Something something, the chuldur are a social commentary on how modern audiences uncritically consume media like Bridgerton or other Austen-esque historical romances and desire to be a part of the sanitized, easily consumable aristocratic lifestyle it presents while refusing to acknowledge the problematic nature of their romanticisation of deeply classist, racist and colonial power structures in historical eras mired in some of the worst injustices these systems have ever perpetrated.
Is this anything?
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I am incredibly serious right now when I beg you all, please, and if you have Twitter or Tiktok or whatever to please spread the word: click on an author's profile on Ao3.
You want to know if an author has written more? Want to know if they're still writing? Want to see more from them? Want to know if they've written a trope or kink or sex scenario you enjoy?
Click on their name. And look at their profile.
I cannot tell you how many times in the last six months someone has read a new or newer fic of mine and said they (a new reader who has read nothing else I've done) "can't wait to see what you do next!" I've written 50+ fics and over a million words already.
"I don't know if you're still writing..." click on my profile. I am. I literally wrote a 128k+ fic for that ship last month.
"Would you ever do X?" "Please do Y!" I already did. Click on my name and look at my works.
Archive of our Own is a library. It's an archive. Not social media. It is your responsibility to fight back against the laziness that corporate algorithms have trained into you.
Click my author name. Just click it. Just click it.
Before you demand more, or ask if a writer will do XYZ, or wonder if the author still writing, or anything - click on their profile. Click on the author's profile.
I'm not trying to be mean or condescending or anything like that. I'm just exhausted. It's disheartening and frustrating to repeat myself ad nauseam, because someone couldn't take thirty seconds to do the tiniest bit of work to see if I've written lately, if I've written more for their ship, or scan my works to see if I've written what they're asking for. Please. Please. I'm begging.
Click the author's name, and explore before you ask.
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So I've had this joke in my head for a couple months (at least), but hadn't found the right spot to make it. Today it is complete.
A hole in my jeans?
Hmm? What's this?
A Patchypus?
REPAIRRY THE PATCHYPUS!!!?!!!
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maybe it was particularly cruel to name him after the injury that almost killed him as a hatchling, but he doesn't seem to mind
the dragons don't have names in the traditional sense because they don't use language that way, so the telephony callsign is a way for humans to refer to them (usually referring to the rider & dragon as a single operational unit). the names often evolve from nicknames used by the training officers and can be demeaning, but usually just point out the rider-dragon dyad's most distinctive feature. sometimes that most distinctive feature is the fact that your mom tried to kill you one time and left some scars behind
in common with pipes from the same airbase, the sprinter dragon breakneck wears the identifying stripes on neck & tail, an easy way to show allegiance. unlike pipes, breakneck & others in his class cannot fly manually (i.e without the rune) and must launch from an elevated surface. a grounded dragon of this class who can't find a cliff or roof to jump off must be rescued by airlift or catapult.
the role of a sprinter dragon is to reach the forecast battlefield before anyone else, and effectively hold that space before the bulk of the airbase arrives as backup. they have poor longevity in flight and can't engage multiple opponents but they can chase off & catch basically anything else that tries to enter their airspace.
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never forget...
read again?
no you did not see me repost this, shh
hemlo!! thank ya'll so so much for enjoying this lil comic series!! i know it's been a year since the first part, but most importantly i finished it 💀✨️
every single tags ya'll leave on me posts and past questions i recieve about this au is super appreciated, they make me smile the widest you have no clue!! im just a lil mad at myself that i couldn't expand on this au more so yall could have had more crumbs. irl stuff happened + still getting the hang of drawing and socializing again after years of doing neither of those 😭
but still, im glad i could share this comfort comic i made for myself, and for you guys too. it's a pretty personal one despite the characters not being mine 😅 i hope that you can walk away from this story believing (entirely or not) that someone out there still thinks of you, whether they're from a late/absent loved one who still wants the best for you or a dear friend who will make room in their hearts for you. life will never not be hard, but if you keep them close to your heart, adulting will be bearable 🫂
thank you so much for reading 💕
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