#lineshare friday

There are fragments of worldbuilding that don’t fit neatly into essays or are ready to share, but still demand to be seen.

For this Lineshare Friday, I’m sharing a section from Project N: Replicants, a sub-arc of Jenova Project that I’ve been refining over several months. This excerpt focuses on the biological children created from Bianca Moore’s eggs and Sephiroth’s preserved sperm: a disturbing extension of Shinra’s legacy of control.

What happens when gods are bred in a lab, and their progeny crawl toward the womb that never welcomed them?

Possible Warning Triggers: Body horror, child experimentation, forced reproduction, genetic manipulation, non-consensual experimentation, parental trauma, pregnancy-related trauma

Standout Excerpt

N-03: Wailing Nephilim: writhing masses of malformed limbs and translucent skin, these infant Replicants emit anguished cries that echo across the wilderness. Their spectral wings flicker through undeveloped spines, each beat pulsing with an attempt at flight that always fails. Unlike standard Jenova-spawn, their cries are not a call to conquest. They are a plea. A prayer. A scream for someone who never chose to be their mother.

How To Take Part;

Every Friday this blog will post a theme. It might be a word, and emotion, or a writing style element. Once you know what the theme is, have a search through your recent projects, and see if you have a piece of work that fits the theme. 

You can either reblog the Theme post from here, or make your own post. Feel free to copy and use the Theme's header if you want too. Share your snippet, and don't forget to either @ the blog, @lineshare-friday or tag your post with #Lineshare Friday. 

Check the notes, or reblogs, to read other creator's shared pieces and, optionally, reblog, comment, give feedback and/or squeal excitedly over other people's excerpts. 

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theme: trust

Eddie raked one hand through his hair. “Hey, I, uh— I kinda told Wayne everything. Awhile ago. About the Upside Down and what happened to us,” he blurted suddenly. “I’d had a really bad attack, and he was so scared, he wanted to take me to the hospital but I didn’t wanna go, and I just— I just told him everything. I couldn’t hold back. It was such a relief, y’know? So if you ever need to, like, talk to him, you can. He’s got you.”

Max couldn’t possibly describe how much better— safer— it made her feel to know that. “What about Claudia? Does she know?”

“Doubt it.” Eddie shrugged. “I think she would’ve taken Dustin and run a long time ago if she knew what Hawkins was really like.” They shared a chuckle at that. “But Wayne’s got your back. And of course I still do too, okay?” He fiddled with his engagement ring. “I keep my walkie tuned to our private channel at nighttime. If you ever need me, all you gotta do is call. I’ll be listening.”

She punched him in the gut again. “You big dork,” she sobbed. “Quit making me cry.”

Since this is just out of context lines, I'm going to share what I think are some of my favorite "OOC" lines so far! These are just from various works and projects, nothing super concrete. I don't even think most of these are canon? Either way, I'll put a little tag at the end of each one marking what project they're from.

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Not feeling well enough to do a dramatic summary of this. I think it speaks for itself anyway. Here's a quick excerpt from the first draft of @runner-owen's Black Velvet:

Lenox looked at me. “I am to understand you are hunting for the lost journals of the Tactician?”

I swallowed. Lord Aurum had told him of that?

“Yes, Mr. Lenox, I uh… I am to stay here until-”

“Until you do,” he said, and shook his head. “You will be buried here, then. Older souls than you have searched for them, and not discovered them, if they even exist at all.”

“Our Lordship spoke in anger.” My fists clenched. “I am certain when he calms down, he will return me to my typical responsibilities.”

How To Take Part;

Every Friday this blog will post a theme. It might be a word, and emotion, or a writing style element. Once you know what the theme is, have a search through your recent projects, and see if you have a piece of work that fits the theme. 

You can either reblog the Theme post from here, or make your own post. Feel free to copy and use the Theme's header if you want too. Share your snippet, and don't forget to either @ the blog, @lineshare-friday, or tag your post with #Lineshare Friday. 

Check the notes, or reblogs, to read other creator's shared pieces and, optionally, reblog, comment, give feedback and/or squeal excitedly over other people's excerpts. 

How To Take Part;

Every Friday this blog will post a theme. It might be a word, and emotion, or a writing style element. Once you know what the theme is, have a search through your recent projects, and see if you have a piece of work that fits the theme. 

You can either reblog the Theme post from here, or make your own post. Feel free to copy and use the Theme's header if you want too. Share your snippet, and don't forget to either @ the blog, @lineshare-friday, or tag your post with #Lineshare Friday. 

Check the notes, or reblogs, to read other creator's shared pieces and, optionally, reblog, comment, give feedback and/or squeal excitedly over other people's excerpts. 

What is this?

Lineshare Fridays is a regularly run event. Every Friday a theme will be posted and you can share an excerpt of your work that fits the theme to show us what you've been working on!

The theme is entirely open to your interpetation. If the theme is grief, and your characters are laughing at a funeral, for example, that's still perfectly fine.

Original fiction, Fanfiction, and Art or Comics are all welcome. If you have something that fits the theme, feel free to join in.

Occasionally, there'll be a "Favourite Lines Friday" where you can show your favourite recent lines, no theme-matching required.

How do I take part?

Every Friday this blog will post a theme. It might be a word, and emotion, or a writing style element. Once you know what the theme is, have a search through your recent projects, and see if you have a piece of work that fits the theme.

You can either reblog the Theme post from here, or make your own post. Feel free to copy and use the Theme's header if you want too. Share your snippet, and don't forget to either @ the blog, @lineshare-friday or tag your post with #Lineshare Friday.

Check the notes, or reblogs, to read other creator's shared pieces and, optionally, reblog, comment, give feedback and/or squeal excitedly over other people's excerpts.

Most importantly; Have fun!

Do You Accept Theme Sugggestions?

Yes!

Please feel free to drop me an ask with any theme suggestions, but keep in mind that I have about 18months worth of themes pre-scheduled, so it might be some time before you see yours included.