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Amow - March Madness

So, briefly participated in this event - and it was fun to get the writing juice flowing! Here is the teeny list of what I managed. A general content warning for a human trafficking theme.

Betrayal [Implied NSFM] Defiant Whumpee Choking Stress Positions Whipping Dislocated/Broken Bones

There was supposed to be more, however, I ran outta fuel. Hopefully, in time... I'll come up with something.

#a month of whump march madness #whump #Quill Writes #oc Aodhan Gallagher #Tempered Grace #A spinoff? idek

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The Stuff

Just some links that contain most of my original creations, to be periodically updated. YaIMaY masterlist+Drabbles

What I like to call the 'first draft'. This whump-tropes-in-a-trenchcoat, was where it all began. Its a fair bit, part 1 is... an experiment, bordering on romantic-ish relationship dynamics. Part 2 is the most traditionally whumpy (albeit a bit chaotic), part 3 is focused a little bit on aftermath and team dynamics. The story, the plot and the characters have evolved a lot since this venture. 1/4 Whumptober 2020

Bits-and-pieces of work, as I try to navigate how I envision the newer version of the story. At this point my T.G work was still in a sort of transition phase. AMOW - March Madness 2021

A peek and slice of Aodhan's life in this bunch of quick-fix writes for the month of whump event. Tempered Grace - A sideblog. Finally, I've just decided to dedicate a side-blog to my seemingly eternal project.

#writing #sketches #whump #masterlist of masterlists #Quill Writes #Quill Sketches #Tempered Grace #YaIMaY #original characters #them drafts

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yes.

“this makes me personally uncomfortable”, “this seems in poor taste”, “this is somehow harmful but presumably because you’re misinformed” and “this is actively malicious” are all different things. remember that

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Streak has evaporated, but here I am again throwing character stuff out. Novara is a sweetheart - I think she's my 'goodiest' character and I'm okay with that. Think I'll get more stuff out next week :)

Meet Novara Ricci

A little bit of info below the trace-sketch and the cut.

Prodigious | Gullible | Encouraging | Acquiescent | Empathetic | Workaholic Nicknames: Nova, Supernova, RaRi Age: Teens to Thirties Birthday: 17th July, 2095 Height; 164 cm Weight; 51 kgs Sex; Female Gender: Female Pronouns: She/Her Sexuality: Pansexual Relationship Status: Taken MBTI: INFJ - A [The Advocate] Job Description - [Acer. BioHacker - Field Medic - Researcher]

#writing #character intro #tempered grace #Quill Writes #Quill Sketches #original character #oc Novara Ricci

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Throwing this into the reblog train. [Did you know, Tariq means 'date' (like what 'date' is it today?) In his head, it obviously means 'to date' i.e 'to Tariq.'] Tariq featured in whumptober a lil and he endured and dished out a fair bit of whump in the OG first draft. There are other traits of his that haven't really been explored in writing yet - but people who've spoken to me or RPed with me probably know him better. I think that concludes three of my characters. Three more main OCs to be revealed soon.

Tariq Meissa | History

Keeping up with the streak! Here goes the T history. (That sounds like a rhyme for some reason.) Anyhoo, history below the cut.

Tariq was the second-born of Altair and Jheel Meissa. Jheel was misinformed that she had the potential to develop a complication that would risk both Tariq and Jheel’s life upon child-birth. In order to avoid this she consented to genetic therapy on her embryo. Naturally, she was uninformed that this is unnecessary and part of an experiment. This is how Tariq earned his long-lost-past-sight-powers. His family is considered a sort of minority ethnic group in S09-R06. There are typically prejudices and biases against them. Tariq sees his older brother Tehzeeb as a pretty straight-laced, hardworking boy, i.e. the good son. So, Tariq happily takes up the mantle of being more of the exploratory troublemaker, since he found himself needing a niche of his own. His mother is an elementary school teacher and his father is a… bit of a vagabond, but works in a motley crew of a theatre production and runs a side business of making and selling furniture, since he’s into set-design as well as acting. His parents are fairly respected among intellectuals, though they’re begrudged within their religious community. This is because Altair’s production is notorious for staging darkly humorous politically-motivated and conflict-fuelled shows. Tariq has watched his father deal with the fallout of this with staunchly non-violent, elan, composure… And it irks Tariq no end, especially because T’s dad continues to live in a community that doesn’t treat them well, out of some sort of principle that Tariq doesn’t get. This ramps up, when Tariq realises he’s bi/pan and that there is very little chance that he can come out in any manner within the community safely. And all of Tariq’s dad’s acceptance and wisdom on the matter, doesn’t actually help in any practical manner. At least his father moves him into a smaller school - Anjuman, that is far more accepting and less restricted in its philosophies. Here he meets Akira, they’re playfully competitive, but they are also pretty close. Their relationship is really elevated and tested when T loses his brother in a religiously fueled riot. This really puts his relationship with his father through the wringer and he starts leaning towards violence. With his mom falling sick post the death of her son and his father… seemingly distracted and torn a billion ways, he joins Akira on her transfer to Sector 09 G.C.A. There he gets closer to Eze (because they get along on multiple unexpected fronts), though Aki and Eze don’t get along, he decides to maintain his friendship with both. Meanwhile, as his mother’s condition worsens, she often (according to him) ends up using that as a sort of emotional blackmail to try and get Tariq to behave the way she wants him to, that is, to fill the void that Tehzeeb left. The more controlling she gets, the more T wants to rebel. This further puts a strain on his relationship with his father, who somehow wants to appease Jheel in these trying times, and so, takes her side. Along with all this, as a double whammy, T unexpectedly realises his power when he starts seeing Tehzeeb’s ghost. Knowing this can’t be real, he gets more dependent on drugs and assumes that they are the explanation for his visions. Eventually, he is helped by Aki to be weaned off of them without needing professional help which would mar his record. Then he wins the scholarship to go to Sector 0 G.C.A and subsequently begins training as an Acer recon-pilot while studying mechanical engineering at G.C.U.

#writing #quill writes #tempered grace #oc Tariq Meissa #character history

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Time to restart the streak! Though I do have exams coming up (again) so I don't know if I'll be able to keep up. I have been working on some nanowrimo stuff, which I feel is going to take a sharp turn towards whump. I do not possess the energy to string together the the actual story and just want to entertain myself with the whumpy bits.

Tariq Meissa | Personality

Post Easter break post. Can we skip the fact that I broke my streak? I don't even celebrate Easter per se, but I was roped into a (absolutely wonderful) hang out with friends. Which is definitely something Tariq would approve of. Personality below the cut!

Tariq has three set philosophies: Actions speak louder than words Try everything (terms and conditions loosely apply) - at least once. All creatures (sentient beings anyway) are created equal Tariq witnessed his family struggle for principles against an oppressive system. Tariq also saw them all be consumed by this, among other things, futilely. This left him, on some levels alone, indignant and harboring a certain level of anger against the world… Initially aimed at no one in particular and easily directed against anyone, when provoked. Tariq spent a lot of adolescence lashing out. He often picked fights, and since they didn’t kill him, each one left him stronger. Conflicts that he encountered, on small scales and large, clearly existed as a tool to oppress or as an excuse to wound. Since resolution was rarely ever the goal, the language to deal with such friction automatically became physical. He was not someone who bothered putting deliberate thought and effort into hurting people… Doing more damage and taking less was usually the goal. Words had never affected him much and initially he assumed that to be true for whoever he stood against. So in his head, they were not a viable option as a weapon. This rings true on a deeper level for him. Actions will always speak louder than words. But, just like he improved his technique and learned that blows could be exchanged with more precision, he learned that words could hurt some people in a way blows couldn’t. And words could also stir people in ways violence could never. But the more he learned, the less inclined he was to use something as beautiful and communicative as language to cause suffering and pain. So, he still has a preference and tendency to settle things with a measured degree of physical violence. He’ll aim to set, or assume some code for every brawl he enters, based on his opponent, their relationship and the situation. He’ll aim to fight clean and honorably - rules will be set and rules will be followed. Unless it is combative and there is a clear enemy. In that case, he’s quite a savage and it is usually the only time he displays the full extent of his brutality. When it's a no-holds-barred situation - Which war often. He’s aware that it's a dog eat dog world and will want to come out as the dog on top if he can. A part of him gets a high off of the lack of rules and the freedom this gives him. He almost never turns down a good brawl.

Tariq can be brutal, but Tariq is not a brute. In the moments where he is not fighting anyone for any reason, he’s insightful and easy to get along with. He has the spirit that radiates a certain degree of abandon and will often be the one that suggests something wild that may be worth exploring. He values life but he values feeling alive too. To him the body is just a meat-suit for the soul and the latter needs a whole bunch of nourishment too… if the former suffers for it sometimes, then so be it. He explores the world in a rather tactile and observant manner, but he has a gift to translate his experiences into evocative little phrases… Tariq is often a poet, without meaning or trying to be.

Tariq is a survivor, the concept of dying for something is not one he fathoms, he’d rather live to play the long game. The concept of dying for someone works similarly. If he had to… He’d want to go down fighting. If dying for someone is confounding, living for someone is worse. This is something he lives by with respect to his own value too, he doesn’t simply expect people to lay down their lives for him, or on his orders. He will always try to appeal to their sense of personal reason, if he wants or needs something done. Ironically, the lack of the usual entitlement and the fact that he’s always willing to be down in the trenches with his people is what makes them very loyal and more likely to do whatever is needed or whatever he wants. He has known and seen loss, and still has the courage to form intense attachments. However, he’s not very possessive.

Tariq believes life is precious, but also that in itself, it is uniform. All men and women are created equal - he definitely lives by that belief. Not just merely as an anecdote for existence, but also in terms of value and status. He understands hierarchy and the ritualistic processes around it, but does not attribute it to value - just to recognize skill, luck and circumstance. Tariq knows everyone comes into the world alone and leaves alone… everything in the middle is transient.

#writing #Quill Writes #oc Tariq Meissa #character personality #Tempered Grace #someone please send me asks #i need to motivate myself

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You tell us to come off anon but I bet YOUR the one sending anon hate to goose and leet. You're not invited to my birthday party and I told my mommy to tell your mommy that you SUCK. Eat PISS >:(

It’d be drink right? I mean, I don’t think I’m gonna, but at least its supposed to be sterile (kinda... mostly). My mom would never believe your mom. And I bet the birthday party is going to be full of bloodcake. No one like bloodcake. I won’t be missing out. You youtube should be banned! I know who you are. I be you’re the one sending anons to Goose and Leet and are just blaming me for it!!!

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Since you've revealed yourself, I shall as well! I do have characters - SEVERAL of them. How dare you accuse me of disrespecting their boundaries? They wanted to be cool, and that's not something they could achieve by hiding out in basements! I had to drag them out from their little safe spaces and bubbles and make them face their fears, because that's what strength is - that's what grace is. I did them a favour. And now I'm doing you a favour. You better hope you have some strength and grace when you're imprisoned in tumblr jail! I do not care about your detention trauma, don't victimize yourself like your characters do. Incidentally, I also do not care about the sadness you felt when I honestly critiqued your youtube videos - it was the right thing to do. Is the price of honestly hate today? By blocking me, you're silencing me and taking away my right to freely share my opinions.

Its cruel to keep characters in basements. I'll charge you with needless character abuse. That's a crime in creative communities, you heard 'write' whump is a crime. You could go to tumblr jail. In fact, I'll put you there. And I bet your followers would go after my toes - they all want to fall at my feet. Also blood instead of eggs is terrible and gross - I hope you do not plan to bake!

You know nothing about my characters likes and dislikes, did you consider that they might DISLIKE the outside world and that I am only respecting their boundaries? I hope you have NO characters, since you obviously don't understand their needs as individuaks and think to respect them as people. Threatening me with tumblr jail is a weak move, I had detention in highschool once and am not afraid of imprisonment anymore. Plus, did you not consider bringing up tumblr jail might bring back my awful memories of detention? You are a disrespectful hater and I will poison anything i DO bake then send it your way.

#disk horse/j #anon reveals?! #this is beeg beef drama

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E tu?! I knew you'd betray me one day. You know I've worked very hard to make my characters hotly cool - how dare you call that out? Just because I do not have the courage to be uncool and unhot? I should have been more than slightly mean! I can't believe you're siding with an anon. You were supposed to be, MY FRIEND. Samosas are only for friends and since you aren't giving me any, its fair to assume that we are no longer friends - in fact, perhaps we were never friends. Nothing has ever crushed my soul like this. You need to apologize for siding with this anon, immediately. Otherwise I'll be scarred for life and it'll be your fault!

You are just a coward who doesn't dare answer anon asks that call your out for your awful crimes, i have blocked you from further commenting on my youtube channel, get off this website or i will find you and beat you into the ground for being so problematic

How dare you make such promises? Do you not know how I feel about being beaten to the ground? Fair warning, I will retaliate! I’m not the coward!! I do not hide behind anon. Come at me!

#disk horse? #ahahahahah #At least there is some truth here #I really am not precious #Character's cool hotness or hot coolness is debatable #I've definitely been mean to Leet #what can I do #I was born this way! #Never support anon #betrayal

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You are just a coward who doesn't dare answer anon asks that call your out for your awful crimes, i have blocked you from further commenting on my youtube channel, get off this website or i will find you and beat you into the ground for being so problematic

How dare you make such promises? Do you not know how I feel about being beaten to the ground? Fair warning, I will retaliate! I’m not the coward!! I do not hide behind anon. Come at me!

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You are an insolent foolboy and a tracer and dumb i will block you from commenting on my youtube videos from now on please perish

It is r00d to call me out like this. Hiding behind anon! I don’t even know who you are!!! I bet you’re calling me out because you can’t draw fingers! Get off your high horse and trace the fingers and maybe then you would be able to!

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Streak still up! Tariq is very close to my heart and he is an amalgamation of several real friends that I have had growing up. He is going to be a pretty central character in my work. He has strong relationships with both my protags and really does help tie things up together. Teeny details below the cut, history and personality are on the way! Like most of my characters, he'd happily fit in the role of a whumper or a whumpee and he's incredibly fun to write in those dynamics (albeit a bit of a Gary Stu in that setup ngl!)

Meet Tariq Meissa

Reliable | Egalitarian | Aggressive | Nonconformist | Spontaneous | Generous Nicknames: T, Rick, Reek, Mei, Messy, Tarissa. Age: Teens to Thirties Birthday: 27th August, 2095 Height; 183 cm Weight; 81 kgs Sex: (yes) Male Gender: Male leaning-Genderfluid Pronouns: He/Him (sometimes Xe/Xer) Sexuality: Pansexual Relationship Status: (Always) Single MBTI: ISFP - T Job Description - [Acer. Pilot - Recon Field Agent - Mechanic]

#writing #oc intro #original character #tempered grace #quill write #oc Tariq Meissa

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The history of my shameless self-insert! How similar is her past to mine? Pfft. That is not relevant. I plead the fifth. Jests aside, I do use Akira to navigate my life, past and future - though she is unique and *not* a reflection of me. We're similar, but *not* the same.

Akira Shastri | History

So, to continue the daily streak, I shall share Akira's history! I'm actually working on the project actively now - trying to keep up with April nanowrimo. Will share WIP snippets on this blog and maybe whumpy WIP snippets (probably more gratuitous on the whumpy front) on thewhumpstuff blog. Here is Aki history below the cut - It mentions other characters who will get their own posts later. [And as usual, I'm not working too hard to edit this stuff, just throwing it out there so it can anchor the upcoming content's drafts.]

She was born to Ehsaan Shastri and Maan Shastri. Ehsaan worked for the fuel and forest preservationist company run by G.C (Auriga) in Sector 09 and he was a bit of a misogynist, so he didn't really want Maan to be working. Maan had the qualifications to work as a journalist (Caelum). When Maan is pregnant with Aki, Ehsaan falls very very sick, and to get him treatment, Maan is co-coerced into joining a genetic enhancement study, which is how Akira-embryo ends up a specific genetic boost and that’s what gets her her ancient-lost-telepathic-empathy-powers. The study is abruptly closed down, so Maan is just stuck with this powered child.

Ehsaan was a mean drunk and had anger issues. There are multiple situations of mild physical violence against Maan, even after Aki is born. So, she decides to leave him when Aki is five. They move to Aki's maternal grandparents (Jeet and Guru Shastri - yes it was an odd coincidence that her family name on her maternal and paternal side was the same, so no name taking issues, ha and they adore her). Her mother takes a few jobs here and there, which is hard as a single parent. She meanwhile has an... interesting time at school given her powers. Aki is frustrated and distracted and can't fathom why people lie, especially because Maan harps on about being honest, especially to oneself and waters a very strong sense of conscience in Aki. Aki is transferred to an up and coming school called Anjuman, which is run by Daevy Pyxis’ biological sister Noor Kohli

Meanwhile, Maan starts working on writing journal reviews for sustainable products and designs, and gets in touch with Tariq's father - Altair Meissa, who is a set-designer and theatre performer, who makes his own furniture. And... well... they fall in love. Sector 09 is hostile and volatile. So there are periodic riots and mob violence sort of stuff particularly between the two religious group. One of Tariq’s heritage and the other of Aki’s, among others. So, Aki is forced to deal with this romeo-juliet-esque situation that her mom has gotten into, because it is an illicit affair and whether they want it or not, Altair and Maan are representatives of the conflicting groups. Tariq also is transferred to Anjuman. Tariq and Akira run into Eze often, who visits their school from Sector 09 G.C.A (given that its run by his aunt).

Things really head south when Tariq loses his older brother in one of these riots and that puts a whole bunch of strain on the Meissa family and this strain, for Maan, ends up sharply reminding her that her relationship with Altair is amoral. A guilt-stricken ‘I-am-a-homewrecker’ Maan ends up dependent on illicitly obtained prescription pills. While battling depression and suicidal tendencies. Akira is left to deal with this mess through her preteens and a bit of her teens, not knowing how to ask for help without giving up the relationship which feels far more dangerous since it’d drive a wedge through Aki’s family, will it threatens to make them social pariahs and might even be a death sentence given the conflict. Spiralling from the loss of her firstborn son, Jheel eventually gets fatally sick. Aki and T are transferred to Sector 09 G.C.A (where they study with Eze), till their family lives can be stabilized. Eventually, Aki returns to Anjuman but T doesn’t. She sees him largely on some weekends and during vacations. She watches him inch towards a sort of unabashed delinquency. She watches him hang out in Eze’s crowd and succumb to a life of ‘drugs and parties’. Aki, having dealt with her mom, tries to help him through his addiction, at least enough so he can keep his sports and academic performance up. There is a competition for a scholarship to G.C.A sector 0, which both T and Aki take part in and tie. On humanitarian grounds (because Jheel is close to death/ready to succumb) T is given the scholarship. (Aki is certain that there is also the influence of T’s buddiness with Eze. This leaves Aki feeling abandoned and betrayed when T accepts.

So, Aki decides, perhaps petulantly, that she too will find a way to attend Sector 0 G.C.U at least, (since transfer to the academy is unlikely) when she gets out of school even though it's much harder for people who do not have G.C.A backgrounds to do so. Despite her goals, she sort of struggles in H.S in a lonely emotional dip. And after the hostage situation that happens in her school and the information she finds out about it simply being a political facade she's disillusioned and upsette. She does run into and stay in touch with Jared though, who sort of helps her clear the entrance exams for G.C.U which she still yearned for, but had also sort of given up on. She loses her granddad on the day before the G.C.U exam - but still miraculously clears it. So, that's how she winds up in Sector 0 G.C.U studying 'biohacking' - which is basically medicine. She is also training as an Acer (G.C. Agent).

#writing #oc akira shastri #tempered grace #quill writes #I did start the April nanowrimo #I've promised to pace myself and not burn out #character history

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Ay! I am back at character cataloguing! My protag! She's been through so many renditions and yet, I suppose this is her core - and hasn't changed all that much. My shameless self-insert has been with me ever since I entered the world of online roleplaying (at the tender age of twelve I think?) And now she has the Tempered Grace crew of misfits around her... I do love making her incredibly sad... and incredibly happy!

Akira Shastri | Personality

So back at it, on first of April too - Does that mean I'm fooling myself when I say I will stick with this and actually post daily? - Maybe. But I'm not fooling myself when I say that I will try! So below the cut, we have Akira's personality. I swear, she reads more convoluted than she is. Or rather, she's simply complicated, or... complicatedly simple - take your pick.

She will entertain and push for extensive philosophical discourses, littered with painful hypotheticals... with whoever is willing. Holding up mirrors (sometimes cruelly, because she cannot give up on her tendency to deflate the over-inflated ego) and playing the devil’s advocate is her speciality.t. Her distracted, creative spirit is often at odds with her scholarly ventures, add labile emotions to this and Akira is left in a flux of turbulent frustration. Self-worth and confidence suffers sometimes and she is likely to close herself in. As someone who isn't (can’t be) result oriented, she accepts the existence of imperfection but not the unwillingness to attempt working against it--However slow that process might be.

Akira sees her own struggles (mostly because they feel unjustified to her) as a solo battle that could use an ephemeral support system to conquer. She deals with these internal turmoil, externally and alone. Finding it easiest to throw herself into something that'll exhaust her and steal away from the time she can spend brooding. This could be physical exhaustion through sports, martial arts, a variety of performing arts and creative projects that she will work on obsessively (and then drop).

Akira will assume that she’s been deemed weak (even if she hasn’t), if someone has witnessed her in a state that she judges as such. And one way or another, she will seek to re-establish her strength. She has always had a grandiose perspective of her own strength. She believes herself to be capable of stoic endurance in the face of pain. Sometimes she seeks it, just to prove this point to herself or others around her. Or to deal with a pressing sense of guilt. She hates pity, but she loves attention and does want to be admired for the right reasons. If someone she holds in high regard, recognises her strength under duress she's ecstatic about the validation. Especially if she feels like the ordeal served a purpose or was well endured as penance.

Her need for validation does leave her craving popularity sometimes. However, Akira is like a flame… sometimes a flickering candle, often a warm hearth... and sometimes a raging inferno. Inconsistency makes relationships hard and definitely does not garner her popular approval. Her inherent tendencies will automatically end up testing people. Friction is a consistent part of her affection. She still fights within a relationship as much as she fights for it.

She will entertain and push for extensive philosophical discourses, littered with painful hypotheticals... with whoever is willing. Holding up mirrors (sometimes cruelly, because she cannot give up on her tendency to deflate the over-inflated ego) and playing the devil’s advocate is her specialty.

Why? Because to her, intentions matter most. A reminder that her intentions are still noble, despite her failings can feel uplifting. Akira values self-awareness greatly. She believes that people need to introspect, reflect and work on themselves consistently. That true empathy is borne out of this. To the best of her ability, she does apply this to herself. She is susceptible to being disappointed by unjust and unfair things. Especially when the cause stems from others not valuing self-awareness, or dismissing it. When people harm each other, in search of power or because they don’t know better, Akira is met with a festering frustration.

Her natural curiosity is insatiable. It thrives on variety and settles on an obsessive unravelling of the minds around her, for better or for worse. Her intensity ends up working as a filter. And it leaves her with a good radar for people. She is not easy to fool. Akira seeks spirited souls that stand up for what they believe in, but are capable of being vulnerable… Are capable of realising that they can be wrong. These are the people she allows herself to love. Everything is amped up for those she loves, dangerously so. Once a relationship is forged and fostered, she is unlikely to give up on it. She cannot fake this attachment. and she measures her value by it sometimes. Her indiscipline makes it difficult for her to achieve concrete markers of success. So, being able to be there for people, good, kind, well-intentioned people--her people, fills that void.

Her innate empathy for people she considers hers--the ones she needs to protect and support, is subject to manipulation. It'll be very difficult for her to watch someone she cares for suffer, in her stead or directly/indirectly because of her. Her pride is an anchor, but in certain situations can be fragile. She knows a shattered sense of self will leave her quite hollow. And feeling like she failed, herself or someone around her, will tick that quickly.

Like everyone, Akira has a spectrum: Hate. Dislike. Indifference. Like. Love. Both extremes can become all-consuming. She knows she is capable of sinking into depravity, if she gives way to hate, and so assumes most humans could be. Akira would merrily dole out vengeance, to a dehumanising and sadistic degree if someone displayed cruelty (incidentally the quickest path to her hate) towards her or her people. She has not entirely reconciled that part of herself with her identity. Knowing that she can’t be entirely impartial leaves her agonizing.

While she is driven, empathetic, able and morally inclined, Akira is not motivated by the ‘save the world’ phenomenon. Akira believes that life longs for itself. And that it is unfair by existence, but that it evens out in the long run. Sometimes people have to temper their own weapons against hardship. She offers (and unknowingly seeks) help to accomplish that. In the end, Akira tends to hit her rock bottom and does bounce back. She will come close to cracking and will find the spirit, nerve and sinew to hold on. Her failings and flaws do not stop her from believing that she will leave her verse in the world. She hopes to live and not just survive and wishes the same for her people.

#writing #quill writes #oc Akira Shastri #Tempered Grace #I am going to try April nanowrimo #maybe I will get to share some whumpy snippets

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This was fun!!! Thanks for the tags, S and Ace! My hair is a wee bit longer, but otherwise, this pretty much nails it. Tagging with no obligation!

@womping-grounds @sugar-whump @abstractmarshmallow @for-the-love-of-angst @beckstriad @sopwithwhump

@thedeductionmistress you would really like this one :D and @cosmicqueerlove, @quirkykayleetam, @maison-simon, @mercuryrosegarden, @himbotaako, @someallpowerfulforce and anyone else who wants to, give it a go!!

#tag games #picrew games

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First, I love the clock! Second, once again art feels like a whump prompt and the get up that the woman is in+how she progressively gets restless and seemingly annoyed, gives me Akira vibes. I swear, I feel like this is something I would have to do to Aki, just to stop her from getting herself into shit. I could see Jared leaving her like this, tbh, which isn't even necessarily whumpy, but its a broad genre isn't it.

[Photoset caption: 4 line drawings of a woman sitting at the top of a staircase with her hands tied to the balustrade behind her back.]

#oc akira vibes #I love the clock #I also love the clothes

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Did I find a younger Akira and Tariq? I think I did.

skirts and pants have no gender and “codes of conduct” are just ways for schools to continue enforcing age old gender norms and sexism

#character vibes #Tempered Grace #Gender roles? #oc Akira vibes #oc Tariq vibes