#some0ne-else

this reminds me of what the account picture on my computer is

think it’s also my Duo picture? either way very accurate

oh my goodness I’m probably not going to shut up.

a lot of my favourite things I’ve written are still WIPs that I’m organising into some semblance of order so I can post them on AO3. all the these are extensive AUs, which is something I love to write. I’d say that most common of all my fan works are extensive AUs that are often as long as (if not longer) than the source material. things I’m working on that will hopefully begin showing up sometime in 2020:

my evil!Alina/Darkling series, which has actually already started being posted! you can find the first part of the series on my AO3: In Plain Sight

another huge Darkling AU which I won’t say too much about but it’s probably the angstiest thing I’ve written and involves an incredibly close and previously unknown relative of the Darkling causing problems on purpose

a Shades of Magic AU which is an alternate telling of the series involving an unlikely survivor from Black London who’s a chaotic delight

all of these have been in the works for a year or so and are coming along nicely; I’m just terrible at writing in chronological order 😂 I’ve just said fuck it with Heretics & Saints (the evil!Alina AU I mentioned) and that’s just being posted in whatever order the gods intend.

I also have a lot of original projects that I love, mainly: 

my original fantasy series (I’m working on the first section and also all the worldbuilding at the moment and it’s so much fun, I cannot believe I never thought about writing fantasy before) that’s just packed full of magic and sexy evil villains and is set in a world with technology similar to the Victorian era so it’s pretty sexy and Gothic too

a project that’s probably best described as magical realism, set in a very strange town in Ireland that draws on a lot of the things I experienced in my own childhood, combined with some lyrics that I’ve been absolutely obsessed with since I was a child (’and as I sit and talk to you I see your face go white, this shadow hanging over me is no trick of the light. the dead have come to claim a debt from thee.’ if you’re wondering.)

evil funfair story. first person narrative, magical realism meets modern Gothic, absolutely hilarious and also home to some of the most fucked up scenes I’ve written.

as for topics, I don’t want to say too much because I’m so predictable that you could probably work out some of the plot twists in my work just from me revealing the things I like, but I will tell you that one of my Things is something I’ve dubbed legacy of terror, aka the exploration of somebody living with a legacy that they didn’t ask for but have to make something of regardless.

thanks!!

1: How tall or short do you wish you were?

I wouldn’t change my height, tbh. I would not want to be much taller (especially not in Scotland, where everything is made for much shorter people and I feel like the fucking Slender Man walking around) but I wouldn’t want to be any shorter, either. I was 5′7 for ages because of malnutrition and stuff and I hated being short lmao. I got that sweet sweet 6 at the beginning of my height and that’s all I asked for.

6: If you had a warning label, what would yours say?

just BEWARE. no specifics. no time to go into that. just. beware. that is all.

14: Would you rather be a vampire, elf, or merperson?

I never thought I’d say this... but probably vampire. what can I say. aesthetically and conceptually, they’re the sexiest.

48: A sound you really love?

the sound of the rain on the skylight in the bedroom. you can hear it all through that section of the house, and it’s a very comforting sound. I could fall asleep if I listen to it for long enough 😂

71: What outfit out of all your clothes do you like to wear the most?

it is Autumn™ now and that means it’s getting chilly, so I can usually be found in my blood red ankle boots, tan pants that are really light but keep the warm in so well, and my thick cotton plaid shirt (red and black pattern). I do look like a lumberjack apprentice but I am Warm. sometimes I’ll accessorise with my flatcap because my hair is long now and it keeps it out of the way.

104: What is your favorite mineral or gem?

amethyst. I really vibe with amethyst. I just feel it, yanno? I also love opal, but that’s purely aesthetic. amethyst is aesthetic and vibes.

165: Longest your hair has ever been:

right now!! I haven’t got it cut since the summer before quarantine. it’s now down across my shoulderblades. I’m probably keeping it like that tbh. the other day I had it tied back and Vestris stopped and said “oh my god, you look like Hozier”, so that settles it really.

so I’ve been both vegetarian and vegan in the past and I have zero problem with the kinds of food I was able to eat with either -- I was able to eat really tasty things, but the thing is being vegan is just inconvenient for me. even outside of the fact that I fucking love cheese, it’s so difficult to eat enough (and it’s expensive, too!). I have chronic anaemia and also I have to be very careful with food because I quite literally medically starved for years and did you know that when you medically starve it’s not as simple as just eating again and putting the weight back on? nope! that shit affects you permanently! so I have to be very careful to get everything I need or my body goes from 0 to corpse within literal days. being vegan just isn’t practical for me, and ethically I’m not opposed to dairy products because like... I basically live in a giant farm. everything is locally sourced. I drive past the farm that provides my shop with milk daily. I know for a fact that the animals are well looked after, and because it’s all local, impact on the environment is minimal (this is a small family business and the milk doesn’t have to go far, for example). every so often I’ll have a meal that just so happens to be vegan, but the diet is impractical for me long-term and ngl, a lot of the vegans I see vlogging or whatever look... really unhealthy. I mean, if that’s what people wanna do go ahead, but it’s really not for me.

being a vegetarian on the other hand? love it. I’ve been vegetarian three times in my life now (this is the third) and the other times I had to quit because of anaemia and meat being the only convenient, affordable way I could get iron (and I still deadass almost died from it 😂) but now I have more time to cook and I can get all the ingredients I need, I’m enjoying it and I hopefully won’t have to give it up. I’m vegetarian for a mixture of ethical and personal reasons, and to be honest with you I think my meals are tastier now I’m a vegetarian. I always resented the way that meat was the centrepiece of a meal and that if a meal didn’t have meat it wasn’t a “real” meal; very often the meat’s presence would mean that the other aspects of the dish were afterthoughts and just there to be eaten with the meat, which I wasn’t a fan of anyway, and mealtimes were just kind of stressful in general. now I’m vegetarian everything is fresher, tastier, I feel less gross after eating it, I stay full for longer, and overall I just look and feel healthier. it’s definitely something I’m glad I finally got back into, and honestly there’s so much I like eating that I don’t feel like I’m missing out at all. I think even if people ate vegetarian even twice a week, they would find a lot of stuff to like and they would feel healthier -- plus it’s better for the environment!

finally pad thai is delicious. @vestriis got me to try it once and I’ve loved it ever since, though we don’t get it often (Thai places aren’t common around here; it’s mostly a London thing). we have been planning to try and make our own for a while, however! hopefully that works out. I’d love to have limitless pad thai.

thank you!!

moonlit: are you a neat or messy person? Is your room / house orderly?

I’m messy but I’m clean and organised in my own way. there’s books and notebooks everywhere, and everything I’ll need on a regular basis is kept close at hand, and I don’t mind a bit of chaos and clutter. I do know where everything is within that chaos, however.

I like my kitchen to be neat and with all the surfaces clear, though. it’s the only room in the house that I insist on keeping in an orderly fashion. I need clear surfaces to enjoy cooking, and I need everything in its place so I can just grab what I need right away.

even with the clutter, the house is clean. I sweep and mop the floors and keep grime from building up; I put everything that I don’t constantly need back in its place. I have a strict housework routine I keep to every week. so long as there’s no dirt or gross stuff, I don’t mind a bit of clutter. but the clutter is always on very clean floors and vacuumed carpets.

cocoa: if you could have any type of hair, what colour and cut would you have?

I’m going to be kind of boring and vain here but I have my ideal hair 😂 it’s naturally black (the kind of black that shines blue in natural light, can you believe), thick, and kind of messy. I really do look like a young adult villain love interest, especially because I have light eyes too. when I sweep it back from my forehead I even have a bright white hairline scar that really goes well with the dark hair, so like. I’ve always loved my hair and wouldn’t change it to anything, even if someone offered crazy magic.

if I was going to change it temporarily, I’ve always wanted to dye it neon green. but it’s so much hassle with hair this thick and so dark, and in the summer it looks blue anyway, so I’m not that fussed.