Yes, it's Fucking Political

Feb. 20th, 2019 12:21 am
baratron: (Buttercup)
I wrote a really political story. I don't think it needs any knowledge of Ace Attorney, except perhaps the understanding that yes, this guy really is both a rock star and a prosecutor.

Why the Gavinners Aren't Playing at Pride This Year

Rock star Klavier Gavin is interviewed by his friend Jenny Lizst, a music journalist. She asks him about a rumour that the Gavinners wanted to play at the Los Angeles Pride Festival but were turned down. Klavier answers, but only off-the-record.

Set in 2024, during the Seven Year Gap. Inspired by real-life American and world politics in 2019.

Featuring awesome Gavinners OCs, bisexual erasure, mistrust of the police, young Klavier not understanding his own privilege, and a cheery discussion of how at least half the band would have been killed during the Holocaust. Also much gratuitous German.

(The German has not yet been checked by an actual German speaker so might be wrong.)
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The Seven Year Gap

Feb. 3rd, 2019 03:57 am
baratron: (angry)
Hooray, I've been on Tumblr a matter of days and I've managed to have a huge argument with someone. They were posting about why certain Ace Attorney ships are evil, bad and wrong.

I was pointing out that actually, a 7 year age gap isn't all that much of a thing depending on what age the two people get together. Like 17 and 24 is definitely iffy (the ages the characters are in the first AA game) but what if the same two people don't get together until 28 and 35 (the ages they are in the sixth game)? ( Cut for language relating to lack of sexual consent. )
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WTB: Mental Health

Jan. 31st, 2019 08:11 pm
baratron: (endurance)
Life is hard work at the moment, for me and for my partners. Today I received literally HALF A REAM (precisely 251 sheets) of A4 paper, being a copy of ALL of the data that the Department of Work and Pensions has about my disabilities. I gave it to Richard to hide because I have no idea when I'm going to be summoned to court for the appeal, and I'm already suicidal without having that lying around to look at.

I am sick of massive moodswings from nowhere. I've always been a very mood reactive person. During episodes of major depression, I can seem entirely normal and happy when out with my friends - because I am. Being around people I love cheers me up. Even when I'm too depressed to move, sitting on the bed, I can laugh my head off at something Richard says because he's hilarious, before going back to hating myself a few minutes later.

But this is worse. This isn't mood reactivity, this is... without a trigger. I can be laughing at cute pictures of gay lawyers and then suddenly a crying fit for no reason at all. If there was a trigger - if I was crying at a sad part in a story, or if I was aware of a negative/unhelpful thought drifting up from my subconscious - I would find it much easier to cope with. But it's with no discernable trigger at all, and that is both exhausting and terrifying.

( Content warning: suicidal ideation )

Tomorrow is my anniversary with Richard. We will have been together for 21 years, which is literally half our lifetimes. He has been helping me deal with The Mental (TM) all of that time. The man must be a fuckin' saint.
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Fictional Question with Real-Life Answers?

Jan. 28th, 2019 09:45 pm
baratron: (NaNoWriMo)
I have a question regarding the story I'm currently writing (which may well get extended into a series of stories).

For background, I have these two characters who are both men aged around 25. They live and work in a fictional version of Los Angeles. (A lot of fans refer to it as "Japanifornia" because, essentially, Capcom transplanted the game from Tokyo to LA without changing very much at all.)

It has been established that they are in love with each other and would be interested in dating. However, one of them is quite badly mentally ill (bipolar disorder and PTSD) and is really worried that if they get into a relationship and it doesn't work out, he'll lose the other guy as a friend. And he doesn't have many friends to start with, owing to the fact he's famous and people only want to get to know the celebrity, not the real person underneath.

How do I get them to start dating?

See, a lot of other fans' stories have Klavier not so badly messed up to start with, and/or have them get into a relationship the apparently "standard" way, where you start off going on dates and after a few months, one of you "confesses" your love to the other one. I do remember having relationships like this in my early 20s, but not for many years - I mean, when I got together with Richard it was because I was already in love with him. Certainly, mostly meeting people online means that I don't bother to confess I'm in love until I'm at the point of being interested in a relationship.

Feel free to ask any questions which are needed for you to better understand the characters and/or fictional situation (and/or my real-life brain, haha).
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