#i have more thoughts about this but as they're way more undercooked than the main point of this post

[autistickaitovocaloid]

So the thing is like. It's not that hard to imagine a character you've noticed similar traits in to be both autistic and asexual you can do that it's fine and cool. What you really shouldn't be doing is looking at a character you see these traits in and saying, with your whole damn chest, "oh they don't know what sex is".

[ntls-24722]

Domesticated crops! (and secret not-plants)

This post is more for me and actually putting to paper the things that the Bolur species would eat. I had more fun than I thought I would've.

cw? tw? for unsanitary mentions sorta

Going from top-to-right,

Land Barnacles

Exactly what they sound like. Did you know that Earth barnacles are arthropods? That they're crustaceans? I got inspo from that. Juveniles, like Earth barnacles, are mobile and have very inefficient, blanket-y wings that they will use to one day cement themselves onto the ground, hopefully next to another one of their barnacle colleagues for reproductive purposes. Their abdomens are actually folded so that their anuses are right next to their mouths, because like an aphid, they have a very sugary, liquidy waste that (alongside their floral-looking heads) brings in a lot of bugs for them to eat! When bugs try to feed on their waste, they use the remnants of their tube feet to grab them and eat them.

Zebrapeople cultivate land barnacles in order to drill holes right into their abdomens and harvest their honeydew sewage. It's like a gross version of drilling holes in maple trees for maple syrup. I imagine they view it kind of like hot dogs, so tasty but so grossly made...

Floor Climbers

They're these kind of "flatworms" that eat underwater plant growths and store them in their skin to be able to photosynthesize for themselves. Their blankety backsides is the part of them with the most, so they evolved to completely have that part of them be a solar panel blanket and just walk with their front.... well, they never had legs, but they now have "legs." They're handstanding everywhere

They're invasive little shits that reproduce like rabbits. They're introduced to small, usually music man-made bodies of water in order for them to completely take over, and for the music men to harvest. They're really chewy and savory if you cook them right. Might be a little poisonous if you undercook them, so it's better to burn your climbers than have them medium rare.

Bucca

THATS TUBER, BABY

They evolved that Phat Root in order to anchor themselves in the water. They have flowers at the base of their main stem for bugs that walk on water to pollinate, and to make sure they don't move around too much, their stem and leaves became super aerodynamic to the point it looks like a big red feather coming out of the water.

Amber Tree

MISNOMER. NOT A TREE. LAND CORAL! Sometimes called "cow sails" from the way its topmost "branches" and leaves just hang down over everything like a debu's sail does. Since its branches are thin, its limestone outer layer is at risk of breaking a lot, so it evolved this really thick sap so bugs don't try and take advantage of its downfall.

Except, well, Debu took advantage of its sap. It's a cash crop! Badlands Debu harvest its super thick, fast drying sap to kind of make instant-amber, dipping various things in it to make jewlery. Things like...

Thansum

Imagine if a sunflower, when it got pollinated, became a giant dandelion. That's thansum, the complimentary Debu cash crop to amber trees, which is the most popular thing to dip in its amber. But it's not just a Debu cash crop, it's also used to make paper and cloth for zebrapeople, mostly zebraelves. They crush its seedlings up and add water to make a thansum-meal out of it - if they use more seedling and dry it, it becomes paper. If they use more fluff, then it becomes cloth! Or they can eat thansum-meal straight up if they're desperate. It's not poisonous, but it's a very sad meal, don't eat thansum-meal

Spittle Berries

So, i've been excited to talk about this, because lemme tell you the more popular way that Bolur plants reproduce. Spittle berries are fruits, they are Bolur fruits, but bolur fruits are special - they are the flower, the leaf, and the fruit all at once. The method is that fruits are made through leaves, leaves that're inflated full of gametes covered in a soft shell (think like a pomegranate seed) and fruit "meat", which in turn also colors them a striking (ususally cool) color. When something eats a Bolur fruit, the soft shell that their sperm and eggs were covered in gets dissolved and they meet up together in the stomach. The gametes themselves are made of some gross, hard-to-digest material so that they remain unharmed, and so that they can become embryos by the time whatever ate it passes them through their system, right into some fresh fertilizer that they can grow out of. Spittle berries are the least interesting fruit in that it's just a fruit, but they're a perfect introductory fruit for the weirder ones, like:

Seeing-Squash

The only fruit actively being selected for cuteness! It's also a debu specific - the squash evolved to be eaten specifically by mountain cows since the shell their gametes are covered in are too tough to be digested by most other animal. So if a zebraperson wants to eat, they might want to take those out lest those bigass "seed" gametes gives them blockage.

It's less cuteness, but more "liveliness," if that makes any sense? Looking more and more like a little animal, a little dude. The eyes are getting bigger and the originally modest striping is becoming more exaggerated to look like a spitting monkey.

And finally,

Bempo

The only plant here to have a skeleton. It's the "shrub" version of a land coral where its base will have a dense limestone skeleton for its photosynthetic parts to pop out of, and soft pith to be protected underneath. Bempo actually takes forever to grow, because it takes years for it to build up its "pyramid" base. But when it does, then you are set, because fruit-bearing coral-shrubs like bempo have the shortest growth times for its fruit to the point where you can watch and hear the growth of its giant fruit plates that adorn the top of its base.

Those fruit plates also have a skeleton of their own, but it's only a single "bone," like if a plant had a baculum for its fruit.

[mofsblog]

Forgive me if I get some stuff wrong. I just finished it so I haven't had a lot of time to analyse and these are just my initial thoughts but here's my main gripes with the act

Pacing + I feel like episode 5 was mostly pointless

Right off the bat, I just feel like it was really fast but also really slow and certain things just weren't given enough time. I feel like the Vander Warwick arc shouldn't have been the main plot thread this act or if it was I wish it was more developed? It felt idk. Undercooked. I just feel like the sequence in the mines where they look for him and the whole flashback with him and Silco and their mom felt kind of pointless? Like yay we get a bit more silco and the vague implication that Vander and Jinx and Vi's mom were close and there's undertones they had feelings for eachother but that doesnt go anywhere? We don't learn anything new? I'm glad Vanders not their bio dad because for a second I got scared they were going that direction but like?? Oh he was friends with their mom... Yeah. We knew that 😭 the only thing we really learned was that he gave Vi her name and that Vander did want to make up with Silco but I just feel like so much of that episode could've been spent developing other things

WHY ARE VI AND JINX SO CHILL??? WITH EACHOTHER?

😭 Like after all of season 1's "are we still sisters????" and the whole "yeah you can kill her" in act 1 of season 2, THEY'RE? JUST CHILL NOW??? like okay they had two fights but that's it?? Like? Seriously? I just feel like it felt OOC after everything? I just feel like you'd think there'd be more internal and external conflict after everything. I mean I tried to rationalise that maybe because of the (UNSPECIFIED) time skip and her drinking and spiraling and everything Caitlyn's done, she's like??? More desensitised to what Jinx did but?? STILL??? WHERE'S THE CONFLICT? i think my immersion fully broke when Vi suggested living in the Commune with Jinx like no! You guys haven't spoken in YEARS 😭 YOU HAVEN'T HAD ONE CHILL CONVERSATION SINCE YOU GOT BACK FROM PRISON. ALL OF YOUR SCENES UP THIS POINT HAVE INCLUDED FIGHTING. Why are you so buddy buddy what... this feels completely hollow

Vi and Jayces characters don't make sense to me

I feel like they both changed drastically during the (UNSPECIFIED) timeskip and I'm just so confused on who they're supposed to be now because we barely have time to establish that??? Like we get one montage for Vi that highlights how like self destructive she's gotten but that's it?? I just? Don't feel like we have enough time to establish how much she's changed so a lot of what she does just hits really flat for me

JAYCE NEEDED MORE TIME TO ESTABLISH HIS NEW TRAUMA AND LIKE? THE SHIT HE WENT THROUGH WHEN HE TOUCHED THE ARCANE BECAUSE I DONT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED THERE? like okay it's implied he went through hell but we don't see it which makes his eventual decision to kill Viktor feel kind of OOC or unearned at least? I feel like we needed like at least one scene of internal conflict at the idea. Idk I don't mind Vi and Jayce spiraling and changing so much but we needed more time to establish and communicate shit because it feels like we went from point A to point D in an instance yknow?

WHERE THE FUCK ARE EKKO AND HEIMERDINGER?????????

Way to sideline them i guess 😭 are they still trapped in the arcane. Where are they...

Why did Sevika get sidelined so hard???

I feel like? She could've been more incorporated into the Vander storyline

I have VERY mixed feelings about Viktor and slight mixed feelings about Singed but my feelings towards Singed are more neutral positive than Viktor

Isha's death

It felt kind of pointless to me (like its clearly there to make Jinx sad again) and I just personally think we could've had more interesting dynamics if she stayed alive but that's more personal taste

They kind of dropped some of the political drama aspect

It was really interesting and gave the first season a strong overarching theme and narrative about corruption and privilege and class struggle and I was originally really excited to see how the Black Rose would affect it because I thought we were going to get some cool stuff about the interactions Noxian and Piltoverian politics and how that affects Zaun but no I guess 😭 feels like a missed opportunity

Uh oh. Finished arcane season 2 act 2. I have thoughts... (neg)

[min-yunki-agustd]

how about namjoon sick?

he hadn't ate a while because his diet, so he was starving and ate a lot. but he got food poisoning...

so he gonna taken care of by yoongi and seokjin? and at first his belly is just super noisy so they're a little worried but then he really starts sick. maybe diahhrea and a lot of vomiting, and probably at some point he begin cry?

and a fever, and he's very weaky and upset, so they try to cuddle him to go to sleep but he can't stop being sick>? ending is up to you

I like this a lot. He's expected to not get hurt as the leader so it's not very common to see him sick. I also really love namjoon with his hyungs. Thanks for the request! I hope you enjoy it!

Caretakers: Yoongi, Seokjin

Sickie: Namjoonie

Tw: Scat, mentions of emeto, nausea, vomiting, etc

Word count: 2,794

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Yoongi, Jin, and namjoon all went out to eat. They had been on an extremely strict diet that didn't allow for more than one meal a day. They reached their goals in the diet so they decided to celebrate by finally eating some real food. "let's not go overboard or we'll just gain the weight back and have to start over." yoongi says. " I'm starving hyung, I will try not to go overboard but no promises, I haven't eaten!" namjoon says rubbing his stomach. It was growling loudly. Jin laughed at the noise Namjoons stomach made. Namjoon laughed too. "I'm hungry too Namjoonie," jin says with a big smile. They had this idea already planned. The plan was that They'd go out of town and eat somewhere new if they successfully completed their diets. Jin drove the car, yoongi sat in the passenger seat, and namjoon was in the back of the car occasionally playing on his phone and looking at the scenery outside the window. After an hour of driving, they had arrived. It was a medium-sized restaurant with not many people inside. They figured they had gotten lucky and picked a good time to go. They sat down inside and ordered their food. Yoongi and Jin got the same thing for the main course and different sides. Namjoon picked several different sides. He decided to get the restaurant special. He didn't care to look at what it had in it he just skimmed the menu and knew it wasn't fish.

He was eager to eat and so were the other two members. Halfway threw his meal it started to taste a little funny. It was way spicer than he thought it would be and it tasted a little too undercooked in the middle. He decided to stop eating it and only eat his sides. As he ate his side dishes he felt his stomach feel bloated. It made him a bit upset that he was already full he was barely finished. Jin and yoongs were still digging into their food. Namjoon couldn't eat anymore. He pushed his plates to the center of the table. This caught the attention of the others. Jin and yoongi looked up to namjoon. " you full already?" Jin says stuffing his mouth. " yeah, " namjoon huffed." and it wasn't tasting right any always. namjoon says holding on to his stomach which was starting to hurt. " did ya overdo it joonie" yoongi asks as he lifts a spoon of soup to his mouth. "maybe..." namjoon answers rubbing his stomach. yoons and Jin kept eating. As they ate they heard a gurgling noise come from namjoon. Namjoon roughly slapped a hand to his stomach trying to silence it. " you alright ?" yoongi took a sip of his drink before asking. " sorry hyung my stomachs being a little funny." namjoon says before geting up from his chair. "I'm going to go find a bathroom. Joon announces to his hyungs before leaving the table. Once he was out of their table's sight he picked up his speed. His stomach began to bubble and turn. Once he located a bathroom he ran inside and found a stall and immediately sat down. His stomach was in lots of pain. It happened so quickly. He felt pressure on his lower abdomen and then a rush of liquid run out of his body. His stomach squeezed and the pain was relentless. His body wouldn't stop. He could feel his knees fall asleep as he sat there. His bowels weren't letting up. He started to feel hot all over his body. He began to sweat as he sat on the toilet. He started to grow nauseous as he sat there. He wasn't sure why. He might be growing ill he thought. Maybe it was just his upset stomach.

Once he finally felt his stomach begin to let up, he cleaned up, washed his hands, and left the bathroom. His legs were still asleep and he felt nauseous. He felt a hand on his stomach as he walked back to the table and plopped down in his seat. The other too was just finishing up their meals. Namjoon's stomach was acting up and making all sorts of noises. This time Jin, and yoongi didn't mention it when they heard it. they figured he was just having a hard time with such rich food after weeks of only eating bland amounts of food in small portions. Jin looked at namjoons face. It was not at all how it looked before. Joon looked sickly, jin wondered if going here was too much for Joon's stomach. Namjoon rested his head on the table. His nausea was much worse than it was in the bathroom but he really didn't want to puke. He held down the feeling, swallowing down what felt like tons of saliva. " Jin being the closest to the younger put a hand on namjoons back. " are you ok joonie?" jin rubbed namjoons back in circles trying to give the other man comfort. Yoongi figured namjoon wouldn't want to be here much longer since he didn't seem to be doing too hot. So, he called a waiter over to the table and paid for their meal. Namjoon's response was muffled his face was in the creases of his folded arms. " I feel really bad hyung." joon takes an arm off the table to rub at his bubbly sick stomach. His stomach was twisting and turning.

JIn stopped rubbing namjoons back. Namjoon wined in his head. the rubbing was comforting. "let's go namjoonie." jin stands up keeping a hand on namjoons shoulder. yoongi tries to encourage the young leader seen as namjoon hasn't moved an inch. " come on joon, the quicker we leave the quicker you can get home and rest. Namjoon wanted to get up so they could all go home but he couldn't. He felt like he was going to puke if he tried to move. He needs to warn them. " I-I think I'm gonna puke," namjoon says. Right after namjoon speaks, his stomach gives the loudest guttural sound seokjinie and yoons have ever heard. They hoisted the younger up by the arms and lead him to the men's bathroom. They get a few concerned looks when namjoon begins to gag into his hand. It makes Jin and yoongi go faster. Namjoon felt dizzy and his stomach hurt a lot. Once they reach the bathroom they gently place namjoon over the toilet. Namjoon went straight to retching his guts up. Sick splatted at the bottom of the toilet, making him feel even more nauseated. Only after a few rounds of vomiting did he feel pressure on his lower stomach.

"hyung?' namjoon says to Jin who was rubbing his back and telling him he's alright. "can you step out please." Jin didn't care what the problem was he just wanted to make sure the younger one was ok but, but he gave him some space anyways. Jin stepped out of the stall Yoongi closed it behind him. Namjoon quickly switched. He got up and pulled down his pants. He felt the familiar pressure on his intestines but nothing happened. Before he could even realize he gagged. he slapped a hand to his mouth. maybe he missed took nausea for the other end he thought. His stomach was quite active and it was hard for him to tell which end need more attention. He was afraid that if he switches back it'll be a mistake and he'd make an embarrassing mistake. At that same moment, yoongi threw a trashcan over the top of the stall. It landed loudly on the bottom. Namjoon was grateful for yoongi's quick thinking. Now his only focus was geting this over with so he could go home. His stomach lurched and he put the large trash can in his lap. He gagged over it. he felt a rush of sickness from both ends. it was incredibly painful for his stomach. Jin put a hand on yoongi's shoulder. yoongi was cringing at the sound. Come on let's go outside and give him a bit of space. Yoongi nods and walks out with him. The two stand outside the bathroom. Yoongi rests on a nearby wall. " what do you think made him so sick?" yoongi says looking down at the ground. "maybe he ate too fast?" Jin says or maybe he wasn't- jin was interrupted by a loud retch that echoed in the bathroom. They both look towards the bathroom with worried expressions. yoongi rubs his delightfully full stomach. " I just hope it wasn't the food." " Yeah, that would really suck," Jin adds.

(Hey god? it's me again lol) no matter how much namjoon got out of him he still felt more come up. his stomach was bloated and his back ached from his hunched position. The bathroom felt humid and his skin felt sticky. The endless fountain finally stopped leaving him nauseous and sore. He must have been dehydrated as well with how much the room was spinning. Once he finally felt finished enough he once again cleaned up. He made his way for the sink. He washed his hands. then, he turned The nozzle to cold and threw cool water onto his face. He also took a hand full of water and rinsed out his sour mouth. He stood there for a while, gripping onto the sink trying to keep steady despite the dizziness in his head. He burps. He tastes his dinner. It makes him want to puke but instead, he forces down the feeling and clears his mouth out again with water. He hears the door open. He hopes it's his hyungs and not a person needing the bathroom. He felt a warm hand on his back. "do you feel any better joon?" It was Jin hyungs voice. " not really" namjoon hiccups after speaking. yoongi who was behind the oldest hyung steps to the other side of namjoon with his arms crossed. " how do you feel?"

"I still feel nauseous" namjoon answers lifting his head from facing the floor. " yoongi gives the younger a light pat on his back. " let's go to the car. I'll drive this time" yoongi says. Jin tosses him the keys as they exit the bathroom. " namjoon follows sluggishly behind. Once they leave the building Jin is explaining to Yoongi which route he should take when they hear namjoon spitting on the ground. They both turn around to see namjoon far behind slouched over. They go back over to him. Both hyungs have a hand on the younger back. " do you feel like your gonna be sick again joon? yoongi ask. namjoon huffs. " it's my mouth it tastes awful," joon says. " I'll go grab him some water," Jin says before heading back into the restaurant. " yoongi rubs the larger's back making big and small circles with his hands. " do you think you can make it to the car?" yoons asks. namjoon shakes his head. It adds to the dizziness. Namjoon weakly walks over to the car. " yoongi guides him all the way there. "Just a few more steps joon." yoongi says. Once they reach the car, Yoongi helps namjoon settle in the back. Yoongi was just about to close the door when joon asked him not to. " don't close it yet hyung I just need a little air. Joon says weakly." " ok joon" yoons answers. yoongi wishes Jin would hurry before namjoon starts to feel bad again. They need to get on the road before the traffic gets bad he thought. after a few minutes of waiting, Jin is seen exiting the building. Jin jogs to the car. " sorry, here you go joon" Jin hyung hands him a foam cup of water with a straw already opened and placed at the top of the cup. Namjoon takes a little sip. It was cold a refreshing. that was until it hit his stomach. The coolness made his stomach cramp up.

He put a hand on his stomach and tried rubbing the pain away. He's far too to find any comfort in rubbing his stomach. maybe he needed to add less pressure he thought as yoongi started up the car. They drove off onto the main road. Yoongi's driving was consistent and he went around any pot wholes he saw. As the sun went set it became difficult to see them. Because of this he slowed down a bit and opted for staying consistent with his driving. He was being cautious because he didn't want to set off namjoons stomach. It was clear that this was probably food poisoning seen as namjoon was the only one to order the restaurant special. Yoongi and Jin got to this conclusion during their conversation. Namjoon sightly laying down over the seats wished they didn't talk about it. the thought only made his stomach flip and turn. It was audible as well, it began to get loud enough to interrupt yoongi and Jin's conversation. They both stopped talking. yoongi looked at namjoon in the rearview mirror. and Jin turned around and asked. " Namjoon? you alright buddy?" namjoon gives a quiet yeah and takes a sip of his water. despite the water's coolness hurting his stomach it still soothed his throat and cleansed his mouth of the disgusting taste that kept coming back.

He eventually had to put the water in the cup holder. His stomach fell full again and the motion of the car was taking a toll on him. It wasn't long before they had to stop on the side of the road so that namjoon can throw up. His body was unforgiving in the process barely allowing him to breathe and giving him cramps when he did. After a strong wave of nausea caused him to throw up a little more of his dinner he was finished. for now. He sat back in the car and yoongi restarted it. to his luck, they didn't have much longer. He managed the rest of the ride without any further incident. Once they made it home Namjoon went straight for the bathroom. Throwing up the rest of his water and dinner in the bathroom's small trash can, while sitting on the toilet. His stomach would gurgle and Jin would tell him there, there and give his back a rub. He told his hyung to leave long ago but he gave up feeling too sick to care about privacy. Upon leaving the bathroom, he looked down to be greeted by his other hyung standing idly by behind the bathroom door. " come on joonie you should lay down. " yoongi says walking to namjoons bed. Namjoon lays down on his bed and yoongi joins him. Namjoon is slightly annoyed but the feeling is brushed away when yoongi hyung starts gently rubbing his tummy. Jin walks in with medicine and gives it to namjoon to take. Namjoon does so. The awful taste of the pink liquid did not sit well in his stomach. JIn joins namjoon and yoongi. He lays curled up against namjoon. He massages the younger arm and yawns. They stay like that for a while until they all fall asleep.

Namjoon is abruptly awakened. He sits up and hops out of bed. This jostles Jin awake. Yoongi still lay sleeping deeply. Jin now wide awake shakes yoongi awake. Yoongi wakes up and rubs his sleepy eyes. Namjoon is in the bathroom throwing up. He barely has anything left to throw up. He retches, he then looks down to see the medicine Jin gave him had come up. Namjoon vomits forcefully. Tears fall from his eyes. His hyungs come and sit on the floor behind him. " your ok joon" JIn says holding onto namjoons waist. Yoongi rubs the younger back. Namjoon backs up from the toilet and breathes. Jin pushes his sticky short hair out of his forehead. Jin messages the younger neck as he lay back on top of them too. Namjoon feels his stomach revolt and he's right back at it. Jin and yoongi stay at his side all threw the night. They keep comforting him and try to calm him down when he sheds tears again. He's really tired now and the force of vomiting up nothing is really taking a toll on him. They let namjoon ride out his nausea until he's no longer sick. The final time that he's sick, it is way beyond the morning. Namjoon curls up into a ball and lays back on yoongi. As soon as yoongi sees that namjoon is finally finished he lays back on the wall behind him and falls asleep instantly. Jin lays on the floor cuddled beside namjoon as he sleeps. Jin tries to relax on the cold hard floor with them.

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I hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for requesting! I really need to do more namjoon as the sickie and taehyung too!

[sundrenched-smilez]

What sort of world do Strumm and Shiver live in? What race (species?) are they? Do they have magic? Are they native to the world/city/plane they live on? I assume they know each other or are related to each other, if they're new at the same time -- how do they know each other?

What sort of world do Strumm and Shiver live in? 

i want to make this a world where recovery is encouraged. it’s a magical and powerful place, and so many people can do all of these extraordinary things, so why can’t we bring them up when they’re trying to function, to get better? they deserve that chance, and we should give it to them. this is an affectionate world, that teaches love and mercy. it can still have it’s cruel moments, and we’ll explore that thru strumm, but only after the matter, while they’re recovering, and trying to move past what happened. which is why i’m calling it “a delicate tale of recovery” bc i think that these things require a lot of attention, and care. it certainly isn’t an easy road to getting better, but thru the brambles and briers, there is a path, and u can make it thru. 

aside from that, magic is everywhere, it’s a near-constant, and it’s beautiful. people make elaborate shops that r so custom-designed that u recognize them as much as u would a person. no two shops r the same!! like magic, they have their own spin on them. it’s something i’m excited to explore as i flesh out this world. :~))

What race (species?) are they? 

i’m not sure on this yet tbh!! not human, and i think there’s multiple, but that’s something i’ll have to explore. I think that bodies can be shaped depending on what kind of magic they manifest, if it’s powerful enough. there are probably examples of metal Base witches that r made out of metal, in part, or entirely. or by choice!! you embody your magic, and reap what u sow!! there are some ppl who can change parts of their bodies at will, and some that are completely embodying their magic, like plant ppl, or those who have rough earth-skin, and can change the material. this isn’t for sure yet, but is a possibility. maybe corruption from magic is a thing!! we’ll have to see where the story goes :~)) it’s mostly going to focus on recovery as a main theme. i have the first few panels thought out, and then i’m going to play it a bit by ear until i get some time w the characters to hear what they need to go thru, u kno!!

Do they have magic? 

they do!! they have rly diff magic from each other, and i think everyone does, really; some ppl get water manipulation, others can make clay sculptures from mud, and marble from ordinary stone. i like to imagine there’s as many magics as there r ppl. some correlate, but it’s more common that two people will have differing magics than the same, and ofc, even if u get two with the same power, they’ve had different upbringings, so they’ll have different styles and flavor to them. someone who can summon and wield water could use it like a whip, while someone with the same power might summon water-constructs shaped like animals to attack. it’s all about training, and how creative they can get with it!! the more imagination u have, the stronger u are as a witch. witches can have more than one magic, but typically they’re born with one, and then train others under witches’ wings. (sometimes literally)

strumm’s base magic is creation. at its root, their magic can b used to create anything they can imagine. it’s really powerful, but has its setbacks. it takes a lot of focus, and concentration to make something complex. they don’t need to know exactly how things work to make them, but it goes a long way. I think people have a Base, and then their Spin on it. strumm’s Spin is mainly life, but also dreams. their ability to create is typically used to make their thoughts and dreams come to life; whether this be storms coming out of nowhere, candles popping up into existence, or giving ordinary things life. I think they made one of their blankets into a cat, and it eats yarn when it’s getting a little rough for wear to patch itself up. they made a bear for their friend joyce (who i’ll also talk about) that dispenses cough/cold medicine. it also works for situations, sometimes, and they can gently push fate into play. they were thinking of a song all day, and then heard it on the radio; or miss a person, and a few hours later, they run into them/get a message. little things like that. it’s an unreliable way of forecasting, and is a result of their imagination being pretty active. they can’t control it, and honestly they shouldn’t even be able to do these things with creation as their base, but it’s such a strong spin that they can. they can’t super control it yet tho, so it’s more of a subconscious thing when forecasting happens. 

shiver’s base is food control, and her spin is sweets, usually. she can cook really well, and hasn’t ever burnt anything, nor had it undercooked. if she wants to, she can create some foods, but the process can toy with her emotions, depending on what food. so, as a result, she usually sticks to chocolate, and desserts, bc they’re sweet, and that’s something she can live with being. she’s got thermal manipulation over any food she chooses, and can also dictate its form. so she could make a chocolate bar into a cup of hot cocoa if she wanted, and she usually does, bc it’s less work than dispensing it. she’s rly upbeat, comforting, and warm, and a bit of a mess. sometimes she withdraws for a few days to focus on her, and her friends r understanding of this. in dealing w others’ emotions, she tires herself out. she can move food around by concentrating on it, as a form of telekinesis. her favorite to move around is drinks!! they’re a lot of fun, and it’s good practice on maintaining diff forms w/o having to worry abt botching things up. 

joyce!!!! i’ve not thought abt her a lot yet, aside from a few traits, and appeance. they’re like the mom friend, and relentless abt teasing and “calling out” their friends, and joking. if anyone even hints toward being uncomf, she’ll stop immediately, tho. i think they use she/they bc i can’t decide on one. their base is weaponry, and their spin is stained glass and metals. there are many magics that can aid in fighting, and some witches will spar with each other regularly to hone their skills, and compete. joyce loves this. they can make any weapon they think of out of glass or metal, or a mix of the two. her favorite to use is stained glass, bc it’s pretty, and bc it’s a glass cannon!! it’s sharp as hell, and powerful, but breaks in one hit, but since they have manipulation of it, they can just reform it into a different weapon if they want!! the only requisite is that (for now) she has to be holding some of the original piece. so she’s got a pair of earrings that they never take off!! :~)) same goes for metal, but that’s a lot easier not to shatter. but just in case, they have some piercings from a big pole of stainless steel. they’re able to use other materials, but they’re rly protective, and choose to focus on these two. they could make a sword, and once it hits someone else’s weapon/construct, etc., change it into a ball and chain, and trap them. their fighting style is really fluid, as a result. they’re also vry strong bc they metalwork, and like the physical toll of it, and being a bit sore after a job well done, and it helps them wield heavier weapons.  

Are they native to the world/city/plane they live on?

i think there r different worlds, bc that’s so fun, and how could i not do smth space related,, it’s me. joyce is from another planet, pyrrh (like peerh), shiver and strumm live in the same town, but strumm is from a neighboring one. they don’t have guardians, so they take care of themselves. (houses dont cost money!!! in this world!! bc fuck that. there’s just an application process, and it’s all formality, like ok yeah, u want this house?? sure, sure, just dont break it, and also mail us smth once u get settled in ok to make sure ur livin there, so we dont repurpose it or anything) i’ll explore how they travel thru diff worlds at some point!! but atm i’m gonna have 2 think on it.

they all live on the same plane!! one where they can harness the inherent magic of existence to fit their own expressions, their own worlds. there r multiple planes, tho 

I assume they know each other or are related to each other, if they’re new at the same time – how do they know each other?

strumm met joye one rainy afternoon, as they were coming home from grocery shopping, and kept wishing they would get a ride from someone, and joyce, being the sweetheart that they r, had to save this poor thing from being soaked further than they were. strumm was trusting enough to get in their car, and joyce hasn’t left them alone since. gave them their number, name, and a charm to keep them safe, and went “this person is under my protection now, they’re entirely too kind, and i want to see them grow.” n they hit it off and became fast friends. every tuesday, they get coffee, and sometimes hold hands. there’s probably going to b a relationship between them?? but also, platonic handholding is important, and joyce does this with all her friends. joyce loves physical affection, and is a big (very buff) softie, n is expressive abt her feelings.

shiver and strumm r childhood friends!! they met in a park, and napped together when they were 5-6, and started hanging out and showing each other their magic, and bonded over being able to create things!! i think base magic manifests at a very early age, and is developed over the course of several years, and never rly stops growing. they like to eat blue foods together, and will bake all the time, it’s fun!! shiver has blue hair, and grey eyes like rain, and the warmest smile you’ll see. they’re pretty cold all the time, and love curling up under blankets, and will tend to cling to ppl if she’s comf w u. also affectionate, a bit quiet at first, but once she knows u, she’ll go on n on abt life w u, and talk til she’s blue

shiver and joyce met each other thru strumm!! they’re friends, and will talk every so often, but hang out less than they each do w strumm, but they’re getting there!! they’ve had a few sleepovers, n r comf enough to sleep all over each other, n cuddle and watch movies!! im making this a vry affectionate world bc i don’t see enough of it, and i’m going 2 make it more prevalent!!!! joyce made a ceramic mug for shiver as a witching day present once, and it gets a lot of use, it’s shiver’s fav thing that they own. 

witching day is a holiday where u use ur abilities to make gifts for ur loved ones, n spend time w them!! there’s also competitions for fun, and matches that u can fight in, and it’s like a big fair, and everyone gets a paid weekend off. 

this was incredibly helpful in shaping the world a bit, thank u for asking!!! i super appreciate it!! lmk if u have any followups