It’s April!

Hi, I’m back. It’s April. Wow, time flies. 

I’ve been very tired all day and don’t have anything planned for April Fools. So this is just another boring regular post. Alright. 

I’ve been brainstorming ways to continue the current skit story. Man, I have so many thoughts I want to dump out. I have certain feelings about some of my characters. It’s.. it’s a lot. 

(Psst, it involves Dawn. That’s all I’ll reveal.)

Another skit-related thing I want to talk about is that I recently realized I’ve been making Brock call Ryen “Ry Ry” as a nickname for a lot longer than I thought. Like, it’s been a few years since I started that. I really did bring back the “Ry Ry” this March, huh. Haha nice. Epic move on my part. 😎

The “Rye Bread” part in the last skit though. Brock lmao.. 😂 🤪

I honestly really like Brock. He’s so silly and quirky. He’s a breath of fresh air compared to the majority of my story characters. He’s great. 😆

Actually, I’ll now clear up stuff from the last skit. I was gonna do this earlier, but I’ve been busy. Family stress and tension, work and work stress, fatigue… Oh! Fun fact: I was a vendor at my first craft fair event last Saturday. That was pretty fun and cool. I sold some of my products (*glances at my Etsy shop link*). 👏

Anyway, skit clarifications (no particular order): 📝

** 1) Is Brock becoming a story character? Hmm, I’m not sure. I briefly considered it but not that seriously. It’s not a zero percent chance possibility though. Brock would just be a skit nickname. I don’t know what his name or purpose really would be in the story world context. All I know is he would be an ally towards those with Elemental Powers. Those kinds of people are cool and ordinary people (the allies, not sure what else to call them). 

** 2) I forgot to add that these dialogue lines were supposed to be said sarcastically. I thought it was obviously sarcastic but now I’m not too sure if I got that across. These ones (not including the more obvious sarcastic lines):

Fierdan: And it’s a curse. Twice the trauma. Love that for me. 

Stella: Wow, for a whole day? Can you manage it? 

Fierdan: Yeah, that’s so crazy. Totally out of left field. 

… though I can also read that last Fierdan line in a genuine tone. I think it’s funny either way. 

Which brings me to #3~

** 3) What’s Brock’s sexuality then? Hmm.. idk dude. Bi-curious, I’m thinking? 

It’s really up to my characters to “come out” to me. Some of them *thinks about Dawn* haven’t “told” me their sexuality yet. For her and characters like her, I just call them unlabeled. Because like.. I genuinely don’t know hers. I think she might be pan, but I can also see her as lesbian or sapphic. I doubt she’s straight.

(A queer person making their characters queer?! Omg what is this! Grr 🐯🙀)

If anyone who’s been reading my blog posts for the past few years is still surprised, then idk what else to tell them. 😶😐

Oh yeah lmao, lately I’ve been daydreaming of some conservative men looking at (my characters obviously) Stella and Dylan and calling them “blue-haired liberals”.. like, you know, queer teens with blue hair that old conservative men especially hate. I find it funny imagining them angrily pointing fingers at Stella and Dylan, calling them blue-haired queer liberal teens. Haha, “liberal” like that’s it. Funny. 

I can also imagine conservatives calling them heartless and loveless and “breaking what is romance in our modern society among our youth” (idk, something along those lines) because they’re both aspec (on the aromantic and/or asexual spectrums).

It’s funny to daydream about. Wait, what else did I want to talk about? 😂 🤔

** 4) I was thinking about the phrase “I have a bone to pick with you.” when writing that last skit. This comes as no surprise. 

It sounds so weird. Just me? Ok… 

I was also thinking about and listening to the song “Rubik’s Cube” by Athlete. I don’t know why, but I can imagine Dylan playing with Rubik’s Cubes or the equivalent under a different name for fictional purposes for fun. And that he plays with them a lot and is great at solving them. He just gives me those vibes. 

Meanwhile I have no idea how to solve a Rubik’s Cube. I’m like Stella. I’ll probably glare at the cube and throw it in frustration if I were in her shoes. 💀

** 5) The Ryen and Fierdan with the Books of C. stuff is a story thing. It’s something that happens, but I don’t know the details and won’t reveal any specifics anyway. There are several volumes of something called Books of C. There are lots of books, each of which is a thick book that’s dense and hard to comprehend. It’s a lot. Lots of words. 

The same could be said about the Books of Z. but about different things. Still complex and confusing to understand. But yeah. Cruel parents (C. and Z.) writing several books about their thoughts and plans for such and such. Possibly the main thing they have in common. 

** 6) It’s been a while, so I feel like stating the ages of my characters in the skits/stories. Well, age ranges. But to put it short, they’re young adults. Adults. Obviously. But for specifics, this is how I view their ages in the recent skits: 

Fierdan: between 22 and 24 

Jack: 23 or 24 

Ryen: between 26 and 28 

Dylan: 19 or 20

Stella: 18 or 19 

Dawn: 20 or 21 

Brock: 18 or 19 

Red: between 25 and 29 

Finny and Sabrina (aka Sparkle): 18 or 19 

I think that’s it. Alright so yeah. Late teens, early to mid 20s, maybe late 20s. 

… idk what else to say. That’s all I planned on talking about regarding my last skit. 

I can’t believe it’s April. 

Happy Autism Acceptance Month! ❤️♾️👏

~ Shan/Shyrah ✌️