Hello, everyone! I'm a tumblr ancient who's been lurking around writeblr for a while now, but never actually made an intro post or interacted with peeps within the community, so here I am!
☆ ABOUT ME ☆
name: Laura | birthday: 26.09.1997 | pronouns: she/her
languages: Romanian (native), English (fluent), Korean (conversational; been casually learning on and off for years), can somewhat understand Spanish and Italian
studies: BA in Scriptwriting, MA in Film Production Management
what i’m doing now: social media specialist for the Romanian equivalent to the BBC, still losing my mind over my original characters but now I’ve added more of them
☆ ABOUT MY WRITING ☆
what i like: everything. i love me some nice variety in my genres, themes, and mediums. being absorbed into new worlds and learning from my peers is why i enjoy reading and why i’m a writer
what i write: in two words, murder gays. in more words, i usually write psychological thrillers intertwined with romance and mystery, but I’d like to intertwine this with other genres like sci fi or fantasy
recurring things: characters who are demisexual/on the ace spectrum, deep connections between two people who can truly understand only each other, obsession, the concept of beauty in ugliness, death (as rebirth, as a companion to life, as a cause for grief), generational trauma, nature vs. nurture, loneliness vs. solitude
mediums: novels, film & TV scripts, and I like to come up with transmedia experiences too - check out Forget-Me-Not for glimpses of those.
Below the cut are more details about some of my works~ I hope to make loads of friends, read all of your wonderful stories, and meet all of your OCs, so please interact with this post and I’ll check you out! I follow from my main, @sarcasticjuiceboxes ! Bless you for reading this~
HOLY HERESY - mixed medium (eventual TV series)
themes - (forced) found family, belief/faith, destiny vs. free will, the beauty in the monstrous
summary: The world is a minutely-designed machine, giant and endless, that runs and breaks and gets fixed and runs again in a relatively smooth routine. Sometimes though, anomalies with no known solutions appear: lingering spirits, stretching doorways to other planes, uncanny creatures that challenge the limits of our beliefs, and everything in between.
To reconcile these anomalies is Father Mateo Santiago's Holy Mission, which he's guided through by an old, pink flip phone he simply can't get rid of. He takes out its battery, smashes it, throws it out of a moving car, drives over it, yet every single time, it materializes back into his possession, sending him tasks and directions he can't help but think are divine. Together with a vengeful ghost he promises to help and a morally-defective hustler he can't shake off, Mateo chases the messenger on the other side in the hopes he could hand in his resignation from a job he's never asked for, though the road is long, challenging, and full of perils he can't even begin to reason into reality.
themes - (forced) found family, belief/faith, destiny vs. free will, beauty in the monstrous
warnings - everything. i’m so sorry
word count - TBD
status - in progress
story & more details (character profiles, inspo, etc) here | mobile friendly here
METANOIA - novel & eventual TV series
themes - nature vs. nurture, familial relationships, the illusion of choice
summary: Set in the tiny fictional town of Plain River, the story follows 25-year-old Malachi Azevedo as he tries to regain his memories after an "accident" erases the first 19 years of his life. Stuck caring for his ever-ailing mother, plagued by intrusive thoughts of self-harm, and constantly feeling like an impostor living in the wrong skin, Malachi latches onto The Void - a familiar voice in his head - to cope. He’s convinced The Void was someone important to his former self and tries to find him despite everyone around him denying such a person ever existed. It's this desperate search, along with his fight for independence, which lead Mal down a rabbit hole of love, violence, and hidden truths and force him to finally reconcile with the person he used to be.
themes - nature vs. nurture, familial relationships, the illusion of choice
story & more details (character profiles, inspo, etc) here | mobile friendly here
FORGET-ME-NOT - feature film
summary: Haunted by never-ending tragedies, reporter Seo Joon decides to end his life in an almost derelict bath house. It's there he runs into a pair of odd strangers who force him to pick a side when they get into a violent fight, Seo Joon accidentally ending up killing one to save the other. A connection immediately forms between Seo Joon and the rescued stranger, Yul, who convinces the former to put off his initial plans.
It's only the next morning that Seo Joon learns two things: Yul is a photographer working for the police, and the man they killed was completely certain Yul was a serial killer trying to claim him as the next victim.
story & more details (character profiles, inspo, etc) here | mobile friendly here
FLAT 27 - short film
summary: Detached from society and impaired by his deteriorating mental state, writer Ryan latches onto one of the last things that can still keep him going - his novel. He fixates on trying to finally finish it, but the incessant noises in his head prevent him from concentrating as he hasn't slept for days on end.
His inspiration is finally awakened when he overhears a tormented cello playing from the neighbouring apartment. Ryan grows dependent on the music to write, believing his neighbour, Damien, is playing specifically for him, and they're bonded through their art despite never exchanging a single word. When Damien starts to show a disconnect by refusing to play as usual and inviting a third person into their "bubble", Ryan is tempted into a depraved act that finally brings him face to face with his delusions.
themes - obsession, solitute vs. loneliness, real vs. manufactured self
warnings - insomnia, stalking, unreality, death
word count - ~3k words
status - completed (script), in production (film)
story & more details (character profiles, inspo, etc) here | mobile friendly here
More works available to check out - web here | mobile here
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The problem with having OCs is that sometimes you wanna read about your little guy being in situations but unfortunately he is YOUR little guy and no one is gonna put him in that situation but you. Tragic.
📝 Share a sentence from your WIP that starts with each letter in the word given to you by the person who tagged you
These are from Miles From Morning...
First on the ground’s the loser. Medical are standing by for repairs, so don’t hold back.
Litter gathers in clumps like it’s trying to climb up and become part of the buildings that rise around me.
I’m not a person. I’m barely even a series of numbers.
Not that it matters. Not that I matter. Not that anything does.
Close your eyes in a room where you can hear someone else’s breathing. Try to wake up not still exhausted for a change.
He’s just good at figuring out how to use people, how to move them into the right place in a system they don’t even want to be part of. So fuck him.
Tagging @k--havok, @ls-daydreams, @milosometimeswrites and @rainbowpitofdoom if you'd like to do it, with an open tag for anyone else who wants to join in.
The word for your acrostic is GARDEN 💜
Reblogs, replies etc on my tag posts are always welcome, but if you're doing this tag yourself, please make your own post instead of using mine to start a reblog chain.
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📝 Find a line in your story that fits each of the parameters given by the person who tagged you, then give new lines for the people you tag
I was given:
A line about a relationship
“It’s been harder without you. All of it. It’s not like I didn’t realize how much I lean on you--I did. I do. It’s not just that. I just like it better when you’re around.” (Sunset Vol 3)
A line that could sum up a character
“Aren’t you tired?”
“Not really,” Reeve lied. (Sunset Vol 3)
A line you're proud of
With a stomach full of swallowed fear, Sage ran one finger down the kitchen counter, past a tall black coffee maker, a dish rack full of clean dishes, and a sink full of dirty ones, likely from breakfast. He could smell chilies and spices, and there were stray dull yellow splotches of dried egg yolk on the plates. Four plates. They ate as a family. (Sunset Vol 2)
A line layered in subtext/that says more than you might think
“You seem like you’re shit outta luck.”
“Yeah,” Reeve agreed with a humorless laugh.
“Are you?”
Reeve turned to look at him, brows lowered. “Excuse me?”
“You know, shit outta luck." (Sunset Vol 2)
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I struggled to track down something for that last one, so I just picked someone talking in code.
I'll no-pressure tag @willtheweaver @toribookworm22 @ceribrennanwrites @jkit45 @dyrewrites and open tag
9, 10 for jude, and 19 from the blorbo ask game, pls? Hiya, . ~~ sending you grand vibes, loads of creative energy, and luck your way. ~~ 🍀🍀🍀 - ✨️ Enc (@enchanted-lightning-aes)
Thank you, Enchant <3 <3
9. describe your Blorbo in 3 words
cunning (what he appears to be), loving (what he really is), sacrificing (what he will become)
10. if your Blorbo were real, would you trust them with your life?
If I paid him, yeah :)) Otherwise, I guess it depends on whether I know him as his writer, or he's just a guy. Cause if I knew him, I'd know how to make him care enough to actually be dependable without being paid for it lol
19. when it comes to Blorbos, do you have a type?
I like them sweet and kind and tragic or funny and kind and tragic :))
reblog if you’d like people to send you asks about your Blorbo
who’s the Blorbo that you’ve never posted about on your blog?
who was your first ever Blorbo, who was your childhood Blorbo, and are they still your Blorbo?
was there any specific point / any specific moment that suddenly made this character your Blorbo, or did you slowly grow to love them more and more until they became a Blorbo to you?
what’s the thing you love the most about your Blorbo?
what’s the thing you dislike the most about your Blorbo?
if you could talk to your Blorbo, what would you say to them?
what’s the one thing the fandom gets wrong about your Blorbo?
is your Blorbo an introvert or extrovert?
describe your Blorbo in 3 words
if your Blorbo were real, would you trust them with your life?
have you ever written a fanfic about your Blorbo?
do you talk to your family or in-real-life friends about your Blorbo?
is there any crime, any wrongdoing your Blorbo could commit that would make you stop loving them and remove them from your hyperfixation entirely?
have you ever distanced yourself from your Blorbo / have you ever left a fandom because people in the fandom were being too toxic?
have you ever gotten involved in ship wars?
is your Blorbo canonically alive?
do you like seeing your Blorbo suffer?
do you ship your Blorbo with any character?
when it comes to Blorbos, do you have a type?
if you have more than one Blorbo, do you love them all equally?
if your Blorbo is from a live-action media, are you also a fan of the actor who plays them?
would you still love your Blorbo if they were real?
is your Blorbo a victim of badly written script / bad plot / character assassination in the hands of canon?
if you could change one canonical thing about your Blorbo, what would it be?
how did you first discover your Blorbo?
when you first discovered your Blorbo, did you realize from that moment that they would become your Blorbo?
do you gatekeep your Blorbo? / would you want more people to know about your Blorbo?
have you ever been attacked online just because you liked your Blorbo?
has a fanfic about your Blorbo ever made you cry?
do you think this character will still be your Blorbo three years from now on?
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Happy STS, Laura. ~~ If you had to write an entire story without either action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go? Sending grand creative energy and ☆☆ vibes ☆☆ your way. 🌈🌈🌈 - ✨ Enc (@enchanted-lightning-aes)
Hiii, happy STS! I'd have to go with 0 dialogue, cause you can say a lot with just body language and it gives me a hell of a lot more freedom to explore my characters' actions and reactions beyond their words. I think it'd go pretty well tbh, I don't really rely on one more than the other and the limitations could be fun :D
Happy Blorbo Blursday, Laura. ~~ For Mateo, in the face of criticism, is he defensive, self-deprecating, or willing to improve? Sending grand creative energy and ☆☆ vibes ☆☆ your way. 🌈🌈🌈 - ✨ Enc (@enchanted-lightning-aes)
Hi, Enchant! It's a tricky question, because the Mateo people see would probably be on the verge of tears and look like a kicked puppy left in the rain, he'd totally agree that he's wrong and we should all do better as a society, blablabla, while the legit Mateo thinks he's better than everyone else and anyone criticizing him is either stupid (if he's right) or annoying (if he's wrong). I guess it depends on who does the criticism too, because if it's someone he cares about, he'd feel bad about it and he'd dwell on it for ageeeeeees, but he'd still be petty about it :))
I wish to stick into your mind the same way you have in mine. Like a weed you can't pull out, rooted so deeply inside you it'd kill you to even try. I want you to think and wonder every day, every second, what am I doing now? Am I happy? Am I thinking about you too? I want you to live every minute of your life wishing I'd be there with you, aching so bad that I'm not that it drives you insane. I want you to love me so bad, miss me and want me so bad, that you'd turn around. You'd look back. You'd come back. For me.
It was second nature to love you; it didn't imply any action on my part, I only had to be. Existing, to me, came prepackaged with loving you.
"You claim you're a man of God, but you prance around with abominations at your heel," Andrey spits.
"What about them makes you think they're evil?"
Mateo glances innocently at Quinn and Jude, engaged in a fierce battle with a broken down vending machine that refuses to give Jude his snackies.
"The devil hides behind appearances." Andrey puffs up, as if privy to some hidden knowledge only hunters have. As if Mateo and his "abominations" haven't all been somehow inside each other at some point or another.
"Evil doesn't only choose beings who are different. It can just as well be in you or me."
"So you're one of those people. You think you can tame something wild. 'No, sir, the bear won't maim me. He's cute and fluffy and eats honey from my hand.' And when the honey runs out and the bear is hungry, he won't beg, Father. He'll just take your hand. All wild things know how to do is maim."
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Happy STS! What do your outlines look like? Do you just do bullet points or do your outlines look like a story? Do you outline, or do you just go with your gut?
Hiya, Charlie! I do outlines in the sense that I write down every idea I have and once I start drafting, I refer back to them as guides. Initially I just text myself everything (even reference photos/mood, bulletpointed short thoughts, potential casting, literally everything), then I use Notion to map out everything and organize these ideas so they're easier to find, move around and add to whenever I need.
For example, for Holy Heresy, I've organized everything in story arcs and whenever I build onto a certain arc I can just go in there and add stuff to it:
This makes it so much easier to move events around if certain things need to happen before others, giving them telling cover photos helps me find the particular storypoint faster, plus tagging/color coding them helps when pacing the story, etc
Usually I try not to go into TOO much detail because my characters have the tendency to do whatever they want anyway, but it's handy to have things written down anyway, and sometimes I get creative enough that I write down actual dialogue and even full scenes, however much I can get out of that creative window
Late STS, but feel free to answer whenever! If your OCs were to visit a museum, what exhibits would they be most drawn to? 😉 -- ls-daydreams
Thanks for the ask, @ls-daydreams! I'll do the Bride of Loki crew.
Siv would be interested in the ancient art collection and join Kari in the modern art section. Meanwhile, Mabelle would be in the fashion history section. Miks would be in the ancient art collection, interested in the religious art.
