#Rhamnous

[jasipereo]

10, 24 for love to the tune of moonlight, 27, 30, and 35: how is writing making the cut going!!! (im still thinking about that last line. you can’t do this to me)

There are a couple of fandoms that I’ve entertained the thought of writing for, but inspiration hasn’t struck hard enough for me to finish anything of note (I’ve had tlc, omgcp, and haikyuu drafts floating around for yearsss). Within PJO I’ve technically written something for every ship/character that I’ve seriously wanted to explore. Whether or not I posted/finished what I wrote is a completely different question 😭

It’s hard to remember my thought process behind love to the tune of moonlight bc I feverishly wrote it all in one night, but back then I was very fixated on the films The Illusionist (2006) and Anastasia (1997)!The idea of conman in the early 20th century was lodged into my head by those movies, and I couldn’t get it out until I wrote it down. I'm fairly sure that I imagined Leo performing his magic act first, and then the quiet moments that followed with him and Piper at the piano in the empty bar eventually became the heart of the story. I originally envisioned the fic in his perspective, so Piper's pov and the theme of memory really took me by surprise!

meet me beneath the christmas tree is inspired by the singular day I was a waitress at a retirement facility for rich people, the whole "tree buddy" thing in branches is loosely based off of a buddy system they had at my first uni, the scooby plush in every scooby needs a shaggy was a real thing that i owned and mutilated as a child, and I named the dog in chips after one of my mom's childhood dogs :') a huge chunk of making the cut will be loosely based on real life experiences as well haha

I have but I have no idea how I feel about it!!! My style is very easily influenced by the things that I read/watch and I feel like that's shown up really frequently in my recent work. There have been a few times in the last five years where I read a fic that I liked in a fandom that I didn't write for and then immediately opened a document to try and capture the style with characters that I liked more. And lately I've been thinking in dialogue more than ever, mostly because I'm more immersed in the film/comics world now and I've been slowly rewiring my brain to keep my thoughts visual. It's weird and it's fun but sooo different from the flowery prose I used to know and love :')

35: how is writing making the cut going!!! (im still thinking about that last line. you can’t do this to me)

I still think about it too dw!! Idk if it's good or bad that I'm debating cutting it into 4 chapters (I'm trying soooo hard not to), but I'm still in the Frankenstein stages where I'm throwing down scenes and writing whatever comes to mind before rearranging everything into something that makes sense. If it helps, I've locked down the final scene and all of the key moments I'd like to include so far. It's supposed to be really long, so choosing what to keep/cut will take a minute, my apologies. Chapter 3 is somehow farther along so I hope that grants you peace!

fanfic/author ask game

[shadowtraveled]

yuri hellooo!! 🐚 🪷 🥥🌋 🗿 for the writing ask game ^_^!!

hi ken ken hi! :} 🫀

🐚 How do you come up with your story ideas?

i always end up with themes or characters first and then the story ends up being whatever events allow me to follow those through to a conclusion LKSKDJFS... half the time even the characters are just "oh x concept is interesting let's make a vessel for it and see how many directions it can go in" (this is how i end up with 17 characters that all share core similarities)

🪷 What’s the best writing tip you’ve ever received?

literally just that your reader probably didn't notice you using the same word 3 times in 4 paragraphs LMFAO and that you can't really overuse names in cases where just pronouns would be too confusing

🥥 Who is your favourite oc? What makes them so special?

god it really is eiza.... i just wanted to make a dnd character who was kind of a cunt but i gave them too many character traits and backstory beats that i find appealing and/or relatable so now we're bound by blood. every character i make i make for an audience of Me and this one succeeded too hard

🌋 What’s your favorite part of the writing process?

honestly research lmfao

🗿 What’s a piece of writing you’re particularly proud of?

my critical role fanfic lives mostly in my google docs at the moment but some of the things i haven't posted yet are, i think, my best characterization work ever in terms of mannerisms and speech styles

[soyexndemigod]

She had teleported herself and ended up before the gates and into the academy in the middle of the night, she lightly walked towards one of the dorms, allowing her animal companion to sniff out where its owner had resided. Eventually, it caught scent, agitated and seemingly rushed to go to where it was coming from. Heaving a sigh, she allowed the snow leopard to lead her to where its owner’s room was, finally coming to it after a few minutes of searching. 

She watched Rhamnous go up the bed and settle there, seemingly content and happy, unlike when it had been with her. With another heavy sigh, she writes a note and leaves it next to where the creature laid, before finally taking her leave, never to be seen again.

He’d been very unhappy, it seemed appropriate to return him. I’m sorry for everything, but it’s for the best.

The demigoddess walking back to her dorm after a long day of classes, and she had only one thing in mind, sleeping. Surprisingly, as she arrived in front of her room, her eyes couldn’t stop twitching at how the door wasn’t closed. “Did he really left the door open…..?” She mumbled to herself, while shaking her head and stepping inside. Of course, he wouldn’t be there as she guesser, and the brunette shrugged her shoulders deciding that she would deal with him once he get back, but for now, she only wanted to rest. What she needed was at least a long nap. “What would I do for a good rest without interuption—” Her eyes widening at the sight of a creature curled onto the mattress of her bed, Soyeon was unsure if she was dreaming or not and if it was who she thought it was. “R-Rha.. R-Rhamnous…?” The snow leopard raised its head only for its eyes to meet with hers and in a jump, he found himself standing up, and rushing into her direction. The last time she had seen her snow leopard, he was still young and she couldn’t believe what was in front of her, was it really Rhamnous? In a matter of seconds, huge ball of fur confirmed it by licking the brunette’s cheek and starting to meow like a real baby. “Rhamnous.. o-oh my… b-baby boo, I’-I’ve missed y-you so mu—-.” The sight of a paper note resting on the bed caught her  attention which made her not able to finish her sentence, simply grabbing the note and reading it. As she was done, tears could be seen on the top of her cheeks, and slowly rolling over them. “N-No.. S-She came, S-She.. R-Rhamnous.. I-I…N-Nemesis……” As to comfort her, the snow leopard made its way beside its owner and simply nuzzled her cheek which made Soyeon smile while still being in pain. “I-It’s for the best?.. yeah?” Because he couldn’t speak, Rhamnous simply licked her nose in response, and the woman found herself wrapping her arms around her snow leopard, hiding her face into its fur.

[thekatieandrews]

Marathon & Rhamnous

Today we had our first class trip to Marathon & Rhamnous! When we first arrived in Greece, we were told about the myth behind the Halcyon days and that we could expect to experience some. Well, after a week of 60°+ weather that can only be described as Halcyonic we were greeted with cloudy skies and a chill. I guess its hard to complain when the high in NY today was 16°, but indulge me.

Our first stop was Rhamnous. At the site there is a settlement and the sanctuary of Nemesis (Νέμεσις). Gonna have to warn everyone that with my interest in archaeology I'm gonna go a little overboard whenever we visit archaeological sites and the posts will be extensive so GET READY.

The reconstructed top part of the temple of Nemesis.

Reconstructed temple columns.

Michael giving us the low down as we get a behind the scenes look at the reconstruction.

Before we got to the sanctuary, overlooking the channel to Euboea.

The settlement below the sanctuary.

We then drove to Marathon. We saw the Marathon museum and which was located next to some excavated burial sites and then went to the Marathon Tumulus. The museum was smaller, but the excavated burials were cool. I love me some skeletons, so I enjoyed that. I was impressed by how large the tumulus, which is now a large grassy mound, was. After our morning of light trekking we went to the beach at Marathon to eat before returning to Athens. I even tried anchovies and while the taste was nice, I was not too into the crunching of tiny bones.

Excavated burials.

The view for lunch. Ade & I split Σαγανάκι (friend cheese) and some calamari.

More Marathon beach.

And of course we have Anywhere Card #4. Well I'll remember a bunch of things. But one thing that stood out to me was the location of the sanctuary of Nemesis. Even on a cloudy day it had some really nice views and it was easy to imagine why this location was chosen to build a sanctuary. For future reference: if someone wants/needs to build me a sanctuary pick a location with bangin' views. Or else I may send my wrath down upon you. Something that I will forget, or maybe hope to forget is more accurate, is how the local cats chose to go to the bathroom on the beach right in full view as we ate lunch. Maybe they just wanted to poop with a view, but jeez, you'd think they'd have learned some tact at this point. Come on, guys!

[jasipereo]

LIPER FOR SHIP BINGO !!!!! 🎤

Y’all know me so well, here it is babes 🥰 @partiallypearl

[fabulatrix]

I really, really miss Greece sometimes.

Especially this place.

Here, I stood upon the foundations of an ancient ruinous temple, dedicated to the goddess of righteous anger. I stood facing into the wind, down between the savage green hills to the clear Aegean and the remnants of a Hellenistic town.

If ever there were a place that could impress upon me the certain reality of history and the impossible ancients, it was here. Here and Mycenae. Here the cutting wind, isolation, and weathered grey rock. In Mycenae the knowledge that I was walking the paths of Perseus, Orestes, and Agamemnon.

These places confirmed for me what I already suspected to be true: myths, legends, fairy tales are all rooted in truth. In solid stone. I was allowed to touch the truth that has kept me breathing, kept my eyes and heart open. And because of this tangibility, nobody will ever be able to take this truth away from me.

Things we in our millennial suburbs cannot consider comprehending as reality, I have felt beneath my fingertips. I can believe that anything is possible, and no jaded cynic in all their worldly intellectualism could ever dream of the freedom in that feeling.