One Quirk Later #8 || The Jolly Genre Jubilee Tag

 

Good moooorning! 

Or as I always hear it in my head: 

So I'm here with a quirk, as I said I would be? And you're here reading it, as you said I hoped you would be? So we're all men of our word, really, except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman.

In conclusion: 

to celebrate the weekend,

a Quirk. *waves arms vaguely*

 

One Quirk Later: Prompt #8

  Oh look, it's a link to my Pinterest. Enable your procrastination and my own by following the link and me. 

 

So first of all, we have a reference to murder! this is definitely not a theme with the quirks! nothing to see here, folks! 

( I feel like there might be a change in tone with this Quirk, though? It does seem a little different to previous ones. Although that... might just be the presence of actual colour.....)

Secondly, I have no idea what I'm doing with this Quirk. Which is... kind of the point, really. I try to build the story around the pictures, not the pictures around the story in my head. It means I'm scratching around thinking of ideas just like you!

...Because, of course, you will be joining in. *nod nod*

To join in with this madness:

1. Write whatever this picture prompt inspires you to!
2. Post it on your blog!
3. Link back to this post—and there's a link-up image, too, if you'd like to use that.
   
4. Comment on one of my posts so I can come and read your amazing writing!!
5. And I'll drop links to everyone's stories in the next post. (:
   

On the last Saturday of August*, I will post my Quirk in response to this prompt. But you can use any Quirk prompt at any time! Just let me know if you do, so I can come and read it and squeal. 💛

*I may have typed Auguts here and only found it days later. Now all I can think of is "aww, guts" in the same style as comics!Hawkeye's "aww, [object], no" collection of moments. 

Which sort of implies that my mind is either imagining guts falling out, or guts being somewhere annoying like in the boot of the car or something. Either way I assure you my mind is absolutely fine, why do you ask.

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So. Now we've got that sorted and I will be knocking on your blog door at the end of the month to collect the "insurance payment" story. 

And also! The tag! Once again from Kenzie at Smudged Thoughts, it's not incredibly overdue?? In fact! She just made it this May, so you may have seen it making the rounds already!

The Jolly Genre
Jubilee tag

RULES & REGULATIONS

• thank the blogger who tagged you, and leave a link back to their blog ➡ Kenzieeee
  
• leave a link back to the creator of the tag because she is awesome! ➡ Kenzieeee
  
• answer the questions honestly, and include at least one (1) gif of a pelican apparently this is non-negotiable  ➡ this is also Kenzie, obviously ⬇
  
  
  
  
  
• tag 3+ friends to do the tag on their own blogs! and offer them biscuits ➡ I'm going to be doing things a bit differently... *laughs mysteriously* *promptly chokes* nO MORE TRYING TO LOOK COOL FOR ME IT'S TOO DANGEROUS
  

 

THE QUESTIONS

i. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GENRE TO WRITE?

Banter. Fairy tales. 

This is definitely not because they come with a plot structure so I don't have to figure out how to build the story from the ground up, nope, not at all, what a novel idea oh wait it's not a novel idea and that's kind of the point xD

ii. WHAT GENRE WOULD YOU NEVER GET CAUGHT WRITING? . . .EVER.

our standard answer: erotica

I don't think I'd ever write horror?? Having never read it bc that's just not my thing, writing it would be weird. Also, I don't know how to make things scary. 

Actually, now I'm intrigued, not to write horror but just to know... how do you write things scary? 🤔

 

iii. WHAT FICTIONAL GENRE FEELS MOST LIKE HOME TO YOU?

Fantasy. Probably fairy tales? There's just something about them. A good fairy tale retelling is so fun to sink into.

I am also rather fond of the subgenre of thriller that is fugitives, runaways, that kind of thing. I may have mentioned this once or twice but this tag looks like an opportunity to yell about it again! I love them! And I always have trouble finding them! Please throw your recs at me!

(You get lamingtons and respect points if your recs have the fugitives being chased by a Gruff But Fair detective who grows to respect them and possibly ultimately works with them to take down the Actual Bad Guy but in a completely tsundere way like "I didn't even see you there, what are you talking about, also I would definitely never tell you that I left the keys in my car and will be busy arresting this dude for at least ten minutes.")

iv. IF YOU COULD TRANSFORM YOUR IRL INTO ANY GENRE OF YOUR CHOOSING, WHICH WOULD IT BE?

Um. Superheroes, maybe? Or a fairy tale? or runaways! 

The only problem is the safety of my family... Fictional families do not necessarily! have the best! survival rate! And I feel like runaways, while it might be thrilling, would require something to have happened to my family? And families in superhero stories have some of the worst survival rates, surely? if you ignore the not really dead "twists" Then again, fairy tale mothers are always dropping dead (and being replaced with evil stepmothers), and the fathers are barely better, and siblings get turned into swans and stuff?? 

...I don't know, mate. Fictional existence is fraught with danger. That's my piece of wisdom for the week, and I'm not even going to charge you for it. Out of the goodness of my heart, mate.

But it would NOT be contemporary YA romance. with me as a side character. that's all I can say except get me out of here ahahaha.

v. WHAT GENRE DOES YOUR IRL MOST RESEMBLE AT THE MOMENT?

Please see the paragraph directly above!! 

I am, of course, the hardworking side character who gives good advice and recommends clear and open communication. *nod nod*

But also please get me out of here I'm allergic.

vi. WHAT’S A GENRE YOU’RE INTERESTED IN WRITING, EVEN THOUGH YOU’VE NEVER WRITTEN IT BEFORE?

I once started a crime/thriller[-lite]* thing which relied on an amnesia plot? Which I'd still love to return to, I just... don't know how to handle that.

 *okay who am I kidding it was another fugitive story. the cop was her boyfriend. she didn't remember him so he didn't tell her. also he thought she murdered a bunch of ppl so that was fun.

It would also be really interesting to write some kind of alternate history story. Possibly that might mean a bit of steampunk or something, but I haven't really gotten into steampunk much (*ducks rotten fruit and the odd chicken*) because it seems to be mostly visual? and I work on emotion. So for me it would be a look at how the alternate history changed people, not... the transport and fashion. 

If I am wrong about steampunk let me know, I'd love a good story with lots of emotional conflict.

(Wait is Entwined kind of... steampunk-lite? alternate history? they had guns, right? but still carriages... but magic. Or am I misremembering. I don't even know.)

 

vi. WHAT GENRE IS YOUR MOST RECENT PLOT BUNNY, AND WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

Uhhhh. Let's see... A plot bunny that rattles through my head periodically, although it's not new, is a fairy tale mixup where Snow White fades into the background, talking less, appearing infrequently... to cover up the fact that she's the new court Hunter. I don't even know how that would work ahahaaa. But I do know that she ends up with a cottage in the woods and small lost children find her.

...calling it a plot bunny is a bit of a misnomer, seeing as there is zero plot. xD

vii. HOW MANY GENRES HAVE YOU WRITTEN THUS FAR IN YOUR WRITING JOURNEY?

What defines a genre even.

• Fantasy
• Fairy tales.
•  Contemporary/thriller?? who knows, not me
  
• Runaways (I love it but also I was like 15 when I wrote that one so I'm scared to return to this genre and that story specifically)
  
• And that one amnesia YA crime/thriller thing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  
• Superheroes.
• Time travel yes I had that one Quirk that one time
  
• Soft families. Am I even listing genres at this point or just tropes? who knows anym– actually, no, I do. I know. You'd hope that would stop me but nah. 
• I wrote a script for a play once which was weird but that was fairy tales too. Meta fairy tales though.
  
• Ohh I once had a flash fiction kind of piece which had aliens?? but that was. more of an experiment than anything else. 
• I think I'm scratching for bullet points now, oops.
  

Okay so what I have decided is that, much as I might play around with super-short pieces, I am only capable of writing long stories if they started from fairy tales. I don't make the rules? 

I mean I thought I did but apparently not. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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THE QUESTIONS, for your convenience!

What is your favorite genre of fiction to write?

What genre would you NEVER get caught writing? . . .EVER.

What fictional genre feels most like home to you?

If you could transform your real life into any genre of your choosing, which would it be?

What genre does your real life most resemble at the moment?

What’s a genre you’re interested in writing, even though you’ve never written it before?

What genre is your most recent plot bunny, and where did it come from?

How many genres have you written thus far in your writing journey?

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So yeah anyway that's that. I meant to get this posted like eight hours ago but instead I went for a walk up a hill with friends so I'm not really complaining? (It was one friend's 21st. We at cereal on the top of the hill to celebrate. I have decided that cereal parties are the best.) What have you been up to? What genre does your life most resemble? not horror I hope. or a murder mystery. What genre is Entwined?? Also please send in your favourite pelican gif, this is important.

Most importantly, of course: are you ready for fictional murder? If you're joining in with this Quirk, drop me a link! My story will go up Saturday 28th, and I'd love to see yours!