#cryptos and jesters and dragons and nightmares

[storytellingbadger]

Tags! Okidokie, let's see...

Favourite colour: green. Specifically things close to and including pthalto green. Warm, deep, unctuous, rich, inky green. 

Jester: a bit of a cryptid - they’re absolute #000000 midnight black all over, like the Vogelkop superb bird-of-paradise. Vantablack black. But then when they dance and move, you realise their coating is like those sequins where you brush them one way, they’re one colour, and another, they’re something else. Like rufous hummingbird throat feathers - with a flourish, the inky black becomes vibrant, iridescent colours. They favour golds, reds, orange and hot pinks when colours are revealed.

Animal fact: sharks are older than dinosaurs. Older than trees. Older than Saturn’s rings. They have survived all five big mass extinctions, including the Great Dying that smoked something along the lines of 90% of ocean life (and 70-something % of terrestrial animals.) Sharks have been around the block and are awesome.

Favourite toy: good question, struggling to answer! Is it a cheat to say a pencil? I’ve always loved drawing and sketching. Consumed paper at an unhealthy rate as a kid. I didn’t really have a favourite toy in the traditional sense.

Favourite word(s): changes day to day. Current choice - paradigm. It’s a glossy word and I cannot quite explain why I describe it so. Today’s runner-up’s include quibble, sussurant and scripturient. That last one means ‘strong urge to write,’ which is gloriously self-indulgent.

Something I've written that I'm proud of: trick question, I'm not proud of any of it XD that’s not a sly beg for validation, that’s just a symptom of being my own worst critic. That said… I wrote a nightmare sequence in my fic Sunspots, Craters and Mortal Things chapter 28 “longjaw.wav” that got a sparkling review from the lovely @cipher-the-sidhe as a piece of horror writing, which considering their background is high praise. So pretty chuffed with that!

Favourite unreal creature: dragons. Easy. All kinds of dragons. Dragons are awesome. Closely followed by unicorns - not the horse with a narwhal prop glued to its forehead, I mean the old school depictions with delicate, deer-like physique, cloven hooves, fetlocks and lions tails. Werewolves honourable mention.

Tag time. I’m terrible at these, let’s see… @cipher-the-sidhe @brekwrites @noffy96, plus anyone interested. Nice list @shirajellyfish!

Making my own silly tag game

Normal tag games don't have the questions I think are really important, so here are exactly seven questions I actually care about.

What is your favorite color?

Describe the aesthetic of your favorite kind of jester. If you cannot vividly imagine a jester dancing in your head, describe any silly little guy that so strikes your interest.

Tell me an animal fun fact you think is particularly neat

What is/was your favorite toy, either from childhood or now?

What is your favorite word? You are entirely allowed to list multiple if too many are just so good, let's hear all your best words.

What is a line, section, or snippet you've written that you're particularly pleased with/proud of?

Favorite non-real creature? (Includes cryptids, fantasy creatures, mythical beasts, yokai, original species, monster, any creature that isn't real but still makes you go "Oh, this one is neat")

@ your pals to politely request they tell you these fun things about themselves via reblog. @ as many people as you want. @ no one. @ yourself. @ an image of a funny horse. There are no rules here.

I will tag some of my pals here :) @venomous-qwille @eyndr-stories @writing-forever @aviul @ohno-the-sun @pillowspace @kc-wilson-art