#// and also didn't quite understand how to properly tell and pace a story

[demonsfate]

i'm gonna be honest ...... if they come out with bloodline season 2. i probably won't watch it.

[vermithorbonded]

Elēni qēlossās

Starter for @eyeofvengeance

There was a mistery surrounding that woman that Daemon couldn't put his finger on. They way Vermithor would calm in her presence, they way her voice was carried by the wind, as if was meant for more than just pleasing the ears of mortal man.

As any studious man, Daemon had been searching the library for records, but weeks had passed and he still couldn't find anything on the Aster family. It didn't surprised him, she was a commoner afterall and not often they were mentioned or their lines recorded in royal archives. But his instincts told him to keep looking.

Daemon was restless, the hour was of the ghosts, and he couldn't sleep. Much like a ghost himself, the prince left his quarters, a candle in hand lighting his way to the library. And there he spent his night, among books and Meisters diaries.

Upon dawn, he taken with frustration, not able to find a single mention of the Aster family anywhere. It seem that, if they actually existed and Angelica wasn't lying about her family name, their importance was so little, that no one ever bother to keep record of their lineage.

The sleepless night was starting to affect the prince. He pace slowly while returning the books it their shelfs, and before he could curse himself for his clumsyness when dropping one of the tomes, the sound it made o the floor caught his attention. The boards on the floor seem hollow, and while kneeling, Helaena's voice echoed in his mind: "The secrets under the boards", she muttered once, a long time ago.

Taken by curiosity, Daemon used his dagger to remove the board, finding a whole in the floor, a shiver ran down his spine, as if he had unlocked a ghost. Who could've done this? Was it on purpose to hide something, or a mere fault on the castle's construction? Whatever the case, he found a small chest inside the boards, carrying to the table and carefully opening, as if expecting to find a misterious creature inside. But what he found was much more interesting and valuable.

A collection of scrolls was found inside. Ancient papyrus which time had spoiled most of the ink, erasing almost completely its history. Despite not recognizing the writing, he knew that whoever wrote it was long gone. He could tell by the spelling of the Valyrian words, which were slightly different of how they are written nowadays.

The scrolls didn't seem to tell a complete story, they were parts of a diary and the faded ink didn't help. But among the many scattered words, he could understand the person was searching for something. He distinguish the names of Vhagar and Balerion a couple times, and also something he could not quite understand yet. "Elēni qēlossās", which he translate roughly to voice of the stars.

The candle atop the table had burned out already, the room was starting to illuminate with the sunlight, and before he could realize, the castle was already awakening. The connection didn't come easy, but he wondered if the voice of the stars which the scroll's owner was hunting, could be a person? Could it be true the ancient Valyrian tale of people who could charm dragons with their voice?

Before he could properly hide the precious finding, his eyes met Aemond's and Daemon certainly had a guilty face, one he'd always struggle to hide. Slowly he pulled his own notes over the scroll, hiding much as he could.

"Good morrow, brother." His mind tried to weight the decision to tell him what he'd found out, or to protect Angelica from his brother's ambitions.

[mlemedt]

Powerless- Lauren Roberts

💛💛💛💛🤍(4/5)

This was one of those books where you fall so fervently in love that nothing can stop you turning the page, but every part of you aches because you're closer to finishing it.

I have put off writing this review for so long, because words fail to encapsulate how I felt reading it.

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This was my first taste of 'booktok' and I'm surprised to say it didn't disappoint. It was well-written and perfectly paced, with convincing protagonists and compelling world building. The only area of literary facet that it perhaps lacked, was in that deeper commentary, but as I've said before this isn't necessary or even fitting in every book.

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My love for this book is inexplicable. I can't explain why I loved it so much. It hardly followed any of my usual interests and didn't have the commentary of 'In Memoriam,' which is the last book that made me feel like this. I shouldn't have liked it. Yet I craved it.

My only critique of this book was that some side characters felt a little one dimensional. Particularly Blair. She's immediately introduced as a bitch with little explanation why other than her cold demeanour. I think we're meant to dislike her because she is a rival love interest, but this portrayal is just so typical I couldn't hate her for it. She also has some unexplainable vendetta against Paedyn, which presumably is to do with Kai's attentions, but she just failed to be an interesting and believable character. I thought this was quite intriguing because Roberts actually displayed a pretty high level of emotional intelligence regarding the main protagonists. They were multi-faceted and had human motivations and emotional responses in all the appropriate situations that made them really convincing. I think that's why I liked this book so much. The complex to and fro of emotion that some authors can spend decades trying to imitate.

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This was certainly the quickest I read half a thousand pages and immediately bought the next book, however I noticed some of the reviews when I did.

Some wanted greater attention on the resistance and the trials rather than the love story, and I'd agree to an extent. My initial opinion on this book was that it was very 'Hunger Games -esque,' but whereas in the Hunger Games the threat of the Games and the Capitol constantly looms, the Trials felt a lot less intimidating. The rules of the Trials weren't properly established clearly and concisely, whereas in the Hunger Games we always knew only one could survive which made the story incredibly compelling. The Second Trial too, was also a little underwhelming with little happening for the magnitude of the event. I also think Roberts could've benefited in escalating the threat of the Trials by adding more competitors, then also, more characters can be injured, with little consequence to the story, during the Trials and properly highlight the brutality of this system and how dangerous this event actually is. Very quickly the Trials were reduced to all familiar characters, which took away some of the mystery of the event. With a large group of allies there isn't as much danger, and I could tell they weren't going to turn on each other. The impact of the Trials simply simmered out quite quickly. However, the Trials weren't actually a huge part of the novel and I wasn't upset about it. I think it definitely would've elevated the novel if the Trials held a greater impact, but I was reading for the romance and simply the existence of the Trials helped elevate the emotions in that relationship.

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To summarise, I understand the complaints surrounding this book, and I agree it could've been better, but it was already incredibly emotionally in tune, and that was what kept me reading.

♥♥♥

-Gaia

(I'm slightly concerned this series is about to become my new personality.)

⚠Content Warnings⚠

-Mild language

-Violence (Rarely graphic)

[alagaesia-headcanons]

I have a proper update for Clear Horizons!

(For my new followers, here's an explanation of this fic!)

I've finally finished drafting the section that was giving me the most trouble!!! I'm not entirely out of the woods yet, but it's a significant and gratifying mark of progress. The part I'm working on is after Murtagh and Orrin first meet, but before a scene I've planned where their relationship takes a turn and reaches a new understanding. So in that span they have a lot of chemistry and care for each other but they're also still hesitant and guarded. It's a very tricky dynamic to write. It still needs more depth, I haven't gotten to that emotional development scene yet, but I'm now finished with the first week Murtagh spends in Aberon with Orrin.

My main breakthrough with the frustrations I was having with that was to cut two of the scenes I already wrote and move them to a later point in the story. Then I reconsidered what I wanted the first week to cover. The writing progress went especially slow, even by my standards, and the section ended much longer than I expected it too. But I think both were worthwhile. This section is crucial for laying a lot of the foundation everything else will build upon. The prolonged time I spent with each piece gave me the room to untangle the needs of the story and the detail throughout numerous consecutive scenes gives clarity to the major cornerstones. (I pray I'll still feel that way when I go back to edit it later lol)

I optimistically think the pace will pick back up again when I carry on with the rest of act 2. This should be one of the only continuous spans of time that's fully rendered out with such intensive and thorough detail. I think just two other points in the story might get a similar treatment. I'm approaching the rest with a more selective focus that helps move the story along.

I have a plan for how I should proceed now, which has numerous parts. First and foremost with concerns to Clear Horizons, I'm going to take the opportunity to pause writing the actual fic and shift back to note taking, with the goal of hammering out Thorn's character arc. Unlike my last desperate bout of note taking, I've been prepared to tackle this from the outset. In this whole process, Thorn has been by far the hardest part for me, for a myriad reasons. It's very important to me to give him a character arc with meaningful significance to the story, and initially I had no idea how to accomplish that, but I realized that I had to start without it if I wanted to start at all. So I drafted all of act 1 aware that I still needed to figure out my intentions for Thorn and I would have to add in more writing to integrate that.

I can tell this is the right time to do that. I'm glad I didn't let it stop me from jumping in; it feels more approachable now then it did then. I still anticipate that it'll be very tricky, but now I have some ideas to guide me and I believe I can do this. I also hope it will fill out some of the other gaps in the plans I do have. My last note taking stint helped a lot with the other main character arcs. Orrin's specifically is the strongest right now, I think it's in a really good pace. Murtagh's is far improved, though it feels like it still has some pieces missing. As I wrestle with Thorn, I'm going to pay close attention to how that can contribute to Murtagh's arc because they naturally should weigh on each other quite a lot. I hope figuring out my intentions with Thorn will provide much of the connective tissue I'm missing right now.

Before continuing with the main writing, I'd also like to edit the rest of act 1 that I haven't gotten to yet. It's a pretty arduous process, but I know it wouldn't be smart to put it off much longer. It's very valuable and I should at least edit up to the last section of act 1. It might be more effective to wait on that one because I think it will be overhauled the most after Thorn is properly added to the equation.

There are some other things I want to add in act 1 too. While making those notes, I recognized key aspects of both Murtagh and Orrin that deserve more exploration. I plan to take the first two sections, one about each of them, and divide them both in half so there's four sections, then I can add those details throughout them. I think it will also improve the pacing. That's currently not my priority, so I don't know if I'll do that before returning to writing progress, but it's in the plans.

On a different track, I want to take a small break before getting back to that grind. For a significant length of time now, Clear Horizons has held my attention largely uninterrupted. It's eclipses my other creative impulses. I don't feel like that's inherently bad, I often set aside my other interests for a while to pursue inspiration for a certain thing. But given how long I think Clear Horizons will take, even from this point, I don't want to do that the whole time. It's already been a long time since I've drawn anything, and longer still since I've worked with clay. I have a stretch of time off around Christmas and I think I'm going to force myself to not work on writing during that and enjoy other things. Since I have quite limited free time in my day to day, part of me gets frustrated feeling like having a lot of time and not using it to work on this is a waste. I need to remind myself that a project like this is not a sprint, it's a marathon, and taking breaks will benefit me in the end.

(There's a very high chance I'll make some Eragon related art anyway lol. And also Hubert. Maybe I'll show you guys Hubert.)

I also hope the mental break will push me to answer the asks people have sent me too! I'm sorry it's taken so long, I promise I won't forget! Clear Horizons honestly has been the biggest distraction from that. That being said, since it occupies so much of my mind, I always adore taking about it. Of course I still welcome all kinds of asks, but especially anything about Murtagh, Orrin, them together, or my fic specifically- and I'll also probably answer any of those right away because I seriously can't resist lmao (This isn't a headcanon blog anymore but this ship is the sole exception, I have so many feelings)

I really hope you guys will love this when it's finally complete. Part of me is nervous, but I'm doing my best to trust that the act of putting so much devotion into it will shine through on the other side ❤️

[afreakingdork]

Oh it was so very vindicating to see Don be utterly humiliated and agast by everything he's done, that made me laaaaugh. The utter ridiculousness of his own emotional incompetence, playing back his actions with newfound understanding and horror at what was really the most obvious display of jealousy and love anyone could spot from even the slightest description of his situation, it was truly a sight to behold, what a show. I'm obsessed with this chapter, though despite myself and my love for a properly thought out story with a satisfying conclusion the slow burn will definitely be the death of me in the near future. I may be a lover of good literature and a fan of well paced story telling, but I am also going to rip out my teeth one by one and place them on my dresser if they do not kiss soon. They are my heart beneath the floorboards driving me to madness. Bravo, a million compliments to the chef.

I think I may need to put an advanced call in to your dentist. Ya know, for your own well being 😉

It's funny, but until you sent this I didn't even realize I was writing a slow burn? That may sound quite silly, but, and I mentioned this so very long ago, I always felt like so many Donniexreader fics happen to fast. Not that any of them are bad, who boy, I am a huge consumer in addition to being a creator, but there would be a small part of my brain that would think 'there's no way he'd get into love that easily.' That little thought grew until I just had to craft my own story to satisfy that urge. I'm so glad everyone seems to be enjoying it, but I truly hope I'm not dragging everything out. @/kathaynesart recently posted about how they write and I've been thinking a lot about how they mentioned that every single scene needs to have purpose. As a huge media junkie. I also get annoyed if stuff happens for no reason. I also don't think anything in CTM has been done without purpose, but maybe I'm too close to the matter?

I'm sorry, you probably weren't expecting this kind of response! I'll wrap it up with: those who are jilted by Donnie are valid and I love you all

[typingdyslexiaisathing]

The Only Choice (Trigun) fic

content: Vash is still getting used to having this new group member around. But Retha seems to be completely okay with being his tag along. Bringing some joy into his life. Building relationships, casual stuff, fluff and hugs.

It had only been a few weeks since Retha joined Vash on his long trek through this sandy planet. Her past a mystery to him as much as her wants and goals. But she had made it clear when he'd tried to leave her behind she wanted to go with him. Standing there in front of the old jeep Retha owned to have grabbed his bag and tossed it into the back. Vash had taken the time the previous night to explain that being with him was dangerous. Which Retha had listened to him to not argue or cut him off as he got all his fears out.

But now Vash was standing in front of Retha for her to have her arms crossed and staring at him with determination. Her words pointed yet warm. "Okay. I understand the risks, Vash. I took all that time since you talked to me praying and thinking over this. I weighed the pros and the cons and had Yeshuah help me sort the pile. So now I am making my choice. We stick together." Vash had already figured out that Retha took her faith in the Lord deadly serious. Even if she didn't openly talk about her faith. So Vash had to think before he spoke up. "Even if you get hurt or killed from whatever comes at me?"

Retha shook her head to wave a hand to dismiss such. "Whatever comes at us. Yeshuah, you, and me. The Lord drew me to your orbit for a reason, hon. I may never figure out what reasons or why. But when God whispers to me this deeply over something or someone, I have to listen and follow. So here I am. Ready to face this crazy world right next to you. Besides. All the reports on the Humanoid Typhoon are of a single guy that travels alone and mostly on foot. Not a dude traveling with a lady in a vehicle. Face it, Vash. I'm kidnapping you."

So Retha had all but whisked Vash off and away for them to head for he next town. She spent time helping out at local clinics and churches. Which meant Vash got to help out there as well. People that whispered about who he was got challenged really fast after a bit. "Why would an outlaw be helping in a church?" Or someone would state, "This good young man helped an injured man after he fell off his roof. Saved his leg and his life. No good soul like that could ever be a bad criminal." There was also the fact that Retha made a point of lingering around Vash to openly tell people good things about him. Saying how he was her 'found family' to tell a few stories about their recent adventures. Like how Vash helped her put on a puppet show for the local kids. Or the time they helped chase down a few spooked tomas to lead them back to their farm.

It had been quite a change of pace for Vash. Noting a month had already gone by for him to be surprised by Retha tapping on his shoulder. Drawing him out of his thoughts while sitting on a bench in town. His gaze going to her to see that Retha had a grin on her face. So Vash asked, "What's up?" Retha hummed a playful note to then show Vash what she was hiding behind her back. A slice of chocolate dipped cheesecake on a stick with nuts on the top. "Tah dah! A local lady was having issues with her equipment. So I helped her fix it so the chocolate would melt properly. This one is for you. I already ate mine."

Vash smiled to that the treat and munch on it. Finding that there was swirls of caramel in the cheesecake part for him to hum in delight. "Oh wow. This is really good. I've never had cheesecake like this before." Retha chuckled to flop down next to Vash on the bench and stretch. Her arm soon going around Vash in a casual hug for Vash to blink a few times. Yet Retha just watched the birds in the sky to smile. "Best part of life is the little things. Thank you for sharing your journey with me Vash. I think I figured out why God had me join you." Vash thought on this to ask, "What might that reason be?" So Retha laughed to look to him and grin wide. "Because. Being with you makes me the happiest I've ever felt in my entire life. Wasn't that obvious?"

[mistwraiths]

5 stars

Evangeline Fox wants to stop a wedding between her true love and her stepsister. She's sure he's been cursed and she's so desperate that she seeks out The Prince of Hearts himself. But bargains with fates never go the way they seem. And he's demanded three different kisses from her of his choosing.

I admit I was initially a bit leery of reading this since nearly two whole books of the Caraval trilogy disappointed me. I loved the first book however and I was a big fan of Jacks. And I'm really glad I did decide to read it because it once again captured my absolute attention and it felt so magical just like the first book. Only time will tell if I'll be disappointed but I hope not.

There's something so refreshing about a character who is ultimately deep down a good person. Evangeline is that character and I absolutely loved her. I hate characters who are ridiculously dumb or do really stupid things, and I was also initially worried that she'd fall into that category. Evangeline is naive at times but she's never stupid. You can follow her thoughts processes beautifully and understand why she feels the way she does or does things. She made a bargain with Jacks to stop a wedding, ultimately she knows in a way it is selfish and bad but she felt that it was cursed so she seeks to make it right. And when that results in something awful, she immediately sets it right.

As readers, we can tell something is up with her stepsister, Marisol, but I understand why Evangeline is so against thinking the worst with her guilt. She toys with the idea a few times but it never feels stupid or frustrating when she dismisses it because we understand why. The people she hears it from also are not the most trusted sort either. Marisol herself is an interesting character. I bet she has multiple secrets and hidden layers within her character. I love a good selfish, jealous character.

Jacks is an absolute delight of a character. He's wicked and charming and he's fun. I loved the interactions between him and Evangeline, and how slowly they circle each other and how they do seem to grow just a bit closer to each other. Honestly, I think the chemistry written is really good and I'm 100% rooting for them.

I knew this book was about stopping a wedding and three kisses, but the rest of the story was a delightful ride. A new magical land, princes, more weddings, prophecies, poison, vampires, and tiny dragons everywhere!! In fact, we only get two of the three kisses done in this book. The pacing of this book was really well done, the only slight part I thought dragged a bit was when Jacks and Evangeline returned to his working place. Other than that, the story moves quick.

This book felt far more magical than the entirety of the Caraval trilogy surprisingly. I also felt like the writing was better. There's less of the truly whimsical description but they're still there! It felt like a good amount. The side characters were all fun to read and not always what we expected them to turn out to be.

I think my only one complaint was that I wish there hadn't been any cameos of the original books, and I know I'm mostly biased because I dislike Donatella and that really terribly done plot of Jacks true love plot. I actually quite like the idea of your true love not choosing you or wanting you or even falling in love with someone else, but it never felt like the author properly gave it thought or tried to really do anything with it since she was so obsessed with Legend. It felt deeply like a disservice and OUABH had the opportunity to clear things up, maybe even imply that what Donatella and we believed wasn't quite happening. I'm fine if he thought she WAS. I'm fine if he wanted her to be. But I just deeply dislike her actually being it. I'm interested now though that if his heart still beats now because Donatella was his true love and he kissed her? But shouldn't that have cured him? Or did his heart break or stop because she didn't choose him? Which meant his heart started beating again in OUABH because????

Stephanie, you say, what does any of that have to do with this book? Good question! It's because there seems to be a possible strong theme of second chance love. Even perhaps, true love can happen twice, given a chance or perhaps time to grow. I think it's absolutely a great theme and I hope the author continues to play with it because it's something I haven't really seen in YA.

Anyways, I super enjoyed this book and I'm looking forward to the next book!! I want to learn more about the Valor and the prophecy, and see what happens with Evangeline and Jacks.

[onewomancitadel]

Don't you think that if Knightfall happens in the show, the community and Reddit would explode? knowing how their opnions about Cinder and Jaune are(at least some part), though that depends if they do Knightfall right or they fuck up in the pacing or execution.

I don't think they care lol. They committed to killing Penny (which made sense) and that obviously made a lot of viewers unhappy. People who don't understand why Penny didn't die properly the first time, and why she had to die properly. All that sort of thing. It just depends what thematic thread you're interested in following. But I think one of the last asks you sent me, we had a little disagreement over whether the show is following through on its ideas, and I think I have a different approach.

I'm not going to say I'm totally right all the time lol, I'm very prepared to be wrong, and to be quite honest in the case of BB they pleasantly surprised me, for instance. I had thought it made sense, and Yang's longing for Blake was unusual, and all of the stuff with Yang and Raven plus Raven/Tai made sense for a Yang/Blake romance. Idk, I felt like it made sense but I was uncertain if they'd commit. The Raven/Tai was a big thing for me when I was considering the ship, and this was an early notion (for me) of legacy themes, of course Salem/Ozma became a realised thing in V6:E3 lol. There was all the Beauty/Beast stuff, but I was less sure exactly how much they were committing to it then. It seemed to be more internal Blake stuff.

So yeah, I always reserve caution. But on that front, there were a lot of vocal Blake/Sun shippers. It was a horrible shipwar. It was terrible. They paid little heed to it, if anything they stoked the flames lol. I do wonder to what end Cindemption being seeded for as long as it has been, and to the audience eyes' since the V7 finale (like, two separate instances, there's the Cinder vs. Winter and Penny fight, THEN Ozpin's voiceover asking if you'll forgive them/understand why they did the things they did) is supposed to be rehabilitating her fandom perception along with Cindemption.

As I've sort of said, not to be repeating myself, but I reckon they don't care about causing a ruckus. Look at the people upset about Ironwood.

I do think Knightfall is possible to do well, and good Knightfall is probably contingent on good Cindemption, and good Cindemption is contingent on continuing to write her in an interesting way. Obviously they're my two favourite characters and I currently love the direction with the two of them, so I'm not complaining. Jaune has some meaty development, and Cinder's at her highest.

Although I've got to be honest with you. I'm not a very good person. Sometimes I want to live out the smugness of being a Knightfall blog this early in the canon, see it canon, and just bask in the satisfaction. That would feel really good. But I must put away ego and not be a bad person. I'm prepared for it not to happen as much as I am, if you know what I mean. I am willing to go with the story they're telling, I would just be disappointed if they went about-turn on their themes. There are just a lot of mechanical working parts of the story pointing in favour of Knightfall that it's too hard to ignore.

When I sit down and feel sad and try to convince myself out of shipping it, like when I'm thinking about the likelihood of Jaune/Weiss, I'm still just like... but that ship makes no sense. That ship breaks everything... all of the ships so far work to the themes and patterns I'm looking at, even BB which I didn't expect to happen. BB I didn't expect to happen partly because I was unsure for obvious reasons and I wasn't sure if they'd commit to that especially with the main cast, and then also there was some genuine Blake/Sun kind of baiting going on, because that's the anime-trope romance. Weird how all the anime-trope romances have failed but the fairytale ones haven't.

Knightfall is very fairytale lol.

With that being said though... don't you think Knightfall is actually a great way to legitimise both Jaune and Cinder in the eyes of fandom? Like, think about it: it gives something really important for Jaune to do, the thing I think is probably the most important thing he could do in the story and makes perfect sense for his character, and genuine interactions with her from someone who cares and isn't getting anything out of it would humanise her? Like, in a way it almost makes sense because it seems so unlikely, because they're characters with such particular... fandom reception, which I've talked about before, on many sides. It's almost like the perfect solution to showing the audience exactly why these two are the way they are lol.

To summarise: I'm not worried about fandom opinion and I want to be right always, all the time. I hope they do it well if they do it at all. To be honest with you I always thought Knightfall would be late, and Cindemption is being set up very early and as one of the most important redemption arcs in the show. But who nose. It could be even sooner than I thought lol.

Great ask though, I had a lot of fun replying. Thank you! <3 Hope you're having a good day.

[yuvon-writes-letters]

[The writing is still shakily like Liskas last letter and a little bit wet]

I am not sure how to start this.

Probably like this: Every Jake please stops reading right now. Until you see a blue dot or something. You'll see it then.

Thank you, Yu...Really...I have been wondering myself about that. I mean, why have I just seemed to have some memory gaps while writing things, why you wanted me to do the word association. I don't even know what to say. Jake wants to protect me, I love am really thankful for that. Of course I am. But..I am not a child. I have a right to know. I do not like being lied to. And...Please don't ask me why, I just.. know. Whatever this silver thingy is, it is not here with the intention to hurt. [The writing does change just the littlest bit; it is clean. As if for a moment Liska would not have been on top of a boat] It seems more like the other way around. It seems hurt.

[Everything becomes shaky again]

Uhm, holy...Yuvon? I remember writing that. I just don't know why. Or how it was this clean.

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Are those enough dots? I believe so. Jake, one more question. Why did you write you had no time? For having no time you were surprisingly talkative when writing the parts for the others. (Not that I am not happy that he communicates with y'all, just maybe I am jealous which I am completely not. Argh

But just so you two know it, Jakes, we aren't children anymore...

Now the rest: Don't worry, Yu, I am still careful. I don't want to alert Jakes pursuers or the MWAF. But actually I am glad for the Duskwood stasis in the moment. It makes things kinda easier.

Yeah you are right...Still, I hope Goldie is doing okay. I am not sure if his state only came from the stasis but maybe also from Red Ink? Who started writing at times?

That the knowledge got stuffed in my head probably really was a matter of time, like you said. I would guess it was Goldies doing? But I am not sure.

I also think that Red Ink could be the enitity Goldie talked about much earlier; the one working against Goldie...

Before I do take any guesses on Red Inks domain I'll try and wait for more information, maybe we'll figure things out with time. (I btw could not read whatever they commented in Jakes letter either)

The first nickname I would have in mind for Sweetly Sleeping is 'Dream'. I mean, it would fit. But I'll just let you all deside whether we want to take this one.

About the 'rotting from the outside in' part. I also believe it is something metaphorical, but even the thought makes me really uncomfortable.

And now to your experience, Yu: Overall ot sounds damn scary and interesting at the same time...I don't know how else to describe it. Especially the part of you talking to Sweetly Sleeping but also that you as well shattered into shards there.

Yes, I did hear you. "Hello, I walk into empty". I don't even know how often you said this...It really scared me at first. You also told me that it was you a bit later and that you did not know what was happening. You asked whether I was talking or not and that you could not hear me.

In the end you said that I was supposed to tell you something after you woke up. But it didn't make any sense...There is nothing I could tell you know because you did not manage to get it out for me to understand anymore.

Reading the part about Prometheus and also your theory Jake was really interesting, too. Especially since I love mythology. Again I don't want to agree or deny anything in the moment.

And 'Stalker', I have one little question...What is it that you are not telling us? I just believe there is...Something. If not I apologise, I guess. (And I WILL be keeping an eye for enemies. I constantly do. But Padfoot and his girls are non of them.)

~ Liska🔥🐾

Lis,

Jakes, please skip 'til |||.

I'm just sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I'm not going to make excuses for myself, I should have told you earlier.

Trust me, I understand the "just knowing" thing. It happened for me with Black Ink, remember? I believe you. If Silver is good, they're good.

Oh, yaaay, more weird entity stuff. In all seriousness, though, we should try to figure out in that case what hurt Silver.

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Good, glad you're being careful. And I'm sure Goldie will be fine, eventually. But, yes. I'm also pretty sure Red Ink has something to do with all that. And it'd make a lot of sense for them to be the one working against Goldie.

Yeah, I was just throwing random suggestions around for domain, since I was the only one at that point that could actually see anything. I'd need a larger sample size to figure it out for real.

"Dream" sounds pretty good to me! Better than all the zero ideas I've come up with XD

"Rotting from the outside in." Is it naïve to hope that means the inside hasn't completely rotted yet? It probably is. After what it did to us...

"Scary and interesting" is a pretty good description, yeah. Also "insanity-inducing."

I Are you su Why would That's a song lyric. "Hello I walk into empty", I mean. It's It shows up in this one main story mission, in Secret World

Did I You know what, I was probably just... being dramatic. Or making a reference. Yes. I’m going with that.

The rest of it sounds about right. I wish I knew what I was going to try to tell me, though.

I'm. Just gonna sign off now.

—Yuvon

Hallo, Lis.

Well, of course you aren't a child. What happened for you to say that?

It's good that the stasis is still serving a purpose, at least.

This Red Ink entity should be watched closely, I think. At least, as much as is possible.

"Dream" most certainly fits. If no one else has any better ideas, that will work.

I am not entirely sure what to think of that descriptor, to be honest. Allegory, metaphors, and symbolism are not my specialties.

Interesting as it may have been, it affected Yuvon quite a bit. Hopefully, she’ll be better by tomorrow, at least somewhat.

While I have never heard the song Yuvon is talking about, I will say that Secret World Legends, the apparent source of Yuvon learning of the song, is among other genres a horror game. Make of that what you will.

It is a shame that Yuvon cut out before she could send her message properly, but there’s little to be done about it now.

Yes, the Prometheus puzzle seems to be of particular import. Yuvon was working on it, but now she seems to be pacing and muttering to herself. Once I’m done with this letter, I think I should speak with her.

I am utterly sure that Stalker is keeping at least something from us, but I doubt they will share it, especially as it is far more likely to be the death of me than of Yuvon. So it goes.

Goodbye for now,

Jake

(The song isn’t an essential clue, exactly. You don’t have to bother with it, especially if you’re thinking of playing SWL for whatever reason and don’t want spoilers.)

[peachblossomss]

Hearth— a Naruto fanfic

Link to FF.net:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13035782/1/Hearth

Post-war SasuSaku /short story/ a way to get me back into writing

I don't own Naruto

rated M most likely

One- Introduction

Saku

"Sasuke...?!"

"Sakura. I need a place to stay." was certainly not what I expected Sasuke Uchiha to say when I opened the door this bright, Sunday morning. Alas, he surprised me. Sasuke Uchiha, at my door...after all this time? I couldn't breathe. My voice didn't work properly, and I couldn't help but get ensnared by the way the sun illuminated him, almost like he was a saint. As if. His surprisingly timid, yet annoyed voice snapped me out of my trance. In flesh and blood, standing on my front steps, was Sasuke Uchiha- and he had something to ask me. "Sakura…? I need a place to stay. Can I stay here? Naruto mentioned once that you have an extra room for guests…" Sasuke trailed off, sounding unsure and with a slight blush darkening his cheeks. There was no way he could avoid the look of disbelief on my face. What. The. Fuck. What I thought would be a calm, semi-lazy (as I had training and a lunch date with Naruto in the afternoon) Sunday, was certainly going to be a bit more...interesting.

"Hello to you too, Sasuke. I've been fine! Thank you so much for asking." I snapped. He had been gone for months on his journey. Granted, it was his journey of redemption, which I completely 100% understand his need to go on. My only issue is that he never sent me a message. Not once. And he has the NERVE to show up on my doorstep at 8am on a Sunday, the ONLY Sunday I have off from work this month? The only Sunday I can sleep in on. "I mean, you've been gone for what, 5 months without contacting me, and show up on my doorstep asking for a place to crash?! Why don't you go stay with Naruto, or Kakashi even? You clearly kept in contact with them more than me, despite...despite…"/Before he left on his journey the two grew close to one another. He would randomly pick her up from her graveyard shifts at the hospital, or he would show up unannounced at her small and homey apartment with her favorite foods, somehow knowing when she'd have had a bad day. Sasuke admitted that she is his most precious person. They spent the night before he left together. Not sexually, though. They stayed up late- laughing, crying (mostly only Sakura, but Sasuke let tears form in his eyes, and that was him crying in her book), and talking about everything and nothing... soaking each other in, almost like they were lovers and best friends. Sakura had known something was going to change./ I couldn't say it. I didn't want to throw his uncharacteristic vulnerability back in his face, months after the fact.

"Despite what, Sakura? Do you care to elaborate?" he asked sharply, that earlier apprehensiveness and embarrassment long gone.

"Well, despite the fact that we uh, you know, spentalotoftimetogetheranditmeantalot to me…" I whispered embarrassedly. I could feel the blush heating my cheeks. I couldn't look him in the eyes. Although I am usually extremely open with my feelings, I've learned it's best to keep my love for Sasuke to myself. He never was quite comfortable with my outright confessions.

/Sakura would keep her deep love for Sasuke hidden, as to not scare him away. She knew he had to atone for his sins, make his path pure once again, and also keep his precious people and all of Konoha safe. She knew she would be nothing more than a friend. She was simply one of his only family members, just like Naruto, Kakashi, and even Sai. She would support him on his voyage of redemption./

"Sakura," He sighed, running his hand down his face, covering a slight smirk "I only sent Kakashi messages, Naruto somehow coaxed Kakashi into telling him my whereabouts, I assume he used the Icha Icha books as leverage...although the dobe isn't that cunning alone...anyway, he sent me letters. Kakashi doesn't even know I'm home yet."

Without listening, I protested. "You knew where I liv-" I stopped short. Home...he said he's home. He said he's home and I'm the first person he's seen. Out of everyone, even our Hokage and former Sensei, Kakashi. I tried to fight the shy smile that was threatening to dissipate my angry demeanor. After months of being away, my house is the first place he's visited. I know I'm reading into things, since he appears in need of a shower or two, a hot meal, and a good nights sleep on a cozy bed. He knows I have it all on hand. He also knows I would never turn him down. It doesn't matter, though. He's using me, and I'll let him, as long as I get to spend time with him. It's worth it, and it always is. Anyway, he is my teammate, and that’s what friends are for, right? To help one another in times of need. I sighed, rolling my eyes. "You can stay, I guess. Let me show you to your room."

Sasu

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck, what am I doing? It was too late to back out, I already knocked on her door. Fuck. She's home, and she's going to answer the door. It's been 156 days since I left Konoha. 156 days since I've seen her weightless pink hair and her kind, yet determined green eyes. 156 days since I've used an actual shower...fuck me. It has also been 156 days since I left Sakura at the gates to Konoha with a poke on her forehead and a promise. A promise I have no clue how to keep. A promise i will try to keep. I need to make everything right. /Sasuke left her with a promise. He said he'd be back, and next time he left, she would leave with him. She asked if she could come with, she wanted to be there for him, frustratingly enough, she somehow knew he needed assurance that he never had to be alone again. He declined her, saying his sins had nothing to do with her...at this time. Afterall, he did try to kill her./ First, though, I need a goddamn shower, and I need to see her. Why do I need to see her? Why is it that this annoyingly stubborn, smart, brave, eternally kind, girl, no...woman, is constantly on my mind? I can't stop pacing the porch as I wait for her to answer the door. What is taking so long? I knocked a whole 46 seconds ago, a kunoichi should be to the door within 20 seconds, 35 if she is sleeping. Maybe she IS sleeping…

"Sasuke…?!"

"Sakura.” I let out a breath I wasn’t even aware I was holding. “I need a place to stay."

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AN:

Hello all! It’s me, Peach! Sorry I’ve been gone for so long, I’m kinda a lazy p.o.s sometimes. I’ve been having major writers block. This lol story is a way to get my creative juices flowing..I have no outline or anything, so this story is just coming out as I come up with it. I don’t have a beta or anyone to read over my work, so I’m sorry if it’s confusing. Don’t worry! There will be more of Sasukes views in the upcoming chapters. ;) please review!

As always, much love!!

-peach

[so-many-muses-rp]

Tell us your cautionary tale! (the comic is great btw)

So this ask had been sitting in my inbox since August 2022.

Very long rant/vent/story below cut

However, the idea of Jr's introduction comic has been in my mind since June 2021, however, I didn't fully flesh out Jr's model sheet until December 31, 2021...

Around January 2022, is when I started working on the comic. I know this was going to be a big comic, I wanted to do to pace myself. I was only spending a few hours, a few days at a time to give myself breaks in between, saving as I went, super happy with my progress.

Showing my friend's wips of my work asking for tips or how it reads (important), I felt like everything was coming together, and just as I was done planning the last page.

But on May 3rd, 2022. I was in the mood to draw something else... so I opened a new document so I could work on something for fun. Something I didn't need to worry over every little pen stroke but then I felt like if I didn't get any work on the comic, then it'd never get done.

So, of course, I went to press open to open the document for the comic and ended up saving the new blank document I opened a few minutes ago, overwriting 5 months worth of work. 5 months of work. Blip gone.

Now I'm sure, any of you can imagine the pain of having so much work just be lost because you didn't click the right option in the menu. I cursed at myself for being an oblivious moron who couldn't read the options in a menu properly.

I vented to my friends about it. I remembered the comfort, the apologies, the 'if it were me, i'd just quit art all together' and the advice as well. I had this idea in my mind for months... I wasn't about to throw in the metaphorical towel. I looked up recovery methods. (I use FireAlpaca for my art, and their recovery system is a bit hard for me to understand and also completely useless because I SAVED OVER THE FILE I WAS TRYING TO RECOVER)

So I took my wips that I sent to my friends, and put together a new foundation for the comic. I redid 5 months of work and then some, building out more and more until I was satisfied with it... and only this morning at 1-3am did I finish this comic, after doing all the minor tweaks I could to make sure it was completely done.

This comic took 9 months to complete. How fitting is that for a comic about my su/oc fan kid to take 9 months to make before this sucker is visible in color for everyone to see. Here's the link

But yea over all I'd think the takeaways from this would be: - Take your time, take breaks ( rushing yourself is bad for your mental and physical health - Make sure to READ things before you confirm. (I was going off pure muscle memory and didn't read the button that said save instead of open.) - Never give up. (Things might feel like they are crashing all around you, but you got this if you just persevere through the storm of doubt) - Also even if you don't have anyone to send wips, its always good to save copies of your work so if something happens and corrupts your file, its always good to have a little foundation to work off of instead of working from complete scratch.