#i haven’t created a warriors oc in YEARS

[taropoups]

my silly little warriors oc who i love very much <3

[sirenscriptures]

hey! we need to talk.

well hello again!! i hope you’re all doing well. i feel like it’s been a minute since i’ve actually spoken to anyone on here.

as some of you may or may not have noticed, i’ve been pretty absent on this blog lately. at least, more than i usually am. i haven’t posted any writing in well over a month which is a little out of character for me. i’ve had quite a few writing blogs on here and i can’t really recall a time where it’s been that long without me posting at least a drabble.

in my time away from this app and from fic writing in general, i’ve realized a couple things changing about myself + my attitude towards this place in general.

honestly, i’ve come to the conclusion that i don’t really get the same satisfaction from writing on here as i used to. it could be due to the lack of feedback from the general public on here, or really just me admitting that i don’t want to write for pre-existing characters/storylines forever. let’s settle it as a mixture of both!

and don’t get me wrong, i still enjoy fanfiction writing. i adore the community here and the people i’ve had the privilege to meet even through the littlest moments. it’s made me not only a better creative, but also just better in general.

i’ve just been doing this kind of thing for so long (really since i was in 1st grade mapping out my first warrior cats fanmade storyline and oc), and i think between that, and all of these more mature/explicit writing blogs i’ve had in the past 4-5 years, maybe i’ve just grown tired of ALWAYS resorting to fanfiction.

i’ve always wanted to create something that is truly mine, and i feel like i’ve been sort of “limiting” myself this whole time in a weird way. a part of me knows it isn’t true, since this has been pretty expansive for my creativity. and it’s an art form that, in my opinion, doesn’t get anywhere near enough credit for all of the thought that goes into it. i mean, you have to be pretty damn creative to be able to write multiple descriptions of sexual penetration in the same oneshot that actually sound good, and don’t sound like they were ripped straight out of booktok. just saying! (that was a joke please don’t kill me)

anyways, this is getting to be way too long of a post for something so unimportant LMAO.

to get to the point, i’m not going to be active on this blog much longer. i’m probably going to post my final works in these next few months (possibly a few fics for my feeble attempt at a kinktober, and maybe a few for my bday month in december).

and just to clarify, this is in no way me saying that i’m leaving tumblr for good after those few months are up. this is also not me saying i’m quitting “fanmade” creative works forever. i still love writing a good fic and making fan art from time to time!

in the hopefully better part of this news, i have been planning out my art account for when i feel this blog has run its course and i’ve made everything i need to make. i probably won’t announce it publicly, but for those who want it when that time comes, i will definitely make sure you get the url. as usual, mooties get first pickings when that time comes <3

i don’t imagine this will disappoint many people since i’m not really “leaving” but who knows. i’m not expecting many people to even read this far or even notice if i’m here or not lol. i just didn’t want to deactivate out of the blue since that wouldn’t make sense for me to do.

even though i’ll still be on this blog for a few more months, i want to thank you all for giving me a space to grow and express myself. not just as a creative, but as a person too. this sounds really stupid and corny but i mean it. sure, i’ve never made record numbers on here, i’m not the most popular, but i can say without a doubt i have a wonderful group of people around me on here. even if we never meet in person, or if we never interact again outside of this blog, all of you on here will always be somewhere in my memory and i will always be so grateful for you since you made me feel like i was good enough to be seen. even if it was for my shitty smut fics. <3

i love and appreciate every single one of you. let’s have a great last few months on here, ok?

vlynn

[cali-kabi]

~ sharing some info/art of my oc Eamon <3💜💫✨I haven’t talked about him on tumblr yet time for me to do so ;w; he’s my first Kirby oc I ever created back in Mid-Spring 2020 :)✨his birthday is October 16, he was born on the planet called La Cométe. He speaks both English and French ^^ During the late end of the war with the dark matters and ninjas. One day, A fiery Dark Matter was in a fight with Eamon. He burned Eamon’s right wing with his fire magic during the process and grabbed him really tight, he threw Eamon in the river. Eamon use his telekinesis to break free and make the Fiery Dark Matter throw him to the river near by to save himself.. He almost lost his wing since that day. Eamon was a bit depressed because he thought he could do better and the fact he lost to a fiery dark matter, one of the most dangerous creatures/monsters out there! (He was one of the leaders of the Lunar Star Warrior Army, so this was pressuring him so much ;0;) Some months later, He traveled through some planets. During his trip he met Aria a fairy from SweetsStar. They talked a lot and became friends. She told him not to be so paranoid about Dark Matters even after the war is over and gave him confidence to return to his home planet ;w;🌟for those who saw him the first time years ago yes I did redesign him it’s not that much difference I gave him a turquoise gem on his mask xD💜you can send asks about him if you like I’m open <3🌟💫

[midorisudachi]

“Living a lie…it festers inside you, like poison. You have to fight for what’s in your heart.” – Dorian Pavus

I recently beat Dragon Age Inquisition for the third time! I love that game immensely: everything about it is wonderful. I chose a male Inquisitor - as a rogue - because I wanted to romance Dorian. The first time I played DAI, it was the female elf Lavellen – whom I named Zephyra – and she was a mage, and the romance with Solas was a bloody disaster & heartbreaking. (Damn you, Solas!) The second time I played as the human female Trevelyan – named Bryony (who you have seen me do two fanarts of) – a warrior, and romanced Cullen. (Cullen is so hot for a video game character…where can I find a man like that? Lol.) I hope you like this artwork!

Also: Happy Pride Month! 🌈 It’s actually a perfect time to submit this artwork. This was a lot of fun to create (a full colour piece). If you haven’t played the Dragon Age games, it is actually very LGBTQ friendly. You can make your characters gay, lesbian, or bisexual. There is even a transgender male in DAI, named Krem, who is a cool character. Bioware is open-minded, that’s for sure, so the DA series is for everybody. And omg, let me tell you that the conversations & bantering between the characters is hilarious!

⚠️Warning: Spoilers Ahead!⚠️

Dorian is quite the character…a sarcastic & witty lad. He is complex at first, especially regarding his history (how his father tried to “erase” who he truly was, when it came to his homosexuality). It was fun romancing him with Cedric (Trevelyan), who I made a rouge/assassin. So off course I had to draw my OC [male] Cedric Trevelyan with Dorian! Cedric is Dorian’s “Amatus”. I made them wear simpler outfits when I drew them, because near the end of the game, they were wearing complex armour. That stuff is hard to draw! I chose to draw Lilies by Cedric & Dorian, because if you romance Dorian, his tarot card shows him holding what looks like a Lily.

The two of them had this conversation near the end of the Trespasser DLC:

Cedric: “Whatever happens, I wouldn’t trade the years we’ve had together for anything. I love you.”

Dorian: “I knew you would break my heart, you bloody bastard.”

Lol! Awww, jeez, Dorian, just say you love my Inquisitor, too. I honestly really think that Dorian loved him, as stubborn as he was to admit it. At first I was annoyed when Dorian chose to go back to Trevinter, and I thought, “Darn you, don’t you dare pull a Solas on my Inquisitor, after all you've gone through with him!” However, after the game ends, it tells you what happens to the characters (depending on your choices). For me, the game said that Dorian’s “greatest strength lay in the lover he left in the south, but still conversed with via message crystal”, and “some claimed to have seen the Inquisitor on the streets on Minrathos on rare occasions, sneaking into the heart of Trevinter to aid his Amatus.” It made me happy to know that the Inquisitor and Dorian stayed together. I wonder if that will show up with the 4th game.

⚠️Spoilers Over!⚠️

Speaking of the 4th game, who is excited to Dragon Age: The Veilguard, to be released later this year? I watched the gameplay trailer and I am excited for it! I hope characters from DAI will be in it (so far, Varric & Solas have been shown).

Drawn with sepia Sakura Pigma Micron pens, then coloured in with a mixture of Copic Markers, Ohuhu Markers, & Zenacolor coloured pencils. White accents done with a Sakura gel pen & the gold accents were done with Golden brand acrylic paint.

Dragon Age Inquisition/Dorian Pavus/Inquisitor Trevelyan © Bioware & Electronic Arts

Artwork © of me, Jacqueline E. McNeese

[thenamesblurrito]

assorted Transformers fics to rec (part 1...?)

i really do think fic recs are valuable to fandom so here’s a random collection of Transformers fics i like, with no particular theme. these were compiled by frantically googling half-remembered bits to try and find the only ones i remember reading years ago, and i know i’m missing some i’d like to include

EDIT: part 2 here!

A Prime Performance

TFP AU, incomplete, AO3. Megatron is an actor in a children’s show. this is just as hilarious as you think it is. some slowburn MegOp. i love all the easter eggs and references and the way this in-universe show is created and run?? it’s fascinating

All Roads Lead to Rome

no set continuity/vaguely Bayverse, oneshot, AO3. a huge robot warrior like Sunstreaker is odd enough in modern times, just imagine him in ancient Rome. extremely interesting premise to me i love this bit and would love more. warning for typical crass patriarchal expectations for women in marriage but nothing actually explicit

Another Gate

Bayverse, complete multichap, FFN. whatever Sam is now, it isn’t human. some REAL good body horror, friendship, and alien strangeness ooooo

Bodies (break)

IDW, oneshot, AO3. Ultra Magnus goes to therapy and Rung is something wrong. oooooooghhghghhf i LOVE when people lean into the oddness and creepiness of the local god

Brave New World

fan canon, ongoing webcomic, TFW05. a spin on BW among other things, following Rodimus Prime’s crew of beastformers as they face down an assortment of bad guys and mysteries. LOVE this canon guys i LOVE it, very very good beast mode choices, very heartfelt and very funny, i also love seeing the art progression over the years. lovely webcomic here

Burn a hole in the old grip of the familiar

TFP, complete multichap, AO3, NSFW near the end. it’s focused on Ultra Magnus/reader but the first half of this fic is probably my favorite. the overwhelm and incredulity the reader character grapples with for awhile, i feel like it’s pretty realistic for someone who’s been shoved into a weird new world. DEFINITELY did Breakdown dirty though. has sequels that i haven’t read

dares for the first time

G1, oneshot, AO3. lovely little take on a G1 Guiding Hand that makes me feel things

Dog of Law

IDW, complete multichap, AO3. the Lost Light crew don’t find Minimus in Tyrest’s cells, they find a small green turbofox. lovely character driven piece here and honestly i just really like when his canonical turbofox alt is used i think it’s a shame we never got it in the story proper

First Contact

IDW, incomplete, AO3. listen it’s only a little bit written but i am OBLIGATED to post isekai/modern girl in Middle Earth/falling into fiction type of stories and i really liked the setup for this one okay! i love isekai and this was the only one i could remember to track down

Grey Is The Night

Batman/vaguely IDW crossover, complete multichap, AO3. there’s a new police car in Gotham, and it’s up to no good. listen i don’t even do DC stuff but Batman meeting Prowl here is done MARVELOUSLY ohhh i love this very much, the plot is GOOD, and i bet folks who actually like DC will love it even more

Hazard Light

IDW, oneshot, AO3. a hanahaki take on Brainstorm/Perceptor that i actually like, despite not usually enjoying hanahaki at all, with some nice Cybertronian biology too

How to Save the World in 8 Minutes and 3 Seconds

vaguely G1/continuity soup, oneshot, AO3. how does Prowl save a species, with blocked communications, no visuals, and a short time limit? why, he just keeps an eye on social media of course! a lil dark and fun and clever

In Media Bellum

TFP, incomplete, AO3. human reader is caught up with Team Prime in a delightful exploration of culture and introspection and found family. no shipping but masterful platonic relationship work! it feels... idk relaxed? caring? i love the tone of this writing

Juxtaposition

vaguely G1, complete multichap, FFN (also on AO3 but never finished crossposting). a human OC gets in a car accident and starts hearing voices in her head, unknowingly saving a Cybertronian’s life, even if it’s in a very atypical manner. love this OC, love the whole premise here and the exploration of an alien reality from a human POV. no shipping, if that’s not ur thing

Lost Light/Rodimus

IDW, oneshot, Tumblr. the ship comes to life and has something important to ask Rodimus. i love this concept it’s very good, very intriguing

Magnus Carey

IDW, oneshot, AO3. Verity teaches Minimus about Christmas. short and sweet, i love their friendship

My Totally Real Mary Sue Husband Who Lives Back On Cybertron

TFA, oneshot, AO3, Dratchet. “Ratchet offhandedly mentions he's conjunxed. Bumblebee refuses to believe him. Hijinks ensue.” funny and in character and sweet

Mythbusters Season Nine Interlude: The Autobot Special

G1/Mythbusters crossover, oneshot, AO3. busting some myths AND some Decepticons! it just keeps getting better and better the further you read. i laughed out loud so many times, and cheered at recognizing so many classic Mythbusters bits, and i will get on my hands and knees to beg for a Dirty Jobs sequel these shows were my CHILDHOOD

Patronus

TFP, twoshot, AO3. Megatron has teatime with Rung, who... is not a normal bot. more good good Rung being something wrong

Property Of

Bayverse, incomplete, FFN. when Sam and Mikaela meet Bumblebee, it isn’t as an Autobot scout, but rather as a new owner of these recently discovered organic animals called “humans”. a very well done human pet fic that doesn’t veer into psychological torture or boundary crossing or anything (sorry if that’s your jam) and while it’s incomplete i still love what’s there, especially as the kids learn how to communicate their personhood to an ignorant Bee

Rules to Follow When Making First Contact

continuity soup/fan canon, ongoing series, AO3. listen i know many folks aren’t here for the human characters but i LOVE all the humans here they are each characterized so well and i love seeing how its been blended together across canons. this is a very clever, very engaging setup with a very grounded presence for alien robots that hits in ALL the right places for me. AUTOBOTS LEARNING ENGLISH YALL!!! YES!!! very good very good

Scrimscrim

TFP....... sort of, incomplete, AO3. what do you do when you end up with a Starscream toy brought to life? this is a hilarious premise with good characterization, a lovely human OC, a ridiculous situation handled very realistically, and generally good fun to read. reverse isekai is perhaps more of a favorite of mine than isekai!

SG Prime

TFP SG au, ongoing webcomic, own website and DA. REALLY REALLY COOL YALL. fantastic designs and inclusions and expanding on TFP lore and making very interesting SG dynamics and just. excellent.

TFP Wheeljack in TFA

TFP/TFA crossover, ongoing series of posts, Tumblr. i LOVE crossovers, i will kill and die for crossovers, and this is one of the few i’ve been able to find! there’s enough posts under that tag that i haven’t been able to read them all but what i did see is GOOD

The Echo Garden

IDW/TFP crossover, incomplete, AO3. Soundwave gets picked up by the Lost Light. okay i am a SUCKER for crossovers as previously stated and this one is Good. leans fully into being a crossover and expounding on the differences between universes. Soundwave needs to figure out what to do with himself! also features some delightful slowburn SoundRod and a lovely ensemble cast. Toaster is the best

The One Where The Decepticons Are The Good Guys

TFP SG au, incomplete, AO3. i’m not typically a fan of Shattered Glass stuff but this doesn’t feel terribly OOC or completely upended or alien to the original plot, i think this is done very well and i can’t wait for more

Transformers Recovery: Primal Launch

fan canon, complete multichap, AO3. it’s like the Lost Light but weirder, i don’t even know how to convey its awesomeness. VERY funny, VERY cool, Sky Lynx is there, Swerve is important, Riptide is such a good bot, Megatron exists, just all good things here. treat yourself and read this it’s such a delight

Twenty-Five to Life

vaguely IDW, oneshot, AO3. Starscream/Minimus soulmate au that makes me wheeze when i read it because it it so painfully in character and hilarious oh my god i am CRYING laughing by the time i finish it. petty criminal Starscream, noble Minimus, oil and water. gets raunchy but nothing explicit with an NSFW sequel

Under Control Till You’re In Front Of Me

G1, oneshot, AO3. i need more people to join the Shockwave/Moonracer ship please please it’s good

Xenoethnography

canon soup/based in TFP, ongoing series, AO3. a more hard scifi take on Transformers from the POV of an anthropologist hired to study them. y’all, THIS IS GOOD. seriously if there’s one fic out of all of these i could keep, it’d be this one, it’s just so so good ugh. ugh i love it i need to catch up with it again

[kals-okay]

Day 15

This year I’ve been rereading the Warriors books (because I haven’t read them since I was like, 10 which was a little over a decade ago - wow). It’s been super fun to go back and read this series that I loved as a child.So I’ve recently found an old Warrior OC that I had and I’ve decided to try drawing her and expanding her lore a bit.

So for the past week or so, I’ve been trying to learn the art style of the Warriors Manga. I’m not really trying to make an exact copy, but more of an “inspired by.” So I’ve decided to create a few more characters to really round out her lore.

So, without further ado, a little bit more about these two cats:

Whitefoot and Silverpelt are two of my warrior OCs! They were born days apart and have been best friends ever since. Silverpelt is the clan's medicine cat while Whitefoot is the clan deputy. The two are often seen sharing a bit of gossip or playing with the clan's kits. Out of the two, Silverpelt is much more approachable. But once you get past Whitefoot's somewhat stoic exterior, she is just as friendly and playful as Silverpelt.

[labyrinthdancer]

Magic systems let's goooo!!!

this is for my AU Monarchs Will

@somer-writes finished!!!

alright getting the light magic out of the way first cause we're here for the dark magic!

Light or holy magic consists of these magic types(so far):

light,

devine,

fire,

water,

air,

earth,

lightning,

healing,

and time.

Light magic is innate and not something you can just learn, if you can use fire magic you can't just turn around and use air magic, you have to have that magic in you too.

there are no special types of magic like in dark magic, fire magic is offensive, you can be creative about it and use it as a defense but it will never actually be defensive. it does what it does and that's it.

light magic is also hereditary but is prone to lay dormant for several generations.

Dark magic on the other hand!

dark magic isn't innate, anyone can learn it.

dark magic also has tells when you are using it(light magic does not), everyone who uses it has their own tell, Midna had those portal lookin things she uses in Hyrule Warriors(in her true form), Link's fingers and toes turn black, Merida(OC don't mind her) has magic circles around her wrist and ankles like bracelets.

tells intensifies based on how much magic a person is using, i.e. the blackness on Link’s fingers and toes will go up his limbs.

once a person reaches a certain threshold of magic strength their body will start changing(not permanently) and they will start entering a ‘berserk faze’, this doesn’t mean they go berserk they just start looking more monstrous, people typically have two stages to their berserk forms,

Midna first grows horns(gazelle-like) and her hair turns into hands(not just one think gloom hands) then full-on turns into a centaur with a lynal bottom half,

the blackness on Link’s hands and feet first grows up to his elbows and knees and then he starts ‘fusing’ with Wolffie and the shadow crystal, he grows wolf ears and tail, his eyes turn into wolf eyes and he has Wolfie's marking on his body, his arms and legs turn into crystals like the shadow crystal and his hands get claws and his feet are kind of wolf-like. Wolffie also has a berserk form :D but I haven’t figured out what it looks like just yet :/

these are the types of dark magic(so far):

offensive shadow,

defensive shadow,

offensive blood,

defensive blood,

teleportation,

time,

portal,

transformation,

telekinesis,

beast,

mind,

bone,

offensive ice,

defensive ice.

because there are so many different types of dark magic they are separated into categories,

travel magic: Time, teleportation, portal,

warping magic: bone, blood, transformation, ice,

control magic: mind, telekinesis, beast,

dark magic presents itself differently depending on whether it is offensive or defensive:

offensive shadow magic is like obsidian, defensive is like rubber or silicon, it's solid but has a give to it.

offensive blood magic is like glass or crystal, defensive is just blood texture but more solid.

offensive and defensive ice magic is boring and just looks like normal ice.

What each magic type does

most of these are self-explanatory but I’ll say em anyway.

shadow: you can control shadows, the farther the shadow the harder it is to control.

blood: you can control blood, it is easier to control spilled blood and your own blood than blood in other people's bodies.

teleportation: you can teleport, teleporting within eyesight is far easier than teleporting where you can’t see, it’s considered to be the more advanced form of portal magic as it is faster to use but more dangerous and difficult.

time: you can reverse and fast forward time to an existent(dark time magic is not as strong as its light variant), even tho it is possible to warp time things other than small objects it is EXTREMELY difficult and no one has been able or strong enough to do it in twelve generations(300 years).

portal: you can create portals from one place to another, it is simpler and easier than teleportation magic but it takes longer to cast and you have to know the runes to create the portal.

transformation: you can transform into things, creatures are the most common transformation but you can change into inanimate objects. transformation magic is very difficult and typically an enchanted item is used for the spell but even then it still uses your magic unless the item has magic stored in it.

telekinesis: it’s telekinesis that’s it. it’s mentally strenuous to use this magic type.

beast: you can communicate with animals, it is a common misconception that this is an easy magic to learn but in reality, it is very difficult to learn. With Mind Magic and a lot of effort, you could control animals. Devine Beast innately know this magic.

mind: you can make people susceptible to suggestion, change memories(to an existent), and alter their perception of reality(like if they were on drugs). this is also a very very hard magic to learn.

blood and bones are the only parts of the body that can be manipulated.

blood: you can control blood, it is easier to control your blood and spilled blood than it is to control blood in other people’s bodies, this is beginner-friendly magic except for controlling other people's blood,

bone: this is like blood magic but with bones. not as beginner-friendly but still easy to learn.

ice: this is the only elemental dark magic. You can turn any water into ice, turning the water in people body’s into ice is extremely difficult and more difficult if it’s not your own body.

Spells!!!! :D

don’t have a ton of these but there are a few(some of these aren’t actually spells just common things you can do)

Dark Castle: a giant castle rises from the ground made out of shadows, it pushes everything livening that the caster deems an enemy out of its borders, it is nearly impenetrable and is the most powerful defensive shadow spell and one of the most powerful defensive spells. Currently, Midna is the only one who is powerful enough to use it and it would kill anyone else if they tried.

Blood Sword: this is a common offensive blood technique, you draw blood out of your pores and form it into a blade.

Ice Tears: this is a hard spell to learn. You freeze the water in the air around you and create tiny razor sharp daggers that slice anyone who walks through them.

[silky-silks]

To the creator

Your a fan of warrior cats?!.... I LOVE WARRIOR CATS TOO! :DD

I love warrior cats, but I mostly reverted to the fan content warrior cats have (like Maps? They have been killing it lately with MAPs and that Sol one is the absolute best.)

However I haven’t really drawn a lot of warrior cats since last year in I think very early in the year.

But here are two oc’s I created with an old warrior cat maker

You may be wondering why I have warrior cats up is well…it just felt boring drawing cats back then. But here they are

Left:

SmokeSong

(Half blind day, deputy of ???clan)

A calm yet stern cat. Desires to be leader of her clan one day in order to serve and better her clan.

Right side PoppySpring. A very chatty chat cat who turns into a psychotic serial killer by??!!!)

She has a very short tail and is considered very cute by some. No one knew she would be a murder, and they still don’t.

[ruinedbybooksandanime]

Hello again! Here is chapter two of my ACOTAR OC based story. If it isn’t obvious, Azriel is the future love interest. I hope you all enjoy! As always, I take any and all feedback! Thanks for reading 💕 (Also I’d like to say that I haven’t read TOG yet, I’m on Assassin’s Blade, and already changed a few things so it’s not copy paste, but if there are any similarities between Ravaen and Aelin they are unintentional.)

Summary: Knowledge is power and Ravaen seeks to get it. Luckily for her, she’s in a better position than she thought she would be.

Warnings: Abuse, a little drop of alcohol, subtle flirting (literally less flirting than alcohol)

Words: 4164

Part One

The Raven’s Claws

Chapter 2:

My fingers pluck the strings of the crystal lyre, the norse swirling around in my hand and the room. My voice meets the notes as I sing the tale I decided on today. I move in time with the music, my eyes shut as years of memory guides me, my hands, to create this melody. Nobody in Penrith moves or speaks, all of them focused on me. Even Ylla the bartender has stopped making drinks and I can feel her pitch black eyes on my back.

The song comes to an end, the final note echoing against the walls. It’s like the room was in a daze and once the last sound of that note ends, applause erupts through the bar. A small smile tugs at my lips and I open my eyes, take a deep breath, and stand. I turn around to bow slightly to the crowd of High Fae, all males of high standing or officials of the court. My eyes flicker to the bar, my gaze landing on the one thing that stands out.

An Illyrian warrior clad in black leathers leans against the bartop, his hazel eyes meeting mine. I see a flicker of surprise in his eyes but it’s gone in half a second. A blank look is on his face now like he’s bored and disinterested. I make my way off the stage, stopping to talk to a few males as they praise my playing and offer not so subtle flirtations. When I finally get to the bar, Azriel has disappeared but I know exactly where he’s gone.

Ylla smiles at me, her sharp teeth gleaming in the faelight. “Beautiful! You did good.” She turns to make some drinks, her hands moving quickly. Her speaking is guttural, her race of fae not used to using words but noises made from their throats. “Male fae went to room. He is cute. Very large. Wings are…interesting.”

I laugh softly, the sound filled with fondness. She’s a beautiful fae with her pitch black hair that’s so dark it draws in the light and her almost translucent pale skin. She turns and sits two drinks on the counter.

“He’s an Illyrian,” I say as I drag the drinks toward me. “They make fierce warriors and even fiercer lovers, if the rumors are to be true.” Ylla’s black eyes widen before they narrow on me, a smirk growing on her pink lips. “No, we’re meeting on business. Though I can’t say I won’t entertain the idea.”

“Naughty High Fae,” she giggles and waves her hand. “Drink on me. Have fun.”

I give her a wink as I pick up the two drinks and walking toward my private room. A few more fae males stop me on my trek but as they see the dual drinks in my hands, they only offer a few words before slipping out of my path. I carefully open the door to the room and see the spymaster sitting in one of the arm chairs. He stands as I enter, wariness written across his face even as he sees that it’s me. As I walk toward him, I use my power to throw up a ward around the room to keep any listeners from hearing our conversation. He tenses as he feels my magic.

“Relax, it’s just a silencing ward,” I say as I set both drinks on the small amethyst table between the two arm chairs. “There’s too many ears in the Hewn City.”

The shadows around his face curl through his hair before he nods. His eyes trail over me, that calculating look once again in his gaze. For tonight, I had chosen a black gown with jewels of all shades of purple decorating my skin. My hair is in a half up, half down style and gentle curls frame my face. I clear my throat softly which causes him to startle, seeming to have been lost in taking in my appearance. I come around and sit down in the other armchair and watch as he takes a seat once more.

“What is this place?” Azriel asks as he gestures around the room.

“This is my private hosting room,” the purple room, as I had told him to request when he needed to meet with me. “Many High Fae with big mouths like to have private concertos while they have meetings. It’s a good way to hear the latest who’s who.”

He doesn’t respond as he takes in the room, at the convenient location of the stage to the seating. He almost seems impressed at the room. I cross my legs, the slit in my dress exposing my thigh.

“What did you need me for, spymaster?”

“Rhysand wanted me to give you this,” Azriel pulls a folded piece of paper from a pocket in his leathers. “And ask why you haven’t made a move yet.”

I open the note and read it, a brow raising. “There are certain fae on that list that aren’t in the court right now. I’m debating whether to hit them first or those that are here while I find out more information. My father is having a meeting tomorrow with some of the targets and I’ll be able to glean who is the key players in this.”

Again, he’s quiet and when I shift my gaze from the letter to him, there’s an expression of confusion on his face. I follow where he’s looking and a shocked gasp comes from my lips. I quickly pull my dress over my thigh, over the huge purple and brown bruise that covers the backside of it. I want to smack myself for the stupidity of forgetting about it as he fixes those hazel eyes on me.

“Are you recovering from an injury? Is that why you’ve been taking so long?” Azriel doesn’t seem inclined to inquire any further than those two questions.

“No. I’m not injured and I’m not lying about my reasons for waiting,” my voice is completely flat, a muscle in my jaw tensing in annoyance. I sit Rhysand’s note down in my lap. “I don’t know if the High Lord realizes just how many targets he has given me. He wants this done before the next ball? That only gives me two weeks.”

Azriel’s gaze drops back down to my now covered thigh. “Rhysand wants this mess finished and cleaned up as quickly as possible. If you need aid, I can have one of my spys-.”

“No,” I cut him off with a wave of my hand. “Any extra hands will just make things more complicated.” I press two fingers into my temple, rubbing the growing headache away. “Are you staying in the Hewn City tonight and tomorrow?”

“Yes. I’ll be here for the rest of this week before making my way elsewhere. I have…business to attend to. Why?”

Business. I know what that means. A trip to the dungeons would confirm just who this business is with.

“I’ll gather the information I can from my father’s meetings tomorrow and meet you back here at the same time,” he nods his head, agreeing to my words. “If what I think is going to happen is correct, I can give the High Lord a list of those fae who are helping my father the most. He can decide if he wants them all taken out or just those pillars.”

“Alright,” Azriel crosses his arms. “Taking out the pillars of this revolt would be a good move to start with. But if someone comes along to take their place?”

“Then I’ll deal with them,” I stand to my feet, brushing the skirt of my gown. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

As I turn to leave the purple room, I hear him also rise. He clears his throat as I get to the door and I pause, turning to look at him.

“You sing and play beautifully,” he nods his head toward the stage. “It caught me by surprise.”

A bashful smile crosses my lips at his compliment and the heat on my cheeks isn’t faked. “Thank you. Classically trained since I was a young girl. With knives and music…”

His own lips curve up into a smile, his head dipping down as farewell. It doesn’t surprise me when the shadows twist around him and he winnows away. I take my time returning back to the family estate, the cool air of the underground city chilling my bones. It’s late but there’s still many fae milling about. I keep to myself as I finally get home, the entire house oddly still. There aren’t even any servants in the foyer which I find strange but I don’t go seeking anyone out either.

I get to my room and begin to undress for a bath. I let my gown fall to the floor as I take the many pieces of jewelry off of my body. I know that come tomorrow night, I’ll have to put on that cold and deadly mask I was trained to wear from my childhood. A shiver runs down my spine and disgust swells in my stomach. I rub my face with my hand as I try to push those feelings aside.

Tomorrow is going to be a long day.

-

When I wake in the morning, the estate is still quiet. I glance toward the clock on the wall and see that it’s just after dawn. I reluctantly climb out of bed before I prepare for the day. I pick a simple sage colored dress and braid my hair into one long rope. It’s a bland look for me but simplicity is best with the work I’ll have to do today.

There’s a moment where I wonder if it’s worth it, if getting out of the Hewn City is really worth covering myself in the blood of others. But I remember that promise, that glimspe of the world outside that Rhysand had shown me. I close my eyes as I see those beautiful streets of colored buildings, the starry night above the sea. It’s not that I’ve never been outside of the Hewn City but the freedom from my family that he promises. I sigh heavily and make my way from my room to the dining room.

My family is already there, minus my older brother, so I take my seat after greeting my mother with a kiss to her cheek. My father is too absorbed in a report he’s reading to have even noticed my presence. I take it for a blessing from the Cauldron. I start to eat but keep the meal light so I’m not weighed down from food.

“Ravaen,” my father says from the head of the table, still reading his report. “With your brother out of the house, I expect you to sit in on the meetings I’ll be having today.” He looks up for just a moment, a sneer on his lips. “And I expect you to be on your best behavior. The fae coming today have sons that are of good standing. Sons you could marry down the line, since you failed at catching the High Lord’s eye.”

It takes everything in me not to roll my eyes. If only he knew just how well I did catch Rhysand’s attention. I offer him a small smile as I drink from my cup of tea. “Of course father, as you wish.” My mother cuts me a look at the sarcasm in my words but I ignore it. “What are these meetings about?”

“Does it matter?” my younger sister, Zoe, cuts in. She twirls a strand of her brown hair around her finger. “You get to meet the fathers of the males you might marry. That should be your focus sister.” She drags her green eyes up and down my body and frowns. “You should go change. That dress makes you look insipid.”

“This dress makes it easier for me to move in. In case someone decides to test father today,” I shoot her a wicked grin to which she rolls her eyes. “Dear sister, don’t let the idea of being bred off to some lord’s son is what everyone wants.”

“It’d be better than remaining a club whore who sells herself for information,” she snarls and anger flares in my chest.

“You-!”

“Silence,” father’s voice raises just enough to cover mine. His temper is written all over his features. I swallow against the knot in my throat as his rage focuses on me. “Ravaen. You’re still going to that damned music bar? I’ve told you before that you’re not to go there any longer.”

I glare at Zoe before looking back at him. “I hardly frequent anymore, only when it’s to investigate for work. And I don’t ‘sell myself’ by performing music.”

“Maybe not but you damage the family’s reputation by making yourself a item to be gawked at,” he growls. “Flirting around with all those males will ruin our chances of finding you a husband. Now that you’re of age, it’s time for you to settle down.”

“Father’s right sister,” Zoe sticks her nose right back into our business. “But no one is going to want a used female like you. Especially after you were messing around with that lesser fae at your coming of age party.”

I don’t know why her words piss me off in the way that they do but pure and utter fury explodes from my chest. Darkness fills the room, my eyes glowing bright green as my power snakes across the room and throws her against the wall. Shadows and blackness seem to pull the light from the air as I rise to my feet. Zoe is trembling where she’s pinned, her own green eyes wide with fear.

“You need to learn your place Zoe,” I growl as I stalk around the table. “That lesser fae is twice the fae you’ll ever be. Lest you forget, he’s the High Lord’s spymaster and having his ear is a valuable asset.” I grab her face in my hand, my sharp fingernails digging into her cheeks. I can smell the acrid stench of piss as she wets herself. “Don’t forget who I am and what I can do.”

“That’s enough!” Father has risen from his seat and his own burst of power wipes away mine, but only because I let it. He’s behind me in a flash and he grabs my hair, shoving me to the ground. Zoe scrambles away and into our mother’s arms. “If anyone in this home needs to learn their place it’s you.”

Before I can even do anything, he’s winnowed us out of the dining room and into the training room. He shoves me again and turns to walk toward a cabinet. I don’t let fear come into my body as I see him pull a whip out of it. Defiance swirls in my eyes as he comes back over and grabs my hair again. He drags me to a wooden beam and throws me over it.

“Expose your back.”

“For what?” I hiss at him, glaring over my shoulder. “She needs to be shut up. Am I wrong? Is having Azriel’s ear not a blessing in disguise?”

“Not when you disobey,” his voice is flat with cold rage. “Expose your back. I won’t ask again.”

I bite my tongue, not wanting to infuriate his wrath even more. I turn away and carefully untie the laces of my dress, pulling it down to my hips before leaning on the beam. I don’t get the chance to prepare myself as he swings the whip and a cry leaves my lips. I can feel the welt burning as the whip comes down again. I don’t make a noise this time, my teeth sinking into my lip as I hold my wails back. 15 painful lashes later and he steps away. I pull the front of my dress back up to cover my chest, my cheeks wet from the tears of pain.

“Leave. I will call you when it’s time for the meetings.”

I hear his footsteps as he leaves the room and I finally allow myself to sag into the floor. I can feel the warmth of blood trickling down from those welts, my skin split in some places. No one comes to help me. Not my sister or my mother. Not a single servant. Alone yet again. I slowly climb to my feet, gritting my teeth as agony ripples down my spine. I stumble from the training room, dragging myself back into my bedroom.

It takes a long time for me to get back to my room, every shift of my muscles torture. It takes even longer for me to clean and dress my own wounds. Even with my fae healing, I know just from how wrecked my back is that it’s going to take days for me to properly heal. The dress I was wearing is stained with my blood so I change into a similar one that will cover the bandages wrapping my body.

I fall into my bed and wait for my father to call for me, exhaustion pulling at me. I receive a message from a servant around noon and drag myself from the bed, walking stiffly to one of the drawing rooms. Four men are waiting inside, excluding my father, and I fight to keep the scowl off my face as I see who it is. Every step is met with crippling pain but I can’t let them see any hint of weakness.

“Well, well, well,” Vyllen sneers from where he sits in a plush chair. “I’m surprised to see you here. Tired of fucking lesser males?”

I give him a ferocious grin, narrowing my eyes to a threatening glare. “How could I?” I look him up and down as I stroll past. “They fuck so much better than High Fae. Bigger too.”

He growls, his nostrils flaring. The other three males in the room are clearly stifling their laughter. “What do you know? It’s not like you ever let me get a taste.”

I laugh brightly as I stop next to my father’s desk. “I’d never bend over for trash like you.”

“You-“

He doesn’t get to finish as the door opens again and my father steps into the room. The four males rise to their feet, bowing their heads as he stalks toward the huge chair that makes his would be throne. My father sits down in the chair, his eyes not even looking toward me.

“Lord Thaes,” Kaen, a black haired lord, greets him.

“My friends,” my father addresses them as they sit back down. “How goes our efforts?”

“Well,” Neir, Kaen’s twin brother, says from where he leans back into the cushions of the couch. “Our associates are in a good place. The course we have for the ball is well on its way.”

“Excellent. What about your people, Landras? Last we spoke, you were having issues finding the…additive we spoke of.”

Landras’s eyes dart toward me but I make a show of acting bored and uninterested as I pick at my nails. “We’ll have to use a…alternative method. Unfortunately it’s just the wrong time of the year and those who have it aren’t willing to part with it.”

Each word is a piece of the puzzle that I am to solve. I let each sentence from the lords bounce around in my head. Additive definitely means some sort of poison since it’s season specific. There are quite a few poisons that don’t grow during this time of year so I need to narrow it down to what Landras would have access to. They seem to have plans for the ball and they seem to know the High Lord is going to be there, even though he’s never officially announced it.

“Lord Thaes,” Vyllen sits up, nodding his head toward me. “Not to question your decisions, but why is the lovely Ravaen here and not Brys? I thought he was working with us.”

My blood runs cold at the mention of my older brother and it takes everything in me not to look horrified. Just what has he gotten himself into? Brys is the only person in my family who ever had any sort of compassion for fae. My eyes dart toward my father at the same time his meet mine. A challenge. A threat.

“Brys is currently dealing with our allies in the other courts. He won’t be back in time for the ball. However,” his slithering gaze moves toward Vyllen. “Ravaen has found herself in the good graces of the High Lord and his…friends.” I keep my face still as he hisses the word. “She will be the distraction we need.”

“My Lord,” Vyllen scoffs at his words, looking at me with disgust. “Can we trust your her? After all, just last night my brother spotted her at Penrith with the shadowsinger.”

Shit.

“I don’t think you should trust her with our business. No matter how skilled she may be.”

My father’s stare doesn’t falter, his face as solid as stone even though I feel that cold rage emanating from his body. He didn’t know that I met with Azriel last night and I was hoping to keep it that way. I know I need to cover my ass and do it now before my loyalty comes into question. I let out a tinkling laugh, batting my lashes at him as innocently as I can.

“Come now, Vyllen,” I purposely leave off his title just to get further under his skin. “You asked when I arrived if I was done fucking lesser fae and yet you act surprised when I’m caught doing just that.” He bristles, teeth gritting together. “Pathetic. If you’re going to try and sever my father’s faith in me, think of something more clever next time.”

“Don’t worry about Ravaen, Lord Vyllen,” father intertwines his fingers together, leaning casually back into his seat. “Should she fail us or tell the shadowsinger and the High Lord about our plans, there will be retribution. Someone very dear to her will be punished for it. With their life.”

He doesn’t need to say his name for me to know exactly who he’s talking about. My brother has always been the only one in this family to have any sort of compassion for others and I owe him much and more for the way he took care of me when no one else did. If he’s threatening Brys, that means he’s not working for him like I thought. He must have blackmailed him just like he is me. My blood boils with anger but my gut rolls with nausea. I have to keep myself cool even as bile rises in the back of my throat.

I close my eyes for just a moment, shifting on my feet even though it causes the welts on my back to burn. When I open them, I look directly at Vyllen with an over playful smile. “Don’t worry, Vyllen. Azriel tells me all sorts of sultry little secrets when we meet.” I see all four of the visiting lords visibly cringe as I use his name so fondly. “I’m sure some of them will come in handy.”

“I’m sure,” Vyllen’s words drip with venom as he crosses his arms over his chest.

I turn to my father who is watching our interaction very carefully. “If I may ask, what is this plan exactly? Clearly you’re using some type of poison to harm the High Lord and his two lackys. Is it to kill them or weaken them?”

“That information shall remain within the few who know it,” he nods toward Landras who returns the motion. “You are to distract and give the High Lord’s Inner Circle the laced wine we will have prepared.”

“Kier doesn’t want his daughter harmed. He thinks he can still use her even after she debased herself,” Nier sneers as he glances at me. He clearly thinks the same about me.

“Kier is a part of this?” My brow raises in question.

“No. The spineless prick refuses to help us overthrow Rhysand due to his position as steward and his leadership over the Darkbringers,” Kaen shakes his head. “And yet he still wants us to deliver his daughter safely.”

“Enough,” my father waves his hand and silences the room. “Ravaen, you are dismissed.”

My jaw clenches as he tells me to leave just when I was getting some good information. There is no fighting the order though so I bow stiffly and leave the room. I hear Vyllen make a snide remark as the door closes but the blood is rushing so loudly in my ears that I can’t make out his words.

Time is running out; the thought of the ball being less than two weeks away is weighing down on my soul.

I need to get word to Azriel and my brother. And I need to do it fast.

[fyreflys]

1, 21, 33?

Fanfic Author Asks List

Thanks for the ask Molly!

1) How long have you been writing fanfic?

- oh god…I’ve probably been writing fics since the age of…11? Although in the early days it was more me creating full AUs and my own OCs that I would insert into an already existing world (Warrior cats…yeaaah), where as now I tend to take already existing characters & fuck them up (I feel obligated to give any characters I do make a proper background & story & I just don’t have the ambition & motivation to fully do that & give them justice- that & I haven’t had time). So that would be…11 years. Yikes. Definitely not the longest but that’s half my life so far LOL.

21) What year did you join your chose fanfic posting platform? (AO3, tumblr, wattpad, etc.)

- I joined AO3 at the very end of 2020. So my 3 year anniversary is coming up! Yay!

33) Do ever read your own fics once they've been posted?

- literally ALL THE TIME. I usually come up with an idea & start a fic bc I want to read it, and can’t find it already, so I just take it upon myself to do it. So everything I’ve written has been incredibly self indulgent. They are my bedtime stories. I just about know them by heart at this point, so I find myself not forcing myself to stay awake to finish them, and I often fall asleep reading my own works (also when I write- it’s like I’ve conditioned my brain into thinking “now it’s nap time!”). Maybe that’s cute, or maybe it’s cringe, idk.

[adeanthepurpledragon]

Firepaw and Greypaw sleeping together.

I did this fanart piece of Firepaw and Greypaw becoming friends and sleeping together in the apprentice’s den after Firepaw was free from his Kittypet collar and was accepted to train as a new warrior’s apprentice before being called Rusty but after he was accepted into Thunderclan he was given the name Firepaw by the clan leader Bluestar to train as a new apprentice in Thunderclan.

Firepaw and Greystrip become close friends and they sleep together in the apprentice’s den making Firepaw think “Thunderclan is my home now”.

I’ve been rereading my first Warriors Cats book in the series called “Into the Wild” because I know that’s still a well-loved series written by the Erin Hunters which they also written book series like “Seekers Bears”, “Survivors Dogs”, “Bravelands” and “Bamboo Kingdom” which I read most of the “Survivors Dogs” books and just read the first “Bamboo Kingdom” book in the book series but I plan on rereading the “Survivors Dogs” series and the first “Bamboo Kingdom” book that I own and someday getting more books that follow up in the “Bamboo Kingdom” series as well.

Although I also plan on going reading the “Bravelands” series which is a series of books about African animals and maybe also the “Seekers Bears” series as well.

I think the various of book series that the Erin Hunters have written starting with “Warrior Cats” are real good books to read that it’s a hard book to put down because of the story telling that goes into all the book series that the Erin Hunters written to this day.

I’m inspired by the storytelling of the different animals surviving in the wild and trying to find food and all that jazz, it makes me want to write my own stories inspired a bit after the Erin Hunter book series and I’m also inspired by the “Cartoon Saloon” movie “Wolfwalkers” and the movie “Avatar” not the one with the Airbender but the one with these blue people known as the Navis that fight to save their home from the Sky People which I saw the first Navi Avatar movie but haven’t gotten to the second one yet and I plan on watching some Natural Geographic, Disney Nature and Discovery+ documentaries about animals out in their natural habitat because I love learning about our world especially our natural world around Mother Nature itself.

Reading the Erin Hunter books and watching documentaries on tv really helps me to respect nature more even so going to my local zoo as well and it inspires me to want to make animatics, comics, artworks and literature stories around animals living, growing, eating and surviving out in the wild instead of just focusing on stories that take my main oc Adean the purple dragon’s point of view although I might build on to the comic series of “Adean the Dream Guardian” where she is actually a Chinese zodiac dragon guardian while her sister Kristy is the Chinese zodiac tiger guardian because really I was born in “the year of the dragon” while my sister was born in “the year of the tiger” would fit great for storytelling behind my two characters Adean and Kristy who are sisters with my webcomic series “Adean the Dream Guardian” be a story about the two sisters and one being a shapeshifting dragon girl and the other one being a shapeshifting tiger girl.

Speaking of sisters I’m actually going to the zoo this morning with my sis today and we’re going to see the animals this time especially the new red pandas that are at our zoo now.

I hope to take a lot of pictures of the animals at my local zoo and use them for reference for creating my own animal characters or animal artwork but it’s gonna be a fun day for my sister and I later this morning.

@drake-the-highlander @alexcanine @kingnice1219 @jaysmily2919 @reformedladyfandom

[cardinalcopiaspussy]

UHHHHH I’ve posted on a few rp search blogs but I haven’t found anyone so I’ll post this here as well! Rbs appreciated :)

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Hi! My name’s k9, a 21 y/o semi-lit trans dude (he/him) looking for an 18+ long term rp partner! I rp on discord only. For fandom based stuff, OC’s only please. I can reply every day and I’d prefer an active partner (reply at the very least once or twice a day). There are a couple different things I’d be down to rp:

For the following, I’m looking something sfw, no smut, but relationships/heavy topics ok

-Warrior Cats (fanmade Clan or original clans, we could create a plot or I’ve got a story we can use!)

-Wings Of Fire (little rusty on the lore but I’d still love to do it!)

For the following, I’m looking nsfw, m/m only please. Will preferably include smut and heavy topics/dead dove/whump. The asterisks are the roles I’m looking for

-vampire x human*

-bounty hunter* x their target*

-hero* x villain

-some kind of mythical/magical beast x hunter/trapper*

I will be starting some classes soon, but that should not affect me too much. I am also close to the UTC time zone right now but next year I will switch to MST. If you’re interested in anything I mentioned, please message me on discord: k9inpants

[l-antre-des-merveilles]

An introduction to your author (aka yours truly) (yes, again)

Hello everyone !

Nothing new under the sun- I just decided, after much thoughts, that switching my main and secondary blog would be easier moving forward. The writeblog is now the main one, retitled L’antre des Merveilles for the occasion, and all the reblogs will be done on @swift-perseides !

I won’t be deleting all the reblogs that were already done here (24k posts, I’m not crazy-), but I will be deleting the posts already done on the sideblog to repost them here, no panic- and everything writeblr-related will continue here ! (People will finaly be able to send asks, yeheeee)

I will be handling all the modifications tonight, but in the meantime, enjoy the repost of my writer intro~!

XxX

Hello everyone!

About me:

I’m Maz, a trans man writer, who decided to finally jump the shark and share with other fellow writers and people in general the world I’ve created and wish to publish one day!

I mainly write fantasy stories filled with drama and angst before the happy ending (the joy of being a big softie who always NEEDS a happy ending AND a lover of whump), with magic oddly terrifying, focus on relationships (romance yes, but platonic, friendship, family, and more !) court intrigues, adventures, and families found in the most unlikely of places- all of that queer (in general, so long as I haven’t say it EXPLICITELY, just assume all my characters are queer :”D)

I have been on Tumblr for a while, but I’d love to meet new friends and people to discuss with here! ^u^

I’ll be posting wips, drabbles, maybe some longer texts, and probably lots of worldbuilding stuff (bc I love those too much lmao).

My ask box is ALWAYS open for asks of any kinds (questions on characters, in general, worldbuilding or other advice, etc- as long as everybody is respectful), tag games, ask-games, and any events that might happen in the writeblr community any day of the week ! Coming to talk about your OCs or work is okay as well too!

Probably important to note- English isn’t my main language, and with school kicking in I might not be active 24h/24 or everyday, but I’ll do my best!

My reblog blog: https://www.tumblr.com/swift-perseides

About my work :

- Breaking the Wheel- The Chronicles of Havren (coming-of-age series, queer main characters and representation, magic is a dangerous thing, found family, deals with hard topics such as abusive familes and abusive dynamics, cycle of abuse, torture, grief)

Did anybody ever wondered, in our beloved stories of worlds ravaged by epic wars between monstruous, terrifying beings against mighty and glorious heroes, what might be taking place away from the battlefield ?

On the continent of Havren, it’s what the latest generation of the 10 royal families of the realm are about to find out: their parents bound by the ancestral Serment of Ashaara to defeat the apocalyptic threat of the Veil, it’s to the faraway queendom of Litespes, reputed as the most secure land on the continent by its sovereign, that children and teens are send to grow up in complete safety- whether they want it or not, not a matter for them to decide.

King Consort, Princess, Knight and Healer respectively, Kazan, Aboaleyne, Becca and Llyr might have never set a foot on the battlefield, Life is far from having been kind to them either- to be honest, at the rate things are going, life isn’t going to last that long for them anyway before they let their souls destroyed by their own demons.

But what to make of it, when Fate throw the whole game upside down, and put those 4 adults, with nothing in common than parenthood, to meet...alongside the royal heirs, as lost, wounded and abandonned than them? Can adults and children let the past keep on carrying on their life, or will these years away from their realms give a far more greater solace to such uncanny group than any of them would have ever anticipated?

The end of an era is near for Havren- but the massive changes that will bring this new dawn might not come from the glorious deeds of our warriors monarchs like we’re all anticipating...

I suppose that’s it! I hope you all have a good day ! ouo/

[sapphireskies15]

Warrior Cats Original Character | Eclipse

Hello!! I wanted to come on here and share my progress in my art style over the years. Now I haven’t been on here that long, nor have I honestly shared any art on here up until sometime this year, but I really wanted to share my progress as an artist to really show how far I have come.

I’ve been into the Warriors fandom for a little over 8 to 9 years now, I have created many many characters of my own because I had loved this series so much and cats are also one of my top favorite animals. I believe from elementary to middle school, cats were what I primarily drew. I had sketchbook full of Warriors fan art. I was constantly playing Roblox, any cat game that I could find on there I would find others who also enjoyed these books and would play out these wild stories as if we were in these books. Using our own characters and choosing what clan we were in. This was honestly the peak of my art.

I’m not too sure when the beta for Warrior Cats: Ultimate Edition came out, but around the time it did I was on there constantly, every second of the day I was just glued to this cat game. And since you could customize the model to look like your very own character, I had decided I wanted to make a tortoiseshell because they are honestly so pretty. This character had been my first ever OC to actually get a character sheet. But he’s the only character I have drawn over and over again and he is the only one I have that really shows my progression in a characters design.

Eclipse’s Design

His first deign was either in 2019 or 2020, I’m not too sure when WCUE beta came out or when I started playing, but his design was overall just a copy of what his model looked like since I didn’t originally have any drawings of him up until the game.

Around this time I was obsessed with artwork of MapleShade and Sol, his inspiration had come from any fan art I had seen and loved.

His second design was more of an attempt at a “turn around sheet.” I didn’t really grasp how to make one so I just slapped down whatever I thought makes sense.

Sometime in 2021, I decided I wanted to play around with art styles since I hated how I was drawing before. Semi-realism was my choice! Now I wasn’t smart when drawing at all! I had never once in my life studied how to draw in certain styles, I hadn’t taken the time to really learn. I usually just stared at a picture and tried to replicate what it looked like. That was a hot mess. Not my best era.

His last and final design is more of a “Disney” inspired look. Recently I have been experimenting with styles, studying how to replicate them, experimenting and expanding my skill. Disney has been a huge part of my childhood as I’m sure it has been for many others! I’ve always been in love with the way things were drawn, and I had decided that this was the style I would use.

I’m generally really comfortable with this style and I am really proud with how far I have come.

[14muffinz]

Countdown AU - Masterpost

Okay, there is a lot going on in my brain about this au, but I'm going to start this with a character round-off for the sake of it.

I’m alternating between calling this AU Five, Four, Three, Two, One and just simply the Countdown AU but if I do make a fic it’s going to be under the longer title.

Five/V/Venus

   - I’m using the name Venus because once I thought of the idea I couldn’t get it out of my head, but she can be seen as just an OC if you so please.

     - Also I haven’t really seen much of her yet so it’s hard to get it accurate.

   - Created ~2 years before the boys

     - Her mutation was sort of a failure, old residual DNA also rubbed off on her resulting in a frog/turtle/human hybrid

     - ? Considering that maybe she got her human DNA from another TMNT character we’ve heard of before like maybe Rise’s version of Tang Shen? Idk that might be cool but not for certain.

   - Big Mama found her, discarded, outside of Drax’s lab and thought that a turtle would be a great warrior and or staff member, with their tough shells. Took a few months for her to even discover the frog part, and took years to figure out she wasn’t a real yokai, by then though Venus was already a hard-working employee

     - Raised Venus genderless, but she chose to be a woman and would not take no for an answer

   - Has no loyalties to anyone

     - Literally just goes with whoever wins her over

     - She knows Big Mama is bad, but she doesn’t really want to be stuck with the boys just because they’re the only other turtle mutants, and anyways she gets paid and gets into the coolest fighting match ever for free.

     - The first of the boys she met was Leo, but her bestie is Donnie (will expand on more in a bit)

   - Has experimented on herself

     - Usually does this in a bad mental state

     - You pick up a few things when you’re a guard for one of the most fortified buildings ever, there’s not much else to do.

       - Who doesn’t know anything about experimenting on living organisms, anyways? It’s entertaining! Especially when you do it to yourself, you can find out so much, like how you’re part frog!

     - Tried to give herself built-in binoculars after accidentally taking something

       - The result was just weird pupil movement; kind of looks like a camera zooming in and out when her pupils dilate

   - Was hired by The Boss (villain of this story, we’ll get to him later) to work security, but spends most of her free time in the laboratory.

   - Loves blasting music with a lot of anger in it, or at least that’s how she describes it

     - Panic at the Disco SUMMONS HER

     - Is okay with lo-fi

       - Chill rap, though? EW EW EW SHUT IT OFF

   - Splints once tried to call her Aqua

   - Do not call her Aqua.

Orange

   - Yes, before you even ask, this is Mikey. Duh.

   - Before we begin, general headcanon/s

     - Has black versions of everyone’s masks which he embroidered in their colours.  

       - Also embroidered a scarf for Raph

         - It’s Raph’s fav scarf; he wears it everywhere

   - Exclusively goes by Orange. 

     - Is okay with being given a one-time/joking nickname.

     - Doesn’t want someone to think of him with only the name Four or Mikey, he specifically likes Orange the best.

   - The most stable turtle of this AU, relatively speaking.

     - None of them are fully stable, but he’s at least the highest on the leaderboards, even if Venus gives him a run for his money

     - I wouldn’t call him the leader but he is definitely the one in charge

   - The Boss can’t break him, so nobody can :)

     - Well, The Boss did break him, but not all the way so it doesn’t count.

     - He did have to pretend The Boss got to him for a while tho, it was painstakingly boring for him in that mental state, however.

   - Has essentially fortified the old lair into something akin to it’s former glory, so he and April and Casey and anyone else that’s around generally stay there.

   - Owns three different cloaking brooches for different purposes. 

     - The first one is for emergency scenarios, like the one The Boss put him in. It hides his ornate markings, making him look like any old box shell.

       - There’s velcro on it that attaches to the inside of his shell so that he can have it on without anyone seeing it.

     - The second one covers up all of his scars, he wears that one pretty constantly. Hated when The Boss took it away.

     - The third one is the traditional cloaking brooch, makes him look human.

   - Three’s sanity.

   - Scared of One

Three

   - Three is this au’s version of Leo

     - From Three’s perspective, he is not this au’s version of Leo :D

   - Before we begin, general headcanon/s for Leon.

     - Leon isn’t exactly tech smart or bio smart like donnie, but he’s a great lab partner and particularly enjoys participating in group stimming when something works

   - The Boss completely broke him.

   - The only place where he really acts like Leo from ‘before’ is in the laboratory.

     - He likes to try and hack into the boss’s systems while talking to himself, because in his brain he’s actually talking to Purple (he doesn’t know who Purple is, but he knows that Purple is and that’s all he needs) and sometimes even writes purple’s replies on his arms in sharpies

       - His dynamic with the imaginary Purple is similar to his dynamic with real Donnie in their lab thus bringing out what’s left of Leo.

         - Okay for a quick explanation, Leo remembers practically nothing but he remembers that he had a lab friend named Purple. That’s basically all he remembers of Donnie, the Purple voice in his head has some similar traits but it’s not really like him.

   - He completely believes that he is not Leo and that Leo is a separate entity that tragically passed away. 

     - He will answer to Leo unconsciously, but when the name is said while he is paying attention he will not respond.

       - Ofc, this bothers Orange, who refuses to be reduced to just a number.

         - Orange’s solution to this is to call him Lee, which sounds enough like Three that he doesn’t notice.

   - He frequently looses his train of thought

     - Forgets words, looses interest, zones out randomly, the works. 

       - This comes from all of his missing memories, there are a lot, sometimes things just completely escape him because the memory is buried further than he looks.

   - Kinda part of the last one; frequently forgets how to say a lot of words. Like they are spelt and laid out for him clearly in his head, but they don’t escape him right.

     - this is even worse for names. He usually addresses or mentions Venus as V (like the roman numeral) or Five, but sometimes he’ll struggle with it and start insistently repeating ‘planet two’

   - Wears a plain black mask. He thinks it’s the embroidered one, even though it isn’t.

   - Unconsciously slides out his third eyelid.

     - If you see his pupils, run.

       - Unless he’s just rly happy. But that’s very rare.

   - Scared of One

   - Okay now that I think about it he does remind me of cupcakeslushie’s separated au Donnie a little bit -- they even have the same name -- but I swear that’s NOT IT

Two/Purple/Donnie

   - Do I even need to state who this one is? I think we got it.

   - The Boss broke him (slightly), so now he plans on breaking The Boss.

   - Runs the lab that Venus spends her free time in. She’s his new lab assistant and they are planning an experiment called Project P that I’m going to 🤐 up for now.

     - Keep note of Project P tho, it’s important.

   - He doesn’t have his memories but knows that he needs to be somewhere that’s not run by The Boss, and that’s all he needs to get his gears turning. 

   - Venus may not be a perfect scientist, by any means, but there is no such thing as a perfect scientist anyways and Donnie still forgets things sometimes and so...

     - They play Panic at the Disco and like,,, Hamilton while they work. besties fr

   - Doesn’t have his goggles

     - Instead, he’s got a black thingy that wraps around the back of his head and lights up in various spots depending on the types of noises he’s hearing and/or energy input depending on the setting

       - Looks like the donnie-tech version of the thing on the back of Echo (from Bad Batch)’s head, for reference

   - Struggles with frequent flashes of memory

     - and headaches. from both the flashes and sleep deprivation

   - The person he can remember the most of is Leon. They’re twins, they have twin telepathy and the ninpo to help fill in some of those gaps.

     - Surprisingly, the second person he remembers the most of is Draxum, for some unknown reason.

     - He remembers about the same amount about the rest of his siblings, papa, and the rest of his family. Blurry, but there.

     - Completely forgot Casey Jr, sorry not sorry ✌

   - Still has his original purple mask, but doesn’t wear it very often, too sweaty. V had a very “smart” idea at like 4 in the morning and drew the eyebrows directly onto Donnie’s face, and he decided he liked them lol

   - Is the only one who can still remember One as their brother, however faintly. 

   - Hoo baby, if Dee struggled with emotions before--

One

   - friend of mine summarized this au’s version of raph as winter soldier raph and that literally describes him perfectly.

   - simular to savage raph, when surrounded by his old family for long periods of time, one will begin to revert

     - unlike savage, this results in him screaming “ONE IS NO TRAITOR” and becoming even more violent then he already was

   - sword wielder. knows how to use sai and tonfa, ofc, but knows how to use a wide variety of different blades

   - basically he’s a trained weapon and soldier and follows order and--

     - I LIKE BRAINWASHING OKAY

   - Three and Four are scared of him. 

     - Four isn’t exactly sure why.

     - Three thinks that one killed Raph and Leo, and doesn’t want to be next.

     - This is due to memories of the Kraang and Savage Raph, but since The Boss tampered with them they don’t really remember that. 

PT. 2: The Boss

   - The Boss is, unsurprisingly, the boss.

   - The Boss is either Bishop or an OC, unsure at this point.

   - One of the earliest test subjects of Draxum, all this gave him was trauma, slightly better vision, and a lot of scars.

     - Most noteably of which was the scrap of metal that was burned into his arm in an explosion

       - Gee I wonder what explosion that was

   - When The Boss discovered the existence of V and the brothers, he thought that the mutant army idea sounded pretty enticing. 

     - But, of course, he’d need to mind wipe them first.

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Howdy! For the WIP Tag Game, the Bluejay title story really intrigues me! So here are a few questions: What's the fic going to be about? What's the significance of the title 'Bluejay'? What are some things you can talk about regarding the whole new planet you made? (because that sounds really cool and any lore on it is greatly appreciated!) That is all, hope you have a nice day/night! 🩵💫

Sorry for the late reply lol. I'm so excited you asked!

I'll try not to spoil too much lmao---

Bluejay is going to be about my Bad Batch oc, Jaye N'Cante, and the story of her of how she became a medic for the GAR (So it's technically a Clone Wars fic). I'm going to include a lot of lore from her home planet, Gradine, and the war's effects on her indigenous people.

I haven’t fully fleshed out this concept yet, but the people of Gradine have a culture that involves tattoos, resulting in Jaye and her family having their family crest on their backs; a Gradinean bluebird. So something something spoilers she ends up adopting the name “Jaye” in honor of both her family crest and some friends she meets along the way ;)

Gradine is an island planet in the Middle Rim that was colonized by the Republic hundreds or thousands if years ago (i have yet to choose), but Jaye’s people (the natives) have lived in relative peace away from the colonies. The colonies built a city on a distant archipelago that Jaye’s people refer to as the “Metal City.” When the Clone War started, the Republic sends troopers to occupy the village “for their safety,” causing much unrest between the city folk and natives.

I’ve taken inspiration on Native American, Hawaiian, a bits of Indian culture to mix it all up into some kind of beachy warrior culture that you will see on Gradine. They have a chief-family type of government, but there’s quite a history behind it:

The natives of Gradine were first brought about by a magical figure called Ashla, who created the village and made them the people they are today. This Ashla wielded a strage power called The Gift, and it is said that they who possess the Gift were chosen by Ashla to lead the people to prosperity.

And with no context at all, there’s your subplot of Bluejay :D

Geez this was longer than I intended—

I’m planning on putting together a timeline of the planet’s history, which will inclide all kinds of tidbits on Jaye’s culture. Thanks for the ask, I hope you enjoyed my overly-extensive rant 🌻