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Your writing totally fits the concept.

Hello my love,

I’m definitely thinking about it! I will admit, I do have some ideas - we’ll see if I actually decide to make them a reality hehe.

I’m just kind of in an odd place right now in regards to writing. I will also admit that it is incredibly disheartening to get community labeled every time I post a fic, that just sucks. And honestly, I really miss the early days of my blog - that first year was truly so beautiful. I miss all the interaction I would get, lately my blog kind of feels empty…it’s kind of sad. And I suppose I have myself to blame for that, I certainly don’t write as quickly as I used to lol. And, sometimes, I feel like I just keep writing the same thing, like my writing has become so predictable and monotonous and that it’s no longer exciting.

I don’t think I plan on retiring any time soon, but it feels like there has been a noticeable shift in year three. Or, I am just off my rocker lmao.

Anyways, so sorry to overshare, I have rambled yet again!

YES! Briar Hills was my re-write of Twilight! I was a huge Twilight fan growing up so this series was my way of exploring that while also fixing some things that annoyed me about the original series!

Namjoon is our Carlisle character, but dark. JK's story is essentially Twilight if our MC were Bella and JK were James (WHAT A TWIST THAT WOULD BE!) Jimin is kind of a blend of Heidi and Rosalie. Jin is also a touch of Rosalie. Yoongi is the most like Edward (and a touch of Alice) but far better 😂 Hobi is like James and Demitri. As for Tae, he's honestly got traits of Esme but also someone else I can't really think of 😅

The town is 100% inspired by Forks Washington. The name was fun to come up with! I played with a few ideas and realized I wanted it to sound like a town from shows like Teen Wolf or The Vampires Diaries. So the name Briar Hills was inspired by Beacons Hills from Teen Wolf and Mystic Falls from The Vampire Diaries. And yes, Briar like Briar Rose! So much symbolism!

Reading all these stories was fun. Can't wait to read the Namjoon story once you're. It feels like a grand finale haha.

Hello again! Woah, I can't believe you read so much so quickly!

Lol, it was so funny because the idea to title all of them with a word beginning with P came to me after writing Purgatory. At that point, I thought it would be fun to continue the trend for the rest of the fics! It's also quite a problem now though because I just realized just how many of my fics begin with the letter P 😅 With the current fic I am writing I made sure to stray from that to avoid confusion.

And yeah, Pursuit was super fun because it was almost like a detective-style fic from the MC's point of view while she is also being tormented by the very person she believes is helping her. I can't remember who gave me the idea for the fic, but I believe I credited them on the post? I'll have to go back and check!

As for Jin's fic, yeah he was pretty special in the sense he was the only one paying close enough attention to figure out what was going on. The thing about the scenes with the MC though is that he is actively choosing not to compel her. Jin likes to try and use his natural persuasion because it's more challenging and more fun that way. He really only uses compulsion when he absolutely needs to.

AND, there is actually a reason why all of them are finding MCs! I don't know if you guys are going to like it but I thought it was pretty clever. Do I reveal it now or save it for Joon's fic? I'm not sure 😂

Oooh you're making really good progress! And I am so glad you noticed the tonal difference between them! I really wanted to give each member their own story and their own vibes while still trying to connect them.

As for their enhancements, I have talked about them a little bit before. Basically, a prominent trait or experience from their human life could be enhanced or formed into a "gift" in their vampiric life. It can also be something that develops as a means of survival.

JK is exceptionally strong and a talented hunter but also fairly callous and unemotional. This comes from a human life where he felt weak and was bullied and abused. When he first turned he experienced immense rage but he later schooled it into apathy and just became bloodthirsty and ruthless. Still, he is physically enhanced (far stronger than anyone else) while also being emotionally affected.

Yoongi has a form of future sight, this developed due to his inability to foresee his incoming death in spite of the signs being there. Now, he gets intense feelings when something bad is about to happen.

Jimin has magnetism. In his human life, he was the casanova type and drew people towards him. Now as a vampire he can attract people towards him or choose to repel them away (this works more so on an attraction basis, becoming extremely seductive and compelling, or choosing to force people away from him - it's more emotional and mental rather than telekinetic lol)

Tae was an artist and that was a very prominent part of his life. As a vampire, he already has great eyesight, but his is far better than any other vampire he knows. It's extremely clear, he can see much farther (miles farther if he so chooses) and he has a much wider scope of peripheral vision. So he can oftentimes be the first warning system of danger alongside Yoongi.

Hoseok, much like Tae has an enhancement. He is far faster than any other vampire, so fast that when he moves it looks like he is teleporting. This was because, in his human life, he was unable to outrun his death. Much like Jungkook, he is also a very talented tracker/hunter.

Jin has compulsion, another enhancement. In his human life, he was very persuasive and was oftentimes able to get whatever he wanted in whatever deal he was making. As a vampire, he has the gift of being able to compel almost anyone to do exactly what he tells them. It's not something he enjoys using often as he still enjoys trying to use his "natural" skills, that and using this ability tends to take a lot out of him.

Joon...well Joon is still TBD 😂 As the leader of the coven and everyone's maker he does have control over them, he can instruct them to do anything and they will have to do it - there is no choice. That isn't his "gift" though, this is simply true for all maker-creation bonds.

It sure would be something, wouldn't it 👀

Ooooh this is a great one! I actually used to hand write a lot of things for my stories, but I don’t do that too much anymore because I tend to lose all my sheets or not know which notebook I wrote stuff in💀💀 and typing out ideas is faster so I can get the whole thought out on a doc quicker.

Now, I use handwriting as a last resort for plot points, because it’s a fresh space to brainstorm, and I can draw lines to connect ideas together.

It's okay babe, I get the hyperfixation! I get them all the time 😅

So yeah, Joon was referring to little embarrassing things from when they were younger. BUT, I will admit that I did intend for that to be ambiguous because istg every time I write a fic I stop and go "...what if I made this a series?" My self-control has gotten much better so that didn't happen - but I was toying with the idea of the other members also being like Jimin. So, any time you get a weird vibe from the other members in my one-shot it's probably because I was having one of those moments 😂