thegreatobsesso

[thegreatobsesso]

<<You as pure energy. You pulling the trigger.>> 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

<<The dog follows, claws clicking across the floor>> lil buddy clickety clacks 💙

@ the moon snippet - brett r u ok 😳 I'm not too worried because I know these boys deal in lots of blood but something about that bit seems particularly ominous.

Phew! 🤌 Every sentence is a banger as always, how do you do it

Word find tag (moon, meet, may, might)

@willtheweaver tagged me to search my WIP for moon, meet, may, and might. Thank you!

These are from Spin Cylinder...

MOON (Noah's POV)

Your blood is tar and shadow in the moonlight, drying in lazy smears from my fingertips and cracked riverbeds between your ribs.

MEET (Brett's POV)

The dog follows, claws clicking across the floor, and we make our way out into the dying breaths of night to meet low tide on hard-packed sand.

MAY (Noah's POV)

And now, back to this house, back to tonight, your footsteps coming up the stairs and sound of your bags thrown onto the bed. “Noah?” “In the shower.” It’s not specifically an invitation, but it may as well be. You’ll take it as one anyway, if it suits you to.

MIGHT (Brett's POV)

I lie down next to you and wrap myself around you in every way I can, painfully aware that there’s still an aspect of you I might never truly be able to touch. You as pure energy. You pulling the trigger. You, silent and brutal and viscerally detached.

Tagging @i-can-even-burn-salad, @indecentpause and @isherwoodj if you'd like to do it, with an open tag for anyone else who wants to join in.

The words to search your WIP for are whisper, talk, shout, and scream 💙

Reblogs, replies etc on my tag posts are always welcome, but if you're doing this tag yourself, please make your own post instead of using mine to start a reblog chain.

#friends' writing

[thegreatobsesso]

I have those gloves, I like to wear them out and about when I am feeling feisty 💙💙💙

Popping in to demand, gently and with enthusiasm, that you share some banter from a wip of your choosing, please and thank you

Banter? Oh I don't write banter. I'm not into it. How boring. JUST KIDDING BANTER IS LIFE YES I'LL POST SOME 😍😍😍😍😍

In fact I love it so much I'll post some from both my WIPs (although, holy shit, is it correct to call The Insuppressible Callie Ray a WIP when it's done? 😱).

The Insuppressible Callie Ray, Simon POV:

“Why don’t you just get back with her?” she demanded. “It turns my stomach, you know. You’re so broken-up over her, it’s literally sickening.”  “Can we not do this right now?”  “Whatever, listen, you don’t even see how good this is,” she pressed, drawing her feet underneath her and leaning toward him in her excitement. “This is what you do: you just start dating Ash. Like, super casual. That’ll make the other one jealous, and then she’ll want you back. See? You can have your cake and eat it too.”  She made jazz hands, and he stared at her. “Ta da!”  “Wow.”  “I know, right?”  “No, that wasn’t complimentary.”  Her expression deflated. “I’m just trying to help. You’re kinda clueless with women.”  “Yeah, and you’ve got them all figured out. Your last one-night stand worked out great.”  Her eyes went wide and she huffed and turned away from him, hugging her mug to her chest. “That was low, Bennett,” she complained. “Really low.”  He sniffed. “What in god’s name are you drinking?”  “Coffee,” she pouted. “Just like you.”  “It smells like a buttercream avalanche, how many flavor shots did you use?”  “Enough to make it taste good.” 

And here's a snippet of Octavius enjoying himself with reporters in what is currently the first scene of gay crime BDSM story:

:) :) :) Thanks for the ask @revenantlore!!!

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✨ WIP intro

🔖 tag list: @winterandwords // @revenantlore // @space-writes // @indecentpause // @words-after-midnight // comment to be added or removed!

📝 all posts from WIP: gay crime bdsm story

[thegreatobsesso]

I hope you're not still in a bad mood, @xenascribbles! Meet Octavius:

He's all dressed up for a mob funeral and he hopes you're having a great day. 🖤

i’m in such a bad mood. please tell me about whatever oc you’ve written most recently !!!

[thegreatobsesso]

this is where I am right now

I am receiving every you can't thought related to this WIP and letting it pass by as leaf on stream. I see it, I understand where my brain is coming from and I say yes I can because I am literally writing this for fun. :)

🧠: You can't write paragraphs of action/description, it's a script. It's not supposed to have that much.

Me: I can tho :)

🧠: You can't make references to current events, it will date the story.

Me: I can tho :)

🧠: You can't write any more p0rn or ~fluff~ until you work out more of the plot.

Me: I can tho :)

🧠: Octavius can't be like, infinitely rich.

Me: Yes he can :)

🧠: Octavius nuzzling and kissing Milo's neck again?

Me: Indeed

🧠: yₒᵤ'ᵣₑ ⱼᵤₛₜ ₚᵤₜₜᵢₙg ₜₕₐₜ ᵢₙ bₑcₐᵤₛₑ yₒᵤ ₗᵢₖₑ ᵢₜ!!!

Me: Indeed!!!

[thegreatobsesso]

also when I say "funereal finest" this is what I am picturing

Popping in to demand, gently and with enthusiasm, that you share some banter from a wip of your choosing, please and thank you

Banter? Oh I don't write banter. I'm not into it. How boring. JUST KIDDING BANTER IS LIFE YES I'LL POST SOME 😍😍😍😍😍

In fact I love it so much I'll post some from both my WIPs (although, holy shit, is it correct to call The Insuppressible Callie Ray a WIP when it's done? 😱).

The Insuppressible Callie Ray, Simon POV:

“Why don’t you just get back with her?” she demanded. “It turns my stomach, you know. You’re so broken-up over her, it’s literally sickening.”  “Can we not do this right now?”  “Whatever, listen, you don’t even see how good this is,” she pressed, drawing her feet underneath her and leaning toward him in her excitement. “This is what you do: you just start dating Ash. Like, super casual. That’ll make the other one jealous, and then she’ll want you back. See? You can have your cake and eat it too.”  She made jazz hands, and he stared at her. “Ta da!”  “Wow.”  “I know, right?”  “No, that wasn’t complimentary.”  Her expression deflated. “I’m just trying to help. You’re kinda clueless with women.”  “Yeah, and you’ve got them all figured out. Your last one-night stand worked out great.”  Her eyes went wide and she huffed and turned away from him, hugging her mug to her chest. “That was low, Bennett,” she complained. “Really low.”  He sniffed. “What in god’s name are you drinking?”  “Coffee,” she pouted. “Just like you.”  “It smells like a buttercream avalanche, how many flavor shots did you use?”  “Enough to make it taste good.” 

And here's a snippet of Octavius enjoying himself with reporters in what is currently the first scene of gay crime BDSM story:

:) :) :) Thanks for the ask @revenantlore!!!

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✨ WIP intro

🔖 tag list: @winterandwords // @revenantlore // @space-writes // @indecentpause // @words-after-midnight // comment to be added or removed!

📝 all posts from WIP: gay crime bdsm story

#oc: octavius #art #art post #OC art

[thegreatobsesso]

that's how you know it's real and comes from elsewhere 🤌

People of writeblr, what's your favourite thing about your current, most active WIP?

[thegreatobsesso]

DOG CAMEOS 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

She's such a sweet baby she totally deserves it. 🥰

I don't have an IRL dog yet but someday, one will come into my life and complete it. When I buy a house!

In the mean time I've invented two dogs for each WIP. The Insuppressible Callie Ray has Murphy, the seeing-eye border collie with a knack for sniffing out ill-intent.

Gay BDSM crime story will at some point include Baxter, the lovably dim boxer who belongs to Milo and will inevitably invoke Octavius's ire by drooling on him.

IRL, my heart belongs to a rescue mutt owned by some of my dearest friends. He's a special buddy named Moose who is simple as a bag of cinder blocks and just as physically dense, and I take every possible chance to babysit him. He's the kind of giant gentle doofus who just wants cuddles and food and I've loved dogs my whole life but there's something very special about him. He's an earthbound angel.

I feel moved to share this face:

There's almost nothing behind those eyes and there doesn't have to be. Just a pure soul who deserves the best things in life.

Dogs. Just, dogs.

Last line tag

@words-after-midnight, @sparrow-orion-writes and @talesfromaurea tagged me to share a last line. Thanks, friends!

This is a last chapter line from Spin Cylinder (Brett's POV)...

People feed them and claim ownership, but do dogs feel owned? Do they know what that means? Do they see the situation the way we do? And outside of that, she’s only here temporarily. Aren’t we all though? And isn’t that exactly the problem?

Tagging @calicohyde, @cherrybombfangirlwrites, @clairelsonao3 and @cowboybrunch if you'd like to do it, with an open tag for anyone else who wants to share a last line 💙

Reblogs, replies etc on my tag posts are always welcome, but if you're doing this tag yourself, please make your own post instead of using mine to start a reblog chain.

[thegreatobsesso]

Popping in to demand, gently and with enthusiasm, that you share some banter from a wip of your choosing, please and thank you

Banter? Oh I don't write banter. I'm not into it. How boring. JUST KIDDING BANTER IS LIFE YES I'LL POST SOME 😍😍😍😍😍

In fact I love it so much I'll post some from both my WIPs (although, holy shit, is it correct to call The Insuppressible Callie Ray a WIP when it's done? 😱).

The Insuppressible Callie Ray, Simon POV:

“Why don’t you just get back with her?” she demanded. “It turns my stomach, you know. You’re so broken-up over her, it’s literally sickening.”  “Can we not do this right now?”  “Whatever, listen, you don’t even see how good this is,” she pressed, drawing her feet underneath her and leaning toward him in her excitement. “This is what you do: you just start dating Ash. Like, super casual. That’ll make the other one jealous, and then she’ll want you back. See? You can have your cake and eat it too.”  She made jazz hands, and he stared at her. “Ta da!”  “Wow.”  “I know, right?”  “No, that wasn’t complimentary.”  Her expression deflated. “I’m just trying to help. You’re kinda clueless with women.”  “Yeah, and you’ve got them all figured out. Your last one-night stand worked out great.”  Her eyes went wide and she huffed and turned away from him, hugging her mug to her chest. “That was low, Bennett,” she complained. “Really low.”  He sniffed. “What in god’s name are you drinking?”  “Coffee,” she pouted. “Just like you.”  “It smells like a buttercream avalanche, how many flavor shots did you use?”  “Enough to make it taste good.” 

And here's a snippet of Octavius enjoying himself with reporters in what is currently the first scene of gay crime BDSM story:

:) :) :) Thanks for the ask @revenantlore!!!

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✨ WIP intro

🔖 tag list: @winterandwords // @revenantlore // @space-writes // @indecentpause // @words-after-midnight // comment to be added or removed!

📝 all posts from WIP: gay crime bdsm story

#the insuppressible callie ray #WIP: spicy gay crime story #oc: callie #oc: simon #oc: octavius #ask #writing excerpts #writeblr #script writing #screenplay #BANTER MY BELOVED

[thegreatobsesso]

Gahhhhhhh but you're so right about Terran, all his issues, he'd see getting betrayed as his own fault 🥰🥰🥰 I love 'em when they're all screwed up, bless

Character Voice Tag

Tagged by @betweenthetimeandsound ty!

My line is: "How could you do this to me?"

Terran: Going to be honest, and as I write more I may be wrong, but I can't think of any iteration where he would say this in any way. He's silently hurt, reevaluating you and his trust and judgement in everything. He's think he should have known and was a fool for trusting you. But he wouldn't say it. His way of dealing with you would change, but this question isn't his style.

Raymond: (disappointed) "I can't believe you would do this. I'd hoped you would be better than this."

Mika: (snapping) "No. Fuck you. How dare you. You screwed me over, you don't get to do that." (there'd be more but it's context dependant, some rant)

Chrys: Fuck off. Get out of my life. Die. How dare you. You're a horrible person, you know that? How dare you! (going to be honest, Chrys will probably be saying this plenty)

Russell: "I trusted you! I did everything for you! How could you do this?"

Tagging @enbydragon02 @thegreatobsesso @blind-the-winds @alannaofroses and anyone else who wants to with the line:

"They (/she/he) had it coming"

And because I appreciate rules on tag games I haven't done before, I interpret this game to be: Take the line that you were given and rewrotte it in the voices of your characters. Then give a new line to the next player.

#friends' wr #friends' ocs

[thegreatobsesso]

snippet of the day

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🔖 tag list: @winterandwords // @revenantlore // @space-writes // @indecentpause // comment to be added or removed!

📝 all posts from WIP: gay crime bdsm story

#wip: spicy gay crime story #oc: octavius #oc: aster #script writing #screenplay #writeblr #writing snippet

[thegreatobsesso]

THEY KEEP HER. I DECLARE IT

Last line tag

@words-after-midnight, @sparrow-orion-writes and @talesfromaurea tagged me to share a last line. Thanks, friends!

This is a last chapter line from Spin Cylinder (Brett's POV)...

People feed them and claim ownership, but do dogs feel owned? Do they know what that means? Do they see the situation the way we do? And outside of that, she’s only here temporarily. Aren’t we all though? And isn’t that exactly the problem?

Tagging @calicohyde, @cherrybombfangirlwrites, @clairelsonao3 and @cowboybrunch if you'd like to do it, with an open tag for anyone else who wants to share a last line 💙

Reblogs, replies etc on my tag posts are always welcome, but if you're doing this tag yourself, please make your own post instead of using mine to start a reblog chain.

[thegreatobsesso]

#he's a very polite young man with a terminal hero complex

not letting you hide that one in the tags 😅

oc in 15 tag

tagged by @kaylinalexanderbooks, thank you!

Rules: include fifteen or less lines of dialogue from an OC that describes their essence - you may include context, but the less the better

It’s about time the main character of Renegade Prince got a turn in this tag, so here’s Lucian!

[ID - a green and black decorative divider]

“We can’t sit around and wait for it to hurt someone!”

“The monster has already killed people! It will keep harming those that travel the woods until someone does something about it. Regardless of the money it needs to be stopped. I do not think I can do that alone.” He looked around at them. “Help me? Please?”

“You want to be someone else.” He nodded. “I can understand that.”

“We have to do something,” Lucian said. “Leshanna is right – if no-one believes us, no-one will do anything. How many people is a dragon going to have to kill before your rulers here do something about it? How many more will die before they take care of it?”

“I haven’t had friends before. I’d like to keep on having them.”

“Oh good.” He sighed in relief. “Because I read a lot and I thought I understood it before I came here, but humans are so confusing.”

“I’m not going back there,” he said. “I am sorry for you to have come all this way, Prince Sorrow, but I am not going back to Naazgarash.”

“I’d say thank you if you weren’t trying to kill me!”

“I’m the only heir,” he said. “My parents had to protect me. If anything happened to me it…it would be bad. For the family, I mean. So I wasn’t allowed to leave. And then I did and I came here and I thought that maybe they’d…” he trailed off. “I mean, I did leave a note.”

“I was going to apologise for me,” Lucian said. “I pressed. I shouldn’t have.”

“We can use me as bait for the dragon.”

“Perhaps I will purchase a chair from you, when I bring back the beast’s head,” said Lucian. “Good day.”

“He helped. We have to. It’s the right thing to do.”

“I’m…I’m not…look, I know I’m a prince but I…I came here to get away from all that, Quest. The way it is in Naazgarash, I don’t want it.”

“We are going to stop it,” he muttered. “And you are going to help me.”

[ID - a green and black decorative divider]

Valloroth taglist: @cherrybombfangirlwrites @reininginthefirewriting @memento-morri-writes @foxboyclit @lawful-evil-novelist @at-thezenith @morganwriteblr @fayeiswriting @serenanymph @sam-glade @viscerawrites @thegreatobsesso (ask to be +/-)

[thegreatobsesso]

heeeeeeeeey why is this so awesome, send help ?? 👀 I feel the pain here and the confusion and frustration. I'm just saying daaaaaaayuuummmmmm 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Excerpt from "A Rush of Blood to the Head," the first chapter of LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE, Act I.

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WIP intro Querying soon ❤️

#friends' writing

[thegreatobsesso]

This is so compelling. I'm making grabby hands at your unreliable unsympathetic narrator. 😍

WIP intro: Life in Black and White 🌙

Image sources (from left to right): A B C D E F G H I J K L

Updated: 03-03-2024

Current status: Line edit/restructuring, preparing to query.

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[THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS (Nemerever) x GIRL ON THE TRAIN]

“You know that expression where it’s like, a butterfly flapping its wings in Japan can create a tornado in Texas?”

At seventeen, all Gabriel wanted was to escape – from his controlling father, his traumatic past, the general stagnation of his life – but everything changed when he reluctantly befriended the alluring Jeff. Now 22 and admitted to a psychiatric hospital, navigating the troubled waters of his twisted relationship with Jeff and the aftermath of the senseless crime that led to their estrangement, all he wants is the impossible – to go back to the way things were.

But things never were as he’s tried to make himself believe. Over the next several years, Gabriel finds himself trapped in a vicious cycle, perpetually wavering between working to free himself from the clutches of his past and allowing his growing obsession with Jeff and their unfinished business to consume him. Just as he begins to come to terms with his reality, an unexpected event brings the past back to haunt him – literally. With his growth and recovery put to the ultimate test, Gabriel is finally forced to choose between letting go of Jeff once and for all, or risking it all to save him – including his own life.

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Originally written: June 7, 2008 to February 12, 2011

Category: Adult contemporary

Genres: Psychological thriller/Crime

Major themes: Importance of nuance, domestic abuse/violence, control, choice, obsession, mental illness and recovery, stigma, inevitability, grief, trauma, the butterfly effect, the perfect storm.

Features:

Unreliable (and often unsympathetic) narrator;

Protagonist is obsessed/“in love” with the antagonist;

Heavy symbolism;

Fast-paced;

Aughts period piece;

Very intimate, introspective narrative;

Queer lit, but make it dark and gritty.

Pinterest board | Playlist | Excerpt 1 | Excerpt 2 | Excerpt 3

#friends' wips #friends' writing

[thegreatobsesso]

OC interview tag

Thank you for the tag, @winterandwords! After a minute of uncertainty over whether I could do this justice, I decided to give the people what they want. Here are Octavius's answers.

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Are you named after anyone?

No.

When was the last time you cried?

Well, that's a bit personal, isn't it? If you must know, it was years ago, after a particularly public row with my then-fiancé. If you were one of the lucky guests at the grand opening of my charitable foundation, you surely know what I'm referring to. If you weren't, it's not an event I'm keen to revisit.

Do you have kids?

[quick burst of laughter] Ahem. No.

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Probably more than most.

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

I don't usually notice much about people until they do something interesting.

What’s your eye colour?

Dark brown.

Scary movies or happy endings?

I don't find myself sitting down to watch movies very often, but when I do, I'll admit I'm a sucker for a happy ending.

Any special talents?

You don't get to have the highest net worth in the city of London without them, darling.

Where were you born?

Good old London town. Lived here all my life, save for six years in America as a boy. I'm afraid this city's got its roots into me.

Do you have any pets?

Well, some of them identify as such.

What sort of sports do you play?

I bet on sports and rig the occasional match, but I don't play them. I do have a fondness for fencing and krav maga, however. This body doesn't come from sitting idle.

How tall are you?

6'3", last time I checked.

What was your favourite subject in school?

School was duller than a bag of rocks.

What is your dream job?

I can't imagine doing anything but what I'm doing now. I - well - let's just say I oversee a diversified, hyper-scaled currency conversion pipeline. And I'm damn good at it.

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haha what a dick. love that guy. Tagging @words-after-midnight, @harps-for-days, @afoolandathief, and @space-writes if they would like to play!

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#tag game #new WIP #WIP: spicy game crime story #oc: octavius

[thegreatobsesso]

Cheeky little shit 💙💙💙

OC interview tag

Thanks to @revenantlore for the tag! I'm doing this for Brett from November Breaks and Spin Cylinder...

Are you named after anyone?

Not that I know of.

When was the last time you cried?

Does it count if my eyes were watering because something large was hitting the back of my throat? Because if so, it was last night 😏

Do you have kids?

No, fuck no, and over my dead body.

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

No 🙄

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

If they're hot.

What’s your eye colour?

Brown.

Scary movies or happy endings?

The ends of scary movies make me happy.

Any special talents?

See the answer to the question about the last time I cried.

Where were you born?

The writer has this whole thing about never naming specific places in these books, so I can't answer that.

Do you have any pets?

We looked after a dog one time. I liked her. She didn't judge me for drinking in the morning and she was good company when I went for a run after the drinking.

What sort of sports do you play?

Shit, did I do this tag already? This question feels familiar but the writer has an abysmal memory. Anyway. Running, wild swimming and climbing. Does that count as playing? I don't want other people to be involved. I just like pushing my body's limits.

How tall are you?

5ft 11in

What was your favourite subject in school?

None of them. Everything was easy but it was boring as shit.

What is your dream job?

To quote James Baldwin (I think), "I do not dream of labour."

Tagging @thegreatobsesso, @theprissythumbelina, @touloserlautrec and @willtheweaver if you'd like to do it, with an open tag for anyone else who wants to join in.

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Reblogs, replies etc on my tag posts are always welcome, but if you're doing this tag yourself, please make your own post instead of using mine to start a reblog chain.

Are you named after anyone? When was the last time you cried? Do you have kids? Do you use sarcasm a lot? What’s the first thing you notice about people? What’s your eye colour? Scary movies or happy endings? Any special talents? Where were you born? Do you have any pets? What sort of sports do you play? How tall are you? What was your favourite subject in school? What is your dream job?

#friends' writing #friends' OCs

[thegreatobsesso]

Oscillating wildly today between extreme angst, and content like this.

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🔖 tag list: @winterandwords // @revenantlore // @space-writes // @indecentpause // comment to be added or removed!

📝 all posts from WIP: gay crime bdsm story

#WIP: spicy gay crime story #oc: octavius #oc: milo #script writing #screenplay #writeblr #writing excerpt