#celestial ask

since I answered Theo in an earlier ask for this, I’ll do him. Theo... is a horrible flirt. He can be confident if he knows what he wants, but if he doesn’t (and he usually doesn’t) he’s a blushing stammering mess. He usually resorts to sarcasm and jokes, and that’s an easy tell that he likes someone. And the tips of his ears tend to go sort of red. He’s a mess.

When he actually figures his shit out though, he’s pretty romantic; he gets very serious and heartfelt and it’s Very Cute 

pluto: is pluto a real planet or fake?

REAL! REAL! REAL! I can’t even comprehend why they demoted that poor little piece of rock to a ‘not planet’! And it only had love to send us for our betrayal. lol.

andromeda galaxy: what’s the farthest you’ve travelled?

Unfortunately, the farthest I’ve travelled is my neighbouring state. And that’s a bloody shame, because I LOVE travelling!! When I used to tell someone this (that I love travelling), their immediate question would be on the lines of: 'Oh nice! Which countries have you visited?’ So I stopped telling people that. Lol.

sirius: favourite fictional character?

I can’t decide on one, so I’ll go with 2!

Aragorn (Lord of the Rings)– The problem with ideal characters is that they become predictable and boring after a while. They’re also not relateble. And Aragorn is the height of idealism- he’s the best commander, untouched by temptation, strong, brave, loyal, righteous, dutiful, kind and noble. And just when you begin to think that his character cannot waver form it, he brings in a murky past, a pained love, and slivers of self doubt. And boom!It pulls you right back to rooting for him- doubting and trusting him in equal measures. He also makes you want to have a person like him by your side- as a best friend, confidant. That’s marvelous!

Contradictory to that, my other fave is: Magneto (X-Men)The thing with Magneto is that you can never really classify him as a hero or a villain, because he’s bloody right in his reasoning– terrifyingly so.He’s also a very complex person, with more layers than an onion.Just when you find enough reason to hate him, to not want to root for him, he does something gentle or exposes a painful piece of his past, and just like that you begin to love him again, forgetting why you wanted to hate him in the first place. And the fact that a character has the power to incite such emotions in you is infuriating and astounding at the same time!

Thanks for the ask, Anon. And sorry for the rant!

UHHHH I know what happens in the first book and most of the second but not really the third and it’s kind of hard to write when I don’t even know necessarily how all of this gets resolved. I have yet to figure this out and I probably should.

The other tough thing though was finding a distinct voice for my three main MCs, and I spent a lot of time mulling it over and listening for their voices in my head until they became clearer. aaaand I sound crazy. but that’s basically how it goes 

this is a funny one because the whole book is a dumpster fire of mutual pining, but they don’t all know it. So under the assumption that their love may be unrequited, they uhh, just fucking Suffer

no but for real I don’t know. The same as anyone I guess; try and make their feelings known without actually being Obvious and Lame about it while watching for the tiniest hints that maybe the other person feels the same. 

sagittarius is an outlier because even if he’s sure someone doesn’t feel the same way about him he’s still a flirt, but it’s really not personal at that point - he’s just like that.

Happy (super late) STS!! Favourite trait... probably creativity. I know this might sound strange as a writer, but I often feel like I’m not very creative, or at least that my creativity comes in random bursts here and there. When my characters end up running away on me and make decisions or problem solving choices that I don’t think I ever would have thought of, I’m always impressed by them - even though I’m writing it, it feels more like channeling.

I do have a rough estimate of traits and core values for each character, but these definitely evolve as I’m writing them, since I find that the best way of getting to know them.

sorry i’m so late!! hmm...

June would probably follow in her mother’s footsteps and become a florist. It’s a nice and simple life working with flowers, there’s always demand, and she’s good at it! 

Theo would have continued being a carpenter but would have wanted to move away from all the logging and just go into woodcarving. He’s quite the artist; he appreciates good craftsmanship. He would have wanted to move to Tenolis, and set up shop there.

happy sts!!  ♥  my favourite part is when the characters start to have a mind of their own and I feel like I’m just channeling them rather than actively writing or creating... it’s the best. 

I like worldbuilding from scratch because I have complete creative liberty. I can choose to include or not include aspects of our current world, and I can also create my own! I write in a very character-based manner so it’s fun being able to create a world that would be a suitable home for my characters!