rules: answer some questions and tag some people
got tagged by my babs: @sleepy-and-anxious and @carrotgirl-1Â
Together We Make A Constellation
1: Describe the plot in one sentence
Victoria, estranged from Earth, returns to rescue princess Altheae, her former best friend, from someone who wants to take over the planet. But itâs been 7 years since she saw Altheae and nothing is or will be the same.
(I did 2 sentences cause even elevator pitches get more than one sentence and youâre not my real dad)
2: Pick one sight, smell, sound, feel, and taste to describe the aesthetic for your WIP.
Sight:Â bright white fluorescent light reflected off a glass window looking out into space
Smell:Â old motor oil that youâre sure has been up your nose for the last week
Sound: the dull murmur of a group of people going about their own business
Feel:Â cool metal that warms up as you touch itÂ
Taste:Â dust that coats your tongue as itâs kicked up by a heavy wind
3: Which 3+ songs would make a playlist for your novel?
(iâm gonna pull from my actual WIP playlist cause iâm that bitch)
Running in the Night - FM-84
4: Whatâs the time period and location in which your novel takes place?
Takes place in 40XX (the XX is cause idk the exact year yet) so like 2,000+ years in the future and location is multiple places including but not limited to Earth, a pirate spaceship, an asteroid field, a planet called Geranium
5: Are there any former titles youâve considered but discarded?
Originally it was called Your Gravity but i decided i wanted to make that the act title instead. so i brainstormed and decided Together We Make A Constellation was good although I might take off the âtogetherâ if iâm being honest
6: Whatâs the first line of your novel?
idk i havenât edited the 1st draft yet and the current first line is incorrect and bad so i donât wanna share it :P
7: Whatâs a line of dialogue youâre particularly proud of?
âOh, you havenât heard?â Theo didnât move. âIâm the queen now.â
âIf you tell me to hold on one more time Iâm going to glue you to the outside of the ship.âÂ
8: Which line from the novel most represents it as a whole?
Ellion talking to Victoria:
âRepo told me about your incredibly stupid plan and how youâre on Geranium, which you know we canât get to quickly, and now youâre not even on the boat?â
9: Who are your character(s) face claims?
the only face claim i have is for adult (late 20â˛s/early 30â˛s) Victoria and thatâs Danai GuriraÂ
10: Sort your characters into Hogwarts houses.
11: Which characterâs name do you like the most?
uhh probably Ellion cause its the one i didnât (couldnât) come up with lol
but I like Altheae a lot too
12: Describe each characterâs daily outfit
Victoria: coveralls tied off at the waist with a white tank top that has grease stains with loose fitted boots and dreads tied back
Altheae: black leggings, loose white (or other colored) tank top or short sleeved shirt, light fitted boots, longsword strapped to hip
Ellion: classy, lots of black and gold, billowy pirate coats with tails cause heâs that bitch
Repo: naked cause robot body does not require silly things like clothes
13: Do any characters have any distinctive birthmarks/scars?
Victoria: various scars and burns from being an engineer on a spaceship (and then a major scar later in the book)
Altheae: minor scars from sword practice
Ellion: minor scars but usually fur/scales cover it, has a few notches in his ears and a scar coming off his left eye
Repo: covered in scratches (which for a robot are kind of like scars) and the occasional burn mark but mostly covered in âtattoosâ which are just etchings that various people have given them
14: Which character most fits a character trope?
Ellion is that suave pirate captain and Repo is the sarcastic robot friendÂ
(aka idk if those are real character tropes but i feel like iâve seen them quite often)
15: Which character is the best writer? Worst?
Ellion is the best because when he was trying to impress his high-class future husband he pretended to be high-class so he learned how to write real good
Repo. listen. theyâre a sentient robot that finally has autonomy and doesnât get hand cramps. they can go on tangents forever
16: Which character is the best liar? Worst?
Altheae. she learned how to lie convincingly lie really quickly as a young ruling princess
Repo. theyâre a robot and donât really see the point in lying
17: Which character swears the most? Least?
Victoria. if Ellion didnât smack her every time she swore sheâd swear much much more often. (followed closely by Altheae)
Ellion. used to swear a TON when he was younger but as he got older he found the delightful thing of crafting sentences that make it sound like he said âfuck youâ but in an overly polite way.
18: Which character has the best writing? Worst?
Victoria. sometimes even Repo has a hard time deciphering her chicken scratch
20: Which character would you most like to be?
Repo. gimme that robot body BABY also theyâre like wicked smart
oh boy who to tag that hasnât already been tagged by my friends uhhhh @yuutfa @chaos-reign @jaycewriteslikealot (i know we donât really talk but idk i figured youâd enjoy doing this if you want)
you donât gotta do it if you donât want to my dudes! âď¸ đ