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I realized I haven’t done an intro post in awhile, so…

Hi! I’m Grace (Fiery Raptor Creative). You can call me Grace or FieryRaptor, either works.

I’m a spec fic writer and artist from the USA. I post fan art and writing things. I’m also on IG.

Fanart is mostly one of the below categories, until a new obsession takes over my brain, that is:

Shows/Movies/Youtube:

* Hermitcraft

* X-Men

* Marvel

* Spy X Family

* Teen Titans

Games:

* Persona5 Royal

* Horizon Zero Dawn & Forbidden West

Books:

* Wingfeather Saga

* Chronicles of Narnia

* Anything by Nadine Brandes or Wayne Thomas Batson

* My own wips and ocs

Some of the Stuff I Write/am writing:

* a superhero novel about a defamed superhero who has to save three kids from an evil scientist.

* a post-apocalyptic novel about a curious girl who ventures into forbidden lands to save the world from an all-consuming plant.

* a fantasy novel about a treasure-hunter hired by a dragon to save them from the castle that curses all who enter.

* a fantasy novel about how the sidekick and henchman abandon their home narrative to venture a complaint with the Author about their endings.

* a short story about a clumsy griffin night guard who has to stop a treasure map thief, all while being perfectly quiet and graceful.

Tropes I Love:

* sad man with dark past gets a child

* forced proximity/forced to team up (friends, not romantic)

* dragons! (Especially actual dragons—not monsters, not spiky scaly dogs, not shape-shifters, not gods—DRAGONS)

* Rescue arcs, especially when the character doing the rescuing is the coward/grump/funny character

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[Skizzleman was doomed to fall by Tango]

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“You are Timberwolf, right?” Hope bites her lower lip. “Sorin—?”

“Hey, keep your voice down.” How does she know my secret identity? I rub my neck. Too much excitement for this early. I need that coffee.

Hope’s hands fidget.

There’s that nervous glance again. Is she worried she’ll be seen with me?

“I need your help. Please. Can we come in?”

I have a million protests but they die when I catch the younger girl’s brown eyes. They’re big and inquisitive and… and…

They remind me of my daughter. The daughter I couldn’t save.

I swallow. The kids shiver, the girl tucked halfway into the boy’s hoodie. They aren’t even wearing coats.

I sigh and step back, holding the door open. “Kinda early in the morning, isn’t it?”

I hate that I’m compassionate sometimes.

(Snippet from my wip superhero novel)

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“Nothing says bright futures or happy families like beige.”

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My favorite quote so far from my writing/editing efforts on my superhero novel.

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Repost of something I’m still proud of.

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Some Thoughts On Scary Stories…

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I was wondering about the nature of scary stories and our human desire to face them, to prove that we aren’t scared, that we’re tough enough to look fear in the face and have fear flinch first.

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Why do we do this?

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I think this desire might stem from a desire to defeat the fear, the darkness, the evil.

Perhaps there is some part of our souls that knows we’re made to bring light into darkness, to face the fear and danger, to feel on the edge of death that we are truly alive.

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Perhaps our souls aren’t made just for rest and peaceful meadows.

Perhaps the valleys of shadows of death are present so that we can fight them, face them, and walk out with hearts made stronger, softer, and fiercer than before.

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Timelapse for the warden dragon.

I really enjoyed this process. Especially the eerie glow.

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That Mumbo Jumbo.

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New Minecraft warden inspired dragon painting.

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It’s blind, but it can hear you breathe.

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New Minecraft warden inspired dragon painting.

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It’s blind, but it can hear you breathe.

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Super secret spy mission!

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Sketch for your Wednesday. Just some Anya and Bond and Penguinman shenanigans.

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My superhero OCs, Sorin Jayson (dad) and Asher (son). Using his superpowers makes Asher sleepy…good thing his dad is there to catch him.

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Writing Update!

Edits for my superhero WIP, Don’t Call Me a Hero, are going much better than I originally thought, and I’m so grateful (and excited!) to see how the changes to the manuscript are making the story so much stronger and more exciting.

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For those who don’t know about my wip novel, here’s the short version:

Sorin Jayson believes he’s a failure of a dad and superhero, but both of these are called into question when he must save two fugitive kids with extraordinary powers, lest they become lab rats for an evil scientist.

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If you like Marvel’s Hawkeye, The Incredibles, or X-Men: X2, you might like this story.

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Love this dialogue XD made my day.

@bigmilk-13 thank you! I also need fanfics of this au

But what if these two…occupied the same world?

I’d love to see them as arch rivals, or rivals-to-allies, like c’mon: the thief who can never be caught versus the secret agent that never fails a mission.

(Hopefully people get the reference. I saw this in my head one day and I couldn’t NOT draw it).

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One thing I love about Tumblr is that there’s zero pressure to post something that’s completely beautiful.

I think sometimes in the age of social media and AI, I can get this idea in my head that my art must look a certain way: accurate to the reference, or pleasing to the eye, etc. That it has to achieve a certain amount of rendering or realism.

It really doesn’t.

Your art is special because you made it. You took time and effort and creativity and you made it. So here’s my challenge for you: Post your messy sketches.

Here’s mine (Some Persona5 fan doodles cause they are such a good squad).

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But what if these two…occupied the same world?

I’d love to see them as arch rivals, or rivals-to-allies, like c’mon: the thief who can never be caught versus the secret agent that never fails a mission.

(Hopefully people get the reference. I saw this in my head one day and I couldn’t NOT draw it).

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Long vid, but I enjoyed designing this armor piece.

Now I’m resisting the urge to make it as a cosplay item or something.

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