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Anya's Proud Dumpster Fire

@anyablackwood / anyablackwood.tumblr.com

Anya, She/Her. Writing blog! Snippets, moodboards, etc. I dump everything in here. Not a minor, but please keep asks safe and friendly! Would love some writing friends!
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Hello! I'm Anya. She/her, English major, queer WOC. I'm not new to tumblr but this account sure is! I've lurked on writeblr (and general tumblr) for a bit and my original account went from a budding writeblr to a general account so I'm here to try again, lol. I'd love to make some writing friends, so if you're interested I'd be happy to hear it!

I predominantly write fantasy, though I like to dabble in a bit of everything because I don't understand restraint lmao. You'll never see me write realistic fiction though. I'm simply incapable. All of my writing must have some level of magic/supernatural elements in it, or it's not mine! I've been trying to get back into reading and writing more consistently, and actually WRITING instead of just thinking about writing or obsessively outlining and planning.

I tend to bounce around on WIPs so I have way too many. But my main focus at the moment is Traveling Bards (working title), a portal fantasy/isekai comedy about three sisters causing chaos in a fantasy medieval kingdom. I'll be posting a dedicated intro post to that and other WIPs soon so please follow or just check in on my blog if you're interested!

Would love to have some fellow writing buddies, whether that's for motivation, sharing advice, critiques, or just commiserating together!

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Steps to Write a Cunning Femme Fatale

1. Establish Her Persona

  • Define Her Allure: Craft her as enigmatic, charming, and intelligent. She should draw people in with her charisma and mystique.
  • Give Her Depth: Avoid clichés by giving her a unique backstory, motivations, or vulnerabilities that shape her actions.
  • Choose Her Strengths: Highlight skills like manipulation, resourcefulness, or combat abilities that give her an edge.

2. Shape Her Role in the Plot

  • Decide Her Purpose: Determine if she’s an ally, antagonist, or morally gray character, and how her actions drive the story.
  • Design Power Dynamics: Show how she wields control or influence over other characters, often exploiting weaknesses.
  • Weave Intrigue: Keep her intentions ambiguous to maintain tension and mystery.

3. Build Her Relationships

  • Contrast With Others: Develop relationships that show how she contrasts with or complements other characters (e.g., a vulnerable hero or a rival villain).
  • Show Complexity: Explore the layers in her interactions, such as her ability to mix truth with deception.
  • Reveal Gradually: Unfold her true nature over time, leaving both characters and the audience guessing.

4. Create a Striking Appearance

  • Use Symbolism: Incorporate elements of her look that reflect her personality, like bold colors, sleek outfits, or unique accessories.
  • Convey Confidence: Show her self-assuredness in the way she moves, speaks, and holds herself.
  • Highlight Ambiguity: Blend qualities that make her both alluring and dangerous (e.g., a soft smile hiding sharp intent).

5. Show Her in Action

  • Establish Power Plays: Showcase her intelligence and cunning through strategic actions, manipulations, or daring risks.
  • Create High Stakes: Put her in situations where she must outwit others or face consequences.
  • Balance Strength and Vulnerability: Let her excel in some areas while occasionally exposing a flaw or fear to humanize her.

6. Develop a Satisfying Arc

  • Choose Her Outcome: Decide if she triumphs, meets her downfall, or remains ambiguous at the story’s end.
  • Reflect Growth or Decline: Show how her actions shape her destiny—whether she evolves, succumbs, or holds her ground.
  • Tie Back to Themes: Ensure her arc aligns with the overarching themes of the story, like betrayal, love, or revenge.

Examples of Femme Fatales in Stories

1. Film Examples

  • Phyllis Dietrichson (Double Indemnity): Uses charm and manipulation to pull others into her schemes, embodying the classic femme fatale archetype.
  • Mal Cobb (Inception): A tragic yet dangerous figure, her motivations blur the lines between reality and illusion.
  • Nikita (La Femme Nikita): Balances vulnerability and lethal skill, creating a layered and compelling character.

2. Literature Examples

  • Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct): A brilliant, enigmatic writer whose intelligence and seduction make her a master manipulator.
  • Milady de Winter (The Three Musketeers): A cunning and ruthless antagonist, she uses her wits and charm to outmaneuver the heroes.
  • Amy Dunne (Gone Girl): Subverts the idea of victimhood with her calculated and chilling actions, redefining the femme fatale for modern audiences.

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Idgaf if you don't want to write essays for school. I don't care if you don't want to write corporate emails yourself. I don't care if you can't draw well, I don't care if you can't write well, I don't care if you just really really want to talk to your favorite fictional character but don't want to RP with a real person because you have social anxiety or whatever

If you're still regularly using generative ai, chatgpt or midjourney or character.ai or literally whatever the fuck, im personally blaming you when my utility prices start going up.

Why would utility prices go up because of ai?

(I am not defending the usage of generative AI/ChatGPT/Character.ai etc etc i am very much against it - I am just curious as to the correlation between using it and utility price surge please don't come at me this is a genuine question)

Happy to help.

ChatGPT uses so much energy that the US is literally reversing course on coal and gas usage to make up for it. In Santa Clara, for example, data centers used 60% of the ENTIRE CITY'S electricity.

ChatGPT uses 1-3 bottles of water for cooling for every query you put into it. This is FRESH WATER, which is evaporated and eventually mostly returns to the ocean, effectively removing a lot of it from our already dwindling fresh water supply on the planet. It also consumes 17 THOUSAND TIMES more electricity than the average American home.

More AI use = more data centers = power drain on local cities = gas, electricity, and water utility prices rise because all of our resources are being funneled into a machine that makes garbage

To be clear, these data centers aren't exclusively ai. In general, we need to do a hell of a lot better with how we manage and maintain our online infrastructure. But generative AI sure as hell isn't helping.

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Potential Fantasy Jobs!

If you don't want to use the same stereotypical Generic Fantasy Land jobs to center your stories around, stay here!

A) Ritual Salter-And-Burner

The country that this character lives in is highly rituatlistic about how to pay proper ceremony to the dead as it is believed that if these steps aren't performed then the dead will be forced to stay on Earth and won't be able to complete the cycle.

However, what if a person dies in rather hard-to-reach place such as the tallest mountains that are almost entirely uninhabitable? Or in a different country? Or isn't strictly dead but "missing"? Or is stuck in something a bit more private than a military/boarding school?

That's were Salt-Burners come in! While there are different types of Salters, the entire occupation is about finding and performing the proper rites and rituals that, for some reason, the typical workers can't.

There are Salt-Burners who specialize in specific, hard-to-traverse places such as the mountains or caves.

There are Salt-Burners who specialize in fighting the legal battles where family members may not be able to.

There are Salt-Burners who specialize in finding not-comfirmed dead bodies such as in cases of missing people or people whose bodies weren't found. This can be through investigation, spying, and/or surviellance

if you’re white and wanna write a poc character and feel awkward about it i implore you to ignore any twitblr stuff treating it as a massive ethical burden and instead come in more with the same mindset you’d have if you wanted to write about idk firefighters but didn’t know anything about firefighters so you do... research. Like fuck off with the weird kinda creepy calls for spiritual introspection you’re not writing about god damn space aliens you’re writing about humans and if you think you need more perspective of different life experiences just read?

If I were writing about firefighters I'd also, in addition to just reading about them, take advantage of Our Blessed Internet to ask actual firefighters about how shit works. I'd do the same for a minority I'm not a part of.

I remember when there was this LiveJournal community where you could just ask about anything you needed for your novel - medicine, professions, vehicles, how things function in country X - and people who knew something about that would answer.

We need to bring this back.

And apparently just this summer they DID bring it back - it's called Little Details and it's on Dreamwidth!!!!

Remember, a world where everyone stays in their own boxes and only writes about their own narrow demographic is straight up a goal for racists. If you ever find yourself attempting anti-racism so hard you've looped back to "functionally the same thing racists want", stop, take stock, and ask yourself where things went wrong.

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you guys made luigi mangione trend for days and I need to see the same energy for brianna boston. she is a 43 year old mother of three who ended a phone call with blue cross blue shield (after being denied a claim) “delay deny depose, you people are next” and is now being held under a 100,000$ bond and could face FIFTEEN years of prison if charged. she has no weapons, her record is clean, and yet she is being held behind bars. they are afraid of the public and are trying to subdue. do not let them!!!! be outraged that our freedom of speech is being threatened!!!!! deny defend depose! free brianna boston!

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OC In 3 Tag!

Let's go with some of the cast from Crash Stardom! for this one!!!

Tristan Mallory

I gotta stay high all the time

To keep you off my mind, ooh, ooh

High all the time

To keep you off my mind, ooh, ooh

Spend my days locked in a haze

Tryna forget you

When the tears are rolling down

Like a river to the ocean

And there's no one else around

You won't question my devotion

Everybody needs somebody

And you got me

You know that I know that you know that

I'll be there for the highs and lows

Give you mine if your heart gets broke

By your side, when you're all alone

I will be there

When you're down, d-down on your luck

No ride home and you got too drunk

Two A.M. I'mma pick you up

I will be there, ay

I wish that I had somebody to call when I am not okay

I wish that I had anyone who cared when I am in that place

I wish I could have a mental breakdown

Without turning my life into a ghost town

So many things I would change

But more than anything

I wish somebody loved me as much as I hate myself

I wish somebody listened as much as I go through hell

Noah Mallory

He was doing lines or something in the bathroom

I barely recognized him at all

I saw him doing things you shouldn't do with all that power

I wish someone would have thrown him in the shower

I barely recognized him at all

That night I put my youth in a casket

And buried it inside of me

That night I saw through all the magic

Now I'm a witness to the death of a hero

I burned all the pictures in the attic

And threw away the magazines

That night I saw through all the magic

And now I'm a witness to the death of a hero

I tried to look away but you can't look away from a trainwreck

You never heard of me

Or the weird shit I do and say

That's my favorite thing

That I'm not famous, no

And I'm never on TV

Throwing up on an LA street

Nobody judges me

Cause I'm not famous, no

Paparazzi is at an all time low

Paparazzi they don't care where I go

Ramblers in the wilderness

We can't find what we need

We get a little restless from the searching

Get a little worn down in between

Like a bull chasing the matador

Is the man left to his own schemes

Everybody needs someone beside 'em

Shining like a lighthouse from the sea

Brother, let me be your shelter

Never leave you all alone

I can be the one you call

When you're low

Brother, let me be your fortress

When the night winds are driving on

Be the one to light the way

Bring you home

Beck Staudder

  1. Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold

Now your nightmare comes to life

Dragged you down below, down to the devil's show

To be his guest forever (peace of mind is less than never)

Hate to twist your mind, but God ain't on your side

An old acquaintance severed (burn the world your last endeavor)

Flesh is burning, you can smell it in the air

'Cause men like you have such an easy soul to steal (steal)

So stand in line while they ink numbers in your head

You're now a slave until the end of time here

Nothing stops the madness turning

Haunting, yearning, pull the trigger

I wish there was another way out

Voices won't go away, they stay for days and days

They say some awful things, ways to make you fade away

I don't think no one's home and we're just here alone

I better find you first before you find the phone

Better run, better run, better run, yeah, I'm coming after you

When you're sleeping at night, yeah, there's nothing you can do

There's no place you can hide 'cause I'm coming after you

I wish there was another way out for you

Wish there was another way out for you

I wish there was another way out

Oh, you can't hear me cry

See my dreams all die

From where you're standing

On your own

It's so quiet here

And I feel so cold

This house no longer

Feels like home

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You caused my heart to bleed and

You still owe me a reason

'Cause I can't figure out why

Why I'm alone and freezin'

While you're in the bed that she's in

And I'm just left alone to cry

Let me know if you'd like to be added!

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Unusual Associations Tag!

Let's go with Tristan Mallory from Crash Stardom! and Dylan Millihan from What Lurks In The Hollow.

Rules: pick an OC and describe what you associate with them in each category

Tristan Mallory

Seasoning - Vanilla

Weather - A crisp night in spring

Color - Neon purple, pastel pink and gold

Sky - A starry midnight sky

Magical power - He doesn't have magic, but I think that if he did he would have some song or sound based powers, due to the fact that he is a popstar singer.

Plant - Purple Hyacinth (this flower means sorrow and suffering, while also symbolizing a wish for forgiveess, and occasionally playful joy)

Weapon - Pepper Spray & Taser

Social media - Any social media. He's a celebrity, so he has every kind of social media there even is lol

Makeup - Gliterry eyeshadow, lipgloss, eyeliner

Candy - Salted caramel chocolate bars

Fear - Being hated by the people he loves or ending up alone

Method of long distance travel - Car, occasionally a jet or tour bus.

Art style - Singing, songwriting, playing guitar, playing piano

Mythological creature - Scylla and unicorns.

Stationary - A DIY sketchbook and glitter pens.

Celestial object - Hypernova

Dylan Millihan

Seasoning - Black coffee, cinammon and occasionally honey

Weather - A windy and dry summer late afternoon/dusk where he can just drive around aimlessly in his Chevy

Color - Denim blue, charcoal black and autumn orange

Sky - Sunset sky where the deep oranges and pinks mix with white while the dark of the night seeps in.

Magical power - He doesn't have any magic but I think that if he did, it would be either enhanced strenght/endurance or shield generation powers, if not both.

Plant - A sturdy oak tree (oak trees are usually associated with protection and strenght, being symbols of perseverance and resilience in the face of hardship, which really he fits his tough 'I can take on anything' persona)

Weapon - Brass Knuckles

Social media - Maybe YouTube Music or Spotify. He doesn't usually care about social media at all, but he likes music so I could see him as only using those two apps.

Makeup - Aftershave only. Maybe some small, black hoop earrings if he really is attending something fancy.

Candy - Toffee

Fear - Being weak or being otherwise a failure. Being unable to protect Amy (his little sister) or unable to provide for her. Being seen as vulnerable.

Method of long distance travel - His Chevy

Art style - None. Maybe doodling on a stray piece of paper when he gets really bored but he's openly terrible at art.

Mythological creature - Cerberus

Stationary - Also none but he has a notepad he occasionally scribbles stuff in with a black pen or marker. Usually just 'to-do lists'

Celestial body: Comet

Let me know if you'd like to be added!

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Playlist Character Personality Tag!

Let's go with some of the cast from What Lurks In The Hollow for this one!!!

Rules:  You choose a character that you want to talk about, then from your playlist, or even from the songs you know, you choose a specific song that most relates to your character and explain why you think that this song reminds you of that character by analyzing the song.
WHAT LURKS IN THE HOLLOW

Zach Taylors

Nobody ever knows Nobody ever sees I left my soul Back there now I'm too weak Most nights I pray for you to come home Praying to the Lord Praying for my soul

Now please don't go Most nights I hardly sleep when I'm alone Now please don't go, oh no I think of you whenever I'm alone So please don't go

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'Cause I don't ever want to know Don't ever want to see things change 'Cause when I'm living on my own I'll wanna take it back and start again

Dylan Millihan

I grew up with a book in my bed I got these dark circles before I turned ten Heard my mother with her friends worry it was something she did To get such a serious kid

But I've learned how to paint my face How to earn my keep, how to clean my kill Some nights I still can't sleep The past rolls back, I can see us still

You've learned how to hold your own How to stack your stones But the history's thick Children aren't as simple as we'd like to think

[...] Tried to tell the grown-ups About the storm clouds, the weather in my head Hadn't heard the word for melancholy yet

Amy Millihan

Fine! We’re damaged Really damaged But that does not make us wise

We’re not special, we’re not different We don’t choose who lives or dies Let’s be normal, see bad movies Sneak a beer and watch TV

We’ll bake brownies or go bowling Don’t you want a life with me?

Can’t we be seventeen? That’s all I want to do If you could let me in I could be good with you People hurt us

Or they vanish And you’re right, that really blows But we let go Take a deep breath Then go buy some summer clothes We'll go camping

Play some poker And we’ll eat some chili fries Maybe prom night Maybe dancing Don't stop looking in my eyes

Savvanah Hahn

It's time for me to take it I'm the boss right now Not gonna fake it Not when you go down 'Cause this is my game And you better come to play

I used to hold my freak back Now I'm letting go I make my own choice Bitch, I run this show So leave the lights on No, you can't make me behave

Uh, huh, huh So you say I'm complicated That I must be out my mind But you've had me underrated Rated, rated

Uh, huh, huh What's wrong with being What's wrong with being What's wrong with being confident?

Liam Steele

I live inside my own world of make-believe Kids screaming in their cradles, profanities I see the world through eyes covered in ink and bleach Cross out the ones who heard my cries and watched me weep

I love everything Fire's spreading all around my room My world's so bright It's hard to breathe but that's alright Hush

Shh

Tape my eyes open to force reality (oh, no no) Why can't you just let me eat my weight in glee I live inside my own world of make-believe Kids screaming in their cradles, profanities Some days I feel skinnier than all the other days Sometimes I can't tell if my body belongs to me

Tasha Strikehart

And I'm so sick of 17 Where's my fucking teenage dream? If someone tells me one more time "Enjoy your youth, " I'm gonna cry And I don't stick up for myself I'm anxious and nothing can help And I wish I'd done this before And I wish people liked me more

All I did was try my best This the kind of thanks I get? Unrelentlessly upset (ah, ah, ah) They say these are the golden years But I wish I could disappear Ego crush is so severe God, it's brutal out here

I feel like no one wants me And I hate the way I'm perceived I only have two real friends And lately, I'm a nervous wreck 'Cause I love people I don't like And I hate every song I write And I'm not cool and I'm not smart And I can't even parallel park

Let me know if you'd like to be added!

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Playlist Personality Tag! - Ghost Kids Edition

Let's go exclusively with the ghost kids from What Lurks In The Hollow for this one!!!!

Rules:  You choose a character that you want to talk about, then from your playlist, or even from the songs you know, you choose a specific song that most relates to your character and explain why you think that this song reminds you of that character by analyzing the song.

Warning: WLITH is a horror urban fantasy book. Any and all posts containing info about the ghost kids may mention different kinds of murder.

WHAT LURKS IN THE HOLLOW

Kevin 'Kev' Micheal Harrison (17M)

  • Cause of death: Bashed with a baseball bat, 1984

Some might say we're released Pushing daisies, deceased But we all know the worms must be fed

There's just one lingering fear Oh my soul, is it here? Or is it rotting somewhere with my head?

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Oh no soul, and no name And no story, what a shame Cruel existence was only a sham?

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I've got no celebration Just this consolation Time eats all his children in the end

Ahhh

A melody floats through the air When silence falls, does no one care?

Does anyone care?

Another sad, forgotten tune Another song that no one knows So that's how it goes!

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No one to sing, no one to sigh Now that all is said and done Isn't there anyone to tell me who I am?

No singing songs of celebration

Jace Donnovan (15M)

  • Cause of death: Ritualistic stabbings and bloodloss, 2008

I can hear, these voices are not mine Since my first breath, I never felt right A psycho scientist made and trapped me Locked up away, I won't ever get to leave He's never told me where I came from His presence makes me feel numb And my body's always screamin' out (Ah-ah-ah) Their voices always screamin' out And all thеy ever shout is, "Run, run, run, run!"

Run away, run away from that evil monstеr! Could not escape his clutches, now our lives are over His dark and twisted ways will surely weigh on ya, on ya, oh Run away, run away from that evil monster! Or you'll be trapped here forever [...]

Fragmented memories (Whose are they? Whose are they?) Which ones belong to me? (Can't think straight, I can't think straight) Was this my life before? (Tryin' to remember, to remember) I don't wanna see anymore!!!

Rollerskate Abby (14F)

  • Cause of death: Drowned in the Lake

Don't kill me! Just help me run away from everyone I need a place to stay Where I can cover up my face Don't cry!

I am just a freak!

I am just a freak!

I am just a freak!

I am just a freak!

My head is filled with parasites Black holes cover up my eyes I dream of you almost every night

David Chen (17M)

  • Cause of Death: Knocked out with a rock and Dismembered/Disemboweled?? (implied he was left for dead after it was done/still alive for a while, which is why he is one of the most dangerous ghosts of the forest)

You'll only live with us inside the darkness As we tear you up inside

I was left behind! All this torture will unwind I was never all that kind If you were to rewind Then you would find

I was left behind! Take your turn to run and hide I will catch you all the time This night no longer shines Your tears divine You'll now be mine

Behold the terrors You won't believe What I have done to you I've made it look brand new Oh, how cute

But don't digress

[...]

Reborn again Our suits are now refined Breathing new life Inside our tombs tonight You have no idea what we've been through Time and time again Done holding onto our deadliest demise We can't keep you alive

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They made us look like clowns Our souls arise But like the jester said to the king: "There is bad news that I bring" Now let the night begin

Rachel Woodham (17F)

  • Cause of Death: Strangled and Dismembered (already dead when the dismembering happened)

Strike first Make it hurt When everyone assumes the worst I never have to say I'm sorry

Spiteful Ruinous I'm all things you feared I was Another villain in your story

You think that I'm a spitfire? You should Afraid you're on my bad side? That's good If I wanted to end you I could I could

I'm sinking down! If you only knew how hard it is For me to climb out I'm kicking and screaming But no one can hear me So what happens now? The shadows are creeping in I didn't ask for I didn't ask for this!!!

Cold rage Hides the shame Of images I can't escape Scars that live under the surface

It's strange What I became When part of me was ripped away

Caleb Andreyev (18M)

  • Cause of Death: Poisoned with cyanide by the Mayor for helping the main cast

I tried breathing underwater to drown out the doubt I cracked under the pressure and nearly bled out You said you'd always save me, so where are you now?! Feels like I'm failing, I'm dancing while drowning alone (I'm dancing while drowning alone)

Feeling self-conscious now Overthinking but out loud, screams in silence Always overcompensate In this world, I can't relate, need some guidance

I open my mouth, but the words don't come out And the deepest blue sinks in me so low Can't control my self-doubt that I hold, its touch is so cold These waves are crashing down on me

I tried breathing underwater to drown out the doubt I cracked under the pressure and nearly bled out (nearly bled out) You said you'd always save me, so where are you now? Feels like I'm failing, I'm dancing while drowning alone

"Witch Girl" Clemantine Terrence (14-16F):

  • Cause of death: Burned alive in a pyre after being falsely accused during a witch trial. 1670

The flames lick at my feet Their hearts full of hate What they don't understand, they condemn What they can't comprehend must meet it's end

But I won't scream, won't give them that satisfaction I won't confess my false interaction As I breathe deep and prepare for my passing I hear them chant, burn the witch

I stand accused of being in league with satan No proof for their false accusation Tied to the stake, no hope of escape I stand alone and embrace my fiery fate

But I won't scream, won't give them that satisfaction I won't confess my false interaction As I breathe deep and prepare for my passing I hear them chant, burn the witch

Let me know if you'd like to be added!

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Relationship Playlist Tag!

Essentially a OC Song Ship Tag <3

Rules: Choose some songs that you feel fits your OCs romantic relationship and explain how it fits them, or put a quote from said WIP underneath it.

Let's go with Dylan & Christine from What Lurks In The Hollow and Beck & Matteo from Crash Stardom! for this one!

Dylan & Christine

She wants to know the names of the games he plays He wants the names of the players in the game to change He's young in years but wise in wonderful ways Her faith in love is better on sunny days

City grown willow, unchain your pillow Let the man from the mountains run away with your heart Let the man from the mountains run away with your heart

He stokes the flames 'cause he is amused by the glow She'd rather feel all of its warmth than watch the show Holding the answer, he dances for the one he knows His faith in love will last through wind, rain and snow

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All they want is forever, and All they need is for Their time together To be free

I think this song fits them so much!!! Except that, in their case, it would be the opposite, lol. Like instead of "city grown willow, unchain your pillow, let the MAN from the mountains run away with your heart"it would be "city grown willow, unchain your pillow, let the GIRL from the mountains run away with your heart" BECAUSE: Dylan would be the 'city grown willow' - as he is a guy from the big city and who hates living in a small town now - who needs to learn how to have fun and trust other people, while Christine is the wild 'girl from the mountains' who shows him how to enjoy life without worrying about other's opinions.

So hear me out 'cause I know I know the wind's something fierce but I'll be something you can hold Now do you, do you feel the same? 'Cause I wanna

I wanna know if your heart is racing too Mine's a mile a minute and I'm loving every tune You give me something that I've never had before Wilder than the wind and stronger than a storm

Well then, it's nothing in my life like I've ever known before Like a thread left alone or a splinter in the door The more I ignore, the more I swear it grows It's nothing in my life like I've ever known before

Hear me out 'cause I know I know the wind's something fierce but I'll be something you can hold Now do you, do you feel the same? 'Cause I wanna. I wanna know if your heart is racing too Mine's a mile a minute and I'm loving every tune

You give me something that I've never had before Wilder than the wind and stronger than a storm Stronger than a storm

THIS SONG FITS THEM SO MUCH YOU GUYS HAVE NO IDEA AAAAAAAA. First of all, "I know the wind's something fierce but I'll be something you can hold, now do you, do you feel the same?" this line fits Dylan's natural steadfast loyalty to those he loves, as well as his almost tentative uncertainty when it comes to romance, while this line "you give me something that I've never had before, wilder than the wind and stronger than a storm" fits how Christine is brings that warm spark of fun chaos into his life and helps him enjoy the small moments by practically turning every day into an adventure, which really contrasts with his usually serious, stern personality in a really good way.

So cold, alone Could you be my blanket? Surround my bones When my heart feels naked No strength, too weak I could use some saving And your love's so strong

Like a pill I take it, I take it, I take it

[...]

When my world gets loud, could you make it quiet down? When my head, it pounds, could you turn down all the sound? If I lay in pain, by my side would you stay? If I need you now, would you kindly calm me down? Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, would you kindly calm me down? Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, would you kindly calm me down?

When my heart's not pure Would you kill my disease? And when there's no cure You are just what I need When I lose my mind Would you still remind me? When I'm feeling lost Would you come and find me?

Christine, for all her kooky 'life is fun, let's live it!' personality had always been pretty much alone - and she didn't mind it, but a part of her always yearned for someone who would understand her without thinking she's a weirdo. Meanwhile, Dylan is someone who had to toughen up too soon and who learned that vulnerability is often seen as weakness, so he feared letting anyone close enough to help him. This song fits how as their relationship develops, they can be 'that person' to one another - Dylan is someone who understands her without judgement, and she's someone whom he can open up to without holding it against him.

Beck & Matteo

There's a reason why no one has stayed Oh, I've read every self-help book on the shelf

Can barely afford to breathe And I don't mean to get defensive But therapy's just so fucking expensive Where does it end And where do I begin?

Is there something to blame? At the end of the day The end result's the same Oh, Shame! Shame! Shame! Keep it to yourself

Don't sully the family name Oh, Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame! Oh, Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame! What do I do?

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Who chooses this? Who wants this? Who can deal with it?

This fits BOTH of them so well! On one hand, it fits how Matteo is expected to shun Beck like everyone else from their clan did just because Beck adopted a half human (Aspen) as his sister and is thus considered 'tainted' by the Aimari community. Not only that, but Matteo is the son of vampiric fey nobles, and Beck has no title, and now he's considered as less than a nobody by their peers. So the "keep it to yourself, don't sully the family name" fits how Matteo is expected to uphold the Villaryth family legacy and marry the person they chose, not Beck. His refusal to do so (refusal to comply to an arranged marriage) and choice to stay loyal to Beck has been the reason for multiple turf wars in the Aimari lands but he does not mind as long as they're together. It's also the reason he was disowned by his parents, though he still has some loyalists and followers that support him. The "shame! shame! shame!" part also fit how Beck himself has an extremely low self esteem (and strong feelings of self shaming) and tends to be confused as to why someone as powerful as Matteo would love him so dearly instead of treating him like trash.

Hot summer nights, mid-July When you and I were forever wild The crazy days, city lights The way you'd play with me like a child

Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful? Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul?

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Will you still love me when I'm no longer beautiful?

I've seen the world, lit it up as my stage now Channeling angels in the new age now Hot summer days, rock and roll The way you'd play for me at your show And all the ways I got to know Your pretty face and electric soul

Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful? Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul?

Okay so, brace yourselves: this song fits Beck's view of their relationship only BECAUSE, lemme explain one thing: in Aimari society, the males are expected to be beautiful and delicate, while the females are the warriors. Beck spent his entire life being treated like trash or less than a worm for refusing to abandon his half-human Fatebound (his adoptive sister, Aspen), but one thing he did have despite everything the world threw against him? He is one of the most beautiful vampiric feys alive. And that's a fact even the nobles have begrudgingly accepted. HOWEVER, after he and Aspen were kidnapped by the Secret Society, and Beck was tortured extensively with silver, he worried that, when he escaped, Matteo would find him too 'scarred' or 'disgusting', and that he would shun him like everyone else always had. Because Beck's self esteem was so low he believed the only reason someone as powerful as Matteo could love him was his looks. Once he's free again, Beck is pleasantly surprised to discover that Matteo will always love him no matter what happened, and that he loved him for who he was and not just for how he looked.

Please please please don't prove I'm right Please please please Don't bring me to tears when I just did my makeup so nice Heartbreak is one thing My egos another I beg you don't embarass me Mother fucker ahhh Please please please

Well I have a fun idea babe Maybe just stay inside I know you're craving some fresh air But the ceiling fan is so nice And we could live so happily If no one knows that you're with me I'm just kidding But really Kinda Really

This song fits how Beck doesn't want his worst fears to be 'proven right', as in he dreads to one day find out that Matteo's love is superficial, while it also fits how Matteo is torn between keeping their relationship a secret and being very open about it at the beginning before he truly parted ways with his family's expectations in order to be with Beck.

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Let's go with some more OCs from the cast of Crash Stardom! for this one!

Eidan Decroix

Under my smile

I'm stowing away all my pain

You can tell by the look on my face

I'm begging, I'm pleading I know that I need to be saved

Under my smile

There's a darkness that drives me insane

Living in terror the rest of my days

I'll find my escape or I'll take all my sins to the grave

I'll do that with a smile

My dear Mothman, just bring me sorrow Won’t force myself to sleep alone When the sun falls, space will devour all Then we will be free and stay up all night long

My dear Mothman, this street is hollow The atmosphere is cobalt blue Every silence is sketching loud noise And we will be free and stay up all night long

Let’s fade into the night Fly away high

Inject the future Left all my thoughts on this crossroad When the wind blows, it will erase all Then wе will be free and stay up all night long

Scattered 'cross my family line I'm so good at telling lies That came from my mother's side Told a million to survive Scattered 'cross my family line God, I have my father's eyes But my sister's when I cry I can run, but I can't hide From my family line

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Oh, all that I did to try to undo it! All of my pain and all your excuses! I was a kid but I wasn't clueless (Someone who loves you wouldn't do this!) All of my past, I tried to erase it! But now I see, would I even change it? Might share a face and share a last name, but (We are not the same!)

PS. Except in Aiden's case the lines would be: I'm so good at telling lies That came from my mother's father's side (He) Told a million to survive God, I have my father's uncle's eyes But my sister's mentor's when I cry I can run, but I can't hide

Randall Sloanne

The berth surrounding my body, crushing every bit of bone The salt, it seeps in through the pores of my open skin I wait on you inside the bottom of the deep blue sea I wait on you inside the bottom of the deep blue

Welcome to my cage, little lover Attempt to rearrange with you, baby Still don't know your name, miss honey Let's go up in flames, pretty lady

The sweet surrender of silence forces me to live alone Locked and loaded, where the hell is peace of mind? I wait on you inside the bottom of the deep blue sea I wait on you inside the bottom of the deep blue

Welcome to my cage, little lover Attempt to rearrange with you, baby Still don't know your name, miss honey

Fool me once and it's shame on me But you know you better tread carefully Fool me twice, I'm your enemy I'm your enemy

If you push, I push back Try to hide But I'll hunt you down like a maniac Down, you'll go down So if you hide I'm gonna hunt you down

Run, you better run Vendetta

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Kindness never looked good on me Never been one to sit quietly Too late now to see irony In rivalry

On the low, only love myself, no more Take you to the grave, I'll ghost I know I can be so cold In the dark, where I like to keep my heart Know I'm all bite, no bark Like to catch you way off guard

I'll stay so deep inside your brain And take you somewhere far away

Time to roll the dice, you know I'm the type Type to risk my life, not afraid to die Type to make you cry, type to put a price All up on your head, do just what I said

I'm a straight up villain, straight up villain

Chion Strihdda

You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea Sail away, kill off the hours You belong somewhere you feel free

Run away, find you a lover Go away somewhere all bright and new I have seen no other Who compares with you

You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free

I have often dreamed Of a far-off place Where a great warm welcome Will be waiting for me Where the crowds will cheer When they see my face And a voice keeps saying This is where I'm meant to be

I will find my way I can go the distance I'll be there someday If I can be strong I know every mile Will be worth my while I would go most anywhere To feel like I belong

I am on my way! I can go the distance! I don't care how far! Somehow I'll be strong!

Like a bullet in my chest You're written, bound and etched Forever in my mind

We are fading in our hands Lost somewhere in a wasteland Not knowing up from down

But when the walls are caving And the world keeps turning We got the love We got to love

Now I will never let you go All the words won't make me fold It is never easy I'll follow you, Apollo

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Worldbuilding In 5

Supernova Initiative Edition <3

Rules: post 3-5 images of a place in your world and tell us a bit about it!

Cethea III (moon of Ivion), Junction Systems

Station Nexus (space station), Junction Systems

Thypsiell (planet), Khosmonian Galaxies

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