Heads Up, Seven Up Tag

Find the words tag

I was tagged by @k--havok to find the words Like, Change, and Because. Thank you for tagging me and I will tag @dragonedged-if, @elizaellwrites, and @sabrina-author with the words Possible, Sleep, and Color

This will be from the same WIP I've been working on. Sorry that it's taking forever to come out. Too little time to write at the moment...

Like

Sitting up again, he promised himself that he would make the best of what happened to him. Having someone so willing to help out a literal stranger like Evander was doing for him was rare, if not almost unheard of. None of what they were trying to do was going to waste.

Change

For now, he had to get himself right before anything could begin to move forward and change. After all, things were how you viewed it right? At least that’s what he thought, wanting to see things in a better way.

Because

After they were done getting ready to go, wearing a light blue t-shirt and a pair of indigo jeans, just having to get their shoes on before heading out, they saw Jet in the living room with his phone. He was just scrolling through something and almost looked blank. They saw the time and it was nearly time to go and didn't want him to worry about anything because of that, remembering how he seemed uncomfortable when they told him over the weekend.

Last Line Tag

Thank you @thewritingautisticat for tagging me in this! I've managed to work a bit on the next chapter for J&E and this is the beginning part of the chapter.

Scrolling through the catalog for another movie to put on for background noise as he worked on his song for the music venue’s competition and putting one on, he heard his phone go off with his social’s message tone. Who would be messaging him at this time? Unlocking his phone he hoped it was Averi as he liked talking to his friend and could probably use a break until Evander came back home.

Reading the unread message it was from Liber McCoy. His now ex-boyfriend. What he messaged him wasn’t an apology for what he did, but rather the opposite as if he were taunting him from across the country at his college. It read like he was pleased with his actions and not knowing if Jet was safe or not afterwards abandoning him with no way back on his own.

Being in the situation he was in, he almost forgot about Liber and all the emotions from that day flooded back as he blocked and threw his phone away from where he sat. He didn’t have time or the mind space for any of his bullshit that he threw his way. Curling up on the floor, he tried to forget all the pain he inflicted on him so callously as he ignored the tv, his bass, the notebook and pen, letting it all go into the background of his mind.

I will tag @k--havok @foxys-fantasy-tales @fracturedfable @athenswrites and I'll leave an open tag!

Heads up, seven up tag

I was tagged by @k--havok do this tag. Thank you for tagging me in this! Sorry for the quietness on my end, had a little to get done lately. I will tag @elizaellwrites and @sabrina-author to do this tag.

In this excerpt, Jet decides to play his bass a little bit with Evander as his audience for a bit.

After the pause, he said that he was versatile in playing styles and could play almost anything. Plus, he was testing out how well this bass would do with a few playing styles and was more than impressed. They asked him to play something heavy as that was something they wouldn’t mind hearing at the moment.

“How heavy were you thinking?” He asked, switching into the correct humbucker position.

“Surprise me.” They smiled before adding, “You’d be surprised what kind of heavy music I love.”

“Alright, just let me know if it's too heavy.”

He began on the lighter side to start with that quickly turned into a heavier style akin to heavy metal. Knowing how some popular songs had this, he understood how to do this and executed it well.

It was deep, aggressive, and heavy hitting as he played quickly. His tone was, as he thought, imperfect to how his tone normally was on bass. Still, he was happy with it and just had to get to know this bass a little better. To be expected.

Most of what he played was on the heavier side and accented with the lighter playing. It was about the average length of a song of this genre. They enjoyed what he played and complemented his skill with a bass guitar.

Tropes tag

I was tagged by @sabrina-author to do this tag. Thank you for tagging me in this! I will have the tropes I'm currently working on with my WIP here in purple and the ones I'm working on for future projects outside of Tumblr in red.

I will tag @k--havok and @elizaellwrites for this tag.

Rules: Bold the tropes you enjoy writing or that show up in your writing a lot.

Found Family | The Chosen One | The Martyr | Surprise, Bitch! You thought I was dead | Enemies/Rivals put together for a project | Teen gets kidnapped; parent goes on killing spree to find them | Happy Ever After | Black and White Morality |Fight scene turns into a make-out session |Only one bed | The airport/train/bus station love confession | AUs| Amnesia story |Villain and hero fall in love | Love triangles | Bookworm falls for the bad guy | Killing off the audience’s fave characters | Smalltown falls for Big-City | Princess kisses a frog & gets Prince Charming | Villain redeemed | Protagonist beats “best in the world” | Enemies to friends to lovers | It was all a dream! |Coming of age story

Last line w/a Twist tag

I was tagged by @dragonedged-if to do this tag. Thank you for tagging me in this. I will tag @faeveries @elizaellwrites @k--havok and @sabrina-author to do this tag!

This is from the same Wip that takes place after Our first meeting.

And something that he didn't have to make himself sounded like a dream with the little desire he had for doing much at the moment.

Last line tag

Thank you for tagging me in this @foxys-fantasy-tales! I haven’t wrote much on my WIP (Jet and Evander) as I’ve been working on some ideas I have planned for the rest of the book and other life events. However, I have worked a little bit on the next chapter.

I will tag @k--havok and leave an open tag.

When he was done looking up everything and just looking at something on his phone, they caught his attention so they could tell him something. Setting his phone down they complemented him again on his playing and his confidence on stage.

He said, “That’s how I usually am when I play, not like when you first heard me.” remembering how he felt when they first heard him play. 

“Well, I’m impressed either way with your skill.” They replied.

“I guess that’s thanks to all the time I spent alone with my old bass since I was alone most of the time.”

“What about that friend of yours?”

“Moved. I was alone after that with no one but my bass. Gives a sense of peace when I play. Plus the alone time helped refine my skills and knowledge of music.”

His demeanor didn’t change as he revealed this fact about his life and not having anyone, almost seeming like this was supposed to be the norm for everyone despite it not being true. Hearing this made them feel sympathetic for him.

They asked if he realized that shouldn’t be something to be normalized for someone. He shook his head, dismissing it and still thinking it was normal. After being dismissed, they dropped their attempt in letting him know that being alone like that wasn’t something people typically go though. Now wouldn’t be the time to talk about that anyway as it wouldn’t be very productive and he was still adjusting to his situation.

My compliments to the artist on this beautiful copy of Watership Down with the edges painted with… rabbits!

They’re on Etsy as FaevoriteBooks and I’d highly recommend checking out their shop. I’m in love with this copy of Watership Down for my ever growing collection.

👀 Side Note: Did you know Puffin Publishers are releasing a clothbound classic edition of Watership Down in October? You know where I’ll be.

WIP themes

I was tagged by @k--havok to do this tag. Thank you for tagging me in this! I'm going to leave an open tag for whoever wants to do this as I haven't been feeling well recently and have started to get better. I'll leave the template under the cut if you would like to do this.

Rules—bold themes that appear in your WIP and italicize themes that are loosely covered.

addiction | beauty | betrayal | change vs. tradition | chaos vs. order | circle of life | coming of age | communication | convention vs. rebellion | corruption | courage | crime and law | dangers of ignorance | darkness and light | death | desire to escape | dreams | displacement | empowerment | facing darkness | facing reality | faith vs. doubt | fall from grace | fame and fortune | family | fate | fear | fear of failure | free will | friendship | fulfillment | good vs. bad | government | greed | guilt and forgiveness | hard work | heroism | hierarchy | honesty | hope | identity crisis | immortality | independence | individual vs. society | inner vs. outer strength | innocence (sort of?) | injustice | isolation | knowledge vs. ignorance | life | loneliness | lost love | love | man vs. nature | manipulation | materialism | motherhood | nature | nature vs. nurture | oppression | optimism | peer pressure | poverty | power | power of words | prejudice | pride | progress | quest | racism | rebirth | relationships | religion (fictional religion is mentioned so?) | responsibility | revenge | sacrifice | secrets | self-awareness | self-preservation | self-reliance | sexuality | social class structure | survival | technology | temptation and destruction | time | totalitarianism | weakness | vanity | war | wealth | wisdom of experience | youth

For you to use

addiction | beauty | betrayal | change vs. tradition | chaos vs. order | circle of life | coming of age | communication | convention vs. rebellion | corruption | courage | crime and law | dangers of ignorance | darkness and light | death | desire to escape | dreams | displacement | empowerment | facing darkness | facing reality | faith vs. doubt | fall from grace | fame and fortune | family | fate | fear | fear of failure | free will | friendship | fulfillment | good vs. bad | government | greed | guilt and forgiveness | hard work | heroism | hierarchy | honesty | hope | identity crisis | immortality | independence | individual vs. society | inner vs. outer strength | innocence (sort of?) | injustice | isolation | knowledge vs. ignorance | life | loneliness | lost love | love | man vs. nature | manipulation | materialism | motherhood | nature | nature vs. nurture | oppression | optimism | peer pressure | poverty | power | power of words | prejudice | pride | progress | quest | racism | rebirth | relationships | religion (fictional religion is mentioned so?) | responsibility | revenge | sacrifice | secrets | self-awareness | self-preservation | self-reliance | sexuality | social class structure | survival | technology | temptation and destruction | time | totalitarianism | weakness | vanity | war | wealth | wisdom of experience | youth

Forgot to post yesterday's OC kiss for #ockiss24 so I'm going to post it in a minute. Just got the second picture done for today and that will be going up as well.

OC Kiss Week Day One — Almost

Jet (he/him) and Evander (they/them) are at the music venue with Averi (he/him), who took this picture of them both. At this point Evander is getting to the point where they can't hide their feelings for Jet and behaving a lot more timid than normal. He feels the same and waiting for a good time to tell them just as they are. That leaves them both in a cycle of being obvious to everyone else but not each other until it can't be helped and leaving their friends/family wanting them to just say it to the other.

This is a scene planned for a chapter in my WIP J&E.