#faelan

[the-mediaeval-monk]

Brother Bennett holding Faelan outside the church.

[hiilumaru]

sparkledog time!! im bringin Faelan back

[crabkick]

Depravity of the gods

[midnightwind]

can I offer you extremely messy sketches of my bg3 characters

[cripplecharacters]

How would I go about portraying an autistic character in a world where there wouldn’t be the terminology for that sort of thing? It’s a fantasy novel that mostly surrounds fairies, and I’m considering having her family think she’s a changeling (something I know has ableist roots and could be shown to be wrong as she’s just an autistic human)

Hello, thanks for your question!

Using pretty direct Autistic coding would be your best bet for making the character as obviously Autistic as possible without having the in-world terminology for it. This could include showing the character stimming, having distinct speech patterns from the rest of the cast, experiencing shutdowns or meltdowns when relevant, fixating on particular interests, keeping a regular routine (and getting upset when it's disrupted), and reacting more strongly to sensory input than the rest of the cast, among other things. Readers who are Autistic or otherwise familiar with Autism will probably clue in quite quickly if you depict these kinds of traits.

While the idea of changelings being equated with disabilities--and Autism in particular--has grown in popularity over the past decade, I would still advise a lot of caution in associating Autistic characters with changelings. While some Autistic people (especially those of us outside of Europe where changelings originated) do identify with changelings due to feeling othered by society, many of us don't because of the negative context of the original changeling stories. I feel that the real-world history behind the stories should be taken into serious consideration before drawing any direct parallels between disabled people and changelings.

Though it's absolutely plausible that the changeling stories did potentially originate as ways to explain the presence and development of disabilities in children as many theories argue, the changeling stories themselves don't frame changelings in a positive or even neutral light--changelings are creatures you absolutely do not want in your home or family and are seen as undeserving burdens on a family's hard-earned resources. There are documented historical instances of people--adults and children alike--being beaten, abused or murdered just on suspicion of having been changelings. I feel that this context is often lost outside of Europe, as we don't always realize that changelings were taken very seriously, especially in rural communities, and were not just harmless bedtime stories.

Because of this, I would suggest that, if you go the changeling route, you take the time and effort to portray it as a particularly dehumanizing and potentially dangerous form of ableism, and approach the subject with delicacy. Otherwise, if your portrayal of fairies in your story is not negative the way they tend to be when associated with creatures like changelings, you could keep the foundations of the changeling story--a human replaced by a fey creature--but tweak the perceptions your character's society might have around them, and perhaps change the name to something that doesn't evoke the same connotations as the changeling.

Other Autistic people are welcome to add their thoughts!

-Mod Faelan

[lokiina]

Dino is not a fan. fjkhgdkfjhg

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[author-a-holmes]

@sleepyowlwrites

You are not the only one!! I don't break out into poetry, as I only dabble in it occasionally, but I have absolutely told @faelanvance that her I hate her because her writing is so evocative.

Hate in the good way, of course *sobs bitterly*

please tell me I'm not the only person who sees someone's writing that is so good that instead of exploding into effusive compliments, I break into visceral poetry that ends up almost insulting the person whose writing I am trying to praise.

or is poor @ambiguouspuzuma the only casualty and me the only weirdo with poetry bullets? just me? yeah, I thought so.

I'm sorry Ocelot, you write so well that it makes me bubble up with passion and inspired adoration masking as disdain, and then I get silly and tell you about it. but holy heap, you're an excellent short fiction writer.

[cyrils-inferno]

Don't you love when two artist own a character? Like damn boy, your life is gonna be fucked up 😂

Co-parent/second artist: @kisses44gen

[the-mediaeval-monk]

Bennett's adventures in raising his feral demon child, Faelan.

[hiilumaru]

when you turn into a dog but you forgot you have to use a lighter later

[ethaneldritch]

I realize my main blog here has become very cluttered with different topics lately. For that reason, I've started a sideblog specifically for Legacy of Kain stuff!

I'm not very familiar with how sideblogs work, so please bear with me, but if you'd like to see all my fanart in one place (and maybe some roleplay/ask games down the line), please go have a look at "@FaelanMacGullicutty"!

I hope you enjoy it ^^

[princekoala]

Surprisingly not a RSA boy(?) This time

Name: Thornby Bell Faelan

Age: 16

Birthday:November 16th

Height: 5'6-5'9

Species: Fae

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Year: 2nd

Dorm: Fableheart (dorm creator: @windbornearchon)

Best subject: Ancient magic

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Likes: attention, being the best, the color blue, flying

Dislikes: His curse, bad grades, not being the best, the idea of disappearing

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Curse: Thornby's destined to be forgotten, and because of this, every time he seems to be forgotten he starts to fade and grow weak, it's only a matter of time before they poof out of existence

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Twisted from: Faybelle Thorn

[author-a-holmes]

Would love to know more about Tale of the Shadowfox

WIP Files Game - Found HERE

I'm actually really glad someone asked about this one!

It's listed as a work in progress mainly because I'm still undecided on whether I'll publish it publically or not, but it's actually a completed story. I wrote it for @faelanvance on the birth of their mini-gremling as a gift to the whole family. Something they could read together, share together, and that the little one could grow into over the years.

Tale of the Shadowfox is a story about a fox cub with threee siblings. As they grow their parents bestow names on her three brothers, but Cub can't seem to accomplish anything well enough to make her stand out, and earn herself a name.

When she is the oldest cub in the pack to still not have a name, and the other foxes begin to shun her, she runs away from home. Determined to prove herself, she braves the wolves and the bears and the humans to find something she's good at... but instead finds herself lost, alone and hungry.

I wrote this childrens story in a week. I spent another week putting together illustrations using assets from Creative Fabrica, and formatted it and had it printed.

1 month after Fae came home with her newest bundle of joy, Shadowfox was delivered to her front door and I'm INCREDIBLY proud of the fact that I brought the whole family (old enough to read) to tears *smug emoji*

As I said, this is a WIP because I'm still undecided on whether to publish it or not. If I ever do, all royalties will go into a bank account for the mini-gremlin. It's her story, after all.

[fanolotsoart]

redesigned Charlatan and adult Fae, and drew her younger with 2 of her friends, Cosmo and Kerry

[cripplecharacters]

Hello!

I've been working on doing research for some of my physically disabled characters, and with regard to that, wondering what I should be focusing on so that I can maximize my efforts. Like I want to do my own research, but I'm not sure where to focus most of that energy. Do you have any lists of "questions you should have enough knowledge to answer if you're writing a character with x disability?" Like examples I can think of would be "what restrictions does x disability pose when real people with that disability are traversing the environment your character lives in, and how do they usually accomodate it?" or "what are several problematic tropes that real people with x disability don't appreciate, and why?"

Thank you so much!

Hello, thanks for your question!

It already sounds like you're on the right track with regards to your research, but off the top of my head here are some things I'd want an author to feel comfortable answering before writing a disabled character:

The character's disability/ies. Get as specific as possible–even if you don't explicitly identify it in the text, you as the author should know what your character's condition is or would be in the real world. You need to know what the disability is to understand how it affects the character's life. "Nebulous heart problem" doesn't really cut it when it comes to good representation. This is also important in order to know which particular tropes to avoid. If the character is multiply disabled, look into how those comorbidities might affect them in unique ways.

The character's medical treatment(s). Does the character have access to the right doctors and specialists to treat their condition? Do they take medication, and does it have side effects? Have they undergone surgeries and/or physical therapy? Have their experiences with the medical system (or equivalent, based on the setting) been positive or negative? When writing a modern setting, take particular care to consider how other axes of oppression, such as race and class, affect access to and experiences with medical care.

How long the character has been disabled. Is their disability congenital, or did it occur later in life? Was it the result of an injury or trauma? What kinds of memories and feelings does your character associate with the disability and/or the event that may have caused it? A newly disabled character is very different from a character who's been disabled for a long time/their entire life.

If the disability was acquired later in life, what did they gain and what did they lose when they became disabled? The chances of nothing changing in the character's life if they acquired their disability–especially as an established adult–are slim.

The symptoms of their disability. This sounds like an obvious one, but surprisingly often I see authors make assumptions about what a character would experience that are quite inconsistent with the experiences of people who actually have that disability. For example, not every traumatic brain injury will cause memory loss, but people often make that assumption. Not every time of chronic pain feels the same. You should be able to differentiate between popular myths about the disability you're portraying and the actual facts about said disability.

How the disability is affected by the character's environment and social context. You should have a pretty good idea of which factors the character will need to accommodate in the setting. This can include anything from which mobility aids they might use and in which situations, how their home or workspace has been modified to accommodate their disability, how they handle the climate or weather, how people react to seeing them on the street, etc.

How prevalent the disability is in the setting. Just like in real life, different visible disabilities will get different reactions from people, and this will vary a lot from place to place. Consider if this is a disability that is widely known and accommodated in the setting and which supports would be available for it.

The character's support system. This is both a social and practical question. If the character requires a caretaker, who is it and what is their relationship? If they don't, who do they go to when they need help with something related to their disability? Do they know anyone else who shares their disability, or have any connections to a disabled community?

I hope these offer a decent starting point in terms of directing research. There are likely some points I've missed, so I'll leave this post open for replies and comments from other disabled people who would like to offer suggestions.

Best of luck writing!

-Mod Faelan

[lokiina]

Things to think about...

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