral | I like them | They’re adorable/awesome | Favourite

WHY ISNT SHE LIVING ON MY ISLAND IM LITERALLY FUMING I LOVE HER?????

#I DIDNT REALIZE SHES UCHI.. holds her gently.... #asks #fleshtown

[autocombo]

quiet mgs... i need 2 know

bi and full of mushrooms :)

#i love it when ppl draw plants on her. she photosynthesizes... #fleshtown #💌

[poobit]

fleshtown replied to your post: cant stand people who ship harry mason with james...

THATS.S THATS A THING?

the very first thing i did when i got internet in my house for the very first time back in 2009 was looking through archives and archives of silent hill, resident evil,death note and devil may cry fanart, it was no man´s land, ive seen everything , rest in peace 2008 silent hill 4 fanart slideshow set to mr brightside by the killers

#fleshtown #yeah people shipped harry/james djdlhfdkfdhfdgfdkjgd