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Echoes Chapter 21

Sorry for no sneak peak, but the chapter's already out!

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Echoes Chapter 21

A surprise Echoes update appeared! No sneak peak because it's already out, so enjoy :)

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Training the new intern has been going well!

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My darlings 🥺💖

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New chapter!!!🔥😍🥰💃🏻

New chapter!!!! 🥳👯🔥🎉

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Echoes Chapter 20

Sneak peak time - the newest chapter of Echoes should be posted soon!

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen you get a letter,” Weasley number one comments, Weasley number two sidling in along her other side to lean over and give said letter a curious glance.

“And how would you know?” she mutters a little scornfully, taking a seat, “Do much Victoria-watching?”

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Oh, to be a kitten chasing your own tail 🥰

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"I don't want to read this" is totally valid.

"This is disgusting to me" is totally valid.

"I don't want to read this because it is disgusting to me" is totally valid.

"I don't think anyone should be allowed to read or write this because it is disgusting to me" is authoritarian.

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"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."

Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]

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Hi! I love your fanfic Echoes and would be more than willing to be a beta reader if you ever need! I recently saw on your feed that Victoria is not your only OC-insert, do you mind sharing who your others are?

I'll definitely keep that in mind if I ever desire a beta reader <3 Thank you so much for the offer!

Of course I don't mind sharing the others - the more I get to talk about my oc's and my complete obsession with them, the happier I'll be ♥ I've actually been slowly putting together little character templates that I might post later, if anyone is interested :)

This is going to get a bit long-winded, so apologies in advance!

Of course, you know Victoria so we'll just skip right on by her starting with characters that currently have public fics, starting with-

Shippo Inuzuka, from Bare my Fangs Fandom: Naruto Current Word-Count: 34k Rewrite Word-Count: 20k Twin sister of Kiba Inuzuka, Shippo is currently an Academy Student in training within Konohagakure. Alongside her ninja pups Aomaru and Momomaru, Shippo dedicates her days to studious training and play as she gets to know her fellow classmates. I have a lot of feelings about this fic. I started it before Naruto came to an end which always made it a little more difficult for me to write. I love the Inuzuka Clan a LOT and was very disappointed at the lack of oc-inserts more focused around them - so, I decided to write my own! It's been a very long time since I've updated this fic or even really thought about it and a large part of that is now that Naruto has come to an end, I'd really like to re-write it.

It's an old story with a lot of themes I no longer like, going in a direction I'm no longer sure about. However, because of this I'm excited to work on the project again! I have a lot more writing experience compared to when I first started it and I'd like to apply that to this story the proper way it deserves ♥

As it is, for any BMF readers here you can consider the current iteration of the story abandoned as I undergo this. Some major themes will stay the same, but a lot won't.

Shippo as a character is someone I've thought about a lot and have really come to love - the Shippo I envision now is someone a little unhinged; feral, in a sense, someone who plays off the wild nature of Kiba Inuzuka and the clan as a whole effortlessly. I don't really want to spoil too much about her and what I currently have written of the rewrite, so I'll leave it at that.

Her pups will absolutely be staying the same - I love Aomaru and Momomaru so so so much. I have very big plans for them.

Monkey D. Lucy, from Abyssal Fandom: One Piece Current Word-Count: 32k Rewrite Word-Count: 0k, Under Plot and Character-Building Twin sister of Monkey D. Luffy, Lucy is a young girl residing with the mountain bandits - and her brothers - on Dawn Island. She spends her days training in preparation for her eventual departure to sea with her twin and her overall terror of the ocean.

Abyssal has always been one of my backburner fics; One Piece was nowhere near its final arc when I first started it and I had been desperately hoping for more information on Luffy's background as a whole before delving in too deep into the story - it's a fic I didn't focus on too much and worked on when the mood struck.

One Piece is still my favorite anime/manga, so of course I plan on continuing with it eventually - most likely after the series has reached its conclusion.

Monkey D. Lucy will retain her terror of the ocean, only she now comes with a brand spanking new personality.

I have a general idea of where I want to go with her - someone who's passionate, reckless, violent, and beautiful. I have a character outline page written and a lot of rough sketches :)

Yuta Amelia Heartfilia, from Soulbound Fandom: Fairy Tail Current Word-Count: 10k Rewrite Word-Count: 45k This fic as it is has been completely abandoned. I've been working on a rewrite from the ground up for a while now - starting with the awful name, which is now Amelia.

I haven't talked about this fic anywhere or approached Soulbound in a long time - but I have been working on a rewrite for a few months now.

I adore Fairy Tail a lot - and now that it's come to a close I feel like I have a lot of freedom with this fic. There really isn't a lot of world-building and the general makeup of magic is very fluid to work with. I think Fairy Tail's strongest asset is its characters, which are honestly so so much fun to write.

As a result of this, I think Amelia is one of my more rounded-out characters.

Amelia is the younger sister of Lucy Heartfilia - and by younger, that is to say at the start of her story she is 11 years old, which makes her 6 years younger than Lucy.

Amelia is a quiet kid with no filter when she does speak - which makes her, rather unintentionally, a bit of an asshole. She's not good at reading people and has no real desire to engage with them - she leaves all of that charisma bullshit to her sister. Growing up on the streets after running away from home at a young age has made her street savvy; she's small, but lithe and very agile when she expends the effort towards it.

She spent most of her young life in cheap rooms in dodgey areas situated above taverns or whore houses while Lucy picked up odd jobs and magic requests to keep them afloat. This has encouraged a crass nature and a proclivity towards swearing that exasperates her sister greatly.

She's incredibly co-dependent on Lucy, who has acted as both parental roles for the majority of her life. She can't imagine life without her and is willing to do anything to keep her safe.

She holds no memories of any previous lives she may or may not have lived.

She was blessed with a rather simple form of Celestial Spacial Magic; the ability to teleport herself and objects a short distance around her. She adores her ability and often uses it for the purpose of being lazy.

I've been having a lot of fun writing this fic. Unlike my other fics this one alternates between the main siblings frequently, to the point that I'd say that they're both the main protagonists.

As a general result of leaving home so much earlier than canon, Lucy has changed a lot as well, but well - I'll leave that for the readers to find out when I do finally start posting chapters.

As for the fics I've kept almost completely on the down-low; these are fics I don't plan on posting for a very long time, but have been working on.

Anna Weasley, from Untitled Project Fandom: Harry Potter Current Word-Count: 60k Anna Weasley is a starry-eyed child - she sees the world through dream-hued glasses tainted at the edges by nightmares brought on by her rather bad habit of dying. Sometimes she sees things that others can't and that's okay - she has her twin, Ron, to help her sort out the muddled mess that is her mind.

She's bright in a simple kind of way, and a bit odd, but eternally optimistic and loyal to those she loves.

As much as I would love love love to talk endlessly about Anna, this is where I'm going to leave it. I have a lot planned for this fic and writing it between Echoes has been fun. I love the Weasley's, if you couldn't tell, and I feel like passing up the chance to jump into a story with a Weasley-centric OC would be a travesty.

Also Anna is like, in my top 3 OC's to doodle when I feel up to it ♥

Umeko Haruno, from Untitled Project Fandom: Naruto Current Word-Count: 70k Umeko Haruno has had her nose stuck to the grindstone studying and training for her future career as a shinobi for as long as she can remember. Growing up with a training companion in the form of her brilliant twin has pushed her into a diligent pursuit to surpass her own limits.

This mentality was largely influenced by the passing of her shinobi mother when she was still very young. A casualty of a mission gone wrong, her loss was felt deeply by the family with ripples that never quite ceased. Umeko's desire to live up to her mothers legacy, become strong enough to protect those she has left, and push herself to the extreme has resulted in her being a workaholic with an obsession to become a more efficient shinobi.

She's very book-smart and clinical, but she doesn't let that overshadow her kindness. She has a low tolerance for incompetence and values training above all else - there is almost no form of training she isn't willing to try, no matter the blow it might deal to her dignity or the respect others have for her.

I'm really really excited for this fic. It's a lot more fast paced than my other ones and writing it has been a lot of fun - Umeko is just a lot of fun. I've kept this fic completely hushed up simply because of Bare my Fangs, but as you can see I've got quite a bit written already.

I have a very strong idea of her story progression and how it will ultimately affect those around her, as well as the plot as a whole. I've got a few twists and turns planned that I can't wait to unveil ♥

What's this? It's A - Bonus Round!

Ↄ̶̵̸̢̰̩̪̠̗̟̪͉̮͈̯͉̹ͤ̈̑ͨͤ͌͊ͪ͛́̈͑̽͘̚͟͞ͅ ḻ̢̛̩͇̥͚̲͉͉̤̆̓̏̀ͮͥͨ͒ͪ̽̀ͤ͑͛̋͒̔̽̎ͭ̀̒̓̚͟͟͠ ἀ̴̡̩̗̫̩̮͕̼̋ͨ́̌ͣͬͨ̈́͛̆ͧ̈́͐ͣ͗̓ͭ̃͊͘̚͜͢͝ я̛̱̘̦̺͍͓̉͡я̛̱̘̦̺̉͡я̛̱̘̦̺̉͡ α̸̴̙͖̯̖̩͈̿́̏̾ͫ̓̀́ͧ͘͟α̸̴̙͖̯̖̩͈̿́̏̾ͫ̓̀��ͧ͘͟_̵̶̵̡̘̯̗̣͓̻̳̼̦̭̅ͣ̇̔̎ͬ͆̃̂ͥ͡ Fandom: ⸮⸮⸮ Current Word-Count: ⸮̷̩͓̙͔̰͎̰̘̲̤́̋̒ͥͦ͌̌͗̉̐͊ͭ̉̋ͨ̋ͬͩ̈ͨ̐ͣ͟⸮̱͈̩̜͎͖̳͚͉̤̰͎̯̞̭̖̂̊̋̀̿͐̀ͮ͘⸮̧̢̼̭͎̦͍̫͉͖̀̏̀̏ͥͦ́ Objective: ⸮⸮⸮ She'd built her life, from the ground up. Through the muck of slurried-trash heaps and the grime of sick rot tearing away at her clothes and her food and her dignity she'd persevered.

And then-

Afterward, nothing much mattered, anymore.

There was a peace in that.

More, than peace, it's like she ascended-

And then, she found, she wasn't alone.

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Thank you for asking about my OC's and sorry if it was a lot more than you bargained for! I really do love them and have been quietly sitting on them for a while now :)

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Thanks for the tag! <3 @cen-nii

Quick! Do this Picrew and uQuiz!

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(Both of these are not mine but I thought it would be fun to do! Credits to the ones who made them.)

No pressure tags!:

@vampires-r-cool, @silvernmoonlace, @lunar-jewels

And obviously whoever else wants to join :)))

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I've been having some rough time, but I can't tell you how much these new updates are giving me life🥰

I hope you get through these rough patches stronger than ever before! Echoes has been great with helping me forget some rough things, too :)

SO happy to see Echoes is still bringing happiness to my readers <3 <3

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Omg I loveeee the new chapter(s). For the last couple of years, I used to come back every once in a while to reread echoes. I don’t have notifications on so imagine my surprise when I checked again and found two (2)!!! new chapters. Thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰.

I'm happy you've been enjoying the new Echoes content anon <3 I've been having a lot of fun writing it!

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yes, dodging rein shatters (among other things) is a hobby of mine

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found a bunch of old highlights i thought i lost and ofc had to put together a mini compilation

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oh my GOD you captured her grumpy pouty nature brilliantly! I imagine she always looks a little peeved off and doesn't shy away from giving you the stink eye if you so much as look at her wrong.

Her expression and hair are just *CHEFS KISS* and GODDAMN the body language and robes?? Spectacular, I have no notes other than I love this so much it hurts!

This is Victoria, the main character of the fic Echoes by @dev-fiction . She’s supposed to look 12 but I have no idea how to draw children so I’m sorry if she looks too old or too young. I tried to capture her unnerving stare but I’m not sure that I managed it.

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EVEN MORE AMAZING WORK!

I honestly can't believe I'm so lucky to have such dedicated readers like you, I'm so obsessed with your art <3 <3 <3

Been a hot minute since I posted, and this is supposed to be a blog but wtv.

*Glances at all my fanart of one character*. This seems obsessive, but it’s not my fault Echoes is always on my mind 😭 I know I’ve said it before but the sheer dopamine rush I got after seeing the fic update (twice!) has led me to question if my mind was making stuff up and check it again…and again. So, Chapter 17 (The second most recent I think?) art. I think I drew something for this chapter already but it was the locket scene so it doesn’t count.

Per usual, thank you so much @dev-fiction for this fic!!

Anyway, enough about me gushing, the actual art;

Yeah. I admit, didn’t spend as much time on this one as my others, only an hour. Don’t particularly have an excuse for that, only that my dog kept speeding into my room , jumping on my bed and knocking me over to get me to play with her. Do I get excused if I post cute dog pictures?

Thestrals, have always interested me, ever since I first read OotP. I remember drawing them losts as a kid, and getting overly frustrated into quitting. As you can see, maybe if I did as my elementary teachers said and persevered it’d look better.

Thank the gods/developers of Ibis Paint for making mosiac blur an easy thing to add, it’s the one saving grace of this drawing.

Don’t mind Victoria’s fingers, I accidentally merged the layer with the thestral. Oops.

I actually made an entire background, but scrapped it because it was too dark. I follow a rule, if it’s anywhere close to Victoria’s black-hole-pits-of-orbs-or-eyes-y’know-the-ones-that-radiate-death, then it’s too dark.

As always, a link to this wonderfully written (and tear breaking) fic. Like, i know I’m easily sensitive, but was I the only one crying in some chapters?? The descriptions, especially from Victoria’s first school year, just felt too close to my heart : https://archiveofourown.org/works/6442123?view_adult=true&view_full_work=true

Have a nice day, night, evening, afternoon, probably midnight!!