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This Thing Sort Of Happened
So, I've been ambling along with Bellum, doing a bit of part one here a bit of part two there.Working a bit on part three. Writing things I think are interesting. Coming through snippets. Trying to force this thing together.
There I was pulling together fragments when in my head I started filling in completed fragments with chapter numbers while tying plot points together. I had a moment where I was like. . .THIS IS COMPLETE. THIS IS A WHOLE SECTION. HOW ??? A WHOLE 12 CHAPTERS ??
Now, a fair amount of these 12 chapters still need to be dusted off but that shouldn't take to long. So much so that I'm ready to post the first few chapters !
What To Expect
Let me tell you. . . this is going to be a lesson in the late years of Lile, were she derives the heck out of Shawna Harriosn-Vance. I've already said there will be Blessed Heart homage scence but there a few Vice-inspiration slipped in as well..I found myself saying that Paris has a few "Alan Gray" moments.
Now, this is an experiment in me working three-ish storylines. I'm open to moving one around if it get to complicated to follow but we shall see. So because I'm a giant hype machine. Here is everything I've said about Bellum ever.
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Everything I've Said About Bellum . . .Ever.
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The Introduction To the Series
LiLe : Um, Muse what the F is this New Thing ?
Muse : Right ? Right ? Good stuff !
LiLe : Are you crazy?! you plagiarized half of this from Shawna.
Muse : I did not
LiLe : Um, The Transgress---
Muse : That's diffrent
LiLe : The names---
Muse : Well, she doesn't own names
LiLe : THE CONCEPT
Muse : Well. . .
LiLe : NO !
Muse : *sigh* fine, but can you look over this one character idea I had. (This character is Seraphina BTW)
*Looks*
LiLe : Okay. You win. Let's talk about plotting this sonuvabitch.
Muse : *throws confetti*
After The First
I see the sequel as being more of a political backroom, romance, espionage, sequel dealing with a cold war between The Angels, The Demons and maybe the daemons. With maybe a bit of teen romance on the side (i e Ariel is going to show up . . . maybe ?).
December
Since I pretty much have nothing else to join me in the trenches I've been thinking a lot about Bellum and all I'm getting is scenes, characters and possible endings but no. . . well. . . plot.
January
I'm at
Bellum just has this huge GIANT wall. I have all these mini scenes but not actual what's it called. . .plot.
February
Ring my Bellum
I have so many puns for this tiltle.
I had lost all hope for this mess of words but I found some great picspiations ! I see this story as having 1 major storyline and two small side stories happening at once. No, Eric does not get a storyline but he gets what I think is a pretty big part.
April
Mini Bellum Update
So, SV is going to get co-cred on this because I literally take a lot inspy from United Light, Blessed Hearts and Veritas . Obviously this was very inspired by BH so much so that there is a (obvious) homage scene.
So, SV is going to get co-cred on this because I literally take a lot inspy from United Light, Blessed Hearts and Veritas . Obviously this was very inspired by BH so much so that there is a (obvious) homage scene.
May
Bellum is going. Chapters 1-4 are done. I found a song to make a bridge chapter I needed and part two needs like 6 more chapters and Part three is probably going to be a fall thing.
The thing is I don't have an outline, I just in general know what needs to happen and what has to happen to motivate the characters to to what they are going to do in later chapters. I should write it down but it doesn't work for me.
The thing is I don't have an outline, I just in general know what needs to happen and what has to happen to motivate the characters to to what they are going to do in later chapters. I should write it down but it doesn't work for me.
and now . . .
Bellum
Recap. . .
On either side of modern New York City lives an ancient race of what have become known as Angels and Demons. Relations are tense between the races since the bloody war, intense gendercide and exodus from their country.
When Paris Prince the hesitant but eager Prince is thrust into leading his people he finds himself caught up in a string of murders that could point back and possible reveal the Demons and Angels. With the help of a curious college girl and a resentful Angel he looks for answered.
He soon discovers that the deaths aren't just a coincidence, they are the failed experiments of one of his own. Isaiah. Isiah has created an army of demon-angel-human hybrids who quickly develop a lust for daemon blood.
When the army is squashed and Isaiah goes missing, the few surviving daemons are rounded up and join Paris and his people.
Just when peace looks to be in the future, Paris opens the door to find a male Angel at his door and this man is one of many and they haven't forgotten about the war.
Behind the scenes the pious Prince starts to fall in love with Isobel Charter. Their romance is almost cut short when Isobel is turned into a daemon, but Paris' heart is determined to make it work. After all Seraphina assures him Angels have a sense about true love and that Isobel is his true love.
The only problem ?
She lied.
Isobel Charter isn't fated to fall in love with Paris Prince. . . she is.
As tensions rise between the other-worldy races, Paris will fight not for what fate has decided but for the love he chooses.
Bellum
The prologue to Bellum takes place 18 months after the epilogue to Lux.
Let's get this party started !
Prologue/Chapter 1 Playlist
+1+ Dark Horse - Alexi Blue
+2+ Counting Stars - OneRepublic
+3+ Judas - Gavin Makhail ft. Terra Naomi (sniped from BH)
+4+ Alone in Kyto and Summer 78
Chapter 1 : It’s bitter and cold
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First off, I love everything. The you, thesite redesign, the music, Bellum all of it.
I am amazed at your process, I can only write in chronological order so I find your process so fascinating. Hmm, I am kind of I wondering what an Alan Gray moment is, is it like a fish out of water moment ? Because I feel like Paris and Alan are worlds apart...Paris knows who he is and where he comes from and how to exist in his world while Alan doesn’t.
PS. I have so many songs from that One Republic album in my playlists.
PSS. The LL-SH line is alive and well between this and Vice 2, so it goes both ways.
Let me see, I think the first one pops up in chapter 8 or so. Honestly it is so Alan Gray-ish by mistake I didn't realize the similarities until I recently. Don't worry I point them all out.
DeleteHmm, I only have one OneRepublic song. Shocking. They are like all of S&A
ReplyDeleteAHHH! I can’t believe this, like was not expecting this! It’s everything I’ve imagined and more ! Can’t wait to see all the new POVs. Let me just use more !!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteBELLUM! BELLUM ! BELLUM ! Yay ! I’m thinking we need to start some kind of pool on who gun die
Jonas, calling it now.
DeleteUm, Isobel. It has to be...oh wait can dameon's even die ?
DeleteWell, I mean we all know Paris will die..I guess the question is why ? Maybe it's because everyone else is gone already.
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ReplyDeleteSo, is any of the Lux-Bellum universe (do we have a name for it ?) in the vault. Because I thought this was perfect, but that last thing you posted will always be my favorite.
Well there is nothing in concrete or written down. I've been so busy with the actually thing I haven't put a lot of thought into it.
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ReplyDeleteYipee!
*reads*
The sh*t hits the fan early and...
yep, I clicked on the Long Authors Note thinking it was going to be a link. I need to know all of what is going on inside of Lile’s head right now.
Oooh ! So many shiny new characters.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to re-do the picpsration post ? Just wondering ?
I probably should. *takes note for next post*
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ReplyDeleteDo Angels and Demons need food ? I was just thinking about how they go out and get food if they are all locked in. I mean, I guess they don’t since they survived without it.
Yes, they do need food. Funny you mention this cause a scene involves this.
DeleteThe Demons are not locked in and they come and go as they please. The Angels on the other hand are under lock and key.
However both communities have dinning halls, and the food is delivered. In chapter 2 section 2 of Lux Paris visits the Angel's dining hall. The Demon's dining facility is talked about in chapter 5 of Lux but just barley
Wow, these Angels and Demons sure do wander around alot.. someone needs to get them a GPS or Siri or something.
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DeleteLol, if they put Homeland into Siri she would show them the best telelvision show off all time.
Side note: Siri sounds like an angelic name.
GPS would be incredibly helpful. The Earth is just such a big place. I'll admit a tiny tiny tiny part of this is for plot convenience. TINY
DeleteOkay, like I love Paris and I love that he is in love and all that, but he is not leadership material. They need to put someone like Callum in charge who will atleast do something, because Helios seems a little cray.
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DeleteI think Helios is playing a long game, I mean he has freaked them out by not doing anything really. That’s hard core.
Oh, Helios. Oh, Callum. The things the future has for these two (separately I should say)
DeleteHate to be a buzzkill but, um, okay...um so, like is SGI really the SS and the KGB or something ?
ReplyDeleteLet's just say they were somehow involved. . . that's all we know.
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ReplyDeleteWhat the WHAT !!!!!! So excited to see this, I love the writing style...the prologue was super haunting.
Yay !
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ReplyDeleteThe music. JUST THE MUSIC. It was so pretty, I really like the Alone in Kyto song. What genre is that classical ?
IDK, but I looked at the discography on Spotify and they sure do make a lot of songs about Japan.
DeleteI love a good song cover too...although I will be forever side-eying that “eat your heart out like Jeffrey Dahmler line in Dark Horse.
DeleteExcept it kind of fits this piece ? I mean I’m totally expecting some horrific deaths occurring up in the bitch.
DeleteI've had the "classical" songs since Lux and I could have sworn I used them but I didn't. They came from Spotify radio of something. . . I think it was one of the Oulfar songs.
DeleteWait, I forgot why is Paris still a virgin ? What promises are he referring to ?
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DeleteI wonder if Paris, in anyway just feels unprepared to be with Isobel. Like, maybe deep down he is just afraid.
DeleteWell, I mean...he could always ask his younger brother for help. (;
Paris explains this later and there is some stuff about how he was raised that is kind of (but not really) hinted at in Lux.
DeleteHeidi - I see what ya did there.
Okay so mercenaries are really male angels, tailors are really demons and a college is really female angels. I'm starting to think Starbucks is really run by mermaids...it would explain why I keep going there.
ReplyDeleteI love you for making a joke about Mermaids because I made a joke about mermaids in Nightmare that I thought was hilarious.
DeleteMy intial reaction: OMG, what is this the Flailing I can’t even ! !
ReplyDeleteI think my favorite thing about Bellum is how the supernaturals don’t just chill out in the human world, but create businesses to fit in. I mean, how did you come up with this ?
I think I was on TVtvropes and there is a trop about how Demons are always "Man of Wealth" and I was like well what if I flipped that a little. Um as for SGI. . . it just seemed like an obvious fit.
DeleteSo, is Callum dead or….
ReplyDeleteNo, he's not dead. Which means Seraphina didn't stab to kill on purpose. Which is very different from what she does in Lux (where she kill everyone. I've been re-reading. I feel kind of bad)
DeleteAww, Isobel and Paris are so in love...well I'm guessing this won’t end well.
ReplyDeleteOkay, like this never happens where I like the bad guy (sorry, Loki) but I am just fascinated by Helios. Will we get his POV ?
ReplyDeleteOh, so, is one of the POV’s going to be one of the dameons at the Down River Academy ? Maybe ?
DeleteI'm totally vibing on Helios and I have no idea why...I hope he's not that much of a jerk, but he probably is.
DeleteI'm very interested to see how you all react to Helios. We will not get his POV.
DeleteHPgirl - No
Peace_G - debatable.
I forgot how much I missed Paris and Isobel, although I could always use more Seraphina! So, with Male angels around for the first time I’m assuming there will be some sexual politics at play ?
ReplyDeleteYou know it’s been like a year, maybe there are Angel babies now.
DeleteMrs. Four - And how
DeleteOh,that gif is adorable (and accurate)...I’m guessing Miranda Kerr ?
ReplyDeleteYes, she is still my picspiration for Seraphina even if she is a little cray cray.
DeleteJust have to post my favorite line:
ReplyDeleteHis solid cut cheekbones could be a fucking national treasure.
Gurl…
The funny thing is this is Paris' POV
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ReplyDeleteIt’s like all our faves are back ! Yay ! Is this the first time we’ve gotten Isobel’s POV. Her and Eric’s relationship just got real.
And that's all we will hear from Isobel's POV.
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ReplyDeleteI didn’t feel any of the "as you know" as I was reading. I did a re-read a few weeks ago, but reading this has had everything flashing back to me. The voice is one of my favorites
Funny story. I just re-read as I was posting this I had done zero re-reading. I think this helped me, but the differences in tone are very obvious
DeleteAww, I was about to ask about our favorite turncoat Isiah...so did you know from the beginning why Isiah was creating the dameons ?
ReplyDeleteYES YES YES ! I talk about this later but Bellum was the story I wanted to write but I needed Lux to get me there.
DeleteWas Isobel's sapphire necklace in Lux ? I'm assuming Paris gave it to her ?
ReplyDeleteNo it wasn't in Lux. He just gave it to her for thier one year anniversary.
DeleteWait, I just noticed something...why is Paris drinking water while Isobel has wine ?
ReplyDeleteGood eye ! Yes, Paris doesn't drink. I know he is such a "good guy"
DeleteI see the latin is alive and well in Bellum, which make sense looking at the title...
ReplyDeleteYoyu all do not want me creating my own language.
DeleteHow exactly did Isobel connect the SGI to all those accounts, like how did she know they were angels ? Or did Helios tell them that.
ReplyDeleteHelio's stationary has the SGI logo and name on it. So, she did some historical research on the company and found some stuff in archives.
DeleteLile, can you tell us whose POV we will see atleast ?
ReplyDeleteNo, it comes in chapter 3
DeleteThe mythology behind the Angels and Demons is just so heartbreaking. It's all about loss and being lost. That said, why did the SGI leave their families to come to Earth ? Were they thinking of migrating ?
ReplyDeleteI think we need to get this to 50
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I forgot to comment, I've been busy with my new series I started writing this year. It's about the daughter of my usual main character and I have to get book 12 to my editor.
ReplyDeleteAnyway...okay, why is Erik such a jerk ? Like, Isobel seems like she could care less about what happens to him. She could atleast kept paying the rent, it's not like Demon boy is going to charge her. And I mean, who lives with their ex ? That is bad news all the way. Literally no one is friends with their exes and lives with them. That is the most unbelievable thing about this for me.
That said...this is awesome.
Eric lied to her about breaking up with is Girlfriend (yes, the one from S&A). Not to mention he doesn't even seem to really care about her. Also he's like 30 and still in college.
DeleteJB is right...favorite quotes, guys !
ReplyDeleteMine:
“If you loved me, Paris Prince, you wouldn’t let me wear these high shoes on dates.”
Callback to Isobel wearing high heels in Lux when the go to the club
Delete"I'm not dead you fucker",
ReplyDeleteIf I go into a coma, put this on my hospital bed.
This line was orginally not in there. I added it so people would know Callum lived.
DeleteI don't have a quote, but I love how Helios is just bouncing on his feet during that scene. Like he doesn't even care.
ReplyDeleteThat's Helios for you.
DeleteI just love how they call it "The Angel Situation”.
ReplyDeleteWell. . . Paris calls it that. Paris calls a lot of things by names no one else does.
DeleteI love that scene where the Angels and Demons are all walking in Central Park, it was so vivid.
ReplyDeleteYay !
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