#artemisofthesea

[joyful-soul-collector]

#5 what is your favorite overused trope?

Oh gosh hmm. Does Found Family count? I don't feel like it's necessarily overused, but it is used a lot haha. In anycase I'd say that's my favorite

[silkirose]

🖋 + Doris

Doris my girl!!

So first of all, Doris originally started out as a persona for me. She was everything I wanted to be, stronger, cooler, and confident. But eventually I got bored of her being me, so I turned her into a completely new character! Loved the name Doris, tweaked her personality a bit, and over the years she's become the Doris I know today!

She's confident, bossy, stands out in a room, bright, and ready to fight! She has no time for bullshit, and she's definitely a "punch first ask questions later" type of person. Has a lot of pent up anger about the shit she's gone through in life. Although fun fact, despite this, she absolutely loves kids and part of the reason she fights so much is to protect the future generation.

She has two sisters, her older sister Tessa (left) and her younger sister Melina (middle)

They each were born with the same rare magic powers as their mother. Basically in their world, magic exists, however you can only use magical items or spells. You can't just make magic poof from your hands that's impossible!

...except for Doris and her sisters. They try to keep their rare magic a secret.

To explain more about her, I have to explain a little more about the story she's from "The Cassy Project"

In their world, evil scientists have created a serum that turns humans into what I call "Nura"

They lose their sanity, their hair and eyes turn bright colors, gain superhuman abilities, and they only attack people. It's very hard for normal people to fight a Nura, given their superhuman abilities. However, Doris and her sisters magic seems to be a weakness of theirs. However long it could take 15 people to kill one Nura, Doris can do in minutes.

The story begins when Doris and her sisters find a group of kids around their age trying to find a cure for the Nura, and stop the evil scientists behind it. The leader of the group, Eric, believes that they could be valuable team members and friends, aiding them on their journey.

The sisters expected something like this to happen the minute others found out about their rare magic.

What the sisters didn't expect, was that Eric himself, is a Nura.

[crazybutgood]

If this isn't too vague for a playlist prompt. But the troupe enemies to caretaker, is a recent obsession. And i would love a playlist 💕💕

Hello @artemisofthesea! Thanks for your patience

Ooh this one was a challenge,, I did a bit of research and here’s my interpretation of it! Explanation of the song choices is under the cut.

Thanks for the playlist request! Hope you like it! If anything, lmk :)

The one who will be taken care of, before finding the other, lamenting his situation and life:

Ek akela is shehar mein

Yeh kya hua

Kiska rasta dekhein

Tu hi tu har jagah (this one is also like thinking of the other, even if they were enemies before)

The one caretaking trying to placate or appease the other when he first starts taking care of him/The one being taken care of apologising or feeling sad after the other got upset because he lashed out too much:

Rooth kar humse kabhi jab chale jaaoge tum

Accha ji main haari

Dekho rutha na karo

Chalo jaane do ab chhodo bhi

The one being taken care of being glad the other is in their life, and vice versa if you like:

Dheere dheere machal

Kaun aaya ki nigaahon

Tum aa gaye ho noor aa gaya hai

Rajnigandha phool tumhaare

Jeena jeena

Tum jo aaye zindagi mein

The one caretaking encouraging the other and assuring he will be there for him:

Tere mere sapne

Dil pukaare

Maine kasam li

Do deewane shehar mein (the happier version of ek akela is shehar mein, when it’s two people now instead of one lonely one,, just to tie it back)

[ourimpavidheroine]

I was wondering if I could get a pronunciation guide for some of your OCs? Specifically: Meili (sp?) Qi Yoazhi/Zhi (sp?) Mauja (sp?, Amak's mother) Amak Souzi (sp?) Also, I'm sorry if I spelled everyone's names incorrectly. Thank you!

I can try!

Meili - MAY-lee (audio here)

Qi - CHI (audio here)

Yaozhi/Zhi - YOW-zheer or Zher (audio for Zhi here)

Mauja - MAW-ja (soft "J" sound, almost "shh")

Amak - AH-mack

Sozui - sew-ZOO-ee

[frownyalfred]

i just went and read that justice league comic and i have noooo idea where the ventriloquism came in???

@artemisofthesea figured it out! He throws his voice to make a Lantern think he was talking from somewhere he wasn't.

[sweetfirebird]

artemisofthesea replied to your post

You may have already considered this. But when my mom couldn't figure out why she constantly had an upset stomach from dairy, greasy foods, and spicy foods. It turned out to be gall stones

I did vaguely consider this last night, actually. I had a friend years ago who had gallbladder issues. It's very possible. The fried food thing has been an issue for years but I am sure recent stress (like... all of last year) have not helped matters.

Of course, that means I would have to navigate my "health care" services, which is more stress. lol.

[ladderofyears]

This is amazing. I love it so much, and I feel so blessed. I have never had a book cover before and now I feel on top of the world. Thank you so much @artemisofthesea ❤❤❤

In Vino Veritas Fanart [Exploding Snap 2021]

I am playing @gameofdrarry Exploding Snap 2021. This is for my half of Club Magicana’s Kockback Jinx (Slytherin) card. I’ve created a book cover for the lovely @ladderofyears fic.

Title: A Lungful of Truthfulness

Author: Ladderofyears

Rating: Mature

Exploding Snap Trope: Truth Spell

Word Count: 605

Tags: Truth Serum; Potions Class (Harry Potter); Potions Accident; Secret Crush; Wet Dream; Dream Sex; Orgasm; Love Confessions; Boys Kissing; Oral Sex Discussion; Happy Ending; Game of Drarry’s Exploding Snap 2021

Summary: When Harry inhales Truth Potion several interesting confessions spill from his mouth.

Read on AO3

Book Cover on AO3

[dork-empress]

artemisofthesea replied to your post “Everyone always gets mad when I tell them that ‘C’ is an unnecessary...”

What about the word chicken? How would you spell it w/o C?

In Laura’s New Alphabet, Ch, Sh, and Th all get their own letter. Unnecessary letters like C, Q, and X will be eliminated to allow them to take their place.

[ourimpavidheroine]

#18 for the behind the scenes questions? 💕💕

What is a line/scene you’re really proud of? Give us the DVD commentary for that scene.

This scene is from chapter 8 of The Three Letters And Six Etiquettes: or, Marriage Unites Two Houses, from 12 year old Naoki’s POV.

.............

Qi drove them to the park by the cliffs, the one that was right by Uncle Wei’s flat. They took a walk and looked at the ocean, and then sat down on a bench together. She held Qi’s hand and they didn’t even mind it.

“I don’t have a lot of good memories of being twelve,” Qi finally said, after they’d sat for a time and watched a big boat, loaded high with boxes and things, sail slowly past. “Course, I had difference circumstances than you. But even still.”

“Everything feels wrong.” She went to scuff her foot into the dirt but stopped. They were her new shoes.

“Yeah, I remember a lot of that going on.”

“Some days I feel like a baby and then other days I don’t and everything’s all mixed up and I feel like crying and yelling all at the same time.” She glanced at them. “Did you feel like that?”

Qi shrugged. “Well, if I’m honest with you, Butterfly, I was mostly too busy trying not to starve. I didn’t want to mix in with the triads and I didn’t have anyone looking out for me, so it was up to me to take care of myself and I wasn’t able to always do a good job with it.” They nodded at her. “You’re ahead of me in development, too. I didn’t really start to get breasts or the rest of it until after I’d come to the house and LoLo started feeding me. Pretty sure I would have been a bit taller than I am now, too, if things had gone different for me. I just didn’t get enough to eat, even when I was little. I ate, but I got the leftovers, and there were never enough of them.”

She was curious. “Do you get a period?”

They just gave her a funny look at that and then laughed. “Sure I do, baby. I’ve got the body I’ve got. Didn’t start until I was sixteen, which was late, but like I said, I’d been starving, that makes a difference.” They cocked their head at her. “I’m guessing you’ll be getting yours well before then.”

“Are periods awful?”

“Well, I can’t say as I really enjoy mine, but there are worse things, believe me.”

They were quiet for a time, still holding hands, watching the ocean. It was cooler here, where the wind came up off the water, and that was nice, too. She snuck a few looks at Qi. She knew that Qi wasn’t pretty, not like Asami was, nothing like that. Asami was really beautiful, and everyone talked about how beautiful Yumi’s little sister was, the one Meili looked so much like. She knew Meili was going to be beautiful one day; it was easy to see, even though she was only five. “Do you think I’m ugly?”

Qi’s eyebrows shot right up. “No. I do not think that. Do you think it?” She looked away, miserable, and didn’t answer. “Somebody been calling you that?”

Now it was her turn to shrug. “No, not really. I just think it.”

“Is this about your sister?” Qi cupped her chin in their hand. “You listen here. Meili is a beautiful little girl who is going to grow into a beautiful woman someday, or at least beautiful the way most people see it. That’s just how it is, though, nobody gets to pick how they look.”

“Yeah,” she said, and a big fat tear went plop! right down her face. “And I know, I know, I’m the best firebender in generations, blah blah blah.” She looked up at Qi and even more tears just gushed right out. “But I don’t just want to be a firebender!”

“First off, you are not ugly. You don’t have a face like Meili, but you aren’t Water Tribe, either. You’ve got a Fire Nation face. And you know those yellow eyes of yours are unusual. What makes your face alive and interesting to look at is that your face is what they’d call expressive.” Qi smiled a little. “Your face really shows how you’re feeling.”

“Yours never does!”

“Not really, no. But again, that came from my growing up, not because I wanted to be that way.” Qi thumbed away the tears. “It wasn’t safe for me to show any feelings. I guess I just got used to it.”

“Do you love me?” She just opened her mouth and out it came without her thinking about it and she held her breath, waiting for the answer.

Qi cradled her face in their hands. “Baby, I really, really do. I love how kind and generous you are, and all your wildness and strength and how thoughtful you are, which I think most people never see about you. You do a lot of thinking, and most folks reckon all you are is a firebender. But I know better, and I love that about you.”

Now she was really boo-hooing away. Again! “Really?”

“Really and truly. I think you are an amazing medium girl who is going to grow into an amazing woman and I’m glad I’m able to be here to see it happen.” Qi snuggled her in closely.

.........

First of all, I really loved sliding down into the POV of a twelve year old girl. It was a difficult time for me and not that long ago I found my diary from that time, which I didn’t even realize I still had. It traveled across the world with me! (And my mother used to read it, which she blithely informed me of when I was in my forties and I was so hurt, horrified and betrayed that I don’t think I’ll ever forgive her for it.) I was intensely lonely at twelve; they had no idea what to do with me at school (I’d been given an IQ test and the results, while not unexpected, were also a very clear sign that sixth grade was an academic joke for me) and of course had undiagnosed autism and ADD in the days when no one and I mean no one had even heard of those things. My mother was not...kind. We’ll just leave it at that.

Twelve was also the age my daughter - who was raised with love and acceptance - was when her (other) mother died. The impact on her was profound and, quite frankly, devastating. She was a broken, shattered little thing, barely surviving, quite literally hanging on by a thread. It was a very frightening time for her (and for her twin and me as well).

It got me to thinking about the differences between Naoki and Qi at twelve. Naoki has always been the daughter of privledge, well-loved and cared for, never wanting for a single thing. Nevertheless, all of her new emotions and feelings are difficult and troublesome for her. Qi, at twelve, was a kid on the street, with an ugly beginning and an even uglier life, already a killer, desperate to survive, hard and angry and terrified all the time. Qi at twelve was only alive out of sheer bloody-mindedness, out of a refusal to die.

How on earth could I pair Naoki up with Qi and still make her troubles as a twelve year old not only real but sympathetic? It was a challenge, but I am very proud of how that particular chapter/ficlet came out. 

[ourimpavidheroine]

Number 20 for the writing asks? 💕💕

Describe your perfect writing conditions.

I need to be alone.

Seriously, though, I am not one of those people who can go to a cafe and write. Not with my autism/sensory processing disorder. Also, I do not handle interruptions well.

I need to be alone and generally speaking I listen to music. Not just whatever comes on the radio but some song(s) that connect to what I am writing. I can do that thing where I sit here and write for four hours straight listening to the the same song on repeat. Headphones on to block out any other sound, because I get distracted. 

I am not, alas, one of those people who can just write a bit and come back to it. I write in big, gulping chunks. I am either writing when my kids are not around or are asleep. Late nights or early mornings, while they are at school.

I sit at my desk where everything is familiar and doesn’t distract me; I work on a PC and not a laptop. I have issues with carpal tunnel and have for 25 years, so I use a special keyboard and mouse. I touch type very fast; remnants of a high school typing class in the 80′s. (I never look at the keyboard.) I always have my water bottle close at hand and try to stay hydrated and when I’m done writing then I’m done. I never force myself into sitting a certain amount of time or writing a certain amount of words. That doesn’t work for me. I write when I write and I don’t when I don’t, and there’s no point in just sitting at my desk staring at the screen or just writing BS words for the sake of writing something. I don’t operate that way.

I hyperfocus, thanks to my brain!

[ourimpavidheroine]

What is a fun fact about Ikki?

She’s always wished she was glamorous, like Asami Sato or a mover star. 

[ourimpavidheroine]

How about Ikki and Haun for 16. Or Ikki and Bataar, or all 3 of them.

Heh. Pick a couple! :D

Yes, I can do this one.

[ourimpavidheroine]

Could you do the Wuko kids for 13? It can be any of them, doesnt have to be all of them.

Hmmm. School dance? A challenge! 

[ourimpavidheroine]

Chapter 42: 199: Rohan, Qi and Sayuri

And here’s the last of those prompts! This one is for you, @artemisofthesea. My apologies for the very long wait.

[ourimpavidheroine]

In case you missed them, I posted a few of the prompts I was given.

Chapter 2: A Shattering Insight: Yumi Trains As A Kyoshi

Chapter 13: A Twofold Comparison: Mauja Remembers The Past

Chapter 32: 196: Madame Zong and Sayuri

Chapter 104: 213: The Hou-Ting Son-in-Laws

I still owe @artemisofthesea a Rohan ficlet and I am writing that one now. And then back the wedding! 

[ourimpavidheroine]

Date Prompts So Far

Just in case you missed them!

Chaiyun and her partner? at a coffee (TEA!) shop (For an OC loving Anon)

Zhi and LoLo - Home Alone (for caelumlevitas)

Ikki and Huan - At the Beach at Night (For artemisofthesea)

The Wuko kids at a School Dance (or close enough) - (For artemisofthesea)

Wu and Opal - At the Bookstore (For queeniedear)

Zhi and Ping in a Cave full of Crystals (For queeniedear)

Sayuri  and Zu - Home Alone (For Anon)