#capricious art fight

[capricioussun]

More attacks!

Flock Hexabyte - @doodledrawsthings , Michael - @arr0vvs

[gatitties]

Can I get a one punch man saitama genos and garou accidentally saving a female reader from a villains or monster attack and the reader becomes madly in love with them and like stars following them and clingy to their art etc

─Saitama, Genos & Garou x reader

─Summary: You think that the person who saved you needs all the love in the world even if it was an accident.

─Warnings: none

─ In this world of heroes and villains you consider that you have a superpower, the superpower of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

─ Somehow you find yourself involved in battles that do not concern you, being just another civilian who is rescued, it has happened to you several times, but you usually go unnoticed and flee from danger before someone decides to use you as a hostage.

─ It didn't happen like that when Saitama saved you, although he didn't even see you, he destroyed that huge stone that was going to crush you when defeating a villain, your eyes could only look fascinated at the shine of his bald head and his bored expression.

─ You thanked him in different languages and he just gave you a thumbs up without knowing how to respond when he didn't even notice you in the first place.

─ He was certainly happy thinking that he had gotten a fan, but you went a little too far.

─ You went crazy looking for information about your now favorite hero and love, you sighed every time you saw him knock down enemies with a single blow.

─ Saitama met you more times a day than he did with Genos, and he lived with the cyborg.

─ You always tried to start a conversation with him, no matter how brief, you love the simple interaction.

─ Saitama will run away from you, seriously, he appreciates your letters and gifts but you are reaching an extreme, the man wants to lead a fairly peaceful life and you are a whirlwind of emotions.

─ Genos got a taste of his own medicine when he prevented a pile of rubble from falling on you, he hadn't noticed that you were the only person there, he just diverted the pieces of building for a battle strategy.

─ You didn't need anything else, once he realized that there were civilians, he apologized and helped you get to the nearest hospital to check if you had any injuries.

─ You were creating imaginary scenarios with the cyborg throughout the medical checkup and immediately sought to have more interactions with him.

─ It's difficult for Genos to reject some of your offers once you manage to establish some kind of friendly relationship, although he feels that you are being a little suffocating with your affection.

─ Appreciate your enthusiasm and affection, but seriously, relax a little, his brain will short-circuit from the amount of love you show him.

─ This boy has zero experience in romantic relationships so he is a little lost when it comes to reciprocating at first.

─ You will take care of that as long as he ends up accepting you as a partner, since he is still confused by your sudden appearance in his life, especially when he has such clear life goals, he doesn't know if you could distract him from his occupations.

─ He doesn't want to make you feel bad so he won't ignore your signs of affection like Saitama, ironically he has more heart than his bald friend.

─ In general he is a good boy and he will accept your love bombing, but he also has clear goals for himself, and he lets you know if you really want to be part of his life.

─ This idiot surely saw you and he was even the one who planned to use you as a hostage, but someone beat him to it and put a knife against your throat before he could do anything.

─ Fuck everything, the cheap villain was his priority now and he forgot about you, no one would take away a target even if it was a hostage, speaking of capricious boys…

─ Of course the whim of fighting your captor indirectly saved you, although he didn't look at you when you fell to the ground or help you after he broke the other guy's face, but your heart experienced an instant crush.

─ Garou had the feeling that someone was after him after that day, he thought that some rival was after him only to find... you with a love letter in your hands?

─ You looked at each other in an uncomfortable silence and he decided to leave without saying anything, but your spirits did not falter, you tried by all possible means to spend as much time as possible with him to establish a relationship.

─ The man simply got used to having you by his side, ranting about anything or receiving compliments for any little thing he did.

─ He was so embarrassed, not only because the sight of him as a villain would be destroyed, but because he was not used to receiving so much praise and affection.

─ You may have a rather negative reaction towards your love, he doesn't feel confident enough to start something and you also came out of nowhere, but now that he knows you a little more he won't kick you out of his life either, at least for now…

─ Don't expect any signs of affection from him, he's a tough guy and has to look tough.

─ He constantly reminds you that he's not a good person and what his goals are right now, but he gives up when he sees that the look in your eyes clouded by love, won't scare you away so easily, although he might like that.

[echantedtoon]

Demonstober Day 13 Elf

A supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature.

Tagging: @lavenderdropp @six-eyed-samurai @trancylovecraft @shadyd3ar @cherrysuzaku

@nousija @mspurpl3

Remember if you want to be added to the spooktober taglist lemme know

If someone had told him a couple months ago that he would fall in love with the MOST unusual girl that had ever graced his workshop..He'd have told you to never speak such nonsense to him again, probably would have scoffed, told them they were insane, and dismissed it from memory bank forever. Him, a proud master blacksmith of the arts, with a girl like her?? HA! What nonsense...

Or was it?

Not to him right now it wasn't as she kissed him and held his hands and he found himself not fighting against it. What was wrong with him!?

Oh right. ..It started with her walking into his shop.

The sounds of metal clashing against metal rang out loud and clear in the air. The inside of the shop was hot enough to even send a dragon out to drink cold water. Sweat dripped down his body and his lungs heaved from the excessive force of the hammer that he brought up only to bring it back down repeatedly. Hammering the burning orange iron into submission. To be molded and crafted into a perfect halberd for a dwarf client of his. He would've continued to mind his own business if it hadn't been for the beautiful woman who walked in with a smile on her face.

He stopped mid swing hammer in the air as she walked through the opening of his shop and looked at you. Your eyes wondered around the shop and all his tools set up everywhere before looking at him and smiling.

"Good evening. I'm looking for an elvan man by the name of Hatoro Haganezuka?"

"You're looking at him." He grunted lowering his hammer and eyeing you. Noticing the small cloth you carried in your hands. "What do you want?"

"I heard you fixed blades?"

"Yes. What of it?"

"I was hoping you could fix something for me." 

You should have been as beautiful as you were when you smiled and unraveled the cloth in your hands. Revealing a rather puny dagger that was not only rusted but broken in half. Obviously not cared for at all. He felt disgusted at the mistreatment of his and his disgusted face reflected that. Eyeing it before the beautiful maiden who held it up to him.

"What a disgrace. What do you intend for me to do about it?"

"It used to belong to my grandfather but he passed away. This is the only thing I have left of him. Could you please fix this for me?"

He still stared at her beautiful face before scoffing. "I craft actual important things. Weapons for warriors. Beautiful objects that are supposed to be used to defend, hunt, help survive life. Why should I waste my time on a simple dagger?!"

"Please. I'm willing to pay whatever price you want."

Dam her cute face. In the end he reluctantly accepted her request and she gratefully hugged him despite the sweat rolling down his body before leaving him with it.

He felt like he was going crazy wasting his time fixing the puny little thing.

It felt like a two part problem in his mind. On one hand it was as if he was betraying his loyalty to his duty and everything that it stood for by accepting such a measly thing to fix..for falling for such a girl. While on the other hand it was a betrayal of his own emotions for denying his affection for her in the first place. He grew weaker by the day, losing sleep over his inner turmoil. It wasn't long before people started to notice, dark circles appearing under his eyes and his usual scowl deepening as his mood worsened. No one dared to actually ask him what was the matter, but he could feel their concerned stares and worried glances. Even so, he held out, pushing thoughts of her away as he tried to go on with his life. Just ignore her, he told himself. He would feel better once he forgot about her. Just get this job done and you'll get over her!

 But no matter what she wouldn't leave his mind or him alone. Oh WHY did he have to be plagued his existence? Even AFTER you had returned after a month or two with various check ups to see the progress and then FINALLY getting it done with him shoving it into your awaiting hands.

You STILL plauged his mind.

How beautiful you smiled. How soft you were when you hugged him. How tight his chest was when you kissed his cheek in thanks. 

HE COULDN'T WORK IN THESE CONDITIONS!!

He once told her to leave him alone because she didn't need to be anywhere near him....It ended up with him breaking down in the middle of the day crying and all those sleepless nights catching up to him finally. His work performance was slipping, he was acting like a baby, and it was ALL her fault. She wouldn't listen and go away like some stalker. After that he had passed out from his yelling fit and woken up insidd due to exhaustion.....And to her crying and holding his hand. Ironic wasn't it.

And he made a noble effort to forget about that incident, but it was all for naught.

He reached his tipping point about a month into his rejection to the monster. He was exhausted, eyes sore and bloodshot, and his performance still wavering concerning all their neighbors. Lost in his thoughts while working. he heard a single word. His name. That made him stop in his tracks. His head snapping up in recognition, eyes widening. No! Not her! Not now! The last thing he wanted was the she demon to back him against the wall and talk her pretty little head off. He felt like he was suffocating. He barely slept for days. He couldn't take it- The voices were becoming so much his head was going to explode-

"Haganezuka? You don't look so good."

That was the last thing he heard before he passed out for a second time that month. She had carried him. CARRIED HIM!! HIM!! All the way back inside filled with worry. Don't ask him why she didn't  just leave him there. If the resident blacksmith was just found passed out against the ground it would've been less humiliating than a girl to carry him all the way to his bed where he remained when he woke up and numbly laid there as she went off chattering again. He didn't know what he was thinking when he suddenly exploded at her letting everything out. Maybe it was his frustration? The stress and strain he was feeling from her relentless presence? Maybe the days of little to no sleep? His mind zoned out as he mindlessly yelled at her but he certainly wasn't expecting it to end up with her kissing him and him being compliant to her affections. Leaning into her warmth and all around easing the stress he was always. Good grief what did he say? At one point she pulled away and he attempted to kiss her again which ended embarrassingly thanks to his lesser height which ended up with himself missing her lips and pecking her jawline which sent her beautiful face into giggles and the soft hands cupping his already crying and red face rubbed away at the stressful tears.

"You shouldn't beat yourself over like a little crush. I would've been happy to know either way. Oh. Please don't cry."

He wasn't sure why he felt so assured or comforted right now, but for now he leaned into those soft hands holding him up with the pretty angelic face of his relief

[mintmoth]

Heyoooo how bout that Tsumsted 2 announcement 👀 not only will it complete the Octavinelle set but Tsum Kalim as well! Distraught that Tsum Jamil will have to wait until batch 3 but is suppose it would have been cruel to make him deal with his own Tsum and Kalim's at the same time lmao. Speaking of have you made tsums for your own OCs? I'm obsessed with the little chaos beans 🥺😭😂

OH MAN XBDISNSK okay YES I have seen that announcement and screamed on twitter about it since Kalim is there!!

Here's the preview image for anyone who hasn't seen yet-

People are using this to speculate who's all there- which I've actually seen some debate on if the third one at the top is Jade or actually Trey?? Which I'm excited to see about

Honestly I think it looks like SUCH a fun lineup I'm really excited to see everyone interact with their tsum counterpart but ABSOLUTLEY you know Jamil is going to be suffering with two Kalim's lmao (hopefully he doesn't have Kalim tsum make him think of bugs)

As for tsums of my own ocs I ACTUALLY HAVENT DRAWN THAT YET OOPS, I'm right now working on making them birthday cards and then I also want to draw them as little nui plushies too lmao

HOWEVER!! Back during art fight last year Ambrosia was drawn as a tsum by @capriciously-lovesick !!

LOOK AT HOW CUTE 😭😭😭😭

[dangermousie]

I think we found the creator of Extraordinary You! Also, his concept of a deity certainly fits the concept of a deity in kdramas if Goblin and Angel's Last Mission's cruel, capricious deities are anything to go by.

But also, it's such a parable about parents and children - the logic of "I made you so I can destroy you" that he uses is such - because he's ceased to deny Kang Cheol is alive and breathing speaking etc person - he is not even denying this any more, it's literally "I made him so I can unmake him" and that is in a way an attitude of a controlling parent taken to extreme.

I mean, he keeps saying KC is a monster but his only crime is leaving the dad's control and doing his own things. Once again, parental control parallel made flesh.

This is such a metaphor for an author sick of their creation and wanting something new and not being associated with it but also, once again, the echo of parental relationships of a certain kind where there has to be a winner and a loser.

I forgot that! I forgot that he initially planned to have Kang Chul commit suicide on that bridge which makes me wonder what kind of dark artsy comic he was going for if the original story was golden child who saw his whole family murdered, was wrongfully accused in their deaths and committed suicide out of despair without ever finding an answer. Like WTF! But two things - it shows how KC always had a will to live and some degree of self-actualization and also it's a take on commercial art versus the story the artist wants to tell (the suicide stuff was not popular but it was his, the former was popular but not what he wanted to tell, and resentment and pull between the two.)

But also!!! This is a rewatch so I know YJ was the original creator and so in a way the story becomes the push-pull fight between two of Kang Cheol's creators as to what his story should be, what his end should be. And perhaps he IS so indomitable, so determined to live because his real creator wasn't a disappointed middle aged man, but a little girl who wanted a hero and who, because she was a little girl, believed in good triumphing over evil and justice prevailing. YJ is the original, true creator of Kang Cheol, and that is why the narrative itself won't let the dad's vision come to fruition when it decides to contradict the true creator's intentions and world view.

[gfawkesphoenixchokingonashes]

Stucky fics by Gfawkes

Lis here; she/her, GenX, snarky, salty, geek. I love horses, writing, gardening, running, sarcasm, swearing, and a lot of other nonsense. NSFW always. I have two teenagers. If that weirds you out, believe me, it does the same for me. (This blog runs on a queue (#q) because I’m a grown ass adult and I can only escape here when real life is done). I write stucky and humbly offer the following:

Telephone Game - Stark Tower, friends to lovers, Avengers’ confessions. Also check out the sequel Game of Dice.

Capricious - Hydra Trash Party, porn with plot, happy ending.

Motivation - Gym Bros rom-com with art by @buckybearsdoodles​

Forget-me-not - Alaska / Korean War, Historical AU, Pre Serum Stucky, hurt/comfort, sad with a happy ending.

Fics with ART

I’m fortunate to have worked with some amazing artists for inspiration! Please support their work by visiting the links below and sharing the love!

We are each our own devil (and we make this world our hell) - Dark Angel Steve and Winter Soldier/Bucky in a wingfic with art by @murkycrush

Lost Soldier - Bucky is found by Peter Parker, who sets out to find Bucky’s long lost friend. (hurt/comfort collab with @cobaltmoonysart)​

Where angels fear to tread - Shrunkyclunks and horses (hurt/comfort collab with @sanguineterrain)

As long as there is dusk and dawn, a glimpse of stolen time (fantasy hurt/comfort collab with @liquidlightz)​

The AUs

Gold, Silver, and Virtue - After EG, Steve doesn’t return, but he does come back to the Winter Soldier. (fix-it, Silver Fox Steve)

Have You Ever? - very first fic I wrote. Pre-war, 40s stucky with smol Steve, based on From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

The Masturbation Challenge - humor/fluff

Dog Fight - Modern Steve and Buck, no powers (hurt/comfort, Marvel Trumps Hate donation by heros.bazaar.art)

Recycled - Cap!Bucky Shrinkyclinks (humor/fluff)

Falling isn’t always a bad thing - Christmas Fluff, modern boys

Zen and the Art of Steve Rogers - motorcycle trip across the US, modern boys

Bucky Barnes Always Rings Twice  - Shrinkyclinks no powers (humor/fluff)

Every Teardrop - Musicians, smol Steve, modern Bucky (humor/fluff)

Fifty Below - baseball idiots (humor/fluff)

A/B/O

Unchanged - apocalypse AU

[capriprov]

Watch the FULL version of our trailer here!

CAPRICIOUS PROVENANCE is an award winning D&D 5e AP Audio Drama fusion set in an arcanepunk, partially homebrewed world of Eberron! After The Last War devastated Khorvaire - and their lives - fate follows four unlikely friends attempting to grapple with their own destinies as the fate of the world falls into a chaotic uncertainty.Join our…heroes(?) as they navigate their ever-changing lives in the wake of destruction, wading in the depths of their trauma as they connect with the troubled people living in a fragmented world. We’re an all queer & trans, majority BIPOC cast of tabletop creatives that bend the rules, change the lore, and break the game to tell a story of fighting tooth and nail against the way things are, and daring to hope for change.

Capricious Provenance is free to listen to, and advertisement-free. Our team is small, and we have started this project with no funding. This podcast is a labor of love and collaboration between a group of friends that are very passionate about the art they create. We are hoping to acquire funding and grow the team in the future! For now, you can support the show via Ko-fi.

Will I like Capricious Provenance?

While Capricious Provenance’s main game system is D&D 5e, we use a mixture of different games in the podcast - such as Pathfinder and 1400 Sneak - to help tell our story. Additionally, while the world is set in 5e’s Eberron, it has been altered significantly and partially homebrewed to suit our main characters, featuring elements from various supplements such as Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting. Capricious Provenance is full of magic, whimsy, gods, monstrosities, political intrigue, and queer romance. There is a heavy focus on storytelling through character roleplay that makes room for heart wrenching character arcs and gives space for relationships between the characters to organically develop. The show explores themes of found family, generational trauma, religious trauma, healing, self discovery, the cost of war, freedom and revolution against an oppressive regime. It is ultimately a story of hope in dire times, embracing the monsters within ourselves formed by the world we live in, and finding the beauty in brutality. If you are a fan of media such as Dragon Age, Castlevania, Monster Hunter, The Owl House or Baldur’s Gate 3, you may enjoy Capricious Provenance!

Capricious Provenance Features:

A mixture of actual play and audio drama that places you in the shoes of our characters as we roll the dice.

Award-winning immersive narrative combat scenes that put you right in the center of the action. (Rainbow Roll Fest 2023)

Tarot readings and content warnings at the beginning of every episode so the listener knows precisely what they’re getting into.

Supplementary content, such as a short “radio broadcast” series providing updates directly from the world of our campaign and animatics illustrated by our artists.

Episode re-caps and lorekeeping, and more!

Where to Listen & Where to find us:

Listen on the Official Podcast Profile Listen elsewhere: Spotify || Pocket Casts || Google Play || Apple Podcasts || iHeartRadio Listen & watch more content on: Youtube You can find us on: Twitter || Instagram || Tiktok || Bluesky

Check out our website for cast information, character profiles and more details about the world: capriciousprovenance.carrd.co

[troutreznor]

photos captured and accompanying caption transcribed from Bryan David Griffith's "Rethinking Fire" exhibit at the World Forestry Center in Portland, OR

ARTIST STATEMENT

In 2014, after the Slide Fire threatened my home, I received a small grant to study wildfire with the Southwest Fire Science Consortium. After visiting many fire sites with scientists and firefighters, I came to believe that the root cause of the catastrophic wildfires we are seeing today is a fundamental set of cultural perceptions- perceptions we must re-examine before we can agree on solutions.

In Western culture we tend to view dualities- light and darkness, life and death, forest and fire- as opposing forces in a struggle of good versus evil. We see ourselves as fighting to preserve life and subdue death by taming nature to prevent disasters like wildfire. But what if these dualities are both vital parts of the same whole?

For thousands of years prior to European settlement, fires shaped Western forests. Many native species are adapted to fires and depend on the diversity of habitats they create. But today's forests are more contiguous and less diverse than pre-settlement forests. They are more densely packed with small trees- a legacy of cutting the biggest, most fire-tolerant trees followed by a century of putting fires out. For forests formerly adapted to fire, theses changes combined with years of unburned needles and brush on the ground provide fuel for unnaturally severe, ecosystem-damaging fires during weather extremes, when they are hardest to contain. By trying to eradicate fires, we have made them more lethal. By trying to prevent the death of individual trees, we have put the life of the whole forest at risk.

Now wildfires are coming back with a vengeance, becoming more frequent and extreme with climate change. The fire season in the Northwest is now up to 80 days longer than it was in the 1970s. Meanwhile, residential development has mushroomed in fire-prone areas since the 1990s, making management more difficult, ignitions more likely, and fires more dangerous and expensive to fight.

I investigate these concepts by using fire itself as my medium. I juxtapose soft organic lines and natural edges with geometric forms that convey our desire to control capricious natural processes- often with unintended consequences. The forms of my work compel your eye to complete them.I try to create a charged atmosphere where you spark your own discoveries, sometimes different than mine. Just as different ecosystems have adapted to different types of fire, different communities can find different ways to adapt to fire's inevitable return. Art can provoke questions, but it takes a community to forge solutions.

[authormikamathews]

Goddesses of Myth- Why we fight!

 Ares, the god of war, violent and cruel. Zeus, capricious and jealous. Posiedeon, wrathful and intense. All major male gods created war and waged war for the sake of it, to satisfy their egos and pride... but what of the goddesses? What of Hera and Hestia and Aphrodite and yes, the Muses? They, in all ways, were why people fight, the costs and benefits of war and conflict and what motivated people. 

Let's take a look, shall we? 

Hera was the goddess of Marriage and Women and Motherhood. She was a domestic goddess as was Hestia the goddess of Family and the Domestic Order and the Hearth and the Home. By it's very nature protecting the homeland for our children, for those that would and could not fight, the future of our lines was honestly why people sought to and agreed to serve as combatants in war. Not the Higher ups, like king and emperors, who sought to fight for greed and ego, but the common person who had motivations more solidly linked to reality. 

Aphrodite was the goddess of love and passion and beauty. Our desire to preserve such things, to fight for our loves, it is what drives solders and pushes people to extremes in any situations. It is, like with parenthood, what drives people to lift cars off of children and to fight off wild animals like bears to protect those that matter most. 

Then there are the Muses, mistresses of the Arts and Sciences. They defined the very essence of civilization, the collective understanding that peace can bring great change when inspired by passion and love, the strength of those bonds that motivate us to fight for war. They are and were proof that we matter, that we are more than the destructive force that war turns us into. 

In the end, the gods reflected primal physical forces and egos, but the goddesses for the most part were why we fought, what made life worth living and that is beautiful. So maybe it's time to see more stories about the goddesses, the ones that made life worth living?

So... Yeah!

[insanitysilver]

(Hi, sorry to be awkward and barge into your inbox, but if you’re still giving writing advice, I’m hoping to get an opinion on how to let of my anxiety about writing. But if not, please feel free to ignore.)

A while back, I tried to write my own take on a character backstory for my fandom. The fandom already had a well-known and beloved backstory fic that was recced all the time for the character and that also established much of the standard fanon. So I was very insecure about my version that didn’t use the known canon and instead uses my own ideas. Still, I managed to push through my self-doubt, complete my fic, and post it. But my fic utterly bombed, no one remembers or cares about it, and even though I like the fic, I frequently think about deleting it because of how everyone ignored it and preferred the astronomically more popular fanon-fueled version. (I don’t believe kudos are a measure of quality, but I do believe they’re a measure of how much fandom wants your writing.)

The problem is that whenever I get a fic idea for any fandom at all, if my plotting/brainstorming produces ideas I know go against popular fanon, I feel like I can’t use them, or else my fic will suffer via stats. I constantly worry about if I’m writing the most popular and accepted version of the character, but it’s so frustrating that I can’t include any of my own ideas. This conflict of writing for the audience vs. writing my own ideas constantly paralyzes me, and I generally feel that if I write, the characters will just be cardboard boxes of the standard fanon. Because if I diverge from what’s popular, I might end up with another humiliating flop of a fic that most readers didn’t want or notice, and I’m not sure if I can stand the 2nd realization that I’ve been screaming into void the entire time.

What do I do here? How do I let go of past failures and start concentrating on what I can do, instead of constantly angsting about if I’m wasting my time by writing an idea that doesn’t align with what the fandom itself values?

Firstly, congratulations on publishing your backstory fic! Sounds like you had to fight your anxiety to do so, and that’s always a worthwhile victory!

Let me challenge this: “I do believe [kudos are] a measure of how much fandom wants your writing”. For this to be Good and Proper Science™, we’d need everyone in the fandom do a blind taste test with both usernames redacted and then keep a record of which everyone preferred.

But, that’s not how fics are experienced in the “wild”. Lots of Ao3 users sort by popularity metrics to find fics. Kudos accumulate so older fics have an advantage, and popularity compounds on itself. Readers aren’t making value judgements about you and your work. They just have five minutes to wait at the bus stop, so they whip out their phones and grab from the top of the metrics bag.  It’s really nothing personal.

The median number of kudos on AO3 is 12 (and that’s counting works that have been around forever). I’ve been posting various forms of art on the internet for 10+ years.  Most never found an audience. 1 note, 5 notes, 0 notes, a 200k word fic that I worked on for four years that approximately 3 people have read per year since (if that). And yeah, that can sting. I get it.

So, what’s the solution? My advice is two-pronged:

1.) On Wanting Fandom Recognition

A desire for internet metrics is actually a specific need in disguise. These excellent posts go into this far more eloquently:

@ao3commentoftheday's 'People Don't Actually Want Comments, They Want Community '

@sinigangsta-ao3's 'On Fandom and a Sense of Belonging Part 1' & 'Part 2'

What do you want from that fandom interaction? Prestige & respect? Encouragement? A creative peer group to bounce around ideas? The more specific you can get, the easier it will be for you to work on a solution that fills that need that isn’t reliant on the capricious whims of the greater internet.

Prestige? – These authors write a lot. Relentlessly. Also typically involved in the fandom somewhere offsite and tend to build things. Events, rec lists, secret santas.

Encouragement? – Voice this need in your relationships. Don’t have writer friends? Drag irl friends in or look out for positive fandom subgroups. If there’s a discord server, maybe ask about making a channel just to celebrate wins? If not, invite fandom ppl you’ve interacted with in and make a server of your own.

Idea Sharing? – Nearly the same as above. Groups, in my experience, thrive with something to do. I wanted to practice fundamentals more, so I dragged a group of friends in and made a writing circle where we followed a prompt to write a short story every month. At the end, we shared and critiqued each other’s work. Massively nourishing. (I can post the “curriculum” if there’s an interest.)

2.) On Writing for You

Two practices have helped me on this front. First, I put the watcher away. I make work I never intend to share. I see that blank page and say “whatever happens here is for me only, and I’m going to stick to that”. I also advise hiding your ao3 stats. [This site skin will replace your personal stats page with an image of choice]. [This site skin will hide every stat on every work except word and chapter count]. (I use both together when my brain gets naughty on me). [How to Use AO3 Site Skins]

Second, digging into what excites me. I made huge list of my favorite characters, tropes, themes, narrative tricks, everything. Found patterns. After that, you just cram as many as you can into one story until you’re obsessed with it. Until it haunts you and you simply can’t stop yourself from writing it regardless if anyone reads it.

All-in-all though, noticing your brain is pulling a fast one on you and wanting to make a change is much further then a lot of people get, so I am very serious when I say you should congratulate yourself and celebrate that. You’ve already done the hardest part. What comes next won’t be effortless, but it will be worthwhile. 🌱☀️

But, I’ve rambled enough, and I’ll open the floor up. Anyone else want to weigh in? If you have a writing buddy, how did you meet with them and how do you stay in touch?

[janus-wants-to-stargaze]

magician: 1-mages

todays is quite obvious i’m doing mages and not just anyway the fucked up twisted kind

the crow kissed emperor: a failed immortal who tried to become a Litch by putting his soul into his familiar to become a sprit like being although his soul and the crow familiar merged to become a whole new being.

now the crow emperor with his crown of tin has taken on the traits of a crow and the more human parts of himself have become three crow advisors Alba the albino crow a lover of intrigue and hidden things, Condor the war crow a the war side guides the emperor to war and battle with any who stand in his way, Marionette the builder crow a crafter of spells and the stranger arts. who you support as advisors will affect the great emperor abilities and goals drastically.

glass knife Knave: a mage of curses while her spells are few they can be combined to create strange and confusing weapons all which take the form of a blade. she hopes to undo the greatest of the curses upon her a body of glass. The words of the dying hold great weight and for taking a kings glass blade she was forever cursed with a body of the same that shall be marked with every cursed she has ever used.

the unlucky song: A bard who wished to be forever known and so devised a ritual to become immortal and they did by becoming a song forever to travel from bard to bard, but to them the goal is simple take from what already is find an immortal and posses their form with their bewitching song but for that they need mortals who might find an unwitting immortal and for their help many preserving magicks can be found in that ever shifting limerick.

the core: a golem who died many centuries ago and all that’s left is it’s core with their maker long dead the only thing it has left is a war unfinished but for that a form is needed and not just any will do it’s old form must be remade but as the rebuilding is done it must reckon is this war still worth fighting. while it’s magics are few it knows many crafts of its own kind for any enterprising builder with the wit and the wealth to make them.

the shepherd watchful: a shepherd who struggled to keep his flock in check, she prayed for the ability to always keep an eye for her flock. He was heard by an evil and capricious god and for that she was granted many eyes to watch her flock for as long as needed and with it the ability to never cease and now she simply craves a rest which he cannot receive. in turn for a restful dream she can grant some of her eyes strange and ever shifting powers but these powers often show things best not seen.

[capricioussun]

Would. It be bad to put elester on art fight. Like. I already have Void. I don't want to just have a ton of au papyrus as my characters ... but I really Love elester...

[razzledazzle-pop]

Art Fight attacks and revenge (circa 2022) :3c

Characters and their creators!:

Amelia (@curlymedusa)

Dendo (Toastiannn on ArtFight)

(CrystalPinkStudios on ArtFight)

Sophie @bubblellop

Mason Mare, Marina, Finn, and Noah (@galaxyhanart)

Lavender (Averycoolusername on ArtFight)

Queen Nichole (VampyBoy on ArtFight)

Claire (Pannycake on ArtFight)

Marie and Yoola (FubaraShow on ArtFight (These characters are from Fubara's webcomic, A Masochists Tango, which you can read here. :3)

Clowny Dusk (@bixel-hearty)

Basiana (my blorbo-in-law)(@capriciously-lovesick)

Fay (Chxken on ArtFight)

Alistair (TheWhiteRabbit on ArtFight; my brother. Shakes him)

Aspen and Alistair (TheWhiteRabbit)

Alistair, again (TheWhiteRabbit)

Ike (spidrw3b on ArtFight)

Arielle (@umbranema)

Kitska (jellyfsh on ArtFight)

Cyer and Cynth (...The Sillies) (@hollis-art)

Aspen (TheWhiteRabbit on ArtFight)

Jasper (TheWhiteRabbit on ArtFight AGAIN...he was trying to suplex me. He Did Not).

Emo Duck (ButtHamburger on ArtFight) and Rae (me :3)

Crystal (@crystaljelly64)

Moss (siientsteps on ArtFight)

Nemeia (@djinn-ale)

Background images for some of these were sourced from The Flickr Commons ^ ^

[merthwyn]

We live in a world where everyone tells you that you do everything wrong. They also encourage you (in theory) to be yourself but ONLY in the way THEY want you to be. They also say that "you can't and don't have to keep everyone happy" only to bully you when you follow their own advice because apparently the rule is "you can't keep everyone happy but you have to keep ME happy". We live in a world where, if you don't "fit in" they make sure to let you know about it in the most hostile and abusive way they can (but usually by being "kind". The "kill me with kindness" method as I call it. The best method of undetected abuse).

If you experience the above and still believe in yourself KEEP BELIEVING.

If you are a Christian and experience the above and still believe that God is not like them, NEVER LET ANYONE OR ANYTHING CHANGE YOUR MIND.

If you experience the above but struggle to fight intrusive thoughts which try to persuade you that you are indeed a defective product who should start acting "normal", KEEP FIGHTING. YOU CAN DO THIS.

If you experience the above and this made you think that God is also a capricious abuser, remember that YOU ARE HIS ONE OF A KIND WORK OF ART (Ephesians 2:10). If you also look throughout the Bible, you will see that He used the "defective products" of this world for His glory and not the most "socially acceptable" ones.

KEEP FIGHTING.

KEEP BELIEVING.

[calla-lefford]

Modern AU — Calla Lefford

GENERAL INFORMATION

NAME: Calla Lefford

AGE: Thirty (Born November 16th, 1993)

BORN IN: London, England

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Has a house in London, England, an apartment in Oslo, Norway, and a loft/studio in New York City.

OCCUPATION: Founder of a jewelry brand and owner of several high-end boutiques

ETHNICITY: White (English)

BACKGROUND

The Leffords are cousins to the English royal family, and as such they grew up with a certain degree of scrutiny and in the public eye, though nowhere near what their cousins endured as royals.

Calla never adhered too closely to the rules her parents set up for her, but she didn't outright break them, since she wished to continue to go through life with the money and the privilege that came with playing her part as a Lefford.

At the boarding school, Calla was known as a capricious and headstrong girl, someone who stuck closely to her clique, and as a bit of a flirt too. During her last year, there was a scandal with one of her ex-boyfriends, and leaked some intimate pictures of her. There was initial slut-shaming in the situation, but ultimately Calla managed to come on top of the situation after a few months, pushing for the tides to turn and for people to see her ex for the misogynistic pervert he was. Calla not only managed to get him expelled from the academy, but she set a precedent within the school's bounds to recognize digital violence and ensure there are consequences for those who violate sexual intimacy by distributing personal, intimate pictures or videos.

After graduation, Calla moved to New York City to study Fine Arts with a focus on jewelry. Some of her pieces were featured on the runway during New York Fashion Week in 2015 and that was when she began to gain some recognition.

Calla currently has six high-end boutiques across the world. Her first one was opened in 2016 in New York City, her second in London in 2017, her third one in Milan in 2019, her fourth in Dubai in 2021, her fifth in Tokyo in 2022, and her sixth was just opened in Paris in the spring of 2024.

Calla has consistently worked for the past years to design exquisite pieces of jewelry that have been featured in global runway shows, or have been worn by celebrities, royals, and socialites in their public appearances.

RELATIONSHIP HISTORY

There have been ex-boyfriends in the past, though none worthy of note.

Calla is currently in a relationship with Aleksander Karstark, whom she met after attending one of his fights. That day, Calla sat on the first row, catching Alek's eye, and the two chatted afterward. Sparks flew, and they began dating after that. They have been together for a couple of years now and are in a committed, happy relationship.

[starchascr]

𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧

‘ aslıhan malbora, cis woman, she/her, 27 / 268 , high fae ’ ― cauldron save you. it seems MELINOE DRAVEN has finally made it to the capital, the LADY from the NIGHT COURT is said to be CHARISMATIC and is said to describe themselves with WISHING ON EVERY STAR IN THE NIGHT SKY, COURT GOSSIP AS A FORM OF CURRENCY, PAINT-SPLATTERS ON WRINKLED SILK DRESSES, CONSTANT APOLOGIES FOR BEING LOST IN YOUR OWN THOUGHTS, PEOPLE CALL YOU FICKLE & YOU LAUGH IN THEIR FACE ( WHO WOULD EVER WANT TO BE KNOWN AS PREDICTABLE? )  and with all of this in mind their CAPRICIOUS nature always seems to get them into trouble. may the mother hold them as they navigate this unthinkable time.

compare to : caroline forbes ( the vampire diaries ), carrie bradshaw ( sex and the city ), sarah cameron ( outer banks ), holly golightly ( breakfast at tiffany's ), serena van der woodsen ( gossip girl ), oberyn martell ( game of thrones ), ty lee ( avatar: the last airbender ), lydia bennett ( pride & prejudice ), thor ( marvel cinematic universe ), buffy summers ( buffy the vampire slayer ), angela montenegro ( bones ), daisy buchanan ( the great gatsby ), merry brandybuck ( lord of the rings )

☾ 𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 ☽

*:･ﾟ ⸻ 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒

full name : melinoe lyra draven nicknames : mel age : 268 ( physically 27) species : high fae gender / pronouns : cis woman & she/her sexual orientation : pansexual romantic orientation : panromantic occupation : lady / aspiring painter

*:･ﾟ ⸻ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘

personality traits : charismatic, flighty, capricious, fickle, compassionate, brash likes : painting, revelries, star gazing, dancing, late mornings spent sleeping in, taking care of stray animals dislikes : responsibility/duty, early mornings, long travel, outfit fittings, long meetings fear(s) : death, boredom secret talents : can juggle up to 6 items, is ambidextrous goals & ambitions : to be known for art rather than the immature night court daughter memorable traits : is constantly in motion alignment : chaotic neutral label(s) : the social butterfly, the sabaist, the effervescent, the reveler vices : vanity & foolhardiness virtues : friendliness & pride

*:･ﾟ ⸻ 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄

eye color : dark brown hair colour : dark brown hair type/style : typically worn long & wavy/curled height : 5'6 build : slender exercise habits : occasionally practices fighting, but it's rare dominant hand : left glasses/contacts : n/a tattoos : n/a scars : n/a piercings : ears pierced

*:･ﾟ ⸻ 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘.

father : tbd. mother : tbd. siblings : tbd draven (eldest sibling), cathal draven (elder adopted sibling), sabine draven (elder adopted sibling) children : n/a extended family : tbd. pets : far too many to name

*:･ﾟ ⸻ 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃

as a child, melinoe had always been a flighty thing, flitting from one interest to another. she would give each of her toys equal attention in part because she feared their jealousy should she show more affection towards one bauble over another, but partly because nothing held her attention for long. more than that, there was so much in this world to explore, and mel wanted to see and do everything. after all, why would she limit herself when the world was endless? she hated the routine and monotony that some preferred, instead enjoying creating her own worlds to play in. and when people called her fickle for bouncing around from thing to thing, she would laugh in their face. who would ever want to be known as predictable? there was something in stars that called to the girl. there was an element of wonder there, something that lent back to the fantastical child who dreamed of something more waiting for her. she always stared up at the stars at night and made up stories for made up constellations before she learned all of their names and stories. it was a game to her, making up stories. there are moments that she feels like she belongs more to the burning balls of gas that have held her fascination than to her family and friends around her. so instead she took that feeling and put it into her art, trying to capture the feeling of awe and wonder she always has every time she looks up at night. she still feels like she hasn’t fully achieved that goal no matter how many of her pieces have sold. for a girl otherwise known as fickle, art is the only thing she has ever dedicated herself to other than her family. mel seems to be constantly in motion, flitting from one thing to another. she’s compassionate, but forgetful. people shake their heads when she passes, muttering about how she’s just so immature, so young. and that’s more than true. she prides herself on being decisive, but never really stands by any sort of decision. she prefers love over war and fighting, never having really trained beyond what was necessary to her own protection. the word ‘responsibility’ is a ugly one that she hopes to never come into contact with ( though she supposes everyone must grow up some day ). if she had her way, she would spend her afternoons and early evenings painting, her nights partying, and leave her mornings for sleep. there’s nothing better than being surrounded by people, music, alcohol, and treats. and if there is no event, then she’s perfectly happy to throw one ( or rather, have someone do it for her ). ultimately, she’s just trying to live her best life.