OC Kiss Week Day Four

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.

Heads Up, Seven Up Tag

I've been tagged by @k--havok to do this tag. Thank you for including me in this! I will tag @elizaellwrites and @faeveries since I'm still new to the writing community here.

This is an excerpt from the last WIP I wrote and have yet to post, but will be up soon! Here's eight lines from it and it's the start of a heavy scene with Jet and Evander.

After trying to do some things on their laptop to give Jet some space and being completely unable to, they went to check on him to make sure everything was alright. This was eating away at their nerves like corrosive battery acid.

The quietness in the apartment was almost unsettling and their worry about him wasn’t a good combination. They could hear some soft crying from him nearing the dark room and turning on the light once they entered. Jet was covered up and had his head under the blanket, tightly curled up in a tight, tiny ball underneath.

Sitting on the bed next to his curled up body, they softly said his name wanting to help ease the pain, or at least try. He whimpered out that he wanted to be left alone right now with his pain. Hearing this, they knew he was more than hurt and they couldn't bear leaving him to suffer alone like this.

Was working on a bit of planning for my WIP (J&E is the new working title, previously Jet and Evander) and I have come to the realization that I am not working on a single book as it somehow turned into a trilogy. No idea how it happened, but with how much goes on in the plot, this works out better. Now I have to figure out how to work with trilogies as I work on my WIP and plan it out a bit more.

Side note, I do have another tag game going up in a bit.

Your WIP in ao3 tags

I was tagged by @sabrina-author to do this tag. Thank you for tagging me in this! I'll tag @k--havok and @elizaellwrites as well as leaving an open tag for anyone else who wants to do this tag.

These are from my current WIP I'm working on Jet and Evander.

Oc questions tag

I was tagged by @k--havok to do this tag. Thank you for tagging me! I will tag @elizaellwrites and will leave an open tag for anyone else who wants to do this as well. I'll leave a copy of the questions at the bottom.

For this, I will use Evander from my WIP since they are my favorite out of the characters I have currently and a lot of my thinking revolves around them. Also, they are the one who lives rent free in my head the most out of all my characters and they tend to be the first one I think about when I get an idea.

5 words to physically describe your OC

Intimidating, androgynous, tattooed, gentle, adaptable.

Who inspired your OC?

No one inspired Evander from where I can think of. I just drew them sometime early last year along with some other characters and I had an idea about what their character was like that went on from there.

Give me a song to define your OC

Going to bend this one a little bit as they have two that reflects their character. I'll add some information about how it works with them as well.

Back off, I'll take you on

Headstrong to take on anyone

I know that you are wrong

Headstrong, we're headstrong

Back off, I'll take you on

Headstrong to take on anyone

I know that you are wrong

And this is not where you belong

I can't give everything away

I won't give everything away

They're very headstrong and stubborn that this fits perfectly for them. They won't back down from something they know they can help and will go until the end of it. This also goes for what they've experienced already with Marla when helping Jet and dealing with her case.

How can I sleep at night? There's a war inside my head

I found a lion hidden right beneath my bed

I will not hide myself from the tears that you have shed

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But tomorrow is tomorrow, so forgive me if I stay

You can hide beneath the covers while I hide behind the pain

After all, only so much we can say

Words can lose their meaning once you walk away

Promise that you love me, watch me as I fade

I'll give you all those things that these liars never gave

The hands on the clock and the things we cannot change

Tear it all to pieces and take back what I made

If there's one thing I'd keep, it's you that I would save

'Cause I am just a lion, and a lion I will stay

This is more of their hidden anxious side they don't outwardly show others and is heavily reflective on themself. They don't have anxiety about their entire character, but a part of their personal identity they've been secure in for years.

^^ have to keep some secrets here as this will have it's own chapter in the future.

If I met your OC on the street how would they greet me?

Evander is open to new people and would have a small conversation with you if you wanted. If it's a simple "Hello, how are you?" they would respond and ask you the same. They're friendly with people they don't know or know well, so you'll generally get a friendly interaction. If you're someone they don't like and are on their bad side, good luck getting them to speak to you unless they're stepping in to help someone.

Can your OC be your best friend? Why?

Evander is overall a warm and gentle person, but their intimidating side can be a little scary. They won't harm you in any way and would prefer themself to get harmed instead, but if you didn't know that it's a bit off-putting. On the other side of things, they are one of the gentlest people who will be there to help you. They are also very patient and understanding with people, within reason if the other isn't wanting to anything and having them do everything. Ultimately, I'd say there's a good chance we might.

1 adjective and 1 noun to describe your OC

Patient

Anxiety

Questions

5 words to physically describe your OC

Who inspired your OC?

Give me a song to define your OC

If I met your OC on the street how would they greet me?

Can your OC be your best friend? Why?

1 adjective and 1 noun to describe your OC

Character voice tag

Thank you @elizaellwrites for tagging me in this! I have a total of 18 characters who make an appearance in my WIP J&E and I'm going to do something with each of my characters for this tag.

My prompt was: Calling to ride shotgun in a car or vehicle.

Evander: I'm probably gonna regret doing this with my sedan and being a teacher for you Jet, but let's try to make it out in one piece alive, okay?

Jet: You think I can dive? There's a reason I only have a permit and not a driver's license yet. Evander can tell you all about that.

Averi: So you think I'm a disaster of a driver? Hey! I got us there in one piece and only two hours late. That isn't improvement from last time? Then I call shotgun! At least I can still be in the front that way.

Serna: I'm an expert at finding where we need to go as we're out. You want to enjoy the day and do fun things, you want me riding shotgun.

Gunnar: I'm six foot two. The back seat is going to have me compressed. I'm taking the passenger seat since no one is going to be sitting behind me and I can adjust the seat.

Micha: I'm not driving on that crazy road myself so I'm leaving that to you my dear.

Jasper: Why can't I have a little royal treatment and have the passenger side for once and not drive all the time?

Amber: I won the game! Passenger side is mine!

Derryl: I get to ride shotgun home if I win this final game of bowling against you. Is that a deal unless you think you'll lose?

Liber: You? Driving? This ought to be good. Let's see if you can get us there with time to spare. I'm going to be silently judging you along the way, just so you know.

Marla: Honestly, I'd get more enjoyment out of this trip if I didn't have to drive, so I'm not going to. Not doing anything I don't need to on vacation.

Elliot: How else do you expect me to appreciate the scenery during the drive over? You've been there before and I haven't so I get to be in the passenger seat to see the beautiful scenery leading up to our location.

Ainsley: I'm not usually in the passenger side when I go out with all of you, but I actually like it more than driving despite being the best driver out of everyone here.

Samantha: You know where this place is you wanna take me out so show me sweetie. I don't know where it is and you want to treat me, so if you do this I'll pay for the dinner. Deal?

Aria: After all that I am going to sit in the passenger seat. And we're not taking the freeway next time I drive! Too stressful for my blood.

Milliey: *Running out to the car against her friends* I call shotgun! I called it!

Felix: How else would you be able to hear the new rhythm I came up with if I don't call shotgun? Exactly, you want a drummer this is the territory that comes with, now let's go pick up my new kit.

Sasha: You'll get yourself lost if I don't go with you. Remember the last time you refused to look up the address before you left? I'm directing you.

I'm going to tag @foxys-fantasy-tales @fracturedfable @k--havok @athenswrites and leave an open tag for anyone else who would like to do this.

Your prompt is: What are we doing today?

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.

Heads Up, Seven Up Tag

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

These are the seven paragraphs from my WIP I'm working on. It happens after Our first meeting where Evander is about to go to work.

“Forget about that; you're not going to be a burden to me. I wanted to help and that's exactly what I'm going to do, no matter what's needed.”

“Thank you for that, Evander. You don't have to do any of this for me.”

“I'm going to anyway. This apartment is going to be a safe place for you and a place that you can feel comfortable living in.” They said, wanting him to know that he has a safe place in the apartment, always. “It's just as much your place to live as it is mine and I want to know that and tell me what you need.”

“Really?” He sounded surprised by that and was trying to hide it in his voice, looking at them.

“Definitely, this is a safe place and you don't need to worry about anything like that.”

He looked down, almost like he was saddened by their reassurance that he was safe and didn't have anything to worry about. It was something that should've made him feel better but it didn't look like it had that effect. They asked if he was alright from his reaction.

Nodding slightly, he thanked them for being so kind and willing to help him out when he was nothing more than a stranger to them. They had no obligation to do anything they've already done for him. Still, he was grateful for it.

Find the Word Tag

Thank you for tagging me in this @foxys-fantasy-tales. I'm going to look through a recent chapter for this tag from J&E.

Forever

N/A

Important

“Probably a question out of nowhere,” he began, “But you know where I try to get some of my important documents?” 

“I don't have all of the resources I would like to fully help with that,” They started, hoping their information was useful. “But I do know a good starting point.”

“That’s fine and I can go off of that. Also, I’m sorry for being clueless with getting my documents.”

Daunting

After all, it would only be a longer and more painful road ahead if he were to fall backwards in his progress. Even if progress isn't linear, that wouldn't be good for him in any way. Still he had a daunting path ahead of himself they hoped would be easily traveled if they could be able to help.

Brave

N/A

I will tag @k--havok @athenswrites for this. Your words are

direct, control, envy, and dark

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.