"In A Way, There Are More Mysteries Than Tragedies"
"In a way, there are more mysteries than tragedies"
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Hi hi! I'm an aroace trans man in a system that loves to write horror mysteries. Though I dabble in other genres depending on what a story needs. My works typically include morally gray characters, strangely cute monsters, and dark content, so make sure you read the content warnings before engaging with them. Some themes you can expect are light in the deepest darkness, heroes being worse than the villain, weirdcore settings, humans as the true evil, religious trauma, finding queer acceptance, and so on. I also litter my works with trans, plural, and aroace themes.
Important notes:
Why did I make a new blog, outside of wanting a fresh start? To be honest, my notifications were so broken that it made the decision easy. I do recognize that, one day, I'll have to accept having an account for a long time just means things will break, but this is not that day!
Taglist and Tags
@aweirdshipp
If you like our work, please consider asking to be added to the taglist! This shows us people are interested in our writing, and can help ensure you're notified about writing updates. Feel free to clarify if you want to be tagged for things like a specific WIP, writing ramblings, snippets, or if you want to be notified when I need beta readers.
#ourwriting, #writingrambles, #writingsnippet, #wipupdates, #essiehobbies
Disclaimer
I will not follow you if you do not properly warn about or tag triggering content. I'd love to be moots with others, but I can not comfortably follow you if you are not properly tagging your posts. I am a strong pusher for properly tagging content so people can curate their own space.
An Optional BYF For Those Who Want It
This is a Litmus Test
Yep, let's talk about the whole "fiction effects reality" thing. When I use this phrase, what I am not saying is that violent media will make you violent, or that all stories should be squeaky clean with the purpose of teaching a moral. It's a recognition of how harmful feeding into stereotypes can be, and how certain framing contributes to the spread of harmful ideas. For example, a work that glorifies violence done by the military via painting the other side of a conflict as "pure evil". And let me be clear, a character glorifying their own actions is not the same as the creator glorifying their actions, nor are stories where everyone is evil or sucks encouraging bad behavior.
The takes, "writing about horrific things does not make you a bad person", and, "a creator framing a character's horrific behavior as justifiable, and others negative reactions towards it as unjustifiable, could be a red flag", in my opinion, can and should coexist. (Ex: B being painted as in the wrong for not seeing a trans individual as crazy, while A is painted as justified for doing so). I am against censorship and harassment, but I am not against thoughtful critiques or discussions about how we present certain ideas within our writing. Discouraging this makes it more difficult to discuss when harm is intended or accidentally done, and can be used to silence minorities when they ask for better representation. It also makes it harder to blow the whistle on bigots. Both the extremes that everyone who writes dark things condones them, and that no one who writes dark things ever condones them are not helpful. Which brings me to my main point.
TDLR: Framing is everything, and just because fiction isn't going to turn us into murder hobos, that doesn't mean it can't contribute to the spread of harmful ideas. Being against censorship does not have to mean being against thoughtful discussion or critique.
Your reaction to these paragraphs will let you know whether or not my writing is for you. I'm a neurodivergent who's addicted to nuance, and this shows in not only my stories, but also how I approach them. As I write them, I twist the struggles, perspectives, and experiences of the characters to end up with a complex web of considerations. There's nothing wrong with a story full of horrible people being horrible just for the sake of it, or a story full of violence just because, but those aren't the type of things I tend to write. I also often cover the perspectives of trauma victims and plural individuals to put out the representation I as one want to see.
If you dislike horror that takes an interest in examining and criticizing human behavior, this is definitely not the blog for you. But, if you think tackling questions such as how far the heroes can go before they become just as bad, or even worse, than the villain, themes of characters overcoming evil, characters like oddly soft demons, and settings like weirdcore societies meant to comment on American society, are interesting, then I think you'll enjoy my works.
TDLR: I write horror with a gushy center and with representation that is important to me.
More Posts from Moremysteries and Others
There's queer romance in most of my stories, either that or queerplatonic relationships, and some kinky stuff, some with demons.
can y'all reblog this if you are/know writeblrs that write queer romance (with any other genre, not super fussy). double bonus for kinky shit and interesting romantic dynamics. i'm looking for more ppl to follow !!
Writing Update 5/15/2025
Hi hi! For the most part, I've finished the hero side of the worldbuilding. I mostly just have to think of more holidays. Anyways, here are the categories of heroes for anyone interested (keep in mind this is a draft that needs more polish):
Commons - Heroes that represent common hopes and dreams.
Pinnacles - Heroes that represent hopes that are achievable, but need a lot of work to become reality, and depend highly on the direction of the future. This can include heroes that represent concepts like world peace or futuristic technology.
Ambitions - Heroes that represent hopes and dreams that are more personal, such as hopes for one's family, personal goals, and so on.
Unattainables - Heroes that represent human desires or dreams which can not be attained. Some are obvious like those based on things like flying or shape shifting dreams, while others are more abstract and connect to humans attempting to disregard their humanity.
Tag list: @aweirdshipp, @floofyboi57, @aralithmenathere
This world sounds super interesting so far!
Lumoria - Nation of Light
Capital: Lumoria City
General Overview
Lumoria is a society based heavily on intellectualism which thrives on reason and research, many of which are interested in the studying magic or magical studies. Lumoria believes in the power of research and study, ignoring their military and artillery. Lumoria retains strong relations with other nations and makes its large sum of the wealth from trade and selling inventions. Lumoria has the highest amount of magical technological advancement and often share their advancements for a hefty price tag.
Government System
Lumoria is run by a council made up of the 4 core research principles, titled the "4 Pillars" these are :
Imagitrix - Humanities & Literature
Lumina - Magic & Alchemy
Illumidemic - Mechanics & Arithmetic
Glivant - Politics & Economics
The council is made up of the respected higher ranks of the 4 Pillars and members voted in by the public.
This system has been in place for around 200 years making it fairly recent. Before the 4 Pillars Lumoria was once ruled over by a monarchy. Due to growing tensions between the citizens of Lumoria and the royal family, the royal family were over thrown in favour for the 4 Pillars and the council.
Due to this fact, any building referring to royalty or the old royal family, now refer to the status and ability of the researcher or scholar. Lumoria now use royalty to refer to those who achieve a high distinction of intelligence. For example, the Royal institute of Magic and Alchemic studies is a highly regarded institution which is extremely hard to get into for work and study, People who go there may be seen as "intellectual royalty" and are viewed with great respect.
Many scholars argue, that putting these people on a pedestal and treating them like "royalty" is no better then what was done with the actual royal family over 2 centuries ago.
Diplomatic Relations - Simplified
Calei - Relatively Neutral, though in constant positive trade relations.
Leineen - Estranged but Peaceful
Fetta - Ally
Lunora - Ally
Brovano - Ally
Froshhelm - Neutral, constant positive trade interactions.
Mewl - Neutral
Sten Vallter - Neutral
Lattice Archipelago - Neutral, distant relations
Currency - Brilli
Types of magic used
Every magic type is used all over Lumoria, Luligh magic is used the most.
Main Exports
Lumoria mainly exports the following:-
Buckwheat
Wheat
Seafood products (Fish, muscles, clams, etc.)
Magical machinery
Magical devices
Religious Beliefs
Many citizens of Lumoria do not follow any sort of God or deity, a large population, however, do follow 'Mi' and the late* God of order 'Null'.
*The death of Null is a highly debated topic within historical institutions as no historical evidence from the time period specifically states Null's demise mere stating that Null just stopped appearing, historians believe that Null just not appearing anymore is a primitive way of indicating Null's death. While many historians believe that Null, dissatisfied with his people, had abandoned them and is now waiting for the time when is people will become "ideal" and then he shall appear himself to them.
Character Residing in Lumoria
Lion Fernspore
Ariana Pliffnur
Rita Lalm
Visiting Characters
Rye Fleign
Omg I hope you guys enjoy these short breakdowns with tiny pieces of history and lore sprinkled in. I'm kinda busy so I might release one for each nation once every other week then in that same week I'll add in some fun character interactions. How about that? - K
I know I've reblogged this before, but I want to reblog it again because yeah, this is so real. A trend I've noticed is some people just despise redemptive villains. I'm not talking about people who rightfully criticize badly written redemptive villains. I'm talking about the people who, if you so much as mention the idea of a redemptive villain, will immediatly act as if you've created a major writing error. I imagine this is one of the trends this post is discussing. "It's harder to just let your villains stay evil," It really isn't, actually. At least not from my experience. I say this as someone who has written both. Letting villains remain horrific is very easy, but writing in an arc where said character decides to do better is far harder.
It sucks that sometimes it feels like the only thing I can do to make a character need redemption is say a few mean words, otherwise they'll be seen as "past the point of no return". And don't get me wrong, though redemption stories are also important. I just wish people realized letting horrific characters redeem themselves also makes for great stories, and that there is such an importance for them.
the concept and idea of “you can always start trying to be a better person” is extremely important to me both in media and irl and i continue to be deeply deeply disturbed by the trend on this site pushing that these ideas in media are bad writing or even morally reprehensible
because theyd rather someone stay terrible or just straight up die than become a better person
from a compassionate point of view it’s deeply distressing and from a pragmatic point of view it’s outright frustrating
it’s fucked up.
imagine a goat with a hat
STOP-
what hat did you give the goat what is the instinctual hat you gave to this goat
"what do you do to contribute to society" i post my ocs to tumblr dot com lol.... 5 people on there like them.......
Actually being a little guy? Nah. Little guy status is all you need. /lh
I'm late but happy world building wednesday! Any favorite animals who've created or modified for your story?
I'm late to answer, as always xD
I think the massive spiders in The Poison Complex, or maybe the radiation squirrels that are still really jumpy like they're not the size of rabbits and as fast as a cheetah. They still have little guy status. In my heart.
Uhm... anyone interested in this silly little thing?
"Hear ye'! Hear ye'! A number of flawed individuals possess tools with dangerous power - and mysterious, godlike beings want to erase them for it. Is it because those beings sense corpses in these individuals' stead?" (A pitch for ya', dear folks).
I thought a community would be a good spot to have all stuff related to B\T (WIPs) in one place.
As to not scroll and scroll after it. Also, the Masterpost only has relevant stuff on it, not everything related to these WIPs. Unlike there.
You can learn more about B\T there or in here:
Happy Jewish American Heritage Month!!!
Ooo I loved this! It gave me the chills. It felt so visual to, I could just visualize each scene.
![[2] As a child, you bathe in the river that nourishes the town, letting its water clean you. When you emerge, you are dirty again. No, not “again”—the water has always been filthy and so have you. There has never been a time when you weren’t coated in dirt. You wonder why your mother has brought you here but you don’t ask. She will bring you back tomorrow, washing you again with her own dirty hands.
[3] It’s Sunday again, although you do not remember a day when it wasn’t. It’s always Sunday.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/fada37d9404083ecff38447d1391b023/68080a7b0098d883-f7/s500x750/20b48b019a2f9585212da64ad46c6da0376e0a8e.jpg)
![[4] Your college algebra professor stands at the front of the silent room, scrawling an equation on the board. He turns to the audience of students and asks, “how can we carve the rot from our souls when it is all that we are?” He is looking at you expectantly and you now notice that you are the only student in the room, sitting at the sole desk in its center. The equation on the board is not an equation but a statement. We are all rotten creatures. You don’t know the answer; you never know the answer.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/e08e3fceb3ca03d73704cfaa904d4067/68080a7b0098d883-bc/s500x750/fc68d76ea2ad7aea372baabc045af280e84984bd.jpg)
![[5] There is no harvest this year, save for the blackberries that are always growing. You can’t remember the last time it rained, it’s been years. The river is dry and no one else is worried. The ground in town remains damp and when you question this, your mother shushes you and tells you to eat your dinner. It’s a bowl of blackberries. It’s always a bowl of blackberries and your hands are always stained.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/1489b7d066b40725e95fc60f75556aea/68080a7b0098d883-ad/s500x750/b1885e51b1900b0b41c3882450683db7022a6f08.jpg)
![[6] This time, it’s Monday and you sit in college algebra, opening the exam before you. There is only one question typed on the page: “Does the filth you coat yourself in from the river cover the rot? Would a clean river absolve you?” You look up to find yourself alone in the classroom; the professor is gone and the board is empty. When you look back down at the desk, there is no trace of the exam that had been sitting on it. The next day is Sunday again.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/d7d5068547efb59120082ebdb4325d04/68080a7b0098d883-55/s500x750/bfd9ebe1936ba4e7c18f2e97b90ff4de8502dff1.jpg)
— An extra-narrative writing exercise based on my work, The Taste of Hallowed Earth
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