#ankh the dryad

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A bunch of Lotff doodles that got buried or that I forgot to post

forever unfinished

You can tell which arts are before ANuli lost faer leaves. ANd I lost the fragments I tore off so... yea anywho Anuli has broken leaves on one side.

"Draw your mood in this chart" Anuli gets sudden bursts of happiness and overall the constant guilt isn't treating faer well. Kamari refuses to acknowledge how bad being the High Protector is. And Ankh does know shit about feelings.

Anuli's pondering, and has gotten very comfortable with the idea of trying to get faerself as upset as possible.

yea

They have a veryyy cozy backstory. Like full of fluff.

At 3am

They are bonding

Names. (Kamari means moon.) Alsoo nooo I don't know how languages work here. Ankh just means 'eye' so like... IDK what to tell you.

Ignore how Sitara's design looks a lot like Aisfa... I'm going to change Aisfa's design a bit.

Also these are subject to change... because this was the original idea for them

Anywho so Sitara hangs around Anuli for another reason that I couldn't draw that well.

The siblings. (There is a height difference... I just didn't draw that. ANuli's a lot smaller than most dryads... although no one knows faer age and everyone ages differently.)

Kamari didn't think faerself one to hold grudges. Fae doesn't usually.

sobbing and crying. The only expressions I know how to do.

About the height difference of faries. Techincally if you go by trees then Ankh is a lot taller than Kamari... but techincally trees are terms for tree like things that are wildly different and at some point the fact that they are all bipedal makes no sense anyways. So... suspend your disbelief? I did at one point try to design bird-like and four-legged dryads and ended up drawing what was easiest for me. I went crazy trying to get everything scientifically accurate soooo theyyy'reee nooot. The tree society is accurate and that's about it.

Ehhhh I'm not that good at drawing anything but floating heads (and I only know how to draw arms when they're bent). But here's Kamari!

(And so all sorts of dryads will have all sorts of different body types and proportions and suchh... so basically I'm giving myself lotsss of creative liberty here)

Sitara and Anuli yeyey

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I got emotionally attached to a character. Planned to have angst in the 'they both live but in regret' sort of way

replotting happened

Had no choice but to kill them off and in the polls I did they are a favorite.

and to anyone who follows me for the land of the fallen fairies and knows who I'm talking about and happens to stumble across this... I'm sorry.

... I am not opposed to a 'they managed to survive'.

So let's do another poll, shall we?

also a guess for which character it is would be nice! /not forced

A writers curse is when you become emotionally attached to the characters you planned to kill off

[ninamiart]

Ankhe as a half-talbuk dryad. This concept had been in my sketch folder for so long I finally had to finish it!

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A Study of Discworld

Light Fantastic

Twoflower has a tectonic shift of character.

Let's start with the general stuff.

Light Fantastic is as cretive, insightfull and funny as Color of Magic, but there are changes.

The patrician and the politics with Agatea are completely dropped, replaced by the internal politics of Unseen University. Which is ineresting and funny, but still - continuity. This is symptomatic of Pratchett hiding changes between books, especialy his way of dropping things that happened 'far enogh' that the reader forgot about them. And there is so much happening in his books that it's easy to forget about stuff if there's no callback to them.

The plot is still episodic, but now the through-line of being chased by agents from Ankh-Morpork is explicit, not implied.

Some of the new characters come back in other books and become part of the main crew, like Cohen the Barbarian and Buggy Swires. Cohen is iconic for his cometary on aging, and the reveal of Swires' home is hillarious.

Bel Shamaroth and his connection to the Octavo are also dropped. This is necessary, because the role of the Spell changes completely, from a threat in the background to something hiding in Rincewind's mind, and protecting him from certain death. The reveal of what the eight spells are for is awesome, and also a brick joke from the very start of Color of Magic. It seems that Pratchett had the role of the Spells planned all along, and that the 'episode' with Bel Shamaroth and and the dryads was shoved in because... I guess Pratched liked the ideas therein (hyper-dimensonal trees, old magic, timelss temple of abomination, entities form the dungeon dimension that are worse than evil etc) and wanted to show them, even if that 'episode' contradicts the setup of the main plot? Which is fine I guess. Undermines continuity but the continuity of this story is fudgy anyways, so... Whatever.

My one big dislike is Twoflower's change of character in the end of the book.

See, Twoflower was always innoffensive and oblivious of subtext, always assuming the best of everyone.

"Everything could be sorted between people of good faith and common sense."

This is the guy who tried to talk things out with Bel Shamaroth.

But then suddenly, at the very end, he burtaly berates Rincewind for running away from problems.

And he does so at the one moment that Rincewind isn't trying to run away, but is in fact about to fall to his death. And the only reason Rincewind kept running is so he wouldn't die. Which makes Twoflowers's scathing criticism completely ill timed.

And this is somehow supposed to be an improvment on Twoflower? Like, making him deeper? But he was already deep enough, with his dreams of exploration, superior power of Imagination, and moments of briliance like spiting at the hydrophobic wizards.

And I can't help but be reminded of Carrot, who went from earnest and oblivious to a shrewd steamroller. He also lost apeal to me, because this isn't improvment. To explain why, allow me to compare them with two other charracters.

First is Sybil: She is friendly with everyone. She understands everyone. She likes nearly everyone. She takes care of dangerous animals. She sympathizes with the Dragon even as it is about to eat her. She sees bad people as being foolish children. She sees people for who they are, but also where they come from and what they could become.

When Sybil is suddenly smarter than she seemed, she isn't mean about it. The way Sybil gets people to be better is to call on their better angels, not to berate them.

Next is Vetinari. He will order you first, use reverse psychology second, threats third, and violence as the last resort. And he's honest about all of it. Moist knows that Vetinari "gets you to pull your own strings."

When Vetinari pretends to be igonrant to outsmart vilains, the book doesn't claim that he's "advanced simple."

Carrot bluffing with no cards is not simplicity, it's three layers of complexity. It's obfuscating stupidity. Which is a cool trait, but not when the text insits that it's still simplicity. That's just lying to the audience. And so is suddenly having Twoflower be aware of Rincewind's flaws all along. Of acting oblivious throught the entire book, instead of being oblivious.

So this habit of taking earnest, oblivious characters and making them smarter, but also mean and/or manipulative at the same time, and then implying this somehow makes them deeper...

No, just. Ugh.

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.... This is litteraly the Land of the Fallen Faires.

Anuli and Kamari <-- researched, went through multiple iterations.

Everyone else <-- come up with something random on the spot

Fun fact! In Ankh's 'first appearance' (a scrapped piece of Anuli POV), fae was just called 'Eyes' as a nickname, I'd change it later.

I changed it to Ankh (Eye) because I knew it off the top of my head (semi-bilingual whoopdedoo)... as a temperary nickname.

....

.....

....

I don't think I can change it now.

Some character names are "I researched saints' lives and Medieval flower symbolism and etymology for ten thousand years to come up with the perfect name that has a hundred billion layers of symbolism" and other character names are "I just think it sounds nice :)" and 99 times out of 100 readers will neither know nor care which is which but somehow it's still very very important on the writing end

[blackforestbasilisks]

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Execution: ⭐⭐⭐

Enjoyment: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Link, Amazon Link Key Descriptors: Terry Pratchett, humor, satire, wizardry

Premise: Where the journey first began... four elephants on the back of a giant turtle with a flat, disc-shaped world on top of their backs. The great city of Ankh-Morpork. Truly, this is a classic. 

In any case, the actual premise: a naive, innocent tourist with a very protective set of Luggage (complete with teeth and a bloodthirsty demeanor) visits a large city full of rather brutish adventurers. Along the way, he engages a wizard who knows only a single spell (which can’t be uttered lest he inadvertently end the world as we know it) as his rather intrepid guide. Mayhem ensues.  

Review: While this is certainly not the strongest in the Discworld series, it’s impossible not to be fond of this very first novel. If you’re looking for an introduction to Discworld and Pratchett, I honestly wouldn’t recommend The Colour of Magic given that it’s not representative of the collection as a whole. It has some major plot/pacing flaws, albeit some delightful characters. If you’re just wanting to start with Discworld, I’d recommend either Guards! Guards!, Mort, or Equal Rites depending on if you’d prefer to read about some excellent city guardsmen, Death himself, or a group of witches. 

Twoflower is such a dear - he’s incredibly optimistic and practical, even in the face of near-death. His approach is that if you’re going to die, well, you’d best try to get a good photo out of the deal while you’re at it! Worrying, of course, won’t do a jot of good. 

“Don't you understand?" snarled Rincewind. "We are going over the Edge, godsdammit!" "Can't we do anything about it?" "No!" "Then I can't see the sense in panicking," said Twoflower calmly.”

And the Luggage... arguably the best character in the book, really. What’s not to love about a sea chest that doggishly follows its master, forces reluctant wizards to help on pain of a very crunchy, awful death, and trots around on a hundred tiny legs? The Luggage always shows up just in the nick of time. 

Let’s not forget Rincewind! Rincewind is a character who will show up throughout the Discworld books. He’s a somewhat cowardly wizard who would really just prefer to live a quiet life without any attention being paid to him at all. Alas, that’s not to be: the powers over Ankh-Morpork have decreed that if anything happens to Twoflower, it could cause a bit of a political crisis resulting in a sudden lack of a head for Rincewind. 

“Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant 'idiot'.” 

Twoflower is utterly determined to have a roaring adventure and meet some proper heroes and hasn’t the faintest concept of self-preservation. Thus does he end up kidnapped, in the bowels of a demon’s temple, and on the back of a somewhat imaginary dragon while breaking out of prison. 

The weakest point of the book is the plot/pacing. It’s a little all over the place with many small events occurring that could use a bit more continuity or focus. Let’s spend some more time on the semi-imaginary dragons! or perhaps the dryads ought to play a more prominent role continuing on throughout the book? Small things like that are the biggest flaws. It is very clearly a debut novel, but the seeds for what Discworld will ultimately become are definitely there and present. 

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Draw this in your style

but's it's a lotff art I failed at. (I had a whole anime style scene in my head whyy subpar art skills why)

So here's the text prompt:

Kamari laughed, leaned faer head on faer hand, and shot a side glance at Ankh. "I love you." Ankh's expression hardened. "Don't say that." "Why not?" Kamari grinned. "I'm fooling myself"

So there's a different version in the failed art...

Notes: ANkh is taller than kamari, and the original idea had a Kamari fake smile.

SO! Do whatever you'd like here! A panel, the mini comic (that would be crazy), change expressions, the composition, and such! Please tag me so I can see it

'Refs':

okay so this might be the only current drawing I have of them???

umm. ANkh has a leaf tail, plantigrade. kamari is more like a kangaroo? Digigrade but not really? Long feet and fae stands on faer toes most of the time.

*loooks up a kangaroo* okay so modified kangaroo. Fae also has wings! wowo.

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They had an argument.

(The first of many actually....)

And akdjfads I missed drawing them.

Thank you yaelokre for songs that got me into the drawing mood. <3

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The Land of the Fallen Fairies - A character-centric commentary on the pursuit of happiness, told by tree fairies.

Each character explores a different aspect of the relentless pursuit of constant happiness (when emotional regulation, societal expectations, and moral disaffection make it... quite difficult.)

(I'm going to copy and paste from my intro post)

Kamari

"The fates promised Kamari a future after all, it would be a shame if fae was too ruined when it arrived."

Kamari spends faer days losing faer morality for the sake of a future where fae can exist without worry. Fae knows this. Fae says fae'll keep farewell intact until the day fae can stop being the High Protector and sing faer melodies in tandem with the birds.

Anuli

TWS for Anuli's story: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, overall self hatred.

"The sun raked its light over the earth, played over flower petals, gathered the creatures of its light - the speckles and their lack of wings, lack of something as small as tear drop, shed after the last autumn leaf of a tree long forgotten, and it crumbled to dust beneath my feet. Therein lies the sole purpose of the sunsets and its sunrises, its bleeding colors, the simple words of 'hello, shall we give ourselves a happy ending? That's what makes the day worth it, isn't it?' 'Yes', I would answer, a hypocrite, a vile thing that didn't deserve the very name of antagonist. How many sunrises, how many sunsets and how many stary nights full of gentle lullabies have I stolen away? All for the sake of something as selfish as my happiness." (I need to fix this eventually.)

Anuli believes fae's the villain of this story, and as with many villains, their happiness causes the other characters to suffer. To combat this, Anuli spends a lot of time punishing faerself for any joy or excitement fae dares to feel, which happens often. It simply aches too much (in the numb way) to lose the happy ending fae ruined, the love fae once had, the life fae would've had if fae wasn't filled with fatal flaws.

Ankh

"There will be no peace for us. Not like this. Not with them. Until they are gone or reformed, we're trapped in our own misery"

The point of healing, the reason why one would even try to delay the inevitable, is to ease all discomfort, to savor every moment, to protect it from any disease.

And the worst disease of them all?

Dryad society.

Anuli's the protagonist.. for better of worse

ANd I do not have moodboards.

But I have a doll of ANuli... and playlists

This is much too long. My apologies. My 'elevator pitch' would be the first two paragraphs. As for my favorite thing. THE THEMES FOR SURE. I lovvveee the themes of happiness chasing and how each one explores that and ANULI of all characters has become so much fun to explore things like executive dysfunction or inconsistent happy-brain-chemicals with. Also everyone gets a tragic found family and/or friend group. ANd the worldbuilding is based off of mycorrhizal systems.

it’s been AGES since i’ve done one of these so: writeblr! what are we working on?

reblog this with your elevator pitch (and aesthetics/moodboards if you feel like it), link your WIP intros or relevant excerpts you’d like boosted, and i’ll do my damnedest to reblog everybody who responds in the next few days.

(P.S. bonus points if you tell me your favourite thing about it)

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Curious.

(winner gets art, backstory.... something. You pick... and i'd like to know the reason why you picked your choice. Thanks <3 )

Some of these names took research and lots of changes. Others needed improv. ANd they stuck.... *sigh* (all the "A" names... there's too many)

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The duo is back!! (Ankh and Kamari)

short but Kamari is silly and yes, they are getting a rewrite. Ankh's tethered in this version.

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"My arm feels funny"

Ankh held out faer hand. "Give it here."

Kamari tilted faer hand, grinned. "Aw so nice that you're concerned," fae did as Ankh said and bowed faer head. "I probably just pulled it but thank you regardle-"

"It's broken."

".... What?"

Ankh narrowed faer eyes. "How long has it been like this?"

Kamari gently tugged faer arm away. "... only a few days."

"A FEW DAYS?!"

Kamari frowned. "You seem upset-"

"How. did. you. break. your. arm. and. not. know."

Kamari shrugged. "It didn't feel broken."

"It didn't feel-" Ankh sighed. "You are a buffoon. I'll need seven herbs to fix this."

"Is it that bad?"

"YES." Ankh leaned as far foreword as fae could, and faer tether tugged at faer neck. "I can't even put into words how idiotic you are. You'll get yourself killed."

"And this would upset you?" Kamari smirked, placing faer head atop faer hands. "I'm flattered. You're both practical and considera-"

"Don't do that." Ankh yanked Kamari's arm away and Kamari half-toppled over. "No pressure on it. Get herbs. Don't die."

Kamari nodded. "Of course, of course. You know everything."

Ankh squeaked. "Please get them before you break something else."

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Land of fallen fairies Q&A (thanks for 125 followers!)

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send in asks with the emoji and a lotff character will answer the ask + give a gift of some sort.

📖Anuli will answer your question and recommend a story (show/book/anime/manga/etc.) that fae think you'd like

💐Ankh will answer your question and recommend a plant based on your vibe

🎶Kamari will answer your question and recommend you a random song that I've been playing on repeat

💕Aisfa will answer your question and make a mood board based on your vibe

☠️Nali will answer your question and give you a random quote based on your vibe

💫Sitara will answer your question and give you something random of your choice

transcription:

Anuli *nervous sweating and yanking faer antenna: We have to answer questions. (Fae's overthinking a lot but I don't even know what I wrote for that.)

Ankh: I can answer questions to the best of my ability....but I'm not the one to ask about emotional qualms

Kamari: Ask away

Aisfa: I hope we can have a bonding experience together

Nali: Hmph. What a great way to distract ourselves from the slow fall of society

Sitara: I'm still confused on why I'm the favorite

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ASKS SO FAR

What's Kamari's favorite weather/season? (thank you for the ask @emabatis

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IDFUDSIOUF

EEE Smart planner character is named ANkh. Fae does not have a gender because everyone is a tree fairy and therefore there's no gender or romantic shipping which is great for me because I can do whatever fluff I want. (I needed to get as far from humanity as possible)

Faer 'hair color' is... ....

...

(oh gosh what's the color?)

Fae's the one with the spikey features.

Controversial hot take is that fae thinks all societal systems are dumb because they allow present suffering. The 'main system' of the current world is the fallen fairy system, which the three territories have their own version of.

Quick worldbuilding ramble:

They basically siphon off any fairy deemed 'weird' or 'other' to be tied up for a year and if they make any attempts to escape or 'act off', then they have to face the High Protector in the Battle of the Fates (Basically the system acts like it gives the condemned a lot of chances but in actuality its very hard to escape).

Each of the three territories created a version of the fallen fairy system as a response to the pixie crisis, which is based off fungal fairies, which is based off of mycorrhizal fungi, which is based off the mutualistic relationship between trees and mycorrhizal fungi, which is a whole thing in and of itself.

(It's called the 'wood wide web' and basically fungi creates a 'tree capitalism' in which the fungi exchanges messages and nutrients, but this can be just as corrupt and parasitic as it is helpful Trees are more dependent on the fungi than the fungi are on the trees for nutrients and due to degrading soil quality, the mycorrhizal exchanges caused a lot of pain for a lot of tree fairies.).

All of that is to say, fairies that were more isolated or more 'weird' were more dependent on mycorrhizal fairies, and so dryad society shunned them all, and years later you got the fallen fairy system.

OKAY BACK TO ANKH THE PLANNER CHARACTER.

So Ankh's entire belief system revolves around easing present pain as much as possible so life is lived in contentment. ANd they see these societal systems as diseases of sorts, and they concoct all these plans with their friend group (the mentally ill, rejected and sickly sorts with the baby of the group being the happiest other than ANkh - and the baby of the group believes fae won't live to maturity)

That is, until the fallen fairy system kills the baby of the group.

So Ankh then makes this crazy plan to kill the High Protector. This involves getting faerself condemned.

(Anywho so the High Protector and ANkh are in this platonic ship and people seem to love them so that's nice)

ER SO YEA THE FALLEN FAIRY SYSTEM IS REGARDED TO BE ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS KEEPING TREE FAIRIES SAFE FROM THE PAIN OF THE PIXIE CRISIS - THE MYCHORIZAL FUNGI TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEM - AND ANKH'S TRYING TO TAKE IT DOWN.

Favorite beverages!

Ankh is a healer, which is basically a herbalist. So fae drinks faer water with lots and lots and lots of herbs that keep faer brain fog and lethargy at bay. (Along with making sure all of faer friends stay alive and healthy and.... yea ANkh's pretty much the only one making sure they take care of themselves.)

Fae would prefer hot tea (or in tree fairy case, herbal water that's been placed in the sun for a long time) because it's 'better for you'.

(ANkh is extremely practical and doesn't really get 'feelings', mostly because all of faers are muted and don't bother faer at all. This is just how fae is. Fae doesn't see anything wrong with it. (And there is nothing wrong with it <3))

MORAL COMPASS:

Emotions are dumb. No.

I'll try my best to help but if you continue to be ridiculous about ridiculous things then that's your fault, I'm not infecting this entire [x amount of time] because you're too stubborn.

Society as a whole can burn. Why can't people just... live?

Couldn't care less about a stranger, has no patience for really emotional fairies that get hung up over little things.

Once fae has a plan, fae will do anything and everything to make it work. Things that seem heartless to others are perfectly logical to Ankh.

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EEE THANK YOU!! Tbh I steal all my worldbuilding from science. Most of the Land of the Fallen Fairies worldbuilding is from science. (Except for the three territories: The Receiver territory, the Guardian territory, and the Unseen. Those are based on three different worldviews/responses to the pixie crisis. The Guardian territory believes tradition and legacy protects you from pain. The Receiver Territory believes living for yourself protects you from pain. And the Unseen believes that the best way to get rid of pain is to actively seek it out and rid of it. The other two territories siphon off fallen fairies to the Unseen... somewhat. There's some controversy in the Receiver territory about it because having fairies condemned goes against their right to live for themselves. IN the Guardian territory all guardians are pretty protective over their heirs, so they don't like their heirs. Siblings get condemned pretty much immediately.)

With the mycorrhizal mycelium I want to take some creative liberties since that world of roots below the soil works like a 'connected headspace'. So I can do WHATEVER I want there. Haven't gotten to writing that part yet.... so if you have any ideas, let me know /not forced.

sorry if I rambled! Thank you for showing interest in my sillies. *adds you to the tag list*

What would your ideal book be like (as in, what theoretical book would be your absolute favourite) what genre, page count, setting, characters, etc would it have?

oohhhh this is such an interesting ask. hmm i'll have to lay this out in dot points

BE READY FOR LOTS OF TEXT!

also i am indecisive and messy so my opinions will probably change idk T-T

alr here we go

- genre: psychological novel? im not exactly sure what the genre is but i love when books follow a mentally ill character that's just trying their best to navigate through life, and the book is about the way they interact with their surrounds and respond to issues and cope with their past and come to decisions, iykwim?

BUT I WANT FANTASY in it too so it will be epic. i love fantasy world building and i love when it makes so so so much sense. it would be cool if they had elements and got sorted into elemental groups too- that is so satisfying and fun to read.

- page count: probably 500. personally i think a normal book is 300, and it seems daunting when it's got like 700 pagesz but considering that this is my ideal book, i think i'd be sad if it had less than 400 pages (cus the story would be over soon) so i'd say 500 pages is the perfect amount.

- setting: in terms of time, i never really cared for it. i realise that i should probably have a preference on which century i like to read, but i find that characters can be mentally ill and epic no matter if they are from the future or the past.

in terms of location, hmm i wouldn't want to read about a character being anywhere with tropical or summery vibes. i like my characters knee deep in snow and drenched from head to toe in rain. it keeps them depressed and relatable ^^ (/hj....?)

oh also it would be cool if the country and places were mad up, since that this is a fantasy.

WAIT OR asia. i am obsessed with books that focuses on/is based off asia :)

- characters: trios are the best and i will die on that hill. ok like i dont need the trios to be together 24/7 but i need there to be THREE main characters if you know what i mean. one of them can be an antihero idc. it just has to be THREE.

oh also i love to read in the perspective of characters who are ambitious and feisty and impulsive because they're the opposite of me. but also i'd like them (idc abt gender) to be cunning, witty and good at making plans.

another character that i need in the trio is the smart one. there HAS to be a smart side character or else i will NOT fall in love with the book. i need the character who makes all the entensive plans. i need the character who is a walking dictionary. i need the character who hates to fight and would rather be learning but is somehow good at it and therefore forced to fight alongside the makn character. (oopsies im just describing the poppy war. but that is not a crime ;])

if its a soldier poet king trio i will be obsessed with it forever and ever

ok so for the stuff that u didnt ask but im gonna include:

-writing style: advanced. work my mind to death but enrichen it at the same time. i dont mind a difficult and layered magic system- in fact i LOVE THOSE, as long as they make sense and they are creative. do not give me that "she let out a breath she didnt know she was holding" bs.

i want "the night circus" level description when it comes to settings. i need to see taste hear smell FEEL the fucking surroundings

-vibe: doomed from the start. i dont want my characters to be happy. make me fall in love and then break my heart and do not apologise for it :,) (shit am i masochistic? damn)

- others: it would be cool if it is somehow relevant to our present irl current political state/ real world problems. it would be even cooler if it somehow fits a ton of mitski songs. also gayness is very welcomed

yeahh thats all i got for now. oops i wrote alot. at the start of my reply i was thinking along the lines of solitaire and crime and punishment and no longer human, but then it was all scrapped and i based it all off of the poppy war trilogy because it did fantasy and character dynamics/personalities/backstories SO RIGHT.

tysmmm for this ask. i would love to ask it right back, but i dont know who you are :(( ahsvsj feel free to tell me anyways tho in my askbox as an anon !!

*this was not proofread

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I decided Ankh should get a tail.. then the others came about.

And while you're here, how about a sequel to the nickname snippet?

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"You know my 'little moon' nickname?"

"Do you wish to be called 'disaster fairy' instea-"

"I have to come up with a cute nickname for you now!"

"Absolutely no-"

"How about-" Kamari waved faer hands with a dramatic flair, "eyeball."

"....."

"Pretty wonderous, isn't it eyebal-"

Ankh stood. "Goodbye."

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[anulithots]

The people have spoken~~~~

(comment/reblog any character questions below! /not forced)

Welcome to the Land of the Fallen fairies...

~~character Q & A~~~~

Reblog or comment any questions you have for the cast below! (You can make a general ask or one for a specific character.)

Characters (from top to bottom): Anuli, Ankh, Kamari, Aisfa, Nali, Sitara.

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(Why is it that I'll get art block for some of my characters but art-easy for others? Nali and Asifa were easy but Ankh gave me so much strife. Anuli, for some reason, is always easy.... and I'm supposed to have the doll BECAUSE I won't have to draw faer a ton... *sigh*)

[anulithots]

How dryad anatomy works (at least for Ankh and Kamari I don't know what I'm doing)

thank you @sleepy-vix for asking!

so Kamari has a pointed oval shaped head, two heart shaped leaves on either side, with relatively heart shaped antennae and roots that grow longer on one side (and faer's are very wavy)

fae also has a small scar on faer left cheek. If I've ever forgotten to draw it no I didn't.

Fae also has large wings and a tail like a bird. THe underside is a matted brown, whereas the top sides are a glossier

(the legs aren't accurate in this sketch. I changed them.)

Fae has the most 'medium build' out of everyone. ANuli is on the chubbier side for a younger dryad (most dryads get chubbier as they age and it's typically seen as wisdom here) Ankh is more... broad I suppose?

so for legs it's similar too... kangaroos but not really?

in order to look right, fae has longer thighs and calves, and faer toe is longer and gets wider at the toes.

How Kamari naturally walks in on faer toes. If you look at a bird they kinda hop around with little flaps. Kamari walks pretty much the same. Fae'll half-hop on faer toes with little flaps. ANd when fae's standing still or relaxed fae'll rest faer weight on faer entire foot.

Now this isn't like the majority of dryads in Trinity HOllow, so the Unseen's elders told Kamari to walk normally. So Kamari nowadays forces faerself to walk one foot and a time, and not rise to full height when fae walks.

This is uncomfortable for faer. It causes faer feet to ache constantly and was the original reason fae took relief herbs.

ANkh's anatomy is different.

more 'vertical face' one ear is shorter than the other, just because that's how faer tree grew. No tragic backstory behind that. Fae's taller than Kamari, but shorter than faer when Kamari's at full height. Thin tail with leaf at the end.

And knots that look like eyes littered around faer body.

Now in terms of limbs fae gets thicker at the extremities, and is overall stocky.

(OKay so Kamari's medium build, but has broader shoulders.... that's just what makes faer looks right? ... in fact they all have fairly broad shoulders IDK them being bipedal was me being lazy anyways)

ALso ANkh is plantigrade. What that means is that faer legs work like ours. Thighs, knees, then calves. Typically you see bears as the example for this. Also hence why ANkh has thicker feet and hands, for balance reasons, fae has more of paws than 'feet' per se.

Now I would say the difference is because Ankh comes from the... US I think? I think faer tree is native to here but I'm not sure.

Kamari's tree (Fae's a magnolia) is native to North and South America, the Himalayas, and East Asia.

And Anuli's tree is from Afirica. That being said, I don't have much built for different anatomies for different places... it got tiring and so I do things randomly.

trees are more so a wide swath of plants that aren't even that related to each other, they just happened to all find a similar way to grow that proved best to collect sunlight. So for dryads they are going to have widly different anatomies since they don't need to collect sunlight, but since thier trees interact with each other, they will all kinda act like the same species. even though they are anything but.

alsdkjffsad that was actually really nice to worldbuild, extra angst for kamari yayay

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