#that novel I’ve been working on

[secretmellowblog]

(Other includes: Javert planning to become a farmer, Valjean attempting to shake Javert’s hand only for Javert to have a meltdown over that too, the way Valjean hears Javert is at the door and cringes in annoyance because he doesn’t want to deal with him, etc etc)

#incomplete list… #polls only let you include ten options but there are way more #Les mis #lm 1.6.2 #I’ve been off tumblr working on thesis but I had to crawl back for one of the funniest chapters in the book #every conversation between Valjean and javert is peak comedy #javert is the real comic relief of this novel sometimes

[sepulchritude]

My library holds for Iron Widow, Camp Damascus, and Song of Achilles all came in at the same time, and I’m not even halfway done with Left Hand of Darkness

I’ll set them all to deliver later, but which one do I want first??

#thank god libby lets you do that #probably song of achilles?? bc i want to read it so me and lena can talk about it and i’ve been waiting months for it #then probably camp damascus bc chuck tingle horror novel and i’ve been waiting months for that one too #then augh okay i will have to wait longer for iron widow unfortunately #all my other holds are at least a month out so that works #i don’t normally get to PICK what i read next i just take what the library gods give me in the order they see fit #(​the adhd kinda loves it) #sepulchritudinous

[the-darklings]

Welcome back

Where have you been?

#2023 has just been gutter year for me folks 👍 #that being said october brought first spell of mental stability so i’ve been working on my novel and staying low-key #world is in a shit creak #media this year has been 👎 #just been doing rp with a friend and that’s it #not a great year for creative people (me) #but i am back to annoy you all by unpopular request #kat speaks #asks

[chibishortdeath]

Some attempts at a design for Selena :3. The second image is inspired by the wedding in Haunted Castle, but I changed Simon’s outfit cause idk I just can’t picture him being comfortable in a suit.

The last two of these are way more headcanon-y lol. They’re under a cut mostly in case my headcanons and story ideas change d(^^ ). One of them was inspired by a Kikuo song I was listening to while drawing lol, the song “Let’s Go to Heaven”.

#castlevania #castlevania games #selena belmont #castlevania selena #castlevania ii #castlevania 2 #castlevania simon’s quest #simon’s quest #castlevania ii: simon's quest #haunted castle #simon belmont #akumajou dracula #akumajo dracula #art post #my art #I remember seeing someone make a post somewhere about how it was weird that #a lot of the cut items from the first Castlevania were things like high heels and a love letter and stuff #I wonder if Simon’s wife/girlfriend was supposed to be a character at one point in it and she got cut for some reason #idk it’s interesting to me that she’s only ever appeared in like deliberately noncanon content ya know? #like Haunted Castle was even called not a Castlevania game by its own lead director #the two novels with Simon girlfriends in them were never intended to be canon just fun side stuff #especially the ones that were choose your own adventure books lol I love the art style in one of those #anyway I’ve been trying to think of ways to write her lately but its so easy to end up accidentally falling into annoying tropes alas 💀💀💀 #especially ones the series has already used before oof #currently my idea so far is since Simon himself is kinda the chosen one hero guy trope in CV1 #and ends up subverting that trope by genuinely failing a ton getting hated by the public and possibly dying at the end #maybe Selena might work as initially the damsel in distress and call to action trope and subverts that later???? #I also have always thought she ends up the Mysterious Woman somehow hmmmm #it’s a hard headcanon to incorporate without just pulling a Dracula X chronicles and oh no she’s a vampire aaaaa but that’s been done 💀 #I am also aware that not everything you write has to be 100% completely new and original and perfect but aaaaaaa

[enemiesoftheocean]

Bruh I’m trying to be busy at work but I can’t stop thinking about Law, oh my god I can’t keep doing this

#it’s because I’ve been reading the novel and I can’t stop thinking that I need to see how he is after BB #trafalgar law #I’m a bit annoyed at myself I really need to focus #I hate working I just want to be a pirate fr

[riveluart]

Them ❤️💙

I’ve been giving my reaper kids a full rewrite and design because I miss them a lot and I just wasn’t happy with the old version

#ally cat doodles #my digital art #original art #original characters #ocs #I might be changeing the name of the story but I haven’t decided yet #so for now I’ll just use #luka and rei #I’ve been focusing on glbl but I do want to start working on them again soon maybe once I hit my yearly break #I also haven’t decided if I’m going to make the new version a graphic novel or keep it as a webcomic

[alyssaforevermore]

On one hand how do you walk away and leave them behind to suffer without knowing 100% that the Ark is even fixable? On the other hand, how do you destroy something that could save ALL of your people?

#show: the 100 #the 100 #*curious because of a possible novel I’ve been working on and morality polls are helpful lol

[no-where-new-hero]

Local girl realizes that, when writing fiction, you can, in fact, decide anything can happen if you want it to. Local girl is stunned by this freeing observation.

#STORYTIME so for the past five or so years i’ve been working on a novel draft (of course it’s heavily inspired by lmm and dwj lol) #and i realized after finishing in the first draft that certain things just Would Not Work (the protag is too young for some plot points etc #and for the past…eight months or so?…i agonized over how broken the story was and how stuck i was for not having planned better #and then literally last night i was like. well. i need to edit/rewrite huge chunks of this anyway. I CAN JUST CHANGE WHAT I NEED TO #I AM ALLOWED TO DO THIS #anyway. i’m stupid about my own work #writing life #blake’s last braincell

[barbreypilled]

also like if ur going to publish derivative fiction im sorry but it has to be good. u actually have to do something interesting with it u can’t just google a bunch of tropes, make the characters do them and call it a day like at that point just do fic prompts I guarantee it will be better in the long run bc u won’t have to inevitably get cancelled for review bombing books that ppl actually had to use their brains for

#I get to write my jane eyre subway au because it’s actually good and I’m literally just using the framework of the original #which I have like. actually read and have actual thoughts on #can u tell I’ve just now been exposed to booktok drama and im spiralling #I’m so obsessed w this whole phenomenon it’s so fascinating and I’m sooo glad I didn’t have the resources to publish my shit ass first nove #when I was 16 like my life is so much better for it #anyway I need to go work on my non-derivative novel bc I’ve been neglecting it #get over here Richard I need to beat u mercilessly #also the Richard in question is a different Richard my Richard Mason stand-in is not named Richard

[codgod-moved]

since i’m trying to limit watching youtube videos until my wifi is back and i need something to occupy my time uuuh gimme stuff to draw? maybe?

#.txt #i’m once again in that zone where i Have wifi #because it doesn’t get completely shut off when the bill is late #but it is veeeery slow #i could also work on my currently almost novel length tss fanfic i’m writing #i’ve been procrastinating on it for a couple months because i’ve had to rewrite the same chapter like 4 times now </3 #id like to continue procrastinating on it i think

[bit-club]

it (1986), by stephen king

#first post test post! attempting to sort out some stuff so i can start it book club (bit club. so funny.) in june! #hopefully my tags work ripppp i’ve been copy pasting the same code for every blog for years so #but yes! it is happening i’m so excited! i can’t wait for people to read this book with me it’s sooo fun and i also hope it’ll introduce #more people to this version of the characters and story that i truly love more than any of the adaptations have been able to convey. even #1990! this novel really is my weird special little book #bitclub2024 #it 1986 #stephen king #excepts

[jockmewalking]

after months of neglecting it, I have finally gave a shit about the tdroti swap au again.

still on ep 1 but at least im working on it

#planning to hopefully finish it this year #I’ve been working on this script fanfic since forever #like abt 3-4 years 💀💀💀 #doing it novel style would kill me #td swap au

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

a terrible thing is happening to me (I am making a historically accurate harrison playlist & this is certainly going to make me write something else in his pov)

#AS IF I don’t have an entire fantasy novel in this man’s pov to write #but like…. canon Harrison means everything to meeeeeee #& music Matters So Much to Him #I think he’s an alternative guy and a radio pop guy primarily actually I think he likes everything #but ooooooh the way he probably had an awakening to the strokes……. him and Lonan making out rnnnnnnn #BLESSS THE KILLERS WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG CAME OUT SEPT 2006 WHICH MEANS ITS FEEDING HABITS COREEEE #also I love how feeding habits takes place 6 months after moth work but I always say it’s been a year & at this point I’ve said it’s #been a year so often that I can’t bring myself to change it LOL #even tho I have to bc I have it written both ways LOLLLL

[spider-stark]

currently obsessing over acotar and the cruel prince rn so if anyone needs me i’ll be sobbing over fan art

#i’ve been reading a lot lately #it’s been great for me #and horrible #also finally working on outlining the novel i’ve been thinking of for two years #acotar #the cruel prince #a court of thorns and roses

[paperconsumption]

they weren’t lying this discord with only you in it to send things to yourself shit is great. i have a quote channel where i save enstars screenshots w/ origin and keywords listed so i can refer to them whenever i desire and i also have a channel for pictures i take of ritsu sakuma that i cannot keep in my phone because i’m very low on storage

#i’m also working on a category for media i’m interested in checking out sorted by type so far there is a manga channel and a books channel #adding visual novel as well and the list shall expand #it’s already got so many channels and i’ve been using it for like two days. i’m delighted

[raiiny-bay]

i’ve decided that writing is hard

#i want nothing more than to write beautiful poetic prose #but unfortunately #i have been cursed with a YA voice #like you know those coming of age novels where the protag is a sarcastic asshole teenager who tries way too hard to be witty? #yea that’s what my writing sounds like #which works fine most of the time bc i do write those kinds of characters a lot #but it sucks when i’m trying to write something actually serious!!! like hhhhhhhhh #i’ve been sat down for hours trying to get this mb thing going & i literally have a single four sentence paragraph like #bruh #n e way i’m taking a break & going to the store bc i need bread #rainyrambles