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guy on a work call just accidentally said âhave a nice freak-endâ instead of weekend and now i desperately want that to be the new meme. have a nice freakend everybody
I don't normally have dreams about fictional characters but... I had a one. About Commander Fox. On Coruscant. And it was post-Clone Wars but also some weird AU because the Jedi were alive and Palpatine defeated and...
And I was Cody.
And SUPER STRESSED. I (as Cody) was apparently in the midst of organizing this huge get together celebration... cook out? that takes place a few years after the war. Some kind of anniversary thing. I dunno, the dream just plunked me in midway. Coruscant was chosen because it was near the Jedi Temple and logistically, made it easier for everyone to attend.
Then Fox arrives and he's... DIFFERENT. He's calm. He's friendly. He's SMILING and shaking hands and greeting everyone cheerfully. I, I mean Cody, am horribly disturbed. Then someone, Bly (?), comes up besides me and goes: "Wow. Married life changed him."
And Cody Me can only nod in horror. Because wtf is happening on Pantora with that tiny, blue wife of his?
But, I have bigger problems. I, Cody, go to the area the BBQ is supposed to happen and to my shock there's a freakin' starship parked right there! And I'm panicking, because we need to set up asap and I'm sure I booked this place! So I'm psyching myself up for a confrontation and trying to think of what to say without escalating and then Fox just walks past me.
And his entire demeanor changes.
He proceeds to verbally rip into the starship captain, yelling something about code violations and quoting legal jargon and the guy just... quakes and falls apart, quickly leaving in a blubber of profuse apologies. And Fox just nips at the guy's heels as the starship flies away, barking something like, "Yeah you run if you know what's good for you!"
And I, Cody, am just filled with Emotions. Emotions too strong apparently because it jolted me awake. Dammit!!! I wanted to attend the BBQ, especially after all the stress I suffered with prep work!!
Anyway, that was the time I very briefly isekaied myself into Commander Cody.
When I'm dreaming, but about to wake up, there's the chance that I'll remember somethihg I said in my dream. This morning, I was blessed with the phrase: "August Tenth... the Pumpkin Rapture."
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We report: this afternoon, there was a brief rain shower which sounded so loud on the tin rooftop that we were convinced it was hail. We soon went looking for hailstones, but the rain had already stopped by then. Within minutes, the sky cleared, and the ground dried off.
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There are many fun reasons to have a character avoid using guns, but I think "this otherwise-awesome fighter is a really terrible shot" is an underappreciated one. Yes, they're available in my setting and would work against my enemies. No, I don't have a moral code against them or a power that makes them redundant. I just can't aim for shit!
In general IMO the more badass and hypercompetent a character is, the more they're enriched by having one skill they're just absolutely hopeless at. Terrible shot, terrible liar, terrible dancer, no poker face, no sense of direction, can't drive, can't swim, can't cook, can't read, always broke, always late, always falls for a certain trick...
You may have seen me post about something called The Blackberry Bushes. That's my WIP. Though that title has become less relevant to the actual stories as the stories and characters have evolved over the last twenty or so years, it's stuck around. So what are these stories actually about?
In a fictional world reminiscent of Europe around the turn of the twentieth century, we follow the lives and adventures of seven young protagonists:
Rachel Doncath, nervous wreck who's never had a solid sense of home or friends thanks to growing up in a military family
Rietta Valencourt, teenage queen of a major nation, kept in isolation by her adamantly protective mother until she reaches her majority
Delclis Phemister, socially awkward botany nerd who would prefer to ignore the fact that he technically has a claim to his country's throne through the father he never met
Elystan Liddick, Delclis's half-brother, annoying little jerk, and the current heir to the throne--if he can survive to grow up
Amarantha Melbray, daughter of Elystan's nurse, dedicated aspiring artist, too serious for her own good, and deeply resentful of the boy who has monopolized her mother her entire life
Josiah Callon, elder son and heir of an ambitious and image-conscious king, raised to embody perfection and is obnoxiously good at it--until he isn't
Tamett LĂĽsrygg (Lockridge), paid companion to the crown prince (Josiah) of a nation that long ago conquered his, might not be able to keep up the facade of dutiful compliance much longer
As much as I love researching this mostly historically-based world, the characters are the centerpiece of the stories--their growth, their relationships. These are stories about isolation and longing for connection, about family dynamics--good, bad, and complicated, about the tension between responsibility/expectations and personal inclinations, about how people are often more than our assumptions make them out to be. I try to present characters' flaws honestly (and some of them are very flawed) while also making them understandable and human.
The tone I'm going for is something that hopefully feels a lot like classic children's stories you might have read growing up.
If this is something you're interested in, here's where you can find what I've posted. None of the intended novels are anywhere near complete, but there are sample chapters and a lot of short stories.
Book 1:Â A chance foray through a door on the other side of the blackberry bushes in her grandparentsâ garden leads Rachel Doncath to meet Rietta, the young queen of Faysmond. As they gradually befriend each other, the differences between the girls create complications that get more out of hand as Rachel gets caught up in the conflicts of Riettaâs life, including dealing with a regency council that is determined to remove Riettaâs mother from the picture and control Rietta further as she nears her majority, while events unfold in the neighboring nation of Corege that unexpectedly leave fourteen-year-old Delclis king.
Chapter One
Chapter Two (potentially subject to revision)
Excerpt from much later: The Boy with the Botanical Box
Book 2:Â About a year later. Prince Elystan of Corege has ruined Amarantha Melbrayâs life. Not only does he monopolize her mother (his nurse), but he also provokes Amarantha to an act that destroys her chances to convince his mother to restore her art school scholarship. But when an unexpected calamity traps Amarantha and Elystan in the same residence, they must work together to unravel the mysteries around them. That is, if they can trust each other. Or anyone else.
Revised Chapter One
Revised Chapter Two
Revised Chapter Three
Revised Chapter Four
Revised Chapter Five
Revised Chapter Six
Book 3:Â About a year later. Tamett LĂĽsrygg thinks he's finally got the chance to get out of his much-loathed job as companion to the self-important Prince Josiah. Instead, he ends up not only making Josiah hate him more than ever but also getting shipped out to Corege to accompany him to boarding school--and to spy on him. There, he meets Elystan, former prince with a massive grudge against his remaining family, and shenanigans ensue.
The present chapters are experimental and subject to future change.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
A Christmas Chapter (Tamettâs POV)
A Christmas Chapter (Josiahâs POV)
A Christmas Chapter (Elystanâs POV)
A Christmas Chapter (Herrich BĂśllingfurt's POV)
Book 4: About a year later. Delclisâs story. Otherwise, who even knows.
Pre-Book 1 short stories:
Constellation of Six (six-year-old Josiah's relationship with his family)
Prequel scene for Book 2 (Amarantha meets Elystan)
Seeing the Elephant (dynamic between ten-year-old Delclis and his stepfather)
A Building Project (eleven-year-old Delclis and seven-year-old Elystan build a blanket fort)
The Other Side of the Door (tension between thirteen-year-old Rietta and the daughter of the head of her regency council)
In a Nutshell (Elystan sneaks into a Halloween party he wasn't invited to and has a talk with Delclis)
Book 1 short stories:
Horrid Old Beautiful Ruin (Rietta and her mother vs. the Regency Council)
Over the Boundary Wall (Rietta, shortly after Book 1 Chapter One)
Book 1 Chapter One from Rietta's POV
Venturing In (Rietta and Rachel bonding, at some point in Book 1)
Book 2 short stories:
Early Morning Tea (tension between Amarantha and her mother, after Book 2 Chapter One)
Picnic in the Clock Tower (Amarantha and Elystan later in Book 2)
Book 3 short stories:
The Breakfast Room (Delclis and his mother struggle to connect)
Elystan's Infamous Lamplight Letter
A Visit from the Murderess (Elystan's mother pays him a visit at a particularly low point in his life)
Selections from the Correspondence of the Lockridge Family (epistolary story with "historical" footnotes starring Tamett and family) + bonus letter from Emenor
Incognito (Josiah, newly arrived in Corege, chats with commoners who don't know he's a prince)
Elystan meets Morstyn Hollock
Speaking to a Housemaid (Amarantha meets Josiah)
Elystan & Tamett (immediately after the Book 3 Christmas chapters)
Post-Book 3 short stories:
Portrait of the Monarch as a Young Woman (Amarantha meets Antavia, ex-queen of Corege)
Josiah & Emenor (Josiah's last interaction with Tamett's sister)
Delclis & Mikaiah (Delclis accidentally befriends Josiah's little brother)
A Pleasant Talk (twelve-part story in which a young adult Josiah dines with Antavia. PG-rated for alcohol and thematic elements, has more of a grown-up sensibility than the other stories)
Preface to The Captives of the Castle Clock Tower (glimpse into Elystan's future as an author)
For more on the characters: OC facts and OC descriptions.
For answers to asks:Â Q&A.
For more on the world:Â Worldbuilding.
For visuals: Art (commissioned works by lovely talented people) and Aesthetics (me fooling around with collages).
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