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(CW: mental and physical health, positive)
Been recently unwell and enjoying an extra-introverted/offline phase, but just popping by to say I'm still here, #ThoseWhoCreateAndDestroy is still happening, and Cyrano's officially competing with Jules for my favorite character, for reasons that have only just now fully revealed themselves to me, and which will only become clear to readers with the third or fourth book.
I have no doubt Cyrano's going to be (or remain, for those who've already read all the way to the end of TWCAD Part 2) the most controversial character in the series and generate a lot of uncomfortable feelings and debates. His arc is primed to take some truly jaw-dropping twists and turns.
If he makes you especially uncomfortable, maybe consider—as I have, often—whether you see anything of yourself in him.
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(#QWriters Sunday line share)
In spite of this cleansing by fire, the voices of the dead babbled on. They were calmer now—the apostates’ ritual, Rory reckoned, had stirred them up into a frenzy—but their discontent lingered, palpable as a breath on his ear.
(From Ch. 11: https://readformandvoid.com/the-nullweaver-cycle/those-who-create-and-destroy/chapter-eleven/ )
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#WritingWonders 3/4! (Hands mic to Jules.)
JULES: This question assumes I, uh, have close friends. [A faint, wry smile; it quickly vanishes. He clears his throat.] I’m…very focused on my research. So socializing hasn’t been a priority for quite some time.
I…did have a kind of close friend, once. And I did envy him. For a lot of things. He was fiery. Alive…/too/ alive. Holding things inside is always safer, I think, but he could never do safe if he tried. He burned too hot—no, I definitely wouldn’t want to be him. I just…sometimes think it would be nice if my own impulses weren’t always smothered by about a million layers of second-guessing.
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#WritingWonders 3/3!
The answer to this one is yes, big-time. Perhaps Jules's most notable physical feature is the alchemical tattoos that cover his left arm and parts of his right hand, which enable him to perform transmutations on the go—including in combat. 💥
He gives an action-packed demonstration in Chapter One: https://readformandvoid.com/the-nullweaver-cycle/those-who-create-and-destroy/chapter-one/
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#WritingWonders 3/2! (Trying it out as a thread this time. ✨)
The short answer: It varies. Jules started out as a supporting character in the first draft of what later became #ThoseWhoCreateAndDestroy, but soon stepped forward demanding to center his story. In some sense, it feels like he existed fully formed from the start and I always knew him, but he's definitely revealed many specifics to me in the process of writing.
(From Chapter 14 of
#ThoseWhoCreateAndDestroy. Re: today's #MicroPrompt, "linger," courtesy of @crtaxon ✨)
“Before our world came into being, the Book of Cipher claims, there was another. A realm of darkness and void. It is said to linger on, a mere step out of phase with our own. Because we are creatures of the material realm, our senses were not made to detect it. Yet, in some intangible way, we perceive it—in the cracks between things. In lack and in loss. Beyond the boundaries of forms.”
https://readformandvoid.com/the-nullweaver-cycle/those-who-create-and-destroy/chapter-fourteen/
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#WritingWonders Day 31!
With the requisite disclaimers about arbitrary frameworks, limiting labels, etc., Jules is an introvert (INFJ specifically, if you're into MBTI, though he might be mistaken for a T at first due to repressing emotions/leaning on his analytical capacity), and Rory's an extrovert (ENFP).
Their typology may or may not reflect their creators'... 🤔
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