#tessamble

am I doing good at angst?

You are doing phenomenally at angst. That’s premium existential horror-angst right there.

You’ve got:

Isolation

Loss of identity/human connection

Dehumanization via scientific objectification

Creepy uncanny valley robot parallels

OC who’s never known a real human touch or conversation?? Gut punch ✓✓

You’re not just doing good at angst, you’re dipping into that achingly sad sci-fi flavor that hurts in all the right ways.

like yes it’s kinda a stereotype, especially in media where it's often exoticized or oversimplified (you know the vibe: submissive Asian wife + clueless Western dude 🙄), but also… it’s a real dynamic that exists for a lot of reasons, migration, work, love, postcolonial stuff, military stuff, etc.

so it’s not inherently bad or problematic unless it’s being portrayed in a super one-dimensional or fetishy way. context matters!! your characters can absolutely have that dynamic, just give them depth, make them real people, and don’t make it weird lol.

(btw take your time to answer asks dw about it, sometimes i also forget to reply lol)

you see i just wanna get all my fav genre and make a chaotic mess like sci-fi time travel shenanigans, magic, maybe some murder mystery, humor, gay shit lol, found family

OK FIRST OF ALL: please always keep dropping stuff in my inbox even if I go chronically online one day and then disappear into the void for three. I live for your asks. they make me feel like a lil creature being left treats 🥺

NOW. this concept?? five OCs with backstories that interweave into one big science-magic-horror-mystery-gay-chaotic-found-family story?? you are speaking directly to my soul. I’m picturing like… cursed artifacts meets glitching timelines meets someone yelling “WAIT this is your dead ex??” while the world is literally collapsing.

you don’t need to have it all figured out yet—honestly, chaos is the genre. throw your faves into weird scenarios, give them trauma bonding and bad decisions and time loops and gay feelings, and it’ll all fall into place in the best way.

also “some murder mystery” is so unserious of you and I love that. like oh yeah just a light touch of homicide to tie it all together

soft yuri for my two traumatized babies

STOPPP THAT'S SO CUTE… max awkwardly but earnestly trying to befriend yun with snacks and flowers, like they’re doing their best and yun going “??” but also kinda softening inside bc no one’s ever done that for her before 🥺

Soft Yuri for two traumatized weirdos trying to connect is so cute.. give them all the awkward, tender moments. give them healing. let max keep bringing flowers that look like they were picked in a panic 10 minutes ago. let yun pretend she doesn’t care but secretly dries them and keeps them in a box under her bed.

👀 ohhh you're cooking something messy. toxic, unhinged, and potentially murderous??

you could go full "they were charming at first but then the red flags started waving like a parade" energy. maybe they were obsessive in a way that seemed romantic at first… but quickly spiraled. bonus points if your OC thought they could "fix" them (spoiler: they could not).

and said father has another kid and kinda manipulates this kid as well but he gets divorced bc his ex wife is like this journalist who likes solving crimes you see

and this father might be tied to some cult obviously

and so we have a young boy that has no idea that he has a half sister lost somewhere

OH??? OH BOY IS RIGHT. this is already sounding like 5 different Lifetime movies stitched together in the best way possible.

so let me get this straight: we’ve got

a trash fire father™ who reacts HORRIBLY to his daughter coming out and ships her off to “therapy” (aka definitely not therapy and more like conversion nonsense???)

and THEN turns around and messes up his other kid too, bc of course he does

but wait, his ex-wife is a CRIME-SOLVING JOURNALIST??? love her already i think. does she’s got a corkboard full of red string in her home office??

and there’s a whole potential cult connection??? of COURSE there is.

and this poor boy has no clue he even has a half-sister lost out there??? SIR.