The Conclusion To The Mirror Misadventure Is Here!

Hey :)

First things first, your work is amazing! I love the storytelling and character interactions, especially between Mabel and Bill. Their scenes together are pure gold. Without, your writing. I may not have survived my exams… ^^

This brings me to my message. I just saw your post about your furry employer, also known as your cat.

Soooo, to cheer you up, and help you through this difficult periode, I want to share with you something, that always makes me smile :)

I like to imagine, this is waht bill did in group therapy in Theraprism:

https://youtu.be/SbGtQaOwNnA?feature=shared

Hopefully this will bring at least a fraction of the joy I had, while reading your story. :D

I also hope your cat feels better soon! <3

With kind regards

An enthusiastic fan

(English is not my mother tongue, so I excuse myself for any mistake)

This did make me feel a lot better! 🥰

Rest assured all, my fluffy little companion is doing much better thankfully!

Glad I could help you through your exams Anon! I know how tough those can be 😓

Thanks for your kind words and sharing this video.

Bill would probably get stuck in a “Don’t hug me I’m Scared”-esque Nightmare loop of this with Euclydia burning down and everyone screaming in terror in the background, then wake up in a panic and absolutely not talk about it the next day in therapy 😂😂

Hope you’re all doing well! Expect an update this Sunday!

Chapter update will be a little late today dearies!

Due to a mix of writer’s block, long flights, and longer meetings, we are a bit behind schedule. Never fear! It’ll be out soon 🫶🏻

Your Summerween Treat is still cooking, dear readers. 🎃

No update this week as I prepare a mid-summer extravaganza for you that may or may not come in two parts 😉. It’ll be worth the wait.

GUYS THERES FANART FROM CH.23 by @knockknockwhosthereartistism this one in particular made me giggle while looking at it. It’s so cool and intricate!! Can’t wait to upload the new chapter tomorrow. Hope you’re all ready 😉

Why dis 🤓 look so mad 😭😭😭

From Ch. 23 of this fic by @sapphosscribe

me praying to whatever exists above that life won’t get in the way of the continuation of human condition this week🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

We shall see.

It’ll all depend on how much I get done tomorrow and the day after.

As of now, I’m hoping I can get the update out Sunday 😁

Not a question, but when i first tried following you on tumblr, I followed this account and it solely posted about star trek and i was really confuse 😭 but like it had your name and stated being an ao3 author so i thought nothing of it until i decided to check again 💀 that acc was in fact not the right one

That legitimately made me laugh out loud 😂😂 While I do enjoy Star Trek, yeah that was not me. I’m going to have to investigate this now. In the words of Mabel “you’ve got me all curious-y”

Writing Advice For Fanfics or Novels

Hello, my dears! As requested by @ilay-snt I thought I’d share my writing process with you all! I’m going to split this post into two sections of general advice and then how I personally construct a story.

Disclaimer: I’m no professional by any means. I’m basing this solely off two creative writing classes I took in college and what I find to be personally helpful so if it doesn’t work for you, that’s totally fine! Everyone writes differently!

General Advice:

1. First and most importantly: You Have to Write for Yourself.

Write the story that you want to read. Not only will it keep you motivated to keep going but it frees you to try whatever you want without being worried how it will be received by others. As long as you’re happy with your work, that’s all that matters. Your audience will find you.

(Hello audience! *waves excitedly*)

2. Write Everday

This one might sound a little daunting, but it doesn’t need to be a lot or necessarily “everyday”. It’s just a way to consistently practice, to help you find your author voice, and create a habit.

Writing everyday could be a poem or a paragraph or a whole chapter! It’s whatever you choose to make it just as long as you get something down. It doesn’t necessarily even need to be good. You can always go back and edit, but if you only write when inspiration strikes, you might never sit down to do it in the first place. Practice finding your way through the words to get at what you want, rather than waiting for the words to come to you.

If you’re REALLY really stuck. Then might I suggest you-.

3. Get Feedback

As a chronic second-guesser, I can’t tell you how helpful it is to have someone read your story and help structure the plot. I’ve had a lot of instances where something I’d been struggling with for days was resolved by getting coffee with a friend and having them look at it with new eyes.

Get yourself a beta reader or just someone who has good taste whose opinion you trust to help you work out problems. Two heads are often better than one!

4. Analyze media you admire

A lot of people like to limit it to reading authors you love and looking at the way they create stories, which is very helpful, but don’t neglect other forms of storytelling like movies and TV shows or even videogames! Think about what you like from your favorite things and why you like them.

As an example, one of my favorite pieces of media is the Mass Effect Trilogy. Mostly because it subverts the narrative of the Lone Hero archetype present in other franchises like Halo and Assassins Creed. The protagonist Shepard relies on their teammates abilities and support throughout the game to complete missions and eventually save the universe. Similarly, I like stories where there’s a cast of interesting and diverse characters surrounding the main protagonist who are essential to the plot.

Go dig through your own favorites and figure out what kind of characters you like, tropes you enjoy, and overarching themes that speak to you. From these, you can draw inspiration for your own stories and figure out what you want to write.

4. Take Breaks and Be Present

Writing doesn’t happen in a vacuum! If you feel like your inspiration is running dry or you’re in the middle of a block, go out and do things you enjoy or, better yet, try new things!

Be fully present in the moment and look at the world around you as if for the first time, talk to people you run into, or draw from your friends/family for inspiration. There’s a whole world of possibility out there just waiting to be written down or reinterpreted. Don’t be afraid to take breaks and have fun! Writing should never become a chore!

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s dig into my own personal process:

My Writing Process

1. Everything Begins with the Outline

When I have an idea for a story, I try to do a rough outline first of the big plot points: the beginning, the middle, and the end, then fill in as much as I can in between.

My chapter outlines are never very well defined up until I reach the point where I sit down to write. It’s only then I begin to flesh out what I want to do. I take everything from the previous chapter and what I know is coming up to shape what needs to happen in the moment. I work better with flexibility so I can wander off the path a little rather than rushing from point A to point B.

2. After the Outline, The Character Sheets

Character sheets are probably the most important part of my writing. I like to give my characters as much agency as possible and allow them to steer the story rather than the story steering them. Unfortunately, the only way to accomplish this is to know them inside and out.

Most of my character sheets start with the basics: what does this character want more than anything, what do they actually need, and what do they fear. From there, I can identify their goals for the story and for each chapter, their personality traits, their likes and dislikes, how they respond to conflict, etc.

When I’m writing, the character sheets are my own personal holy book. If I can’t make them move around the scene anymore, a quick look at that will normally get me back on track.

3. Structuring Each Chapter

Normally, I have a goal in mind (or several) I want to reach. Whether it’s progressing the plot or just one character’s arc, I allow those goals to drive the action, then set the characters loose like rats in a maze.

Often, I try to think “what can go wrong here?” and then how that character would react to the set backs or interact with each other based on that.

In a few cases, the characters just do what they want and then entirely new scenes develop I didn’t plot out beforehand from following after that instinct.

On the whole, I allow the characters A LOT of free will to shape the story while holding up the basic structure for them to work within and I’ve found it really makes the story come to life.

4. The Point of It All

Generally, everyone I’ve met who’s a writer has something to say and the story is the medium for that. The most important thing when I’m writing and I’m buried neck deep in the twists and turns of the plot is to not forget why exactly I’m writing it in the first place. So I have a little manifesto of sorts at the top of my outline, only a couple sentences at most, that strips the entire story down to the one central idea I’m trying to convey or an overarching theme.

For example, if I had to sum up the central idea of House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (Great book by the way, can’t recommend it enough) it’s that true family accepts you for who you are and can come from unexpected places. Also, it’s essential to stand up to unjust systems in defense of others.

I try to find my own my own theme like this to keep in sight for my story. So I don’t veer too far from the purpose of it.

Anyway, that’s my advice for any other writers who are starting out, hope this was helpful in some way! All of you have a good day! 💖💖

At last, it’s here! Your regular Sunday update! And it’s a long one too! Eat up my dears! ❤️❤️

Hey, hope you're having a good day!!! I don’t think you’ve brought this up in the fic, but I’m curious. Alex Hirsch has made some comments about Bill’s gender before, like that tweet where Bill said he doesn’t identify as male or female, just as a triangle. Even though he uses he/him pronouns. (Oh! Or that one saying he counts as a goth girl, but we know that was a joke... Wasn't it?)

Anyway, what do you think about his gender? I'm really curious, especially in your story where he’s human. Any headcan is valid! Personally, I see him as agender, and I think he might be some kind of transmasc or intersex in his human form.

Just headcanons

What do you think?

Hey there, anon! 💜

Bill’s gender is something I’ve actually put a lot of thought into, but haven’t had a chance to bring up in my story yet! So thanks for asking! 😁

My personal headcanon is, in Euclydia, whatever shape you have is equivalent to the human idea of gender and that’s why there’s “thousands of genders” for Euclydians because of slight differences in regards to angles and sides that create new polygons. So there’s hundreds of varieties in gender.

After seeing the multiverse, in my opinion, Bill probably adopted agender status or some form of genderfluidity and presents how he wants based on what he thinks will help him get ahead with other beings/cultures or how he’s feeling at any given time. Though, I think he’s still attached to his triangular form due his own superiority complex (and sentimentality though he’d rather die than admit it) and he tries to incorporate the shape in some way whenever he switches things up.

Now that he’s in human form, he’s still operating by those standards and is probably irritated that he can’t do more to alter his appearance like he could when he had shape-shifting abilities.

Hope this answers your question! There’ll be more later on in the story probably, but since it’s a little ways off I thought I’d go ahead and put this out!

I hope everyone out there is having a good day! 🥰❤️

Its here! New year, new update to A Human Condition. Go check it out!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58360870/chapters/158517334