#it got a bit out of hand

[sinnerista]

Jannik babe you’re doing it right sweetheart keep SMASHING EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING ON YOUR PATH IN STRAIGHT SETS UNTIL YOURE AT THE TOP, SKIN ON FIRE, YOUR ENEMIES BLOOD DRIPPING EVERYWHERE, SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS “CARLITOOOOS”

[angeart]

🛒🎶

hi! thank you for asking things! 😊 i'll do my best to answer

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

i've been thinking about this one. i think one of the things i like to explore is difference of perception (and the struggles that stem from it)

that's a vague thing to say which can mean multiple things, but—characters with vastly different experiences? it's how mumbo in hmtb doesn't have the context of what 3rd life was like. it's how impulse in boatem circus au innocently plays with fire, not knowing it'd trigger grian. it's cursed forest au where scar expects grian to judge him, to hate him, to use him, to leave—and instead finds that grian is relieved to find out what skills scar has, and that he wants to stay. it's dancing zombies au and the vastly different way scar and grian look at the zombies. it's all the blank spaces and unsaid things.

but also. the perception in terms of. characters experiencing/viewing the things around them. not necessarily directed outwards in relation to other people, but just, the characters themselves.

i'm not explaining this right, so here are some examples:

it's sleep demon grian not understanding having a body means he now needs to eat and sleep, and when the sleep deprivation hits and things start to blur, he's so scared and confused by it. or how for circus grian one candle can mean the difference between being okay and having to fight with memories, desperately searching for grounding, trying to convince himself he's not there anymore. think characters who panic until they're disoriented and flinch even at safe touches. think hmtb scar who can't tell if there's sand around him or not. grian who sees blood on his knuckles even when it's no longer there.

i like to explore the feelings of fear and vulnerability. of being very afraid and in pain, of struggling to give in and let someone help.

now, a complete swerve, but i think one pattern i have, something that keeps coming up in things i write, are soft touches. mostly soft face touches (whether they're used as an attention anchor, something soothing, something guided by overflowing affection, or to wipe away tears)

look, soft touches are precious, okay?

🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?

i do listen to music! i have a spotify playlist i tend to use, especially when writing hmtb (it starts with the song the fic is named after! although i always have it on shuffle)

sometimes i use other playlists to mix things up (i've been listening to some that mochi shared with me, when writing other fics)

a song i sometimes end up having on loop is Desert Sand, but the lyrics are too good and i keep wanting to pay attention and sing along, so looping it is not the best when trying to not get distracted while writing (but it's such a good song!)

// questions from here

[nymphoutofwater]

And why? Cultural norms? Personal schedule? “Cause I’m always late to everything”?

Bonus points: Region and/or ethnicity?

[itsnicsalad]

wanted to get this idea out of my head before i move on to other things aye🤙

[ashrayus]

[hinamie]

brighter days ahead

[lazylittledragon]

ok someone please correct me if i'm wrong but am i weird for thinking those 'audiobooks don't count as reading' posts are ableist as fuck????

[heartorbit]

find another role, carry on the show

[seefasterdraws]

hug! that! captain!

[aaaaaaafrogs]

Finally finished my most ambitious Hatchetfield project yet. Every box in the border represents a different Nightmare Time, as well as Hey Melissa, Trail to Oregon, Workin’ Boys, the BBQ monologues and Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel. The three large boxes at the bottom represent the three main musicals. It’s 18x24” and made with sharpie :]

[an-established-butt-dent]

Solas and Inquisitor Lavellan

[moodyseal]

This was supposed to be for yesterday's prompt of TOApril but since it's far more related to TSATS than to TOA here it is as random art 😔👊

Take this as a "TSATS but Apollo doesn't revert back to being an absent father" AU

[somerandomcockroach]

SNOW BOTS ARE BACK BABE, IF IT WILL BE LIKE THAT EVERY YEAR I MIGHT DIE ONE DAY OF HAPPINESS WHEEEZE (I mean, drawing them like that is so much faster, plus colors, plus snow, plus they all are alive, COME ON IT'S A DREAM) Go smooch @keferon and everyone who makes "everyone is happy" content wheeeeeze

[welcometogrouchland]

♫ I do what I want/Crying in the bleachers and I said it was fun/I don't need anything from anyone ♫

(ID in Alt) you guys ever think about your own posts and get upset?? Anyway Damian Wayne I love you I'm so sorry your life is like that

[mohntilyet]

about illario working with the venatori, we can't forget that elgar'nan gifted him blood magic, so I do think that he somewhat influenced him and that's why he's so much more vindictive and jealous in comparison to tevinter nights. I don't mean that he's being mind controlled, but it's a bit like cyrian, a god just amplifying those negative emotions in you and promising power and glory can push a person to that edge and to make stupid af decisions.

im also not forgetting that zara line in inner demons where she talks about an envy demon. like. why an envy demon in specific...there's THINGS between zara and illario that were not shown

no literally if you get me talking about illario + envy + the possibility of getting him possessed, you will have me here for fucking ever. a non mage doing blood magic (any magic at all) is really weird and interesting to me and i don’t remember an example of this happening before (feel free to correct me tho lol. i’m discounting possessions and dwarves)

i had started wildly theorising after bloodbath that he had been possessed and he was tapping into the fade using an envy demon. especially like you said, zara mentions it, AND because i swear there’s a codex in the ossuary where it mentions an envy demon whereas spite is obviously determination, right? so i thought it was a breadcrumb trail to a big “illario is being influenced and doesn’t even know” reveal— same as you anon like great minds am i right— but i’m not sure there is actually any evidence of that lol. like maybe if you squint but i do believe it was explained away by “oh yeah, and elgarnan let him do special blood magic”

it does also make sense to me that illario can only control lucanis, due to being part of the same family. a bloodline thing, and it is very poetic to me that their shared family connection in caterina is what allows him to control lucanis, even for a moment lol. spite being the extra magical boost that lucanis needs to block that out ALSO makes sense to me so i’m not too fussed abt these details lol🤔

the envyllario in my heart also gets spectral weapons for himself. lucanis gets wings, illario gets talons, PLUS green-purple are complementary colors so it would have been really fun to see them clash with their spirit/demon-powers. the talon thing is also a kind of reflection of his end-goal desire, how envy demons already have those freaky hands, and it manifests as claws and is a much more aggressive, strength-augmenting manifestation (as opposed to manoeuvrability and speed-augmenting that spite’s wings give lucanis.) anyways that's what the diagram above is supposed to be (this is extremely hot to me)

[lucabyte]

So does anybody else ever think about how Loop felt the need to demonstrate that the party's deaths wouldn't have any effect on the loops. I know I do but that's besides the point. Anyway I don't think Loop actually needs to bathe, they just like to feel included.