#always happy to answer questions

[overlookedfile]

Hey I noticed you used to update by definition a bounty every Monday. It’s been a while since you posted a chapter and wanted to make sure everything‘s all right. I love the story that I can’t wait to see where it goes, but I’m completely understand as someone who writes themselves like writers block, and all that so take your time too if you need it.

Hey! I'm really glad to hear you're enjoying the story. 🥰

I'm still working on it, but for a while I couldn't figure out why I was unhappy with the yet-unpublished parts I'd already written. It turns out that I'd rushed through a pivotal moment in the next chapter and so everything after it felt weirdly off: kinda like a runaway cart with momentum of its own.

I guess I got too excited for a particular moment (Viggo making Erik say "I love you", to be specific) and tried to place it earlier in the story than it needs to be. 😅

I'm still struggling with exactly how to phrase/restructure things to get the story back on its pacing, but at least now I know what the problem is. Unfortunately, I still don't have an ETA of when I'll be ready to post again.

As thanks for checking in, here are some tidbits about what's ahead:

* Some fun moments with Erik's other dragons

* Nora giving Viggo a stern talking-to

* a spontaneous Volstead festival

* meeting Ryker's childhood crush

[barghest-land]

normannognathus :) colors were based on the brown pelican

[yiddishknights]

you seem like the right person to ask about jewish knights and judaism in general in arthurian legend

Hello! Apologies for how long it has taken me to respond to this! Throughout the Middle Ages and the early modern period, there were a number of Arthurian texts written by and for Jewish people in Jewish languages. The one I specialize in is an Old Yiddish text called Vidvilt, which is part of the Fair Unknown tradition and based off an earlier German text called Wigalois. This text was super popular in the Yiddish-speaking world for about three centuries or so and was reworked and reprinted a number of times. I already discussed some of those adaptations a while ago in response to this ask.

Predating Vidvilt, there was a Hebrew Arthurian text written in the 13th century which is now commonly known as Melekh Artus. This was based on Old French sources and tells the story of Arthur's birth and Lancelot's affair with Guinevere before breaking off unfinished. The most common edition of the text used today is the one by Curt Leviant, though I just read a fascinating article in the latest issue of the Journal of the International Arthurian Society calling into question some of his transcription choices and the conclusions he draws in his analysis of the text.

I also recently read that a fragment of an Arthurian text in Judeo-Catalan was recently discovered, but I'm afraid I don't know much about it as yet other than that it's apparently a late medieval adaptation of Jaufre.

Chivalric romances of both Christian and Jewish origin were extremely popular among medieval and early modern Jews in general. There were a number of non-Arthurian knight stories that were very popular as well; for example, the most famous and influential work of early Yiddish literature was a chivalric epic called Bovo d'Antona, and a survey I read of the literature in Jewish households in early modern Italy shows that the most popular non-religious work among Jews at that time was Orlando Furioso.

It is worth noting that, even though some of these texts were written by and for Jews, that doesn't necessarily mean that the characters in them were Jewish. Jewish writers generally tended to modify their Christian source materials by gliding over or obscuring references to religion, rather than depicting Judaism directly (the reasons for this are complex and could constitute a whole paper, so I won't get into it here). That being said, medieval Jewish knights did exist in real life, too! There are a few medieval historians who do research into exactly when, where, and under what circumstances Jews were allowed to bear arms, but it definitely wasn't exclusively a literary thing.

[iamhereinthebg]

The clock keepers deserve to have the full shaded promo art for their volume 🙏🙏

Edit: I HAVE THEM ALL!!!

[justinegreenpie]

Move over Game of Thrones, we all know who's the real king of medieval fantasy!

[firebirds-roost]

Starting to work on reference sheets for the main characters of Firebird's Roost! I'm planning to upload them in batches of two or three, since that's kind of how they're divided up in the story itself.

Naturally we're kicking things off with my progenitors and co-leaders, Fluffington and Wraith. Lovely couple, aren't they?

Design notes under cut:

FLUFFINGTON

-Pink patches glow and additional markings appear when using magic (Runes gene)

-Naturally inclined to walk on all fours but likes the more dignified feeling of standing upright

-Always smiling regardless of emotion; his eyes usually give away what he's really thinking

WRAITH

-Bandages kind of just... phase through her wings in the back, since they're all sludgy and not really solid

-Rarely removes mask, but has a pretty ordinary face under it (reference her on-site design for patterns)

-Wing membranes are translucent and constantly shifting

[apnourry]

braids tomorrow? yes or no

[driftsart]

Wait so, where does the story for the au take place, exactly? Are the Autobots and Cons still on Cybertron? Are they on Earth? When does it take place? :3

Autobots

The Autobots are divided up to look for Decepticons.

- Team Prime is Sentinel's group that changes location every now and then. Sometimes they're in autobot base (on earth) and sometimes they're on cybertron.

-Ultra Magnus' group of Autobot travel from Cybertron to Earth and back to carry messages, sometimes other autobots from one place to another, etc.

- The Earth Autobots are the autobots who have settled on Earth. Some of these include: Jazz, Prowl, Rung, Drift, etc. They live in autobot base and work alongside humans, except for Drift, who doesn't like to stick around near other autobots for long.

- Other autobots: Many autobots are allowed to travel between the two planets, others are on Cybertron, capturing all the decepticons there and others are on Earth trying to find the remaining decepticons there.

Decepticons

The decepticons are mostly scattered across earth and Cybertron, in hiding.

- Megatron's group, are in hiding since they first landed on Earth. With spare parts from their escape pods, they created a ship-like home, well hidden with Earth's nature. It's somewhere on a very very tiny island, not even found on maps.

- Tarn's group (Tarn, Arachnid, etc.), (Are Decepticons who are against autobots but against Megatron too. They see Megatron as weak and pathetic and they think the decepticons will lose because of his gentleness. They believe Megatron should be replaced) Is on Cybertron, because they refused to cower and escape Cybertron like Megatron.

- Captive Decepticons: Captive Decepticons are those who were unlucky and got caught by autobot soldiers. They're almost always sent to autobot prisons on Cybertron, where they're treated terribly (they're kinda like Concentration camps). Blitzwing's one of them.

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Important Time Periods:

These time periods were the ones with most important parts that are important to the story.

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WW1

- WW1 was when the Decepticons arrived on Earth. It's when humans first made contact with Cybertronians.

WW2

- WW2 was when the autobots first landed on Earth. Sentinel was the first to arrive alongside Optimus. While Optimus was distracted with humans and trying to become their allies, Sentinel made some bad deals with the wrong allies.

- Blitzwing and many other decepticons were also captured by both autobots with the help of Sentinel's human allies (the axis 😬). Some were given to the axis for experiments while others were taken back to Cybertron to prisons.

Present

- The younger autobots start to become suspicious of Sentinel and begin doing their own research alongside their younger human allies. Some even start talking to some decepticons that are held captive.

- Tensions between the autobots rise and the younger ones refuse to follow orders more than usual.

- The Autobots are getting closer to finding Megatron's group.

[certifiedlibraryposts]

I've moved and want to get a library card, but my id doesn't have my current address and no mail has my name. Do I just have to wait

According to two of my local libraries' websites, they would also accept other proofs of address such as bank statements, utility bills, or rent/mortgage receipts.

That might not be universal though, so I would suggest getting in contact with your library or checking their website to get a more definite answer for you.

[frownyalfred]

Still so crazy to me that you occasionally attend Galas. They're so fictionalized ish that it's parallel to attending a mafia wedding or something in my mind.

Don’t get me wrong, some of them are awesome, but most are not as glitzy as they look on tv. They’re long, usually boring events where you make nice with people you barely know but definitely hate. And if you’re a woman, you’re usually in heels and a tight dress all night.

Some of my favorite memories are actually from post gala nights — holding my heels trying to get an Uber, ripping my long black tie appropriate dress in a dive bar door, drunkenly eating a hamburger in three bites because there were only tiny bites at the event. Making out with someone. Walking home in the rain ruining hair and makeup that took hours. Etc.

The music and locations are usually my favorite parts. Or the excuse to get fully dressed up. The people and food are usually my least favorite.

[ilumel]

— never underestimate a cornered mandalorian.

[soaps-mohawk]

I was re-reading the latest chapter and I wondered something about when reader went in distress...When did Ghost follow them? Did he try to call out to them or grab them and reader just couldn't notice because of the distress?

So, idk if I explained it very well in the fic when reader first went to the gym, but it's set up less like a standard gym where it's just basically one big open area, and like a pool maybe in a separate area. It's more set up like a community center than just a gym. So the weight room is in a separate room, the pool is in a separate space, there's other training areas in separate spaces. They don't just use it to exercise, they also do training in there too so that's why I decided to have it set up that way.

So, Ghost just kind of went into a different area to clear his head but also so he could keep an eye on the reader if they decided to run (which they did.) I like to think he did plan on going back for the reader when he had calmed down a bit, and the reader had calmed down, but of course the reader didn't know that and things kind of spiraled. As soon as the reader went for the emergency door, he was right behind them and watched them until they went into the med bay, knowing that was a safe area. Reader was already too distressed to notice, and even if they had, it wasn't likely they would have even recognized Ghost, nor felt safe enough to stop, especially since he was the one that caused it in the first place.

[theeroticlover]

Do you have a favourite mutual here?

What do you think ? 😈🤔🤔 😈

[magicicephoenix]

is it weird to ask if there's an official Masculine Appearance for dca who y/n? will there be an official masculine appearance. apologies for sending so many asks i just am suddenly so much more interested in this after i started watching dr who BAHAHA

...? y/n isn't. feminine? they can be as fem or masc as you want, and their fashion sense is wild and all over the place and not at all assigned to a certain gender. i'll probably default to drawing their top the same and interchanging skirts/pants but they wear all sorts of stuff. the only true constant with their appearance is their combat boots.

[vesper100]

I just wanted to say that I love your monk OCs and would love to learn more about them! Is there anywhere online that you've posted stories/comics about them besides Tumblr?

Thank u so much!!! I post on insta too but nothing important that isn't already here... You can have some more doodles if you like them though ^_^

[anxsity]

5 ⭐/ 5 ⭐

god i love beating vegas SO MUCH. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEIR GOALIE IS SAMMY!!!!! GET IN THE FUCKING CEILING!!!!!!!! and 2x ovi is so effervescent, plus the loml my absolute favorite boy vrana scoring always makes me want to cry i love him so much. PLUS A MILK BOY GOAL WELCOME BACK FROM INJURY IM SO GLAD WE SIGNED YOU!!!! and so glad lt isn't injured, i got so incredibly scared when he skated off the ice- lt we need and love you and you need to show ur exes- SCRATCH THAT OVI JAT TRICK PVI HAT YRICK OVI HAT TRICK THATA MY FUCLING MAMA OVI HAT YRICK I LVOE HIM SOUCH AN OVI VEGAS HAT TEICK THATS MY CAPTAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OKAY INCREASING YHE SCORE TO 5 PERFECT GAME THATS MY VAPTAIN!!!!!!!! i fucking love ovi. i love him. id die for him. i dont know how to end this post.