#tlqs

hiii happy STS!

okay so this is a heavy, heavy WIP, so i don't have like, names nor well-defined plot because i don't really know how to write it and make it good hahah

so. Ryan Drake. he moves to fictional US, tries to become a lawyer, fails miserably, gets disilusioned with the system and decides to do something about it. he finds a patron and starts "fixing" things in the background: he investigates politicians and uses coercion and blackmailing to force them to do their jobs properly

of course, this creates a lot of enemies as his plan crescendos, and eventually the bigger fish get bothered enough for them to put aside their differences and deal with their common enemy before he dethrones everyone. so they craft a plan to kill him, but the thing is that they don't know what kind of plans he might've created behind their backs; they're convinced that Ryan must've developed some kind of failsave in the events of him disappearing, so instead of killing him, they keep him alive and try to pry all the information about his organization out of him so they can uproot all his plans without having to worry about consequences

so they try to force him to talk. and they fail again and again. he feeds them wrong information, he manipulates them to fight amongst themselves, he's basically dancing around them, or at least he does during the first months of his capture. as time passes, he loses steam and energy to oppose them, and the people who captured him slowly lose interest and forget about him too. isolation ends up breaking him after years in captivity, and even after he escapes, there's only a husk left of his former self. he spends some years hiding and healing in Mexico before he contacts Agnes and they reunite. at that point, it's been almost a decade since he disappeared, and everything he had built up in his organization is long gone, so there's no hope of returning to that plan anytime soon. that won't stop him from wanting to exact blind revenge on the people who captured him, though. he tries to kill the person in charge of dealing with him but Agnes stops him, convincing him to give up and forget about everything before he ends up dead. and that would be the end of his story

hopefully that clarifies a bit about what happens in Todo Lo Que Sube!

hiii @writingamongther0ses! happy STS!

well, you hit me right on my weak spot: naming things! it took me YEARS of brainstorming and undecisiveness to find a name for only two of my stories, so coming up with multiple names for different parts of my stories?? you're completely crazy. a madman /gn. fuck yea i'm doing it

i have conveniently separated Todo Lo Que Sube (TLQS in the future)'s story into different arcs already, so i'll be only doing TLQS and will be basing myself on those arcs to name the movements

possible song names related to TLQS:

Prologue -> uhhh idk ¯\_( :/ )_/¯ it's just their childhood, not much to go on about

Arc 1: Roots -> Beginnings and Endings vibes: dissatisfaction, distrust, finding something that's worth fighting for, first spark of hope

Arc 2: The Golden Age -> Fly High, Icarus // Reaching for the Stars // In the Palm of your Hand // Todo Lo Que Sube... vibes: energetic, powerful, hopeful, "this is really happening", "we're gonna make it happen", obsession/devotion towards the mission

Arc 3: Decadence -> Fall Free, Icarus // The Bottom of Pandora's Box // ...Tiene Que Caer vibes: denial, rage, desperation, disillusion, distorted view of oneself, not letting go of the past, giving up on the past, moving on without having healed

Arc 4: Dead Phoenix -> fine as is vibes: REVENGE. REVENGE. REVENGE. letting one's emotions drown everything else, not listening to anything or anyone around you. obsession with your objective, uphill battle, internal conflict between emotions and rationality

Arc 5: Purpose (or lack thereof) -> fine as is vibes: "okay, what now." loss of motivation, loss of will, existential dread, accepting what you currently are, fighting against lack of self-worth, creating a new identity, being reborn

Epilogue -> uhhh idk ¯\_( :/ )_/¯ they move out of the country and get therapy. honestly that'd give me enough to talk about for a full book...

as for the genres... i'm not sure? i don't know enough about musicals or theatre or any of that, so i can't really say much about that, oops "^^

thanks for the ask!! this was really hard to do and i'm happy i managed to come up with ideas for all of the parts. really really happy with the results!! :DDD

hello anon from ten months ago! i'm sorry! ":DDD

i will refer you to this post here to learn more about Agnes and Ryan, and i will also redirect you towards my writing blog @the-nexverse, where i will occasionally write about them! keep an eye out!