#i think about thia post a lot

[dragonlights]

Like I don't Post about drama but vis a vis predestro's Tumblr ban, like. I don't necessarily think it's a good thing that we on the Internet have become so desensitized to threats of violence that we use them as jokes, but like.... That's been Tumblr culture for, what, a decade now? At least four years. Almost definitely longer.

And like. I've seen so much worse. Folks admitting to sending asks telling others to kill themselves!! Folks outright wishing x/y person killed themselves!!! Folks harassing trans folks (esp. trans women!)

But what gets this one lady banned was her man door hammer hand car boom-ass post???

Like, talk about enforcing the TOS from the wrong angle.

I totally get that part of it is "this person had their rule breaking reported en masse so something happened" but shouldn't the severity of the response have more to do with the severity of the offense, rather than how many people reported that user?

Like. The fact that we have to do mass reports to get anything to happen to anyone is ridiculous.

And, the fact that INCORRECT mass reports aren't punished more is also ridiculous.

There's also no report function for discriminatory content, or for seeing users harass each other. So... If you're not the one being harassed, your report does... Nothing??

Unless you, what scroll through someone's blog looking for things you could report as threatening violence??

On the "I hope every politician dies" webbed site???

There's obviously something fucky with their reporting system- either the way that reports are handled, or the way the severity of the reports are being judged.

Cause right now, it looks like they got a flood of reports from TERFs, photomatt saw a post about him, and went "well, fuck it, get her out of here" without looking at the context of HER BEING HARASSED FOR AGES. And that the post in question- the only one I saw shared!- was almost certainly a vent post for Said Situation that was...

Comically mishandled?

Like this one?

Like. Look. Do I think maybe at some point, on the "way too comfortable with violence on people I see as Wrong in some way" webbed site, a popular user said something that could actually be construed as a threat, and due to rampant transmisogyny got, got her shit reported?

Yeah, I can see that.

I don't follow her blog too closely, I know she does a lot of hyperbolic stuff. (as is Done on this Web site, again... I've almost certainly rb'd things just as bad)

But the example photomatt uses is hilariously bad and so obviously not a threat, and one would think, IN LIGHT OF THERE BEING ALLEGATIONS OF TRANSPHOBIA ON THEIR TEAM FOR YEARS, THEY WOULD BRING OUT A MORE CREDIBLE PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAN A LOONY-TOONS ASS DEATH WISH.

Just. The bar was on the ground and they still fumbled It! Fucking! Amazing!

[cosmicpancakes]

Hi! So I saw your post about wanting to talk about Will Solace (me too queen, me too) so what are your headcanons? Or funny little tidbits about him and his friends? Love your blog!

OF COURSE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ASK!!! to hear that someone genuinely loves my blog is so surreal cause like??? You like my blog?? Where I literally just say what's on my mind and ramble???

(P.S. TO ANYONE SEEING THIS!! IF YOU WANT HEADCANONS FOR OTHER CHARACTERS JUST SHOOT ME AN ASK!!!! I WILL HAPPILY ANSWER THEM ALL :DD)

Okay without further ado, here they are!!!

My Will Solace headcanons! ☀️

He has curly hair! Think somewhere between 2c and 3a

Speaking about hair, his hair is naturally brown and he dyes it blonde

ANOTHER HAIR ONE but he has a very extensive hair care routine! You'd think he would have very damaged hair because of all the bleaching, but that shit is SOFT

Only uses feminine floral perfume cause it smells better (hes right. it does.)

Despite insisting on healthy eating, he survives off of random snacks and red bulls

Loves indie pop and jazz music but does listen to a lot a country as it reminds him of his mother

Hopeless romantic. He will cry to laufey.

90% of his closet is made up of incredibly cheesy dad joke t-shirts.

Wears lots and lots of bracelets! All very mismatched in terms of colour and texture, but it adds to the charm (or so he says)

His hair is just long enough to put in a very short ponytail when he works (but a few loose curls always slip out)

He sticks out his tongue when he's concentrating on something

Clarrisse practically adopted him as her honorary little brother and he went to her highschool graduation!! (she totally did not cry when she saw him. nope. not at all.)

everyone at camp owes him atleast 5 favours except lou ellen because she somehow never gets injured??? Cecil on the other hand, owes him about 13 favours.

Friday is the apollo cabin's game night, and he NEVER wins (kayla swears austin is cheating, but hes just really good at monopoly.)

the cabin is always spotless because he despises stable duty

(This one is canon but not talked about enough) when he said he's horrible at every apollo thing except healing, he was not exaggerating. an absolutely horrid singer and he would miss a target 3 metres away.

okay that was a lie because he can manipulate light.... to a certain extent. he's working on it he swears!!

One of those people that are incredibly insistant about wearing sunscreen even tho he doesn't need it himself

And now for some angsty ones because I know you all love them:

A very obvious one, but he has pretty bad PTSD.

I'm pretty sure this one is canon, but he saw Lee die in botl (i have had a oneshot idea about thia for months, but i literally never finish oneshots so theres no point in trying to write it ☹️)

A lot of people thought him and Lee were biological siblings because they looked so similar and also because they were super close

him and Micheal were also really close, but they were a lot more distant after Lee died and they never really got to reconnect

Post botl, the apollo cabin had about 17 kids. 3 survived the battle of manhattan.

has a really bad habit of overworking to distract himself

Way too many scars for a medic. (He won't admit where he got them from, or why most of them are on him arms.)

Okay, that's all for today!! I hope you enjoyed those headcanons :)

Once again saying this but if anyone reading this wants some headcanons for other characters please please leave me an ask 🙏 love you all okay bye bye

[akilah12902]

I was thinking about an old (not amazing) (drunk)post I'd made, talking about summaries, where I mentioned "what if Barbie had a hand grenade?" as not a great one.

And specifically, the reason it's not a great one is it doesn't convey what kind of story you're going to be reading. Sure, Barbie has a hand grenade, but how is that going to play a part in what's going on? Is this going to be a comedy or a tragedy (or both)?

The below image (link to post) is a pretty good example: the labels below the books pose a question (what would the Star Wars prequels be like if Leia had a blaster and a time machine?), but the blue and red are the part that actually gives you a more detailed idea of what's happening in the story itself.

Without the blue and red, the comedy of the idea is far less effectively conveyed, and even if you're familiar with the general format, you might end up thinking that Leia kills Palpatine at the start of the story and then the rest is about taking the blaster away from her.

AO3 has made this less of a problem with tags, since tags and summary can work together to convey additional information about a story.

"What if Barbie had a hand grenade?" with the tags 'shenanigans ensue', 'comedy', and 'no kens were harmed in the making of this fic' can do the job of conveying what a reader can expect when reading the fic, same as "What if Barbie had a hand grenade?" with the tags 'war', 'tragedy', and 'character death'.

I do this myself a lot too, especially with shorter fics, leaning on the tags to convey information a reader would want to know before reading a fic.

But I still think that putting some additional work into the summary can do an even better job than leaning on the tags:

"GI Joe accidentally left something behind on his last visit to Barbieland.

Barbie has 12 PhDs, she can figure out what this thing is, no problem!

(i.e., what if Barbie had a hand grenade?)"

vs

"GI Joe accidentally left something behind on his last visit to Barbieland.

Thia could be essential in breaking the blockade the Bratz dolls erected in their last campaign against the Barbies.

(i.e., what if Barbie had a hand grenade?)"

[lilyoffandoms]

Clara Slaying Richards by @oh-so-youre-a-nerd

I wanna do this post justice because it deserves it but also I just wanna scream incoherently as well.

akakldjakkkaja!!! I still can’t believe this art exists!!! Thank you, Thia!! With all my heart, thank you!!!

So now I’m gonna attempt a coherent thought. Wish me luck.

This art came about when I made an offhand comment about this painting in some tags (because I’m a geek about this stuff and Baroque art in particular). The artwork above is based on Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi.

I’ve had it in my head for sooooo long that we needed some art based on this with MC and her bestie taking care of things Richards because no one else is doing anything, nor do they seem inclined to. Sometimes ladies see things that need doing and they just gotta do what they gotta do.

Things need doing and so we do ‘em!!

I always thought the original painting by Artemisia is perfect for this story because MC and Briar don’t give up like the rest of them do. They refuse to resign themselves to their supposed fate and take matters into their own hand. Plus, if you take Artemisia’s own personal history into account, this art as a model for Desire and Decorum MC is perfect.

Artemisia was unable to truly get revenge on the men (one in particular) in her life that sought to use her and so she took well-known stories of women and gave them a new life through her paintings, a realistic one.

Whereas her male counterparts in the art world chose to depict these same women as helpless or even intrigued and accepting of the unwanted advances of gross old men, Artemisia depicted these woman as the victims they truly were or in the case of the above art, depicted the women as their own heroes. Because she learned the lesson well, you can rely on yourself but not your family or those you should be able to trust. Plus you have to admire an artists that breaks tradition and show women that are not the helpless creatures men seem to think they are.

To see this art come to life with MC and Briar is beyond exciting and to see it come to life soooo well is beyond thrilling. Thia, I hope you realize the talent you have!! The things talked most about in art history regarding this work by Artemisia (beyond her history) are the masterful use of chiaroscuro and the tension in the figures. It takes a helluva lot of force to severe a head and so many artists fail to accomplish portraying the strength and sheer force it takes to so such. You have managed both the masterful use of light and shadow and portrayed both MC and Briar absolutely killing it!!

As @noesapphic said when I showed her this art yesterday, SLAY!!!

[gorgeouslypink]

Heloo pink !! I hope you can help me out here

What to do when we feel we aren't ready to tap in the void yet? Can't really Pin point what the thing is ,its just a feeling that I can't tap in so soon. I will be honest I really want to get in the void but I feel I am not ready yet ?! You know what I mean . I want to stop this feeling and just get in. There are few things in my void list that I am confused about if I should manifest them or not. Sometimes I want them bad and some times I think should I go for it ?. How to get out of thia and just tap in the void ? I want to get done with it now!! Do you have tips ?

Hey love! I might create a post about this soon but what you're talking about reminds me a lot about what @lotusmi talked about and she ended up releasing this subliminal:

So maybe read her posts regarding this and meditate to this subliminal and see what comes up. I hope this helps love 💗

[jerzwriter]

5 For Tobías and 4 for Eli! (I love seeing others takes on canon characters 👀)

Hey Thia! Thanks so much for the asks - and OMG, I SO AGREE! Dangerous as that can be around here, I love to see different takes, too, and I think it can really deepen the understanding of characters when we see them through different eyes. OK - let's do this!

(Note after answering: I'm so sorry - this is long - I got two questions that were just too fucking good for these two. lol I'm sorry... really.)

#5 Tobias:

OK. I'll attempt to keep this short and prob fail! lol It was complicated. I have a detailed backstory for Tobias, and his life straddled two extremely different worlds. His white father was from an extremely wealthy, powerful, and influential family. Old money through and through. He was practically disowned for eloping with Tobias's mother, his true love who was a brilliant and beautiful woman from a kind, loving, and moral lower-middle-income family. Classism was part of it, but it was the racism y'all. The couple met in college and was forced apart by both families (his because they felt she was beneath them, hers because they feared the damage his family could do), but their love was true and they eventually eloped. Afterward, her family welcomed Charles (his dad) to the family, but the Carricks were not about to do the same for Vivian (his mom).

When Tobias was born, everyone made a concerted effort to mend fences, but with the exception of a few relatives (notably, his Uncle William), most continued to look down on both Vivian and Tobias. Tobias never felt welcomed amongst the Carricks, where he was subjected to microaggressions, even from well-meaning relatives who truly loved him. (This led to major issues with his father that began during his senior year in high school, leading to their eventual estrangement. Then his dad died before they had a chance to reconcile, but that's for another time! lol) His mother's family was where Tobias felt most loved, wanted, and accepted. It was a warm, safe place that came crashing down in his pre-teens, but we'll stick with early childhood for now. lol

Vivian and Charles were good but imperfect parents. They loved Tobias with all their hearts, but they were often absent during his early years. They were determined to prove themselves in their professions and in the Washington, DC, social scene that his father grew up in. Vivian was very astute and knew playing the game would behoove not only her but many others that she hoped to help. She was determined to effect positive change, and Charles was determined to show his family that he and his wife could thrive without their support. But that took a lot of time away from their son. Another issue was that Vivian and Charles loved each other so much that Tobias sometimes felt like he was an outsider. He was an only child until he was seven years old, so childhood was lonely and filled with contradictions. This set the stage for some major drama later on, and impacted much of his future life.

That wasn't short, was it? lol Sorry! It could have been much longer! lol This is my passion project! lol

#4 Eli:

So, Eli and his family are my other passion project - so once again - I'm going to do my best to keep this short! lol

It was extremely difficult. Eli and his brother David came of age in a post-apocalyptic world. Prior to the outbreak, they lived a fairly normal life filled with school, friends, and little league. Their family and home were filled with love and warmth, providing a safe space for the boys. Eli was old enough to recall the racism the family endured (per canon). That took a toll on him, but his family's strength and devotion to each other saw him through.

He was forced to grow up quickly when the outbreak occurred. I wrote of that extensively in A Mother's Journal shameless plug. lol Life became about survival, but his parents, particularly his mother, did all they could to give their boys some semblance of normalcy among the unimaginable. They moved to their summer cabin in the woods, finding it to be safer than their hometown, and it would be easier to live off the land. His father refused to live in a colony (for good reasons) and was determined to remain independent, but this led to an isolated existence, with only a few other families to socialize with... and one by one, they disappeared.

Adolescence, in particular, was hard. It's a time to find and discover yourself, and how can you do that in a vacuum? How can you do that when tomorrow is never guaranteed? I wrote about this in Coming Up Blank again, a shameless plug. lol Eli and his brother struggled with their sexual identities - how do you really know who you are when you have practically no peer group? Adolescence is always filled with confusion and complexities, and Eli's experience was heightened... and filled with a type of heartbreak none of us could ever know. His solace was his family - a place of unconditional love and devotion. He steeled himself to the rest of the world, believing he had all he needed within the walls of his cabin, and in many ways, he did... until that all came crumbling down.

God, I'm not going back to work after lunch so I can write now! (I mean, I wish! lol)

Thanks so much for the asks! :)

[vasalean]

I'd like to expand the post I made about looking inside of other people's houses (I swear it's not weird) and that's about my own house I mean it wasnt ACTUALLY my house but whatever :p. My house was actually pretty large not insane or anything we didn't live in a mansion and we're not rich but my parents got a good deal so the house was always brimming with rooms to go in and one of the most interesting things to me were our basement and attic. Our attic was old because the forst thing you see whenever you open the door was a very twisted staircase since the attic was to the left of the door the stairs had to twist but they were so small and each step was way more vertically speard out then normal stairs so it's was always a weird climbing experience and that's not all because it had a very distinct smell very wooden and earthy and also the attic was very creaky as you would expect so every kinda felt like it was going to fall a at anymore but it got even wielder cause whenever you went up their was a door that would take you to the actually attic since the area that the stairs Keats you to isn't the full attic and it's was really small for some reason?????? it really looked like it was for an 8 year old it was very odd and whenever you opened the door one of the weirdly massive floor boards (they were all like a foot wide) was missing and another was broken in half and not cleanly I never understood why this was the case but I can't think if ANY reason that isn't like a wood theif going around stealing floor boards for experiments.The basement was also interesting it was very dark and filled with spider webs and stuff and always gave off an almost bunker type feel and had stuff like my sisters bikes and the most interesting part was that there was a staircase that led out to a door that would go into our parking lot im sure other old houses have thia but it was very strange. There's more that I could say but I think this post is already long enough and as you can tell I am terrible at writing stuff efficiently.

[canislupus-13]

Someone send me asks about my dnd characters or something to answer in the morning.

If you want basic info, the two I've posted about on here so far are:

Nora windsong - a draconic bloodline sorcerer, technically a human but her bloodline comes from the goddess of draconic magic. Started out loosely based on Nino but ended up being her own thing (that's kinda close to like Julia at least story wise). Watched a lot of people die because of a curse she had. Has survivor's guilt and is in general a mess. She does have a girlfriend who is the one person close the her she's been able to save. Wyrmlings think she's pretty. It's a meme that I always draw her crying and she's where "new trauma acquired" Comes from.

Thia/Fentue - a half elven cleric of Corellon Larethian, a former street urchin from the city of Novale. Considers their deity the only respectable authority and has a particular dislike for both nobility and soldiers due to their past. Up until recently they believed they were the last survivor of their family (well the group of urchin they grew up in) though a few more of them are also alive. Doesn't act much like a cleric at all. Slow to trust people and quick to anger and violence.

[northropi]

Alright been a bit so sona update post.

Picture because these don't get a lot of traffic without one but I don't have much else at the moment ANYWAYS

I'll start by saying, as always, I have plans to tweak any characters I leave behind into non-sona OCs if I make big changes, and that's especially relevant here as all three of these characters are very suited to being PoV characters for stuff in the world. Each represents a domain of things I'm hyperfixated on and by extension a subset of stuff in the setting. Technology, biology, mythology. They have interesting dynamics as mostly comical frenemies. They all have interesting backstories and personalities.

And this is a problem.

None of them feel like me anymore. They've strayed from the ideal of how I want a character like me to look and act in an attempt to avoid having three characters who are just idealized versions of the author running around. Frankly on a bad day Theriadh in particular is... Almost uncomfortable. The way I do her jawline is visually nice but as a character who's just me she kinda gives me a twinge of dysphoria. Her personality has also grown increasingly unlikeable in an attempt to make her a borderline villain and it's dragged her into a darker place than I'd like- and I should probably fix that either way, but I'm not sure I want to fix the rest. Maybe it's time to just let her be her own thing.

499 is also just... Kind of nothing. I like how her canonical job as a character, initially as essentially a delivery drone and then adapted into running it herself to deliver supplies across her entire region, is something sort of menial, but helpful and a little whimsical. I'd rather have a job like that for my sona than The Arbiter Of Life And Death or something, OP sonas aren't bad but they're not mine. I also like that she's a robot. That's... That's it. Sorry girl I've been an irresponsible parent.

Q.C. is probably in the best place and I'm not sure it's just because I'm attached because she got more work done recently. Her backstory is nice, her design on a species level is very appealing to me with all the quirks Harpies and Vampires have (Harpies grouping with Fey in the setting so she essentially has a double-dose of weird vulnerabilities, magic antics, and compulsions, so literally me), but the character under that is... Not me. Developed, but not me, and even her looks sort of have the opposite problem of Thia where I made her too dainty.

This makes a good argument for sort of making Q.C. and calling it a day, though in practice I'd probably be splitting the difference between her and another character. The Vampire who turns her, I realized during a shower thought last night, should probably also be a Harpy, hence why they know each other- well, maybe. I could essentially just drop a genderbent Q.C. design, role as "magical member of the trio," and personality on him and then rework a (probably more Aequornithes-themed) Q.C. design out and just use her as my sona. Short of that, obviously, he also wouldn't need to be a Harpy, and there could be a dynamic between pre-mortem Q.C. and him of a sort of mutual mystique where one being Fey and the other being Undead puts them worlds apart and stuff.

However, I also just can't control myself.

I'd want mechanical features back, I think. There's just an occasional "oh to be a funny doll/robot" longing I have, which having three characters was intended to solve. Making 499 also made me realize that having a robotic character and having a character with robotic traits were really not substitutes for each other. If I just stop caring about the rules of my own setting a Vampire Robot would probably be doable but there's a certain game I'd be associated with (it's a good game, but I don't want my whole branding to come off as just a parody) and making it carry the equally important bird themes would be complicated. It's more tempting at that point to make a character that's just innately flexible on a conceptual level, and the idea of modifying Thia from an explicit Dragon to a more generalized monster has been very compelling for a long time (considering the species name Jabberwock, which is fitting because other than my tendency to throw big scary mystery words around I'm kind of the exact person the poem was making fun of).

The third and most developed option for a replacement character is back to robot, but in a more flexible way- essentially a techno-slime. Could rework herself to look different or utilize new pieces of machinery, letting her cover a lot of conceptual space. This is... Just a really cute concept, I think. I definitely want to keep an avian slant which could make that all confusing but we'll just say she chose a frame to inhabit most of the time that just looked birdy, because she likes flight.

Now, obviously, you might here me lay out three concepts once again and think "wait, we're back at square one." Well, true, but at this point I'm getting tired of not being able to just say "I'm Northy and this is my coherent, singular OC that represents my personality, Northy." I think I need to get back to that, even if it carries a lot of weird conceptual baggage. Or maybe I don't and just get comfy with having three again, wouldn't be the first time. Until then, uh... Hope this is actually appearing on people's feeds, seems I haven't been getting as much reach as before.

[llycaons]

I ended up picking clj back up. even with it's flaws, it's still a stunningly gorgeous show with impeccable comedic timing and a lot of charming characters. orchid I missed you <3

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it's easy enough to jump back into it because the characters were so memorable. I was so upset the romance was bwetween an all-powerful man and the little spirit he relentlessly abused and criticized.

and I was sad it wasn't going to be a gay ending because the setup was just perfect for it. like look at thia

damn, the screenshot function doesn't work on viki. well orchid's line translated like this makes it sounds like she wants to get married to the lady that dfqx is supposed to marry. isn't it a crying shame that she'll end up with the man who hurt her so bad this while time instead of the human lady. and dfqx bonded so well with her crush! I was rooting for them to gaze into each other's eyes and realize their feelings for each other! alas now she's saying she loves him?? when did THAT happen

AND THE SIDE GIRL HAS A CRUSH ON THE GIRL DISGUISED AS A GUY??!! and she KNOWS its a disguise too like please....

I had to rant in another post about this 'girls never say what they're really thinking' nonsense but this just clarifies for me why I like romance as a side thing in a greater fantasy or action world. especially annoying romances like this...

changheng may be a stupid fuck but at least he thinks women should choose who they marry

why does she get a fond flashback to dfqx calling her stupid like girl...

oh SHIT danyin down

[rise-my-angel]

Generally speaking, the sort of behaviour you faced in the Pedro fandom was unacceptable by all standards. No community should be like that. It is straight up bullying and highschool level behaviour when the majority can't accept hearing one person's opinion.

I have to say, personally, your contribution to the fandom with HotGW has been wonderful. You are incredibly talented and your opinions really open up thoughtful discussions that otherwise would have gone unheard of.

Like without your self expression, I would not have noticed the problems with Ygrette or other female characters that shall not be named. But now that it's brought up, it's really helped me be more critical about victims in media, especially men who often get overlooked because they're men.

What I'm trying to say is that your blog has opened up a little pocket community that I haven't seen the likes of for a while within fandom, and I really look forward to seeing more of your writing

threesome smut or not lol.

I truly love discussing things like that in this series, theres so much going on. It's such a rich story with rich characters but a lot of discussions go in circles and I just like expressing where and why my stances may differentiate from the majority here.

Especially because I am a rarity in that I am a book fan who defends the show (generally), I try to approach things in a unqiue way. And posting hotgw has been a massive help in my confidence to do so.

If I can post 50 chapters of slop, then I can also post my opinions and explorations without being too scared of being oscarsized again. And thats what I want for others, just a space where people can talk and see different ways of thinking not always the most standard or popular opinion of the series and see where it leads us.

Its still a shame my time in the Pedro fandom was so soured by the end, but I am happier and have more fun here. I feel like even if my opinions and fics are garbage, I at least have a voice and I like sharing my voice with othet people like me who aren't necessarily the big popular blogs.

I just yearned for a fandom that I could have fun in again and the kinda of people and anons Ive interacted with since posting hotgw (which really me posting chapter 1 was my introduction into the fandom) have been the most like a member of a fandom Ive actually felt. Even if i am a big dumb clown with a stupidly long fic.

I don't wanna give myself too much credit at all, I just finally have fun on here again and can only hope I share that energy with others enough that anyone else who may have had experiences like me, can find something in thia fandom or others dont feel so isolated in anymore.

[astromythical]

My Notes On Thia -- History

It's been goddamn ages since I promised worldbuilding notes for Thia, but I've remembered now, so here you go:

Okay, so as I check my notes, which somehow ended up being fifty pages, I've decided to split them up into several sections. I don't have the patience to post everything at once, so this will have to do.

I'm gonna start with the history. Should be straightforward and easy to explain, right? (If you happen to be knowledgeable in history, I’m sorry, I tried my best, but if you have any suggestions on how I can improve this, I will gladly take the advice)

Anyway. Let’s start. I’m gonna stick in some climate in here as well. I’m sorry, but it’s necessary. i think

So, Thia is a pretty cold place, despite being roughly where Australia is when it comes to latitude. Most of Thia has cold deserts. Is this important? Honestly, I’m not even sure anymore, but my notes say it is, so.

First things first, the Eurabics and the Imazons come south. They’re from the north, which has a hella lot amount of hot deserts. It’s hot. They’re used to hot. But Solnata is cold. Already living there are the Turchians and the Efratics, and they’re cool with their new neighbours. (I think you can tell where this is going.)

Then, the Eurabics and the Imazons decide, nahhh. They're going to take over the land. It's a joint decision, but what ends up happening is that the Eurabics, led by Farouk III, took over. Farouk III ends up king, and a bunch of cities are built, but the public is basically divided between Eurabics and Imazons. The Eurabics are more cityfolk, while the Imazons are more countryfolk, though there are still crossover between the two groups.

I think it's obvious by now that I take real historical events and put them in a different universe. It's just easier for me to make things realistic.

So, the capital gets built. Its name is Husanol, named after Husan, the Solnatans' moon god, and it was a walled city. Inside was one of the largest Solnatan ziggurat to have ever been built. A ziggurat is essentially just a pyramidal stepped temple tower. It's for worship. Anyway, they built a temple at the city's heart, and it was named Maq'bur, or The Tower of Time, which took around a decade to complete, and was where the royal family and court lived. All in all, the city took about three centuries to complete.

Fifteen years after Farouk III becomes king, he marries Bohlokoa el-Akhtar. She's essentially the mastermind. Farouk's just the pretty face. She's the one that gave Solnata a successful economy from agriculture, ironworking, and textiles, and for a long, long time, it was Farouk III who took the credit. But the in-universe textbooks heavily imply that without her, Farouk's reign would've crashed and burned much earlier. They had three children, Farouk IV, Iritis, and Ankhta. After Farouk III retired, Farouk IV took his place.

Fast forward to 2580 Husan Era, and conflict really starts brewing. The Imazons have been slowly wanting more power, and in 2580, an Imazon army led by Ngotso Mbala attacked Husanol. Eventually, they win, in 2584, with a death count of over 600 000. The capital was moved, due to damages done to Husanol. The new capital, Angchengan, is not walled off, and made of solid stone. It has many murals and a warm palette. It glows at night like the Niagara Falls because why not.

Another thing that comes with the Imazons is their new god, Sul, goddess of the sun. They keep Husan as Solnata's patron god, but Sul now shares the position with him. I have a whole story to talk about for them, but I'll leave that for the religion post.

Anyway, in 356 Sul Era, there's a war going on between Panaling and Mavaria, over an ancient crown called the Crown of Sight. It's powerful, and that's basically the extent that people know about it, but it's enough to incite war. Approximately 800 000 Xiatzu civilians flee to Solnata, pleading to Solnata's king at the time, King Oluchi II, to help them. King Oluchi sends armies to fight against the Mavarians, AKA the Efratics, and since then, Solnata and Mavaria have been strong enemies. Eventually, the Solnatan Xiatzus become the Hantzu, as their language changes.

And then there are the racists. Or maybe they're not racists, and they're just afraid of Mavaria retaliating against Solnata in the future. Whatever their reason, the Solnatans in the Pahyarayan Territory protested the presence of the Hantzu, and when they were ignored, they seceded from Solnata. My explanation is that King Oluchi didn't want to bother reclaiming that land, though I'm open to other suggestions, since that explanation's a little flimsy. This chunk of land later became Tesirma.

Now, in 498 S.E., a group of people who called themselves the Apostatians attacked villages, wanting to convert people to Apostatism. Bad way to do it, but sometimes people are stupid. King Labaris sends a battalion to defeat them, and the Apostatian Crusade ends after a few months and 3 000 deaths.

Then, famine strikes. It's mostly in Tesirma, but it does affect Solnata a tad bit, though ultimately Solnata did not come to Tesirma's aid. It's estimated that about 1 200 Solnatans died.

In 853, the Solnatan-Mavarian Cold War begins. It's a bit of economic warfare + buying your enemy's enemy stuff so they can win. Solnata is at war with Nali, which lasts thirteen years, and Mavaria is at war with Panaling, which lasts twenty years. The Cold War ends in 863, with no winner. They both lose.

We're almost at present-day!! So, in 1378, Mavaria sends soldiers to burn down Angchengan. It doesn't work, because, well... Angchengan doesn't burn. Angchengan is made of pure stone. You dummies. A year later, Mavaria sends a group of skilled assassins to assassinate the king of Solnata, Adesyana. They fail and are eventually caught.

Of course, Solnata doesn't like that. So, the Thirty Years' War begins! It only ends in 1408, with a death count of 6 million. Rumour has it that it was divine intervention by Sul, who generated a firestorm that stopped the war. Others say that it was a fire Ruhanik. A few suggest that Prince Adesyana II knows something about it. :D

And that's basically it for the history of the Solnatan Empire!! If you're still here and have read through all my rambling, thank you!! I'll get the geography part up next, though I can't say when that'll be. Might be tomorrow, might be next year. But yeah, thanks for reading!

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#5

Scrolling through your blog like my morning newspaper, I was reading your tags and—as someone who was part of the HTTYD/RttE fandom for years, Hiccup and Toothless were a pretty popular romantic ship (in fact, second only to Hiccup and Astrid). I spent all my time shipping Fishlegs and Snotlout so it wasn’t my circle, but boy did I see a lot of it adjacent to my ships! Anyways, no point to this ask besides seeing your tags and it like, unlocking a deeply buried memory within me but lmaooo I hope you’re having a nice day!

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THIS IS A PART OF FANDOM I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE LMFAOOOOOOO

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#4

My LARP weapons!!! I'm very excited lol

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DROP KICKS YOUR ASKBOX. HEY! LISTEN! /P MUTUAL VALENTINE TIME ART FROM ROSERRIE! MJ YOU’RE EPIC HAVE AN AWESOME DAY W YOUR PARTNER!

LUNA BELOVED!!! THIS IS SO LOVELY, I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY TOO!!!!!

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Hi! I'm a huge fan of scarecrow au (literally have read it minimum 5 times now, each part) and was wondering if you two plan on continuing it. I'm sooo curious about what bad & sapnap were talking about 😭😭

Hey!! Thank you so much for reading our silly little au, we're so glad you enjoyed it!

Short answer: yes!

Long answer: What we have left that we want to write is a short coda set five years after the end of the sequel. However, we're both working adults and are insanely busy - I think we have about... 1/3 written? Unfortunately, it is neither of our top priorities rn, though I am hoping to get back to it before Christmas.

Once the coda is done, there will most likely be no more mainline installments. We may end up writing a couple of oneshots (I have an SBI one shot floating around in my brain for scarecrow au) but that's no guarantee of anything.

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[zukkaoru]

Hi Grace!! I saw you rb the post about asking about your OCs and I’ve been curious about them for a while! What is your OCs’ world like (or is it our world)? What are their personalities like? What do they do in their world/story? I’ll probably think of better questions later but I’m curious about whatever you want to share about them!

HI ELI okay okay so this world has been like. in the making since 2017 so there is. a lot of lore skdhsjjk

so basically they live in our world and the central setting for the story is the area i grew up in, except i changed all the names of the towns and stuff. roseglen is literally my hometown but with a different name not all of the characters actually live in roseglen bc it's small and there are several slightly bigger towns surrounding it but roseglen is like. where the heart of the story takes place because that's where roseglen grace brethren church (rgbc) is, which is Very important to the story.

basically, the main four characters (Thia, Iz, Logan, and Max) grew up going to rgbc and when they were young, they always sort of believed the church was haunted. as they grow up, they start to drift apart - Iz's family moves to California, Max's family moves to Willow Lake (about an hour away), and after rgbc gets a completely new building and pastor, Thia's family ultimately starts going to a different church. but then, winter break of their junior year of high school, all four of them end up running into each other at the rgbc christmas eve service and there's this Moment. where they're all out in the lobby for various reasons as the service is still going on in the sanctuary. and as soon as they recognize each other, they have this like. flashback where for a second, it looks as if they're standing in the old rgbc building.

and then the moment breaks when two other characters (Joy, Logan's gf at the time, and Francis, one of Logan's friends) come out into the lobby and are like. hm we're interrupting something. aren't we? and then i think Iz and Logan end up getting into a fight bc Iz was very protective of Thia and made Logan promise to like. look after her. and Logan absolutely did not do that 👍

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so anyway, Iz, Thia, and Max start to reconnect and Francis ends up joining them bc he's also friends with Max. and they start talking about how that flash to the old building during the christmas eve service wasn't the first time most of them have experienced something like that - it's happened to Iz and Max a few other times and Thia's been like. actively encouraging it and just spending some time (presumably in her mind) in the old building. it's actually Logan who figures out that this isn't like. imaginary in their mind stuff; their souls are actually travelling back in time to the old building.

remember how they thought rgbc was haunted?

the ghosts weren't true ghosts. the ghosts were them.

so then they have to figure out how to replicate all of the hauntings of their childhood and they meet Time, who explains why this is happening and offers to help (..sort of. Time is an interesting character) and so they have like. less than two weeks (until winter break ends and Iz and Max have to go back home) to fulfill Time's desires in order to restore their memories so they can make sure the past happens as they remember it and nothing changes. Iz's ex-girlfriend also makes an appearance at one point, flying from California to Indiana just to bring Iz something they need (and the two of them end up getting back together at some point as well,,)

As for the characters:

Thia Wells is generally perceived as very nice and quiet and on the shy side. she mostly keeps to herself and her friends from church. in her last months at rgbc, everyone sort of just. stopped caring about her and she always felt left out at youth group and stuff despite having been going to rgbc since she was born and knowing everyone in the youth group for quite some time. she likes tea, baking cookies, reading, and she's also very stuck in the past.

Logan Murphy is your typical white cishet high school student. he plays basketball, he's the only one of the main four who still goes to rgbc, he's just trying to make it through school and probably has minor depression but thinks everyone is just Like That. he has to get some sense knocked into him by the others and Joy actually ends up breaking up with him bc he's homophobic towards Iz but he gets better!! he doesn't get back with Joy but that's bc they were never going to last anyways

Iz Groves moved to Los Angeles with their parents when they were in middle school. they're in marching band and they have quite a few friends - both through band and because they're a sociable person. they're also hard of hearing. i don't actually remember the backstory i decided on but i think they were just born with a lower level of hearing and it's slowly deteriorated as time goes on - they'll probably end up being completely Deaf at some point in their adult life. they have hearing aids but don't always wear them bc they are. uncomfortable. they're fluent in ASL and their closest friends know enough to hold basic conversations. Thia was close to being fluent but lost some of it when Iz moved bc she had no reason to practice anymore. Kelly is pretty close to fluent as well.

Max Newman moved to Willow Lake with his family about a year and half after Iz moved. he's suffering from pretty major depression, but at the beginning of the story, his parents don't really believe him. most of his friends are online friends, but he works with sound/lights for the theatre program at his high school, so he has a couple friends there. he's also very very in the closet at the beginning bc his dad is. pretty homophobic lol. and he was also made fun of for seeming gay in elementary school so there's this sort of idea of "i can't be that" that also stops him from accepting himself. he has an older sister who goes to college in New York so being alone after she left also has a pretty major impact on him

Joy Summers appears to be a stereotypical popular girl that all the boys want. she's blonde, she's pretty, she's a cheerleader. Thia hates her at first because she seems like she's literally Perfect. (like. teruhashicore tbh) at the beginning of the story, she is also having struggles with her sexuality AND she's a prophet. so she keeps having scarily realistic dreams of things that actually end up happening! and she has no idea what to do bc like.. who would even believe her? she dates Logan for a bit and then they break up bc they realize they felt like they were Supposed to date but really they're better off being friends

Francis Brooks is probably one of the most popular kids in the entire school. not because he tries to be, but because he's very very sociable and extroverted so he's just. friends with almost everyone. Logan is his closest friend and i had a revelation in the middle of the night back in 2017 at some point that this is because Francis has a crush on him. Francis is gay and he knows this and he also plans on telling absolutely no one until after he's graduated high school and maybe college as well. he's also on the basketball team, and he's friends with Joy. Joy likes him (as a friend) because he's one of the few boys who doesn't seem to be wanting to get close to her just for a shot at dating her.

Kelly Reyes is Iz's ex, though she ends up getting back together with them. She's lived in LA her whole life and she likes to make people think she's very put together when she's. really not. she's really good at math, not so much at english, and she has a lot of acquaintances but very few true friends. her mom is an english teacher so she kinda feels like she's disappointing her mom with her english grades even though her mom really just wants kelly to be trying her best. she's a very loyal person if she's close to you (see: flying to Indiana from LA in the middle of winter to hand deliver something so it doesn't get lost in the mail)

hm anyway this got very long and there is SO much more i could say but these are the basics so i will stop here skdhsjgk thank you very much for the ask eli this was very fun and i love these kids so so much <3

[bunny-lou]

Hello!! Im the anon with the ask from 2 weeks ago about how much i love your fics and how autophobia kicked my ass into hyperfocus so bad i ended up napping on the floor in the hallway and almost missing class after reading it

I just want you to know that i really appreciate you taking the time to answer said ask because i was massively anxious about having sent it as it was all pretty much nothing but an absolute ramble and since i was exhausted as shit (hadnt slept for more than 40 hours at that point in time) i didnt even remember what exactly i had said in it until reading it again just now after seeing it answered on my dash (didnt even figure it out it was my fucking ask until halfway through) so i was kinda worried about having come across differently than intended and sounding idk entitled or some shit by talking about wanting to read more from you whenever and only of possible (id fucking hate to sound like one of those "next chapter right now!!!! I dont care that you have a life!!! Write the fucking chapter now!!!" readers) and i was more anxious ab it after time passed without getting an answer (ngl i was p much straight up stalking your blog every few hours the first few days then i saw a post from you about how tumblr eats your asks and calmed down quite a bit) but yeah anyway i just really wanted to tell you how much i loved ypur stuff and how strongly i feel about autophobia and your writing in general hopefully without making you uncomfy or coming across as rude or anything i hope i succeed in doing that at least kinda

But yeah jsyk youre the first desc account i started interacting with properly after randomly becoming hyperfixated as fuck on descendants and your stuff is responsible fpr getting me more into the fandom and into desc itself so yeah thank you

And also i just wanna say that when i first started autophobia i REALLY didnt think my autistic aroace ass would like it since i never was into abo in the traditional form of the trope but goddamn did i fucking love ypur fic despite any initial assumptions i had made about it i loved carlos' characterization so much and i loved everyones characterization so much amd the whole plot and everything i felt it was So well executed i often daydream of like alternate events for my favourite fics but for yours i can conceive no alternate plot development that id like more than yours its absolutely chefs kiss

Anyway sorry for thia absolutely fucking gigantic rant feel free to ignore me apologies if its too much and (tldr:) thank you for everything!!

(Original ask)

I'm the actual worst at responding on Tumblr, I'm so sorry.

Your asks, both the previous one and this one, are so sweet! I never mind long asks, though it does take me longer to respond to them. Seriously, if it takes me a while to answer, it's because most of my work days are 10-12 hours and I do not have energy to reply, it's a busy life!! My mobile Tumblr (which is what I normally use) does not give me any alert that I get an ask, but if I check my mobile tumblr, my desktop tumblr will not show that I have an ask because it thinks I saw the notification on mobile (which I don't). So also blame the wonky app lol.

There are months of effort that go into all my pieces on AO3, especially Autophobia, so messages like these that show that people know how much effort I put into my work are so rewarding. And I love Descendants, it brought my such entertainment and joy during harsh periods of my life, I am in awe if my writing helped you to love a fandom as much as I do!

And I've had a lot of people tell me that Autophobia is their favorite ABO fic or the fic that got them invested in that trope, which also means so much to me because ABO is my favorite AU!!

Thanks so much for taking the time to send me such a lovely letter, it makes me smile so much!!