#elleh

If anyone here is interested in my new project…

I’m running a LetsPlay channel with my QPP where we pass the controller back and forth like in the days of old, we joke and goof around, and also provide artistic commentary on art direction and story for each game we plan on playing.

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Stories from the Red Lantern Inn

- febuwhump day 1 - vocal chords -

WC: 592 CW: animal death mentioned

Synopsis: There is a land where a little bitt of magic still clings. On the edge of the shrubsteppe "badlands" and the slopes of the pine forests sits an Inn for the tenderest of feet and the emptiest of bellies. With good ale and entertainment to boot. Ellea, a gnome with a restless creative mind, overdid her rehearsals and lost her voice. Now she's worried it won't come back in time for her upcoming audition. The rest of the Red Lantern Inn staff worry about how her stubborn nature will handle this setback.

I was tagged by @itsalwaysmiyukikazuya​!! Thank u darling <3

1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean?

It actually comes from my first ever nickname I used when I started, you know, the internet thing. It was awful so when I grew up a bit I renamed myself. (It’s funnily also the first sound of my actual name). 

2. Which fanfic of yours has the most feedback? (Bookmarks/ Subscriptions/ Hits/ Kudos) 

How To Crush is the one with most feedback in all fronts. Still impressed, if I’m honest.

3. What is your AO3 profile icon and why did you choose it? 

Iwaizumi being great and handsome, because you know, Iwaizumi, being great and handsome.

4. Do you have any regular/ favorite commenters? 

There aren’t really any regular commenters? Although I do cherish all the comments, because I know it’s not usual to actually leave them (and they are for the most part the most beautiful things ever). 

5. Is there a fanfic you keep going back to read again and again? 

Not at the moment. I haven’t been reading much fanfic lately, but I do have some authors I usually go back to when I feel like reading something I’ve already read. 

6. How many stories are you subscribed to? How many do you have bookmarked? 

4 suscriptions, 34 bookmarks. 

7. Which AU do you find yourself writing the most? 

I honestly don’t have an specific AU? I love trying new things, new settings and new environments where I can put the characters. 

8. How many people are subscribed and bookmarked to you in total? (You can view this on the stats page). 

Bookmarks 438, Subscriptions 78

9. Is there something you’d like to write about but are afraid of people judging you for it?

Not really? If I don’t write something is usually because I don’t feel myself prepared enough to do so, but I don’t tend to restrict my writing by third parties’ hypothetical opinions. (At least not yet, anyway).

10. Is there anything you’d like to be better at? Writing certain scenes or genres, replying to comments, updating better, etc.

Omg, everything? I feel my style is pretty awful lately (as in, I have no decent style at all), I should practice more to develop stories through characters actions instead of forcing stories into characters, English vocab (this is pretty important lol), character development and construction… and so on and on.

11. Do you write rarepairs or popular ships more often? 

I don’t usually write rarepairs? I do have some but I don’t feel ready to write them (SuguTora, I’m staring at you), so I basically go to the popular ships (Iwaoi, hello?). 

12. How many stories have you posted on AO3 to this day? 

16.

13. How many stories do you have saved in/ with your writing program? Like wips?

7, plus random ideas I will probably never write.

14. Do you write down story ideas or just keep them in your head? 

Usually keep them in my head, till I decide is time to write them.

15. Have you ever co- authored a story? 

Nope.

16. How did you discover AO3? 

My best friend and tumblr, of course. 

17. Do you consider yourself to be a popular or famous author in your fandom(s) on AO3? 

Hell no.

18. Do you have a nickname or fandom name for your readers? 

I don’t.

19. Was there an author who inspired or encouraged you to write? 

Inspired? A ton. Fanfic writers are amazing, and reading them pushed me to write again after years of barely doing so. Encouraged as in actively pushing me to write, not really? At least not that I can recall. I do have a lot of support from the discord chats and my friends, though.

20. What writing advice would you give to a beginning author? 

Write what you love, write what you like. Write for yourself. Be kind to your own creations, love them no matter how “bad” or how “much better” they could be. Don’t compare yourself to others, let them be an inspiration and a challenge. Be gentle when your words don’t come out the way you want them. Read all those writers you admire, and then read those you don’t, and then read books you would have never read. But most of all, write whatever makes your heart sing and your soul feel weightless. It doesn’t matter if your prose and style are the most amazing thing out there, if you don’t love what you put on paper, love will never come out of the page. 

21. Do you plot out your stories or do you just figure it out as you go? 

I do the latter most of the time and it’s a mistake I’m trying to fix. I always end up stuck somewhere, and end up not finishing anything. I’m trying to outline the samurai AU i’m writing so this doesn’t happen (and I actually finish it).

22. Have you ever gotten a bad comment on a story? If so, what did you do? 

Not a bad comment per se, but I did have some “demanding” comments that pissed me off a big deal. So I just… ignored them. I thought of answering them explaining the entitlement of asking more of me is wrong, but I felt it’d been pointless, so I didn’t.

23. Is there a certain type of scene that you have a hard time writing? (Action, smut, etc). 

Action probably. Dances are hella hard as well. Also fluff? As in, “I’m gonna write fluff.” I suck at writing fluff consciously.

24. What story(s) are you working on now? 

Two secret santas and Iwaoi Samurai AU.

25. Do you plan your new projects before you finish your current ongoing story(s)?

Man, I have so many ideas at the same time. I’m too impatient to actually wait to finish stuff before starting a new thing.

26. Do you have a daily writing goal set for yourself? 

Writing everyday is the goal.

27. Do you think you’ve improved as a writer since you first started? 

Yes… at least I hope so.

28. What is your favorite story that you have written? 

If we are speaking about stories in general (not fanfic) I’d say the retelling I wrote of Momotarou last year. If it’s fanfic, then How To Crush, for it was the first fic I wrote purely out of love and it’s hella dear to me. 

29. What is your least favorite story that you have written?

I don’t really have one? All of them are good and bad in their way I guess? I can’t really pick one.

30. Where do you see yourself (as a writer) in 5 years?

Writing, hopefully. At least participating in various contests, maybe even publishing in lit, magazines? (and with at least two novels finished, HOPEFULLY).

31. What’s the easiest part about writing?

When I have figured out a character, just writing them and letting the story flow. I’ve found out that the simplest of ideas can be the most rewarding when you have a direct connection to the complexities of your character.

32. What is the hardest part about writing?

Being gentle to oneself, letting the words fill the page without judgement. Honestly, I need to stop correcting/editing before the story/chapter is done.

33. Why do you write?

I write to live my reality and to escape from it. To learn, to teach, to experiment. Writing is a door to half of the truths I hide inside, truths that aren’t always worded or even conscious. I write because every story is a part of me, and because every story is independent of me, and because sometimes I just want simple things life can’t provide, so I have to make them up myself. Sometimes I write because I need to understand, and sometimes I write because I don’t. 

// Letters to YVYNYL // 

ELLEH - American Lover

When I got this note from Satoru Teshima, he wanted to tell me about the project he started with Ohio-gone-Tokyo collaborator Bob Wiley. Both this song, the single, and the remix by Australian producer Super Magic Hats do a solid job pronouncing “sad boy disco” as a new microgenre and I recommend giving them both a spin to learn what the hell he means. 

Hi Mark,

I am writing this letter from Harajuku, Tokyo. I really appreciate a chance to talk about the reason why we are making the music we do. Sorry in advance about my poor English! Bob and I started to make music in 2012. We both didn't know what we wanted to do with our lives; Bob teaching English in Osaka and me selling vinyl in Kyoto. I knew Bob is a very talented producer and had a knack for pop production. And I knew that I could write depressing songs with the guitar and the piano. We were wondering what kind of chemical reaction would happen if those two opposing force collide. It was last year we were finally able to cement our concept. We decided to call it “sad boy disco.” It's the songs for the early-morning hours, that stretch of time before trains start up for the day and when it is still possible to find escape from personal heartache in a club. It's a mental zone one would typically find themselves at 4am. You’d be tired, a little drunk and prone to reflecting on the mistakes and failed relationships of recent times.

Our debut single, which finally came out this week, is called American Lover. This track was written originally in 2012 with using just four vocal loops, recorded with an iPhone app called Voice Jam. I gave it to Bob and we wanted to make a DJ Hell-ish techno track but it never felt right. It was last year when Bob gave me a new version of the track. I was heart struck by the positivity that never existed in the previous versions. We knew instantly it was the place we wanted to be.

American Lover is part biographical, part fictional. I can talk about it in details here, but first I would like people to interpret it the way they want to. It's funny now though, that the song written 5 years ago seems to sound more relevant than ever, as it's essentially a regretful kiss-off to America.

American Lover is just the first chapter in our sad boy disco story. We are going to release our first EP, Anthems Part 1 this April, featuring “American Lover” and building on it thematically, exploring one person’s bargaining with heartbreak and turning to music as salvation as the dawn approaches.

Arigato, 

Satoru

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It’s time for Ellea’s outfit ref!!!