#ambition a minuet in power

[joymanuco]

This Fan Art Friday we have this lovely pair of pieces by Josephine A Baird featuring Madame Honorade Gazel herself! We have our own thoughts, but which of these is your favorite?

[amethyst-wind-uk]

Some of the Ambition: A Minuet In Power characters who I wished we saw more of in-game (spoilers within):

Nika Eikov, russian novelist and gifter of kitsche that she makes a game of stealing back from the receivers' homes.

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Fatima Shenna, dressmaker and instant friend to the protagonist. Stylish AF and can make clothes that can please literally anyone in Paris. ~

Anne de Croismare, literal professional gossip-monger who nonetheless is happy to wield the secrets she uncovers to screw over her friends' enemies.

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Johanna du Jardin, Austrian revolutionary mastermind.

Why... in the FUCK is she not a romance option? I do not care that she is the big bad of the game. She should have been the secret route romance! She is the third option between backing the Crown an backing the Revolution. She is specifically playing both sides for her own gain. That's fun!

She has a contentious relationship with the protagonist but she still comes to respect her abilities. She should've been the enemies-to-lovers option!

She is the crazy you're told not to stick your dick in but do it anyway!

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[citizen-card]

do they look similar or is it just me?

[oscargender]

Playing the french revolution visual novel steam recommended to me on a whim and the soundtrack has made an immediate impression

[sabineelectricheart]

The Firebrand Revolutionary

Antoine is a young man fresh out of the reformatory and set free in the chaotic scene of 1789 Paris. Due to circunstances in his earlier life, he loathes injustice and inequality, which he sees consubstantiated in the Bourbon absolute monarchy. His youth, meagre prospects and estranged family fuels in him a strong zeal for the cause, making him run afoul of the Guet in his so-called "Direct Action" for the revolution.

Meet him at the link here.

[amethyst-wind-uk]

We should operate on the system from Ambition: A Minuet In Power where you literally get to do one thing per day.

And, depending on which one thing you do, you still take a day off every now and then or else your reputation starts to suffer (presumably from becoming a huge bitch due to tiredness).

Reaaaally fucked up how you need to do more than one thing a day

[niccocum]

Finally managed for Alex, to survive and us emigrating ahead of the French Revolution. Maybe we could join the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel now? I am sure a dashing, young man like Alex could be an asset to them. 😆

[jonathantaylor]

Released in advance

[lemonsrosesandlavender]

2024 Writing Year in Review!

Thanks @commander-krios ! I tag… @darkurgetrash @redroomroaving and @purpleasters-inseptember (nvm RED YOU GOT ME FIRST. How dare you! ;) @forget-me-maybe I’m throwing you a tag instead.)

Here we go!

Words posted: 157,651

Words unposted: 5,054 (...approximately, it's hard to count bits that I think might get ripped up and rearranged!)

Total word count: 162,605

Fandoms: Barring a teeny bit of work on an Ambition: A Minuet in Power WIP, BG3 has occupied my days.

Highest Kudos: Planar Tears, at 247 kudos.

Highest One-Shot Hits: Laced Close, my Rolan x Steel Weave Tav corsetry one-shot, at 1,328 hits. You little freaks. He would look amazing tight-laced and moaning about it <3

New things I tried: Scrivener! (Excellent, never going back. Especially good for multi-chapters). Trying different voices and styles. Writing prompts (and some of them have inspired utterly delicious filth, sweetness, or both, so thank you!). Writing sprints (banging). Proper outlining (couldn’t have done this much of Planar Tears without it).

Looking back, it seems like this year was pretty successful in terms of new writing habits I tried!

Fic I took the most time on: Planar Tears. I started at the end of January, and (hilariously) thought I’d be done by October. We’re at the 70% mark now! At a conservative estimate, I’ll say I’ve spent at least 250 hours on it… but the truth is definitely far higher.

Fic I took the least time on:

Short Shorts (And Cold Beer) came to me in a vision and took approximately 3.5-4 hours to write and edit. Same for Nailed! I’m also very proud of both of those fics, which is cool. Sometimes lightning strikes and you just have to sit down and dash* out those words (and credit to Barb for providing the lightning for Nailed!)

* “dashed out” for me is a top speed of 500–600 words written in an hour. I’m a tortoise compared to some on here!

Favourite thing I wrote?

It has to be Planar Tears <3

Favourite Fics I read this year?

I’ve read and rec’d some great fics this year, but I’ll keep it to a top three!

The Northern Bastards series by @graysparrowao3 is just fantastic filth. (Aradin x Rugan, you will love them and you will hate them. As it should be!)

I loved all of the other entries in Volo’s Erotic Library, but my special shout-outs have to go to @darkurgetrash for ruining my life (negative, severe internal pain) with “Discord Daddy Rolan”, @sav-not-tav and her orb-linered Lorroakan x Tav version of My Immortal, and @littlemisscactus 's absolutely heinous Strange Ox x Tav yaoi (kyaaaaaa?!).

And finally, the omelurg trilogy (starting with research methodologies) by weathered_law is just god-tier. Beautifully smutty and absolutely thrumming with affection for these mushroom nerds. It’s wonderful.

writing goals for 2025:

Finish Planar Tears by mid-June! I am feeling the pressure of wrapping up all these plot threads nicely, but I also know it's going to be the most rewarding part of an already very rewarding project, so I'm determined to make it sing.

Publish Fingering the Fist by the end of January, and Minthara x Gale by the end of February.

Return to my original novel now my skills are stronger and the ideas have fermented a bit.

Write freakier, filthier, and hopefully better. I’m always on a quest to improve my skills; if you recommend any great craft books/blogs/videos I'll gladly read them!

new works for 2025:

The omega!Rolan/f!alpha!Tav idea from Barb has been brewing for ages and I had some great thoughts whilst chatting to @ra-scheln about it, so that’s definitely coming at some point. (Once I’ve cleared my other oneshots from the above goals!)

I’m pretty committed to writing a Catrin-POV one- or two-shot I think! I want to write more smut than we have time for in Planar Tears, and I have a pushy-sub-Rolan/top-drop Catrin idea I’d like to explore where he oversteps her boundaries and inveigles her into doing something that he thinks is hot but she thinks is dangerous. I love exploring kink communication and conflict, what’s new ;)

Lennie! Poor Lennie! I have tragically neglected her, but the ideas have been stewing and I really want to get them down. So expect awkward car sex and another steamy spanking soon. <3 (I also need to make an OC reference so I can get some art of her picking Rolan up like the weightlifting hottie she is).

(This whole section is really an ode to the way a good idea will age until it’s ripe enough to write. I love those, because I often find when you DO sit down to write them, they come out quickly, and I can't wait to bash them out once my current queue is done!)

[cowperviolet]

In the game proper, the only 'Revolutionary faction' romanceable option is Saint-Just. But I swear to Supreme Being, one day, I WILL use my minor coding and major writing skills and create a 500k-words-long ChoiceScript-based dating sim-with-plot based on only the faction in question, and no one will be able to stop me

Forever obsessed with this tag.

(Context: it’s for AU fanfics based on Ambition: A Minuet in Power visual novel. But STILL)

[joymanuco]

The season of romance has begun, both here and at @humble with the 'Love is in the Air' romance game bundle, featuring Ambition: A Minuet in Power and a cast of other lovely titles!

Pay $12, get $112 in games, raise money for charity!

[interact-if]

Are there any IF's that deal with real historical events?

Hi Anon! Unfortunately we haven’t found many interactive fictions that fit this category, but here are some us and others have found:

Ambition: A Minuet in Power (VN) by @joymanuco

Chroniric: Time Traveler by We Are Chroniric

Chroniric: Time Reapers by We Are Chroniric

Great Grandmother and the War by @cyberpunklesbian

Nikola Tesla: War of the Current by Dora Klindžić

Let us know if anyone else has any further suggestions that fit this request!

[divinaaugusta]

Antoine Saint-Just in the game "Ambition: a minuet in Power". He looks incredible and the texts describe him perfectly: "beautiful but with a dangerous intensity". #be still my beating heart #lust

[chocolatte-and-despair]

favourite videogame?

Hello! Here is a list of different favorite games that I have! If you're interested in the reviews or more recommendations (for I have a lot more genres I haven't spoke about, like nsfw games, free games, browser games or text based games)

CRPG

Atom RPG and it's sequal

Dragon age: origins

Tyranny

project zomboid

RPG

Fallout 3, new vegas and 4

The Outer Worlds

(honestly, most stuff by obsidian is pretty solid)

Skyrim and Oblivion

pixel games

virgo virsus the zodiacs

Management games

Idol manager

let's school

project hospital

the tenants

princess raising games

chinese parents

volcano princess

Ciel Fledge: A Daughter Raising Simulator

lullaby days

long live the queen

cute bite

growing up

lair land story

Little one

dating sim

Purrfect date

monster prom

I was a teenage exocolonist

ambition: a minuet in power

Visual novel

Neuronet: Mendax proxy

Syntherapy

neo cab

If you're unable to buy the games, then a good website for it is Steamunlocked. I use it whenever a game is too expensive and it's very safe!

[velocipastors]

Experiencing a new piece of media at a time of prolonged stress and insecurity always pulls me down a rabbithole

Anyway, I played Ambition: A Minuet in Power last week and I can now describe Saint-Just's confiscated clothing and furniture and I also know that, by the Revolution's new calendar, my b-day falls on the 5th of Fructidor and no, I haven't even romanced Saint-Just in the game yet, leave me alone

[jadienjaystoriesandart]

Preface: Court Cards Pages speak of new endeavors and projects. When adding it to the Swords, it can talk of excitement with power and authority. The Page of Swords is no different in this. Upright or reversed it takes on these meanings. But whether they mean excitement or trepidation is dependent on how it faces the reader.

Upright: Enthusiast and Ambition is the Page of Swords. Taking up his quill and notebook, he embrakes forward with surety in his sights. The clues laid out and all ready to be solved. Like crumbs of cookies, leading right to the culprits door. Excited our curious detectives are on this journey, as should you be as well. The Page of Swords tells you to go forward with new projects, tackle them with enthusiasm, but remember to expect real results. It good to be excited but it’s also good to be realistic in what you find. It tells you to be careful, all isn’t what it seems. But you have the tools and knowledge needed, you just need to be patient.

Reversed: Confusion and misleading leads, statements that make no sense. The trail goes in many directions and not a single one will yield results. Our detectives are running in circles and our culprit knows this. As he plays the mind games, but who is the real culprit, could it even be one of us? The Pages of Swords warns you reader, now is not the time to act hasty, if the endeavor doesn’t benefit you then why bother to take it on? You’re acting to rash, you don’t have all the clues yet, so don’t go making any accusations. They may just leave you with the fingers pointing at you instead. Ask questions, be wary of those around you, but don’t become stagnated or distracted, or the culprit will get away in the confusion.

Overview: Grian took on the role of detective with great passion. But perhaps he bit off more than he could chew. Because in the end Jingler got away. The Page of Swords is reflecting of this. Though he had all the clues, he acted too quickly and stalled too much. Losing his chance.

While others sought to help, but only aided in the confusion. The crumbs were there. He was so close. But still lost. Take to heart his tale, when drawing the Page of Swords take a minuet to think on its message and its picture. Do you want to create a success or failure story? Are you thinking rationally or irrationally? Do you have all your facts? If so, why have you waited so long?

These are all important questions. For when you become a detective every second counts as does every word you make. It’s finding a balance between the two that makes you a good one.

Page of Swords

A card I made for @the-hermit-arcana! This was an amazing project to be a part of!

Bonus WIPs under cut!