Nonesensed's writing corner

My list of WIPs that aren't fanfics grows ever longer. I've come to accept that my latest project Rån som Råder is a priority right now, 'cause I'm having too much fun brainstorming 😆

Doing my best not to rush things, just enjoy myself and try my hand at an iterative outline this time around, see if that method works for me 😊


Rån som Råder
Summary: Aster wakes up one morning with moss on her back and the wrong kind of tail. She has, without warning, inherited a domain far, faaar to the north, despite being heir to her mother's city domain. Which means a lot of people just died, very suddenly. Aster must travel to her new domain to hand it over to a more suitable candidate - and she might just stumble into the ancient mystery that caused all those deaths.
Fun stuff in it: Nordic myths & folklore re-imagined in a second world fantasy setting (rån/huldrer! vittera! trolls! älvor/alver! fylgjor!), body horror, song magic, rune magic, blue and orange morality, friends-to-lovers, dark secrets.
Influences/inspirations: Folklore and local legends I've grown up with, the graphic novel series Monstress, my longing for Nordic inspired fantasy without vikings or Aesir gods, Köttpolska by Hoven Droven.
How far I've gotten: Still in the early planning stages. I've got Act 1 at least vaguely outlined, but only in my head.
Art? Yes! I've commissioned art from my super skilled friend Linn of both Aster and her BFF/love interest Yrsa 💖
Next step with this: Keeping on brainstorming until I have enough ideas for a full outline.


Here's an embedded video of Hoven Droven's Köttpolska, in case you haven't heard it and you're curious 😊 It's a fun mix of older and more modern style (heads-up, it's a rather loud piece of music)

I've missed out on interacting with a lot of fun and interesting posts on here - sorry that I'll likely be popping up on older blog entries in the not too distant future XD

Life has been...'hectic' is probably the most diplomatic way I can put it. I'm not just talking about the Awful Things we're all going through (pandemic, war, etc...I hate that I have to write etc there), I'm still helping out a friend with a thing that's both terrible and takes a lot of time and energy (which is not her fault!!! this is something that's a thousand times worse for her and something that's happened too her) but summer is getting closer and all the overtime I've worked is paying off in a lot of vacation days being available to me at last <3

I'm currently enjoying a four day weekend. Spent yesterday just reading, enjoying fandom things and petting the cat I'm catsitting - an adorable old lady of 18 who mostly wants to sleep and cuddle <3 Tried to get some writing done today, will probably make a post about that tomorrow~

Also, as a longtime fan of The Magnus Archives, I've (at last) started listening to Jonathan Sims' old band The Mechanisms. I've fallen hard for this silly group of immortal space pirates and their over the top What-If-Mythology/Fairy-Tales-But-More-Queer-And-In-SPAAAACEEEE songs <3<3<3 I've spent the better part of my limited free time these past two weeks seeking out videos of their old performances, having a grand old time! Watching people have fun, perform in homemade costumes, write songs with interesting and neat lyrics, have short stories in-character on their blog, it all gives me such nostalgic feelings for going to steampunk cons and burlesque shows etc as a ~youth~ (I still do go to those sort of things, but recent circumstances have sort of limited that, of course). I still have "High Noon at Camelot" left to listening to, but I'm saving it, because once I've listened to that I'll be all out of new Mechanisms stuff ;_;

Think it's time I update that fandom list I've got, because I've gained more fandoms since 2020. Putting it on my to-do list!

Also, this fan animation to "Swan Song" by the Mechanisms is beautiful and makes me cry real tears ;_;

Stupid brain, being all inspired to write something completely different than the story I'm actually supposed to be writing.

Currently I'm on a Florence + The Machine binge and it has turned out that a lot of her/their songs fit characters from my All the Changed-series, the characters from A loyal man in particular. I am thus forced to make this playlist, so I can remember to listen to the songs in the "correct" order once I'm done with NaNo and can continue A loyal man.

1) The Hardest of Hearts (Aysela & Sen)
Reflections on their situations and feelings towards one another at the start of the story (after the prologue) and possibly a little way into the plot.

( Which part who sings, color coded for my convenience )

2) Galaxy of the Lost (Sen to Tiashar)

Using alcohol as a metaphor for murder and general (non-consensual) sadism here. Sen has his weak moments, when the constant act of being Tiashar's most loyal servant and lover takes its toll on his psyche. He never does give in to the mad ideas that Tiashar's influence brings to the surface of his mind, but the fantasy of letting himself turn into the sadist the rest of the world thinks he is both tempting and disgusting...

( Lyrics )

3) Swimming (Sen to Emic)

After Emic heals Sen, Sen is stirred from his half-madness, recalling what life among the rest of his own kind used to be like. In his mind, Emic becomes a symbol for altruism and kindness; later leading to his idea to set Aysela and Emic up as a romantic couple (which doesn't go the way Sen planned).

( Lyrics )

4) All This And Heaven Too (Emic)

Trying to sort out his feelings towards Sen, somewhere during the first half of the story. He's never been in love before, go figure.

( Lyrics )

5) Breath of Life (Sen)

Reflections on how stupid it was to look for relief from Tiashar's way of life and how very, very stupid (but wonderful) it is to not only be in love with Aysela, but with Emic too.

( Lyrics )

6) Heartlines (Aysela & Sen)

Aysela is finally figuring out how to beat Tiashar and doing her best not to worry about the sacrifices necessary, while Sen has a vague idea of what might be needed and knows he doesn't have the power to do it.

( Lyrics, color coded for my convenience )

7) No Light, No Light (Sen)

Ending up having to partake in a battle directly between Tiashar and Aysela, Sen mentally checks out, caught between horrible grief (for there is no way Aysela will be walking way from this one) and numbness. Half of this I think of as him telling Aysela, (and partly Aysela's corpse), and the other half is aimed at Tiashar.

( Lyrics )

8) Leave My Body (Sen)

Having finally overcome the shock Aysela's death caused, Sen steels himself for killing Tiashar, gathering all his strength. He wants the rest of his people to survive - Emic most of all - but he knows he has nothing to look forward to, other than brief joy as Tiashar dies before his eyes; killing Tiashar isn't easily done and will without a doubt cost him his life, but he's prepared to pay that price now.

( Lyrics )

9) Spectrum (Aysela)

Aysela and her allies' gambit payed off and she now returns in a triumphant final battle with Tiashar. There are also some hints of what the home world was like before the breaking and what the flight to the new dimension did to their people.

( Lyrics of the last song )

Because I've been good and studied all day today and for some reason translating helps me relax.

Go figure.

Kent will be returning a lot if I keep this up, because very few other Swedish artists actually sing in Swedish.



( Kent - Dom Andra )



( Kent - FF )



( Kent - Kärleken Väntar )



( Kent - Sundance Kid )



( Nanne Grönvall - Avundsjuk )



( Nanne Grönvall - Håll Om Mig )