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tgmsunmontue · 5 months ago

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I'd know you anywhere - 5/5

Set when Hangman first meets Rooster. Bradley and Bradford Bradshaw are twins. Most people know this. Some people need to be brought up to speed. Quickly.

Explicit out the gate. Also an everyone is alive AU because I need the softness when I’ve got two other fics on the go with DADT and canon deaths.

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PART FIVE

“I think I’ll probably like your brother. Once I get to know him better,” Jake says, not sure what to say with Bradley just standing there staring at him like if he blinks Jake might disappear in a puff of smoke.

“You just spent four months with him.”

“I spent four months thinking he was you and we were ignoring the fact that we had spent the night together… Didn’t exactly make it conducive to polite conversation.”

“I’m sorry. I did say I’d message you!”

“Yeah, I’ve already told your brother that assuming you had an evil twin was definitely not going to be my first assumption when he brushed me off.”

“So we both thought we’d been ghosted by the other. I’m glad you think he’s the evil one though.”

“I’m glad to realize that no-one ghosted anyone…”

“Yeah. That too,” Bradley says, his smile slow and it transforms his face and Jake studies it, notes the little divot that appears high in the apple of his cheek, one he’s certain Bradford doesn’t have. Another difference to file away. “Can I kiss you?”

“I don’t know, can you?” Jake replies, and he’s smirking as Bradley steps forward, his hands reaching for him and Jake savors the touch, lets himself relax into it after months of heartache thinking that he’d been wrong. That he hadn’t been wanted.

“You’re a dick. May I kiss you?” Bradley asks and part of Jake thrills, because it had been part of their banter, the teasing flirting name calling that had been playful and fun, tipping over into bed and he’s nodding his head without even realizing it.

“Yeah, you may…”

Then there are lips on his, a hand in his hair, another firm hand on his hip, holding and pressing close and Jake just hums and presses back; lets his fingers pull gently at the curls of Bradley’s hair. He thinks he keeps his hair longer, but it may just be the result of being gone so long.

“Want to make up for lost time?”

“Yeah. I do. Definitely.”

It’s almost identical to the last time they were together, rushed hand jobs, lube spilled with over eager hands, laughter tinged with relief that they’re together. They don’t stop kissing each other. His skin is going to be so red and irritated and he gives zero fucks, wants everyone to know he got laid the night before and that he loved every second of every minute. Their clothes don’t even make it all the way off before they’re both coming, breathless pants mixed with little laughs that don’t quite tip over into hysterical giggles.

“Fuck I needed that…” Jake murmurs, kissing Bradley again and wiping his hand on the bunched shirt hanging off Bradley’s wrist.

“Glad to be of service.”

“Want to clean up?”

“Might need some help…”

Jake laughs, but takes it for the invitation he suspects it is. He’s not ready to let Bradley out of his sight either, tugs him towards the bathroom, stopping every few steps to just give him a kiss and he’s pretty confident that the smile on Bradley’s face is mirrored on his own. Hopes that the bubbly feeling of combined happiness, arousal and pleasure are also being experienced by Bradley. They finally manage to get all their clothes off, Bradley kissing him continuously and Jake lets his own lips place kisses on whichever piece of skin is closest. It’s soft and intimate in a way that he’s not familiar with, but he likes, even with the accompanying feeling of vulnerability that leaves him feeling a little raw. That’s soothed by the way Bradley looks at him, can’t or won’t stop looking at him, eyes hopeful and warm.

He eyes the shower cubicle skeptically, they’re not both going to fit comfortably, not without one person having to be pressed hard against one wall. He’ll make it work. The shower is, as expected, cramped as fuck. Neither of them seem to mind though, hands still exploring under the guise of cleaning. Discovering Bradley is a little ticklish is something he files away in his increasing collection of things he knows about him, licks water off him and doesn’t think he’ll ever get enough. He stands there naked, brushes his teeth, watches as Bradley just shrugs and uses a finger, eyes crinkling with amusement as they meet Jake’s in the steamed-up mirror.

“Minty fresh…” Jake says as Bradley kisses him again, savors the breath of air across the bare skin of his shoulder as Bradley laughs.

“Yeah, you’re a terrible host. No spare toothbrushes just lying around. Something we’ll have to remedy I guess.”

“Yeah? Little shopping trip?” Jake asks, thinking about what Bradford had warned him about. If he can really consider it a warning. The idea that Bradley is just going to go all-in and that he has to let it happen. He wants it, all of it.

“Yeah, get you one for my place while we’re there…”

“Sounds good,” Jake replies, and the bashful look he sees briefly before Bradley is ducking his head into the crook of his neck to kiss makes his skin shiver and prickle all over.

“Maybe buy some pajamas too… I’ll have to sleep naked tonight.”

“Mmm. Such a hardship. I’ll join you in solidarity. Don’t want you to feel left out. And I’d like to think my bed is a pajama free zone anyway…”

Bradley laughs and Jake wants to hear that sound every day. Fuck. He’s so far gone on this guy already and it’s as terrifying as it is exhilarating, making him feel like his first catapult takeoff, all tight pressure and wanting it so badly and all tightly wound anticipation after wanting it and hearing about it for so long. It’s finally his turn.

“Mine too, but I like to have something comfy to pull on when I make you coffee in the morning.”

“Promises promises,” Jake murmurs, lets himself be guided toward the bed.

“Can’t believe I get to do this again,” Bradley says quietly, and he’s tucking himself in behind Jake and pulling the blankets over them both but it’s also confusing, because they haven’t done this before.

“You didn’t do this last time…”

“I’m not talking about last time, I’m talking about the future. When I get to do this again, and every time from now on that I think about this…” Bradley says.

“Oh.” Jake is glad now that he was in fact warned, because it’s kind of intense and a lot and he just has to hope that he’s enough.

“Yeah… oh. Fuck. Sorry. Too much? Too fast? I just… time together is going to be a scarce resource and I want to make the most of it when we’ve got it. So… if it’s any consolation I want to do this with you every day.”

“I don’t know what world you live in where you think that this is somehow a consolation prize and not the fucking jackpot…” Jake murmurs in reply, wonders what kind of people Bradley has been with that have made him sound unsure that this isn’t what someone would want with him.

“Oh.”

“Yeah. Come on. Sleep time. Your brother knows exactly where you are. He delivered you to me, after all.”

“That he did…”

… … …

He’s not used to sharing a bed and he stirs awake at some hour in the middle of the night, can feel Bradley shifting and getting out of the bed and for the briefest of moments his heart twists and sinks before the more rationale part of his brain prods him.

“Where are you going?”

“Drink of water and bathroom. I’ll be right back.”

“Okay…” Jake mumbles, blinking against the fact that sleep is trying to claim him again and he reaches blindly for his phone, wants to know the time and squints at it and waits for his eyes to focus. Half-past twelve. Not quite two hours of sleep, but also potentially several more hours of sleep ahead of them. Then Bradley’s cool naked body is pressing up against him, and he shivers against the sudden cold.

“Asshole.”

“Thought you could warm me up…”

“Yeah?” Jake asks, and he definitely adds a suggestive tone to the single word.

“No… well. Yes. But also just… want to cuddle.”

“We can cuddle. I’m still asleep.”

“Mmm. Sleep talking very coherently.”

“I’m very talented,” Jake states, because he knows he is, and he has no shame in letting those around him know it too; but this is different, playful banter with the promise of more if they both want to but also just quietly holding each other. He’s not sure what he likes more, having sex with Bradley, or doing domesticated shit with him. He suspects he’s going to get more than his fair share of both and rolls over to face him, captures his lips in a gentle-soft kiss, hums happily as Bradley kisses back just as gently.

They lay there, half-asleep but the fingers of one hand just exploring and stroking wherever they can find, Bradley seems kind of obsessed with the skin over Jake’s pelvic bone, his thumb just tracing back and forth rhythmically and it’s almost hypnotic how the feeling of it back and forth is making him feel drowsier and drowsier and he falls back to sleep.

… … …

He comes to wakefulness slowly, the feeling of Jake’s body draped over him warm and calming and he doesn’t particularly want to wake him. He watches silently in the dim morning light, takes in the dark eyelashes and ridge of his nose, mouth parted in sleep. He can’t believe that Jake wants to be with him, he’d felt certain of it after their first night, but the four months had made him doubt everything. Even with the explanation a little part of him worries about it, and he guesses only time will tell. The fact that Ford seems to like Jake is already one hurdle out of the way though.

“Good morning…” Jake says, voice rough with sleep and Bradley is pretty sure his heart just swells in his chest.

“It is a good morning.”

He’s going to have to find some way of thanking or paying back Ford for figuring it out and then quickly and efficiently setting up a meeting between them, one where there was no room for further miscommunication. Jake is shifting against him, Bradley can feel his cock, already half-hard and then he’s being straddled, Jake’s hand on either side of his head and Bradley pulls him down so he’s lying flush against him, can feel their cocks growing hard between the pressure of their bodies.

“Going to make it a better morning…?”

“Going to try…”

“There is no try.”

“There is only do…”

They laugh against each other, the sound turning to gasping moans as they grind against each other and he runs his hands down the length of Jake’s body, fingers digging into the cheeks of his ass as he pushes up, the increased friction making his skin feel tight all over. It’s going to be dry and dirty because he has no intention of letting go of Jake, wants Jake to use his body to bring himself pleasure, and the thought is enough to make his cock jerk and his fingers grip Jake’s ass a little harder.

Jake is making little gasping uh, uh, uh sounds against his neck and he turns his head, noses against cheek roughly until he can capture Jake’s lips in a rough kiss, curls his fingers into Jake’s hair and holds him, urges him on, their bodies rutting against each other and his entire body feels like a live wire, frayed and sparking where it’s being touched, just waiting to ignite. It feels so good, and he’s looking forward to having time to talk and figure out what they might be better at doing in bed with each other. God he cannot wait to find out. He doesn’t try and hold back his orgasm, drinks in the sounds Jake is making, savors the taste of his mouth and skin under his lips, his gut coiling and sparking as he comes and he continues to thrust and grind, urges Jake on closer to his own completion. Then Jake is shuddering and he feels the sticky warmth spreading and squelching further between them and god sex is so fucking gross but so fucking good. He kisses him again, gently and softly as they both come down, bodies both twitching a little and he grins again Jake’s mouth.

“We need another shower.”

… … …

Another shower, separate this time, and they’re sitting at the tiny table, hands curled around mugs of coffee but bare feet touching and ankles crossed with one another’s beneath the table. Bradley is wearing Jake’s clothes, the jeans are inches too short, a dark henley stretched over his slightly wider shoulders, underwear also Jake’s, but that had fit perfectly and he’d never thought putting clothes on a person could be just as sexy as taking it off but he suspects he’s going to learn a whole lot of new things with regards to himself with Bradley around.

“So… Kanga and Roo? You want to tell me what that’s about?”

“Ugh. If I have to… there’s two versions. Which one do you want?”

“Both of them. I’m not going anywhere.”

The smile Bradley gives him is bright and Jake can’t help smiling back. Shit. Javy is going to give him so much shit about this when he finds out.

“So, when we were born there was something called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, which basically boils down to Ford being a greedy fucker and being a lot bigger than me when we were born. I was small and pale and wrinkly and silent, while Ford came out fat and red and screaming.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah, obviously I’m fine. But my Dad pretty much lived with me strapped to his chest with this pouch thing, and he called me his joey, because that’s the name of a baby kangaroo, and then it morphed into Ford being Kanga and me being Roo, because I was so much smaller.”

“You said it was from a book?”

“Yeah. Winnie the Pooh. Have you really not heard of Winnie the Pooh?”

“Oh… The bear?”

“Yeah.”

“There’s a kangaroo in there?”

“Yeah, two of them. Mother and child. Kanga and Roo. My idiot brother really nailed his callsign because it would have been BamBam, because his first carrier landing he hit the deck and then fucking bounced and he got the name Kangaroo and had to live with people telling him that decks weren’t made of rubber…”

“And your callsign?”

“Well, I was already getting called Roo, and someone asked if it was short for Rooster because I was a bit of a cock. I had a bit of an attitude a few years ago.”

“Just a few years ago?” Jake teases, and Bradley laughs and shoves his toes into his shin and Jake just reaches for his hand, is watching his face when he catches Jake’s wrist and twists it, face falling as he looks at the time.

“Is it seriously almost eight o’clock?”

“Yeah. W– ” he starts, but Bradley is pushing his chair back, swearing over and over.

“Oh my god, I’m meant to be doing breakfast with Ice and Mav…”

“Okay, we can catch up later.”

“No. Well, yes. But I mean… Come with me? Please?”

“Uh. You sure?” Jake asks, because he has no idea who Ice and Mav are, but they’re obviously important enough that he wants to introduce Jake to them. Probably friends given the nicknames, so maybe even fellow naval aviators.

“Yeah. I want them to meet you. Want you to meet them.”

“Okay,” Jake nods, and at least he’s properly dressed. There’s a flurry of activity as he grabs socks and pulls them on, slides his shoes on and pulls the laces tight. Grabs his wallet and keys and then looks at Bradley in his ill-fitting borrowed clothes of Jake’s and he grins as he follows him out toward his borrowed fleet car.

“You sure we don’t have time to go back to your place?”

“No, we definitely don’t. I cannot be late. I’ll never hear the end of it. Come on. They hate it when people are late.”

“Well, you’re lucky you invited me to come with you. You’d have no transport otherwise.”

“Oh my god, thank you. We’re just meeting at the officer’s mess…”

“Officer’s mess? Okay. So, who are Ice and Mav exactly?” Jake asks, and he’s driving, knows the way without asking but his curiosity is spiking.

“Oh, my godfather and his partner. Ice is Ford’s godfather.”

“Okay. So… meeting the family huh?”

“Shit. Yeah. What if I promise you a blowjob?”

“At breakfast?”

“No! But another time and place…”

“Really?”

“Well, it’s not like it’s exactly a hardship. I like your cock…”

“Good to know. I’m kind of fond of your whole package,” Jake says, and he grins at the little embarrassed look Bradley shoots him. Yeah. He’s definitely gone on the guy.

They don’t quite run, but it’s a definite hustle from the car, Bradley’s phone dead and unable to send an apology message that they might be late, even if it’s not quite eight and Jake isn’t quite sure who is quite so pedantic about a couple of minutes. It’s breakfast, not reporting for duty. He follows Bradley through, getting waved in by an amused looking woman at the door and then they’re coming to a stop at a table set for seven and he frowns, wonders who else is maybe joining them. And where they are if it was meant to start at eight. There are two men sitting there, both sipping hot drinks and looking very at ease. Jake would put money on them being Navy.

“Hey Mav, hey Ice. This is Jake, my boyfriend. Jake, my godfather Mav, and Bradford’s godfather Ice.”

Jake blinks at the casual use of the term boyfriend, he’s never just been dropped into something like this without a discussion first. Not that the past discussions have gone particularly well as it was usually just before Jake deployed and each relationship dissolved into nothingness while he was away. Speed running a relationship. He can do this.

“Hi. Nice to meet you.”

“Are you the reason he’s late?” Ice asks.

“Uh…” Jake starts, looking between them. Bradley is rolling his eyes, so is Mav, who has kicked out a chair for either him or Bradley to sit in.

“They’re not late Ice, leave them alone.”

“Just because they’re the first to arrive doesn’t make them any less late.”

“It’s just gone eight. Bradley is perfectly on time. As always.”

“Thanks Mav,” Bradley says, and he holds the chair out for Jake and it’s right beside Ice and he sits down, a little nervous and the assessing look he’s getting.

“Hmm. Although I see you shrunk your clothes in the wash again…” Mav says, and his eyes are sparkling with amusement and he’s winking at Jake like he knows exactly who the clothes belong to. It’s as reassuring as it is mortifying.

“Shut up. I was either on time and dressed like this, or very late and suitably attired.”

“For a given value of suitable attire,” Mav says, still grinning.

“I suppose we should be grateful that you’re dressed at all…” Ice says, and Jake takes a second to realize that he’s teasing as well, it’s just a quieter and drier sense of humor. Then he turns to Jake and looks at him over his glasses, points to Mav –

“Captain Pete Mitchell, callsign Maverick. I’m Vice Admiral Tom Kazansky. Callsign Iceman.”

“Holy shit,” Jake breathes, because he knows those names of course.

“I take it he didn’t warn you?”

“No sir.”

“Does it make a difference?”

“No sir, none whatsoever,” Jake says.

“Glad to hear it. Coffee?”

“Thanks.”

“Who are the extra chairs for?” Bradley asks, sitting down and pulling his chair close to Jake.

“Your brother and your parents.”

“What?”

“Bradford seemed to think you’d want to have everyone here…”

“Evil twin…” Jake murmurs and feels Bradley’s hand on his thigh, his head banging gently against his shoulder.

“Oh my god, I’m so sorry…”

“It’s okay. Not your fault. Just Bradford getting his own back. You can rub the fact that you got laid in his face.”

“Oh. I like this one…” Mav says, and Jake flushes, a little worried that he’d already sort of forgotten that he wasn’t alone with Bradley.

Ice is rubbing the little space between his eyebrows with his thumb.

… … …

“Hey Bradford!”

“Hangman… Holy shit. You can tell me apart from Lee by my ass can’t you?”

“Sorry man, I know who has the superior ass and it’s not you!”

“You’re an ass!”

“Definitely sometimes and proud of it.”

… … …

“I got an interesting message from my brother…”

“Uh huh…?”

“Can you really tell our asses apart?”

“Bradley, baby, I’d know you anywhere.”

#hangster #sereshaw #Top Gun Maverick fanfiction #I'd know you anywhere #Bradley Rooster Bradshaw #and 'Bradford Kangaroo Bradshaw' featuring as Bradley's identical twin brother

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mayodrawsstuff · 7 months ago

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Fanfics is something I don't usually read a lot of however A few years ago I came across @echoeternally s Mario X Bowser Fanfic.

I very much so enjoyed reading it and have since become incredibly fond of it, I think it's fantastic and very well written, naturally I had to draw something for it :)

originally it was a quick loose sketch as more so a rough idea for a drawing, but I since gotten around to digitise it and make it more presentable haha.

If you're familiar with the story you may spot a familiar thing or two ;)

Fun fact about it: The original file actually got irreversibly lost I had to use a progress image I had send to a friend so I wouldn't need to start from scratch! It unfortunately made the background be a little more compressed than I would've liked but what can you do There also was about a year if not two pause on it before I continued working on it.

I might rework this in the future we'll see :)

Edit: not very related but I thought I'd just quickly add some music I was listening to while drawing :) it's One of my favourites.

#digital art #fanfic #super mario #mario x bowser #eternally never yours #fanart #mario #bowser #Spotify

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raconteur-wanpi · 7 days ago

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i really love your generation swap au idea, its sooo fun...... i kinda hope ppl take you up on making their own content for it, im not a creator myself but id love to see more!! who were you thinking for the rest of the crew? i feel like tom for franky, olvia for robin..... maybe fisher tiger for jinbe..? he was definitely an adult already during sun pirates times but iirc FT was enough older that maybe theyre technically a generation removed & otherwise i cant think of who would fit. its even more confusing with brook lol, hes already a generation (or more) older than everyone. also tell me any other fun ones you enjoyed thinking up in the rest of the cast that wouldnt be immediately obvious if you want..!! its literally so fun to think about

Yeah, people seemed receptive to it, I'm glad! I don't even feel like I came up with it, my subconscious did, lol. I did end up having a lot of thoughts about it, though! I'd genuinely love to see what people do with it if the idea spreads! Seeing what people can do with prompts like this is always delightful.

Also spot on on my ideas for Franky and Robin, yeah! I considered Clover for a bit when it comes to Robin, but I think Olvia makes more sense, especially since I Support Women's Wrongs and want to have a more balanced cast gender-wise. For Jinbe honestly, I couldn't figure it out at first, but Fisher Tiger makes the most sense! The AU in my head is less about mapping the generations out perfectly, and more looking at the Strawhats and their roles, rather than ages. So it is role-based-first!

Honestly for Brook, I had two ideas initially! My first was swapping him with Yorki, but that doesn't feel right considering they were peers.

But then it dawned on me that in terms of who's alive and who is not in this AU, the canon / original Strawhats kinda follow the state of the mentors they've been swapped with (i.e. Nami, Chopper, Robin, Jinbe and Franky would be dead 😢), and since characters keep the same powers and skill sets from canon (so Luffy still has the Nika fruit, Shanks still fights with just Haki and Gryphon, etc), that means Chopper's Human-Human Fruit got reincarnated.

So of course, I think it would be ideal for Laboon to have gotten it! I love the idea of Brook being the one waiting for him to return at the lighthouse on Reverse Mountain, and Laboon being the one that got lost in the Grand Line and is trying to find his way back! I imagine this Hito-Hito version of Laboon would develop a very sweet friendship with Hiriluk once he joins the crew! Considering Chopper would be his dead father figure in this lol. Kinda like Luffy being glad that Sabo got Ace's fruit in canon, and feeling like he lives on through him.

Other non-protagonist cast ideas include Roger being swapped with Ace (so Ace is the dead pirate king, and was still Luffy's older brother figure. Meanwhile Roger is Shanks' older brother figure like Ace was for Luffy in canon, since the ages have been fudged around for this. Or maybe more like a young uncle? Either way he's still an older male relative figure lol).

Garp and Koby feels like another obvious one, with Koby being a Vice Admiral and a good friend of Luffy, despite the fact that Luffy is an Emperor lol. I like the idea of Luffy being the World's Youngest Grandpa somehow in this, and Garp as his grandson being Koby's trainee haha. There's a lot you can do with so many characters honestly. I'd just have to go arc by arc at this point haha.

If I'm being honest, I kinda found myself more invested in figuring out what the Older/Mentor Strawhats are like in this AU, rather then the equivalent of the young protagonist crew. I guess it makes sense, considering they're the actual protagonists in the original story lol, but I enjoy all the ideas I was flooded with about them a lot!

I actually started writing a long-winded file with bullet points about all 20 main swapped characters, but I wonder if anyone's actually interested enough for me to post it or not. It's not even done yet, but if people really want it, I'll finish it lol.

#talltales #one piece au

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mithraeris · 1 year ago

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He Who Was Quotes

I was so intrigued by the note carried by He Who Was that @isolationstreet posted that I went through the script to see if there was more juicy content. And there is! Turns out he's not just a Shadar Kai, but a rogue Shadar Kai.

There is tons of content for Dark Urge and different classes. Also you can get a lot of Astarion approval for being awful here.

For a "random NPC" it's kind of a lot. Anyway, here are some highlights. Bold emphasis is mine.

Seems like the best outcome for people kinky over He Who Was is to have Madeline stab herself, but only once!

SCL_ServantOfTheRaven_AD_Idle

File description: An idle AD playing from time to time after the ritual. This gives hints that He Who Was and the raven are not actually supposed to be in the shadowlands

He Who Was (to Raven, cold and irritated): If you do not approve, you can leave.

Raven (this is a raven mimicking human speech (look it up on youtube, it's cool and freaky!). Emotionless and freaky. Getting louder and louder.): Not. NOT.

He Who Was (smug): I thought so

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He Who Was (discussing the player. Sounds a little sinister): We are fortunate to have found a companion.

Raven (this is a raven mimicking human speech (look it up on youtube, it's cool and freaky!). Emotionless and freaky. Getting louder and louder.): Companion. COMPANION.

He Who Was (speaking to the raven, sincere. He would be lost without his companion raven.): Be at ease. None could ever replace you.

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He Who Was (irritated, speaking to Raven): Do not look at me like that.

Raven: Caw.

He Who Was (cold and irritated): Our orders do not matter. We make our own destiny now.

SCL_ServantOfTheRaven_ShadarKai

Player [Bard]: It is an honour to meet one of the Raven Queen's scions. What brings you here?

He Who Was: For your kind to know Her ways is rare. You will suit the task at hand well.

SCL_ServantOfTheRaven_Memories

File Description: The player has delivered Madeline's ledger to He Who Was. The shadar-kai uses the book to channel her spirit. Player can punish her, making her stab herself the way her friends died, verbally admonish her, or forgive her.

Some things he can say that have interesting context about him manipulating the player:

He Who Was (trying to manipulate the player with a compliment, he doesn't really mean this): Your soul is lit with a grace few possess. It is… blinding.

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He Who Was (cold and calculated, trying to manipulate the player (totally does not hope the player sleeps easy)): You have denied her victims any chance of rest. I pray you sleep easy at night.

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He Who Was: The raven was right, we were fated to meet. Break her, my friend - most thoroughly.

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After having Madeline stab herself once:

He Who Was (Breathy laugh at the beginning and excitement in first sentence. Bloodied knife in his left hand, which he drops. He's shaking, blinking as he takes back control of his body. Returning to calm cold and calculated by end of second line. Cruel smile): That was genius, my friend. You have broken her in ways I could not have imagined.

He Who Was (wry sarcasm as he looks over his bleeding body, does not seem bothered by the pain): Though I'd have preferred not bleeding quite so profusely.

Player: That was fun can I do it again

He Who Was (deadpan and sarcastic): Not until I have recovered, if you wouldn't mind.

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After emotionally breaking Madeline

He Who Was (returns to his body with a jerk, smiling as he looks at his hand. Breathy with excitement like he's on a high): Ah! Glorious. Look - my hand still shakes.

He Who Was (delighted and cruel smile, little breathy as he comes down from the high. Collected and cold by "well done"): You broke her - most thoroughly. Well done.

Player: This was just some perverted fantasy of yours, wasn't it?

He Who Was (Cold and calculated): Perhaps, but we both got what we wanted, didn't we? Player: That was fun.

He Who Was (cruel smile, he believes him and the player to both we weirdo perverts): It is pleasing to see we are of one mind.

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Player [Cleric of evil-aligned deity]: Perhaps I will finish what the Dark Justiciars started

He Who Was: I thought I the teacher. But I have a feeling I will learn much from you.

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He Who Was (this sounds like it could be either a threat or a compliment depending on how you look at it. Cruel smile): The raven was right about you. Your name will be remembered

#baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 spoilers #he who was #bg3 script

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kaiowut99 · 2 months ago

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ARC-V Episode 1 "Dub-Uncut" (ENG Dub w/ JP OST) WIP #3 | The Duel of the Decade? (WIP #1; WIP #2)

Another preview of my ARC-V Episode 1 "Dub-Uncut" take, as this time, we go into the first couple minutes of the episode. Dialogue-wise, I didn't change things too much, other than snip out some extraneous fluff added to some lines to make them longer than the Japanese line(s) (which 4K loved to do for ARC-V, but luckily it's usually easy to un-fluff them). I removed a line Yuya had after bumping into Gongenzaka calling him a "boulder" and reused an "Ouch!" with his groaning here to make this more like the JP version; I had to grab a Shuzou "Let's see now..." line from episode 12 (I think it was) for use as he sees Nico (4K trimmed his "Who are you?" shot a bit for time); Nico's "so lovely to see you my boy" is from a later episode since 4K cut his bow there; and as Nico says he'd offer the "ARC System" for free, 4K shortened his line to have the "as in 'free'" bit before he gestured with his hands (which was cut), so I reused a "seriously" to pad out the previous line, then slowed "as in free" some to play it over that part. Also, in the dub, Nico's line about the potential Ishijima/Sledgehammer duel after Yuya's flashback was over reused footage of him speaking earlier that replaced the poster shots here, but was also another fluffed line; I trimmed it some and fit it over the poster shots. All in all, a fun listen with the "Everyday Life on the Move" OST playing here, one of my faves.

You'll notice I also applied a few visual translation edits here 😏 The edit to the poster Nico holds out about Ishijima was one I'd previously worked on back when I was considering subbing ARC-V (before Crunchyroll did) and though I lost the original project file when my file drive crashed in '22, I thankfully had it posted here; I redid a stitch of the panning shot down the poster and then cut/pasted/slightly edited my translation edits into it before mixing it back into the footage--I then just quickly made changes to two bits of text for dub use (using "The Sledgehammer" and "Paradise City" in the ad over the stadium). After that, I worked on the Yusho poster, using 4K's blank edit for it as a base which I touched up and then edited the text onto, working it back into the footage using AfterEffects and some motion tracking. Then, I worked on the destination sign on the bus in the beginning, making an edit for the Japanese version (with "Maiami City"), and then one for the dub for use here ("Paradise City"); not the smoothest edit I've worked on as mentioned in that post, but overall I like how it looks in motion, lol.

(I had also thought about translating the billboard ads in the city shot, but there aren't enough reference shots for some of the further away ones to see what they say, and that might also be a slight pain in later episodes, so I'll save myself from going full madman, haha.)

Anywho, lemme know what you think! I have another finishing touch or two I want to work on, then I'll likely be all set to release this with the next teaser. Stay tuned!

#arc v #yugioh arc v #ygo arc v #ygo #yugioh #yugioh arcv #ygo arcv #arcv #arc v dub #project rambling #half-tempted to also do some line editing going forward to make mentions of 'LID' into 'LDS' as able and treat 'Leo Institute'#as another name for it lol #but we'll see #but yeah liking how it's coming together and it'll be fun working more eps #starting work on GX 120-121 and then i'll apply that last touch translating the 'Maiami Duel Tournament' banner in Yuya's later flashback #then we should be good to go!#Youtube #arcv dub uncuts WIPs

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spacey-xannabelle · 8 months ago

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Fateful Encounter...

Last month, at around April 10th, I decided to revisit an old project I started months prior which was to polish up a test sketch of a comic page about Lucy encountering Lumi in the dreamspace. And after slowly making progress on this, I'm finally finished with this!

I'm gonna leave some artist notes under the read more, but overall I'm super proud of how this turned out!! This is pretty much my first serious attempt at making comics in general so this has been a very interesting learning experience!

Artist notes: So this is what the original sketch for this whole thing was. It was just me scribbling out a scene I had in my head for Startrails that I wanted to put on paper:

This I'd say was made around 2020-2021 ish. At the time, I didn't really do much with it. Until several months ago, I thought of trying to redraw this page and expand upon it.

But my first attempt at doing this didn't quite lead anywhere. I barely got through the thumbnailing process and just gave up bc I lost motivation (and life/work stuff was Happening so yea I had to put this aside as I figured stuff out). Here's the first draft of the thumbnails:

It was just two pages at the time and was pretty simple. I left this project sitting in my files for a while until I one day just, started binging videos from Thestarfishface on YouTube, primarily her webcomic guide videos. And I decided I'd give this project another go.

It was here where I began making a second draft of the thumbnails and this was what I had to work with:

I wanted to experiment with the panels and get funky with the compositions this time around. The 2 page draft expanded to a 3 page thing. But I thought it would've been better if I added one more page at the end with Lucy waking up as a conclusion to wrap this whole thing together.

And in the middle of working on page 3, my friend had suggested to do a an impact frame page, which I hadn't considered during the thumbnailing, so 4 pages became 5. And this was the result!

I posted the pages as I finished them onto my deviantart so that's where a lot of my thoughts were journaled as I went along dfjsdh. To summarize my ramblings there, this project was a very fun (and a bit frustrating) learning experience! I'm hoping to keep practicing and improving my workflow, and hopefully one day make Startrails a full fledged webcomic :')

Additional ramblings:

The structure that Lucy finds Lumi in is inspired by an orrery.

For page 5, I initially didn't plan for much dialogue but as I drew it, it felt just a liiiitle bit empty, so I kinda just threw in some dialogue for Mira. But bc I was already in the inking process (and I just wanted to have this project completed), I didn't redo the page to even include Mira in it. So Mira's just out of frame sdfjskdh. If I had more time and energy to keep this up, I'd have made a revision of the page so I could include her.

This experience has taught me that I could seriously work on my rendering process a bit more, and that my layer management is just atrocious sdkfjksdfh

This has also taught me that while Medibang has the tools needed for me to draw these pages just fine, it also lacks some stuff that I personally need if I were to do a longer project like this. So I'll be experimenting with CSP next!

The dialogue throughout this whole thing wasn't all that planned out- I really just stuck close to what the initial doodle had which probably wasn't the best idea bc I just have like, 2 pages of Lucy's awkward sounding dialogue aaaa. I might do something a bit more dialogue heavy to help improve this skill next time.

Anyway, thank you for reading through my 1 am ramblings on this little project of mine shdkjhks

#artists on tumblr #Art #Digital art #comic art #original characters #OC lobby #OC art #Xan draws #Lucy #Lumi #Mira #Kinda dfjfkh #Startrails

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reel-fear · 11 months ago

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Howdy Bendy fandom! Here's something I found while looking through Dark Revival's files for stuff. Like the assets I like to use in my animations. I actually found it a long time ago and forgot to share it but better late than never, especially since it might tie into some Cage stuff? For one thing, the lost ones all have names. I believe they are just the names of their voice actors so they might not be canon but technically they are all named. However strangely two of them Tyler and Heather have these lines here entirely unique to them [Almost all of the wandering lost one lines are shared between them the only differences being how the VA speaks it and such.]

These lines, as far as I can tell, go entirely unused. "We just need to find Joey"

Like... Memory Joey? Did Wilson tell the lost ones to find him? Was this a scrapped idea or maybe it could come back later in the cage... Either way I thought I'd share it since it's very strange and I thought others might want to join in the speculation.

I also doubt this will be the last time I post some fun facts about my findings in the game files so look out for those! <3

#batim #batdr #bendy and the dark revival #bendy and the ink machine #ramblez

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ghozteevee · 1 year ago

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Happy Holiday Truce! @ectopal So sorry for the wait, life got away from me for a bit but I hope you enjoy the fic!

Be careful what you wish for...

It had been months since the Nasty Burger incident and Vlad has announced that Danny is now his ward. Some people take it better than others...

Content warning: This fic contains somewhat graphic depictions of violence and self hatred. Discretion is advised.

Word count: 2,946

Danny tugged at the collar of his dress shirt with a scowl, chattering of business men and women, socialites, wealthy people, and important members of Amity Park’s community filling the air around him. He hated coming to these events with Vlad, even before the accident, when his father would bring him along as a kid, he would find them stuffy and boring. Now it just served as another reminder of what he'd lost. Because at least before he could talk with Sam and make fun of the other guests with her, now…. It also didn't help that everyone kept giving him pitying glances or the bolder ones would come up and give their condolences even with the glare he would direct at them. It was pointless and it was infuriating. ‘Why did Vlad have to drag me here anyways…’ he mused as he readjusted his tie.

Danny remained near the back of the grand hall keeping to the shadows as best he could without his powers. He hadn't used them since the accident and would honestly prefer them gone, but Vlad had insisted on him keeping them, so refusing to use them became the next best thing. It was because of them that his family was gone after all.

In the crowd he could see Vlads figure bobbing and weaving through the crowd as he talked with various people for something or other. Danny hadn't really been paying attention to his explanation on what the event was about, just something about getting investors for some project. Every once in a while Vlad would turn in his direction as if checking to see if Danny was still there. He didn't know why he bothered, it wasn't like he had a license to take the car.

Soon it was time for the dinner portion of the event. As everyone started filing into the dining room and taking their assigned seats, Danny noticed some of the A-listers among the crowd of people. ‘Oh crap, this is bad, this is really bad….’ Glancing towards Vlad he hoped to find some excuse to leave right this second but found that the billionaire was already seated. Sighing deeply Danny surveyed the room. From what he could see only Paulina, Star, and Kwan were at the gala. ‘It could be worse,’ he thought, ‘Dash could have been here-’ as the last of the guests piled in, Danny spotted Dash with his father, the chief of police for Amity Park. “Fuck…” He muttered under his breath as he sank into his seat next to Vlad.

For now it seemed like none of his classmates had noticed him so he hoped to keep it that way. Since the incident his social life at school hadn't really changed much. If anything it had gotten worse in a way. Without Sam or Tucker or heck even Jazz to act as a distraction, the bullying from Dash got worse after about two weeks. The other students avoided him like the plague and some of the nerds started to verbally harass him, since they, rightfully, blame him for Mr. Lancers death. Honestly the fact that he was Vlad’s ward hasn't reached the rumor mill was a miracle. One that was probably about to run out. But hey, when did Danny ever have goodluck?

Once everyone had been seated, servers started to bring out plates of food for everyone. The dishes themselves didn't really look appetizing, even though they looked like they came straight from an episode of MasterChef. Picking at his food Danny glanced around the table, it seemed like for now none of the A-listers had noticed him, all of them too busy talking to each other. Breathing a sigh of relief he went back to his food.

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Once all of the courses had been served Vlad took his glass and stood tapping it to get everyone's attention. “Friends, I'd like to take the opportunity to formally announce something. As you all know it has been months since we had lost valuable members of our community, they had been our friends, role models, and children, and their loss has left a hole that hasn't yet begun to fill.” Danny kept his gaze low and shrunk into himself trying to not draw any attention to himself. He didn't like where Vlad was going with this. "As you may not know, some of the victims of the Nasty Burger incident were close friends of mine, Jack and Madeline Fenton, along with Jasmine, their daughter, were very dear to me and I miss them with my entire being.” Some of the guests started to murmur as some glanced over at Danny. “Which is why I was so delighted to learn that their son, and Jasmine's brother, Daniel had survived. So, all of this to say, I would like to propose a toast to Daniel, my new ward!” Vlad finished as he raised his glass, his gaze firmly on Danny.

Danny felt his blood and ectoplasm run colder than usual as everyone in the room raised their glass to toast him. Their expressions ranged from shock, polite, genuine joy, and on one face, barely contained rage. As Danny dared to look Dash in the eye he knew that he was probably screwed. Breaking eye contact with his number one bully Danny glared up at Vlad who was looking down at him, his expression seemingly showing genuine care. As the room erupted into applause Danny stood giving the crowd a strained smile before excusing himself.

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Leaving the dining hall as quickly as he could Danny tried to calm his racing heart. ‘Of course this was why Vlad brought me to this stupid event. He had just wanted to rub it in my face that I was now his kid!’ Rounding a corner he crashed into something hard and fell to the floor. Hissing Danny rubbed at his forehead as the last person he wanted to be alone with spoke up. “Well if it isn't Fenturd! Just the prick I was looking for.” Dash said as he picked up Danny by the front of his dress shirt and brought him up to his face. “You've got some nerve showing up here, now I don't know how a scrawny loser like you got Mr. Masters ear but it won't change anything. You're still a loser freak who isn't worth shit. It's a shame that you survived the blast, but at least we don't have to deal with your insane parents anymore.” Dash said as he threw Danny to the ground. “Honestly that blast was a blessing in disguise! I mean it got rid of the town crazies, that stuck up teacher Mr. Lancer and two losers!” He continued with a laugh. “It's too bad you were the one that survived and not your hot sister.” Danny gritted his teeth as rage coursed him with every word Dash spoke. He was growing sick and tired of Dash's bullshit. “Anyway, you're going to tell me exactly how it is that Vlad Masters took an interest in you, and if I don't like your answer I'll just beat it out of you.” Dash finished as he leaned close to Danny's face.

Danny just glared right back at him. He was so tired, tired of the bullying, tired of the pity, tired of being alone. He had these ‘amazing’ powers that turned out useless when he really needed them. His family was dead and here was Dash spitting on their names and laughing about it! “Well might as well get to swinging cause Vlad already explained why he took me in, his little speech explained it all really.” Danny scoffed as he pushed Dash's face away.

Dash's face turned red at that. “There has got to be another reason. There's no way someone as important as Vlad Masters could have been friends with your loser parents!” He exclaimed, causing Danny's mood to sour even more.

“You don't know anything about me or my family so back off or you're going to regret it!” Danny growled.

Dash laughed at that. “Yeah right, a loser like you?”

Danny chuckled darkly at that. “Oh I'm the loser right? Just an orphan who lost everything in a fiery explosion. But hey, that's probably preferable to being the kid of the most incompetent chief of police Amity Park has ever seen. Who feels so emasculated by a teenage superhero that he goes home and beats you just to feel better.” Danny took a step forward. “Who is so forgettable that if it weren't for the fact that you're good at throwing a ball people wouldn't look at you twice. Who is so pathetic you keep chasing after Paulina even though she has made it clear that she is not interested in you.” Danny could see Dash start to shrink in on himself, his smile grew sharper showing off his fangs. “You're just a pathetic little man who is so stupid and worthless that the only chance of making something of yourself is to grovel at the feet of the people better than you. And the only way for you to fool yourself into thinking that you can be something is to take out all of your insecurities on the people you deem worthless. Just like how daddy does to you.”

Dash took another step back, his teeth gritted in barely concealed rage. “You're one to talk, Phantom probably could have saved everyone that day but he didn't. Probably he was stuck saving your pathetic ass.” He said trying to regain some control. “Hell, maybe the reason no one has seen him in months is because he's ashamed of saving you.”

Danny paused at that before he started to laugh. Broken, near historical laughter that echoed across the hall as he curled in on himself. “Maybe you're right there…” He said between laughs. He glanced up at Dash through his bangs. “But what do you know? He's just a pathetic “hero” who was too slow. Too cocky for his own good. Only good for beating up the ghosts he let loose in this town.”

Danny suddenly felt himself being grabbed and thrown across the hall. Skidding across the floor he slammed into a nearby pillar. “You take that back Fenturd! Phantom is an amazing hero, he never brought those ghosts here, it was your fucking parents who built the portal that brought them here. He has just been cleaning up after you're pathetic folks mess!” Dash growled as he went to grab Danny once more.

Danny grinned as he looked up at Dash, his fangs on full display and his eyes now an ectoplasmic green. He watched as Dash froze in shock and maybe even slight fear as Danny's transformation slid over him. “You know what,” he started as he pulled himself out of Dash's grip. “I have a lot of pent up energy I need to let out, I haven't really been doing much ghost fighting you see.” He said as he lit up a ball of ectoplasm in his hand. “Maybe I'll let off some steam by beating up one of the people I hate the most. I'm sure you're used to it already, right? Dash…” He said, watching with twisted delight as the blood drained from Dash's face. “Let's put those “skills” of yours to good use!” He exclaimed as he threw the ectoball at Dash.

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Dash shouted in alarm as he dodged out of the way of the projectile, glancing back at Fento- no Phantom he gasped as the hero came flying right at him. Jumping out of the way he whipped around as he saw Phantom preparing another ectoball to throw his way. His mind was still spinning from the information that the hero he'd idolized for years was attacking him. Who seemed to hate him so much that he spat all of that venom at him. ‘This can't be true!’ He thought as he dodged another blast.

“Come on Dash! Is this the best you've got? Where's the guy who would shove me into lockers after beating the stuffing out of me huh?!” Phantom roared as he aimed a laser at Dash.

With a yelp Dash sprinted out of the way, dodging behind a pillar. “Well this isn't exactly fair! You have powers for God's sake!” He yelled back as he felt a slam against the pillar.

Suddenly Phantom’s face was right next to him. “That's never stopped you before.” He growled before grabbing him and throwing him across the hall. Yelping in pain Dash scrambled to stand up as Phantom approached slowly, his ghostly aura flickering in the dark hallway giving off an eerie vibe. “Oh I am going to enjoy this.” He said with a sharp grin as he lunged forward.

Dash panicked as he dived out of the way panting heavily as he tried to keep his distance from the hero. His mind reeling as the gravity of the situation sunk in. He had pushed too far, and now he was reaping what he sowed.

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Danny couldn't help but laugh as he continued to attack his bully. The fear wafting off of him was intoxicating as with each successful hit he became more and more fearful for his life. ‘Is this why all the ghosts crave to scare the shit out of humans? It's so delicious I want more!’ He lunged towards Dash again, the other was starting to get tired he could see it in his movements, and he was starting to get sloppy.

Grabbing him Danny started to land punch after punch on him, much like Dash would do to him since middle school. “You know,” another punch lands, “I'm starting to get,” he gets him in the stomach, “why you enjoy this so much,” another one to his face, “this is really fun!” Another one lands in his chest, leaving Dash gasping for air. Dash was starting to look bloody as the hits kept coming. Danny could only feel his rage as he continued his onslaught.

But suddenly a hand grabbed his elbow as he readied another punch. “I think that's enough Daniel.” Vlad’s voice cut through the haze as he kept hold of Danny's arm. Glancing back, he saw the billionaire staring down at him, his face scrunched up with worry.

“Oh what do you care, Vlad? Shouldn't you be happy I'm finally acting like you?” Danny spat as he wrenched his arm away from Vlad’s grip.

Vlad shook his head. “No, I am not pleased. This is not like you Daniel, you are supposed to be a hero, and hero's don't go around beating up people who can't fight back.” He said, crossing his arms as he gestured towards Dash.

Danny scoffed as he threw Dash to the ground. “Oh like you are one to talk about being a hero, remind me, who was the one who was always trying to get my dad killed? I'm sure you're just thrilled he finally kicked it! You're just sad you couldn't get my mom to yourself!” Danny growled his anger getting directed at Vlad.

Vlad flinched at that, his frown deepening. “Believe it or not, I haven't wanted to kill your father for a while now, least of all like this. And the fact that both your mother and sister were lost also saddens me deeply. Not to mention your friends and teacher.” He said as he approached slowly, like one would do a cornered animal. “I was jealous of your father, yes, but I never wanted something like this to happen, especially after I have seen how it affected you.” He said as he placed a hand on Danny's shoulder. “You are a good boy Dani- Danny, a good boy who has gone through so much and now has lost his only real support. And I'm sorry that I haven't shown you sooner how much I care about you.”

Danny glared up at Vlad, but as his words started to sink in that anger that he was holding since Dash first confronted him started to dwindle, only leaving the hurt and the grief behind. As his transformation washed over him once more Danny sunk into Vlad as sobs wracked his body. “I miss them so much!!” He wailed into his guardian. “I was right there and I should have done something!! I have all of these powers but I couldn't save the people I care about the most! What use do I have for them if I couldn't do that one thing?!” He wailed as the grief and anger at himself he had locked away inside himself flowed through him. He dimly felt Vlad patting his back as he wrapped him in a hug.

“It’s alright Little Badger, I've got you. We'll work through this together.” Vlad comforted as he held Danny closer. “As for you.” He said, turning his attention to Dash. “We are going to have a little discussion about what happened here. And I trust that you are smart enough to not breathe a word about this anyone, am I understood?”

Danny hears Dash scramble to stand up. “Y-yes sir, not a word…” He stammered.

“Good, now go get cleaned up, and if anyone asks, you fell, is that understood?” Vlad threatened.

Dash audibly gulped, “yes sir!” He yelped before scrambling away.

Vlad sighed as he turned his attention back to Danny. “Come Danny, let's get you cleaned up before heading back home.”

Danny pulled back from the hug nodding. “Okay, sounds good… Thanks.”

“It’s no problem at all Danny. Now come, we have some work to do to resolve this little hiccup.” Vlad reassured before guiding Danny away.

#holiday truce 2023 #danny phantom #danny fenton #vlad masters #dash baxter #eevee writes sometimes #long post #3/1/2024

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theresa-of-liechtenstein · 11 months ago

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'em' you may say. 'em once again it is not a tuesday or a thursday why are you here with another—' shut up. my life is hilarious.

presenting: em engages in the local classical music scene, electric boogaloo. special guest: tita conductor

so as may have been stated before, i managed to reserve a seat at an open rehearsal for the local philharmonic because this was literally the extracurricular life i dreamed of having five years ago. i was also aware that i would likely be the only person under the age of thirty from my university orchestra in attendance

which was the case. i found myself sitting one chair down from tita conductor (who tiptoed up the row towards me upon seeing me, leaving me frankly. Baffled. like madam what is your deal)

upon getting comfortable, she pulled out a whole 15-inch laptop and, turning it on, said eagerly, 'i've got the score [of the symphony they were performing] here to follow along and nerd out about!' before she realized. that she needed wi-fi to access it.

naturally i thought that was hilarious but once she started reading the conductor notes i was lowkey getting interested (you all know me.) and she noticed me getting interested so she said 'you can come sit next to me'. needed no second urging

luckily they didn't even start with that one (florence price my beloved. beautiful work for strings and conducted by the guest conductor)

then we moved on to a locally written violin concerto that did not immediately endear itself to me because of its requirement to have the brass do a sound like a car backfiring twice in the first movement. not fun

then the soloist (also composer) stopped to request a microphone because he couldn't project over the orchestra, they spent several minutes fussing with that

tita conductor leaned over to me (leaned is a strong word, she had already decided that my left armrest was Her armrest despite the seat on her left being empty) and whispered "that is probably about $2000 worth of wages right there" LMAO?

they finally went on their way, but at several points i found myself increasingly concerned that tita conductor was going to doze off on me. picture a "who wants to be a millionaire" question such that:

after that they took a break, during which tita conductor was heading toward the parking lot to fetch a scarf for our principal cellist (who was also in attendance, one seat down on tita conductor's other side) and, being Decidedly Not A City Person, i tagged along just so i could have a walking buddy to get water from my car.

not for the first time, she asked me whether i found the score of the modern piece i'd requested useful, which i answered to the affirmative. then she pressed further on why i'd wanted it, to which i told her the truth: general curiosity, and wanting to write in cues for myself as a backup plan if i miscounted the various time signature changes, or places where the string rhythms matched so i could take a look at bowings during rehearsal. she seemed to file that away for reference.

we headed back in for the second half, where at last tita conductor could pull out the score she was so excited to read (and re-log in to the wi-fi so she could read it), and spent the next 35 minutes squinting at the laptop screen following it. which was a lot of fun (even if we did get lost for a few pages halfway through the second movement and have to wait to hear a recognizable bit to reorient)

after returning to some parts of the first movement for review, they closed with a group of singers. as they were setting up microphones on stage, i was realizing that the dehydration headache i had had since brahms the night before was growing worse

off tita conductor's query as to whether i was going to attend the actual concert, my response that my headache was getting worse, and my realization that i was out of tylenol, she rummaged in her bag and offered me some advil out of an old makeup container, which i almost took before i realized (1) i've never taken ibuprofen and (2) i was going to just accept drugs off a random woman, favorite person in the music department she may be.

i politely declined and resolved to grit my teeth through it.

i was eager to get out and head back home, but as tita conductor (again, walking buddy) and i tried to get out the door, some lady blocked our way out to interview us on 'how we can increase engagement of young people with classical music'. well, perfect person to ask, i thought, seeing as that's pretty much her job. i was pretty anxious to head out, but saw that i actually would have something relevant to say about it as a Member of the Classical Music Community and Certified Youth, so i stayed back with tita conductor.

"i know you have to keep the orchestra going, but your student tickets should not be $20" - tita conductor, Fighting For Her Students

finally the random lady turned to me and asked "and what would you like to see programmed in an orchestra concert? movie music? contemporary pieces?"

it gave me much pleasure to give her a direct stare and say, "mid-classical. late classical. early romantic."

i mean i did warn her that i'm not necessarily representative of an entire demographic (look, i was the only undergrad tita conductor invited who actually came) but she was actually a little surprised by that?

also like. you ask Me. principal second violinist of the [unnamed university] orchestra, as i stand next to my boss, tita conductor, conductor of the [unnamed university] orchestra, after i just studied a score and attended an all-brahms concert the night before, and act surprised that i don't go for the movie music.

so i added my whole spiel about how young people, especially students who are expected to have some grasp of Western history, could best be reached out to if only organizations just. Went out of their way to give historical context in like a pre-concert talk or something like that. how i took for granted that people generally can connect art with the times in which it was created because that was how i developed my own musicality—through an historic lens.

i didn't really know if i got the point across because (1) headache and (2) tita conductor was looking very intently at me

hilarious to me how tita conductor also chipped in "and em is very serious about [classical music]" like we didn't just spend three hours statler-and-waldorfing in the back of this auditorium

walking back to the parking, trying to be a little lighthearted, i said "well that was... a little on the spot" to which tita conductor looked back at me and said "but i agree with you. you were right." W FOR ME I HAVE GOOD TAKES!

we chatted a little more (during which tita conductor straight up blocked the sun when she noticed i was squinting up at her, making another 'the frizz around a girl's hair is actually a halo' moment) before going our separate ways

i ran into another fucking pothole by accident on my way home but it was at such a low speed that the tires did not get damaged.

anyways. one year out from my fateful 'oh god i think i like my conductor' moment. we are having tita conductor moments like i wouldn't ever have believed.

this is making things very, very difficult for me.

#em jumped up busker #the transcendent third #<- indicates presence of a cartoon #em draws

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heartsyncproductions · 5 days ago

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Welcome back to another look back at everything I managed to do during the year of our chaos 2024! This was a weird year creatively, most notably because I was working full time in a new job in healthcare AND I was sick about twelve times this year. Both of those things really cut into my time for any creative work. However, I still managed to get some things done and goals checked off, so let's take a look!

I released a few things this year, so let's go through them:

Burning Academia Chapter 1 & 2 (plus some bonus content): In my goals list at the start of the year, I said I wanted to have up to chapter 4 done LOL Honestly, I think if my health hadn't failed me so much this year, I could have released up to chapter 3 and have been working on chapter 4 by December. But that just isn't what happened. Most of my time not working was spent sleeping this year since I was sick so often, and I think that really shows based on how most of things I got done were super short.

FaithEater: My Blasphemous/Dark Souls inspired otome! It was nice to release an otome this year, especially since I didn't get to Spring Boy this year (we'll...get into that). This was also the game that ranked in any of the Velox Fabula jam iterations I've joined which honestly really took me by surprise. I made this in 36 hours, and I really love the world I envisioned here. This is on the shelf as something I might come back to for a longer project as well! It was also my most popular of the visual novels I released this year as well, which I thought was interesting!

WINDOWBOY Drowning: The second game in the PRETTYBOY Inc. series and made for O2A2! This one came out of nowhere and wasn't the game I was thinking of making for the next game in this series. That being said, I really love the vibes it ended up having, and I'm glad it exists! This also got a let's play video this year (as well as the first PRETTYBOY Inc. game), which was a unique experience for me seeing as most of my games are super obscure.

Where Sea Foam Fades: The last game released this year! Honestly, this was something I made for fun because I was going through a brief pirates of the carribean obsession lol. I think this was the point where I realized just how much more comfortable I'd gotten working in Ren'py, and I'm proud to say I finally understand the basics of the program without feeling like I constantly need to reference the documentation!

Other things I did:

Raffle for Palestine: The Interactive Fiction community put this together and I offered to be one of the writers to be raffled off! This was one of the first community events I did, and it was a really great experience. I'm super proud of how much we raised for the various families

Secret Santa: I did the VN dev secret santa this year! I was super anxious at first, but I loved the piece I did and I also was in love with my piece I got back! I'm hoping to do more community events in 2025, but I've been taking baby steps due to my mental health. We've been getting there this year, though!

Was part of a dev team for Velox Turbo 2: I did it!!! I said I wanted to take part in a team at some point, but I didn't think I'd be ready to do so until next year when I felt like I got my bearings. Granted this was at the very last minute (December!) but I actually allowed myself to collaborate with people and it was a fun experience! I'm really proud of myself for taking this step, and I'd love to do it again at some point in 2025!

Goals for 2025:

I'm going to be honest, I'm keeping this pretty minimal for a variety of reasons (most of them can all be boiled down to Life), but here's what I'm hoping to get done in the next year

Spring Boy: FOR REAL THIS TIME. I can explain this, actually. I think when I lost the files for this game originally, I hadn't realized just how hard it had killed my motivation for the game. I spent most of 2024 slowly getting that motivation back and trying to make the game not feel cursed in my brain anymore. I also didn't want to force myself because I didn't want to hate the game or build resentment towards it. That being said, I did finish up the sprite redraws and the new script for the new demo. I just need to slowly chip away at the new backgrounds and figure out some coding things and then the new demo will be out!

Burning Academia up to Chapter 4: Also for real this time lmaO I think I understand my pacing with my new life set up a lot better now than I had at the beginning of the year, so depending on how often I get sick, this should be doable! Chapter 3 is pretty close to be being done, and then I'll have the entire year to work on Chapter 4. Chapter 4 will also be a little shorter than Chapter 3, so I think it's doable this time around.

Whatever I come up with for game jams: I just really love doing game jams, so I'm hoping to release a few things throughout the year for different ones!

Closing Thoughts:

2024 was rough. I'm hoping for 2025 to not be as rough, but I'm trying to plan for it as though it might be. Health wise, I'm probably going to be doing some testing to see if I do have an autoimmune deficiency (my sister-in-law, a nurse, says based on my history it's a possibility). I'm also going to try to schedule and time block things better this year to do the things I want to do.

I'm not really upset I couldn't hit my main goals of 2024. The fact I did anything at all when I spent over twenty weeks of the year sick and miserable is kind of a miracle all on its own! I'm pretty happy with what I managed to get done this year. But I would like to at least release Spring Boy fully.

I think after I finish up the last of Chapter 3 of BA, I'm going to switch gears and put most of my energy into Spring Boy for a bit until its done. It's been sitting around since 2023 and it feels like its time for me to finally dive in to it.

With all that said, thanks to everyone who has checked out my work as always! I hit 1k followers on itch.io which is wild to me lol, so thanks to everyone whose played and enjoyed my work enough to follow! I hope you enjoy whatever comes next and good luck with the new year!

#em talks #a year in review #dev log #gamedev #game development #visual novels #vndev #interactive fiction

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kirby-the-gorb · 1 year ago

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reply roundup!

had to put these on hold for a while for personal reasons </3 they're likely to still be infrequent, but in honor of kirb2k!

(my notes would only load back to mid september so I missed a couple weeks sorry :c but be warned that this is a long one! it's 3 entire months' worth!)

also, reminder that kirb2k ends tomorrow!!! preorders, commissions, and auctions will all close at noon pst on sunday december 17th! everything is linked in the pinned post or filed under the tag kirb2k!

first is one more birthday kirb from my friend @sleepy-sheep-wizard:

Realized halfway thru that I don’t know what Kirby looks like off the top of my head, so I got funky with it. Happy birthday, thank you for being a good friend

thank you again friend <3 getting funky with it is truly in the spirit of just drawing a little guy for fun, I love his little hat in particular.

on [mirror] @shapeshifterwithafez said: uuuh is Scherben bringen Glück/ Shards bring luck a universal saying? sounfs clinky as a direct translation. anyways in germany we say that shards of stuff you broke brings luck so I hope the luck finds you or smth sorry for rambling ^^

I'd never heard this saying before, but I think it's very sweet! thank you for sharing it with me :)

on [pipefight] @hauntedppgpaints said: goalies with a skate blade and their stick in hand

big hockey vibes for real yeah lol

on [pink] @gaydiation-poisoning said: ...I wanna eat that pink

honestly same, it's sooo pleasing

on [rain] @hive-heart said: Everything alright, daily kirby guy?

not really but sitting by the window in the rain is a good thing lol thanks for asking <3

(also the person who tagged that same post myhouse.wad made me laugh)

on [photo] @ceylonsilvergirl [added] a picture of their cat and said: get adored idiot!! see the hate in her eyes? I’ll make her love me yet!!

me @ my partner's cat

@violet-dragongirl said: oh! I have been meaning to ask! Have you played Kirby and The Forgotten Lands? I assume you did but just wanted to say that I did about a week ago and I loved it and thought of your art! ^.^ And if you haven't, yes, Carby is super adorable and amazing :3

I have! I got it very shortly after it came out, I had a really good time with it. I've been slowly replaying it recently with my partner, they were kind of fond of kirby just by proxy but since we started playing they adore bandee now and say he never gets enough screen time XD I'm glad you also had fun!

on [mice] @ceylonsilvergirl said: girls like swarms of things, right?

idk bro my wife wasn't so big on it when I got a gig housing 30 mice, but maybe she's weird. I liked them. (sadly one of the best paying jobs I've ever had up until the owner lost it and abandoned them with me, yes I still took care of them for the rest of their little lives) (and yes I also got my wife's okay before I took them on in the first place)

on [covid] @mordantivore said: reading posts from when the era of covid safety was declared anathema and ended is haunting. we were so desperate to find ppl willing to help us stay alive. there are fewer of us now bc “allies” are worthless & more of us have died

yeah. fuck. I'm lucky that the people in closest proximity to me are at least moderately careful, but me and my wife and partner are usually the only ones wearing masks anywhere we go except sometimes the employees and I know they don't always wear them when they're out without me.

on [swim] @northeasternwind said: Jdjdjfkg imagining Kirby being way more bouyant than your average human so them gotta exhale REAL HARD or attach nega-floaties (sinkies?) like weights to dive

lol yeah they probably gotta try So Hard to actually get under the water. (I think diving weights/ballast is a thing that humans use too? I've never gone diving, having my face underwater stresses me out -n- )

on [float] @nickiemoot said: he has to go now. his planet needs him. *slide whistle*

I can only hear this as that one similar part from one of the asdfmovies, it delights me

@vampiricarus said: if you see this just know i love your art so much

aww thank you! <3

anonymous said: just wanted to say I love Kirby and I love your art! I’m always excited to see it on my dash. thank you for bringing a little joy to my life :) I need it once in a while like I’m sure a lot of others do too! Keep up the good work :))

thank you! drawing a little guy brings me a little joy too, I'm glad it can do the same for others <3

on [drain] @ceylonsilvergirl said: I’m sorry you’re having a rough time. Existing is hard work sometimes. A lot of the time

fuck dude it sure is <3 especially when my body keeps trying to shut down lol

on [mud] @why-are-all-the-fun-urls-taken said: Hey man are u doing ok

I am not, thanks for asking <3

on [tummyache] @hobgirl said: :o kirby the gorb why would you do that!!!!! why!!!!!

I didn't want it to go to waste!!! everyone is dumb sometimes!!!

on [wizard] @eau-the-agony said: not enough appreciation in the wizarding world for garlic salt spell. its all kung pow penis tgis and ketamine ape that. not enough of the small joys which carry us through the horrors like a dinky garbage raft

you are so right. the small joys are the most powerful of all.

on [wizard] @beepbeepdespair said: somehow didnt know garlic salt was a thing until this moment. now i really want some. i think i just found a kg of it online for 12 quid??

I am so pleased that you now have the knowledge of Garlic Salt Spell, I hope you got to try it out for yourself :D

on [zelda] @chaos-squared said: Good job!! I’ve had it for longer yet still haven’t completed it ;w;

nothing wrong with that! I only finished it as quickly and thoroughly as I did because I was basically bedridden for all of october, as long as you enjoy the time you do spend with a game it doesn't really matter how much time you spend or how far you get.

on [brave] @gudetamalover said: me tomorrow afternoon when I get all four wisdom teeth out

I'd already had several other oral surgeries on account of Weird Teeth before I got my wisdom teeth out but it still knocked me on my ass for a couple days, I hope your recovery went as smooth as possible! (altho that was also like. 15 years ago. and general anesthesia has gotten a lot better since then.)

on [shiny] @angst-and-fajitas said: Like to slap his bald head reblog to slap his bald head

bald! bald! bald! bald!

on [powerwash] @chronicdilf said: decemberb 16 im goign to walk across the damn stage get my damn diploma folder im going to go home and POWERWASHER SIMULATOR JUST LIKE KIRBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah!!! you're gonna do it!!! you might be doing it right now even!!!

on [cooked] @hobgirl said: oh mood kirby..... struggling with the very last paper i need to write before i can graduate and its got me feeling this way fr

ough, I hope you made it through your paper! lots of people graduating tho that's so cool, congrats to both of you!

on [bears] @jupiterlandings said: I get so happy every time I see Cake and the name Cake being tagged :)

it's such a good name for a bear, I'm grateful you thought of it!! especially given the best I could do for the other one was "kirbear" lol

@violet-dragongirl said: omg seeing that Fav Grobs Post you recently put up makes me so happy! over a thousand (and then some!) GORBS?! :D I'm not only impressed but so proud ya made it this far and I'm so glad you got possibly more to go of Kirby!! :D!! Really great job 🥰🥰

thank you! I'm gonna hit 2000 days of drawing kirby tomorrow, that's so wild!

on [popular] @timeturner-jay said: Op your Kirby art brings so much utter joy you have no idea <3

yay I'm glad <3 I love to draw a little guy, it's good I'm not the only one having fun lol

I got a lot of "good blaze op" on the [macarena], and you're all correct, thank you for recognizing my great decision making B) (I'd been meaning to add the music and blaze it from basically the moment I drew it, I've just been really sick so it took a while.)

(also even if I don't always gather them in the roundup there are names I recognize showing up repeatedly in the tags, some of whom have been here for years, and I'm always glad to see you're still around!)

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latentspaceofficial · 4 months ago

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research tangent! scp x wh13

so this is something a little bit different than what i normally talk about. i'm putting on a different cap today. ok little nerd moment thats been living rent free in my head for days. ive got an antistatic bag on my desk thats been sitting here for a while and i noticed something familiar

that sure as hell looks like the scp foundation logo

which got me really thinking. so its very obvious to me that the scp logo takes inspiration from this iso or ansi symbol. but whats even more odd was looking at the timeline of the scp wikis birth. im a zillenial (god i hate that word) so my childhood was watching markiplier play scp:cb, scrolling the old wiki, fucking with cleverbot. fun stuff like that. i was still a drooling idiot. when sci-fi renamed to syfy. but i remember the switchover and not being allowed to watch eureka because there were some "goddamns" in there. but i was allowed to watch warehouse 13, in spite of steve's existence. i was way too into the steampunk and lore of warehouse 13 when it was relevant. so much so i had a fucking farnsworth ringtone on my lg shit phone and i thought it was the coolest thing. i'm also still gay as hell for h.g. wells and her fit.

but anyway anyway. the premise of warehouse 13 was finding dangerous "artifacts" that imbued special status affects on people and to neutralize them with "neutralizer grid polyethylene static bags" as they say. their motto being "snag it. bag it. and tag it." or something to that effect.

what im getting at is that warehouse 13 has a similar premise to the scp foundation, but more mainstream comedy and less psychological horror. there's a tangential link between wh13 with scp via anti static bags and the symbol. so i looked into this a bit. through cursory searches, i didn't find anyone really talking about this other than a similar premise. so i looked at timelines. in july 2008 the scp foundation wiki (idk which one) was started, while wh13 piloted on july 2009. with a year delta, it seems clear "who stole from who". but wait. writing, pitching, and filming takes quite a while. is a year really enough time? i can't find any trademarks registered by universal nor any evidence of a canadian filming license. so this is where i stopped typing on my phone and started researching. the waters are a bit muddy, so bear with me. wh13 was co-written by a handful of people and rewritten as well. but the original plot was announced by sci-fi here in october of 2007

according to wikipedia (the free encyclopedia), inspirations for warehouse 13 include the x-files, raiders of the lost ark, something called moonlighting, and this show from the late 80s and early 90s called "friday the 13th: the series". i'd never heard of it, but it shares the vaguest premise with both wh13 and scp to keep bad artifacts away from harming people.

well what about the scp wiki? when did it form? well it's complicated. (i'm sorry for my poor cropping, it will happen again)

the scp wiki itself states that the original scp came from 4chan and that a lot of original organization happened on 4chan. indeed 4chan is the source of famous scps such as 173

posted on june 2007 is the original lore post about 173 and can be seen as the beginning of scps. which pre-dates the announcement of wh13. i don't know about you, but how fast you could go from trolling 4chan to a pilot script? at this point "some government authority retrieving dangerous magic embued items" was not a previously done idea and was indeed original. the x-files kinda did this before with balancing larger plot arcs with mini plot supernatural occurrences, not all aliens. but nothing about being an authoritative group that comes in and cleans up super natural mishaps. nah, mulder and skully just stayed in the basement or took an occasional road trip to see a whistleblower. i honestly love scp far more than wh13, but i'm going to be the devil's advocate and not give the new era spin on an old idea to the scp wiki just yet. 173 is an scp, but the idea of scps is not fully laid out yet. the thread was also deleted days later and thus only lived in the minds of active forum users of the time as fan derivatives were made. so there was a period of time where the fandom had started to form, but no official wiki existed. the semi official scp wiki formed in january 2008. later than the announcement of wh13 but before the pilot of the show ever aired in july 2009. so it's always possible the writers were 4channers and yoinked the idea. again, it's so fascinating how close in time and narrative the scp wiki and wh13 are. i personally doubt the writers were on 4chan at the time, but neither the wiki nor the show writers exist in a vacuum. i think it all warrants scrutiny and there's no smoking gun saying who inspired who, or if it's absolute coincidence. that is unless some ogs from the scp wiki or the writers of wh13 are able to speak on it. i'm curious what other people think.

#scp foundation #scp fandom #warehouse 13 #helena wells #text post #lore dump

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kellycataclysm · 7 months ago

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for a while now, i've been feeling like writing a sdv story myself, as i've been reading many fics lately (yours included and by far my favorite) and daydreaming a lot (i need escapism). however, it's been a loooong time since i've written anything like this. when i was 15/16, i wrote an entire (unfinished) original story that haunts me to this day, but i lost the original files and now it lives only in my head. it's been 8 years. so far, i had many original ideas that i long to write, but never do, but i have never written fanfiction and that makes me a little insecure. why did you decide to write lyra and harvey's story? i'd love to hear your takes on writing fanfiction, as i really look up to you in a way. xx

ps. there's another detail as i desire to write in english (everything i read is in english), but i am non native, as i once told you, and even though i write in english all the time in university (english major anyone?), it dreads me to fuck things up and embarrass myself.

Thank you for asking this. I am so humbled that you thought of me. I am so honoured and grateful to you. As I always say, thank you for loving my two dorks.

Why did I decide to write? I was once referred to as ‘a writer without a story’. I could write if I put my mind to it. However, I needed an idea. My sister, who is a prolific fanfic writer for another fandom encouraged me to try fanfic. In her words, if she could do it, then so could I.

I started playing Stardew a few years ago but only began reading fics at the start of 2023. I spent nine months consuming everything but it wasn’t until I was in a period of stress at work that I realised I needed some escapism

I was inspired by many writers, but there were a few who were a huge influence. Their writing helped me to develop the characterisation for my version of Harvey and at the time, my nameless farmer. (Lyra got her name about four months after I started her story). The fics I read also helped to determine the story I wanted to write. I was drawn to a number of angst/ mutual pining fics that seemed to suit the melancholy mood that my ideas were taking at the time. In fact, the first story idea I had was a break-up story in which my farmer would leave Shane for Harvey… exactly what I had done in my save file at the time.

BUT then, the idea of a slow burn within an established relationship came to me. I didn’t want to follow the path within the game, but wanted to use the valley as if it was a real world location for a struggling relationship. I used elements of the fandom to suit the things I wanted to explore. All the spicy fics came later because I read many and was curious to try writing it. I then realised that I could have a little fun with this, using year one spicy fics to explore the relationship I was saving in my long fic.

I still love writing both the melancholy content and the fluffy/ flirty spicy fics and have so many tropes and ideas I would love to explore. I love that a fandom like Stardew allows you to choose the elements you want to play with. For me I use real world elements but I read so many fics from writers who develop beautiful AUs or work with the supernatural/ fantasy elements that the game offers.

I am finding that within this little universe, the possibilities are endless. I have friends who have written huge casts of original characters, and have other friends who are already developing their next farmer for their next fic. You could set a story in the future, in the 1950s, or during the Regency. I didn’t know that fanfic gave us this opportunity to explore so many avenues and I only wish I’d found it years ago!

When it comes to writing, many people have different ways of working, and you make it suit yourself and your schedule. I write almost every day (no set word count) so that I can stay with their story until it is finished. If I am too tired or don’t have the mental capacity to write, I read what I am working on so that the ideas stay fresh. I am quite structured in how I do this, but this is to suit me so that I can finish Lyra and Harvey’s story and I fully understand that this wouldn’t suit everyone. I haven’t read much since I started writing and have a reading list I want to get back to soon. It’s almost time to feed the creative brain cells!

As to your writing, it is so amazing that you wrote an original work before. I think that once the muse awakens, you can feel comfortable that everyone here is trying their best and trying to have a little fun. There are no rules. You can also join online communities of others in the fandom or chat with other writers if you want to brainstorm things. I am in a few servers but have a close group of writer friends that I chat with almost every day and we support each other in our writing. You can also ask people you are close with to beta read for you. You also don’t have to post online until you feel comfortable. We all have some level of anonymity and that is quite comforting, but when you do make friends in your fandom, people are very welcoming.

I am completely convinced that you will do just fine and look forward to reading what you write when you choose to do so.

Thank you again for dropping into my inbox. You’re welcome any time! <3

#stardew valley #stardew valley fanfic

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