Lydibug

@the_lost-journal

Thank you! I don’t like scraping sounds either, but believe it or not, I love the sound of scraping shells.

Yay!! Ideas! 😁 I had an idea to invent a couple fantasy species over my vacation. One of them was a creature who is made out of shifting pieces of a hard shell-like material. Basically calcium carbonate, the stuff in eggshells and limestone. And their joints crackle and scrape as they walk. I haven’t thought much about what they look like yet.

@koshka @ellette-giselle

Marcel

Marcel watched Leo and Rory focus on their ear pieces. As they became more distracted, he sat upright. His shoulders spasmed erratically. “I can punch one more guy. No p-prob.”

@keilah-h

Heheheh 😈 Spoilers I guess, but the characters all end up in little groups, and Crosshair and Mundy are in the same group.

@ellette-giselle

Ooooooh okay, I gotcha. 👍 No familial ties, no relationships at all. That’s much more sterile and dystopian than I thought you were going tor. But this makes much more sense.

Do they have some way of suppressing hormones, like in The Giver?

@whalekeeper

Lol, thanks!! 😊🤣
It for real looks like either me or my mom, it’s so weirrrddd!

@esther-c

And….. why does the reference pic for Esther actually look a little bit like me…? 😳🫢

Really? If the moodboard is any indication, I think you’re gorgeous, girl <3 🤣

@ellette-giselle

Okay, reproduction is allowed, but only through government selection.

Okay, check. Makes sense.

Yes, I do have that under control.

How does the government get rid of those desires?

Haha, this isn’t marriage at all. Marriage isn’t a promise to stay together, and it isn’t a government contract. Marriage is a holy and sacred coven…

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@freed_and_redeemed

I love it!!!!

They all look so awesome!! Wolfgang’s pic looks like one of my charries actually!

And….. why does the reference pic for Esther actually look a little bit like me…? 😳🫢

@ellette-giselle

Okay, so you’re going for a more ambiguous setting with more brainwashing? I do love The Giver and Fahrenheit 451, I like the genre.

I feel like most of what you just said doesn’t really have much to do with the story………

…Well I said this:

 Because it doesn’t make much sense from the perspective of a government to deny heterosex…

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@ellette-giselle

Okay great 😊 (If anyone is sensitive please skip reading.)

This is just a big brainstorm post, maybe it will be helpful.

Why would everyone give up as a group on heterosexuality? American culture overwhelmingly enjoys any depiction of male-female pleasure, it is an integral part of our culture. (It’s disgusting, but here we a…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

So I like the idea of a marriage themed dystopia, but I do have some questions because some of this doesn’t make sense and could be cleared up. Can I ask a few things?

@keilah-h

Cool, I listened to it while writing.

I’m still tinkering away at this! but casually. And I actually have to write future scenes before posting the next bit because of all the plot threads, deaths, etc etc etc.

Actually I haven’t seen any story use objectification as the protagonist’s flaw, that would be kind of cool. Lots of rough growth, but cool.

@ellette-giselle

Ohh *sneaks in* this is the marriage story right? If you post a section where the characters explain why marriage is banned versus discouraged, I’d like to read it. I liked the first scene you shared too.

Also I had to meme-ify this 😅

But no one’s perfect at the beginning of a book, it’s a good story idea to see someone grow…[Read more]

Okay cool

I just realized several people owe Marcel or want to say sorry for something. I tried to even it out with the demon fight, but I don’t think this is ever going to stop unless he stops doing things for other people. 😂

@loopylin

Hehehehe, repressed romantic emotions.

Lois

Once he turned a corner, Lois let the grin he had been holding in light up his face. He did a little fist pump and began walking faster. Everything in the past couple hours kept replaying in his mind, as he tried to process.

This is actually happening. I can’t believe it. I really owe you, Cloud Boy.

*Eyes glued to the page* FeLoisity has been officially confirmed. Good, good.

WAIT…did Fel just say what I think she did?! SHE DID! I seriously had to give it a second read!!!!

hehe

@beth-torres

Felicity

“Thanks.” Felicity wiggled her toes. “Makes climbing easier.”

Lois stepped forward and lightly touched Felicity’s arm to get her attention.

“I have some studying I need to get done tonight, so I think I’ll head to my dorm now. See you later? Tomorrow morning?”

“‘Course.”

He gave her a small smile, nodded at Maverick,…[Read more]

@rae @theshadow

Okay Shadow, I’m not going to move after this until you’re good to go. 🙂

Barnes

“Good,” she replied to Tenz.

Hugo began to stir. He stretched, and sat up, casually tracing the hearth with the tip of his foot. He reminded Barnes of a stray cat who used to haunt her front porch – grateful for the warmth, but undeniably exploiting…[Read more]