I’ve never felt smarter in my life (4/30/26 - 5/2/26)

  

~Local Floriography enthusiast who also makes characters desperately needs to rant about flowers associated with her characters~

 Guys, I may have cooked.

Okay so first off, I currently have two note posts in the works, they’re taking longer than planned and I literally had to shorten one a ton because it was just going to take too long, but *just so you know* I haven’t abandoned these, I’m just not pumping them out as fast as I’d like :’)

Alright, now for the real reason I’m here: I just had my book arrive today- The Complete Language of Flowers by S. Theresa Dietz. And naturally due to being very overwhelmed by how much Floriography knowledge now sat in my hands and not knowing where to start, I decided to look up the flowers I assigned each of my characters, you know, see whether my not-very-in-depth internet searches were at all similar to what this book had to say, and while some are kind of so-so (Fragaria/Strawberry flowers for example, not at all what I found on the internet, but I mainly chose that one for Clem for aesthetics anyways) some of them are SO much better than I expected- like, perfectly matches with the character and their lore, and I couldn’t be happier. This is great, I’ve never felt smarter in my life! (This is half a joke)

I will add I haven’t looked into all of them yet, but Ben and Arthur/Spider is *spot on* and I couldn’t be more giddy about it, especially when I always felt like my choice for Ben’s flower didn’t match him too well.

So firstly, here’s what I had written down for Arthur’s flower (aka why I chose it)

Spider Lily - Parting, Death

Yeah so I gave the kid with a death flag a flower with death symbolism, typical, BUT here’s what Dietz book had to say:

Spider Lily - Abandonment, flower of the afterlife, Hopeful but tragic fate of lovers, Lost memory, Never to meet again

The scream I scrempt in my mind when I read that, let me explain:

Arthur Solara, later to be known by SpiderLily (Shortened to “Spider” during Steps I and II), grew up in a neglectful family, he was neglected by his parents and was essentially abandoned by his older sister in favor of taking care of herself over her siblings, and when he and his twin sister ran away, no one came looking, so while his twin sister is the complete opposite of “abandonment,” his past still contains hints of that type of symbolism. Flower of the afterlife: the whole reason I chose the flower, already explained, he spends most of the story on the verge of death and originally was meant to die before I took his story in a different direction. Hopeful but tragic fate of lovers, this one is a bit of a stretch but change “lovers” to “siblings” and you got Arthur and Josephine Solara, the doomed siblings, Arthur was kept from death for so long which gave Josephine hope, but inevitably fell to the Infection, hope and tragedy is a constant cycle of those two. Lost memory, this can symbolize two things with Arthur, not only does he have an amnesia arc where he doesn’t remember himself as Arthur Solara and therefore only knows of himself as SpiderLily, but “lost memory” also makes me think of how even when Josephine finally reconnects with her brother, he’s not the same as she first knew him, Arthur Solara is a lost memory. And Never to meet again, this one is also a stretch, but Arthur Solara and Josephine Solara are never to meet again, even when she finds him, simple as that.

Now you get it? Yeah? Yeahhh?~

Okay on to Benjamin Brown, with the Bluebell.

(Or more specifically the Campanula rotundifolia, also known as the Bluebell or Harebell)

So Ben’s might feel way less exciting after Arthur’s, *but* I still was pleasantly surprised by it as it makes his flower match him more than it did before.

Bluebell - Humility, Gratitude

As I said I my Floriography post, I mainly chose it because I had “blue” in it and “bluebell” sounded similar to “bluebird,” but here’s what Dietz book had to say:

Bluebell - Gratitude, Grief, Humility, Retirement, Submission, Thinking of you

Gratitude and Humility both is the same as before and is very surface level of Ben’s character, he’s very grateful for his life in Brooklet Avenue. Grief I feel is self explanatory, he lost his parents at age 11, lost his sister and friend (not to death but them both running away at the same time), and then lost his Aunt later on, like many of the characters grief is a big part of his life, but Ben specifically also has grief as a big part of his past and how it shaped who he is now. Retirement just reminds me of the life Ben leads, happily married, plays music, runs a flower shop and has kids, that’s Ben’s life. Honestly I don’t really have much for Submission, so we’re skipping that one. “Thinking of you” reminds me of his broken friendship with Sylas Crowell, where Sylas left Ben without a word and both of them are forever just thinking of each other, there’s also a song that I associate with those two that this phrase reminds me of (Always Gold by Radical Face, that song makes me so emotional about those two… It’s extremely lore accurate too). So yeah, nothing too mind blowing but still pretty close to his character considering it could’ve been vastly different :)

Expect more of this if the others match as much, but that’s all for now!

I know that some of these obviously mean other things and some of them are very easily a stretch, for example how “lost memory” and “never to meet again” probably has to do with death. But that’s the fun thing about it being symbolism, symbolism doesn’t have to perfectly match so long as it symbolizes what you want it too ^^

-Stitch 🌱

Colette “The Lost Girl” || Brooklet Avenue: STEP II (Story Post)

   (All Lore explained in this post is conceptual and subject to change)

-Brooklet Avenue: STEP II, Winter’s Arrival-

(Lore of: Colette “The Lost Girl”)

The way Half Creatures come to be is something only those who make it happen know, but not many live long enough to make it known. Colette’s mother was no different, being hunted down by Creature Hunters once word spread, barely able to hide Colette on time before being killed. Eventually, after hiding up in an attic for years with her mother, Colette would be found by her grandfather (a former train conductor) after he would hear the news of his daughter’s death. He would take care of Colette for a while, but information would make it’s way to the Creature Hunter’s and Colette’s grandfather would be forced to flee the City with Colette, intending to hide her in his abandoned train while seeking refuge at the closest town, The River Town. However bad luck would find Colette once again, as a sudden winter would sweep across the land, hitting her and her grandfather barely before they would make it to the train. Colette’s grandfather would finally make it to the train, and would give his granddaughter his coat and hat, and warm up some of the train’s leftover coal before hastily leaving to seek help from the townspeople of The River Town, but he would never make it.

After the storm died down and word spread that the Infected in the forest had become frozen over and therefore harmless, the Townspeople brave enough (or simply curious enough) would often leave the town to explore their new winter wonderland. Some townspeople would then stumble across Colette’s grandfather, left frozen from the storm, and would take him back to the town to be checked out by one of the nurses, completely unaware that there was a little girl hidden away in a train, waiting for him. Fortunately, there was one townsperson who had made it a bit of a hobby of exploring the various abandoned trains and train stations, and was curious how they faired after the storm. Sylas Crowell would then venture to the abandoned train, and find a little girl covered in coal marks and wrapped in the hat and coat of a train conductor, a little girl.. with wings…

[Lore Concluded]

August Flintlock || Brooklet Avenue: Infection (Story Post)

  (All Lore explained in this post is conceptual and subject to change)

-Brooklet Avenue: Infection-

(Lore of: August Flintlock)

August would be working as a nurse while writing The Flintlock Archives in her free time, when her routine would be interrupted by a sudden wave of panic, as word would spread that unknown creatures had been spotted in the forest. August would try to keep calm as the situation escalated, throughout the day dark clouds of smoke would begin rising from the city beyond, and the whole town felt as if everyone were collectively holding their breath as they could feel the panic around them. Some even claimed they could hear screams and commotion from inside the forest at the edge of the town. Eventually one of the townspeople who had been out in the forest would return, terrified, shaken, and covered in dirt and moss. The frightened young man would explain what it was he had encountered: he had been attacked by a feral creature that had jumped him from the trees, it had blended in with the surrounding due to being covered in moss, sticks, and foliage, but sticking out of it was white fungus. The frightened young man claimed that he was only able to get away with his life because it seemed to show no interest in him after spewing what he could only assume were spores into his mouth, he was then able to run back to the town without attracting the attention of any of the “creatures,” despite being spotted by many of them. The most concerning thing about the young man’s story was how the things showed no interest in him after he had ingested spores, which would imply that their goal was to do exactly that, but was it poisonous? Was it fatal? Or was it something worse… that was the nurses job to figure out, but it would be a young florist from Brooklet Avenue who claimed she knew what was going on. The young man would experience excruciating pain as his body seemed to be growing a layer of moss and sticks, and the florist, Sadie Foxglove, explained her “theory.” What the “creatures” were spreading was for the purpose of infecting, and that breathing in the spores would result in becoming one of them yourself. Plants would grow through your skin, your mind would be taken over by something else, and you will essentially die away and be replaced with something else, with the same goal, to spread spores and infect. Their world had entered an apocalypse lead by a plant based Infection. While there was no hope for the young man or any of the other townspeople, who were out in the forest, Sadie confirmed that there was still hope for the others. She explained that these creatures are unable to be submerged in water, and will avoid it at all costs, meaning so long as the townspeople stayed in the town, the creatures would not follow. Sadie advised that everyone should stay away from the edge of the town and stay inside, and above all, NOT leave until word of the outside towns and communities spread. The nurses explained to the town, and due to being medical professionals, everyone listened, as for the young man, he was unfortunately outcasted after the town learned of his condition.

August would continue life same as the rest of the town, and her younger brother would make it back to The River Town safe and sound and reunite with his soon to be fiancée, June Reese. August would then propose the idea for June to paint illustrations for The Flintlock Archives. She would even rope in Sadie Foxglove, who would publish her poem, Nature’s Revival, within The Flintlock Archives, helping to let the children become used to their new reality in a more digestible way through fiction.

A few months in to what had now been labeled as “The Infection,” and someone new would make their way to Brooklet Avenue, a tall, dark haired man would enter with a young boy. He claimed that he was a salesman, as well as a humble inventor, and that he had a proposition that involved all the communities, a way to help with their struggling material gathering. He introduced himself as Sebastian Crowell, and explained an idea: each community would pick three representatives to gather all trade materials and meet at the lake on an island where the Infection wouldn’t be able to reach. He then followed it up with saying that he had already spoken with the Lake Community and the Mill Community, and that the Mill Community was sending out a message to whoever might be left at the Ocean Town. August found this concept deeply intriguing, but was more interested in Sebastian, who had come into her town, proved his own brilliance, and then claimed two of the three spots for himself and his son to represent the River Town in trade.

After the town agreed to Sebastian’s offer, and collectively requested that Sadie Foxglove be the third representative, Sebastian then confirmed that he was going to be staying in Brooklet Avenue from then on. It would be during this time that Sebastian and August would start running into each other, and Step I would begin…

[Lore Concluded]

-Previous August Lore Post-

August Flintlock || Brooklet Avenue: Past (Story Post)

 (All Lore explained in this post is conceptual and subject to change)

-Brooklet Avenue: Past-

(Lore of: August Flintlock)

August was a bright, pretty, and hopelessly romantic young girl, and that is when she, at fourteen, started her first relationship with a teenage boy, but it wouldn’t last long, as she would eventually be dumped with not much said. Her first heartbreak. She unfortunately took the end of her last relationship very personally, but would later fall in love again with a girl at the age of 19. This girl was a poet, artist, and someone who, unfortunately, wasn’t planning to stay in The River Town for long, as she came from the city looking for inspiration for her art and would eventually have to leave to return home. That year had some of the happiest moments of August’s life, that girl was the most positively impactful of August’s relationships, but the end of the girl’s study trip came, she had to leave and go back home, and August couldn’t follow. They sent letters for a while, but eventually the letters stopped, and August was left heartbroken once more, worse than the last. In her twenties August would move out of her parents house and move in with an equally heartbroken Barbara Black, who was dealing with a different type of heartbreak, as her best friend Donnella Bellamy had left The River Town to live with a handsome, wealthy man. It would be during this time that August would take up an apprenticeship to become a nurse to be able to pay for herself, and her relationships would take a turn for the worst. During her years of desperation, August would seem to begin attracting the wrong people, and would land herself in a very unhealthy relationship with a manipulative man who would emotionally abuse her. August was stuck in this relationship for years, and managed to pull herself out of it with some support from her roommate. But it wouldn’t stop there, August would attempt to spark a romance one last time, but the woman she was with had too much of an ego to treat her well enough, and growing more and more tired of failing to find love, she would dump the lady herself after not long of them being together. August would then begin to focus on herself and her studies, picking up writing and dusting off an idea she had back when she was 19, The Flintlock Archives. August would then spend the next ten years writing The Flintlock Archives, a compilation of fairytales rewritten by August. After self publishing the first book, it would become very popular among the teens of The River Town, who were all stoked to have an author in their town who was actively writing such exciting stories. 

[Lore Concluded]

-Next August Lore Post-

The start of Brooklet Avenue Legacy (4/23/26)

~Not the worldbuilding you expected but the worldbuilding you’re getting~

 It may be due to my novelty addicted brain, but I have been very distracted from Brooklet Avenue worldbuilding… because I’ve been thinking about Brooklet Avenue Legacy worldbuilding. Yup, that’s right, I left B.A. for B.A. XD Anyways here’s some lore tidbits because I figured if I’m going to be thinking about it I may as well share with the class.

Also if you don’t know what B.A. Legacy is yet, it’s actual name is Brooklet Avenue: The Legacy of Nature’s Revival and is a future story within the world of B.A., its actually not that far into the future and in some cases can be considered a continuation of Nature’s Revival.

Legacy doesn’t currently have big antagonistic forces like The Infector or Madame Luetta, but one of the big events happening which is the center of a lot the POVs is that the city has been under different leadership, and this guy is very much trying to reestablish a controlled society. He’s creating armed forces to deal with the Infection, is focusing on material gathering for things such as metals (more specifically iron), and is trying to get the trains back up and running. I don’t know yet if he’s going to become antagonistic, I don’t really want a Madame repeat so he may just be a morally grey government head. The main thing is the fact that people claim that he acts more like a dictator than a true leader (who everyone thought and still thinks Madame was), but whatever happens with that happens, I don’t plan on making him a story centered antagonist because as I said, I don’t want a Madame repeat.

Speaking of Madame Luetta, something important I feel like I should establish and explain early on is the after effects of Madame Luetta’s control, and how the events of Step III affects how people begin to understand the Infection (Hence the name of the story: The Legacy of Nature’s Revival :]). Madame Luetta was widely accepted as a very intelligent and influential leader, while her sanity may have not been fully there, she could very easily mask her true nature and would then appear sane and ladylike, while also being widely regarded as a very intelligent woman. While the original government heads would hide themselves away and use whatever power they had left to keep themselves safe, Madame actually prioritized the safety of the citizens and used her power and control to build up the city and keep everyone safe inside of it. Madame *did* have her own agenda, as you already know she was a Creature Hunter, however she was able to play her cards correctly and both work towards hunting Creature’s while also protecting the city, she realized early on that the first step to being able to enact her plan was to establish safety and rebuild the city, something that took at least a decade to accomplish. While Madame is seen as a crazy lady and evil Creature Hunter from many of the Step III POVs, to the people of the City she was (and still is seen as) a great leader and someone who put the people first, especially when she establishes the theory that Creature’s are the cause of the Infection, and then is instantly proved right by Knell. Meaning anyone who witnessed the mass-Infection of the Creature Hunters by Knell’s hands will truly believe Creature’s should be considered part of the Infection and will not be easily swayed otherwise. If there’s any credit I can give to Madame it is that she *was* a good leader, a morally corrupt one at that but if you take out her Creature Hunting (aka see it from the perspective of a majority of the citizens) she only ever did what was best for the city and is the reason it is what it is in Legacy.

I feel like another reason Legacy is really enjoyable to think about right now is because it doesn’t have such a spread out story (aka at least fifteen years worth of story) and it’s very adventure based, like yes B.A. characters travel around sometimes but the story was very confined to specific areas, meanwhile Legacy (aside from being very city focused) is basically everywhere in between while occasionally stopping at towns and I’m having fun with that.

Now for some worldbuilding notes :)

Gardeners are a specific type of specialized guards meant to deal with the Infection. I thought of the name because of obvious reasons, they control how the Infection affects the city, they do the “weeding” so to speak. I also found it amusing because vocally it literally has “guard” in it. One of the characters is a Gardener, but his design isn’t fully finished because I still want to conceptualize the uniform more and figure out techniques and weaponry (I need to figure out how advanced society has become with handling the Infection before I get too carried away, not having an exact timeline is really kicking my butt)

Gardeners weaponry/defense:

-iron armor

-iron shields

-gas masks

-flame throwers (mainly used by a specialized branch of Gardeners)

-Gardening tools:

Gardening tools such as pruning shears, secateurs, and weeding trowels are often used by the medical team to handle Infection based care that their surgical equipment can’t handle. It is also used by the scientists and doctors who study infected.

-iron weapons:

Iron weapons are used by both your typical defense based Gardener as well as the Creature specialists (who are basically Creature Hunter’s with a fancy new title and respectable place in society)

Axes are most common due to the accuracy with slowing down Infected, but other iron-based weapons such as crossbows and knifes are also used on occasion

Iron based nets are also commonly used to slow down the larger Infected

The current leader thought of the idea of Gardeners during Madame’s control, his father was one of the people keeping the Infected at bay while the walls were being built and formed a group during that, which his son would later use to establish “Gardeners.”

Penny + crew is trying (key word: trying) to spread the idea of using flower based weaponry against the infection instead of iron, which was popularized due to Madame Luetta’s theory, because it’s a more peaceful route. The intention is to help the Fae, who are being heavily impacted by the wide use of iron, but because of the confirmed connection between the Fae/Creature’s and the Infection no one will listen and doesn’t care if the fae are hurt.

Oh yeah, side note, but Creature’s are now officially considered “Fae/Faeries” :) While Creature’s have always been a type of “fairy,” I originally did not call them as such because I didn’t know much about that type of folklore and was therefore hesitant to use that kind of name for them, I also originally called them “Creature’s” as a name placeholder but then it kind of just stuck. However I’ve decided I officially want to call them Fae, however I’ll still be calling them Creatures as that is what they’re typically called within the world of Brooklet Avenue, think of their title of “Creature” as their human given name, while “Fae/Faerie” is their cultural, true name, which was never learned due to their reluctance to interact with or communicate with humans. Because of this they are still widely known as Creatures, but characters such as Penny, Jolie, Mary, and Steven all call them Fae/Faeries in Legacy. With the exception of when they feel the need to still call them “Creatures” around certain people, as it is not widely accepted to show any kind of respect to “the things that nearly brought this world to it’s end.”

The River Town keeps being approached by Gardeners and city officials who claims that they should allow the city to establish Gardeners within the town, saying that their “sanctuary” won’t be one much longer as the Infection appears to have been slowly evolving and adapting to different environments. They claim that it would be in the town’s best interest to establish Gardeners within before the Infection breaches their rivers natural shielding, but the citizens of The River Town won’t hear of it as they’ve been shielded from the Infection since it started and refuses to allow the city to reestablish any form of control over their town.

And now here’s the current POVs :)

(POVs 1 and 3 meet up first and then later connects to POV 2, POVs 4 and 5 are more of their own thing)

POV 1:

-Paisley Brown

-Rori Crowell

POV 2:

-SpiderLily

-Percy Brown

POV 3:

-Evie Goldborne

-Bonibell (surname not yet decided)

POV 4:

-Sylas Crowell

-(unnamed Gardener)

POV 5:

-Jolie Cardinal

-Josephine “Mary” Cardinal

-Penny “Daisy” Brown

-Steven VonLillian

This is just in general and not Legacy specific, but if you ever have a piece of lore you want to know about or simply have a question or idea, the comments are always open for that. Constructive criticism and questions are always welcome because it gives boosts to my brainstorming :>

-Stitch 🌱

Whimsy incoming 💌🍃 (4/15/26)

 

~Things are happeninggg~

Hello and welcome to the first (of what I’m hoping is going to be many) Note Post! Woo!

(Technically I already have one but I’m considering this the actual start)

Basically this is me temporarily abandoning all hope of having neatly written and organized lore and is just going full on brain-dump, but in a unorganized pen pall kind of way 😌

Also it is currently 6:00 am and that may seem like nothing to you morning people but I didn’t get a wink of sleep last night and I’m currently fighting for my life over here with a mug of hot chocolate. Jk it’s actually pretty cozy, I can survive an all nighter so long as it’s not constant, tho it was very strange getting out of bed when the only person up is my dad and the sun has yet to start burning up my flowers’ soil…

Anyways, expect lore rants soon (big or small, but probably small), this is going to include both lore dumps and brainstorming so I hope it doesn’t get too confusing 😗

My hope is that this will further progress and invite more brainstorming, and get lore onto the blog, hitting two birds with one stone :) Or in a friendlier way: Helping two snails cross the sidewalk, because boy is this going to be slow…

-Stitch 🌱

Things are changing… (3/7/26)

 

~Who are the main characters of Brooklet Avenue? And is there one plotline?~

(A Retrospective)

I’m writing this more as a reminder for myself, but also kind of as a way to let you guys know as it will affect this blog. It took me looking back at the original intentions for creating Brooklet Avenue for me to realize things had kind of spiraled beyond what it was meant to be, and that it had began to cause complications. What is this? You might ask. Well it has come to my attention that I’ve been treating Brooklet Avenue as a series-based story, when that’s just not what it is. What you now see as the “plot,” is actually Knell and Nico’s storyline spiraled out into a giant web of character backstories and arcs, which I then started to treat as a complete story. Now this wouldn’t be a problem, if it weren’t for how it began to make me see Brooklet Avenue’s main characters: the Brown Siblings. To put things into perspective, the main storyline I often think about came from Knell and Nico. More specifically, Knell, as he introduces the Creature’s, and by being a Creature, introduces the Creature Hunters. This plotline becomes tangled up with the Brown Sibling’s storyline because I got Ben involved with Knell and Nico briefly in Step I, I also got Sadie more involved after creating connections between The Infector and the Creature’s, then Penny became involved when Millie was dragged into the Creature storyline by becoming Collie/SilverBell, and then things became more tangled up the more I fleshed things out. Once again, this wouldn’t be a problem, but I started to believe I was doing a bad job with the story because “the main characters are barely involved!” And therefore felt like I had to involve them, when they weren’t meant to be involved in the first place. The Brown Siblings were the first characters I made for Brooklet Avenue, and they were meant to have a story shown through visual storytelling: illustrations and concept art, and later being decided that I could also include the occasional comic page. Meanwhile at the same time I also made Nico and Knell, became attached to them, and decided to give them a story and plotline that I would work on for fun alongside the Brown Sibling’s side of the story. Point being: Of course the Brown Siblings aren’t that involved! They were never meant to be! It’s not their story, it’s Knell and Nico’s, and therefore the characters that are most involved are the ones around them. I watched as characters like Spider, Mary, and Jolie become more involved in the “main plot” than *any* of the Brown siblings (except maybe Penny, but she was still outshined by the other characters), and started to think that it was wrong, when it actually makes sense. In a similar way, Sadie Foxglove has her own thing going on, still connected to “the main plot” but also distant, just like the Brown Siblings, but because it connects to Knell and Nico’s story, I started to think her being in the background was bad story writing, when that’s just how B.A’s story works. Brooklet Avenue was never meant to have a singular plot like Harmony Academy, if anything it’s more similar to Endurance, having a bunch of lore and character stories shoved into the same universe (though B.A. is much smaller when it comes to the space there is to work with) and accidentally developing a bigger plotline because I can’t escape the story writer in me.

This plot chart I made while overwhelmed by the situation is what made me realize what the issue was

What I believe will work best for Brooklet Avenue, moving forward, is to keep the Brown Sibling’s story and Knell and Nico’s story separate. The Brown Siblings can have what I will consider “cameos” in Knell and Nico’s story (as they’re already somewhat connected simply by having their own stories in the same time period and knowing characters involved), but the last thing I want is to force them to become involved simply because they’re “main characters” of Brooklet Avenue. I believe I need to fully cast aside the concept of them being “main characters” or I will continue to try and drag them in, it’s very problematic when two sets of “main characters” are both fighting for the spotlight. They’re still main characters of B.A, just not in Knell and Nico’s story. Unless it is past events, all storylines in B.A. are all within the same places and the same events, that being the four Steps, so naturally there’s going to be overlap in each character’s stories, but they’re all still separate, and should be treated as such. I’m going to officially give Knell and Nico’s story its own name (once I think of one…), and it will be the holder of basically all Creature centered stuff, as that’s how it’s going so far. The Brown Siblings story will still be under the name of Brooklet Avenue like any other character art or lore would be, that’s not going to change. And that doesn’t mean the Brown Siblings aren’t going to have a plotline of any kind, they definitely will and do, I just need this barrier between the two stories to be able to continue to work on B.A. as a whole.

I’m going to try my best to work things out, hopefully I can get some lore here soon!

(I’m really trying I swear)

-Stitch 🌱